Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 463 Super Giant

Although the weather is still quite cold, thanks to the special environment here or the different tree species, the surrounding trees have begun to have green leaves, and some are even green all year round.

With the embellishment of green leaves, even though it is winter, the whole city seems full of vitality, echoing the enthusiastic Nasdaq index.

This is a place where miracles are created from the inside out. Even after experiencing the bleakness of the upcoming Internet bubble, it will rise rapidly in a short period of time.

Li Weidong looked at the scenery for a while, then looked at his watch, silently calculating the time in Qizhou, but still did not call home.

Li Weidong had already reported that he was safe when he got off the plane. It was inappropriate to make a phone call in the middle of the night to chat about family matters, as it would disturb people's dreams.

Li Weidong sat on the sofa and looked through the newspapers, magazines, books, atlases and the like on the bar, and found that many of the books had Chinese characters.

This has to be said about Fu Xiaomin's meticulousness. When booking the hotel, he made special instructions to change these things into words that Li Weidong could understand.

There are quite a lot of Chinese communities in both San Francisco and Silicon Valley, so it’s not unusual to find these Chinese books. What’s rare is the quiet care that goes into them.

Judging from Li Weidong's expression, we knew that he was very satisfied with this arrangement. Of course, he didn't know that this was Fu Xiaomin's special request. He just thought that the hotel's service was excellent.

It is this kind of unknown effect that is good. If you click on it inadvertently, it will be imprinted deep in your memory.

After flipping through the books for a while, there was a knock on the door. I pushed it open from the outside. This is the presidential suite. The only people who can enter here are Ding Yuan and Zhang Dongshuo.

Li Weidong raised his head and glanced at Ding Yuan. He closed the book and put it aside as if he was listening. He didn't need to hold it.

"Chairman, I just had contact with the people here. They are very normal. They don't have much interaction with each other. They usually go home directly after get off work!" Ding Yuan said in a low voice, referring to "people here" and "them" "I believe Li Weidong will understand.

"It's best if it's okay. Tell them for your hard work for me and give them a proper bonus!" Li Weidong nodded and said.

These people are the bodyguards that Li Weidong asked Ding Yuan to arrange here. They are the bodyguards arranged by the company for Jiang Zhili and Fu Xiaomin.

There is a hidden meaning of surveillance, otherwise these people would not be under Ding Yuan's management, and Ding Yuan would only report to Li Weidong. They would not be wrong about this meaning.

Li Weidong cannot put human nature to the test, that would be too inhumane, so some necessary precautions and attitudes are indispensable.

In the face of such huge assets, simply talking about the word "trust" seems too thin. Not to mention whether Li Weidong believes it himself, his subordinates cannot guarantee that they really have no ideas or take action.

Of course, with Li Weidong's move, no one will talk about privacy and freedom in front of Li Weidong. If you have requirements for these, you can choose to leave. There are many people who want to do this job.

It would be better at home, but abroad, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. If you want to make some small moves, Li Weidong will not be able to find anyone in another country.

"This is what we should do, Chairman, if nothing goes wrong, I will go out?" Ding Yuan said respectfully, these people are also considered his subordinates, and non-staff are also subordinates.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment and said: "Wait a minute, there is nothing to do now, let's go out for a walk together!"

Although Li Weidong doesn't like to move, he always has to take a look at the scenery and understand the living conditions here when he comes to a new place.

"I'm going to call a taxi!" Ding Yuan said immediately. In this unfamiliar place and language barrier, he had nothing to do except his fists and had to find helpers.

After a while, Zhang Dongshuo also came in. He had to follow Li Weidong when he went out. He was not only Li Weidong's secretary, assistant, but also his translator.

Zhang Dongshuo was born in Hong Kong Island, and his English is more reliable than Mandarin. Even though he has lived in the mainland for many years, he still wants to express himself in English when his words cannot convey his meaning.

"Chairman, do you have a destination?" Zhang Dongshuo asked after coming in.

This is not only because he wants to know what to do, but also to do a good job in security work. At least there must be a direction for him to make arrangements.

"Do you have any recommendations?" Li Weidong asked.

Li Weidong just didn't want to stay in the room and had no specific purpose. He could go wherever he wanted. Since Zhang Dongshuo asked, he felt that he still had to have a direction when traveling.

Wandering aimlessly can naturally relax you wholeheartedly, but traveling with a purpose can also give you a sense of accomplishment in reaching your destination.

"I heard from other people that when you come to Santa Clara, Stanford University is a must-visit place, and University Street is also very good. These two places are not far from the Peiping Capital on Qiushan Road, and they are not far from us, about ten meters away.

Just a few minutes!”

Zhang Dongshuo said seriously that it was actually his first time here. When he was young, he had no strength, but now that he has strength, he has no time. It is such a contradiction.

"Then go to Stanford University!" Li Weidong originally wanted to see how the most successful "company" in Silicon Valley has the power to produce so many outstanding graduates, including presidents, scientists, and entrepreneurs.

Zhang Dongshuo breathed a sigh of relief. Compared with other places, the university is relatively safe and there are no all kinds of people.

After Zhang Dongshuo breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately took off the hanging coat and helped Li Weidong put it on, and walked outside together. Several bodyguards outside immediately gathered around and guarded Li Weidong in the center.

Several cars passed through the not-so-busy streets, and when they were approaching Stanford University, an ordinary Ford car was parked on the side of the road, with a young man standing next to it.

The driver slowly stopped the car on the side of the road and put the young man in to drive. Zhang Dongshuo explained that this was the tour guide invited by Jiang Zhili.

Li Weidong glanced at Zhang Dongshuo, and knew without asking that it was him who told Jiang Zhili. Then Jiang Zhili found someone to wait here, but only by having an acquaintance as a tour guide could he tell the taste and not be distracted.

The young man came up and did not start the car. Instead, he turned around and said respectfully to Li Weidong: "Hello, Mr. Li, my name is Zhao Qing, from Baodao. I graduated from Stanford University the year before last and now work in the evaluation department of Peking Capital. Jiang

Always ask me to come over and be your tour guide!”

Zhao Qing's Mandarin is not very standard, but there is no obvious Hong Kong and Taiwanese accent. If he speaks slower, Li Weidong's sound will not be affected.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhao!" Li Weidong stretched out his hand to shake Zhao Qing's hand and said with a smile that he thought was satisfactory.

"You're welcome, just call me Xiao Zhao!" Zhao Qing said politely quickly. He didn't know who this Mr. Li was, but Mr. Jiang personally ordered him to serve him well.

After seeking Li Weidong's opinion, Zhao Qing drove straight to the Palm Avenue of the famous Stanford University. The bright sunshine poured on the roadside, and the tall palm trees seemed to outline the outline of the sky and the earth, and a majestic atmosphere hit his face.

This straight palm road is very wide, but there are not many vehicles. Maybe it is because the road is too straight, and they are all driving by at high speed. However, Zhao Qing deliberately drove slowly to make it easier for Li Weidong to view the scenery.

At the end of the road, you can vaguely glimpse an unusual red and yellow building, which should be Stanford University's most famous Hoover Tower.

This is a relatively famous president in the history of the United States, and he is also a graduate of Stanford, which is also the foundation of the school.

The emergence of successful entrepreneurs in a school can provide the school with funding sources for development, and the emergence of several presidents can make the school's status transcendent.

Li Weidong followed him in. This was not a simple building, but a building that integrated the libraries, archives, research institutes, and offices of Chinese universities.

According to Zhao Qing's introduction, it also "hosts" Mr. Chiang's diary and the files of many senior officials. Zhao Qing is from Baodao, and he was obviously a little excited when he said this.

Li Weidong has no intention of commenting on these. History is always fair, but writing a diary really requires great courage, especially after death, it must be published for future generations to study.

Li Weidong doesn't have the courage. If the writing is true, how do you face the world with so many dark sides in your heart? If the writing is false, then what's the point?

From the observation deck on the top floor, you can overlook the entire Stanford campus. Only then did Li Weidong see clearly that the entire school is located among trees and surrounded by mountains. There is no sense of hustle and bustle at all. It is natural for this kind of environment to produce talents.

Almost every teaching building on campus is marked with an inscription, a donation from a certain alumni. This is a tradition and the main source of funding for universities like Stanford.

Seeing this, Li Weidong said to Zhang Dongshuo who was following him, "Remind me, I have to donate a teaching building and a laboratory building to Beijing Institute of Technology when I go back!"

"Okay, I've written it down!" Zhang Dongshuo quickly took out his notebook and wrote down Li Weidong's idea. It already recorded many of Li Weidong's whims.

A few people had lunch on campus and then walked around the campus. Even though it was still winter, where the sun was shining, it didn't feel cold at all, and there was a sense of harmony between heaven and earth.

Li Weidong specially bought some souvenirs with the Stanford logo for his children. If they are lucky, he hopes that the brother and sister can explore here with their own abilities.

After leaving the campus, you can only take a quick look at other places. If you want to experience it in detail, you can only stroll on this street alone.

Back at the hotel, Li Weidong's aftereffects of jet lag started to show. His eyelids were trembling. He finally finished making phone calls at home, set the alarm clock, and then fell into a deep sleep.

When the alarm clock rang and Li Weidong got up, it was already completely dark. Although he felt that he had not slept enough, he could not sleep anymore.

When Li Weidong went out, Jiang Zhili had been chatting with Zhang Dongshuo for a while in the reception room outside. When Li Weidong came out, they both stood up.

"I overslept. How is your plan discussion going? Are there any problems?" Li Weidong explained and then asked.

Jiang Zhili said with a smile: "Being jet lag is very hard. Today, at the request of Mr. Zou, we checked the plan item by item and found some minor problems. Now the modifications have been completed!"

“In addition, there are more than a dozen asset management companies including BlackRock, Vanguard, UBS, State Street, etc., as well as a dozen investment companies such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NEI, DFJ, SoftBank, and Sequoia, as well as some private equity firms.

We have already made an appointment with the equity fund company, and the interview is scheduled to be at the company at nine o'clock tomorrow morning!"

Li Weidong nodded. He had basically heard of these companies, not just in this life, but also in the previous life. They were all well-known and were super giants in the asset management industry.

Especially for asset management companies like BlackRock and Vanguard, if you look at the list of shareholders of large companies listed in the United States, you will know what real asset management is.

The assets managed by the company are counted in hundreds of billions of dollars, and in later generations they will exceed trillions. That's how big the scale is. It is very easy to make the stock market fluctuate, and it can completely control the movement of the stock market.

Asset management companies and investment management companies are not the same thing. One manages assets and increases the value of assets, while the other is an investment company, allowing assets to increase in value quickly and taking different risks.

As for the private equity fund company, it is similar to Oriental Fund Management Company under the name of Li Weidong, but Oriental Fund raises a relatively single target, only Li Weidong.

There are so many companies interested in Yahoo's stock, which is somewhat beyond Li Weidong's expectation, and according to Jiang Zhili, they are not generally interested.

This is Li Weidong's memory from the future, which biases his judgment. He knows the ending of Yahoo, just like he knew the ending of Netscape a few years ago.

But these people don't know, and in the past few years many people were optimistic about Netscape and thought it would be Microsoft's biggest competitor.

Because at that time Microsoft believed that it was "window" technology rather than browser technology that would determine the fate of the future computer world, giving Netscape the opportunity to rise.

But soon, Microsoft realized that their decision was wrong. The future world was not PC, but PC, so they had to fight against Netscape.

Therefore, Microsoft, which has strong resources, quickly adapted to the new rules, changed its strategy, and quickly launched its own browser, even if it did not hesitate to get the company into a monopoly lawsuit.

Netscape's lawsuit against Microsoft for the monopoly case has not yet come to a conclusion, but Netscape has been unable to escape the fate of decline and has already changed hands and been acquired.

The current recognized leader is Yahoo, a portal website, but in terms of the proportion of the search market, Yahoo almost exclusively holds the entire market share.

The purpose of many people's emphasis on Yahoo is simply that they believe that Yahoo can become a giant with a market value of 600 billion like Microsoft in the future.

But now Yahoo's market value is only 100 billion. How can it be on par with Microsoft? The only way is to continue to grow, so Yahoo has unlimited room for growth.

However, Li Weidong wants to sell a lot of Yahoo stock this time. Based on the price when Yahoo stopped trading a few days ago, it is almost more than 30 billion.

Even if you want to buy this part of the stock, there are not many companies that can easily spend so much money. Moreover, they are engaged in asset management, and the most important thing is risk. They believe that eggs cannot be put in the same basket.

But this is a good thing for Li Weidong, because only one can fish in troubled waters. If only one company is interested, he will lose his bargaining power.

The more competitors there are, the stronger his bargaining power will be. If they compete among themselves, he might even get an unexpected surprise!

"What is their latest quotation approximately?" Li Weidong asked. According to Nasdaq's normal trading rules, these stocks will have a certain premium based on their ten-day average price.

It's just that when Yahoo stopped trading, its price had dropped by more than 20% from its recent highest price, so the room for this premium is estimated to be limited.

(End of chapter)