Chapter 117, Microsoft IPO Preparation Meeting

The car arrived in Redmond and stopped at the hotel next to Microsoft's headquarters, which was specially prepared by Microsoft for Li Ya and his party.

In the evening, Gates gave Li Ya and his family a pick-up. Now Gates is in high spirits, and after several years of preparation, the graphics operating system will soon surpass Apple's graphics operating system as soon as it goes on the market, and sales are rising, bringing large profits, and the company's prospects are bright.

Of course, maybe Gates also had a bad feeling in his heart. Back then, Gates wanted to shake hands with Apple's old Joe, but old Joe ignored him, and now he has sniped old Joe's operating system business, which is revenge for the year.

Although it was just a brief chat at the dinner table, but also a general understanding of Microsoft's current business situation, Li Ya was very happy, as long as Microsoft was listed, Li Ya would get a hundredfold return.

"As soon as Microsoft goes public, the investment made a few years ago will be rewarded a hundredfold, which is simply a robbery for money!" Li Ya said happily, "It seems that you can also invest in a few companies, anyway, there is not much money, it doesn't matter if you fail, if you succeed, it will be a hundredfold return." Invest in ten companies, as long as one of them is successful, you will make money, and there are not many opportunities like this. ”

"Can we easily find companies that invest in small returns and big returns?" Shu Yue said with a smile, "We can find that the companies that engage in venture capital have already been discovered." It's okay to have Microsoft as one, no more than asking. Shu Yue doesn't like this kind of risky investment project, what she wants to do is to control it herself, try to reduce the risk, and develop it step by step.

"Most of those venture capital firms focus on companies that have grown to a certain size, and even if such companies want to invest, they need a lot of capital. As for small companies that have just started, there is generally only one project, and a little capital can be invested to obtain a large equity, but it is too small, and those venture companies may not be able to look at it. That's the opportunity. Li Ya said, "I don't have high requirements, go to Silicon Valley and take a look." "The current Li Ya is not the same as he was a few years ago, he went around a few years ago but was reluctant to invest, after all, he didn't have a lot of money in his hand. Now the trading company can give Li Ya a large amount of dividends every year, holding a lot of dollars in his hand, and his waist is hard, even if he fails a few, it is nothing.

"Silicon Valley, San Francisco?" asked Shu Yue. The last time the two were there.

"Well, that's where American tech companies go. Li Ya said, "When I think of Silicon Valley, I remember that last year, an international student at Stanford who we sponsored called me and said that their school had built a network to connect the school computers, and this device was called a router. This thing is a good thing, you can check it out. ”

Routers are an important equipment of the Internet, and they will be everywhere in the future, and Cisco, which sells routers and develops them, will become an Internet giant in the future! This is also a good deal that should not be missed.

"It's better to go and see, it's better to come to the United States once a year and make a business. Shu Yue said. Now I have a lot of money in my hand, and I only get a little interest in the bank, so it is better to invest in a few good projects. If he didn't have any money in his hand, even if he knew that the investment could get a hundredfold and thousand-fold return, Shu Yue would not invest.

In the next meeting, Li Ya and Shu Yue basically sat and looked at the materials in their hands, listened to everyone's speeches, and finally nodded.

The meeting determined that each shareholder would take out the corresponding shares to go public for financing. Gates retains 40 percent of the shares, and Li Ya's stake has dropped from 20 percent to 10 percent.

At the end of the meeting, Li Ya and Shu Yue happily returned to the hotel, Li Ya threw his body on the sofa and sighed: "This will be one after another, I haven't been so tired for a long time." ”

"This kind of good thing to make money, no matter how tired it is, who doesn't want to suffer from this kind of tiredness?" Shu Yue said with a smile, "According to the results of the meeting, as long as it is listed, Bill will be a billionaire, and the stock in our hands is also worth 50 million, which is 20 times the return." ”

"This is just the listing, and with the development of the company in the future, the stock price will also rise. Li Ya said, "With the shares of Microsoft in your hand, you can eat and drink spicy food for a lifetime, if you want to buy luxury cars, buy luxury cars, buy yachts, buy airplanes, buy airplanes!"

Shu Yue also laughed when she heard it, although many rich people have luxury cars, yachts and airplanes, but these people are the objects of Li Ya's daily ridicule. Shu Yue is the same, since she was a child, she is only middle-class in everyone, and she has only seen luxury cars and yachts on TV, and sometimes she envies the luxurious life of the rich.

According to Li Ya's current value, these things can be played with completely, but the two of them no longer like this kind of false good life piled up with luxury goods. These are all luxury consumer goods, Li Ya, who has a dick silk mentality in the two worlds, is very uninterested in them, and hates them when he is poor, but now that he is rich, he has the confidence to laugh at them.

Maybe it's true that poverty limits his imagination as people say, but only those who have lived a hard life know the hardships of poverty, the kind of despair that can't see the end, can torture people crazy. Therefore, Li Ya will not spend lavishly to enjoy, if he is lost in luxury enjoyment, sooner or later he will return to a life of poverty, and then he will not be able to live like that, and he will not have the courage to live.

In the evening, Gates held a drinking party to reward the employees for their busyness during this time, and the two attended the drinking party before leaving the next day.

When he arrived in San Francisco, Li Ya called Liu Fang: "Liu Fang, I'm Li Ya." ”

"Brother Li, did you call from China for anything?"

"Hehe, who told you I was calling from home? I'm in San Francisco right now. Li Ya said with a smile.

"You're in San Francisco? I'm going to be your guide. ”

"Are you a tour guide?" Li Ya said with a smile, "Don't talk about California, it's just San Francisco, how many places have you traveled? He had Li Ya's financial support, so he saved a little enough, he didn't go out to work, and his time was spent on studying.

"Tell me something, you told me last year that the director of the computer center in your school made a network to link computers, do you remember this?" asked Li Ya.

"Why don't you remember? That thing is called a router. Now their company has been established for half a year. Liu Fang asked, "What? are you interested?"

"Of course I'm interested!" Li Ya said with a smile, "I'm here for San Francisco this time." ”

"Do you want to buy technology? I'm afraid it's not easy to do, people have already set up a company, and it's this equipment that is sold. Liu Fang said.

"I can take a stake first. After I became a shareholder, it would be much easier to talk about patent licensing, and it would be a big deal that the products I produced with their patents would not be sold abroad. Li Ya said.

"If you don't sell the country, you can't sell it even if you produce it. Liu Fang reminded Li Ya.

"Now that the country is carrying out reform and opening up, things like the Internet will definitely be made, and this is where they come into play. Moreover, with this patent, we can develop new products based on this technology, and this new product can be exported. Li Ya said with a smile.

"Are you taking precautions?" Liu Fang said, "The Internet is too useful, and it will definitely be popularized in the future." However, if they know what you're up to, they'll be angry! haha......"

Even if there are no patents for them, sooner or later China will develop them on their own, and they will not be able to occupy the domestic market, and they will not make much less money. Li Ya explained.

Cisco has only been established for half a year, although it has developed, but it is still just a small company, and now they are happy to have a big rich man like Li Ya.

Cisco's prospects are much better than Microsoft's back then, so although it is only a small company that has been established for half a year, Li Ya has 20% of the shares, and he still paid the price of 3 million US dollars. Originally, Li Ya planned to get as many shares as possible, anyway, with money in his hands, Cisco will develop into a giant in the future, but people are not stupid, and the company's market prospects are clearer, so he only sells 20%, and he has no choice.

In addition to Cisco, Li Ya also casually invested in a few small companies, even if he picked up the grass and beat the rabbit, it didn't matter if he gained or lost.

After finishing the work, Liu Fang was invited to have a good meal and exchanged views on both sides.