Chapter 342 Acquisition of Aikang

After several rounds of verbal negotiations between the two parties, Dingtian Company finally fully acquired the four-year-old Acorn Company with an offer of 4.55 million pounds.

After both parties formally signed and stamped the acquisition contract, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Zirui breathed a sigh of relief because he finally got the R&D team of Acorn Company, which could make up for the shortcomings of Dingtian Company. He

The three of them were relieved that they had no shortage of R&D funds and could continue to develop projects they were interested in.

Andy Hopper smiled and said: "Mr. Bai, you will be our boss from now on. We will also call you Bai Sheng like our colleagues at the Xiangjiang headquarters."

Bai Zirui said: "Although this is the case, you don't have to treat me as your boss, you can treat me as a like-minded friend."

The first thing Dingtian Company did after acquiring Acorn Company was naturally to appease its employees. Acorn Company is a very young and very dynamic company.

Among the three shareholders of the company, the eldest Hermann Hauser is only thirty-five years old, and Currie and Hopper are both five years younger than him. Most of the company's employees, including the three shareholders, are from Cambridge University

Alumni. Before joining Acorn, Hopper studied for a PhD in the Computer Laboratory of Cambridge University.

The scale of Acorn Company is not large. Corporal Bai Zirui Lixian personally talked to each employee, and in conjunction with the policy of a 10% salary increase, the originally fluctuating public sentiment within Acorn Company quickly stabilized.

This acquisition of Acorn Company can be said to be very smooth. The entire process was completed in a very friendly atmosphere. Standard Chartered Bank served as the financial advisor for this merger and acquisition.

Andy Hopper proposed to hold a cocktail party to celebrate after the acquisition was completed. Bai Zirui agreed after thinking for a moment and gave him full responsibility. When Bai Zirui, Wang Huageng, and Zhou Jiayi arrived at the cocktail party, they found that it was being held in a bar.

This bar is not big and looks like a clear bar. It does not have a stage or other facilities like those in regular bars. Bai Zirui doesn't know much about the customs of John Country. Since the reception is held in a bar, he has no choice but to do as the Romans do.

Although the bar is not big, it has a full range of drinks, and it can be seen that the employees of Acorn Company come here often and are very familiar with the bar owner.

The employees of Acorn Company are all young people, and they do not have many restraints on Bai Zirui, the new boss who is also young. Among all the R&D engineers of Acorn Company, Bai Zirui is most concerned about Steve.

Ferber and Sophie Wilson.

The two are the real designers of the ARM architecture, but now Bai Zirui has started research and development in advance. Professor Yao Zhaoming of Xiangjiang University has led the team to develop the reduced instruction set (TRM) architecture. He has not yet completed the research and development of the reduced instruction set (TRM) architecture. He wants to convince these two technical experts.

Joined the research and development work of Dingtian Company's TRM architecture.

Sophie Wilson is a special lady, she is a transgender. Although Bai Zirui felt a little strange in his heart, he acted as if nothing had happened and communicated with her amiably.

Bai Zirui asked: "Steve, Sophie, have you ever considered working at the Xiangjiang Company Headquarters?"

The two of them did not react to Bai Zirui's sudden question for a moment, and were stunned for a few seconds before they came back to their senses.

Steve Ferber asked: "Boss, are you working in Xiangjiang for a long time?"

Seeing that Sophie Wilson was also concerned about this issue, Bai Zirui smiled and said: "I am working in Xiangjiang for a short period of time. There is a project at the Xiangjiang headquarters that is very important for the development of the company.

I have encountered some difficulties in research and development, and I think your professional capabilities match them, so I want you to go to Xiangjiang to help complete this project. After the project is completed, you can return to Cambridge to work."

The two of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Bai Zirui's words. The short-term work was fine. Although Xiangjiang was more influenced by John's country and had a stronger British atmosphere, in their inherent impression, Xiangjiang was a relatively backward place.

Only those who can't make it in China will go to Hong Kong.

Sophie Wilson asked curiously: "Boss, can you tell me what the project is?"

Bai Zirui said: "Our company is developing a new streamlined instruction set architecture that is different from the current complex instruction set architecture. Once successfully developed, the manufacturing cost of the processor will be lower and the running speed will be faster!

Although the research and development of this project has made good progress, it is still a little short of success, so I want you to go to Xiangjiang to participate in this project and help complete it."

Sophie Wilson said with some surprise: "I didn't expect the company to have such a big ambition to develop a new instruction set architecture. Give me three days to prepare, and I will go to Xiangjiang to do the work."

Seeing that Sophie Wilson agreed to work in Xiangjiang, Bai Zirui turned his attention to Steve Ferber. Steve Ferber was obviously also attracted by this research and development project.

He smiled and said: "Boss, I am very interested in participating in a new research and development project."

The researchers' pursuit of technology exceeded their pursuit of money. The two of them readily agreed without even asking about their salary. Bai Zirui was relieved. With their joining, the Reduced Instruction Set Architecture (TRM)

The pace of R&D and design will be accelerated.

Bai Zirui said: "Steve, Sophie, don't worry, you are on a business trip to Xiangjiang. During your work in Xiangjiang, your salary will be doubled and you will receive various subsidies."

When Steve Ferber and Sophie Wilson heard Bai Zirui's words, they both had satisfied smiles on their faces. Although they did not value money very much, they would not refuse it.

Through such a cocktail party, which is actually more appropriately called a party, Bai Zirui got acquainted with the employees of Acorn Company. He and these employees are mostly of the same age, and Bai Zirui can accept everything they say.

The above words made these employees more aware of his new boss.

New companies naturally have to have a new look. After Acorn was acquired by Dingtian Company, the first thing Bai Zirui did was to move out of the current office. Although there were not many employees, they were in the second-floor shop along the street.

The office is still a bit crowded.

Acorn will continue to recruit people for its future development. Bai Zirui has arranged for Wang Huageng to find a new office address in Cambridge Town.

The day after the party, Bai Zirui and the three founders of Acorn discussed the future development arrangements of Acorn.

He looked at the three people in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little proud. The three of them were all famous figures in the technology and electronics industry in later generations, but now they were taken under his command.

Bai Zirui said: "You are all members of Dingtian Company now, so I will no longer be polite to you. I am going to split Acorn Company into two studios.

One is the Currie Electronic Technology Studio, which focuses on the research and development of personal computers. The other is the Hauser-Hopper Software Research Studio, which focuses on the research and development of TRM architecture, local area network technology and other fields."

It can be seen from the names who the respective leaders of these two studios are. It is very common to name them by their first names abroad.

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