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Jadeite Building, 38th floor.
Shi Lei sat at Mu Shuang's desk. He picked up the documents prepared by Mu Shuang and flipped through them casually.
Mu Shuang sat in the ergonomic health chair. A calm smile appeared on her delicate face. "Shi Lei, although you don't know much about business, I believe you can understand these documents!"
Shi Lei was just casually flipping through the documents. After Mu Shuang's reminder, he started reading slowly.
The documents prepared by Mu Shuang introduced AMD's basic situation from the very beginning.
Since the beginning of the new century, AMD had been operating at a loss.
Under normal circumstances, it was rare for a world-renowned company to suffer a loss.
For a high-tech manufacturing company like AMD to be operating at a loss for six years in a row was simply unbelievable.
In the field of personal computers, there were only two companies operating in the CPU market.
Aside from Intel, there was AMD.
For AMD to be operating at a loss in such a semi-monopolistic industry was quite shocking!
In fact, AMD's technology was not as good as Intel's. Furthermore, they used Intel's authorization framework.
Therefore, the profit margin of AMD's products was not as good as Intel's products.
In addition, in terms of global market share, Intel held the lead and suppressed AMD, causing AMD to suffer losses every year.
As of now, AMD owed about one billion USD to various raw materials upstream manufacturers.
If not for the Lijian Province's anti-monopoly law in effect, AMD would have collapsed long ago!
When Dream Entertainment acquired AMD, almost all of AMD's upstream supply chain were cheering. Dream Entertainment was rich and imposing. After taking over AMD, AMD should have paid back the money it owed, right?
AMD's upstream supply chain merchants had long wanted to urge AMD to pay back the money. Unfortunately, AMD did not have the money and could not pay it back even if they wanted to.
Shi Lei roughly flipped through all the documents. A relieved expression appeared on his face. Shi Lei knew that AMD had been incurring losses. However, Shi Lei did not know that AMD's losses were so severe.
"Shuangshuang, according to AMD's losses, their shareholders have not received any dividends for seven years.
What you're saying is that as long as we can lead AMD out of this predicament, whether it's AMD's top management, shareholders, or workers, they'll all welcome us? "Shi Lei put down the documents in his hands.
Mu Shuang nodded and said, "That's right!
As long as we can lead AMD out of this predicament, even if we ask the management shareholders of AMD to dilute their shares, they will agree.
No matter how many stocks there are, if they don't have circulation value and dividend value, they are just a pile of paper! "
Shi Lei said with deep emotion, "AMD has already withdrawn from the NASDAQ stock market. Before it is re-listed, the shares that represent AMD's ownership are indeed very cheap."
"Sir, Xiao Bo sent a message. The seven shareholders of AMD have finished their discussion and agreed to hold an online video conference. The system has automatically arranged the online conference. You only need to attend the conference." Izur's voice sounded in the Bluetooth headset, reminding Shi Lei.
Shi Lei pressed the Bluetooth headset and replied, "Got it. I will deal with it later!"
After that, Shi Lei hung up the call with Izur and explained to Mu Shuang, "Shuangshuang, just now, the company staff reported to me about the situation in Lijian Province. We can now hold an online video conference with AMD's top shareholders."
Mu Shuang stood up and did not refuse Shi Lei. She followed Shi Lei into Dream Entertainment's conference room.
The projector in the conference room was already controlled by Izur. On the huge projection cloth, Izur projected light and divided it into nine small square screens.
However, only the eight small square screens showed the content, indicating that the image information was waiting to be loaded.
The small square screen at the bottom right corner did not show any information about the image loading.
The small square screen at the bottom left corner lit up. Xiao Bo's familiar figure appeared in the small square screen at the bottom left corner of the projection screen.
"Boss, I have completed the task you asked me to do. The seven shareholders of AMD have all agreed to hold an online video conference.
Boss, are you ready? "
Xiao Bo said excitedly, "Boss, today, we will take over AMD and make AMD a subsidiary of Dream Entertainment!"
Shi Lei also sounded excited. "Xiao Bo, you've sent the corresponding online video conference address to the seven shareholders of AMD, haven't you?"
"Boss, how could I make a mistake on such a small matter?"
Xiao Bo said confidently, "I guarantee that every shareholder of AMD will receive the message I sent.
As for what they will choose, I believe that they will all come, Boss.
AMD's situation is a little worse than we thought. "
Just as Mu Shuang and Xiao Bo had predicted, the seven shareholders of AMD all appeared on the screen projected by Izur.
When all the shareholders of AMD had arrived, Shi Lei also connected to the online video conference address. However, on the bottom right corner of the screen, Shi Lei's figure did not appear. Instead, there was a black background and a white label — "Sound. Only." This meant that there was only a sound link and no image information.
In the face of Shi Lei's display of strength, the seven shareholders of AMD did not express any dissatisfaction or objection.
Only the Senior Vice President Tom Clusi, who was most familiar with Dream Entertainment, was the first to ask, "Mr. Shi, why are you not showing up?"
Shi Lei chuckled and said, "Mr. Tom, there are some technical problems with the line. The image information cannot be transmitted for the time being.
Alright, let's not talk about these small problems. Let's discuss the future of AMD. "
The current CEO of AMD, Dirk Mayer, was the first to speak, "Dear Mr. Shi, before we discuss the future of AMD, I have a question for you."
"What is it?"
Shi Lei did not care about Dirk Mayer's unruly question. Perhaps Dirk Mayer's question was something that all the shareholders of AMD were concerned about.
Dirk Mayer paused for a moment to organize his words and tone. Then, he tried to ask as calmly as possible, "Dear Mr. Shi, may I ask if you plan to move AMD to Xia Xia?
If you plan to move AMD to Xia Xia, the problems that will arise will definitely not be … "
Shi Lei interrupted Dirk Mayer's question. "Mr. Dirk, please forgive me for interrupting your question.
Dream Entertainment has never thought of moving AMD to Xia Xia. AMD's current situation has been preserved in its original state.
Dream Entertainment was the one who bought AMD, not Xia Xia's government.
Previously, all the information about AMD was just a rumor spread by the media. "
In the projection of the video conference, Dirk Mayer heaved a sigh of relief. "I see. Then I have no more questions!"
After answering Dirk Mayer's question, Chief Technical Engineer Atwood Iven suddenly asked with an unquestionable tone, "Mr. Shi, I am AMD's Chief Technical Engineer Atwood Iven.
Everyone calls me Old Iven. If Mr. Shi doesn't mind, you can also call me that.
I just want to ask Mr. Shi, after you and Dream Entertainment take over AMD, what attitude will you use to treat the R&D department? "
Atwood Iven seemed to have realized that his tone was not right after he finished asking. He bowed to show his respect and continued, "Mr. Shi, let's put it more bluntly. How much R&D funds will you invest in the R&D department?"
Atwood Iven, who was in charge of the R&D department, was very concerned about this question.
If Shi Lei gave him too little R&D funds, he would have to find another way to make a living.
Shi Lei glanced at Atwood Iven's image on the projection screen and said with a smile, "Old Iven, I can only guarantee one thing. That is, your R&D department will have a lot of authority while Dream Entertainment is in charge of AMD. Every year's R&D funding will not be less than the R&D funds you invested previously!
If you make some achievements, Dream Entertainment will only add more R&D funds. "
After answering two more questions, they finally entered the proper segment to discuss AMD's future.
In this segment, Shi Lei returned the negotiating rights to Mu Shuang.
Mu Shuang was far better than Shi Lei when it came to business negotiations!
Shi Lei listened to Mu Shuang's negotiation from the side and couldn't help but show a look of admiration. When Mu Shuang was working, she was like a queen. She negotiated with the seven shareholders of AMD with ease.
The seven shareholders of AMD originally wanted 25% of the shares, which were the shares in their hands. They wouldn't give up a single bit.
However, half an hour later, the seven shareholders of AMD only wanted 15% of the shares. They didn't need Dream Entertainment to pay a single cent for the remaining 10% of the shares. They gave it to Dream Entertainment directly.
Shi Lei almost agreed to this proposal. However, Mu Shuang quickly stopped Shi Lei and continued to negotiate with the seven shareholders of AMD.
Another half an hour later, the seven shareholders of AMD gave up another 5% of the shares. They only held 10% of the shares.
This result was the most ideal one in Shi Lei's imagination.
However, Mu Shuang was still not satisfied. She continued to negotiate with the seven shareholders of AMD.
Shi Lei felt dizzy. Was this the power of a professional?
If Shi Lei were to negotiate by himself, he would have been persuaded by the seven shareholders of AMD!
"My queen, why are you so amazing?"
Shi Lei looked at the side of Mu Shuang's face, which was as smooth as jade, and a happy smile appeared on his face. This was because such a powerful queen also belonged to him!
Shi Lei was greedy. If one looked at Shi Lei in a secular way, one could say that Shi Lei was a playboy.
However, Shi Lei gave his heart to every girl. Who could say that Shi Lei was a vulgar scumbag who played with women's feelings?
"My queen, we will walk to the end together!" Shi Lei promised in his heart as he looked at Mu Shuang, who was completely engrossed in the negotiation.
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