The Goddess Shines on America

"Well, Oscar, my sister really has a lot of business to do in New York."

It was only noon, and it had only been more than an hour since the strange Samsung employee was arrested. The location was still somewhere in the plaza of Rockefeller Center, and Alice was using a public phone booth.

"I have a book to be published here... That's right, it's the fantasy novel I told you about. In addition, I have some investment projects, and I want to chat with some Wall Street people."

"Hannah wants a gift? Oh, what about this... How about I inform Milan so that Auntie Elena and the others will launch a costume for Hannah?"

"Hold on the Batmobile! You still have a year to go before your driver's license test, no matter if "Batman" is really about to start filming, or else, you can go directly to Long Island in two days, the filming of Wayne Manor is here .”

"Okay, okay, right~ Hey, bye!"

The call can be considered over, and it is natural to report the situation to the family if there is nothing to do, but dealing with younger siblings is not an easy job. Taking out the phone card, Alice gulped down a big gulp of Coke, and then returned along the street.

This central business district consisting of 19 buildings, although there is a fully connected parking lot underground, of course the traffic regulations on the ground must be obeyed. Walking from this building to that building, turning east and west along the sidewalk, after a distance of more than 30 meters, Alice saw the coffee shop John Grayson had agreed upon.

Ding Ling's door opened, followed by a beautiful girl's grand entrance. As soon as Alice entered the door, she saw the middle-aged uncle by the window. Of course, the other party was also an old expert in meeting customers. As Alice saw, a waiter had just walked in front of him.

"Alice, you came at the right time. I just called the waiter." With nonsense in his mouth, John Grayson said with a smile: "What do you want to drink?"

"Minors don't drink coffee, give me a... Hong Kong-style milk tea?" Looking at the menu, Alice said with a smile: "Mr. Grayson chose a good location, it's rare to be able to drink Hong Kong's delicious food in Manhattan, so come here gone."

Grayson ordered a strong cappuccino for himself, and after the waiter left, he first started the topic: "Miss Wang, first of all, I am very grateful that you can choose our Grayson company as your intermediary, Samsung's The scale should not be underestimated, without the help of professional institutions, it is difficult for you to get the maximum benefit at the most affordable price.”

Action-oriented people are in a hurry to do everything, and they will go forward indomitably when they seize business opportunities, which is the reason why many entrepreneurs succeed. That's how it is now, as soon as she realized that Samsung's stock price would drop a little bit, and she was really interested in it, Alice immediately found a professional agency to advise her.

"The home appliance industry is the current mainstream, so I mainly want to focus on Samsung Electronics." She said, "Well, Mr. Grayson, since you say you know Samsung very well, you must be able to make a lot of useful suggestions. Bar?"

"It seems that Ms. Wang is quite familiar with Samsung, so I need to know a major premise. Ms. Wang, do you plan to simply speculate in stocks, or do you really want to acquire this huge group with a large amount?"

Alice was aware of the change in Grayson's wording, and no doubt, for Grayson, who has worked in the investment industry on Wall Street for many years, it is also very easy to understand how much she made in the "87 stock market crash". Forbes and Fortune have yet to interview her again, but it's clear the man knows how much cash she can mobilize.

"It seems that you really know me very well." The girl smiled: "Then tell me, if I want to acquire it to a certain extent, what should I pay attention to?"

"The Korean nation's strong sense of national unity will make them instinctively reject foreign investment, and the significance of the Samsung Group to the whole of Korea is very important. So Ms. Wang, if you really spend huge sums of money to acquire its business, It will definitely be secretly suppressed by the South Korean government, which is something you have to beware of."

Alice nodded to express her understanding: "That's true. Regardless of the specific strength of a company in the international arena, if it has unparalleled influence in the country it belongs to, if others want to take it into their arms, they must fight well. Preparations for tough battles at the national level."

"It's good that you understand this." Seeing Alice's cooperation, Grayson's heart that had been hanging for a long time was somewhat relieved.

Providing investment advice to customers is one of the main businesses of a company like his, and in this case, the most taboo thing is to meet those fools who don't understand that there is only money. Of course, if it is an honest person who is stupid and ignorant, the account managers can also deal with it in a foolish way, but if they encounter some stupid and ignorant customers who always like to come up with bad ideas and various uncooperative customers , everyone will have a headache.

Fortunately, Alice Wang is not only not a fool, but she is also very proficient in investment, which made Grayson feel too much. Of course, it is inevitable for Lao Tzu to thank his son appropriately. If it were not for the superficial relationship of Eton alumni, he would have to work very hard to get the consulting fee.

"So before you actually make a move, you must systematically understand this group."

Grayson said: "Samsung is a typical East Asian family-owned industry. The founder Li Bingzhe was born in 1910. In his early years, he opened a grain processing factory with the help of his father. In 1938, the Samsung Chamber of Commerce was established, which is now this huge comprehensive predecessor of the company."

"Twenty-eight years old, a typical teenager with success."

"Yes, and Ms. Wang, I heard that you have published mystery novels in Japan, so you may be able to use it to increase your relationship with the Li family. Li Bingzhe studied at Waseda University in Japan when he was young, although he returned to China after only one year , but it’s just because it doesn’t adapt to the climate. It can be said that the grain processing factory in the early years relied on the management knowledge learned in university to survive.”

Use Japanese mystery novels to get close to Koreans?

Alice was noncommittal about this proposal. As a typical European and American person, Grayson may not be very familiar with the bloody romance between Japan and South Korea, let alone the antipathy of Chinese Americans towards Bangzi. An elite investor comes up with a super-invincible bad idea, but the girl forgives it.

"After the establishment of the Samsung Chamber of Commerce, the initial main business was to export dried fish, vegetables and fruits in the South Korean peninsula. In the 1950s, it gradually expanded to manufacturing industries such as sugar refining, pharmaceuticals, and textiles, and established itself as a family-owned enterprise. Until 1975 Later, it became a first-tier trader in South Korea under the name of Samsung C\u0026T, mainly engaged in bulk trade and investment business.”

Alice silently remembered that, to be honest, her understanding of the largest company in South Korea was indeed limited. After all, it was a good thing, and she was not going to pay too much attention to it because of its natural brand name. It's just because the scale of this company is getting bigger and bigger, so Alice in her previous life, as a typical 21st century youth, of course will inevitably understand some things about it, but it is basically limited to the electronics industry.

"Samsung C\u0026T, tsk tsk..." Muttering this insignificant name, Alice directly turned her brain to Japan's Mitsubishi, which were the industrial giants she was more familiar with.

"As for the Samsung Electronics you are interested in, its establishment time is just right. Its rank in 1969 is similar to that of most Silicon Valley companies."

"In fact, if you really choose to acquire Samsung Electronics, now is indeed a very good opportunity. Although this company has a lot of income, it does not have many technical patents from the beginning, and all products start from imitation."

"In the early years, its first product, which was the stepping stone to enter the home appliance industry, was just a 12-inch black and white TV set that had entered the declining stage of the product life cycle and had low profit margins. The most direct reason for its behavior That is, the company did not possess and master the minimum electronic technology at that time, and foreign companies that mastered color TV technology were unwilling to transfer relevant technology to Samsung Electronics, and were only willing to provide complete sets of black and white TV sets and assembly technology.”

"Thus, considering the comprehensive situation of technology and market, their development strategy at that time was to import complete sets of black and white TV sets and basic assembly technology from foreign companies such as Sony in Japan, and assemble them under the guidance of foreign technical personnel. Produce low-end products that are in a declining stage and sell them to overseas low-end markets.”

Alice let out a long breath: "It's very smart."

"That's right, so Ms. Wang, the next thing you need to pay special attention to." Grayson said in a serious tone: "Since the early days of this decade, Samsung Electronics has begun to develop into the computer field, and the first choice is the dynamic Memory DRAM, I believe you know what that is better than me."

"Memory is a good thing," Alice said with a smile, "So they started using the old tactics again?"

"That's right," Grayson said: "At the beginning of their entry into this market, it was also because they did not master the key technologies, so the product development strategy they pursued was also a copy strategy, that is, they packaged DRAM chips from foreign companies, and the packaging technology was also the same. Rely on foreign companies and then produce low-end products for the low-end market.”

"Then let's look at the current home appliance industry." Alice snorted and said, "Japanese and Korean companies invaded the United States on a large scale. At the beginning, our manufacturers only wanted to make some extra money, but they didn't expect the learning ability of these two nations. It turned out to be so good. The results are good now, not to mention the home appliance industry, the whole of Japan is buying our things like crazy!"