Vol 6 Chapter 540: Right in the middle

Not adding 1 billion, nor adding 2 billion, but directly adding 3 billion. This is not to say that Sun Zhengyi is not treating money as money, but that he and Feng Yiping thought of going together.

He hopes that he will be the first to raise the purchase price to more than US$50 billion, so that his opponents will retreat in the face of difficulties, so as to simply lock in victory.

Softbank's move quickly caused a strong response from all walks of life. No one could have imagined that in 2008, they would see such a proud acquisition war.

Not to mention, among the three participating parties, Yahoo, Microsoft and NEXTDOOR are all well-known high-tech companies in the United States.

In such a bad financial environment, such a large acquisition has also given some people confidence. At least, we are not bad in all aspects.

Ballmer did not expect that at the last moment, SoftBank was able to do such a big deal. The moment he heard the news, he knew that this acquisition, which he had placed high hopes and invested in, had come to an end. .

Although he was mentally prepared after talking to Gates and Feng Yiping, the moment he saw SoftBank’s offer, disappointment still flooded.

But at this time, he needs to deal with many other things.

First, he should inform the M&A team of his decision, and then he has to appease the company's employees...

This is a heavy day.

But he didn't know that he had to deal with other things at this time.

The secretary looked at Ballmer in an office about the size of an ordinary employee, with only a desk as wide as his back. When he was sitting with his back on his forehead and his back facing the door, his back was not as straight as before. I have the heart to interrupt, but Ballmer must know about this matter.

She knocked gently on the door twice, "Steve, Mr. Allen called, and he said, if you have time today..."

Ballmer quickly raised his head, "Give me his call, now,"

This Allen, of course, is Paul Allen, another Microsoft founder and major shareholder.

"Steve," Paul Allen's mood sounded equally low, "I want to say, this time, we did a great job, but now, maybe it's time to give up, what do you think?"

"Thank you Paul for your suggestion, this is what I am about to tell you, we are going to give up,"

"This is a wise decision Steve, we will have more and better choices," Paul Allen comforted.

After him, shareholders kept calling, and the contents were all the same. They could no longer raise the price with an unreasonable opponent like SoftBank. That 48 billion US dollars should be the final bid, and no more than one should be added. Steel pewter.

At the end of the call, they will add a sentence without exception, "Steve, anyway, it's time to give up now,"

Ballmer dealt with these calls almost mechanically. He is not Gates, and he still has to respect these people.

At the same time, related media, as well as well-known technology blogs, are constantly calling his office, hoping to know their next arrangements.

Ballmer at this time of course will not pay attention to them, he is drafting a letter to employees.

Maybe it was too busy, so when Tokyo went from night to day, and then to night, they never responded to SoftBank's latest offer.

For Softbank, for Sun Zhengyi, this is undoubtedly a very difficult more than twenty hours.

During this period, it is rare for him to work at ease.

Frankly speaking, if Microsoft raises the price again on the basis of 51 billion US dollars, even if it is 100 million US dollars, he does not know what to do next.

Like the company’s executives, the financial owners in the Middle East did not fully support him for such a proud price increase. Like Microsoft’s shareholders, they also felt that, in any case, this should be the final offer.

This evening, Sun Zhengyi did not go home, he stayed at the company.

He hopes that after a working day, Microsoft and NEXTDOOR can make a clear response.

However, after the early hours of the morning, when the time for the possible response to the outside there was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help being irritable again.

If they continue to increase prices, what should I do?

Could it be that Feng Yiping is allowed to enter Yahoo Japan in the right way?

This is absolutely unacceptable to him.

But don't you continue to bid at all costs? Investors, it should be impossible to support.

Just after 2 a.m., that is, just after 10 a.m. in West America, Sun Zhengyi was surprised by the knock on the door. He took his gaze back from the window and glanced at his watch, "Come in."

This time, he looked at the door very intently. The moment he saw the assistant's face, his heart hung high and finally put it down again.

"President," the female assistant smiled, "Mr. Robert's call,"

Robert is the person in charge of SoftBank's acquisition of Yahoo.

"Thank you, come in." Sun Zhengyi saw the answer from her face. Sure enough, Robert told him very happily, "Sun, we have been informed by Yahoo that Microsoft and NEXTDOOR have officially abandoned the acquisition. Yahoo, soon it will be our Yahoo!"

Although he had guessed the result, Sun Zhengyi couldn't help standing up excitedly, "Robert, you did a great job, thank you,"

"Sun, this is mainly because of your smart decision-making," Robert, who was directly responsible for the acquisition, was the happiest person at this time.

Such mergers and acquisitions of more than 50 billion US dollars, let alone the majority of people dominate, even the opportunity to participate is hard to come across.

"I heard that Ballmer sent a letter to their team and employees, and I will send it to you as soon as possible."

"Okay Robert," At this moment, Sun Zhengyi hopes to use Ballmer's surrender to set off his victory.

But what he wants to know most at this time is actually Feng Yiping's reaction.

Feng Yiping, who has been going well and has never failed in mergers and acquisitions, what are you thinking at this time?

What is the expression on your face now?

This is a pity, because it is impossible for his subordinates to inquire about this information, but in fact, it is really a kind of luck for him, because Feng Yiping at this time is not depressed, but rather than He is also happy.

Seeing him enter the office with a smile, the M&A team, who was in a low mood, couldn't react for a while. How could it be such a reaction?

But soon, they remembered some unconfirmed rumors. Could it be that those rumors were true?

"Everyone," Feng Yiping said with a smile, "I hope everyone, don't blame yourself for the failure of this acquisition, and don't be upset about this unsuccessful acquisition,"

"Actually, Gates and I both felt that giving up the acquisition under such circumstances would definitely be a wise decision."

"After one year, at most two years later, looking back, all of us will be grateful for today's decision!"

Change to another team. Under such circumstances, hearing the boss say something like this, most likely will be a little suspicious, because this is too much like making an excuse for failure, saying grape sour because you can't eat grapes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But no one thinks that way at all at this time, because it is Feng Yiping who said this.

Several people secretly exchanged a knowing glance. Sure enough, the rumors seemed to be true. In this acquisition, the boss needs to ensure that it is not his own success, but the success of SoftBank.

That being said, it is certainly wise to decide to give up today.

They couldn't help but feel sorry for those guys from SoftBank. They must be overjoyed at this time when they want to come, but you may not know that this is in the arms of our boss.

Do you think what you have harvested is a heavy fruit? It now appears that it will probably be a powerful bomb.

Even if in the future, Yahoo won’t explode to pieces, there will never be the big development you imagine.

Feng Yiping was also really happy at this time. To say, he really didn't know how to deal with Softbank, because the Japanese market was too closed.

But I didn't expect that this year would have such an excellent opportunity, and whether it is Chief Yang, or Microsoft, the focus is on Sun Zhengyi of Softbank, they can cooperate in this way.

He really feels that it is the result of the present, the best director of next year’s Oscar, no, the best director of all film awards in the world next year should be awarded to him Feng Yiping.

Just ask, is there any director who can direct a drama with an investment of up to 51 billion US dollars?

Is there any director who can invite Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Chief Yang, Sun Zhengyi... these big names?

Yahoo, still failed to invest in Ali’s Yahoo, $51 billion, ha ha!

He really wanted to ask Sun Zhengyi at this time, do you also like to hear "Courage" by the Malaysian female singer who developed in our country?

He is very sure that from now on, he will no longer worry about SoftBank, because SoftBank will only continue to soften...