Digital Kingdom

Aiming at "Dream Control System", Zhao Ziming proposed several research directions for brain-computer companies to refer to.

One is: "flow" and "sleeping hallucinations", whether the two together can achieve a superhuman state.

The biggest role of "flow" is the concentration of max; "sleeping hallucinations" can promote the explosion of creativity, and what kind of sparks will be produced by the combination of machines?

Brain overclocking?Intellectual explosion?New human era?

Although it is too early to discuss these, as a new project, it is worth investing resources to dig deeper.

The other direction is dream control, creating a complete dream world.

Zhao Ziming has no background in science and engineering. This is his disadvantage, and at the same time, his advantage lies.

Without the accumulation of relevant knowledge and understanding of specific technologies, it is easy to make mistakes in the judgment of high-tech products.

At the same time, without being restricted by professional background, it is easier to go wild and come up with some seemingly incredible ideas.

Just like Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars, if he were a rocket expert, he might not have the idea to send one million people to Mars to live. The difficulty can be imagined.

However, it is with the support of the spirit that the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, Elon Musk achieves his goals step by step.

Many of Zhao Ziming's ideas, although seemingly unreliable, like a fantasy, are not without inspiration.

Moreover, it is not unimaginable for a rich boss to spend a lot of energy on various novel experiments.

When he saw Gao Yongyan's research progress, Zhao Ziming's first thought was "the world in a dream", and a strong impulse to practice was in his heart.

Under the premise that dreams can be implanted, can a large-scale virtual world be created through technical means?Game world?Or Second Life.

In this world, people can live, play, experience freely, and experience everything as they please!

Inception, nightmare world, subconscious existence...

Just thinking about it is enough to make people very excited.

Even if you don't talk about the entertainment experience, the long life span alone is enough to drive countless people crazy. When the length of life cannot be increased, improving the quality of life is also a good choice.

A person has to sleep more than eight hours a day. If this time is fully utilized, it is almost equivalent to double the life span.

The horror it contains is conceivable, and even directly human lifestyles, bringing earth-shaking changes to the existing society, and even one day "the day turns upside down", it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, human beings transformed from "three-dimensional creatures" into "four-dimensional creatures" ".

When He Gan just heard the leader's thoughts, he was dumbfounded and shocked by his madness. He subconsciously wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

Will the dream world become another development direction besides technology?He is not clear.

Negating intuitively has always been a big plan for scientific research.

Besides, Zhao Ziming can put forward an idea indiscriminately, but he cannot deny it casually.

Even if this idea is not reliable, it must be refuted through argumentation.

There is no other reason, just because the other party is his own boss, and he is qualified to make comments.

Furthermore, the future prospects of the dream world does not seem to be much worse than "virtual reality".

If virtual reality games have been working hard on "immersion", then the dream world is completely immersed, not discriminating between the real and the fiction, it is more weird and unpredictable.

Who can predict the future direction of development.

When the visit was over, Zhao Ziming didn't stay much, and he took Shen Yiyi directly back to the company headquarters. At the same time, he was accompanied by a funding application form.

This time, the amount is not much, about 1 billion, and the special funds are used for special purposes. All the funds are invested in the Dream team, which is the Gao Yongyan team, to lay a solid foundation for subsequent development.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ziming agreed. With his current status, he doesn't need to play tricks or play tricks.

Since He Gan has shown satisfactory abilities, he will naturally not fail, although from the perspective of power and management, it may be more appropriate to let the brain-computer company not let it go, plus supervision.

After all, system management is more standardized. However, the current "trust-delegation" model is the most suitable.

At the same time, news came from across the ocean.

The negotiations with the British government did not surprise Zhao Ziming. The London Stock Exchange came forward and the three gathered together to negotiate a solution.

It is said that there are three. In fact, the digital group and the representatives of the British government are discussing that the short fund has no room to speak, only passively accept or not, or even go further, even without the power to refuse.

In the end, the three parties determined that the Digital Group would take the initiative to release 10% of the stock and let the short position exit the market so that ARM's stock trading would return to normal.

Of course, closing a position means closing a position, and the stock price still has to be calculated at the market price of £1,125.

Compared with the price of less than £120 before the Digital Group initiated the tender offer, it has almost doubled by ten times.

Faced with Eric's unreasonable request: "According to the price of last Friday, which is 180 (pound per share)."

Xu Tianrui showed a tough attitude and directly responded: "It's not bad to give you a chance to close your positions. Let's make some blood, everyone!"

Many old fund managers who were over fifty years old at the scene knocked out the order with tears to make up, and left the market.This is the biggest failure they have encountered in their lives, and even the catastrophe.

After this transaction, many hedge funds went bankrupt and closed their doors directly. The end was embarrassing.

History has proven many times that speculation does not end well.

As a professional fund, the assessment of risks and this reasoning should be professional and clear. However, the facts have proven time and time again: no matter who it is, it will never stop on the road of speculation.

On the day when Digital Group released 10% of ARM's shares, the British Financial Market Conduct Authority announced the results of its investigation. Digital Group's merger and acquisition of ARM did not violate regulations.

Because this "long-short showdown" caused many fund managers to commit suicide, many companies closed down, the market was turbulent, and the impact was huge, far beyond the boundaries of a country.

Not to mention, the suicidal Duke of West has a good relationship with the royal family and cannot but give people a conclusion.

Multiple reasons are mixed, which will naturally promote the intervention and investigation of supervisory authorities.

However, the body is not afraid of shadows. Although the rules of the London Stock Exchange are used, the Digital Group has no violations in the whole process. It is completely in accordance with the law and cannot find any handle.

At this time, Liang Junchao's contribution was shown. If you choose the initial "equity swap", you are not sure what will happen. Under the eyes of everyone, it is easy to inspire the same enemy.

Later, as Zhao and Shen had expected, the "conspiracy" was rampant, and some people accused the Digital Group of not doing business properly and making money purely by playing finance (earning tens of billions of dollars in one fell swoop, about ARM More than a quarter of the market value).

In response, the company's spokesperson Xu Tianrui calmly replied: "I haven't heard of any hedge fund that also studies artificial intelligence."

The implication is: You are a real hedge fund. In your old business-finance, you can't play with us as a layman. What's the face of nonsense?

It was also the first time that Zhao Ziming knew that Xu Tianrui was so funny and spicy.

This is really bad!It's simply cursing without dirty words.

No matter how the enemy barks or is jealous, it can't change the overall situation.

Although the aftermath is still rippling, the story on the stock market has come to an end.

In addition to bringing back the above negotiation conditions, Xu Tianrui also relayed the private agreement proposed by the British government.

Retain ARM's organizational structure, including its headquarters in Cambridge, UK, its existing senior management team, brand and partnership-based business model, and expand the number of ARM employees in the UK from the current 4,000 in the next 5 years Doubled to 8,000 people.

If the Digital Group promises this series of conditions, it can be exchanged for the laissez-faire of the supervisory authority. Regarding this merger and acquisition, it will open one eye and close one eye.

Zhao Ziming gave it a little thought and agreed. Although it felt that the employment cost of (4000-8000) people was too high, these were nothing compared to the upcoming harvest.

More than twenty days later, the Digital Group spent nearly seven billion pounds to buy all the remaining 30% of ARM's stock.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth. Compared with the previous violent winds and waves, and the tragic fighting, the next action seemed unremarkable and without any waves.

But this is also the normal state of business history. After all, peaceful development is the mainstream. Confrontation, sneak attack, and fight for life are only occasional.

As of August 1, the Digital Group officially announced that it had acquired 100% of the chip giant ARM for a price of 23.4 billion pounds.

It pays £17 in cash for each ARM stock, a 43% premium over the closing price two months ago.

So far, the Digital Group has completed the control of ARM on the economic level.This is the first major transaction after the Brexit vote.It is also the first overseas investment of Digital Group in 2016.

As soon as the news came out, it caused a huge sensation.

The war that lasted for nearly three months finally came to an end. The hero won the final victory. It was a happy ending, in line with the values ​​of evil not suppressing justice.

Countless netizens reveled collectively, and many domestic media reported them to celebrate this victory.

You know, the impact of this merger is global.

Public information shows that ARM is the ruler of the smartphone market, and the world's largest smartphone manufacturers Apple and Samsung are its customers. It also develops processor products in the Internet of Things, servers, and vehicle systems, such as the automotive industry and network equipment. .

At the same time, ARM has more than 100 partners worldwide.The number of ARM-based chips shipped last year reached 15 million, an increase of 3 million over a year ago.About half of them come from mobile devices. At the same time, ARM's network devices and IoT chips are growing faster.

One sentence can be used to describe the status of ARM, the most precious gem in the British technology crown.

The achievement of acquiring it is no less than a major breakthrough in science and technology. It is no wonder that the Chinese people are excited and even crazy about this.

Among them, Phoenix Finance, with the title of "Epic Breakthrough", explained in detail the process of this merger, including the cause, process, and results. Using the narrative method of starting, inheriting, transferring, and combining, it deeply interpreted the key points of Digital Group and Zhao Ziming. The courage and responsibility at all times.

Once issued, it won hundreds of millions of clicks.

Many netizens knew the inside story for the first time and discovered that behind the seemingly ordinary news, there was a turbulent undercurrent.

Chip dreams, hundreds of billions of bets.

It is through "Epic Breakthrough" that many talents understand the current situation of Chinese chips and the significance of acquiring ARM.

It can be said that this success is of great significance to China, and it cannot be exaggerated.

To describe it in one sentence, "long drought meets nectar."

The chip industry has suffered from poverty and weakness for decades, and finally there is a glimmer of light.

As long as the final check is passed, domestic chips will no longer have to be shackled, but will usher in a new development opportunity.

The dragon fights in the wild, its blood is black and yellow.

Of course, there will be no voice in anything. There are also media pouring cold water to make people not happy too early. The success of the Digital Group has just passed the first hurdle.

There are more difficulties waiting for it.

After the economy is politics.

To a certain extent, the political reasons are more complicated, and there is its shadow behind countless cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Specific to ARM, there are mainly two regulatory agencies.

One is Britain and the other is America.

After this operation and the exchange of interests, the relevant British regulatory authorities are not expected to oppose this transaction.

The United States is a congruent variable.

If it hadn't been during the general election, when the political arena was messed up, there would have been people who had spoken out about it, and they did not want the merger to be completed.

Even so, as early as July 16, the US President’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee issued a report stating that China’s chip industry has posed a serious threat to related US companies and national security, and recommended that the US President order Chinese chips. The industry conducts more stringent scrutiny.

On July 21, Trump formally accepted the nomination of the Republican Party of the United States for president.

He who loves the limelight will naturally express his views on the acquisition of ARM by the Digital Group.

Trump claimed that once he succeeds in his campaign, he will agree to the Committee on Foreign Investment of the United States (CFIUS) to conduct a stricter review of related acquisition of chip investment transactions and pay close attention to the acquisition of critical infrastructure, including the telecommunications industry and high-tech.

CFIUS is an inter-ministerial committee of the U.S. federal government. Its function is to review all foreign investments in the U.S. related to U.S. national security. It is directly led by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

ARM has a part of its business in the United States, although the proportion is small, it does need to be reviewed by the Overseas Investment Committee in principle.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the *** government's intensified review of Chinese investment in the United States is a rare example of consistent policy direction with Trump.

At this point, the victory crown seemed to cast a shadow.