Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

Clark immediately recognized that this was the voice of the richest man, and it was the kind of voice that was furious.

He was secretly happy in his heart, although he wanted to refute the other party.

But reason overcame his inner bad taste, and he pretended to be innocent:

"Sir, there must be some misunderstanding between us."

"Misunderstanding? You said that your development of the operating system was a misunderstanding?"

"Yes, I thought we had reached some kind of tacit understanding."

Gates said uncertainly:

"Then explain why you started to develop the Hayes system?

You should know that the operating system is Microsoft's private domain. We had more than 70% of the market in the early 1990s!

If you really want to develop an operating system, I don't mind sliding your Netscape browser into the Windows software blacklist!"

Clark's heart was cold. If the Windows system and Netscape's products are exclusive, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Netscape.

But he also knew that Gates, who had been targeted by the antitrust team, would never do this.

If Microsoft really did this, the entire business empire would fall apart in an instant.

This not only did not scare Clark away, but also made him more determined to make the Hayes system.

He took a deep breath, calmed down and said:

"Of course I know that your group has monopolized 95% of the operating system market, so we will not touch your bottom line. The announcement of entering the operating system is just a smokescreen.

The purpose is to let the antitrust team know that we are competitors. You should know that our browser market share has risen to 85%. I am also very panicked."

His half-serious and half-joking tone successfully confused Gates, who was deeply moved.

"So that's the case. It's not easy for everyone. Come to my office for tea when you have time, young man, we shouldn't be enemies."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Clark exhaled.

"Mr. Gates, he really can't tolerate any sand in his eyes."

He immediately decided to raise the confidentiality of the development of the Hayes operating system to the highest level.

Before there is progress in the development, Microsoft must not be alerted in any way.

Microsoft also holds this idea, and the relationship between the two sides has become very delicate.

Surprisingly, the lawsuit that was thought to last for several years ended with Microsoft's concession.

"It's incredible that the giant Microsoft took the initiative to make concessions after two months of litigation and was willing to compensate Netscape for $100 million in losses. Netscape withdrew its accusations against Microsoft."

Professional media also commented that the two giants were very restrained.

This is the first time that the media used the word "giant" to describe Netscape.

Most of the time before, the most commonly used adjective was a tech upstart.

After Netscape launched the navigation homepage, this dragon slayer has unknowingly transformed into a giant dragon that dominates the Internet.

Clark is very grateful for the sense of crisis that Microsoft brought to Netscape.

It made them realize that the navigation homepage model is very easy to imitate. If their technology is surpassed one day, the new navigation homepage will immediately replace their position.

This sense of urgency has made the entrepreneurial team regain the passion to start a business again.

Wang Lei, who had been busy looking after Netscape, received another message from Robert:

"Boss, it's time to sell ASML."

"What has Schmidt done again?"

This guy has given Robert a lot of headaches, especially after his market value soared in the US stock market bull market in recent years, he has become more and more arrogant.

He is like a poor upstart who suddenly became rich.

Robert, who has always been steady and shrewd, said such a thing, which must have been a problem of principle.

"As you expected, ASML encountered an insurmountable dilemma in the research of 157 nanometer light source wavelength, and Schmidt applied for a research and development budget of up to 5 billion US dollars!"

Hearing this, Wang Lei's heart was also shocked. Although ASML has made a lot of money, it also has huge expenses.

This 5 billion US dollars is a huge sum of money for ASML. If it develops in the right direction, Wang Lei will definitely support it, but the other party seems to be fighting with the dry method, and it looks like it is about to hit the south wall.

"You didn't talk to him about immersion?"

Robert got angry when he said this:

"Why didn't I tell him? I was laughed at by him and the optical experts, who thought I was a layman with wild ideas."

The theory that makes sense to laymen is heretical to these insiders.

When Lin Benjian, the father of immersion, proposed this theory, he was strongly resisted by the microfilm industry.

"There's no need to rush to cut ties with ASML. Technology stocks will usher in a new era in the next few years.Come to a new peak. "

"But, seeing that the group has no money, Smith plans to issue new shares!"

Hearing this, Wang Lei finally understood why Robert was so anxious to sell ASML.

Issuing new shares is what everyone understands as "raising money" by listed companies!

It is divided into public issuance and private issuance.

Public issuance is very unethical. The first thing that is harmed is the interests of shareholders. Issuing new shares will dilute the shareholding ratio of Cayman Capital.

In order to sell the newly issued shares, it is often necessary to sell them at a discount, and new investors will definitely take advantage of the original shareholders.

It is inevitable that the stock price will fall.

Private issuance is to introduce new capital institutions, which is not a good thing. It will still dilute Cayman's equity, which means that ASML will launch a large-scale acquisition again to create good news.

"He wants to introduce new shareholders and dilute our equity? "

Wang Lei immediately saw through Smith's true intention, which was nothing more than seeing that Cayman Capital's shareholding had reached a very dangerous number.

He planned to continue to dilute Cayman's shareholding by issuing new shares, inviting wolves into the house, and achieving the goal of balancing the interests of all shareholders.

Thinking of this, Wang Lei persuaded Robert:

"Robert, I know you are very upset and want to teach Smith a lesson, but now is not the time to turn against each other.

Just issue additional shares. Anyway, we will not continue to chase the investment. You should be patient and help him to blow a wave. After a few years, we will give him a new owner. "

Robert, who was a little upset, could only agree.

"When the time comes, we will find someone to short him. The happier Smith is now, the uglier he will cry.

And we will tear apart the bubble he created. "

Speaking of shorting, Robert became excited:

"Humph, he should be taught a lesson. "