Chapter 550: Oak seed

Tan Zhenhua didn't lie. When Jacob walked into this small company called AcornComputer Ltd, he even thought he had mistaken the address.
How could a super rich man with a net worth of more than one billion US dollars think of acquiring such a small company that is too small to describe?
The office address is not so much an office as it is a barn. Okay, Jacob sighed when he saw various farm tools piled up in the corner of the house. This is a barn.
No wonder this company named itself "Oak Seed".
All employees of the "Oak Seed" company are counted together with both hands, including the two founders of the company: Mr. Herman Hauser and Mr. Chris Curry, and the annual turnover does not exceed 50 Ten thousand pounds, the main product it sells is the micro-control system of the computer gambling machine, and the profit, maybe it can barely support all the employees of the company-but depending on their clothes, the life is not very moist.
And obviously, both the boss and the employees of the company are a little at a loss for a distinguished guest who visits under a surname like "Rothschild" that is well known in Britain.
How can such a company be worthy of the famous Rothschild family?
Jacob sighed and decided in his heart to charge a symbolic consultation fee of 1 pound for this merger and acquisition case, and treat it as a favor to Tan Zhenhua, a collaborator.
He looked around at a few people who were at a loss in the house and asked in a low voice, "Which one of you is the leader? Someone wants to buy your company."
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Many years later, when Jacob, who is already very old, recalls this moment, he beats his chest and misses one for himself. It may be the most valuable investment in his life, and he is also missing one to bargain with Tan Zhenhua. Important bargaining chip.
Because the small company he walked into was AcornComputer Ltd. After Tan Zhenhua took over, he changed its name to AcornRISCMachines. What, children’s shoes, don’t you understand? Okay, please follow me to recite the initials of this company's nameA~R~M……
Let’s put it this way, regardless of what brand of mobile phone you are using, Huawei or Apple, OV or Samsung, the heart inside, the CPU that brings you the source of smartphone wisdom, must come from the architecture designed by this company. Do not pay patent authorization fees to it. As for its valuation, well, in Tan Zhenhua's previous life, when the well-known Japanese investment company SoftBank bought it in 2016, the price given was 24.3 billion pounds, which was worth 31 billion US dollars at the exchange rate at the time!
The CPU architecture it designed almost monopolized the global CPU market for portable mobile smart devices and embedded devices, forcing the industry’s original overlord Intel to withdraw sadly, and it is launching an attack on the high-performance computing market.
And Jacob will never forget that when he bought the company on behalf of Tan Zhenhua, the total investment he spent was £500,000, oh no, he had to add a £1 business consulting fee to him...
Of course, Mr. Herman Hauser and Mr. Chris Curry, who have become Britain’s top richest men, have not forgotten Mr. Jacob’s help to them, so they often invite Jacob to get together from time to time. I would like to thank him for giving them the opportunity to join Tan Zhenhua’s corporate trust group and obtain a huge investment so that they can continue their careers and dreams. However, for Jacob, this kind of gathering is no different from his traumatized soul. Sprinkle a handful of salt on top.
Of course, these are things to follow. Tan Zhenhua is not sure now. After he acquired Acorn and added an additional £1 million in research and development expenses, whether this small company can continue to move forward in the footsteps of his previous life and eventually grow into Another rival of the chip giant Intel is extremely headache.
In his memory, all these turning points originated from a "huge" order, the birth of a "backward" chip, and the joining of two geniuses.
Now it is October 1982, and that order is about to fall.
So, I seem to have to cheat again...
Huh, why do you want to say it again?
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"Grandpa, do you have any reliable relationship with British BBB?"
"BBB, this is the largest news broadcaster in Britain, or one of the largest news broadcasters in the world. It used to be a catch-up goal I set for myself when I was young, but now it seems that I have nothing in my life. Count on it!"
Shao Yifu sighed while laughing at himself, and then asked doubtfully: "Zhenhua, why are you in Britain still not over? I thought it was almost over."
Tan Zhenhua said: "Grandpa, the big things are almost finished, and there are still a few small things and finishing work to be done, so it may be delayed for a few days."
"But you are always dangling in Britain like this. Although you earn or spend little, what about your studies in the United States?"
Schoolwork, this is really a problem. Tan Zhenhua felt his hairy chin and wondered to himself. He didn’t know if he, who had been absent from class in the first quarter to more than a month, would find himself expelled when returning to Stanford... If that were the case, it would be a hassle to go home how to explain to my parents.
"But the BBB you asked about I really know a few people. It's hard to say if I can help you, because my contact with them is mainly for the exchange of program content. If you want to talk about the relationship, you can only say It's an ordinary business relationship, Zhenhua, what are you looking for?"
"That's it." Tan Zhenhua was inevitably disappointed.
Out of the habitual continuation of the bad habit of cheating every time a bet, when he was thinking about how to help Acorn get that "huge" order, he naturally thought about 50% of the order. The upper-level relationship of BBB, the investor, was started, and his preferred middleman, of course, is Shao Yifu, who is also the media hegemon of one party.
Unfortunately, Shao Yifu’s answer made him quite disappointed. Although he can command the heroes in Hong Kong, this is London. BBB, one of the established global media hegemons, will inevitably lead the city people to look down on his TVB with the mentality of looking at the hillbilly. Therefore, even Shao Yifu does not have any particularly good relationship here.
However, although Yifu Shao may not be of much help, since he asked, Tan Zhenhua has to answer honestly: "Grandpa, this is the case. Recently, I bought a small IT company and prepared to use it for me. There are not many people in the experimental field of some new ideas in electronics anyway, and there is not much money to support in a year. However, I heard that the British government and the BBB company are planning to launch a plan recently. This plan will be for Britain. Every class in all secondary schools is equipped with at least one personal computer. At the same time, BBB will produce and broadcast a set of programs to increase the level of computer penetration in Britain. The total number of orders is still quite large, and it is expected to exceed 10,000. Taiwan, the cost of configuring the computer will be borne by the British government and BBB each half, and I want to use the company I just bought to take this order."
"Ten thousand computers? How much is that? At best, it's only a few million pounds in sales, and it takes you so hard to toss?" Shao Yifu asked puzzled.
In fact, Shao Yifu was right. It was only a few million pounds. For Tan Zhenhua, who made a lot of money in this pound crisis, it is no longer a big money. It can be seen that Tan Zhenhua takes this matter so seriously. Looks like, I'm afraid he must still have a reason for not saying it.
Sure enough, Tan Zhenhua replied sternly: "Of course an order of several million pounds is nothing, but it is also related to the development of another thing that I value very much, so I can't be careless."
Shao Yifu nodded. He knew that since Tan Zhenhua said so, there must be his reasons, and what he said was so vague, he certainly didn’t want to explain the reasons for it now. His grandson’s ability to toss things is first-rate, and he has a good eye for problems. First-class, anyway, when the time is right in the future, he will naturally say to himself, and Shao Yifu has enough confidence in this.
"Well, let me think about it."
Shao Yifu lowered his head and thought for a while before he said, "I don't have any contacts to help you with this, but I recommend you find someone. I think maybe he has a way."
"Who?"
"You know, and you are doing some big business with him."
"The more you talk about it, the more confused I become. Who has such great ability?"
"It's the president of British Aerospace, Mr. Hawke Sidley."