Hong Kong, Fok Kwan Tai's family.

"Awesome, Yaowen! You have made a big noise without making a sound, and the whole of Hong Kong has been boiling for a while now!"

Huo Guantai stared at Huo Yaowen's face with horror on his face, although he had always been very optimistic about this junior, he didn't expect the other party to set up a computer company in the United States quietly.

As soon as it was listed, it achieved a market value of more than 3 billion US dollars, and according to the announced equity list, Huo Yaowen and his wife Anna jointly held 63.75% of Apple's shares, and almost two people accounted for 1.8 billion US dollars!

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen grinned and said: "Uncle Huo, the stock price of a technology company fluctuates greatly, and the market value of Wang Computer Company reached more than 4 billion yuan a few years ago, but hasn't it fallen to more than 3 billion yuan in the past two years? ”

Wang An's computer company has experienced a decline in sales for the first time this year because of competition from Apple in the past two years, which also caused volatility in the stock market, and then the stock price fell.

"Isn't that still more than $3 billion?" Huo Guantai saw that Huo Yaowen was neither humble nor arrogant, and did not appear proud at all because of the explosion in value, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, 'The future is terrifying', and then asked very curiously: "I read that the "Hong Kong Observer" said that Yaowen, your Apple computer company in the United States, had a revenue of 700 million US dollars last year?

"It's about $700 million, but most of the money is invested in product development and physical factory construction. ”

Huo Yaowen nodded and agreed, there is nothing to hide about this matter, as long as you have the heart to check, it is easy to find, after all, when the public offering, a large annual income is the most basic foundation for the company's listing, otherwise a company that can't make money, who will choose to invest?

"I didn't expect tech companies to make so much money. After getting the confirmation, Huo Guantai couldn't help but shine in the eyes, the annual income of a computer company can reach almost the annual income of the entire Huo Guantai Group in Hong Kong, which is really incredible.

"It's hard to say, sometimes the projects and technologies that have been developed with huge amounts of money are very likely to fall short as long as they are a little later than others. Technology companies are often based on new technologies, otherwise even if they have a high market capitalization, it will just be a castle in the air. ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, when Apple officially launched the second-generation enhanced version of Apple the year before last, the computer newly developed by Wang Anxin hit it headlong because of the slow research and development, resulting in heavy losses.

Isn't this the case with Nokia, which occupied 70 percent of the global market at that time, had the world's first mobile phone sold 250 million sales, and had a market value of more than 200 billion euros in a technology empire, but was crushed to worthlessness by Apple and Android mobile phones overnight.

Who is to blame for this?

We can only remind future generations that if technology is not updated, ideology cannot be reformed as soon as possible, and even if it is the first in the world, sooner or later it will be eliminated by the market.

That also shows that the future development prospects of technology companies are limitless. ”

Although Huo Guantai made his fortune in shipping, and now he is in the field of large-scale investment in real estate, Huo Guantai himself is still very sensitive to market changes. Over the years, with the establishment and birth of more and more high-tech companies, Huo Guantai has also seen that the future will be the era of technology companies.

It's a pity not to mention Huo Guantai, one of the richest businessmen in Hong Kong, are still working hard and competing in the real, real estate, financial and other industries, and no one has the ability to take the route of a technology company.

Huo Guantai said again: "Yaowen, what technology companies do you say can be invested in now?"

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen laughed and said: "If Uncle Huo is interested in technology companies, I have a project here, but I am afraid that I will not see any benefits in the short term, and I am not very sure whether it will succeed." ”

"Don't worry about this, it's normal to invest in business and make money. "It's common to make money in business, and Huo Guantai doesn't expect the project Huo Yaowen said to be able to make a steady profit or lose money, this is unrealistic after all, "Yaowen, tell me what kind of project it is?"

"Pagers and mobile phones. ”

"Pagers and mobile phones?"

Huo Guantai himself has a pager and mobile phone, which are actually not particularly convenient to use, but when they are really needed, they often work very well.

"Not bad. Mobile phones may be a little more troublesome, but the production technology of pagers is not high, and the only trouble may be patents. Nowadays, there is a digital pager in the United States, with various numbers representing different meanings appearing on a small screen.

And I heard that there is a foreign team is developing a pager that can directly display text information, as long as the research and development is successful, I believe that in the next 20 years, the pager will become the most popular product for the public, after all, compared to mobile phones, the price of pagers is much cheaper. ”

Speaking of pagers, Huo Yaowen still remembers that he bought the first Chinese character pager in his life in 2000, when mobile phones began to be popularized, but pagers still did not withdraw from the market.

Speaking of this, Huo Yaowen looked at Huo Guantai's thoughtful appearance and said with a smile: "If Uncle Huo is interested, we can cooperate to set up one at that time, but the investment may be a bit big." ”

"Good. Huo Guantai thought about it, so he agreed first, and decided to find someone to investigate the market for pagers and mobile phones after it was over.

The two chatted a few more words, and Huo Yaowen suddenly asked, "By the way, Uncle Huo, you called me over this time, wouldn't it be for this?"

"Of course not. Huo Guantai hesitated for a moment before he said slowly: "I called you over this time, mainly because of my hometown in the north. ”

"Hometown in the north?" Huo Yaowen was stunned, and then thought of a possibility in his mind, but he was not very sure, and couldn't help but look at Huo Guantai's expression, waiting for his next words.

"Yaowen, you should know that in 1898, Britain forced the then Qing government to sign the "New Territories Lease", and now 83 years have passed, and there are only less than 16 years left before the expiration of the lease in 97...... My hometown has already begun to make preparations for the resumption of Hong Kong, and this time I came to you mainly to hear your opinions and some suggestions for the resumption of Hong Kong. ”

Originally, President Wang of Xinhua Society should have personally talked to Huo Yaowen about this matter, but President Wang and Huo Yaowen were far from being as familiar as the previous President Liang, and this matter was confidential, so he entrusted Huo Guantai to inform Huo Yaowen. I want to hear about Huo Yaowen, a great writer and tycoon who has a certain reputation and influence in Hong Kong and even the world.

After listening to Huo Guantai's words, Huo Yaowen's eyes were like torches, and it was really for the sake of return, it seemed that the first round of Sino-British negotiations would start soon, so the acquisition of HSBC's shares was also imminent.

Huo Yaowen said seriously: "I will definitely unconditionally support the return to the motherland......"

The two talked for a long time in the study, until in the evening, when Huo Yaowen had dinner at Huo Guantai's house, and then hurried home to prepare for the eve of the return.

Before leaving, Huo Guantai suddenly said: "By the way, Yaowen, our national team has entered the finals of the World Volleyball Championships, can you go and see it when you have time?"

"Women's volleyball?"

Huo Yaowen was stunned for a moment, and then the "women's volleyball spirit" that spanned several eras came to his mind!

"Okay, I'll definitely go to see the finals in person!" Huo Yaowen grinned.

......

Time passed little by little, and before I knew it, half a year had passed.

In the past six months, Huo Yaowen slowly sold off the real estate projects of Hutchison Whampoa and Huanyu Group, and at the same time jointly invested 25 million US dollars with Huo Guantai to establish the first "Schmidt Telecom Technology Company" in Hong Kong, mainly focusing on the research and development of communication and audio technologies such as pagers and mobile phones.

It has recruited a lot of technical talents from abroad, and at the same time, it has cooperated with many Hong Kong universities such as the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Chinese to set up a "Communication Technology Research Institute", and funded five universities including the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Chinese to set up relevant radio professional departments.

It may be that at this time, the investment in the development of pagers and mobile phones is a bit behind those foreign companies, but Fok Yaowen's positioning of this Xinghua technology company is to target the mainland and Asian markets in the future.

Now no one in the world can know better than Huo Yaowen the development of the mainland in the next 20 years, which will be a high-speed train, with a short development time of 20 years, surpassing the accumulation of many Western countries in the past century.

It doesn't matter if you are a little behind now, in the future rise of the mainland market, Xinghua, a domestic brand, with the influence of Huo Guantai and Huo Yaowen in the mainland, will definitely far surpass the foreign companies such as Motorola and Nokia.

In addition to investing in Schmidt Telecom Technology, Fok has also increased his investment in the subsidiaries of Huanyu Group. The development of the world newspaper industry is still the best, followed by the world film and world records, both of which have won a number of small film companies and record companies in the United States and the United Kingdom through acquisitions and mergers and acquisitions, in addition to increasing the company's film and music copyright reserves, but also further expanding the distribution channels.

......

On November 16, 1981, the third volleyball World Cup in Japan.

Tokyo Osaka Gymnasium.

"Mr. Huo, the seats have been arranged, and they are in the best viewing position in the third row. ”

There was only less than an hour left before the start of the competition, and the people arranged by Dongbao Co., Ltd. went to greet Huo Yaowen outside the gate of the venue very ceremoniously.

"Well, thank you, Mr. Shimada. Huo Yaowen hugged Xiaohu and smiled politely at Shimada Ichiro.

Shimada Ichiro heard Huo Yaowen say thank you, and hurriedly bent down and bowed: "You are too polite Mr. Huo, our president asked me to be sure to entertain Mr. Huo, you can talk to me at any time if you have any needs." ”

Seeing Shimada Ichiro bending down and bowing, Huo Yaowen was speechless, although he has been to Japan many times, he still feels very twisted about some Japanese habits.

After a while, Huo Yaowen led Anna and a group of bodyguards into the Osaka Gymnasium together, and when they arrived at a VIP lounge, Huo Yaowen saw Huo Guantai, who came one step earlier.

Huo Guantai said with a smile: "Yaowen, you came just in time, I just communicated with the national team, and Coach Lang over there promised that we could go and see the players." ”

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