Chapter 197: The Empire (Part II)
Pangu's crude oil investment department is nominally controlled by Li Song and Liang Daming, but in fact, even if Lu Qiu is ridiculous, he has never relaxed his attention to the crude oil market, from 03 years crude oil prices broke through $30 per barrel, crude oil prices began to enter the fast lane of rise, 04 September affected by the Iraq war, oil prices exceeded 40 US dollars, and all the way up, breaking through the 50 US dollar mark, 05 June, it was at a high of 60 US dollars, and two months later, because Mexico suffered Hurricane Cathar, oil prices exceeded 70 US dollars in one fell swoop!
In this process, Li Song and Liang Daming have the same prediction and guidance as Lu Qiu's prophet, and with the steady and mature operation methods of the two, making money is even crazier and faster than the golden rooster laying eggs.
The assets of Pangu Crude Oil Investment Department have grown from about one billion dollars to tens of billions of dollars, you must know that this is cash, and it only took more than three years, Son Masayoshi never dreamed that he would have to owe huge debts to acquire a Vodafone, but if it is Lu Qiu, his own cash alone is enough to do it!
January was the peak of oil prices in 06 years, which remained above $65, fell in February, once below $56, returned to more than $65 from March to July, and once reached a peak of $77.05, and began to fall back after July, and once fell back to $56 in October, and began to slowly rise again after November.
For Lu Qiu's prediction, Li Liang and the two are like a guide, without the slightest doubt, this is the absolute authority established by Lu Qiu through the prediction of God again and again over the years, so according to this prediction of the two people, in 2006 alone, the assets of the Pangu Crude Oil Investment Department doubled again, the cash under control has exceeded 20 billion US dollars, and the amount of funds that can be leveraged as a lever exceeds 200 billion, in today's international crude oil market, Pangu Crude Oil Investment Department is a super predator alongside Da Mo and Goldman Sachs!
For Lu Qiu, Liang and Li are like gods, and they dare not have the slightest doubt, but it is in crude oil investment, and the two of them can't help but have some small complaints in other aspects.
"Boss, we have already injected a billion dollars into Yaochi Company, and we will continue to invest more according to your orders, it is not worth it!"
"Yes, boss, this money is put in the crude oil market, and it can make a lot of money for the company in minutes, and the mobile phone project engaged in by Yaochi Company is really a little incomprehensible. ”
In fact, the crude oil investment department has always played the role of Pangu ATM, whether it is Xu Xin, Shi Yuzhu, Shen Nanpeng's investment in China and Asia, or Harrison's investment in Europe and the United States, when the capital flow is not abundant, they have to rely on Liang Li to withdraw funds, for Liang Li, they fully accept this positioning, after all, investment is the foundation of Pangu, and the funds withdrawn from them are not much, and they will stop if they are full of hundreds of millions of dollars, after all, Pangu itself will also recoup a large amount of money through some successfully launched projects, such as the previous Skype and the recent Youyube, there is also Ctrip in China, The grand listing and the high sell-off are also very profitable.
However, Liang Li can accept Pangu to withdraw funds, but he can't accept Yaochi, a terrifying gold-sucking monster.
After Lu Qiu made up his mind to make a mobile phone and merged OPPO and vivo to form Yaochi Company, he had already siphoned off a huge $1 billion from Liang Li, and this billion US dollars had already been spent by Yaochi Company, and it was about to make ends meet!
And Lu Qiu even has to invest another billion dollars in Yaochi!
Liang Li really can't understand the madness and persistence of the boss!
"Boss, Son Masayoshi only spent more than $10 billion to buy Vodafone, and if you invest two billion dollars in Yaochi now, it is impossible to earn back this money!"
"And boss, you have said that oil prices will continue to soar, and will eventually break through $140 in 07, if these two billion dollars are invested in the crude oil market, it can increase at least six or seven times in two years, and you will lose more than you gain!"
Liang and Li tried to convince Lu Qiu to abandon the idea of additional investment.
Lu Qiu didn't express his position directly, and said to Xu Xin, Shen Nanpeng and Shi Yuzhu with a smile: "Karen, Old Shi, what do you three think?"
"The income of the crude oil department is vivid, and my opinion is to be conservative, not to inject too much capital into Yaochi Company, it is enough to maintain normal operation and research and development. ”
This is Shi Yuzhu's attitude, he has experienced the loss of giants, he pursues stability in investment and has a definite rate of return, so he stands on the position of Liang and Li.
Shen Nanpeng said: "I don't agree with Mr. Shi's opinion, Lu Dong obviously has very high expectations for Yaochi Company, and I myself have paid attention to the situation of Yaochi Company, the research and development of smart phones has entered the most critical time, at this time, we must not be at both ends of the first mouse, we must give the greatest support, otherwise it will only make the previous investment in vain." ”
"I don't agree with Mr. Shen's statement, if it's the wrong project, even if there is more investment in the early stage, it should be a strong man to break his wrist, the traditional mobile phone market is saturated, and the smartphone market is an unknown number, at this time betting is no different from gambling, and the loss is still very large, so I don't recommend being too aggressive!"
"Mr. Shi's suggestion should have been put forward before, and now that more than one billion dollars have been invested, the broken arm can no longer stop the bleeding, it will be fatal!"
Shi Shen and the two argued, which was quite lively.
Because it was Chinese, Harrison, Jeffhite, and others were confused.
Barral Rafali was the same, so she couldn't help but ask Lu Qiu what they were arguing about, and Lu Qiu translated it.
At this time, Xu Xin also joined the dispute, and her attitude was different from Shi Shen's.
"Mr. Shi, Mr. Shen, I don't think there's anything to argue about, what Lu Dong says is what, don't say a billion dollars, it's tens of billions of dollars, I think Lu Dong must have his reasons for investing, and Lao Li, we have been with Lu Dong for so long, let me ask you, have you ever seen Lu Dong make a mistake in investment?"
Li Song was stunned by his wife's question, and then smiled bitterly: "No, I still remember that you had no brains to follow Lu Dong to invest, and I dissuaded you, but the result was that my judgment was slapped in the face." ”
Xu Xindao: "That's it, when Lu Dong first persuaded me to join Pangu, he said that Pangu has only one principle that cannot be changed, that is, Lu Dong is always right, I would have questioned it before, and I would think that Lu Dong was arrogant, but over the years, the facts have proved everything, so Mr. Shi and Mr. Shen, my opinion is very clear, it was decided by Lu Dong, then it must be right, and it must be unconditionally supported!"
Everyone was speechless, including Shen Nanpeng, who supported Lu Qiu, and Xu Xin's statement made them all realize that in Pangu, there is a voice that cannot be questioned, and that is Lu Qiu's voice!
Lu Qiu was very satisfied with Xu Xin's statement, which proved that his authority in Pangu had not been affected by the decentralization, of course, Shi Yuzhu and others' doubts were also a good thing, after all, no one would not make mistakes, even the reborn people, after all, the confrontation with Apple has gotten rid of another reincarnation, and the result is not yet known.
"For the smart phone project of Yaochi company, you should be worried, after all, this is my first time deeply involved in industrial projects, I can only say that the market prospects of smart phones are incomparably broad, the popularization of mobile networks is no less than the popularization of the Internet technology revolution, we invest two billion US dollars, may fail, but if successful, the return to us may be a hundreds of billions of dollars behemoth, this risk is completely worth taking, so my decision is very clear, Lao Li, Johnson, during the period when I can't return to China, you must unconditionally support Yaochi Company, and how much money you want must be in place as soon as possible, is there a problem?"
Lu Qiu looked at Li Song and Liang Daming.
Li Liang and the others only hesitated slightly, and said at the same time: "No problem!"
In this way, the Pangu high-level meeting ended smoothly.
For Lu Qiu, what he is most concerned about at the moment is the smart phone project of Yaochi Company, not only because it is related to the ownership of the overlord of the mobile Internet empire, but also because it is the outlet of his head-on confrontation with Jobs, a powerful enemy will always stimulate his fighting spirit to be extremely strong, so although Lu Qiu cannot return to China for the time being, he has been communicating with Yaochi Company through the Internet.
The person in charge of Yaochi Company is the original vivo and oppo two gods, Duan Yongping's apprentices Chen Mingyong and Shen Wei, the ability of these two is beyond doubt, after all, their achievements in another time and space are obvious to all, this time and space, although they intervened in the smartphone project in advance, but Chen Shen's ability was not buried, and the management research and development of the domestic Yaochi headquarters was carried out in an orderly manner under the management of the two.
Of course, some of the most important things are in the hands of Luqiu, including the mergers and acquisitions of many companies, the licensing and purchase of patents, and the industrial design concept of the first generation of smart phones.
Needless to say, much of the credit for Apple's success comes from Steve Jobs, the tyrant who brutally imposed his ideas on Apple, eventually creating generations of successful iPhone products.
Lu Qiu is doing the same thing now, which is to engrave his concept on Yaochi's mobile phone products.
The touch screen should have the best texture and the most acute sensing!
The system should be able to run smoothly and be as convenient as possible!
The appearance should be full of industrial beauty, so that people who don't know how to design can feel the difference!
As for the battery life, the effect of music playback and even the quality of the headphones, Luqiu has extremely perfect requirements.
Lu Qiu's requirements are more paranoid and harsh than Jobs's to a certain extent, but he is different from Jobs in that he knows very well that these things can be achieved and how to achieve them.
The touch screen is provided by Sony, using the touch technology of fingerors, the operating system is a collection of software and hardware alliances, to create an open Android system, battery life and music playback and headphones are to spend a lot of money on mergers and acquisitions, Luqiu is not stingy about this, not to mention two billion US dollars, and then double, as long as you can pour Apple, it is also worth it!