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Teresa Roy's job is a capitalist. Even if he likes to do charity, he needs to earn money before he can do charity.

Therefore, after investing in Instagram, he arranged for people to operate it. Naturally, the purpose of the operation was to sell Instagram as soon as possible.

With an investment of 47 million US dollars, the interest rate itself is very high. The sooner you can sell it, the more cost you will save, and you will naturally earn more.

"Wen Ming is a genius, but he is still too young for capital operations."

In New York, in Teresa Roy's office, Teresa Roy's subordinates reported the situation to him after being questioned by Sith, the head of Apple's legal department.

"Facebook does not have the money to acquire Instagram now, but that doesn't mean they don't need Instagram, as long as they need it, then we have a way to operate it."

The person in charge of the investment company under Teresa Roy asked curiously: "Why should we help him? If we rely on this 10% stake and force Instagram to be sold after a few years. Then, his Apple doesn't have the money to invest in 'dinosaur' resurrection projects."

The person in charge knew the relevant treaties of the 'Dinosaur' resurrection project, because he was the one who presided over the signing of the contract. His underlying meaning is already obvious, which is to break Wen Ming's capital chain, and then swallow all the funds that Wen Ming invested in the 'dinosaur' resurrection project.

And later, they can sell the 10% stake in Instagram when it is the most valuable, to maximize the benefits. For capitalists, this method is not unusual, nor is it cruel, because the world of capital itself is a very cruel world.

"If he was just an ordinary entrepreneur, I might choose to use this method."

Teresa Roy looked at the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, which showed the bustling high-rise buildings in New York. Although his reputation in the American investment community is good, it does not mean that he will not use certain means. If you have no means at all, how can you become a big capitalist?

"However, he only has five years to live. Speaking of it, it's not certain who will die first between the two of us. My achievements in this life are already doomed, and it is almost impossible to improve. So, I want to see if he can die in the future." Where do you go before you die?"

Teresa Roy is 67 years old this year. Although he is well maintained, his physical condition is deteriorating. At his age, he can live one more day. And his industries are already fixed, so it is difficult to make a breakthrough. Not everyone can exchange 500,000 US dollars for 10% of Facebook when Facebook is only worth 5 million US dollars.

When a person is about to die, his words are also kind. Because of Wen Ming's experience, Tai Lei-Saroy chose to be lenient. If Wen Ming found out, would he be grateful for his pancreatic cancer?

The person in charge of the investment company understood, but he didn't say anything to comfort him. The boss said that he was dying, how could his subordinates comfort him?

"Then let's continue with this four-party merger and acquisition. Now, do you want to disclose these details to Apple?"

"Tell them, otherwise our little genius may not be able to sleep tonight."

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Wen Ming did feel a little insomnia, and he was very worried about whether Instagram could be sold at a high price as soon as possible. So, he decided to sell the game "Plants vs. Zombies" first.

Because of the crazy instagarm, the sales of "Plants vs. Zombies" have once again increased. So far, the number of paid users of "Plants vs. Zombies" has exceeded 30 million worldwide, bringing Wen Ming nearly 90 million US dollars in cash income.

By this time, the sales of "Plants vs. Zombies" have almost reached the limit. However, thanks to the advertising effect of Instagram on "Plants vs. Zombies", many companies hope to be able to advertise on "Plants vs. Zombies".

Wen Ming, on the other hand, has no bottom line at all, and launched a free version of "Plants vs. Zombies" in the first place. Its main market is China and other countries with serious piracy.

The free version does not charge money, but it does have ads. Compared with the viruses that may exist in pirated versions, many users are still willing to accept the official free version.

And the revenue from advertising made the amount on Wen Ming's Apple account successfully reach 9 digits, the unit is US dollars.

Not all billionaires have $100 million in cash, but Wen Ming, who has $100 million in cash, is definitely a billionaire without a doubt.

"Why don't we just publish Plants vs. Zombies 2 ourselves? And, even if we keep operating Plants vs. Zombies 1, we can generate a lot of revenue through advertising."

Tom Ding, the planning director of Apple's game division, was very puzzled to find Wen Ming when he learned that the company was going to sell the copyright of the "Plants vs. Zombies" series, and even the already developed "Plants vs. Zombies 2".

Because the market response of "Plants vs. Zombies 2" is not good.

It is naturally impossible for Wen Ming to tell Tomdin the real answer, because "Plants vs. Zombies 2" was also developed under his leadership. Although there are some changes in the levels, the market really cannot guarantee it.

The sales volume of "Plants vs. Zombies 2" in the previous life was far lower than that of "Plants vs. Zombies 1".

"Because I need money to invest in another project!"

In addition to the fact that the market cannot be guaranteed, what Wen Ming needs most is enough funds to start the production of Iphone4.

After this period of research and patent application, Wen Ming is now able to place orders for the parts of the iPhone 4 to those hardware manufacturers.

But he has no money!

The unit hardware cost of the iphone4 in the previous life was 273 US dollars (including the assembly fee of the foundry), although Wen Ming did not need to invest tens of billions of dollars in research and development expenses like Apple, but the cost of the hardware was completely unavoidable for him.

If only counting the unit cost of hardware, it will take 273 million US dollars to manufacture 1 million iphone4s.

Moreover, transportation costs, marketing and promotion costs, store rent and decoration costs, etc. are also required.

There is another necessary input, that is, patent royalties. Because the time for Wen Ming to found Apple was too short, and it was decades later than when Jobs founded Apple, many patented technologies have already been developed by other companies. If he uses them, he still needs to pay some of them to other companies. Patent royalties.

Roughly calculated, it is impossible to manufacture 1 million iPhone 4 without 350 million US dollars. Because those hardware manufacturers, as well as foundries, are unwilling to make Wen Ming owe money.

Although Apple now has a certain influence and related assets (instagarm). However, everyone who should know that Wen Ming has pancreatic cancer knows. So, who knows when he will die?

As a result, the deposit ratio required by those hardware manufacturers reached 60% of the total order amount. Of course, it is not without benefits. With such a high deposit ratio, Wen Ming can get the same treatment as Apple in his previous life.

When manufacturers face different levels of customers, the pricing of the same product is different. After Wen Ming's previous calculations, the cost of the hardware reached 300 US dollars, and because he agreed to a 60% deposit, the price was kept at the hardware cost price of the Apple mobile phone in his previous life.

But even so, Wen Ming's money is still not enough, so what if he can manufacture 1 million iPhone 4?

In the previous life, the cumulative global sales of iphone4 exceeded 100 million units. Although this data is accumulated in the three years since the release of iphone4, the first year is definitely the year with the most sales.

In addition, Wen Ming also wants to release iPads simultaneously.

"What project?" Tomdin said dissatisfied: "Boss, you just recruited me into the company, are you going to make me unemployed?"

Wen Ming felt a little helpless. He actually didn't want to sell the "Plants vs. Zombies" series now, but hardware production takes time. If we don't start doing it now, wait until 2010, will the iphone4 be officially released like in the previous life?

"You don't need to worry, because I have arranged a new task for you."

Wen Ming didn't explain that he was going to make a mobile phone, because Tomdin hadn't fully gained his trust, but he already had a new idea about Apple's game division.