Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Are you really planning to spend 100 million US dollars to buy this plane?" He Chaoqiong asked with a smile on the way back. You must know that the original plan was just a 737, worth almost 200 million Hong Kong dollars. This price is even for someone from a wealthy family. She is also a big sum of money, not to mention that she is buying a 747.

"It's more than 100 million US dollars. The decoration price of such a large aircraft can be worth 1/4 to 1/3 of the price of the aircraft body." Xu Zhi explained with a smile: "The 747 is now the only aircraft in the world that can cross It will be much more convenient to fly state-controlled planes.”

"Will it not affect your company's funds?" He Chaoqiong asked.

"It won't have any impact. The funds to purchase the aircraft will also come from commercial banks in the United States. Moreover, I have many industries in the United States. These companies have to pay taxes every year. Buying such an aircraft can also be used to deduct taxes. "Xu Zhi said with a smile. It’s just that Midea’s business in the United States involves arcade games, home game consoles and cassettes, handheld consoles, and television businesses. Most of these businesses are profitable. According to U.S. law, they have to pay taxes every year.

If you buy an airplane now, everything can be recorded as a loss. According to the U.S. tax law, not only do you not need to pay profit tax this year, but you can also use it to offset part of the tax in the next few years, and because the airplane belongs to the U.S. branch , future refueling, maintenance, and employee wages can be used to cover the company's operating expenses.

"It's good to be able to avoid taxes." He Chaoqiong said with a smile: "It's really convenient to have your own plane. You can go wherever you want."

Xu Zhi took out a business card from his pocket and said, "Of course, you can contact this design company in the next few days to learn more about the aircraft's decorative style."

"Aren't you coming with us?" He Chaoqiong asked after taking the business card and looking at it.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "You should contact me first. I have other things to deal with first. I invested in a company in Seattle two years ago. Now that I am here, I am ready to go and have a look."

"What company?" He Chaoqiong asked.

"The name is Microsoft. It is just a small company now. You have never heard of it." Xu Zhi said.

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In 1978, relying on its cooperation with MITS, Microsoft's profits that year reached one million US dollars.

Then, Microsoft's headquarters moved to Bellevue, Seattle, Washington. There are a large number of technically proficient programmers here. Microsoft is also like a fish in water and has achieved rapid development. Last year, Microsoft reached a cooperation with the blue giant IBM. , to develop an operating system for IBM's PC5150.

The IBM PC5150 was the most popular personal computer in the 1980s, with total sales exceeding 1 million units in just a few years. In 1982, it was named the "originator" of the information age by Time Magazine in the United States.

But that was the original history. Since the second half of last year, Midea has released the first Honor 1 computer. Although it is more expensive, it has plenty of internal applications: simple word spreadsheet processing software, text editing software, small Games, English text correction software, etc.

These are simple applications from later generations, but in today's era when many people don't know how to use computers, they are very advanced. Simple Word and Excel software have provided great convenience to countless office workers, and games The rich variety satisfies everyone's needs.

Two months after the launch of Honor Computer, a large number of orders were sent to the Xiangjiang headquarters from the United States, and even in Europe and Japan, where it was not yet launched, some dealers came to discuss cooperation.

Upon learning that Xu Zhi was coming, Bill Gates had already made preparations and personally came to the door of the company to greet this shareholder whom he had never met before.

"Mr. Xu, welcome to Microsoft." After seeing Xu Zhi and his party get out of the car, Bill Gates and Paul Allen smiled and walked up to shake hands and said with a smile.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Nice to meet you two."

"Please come inside." Bill Gates waved.

Microsoft's current headquarters is not very prosperous. Instead, it rented the third floor of an office building here. When the elevator door opened, a large hybrid office appeared in front of you.

Xu Zhi followed the two of them to an empty corner. There were several sofas and coffee tables here, and it seemed to be a place to receive guests.

Xu Zhi asked with a smile: "Your place is not small. Don't you have a conference room?"

"No." Bill Gates scratched his somewhat disheveled hair and shook his head: "We don't even have an office. We all work together."

"OK." Xu Zhi smiled and sat down. Gates and Allen also sat down. Gates said: "Mr. Xu, I invite you here this time in the hope that your company and our company can reach a cooperation? "

"Please say."

Bill Gates said: "I hope to be able to license QDOS, or we can pay to buy it."

"QDOS is the core product of our company and will not be sold or licensed." Xu Zhi shook his head and refused.

QDOS is a simple operating system that Midea's branch bought from "Seattle Computer Company" early last year. In its original history, Microsoft bought the software for $50,000, then repackaged it and changed it to MS -DOS, and then placed it on the IBM5150 computer. This was also the most important step in the history of the rise of Microsoft in later generations.

After Midea purchased QDOS, the R\u0026D department of its branch in the United States spent a lot of effort to further optimize the program in accordance with Xu Zhi's requirements and placed it on the first-generation Honor computer.

Microsoft lost the opportunity to purchase QDOS and had to re-develop it on its own. Although it also made samples, IBM was not satisfied with Microsoft's products because it was affected by the various high-functions of Honor computers.

Due to competition, IBM is not willing to purchase software licenses from competitors on a per-use basis, and Midea naturally does not agree to sell the operating system and office software at once. The negotiations between the two parties are not smooth, which also gives Microsoft further plans. , after learning that Xu Zhi had come to Seattle, Bill Gates sent a fax and asked to meet him.

"Mr. Xu, you are also a shareholder of our Microsoft. If Microsoft makes a profit, you make a profit. If you have any requirements, you can tell us." Paul Allen took over. Among the two people who started the Microsoft business, he was more suitable for negotiation.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "It's true that I am a shareholder of Microsoft, but I only have 10% of the shares. If this ratio can be increased, I can consider the cooperation plan you mentioned before."

Paul Allen frowned and said, "How many shares does Mr. Xu want?"

"30%!" Xu Zhi smiled and gave an answer.

"No, this ratio is too high." Bill Gates shook his head and refused.