As the pound sterling continued to fall, and the old aristocrats could no longer control Xing Baohua, the man seemed determined to avoid seeing or talking to him.
This is the Great Eagle! Even if the Governor of Hong Kong came, it might not make a difference.
Therefore, the only option is to look among Xing Baohua's business partners who have related interests.
Even the wealthy shareholders in Hong Kong are no match for him; they're all on the same side of the same business, and Xing Baohua is a major shareholder, so he can't be controlled.
What about the suppliers?
IBM is the first choice; they have a strategic partnership. If IBM were to step in and coordinate, it might be helpful.
So the first wave of probing went to IBM. Don't underestimate these old-school giants; they have influence in various sectors around the world. IBM is a large and powerful company with a complex shareholder structure.
Their reach extended far and wide, and they found people who could speak to them. So IBM acted as an intermediary and called Xing Baohua.
Xing Baohua received a notification that the IBM executive who wanted to meet with him was very influential, but he still ignored him and didn't give him any face at all.
First of all, the cooperation with IBM was based on mutual trust and shared interests. It's not fair that if you come to plead for someone else, Xing Baohua's own interests will be harmed, and that's not a small amount of money.
If Xing Baohua were to back down now, the losses wouldn't be just a few hundred million US dollars, but billions or even tens of billions. How would IBM compensate him?
Furthermore, Xing Baohua's extensive use of IBM products has already brought IBM huge profits. If the threat of cutting off supplies is used, it will be a lose-lose situation.
IBM's numerous shareholders wouldn't allow this situation to occur, and besides, their massive team structure wouldn't allow it to happen.
Xing Baohua's refusal to acknowledge the other party stemmed from this very point of view.
Now, no matter who tries to contact Xing Baohua, it's no use, until Intel intervened to plead on their behalf.
This really puts Xing Baohua in a bind; by cutting off supplies, rice, computers, and tablets will be...
While it can't be said to be a fatal threat, it's close. As the inventory is depleted, the rice factories will have to shut down, leaving workers, sales channels, and a whole host of related personnel temporarily without work.
But we have to support these people! That costs money!
Xing Baohua would not activate the counterfeit CPU unless absolutely necessary.
The representative sent this time was an executive director with considerable influence at Intel. He was there to plead on behalf of the old guard, so it's likely he was sent with the approval of many shareholders.
If they disagree, who would want to offend their clients and lose their own interests?
Now that things have come to this point, Xing Baohua stopped pretending and agreed to meet and talk about his thoughts. He had previously wanted to buy out some of 386's patents so that the future lithography factory could manufacture them.
We haven't had a chance to talk to Intel yet, but now that they've sent a representative, we should have a proper discussion about our requirements.
The old aristocracy used these methods to restrict themselves, partly to demonstrate their omnipotence and power on the international stage, but no one felt comfortable with such a restrictive approach.
The officials on the American side haven't even said anything about blocking them yet, but you directors and investors are willing to use all your power for a few hundred billion dollars.
This crossed Xing Baohua's bottom line.
If he hadn't made some preparations early on to prevent the American officials from blocking him, who would have thought it would be a group of capitalists blocking him?
Since it wasn't an official action, this gave Xing Baohua a loophole to exploit.
There are only a handful of chip manufacturers in the world, and there's only one in our region, called Company A, which was later renamed ARM.
The computer produced was called the ICON computer, and it was popular in Europe and America for a period of time in the 1980s before being used by Big Apple.
This led to the development of Apple's A-series processors. Of course, Qualcomm has also used the ARM architecture, as have Samsung and Huawei, but most of them use the public version of the architecture.
It plays an important role in low-power CPUs.
Previously, Xing Baohua had considered acquiring or investing in the company. However, he dared not, fearing that his actions might cause misunderstandings.
After all, the attitudes of Western countries still need to be considered. If Xing Baohua had such intentions, he might be afraid of being blacklisted.
Now, those old nobles in the Great Eagle have forced him to stop worrying about those things.
We could try exploring ARM, regardless of the outcome. With Intel threatening us, Xing Baohua would have to find alternative CPUs for himself. This way, he could announce to the public that Intel would cut off his supply, leaving him with no choice but to seek cooperation with other semiconductor companies.
Whether this reason works or not, we have to give it a try.
Secretary Dong began gathering information about ACOM, including its organizational structure.
I thought this company would raise funds through Daying Stock Exchange, but who knew they weren't listed?
There are quite a few shareholders, but shares can only be purchased through private contact.
Xing Baohua's attempt to hostilely acquire the company through the stock market is doomed to fail. Therefore, he can only proceed by questioning each shareholder individually according to the list.
This is tantamount to telling everyone that Xing Baohua wants to take action against ARM.
Now that we're out in the open, there's no need to hide anything.
Aikon is a chip design company, and Xing Baohua was interested in their team, not the company's name.
Xing Baohua instructed Secretary Dong to extend an invitation to meet with Aikon's shareholders, which immediately attracted the attention of the old aristocracy.
This guy's underhanded tactics led some of ICON's shareholders to accept the invitation, while others declined.
Upon receiving the news, Intel immediately flew across the Atlantic to meet with Xing Baohua.
The executive director who came was named Carl Schuff.
He wasn't from an Intel technical background, but rather a management background. His knowledge of technology was only superficial.
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