Chapter 1462 Board of Directors
"Harvey? Haha...it's okay, I was a little angry that day, and I've calmed down now."
After picking up the airport, Song Ya kept being cold and violent to David Geffen and Harvey Weinstein, and refused to communicate. It was not until the beginning of March that he answered Harvey's call, "Me? No, business as usual? No Yes, I wouldn't change anything... well, the same for the Oscars, see you at the ceremony?"
After losing such a big temper, things became more interesting. Harvey was dubious on the other end of the phone. They should not dare to trust themselves after their "harmful alliance", because everyone knows that the black pharaoh is paranoid and small-minded.
"Hahaha!"
Putting the phone away, Song Ya continued to laugh while watching TV.
He was in the meeting room of the 3DFX headquarters, and the people who came to the board meeting had not yet arrived. He and some directors chose to wait while watching TV.
'The bankruptcy and reorganization of STB company failed. The three managers of STB company and the former founders of 3DFX claimed in an interview with our reporter earlier that they did not regret leaving 3DFX, and firmly believed that STB's technical and commercial routes were fine. STB A new restructuring plan will be launched as soon as possible after the second meeting of creditors...'
The 3DFX that appeared on the screen following the voiceover, oh no, the STB trio is still dressed as a Silicon Valley tech geek, but their spirits are much weaker. Except for the boss Ross who is talking to the microphone, the other two are all stunned. Staring blankly, without saying a word, Scott, the former CTO of 3DFX, renewed his beard, which is much more haggard than before.
"We just set a graphics card performance record last year, we are the best..." Ross is still boasting cheekily, "the official release is only the last step."
The TV station understood very well and gave him the record-breaking engineering sample card in the upper right corner of the screen. The long and wide green PCB board was equipped with eight small cooling fans, which were eight STB display chips. Video memory and capacitors are almost full of empty space, and the largest consumer-grade tower cases can't fit into it.
"Hahaha!"
This time the whole room laughed. In order to break the performance record set by 3DFX’s latest Voodoo dual-card Sli, the trio frantically integrated eight STB display chips on one PCB, and the TV picture still couldn’t show the funniest part of that card. , before STB released a demonstration video on the Internet, after turning on the machine, eight cooling fans turned on at the same time, and the terrifying howling sound was like a helicopter taking off.
Due to its insistence on self-produced graphics cards, STB has become the enemy of all graphics card manufacturers. Before falling into bankruptcy and reorganization, its market share has been classified into the insignificant Other category, and it is subject to high manufacturing costs and serious losses. This has led to the company Business is in a vicious cycle.
STBs have long been out of the sight of industry leader 3DFX, and now it's time to look at them for fun.
Ballard, the former 3DFX president who "defected" with the trio, also jumped ship and ran away early.
"Sorry we're late."
CEO Asa arrived in a hurry.
The members of the board of directors are also here, "OK, the meeting! The meeting!" Song Ya picked up the remote control to turn off the TV with a smile.
Regardless of the harmonious atmosphere, there will be a war here today. Song Ya coughed and then switched to Su Rong in seconds, asking the secretary to announce the meeting agenda.
Today's meeting is mainly to discuss the upcoming annual report of the previous fiscal year.
Benefiting from the leading structure advantage left by Jim Keller, the continuous shipment following XBOX and the sales of various models of Fengjian Youren in the PC and DIY markets, as well as the good operation of the foundry and packaging and testing chain in East Asia, 3DFX Last year, it recorded the highest profit and profit margin in history, ranking first in the two industries, only slightly behind NV in terms of market share and sales, and NV still has an advantage in low-end graphics cards.
"Investors will like it." Song Ya commented with a smile.
"But we have to show in our annual report that we've just been dumped by Apple."
A challenger appeared, and the second largest individual shareholder of 3DFX also came to the meeting today, "Because you, APLUS, are fighting with them for MP3 players."
"Is that why Apple refuses to continue using our chips?"
Song Ya came prepared, narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party, and turned against the army: "Did they inform us verbally or in official documents?"
Of course, it is impossible for Apple to say that, regardless of legal and public relations, it will cause trouble, and the reason for changing the chip supplier must be "based on cost and performance considerations".
"That's not true."
The second largest individual shareholder of 3DFX, who planned to take the opportunity to attack, is also aware of this paradox. As long as Apple doesn’t say it clearly, he can’t blame the black pharaoh. There is no reason to rebel. Taking the opportunity to publicly appeal for grievances, launching a legal and public opinion offensive against Apple, there is still no reason to rebel...
"Uh, but I think everyone here knows about APLUS..." he had no choice but to say.
"Apple's existing models still need to continue to use our chips?"
Song Ya ignored him and asked CEO Yasa directly, "Otherwise, if the PC you bought is not the right one, you can initiate a class action lawsuit against it, right?"
"Yes, but the quantity we supply to Apple is not high, and the market share of their high-performance desktop Power MAC is too low..."
Yasa nodded, "Our loss is not too big."
"However, it is a big negative in this financial report, which means that we are excluded from the supply chain by a world-renowned computer manufacturer." The second largest individual shareholder said again.
Song Ya glanced at him and still didn't respond, turned her head and continued to ask the company's legal counsel: "Then what if we just cut off Apple's products now?"
"If you don't execute the contract, you will be sued by them, and you will definitely lose." CLO, the chief legal officer of 3DFX who attended the meeting, replied.
"You are too impulsive APLUS, don't bring grievances from other industries under your umbrella to 3DFX." The second largest individual shareholder was reluctant.
"I'll just ask."
Song Yayun replied calmly, "So it must be included in the financial report that Apple no longer orders chips from us?"
"The last fiscal year's financial report...we can balance the text." The chief financial officer CFO who also attended the meeting hinted that he could manipulate it and stuff this bad news into the next financial report. "After all, the two parties have not officially suspended cooperation."
"Then Apple will definitely find a way to announce it to the public." Microsoft's board representative reminded, "Use any clever method... We know Jobs' character too well."
"OK."
Song Ya nodded, "Let's vote to decide. Those who agree to revise the financial report can just raise their hands." He was the first to raise his hand, and immediately scanned the field to observe the actions of the other twelve directors.
Asa and the directors loyal to themselves followed the boss and immediately raised their hands. Others hesitated a little before making a choice. The two directors of the game industry, representatives of EA and id raised their hands following Microsoft, and the labor director representing the labor union And an independent director representing the interests of HP and other PC manufacturers and Silicon Valley politicians also followed the trend after seeing that the vote had passed halfway.
Then NEC's director representative observed the situation and raised his hand.
In the end, the focus was only on the second largest individual shareholder who hadn't acted yet and a director representative of a small and medium shareholder. They sat together.
"Really, the market reaction will be very enthusiastic after this financial report comes out, so there must be some surprises."
The second largest individual shareholder complained and raised his hands with the representative of the small and medium shareholders, "I am not targeting you APLUS." He added a sentence.
"I understand. OK, unanimous vote."
Song Ya's attention has been on Microsoft and the three votes of the game industry. With the release of XBOX, it seems that Microsoft has gradually established control over the game industry in the United States. The game, the relationship between them also includes competition.
For the time being, I can still control the board of directors, but this is a hidden danger. If the representative of Microsoft's board of directors is replaced by the charismatic Ballmer in person... and then a more controversial proposal, there will indeed be some danger.
It's time for a reelection of the board of directors, at least get rid of the id representative who has gradually become insignificant and replace it with someone who is not in the game industry.
Although Microsoft supported itself just now, it was only because of the same interests.
The representatives of the second largest individual shareholder and small and medium shareholders are temporarily inactive.
"Okay, let's discuss the specific date and agenda of next month's general meeting of shareholders... It's just the year of re-election, right?" Just do what you say, you are the emperor of 3DFX, you can't be challenged, you must put any hidden dangers Kill them all at the source, he asked the secretary.
"Yes."
"OK, let's discuss the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders." When he spoke, he smiled meaningfully at the second largest individual shareholder. During this period, the vigilance of Microsoft and id must be lowered.
The other party immediately stared back with an angry expression.
The black pharaoh really must take revenge, and the revenge will not be overnight, the Microsoft representative thought.
Maybe you can take advantage of this opportunity? He secretly observed the situation and prepared to go back and report to Boss Ballmer.
"APLUS, I was just talking about the facts..."
But after the meeting ended, the second largest individual shareholder changed his face, was frightened and explained all the way, and went out after the black pharaoh who Shi Shiran had left.
‘A wonderful annual report! 3DFX continues to maintain its leading position in the industry, and the only bad news comes from the loss of new orders from Apple. 'Bloomberg.
'3DFX released a better-than-expected financial report for 2002, showing that the company's operating conditions are good. The only bad news is that they lost Apple's new orders, but the proportion of sales is not large...' Taiwan's financial column.
'3DFX continued their glorious journey, but the crisis has quietly arrived, and the big buyer Apple has become the first computer manufacturer to abandon them...' Fox Business.
'3DFX has released better-than-expected financial results for 2002, but will it be able to continue its dominance in the display chip industry this year? They seem to have been rejected by Apple, which has become the only hidden worry about the stock price performance after the resumption of trading...'CNBC.
"Um!?"
He still had some 3DFX shares in his hand, and he was hiding at home licking his wounds and paying attention to the trio from his old company. After scanning the news, the boss Ross immediately became excited and beamed with joy, "Why is Apple suddenly no longer cooperating with them?"
"I didn't say the reason, I asked..."
At STB, they had to take off their pants, but the trio was still not bankrupt, their enterprising spirit had not sunk, and their mobility was still beyond the charts. Scott immediately picked up the phone and asked friends around.
"You don't know?!" The friend was very surprised.
"We've been busy with bankruptcy and reorganization recently... so busy that we can only sleep four hours a day." Scott's mouth shrunk embarrassingly.
Wronged!
"I told you to jump ship from STB a long time ago, look how smart Ballard is!" The friend continued to stab him in the heart, "You don't leave 3DFX...now you are worth at least hundreds of millions!"
"Um."
Scott deeply regrets it, but doesn't want to hear it now, "I'm asking you something!"
"Because another company of APLUS is competing with Apple for the MP3 player market!" My friend yelled, "Steve Jobs wants to teach the juniors a lesson! Don't you even care about such a major event in the electronics industry?"
"Busy..."
Scott immediately passed the news to his buddies.
"Great! Let's go find Jobs! Apple needs us now! Don't want 3DFX chips, they don't have many options left! Our STB technology and patents can provide them with chips to compete with other display chip manufacturers!"
The boss Ross became even more excited. He slapped his hands and shouted: "Go Go Go! Let's go... No! Go to see Jobs!"
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