The Goddess Shines on America

On the Boeing 747 flight from London to Washington, Alice was quietly busy in the front seat of the first class cabin.

The luxurious single-person sofa forms a private space, and the square table in the front row can hold many personal items. There are only ten passengers in the entire cabin, and they are all high-end business people. No one will disturb anyone, and everyone is doing their own work.

Time passed quickly, especially when Alice passed the final exam ahead of schedule. With Christmas approaching, she was able to do some shopping around Washington before finally flying to Los Angeles.

As for the direct purpose, of course it is to meet with Lockheed. The long, regular email exchanges, which took up only a fraction of her time, brought too much instructional advice to the arms dealer. Therefore, when Alice agreed to the proposal to assist in the development of new gunpowder, the other party's reply was almost as fast as seconds.

As for the fundamental purpose, of course it has something to do with her thinking these days.

Entrepreneurs develop their careers with one goal in mind. The purpose of many small and medium-sized entrepreneurs is simply to get rich, but when the scale rises to a certain level, they will all have higher-level ideals—unless the founder's spiritual level is too low.

As ordinary entrepreneurs, they do not know how far their company will develop, and the impact and contribution of their business to society are only at the theoretical level. Therefore, they just keep their heads down and work hard to develop, and then they are ecstatic at every progress in their career.

But Alice is fully aware of the extent to which the company she is creating and investing in will develop, and so far, the bureaus she can lay out are basically complete. After all, the 1990s have not yet arrived, and the new industrial layout has not yet begun. In this idle time, she really needs to find something for herself to do.

Yes, find something to do for yourself, and there is a more core problem-even if the 1990s arrive, she will establish and invest in companies such as Google and Yahoo, and then what?

Then there is no more. With the rise of the Internet bubble in the 1990s, Cisco, Microsoft, and Intel were the three pillars, and they took the lead together, and their market value exceeded 400 billion. Then the bubble burst, the industry reshuffled, Google and Facebook rose again, and then Barbara...

It’s nothing more than that, and at most, the rise of Huawei, Vanda and Wanda’s two or three things...is that the case?

No expectations, really, no expectations at all.

To say that in the past, Alice needed to rely on the prophet of history to make money, so now, it seems that it is not necessary to change the history?

After all, the reason why she can earn this money is not only due to her foresight. The establishment of Cisco, Microsoft's shareholding, and the establishment and development of many companies are all supported by their own hard work.

People with real skills, why should they always wait for the coincidence of the historical trajectory?

Joining forces with Li Ka-shing to form a pharmaceutical company umbrella is her first initial attempt at a "new business", but she has no idea how far this "umbrella" will develop.

If it's just an achievement like a leader in the industry, with the precedent in Silicon Valley, she doesn't really have much interest. So for the development of this new company, her idea is to take it one step at a time. It is of course the best to be "awesome", but if it is "just" a leading level, it doesn't matter. It depends on what can be harvested on the "I Virus" what.

At least the current weight-loss drug, after it is launched on the market, will already make the "protective umbrella" an "apple", right?

So what next?

Umbrella company is an attempt, a challenge to an uncertain future based on new technologies. So reverse, first set a clear goal for yourself, and work hard for that goal?

In order to allow the arsenal ship to appear on the stage of history, in order to solve the technical problems that have not been solved in history, and reversely develop the business for them in a targeted manner-is it full of motivation?

Then what should be done?

"Phew, after earning so many billions so quickly, it's time to throw money away."

At this moment, while the plane was still flying over the Atlantic Ocean, she picked up the amazingly big mobile phone and made a call to the other side of the world.

Soon, a respectful greeting in Japanese English came from the opposite side: "Hi, Miss Alice, what can I do for you?"

Alice glanced around, and the passengers nearby also had their own things to do, and she didn't disturb anyone.

"You should still speak Japanese."

That indistinguishable R and L accent is really annoying.

"Just give me a summary. If I sell all the buildings I invested in Ginza two years ago, what price can I expect to sell them for?"

It turned out to be such a question. On the other side of the phone, the real estate agent suddenly became excited. You know, the money he can earn from clients is not just the commission when buying, because when the client sells the real estate, he can also get a huge income from the buyer!

"I'll check it for you right away, do you need the result now?"

Alice leaned against the back of the chair, pinched the phone sideways: "I'm free now, I believe you won't be busy for five minutes, right?"

That was natural, the real estate agent immediately watched over the computer and began to calculate. The customer's name, the real estate purchased by the customer, the current market price of the unit and the total assets, these information can be found immediately!

After all, the real estate boom in Japan has lasted for a long time.

After a while, the voice rang again on the phone: "Miss Wang, your purchased assets in Ginza are as follows, a high-end commercial building, a high-end apartment building..."

"Just tell me how much you can sell for."

"2.8 billion! 2.8 billion US dollars, Miss Wang!"

Hearing such an astronomical figure, even Alice couldn't help but straighten her back.

what?

2.8 billion?

"It's so much?" She was surprised: "I remember when I bought these houses, the total amount was... 1.2 billion dollars? Now it's a year... two years... more than doubled? "

The recent career has made Alice no longer care too much about the appreciation ratio of Japanese real estate, but who can not be shocked when he hears so much money?

"Exactly, Miss Wang."

The real estate agent in Tokyo browsed the computer and said: "Your down payment is 400 million US dollars, and then the installment payment business, the cumulative total is 1.2 billion. This is your year..."

"All right, I see."

Alice stopped the Japanese babbling Japanese sentences.

Originally, I wanted to buy and sell houses, just for cash.

But since the 1.2 billion has been turned to 2.8 billion...

Alice picked up a new copy of Fortune from her desk.

The current seat of the richest man is, of course, occupied by Sam Walton. This old man ascended to the throne in 1985 and has been guarding it for a long time.

Looking through the list, "Fortune" did list her in the top 100 list.

Well, you know, Alice's shares in Microsoft are second only to Gates, and she is also the owner of Cisco, and she has a lot of messy investments. So when it comes to the current position in the rankings, although she is not yet in the top ten, she can still ride on the head of Gates...

Billions...a number that doesn't make much sense.

In the ranking list, her current position is relatively high, but it is not too exaggerated, because although "Fortune" has included her gains in the "87 stock market crash", it will inevitably miss the Japanese real estate. Pen.

After all, no matter which database, there is a problem of information sources. Her behavior during the stock market crash was easy to investigate, but it was too difficult to be a human being when she suddenly bought a few houses in a foreign country.

The so-called celebrity, the concept is very diverse. The people on the Forbes list are of course celebrities in a certain field, but when it comes to popularity, there may not be a second-tier Hollywood star who is more widely known. After all, ordinary people will be very interested in the top ten super rich, but how many people will remember the whole list of hundreds of people?

At this moment, Alice silently scanned the list of the top 100 richest people in the world listed by "Fortune", feeling like this.

For someone like her who rose up in just four or five years and spent most of her time in school...

It's a long list, and few people know each other at all.

Well, just wait for the 90s to come and reshuffle.

"That's it..."

After pondering for a moment, Alice said on the phone: "Sell all these houses, we will discuss the details later, you should prepare first."

After finishing speaking, ignoring the ecstatic exclamation of the real estate agent, she quickly hung up the phone.

Although it is not the best time to withdraw funds, but I am not short of the seven or eight billion,

The current price of 2.8 billion, throwing away the 300 million in the original loan, and repaying all the installments, will eventually earn 1.6 billion in cash.

1.6 billion US dollars, cash.

Alice moved her fingers.

It is still 1988, and the Japanese economy is still taking off. A large number of international investors are buying houses in Japan, and Japanese businessmen are also buying houses in the international market.

I believe that it won't be long before the Rockefeller Center should be bought by Mitsubishi.

Well, then they sell it at a loss right after...

Judging from the phenomenon, the relevant investment amount during this period is very astonishing, but it is basically based on the company.

After all, although many people are confident in the development potential of the Japanese economy and the benefits brought by the real estate boom, this is a venture capital investment after all. Letting companies pay is the limit. The rich will not take such a big risk and throw a large amount of personal cash into this kind of hole.

Not to mention Alice's extremely exaggerated behavior.

$100 million in principal, $300 million in loans, $800 million in installments...

So, the greater the risk, the higher the return. The investment decision that no one dared to make was played out by Alice without any psychological pressure, and then...

"Headache..."

After hanging up the phone, Alice was still sitting in her seat, looking at the vast Atlantic Ocean outside the window, and Alice muttered.

"Let's pull down the re-investment company, I'm tired of it. But if you want to use ordinary means to spend all this money...it's so old, I have to plan carefully."