bayedsolid Chapter 404 Strategic Planning! Zhong Xiaoai Reveals Her Ambition!
Chapter 404 Strategic Planning! Zhong Xiaoai Reveals Her Ambition!
"I don't mind, of course I don't mind!"
"This is a public swimming pool; anyone can swim here!"
Zhao Ruilong responded loudly, a smile still on his face.
Having lived two lives, how could he not understand that Zhang Xiaoxue was being sarcastic?
What woman in the world would invite other women to join her when she's having fun with a man?
It's like a young couple enjoying a romantic candlelight dinner when they run into an acquaintance and are invited to join them.
How could this be a genuine invitation?
It was just a polite formality.
The clever Zhong Xiaoai, of course, knew this as well.
If I were to readily agree to go swimming and playing in the water with them at this moment, Zhang Xiaoxue would definitely hate me to death.
"No, no, no, I won't swim, I won't swim."
"Mr. Zhao, I have an urgent matter to report to you."
"is it?"
Zhao Ruilong turned to look at Zhang Xiaoxue.
"Then you swim on first, I'll go up for a bit."
"Well, let's go!"
Zhang Xiaoxue's eyes were filled with tenderness, almost to the point of being filled with tears.
Zhong Xiaoai saw this and almost got goosebumps all over.
If there were no other people in this indoor swimming pool, the two of them would probably start fighting in the water.
She's the daughter of the top official in Linjiang Province, after all!
Even if you fall in love, you can't control yourself.
But surely it's unnecessary to act so tenderly in public?
Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't bear to look at him any longer; her gaze seemed to be welded to Zhao Ruilong.
Zhong Xiaoai turned her gaze to Zhao Ruilong, who was swimming rapidly towards her.
I watched as the waiter approached with a bathrobe.
Zhong Xiaoai took three steps at a time and quickly walked over.
"give it to me!"
Taking the bathrobe from the waiter, Zhong Xiaoai hurried to the poolside.
Zhao Ruilong had just walked up, gripping the handrail.
Zhong Xiaoai then gently and meticulously draped the bathrobe over Zhao Ruilong from the side.
Then, he rushed ahead of Zhao Ruilong, went to the food cart, picked up a towel, and handed it to Zhao Ruilong.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Zhao Ruilong wiped his face with a towel and sat down on a beach chair.
Zhong Xiaoai did not rush to answer, but took the towel with both hands and put it back on the food cart.
After handing a large glass of freshly squeezed juice to Zhao Ruilong, he stood respectfully to the side to report.
But he didn't dare to look directly at Zhao Ruilong, whose muscles were clearly defined and exuded a strong masculine power.
"We just received news that Invista may formally reject our acquisition offer in the next two days. CEO Huang Renxun said that their lawsuit with NVIDIA will not put the company in trouble, and he remains confident about the future."
"Furthermore, he claimed that the Media Delivery Processing (MCP) technology developed by Invista for the Verizon Box game console meets the technical standards agreed upon by both parties, and that the poor sales of the game console cannot be a reason for him to lower the price..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ruilong was speechless for a moment.
What the hell is going on?
Before I transmigrated, I read novels where the protagonists acquired high-tech companies easily and for little money.
Why did their overseas acquisitions start so poorly?
They wanted to take advantage of the fact that the US hadn't fully recovered from the impact of the dot-com bubble burst to acquire some high-tech semiconductor companies at low prices.
Founded in 1993, Invista, which focuses on the research and development of graphics processing units (GPUs), became one of Zhao Ruilong's acquisition targets.
As a time traveler, Zhao Ruilong was all too aware of the importance of GPUs.
Without a top-tier GPU, there is no top-tier graphics card.
Without top-tier graphics cards, it's impossible to build computers, workstations, servers, and smartphones with top-notch graphics processing performance.
To develop the artificial intelligence industry in the future, it is also necessary to have sufficiently powerful GPUs to train complex and large-scale AI models.
Coincidentally.
Invista and Wisoft have fallen out.
Two years ago, the two parties agreed to jointly develop a box game console, with Invista responsible for developing the MCP component. The contract amount was as high as 500 million US dollars.
Last November, the Wisoft Box game console was officially launched. In order to open up sales channels as soon as possible, the price was set at 299 US dollars, but the MCP purchased from Invista cost 329 US dollars.
One component costs more than the entire game console!
Even a company as wealthy as Microsoft cannot accept losing more than 100 US dollars on the sale of a single unit.
WINSoft wanted Invista to lower its prices, but Huang Renxun refused, and the two sides officially broke up at the beginning of this year.
After NVIDIA filed a lawsuit against Invista, Invista's stock price plummeted and its market value shrank dramatically.
Logically speaking, Huilong Electronics' acquisition offer at this time should have been a timely help for Invista.
This could not only boost market confidence and help the company's stock price stop falling and rebound, but also potentially allow NVIDIA to become a GPU supplier for Hilong computers, thus gaining access to the Chinese market with its billions of people.
result……
Huang Renxun refused such a win-win situation.
What is Invista's current stock price?
"At 11.2 yuan, I estimate it's only a matter of time before it falls below 10 yuan, unless they settle with SoftBank."
Zhao Ruilong smiled coldly.
Zhang Xiaoxue was swimming on her back in the pool, looking at herself and Zhong Xiaoai.
After taking a sip of juice, Zhao Ruilong put down his cup.
"The stock price has almost fallen below ten US dollars, so their market value is only worth a little over one billion US dollars, which is less than one-fifth of the market value of their competitor, Aitek."
"With its market value plummeting so drastically, why are you still so defiant in the face of our acquisition offer? It can't be because our offer wasn't high enough, can it?"
Zhong Xiaoai shook her head decisively.
"It shouldn't be. We're not looking for a full acquisition, and the price we offered isn't low at all. The fact that he's unwilling to sell means he's still very confident in his core business."
"In the past three years, their revenue has steadily increased by supplying GF series GPU products to multiple computer companies. Unless Dell and HP cut orders, they are not worried at all."
Zhao Ruilong snorted coldly, "Since he's not worried, then we won't make the acquisition. Otherwise, if we act very enthusiastic and proactive, he'll think he's quite marketable and won't have to worry about finding buyers!"
Upon hearing these words, Zhong Xiaoai suddenly recalled what her cousin Han Bingyan had said before parting ways after accompanying her to court for her divorce today.
She said that nowadays, more and more young men and women who are highly educated, have good looks and temperament, and have good jobs are becoming older singles.
Having high standards and not wanting to settle is the main reason for being single.
But some people take themselves too seriously.
When someone is admired and pursued, they feel that everything is a given and that others should treat them well.
Having many suitors makes one feel particularly good about oneself, constantly raising one's psychological expectations.
Little did they know that people of the opposite sex with exceptional qualities often have many suitors and can easily win someone else's heart.
The result of all that picking and choosing is that I'm getting older and still single.
In the end, they became single men and women in their thirties or even over forty.
When they arrive at the matchmaking market, they still think they're good enough to be picky...
Zhong Xiaoai knew that her cousin was saying these words on the day of her official divorce.
It's a reminder to myself that divorced women shouldn't be too picky.
Don't think that just because you're good-looking or were once born into a powerful family, you can be arrogant.
Now that she's a high-level white-collar worker, she can still marry someone with good conditions.
Just like Invista, the American company that Zhao Ruilong wanted to acquire.
From a market value of 10 billion US dollars, it has shrunk to only a little over 1 billion US dollars, yet it still feels good about itself and doesn't want to be acquired.
"By the way, stopping the acquisition negotiations doesn't mean we've completely given up on Invista. We'll start buying when their stock price falls below ten dollars."
"Ok."
After nodding, Zhong Xiaoai continued:
"There's another issue. The P4 processor, which Indel officially released in January of this year, did not achieve the expected sales volume after being installed in Lianxiang computers."
"It is said that they plan to launch a processor based on a 130-nanometer process with support for hyper-threading technology and a frequency of up to 3.4GHz as soon as possible."
"This processor will feature 512KB of L2 cache, 2MB of L3 cache, and an 800MHz system front-side bus speed, offering 30% higher performance than the current model."
Zhao Ruilong smiled without saying a word.
After eating some snacks and fruit, he slowly wiped his mouth and said:
"So what if it increases by 30%?"
"Even if it's improved by 100%, it still won't be a match for our Dragon I3."
"How can a 130-nanometer process precision compare to a 90-nanometer one?"
"At the same size, the number of transistors is not even on the same order of magnitude, so no matter how much you overclock, it won't make a difference."
"However, it was only officially released in January, and now it's not even July yet, and they're already rushing to launch a new model. This shows that the currently available P4 processor has really screwed over many customers."
Zhong Xiaoai sneered, "It's good that they've been ripped off, especially Lianxiang. It's a computer company from our Dragon Country, yet it doesn't support our domestic processors and insists on paying a high price to buy Indel, which has even worse performance."
Zhao Ruilong waved his hand.
"It's not their fault. People are prone to developing path dependence."
"Back when Indel entered our country, Lianxiang's computer sales in China were not high."
"After the two parties cooperated, Lenovo's sales grew rapidly with the help of Indel."
"With such a foundation of cooperation and a history of explosive sales growth, they must have complete trust in Indel."
"If they want to surpass our Huilong computers in sales, they will definitely bet on Indel. Even though sales are not good now, they will still have hope for the new processor."
"Too!"
Zhong Xiaoai sighed, "They won't turn back until they hit a brick wall!"
"They'll only get worried if they use the new processor and their sales are still far behind ours!"
Zhong Xiaoai was well aware that Zhao Ruilong had adopted a roundabout tactic similar to encircling the cities from the countryside in the competition in the computer market.
We know that Lianxiang has excellent sales, both among the general public and in government and enterprises, and has a solid market foundation.
Therefore, Zhao Ruilong did not sell complete computer systems from the beginning.
Instead, they focused on opening one Huilong chain internet cafe after another.
Furthermore, it has made significant investments in numerous semiconductor and software companies, including Loongson Group, as supporting partners.
As more and more Huilong Internet cafes appear in major cities and gradually spread to various towns and villages...
As more and more people get used to using the high-performance Huilong computers and various domestically produced software in internet cafes...
In addition to Huilong Group and its holding companies, many government and enterprise units in Handong have also begun to purchase Huilong computers and domestically produced software...
By taking this step-by-step, steady approach, and building a solid market foundation and strong product capabilities, Zhao Ruilong officially began selling computers.
Upon its release, it naturally captured a significant market share, with more and more people willing to use domestically produced computers, operating systems, and software programs.
With sales fluctuating, how could Lianxiang, a comprador enterprise that had long used INDELE processors and installed the Weisoft XP operating system, not be anxious?