The lawsuit with the Empire State Building United Group is about to begin, and with the help of the largest law firm in the United States, Thompson's lawyer tone sounds quite confident, and Su Mu has more confidence.

After hanging up, I started thinking about the possibility of starting a mobile phone brand on my own.

With little money in hand, you can use the company's share loan, plus the remaining unpledged shares of Microsoft, if nothing else, you can raise $200 million to $300 million.

Considering that a new project was about to be launched through Firefly, and that the Empire State Building would probably need money, Su Mu felt that he could spare $180 million of his budget to grow his mobile phone business.

So much money is enough, some people use millions of dollars to enter the mobile phone manufacturing industry, the initial more than 100 million dollars is definitely enough, but it is only enough, want to squeeze into the first echelon is still a little bit, there is no money to set up their own research institute, to carry out new technology research and development.

If you don't have a patent in your hand, you can only follow behind other companies forever, such as Motorola, Siemens, etc., which one does not hold thousands, or even tens of thousands of technology patents, use technology to monopolize the market, and the annual patent income is huge.

Once he really decided to enter the mobile phone manufacturing industry, it would be a big gamble for Su Mu, who impulsively thought that he should give it a try, but reason told him not to worry for the time being, it was best to understand the market first and assess the possible risks.

Then I thought that I could also pay to merge a ready-made business, and I fell into a state of entanglement again.

Call A.T. Kearney, a consulting firm you have worked with before, and ask them to help you investigate the current development of the mobile phone industry, and help you find high-quality small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers, preferably those with more concentrated equity and easy to acquire.

The impulse is coming, and you can't stop it!

Feeling that the size of the mobile phone market may be even larger than that of personal computers, Su Mu locked himself in his office, closing his eyes and thinking about whether he should take a risk and use a lot of money to compete with giant companies without technology.

The more I think about it, the more capable I feel, A.T. Kearney and the well-known corporate consulting firm McKinsey have similar business directions, companies will target their marketing to the majority of customers, and these consulting companies are to provide services for enterprises, including market research, price forecasting, sales strategy, equity analysis, business reports, etc., and can even provide official policy, military, economic and other aspects of consulting.

They help enterprises find out the main problems in production management, find out the causes, and help formulate practical improvement plans for a fee......

Forcing himself to calm down, Su Mu began to worry that he didn't have much idle funds in his hands, and he was scattered in several industries, wondering how to concentrate them and use them on the blade.

Qugou supermarket has been abandoned by him, not that this company can't make money, if the company's overseas development direction is correct, most likely can achieve high growth again, but compared with the IT industry of a million profits, the profit rate is too slow, and it is planned to sell some shares after listing to return funds.

Considering that the IT industry may have a bubble, he thinks it is better to get involved in both the physical and virtual industries as he has done recently, and the Empire State Building, if it loses the lawsuit, then the gecko will be sold at a low price, and if it can win the lawsuit, it can also raise the price and make a lot of money.

Even if you know that you may make money in the future, the rate of return of the traditional leasing industry is extremely low compared with the current profiteering industry.

In just a few minutes, Su Mu thought about a lot of things, and finally sighed and said to himself: "I'm really not satisfied, let's work hard......"

Owning 5 percent of a company worth $10 billion and owning a few small companies worth a total of $500 million represent two very different concepts, even though they are worth about the same price.

Su Mu has the right to speak in several companies, once he decides to mortgage the shares, it is good if he succeeds, if it ends in failure, it will inevitably affect other shareholders and employees, so he must not be cautious.

Joanna came to the office door again and knocked on the door, she heard a voice from inside saying "Please come in", she pushed the door open and walked in, smiling brightly: "Boss, I'm making a copy, I'll be able to get it done later, is there anything else I can help with?"

"Not for the time being, has the accounting firm done a good job of last year's financial statements?"

"I haven't received the news yet, it was only delivered at the end of February last year and the year before last, and I called to help you urge?"

Su Mu sat lazily and said: "No, just catch up with the tax deadline in April, remember to let them check last year's accounts, there should be some expenses that can be refunded, recently purchased more accessories, the company can't have too much money in the company's account, it's better to pay taxes next year than this year, thank you President Ronald Reagan, it's a good time to do business in time for tax cuts." ”

Joanna made an OK gesture to indicate that she understood, then changed the subject and asked, "Boss, don't you know President Bush? He will be sworn in as president this month, did he send you an invitation?"

Bush Sr. will officially assume the 41st term of US president from 20 January, and the swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Capitol.

This is a sad story, just became a partner of interest with Mr. Bush Jr., and it stands to reason that this kind of thing should not happen, and he laughed at himself and said: "I have met twice, I am not familiar, maybe his staff thinks I am not qualified enough." ”

Knowing that she had asked the wrong thing, Joanna's secretary hurriedly said goodbye and left to do other things.

Before she could tell Lily when she returned to California, Sumu called her and was quickly connected, and Lily teased, "Is the strong guy in the Dancer Club?"

"Yes, do you need me to come to the door?" In this kind of meat joke, men rarely suffer, Su Mu tilted his head and held the phone, and teased her in turn.

"Come on, come on, I've been back to Los Angeles for three days, I'm dying of boredom when I'm at home, the wine estate is very boring, and Los Angeles is even more boring, so I can only write papers. ”

"Then you can come to Menlo Park, you haven't come to see my company yet, you just want to buy a house here, and you've been so busy lately that you can't leave, can you help me choose a set?"

Lily feigned surprise, "Wow! Are you hinting at something?"

Su Mu liked her quirky personality, and went down and said: "That's what you think, yes, I'm preparing our wedding room, let's try to see if the bed is soft enough." ”

"Okay, I'll go buy a ticket now, I hope there's a flight to San Francisco, you come to pick me up at the airport?"

"There should be, there are many flights to San Francisco, San Jose can also be, tell me what time to land before getting on the plane, I'll pick you up......"

A few minutes after hanging up, Lily called again, saying that she would rush to the airport now and arrive at six o'clock in the evening.

After the lawyer arrived, he seized the time to ask him to draw up an equity and patent transfer agreement, and the property management company also came, and first took him to visit the fifth floor that had been idle for a while, and the layout was similar to the office building rented by Penguin, so he immediately decided to rent it.

took over the fourth floor rented by Bart in his private name, and the fees for the fourth and fifth floors were paid by Su Mu himself, and after paying off his credit card in the fourth quarter of last year, there were more than 10 million US dollars left, which was enough for him to squander for the time being.

The person who invested in the fun purchase supermarket said that he had just received a dividend shortly after financing, and he happened to catch up with the listing of the fun purchase, and most of them could make a lot of money because of it, thinking of this, Su Mu was very depressed, it was a mistake in decision-making, and the other party invested with real money, and it can only be said that the plan could not catch up with the changes.

It is not so easy to acquire a company, it is not enough to just sign a contract, but also to run with Mr. Bart, change the company's legal person information, the assets in the account are emptied, and there is nothing of value.

Simply transfer the patent directly, not to ask for the company called "Honor Watch", which is much easier, Su Mu can entrust a lawyer to handle the rest of the formalities on his behalf, more than two hours of busy, after signing all the agreements, Bart left with a check for the amount of 300,000 US dollars, telling Su Mu that he wants to go back to Seattle to live an ordinary life, and he does not plan to start a business in the near future.

Thinking that this guy was pitiful, Su Mu suggested that he buy Microsoft stocks, and recently he met people who were pleasing to the eye and recommended Microsoft stocks, because he was a shareholder of Microsoft, and he also made money through this company, so it was reasonable to recommend it to others.

It's just a suggestion that it is his own business for Bart to listen or not, and Su Mu does not need to be responsible for other people's lives.

Tomorrow there will be many new employees to come to work, do not want them to see the messy office environment, more than five o'clock in the afternoon Li Ping'an just came back from the factory, and was pulled by Su Mu to work as a coolie, go out to help find a cleaning company, ready to hurry up today to clean up, tomorrow to welcome the arrival of new employees.

As an Internet company, how can there be a lack of computers, the desk is purchased by James, Su Mu also asked the factory to send two hundred of the most advanced penguin computers, Firefly has nothing to do with the enterprise, he also needs to pay for his own computer, purchase at the lowest factory price, there is a batch of inventory in the warehouse, don't worry about the new employees when they go to work, there is no computer office.

Since returning to Menlo Park, Su Mu has no time to rest, countless things large and small are waiting for him to deal with, James is standing in his office at the moment, and introduced: "I have interviewed you for software engineers and hardware engineers, those management employees need you to interview in person, it is best to call the headhunter, I hope they don't find a new job."

And your secretary, Blake helped you choose two, I have read the resume, the ability is very good, and I will come to the company tomorrow, I should come, a holiday has passed, I don't know if I have changed my mind. ”

James joined Spider in '85, and after more than three years, he became the director of this Internet company, and his subordinates were so many.

Su Mu said to him at this moment: "I will contact them to deal with it, James, I asked you to partner with me before starting the company, do you regret it now?"

"I don't regret it, I'm doing pretty well now, it's not that I don't know how much money you invested in Spider, I don't have money to invest, I'm quite satisfied, it's useless to regret it, I don't have money to invest, I didn't know you would succeed at that time. ”

The tone is free and easy, James's annual salary last year was as high as 350,000 US dollars, even in Silicon Valley, he is a proper gold collar, he has a house and a car, and he got married last year, so he lives a comfortable life.

The reason why he talked about this problem was mainly because Su Mu was afraid that he would be psychologically unbalanced, so he stood up and took his coat and walked out, showing a smile and saying: "I'll come back later, go to the airport to pick up my girlfriend, a few hours ago I said to give Penguin employees cash dividends and option rewards, the same is true for fireflies, and even more."

Come on, work hard, if the next project can also be successful, I will reward you with shares, and recently we discussed and discussed your option dividends. No need to refuse, this is also for the new employees to see, no one will like a stingy boss, everyone runs a good company together, make enough money, I hope the new company atmosphere is harmonious, let each employee work spontaneously, help me audit these new employees. ”

Getting the option shares means changing from an employee to a shareholder, James smiled happily and said thank you.

The new company should have a new atmosphere, and Su Mu decided to take out a small number of shares as a reward and make a big career this year......