The Industrial Giant Reborn

In the original history, Apple was listed in December 1980, but the current history has changed too much, so it is naturally different. After all, Apple in this life has been established for about half a year, and there is no need to worry about funds. .

At New York International Airport, after Henry Morgan learned that Chen Zhiwen was coming to the United States, he personally came to pick him up.

The two got on the extended version of Lincoln, and Henry Morgan said with a smile: "Eric, your HSBC in Hong Kong is really a fat sheep. They found me before and wanted to buy back the shares of Haifeng Bank. I reported directly After paying three times the price, they actually held back and wanted to continue the negotiation with me."

"Haifeng Bank is the best opportunity for HSBC to get rid of regional banks. They will not give up unless they have to. However, the three times the price is a bit too high, and the oppression is too hard. It will only lead HSBC to find We will lose out on other internationalization opportunities." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"I know this in my heart. I'm just trying to see where the bottom line of HSBC's tolerance is. Even if it is sold at double the price, we will get five or six times the return." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"It's up to you how much you want to sell, just make a good fortune. However, I have one more request, to cheat HSBC before selling. As for the method, you can think about it yourself. I need HSBC to buy Haifeng After Fengfeng, I still need to spend a lot of energy in the United States, and I don't have the ability to interfere too much in Hong Kong affairs." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

At the beginning, he and Henry Morgan bought Haifeng Bank together, the ratio was 49:51, and it was Henry Morgan who came forward, because he is an American with a strong background, so he naturally holds a little more shares, and Haifeng Bank holds 51% of the shares The acquisition cost 115 million U.S. dollars, but the two only paid a total of 35 million U.S. dollars. The rest is bank loans, and now it is enough to pay a certain amount of interest every month. When HSBC buys the stock at a high price, it will net a profit of several times.

However, his purpose is not just to slaughter HSBC, he needs to trap the last backer of British capital in Hong Kong in the United States, but he doesn't know the method, but he believes that the group of Wall Street can often make money in the financial field. The vampires of a sovereign country should have a way to teach a local bank that wants to develop from a small city to the United States. In this regard, HSBC is still a child. It can still be a principal in Hong Kong. When it comes to the United States, that is another story. up.

"Okay, I understand what you mean." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "It seems that HSBC offended Eric in Hong Kong, but I really don't know what to do."

"HSBC is in Hong Kong, similar to a central bank, with a lot of funds, and the Hong Kong government and even legal protection behind it. If they have been nesting in Hong Kong, I may really have nothing to do with it, but they want to go to sea, come to the United States or Europeans, this is your territory." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

He still has some plans for Hong Kong in the future, which requires driving out part of the British capital. If HSBC still interferes at that time, it will be a little troublesome. I am not afraid of burning money, but HSBC will not fight against me. If it is really head-to-head, especially when dealing with Jardine Matheson, the loss of excessive consumption may be as high as billions of Hong Kong dollars or more, but HSBC is sitting on the sidelines and watching the tiger fight. Instead of profiting from it, it is better to make a move now than to be passive at that time.

Buy Haifeng in advance and make a small profit from HSBC? That's just the bait for Henry Morgan to start. Another more important purpose is that when Haifeng is in his hands, as long as he cooperates with Wall Street's various financial mines and lays them in advance, after HSBC acquires them, they will definitely explode when they detonate. It will be very cool.

As for legal risks, when the Wall Street group designs financial derivatives, they are generally prepared with weapons to protect themselves. Anyway, as long as the money is in place, it will be fine.

"Wall Street is very important to Eric. An elder in our family wants me to ask you a question, can Apple's stock be held for a long time?" Henry Morgan said somewhat formally.

"Your family also wants to invest in Apple?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

"To be precise, I want to invest in Silicon Valley, but in the past few years, companies in Silicon Valley have been ups and downs, and many investment banks have lost a lot of money. Eric, you have made certain achievements in new technology, and you are also one of Apple's most I chose Apple in the early days, and now Apple can be said to be a star company in Silicon Valley and even in the United States. Many people in my family think that you must know a lot about technology, so I would like to ask your opinion?" Henry Morgan said.

Although the Morgan family has been in the U.S. financial market for a hundred years, they still can't understand the new technological products of the semiconductor industry. If the investment in this thing succeeds, the rate of return is amazing. is much more likely. In this case, they also need to find some professionals to ask for their opinions.

"I can't give this opinion to your family. I can know that Apple has the potential to develop, but now that Apple's scale has reached the point where it needs to compete with companies such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Texas Instruments for market competition and technology competition, the future will be How, I don't know." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"Then which companies' stocks do you think are suitable for long-term holding?" Henry Morgan asked again.

"If you want to hold it for a long time, you can consider HP, or Intel." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while, and chose one and told him.

This may be a test for the Morgan family, but he will not inform the other party of those high-quality companies that can increase by a thousand times in the future, just choose a company with a high rate of return. The future of HP is one of the overlords in the global PC market, and the stock market will definitely not be badly profitable, but Chen Zhiwen will not invest, because HP has been established for decades, has a wide range of businesses, and its current market value is not low. It's not that attractive.

As for Intel, this chip company, like Apple, has become a star in the chip industry. The 8086 chip it released has become the first choice for many electronic products. Apple 3 uses it, and Midea's red and white machine is the same. However, this type of company is more sensitive than Apple. Even if Chen Zhiwen can invest, it is limited. Instead of this, it is better to sell favors to the Morgan family. I value myself more, and future cooperation in many fields can also bring rewards to me in other insensitive fields.

"Hewlett-Packard? It is indeed a big company. Well, thank you. If it is really a good investment, maybe our family will have more fields and we can cooperate with you." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.

The car arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and there were already several people waiting downstairs outside the hotel.

"Hello, Eric, long time no see." Jobs, the American entrepreneurial hero, was chatting with several blonde beauties, and glanced away secretly, but when Chen Zhiwen arrived, he immediately threw his blonde hair aside.

"Yeah, it's been a long time. The last time, it was the last financing before listing more than a year ago?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

For Apple's investment, Chen Zhiwen didn't intend to worry about it at all. Just like Wal-Mart, he just went his own way, and this also showed an attitude that he, an investor, would never interfere with the company's management and stand on the side of the founder. .

Only when Apple needs financing will affect his absolute income, he will come to Apple in person. At other times, even if Midea has some cooperation with Apple, it is done by his subordinates.

"It's a pity that you don't have time to come to this IPO road show. Otherwise, with your reputation, we may get more benefits." Jobs said with a smile, and the two chatted.

"My reputation is far behind yours." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

In ancient times, if you had a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, you would bury them in a place so that no one would know how much money you had, but this is not feasible in modern times. The larger the business, the larger the amount of transactions involved, involving the transportation of goods , a large number of jobs, a large number of suppliers and customers, etc., this situation cannot be hidden.

Just one Costco, the number now exceeds 70, and there are more than a dozen under construction, involving millions of members and their families, and the annual transaction volume is close to 2 billion US dollars. A new star in the American retail market, plus Midea's arcade machines and Red Bull drinks, Chen Zhiwen has already gained a lot of fame in the United States. He was called the richest Chinese in Asia by Forbes, surpassing the shipping king Bao Yugang, and ranked among the entire Chinese community. Among them, it is second only to Wang An.

"You came here lazy." Jobs smiled and said, "Let's go, Woz drank too much last night, he's not very energetic, so I didn't let him out, let's have a drink together later, tomorrow I can't drink it from the beginning, and I can rest assured to prepare for the listing."

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The time soon came to May 5th, the day when Apple went public.

The current scale of Nasdaq is far inferior to that of Dow Jones, but small has its advantages. It is basically a technology company. In this way, investors who pay attention to technology companies around the world can easily find suitable investments here. object.

Early in the morning, dense crowds of shareholders, representatives of investment institutions, and reporters from various parties had already blocked the main entrance. A monkey would not even be able to squeeze in from here, but as a VIP customer of a listed company who gave money to Nasdaq , naturally has its own separate channel, Jobs, Woz, Chen Zhiwen, and representatives of the two investment banks entered the lounge arranged by the trading center through the VIP channel.

"Looking at the number of people outside, Apple's listing today will definitely be a big success." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Jobs, who walked together to the window sill where you could see the scene below, also said confidently: "Of course, in the previous roadshows, every city we visited, local investors were very concerned about our Apple company, Eric, you You can only see these people, but in fact, there are dozens or even hundreds of times more people who will buy our stock by phone."

"The listing is just the beginning. With so much capital, what do you plan to do next?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Of course it is to develop more advanced personal computers. Although the current sales of Apple 3 are not bad, but IBM, HP, and Texas Instruments are all developing computers. Their team strength cannot be underestimated, and their funds are much stronger than Apple. High-quality products can guarantee Apple's position in the personal computer market." Jobs replied.

"That's right." Chen Zhiwen nodded and smiled, and asked again: "What is your internal estimate of the market value this time?"

If Midea does not participate in the personal computer market, Chen Zhiwen would not mind helping Apple in some aspects, but for now, it is better to let nature take its course. Jobs' vision in the market is indeed very strong, but he is a god half a step earlier, and he will be nothing if he is a step earlier. No, in the next few years, Jobs spent too much money, intending to create the perfect personal computer in his mind, but the exponential growth trend of the semiconductor industry doubling in one and a half years, still could not keep up with Jobs' requirements, resulting in this perfect computer. The price of personal computers was too expensive, and there was no market at all, which eventually led to huge losses for Apple, and then Jobs was kicked out.

"Goldman Sachs investors thought we could be worth more than $1 billion when we went public," Jobs said.

"Then you and Woz will become billionaires." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "However, I guess there will be more."

"More?" Woz, who didn't speak much, said in surprise, "Isn't that higher than Intel?"

"Intel has great potential, but it's not a commodity for civilian use, and won't attract too much attention. In the stock market, it's not enough if you don't have a reputation." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"It's right to think so." Jobs understood this point better, nodded and said.

"Gentlemen, it's almost time." A staff member from the exchange came over.

"Eric, let's go, let's ring the bell together." Jobs said with a smile to Chen Zhiwen.

Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, "The limelight belongs to you, so I might as well not go."

Apple's IPO ringing the bell is of great historical significance, but Chen Zhiwen doesn't care about such imaginary things. Today's scene is obviously going to be greatly exposed by various media in the United States, and some TV stations that trade stocks are even live broadcasting. Americans with a little interest in technology and stocks are paying attention here, including US government officials and congressmen.

At this historic moment in the Silicon Valley of the United States, if a Chinese ran up to ring the bell, it would be very dazzling. At present, the United States is in a period of election competition, and many congressmen have nothing to do, just looking for something that is easy to attract the attention of all members. On the topic, Chen Zhiwen doesn't want to be targeted by a certain congressman, and maybe he won't be in too much trouble, but if the White House is asked to consider restrictions on foreign investment in American high-tech companies in advance, then he will lose money.

Everyone went down, and Chen Zhiwen stayed on the top, looking down. With Jobs and Woz ringing the bell repeatedly, Apple's stock officially landed on the Nasdaq market.

Once the stock was issued, it was immediately scrambled by people. Traders in white shirts were struggling to receive the endless stream of stock investors and more telephone trading requests. Some investment institutions have already arranged for people to snap up shares issued by Apple.

6 million Apple shares are being sold at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the stock price is also increasing at a high rate, and then another 5 million shares are invested in the market.

Before the market closed, Apple stock closed at $31.85 a share, an increase of 76%, and its total market value exceeded $2 billion.

Before going public, Chen Zhiwen owned 22% of Apple's stock, but when it went public, all shareholders needed to allocate a proportion to invest in the stock market. Therefore, his total stock ratio dropped to 16.6%. According to the current market value , valued at $320 million.

Before and after, Chen Zhiwen invested almost 10 million US dollars in Apple, and now he directly doubled his net profit by 30 times. If we only look at the first investment, the income is hundreds of times.

However, as the original shareholder, Chen Zhiwen cannot cash out within half a year, but he is not in a hurry. Apple's decline will take a few years, and the next two years will be Apple's bright moment, and the market value will continue to rise. When it's about time, I can have enough time to clear so many stocks in my hand.

Cleaning up the stocks in hand will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in the stock price and the dissatisfaction of the board of directors, but as long as Midea launches its own computer in a year or two, it will be regarded as a competitor. At that time, there will be a reason to withdraw by itself. I guess everyone will be happy up.