Super Tycoon

Silicon Valley of the United States is not only the largest IT electronics base in the United States, but also the most famous IT electronics base in the world. There are the most and densest talents engaged in the IT electronics industry, and there are also the most related companies. Many of them are located in the world at this time, or It is the world's top large enterprise in the future.

Silicon Valley is also the place where silicon crystal semiconductors were first produced, so the name comes from.

In addition to IT electronics related companies here, they are investment companies. Because many companies are just a concept when they are founded, and they are extremely short of money.

The financial industry in the United States is extremely developed, and the number of venture capital investment is also the largest in the world. Now that the Internet is booming, venture capitalists naturally want to invest in related companies nearby, so as to get a share of the pie.

Venture capital, that is, venture capital, often invests in companies that go bankrupt, resulting in nothing. However, there is another saying in the venture capital circle, if you invest ten times and the average amount is the same each time, as long as you succeed once, you will never lose money. With two successes, you can at least double the profit!

So there are a lot of venture capital institutions, and many of them have grown.

Zhang Yang came to Silicon Valley this time not to invest in some venture capital companies, but to invest in an established company. Of course, although this company has developed, its actual performance is very average, at least compared with the neighboring industry leaders, the gap is very large.

This company, AMD Semiconductor, once threatened the status of Intel in the future, but failed several times. Today, the company's market value is less than one-tenth of Intel's, its annual sales are only about three billion U.S. dollars, and its profits are even more pitiful.

Even though the stock prices of IT electronics companies are soaring at this time, the market value of AMD is still less than 10 billion US dollars.

Before Zhang Yang asked Goldman Sachs as an intermediary to help negotiate the matter of Zhiduoxing Group's investment in AMD Semiconductor. At that time, he told Goldman very clearly that Zhiduoxing Group's listing and financing was for the purpose of investing in hardware companies.

If Goldman Sachs can't negotiate the project, then there is no need to talk about going public. If it can be negotiated, Zhang Yang is willing to give 1% of the investment amount as an intermediary fee.

There are also some complicated reward terms, such as shareholding ratio, amount and so on.

The world's top companies like Goldman Sachs not only make financial investment, but also often introduce investment companies to cooperate, so as to ensure that they can also make profits.

AMD Semiconductor has Goldman Sachs' investment. Although the proportion is not high, it is not a small amount.

Of course, as a top investment company, it has always been prepared with both hands. Not only did they invest in AMD, but they also invested in Intel.

A few days ago, Tory from Goldman Sachs called and told Zhang Yang that he had negotiated with Jerry Saunders, the chairman and CEO of AMD, about the general scope. The specific amount of shares and the proportion of acquisitions needed to be determined by Zhang Yang himself.

Zhang Yang arrived today, followed Tori, and entered Sanders' office together.

Seeing Zhang Yang, Sanders frowned. Such a young person is only the president of Zhiduoxing Group, not the chairman. He feels that the other party doesn't seem to pay enough attention to AMD Semiconductor!

Zhang Yang looked at Sanders and found that it was another old man. It seems that the people at the helm of many companies are old guys, and it seems that they don't seem to want to retire.

They are already very rich, wouldn't it be good to find a suitable successor and enjoy life comfortably?

Zhang Yang feels that his father is doing a good job in this regard. Every winter and summer vacation, he takes his mother to travel around the world.

At other times, I will go to work, and mainly follow along with research and development. The specific company management was handed over to Zhang Yang and other vice presidents.

"Mr. Sanders, this is Mr. Zhang, the major shareholder, director and president of Zhiduoxing Group. The chairman is his father, and he basically has nothing to do."

After this introduction, Sanders' face changed a little. In the United States, there are many paving the way for my son, but those who completely delegate power at such a young age are definitely rare.

It also proved that this young man is indeed extraordinary, otherwise he would not be able to hold down the other executives of the company.

Zhang Yang stretched out his hand: "Mr. Sanders, hello."

After shaking hands, the three sat down on the sofa, and Tori introduced the basic situation to Zhang Yang: "Zhang, Saunders agrees to become a shareholder of Zhiduoxing Group, but there are a few conditions."

"First, in the future, if the electronic products of Zhiduoxing Group can use AMD's products, they must use AMD's products, and Intel's products must not be used."

"Second, I hope that Zhiduoxing Group will assist AMD to build a factory in China, and at the same time develop the market in China and Eastern Europe."

"Thirdly, the shareholding ratio of Zhiduoxing Group cannot exceed one-third. Fourthly, Zhiduoxing Group can be given a seat on the board of directors, but it cannot intervene too much in the company's operations."

Zhang Yang crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa: "Mr. Sanders, I can make some promises to you now. First, we will never use Intel products, because we will be shareholders of Chaowei in the future. , naturally support our company's products, but if we must use Chaowei's products, then we must have an internal preferential price."

"Second, it is absolutely no problem to establish a factory in China. I can also agree to open up the markets in China and Eastern Europe. I can even introduce Chaowei to cooperate with some other hardware manufacturers."

"Third, I didn't intend to intervene in Chaowei's operation, but I will make some suggestions. Whether you adopt it or not depends on you."

"Finally, in terms of the shareholding ratio, I can accept one-third. Then, is your company selling shares to me, or issuing additional shares for me to become a shareholder? Do you have corresponding voting rights if you hold one-third of the shares?"

The two investment models are not the same for Chaowei. For the first type of selling shares, it is necessary to consider which shareholder sells the shares, or if the overall shareholding ratio is reduced, Chaowei will not get any cash, and the total share capital will not even change.

The second mode is to issue additional shares, then Chaowei will get a large amount of cash for the development and expansion of the company, and at the same time, the shareholding ratio of all shareholders will also decrease.

Voting rights must not be too low, otherwise Zhang Yang, as the major shareholder, will not have a big say in any changes in the company in the future, so what if others lead him in a detour?

In the previous life, Chaowei took many detours. After going around and going around, although it is still a well-known big company, there is a huge gap compared with the real giants.

Sanders frowned: "Do you want to be the master of Chaowei?"

Zhang Yang asked back with a smile: "Do you want to surpass Intel?"