Song Ya doesn't know Kirsch's decision after leaving Highland Park, but he is now a little bit of a reaction, if Jim Clark is his teacher, guide and nobleman in Silicon Valley, then Kirsch and DeLay must have a similar relationship.

In hindsight, many of DeLay's actions were clearly influenced by Kirsch, such as when Yahoo was buying land in Sunnyvale, which is owned by A+ Audio, and DeLay defended his order not to make a stalemate with Yahoo, helping Kirsch delay negotiations with Yahoo and try to stop the expansion of Infoseek's main competitor.

After Yahoo considered for more than ten days and decisively gave up the deal and moved out of Sunnyvale, DeLay rejected his plan to increase his capital and let Kirsch get the land, and the harvest was only a little higher than the market price.

At that time, DeLay should not have dared to eat inside and out, but it is likely that he encountered the same psychology as he faced Jim Clark: a newcomer to Silicon Valley who could barely resist the deception of a billionaire veteran gamer and tech hero, and his knowledge and vision were too far behind.

All in all, Infoseek's sudden offer of 180 million for the American music site is a bad thing, and it sends a bad signal that the American music site is still worth the gamble.

No matter how the 32 percent A+ Audio company tries to stop it, as long as the other 78 percent bids are low enough that investors are willing to take the huge risk of losing their money, Carl Icahn and DeLay have a chance to admit their losses and escape.

After all, it is a big bull market for Internet stocks, and not long ago, the America music website was planned to be listed at a valuation of 400 million!

And as long as Dillay dares to borrow, he can always deceive some reckless nouveau riche, or high-interest short-term loans from crooked ways, maybe he will move around, and the money will be enough to burn until next year.

Just like Song Yawan never expected Goodman's sudden paranoia under the pressure, he never cared before, or had the mind to observe Kirsch and DeLay's personal relationship.

There are always all kinds of surprises on the way to a set goal, and he has to constantly adjust and adapt, taking Kirsch's variables into account, being more tenacious, more ruthless, and not complaining.

"Uh...... Wasn't you a little ...... just now? A bit of a show, huh? He asked Amy, who was in his arms.

"No, no!" Amy denied it and sweetly rested her head on his chest, "Whew! People don't have any strength at all. ”

"Hey......

He smugly stroked the girl's blonde hair, "Call the nurse in, I'm going to get up, there's a lot going on today." ”

"Good!" Amy jumped out of bed.

On August 31, 1997, the merger of 3DFX and VideoLogic was announced, and the total market value of the two companies after the resumption of trading rose from nearly 600 million dollars all the way, and rose by about 18 percent to 700 million dollars in five trading days.

With the obstacles removed, everything was ready, and he couldn't wait to start the preliminary work on the board restructuring.

'At four o'clock in the morning Paris time today, the former British princess died in a car accident......

As he gathered up and appeared in the hall with confidence, the sudden death of the former British princess had all the 3DFX and VideoLogic attendees gathered in earnest in front of the television.

"It must have been done by the British royal family! They hate the former princess's new boyfriend, you should have deposed the family a long time ago, do you want to maintain feudalism into the twenty-first century? ”

In the 3DFX trio, Rose's nasty big mouth is shouting at the Britons in attendance, and the people of the United States like the former British princess very much, but Song Ya knows that McLauren, the CEO of VideoLogic, is one of the few staunch 'royalists' in the technology industry, and he is holding back his anger and turning a deaf ear to Rose's words.

Rose's stupid move is exactly what Song Ya wants, he has no feelings for the former British princess, but today he is precisely going to kick out Rose and Ballard, and if the situation allows, he even wants to kick out the director of Carmack, the founder of ID Software, in the future.

"Rose! Come here! ”

Song Ya stopped him, "Let's talk about it alone." ”

But after all, Ross is the founder of 3DFX and the backbone of R&D, and he wants to kick him out of the board of directors Song Ya and don't want him to run away in a bad mood, especially with the other two running away, CTO Scott is responsible for the development of Voodoo's original products, and he must not move, and the other Gary is relatively honest in the trio.

"It's not nice to look at these Brits." Rose scolded and followed, "APLUS, their technology is already lagging behind, you really shouldn't be doing this business." ”

"But investors like it very much, don't they look at the stock price performance? And we can still secure Sega's big orders. Song Ya replied angrily.

"I think ...... anyway"

"Don't you think! Ross! Song Ya interrupted him, "At least VideoLogic's 2D technology reserves can help us develop VoodooRUSH2 and win the favor of PC manufacturers again." ”

"Their 2D technology isn't the best either......"

"Because the best are our competitors! ATI is making a lot of money on PCs......"

"Okay, okay, anyway, now what are you talking about, you're the boss." Ross couldn't be reasonable, and wanted to end the argument.

"It's good that you have this realization."

Song Ya nodded, "One more thing, I don't want to have too many people on the new board after the merger, your seat needs to be relinquished, and Ballard." ”

“WTF？ Why!? Don't forget that I founded this company! Rose jumped to his feet.

"It's not to kick you out of the company, it's just that you don't come to the board meeting." Song Ya flickered.

"Hah! I'm not a three-year-old APLUS. Rose laughed angrily.

"A three-year-old wouldn't be talking in front of the media like you do." Song Ya sneered.

"Wow, it turns out that you have always held a grudge against the previous time we told the media that we successfully deceived you, right?"

"So that's something to be proud of?"

"You still remember! But don't forget, APLUS, we have your back even when you're unconscious! If we were to make a deal with those two personal attorneys of yours, you wouldn't have that position at 3DFX today! We've done everything we can for you! We founded the company, we invented the Voodoo graphics card, and all the money you make in 3DFX is based on the technology of the three of us! Don't forget that! ”

Rose was furious.

"I'm personally very grateful for that, but I also want to remind you to pay attention to the fate of those thieves and collaborators, if you choose to work with Goodman and Hamlin, maybe 3DFX is worthless now, like the American music website."

Song Ya sat in a wheelchair and looked up at him with domineering eyes, "Business is business, capital is emotionless, I am responsible for the interests of the whole company, I am the major shareholder, I funded the three of you to start a business, I endure you boasting again and again about failure, and make additional investments...... Even Steve Jobs, who founded Apple, was not later driven away? ”

"Hah! But Jobs is now killing back, and so am I, you wait! ”

Unable to talk at all, Rose turned and strode away.

As expected, Song Ya hurriedly followed, not giving the three of them time to privately collude with Ballard to unify their voices, and directly announced: "Then the expanded meeting starts now, Sloan, turn off the TV." ”

"This is the new company structure, the candidates for various positions and the list of new director nominees." Sloan handed the document out.

The trio stood on the periphery and whispered, and after Ballard quickly skimmed through the documents in hand, he also turned his head to look at them, but the reaction was not so intense, he was just a senior manager, and Song Ya had already asked the new CEO McLauren to get him vaccinated in advance, so he should know that the situation is stronger than people now.

"The specific person is ......" Carmack's representative smelled the smell, according to the new company's top management structure and board members, it is clear that the future of 3DFX will be further and further away from Carmack's desire to focus on 3D chips.

"I am the chairman, and this proposal is my personal will, and we will communicate when it cannot be approved. But now...... Let's wait until the voting is over. Song Ya looked at the members of the enlarged meeting, "But I remind you that the IT industry is changing with each passing day, and we don't have much time to waste. ”

"We all trust you APLUS."

Most of the shareholders and board members are happy to talk to each other, and the chairman of the board of directors has returned, and the stock price has risen from the lowest 120 million to 700 million, although it has been diluted a little because of the share exchange merger.

The VideoLogic gang was even more satisfied, with boss McLauren continuing to serve as the CEO of the new company, and the outside media said that VideoLogic had completed the small and big ones, and the snake swallowed the elephant.

And in order to buy these people, Song Ya basically divided the benefits of getting rid of Rose and Ballard.

"I defeated Cal Icahn's short and am still battling that Wall Street mogul on all fronts, and I remind you that if the vote results disappoint me, my personal defeat may bring Cal Icahn back to 3DFX." Song Ya also threatened the more neutral and ambiguous participants.

"Impossible, impossible......"

No company wants to be tossed by the barbarians at the door, not to mention the current situation is a good 3DFX, the shareholders' meeting is not one person, one vote, the power is divided according to the proportion of shares, and the resolution established at this enlarged meeting can basically be passed by the shareholders' meeting.

"I need to make a phone call." EA's representative of the board said.

"Me too......" many echoed.

"Yes, I'll give you forty minutes, that should be enough."

Song Ya glanced at Ballard, who was walking towards the trio, and stayed in the hall with his eyes closed and didn't go anywhere.

If Ballard still dares to wear a pair of pants with the trio, he plans to fire him directly after a while.

Some went out cautiously and scattered on the lawn to report to their respective bosses.

“APLUS。”

At this very tense time, Will, Diane, and Cochrane suddenly arrived, "Is it convenient?" Diane asked.

"What's the matter? Does it matter? ”

"It's important."

"Then let's go over and say."

"Okay."

The group came to the study, and Diane took out a document, "The special prosecutor in the Barn case suddenly submitted two new witness lists and testimonies, one is the former manager of the Barnes fluorescent agent factory, and the second lieutenant colonel Heinrich who was stationed in the factory by the military at that time. ”

"Heinrich retired last year."

Cochran's face was a little ugly, "You don't seem surprised?" Is there anything going on that we don't know about? APLUS。 ”

"It stands to reason that they shouldn't have been involved." Wilgardner added, "Especially Heinrich. ”

"I'm paying you to solve these problems, aren't I? I remember that you had a plan for them to testify in court. ”

Songya did not answer Cochran's question.

"Of course there is a plan, but the odds will definitely come down a bit......" Diane was serious, "you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"No problem, find a way to hold the court as soon as possible, the public's attention will definitely be on the death of the former British princess during this time, take this opportunity to completely solve the Barn case, this lawsuit has annoyed me for too long......"

Song Ya didn't talk to the lawyers any longer, they had to do things when they got the money, and returned to the hall to continue the 'town'.

"Voting now begins, about this new list of board members...... "Forty minutes passed quickly, and Song Ya personally presided over it," raised his hand in disagreement. ”

The trio immediately raised their hands, followed by Carmack's representative of the board.

Ballard peeked in for a moment, and noticed that there were many more people who did not raise their hands, so he also coaxed and chose to follow the crowd, which caused the trio to stare at him.

Then he kept the position of president for the time being.

In mid-September 1997, the joint shareholders' meeting of 3DFX and VideoLogic passed this resolution, and Song Ya finally took control of this industry leader company with a market value of 700 million.

"So now, let's start the first agenda, I decided to start a comprehensive strategic cooperation with Microsoft, the first is to set up a joint project team, so that our Glide API and D3D are fully compatible."

It's time to cut off a piece of sausage, Song Ya announced at the new board meeting.

"This is selling out the interests of the company!" CTO Scott immediately exclaimed, "Our Glide is still ahead, a lot ahead!" ”

"We need Microsoft's help, most of the PC manufacturers use Microsoft's operating system, and Sega's new game console also uses Microsoft's Windows CE custom version, how stupid do we have to be to compete with them to the death." Song Ya replied.

"Hah! You were scared by Microsoft during your Netscape time, right? APLUS！ Scott scoffed.

"Do you think we're stronger than Netscape?" Song Ya asked rhetorically.

"But Netscape didn't bow their heads, and their spirit will be passed on until one day......" Scott affectionately expressed his true feelings, "and we should do the same!" ”

"I don't want to be mourned after I die!" The representative of the second largest individual shareholder said: "Netscape is now about to drop 60% of the browser market share, and Microsoft has released IE4.0 this month and is close to completing a comprehensive overtake...... They have an endless amount of money to throw at the development catch-up, and one day we will fall behind like Netscape. ”

"That's it!" Other directors agreed.

"Now is the time...... APLUS, after all, Glide still maintains the advantage, we know where Microsoft's advantage is, but ...... "Carmack's director is represented by Scott.

"It's the right time for us to sell Glide for a good price."

CEO McLauren scoffed, "And I've heard that the programmer who wrote Glide was poached by your ID Software?" Glide hasn't been updated in a long time...... Besides, you're all working closely with Microsoft, but let's be the martyrs who challenge the dragon? It's hypocritical! ”

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's vote." Song Ya's cold gaze glanced at the field, and after calculating in his heart, he felt that there should be no problem, and he was the first to raise his hand, "Raise your hand in agreement this time." ”

Most of the board members raised their hands, and CTO Scott glanced at the new board without Ross and Ballard, and then looked at Gary, the old brother who was already slowly cowardly and was hesitating to raise his arm, and sighed silently.

"Okay, so McLauren you should start talking to the people at Microsoft right away."

Song Ya flipped to the next page, "Next topic, about the ...... of the VoodooRUSH2 project team"

"Tomorrow the Barn case will be reopened, and this trial is very important, APLUS."

At the end of the meeting, Cochran, a waiting black barrister, approached him for a secret conversation, "Is it really impossible to dissuade the former general manager of the Barnes fluorescent agent factory and Heinrich?" I think the special prosecutor is helped by powerful people, you always had a solution before, those politicians of yours are not ......"

"I've been waiting for a long time, it's still the same sentence, let's work together tomorrow to solve all problems."

Song Ya raised his hand to stop him from continuing, "That's it? Cochran. ”

"Okay, okay, we'll come to you tomorrow morning and go to court together." Cochran looked at the young man in the wheelchair who was calm and calm, as if everything was under control, and nodded his goodbye.

"See you tomorrow."

Song Yamu sent him away, "Mike ......" he called Old Mike, "Wait for me to go out, by the way, call Tony and them." ”