Early in the morning of December 27.

"The largest acquisition case in the history of the global semiconductor industry!"

"In order to get the support of the major shareholders, Andy Smith promised to return overseas funds and pay cash to shareholders immediately..."

“Many Qualcomm customers said they were optimistic about Andy Smith’s acquisition of Qualcomm…”

"Affected by the acquisition, Qualcomm's stock price continued to rise..."

"The acquisition maniac takes action again!"

"According to reliable sources, Paul Jacob called Andy Smith yesterday afternoon to defend Qualcomm's shareholder value, believing that Andy Smith's offer was too low compared to the prospect of Qualcomm's operation and hopes to promise to provide a 'breakup fee' as a guarantee.

However, Andy Smith seems to not agree with Paul Jacob's proposal. Although he agrees that the acquisition price can be appropriately increased, he directly rejects the proposal for breakup fee guarantee and has a tough attitude..."

In the eO office of Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, his forehead became brighter and brighter, and he was infinitely close to the bald boss. Steve Jobs, who was getting thinner and thinner, looked at the newspaper reports with deep eyes, his eyes deep and gloomy.

"Dongdong"

Jobs looked up and saw Cook pushing the door in, and couldn't help but stretch his eyebrows and asked, "Is there any latest news?"

"Well, early in the morning, Qualcomm officially wrote a letter to all shareholders, hoping that the company's shareholders would refuse Andy Smith's acquisition request when the Qualcomm annual meeting was held on January 6, 2009, otherwise Andy Smith would completely replace Qualcomm's board of directors..."

Cook said, handing a document in his hand to Jobs, and then sat on the chair opposite him, with a look of worry.

Jobs took the document and frowned and quickly browsed it. In the letter from all shareholders, Qualcomm criticized Andy Smith's acquisition, saying that his acquisition was seriously malicious.

The letter also stated that Andy Smith's statement of "paying cash to shareholders immediately" was "completely unrealistic". Andy Smith lacked the necessary experience in technology management...

In the letter, Qualcomm also refuted Andy Smith's remarks. Andy claimed that Qualcomm's customers wanted to acquire Qualcomm themselves. Qualcomm said: "No Qualcomm's customers publicly expressed their support for Andy Smith's offer."

Qualcomm concluded: "We believe that supporting Andy Smith's malicious acquisition is meaningless to Qualcomm shareholders. And, in the event of a deal not approved, Qualcomm may face the risk of incalculable loss of value."

"Hey, Qualcomm's board of directors made a stupid decision! Paul Jacob...is going to be sacrificed!"

After reading this letter, Jobs frowned and had a helpless expression and put the documents in his hand aside, took off his glasses, gently pinched the bridge of his nose, and sighed.

"This... isn't it?" Cook asked in a daze when he heard Boss Qiao's conclusion.

Jobs glanced at Cook with a sharp look, and felt a little helpless again. It seemed that the successor he chose was still a little naive. If he was too naive, he would be eaten up. If he hadn't been kicked out of Apple by these bastard investors as the founder, he would not have such a deep understanding.

"You have to remember that investors are never willing to see the board of directors artificially establishing a barrier that hinders the free flow of capital!

Remember that the board of directors needs to adhere to the principle of active corporate supervision, and every decision it makes needs to be in the best interests of the company's shareholders.

You should know that whether it is Apple or Qualcomm, shareholders are the real helmsman.

These people are usually harmless, but when the decisions made damage the interests of the vast majority shareholders, they will reveal their true faces and pounce on them to tear them apart.

What's more, the descendants of Qualcomm's founder can no longer control the company's future destiny.

It seems that Paul Jacob’s call with Andy Smith yesterday was not harmonious, or, I guessed right, Andy Smith must have done something that intentionally angered the other party and said some arrogant words. You know, it is difficult for people who have not dealt with him to understand the shamelessness and difficulty of this little guy…”

Cook's face changed slightly. Thinking of Andy Smith's young and handsome look, he couldn't help but frown. You know, he had pitted Apple several times in a row, and was still constrained by the deep pits dug, and the application store has been suppressed by it. Cook completely believes that the bastard Andy Smith will definitely dig a pit for Paul Jacob.

"I even believe that he had convinced some of Qualcomm's major shareholders to wait for Qualcomm's board of directors to make mistakes. Look, this is on Christmas Eve, and some of the guests he held in Houston's Christmas party. Blackstone and Pioneer Group are all present, and they are also major shareholders of Qualcomm. This is by no means a coincidence."

Cook took the list handed over by Boss Qiao with a gloomy face, browsed it roughly, and said helplessly: "It seems that our cooperation with Qualcomm will cause a lot of trouble in the future..."

"To be honest, I always thought he would choose to enter the smartphone market, whether it was cooperation with Google or investing in HT, I thought he was establishing his own mobile phone brand layout for the future.

Now it seems that my guess is completely wrong. He does not intend to make mobile phones at all, but has greater ambitions and wants to formulate his own mobile phone manufacturing industry standards and draw blood directly from the mobile phone industry.

From 2007 to the present, Snapdragon processors have become the direct guarantee of the performance of many mobile phones.

The most terrifying thing about Qualcomm is its achievements in mobile network technology: it has pioneered the earliest commercial 2G technology. In the current 3G era, they are about to develop successfully d2000, ev-do and other technologies.

In other words, Qualcomm has always played a very important position in the evolution of second-generation mobile communication technology from the 1990s to nearly 20 years.

More importantly, there are many inherited contents in these mobile communication technologies, and Qualcomm holds these key patents in hand, and continues to research new technologies on the basis of these existing patents to form new patents.

These piles of constantly updated patents have actually become one "dam after another", bringing huge revenue to Qualcomm.

The impact of ht's Android phone on our Ai Crazy phone is obvious, and our phones come to Qualcomm in terms of chips and basebands..."

After hearing Boss Qiao's words, it was not only Boss Qiao who had a headache, but Cook also smiled bitterly. It was like a couple who turned against each other after a divorce, suddenly one day, their ex-wife became the ex-husband's immediate boss, which was almost a death!

They can choose chips from other manufacturers, whether they are Intel or four-star. However, as the leader in the industry, Qualcomm's products do have a huge leading advantage. Unless Apple wants to destroy the Ai Ceng Mobile and occupy the market by other brands of mobile phones, Apple will not be able to avoid Qualcomm in any case.

Especially the patented dams of wireless communication established by Qualcomm, no one can avoid being held down and bleeded by it to support it to grow and grow.

It is conceivable that when Andy Smith, a "business genius", really takes over Qualcomm, the entire semiconductor technology industry and smartphone market will be shrouded in his horror shadow.

Whether it is an opponent, a friend, or an ordinary person, they have to admit one fact, that is, the ability and business talent of Andy Smith. People in the technology industry, including Jobs and Cook, all seem to see Andy Smith expanding and annexing the global semiconductor industry with Qualcomm as the main body, like a greedy monster, expanding and aggregating the global semiconductor industry, expanding its influence, and thus becoming the world overlord.

"Maybe we should do something to stop him!" Cook couldn't help but look cold and his face turned solemn.

"Is the White Knight?" Jobs muttered thoughtfully, then narrowed his eyes and said, "We can give Qualcomm certain support in public opinion and funds, but have you ever thought about how much support we can give Qualcomm? What if our joining still cannot prevent him from taking over Qualcomm?

Do you think he will take revenge on us?”

Cook looked ugly, opened his mouth, and finally shook his head and smiled bitterly. According to his understanding of Andy Smith, this greedy and cunning bastard will definitely settle the score later. Even if there is normal business cooperation, he must deal with him carefully to avoid being cheated again, and not to mention that he has already become an opponent and cooperated with him.

If he stands up this time to block his acquisition of Qualcomm, everything is easy to say, but if he fails, he will never stop. Cook doesn't think that Andy Smith, who is vengeful, will be so generous.

"Hey, it's such a big trouble!" Jobs was also helpless, but he wouldn't really do nothing, just stop it if he could. After all, he was very cautious about Andy Smith becoming a long-term partner. Even if the other party held a large amount of Apple stocks, this bastard cheated on Apple several times, and Jobs had long wanted to take revenge.
Chapter completed!