Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Buy shares?" Welch asked with a smile: "How much money is Mr. Xu prepared to invest?"

"The specifics are not clear yet, but it is probably around US$500 million!" Xu Zhi said.

"USD 500 million?" Welch also took a deep look at Xu Zhi. He didn't expect that the other party's financial resources were so amazing. Together with the funds for the acquisition of RCA's television business, this one-time investment was US$1 billion. After thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Xu, the board of directors will not accept a Chinese director, and a large number of GE's businesses involve national defense and security, and the Ministry of Commerce will not agree. This is completely different from the TV business."

Xu Zhidao: "I have never thought about joining the board of directors. This is just a pure business investment. I hope General Electric can conduct a private equity increase for me. 3%-4% is enough. I do not require any management support." right."

"That's it?" Welch was a little surprised.

"Yes, that's it!" Xu Zhi nodded and confirmed.

"Okay, if it's just like this, when I become CEO, I will raise this matter with the board of directors." Welch promised.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Xu Zhi smiled happily.

The 1980s was a golden era. Countless electronic and software giants of later generations are now in their infancy. If you invest in these companies and wait for more than ten years, you will definitely get rich returns.

However, the disadvantage is that the waiting time for returns is too long, and it does not accommodate hundreds of millions of dollars of capital.

In traditional industries, if the scale is large enough, there are also some companies that are extremely successful, and General Electric is one of them.

In 1981, Welch became the youngest chairman and CEO in GE's history at the age of 45. After taking over, he carried out reforms to reduce the size of the company and merged businesses. The company's market value also increased from US$13.1 billion in 1981. It rose to US$507.7 billion in 1999, an increase of nearly 40 times in 18 years. This is an extremely rare rate of return in the traditional field, not to mention that even in 1981, GM was an extremely large company. Larger companies have less room for progress, but this is obviously not suitable for Welch, the legendary CEO.

Of course, 18 years is too long, but in just two years from 1981 to 1983, GM’s market value doubled to US$26 billion. And 1981 was the peak period of Xiangjiang Real Estate, with Evergrande and Hutchison Whampoa’s large amounts of capital will be cashed out. Xu Zhi is planning to transfer to the United States to invest in some traditional companies with higher returns. General Electric is one of the best choices. If the other party's board of directors does not agree with the capital increase plan, then slowly acquire it in the stock market. That's all. Otherwise, it will delay a lot of time and also cause the stock price to rise.

At the same time, this period happens to be the period when the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate plummets. Raising Hong Kong dollar funds from Hong Kong can not only avoid exchange rate losses, but also make a lot of US dollars. After 83 years, the Hong Kong real estate crisis will hit the bottom again, and the United States will cash out. The funds can be returned to invest again, whether it is the stock market or real estate.

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On October 18, Oakland, the eighth largest city in California, east of the San Francisco Bay Area, held a large-scale electronics exhibition here today.

As the world's largest gaming company, Midea has naturally rented a prime location here to display its latest arcade games, home consoles and Gameboys. On the other side of the exhibition hall are several of the latest personal computers.

"Hey, why is this computer like this?" A 30-year-old white man glanced at Honor's split computer and asked strangely.

White is a computer enthusiast and a journalist. His biggest hobby is to collect information about various computers, sort it out and publish it. Because computers are new items and most of them are not well understood, his royalties are still high. good.

Tony is the sales manager of Midea's branch in the United States. When he saw someone visiting, he immediately greeted with a smile: "Hello, this is the latest product of our Midea company, the Honor 1 series personal computer."

White asked, "Why is the structure like this?"

Tony replied: "This is our company's latest design, a split computer. The traditional one-piece computer is because the main chassis is integrated with the screen. Considering the weight and volume, it is very unfriendly to the design of the electronic components inside the main chassis, including heat dissipation. The problem is extremely serious, and we separated the host from the screen, so that the space inside the host is no longer greatly restricted, and another advantage of this design is that the fan noise of the host will not affect the user."

"It's really good!" White thought about it carefully and found that it makes sense. The popular computers on the market now are all-in-one. In summer, the heat dissipation problem is very troublesome. After a long time, the keyboard on the host box will become It is very hot, and the sound of the fan inside the chassis is often annoying. This split design does avoid these two problems.

Tony said again: "Sir, please sit down."

"Thank you." White sat in front of the computer.

Tony said: "Another advantage of the split computer designed by our company is that it is very suitable for the height of normal desks and chairs. As long as ordinary people sit on the chair, they can look straight at the screen without raising their heads slightly."

White nodded. This is not bad. Although the height of the all-in-one computer is only a little higher, it is always uncomfortable to raise your head for a long time. If you want to avoid it, you can only re-match the seat height. This is no problem at home, but if In the company, that's a hassle.

"Is this a mouse?" White asked, pointing to the mouse in front of the screen.

"Yes, this is also the latest mouse designed by our company. It conforms to the structure of the human hand and is very convenient to use!" Tony introduced with a smile: "General computers do not need a mouse, but our Honor computer itself carries many games. These All require a mouse to cooperate!”

"What game?" White asked curiously.

"This one." Tony entered a few codes, opened the game software, and said, "This game is called Plants vs. Zombies. You can play it first."

"Okay!" White took a look at the interface and thought it was good. Following Tony's introduction, he quickly got started.

…

"You should have summoned one more flower..."

"Stones are more important..."

White had a lot of fun and attracted a group of onlookers. Plants vs. Zombies is a game for fools. After watching it for a while, you will understand how to play it.

Finally the zombies cross the plant area and the game is over.

White rubbed his shoulders and found that he was a little addicted, so he stood up and walked towards Tony and asked: "What is the price of a floppy disk for this game?"

Tony replied politely: "Sorry, this game is currently not available for sale to the public. This game is only available on Honor computers!"

"I understand, this is your sales strategy!" White nodded and smiled. Although he is addicted to computers, he has also heard about Midea. After all, there are also games such as "Tank Battle" and "Xiangjiang Cube" on the market. floppy disk, but these games can be installed on any computer.

White explained: "Sir, you may be wrong. Plants vs. Zombies requires extremely high computer configurations. Most of the personal computers currently on the market cannot meet the requirements for smooth operation. Forcibly installing it on some computers will only degrade the game." pleasure.

Moreover, this game requires the cooperation of a mouse, and few personal computers on the market are equipped with a mouse. "

"That's it!" White nodded and asked, "What's the price of this Honor?"

"We have two options for the Honor 1 series. The corresponding memory is 16MB and 32MB, which are US$2,199 and US$2,699 respectively. This is the global terminal retail price, which is the same everywhere!" Tony gave a quote.

"So expensive?" White frowned, considering that the Apple 2 computer only costs about US$1,500.

Tony smiled and said: "Sir, first of all, our CPU is Motorola's latest product MC68000 processor, which is currently the most advanced processor in the world. This kind of chip is generally used in industrial or workstation computers.

Second, our computers are already equipped with the most basic spreadsheet and word software, as well as many games. If you buy these separately, the price may not be cheap. "

"Having said that, the price is still too expensive!" White said.

Tony smiled and said: "Sir, if you don't need the most advanced computer, our Midea company also has another model, which is the C64 personal computer of our wholly-owned subsidiary Kangmaoda."

White followed the introduction and looked over. This was an all-in-one personal computer. The nameplate on the side showed that it was just a computer with ordinary configurations.

Tony introduced: "This C64 is priced at only US$699. It also has basic operating software inside, and the games are equipped with Xiangjiang cubes, Minesweeper cards, etc."

"This is a good value for money! It seems that my manuscript has content!" White began to think deeply.