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Chapter 457: Bounce or not bounce?

And how did Larry Ellison give speeches to more than a thousand Yale students at that time?

His speech was very sarcastic and very sarcastic, and his arrogant, arrogant and arrogant personality were undoubtedly revealed in this speech.

Jester remembered that very profound sentence, and that was what he said.

"...Why, I, Ellison, a retired student, actually spread heresy so shamelessly in the most prestigious university in the United States? Let me tell you the reason. Because, I, Ellison, the second richest person on this planet, is a retired student, and you are not. Because Bill Gates, the richest person on this planet - for now - is a retired student, and you are not. Because Allen, the third richest person on this planet, has also retired student, and you are not. Let me have some evidence, because Dell, the ninth richest person on this planet - his ranking is still rising, and he is also an retired student. And you are not."

"You guys are very upset, and that's understandable. You need these useful work habits in the future. You need this kind of 'treatment' in the future. You need them because you haven't dropped out of school, so you'll never be the richest person in the world. Oh, of course, you can, maybe, progress to 10th and 11th in your way, like Steve Ballmer. But, I didn't tell you who he was working for, right? According to records, he dropped out of school as a graduate student and became a little late."

There is still another paragraph of his speech later, but Jester doesn't remember it clearly.

This passage was very impressive to him at that time. Of course, at Yale, the institution in the United States that could be compared with Haval, of course, it was impossible to tolerate such heretical walks. Although they invited them to give speeches to graduates, when Larry Ellison only gave half of the speech, it might not even be half.

He was furious and asked the security guard to throw him out.

However, his half of his speech has been widely circulated, becoming a teenager in the second period, who is regarded as something of the Bible, or creed.

"Is it feasible to acquire Oracle now?"

Jester wrote this sentence on white paper again, but soon he crossed out the sentence. This is indeed not a reliable solution. Not to mention that Oracle's current situation is no longer the same as before. You should know that when Oracle went public in 1986, their annual income soared to 55 million US dollars.

And in March the year they went public, they raised more than 30 million US dollars.

In the second year, in 1987, their income doubled to $1.3 billion. In 1987, they became the fourth largest software company in the world, and in 1988. That is, last year, according to their financial reports, their income in 1988 doubled again.

It reached a terrifying $280 million.

This year, their business has expanded again. Although the annual report has not been released yet, it can be expected that it is inevitable to double its revenue again. It is extremely difficult to acquire Oracle at this time, and Larry Ellison cannot sell his shares.

What's more, Larry Ellison is not an ordinary person.

He was respected as the person who was born with the most keen investor methods in later generations. You should know that he is now fighting with Oracle's venture capital, Morgan Stanley, who is like a behemoth on Wall Street and even the whole world. Although the two sides have not decided the winner yet, Jester knew that the winner would be decided soon.

The final winner is Larry Ellison.

This man who even dared to cheat and had nothing to do, wanted to pick up cheap things from him and detect leaks. There was no difference between stealing peaches from the Peach Garden.

Unless you are the Monkey King, don’t even think about it.

"Acquiring next year?"

After crossing out the above sentence, Jester thought for a while, and wrote this sentence later. The reason he said this is because next year, the struggle between Larry Ellison and Morgan Stanley will determine the outcome, and the means to determine the outcome is Larry Ellison's market value will plummet by 80% next year.

This is an opportunity.

Jester knew that this opportunity was very difficult, and it was almost the only chance to get enough voice in Oracle in the short future, otherwise...

However, soon, Jester crossed out the four words of acquisition next year.

Two words were rewritten.

Investment.

Jester felt that he had thought something wrong from the beginning. In fact, if he just wanted to get the most favorable support in the database, there was no need to buy the other party into his own hands, because Larry Ellison is a very arrogant and arrogant person, and such a person will never surrender.

He was able to accept venture capital from Morgan Stanley at the time because of the venture capital he needed at the time.

After Oracle grew stronger, he even dared to cheat on Morgan Stanley, so there was nothing he dared to do? As long as he dared to reach out to Oracle, he would probably be with Larry Ellison forever.

What if it is just a shareholding or cooperation?

Jest fell into deep thought. At this time, Larry Ellison must need allies, because he is planning to deal with the largest consortium in the world - JPMorgan Chase!

Thinking of this, Jester looked at the various handwritings that had been messed up by himself, then threw the paper aside, pulled out another piece of paper, and prepared to continue writing something on it - for Jester, this is his habit of thinking about problems, and this habit is also extremely useful.

You should know that after completely driving Morgan Stanley out of Oracle, Larry Ellison restored Oracle's annual income to nearly $1.2 billion in less than a year or two years.

This is a very terrible number.

Thinking of this, Jester wrote down his new self on the blank white paper.

“oracle7.”

Although Jester is not an expert in databases, I have heard of this software name that is legendary throughout the history of Oracle and even throughout the database. It was in 1992 that the official launch of Oracle7 saved Oracle from the mud again.

Later generations said that next year's Oracle stock price plummeted as Larry Ellison's so-called reason is that Oracle's stock price plummeted and exploded very suddenly, just like Oracle's previous businesses that were spread throughout the world were paralyzed and unable to receive tasks at the same time.

This is very inconsistent with the normal laws of business development.

The second one is that Larry Ellison became the biggest beneficiary after this incident.

If this is really Larry Ellison who operates all this behind the scenes, then Jester has to admire Larry Ellison's courage. You must know that letting a company with good development momentum plummet into the abyss is not something that ordinary people have the courage to do.

But without falling into the abyss, Morgan Stanley would not be able to withdraw its investment from Oracle.

Now there is a very critical question, that is, did the oracle7 thing start to be developed after Morgan Stanley withdraws its investment, or is it hoped that it will be successful before Morgan Stanley withdraws its investment.

Jester personally is optimistic about the second point.

Wait for a change of position, if he and Larry Ellison's positions are exchanged, if he has no support, he will definitely not dare to do this.

It’s a very simple truth. If you don’t do this, you will still be a billionaire. If you do this, you will likely become a pauper.

This is especially true for Larry Ellison, because his first half of his life made him extremely rare for hard-earned wealth, and he would never tolerate it. No matter how hard he persuaded him, he could not help his beloved wife change his idea of ​​divorce.

While thinking, Jester continued to write down the four words "Age of Empire" on the white paper in front of him.

This is the first game he intends to launch on Battle.com.

Now the question is, should "Age of Empire" be released at the scheduled time as planned? Or is it waiting for the progress of the Battle Network setup?

Of course, at the beginning, it is impossible to just test the Battle Network, and all buyers have the right to join the Battle Network. They can only invite them, constantly solve problems, and then accumulate experience with them.

This problem is not easy to solve.

In Jester's opinion, retardation is not a difficult task.

Sometimes, it is not a bad thing to delay tickets for the quality of the game. For example, in the later Blizzard, when Blizzard launches a new game, players will not be relieved if they do not delay tickets.

For example, Blizzard’s first retelling was related to the establishment of Zhan.com.

That was before the release of Diablo's first work. Blizzard originally expected the time before Christmas. Zhanwang could definitely assume success, but unfortunately, they did not do it, so they had to give up the precious Christmas sales season and postpone the release time of Diablo.

It was not until more than a month later that Blizzard completed their first Battlenet assumptions that it pushed Diablo to all players.

This time the vote was worth it.

But what about yourself?

The situation that my own "Age of Empire" and Blizzard's "Diablo" at that time is completely different. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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