One day in April 1986.

San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Wang An's Computer Company Headquarters.

A 66-year-old man sits awkwardly in a bright office with a large floor-to-ceiling window.

On the desk in front of him is a 2200-type word processing computer produced by himself.

He is Wang An, the founder of Wang An Computer, the owner of a company that has gone through more than 30 years of ups and downs in the field of electronics/integrated circuits/calculators/feature computers.

He wore disc glasses, his hair was so clumped that the last half of it was gray. The deep wrinkles and furrows on the cheeks are more pronounced than in previous years.

Last month, Forbes magazine released its list of America's richest people for the previous year.

Because of the company's steady sales performance last year, the growth of profits, and the general rise of U.S. stocks since September last year, Wang An climbed to the fifth place on the list of the richest people in the United States without doing anything.

But his mood was not happy.

Because he had just been diagnosed with cancer, the doctor said that if he immediately gave up all his work and was happy and recuperated, he might live for 5 years, or even longer—his cancer was considered intermediate, not terminal. But it's not the kind that can be detected very early and can be removed and cured.

Death is definitely going to die, it is nothing more than to live for five or six years if you are well recuperated, and if you have a high level of anxiety and pressure, it may only be two or three years.

Life is seventy years old, and he will be seventy if he lives for another three or four years, and his life span is enough, but he can't let go of this big business.

He has only one son, named Wang Lie, who is 35 years old this year and has no other career experience-

Wang Lie's whole life was arranged, the education he received was not bad, he studied MBA in the top business school of the league school, and after graduating at the age of 30, he began to enter the company as a middle-level manager, and managed the business for four or five years without merit under the guidance of his father.

Wang An is a person with a very avant-garde view of science and technology, but a very traditional Chinese view of business.

He has always said that he will use the family business inheritance method to deal with Wang An Computer Company, that is, let his son succeed as general manager and chairman in the future.

But Wang An can't be blamed for this, because Chinese entrepreneurs in the United States are so self-contained. Large companies created by Chinese people rarely trust white men to take care of them after death, and let their sons only eat the dividends of the shareholding foundation.

This is not a problem unique to the Chinese, and the Nanbang people who do big business in the United States and themselves are also like this.

How many white people can there be in a bunch of presidents of Samsung's foreign subsidiaries?

In history, Schulhoff, the president of Sony (USA) (of course, has become the president of Tiankun Entertainment in this time and space), when Akio Morita was alive, how much was he valued by Akio Morita and Norio Oga? But in the end, when Morita and Oga were dying, they finally chose Shinyuki Idei, who was promoted exceptionally.

It's not that Nobuyuki Idei's exploits and abilities at Sony in the 80s are stronger than Schulhoff's, it's just that Nobuyuki Idei is himself, and Schulhoff is white.

Sticks and devils are also the same as the Chinese in their bones, believing that "the hearts of those who are not of our race must be different", and East Asian civilization can never be as open as Americans without an ontological nation in this regard.

Originally, Wang An was also ready to let his son practice slowly. But since he was diagnosed with cancer during the Chinese New Year, he finally had to speed up the process of personnel arrangement.

Wang An decided to let his son take over the position of general manager of the company this year, and then transfer the position of chairman in a year or two.

Cancer waits for no one.

However, many white executives within the company are very unconvinced by this trend.

Including Vice President Cunningham, who has been with Wang An since he started his business, and John Chambers, Director of Marketing. They could obey the far-sighted Wang An, but they were unwilling to serve his son, who had little courage.

Wang An knew that if he forcibly passed on the throne to his son, a group of key executives would definitely leave angrily, but there was no way to do it.

He was now in dire need of something that would further boost his personal prestige to mitigate the backlash from his chaotic pass.

He racked his brains to find an opportunity, but his body in the middle of cancer made his brain a little overwhelmed.

……

"Boss, Mr. Peterson, the former merchant chief, would like to ask you to have lunch tomorrow at noon. ”

When Wang An was depressed in the office, his secretary knocked on the door and came in, conveying an appointment he had just received, and he listened to the boss's instructions on whether to arrange this meeting.

"Mr. Peterson, former chief merchant?" Wang An trembled his hands, knocked a painkiller, and sent it down with warm water, as if he hadn't turned a corner yet.

"It's Mr. Peterson, the owner of the Blackstone Investment Fund. The secretary added.

She didn't want to introduce it just now, but when the customer called to make an appointment, she reported that title, and she could only follow it.

"Oh, Blackstone's Peterson, the speculator who made waves with Texas Instruments' stock price. Wang An showed a complicated smile that was contemptuous and did not dare to ignore the other party, then thought for a while and asked:

"Our company's current shares in the tradable stock market have not been maliciously absorbed by the Blackstone Fund recently, right?"

"Probably not, the volume has been very small in recent months, and no one has raised their cards. The female secretary knows these daily routines very well, and she has the ability to "give things".

Wang An nodded, his guard relaxed a little: "Does he have any purpose?"

Female secretary: "He said that there is something about inviting you to go abroad for industrial exchange seminars and visits, and you may be received by some dignitaries of major countries, which will help you enhance your international prestige." ”

Wang An's head sank.

This Peterson is very good at throwing people to the like, and his recent situation should be investigated very clearly.

If you can take your son out for a long time, it will be easier to pass on the throne.

"I agreed, and I will arrange tomorrow's lunch, and treat it well. Wang An clapped.

At noon the next day, at the most upscale business club in San Francisco, Wang An hosted a banquet for Peter Peterson, president of Blackstone Investment Fund.

"Mr. Peterson, it's a good thing. As soon as they met, Wang An took the initiative to show politeness, "I have admired you for a long time, but I didn't expect Blackstone Fund to be so interested in the technology industry in the past two years." ”

"Mr. Wang is the fifth richest person in the United States, and it is my honor to work with you. Peterson snapped.

Wang An originally wanted to maintain a slightly arrogant posture all the time to win a better negotiation atmosphere, but his body was a little unable to hold on, and he couldn't help coughing lightly, and then said decisively with a slight gasp:

"I've been feeling unwell lately, so let's make a long story short. You're ...... this time Is it entrusted by Akio Morita, or is it Gu Biao? It can't be the Galvins of Motorola, right?"

Obviously, Wang An has also investigated Peterson's movements in the past year and a half.

Peterson left Lehman Brothers in '84 and started the Blackstone Fund. So far, the three major entrusted customers of the Blackstone Fund are Sony, Tiankun and Motorola.

Before September last year, Gu Biao was the most likely to do things with Peterson. From speculating on Texas Instruments' shares, poaching from Texas Instruments, to so many defensive investments to escort the development of Xiangji, Peterson is in charge, and he has also earned tens of millions of dollars in commissions.

(Don't feel reluctant, if Gu Biao is not willing to spend this tens of millions of dollars in commissions, he will not be able to invite a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce to help him buy the resources of so many sensitive technology companies)

At the same time, Sony's Akio Morita was also one of Peterson's big customers, but before September 85, Akio Morita let Peterson earn commissions and acquisitions, and the scale of funds was not as good as Gu's investment.

But in just half a year since October 85, Akio Morita suddenly exerted his strength.

The reason is simple: the yen has risen like crazy.

Most of Sony's assets are denominated in yen. At this time, Sony only needs to use the equity pledge to raise a large amount of additional cash flow to buy and buy.

And I feel that overseas assets have suddenly become several percent cheaper, and the more I buy, the more I earn.

Akio Morita even directly told Peterson: Lao Tzu gives you a $2 billion acquisition budget, and you get Lao Tzu a distributor of one of Hollywood's top eight major film companies to buy it. Let's say that I also want to have a top Hollywood studio that I control.

From 86 to 90, the four years before the bubble crashed were the most rampant carnival, but Sony was the pioneer of clamoring to "buy the United States".

This layer of background made Wang An unable to guess at the first time, who was entrusted by Peterson's intention?

Did Prime Minister Nakasone want to meet him? Let him sit down with Akio Morita and provide some advice on the strategic layout of his great computer business?

Still is...... The head of the Oriental country, which is older than the Ben, wants to see him?

Later generations of Chinese officials may find this misunderstanding inconceivable, because the Chinese only know about the "863 Plan."

However, in fact, after Li Gen drummed up a "Star Wars" plan the year before last, the world's major economies or economic alliances at that time were all engaged in a similar upsurge of plans for countries to concentrate their efforts on tackling automation science and technology and aerospace science and technology.

For example, the European Community, the predecessor of the European Union, was led by France in 85 and introduced the "Eureka Plan".

The Soviets also had their own countermeasures.

So do I.

So back to the international perspective at that time, the Chinese's "863 Plan" was actually not very conspicuous, nor did it attract international hatred.

Just like the "four trillion yuan" proposed in 08 in the later generation, the Chinese feel very conspicuous, but looking at the world, at the same time, there is also my own "28 trillion yen plan" and the European Union's "700 billion euro plan", which are similar economic stimulus plans.

Therefore, from Peterson's standpoint, there is nothing to hide: "It's not Akio Morita and Prime Minister Nakasone, it's Gu Biao who wants to ask you for something and let you go to China." ”

"Chinese? Do the Chinese have any big plans?" Wang An was slightly alert.

He still thinks of himself as an American in his bones, but if the Chinese look for him, it is slightly better than looking for him himself.

"Don't worry, what big plans the Chinese can have - it's just a defensive mentality of the weak. It's a minimally defensive layout in the face of Project Star Wars and Project Eureka, and there's nothing threatening. They just want not to be too far removed from the international mainstream. ”

Peterson controlled his words in the tone of Gu Fu's explanation, and said seductively.

It seems that the Chinese are harmless to humans and animals.