"Jonathan has a lot of money, and he dares to make an offer of $50 million in one breath! Isn't he afraid that the shareholders will suspect him of transferring benefits to the Eastern Group?" He Guoyuan said with a smile.

Although he has left Dongfang System Software Company, he still has a lot of his own eyeliner in the company. After Li Xuan called him to ask him to go fishing together, he immediately figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

"Yes, AOL only dared to quote 20 million, and the application software only gave a conservative valuation of 10 million! It's just that they all underestimated my appetite, in my opinion, the 'Navigator' browser is worth at least 500 million US dollars, and this is just the current offer!

The graphical browser is the key that opens the door to the Internet, and EGB has firmly held that key in its own hands. When the door to Internet commercialization is truly opened, the value of EGB will be fully revealed!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

He Guoyuan immediately understood what his boss meant, he had no intention of selling EGB at all. The $500 million offer was just a more tactful way to reject Jonathan. Because it is impossible for the other party to convince the rest of Oriental System Software to agree to pay $500 million to buy a software that has not yet produced any real economic benefits.

You know, that's $500 million in real money! Even if Jonathan talks about the future value of the Navigator browser, there will still be many people who don't buy it. After all, who can be 100% sure of the future, most people pay more attention to immediate interests than to take such a long-term view. Who knows if he will continue to hold shares in this company after three or five years!

Thinking of this, He Guoyuan frowned slightly. In fact, he himself often uses the "Navigator" browser to surf the Internet, and this software is indeed very convenient, and everyone is searching for information they are interested in on the Internet. After continuous improvement, the latest trial version of the "Navigator" browser has been very rich in functions.

The main reason why EGB continues to release the "Navigator" browser for free under the name of "trial version" is that the current Internet user base is still too small. Even if the company now switches to charging fees, that income is just mosquito leg meat, which is dispensable for EGB.

But once the software is charged, the psychology of users will change unconsciously, and everyone's expectations for the software will be raised, after all, they spend money. This is very unfavorable to the early promotion of the "Navigator" browser, and may even further trigger a chain reaction that inhibits the development speed of the entire Internet industry.

However, in He Guoyuan's view, the offer of the system software company is actually very sincere. The rapid rollout of the "Navigator" browser is largely due to the East operating system. From this point of view, EGB has been taking advantage of it.

"The tying of 'Navigator' on the East operating system has always been free, and I am afraid that Jonathan will jump off the wall and directly ask for the cancellation of the pre-installation of 'Navigator' on the East system!" He Guoyuan reminded.

In order to control the content of the operating system from being too large, the Oriental System Software Company has very strict requirements for the entry threshold of pre-installed software, and now the Office series and "Navigator" of commercial software companies have this treatment. Among them, commercial software and system software companies have long become a community of interests because of their mutual shareholdings, so shareholders will not object.

The EGB company is completely different from the "Navigator" browser, and the reason why it can be pre-installed on the East operating system is completely for Li Xuan's face. But since EGB is now unwilling to give face to the system software company and directly rejected his acquisition proposal, Jonathan naturally does not need to continue to give Li Xuan face.

"It doesn't matter, the Oriental Research Institute has already started to communicate with the major computer manufacturers, and is ready to pre-install the 'Navigator' browser in advance before installing the system software on the computers of each company! After rejecting Jonathan's acquisition agreement, we will also take the initiative to terminate the previous pre-installation agreement with the system software company!" Li Xuan said disapprehantly.

He Guoyuan was silent, it seems that his boss's attention to the "Navigator" browser and EGB company is unusually high, which is a bit of a direct tear in the face.

"I'm afraid Jonathan will come up in the company and ask to develop his own 'Navigator' software. If this happens, we will be more passive, and there is no reason to stop it!" He Guoyuan raised new concerns.

Li Xuan fully understood what He Guoyuan meant, and as the largest shareholder of the system software company, the Oriental Group should take care of the interests of the listed company. But this has a premise, that is, it cannot be at the expense of its own interests, and Li Xuan is not obliged to transfuse blood for listed companies.

"So we're not going to reject Jonathan's offer outright, but we're going to make a reasonable offer that we can accept. If Jonathan can convince others to accept our offer, then I will accept the acquisition.

Of course, because the price of the two sides cannot be negotiated, you can't force yourself to lower the price and make profits for the listed company. If Jonathan insists on starting from scratch and developing a new browser, then we, as major shareholders, have an obligation to give a kind reminder.

EGB has a very complete layout of software-related patents, and has applied for more than 50 core patents around a series of functions of the 'Navigator' browser! Even if the system software is forced to launch a new project, it is likely to fall into the dilemma of patent infringement!" Li Xuan said lightly. Oriental Research Institute's arrangements for the future of EGB have been planned in detail as early as the beginning of the company's establishment, and it is natural that it will be able to do it without leakage.

He Guoyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his boss seemed to have no last resort, and he had already taken one step and three steps, and took all the rest of the things into account. And although he has resigned from the system software company, after all, he has been in charge of the company for several years, and he is not without feelings.

"Haha, Lao He, you don't have to be too depressed! After all, the system software company is still under our control, and Jonathan will naturally retreat if he knows each other. But if he feels like he's found an opportunity to stink us, he'll end up shooting himself in the foot.

In Li Xuan's plan, EGB can be merged into a system software company, after all, the 'Navigator' browser will be of great help to the East operating system to stabilize its monopoly position! But the premise of this merger must be that both parties can correctly accept each other's reasonable valuation!" Li Xuan saw He Guoyuan's somewhat gloomy expression and continued to explain.

Yes, He Guoyuan found that he seemed to be a fan of the authorities. Before he left the system software company, he had already made arrangements for the set-up. Jonathan, the CEO, can now have some real power, which is still a matter worth exploring. If this can make him successfully make the wind and rain, then the other high-level executives of the system software company can simply find a piece of tofu and kill them collectively!

It seems that the mood also directly affects the results of fishing. Li Xuan had already caught fish one after another while he spoke, and he caught several small crucian carp in one go. The rest of Li Xuan's family didn't like to eat crucian carp very much, thinking that it had too many spines. But Li Xuan himself likes this kind of small crucian carp with a length of inches very much, which is fried directly in the oil pan and eaten with thorns, which is very fragrant.

"Li Sheng, how long has it been since the development of Tin Shui Wai began, and that bit of land reserve has been exhausted, I don't know what the Hong Kong government plans to do next?" He Guoyuan didn't fish for a while, but there was no impatient expression on his face. He turned his head to look at the new factory building not far away.

The total area of the entire Tin Shui Wai Electronics Industrial Park encircled by the Hong Kong government is only 5 square kilometers. Although the industrial park has set a high entry threshold from the beginning, the absorption effect of the Henai Oriental Group is too obvious. In particular, Hong Kong has gradually developed into one of the world's largest personal computer assembly centers, and even companies such as IBM initially chose to relocate their production lines to East Asia in order to compete with iKang.

In order to increase their market share as much as possible, the major parts suppliers in the computer industry have the last choice to set up factories in Hong Kong directly to provide the most convenient services for downstream customers. Under this industrial agglomeration effect, the land bank in Tin Shui Wai was quickly exhausted.

The Hong Kong government had planned to expand the electronics industrial park to the east, but it was opposed by many academics and environmentalists. The northeast of Tin Shui Wai is the only remaining wetland in Hong Kong. However, the second phase of the industrial park is also imminent, after all, there are still a large number of factories waiting to settle in.

Since the start of construction, the Tin Shui Wai Electronics Industrial Park has created more than 10,000 direct jobs for Hong Kong. More importantly, because the electronics industrial park is located in Tin Shui Wai, it has also directly activated the economic vitality of the entire northwestern New Territories. Originally, because it was the farthest area in the center of the city, the economic development has been relatively backward.

After the electronic industrial park is settled, a large number of job opportunities bring an influx of a large number of people. Naturally, the consumption of these people has greatly contributed to the economic prosperity of the entire northwestern New Territories. In Yuen Long, which is close to Tin Shui Wai, the unit price of newly launched commercial residential properties has soared by 30% in the past year.

You must know that the situation in Hong Kong throughout 1988 was not very good, because the British government refused to provide Hong Kong people with the right to live in the UK, which suddenly triggered a new wave of immigration in Hong Kong. But it is in this turbulent situation that housing prices in Yuen Long have risen against the trend.

"The greatest significance of the Tin Shui Wai Electronics Industrial Park is to provide an opportunity for Hong Kong's gradually hollowed out industry to transform and upgrade and re-expand its foundation. This is of great importance for maintaining the stability of Hong Kong, where a large number of low- and middle-income people need a job to support their families.

After garment factories, plastic factories, and toy factories gradually moved north from Hong Kong, a large number of new electronics factories became their new options for making ends meet. Compared to the healthy prosperity of Hong Kong society, the Hong Kong government's income from industrial land is nothing to mention, and even a part of the government subsidy is worth it.

Even the government of the Special Administrative Region in the north had the courage to borrow money to blow up mountains when they were poor and white, bulldozing mountains one by one, and a brand new big city rose in a few years.

The capital in the hands of the Hong Kong government is far stronger than that of the SAR government on the other side of the Jiehe River, and since there is a relatively loud opposition to the east, it is better to simply turn around and extend to the west. The earthwork that bulldozer these small hills can also be used for reclamation, and it can also increase some land supply!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

Hong Kong's property market has been very prosperous in recent years, and it has completely stepped out of the shadow of the previous crash. The Hong Kong government's fiscal revenue has also increased significantly because of the soaring value of land. Therefore, it is not that the Hong Kong government has no money in its hands, but that it is so much money that it does not know how to spend it, which is why the Governor of Wilson will launch a shocking "Rose Garden Plan" next year, and the construction of a new airport alone can give a budget of hundreds of billions.

Li Xuan didn't think that the new airport should not be built, after all, the landing conditions at Kai Tak Airport were so bad that he was scared half to death every time he landed on a plane. Since we are not willing to leave the money to the SAR government after the return to the motherland, we must also spend the money efficiently.

As Ninety-Seven gets closer and closer, everyone knows that the words of the British will become less and less effective. Therefore, in the near future, Downing Street will deliberately send a hawkish-stirring stick to be the last governor of Hong Kong, so as to strengthen his own voice. While the current Governor of Wilson is still in office, Li Xuan naturally hopes to lay a good foundation that is conducive to future development.

He Guoyuan nodded, the position he was sitting in now was very critical. Because the entire industrial chain system of the Oriental Group is actually coordinated and controlled by the Oriental Commercial Company. Previously, Bradshaw was an American, so it was difficult for him to fully integrate into Asian culture. However, Ho Kwok-yuen is different, he is a native of Hong Kong, and he has the experience of studying in Taiwan, so he can be said to be the most suitable candidate for the president of Oriental Commercial.

And Ho Kwok-yuen's performance since taking office has indeed been very good, and his influence in the Hong Kong business community has begun to catch up with Han Peng, the chairman of the Oriental Group. And issues such as the follow-up development plan of Tianshuiwei Electronics Industrial Park are naturally not suitable for Li Xuan to personally promote, so He Guoyuan has become a very suitable candidate.

As the president of Oriental Corporation, he can easily gather a large number of large and small businessmen who have business ties with the Oriental Group. But when the power of capital is truly twisted into a rope, it is enough to form a deterrent force that even the Hong Kong government has to be cautious about. What's more, the Eastern Bloc itself can also skillfully hide behind, and there is no need to be the target of the attack when the rafters come out! )