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The white Porsche Cayenne slowed down. Although Shi Lei was talking through his Bluetooth headset and it would not affect his hands on the steering wheel, if he focused on the content of the conversation, it might cause an unsafe driving situation.
So, Shi Lei slowed down the car so that if an emergency happened, it would be easier to react to it.
"Mu Shuang, you are saying that AMD still does not agree to the 50-50 model?" Shi Lei asked for the details.
Mu Shuang said with dissatisfaction, "En, that's right. AMD does not agree to the 50-50 split. They did not even accept the 60-40 split.
During today's negotiation, AMD brought out their bottom line. They are only willing to give up 30% of the profits. Also, they want us to settle the payment once a week. "
Shi Lei was stunned for a moment and remembered something.
In the year 2006, AMD had achieved great results.
They acquired ATI graphics processor company. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the company's share price was as high as 20.12 USD. Athlon and Opteron processors were huge successes and their market share exceeded 25%. The highest share reached 25.3%.
However, the good times did not last long!
After AMD acquired ATI graphics processor company, they suffered from indigestion.
With the disastrous outcome of this sky-high acquisition, AMD's cash flow had a huge problem.
What was worse was Intel's strong counterattack. A large number of Intel processors were introduced to the market and AMD's market share in the processor market dropped again and again.
In 2007, AMD entered a period of rapid decline. The company's debt reached 2 billion USD and their market share fell by 15%. Their share price suffered a devastating blow and fell below 10 USD.
If something was already bad enough, then there would definitely be worse things to come.
AMD's situation was like this. From 2007 to 2008, AMD did not make any progress and lost money for four quarters. In 2009, they still lost money!
Loss!
Loss!
In the fourth quarter of 2009, AMD's debt reached 3.9 billion USD and their market share almost fell below 10%. Their share price fell between 5 to 6 USD.
If it were not for the restrictions of the anti-monopoly law that did not allow Intel to monopolize the market, one of the two giants in the CPU industry, AMD, would have collapsed long ago!
There were rumors that when AMD was at its most difficult time, Intel invested in AMD and successfully became AMD's shareholder.
As a result, Intel became the sole hegemon of the CPU market.
After all, in the future, AMD had almost given up on the high-end CPU market. Intel was the only one in the high-end CPU market. The price was set according to the rules of the market.
At the same time, every generation of CPU's performance increase was only about 10%. It was completely to fool the users.
According to Mu Shuang, AMD requested Dream Entertainment to settle the payment every week. This was obviously a cash flow problem. AMD was trying to get cash flow support from Dream Entertainment.
A crazy idea suddenly arose in Shi Lei's heart!
Acquire AMD!
That's right, to acquire AMD!
In the next two years, AMD would be in a weak state. This weak state lasted until 2011, and it had not fully recovered.
Shi Lei hoped to seize this opportunity to take AMD into his own pocket and let Mirui Technology gain the status of a world-class giant.
However, to acquire AMD, he would need at least 5 billion USD and above to own more than 51% of AMD's shares. From there, he would have absolute control of AMD.
5 billion USD, in the era of 2007, was equivalent to 40 billion RMB in the West World!
Even Shi Lei did not have enough confidence to earn 40 billion RMB in a year.
After all, this was 2007 and not the turbulent era of the stock market crash in the 90s.
Even in that era, Shi Lei was a hacker and not a financial expert. How could he know and pay attention to the stock market?
The omniscient and omnipotent was God. Even after being reborn, he could not become the omniscient and omnipotent God. He was just a human being.
Traversing Frontline could earn 5 billion RMB in a year. According to the analysis of the high-end market, if the number of users in the World of Heroes could reach twice that of Traversing Frontline, earning 40 billion RMB in a year would not be a problem.
Analyzing the historical situation, Traversing Frontline was only released in 2008. In 2009, the number of concurrent users exceeded 1 million. After that, it increased by 1 million every year. In 2012, Traversing Frontline's highest concurrent users reached 4 million.
Traversing Frontline's annual revenue of 5 billion RMB was calculated in 2011. This meant that there were about 3 million concurrent users, and at least 10 million active players.
To achieve twice the number of concurrent users in the World of Heroes, he would need at least 20 million active players.
This was an almost impossible task!
But Shi Lei still had to do his best to acquire AMD by 2008, or at the latest by 2009.
Only with his own processor manufacturing company, he could manufacture CPUs and graphics processors that fit Miri Technology's system.
Also, he could manufacture supercomputers suitable for artificial intelligence!
Although there seemed to be a lot of information about AMD, it only flashed through Shi Lei's mind in an instant.
After confirming his plan to acquire AMD, how could Shi Lei still cooperate with AMD?
If he cooperated with AMD, wouldn't he be helping AMD solve their cash flow problem?
"Mu Shuang, notify AMD to stop the negotiations with AMD.
If AMD wants to know the reason, tell them directly. This is the decision of Miri Technology's higher-ups.
Also, even if AMD is willing to accept a higher revenue sharing model, we must reject AMD. "Shi Lei stated his plan.
This was a sinister decision that would greatly suppress AMD!
Although AMD had used the Hero's World of Heroes invitation code to increase their sales, it was still a drop in the bucket. They couldn't save AMD's declining momentum.
It was already April, and about 90% of the World of Heroes' invitation code had appeared. The remaining invitation codes were only for natural purchases. No one was buying them on a large scale.
Back then, Dream Entertainment had reached an agreement with all the major manufacturers. Even if it was based on the final sales situation, it was completely achievable.
Without the support of the World of Heroes' invitation code, AMD's CPUs and ATI graphics processors would experience a sharp drop in sales again.
Shi Lei sighed in his heart. This was probably the reason why Intel and nVIDIA were sitting on the fishing platform and not contacting Dream Entertainment. They knew that AMD was heavily in debt and were not worried about any major changes happening to AMD.
"Intel and nVIDIA are indeed sly old foxes!"
When Mu Shuang heard Shi Lei's reply, she was puzzled. "Shi Lei, why?
If we cooperate with AMD, we will have a lot of profits.
If AMD can give up 30% of the profits, according to our company's budget department, we will have about 200 million to 400 million in profits. "
If Shi Lei had not planned to acquire AMD, this amount of profits might have been enough to attract him.
However, after making up his mind to acquire AMD, how could Shi Lei be tempted?
To most people, 400 million yuan was an astronomical figure among astronomical figures. However, to Shi Lei, it was not an unattainable goal.
The World of Heroes was destined to be popular. A mere 400 million was nothing in Shi Lei's eyes!
It was a pity that most people, in this day and age, did not understand the value and charm that online games could create.
Shi Lei did not intend to tell Mu Shuang about the acquisition of AMD. It was not that he did not trust Mu Shuang, but it was meaningless to tell Mu Shuang.
Wouldn't it be a joke if a company that had been established for less than a year wanted to acquire a world-class high-tech company?
If it was just a joke, Shi Lei wouldn't mind at all.
However, if it aroused AMD's vigilance, or even Intel's attention, Shi Lei did not want to see that happen.
Shi Lei did not want to lose everything!
"Mu Shuang, the specific reason is a little complicated.
When we have time, I will slowly explain it to you. "Shi Lei did not go into detail.
Mu Shuang was very smart. She could tell that Shi Lei did not want to tell her now.
Therefore, she did not ask further. "Okay, I understand. After lunch, when the negotiations begin in the afternoon, I will inform AMD."
Shi Lei liked Mu Shuang's understanding. "Then I will have to trouble you, Mu Shuang."
"You're welcome. I also like the feeling of controlling a company.
Seriously speaking, I should be the one thanking you. Thank you for providing me with such an excellent platform. "Mu Shuang said sincerely.
"Okay, okay, Mu Shuang, there is no need for the two of us to thank each other. Are you free tonight?
Let's have dinner together! "Shi Lei invited.
Mu Shuang rejected. "No, I have to work overtime tonight. The Hero's World is about to be completed. It is very easy for you to leave everything to others, but the related review work is not easy at all."
In Xia Xia's strange country, even if the Hero's World was famous and represented Xia Xia's advanced technology to a certain extent, the review process could still be blocked if the connections were not good enough.
Shi Lei's heart skipped a beat. If the higher-ups of Xie Nanfeng's faction wanted to stop the Hero's World, would it be possible?
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