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May 7th, 10 AM.
Shi Lei was still asleep. Recently, due to his need to pay attention to the Nasdaq stock market and the situation in the Hero's World, he often stayed up late. Sleeping in in the morning had become one of Shi Lei's standard routines.
In the Green Lake Hotel not far from Scenic Elegance Court, the senior vice presidents of AMD and Intel were staying in this four-star hotel. This greatly increased the fame of the Green Lake Hotel.
In the executive suite reserved by Tom Clusi, he was having a discussion with the think tank staff, Kira.
"Kira, we need to reach an official cooperation agreement with Dream Entertainment today.
Our company's situation isn't good. Whether it's the investor's confidence or the fluctuation of the stock price, we need to cooperate with Dream Entertainment to stabilize it, "Tom Clusi said.
As a think tank staff, how could Kira Katara not understand this logic?
However, Kira still felt that something was wrong. Dream Entertainment seemed to be a little too troublesome.
Logically speaking, no matter which company Dream Entertainment wanted to choose, they should have a detailed selection criteria. As long as their criteria were met, they should quickly sign the contract.
However, Dream Entertainment's repeated evasions couldn't be justified.
Unless they had not reached Dream Entertainment's target, they would only continue to delay.
Kira said in a low voice, "President Tom, I think we should increase the profit sharing ratio with Dream Entertainment."
"Hmm?
Kira, the seventy percent profit sharing ratio we proposed yesterday has already been approved by Dream Entertainment. Why do we need to increase it?
The remaining thirty percent, according to our initial estimates, might be worth one billion USD in the future! "
As AMD's senior vice president, Tom had high hopes of being promoted to president in the future. He was thinking for AMD wholeheartedly and neglected some things.
Kira shook his head. "Dream Entertainment didn't approve of the seventy percent profit sharing ratio. If they did, they wouldn't have found so many excuses and would have signed the contract with us directly."
"What do you mean?" Tom was a little hesitant.
AMD's think tank staff had a superior position in the company. Their suggestions would usually be considered carefully.
Kira hesitated. "We'll directly increase the profit sharing ratio to ninety percent."
"Why ninety percent?
What if it's not 100%? "
Tom was a little confused. In fact, Tom was just reluctant to invest and wanted to produce more.
"There's a huge psychological difference between 90% and 100%.
We'll keep 10% of the profits. This has already made our stance clear. We're willing to work for Dream Entertainment.
If Dream Entertainment isn't even willing to give us 10%, it means that Dream Entertainment isn't interested in working with us.
If we give them 100% of the profits, we'll be at a disadvantage. It'll be hard to judge Dream Entertainment's attitude, "Kira analyzed.
"Alright, I understand. We'll go to Dream Entertainment this afternoon and announce that we've increased the profit sharing ratio." Tom accepted Kira's suggestion.
The most important thing for AMD was to cooperate with Dream Entertainment. Through this, they would be able to release their stocks, stabilize their investors' confidence, and increase their product's recognition.
The games produced by Dream Entertainment had already become the representative of high quality. A computer that could run the Hero's World represented a high-performance computer.
Once AMD cooperated with Dream Entertainment, AMD's product recognition would increase by a large margin.
Even if they couldn't compete with Intel's products, they would still have a chance to breathe.
On the other side, Intel's negotiation team gathered in the room of Craig Bereit, the senior vice president of Intel.
After an all-night discussion, Li Jianguo spent the entire morning on Intel's side. The board of directors of Intel agreed to the suggestion of the five accompanying think-tank staff. They fully authorized Craig to reach a cooperation agreement with Dream Entertainment and not give AMD a chance.
After the discussion, Craig didn't care about staying up all night and called Mu Shuang to make an appointment. He said that he would negotiate with Dream Entertainment in the morning and also rejected AMD's participation.
Mu Shuang agreed to Intel's request. After all, Dream Entertainment didn't really intend to cooperate with AMD.
According to Mu Shuang's script, it was time to reel in the net.
At eleven o 'clock in the morning, Mu Shuang called Shi Lei to Dream Entertainment's conference room to participate in the negotiation with Intel.
In the conference room, Mu Shuang asked first, "Mr. Craig, I wonder if Intel's board of directors has decided on a new cooperation plan?"
Craig was fully authorized. He didn't probe and directly stated his bottom line. "The profit sharing between us can be redefined as seven to three.
Dream Entertainment will take seventy percent, and Intel will take thirty percent. "
He didn't know if it was a coincidence or not, but Intel's and AMD's prices were the same!
Shi Lei sneered in his heart. How could this be a coincidence? It was obvious that Intel had planted a commercial spy in AMD and directly obtained AMD's negotiation information.
"Mr. Craig, this condition can't move Dream Entertainment.
I think you know better than me that AMD's bottom line can be even higher! "Mu Shuang revealed a mysterious smile.
Craig's expression didn't change. He continued, "Intel and Dream Entertainment will jointly invest in a joint venture company. Our company will mainly be responsible for the development and research of personal game servers, including providing better hardware drive optimization, miniaturization of personal game servers, and providing core production services for Dream Entertainment."
In the history of Intel, they had never provided custom service. Even in the future, there were only rumors that Intel would provide custom service for Apple.
Shi Lei's pupils shrank. "Intel is really something. They know what Dream Entertainment needs!"
Miniaturization of personal game servers was the future of Dream Entertainment. It would be best if they could make it as portable as a notebook.
If they could carry it around, then the second generation of the Dream Gaming System would be able to provide players with a portable gaming experience after the Dream Gaming Helmet was developed.
As for the custom chip service, Dream Entertainment needed it even more.
This included the smartphone project that Shi Lei was preparing to carry out. He definitely needed a chip customization service!
Dream Entertainment would be in charge of the smartphone project. The next major project would be under the management of Fantasy Technology.
A small smartphone would push Apple to become the world's number one company in the future.
How could Shi Lei not be envious?
Compared to the phones produced by Apple, Shi Lei was confident that he would be able to produce a product that would completely crush them!
Mu Shuang was also stunned. Shi Lei had explained to her why he wanted to acquire AMD. Other than the convenience of customizing personal game servers and reaping huge profits, another reason was the custom chip service.
Craig looked at Mu Shuang and Shi Lei, who were silent. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Intel's think tank staff should not be underestimated. The conditions that attracted Dream Entertainment were all analyzed by the think tank staff.
However, Intel's think tank staff only guessed one of the reasons. They didn't know the deeper secrets.
If AMD could not be acquired, Shi Lei would accept Intel's proposal without hesitation.
However, AMD could be acquired and could be acquired successfully.
Even if the Lijian Province Government had some resistance.
Thanks to Lijian Province's laws, AMD could make use of Lijian Province's laws to go against the Lijian Province Government.
A society ruled by law is so good!
Mu Shuang turned to look at Shi Lei. She had a questioning look in her eyes. She winked a few times, hinting that she should stop the acquisition of AMD. After all, Dream Entertainment did not suffer any losses in the acquisition of AMD. Instead, they made a lot of profits.
Collaborating with Intel now might be a better option.
Shi Lei smiled and nodded slightly. He hinted to Mu Shuang that he would not give up on acquiring AMD. Everything would proceed according to Mu Shuang's original plan.
Mu Shuang nodded and looked at Craig.
Craig had already noticed the small movements of Shi Lei and Mu Shuang. When he saw the two of them nodding, his smile became even brighter.
"Mr. Craig, Dream Entertainment agrees to cooperate with Intel." Mu Shuang nodded in response.
Craig laughed loudly and said, "Ms. Mu, Intel has a small request. I hope Dream Entertainment can agree to it."
Shi Lei frowned slightly. He was a little unhappy.
"Hmph!
Just a little sunshine, and you'll be crying in the future! "
Craig noticed Shi Lei's frown. He quickly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Shi, please don't misunderstand. Intel doesn't intend to amend the cooperation agreement, nor does it intend to reduce the proportion of profits."
After a pause, Craig showed off his Chinese Xia. "We just have a presumptuous request. I hope your company can agree to it."
Shi Lei almost laughed out loud when he heard Craig say the pinyin of 'presumptuous request'. This was simply too funny!
Mu Shuang frowned and said, "Mr. Craig, what request does Intel have?"
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