What kind of person is Rupert?

Judging from his various experiences on the way to becoming rich, he is definitely not the latter type of person.

"He will regret it." Li Rui spread his hands and said.

Deng Wendi said with a gloomy face: "I also want to see him regretful."

Li Ruidao: "I believe that he will remember my proposal at some point and take the initiative to call me."

Deng Wendi said calmly: "Then you have to pray that he lives long enough."

A woman who is about to get divorced is really scary...

Back in the hall, Li Rui's good mood had been damaged by Rupert's rejection, and he really couldn't cheer up.

Instead, Shao Xuan and Dalula were surrounded like stars holding the moon.

This situation is completely understandable. After all, Shao Xuan and Dalula are Li Rui's spokespersons for various assets in Magnesia, and they are the most sought after and obsessed objects of capital.

Shao Xuan is an investor in popular software such as WHATSAPP, INS, Pinterest, and Snapchat, while Dalula’s R Incubator is also the most popular venture capital institution in Silicon Valley recently. The two beauties complement each other and steal the limelight of most people present.

After finally surviving the banquet, Li Rui and his party left the hotel. After waiting in the car outside for half an hour, they received a call from Deng Wendi.

On the phone, Deng Wendi gave an address.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at a high-end club on the outskirts of London and met Tony Blair.

In order to promote Nvidia's acquisition of ARM, Li Rui, in addition to preparing enough money, the most important thing is to get the review of regulatory authorities in various countries.

The first thing to deal with is the supervision of Eagle Country. This is the first hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

If even the Eagle countries do not agree to this acquisition, there is no need to consider the large markets of the European Union and the European Union.

If you want Eagle Country to agree to this acquisition, you have to approach it from two angles.

First, it proves that after the acquisition of ARM by the Chinese company NVIDIA, it will not have a fundamental impact on the local high-tech industry in the Eagle country, nor will it form a substantial monopoly.

Second, it proves that Nvidia's acquisition will bring more development opportunities to ARM, such as providing huge technical or financial help, rather than simply integrating financial statements.

Li Rui is not an expert on these regulatory policies, so he needs help from professionals.

The Tony in front of him is the most professional person. After all, he once served as the Prime Minister of Eagle Country. In terms of professionalism, there should be no one better than him!

Looking at the graceful Tony, Li Rui also understood Deng Wendi's choice very well. If it were not for money, between a bad old man and a handsome prime minister, who would choose the former?

Of course, we have to admire Deng Wendi's skills. Looking at her life trajectory, it seems that no man she likes can escape her "claws". Li Rui even wanted to ask her for advice on how to practice.

Such amazing charm?

Tony invited everyone to sit down and opened a bottle of red wine that he had collected for many years. After a few polite words, he quickly got down to business.

"I have seen Nvidia's acquisition case and conducted in-depth research. There are two uncertain factors in this acquisition case." Tony said straightforwardly.

Li Rui said: "Please tell me."

Tony said: "First, NVIDIA is a typical American company, and the American government is likely to veto this acquisition because of its background."

Li Rui opened his mouth slightly, thinking he heard wrongly.

"You mean, the Eagle Country government doesn't want Magnesium companies to acquire ARM?" Li Rui asked.

Li Rui knew that Nvidia's acquisition of ARM was rejected in the previous life, but he was not very clear about the specific reasons for the rejection.

And that was all in 2020. Could it be that the acquisition seven years in advance would have the same result?

Doesn’t Eagle Country wear the same pants as Magnesium Country? Why doesn’t it want ARM to be acquired by Magnesium Country companies?

The Magnesium Country can’t do it? The Magnesium Country’s Dog Island Country can? What kind of logic is this?

Seeing Li Rui's confusion, Tony explained to him: "ARM, as a business architecture, should be neutral, and it has always faced the entire industry with a neutral attitude. Only then can the entire industry work together to build it."

The huge ARM instruction set ecosystem. ARM's ability to become the world's largest, available, open CPU instruction set ecosystem is closely related to this neutral attitude. Once ARM is acquired by NVIDIA, does it mean that the ARM instruction set becomes NVIDIA's private instruction set?

?”

"The people of Magnesium have already mastered the huge advantages in the chip hardware industry. If Magnesium also masters the technical advantages related to the instruction set, Eagle Country and the whole of Europe may be controlled by Magnesium. This is absolutely unacceptable to them."

Tony paused and then added: "Although the relationship between Eagle Country and the United States has always been very good, it does not mean that Eagle Country has to lose its advantages in geopolitics and industrial economy to cater to the ideas of the Magnesium people."

Li Rui nodded suddenly.

Tony said: "The second factor comes from funds. No matter which country's company comes to acquire ARM, the most critical issue is whether the source of funds is clean."

Li Ruidao: "Don't worry about this, every money has a very clear source."

Tony said: "Then I will continue with the first question. According to my judgment, the Eagle Country government will give some strict restrictions. If Nvidia can agree to these terms, it can enter the next review stage."

"What kind of terms?" Li Rui asked.

Tony handed over a document and explained it to Li Rui.

“According to Eagle Country’s legal provisions on overseas acquisitions, if the combined global turnover of the merging enterprises in the previous year exceeds 1 billion eagle pounds, and at least two of the operators’ turnover in Europe in the previous year exceeds 200 million pounds, the merger will be terminated.

It should be reported to antitrust enforcement agencies, and the scale of Nvidia and ARM far exceeds this standard."

“With the merger of two huge companies, antitrust agencies will think that after Nvidia merges with ARM, it may tie in GPUs and mobile chips, or reduce the interoperability of third-party CPUs and CPUs, forcing customers to give up purchasing competitors.

products, resulting in the elimination and restriction of competition."

"Based on past cases and our understanding of the Eagle Country government, the antitrust agencies are most likely to propose the following five conditions."

"First, when selling Nvidia's GPUs and ARM's mobile chip products to the global market, they must not be forcibly tied in any way. This is a basic requirement of the antitrust law and is universally applicable."

"Second, further advance cooperation with Eagle Country customers on the basis of existing cooperation, and continue to supply products and related software and accessories to the Eagle Country market. This is to protect the interests of Eagle Country consumers."

"Third, ensure the flexibility, programmability and compatibility of various ARM architecture products. This is also a requirement of antitrust law."

"Fourth, ensure the interoperability of NVIDIA's GPUs, ARM's chip products and third-party products, and not lower than the level of interoperability between NVIDIA and ARM products. This is very important and is used by the Eagle Country government to restrict

The biggest weapon of Magnesia’s technology monopoly.”

"Fifth, take protective measures for the information of third-party CPU, GPU and FPGA product manufacturers, sign confidentiality agreements, and store confidential information in independent and disconnected hardware systems. This is a clause to avoid malicious business competition, which is regarded as

A basic clause that requires no special attention."

The logic of Tony's speech was very clear, and he analyzed the impact and importance of each clause in an orderly manner.
Chapter completed!