Giant of the times

A few days later, Dongfang Yuqin brought a piece of information to Li Zetian.

"Mr. Li, this is a company that has made extraordinary achievements in the field of optics!" Dongfang Yuqin handed the document to Li Zetian and said.

"Um."

After taking a look at the information, the one at the top of the list was Carl Zeiss.

Carl Zeiss is a global international company with a leading position in the field of optics and optoelectronics, providing products and services to customers in the fields of semiconductor technology, industrial optics, life sciences, medical, ophthalmology and optometry.

“Sure enough, Carl Zeiss came first!”

Li Zetian couldn't help but smile slightly. Before Dongfang Yuqin gave the information to him, he usually sorted it so that he could see the most important companies.

In fact, even if Dongfang Yuqin is not ranked, Li Zetian will pay great attention to Carl Zeiss.

Many people know that when it comes to optics, Carl Zeiss is the first choice, especially Carl Zeiss lenses, which are number one in the world. Camera giants are also using Carl Zeiss lenses, and even ASML is worth US$100 million. The above-mentioned pinnacle technology "EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine" all uses Carl Zeiss lenses! In the digital age, with the help of Zeiss, Sony, which was originally an optical amateur, has transformed into one of the industry leaders in consumer digital cameras!

Since the end of World War II, Germany has been divided into two countries: East Germany and West Germany.

Carl Zeiss has since been divided into two companies: East Cai and Xicai.

East Germany relied on the Soviet Union. In the early days, due to the arms competition between the Soviet Union and the United States, "East Cai" received many military industry orders from the Soviet Union and developed rapidly. However, with the beginning of the Cold War, "East Cai" declined. However, "Xicai"'s products are mainly aimed at the commercial market, but they are developing better and better. In 1990, when the two Germans merged, Dong Cai and Xicai would also merge into one.

Li Zetian nodded and smiled at Dongfang Yuqin: "Well, Carl Zeiss is indeed a good company!"

Dongfang Yuqin said: "At present, Carl Zeiss is divided into East and West Cai, which gives us an opportunity to take advantage of it! Once scientific and cutting-edge enterprises like this are merged, they will definitely receive great attention from the German government. At that time, those who want to acquire I'm afraid it won't be easy! Especially now that Carl Zeiss in East Germany has lost its order from the Soviet Union, it is not easy to transform and is in a difficult moment. If we acquire it, the success rate should be very high! After acquiring Carl Zeiss in East Germany, we can It would be much easier to plan for Sidde Carl Zeiss!”

Li Zetian nodded, feeling that what Dongfang Yuqin said made sense.

"Well, just do as you say!"

After speaking, Li Zetian continued to read the information.

The second company is actually a German company. It seems that German companies are indeed world-class in the optical and industrial fields.

"The German TRUMPF Group was founded in 1923. It started as a machinery factory and has now developed into a world-leading company in the fields of industrial machine tools, laser technology and electronic technology! Currently, the company has 1,500 employees and has created nearly 300 million German marks The annual sales..." Li Zetian read unhurriedly.

"Mr. Li, this company has great potential for development, especially in its application of lasers in industrial manufacturing. The lasers it produces are world-class! However, because the current laser market is not large, the sales data does not seem to be much." Dongfang Yuqin said.

It's only 1985 now, so the laser market is naturally not big, and Li Zetian can understand it.

It shouldn’t cost much to acquire the German TRUMPF Group now.

"The German TRUMPF Group is very good. It not only has lasers, but also machine tools and CNC systems. It's very good! It can just grow the Evolver Robot Company!" Li Zetian said, "This company is also on the list of acquisitions!"

"OK!"

Li Zetian then took a few casual glances and put the documents on the table.

"If you bite off more than you can chew, let's deal with these two companies first. It will be almost noon later. After lunch, you and I will go to AOL. By the way, AOL, how is your investigation going? "

Dongfang Yuqin smiled and said: "AOL is a very small company. It was originally called Control Video Company. This company can transfer game software to computers through telephone lines and provide online services. However, due to its performance, Not good, it went bankrupt. CEO Jim Kinsey and Steve Case teamed up to start a new business based on the original company. This is how we have the current AOL company. In addition, I also followed your instructions, especially After doing some research on Steve Case, I found out that this guy is indeed special!”

Li Zetian smiled and asked: "Why are you different?"

Due to his limited energy, Li Zetian has been considering whether to acquire AOL or create a similar company on his own. If a company is established, it will naturally need people to take care of it. However, it is difficult to find one. Steve Case is facing many competitors. Since he can develop and grow AOL, he naturally has his own merits. It would be a lot easier if he let him help him manage the company.

Dongfang Yuqin said: "The fledgling Steve Case actually doesn't know much about the market conditions, and he is even less familiar with computer technology. But he has a mantra: 'Keep in touch with users', which is also his principle. Business philosophy. AOL has a relatively regular customer called 'Condom'. You may not believe it, but Steve Case drives to Condom every week to solidify his relationship with this company." After a pause, Dongfang Yuqin smiled and said, "As for Steve Case's perseverance, the CEO of Mango Computer Company must have a deep understanding of it..."

"Uh, you mean he is harassed by Steve Case every day, right?" Li Zetian couldn't help but laugh, "However, it can also be seen that this person attaches great importance to customers and user experience. No wonder..." said At this point, Li Zetian stopped and realized that he could not tell what would happen in the future.

Dongfang Yuqin blinked and studied, showing doubts.

"Mr. Li, what's the reason?"

"nothing!"

Li Zetian waved his hand, stood up from the chair without explanation, and made an excuse to say: "I'm hungry, it's time to eat!"

"oh……"

Dongfang Yuqin responded and followed him.

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In order to grow the company, AOL moved its headquarters to Los Angeles, California.

"Everyone, please pay attention. This afternoon, Chronos Li will come to our company to inspect in person. I hope you can pretend to be like it!!!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Keyes, we are all very professional actors, so don't worry!"

"Playing company employees is our specialty, just wait and see!"

"..."

In the spacious and bright office hall, more than fifty "white-collar" people assured Steve Case.

Despite this, Steve Case was still nervous.

If it is discovered, the cooperation will be ruined.

AOL is very small, with less than 15 employees, and even this "headquarters" is temporarily rented.

Jim Kinsey was also helpless and said to Steve Case: "Oh, there is no way. If the other party wants to come to our company to inspect, he must be inspecting the strength of our company. If he sees that there are only a dozen employees in our company , the company is also in tatters. I'm afraid it will leave a very bad impression on the other party, and we will not even have the opportunity to discuss cooperation! Don't worry, although these actors are all walk-ons, their acting skills are still acceptable."