Chapter Two Hundred and Sixteen Merrill Lynch Investment Bank

() In addition, Bank of Merrill Lynch itself also holds and invests in some promising companies, such as adi (American Analog Devices Corporation), which is how they were brought into their pockets.

The semiconductor industry has been enduring for decades, but because there have been no new breakthroughs for a long time, whether it is adi, STMicroelectronics, or Tamura Electronics and other well-known semiconductor companies, it has not been very easy. It is the recent trend of smart phones, so adi's marketing revenue has increased a little.

In the previous life, Baodao MediaTek relied on Yu Wei, the mobile phone chip that swept across China, and after making huge profits this year and next year, it will start negotiations with Bank of Merrill Lynch in the second half of next year. Price, acquired the assets and team related to adi's wireless communication chip products.

Calculated at 400 million U.S. dollars, it is about 3 billion yuan, and that is the price at the end of 2007. At that time, Qiao Gang had already started the era of smart phones, and ADI had already risen a lot. If it is purchased now, it may be able to It was won at a price of about two billion yuan.

Xiao Qi holds one billion US dollars in his hand, and spending 300 million US dollars to buy ADI is definitely a profitable business, because he knows that if ADI did not provide MediaTek with wireless chip technical support, MediaTek would have no way to survive in the 3G era. Continue to monopolize the low-end smartphone market in Mainland China.

Buying things from Bank of Merrill Lynch is definitely much more convenient than buying from a company, because Bank of Merrill Lynch doesn't mind selling things to others as long as they are profitable.

In the investment management department, there are quite a few deputy managers who are responsible for this aspect of operations. As long as the price is right, these deputy managers will give an accurate answer soon.

Originally thought that the acquisition this time would not be difficult, but Xiao Qi just met Danze. The deputy manager of the investment management department of Bank of Merrill Lynch headquarters gave Xiao Qi a blow.

Danze is about forty years old, with a typical Slavic face, clean shaven, thick pomade on his head, strong cologne sprayed all over his body, and sharp eyes.

Xiao Qi and Anthony were seen entering his office. Danze shook hands with him very plainly, and then returned to his desk.

"Mr. Xiao." Looking at the information registered before, Danze said calmly: "You still have ten minutes. Come and tell me your purpose."

Looking at his indifferent eyes, Xiao Qi had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still handed out the plan he had made, "Manager Danze, this is the wireless chip department that I want to acquire from Merrill Lynch's adi company." Please take a look at the plan."

Among the various departments of Merrill Lynch, the division of labor is very detailed. Danzer is a full-time associate manager for electronics-related categories. Naturally, I am very familiar with adi.

He quietly flipped through a few pages of the proposal, and then put it down, "The price you proposed is to acquire ADI's wireless communication chip-related assets for 100 million U.S. dollars. And their R&D team?"

"yes."

"This price is too cheap." Danze refused without thinking, "If you are willing to pay 500 million US dollars, we can talk about it."

Xiao Qi couldn't help frowning, "Manager Danze, as far as I know, the revenue of the entire wireless communication chip department of adi was 100 million U.S. dollars the year before last, and only 100 million U.S. dollars last year. I bought it with 100 million U.S. dollars in cash. That's a huge premium. Why would you say an unrealistic price of 500 million?"

When Europeans and Americans talk about business, they often speak very straightforwardly, so Xiao Qi is not afraid to point it out directly.

Danze shrugged, "If you want to buy it, it proves that you know the benefits of wireless chips, so naturally you can't calculate it at an ordinary price. Anyway, you Chinese people are rich."

Danze is very good at doing business, and when he said this, it seemed like he was sitting on the floor and asking for a price.

Xiao Qi didn't care about bargaining, but he was very disgusted with his last sentence, "Manager Danze, not all Chinese people are rich, and our money is all earned by hard work. If you think rich people It should be slaughtered, so if Bill Gates comes, you have to ask him for ten billion dollars?"

Danzer smiled coldly, "Mr. Gates is the pride of our United States, but you people of the yellow race cannot compare."

The word "yellow race" has a bit of discrimination in American English. Although it is not as obvious as the yellow-skinned monkey, the contempt is still evident.

Seeing that his boss was making things difficult for him, Anthony, who had never had a chance to perform, immediately said: "Mr. Danzi, please pay attention to your words, otherwise I will complain to your boss about your tendency to be racially discriminatory! I think the reporters will also It will be very interesting to see the racist news about Merrill Lynch, which is known as a global financial service provider."

Danze looked at Anthony, said nothing, but the contempt in his eyes did not diminish.

Xiao Qi was not angry either, and said leisurely: "So, are you going to sell ADI's wireless communication chip department?"

Danze nodded and said, "Yes, at least for now, with your price, we have no intention of selling."

"Does your meaning represent the meaning of Merrill Lynch Bank?" Xiao Qi asked further.

There was a flash of ridicule in Danze's eyes, "Mr. Xiao, at least in terms of my approval, your leather bag company registered in the Cayman Islands will never pass, because you have no ability to develop adi at all. , as an owner, I don't want to destroy adi's wireless communication chip department after selling it to you."

This is where he has no fear.

Qicai Investment really has nothing now, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a leather bag company, no matter what Xiao Qi says about his future plans, it cannot change the current embarrassing situation.

But this is not the real reason for Danze not to sell adi. He simply looks down on Huaguo people and is unwilling to sell such a high-tech company to Huaguo people, so he just finds this kind of excuse.

Xiao Qi knew this well, but he couldn't refute Danze's selfishness.

Because many companies in the United States are like this, they look down on the Chinese who can only make cheap goods, and think that only white people are first-class.

Since your attitude is so bad, don't blame me for stepping on Merrill's shoulders!

The young man who hadn't planned to use that move suddenly made a decision in his heart.

After a flash of thought, Xiao Qi laughed, "Then, Mr. Danze, let's play against each other!"