After Li Zetian finished speaking, both Jobs and Wozniak were stunned.
Wozniak said in astonishment: "Mr. Li, Motorola is the industry leader. If Apple develops mobile phones, I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with it?"
Li Zetian smiled lightly and said, "If it was in the era of the first generation of mobile communications, it would be true, but in the era of the second generation of mobile communications, this is Apple's opportunity. It is up to you to capture it. I set up Qualcomm. The reason is to have the right to speak in the era of the second generation of mobile communications. Right now, the GSM standard in Europe is about to be completed. I believe that GSM will be commercialized in a few years. At this moment, if Apple can keep up That rhythm beats Motorola! As far as I know, Motorola is still hopeful and arrogant about analog-based cellular phones, completely unaware that a new era of communications is coming…”
Jobs' eyes lit up and he said decisively, "Mr. Li, I think you're right! Apple has every chance to beat Motorola!!"
Wozniak is not very sure, but seeing Li Zetian and Jobs agree, he has no objection.
At the moment, the three began to discuss how to start the mobile phone project.
Li Zetian said: "GSM is developing faster than CDMA, and presumably the speed of commercialization is also faster. Especially in Europe, I estimate that GSM will be used. However, GSM still has shortcomings, such as poor call quality and small coverage of communication signals. Multiple base stations can guarantee communication. European countries are small in size, and each country has its own telecommunications company, so it is more suitable to use GSM. However, it is not suitable for the United States. The area of the United States is very large. If GSM is used, it will mean telecom Businesses need to build a lot of GSM base stations, which is not cost-effective. However, CDMA has good call quality and wide communication range, which can greatly reduce investment and operating costs. Therefore, I think CDMA starts slower than GSM, but it is the most efficient. Appropriate to the national conditions of the United States.”
After a pause, Li Zetian let the two of them think for a while, and then continued: "Therefore, Apple can first develop GSM mobile phones, then develop CDMA mobile phones, and even develop dual-mode mobile phones that support both GSM and CDMA networks. Provide users with better flexibility!”
"Yeah!" The two of them couldn't help but nodded, feeling that Li Zetian was right.
Soldiers are very fast.
After Li Zetian left Apple that day, Jobs, as the company's CEO, flew to Europe with a technical team to contact the GSM organization, while Wozniak stayed in the United States and began to recruit mobile phone development engineers.
It must have taken years to develop a classic phone.
Motorola has used it for 10 years to develop a "brick" mobile phone.
"Now we are waiting for the era of the Internet and the second generation of mobile communications!"
As February is approaching, the spring breeze is blowing, and the warm sun at noon is very comfortable. Li Zetian is sitting on the balcony drinking coffee, smiling slightly, and looking forward to the future.
Over the years, Li Zetian's wealth has increased rapidly, and the cash reserves in the umbrella company's account have exceeded 30 billion US dollars, which is just the company's dividend profits in recent years. Li Zetian has not sold any shares.
Li Zetian knew where the money should be spent!
In the early 1980s, the US fiscal deficit increased sharply, and the foreign trade deficit increased significantly. The United States hopes to increase the export competitiveness of its products through the depreciation of the dollar, so as to improve the balance of payments of the United States. Li Zetian already has a certain influence in the US government, and many officials are already Li Zetian's people. According to internal sources, the United States is preparing to operate on Japan. Japan is very arrogant now. Some businessmen even threatened to buy the United States. Moreover, Japanese products have exploded American products, which is one of the major factors in the US fiscal deficit!
In 1984, the US GDP was only $4 trillion, while Japan's GDP was $1.3 trillion. Looking at the population, the United States has a population of 240 million, while the Japanese population is only 120 million. The difference in per capita GDP is not too large. Japan is not as large as a state in the United States, but it has to catch up with the GDP of the United States, which is extremely terrifying!
The United States is clearly intolerable, and the time to cut the wool is about to begin.
Li Zetian, as a traveler, if he didn't even know about the famous "Plaza Agreement", he would be too indifferent to the financial economy.
In the previous life, on September 22, 1985, the finance ministers and central bank governors (G5) of the United States, Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, France and the United Kingdom held a meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York, and reached a five-country government to jointly intervene in the foreign exchange market to induce the dollar against the dollar. The exchange rates of major currencies depreciated in an orderly manner, in response to a deal to address the problem of America's huge trade deficit. Because the agreement was signed at the Plaza Hotel, the agreement is also known as the "Plaza Agreement".
After the signing of the "Plaza Accord", the above-mentioned five countries began to jointly intervene in the foreign exchange market, and sold a large amount of US dollars in the international foreign exchange market, and then formed a selling frenzy of market investors, resulting in a continuous and substantial depreciation of the US dollar.
In September 1985, the dollar against the yen fluctuated around 1 dollar against 250 yen. In less than three months after the agreement was signed, the dollar quickly fell to about 1 dollar against 200 yen, a drop of 20%. After that, the U.S. authorities represented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Baker and financial experts represented by Fjord Bergsten (then director of the U.S. Institute for International Economics) continued to verbally intervene in the dollar, with the lowest It fell to 120 yen against the dollar. In less than three years, the dollar has lost 50% of its value against the yen, that is, the yen has doubled in value against the dollar.
Li Zetian knew in his heart that if the money was still placed in the umbrella company, it would definitely shrink, and it had to be spent before the Plaza Accord. Even if you convert all US dollars into Japanese yen now, and then convert them back, you can double it. However, since you know the general trend of future development, it is very low-level to do so. Double is nothing, and you can't look down on it at all!
Right now, Japan's real estate fire is in a mess. Before the Japanese stock market crash in 1991, the real estate value in Tokyo alone could buy the entire United States. Is it scary
Therefore, investing in Japanese real estate can make a steady profit without losing money, as long as you get out in time.
In fact, Li Zetian has been investing in Japanese real estate. He also has many branches in Japan, earning a lot of Japanese yen. With the extra money, Li Zetian asked these companies to invest in real estate. If you sell it now, it will definitely exceed one trillion yen. The money belongs to these branches, and Li Zetian, as a major shareholder, will of course benefit the most.
The umbrella company belongs to Li Zetian alone, and the money earned by investing in Japanese real estate belongs to him.
30 billion US dollars, Li Zetian kept a little as a backup, at least 20 billion US dollars must be invested in Japanese real estate.
"After the Plaza Accord was signed, Tian Shuai, Zhang Yan, Bill Gates, Jobs, Wei Xiuping were all called to invest in Japanese real estate, and in 1990, they sold all the real estate, patted their butts and left, and they died. Little Japan!" Li Zetian couldn't help laughing evilly.