Chapter 760 Earning a Palm Company for Nothing

Once Jeff's thought work was done, the acquisition of Palm became much easier.

After all, Jeff is a person who knows everything about Palm, and Yuanqi Technology proposed this acquisition with his guidance behind it, so it is certain that 3Com will not let 3Com raise the price.

So after several rounds of bargaining, 3Com finally agreed to hand over the ownership of Palm on the condition of a free license of PalmOS in the future and a purchase price of 30 million US dollars.

30 million US dollars, although compared with the current acquisitions in the Internet industry that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, although it is not much. But for 3Com, it is already profitable.

Because when they acquired it from Jeff Hawkins, they didn't spend so much money.

In contrast, they have already made money on their books. In addition, although the Palm company has gone out independently, the PDA business with net cash flow is still under the company's name, so it can be said that it is making a steady profit without losing money.

Of course, in the initial negotiations, 3Com didn't really think about a Chinese company like Bird that popped up out of nowhere.

But soon someone thought that there is a rumor that a giant involved in the acquisition of Netscape is a Chinese company, and the name seems to be the same.

The acquisition of Netscape has shaken Silicon Valley and the Internet industry.

That was a mega-merger worth billions of dollars.

The strength of any company that dares to take over should not be underestimated.

As a result, 3Com executives had to look at Yuanqi Technology differently.

Looking back at this time, it seems that the strategic cooperation conditions and agreement framework proposed by the other party are no longer empty paper, but deeply scratched the itch of the company's future globalization strategy.

As a supplier of global communication equipment, 3Com is destined to expand and penetrate the Asia-Pacific market. Among them, Huaxia is the most important market that is not easy to ignore.

In this blueprint concept, if there is a win-win cooperation with an influential local enterprise like Yuanqi Technology, then 3Com's market expansion road will undoubtedly be much faster.

Two days later, when Wu Tao took Yang Ge, Huitong Jeff, and others to see off 3Com's top management at Palm's headquarters, everyone was still in a daze.

Especially Jeff, he found that the things he had been thinking about for a long time were actually in the hands of others, and it was easy to do.

This is really, no contrast, no harm.

And the subordinates like Yang Ge and Leng Ning felt differently in their hearts.

As a Huaxia enterprise, it finally completed the first acquisition of a foreign-funded enterprise. That kind of feeling is quite a bit of the joy and pride of turning over serfs singing.

Especially since the process was so smooth that it took almost no effort.

Leng Ning embraced the purchase contract and various documents that had just been signed, and said with sincere admiration: "Boss, why do I always feel that any difficult matter becomes so simple and easy when it comes to your hands?"

Wu Tao smiled and did not take the credit, and said openly: "These are inseparable from everyone's joint efforts."

Not wanting to be an American, Jeff replied more seriously, "No, Wu, this is indeed your credit. You accurately grasped the other party's G-spot and made them have to agree. I admire it."

Yang Ge nodded.

Leng Ning asked inexplicably, "What is the G-spot?"

This question suddenly became embarrassing. As an American, Jeff is used to saying these words, but he doesn't explain this to unfamiliar Chinese women.

And Yang Ge has studied in the United States for several years, so he is no stranger to this kind of vocabulary. But how can this explanation be said?

After all, it's a matter of privacy.

Fortunately, Wu Tao replied without changing his expression, "Probably equivalent to scratching an itch."

With the Palm company in hand, except for the divested PDA business personnel, there are about 20 or 30 members left in the entire PalmOS development team.

Such a team is naturally not enough for the future development strategy of PalmOS.

But the future is long, the team needs to expand, and the work needs to be carried out. All these must be done slowly.

Before recruiting a new team leader, the business of the Palm team was temporarily held by Jeff Hawkins.

In the Palm company, after opening a bottle of champagne and celebrating briefly, Wu Tao took the people away first.

Bringing PalmOS under its banner, Wu Tao's trip to the United States has already completed half of his goal.

As for the remaining half, it is in full swing.

In the evening, the night is like water.

Lying on the rattan chair in the backyard, Wu Tao looked at the blue night sky, feeling relaxed and happy.

This was a rare and quiet night when Molly didn't come to disturb her. Whether it was in her ears or in front of her eyes, she was peaceful and calm.

Of course, this wasn't something Molly found out with her conscience, or something like that.

But this time, the plan of AOL stock marketer to lure you into the urn has reached the most critical time. As the biggest banker behind the scenes, Molly will naturally not be distracted.

In fact, not only Molly was working overtime, but even Qin Xiaoxiao and Wu Yingying, who were cooperating with each other, were also busy and have not returned yet.

However, the plan has been carried out until today, and it has been almost a week. I think it should be almost ready to close the net.

While pondering, voices and movements came from the front yard.

Not long after, Qin Xiaoxiao dragged her tired body across the hall, lay down on the beach chair next to Wu Tao, and breathed a sigh of relief from the inside out.

Wu Tao raised his eyes and looked in the living room. Wu Yingying was sitting in front of the bar, clutching a bottle of drink, and her spirits were not much better.

"How's the situation, shouldn't it be time to close the net?"

Qin Xiaoxiao almost fell asleep with her eyes closed. Hearing this, she forcefully opened her eyelids and said, "According to the plan with Ms. Molly, it's almost time to withdraw in batches. The current book surplus is about 10 points, which is about 40 million US dollars in profit. "

That's not bad.

After investing 400 million yuan, within a week, the funds for the acquisition of Palm were earned.

It felt like a Palm company for nothing.

In addition to being happy, Wu Tao agreed: "If you want to withdraw, hurry up and withdraw, be careful that Molly moves fast and traps us."

With Wu Tao's reminder, Qin Xiaoxiao's sleepiness disappeared immediately.

Fighting side by side these past few days, she has already regarded Molly as a close partner. But thinking about it now, this idea is actually a bit naive.

In the world of capital, there is no love at all.

Especially for Molly, who plays with capital all day long, as long as it is beneficial to Quantum Fund, there is nothing she can't do.

Having said that, even if Molly feels that way about her boss, she still has to guard against it.

You must not have the heart to harm others, but you must not have the heart to guard against others!

Qin Xiaoxiao stood up suddenly and said, "I'm going to discuss it with Yingying."

Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao's mind, which had just relaxed just now, became tense again, Wu Tao interrupted decisively: "Don't worry, I don't care about it for a while. By the way, tell me, what's going on with Howard? I've finally taken the bait without?"

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