Beverly Hills belongs to the city within the city of Los Angeles, and the three companies of Flamingo, Galaxy Network, and Sun Computer System are all located in Los Angeles, which is convenient for Li Zetian to manage, and visits the company every week to do guidance work.
As for Roche Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Netflix, Panda Fast Food, Star Wars Movies, Industrial Light and Magic, and other companies are already on the right track, and Li Zetian does not need too much intervention. All these companies on the right track have brought him huge profits, especially Roche Pharmaceuticals. As a world-class pharmaceutical company, its net profit exceeds 1 billion US dollars a year. However, in order to develop new drugs and new technologies, most of the funds are Will invest in it to solve human diseases and prolong life. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, he longed for immortality. Although Li Zetian does not have such unrealistic ideas, he also hopes that he can rely on advanced medical technology to prolong his life and live a few more years. It's just human nature.
Genentech synthesized a brain hormone, somatostatin, in 1977, which attracted the attention of the academic and business circles. In 1978, it synthesized human insulin, and in 1979, it successfully cloned growth hormone. Biological genetic engineering has become the hottest topic nowadays. The three cutting-edge technologies of the 21st century are: genetic engineering, nanoscience, and artificial intelligence. Li Zetian's investment in Genentech naturally spared no effort, recruiting more scientists with high salaries.
Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation embraced IBM Corporation's thick legs and started a rapid take-off mode, duopoly the 16-bit computer market, and with the expansion of the personal computer market, the revenue will be higher and higher.
In addition, Oracle's Oracle database software has suddenly emerged and quickly became one of the best-selling software in the business. The revenue in the first and second quarters of this year reached 7 million US dollars and 14 million US dollars respectively, and the revenue growth rate was very high. great.
Netflix is growing so fast that a Netflix rental store opens almost every day. However, the establishment cost of each store ranges from $100,000 to $500,000, and the stores are basically leased. If they are bought, Netflix will expand too slowly due to funding problems. The previous video rental and sales giant Blockbuster had 60,000 employees and more than 9,000 stores in 2004. Compared with the current Netflix, it is simply insignificant. Even if Netflix builds a rental store a day, it would take more than two decades to reach that scale.
Panda Fast Food is still operating steadily, only opening one branch every month, and all of them are self-operated stores. Once Americans get used to Chinese fast food, they can expand rapidly. Up to now, Panda Express has 72 branches.
As for Star Wars Studios, the second Star Wars movie is now in the works and will be released in 1980. There is no doubt that this movie must be a box office hit again, generating more than a billion dollars in revenue for the company.
In this life, George Lucas has not obtained the copyright of "Star Wars", and his income has been greatly reduced, and Industrial Light and Magic has always spent a lot of money on special effects technology research and development. What kind of money is there, so George Lucas needs to put money in. George Lucas didn't even have the money to make a movie, how could he give it to Industrial Light and Magic, so he chose to sell 50% of the shares in his hand to Li Zetian. Now, Li Zetian is a 100% owner of Industrial Light and Magic. Industrial Light & Magic has a computer animation department with a total of 44 employees. This computer animation department is the predecessor of the famous Pixar animation studio in the previous life!
This year, Li Zetian was a little tight on money. Although he sold Apple and Sunbird, he also bought Roche, Genentech, Intel (processor), Industrial Light and Magic, and then established Flamingo, Galaxy Network, Sun Computer Systems, therefore, has less than $100 million in deposits.
At this moment, Yu Jingshan approached him excitedly to discuss investing in China.
"Zetian, look at this news: 'On July 8, 1979, mainland China promulgated and implemented the first law on the use of foreign capital - the "Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law", allowing foreign capital to enter the mainland to establish Sino-foreign joint venture companies'! "
Li Zetian was also surprised, saying that, he can enter the Chinese mainland market!
Mainland China now seems to be a piece of virgin land that has not yet been cultivated. It is full of gold!
"Dad, are you planning to let Panda Catering Group enter China?" Li Zetian asked.
"Yes, in addition to establishing a panda fast food restaurant, hotels and supermarkets are also under my consideration..." Yu Jingshan nodded, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, frowned again, and after a while, said : "It's just that I'm worried that mainland China's policies will change day and night..."
Like other foreign businessmen, Yu Jingshan is eager to enter mainland China, but he is worried about policy issues, so he is holding a wait-and-see attitude!
Li Zetian smiled very determinedly and said, "With Mr. Deng in charge, I believe that China's politics will be very stable and the economy will develop rapidly. Now is the dawn of China's reform and opening up, who can take the lead and seize the Chinese mainland. The market, who can benefit the most! Dad, this opportunity cannot be missed! Even if you borrow money, you must invest in the Chinese market!"
"You mean, go to China to invest as soon as possible!"
"Yes, but," Li Zetian nodded and said, "I'm busy with companies in the United States now, and I can't find time to go to China."
"It's fine, I'll just go." Yu Jingshan waved his hand and said.
"Dad, Quanjude Roast Duck is loved by heads of state, government officials, people from all walks of life, and domestic and foreign tourists, and is known as 'the first food in China'. When you go to China this time, you might as well invest in Quanjude Company, establish a Sino-foreign cooperative company, and integrate Quanjude Roast duck is included in the recipes of Panda Express, and even introduced to the United States, so that Panda Express's Quanjude Roast Duck can compete with KFC Fried Chicken!"
Yu Jingshan's eyes lit up and nodded, "Haha, this is a good idea!!!"
Li Zetian didn't know much about the environment in mainland China, but he knew the general situation. The spring breeze of reform and opening up was blowing across the land of China. China's economy will enter a stage of rapid development that will make all countries in the world feel moved. Pass.
At night, Li Zetian has been tossing and turning in bed, thinking about how to invest in mainland China in the future.
He thinks that most of the industries under his name are high-tech, and it is not suitable to enter the Chinese mainland, which is really depressing!
"When the Flamingo family game console is developed, let's build an electronic foundry. The cost of Chinese workers is very low..."
At 8 o'clock the next morning, Yu Jingshan left, preparing to go to mainland China with great anticipation. In fact, at this time, many Chinese people's notions have not changed. They believe that foreign businessmen belong to the capitalist class and are trying to corrupt China. Even Heduo officials hold this notion. Therefore, the investment work may not be able to proceed smoothly. For example, the first Sino-foreign joint venture hotel in China, the Jianguo Hotel in Beijing, its construction process is full of twists and turns. At that time, someone proposed to the General Administration of Tourism a plan for a Sino-foreign joint venture to build a tourist hotel. The General Administration of Tourism could not decide, so the report was sent to the State Council, and the State Council could not make a decision. Therefore, on such a simple report on whether to build a hotel or not, 17 senior leaders gave instructions or made circles. Leader Deng had a clear attitude, Chen and Li also drew circles, and finally the chairman of the Party Central Committee and the Premier of the State Council personally made the decision: "We have no experience in building a joint venture hotel, but we can try it. If it is successful, it can be promoted. "However, even so, the construction was not smooth, and people always came to make trouble, and the fences erected during the day were torn down at night. Directly, Leader Deng read the report and approved 11 words: "There is no reason to make trouble, let alone unreasonable?" Only then did the troubles stop this time.
Yu Jingshan is destined to suffer a little when he goes here. However, whether it is a fast food restaurant or a hotel, the government will definitely support it. Although the process is tortuous, the result is beautiful, and it can make a lot of money!
Sure enough, not long after, Yu Jingshan called Li Zetian and said that investment in establishing a Sino-foreign joint venture was blocked. Although there was a law called the "Sino-Foreign Joint Venture Law" as a basis, the officials did not dare to decide, saying that they had to ask their superiors for instructions. , and then the superior leaders have to ask the superiors for instructions, but it has not been done after two weeks.
Li Zetian comforted Yu Jingshan for a while and told him to wait.
Li Zetian also encountered trouble at this time. IBM asked Intel to license the 8086 and 8088 microprocessors to AMD, and made a very bad excuse, saying that Intel's production capacity was insufficient. Can Intel's production capacity be insufficient to expand production capacity, and must it be licensed to other semiconductor companies? Obviously, IBM just doesn't want Intel to monopolize the microprocessor business. Moreover, Intel Corporation competes with AMD Corporation, IBM Corporation just profited!
Therefore, Li Zetian rushed to Intel to attend a high-level meeting.
After arriving at the company, he went straight to the conference room.
Seeing Li Zetian pushing in the door, everyone stood up one after another, nodded and bent over to say hello. Li Zetian also nodded to them, went straight to the first place to sit down, and then looked at Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel Corporation, beckoning him to speak. .
Andy Grove said: "The current situation, everyone knows that IBMD cooperates to make AMD the second supplier of 8086 and 8088 processors, so as to avoid Intel's dominance and get rid of IBM's control What do you guys think about this?"
The crowd was angry, and their faces were full of anger.
However, no one made a recommendation.
This problem is very difficult. If Intel wants to continue to hold IBM's thigh, it must agree to this condition.
The atmosphere in the conference room was a little depressing. At this time, a Chinese engineer who was close to the age of Compensation. In addition, Intel's 8086 and 8088 microprocessors are suspected of monopolizing the market, and may be subject to an anti-monopoly investigation by the U.S. judicial department, authorize AMD to train a younger brother, and naturally solve the monopoly problem!"
People are thoughtful.
Li Zetian thought of his previous life, and felt that what he said was very reasonable. Although he was not angry, there was no way. In the future, when Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation became stronger, they would not be able to ignore IBM Corporation.
"Wei Xiuping said it very well, do you have any other suggestions?" Li Zetian's expression was unwavering. Although he agreed with Wei Xiuping's proposal in his heart, it would be clear if he listened to it, but if he believed it was dark, as a business owner, he should have more listen to opinions. It also makes others in the room feel valued.
However, everyone felt that Wei Xiuping's proposal was very good, and they all agreed.
Li Zetian then said, "Then follow what Wei Xiuping said and agree to IBM's request!"
PS: I am dizzy, I can't write it, I will make it up tomorrow.