At this time and space, Alibaba's financing was equivalent to obtaining US$255 million in funds from Yahoo's investment.
In Baron's previous life, although Yahoo took out a total of US$1 billion in cash in this financing, the funds actually obtained by Alibaba were only US$250 million. The rest of the funds were used to purchase Taobao shares held by SoftBank at the time and to buy out shares of early investors.
Therefore, compared to this, after Baron's intervention, Alibaba can still obtain an additional $5 million in funds before the next economic crisis, which is not bad.
It's just that Yahoo's shareholding in Alibaba has dropped from 40% in Baron's previous life to nearly 10% now...It's unknown whether Yahoo will decline earlier in the future after it loses the huge gains from its investment in Alibaba - at least their current investment profits will be greatly reduced.
But Baron didn't care about this. After all, in a sense, his investment company got nearly 40% of Alibaba's shares, which was equivalent to replacing Yahoo's position...
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"CNOOC and Chevron have both made bids for Unocal. Your Highness, frankly speaking, if you don't act now, you will lose this opportunity."
Barron waited for the second question from Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd.
He restrained the smile on his face, held the phone, and said to the other party:
"You know, Mr. Blankfein, I have also thought carefully about acquiring Unocal. However, our current target is the UK. The natural gas business of the National Grid..."
"If we want to acquire Unocal, it will not be a simple matter. We are not afraid of commercial competition, but we will definitely face some difficulties in other aspects. You know we are not America, and Chevron will have many tricks up its sleeve."
Barron heard Lloyd's voice on the phone:
"You don't have to worry about this. America is an open business country, and we will give you enough help in this regard..."
Well, there is no need to brag about yourself, you will be slapped in the face very quickly, but their promises...
"Well, I will go to America soon to deal with some things, and I can take the time to talk about this matter then."
"Then I will wait for your visit, Your Highness, but I hope you can act faster."
On the one hand, Barron is still very concerned about the acquisition of Unocal.
So almost the next day, he sailed for North America on the Devonshire.
However, although his accompanying team this time was larger than before, including his merger and acquisition and business negotiation teams, he did not bring the senior management of United Energy Group with him. After all, he did not want the other party to see his proactiveness.
After landing in New York, Barron first met Ivanta in his penthouse.
The two first went through a period of learning the knowledge they had accumulated for a long time...
They left traces of their study everywhere in the bedroom - especially the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor, where one can enjoy the night view of Manhattan. On the glass of that window, there are countless girls' palm prints.
"Google has contacted me…"
It was not until Ivanta leaned weakly in Barron's arms that she spoke.
"Are they going to invest in Android companies as well?"
Among the companies currently invested by IC Capital managed by Ivanta, the ones that were favored by Google, or in other words, the companies that were acquired by Google in Baron's previous life, are DoubleClick, YouTube, and Android…
Well, think about it, IC Capital has invested in four companies in total, three of which are going to be acquired by Google in the "future". It seems that it is really only targeting Google.
But there is no way around it. Google is so famous that most of the potential start-ups that Barron can remember are only remembered because they were acquired by Google.
Among these three companies, YouTube is still just a startup company, and DoubleClick will not enter Google's vision until next year. Therefore, according to the time node of the original time and space, the most likely company is Android.
Sure enough, Ivanta said:
"Yes, it's Android, but they want to acquire it."
"oh?"
Although we know that in the previous life, Google directly bought Android, that was when there were no other competitors.
Baron is still a little surprised to learn that Google still wants to buy the company outright.
"Yes, Google wants to buy all the shares of Android for $60 million."
"Didn't you tell them that our investment in Android was only a financial one and would not affect the company's future development and operations?"
After hearing Barron's words, Ivanta curled his lips and said,
"Yes, but Google is very resistant to our anti-dilution clause. They claim that they must either buy all of Android's shares or give up the acquisition."
Baron understood that perhaps Google thought that IC Capital had invested $20 million to acquire 45% of Android's shares, and now they were offering $60 million to acquire all of Android's shares. In less than two months, IC Capital's investment would have yielded a return of nearly 50%, and they should have been satisfied.
But no matter what the reason was for Google to decide to acquire Android, Barron understands the company's bright future prospects.
That will be something that can compete with Apple's OS system in the era of smartphones.
The operating system of the computer age has made Microsoft a giant.
Barron was definitely going to miss that era.
However, in the future era of mobile smart devices, Barron will naturally not give up easily if he has the opportunity to acquire Android, one of the two major systems.
Initially, he just wanted to take advantage of Google's success, so even if there was an opportunity to acquire Android, he would only let IC Capital invest and get 45% of the shares.
To put it bluntly, the remaining controlling stake in Android Company will be left to Google.
But now that Google will not tolerate IC capital in Android...
"If that's the case, then we can continue to invest in Android companies. There's no need to cooperate with Google."
Hearing Ivanta's words, Barron looked at her with a strange look in his eyes:
"Are you so confident in Android?"
"I have discussed this with their team and have been reading relevant materials recently. I feel that mobile operating systems have great potential. There are so many talented people in Silicon Valley. What's so great about Google? Without them, can't we succeed as long as we increase our investment?"
It seems that the success of IC Capital has transformed Ivanta completely and made him more confident.
And the difference between him and Barron is that Barron himself carries the memory of his past life, so in his eyes, Google is a very powerful Internet giant.
But Ivanta did not have such an understanding, and she had no impression of the future "Giant Google".
In her opinion, although Google is now a rising star in the Internet industry, it is not to the point of being feared.
Thinking of this, Baron felt relieved. Many people praised Google as an extremely innovative giant, but in fact, most of their "innovations" came from the companies they acquired.
Therefore, it can be said that Google has great vision.
But in terms of vision… in the next twenty years, who can compare to Barron, the "man of the future"?
After thinking this through, Barron calmed down. At worst, he could just develop his own Android company. Even in the worst case, it would only be a loss of an opportunity...
What he lacks the least is opportunities.