Rebirth of America, this is my time

Chapter 331 Ten Nine Eight

Traditional Dutch auctions allow bidding investors to contact each other privately and communicate at will.

On the surface, this permission seems to trample on the interests of the target company, because the mutual exchange of funds between investors means that they can negotiate to lower the price and allocate shares.

But in fact, this kind of laissez-faire communication is actually disgusting to capital.

Because the upper and lower limits of stocks that everyone can buy differ ten times.

When everyone wants to buy stocks, as long as everyone goes to the top to buy, at least two-thirds of the players on the scene will leave empty-handed.

In this case, communicate in advance and agree on the price?

Does it make sense?

No one knows whether the old fox who made an alliance with him will stab him in the back.

It is impossible for big capital to give up its share to small capital.

Small capital does not believe that it can obtain the same number of shares as large capital.

When everyone wants to make money and everyone wants to get on board, all communication is empty and submissive, and it is a boring move that makes the auctioneer laugh.

When they had been fooled once by Ethan Jones, no one wanted to continue to be clowns, so after the staff handed them pens and papers, no one stood up, let alone communicated.

Lower your head and write down the number of shares and shares you want to buy on a piece of paper.

Then he stuffed the paper into the quotation tube.

Because everyone has the same mind.

The process that should have taken an hour was completed within ten minutes.

When the last quotation was successfully submitted, Ethan, who was holding the table with both hands, knocked the gavel again. With a crisp sound, the staff immediately stepped forward and took away the bidding tube.

They have to go to the backend to sort out the information and confirm the winner from high to low.

This process took a while, so Ethan smiled, raised his hand, and greeted everyone in the audience:

"Everyone, it's rest time now. We at Apple have prepared snacks for you in the side hall. You can go and use them... We will announce the results on time at 12 o'clock Western Time. Please wait patiently. If you have any other needs, you can Communicate with staff…”

As he finished speaking, Ethan looked around the scene with a smile.

According to normal procedures, the guests at this moment should get up and socialize, but now...

A fat old man raised his hand, "Ethan...can I call you that?"

"Can you give me a microphone?"

"Of course." The sudden words made Ethan nodded.

He also recognized the identity of the other party, who was the chairman of Ford who had announced his retirement.

"Get a microphone for Mr. Ford," he called to the staff.

After Henry Ford II took over the microphone, the old man who came from New York immediately smiled and said: "Ethan, you don't need to do such a small thing as calculating prices yourself, so..."

"Let's talk?"

"Most of us here know each other. Even if we go to the side hall, we won't talk about business, because we have each other's contact information, and we can usually solve problems with a phone call."

"Since we go to the side hall and hold desserts and champagne to talk about you, why not sit here and have one on one with you, the client? Oh no, it's many on one."

"Right?"

Having said this, Henry Ford turned his head and looked around.

As his eyes cleared, a burst of laughter erupted from the scene.

"Okay, I think everyone has the same idea."

This situation caused Henry Ford to return his sights to center stage.

Standing there, Ethan put down the auction hammer, put his hands on the table, and leaned forward.

"No problem." Ethan raised his eyebrows and said, "Serving investors is what our company should do. Since investors have questions, of course we will answer them."

"but……"

Ethan changed the topic, "Mr. Ford, your question may be a little late."

"Oh - it's not important, is it?" Henry Ford shrugged and said, "Because all of us know why we are here."

"So, we don't need to talk about things related to the listing anymore."

"Let's talk about something else. For example, you..."

"Me?" Ethan was a little confused.

"Yes." Henry Ford nodded: "You are you."

Ethan understood what Henry Ford meant.

Although these people came, although these people made quotations, they were still unwilling.

They are unwilling because they have been tricked.

They were unwilling because they were led by the nose.

They were unwilling because they found that they could not take revenge and come back.

They are not willing to give in, and it is because they understand that judging from the current development momentum of Ethan Jones, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to get revenge in the future...

Looking down at the scene, looking at the faces full of curiosity but holding back, Ethan raised the corners of his mouth.

With a chuckle, Ethan said: "Mr. Ford, I can satisfy your curiosity..."

Take a deep breath and leave the auction table.

Walking to the center of the stage, the hundreds of pairs of eyes below reminded Ethan of the past.

"Everyone, as Mr. Ford said, my personal resume should have been ruined by you a long time ago. But even so, I want to retell my experiences over the years here, because many things cannot be Use reports to show..."

"I founded Destiny Games in the second half of 1975, and in the spring of that year, I was still an employee of Milohua. The reason why I founded the company was not that I liked entrepreneurship, but that I was fired. As for the reason, I think everyone knows that the company leaders made me a victim in order to keep their position."

"But even so, I didn't start a business right away."

“My original idea was to make a game, earn some money, and slowly work in the game industry. As long as I can achieve financial freedom, I will be satisfied, because in my opinion, if people live just to make money, then it will be I missed out on a lot of beauty in the world, but it’s a pity…”

"you."

"I wasn't given this chance."

The calm words made everyone present frown slightly.

Their thoughts were racing, and soon they understood the meaning of Ethan's words.

At that time, after bringing "Snake" to the market, Ethan Jones did remain silent for a long time. After receiving the share, he bought a car and a house, and had no intention of delving into business at all.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of Nolan Bushnell, who wanted to take the game rights into his arms, and Milohua's executives once again passed the blame, proving that his dismissal was OK, then Ethan Jones might not have Start your own business and still live a comfortable life where you only come up with ideas and enjoy dividends.

This situation will give countless capital opportunities to have friendly contact with him.

Rather than like now.

Face to face with great bitterness and deep hatred.

Thinking of this, many people present narrowed their eyes, feeling that Nolan Bushnell and Milohua had made a bad move back then, but they soon realized it again...

Isn't the reason why Nolan Bushnell suddenly became famous because Roy Disney wanted to acquire Atari? And the reason why Nolan Bushnell agreed to this acquisition was because Milohua's pressing pressure made them feel the crisis?

If Milohua hadn't wanted to grab all the profits in the entire industry, how could Atari have been unable to hold on? And in this case, Milohua was finally beaten to death by Ethan Jones?

Philips is also caught and beaten by Ethan Jones now?

Oh! Sxxt!

This revenge is really...

Cruel!

And just when they were tracing back to the source and trying to find out the real culprit of today's incident, Ethan Jones laughed again and said: "When a robber puts a knife on your neck and wants to take away your Any normal person would try to resist when something happens to them, right?"

"I want to protect my own interests, and you will protect your own interests. So in this case, who is creating confrontation? Who really owns the problem?"

Ethan looked down at everyone.

Fred Terman smiled and pushed up his glasses on his nose.

Lawrence Rockefeller, who had his white hair combed straight, turned his body and sang softly in the ear of the old principal. After a moment, both of them laughed out loud.

And besides that...

No one at the scene answered Ethan’s question.

This situation made Ethan put down his hands and said: "Since everyone thinks they have no problem, let's use success or failure to determine the facts, and one thing is already clear."

"I, Ethan Jones, welcome cooperation."

"I, Ethan Jones, refuse to rob."

"If anyone thinks I'm arrogant."

"Congratulations, you finally know me."

"Because I am a very arrogant person."

"Wow~~~"

Before he could finish his words, screams started.

The one who suddenly jumped up was Steve Jobs.

The sudden burst of cheers made him a clown in the silent scene.

But Ethan smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up.

Then he waved to everyone in the audience and left the scene.

Looking at the figure gradually moving away, everyone at the scene had complicated expressions.

They wanted to rebuke, but...

This is their territory.

Ethan Jones has already moved the nuclear bomb, and no one is asking for trouble at this time.

And just when everyone was in a stalemate not knowing what to do, the old man sitting in the first row had already stood up.

“Thank you all for coming to Stanford.”

The old president took the microphone and said, "Stanford has developed rapidly in the past few decades."

"We have new topics and we have new results."

"So, if you are interested, I sincerely invite you to visit Stanford, and I will be your guide..."

Ethan admitted that the reason why he dared to leave after saying harsh words was purely because the old principal was at the scene. With him, even if those guys were angry, it would be difficult to let them go.

In this case, exiting arrogantly is the happiest choice.

After getting into the side hall, he also learned about the bidding situation from the staff.

Although the data is not complete, the current highest bid has reached 11.7 US dollars, which means that the bidder believes that the current Apple is worth at least 4 billion.

"Whose quote is this?"

Ethan was curious.

“This is an offer from a foundation.”

The staff looked at the name on the note and said, "It's a private equity fund. Who is it specifically..."

"We need to look it up to find out."

Such an answer made Ethan frown slightly.

Before he could speak, the person in charge of Merrill Lynch, who had been following him since he entered the room, immediately took a step forward. Knowing that this man could not be offended, the person in charge turned his head and glanced at the note. .

Then, he said: "Oh - it's normal that he doesn't know -"

"Because this is a private equity fund with mainly Japanese capital."

"Mitsubishi, Honda, and Toyota are the major investors in this fund."

Neon foundation?

The words of the person in charge of Merrill Lynch brought back Ethan's memories.

In his previous life, when the time entered the 1980s, the soaring neon economy allowed them to purchase American assets on a large scale. But if he remembered correctly, this incident should have happened after the signing of the Plaza Accord, right? Why have these people started now?

“Are there any other neon funds on site today?”

Ethan looked at the person in charge of Merrill Lynch.

"Yes." The project leader nodded and said, "We have invited two neon funds in total. In addition to this one, there is also one from Sony, Hitachi, and Fujitsu."

Seemingly seeing Ethan's doubts, the project leader immediately explained——

"The products of these neon companies have a huge market in our country. When they sell their products to our country, how can we let them leave with all the profits?"

"So, they can only keep part of the money in our country."

"And this money stuck in our country cannot be wasted, right?"

"So they will find ways to use the money and get returns."

"The most common way is for them to do internal transactions. For example, Nintendo pays you a commission for the project, many of which are paid by these companies through private conversion, while in Neon China, Nintendo will give them an equal amount. Currency, but there are too few companies that can absorb large amounts of funds, so when they can’t spend it all, they set up funds and try to invest.”

"And these two foundations are the skin of their foreign investment."

So that’s it?

Ethan understood.

Although in the early 1980s, Japanese investment in Apple seemed a bit strange.

But each company can buy up to 500,000 shares.

This tiny shareholding simply cannot make them make waves.

Not to mention, with their intervention, Apple's value has been pushed up accordingly, right?

Under Ethan's gaze, one quote after another appeared on the summary wall.

The peak price also climbed from the highest of 11.7 to 12.3.

The bottom prices are also very interesting, the lowest one is 10.35.

This is far different from the previous offer of no more than eight US dollars given by major investment banks.

Such a gap can only prove one problem.