Chapter 3184

A valuation of five billion US dollars was already far beyond its true market value for Skyline.

Although Steve gave a time limit of three years to get all the money, at least there was no performance gambling, which meant that as long as Skyline's shareholders signed, this money would definitely be obtained.

In this day and age, the thing that cannot be signed the most is a gambling agreement. The world pattern changes as fast as lightning. Perhaps today you still feel that your industry will definitely become a vent in the next three years, but tomorrow the whole industry may be completely finished. In this case, no one dares to bet that future performance can continue to rise.

Therefore, Karl almost immediately had the answer in his heart. He had no reason to refuse this proposal.

However, he still hoped to strive for greater benefits. After all, he was facing the number two figure of the Rothschild family. The Rothschild family was as rich as a country. Five billion and six billion might be like 50,000 and 60,000 in the eyes of ordinary middle-class people. When encountering something they like, spending a little more money was also normal.

Thinking of this, he said to Steve: "Mr. Rothschild, we can accept the terms of your proposal, but the company's valuation is slightly lower than our expectations. We hope to increase Skyline's valuation to six billion. If you accept it, we can sign the contract at any time."

Steve was not a sucker. He smiled indifferently and said: "This offer is based on my personal interest in the remote sensing satellite industry. If I were to analyze Skyline's actual value and development space based on rational market analysis, I wouldn't have come here at all. So this price is the ceiling price I can give. I can guarantee to you that there is no room for any increase in the price. As for whether there is room for a decrease, I cannot guarantee that to you."

Steve's attitude made Karl fall into a dilemma all of a sudden.

He didn't know whether Steve was telling the truth or deliberately lying to deceive him.

The most critical thing now was to gamble on whether Steve was determined to get Skyline for some reason.

If so, then if he insisted on six billion US dollars and didn't let go, no matter how he explained or whitewashed himself, he would definitely win in the end;

But if not, then he might lose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get out of the trap because of the six billion offer.

Seeing Karl hesitating, Steve took out his phone directly and said indifferently: "It seems that three days is too long for you. How about this, I will give you three minutes to consider. As long as you say a 'Yes', 2.5 billion in cash can be credited within ten minutes. If you say 'No', or say anything unrelated to 'Yes', I will immediately call off the acquisition and return to New York. You decide for yourself. The timing starts now."

Karl was so nervous that cold sweat almost broke out. This feeling was like playing a quiz game, reaching the last question, accumulating a large amount of prize money. If he chose to answer this question, he could win more prize money, but once he lost, all the previous prize money would be cleared to zero.

And if he gave up the last question, the accumulated prize money could be safely pocketed without any risk.

Two minutes passed quickly, and Steve reminded: "One last minute. If you still can't make a decision, I will go back in one minute."

Karl looked at Steve, hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, blurting out: "Yes! I choose Yes!"

After saying that, he let out a long sigh of relief on the spot as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden.

Steve nodded and said: "Give me the bank information of all your shareholders. The 2.5 billion US dollars corresponding to each person's shares will all be paid into the account within ten minutes."

Karl exclaimed: "Mr. Steve, does it... does it not need to sign a framework agreement and then wait for payment after the audit?"

The normal acquisition process is very cumbersome. In order to ensure that the acquired enterprise has no hidden minefields, the acquirer must invite a professional audit team to carry out strict audit work. The main work is to check whether the situation stated by the other party is true, and only after ensuring that everything is fine will the payment process begin.

However, Steve's approach made him stunned. Let alone an audit, he didn't even sign a framework agreement and paid 2.5 billion US dollars directly. This was too much of a child's play.

Seeing Karl surprised, Steve said indifferently: "The person who can cheat money from the Rothschild family has not been born yet. Since you have already agreed to my offer, I will have to give this money sooner or later. It is the same whether it is given early or late. If there is really any problem with the audit, I have plenty of ways to make you spit out the money with interest."

Karl realized it instantly.

For the Rothschild family, they never have to worry about anyone defaulting on the money they give out. In the United States, if anyone dares to default on the Rothschild family's account, the other party will definitely pay a painful price.

Even if Steve gave him the money first, he would definitely not dare to trip him up in the subsequent acquisition process, let alone take the money and not do things.

So, he immediately said excitedly and gratefully: "Mr. Rothschild trusts us so much, we will definitely not live up to your expectations!"

Steve nodded and said: "After the money arrives, I will give you an interface address. You must use the shortest time to open the access rights of all data in your database to this interface."

Data docking is like power docking. The interface is like a socket in the home. Once the interface is created, other devices can obtain power or data through the interface. As long as Skyline's database and the AI model's interface are interconnected, the AI model can continuously grab data from Skyline's database.

Karl naturally had no reason to refuse Steve's request. He said without hesitation: "Mr. Rothschild, please rest assured, we can share all our data through the interface at any time."

Steve smiled: "Very good, I like doing business with people like you. After the data interface is opened, synchronize your satellite orbit information as well. In the future, my people will tell you what your satellites should focus on filming. You just need to do it."

Karl nodded and said quickly: "Okay, Mr. Rothschild, everything follows your instructions!"

One hour later.

All Skyline shareholders received the portion of the acquisition payment they deserved.

After the 2.5 billion US dollars were paid, Steve didn't even want to waste time signing the contract, so he immediately called Ye Chen and reported to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, the acquisition of Skyline has basically landed. You can start docking the database and start grabbing data."

Ye Chen was overjoyed. An American company that he, as a Chinese, could not buy originally was completely taken down by Steve in just a few hours. This efficiency was indeed unquestionable.

Since Skyline was already in hand, the next step was to see how to combine the AI model with Skyline's data to exert the greatest effect.

So, Ye Chen took Lin Wanqiu and met with Lang Hongjun and Li Yalin to discuss.

Lang Hongjun was proficient in technology, so he said to everyone: "The data in the Skyline database is already an astronomical figure. It will take a long time for us to grab such huge data through the interface. So I suggest that we can first choose an area range, let the AI first grab the satellite images of this area from the Skyline database, and then let the AI enhance the image quality. In this way, concentrating computing power on a specific area will be faster to achieve results."

Li Yalin said: "In that case, why not start with Lagos, Nigeria? First, get the image data of those oil extraction enterprises near Lagos and let the AI analyze it to figure out where the Qing Clearing Society's station in Nigeria is. Whether to do it or not is one thing, let's find it first!"