Reborn Tycoon Rise

In its original history, Best Buy, which was born in 1966, was only a chain of audio stores in its early days. It was not until 1983 that it officially entered the field of large-scale electrical appliance supermarkets and used the name "Best Buy".

It is now 1981. We are the first to register this name because it is concise and easy to remember. In the early stage of a brand, a suitable name is also very important, especially in this kind of retail industry that targets the public.

"Bestbuy, this is a good name." He Guoyuan said with a smile, "I'll go out if there's nothing else."

"OK." Xu Zhi nodded in agreement.

Although it sounds easy, IBM's entry into the personal computer market will still have a certain impact on all players in the market.

In the later mainland, almost no one knew about IBM's personal computers. In the 21st century, its PC business was eventually acquired by Lenovo, which seemed to be quite a failure. However, in the 1980s, IBM's 5150 was almost the dominant player in the high-end field of personal computers. In the first three years, it sold more than 2 million units and was featured in Time Magazine. It is known as the originator of the "Information Age".

If Apple created the era of personal computers, then IBM brought countless people who knew nothing about computers into this market. Although Honor computers now achieve this goal with simple operations, as far as sales channels are concerned Compared with IBM, brand influence is in the sky and on the ground.

This is also the fundamental reason why Xu Zhi is preparing to invest huge sums of money to enter the terminal sales field. IBM is very rich, and its current market value is the largest in the world, as high as 70 billion US dollars. However, mainframe computers are its main market. In terms of personal computers, it can only be said that It is a small branch business, and it is impossible for IBM to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build physical channels for the personal computer field with an uncertain market future.

Because of the golden finger of rebirth, Xu Zhi also remembered that among companies in traditional fields, there are a number of companies with excellent development prospects, such as General Electric, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, PepsiCo, etc. Midea's profits in the past few years have been used to purchase these stocks.

The stocks of these companies rose extremely high in the 1980s and 1990s, and the returns were very impressive. However, the total value of the stocks that can be purchased in these companies is also limited. Hutchison Whampoa has accumulated billions of Hong Kong dollars, and Midea's profits in recent years have basically been used for Stocks in these companies were purchased.

At present, the limit of what can be purchased in the stock market has basically been reached. Unless there is negotiation with the other party's board of directors like buying shares in General Electric, and without any reason, these well-developed companies will basically not accept foreign investment.

Midea's annual profit has reached US$400-500 million. Without understanding the prospects of other stocks, Xu Zhi did not dare to invest funds in the stock market at will, so using it to expand channels became the best choice. Not only can it open up the market for its own brand, but this electronic supermarket itself is a very promising industry worthy of long-term and huge investment.

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Time flies and September is here soon.

In the Baohua Building in Hong Kong, Lei Jiekun, the chairman of Kowloon Construction, was drinking coffee and handling the business of several of his companies. After a while, his face became ugly. When the secretary on the side saw that something was wrong, he immediately It also became quiet, not even daring to take a breath.

"Ding ding..." The phone ringing broke the awkward silence.

"Hello, who's there?" the secretary answered the phone and asked.

"The chairman is Lin Haifeng, manager of Wing Hang Bank." After the secretary asked clearly, he immediately turned around and replied.

"Lin Haifeng? What is he doing here?" Lei Juekun frowned, but still said: "Let him come in."

The secretary nodded and explained on the phone.

Soon, a 40-year-old middle-aged man entered Lei Juekun's office under the guidance of the front desk.

"Lei Sheng, long time no see." Lin Haifeng said with a smile after coming in.

Lei Juekun also walked out from the desk, smiled and shook hands and said, "Lin Sheng, you haven't been here for a long time. I wonder what advice you can give me this time?"

After the two sat down, Lin Haifeng said: "Lei Sheng, I am here today because I discovered that there are some abnormalities in the stocks of Kowloon Bus owned by your company in recent times!"

Lei Juekun asked: "Abnormal? What's abnormal? The stock seems to be very stable!"

"It is abnormal because of its stability." Lin Haifeng said: "The Xiangjiang MTR Corporation has just announced its plan to develop the Kowloon Peninsula. In the next ten years, dozens of important commercial centers in Kowloon will be connected by the subway, which is very important to most companies. It's a good thing, but for the bus company, it's an absolute disaster.

It stands to reason that if the MTR Corporation announced such a thing, the share price of Kowloon Bus would have plummeted, but in fact it did not. "

Lei Juekun shook his head and smiled: "Lin Sheng, you are too sensitive. Land prices in Xiangjiang have skyrocketed in recent years. The Kowloon Bus Company also has many good properties, and I am also planning to develop two of them. Perhaps because of this, That’s why even if there is bad news about the subway construction, the stock price has been rising steadily!”

"I thought so at first." Lin Haifeng smiled and said: "But I investigated the transaction records in the past month and found that there were a large number of sell orders, but they were all accepted by a group of anonymous accounts, and when the stock price rose, these orders Anonymous accounts will also sell stocks in reverse to suppress the stock price, and then repurchase them. I think Lei Sheng understands what the other party means by this kind of operation, right?"

"Someone wants to acquire Kowloon Bus?" Although Lei Juekun is not a professional trader, he still understands some basic knowledge.

Lin Haifeng nodded and said: "Looking at the current situation, that's it."

Lei Juekun asked: "Can you find out how many stocks the other party already owns?"

Lin Haifeng replied: "Currently it is estimated that the other party has acquired about 5% in the stock market."

"5% is not too much." Lei Juekun said to himself.

Lin Haifeng said: "Lei Sheng, this matter should not be taken lightly. Although the other party has not acquired enough shares from the stock market, we don't know whether the other party will directly acquire it from some Kowloon Bus shareholders."

"What do you mean?" Lei Juekun asked with a frown.

Lin Haifeng said: "Then it depends on how much Lei Sheng values ​​the Kowloon Bus Company. From a safety perspective, Lei Sheng had better continue to increase his shareholding, at least to reach the safety line of about 40%. OK."

"40%." Lei Juekun frowned. Kowloon Bus was an industry established by the Lei family. Today, when it was passed to his hands, he was already the third generation of the family. Although Lei Juekun is extremely talented in business, Diversified development began a long time ago and has achieved considerable success. At present, the total profits of several other companies in the family have exceeded the annual dividends of the Kowloon Bus Company.

But in any case, this is a family business. Although Lei Juekun only holds 20% of the shares, he has already regarded Kowloon Bus as his own asset. The diversified development over the years has a great relationship with Kowloon Bus.

Most citizens in Xiangjiang need to take buses, and some bus advertisements have become a competition for many companies. Lei Juekun uses bus advertisements to advertise his community at low prices. This alone has increased a lot of revenue. .

At the same time, part of the initial capital for the real estate project actually came from the sale of Kowloon Bus shares. Now that the funds have been invested in the real estate market, the value of the property is now under threat.