Giant of the times

Li Zetian left the office and went to the reception room to meet several guests, one of whom was Thomas Rockefeller.

Apple's financing is not limited to the Rockefeller consortium. Li Zetian wants to win over more consortiums, and the declining California consortium is one of his targets.

California is the largest arms production base in the United States. Therefore, the industrial companies controlled by the California consortium are mainly engaged in arms production, such as Lockheed Aircraft Company, Litton Industries and Northrop Corporation. Bank of America is the financial core of the California consortium. However, its largest voting rights have been controlled by the Morgan consortium and the First Citibank consortium. As a result, the control of these arms-producing companies has gradually begun to fall into the hands of the large eastern consortium. California The power status of the consortium has been relatively reduced.

As a Chinese-American, Li Zetian does not expect to control a powerful American arms company, but through capital infiltration, he can have a certain say in these companies.

Most consortiums have a background in arms companies. If Li Zetian wanted to establish the Li family consortium, he would naturally need an arms company to rely on. Moreover, he would also need to establish a private security company. It would be convenient if he himself was one of the directors of the arms company. Purchase arms products.

This is just for Li Zetian personally. For Apple, the two major consortiums can bring huge resources to Apple. These resources include advanced technology, broad connections, outstanding talents, huge orders, economy and policies. Support on and more!

Li Zetian pushed the door open and walked in. There were four people sitting in the reception room, one was Tian Shuai, and the other three were Thomas Rockefeller, the representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Cosmo Warren and Dick Clare, the representatives of the California Foundation.

Thomas Rockefeller was in his thirties or forties, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a black suit and a purple tie, and was leisurely drinking coffee.

Cosmo Warren was a short, fat man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was about forty-five years old.

Dick Clare was a tall, thin old man with a white beard and sharp eyes that flashed from time to time.

Li Zetian smiled and took the initiative to say hello to them, and then sat on the other side of the negotiation table with Tian Shuai.

Li Zetian said: "Wall Street values ​​Apple at US$5 billion. What do you think of this?"

Thomas Rockefeller shook his head and said: "Wall Street is obviously too blindly optimistic about Apple. The Walkman is indeed very popular now, but that doesn't mean it will stay popular. I'm afraid it won't be long before other companies launch similar tape players." By then, will Apple still be able to monopolize the market?"

Old man Dick Clare echoed: "Just as Apple-ll personal computers are facing many competitors now, Walkman will also encounter this situation in the future!"

In this regard, Li Zetian does not deny that Sony may already be developing a tape player.

With Sony's strong strength, it is definitely a strong rival of Apple!

Li Zetian thought for a while and asked, "What is your valuation of Apple?"

Thomas Rockefeller, Dick Clare and Cosmo Warren immediately looked at each other, and finally Thomas Rockefeller said: "Four billion dollars!"

"I think Wall Street's assessment is very accurate. Apple's market value should be worth US$5 billion!!!" Li Zetian bargained. "I believe that before other companies launch products, Walkman has already occupied the entire market, and the market will gradually trend toward Saturation, users have become sticky. Moreover, with Walkman’s leading position and popularity, if people want to buy a Walkman, they will also choose Walkman. Even if other companies launch similar products, it will be difficult to compete with Walkman, unless there are epoch-making innovations and Disruptive technology... However, it is obvious that neither of these two points is likely to happen! Therefore, Walkman will dominate the market for a long time!!!"

"Mr. Li, the US$5 billion valuation you mentioned is based on Walkman's continued success. What if Walkman is defeated by competitors? You know, we are taking a huge risk by investing in Apple!" Zimo Warren said solemnly.

Li Zetian immediately laughed and said: "If Walkman can continue to be successful, Apple's market value will be more than 5 billion US dollars. It is precisely because the future is unpredictable that I reluctantly agree that Apple's market value is 5 billion US dollars! In fact, it must be You all know that the Walkman is selling well and Apple is not short of funds at the moment. The reason why I came to you for financing is because I hope to get help from the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Foundation so that Apple can develop smoothly in the future! I believe , even if it is valued at US$6 billion, there will be people willing to invest!”

Li Zetian's tone was very firm, and the three people opposite him were helpless. Apple's profits were very good, and countless investors were rushing to invest. If they didn't invest, others would naturally do so. Now Apple chooses its investors, rather than investors choosing Apple...

The three of them looked at each other and nodded. Then Thomas Rockefeller said: "Mr. Li, the valuation is US$5 billion, just US$5 billion. The two of us will invest US$1 billion together, and the Rockefeller consortium will invest US$600 million, and we will hold shares after the investment." 10%; the California consortium invested US$400 million and holds 6.66% of the shares after the investment. In addition, we have a few small requirements."

"What's the request?" Li Zetian asked.

"We discovered that Apple also owns a Star Wars movie company. Apple is a high-tech company, and establishing a movie company is not a proper job. Moreover, it invests in science fiction movies that have no market. This will undoubtedly make the people on Wall Street lower their expectations of Apple. The company's rating. If the company goes public in the future, this is bad news! I think the Star Wars movie company should be split up before the movie is released." Thomas Rockefeller said.

Li Zetian did not answer immediately. He turned to look at the other two people, "Is this what the California Consortium also means?"

The two nodded.

"In this case, then spin off the Star Wars movie company, count it under my personal name, and hold 100% of the shares. I will make up for the $9 million to Apple! In addition, Apple also holds Industrial Light and Magic I think 50% of the shares will be transferred to my personal name. Of course, I will also use a sum of funds to make corresponding compensation. Do you think this is okay?"

"Okay, I'll do as you say!" Thomas Rockefeller nodded with a smile. The other two people also nodded and had no objection.

"What else do you want?" Li Zetian asked.

Thomas Rockefeller stared closely into Li Zetian's eyes and asked: "We want to know what is the relationship between this Umbrella company and you? When you founded Apple, Apple's major shareholder was Umbrella; when you founded Microsoft, Microsoft The company's major shareholder is Umbrella. It's hard not to think of your mysterious relationship with this company..."

Li Zetian is actually not surprised that the other party doubts him. He is the founder of Apple and Microsoft, but holds very few shares. This is obviously an abnormal situation in the United States. Generally speaking, when seeking venture capital, it is impossible for founders to give up more than 50% of their shares.

At this moment, Li Zetian was thinking that he should create a second offshore company. As the saying goes, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows". In the Internet era, he would secretly control another offshore company, and just make dozens of offshore companies under this company. I don't believe it, and then use these subsidiaries to control those Internet companies. I don't believe it. You can still doubt me. Umbrella Umbrella Company simply admitted that it was founded by itself. Sometimes, people need to show their strength and make the other party fearful. The umbrella company is the sword in your hand, let's see who dares to bully you! ! !

This other offshore company is called Times Technology. The umbrella company is in the light, and Times Technology is in the dark.

One light and one dark, complementing each other! ! !

After a while, Li Zetian smiled and nodded: "Yes, Umbrella Umbrella Company does have something to do with me, because I founded this company! Of course, this little trick can be hidden from ordinary people, but it will definitely not be hidden from you guys. A powerful conglomerate!"

"As expected!!!"