Vol 6 Chapter 476: A sharp turn of the situation

? In May, there was no worse news coming out of subprime mortgages and Wall Street.

It didn't seem to get worse, but it didn't get better either.

But whether it is for the uncertain America, the trembling Europe, or other countries in the world, this is already an excellent state.

It is equivalent to the price of my house after the Great Heavenly Dynasty. If it doesn't rise, or if it rises quickly, it is already good. Do you still expect it to fall?

On the economic level, the headlines once again belonged to Silicon Valley at the beginning of May.

On the morning of the 1st, at the beginning of Labor Day in most countries around the world (Labor Day originated in the United States, but Labor Day in the United States is on the first Monday of September), Microsoft and NEXTDOOR issued a joint statement, They will form a common team and continue to be responsible for the acquisition plan for Yahoo that has already been carried out.

This statement issued in the early hours of the morning had become a well-known news in the world's high-tech circles.

Microsoft and Yahoo have joined forces, representatives of established high-tech companies, and representatives of emerging high-tech companies have joined forces. The goal is again Yahoo, which is pivotal in the Internet field...

Feng Yiping, the founder of NEXTDOOR, the relationship with Google, the relationship with Apple, the past and competition between Google and Yahoo, the competition between Microsoft and Google, the entanglement between Microsoft and Apple, the Android launched by Feng Yiping, the competition with Apple, Yahoo's recently proposed cooperation with Google, NEXTDOOR and Apple...

It was messy at first, but now NEXTDOOR has teamed up with Microsoft to acquire Yahoo... It's really cutting, and it's messy. A thousand people can come up with at least a thousand interpretations.

But at least one thing that can be very certain is that Feng Yiping’s NEXTDOOR, the goal of Blue Ocean 3, which was registered not long ago, can finally be determined, and it is undoubtedly Yahoo.

From Blue Ocean 1 to Blue Ocean 2, to the current Blue Ocean 3, the pace of NEXTDOOR M&A has never stopped, and the scale of M&A targets is also rising exponentially.

At the beginning, it was only a few hundred million dollars, and then billions of dollars later. Now, it has directly risen to the level of tens of billions of dollars.

This objectively reflects the growth rate of Feng Yiping's company in recent years.

However, thinking of the meaning and status of Yahoo, thinking of the common ground between the founder of Yahoo and Feng Yiping, in China, this news still makes some people feel a little unspeakable.

In the United States, how can you two be born from the same root!

Many people look at their Yahoo mailboxes and think about the era of free Internet that Yahoo has created. They also feel that the old Microsoft and the emerging NEXTDOOR are more or less cooperating to bully people.

This is the foundation that Yahoo has laid over the years.

It's just that there are many people who have such feelings, but most of them are just that.

Yahoo is no longer the glorious one, and it seems to be better than the life of more than 99.9999% of users. As long as Yahoo’s mailbox can be used for free in the future and news can be viewed for free, then, even if everyone behind it, replace it with Microsoft and NEXTDOOR have nothing to do with each other.

No matter how dark the Microsoft heart is, no matter how greedy it is, it is impossible to even charge for these services.

Taking into account NEXTDOOR, who has a lot of ideas, in the future, if you don't know the Yahoo website, you can still provide you with more surprises!

Many people quickly put this news behind their heads, no matter what new changes these things have, it will not affect them for the time being.

But the excitement doesn't stop there.

Before the market opened, and always insisted on uncompromising for nearly 3 months, Yahoo’s founder and current CEO Yang Zhiyuan announced for the first time that, for the long-term development of the company, Yahoo will carefully consider Microsoft’s proposal from now on Acquisition agreement.

Yahoo also guarantees that no matter how it changes later, it will always put service users first...

But this time, many people didn't have the patience to read the full text of his statement-they were anxious to celebrate.

In this morning, many people in the United States who hold Yahoo stocks stopped drinking coffee and milk instead of drinking.

Haha, after investing for so many years, ups and downs so many times, finally ushered in a pretty good ending.

Corresponding to everyone’s toasting, Yahoo’s stock price once again rose sharply by more than 20% after the market opened.

Chief Yang looked at the stock price changes on the computer with mixed feelings.

Such a reaction from the market, of course, very directly explained the welcome to his decision, which naturally proved Feng Yiping's thesis.

That is, he was actually going against the trend before.

This result also made him feel more relaxed. In comparison, the curtain call in such a way is not only decent, but also worthy of all the investors who have trusted them and placed their hopes on them.

At the same time, this change gave him a better reason to negotiate with Microsoft.

In February, on the day Microsoft announced the acquisition of Yahoo, Yahoo’s stock price rose by 56%. Although the stock price fell because of its insistence on not giving in, the stock price rose by more than 20% today. The overall stock price was compared with Microsoft’s proposal. On the day of the acquisition, it had risen by more than 25%.

On the other hand, after the disclosure of the plan to acquire Yahoo, Microsoft's stock price has declined-but this is a phenomenon that makes him think about it, and it is somewhat unpleasant.

Because Microsoft originally planned to acquire Yahoo's payment solution, almost half of their stocks and half of their cash, now that the cash portion will naturally rise, he personally thinks that an increase of 5 billion US dollars is a very reasonable request.

But the excitement does not stop there. Following the statements of Microsoft, NEXTDOOR, and Yahoo, News Corp. also jumped out, “News Corp. has always been committed to providing more and more comprehensive news and information to all people in the world. Therefore, we I highly value Yahoo, a world-renowned news platform, and its help to our news business..."

"...After careful consideration, we have decided to start the plan to acquire Yahoo. I believe that Yahoo's platform will help us provide all users with more thoughtful and convenient services..."

The industry was in an uproar.

It is not the first time News Corp. expressed its coveting of Yahoo, but they did not have the strength and the corresponding confidence before. Now it seems that MySpace must have given them a lot of sweetness, so that they have the courage. Start such a high-tech M&A project of more than 40 billion US dollars.

The entry of News Corp. was just the beginning. Then, AOL also jumped out, "...As the most successful Internet service provider, we believe that we and Yahoo will work together to provide users with... "

Similarly, not many people have the patience to read this statement from AOL.

Do you still have room to acquire a giant like Yahoo? Or should we break up with Time Warner as soon as possible and discuss other things?

Also, don't expect us to support your mergers and acquisitions. Your bad merger with Time Warner has exhausted everyone's trust.

AOL, which has been ridiculed by the group, is not the end. Following that, Comcast expressed interest in the acquisition, and then another media giant in the United States, owning the United States’ first national daily newspaper "USA Today", As well as many TV stations, radio stations, and a Gannett newspaper group from a cable network joined in...

So that in the end, like Microsoft, another high-tech giant in Seattle, Amazon, even expressed interest in Yahoo.

Such news made Chief Yang feel more pleased.

So many well-known companies bid for Yahoo~www.wuxiaspot.com~ which fully demonstrates the value of the company they founded.

This is totally different from when he wanted to package Yahoo China and give it to Lao Ma for free.

However, when he was happy, he couldn't help thinking, so many companies have expressed interest in Yahoo so quickly, is there any influence from Feng Yiping's famous good vision?

In the end, he decided not to think deeply about such problems that might make people unhappy.

But at this time, some people do not think deeply and already feel unpleasant.

For example, I was planning to take this opportunity to repeat the trick and salvage a fortune. By the way, I inserted a few of his own Kar Icahn on the Yahoo board. After seeing Chief Yang’s statement, I knew that my plan had already been declared bankrupt.

At this time, he was asking around angrily, who on earth prompted Chief Yang, who had been very determined, to change his attitude so simply?

But the most suffering at this time is undoubtedly Sun Zhengyi who is still staying in New York.