Chapter 52 The terror of the richest man in the world
The same commodity has different values in different people's minds.
This is the first premise of the auction.
Another premise is information asymmetry.
I know this painting is fake, but you don't know that. So I won't pay a high price.
I know that a subway station will be built on this land soon, but you don't know. So I must bid for it at a high price.
I know that high-voltage power lines will be installed on this land soon, but you don't know. So I won't pay a high price.
I also know that the value of these 6,000 patents will be very high...
I'd rather know how others value them!
In this duel, which was more like an auction than an auction, the representatives on the scene only played a role in making bids, and it was the people outside the venue who really made the decisions.
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A ventilation duct.
It's similar to the ventilation ducts in American TV series.
God knows how Cai Feng stuffed his strong body here.
He worked as a waiter for three months just because the cat was here, just to avoid the heavy inspections and get here from the huge exhaust fan of the cafe.
Below are three people.
Through the exhaust fan blades, Cai Feng could see the faces of Crazy Qiao and Owen. As for the woman with her back turned to him, Cai Feng also knew who she was. He was not happy with this woman who was always against his boss.
At this moment, Cai Feng was surprised.
I was surprised by Wen Jing's way of speaking and the charming attitude of the two people opposite me.
He was one of the first employees to follow his boss, even earlier than Wen Jing. His impression of this woman was still that of the Wen Jing college student eight years ago.
But now, this woman is completely different from what she was 8 years ago.
Especially her words seemed to be answering the questions of two people, but she left a tail at the end of each sentence, which seemed to lead to some topics.
What surprised Cai Feng even more was that there was nothing strange about the two people opposite.
He didn't know that it took Wen Jing eight full years to change the way she spoke.
It seems to be for today, but who knows...
8 years was very hard, but she is a woman, a woman, and she is born to act.
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Private cafe.
Crazy Joe and Owen Jacobs didn't know that their every move was recorded by the cameras above their heads.
They looked at Wen Jing, curious about the source of her information, but they did not ask more questions, but looked forward to her next performance.
"The second round is the reciprocal of prime numbers and constants."
"$2.614972128..." Crazy Qiao raised his eyebrows and said in an incomprehensible tone, "It seems that our richest man is still a math enthusiast."
"No, Steve," Wen Jing said with a smile, "Including the first round of Brown's Constant, they are actually Google's quotation plan. Compared with Tesla, Google's confidentiality methods are obviously not that...
Also, I understand Zhao Song, he can’t let Google go on and raise the price, so it will definitely disrupt their rhythm.”
Owen Jacob nodded clearly. Zhao Song was obviously like them. It was impossible to use all the company's cash reserves to buy these patents. In that case, everyone would just have more money.
This is a business and psychological game, but Tesla’s first-round quotation exceeded the highest valuation of experts, so it completely turned into a psychological game.
This is not a game about more money. A corporate dictator as powerful as Zhao Song will have to face reasonable questioning from the board of directors after the results come out, let alone them.
Obtaining these 6,000 patents at the minimum cost is the source of the problem. If there are too many, it is better to pay patent fees and wait for them to expire!
"According to the plan, we need someone to share the pressure."
Crazy Qiao said that he could only say that it was obvious that he was the least popular person in this auction.
Wen Jing didn't speak. She recognized her role clearly, so she didn't interrupt.
Owen said helplessly: "In the past month, we have also contacted BlackBerry and Ericsson many times, but today they launched competition without saying anything. It is obvious that they got something from Nicholas."
Crazy Qiao: "We can tell them that we only need to pay a price and give them the right to use these patents!"
Irving: "Nicholas can do it too. Now it seems that he has made certain commitments to the two companies."
Hearing this, Crazy Qiao had a gloomy face and stopped talking.
At this time, Wen Jing spoke: "Steve, Owen, did you overlook something?"
"What?"
Wen Jing pointed to a newspaper in front of them: "BlackBerry, before participating in the auction, what they first did was to go through the Canadian government, hoping to use tax deductions to participate in the auction without spending a penny, until Zhao Song met
They stopped their government lobbying efforts only after their president.”
"you mean……"
Wen Jing smiled and said: "If you have friends who can help, I believe BlackBerry will be willing to use the Maple Leaf Government's money to share at least 20% of the financial pressure for everyone!"
Crazy Qiao and Owen looked at each other and picked up their cell phones to contact each other.
Above their heads, Cai Feng was gnashing his teeth, holding a camera and watching their every move.
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The first round of this auction, which is unknown to the world, was nearly twice as high as Google's initial bid of 900 million, causing Google to lose its inherent advantage.
Nortel is not a fool. They would rather compensate Google according to the rules than lose higher prices.
As a result, the auction reached a fever pitch right away.
In the next 42 hours, the highest bidder wins!
Two hours later.
After all companies followed up on their offers, Tesla once again took the lead.
"$2,614,972,128!"
"f***k"
Amid the scolding call from Google Page, Apple's "Rock League" used its membership privileges to ask for a stop to the quotation and raised the possibility of cooperation with other teams.
"Damn it, it's really here."
At Tesla's New York branch, Zhao Song hung up the phone and said angrily.
"Who?" Ding Tao asked.
"blackberries!"
Ding Tao looked at the blond and blue-eyed colleagues around him, leaned closer to Zhao Song and said softly: "It seems that our 'friends' in Washington have also contributed a lot."
Zhao Song had a gloomy face and nodded: "The benefits have been given to them, but deep down, they still want to cause us some trouble, especially the Maple Leaf people, they are just a bunch of wolf cubs who have not been raised well!"
"boss."
At this time, Allen came over, and Zhao Song and Ding Tao quickly separated.
Allen didn't see it at all, and said: "Just now, Google also proposed the possibility of forming an alliance with Intel. Google has already thought of the name of the alliance, the Mounted Police Alliance."
"Uh~" Thinking of the angry call from Page just now, Zhao Song was not surprised. He turned around and gave an order to Ding Tao:
"ignition!"
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August 5th, 10:00 am.
Due to applications from many companies, the Nortel auction was suspended.
10:30 minutes.
Because of the Olympic Games, everything is about stability. The world's top three OEM companies all updated their official websites and issued statements at the same time.
Industrial upgrade!
Shenzhou Group, Wuming Group, and Smartisan Group all stated in their statements that they would negotiate order shipments for Tesla in the fourth quarter of 2008.
"f***k"
Page called again and yelled.
Intel's stable stock price fluctuated in response.
20 minutes later, Tesla announced:
If the search for alternative solutions fails, we will significantly reduce the supply of T-series desktops, pro, and air notebooks in the fourth quarter.
Is it reasonable? Not reasonable.
What is even more unreasonable is that amidst the roaring curses, the financial devil Liao Yingzhu was released from her shackles and started making trouble in the stock market.
When the savior turns into a demon and brings trouble to the world, the consequences are that the stock god personally visits, but is turned away; Washington calls, but Zhao Song refuses to answer!
10:59 minutes.
Intel announced that it will withdraw from the Nortel auction.
At the same time, Liao Yingzhu left the stock market with rich loot.