novelones Chapter 282: Increasing share capital, Smit is ambitious
Chapter 282: Increasing share capital, Smit is ambitious
Clark immediately recognized the voice of the richest man, and it was an angry one.
He was secretly happy, although he wanted to retort to the other party.
But reason defeated the bad taste in his heart, and he pretended to be innocent:
"Sir, there must be some misunderstanding between us."
"Misunderstanding? You said it was a misunderstanding that you developed an operating system?"
"Yes, I thought we had reached some kind of tacit understanding."
Gates said uncertainly:
"Then please explain carefully why you started developing the Hayes system?
You should know that the operating system is Microsoft's exclusive territory. We owned more than 90% of the market in the early 70s!
If you really want to develop an operating system, I won't mind sliding your Netscape browser into the Windows software blacklist! "
Clark felt cold. If the Windows system was exclusive of Netscape products, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for Netscape.
But he also knows that Gates, who has been targeted by the antitrust panel, will not do this at all.
If Microsoft really does this, the entire business empire will fall apart in an instant.
Not only did this not deter Clark, but it strengthened his determination to build the Hayes system.
He took a deep breath, calmed down and said:
"Of course I know that your group has already monopolized 95% of the operating system market, so we will not touch your bottom line. The announcement of entering the operating system is just a fog bomb.
The purpose is that the antitrust team knows that we are competitors. You have to know that our browser market share has increased to 85%. I am also very panicked. "
His half-serious and half-joking tone successfully confused Gates, who felt deeply.
"So that's it. It's not easy for everyone. Come to my office for tea when you have time. Young man, we shouldn't be enemies."
Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Clark let out a breath.
"Mr. Gates really can't tolerate any sand in his eyes."
He immediately decided to raise the confidentiality of the research and development of the Hayes operating system to the highest level.
Before there is progress in research and development, Microsoft cannot be alerted in any way.
Microsoft also holds this idea, and the relationship between the two parties has become very delicate.
What is surprising is that the lawsuit, which was originally thought to last several years, finally came to an end with Microsoft's concession.
"It's really incredible. After two months of litigation, the giant Microsoft took the initiative to make concessions and was willing to compensate Netscape for US$1 million in losses. Netscape withdrew its accusation against Microsoft."
Professional media also commented that the two giants showed restraint.
This is the first time the media has used the word "giant" to describe Netscape.
Most of the time before, the most commonly used adjective was technology stock upstarts.
After Netscape launched the navigation homepage, this dragon-slaying courageous person had unknowingly transformed into a giant dragon dominating the Internet.
Clark was very grateful to Microsoft for bringing a sense of crisis to Netscape.
Let them realize that the navigation homepage model is very easy to imitate. If one day their technology is surpassed, the new navigation homepage will immediately take their place.
This sense of urgency allows the entrepreneurial team to regain the passion to start a new business.
Wang Lei, who had been busy taking care of Netscape, received another message from Robert:
"Boss, it's time to sell Asmai."
"What trouble did Smit make again?"
This guy has given Robert a lot of headaches, especially since the market value has been soaring in the U.S. stock market in the past few years, and he has become more and more arrogant.
It's like a nouveau riche who suddenly became rich from the poor.
For Robert, who has always been prudent in the city, to say such words, he must have made some principled issue again.
"As you might expect, ASML encountered an unbreakable dilemma in researching the 157-nanometer light source wavelength. Schmidt applied for a R&D budget of up to 50 billion US dollars for this!"
Hearing this, Wang Lei was also heartbroken. Although Asmai made a lot of money, he was also burdened with huge expenses.
This 50 billion US dollars is a huge sum of money for ASML. If it develops in the right direction, Wang Lei will definitely support it, but the other party seems to be following the dry method and looks like it is about to hit a wall.
"You haven't talked to him about immersion?"
Speaking of this, Robert also got angry:
"Why didn't you say that? I was laughed at by the other party and the optical experts, who thought that I, a layman, was fanciful."
A theory that seems reasonable to outsiders sounds outrageous to these insiders.
When Lin Benjian, the father of immersion, proposed this theory, he encountered strong resistance from the microfilm industry.
"There is no need to rush away from ASML. Technology stocks will usher in a new peak in the next few years."
"But, seeing that the group has no money, Schmidt plans to issue new shares!"
After hearing this, Wang Lei finally understood why Robert was so eager to sell Asmai.
Issuing new shares is what everyone understands as "making money" for listed companies!
It is further divided into public additional issuance and private additional issuance.
Public additional issuance is very unethical. The additional issuance will first damage the interests of shareholders. The issuance of new shares will dilute Cayman Capital's shareholding ratio.
In order to sell newly issued shares, they often need to be sold at a discount, and new investors will definitely take advantage of the original shareholders.
It is inevitable that the stock price will fall.
Private placement is the introduction of new capital institutions, which is not a good thing. It will still dilute Cayman's equity, which means that ASML will launch another large-scale acquisition to create good news.
"Does he want to introduce new shareholders and dilute our equity?"
Wang Lei immediately saw Smit's true intention. He simply saw that Cayman Capital's shareholding had reached a very dangerous figure.
It plans to continue to dilute Cayman’s shareholding by issuing new shares, attract wolves into the house, and balance the interests of all shareholders.
Thinking of this, Wang Lei persuaded Robert:
"Robert, I know you are feeling aggrieved and want to teach Smit a lesson, but now is not the time to fall out.
If you want to increase the share capital, just issue more capital. Anyway, we will not continue to pursue investment. You can bear with it a little longer and give it a good blow. In a few years, we will give him a new owner. "
Robert, who was a little troubled, could only respond.
“When the time comes when we find someone to bet against him, how happy Smit is now will be how ugly he will cry then.
And we will burst the bubble he created. "
When it comes to short selling, Robert gets excited:
"Huh, I should teach him a lesson."