Chapter 120: The Women's Problem

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"Mr. Guo, don't be modest! You are recognized as a business wizard. In just one year, LinkedIn has developed into the most high-profile Internet company in Silicon Valley in the context of the NASDAQ crisis. invested in Matrix Pictures, achieved an enviable high box office for two consecutive films, and even reached a cooperation with Time Warner. Entering the publishing industry is even more difficult, and I heard that Penguin Random House's $800 million bid for Thornbird Publishing was rejected by you. As for Kwok's Business Group, Phoenix Company, and Matrix Games, they are developing rapidly in their respective industries, each with amazing potential. This pile is one by one, and others who occupy even one of them are called business elites, but Mr. Guo occupies them all, and the time is less than a year. If such an achievement is not supported by internal logic and far-reaching vision, the little woman will never believe it!" Yao Qianqian's beautiful eyes flashed, and her words were conclusive.

Facing everyone's different complicated eyes, Guo Shouyun's mind raced, "I didn't expect Miss Yao to know so much about Zaixia!"

"The Chinese community in the United States says big and big, and small and small. Besides, how can Mr. Guo's amazing achievements not attract attention!?" Yao Qianqian pulled the long hair of her sideburns behind her ears, and her face was charming but revealing a hint of strength.

"Mr. Guo, let's talk about it. You don't know, during this time, my family has always used you as an example in my ear, so that I can learn from you. It's a rare opportunity today, you must teach me well!" Qiu Hongying said.

Looking at the two women, one charming with a hint of strength, the other playful with a hint of pleading, and the men around him who were tacitly silent despite their different expressions, Guo Shouyun knew it in his heart.

"These guys are also smart, and they actually let women rush to the front, is this a guess that I eat soft or not hard?" Guo Shouyun said in his heart.

Beautiful women are born with an advantage, especially when facing men, and are always able to win great tolerance. As long as Guo Shouyun is not a straight man, and Yao Qianqian and Qiu Hongying don't say anything too offensive, then the effect of their opening is far greater than that of Qin Xiao.

Is Guo Shouyun a straight man? Obviously not!

"Miss Qiu, I remember that someone just said that I don't have any outstanding advantages except for being handsome, how can this be...?" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

Thinking of her reckless words just now, Qiu Hongyingqiao's face flushed, "Oh, why are you still holding such a grudge." They were just joking, but now I'm really asking you for advice!"

glanced at her, Guo Shouyun, who was mostly joking and tempting, didn't grasp this problem. His eyes quickly swept over everyone, and after organizing his words, he said in a calm tone: "I really don't have any tricks in business, it has been going well, and there is some element of luck... However, there are some lessons to be learned from working in the business world for so long, and if you are interested, I can share it with you!"

"Of course we are interested!" Mr. Guo, please say!" Yao Qianqian said immediately.

The rest of the crowd nodded their heads.

"I'm not going to make any big deals, let's start with a simple return on investment!" after a moment's pause, "if you just want to make money, then there are good opportunities in both the stock and bond markets." Stocks of Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, and Walmart are all well worth investing in. In the bond market, Amazon, Apple's high-yield bonds, and real estate MBS bonds also have good returns. Of course, whether it is the stock market or the bond market, I am talking about holding the long-term for more than a year. ”

“… If you want to start a business, the building materials industry, real estate industry, interior design industry, housing agency, and guaranteed loan industry all have very high growth value!"

"It seems that Mr. Guo is very optimistic about the real estate-related industry?" said Yao Qianqian.

"Not bad!"

Guo Shouyun nodded affirmatively.

Another year is the third round of explosion in the US real estate industry in a century, with house price increases of up to 150% in five years, bringing about a period of rapid growth in various industries related to it. Although the eventual collapse of housing prices will lead to a subprime mortgage crisis, as long as you exit in time before the crisis, you will reap unimaginable windfall profits.

"Mr. Guo, I don't know if you know that housing prices in San Francisco have fallen by 3%~5% month-on-month this year!" Du Hongchuan said suddenly.

Glancing at the indifferent man, Guo Shouyun nodded.

"The decline in home prices in the San Francisco area is due to the NASDAQ crisis. If you look at the top 50 cities in the United States by GDP and compare them, you will find that housing prices in the United States have been rising since 1995. It's just that the rise is more modest and not so noticeable. ”

"Since it is a moderate rise, doesn't that mean that the profits in it are limited?" Qiu Hongying said bluntly.

"Huh!"

"What are you laughing at...?"

"Hongying, don't talk yet!" Yao Qianqian hurriedly stopped her best friend.

After glancing at the two of them, Guo Shouyun disagreed: "I think many of you here must be studying economics, and you should understand that as long as real estate, a major industry related to the national economy and people's livelihood, begins to rise, it will inevitably open a ten-year growth period." The last real estate bull market in the United States ended in 1986, 14 years have passed since now, and according to the law of changes in U.S. housing prices in the past 100 years, the third largest real estate bull market is coming since the end of 1986. Moreover, the government's policies are now shifting in favor of real estate development. For example, the Federal Reserve cut the reserve requirement ratio and cut interest rates to stimulate the economy. Another example is President George W. Bush, who just won the election, who promised the public that he would reduce the proportion of personal income tax. These are rare positive factors for the rise in housing prices. ”

His words made everyone fall into thinking again, as people who have received elite education since childhood, and almost all of them graduated from prestigious universities majoring in economics or business administration, they naturally understand that Guo Shouyun's words are true, and what kind of rich benefits are contained in them!

Two or three minutes passed, and after several people looked at each other, Yao Qianqian, who received the signal, spoke again: "Since Mr. Guo judged that real estate is promising, why didn't he invest in it?"

"Who said I didn't invest? If you know enough details, you should know that whether it is the retail store under the Kwok Business Group or the cinema chain under Matrix Pictures, almost all of them are bought together with the property. As for why I didn't go straight into the real estate development industry. Alas... I'm not like your family, which has been rooted in the United States for nearly a hundred years, where it is intertwined and all kinds of relationships are deeply rooted. If I don't care about stepping into it rashly, it is estimated that at most I will be a role of 'playing soy sauce' for the predators, and it will be difficult to make any great achievements! In this case, why should I do the stupid thing of 'knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and preferring to go to the tiger mountains'. ”

Although I don't quite understand the meaning of 'soy sauce', it is not difficult to guess in combination with Guo Shouyun's context.

"Mr. Guo is too humble. In the United States, money can make the devil grind. With your abundant capital, if you really want to participate in the real estate industry, you can definitely become a giant!" Qin Xiao complimented.

"I'm still interested in just investing. Just do it yourself, just now these companies under my hands are enough for me to be busy!" Guo Shouyun shook his head.

Now you are the most well-known entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, I don't know how many people want to invest in LinkedIn that you founded!" Yao Qianqian said suddenly.

After glancing at her, I had long expected that this party, the Internet and LinkedIn would be an unavoidable topic. So Guo Shouyun had already prepared the draft before he came.

"The Internet really has a lot to offer. Personally, though, I don't recommend you get involved. Even if you want to participate, just invest, don't think about starting your own business!"

"Why?" said Yao Qianqian suddenly.

"It's very simple, LinkedIn has burned nearly $40 million since its inception, and we plan to burn another $100 million after starting internationalization next year." And for at least three years, there is no intention to leave a surplus of $1 on the books. After a pause, Guo Shouyun took a slight breath, met everyone's surprised and even shocked eyes, sighed and continued, "Don't look at the current LinkedIn is very beautiful on the surface, in fact, I live every day like thin ice, because you don't know if a business model that is more attractive to users than LinkedIn will emerge in Silicon Valley the next day and replace us! Therefore, we can only continue to spend money, spend money again, and strive to keep ourselves in the first place in the industry!"

After a pause, Guo Shouyun quickly swept over everyone, and said in a low and solemn tone: "Are you really ready to live such a life?"

"Mr. Guo is not exaggerating. Aren't there all venture capital behind Internet companies, so why spend your own money!" Chen Hui said curiously.

"Before the NASDAQ crisis, you were right. But after the NASDAQ crisis, gone are the days when you wanted to get investment from venture capital based on the concept of an Internet alone! Without a reliable profit model, it is difficult to get money from venture capital. ”

Everyone is mixed up in this area of San Francisco, and they have all seen what it was like when the Nasdaq crisis broke out some time ago and when the wave of bankruptcies of Silicon Valley Internet companies broke out. Therefore, Guo Shouyun's exclamation instantly dispelled their idea of Internet entrepreneurship.

"Mr. Guo mentioned Internet investment just now, I wonder if you have any suggestions in this regard?" Yao Qianqian said again.

After thinking for a while, Guo Shouyun shook his head, "Unless you really want to be a venture capitalist, don't invest in the Internet." ”

"Why?"

Yao Qianqian frowned.

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