Reborn IT Giant

Zheng Yan had been interested in Oracle as early as the first time he met Larry Ellison. However, because he knew that Oracle would undergo a major change this year, Zheng Yan temporarily put aside the investment in Oracle.

Now when I see Larry Ellison again, I can tell from his expression that Oracle is in trouble.

"Larry, long time no see."

"Zheng Yan, long time no see. I already know about Cisco's listing today. Congratulations." Larry Ellison raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Zheng Yan.

"Thank you, but I also want to thank you for rejecting Leonard's cooperation in the first place, otherwise I would have missed this opportunity."

If he were not facing Larry Ellison, Zheng Yan might not say this, because it could easily be mistaken as a provocation, but Zheng Yan believed that Larry Ellison would not. Larry Ellison’s madness is

It's deep in his bones that he doesn't mind admitting his failure.

"It's okay if you don't say this, but I feel even sadder when you talk about it. Looking at Cisco today, I have to admit that I made a wrong decision."

Although there was some regret in Larry Ellison's words, there was not much regret.

"By the way, Zheng Yan, I heard about the bet between you and Buddy Morris when I first came in. I also think Buddy Morris is too arrogant and very annoying. Speaking of which, I also hope you can take this opportunity.

Teach him a lesson, but isn’t betting on oil futures a little too risky?”

Larry Ellison said that Buddy Morris was arrogant, but completely ignored other people's evaluations of him. In the eyes of most people, his arrogance was far 10,000 times greater than that of Buddy Morris.

"Don't worry, friend, you will definitely see Buddy Morris learn a lesson. This time I invested 12 billion US dollars in the oil futures market. How could I dare to place such a big bet without a certain degree of certainty?

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Among the people present, except for Zheng Yan and Miyuki Aso, only Bill Miller, who was in charge of this matter, knew how much money Zheng Yan had invested. Everyone else was shocked by Zheng Yan's words.

"Oh Zheng Yan, I really didn't expect that you would be so crazy, let alone

The thing is, you are so rich. It seems that the Forbes ranking is not accurate, at least they ignored your existence."

Although the Forbes ranking has not been around for a long time, it is already widely known, but Zheng Yan knows that there are countless rich people who have been ignored. As for himself, most of his assets come from investments in the Japanese stock market, and almost no one knows about it.

"I think you have misunderstood. The money does not belong to me, but to the private equity fund in my name."

Although his own assets could be listed on the Forbes list, Zheng Yan didn't want to be in the limelight, so he quickly explained.

"Zheng Yan, even if the money does not belong to you personally, your personal assets must be very amazing. Do you have any thoughts on investing in Oracle?"

Larry Ellison originally came to this dinner with a purpose, but now he just took the opportunity to mention it.

"Yes, Zheng Yan, Larry came to the dinner today. On the one hand, he congratulated Cisco on its listing. On the other hand, Oracle is currently facing a dilemma and he wants to find an investor. I know you have always been very interested in the Internet industry.

Interested, plus we are still friends, so I think you can talk about it."

Also engaged in the Internet industry, Leonard also knew something about Oracle's situation. In addition, he had a good personal relationship with Larry Ellison, so Larry Ellison did not hide anything from Leonard. Seeing Larry Ellison

Sen took the initiative to bring it up, and Leonard also helped out.

Before Larry Ellison came here, he knew that there would be countless investors on site, but he did not expect to meet Zheng Yan. Thinking about the financing negotiation between Zheng Yan and Leonard, Zheng Yan gave a

In his opinion, the financing price was completely impossible, so he concluded in his mind that Zheng Yan had an extraordinary interest in the Internet industry. So before meeting other investors, he found Zheng Yan first.

"Okay Leonard, Larry and I are considered friends, so you don't need to pull strings from us."

"Larry, let me tell you, if the price is right, I am still very interested in investing in Oracle."

As early as the last meeting, Zheng Yan asked Aso Miyuki to start paying attention to the situation of Oracle, and today

When leaving the Nasdaq exchange, Zheng Yan accidentally saw Oracle's stock price, which had shrunk a lot compared to before. Although it still did not meet Zheng Yan's psychological expectations, if Larry Ellison gave

The amount offered was enough, and Zheng Yan didn’t mind entering in advance.

"Zheng Yan, I won't hide it from you. This year, because Oracle has accelerated its pace of expansion and developed more countries, there are currently some funding problems. Therefore, the company decided to conduct another wave of external financing and sell the company

Twelve percent of the shares, raising $300 million.”

After Larry Ellison finished speaking, he stared at Zheng Yan with burning eyes. He knew very well that the price he offered was higher than the current value of Oracle, and he did not expect Zheng Yan to agree. He just wanted to test Zheng Yan's attitude.

manner.

Zheng Yan was very excited about the 12% stake in Oracle, but he was not very satisfied with the price offered by Larry Ellison. The reason why he originally raised funds at a price that far exceeded Cisco's market value was because Zheng Yan was not sure.

Will there be such an opportunity in the future? But today Oracle is in an unprecedented predicament. It is not difficult to buy Oracle shares, and Oracle's market value will continue to fall. You can definitely obtain Oracle shares at a lower price.

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"Larry, I admit that Oracle is a company with great potential, and I am very interested in it. However, as far as I know, Oracle's revenue in the first two quarters was zero. Not only that, it also suffered a certain loss."

"I don't know whether you have taken corresponding measures in this regard, nor do I know the specific situation of the company today, but from the information I know so far, the risk of investing in Oracle is not small now, and Oracle's 12% stake is not small.

Worth three hundred million dollars.”

Although the price of 300 million U.S. dollars is very high, in Zheng Yan's opinion, it is not unacceptable. However, Zheng Yan understands that if he agrees too readily, Larry Ellison will inevitably feel unhappy when the company's situation improves.

, I felt that I had expected this situation a long time ago.

On the other hand, if you describe this investment as extremely risky, when the company's situation improves, everyone will only admire your investment vision and not think of anything else.