Rewrite the Technological Landscape

"Mr. Meng, this is the current list of intentions." Shao Yibo went to Meng Qian's room and handed over a document.

"Has Xiao Boshi responded to the latest trends in Silicon Valley?"

"Well, as Mr. Meng expected, many companies in Silicon Valley have begun to increase their overseas acquisitions. There is obviously capital behind this. However, according to the data given by Mr. Xiao, the acquisitions in Silicon Valley this time are mainly focused on hardware. In terms of field and software, there are relatively few actions in Silicon Valley.”

Less software action is inevitable, because Dafeng Group, a software company, has held them back. The former Oracle is now cold, and Sun Micro is also waiting to be acquired. Google is suppressed by Dafeng Group. Asia is suffering from competition, and so is HP. Software and hardware are also affected by Dafeng Group. Adobe’s market share has been reduced by at least 30% because of Dafeng Group. Cisco is struggling to deal with the alliance formed by Dafeng Group and SAP. The powerful IBM and Microsoft are now being dragged down by the acquisition costs of Oracle and Sun Micro, and they can't spare much capital.

The software forces in the entire Silicon Valley were messed up by Meng Qian.

"Perot Systems?" Meng Qian kept looking for the target he was satisfied with while flipping through the documents, "I remember that this company serves the US federal government, is it willing to sell it to us?"

"If we acquire it, we will acquire Perot System's market business outside the United States, mainly in Asia, and also include some business in Europe."

"I have a little impression of this company. The founder came from IBM. He has been complaining about IBM for so many years, saying that IBM is a company that drinks human blood."

"Yes, the market reputation of Perot Systems has always been very good. The main users are either the government or large enterprises. In recent years, Perot Systems has shined in the field of medical IT. This is why I propose to acquire part of Perot Systems' market business s reason."

"I remember that this company is doing very well. How did you convince them?"

"The founder Ross has been focusing on real estate and oil fields for some reason in the past few years. Last year, he spent 2.2 billion yuan to buy an oil field in the Middle East.

As a result, it caught up with the subprime mortgage crisis, and Ross's real estate business suffered substantial losses, and now he is facing a huge debt crisis.

HP has already proposed an acquisition intention to Perot Systems, but Ross proposed a purchase price of 4 billion yuan, which HP can't afford so much money. At the same time, Ross doesn't seem to have much affection for HP. "

After understanding the situation, Meng Qian nodded subconsciously, "It's another one that fell into the hands of real estate. This company is good. Think about how to win it. It will help us develop the government markets of various countries in the future, and sooner or later we will enter the medical and life industries. science field."

"Okay." Shao Yibo took out his notebook and wrote it down.

"Metacarta? What's going on with this company?"

"The company's acquisition intentions are very high, and they are very satisfied with the price we offered. However, as a positioning company, Metacarta's smooth acquisition will be largely interfered by the US government."

"Motorola's efforts are changing the attitude of operators in the United States. The incumbent in the United States wants to engage in liberalism. Hongmeng is likely to enter the United States in the future. If we can acquire Metacarta, it is of strategic significance to us. You should think about it carefully. Think of ways to."

"Okay, I'm going to use all the resources I can."

"Tibco is also willing to sell?" Meng Qian saw a company that interested him again. Tibco is currently the world's largest independent business integration software company, focusing on middleware products.

"It's interesting to talk about Tibco. Tibco encountered great sales difficulties due to the financial crisis, so it asked SAP for help. Later, SAP approached us, and we got on the line with Tibco.

Tibco's technical level is okay, but it is a company that does not pay attention to sales, and the market is in a mess, which gives us the opportunity to acquire.

However, according to our investigation, SAP has already started to acquire Tibco, but at this time, SAP cannot afford so much money. "

"SAP is a very important ally of ours in Europe." Meng Qian rubbed his chin, "Well, you can talk about the acquisition first, and see what attitude SAP has. If they don't respond, forget it. You, let’s talk about cooperative acquisitions.”

"I see."

"SGI is only 30 million yuan?" Meng Qian saw a familiar company. SGI is a well-known development company of 2D/3D graphics application programming interface OpenGL, which masters the OpenGL standard. "

"Well, SGI filed for bankruptcy protection in 2006, and encountered a financial crisis in the past two years, and its debts have been rising all the way. It is said that the debts have exceeded 500 million yuan now.

My bid of 30 million yuan is already a great respect for them. "

Meng Qian circled SGI with a pen, "If you can acquire SGI, you will not only get the OpenGL standard, but also help our cloud computing business. You should also pay attention to this company."

Shao Yibo continued to write it down in his notebook.

"Razorfish? An online advertising agency under aQuantiv?"

Shao Yibo raised his head and took a look, "Well, aQuantiv is getting worse day by day after being acquired by Microsoft, and now we are going to sell Razorfish for some money."

"500 million yuan, the valuation is not low."

"Razorfish still has a great market in the field of online advertising. Once acquired, it will be helpful for the promotion of our products in the United States."

"But Samuel told me about Fengxin again yesterday. It's not easy for us to bite the bullet and spend so much money to keep Fengxin alive in the United States."

"The market for Razorfish is not only in the United States."

Meng Qian thought for a while, "Does Microsoft have any other subsidiaries to sell?"

"There is another company, Danger, a mobile software developer and service provider, which was also acquired by Microsoft last year. It turned out to be such a mess that no one is interested in finding someone to take it over now."

"Well, let's not contact the companies under Microsoft for the time being, and talk about it after we successfully acquire Sun Micro." Meng Qian put down the document and read it all, "Do you have anything to add?"

"By the way, Mr. Meng just mentioned that we will develop into the medical and life science fields in the future. Now there are actually many companies in related fields that can be acquired, such as MDS Inc., Aisijin Biotechnology Co., Ltd., etc., but these companies The purchase price is not low, after all, it is a future plan of the company, I wonder if I should get in touch with it?"

Meng Qian glanced at the information of these companies first, "If they are all acquired, how much will it cost?"

"At least 3 billion yuan."

"Then let's talk about it." Meng Qian put down the document again, "Except for the key points I have drawn for you, you should continue to contact other companies. This time, the target of the US acquisition task I gave you is 20 billion."

Shao Yibo closed the notebook.

"Rice yuan."

"Snapped!"

The notebook fell to the ground, and Shao Yibo looked at Meng Qian with wide eyes, "20 billion yuan?! In addition to the acquisition of Sun Micro, we will spend 25 billion yuan in the US market?"

"Don't act like you haven't seen the world." Meng Qian picked up the notebook and gave it to Shao Yibo, "Such a large-scale acquisition may attract the attention of the US government, so you must be quick, accurate, and as low-key as possible. Companies that don’t come should just give up and don’t cause too much commotion.”

"I understand, but where did the company get so much money?"

"Maybe it's because the company performed so well last year. Years ago, those banks came to ask me for a loan, and I was too embarrassed to refuse."

"Mr. Meng, do you think I can believe this?"

Meng Qian suddenly became serious, "As long as the money is in place, is the reason important?"

Feeling Meng Qian's aura, Shao Yibo immediately shut up, "I'll make a plan now."

When Silicon Valley just started its own overseas mergers and acquisitions, Meng Qian's capital army had already arrived at their base camp.