Chapter 992: Prototype
But Hong Tao is not concerned about the mobile phone itself, he has no special needs for this electronic luxury, let alone fruit fans, and is really interested in Apple.
Now that the iPhone is about to be released, Apple's stock price will definitely rise. Although he can't remember exactly how much it rose, he knew that Apple's stock price was only more than $20 at this time, and it had risen to more than $100 when he crossed it for the first time. In six or seven years, it has risen by as much as five or six times, and it cannot be said that the windfall profits are not as bad as that.
Originally, the Feng family and Jeddah held a part of the shares of Apple and Google, but this time they had to change hands in order to short. However, such a large amount of shares cannot be sold quickly, which will cause an investigation by the SFC and the HKMA, so they can only adopt a mortgage strategy, even if they lose some valuation.
Who is the mortgage to? In line with the principle that fat water does not flow into outsiders' fields, Hong Tao made the mantis shrimp company a pick-up man. Mantis Shrimp is a company listed in the United States, and it has to consider the impact on its own stock price and investor confidence by spending such a large amount of money to take over the shares of other companies and having to borrow money from banks.
If the iPhone is to be released in 08, then Hong Tao will have to reluctantly choose to give up Apple stock. But a souvenir that Ouyang Fanfan inadvertently took gave him hope, and after the Feng family's confirmation, this mortgage could finally be kept.
"Will this make the company's debt ratio too high?" Ouyang Fanfan has a deep affection for mantis shrimp, and it is from here that she transformed from an ignorant girl to a female entrepreneur, and the safety of the company is similar to her second life.
"The mortgage will be redeemed in a year at most...... Fanfan, have you ever thought about it, mantis shrimp can't always survive by acting for other people's games, and World of Warcraft can't always stand out. If a company wants to develop healthily, it must have its own things. ”
Ouyang Fanfan's feelings for mantis shrimp Hong Tao can understand, in fact, he also planned to realize his ideals in this company before his accident, and specially set up Wang Li's development team.
However, the peak period of online games is about to enter a trough with the advent of smartphones, and I can't take care of leading the transformation of the game development team at present, but it does not prevent Ouyang Fanfan and Qi Rui from trying.
“…… Wang Li: They are always developing new games, isn't it enough?" Ouyang Fanfan heard Hong Tao see the future of the mantis shrimp for the first time, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled. In recent years, there has been a lot of money invested in game development, and the reason for this is not Hong Tao's protection.
"It's not that it's not enough, it's that the direction needs to be adjusted. The times are moving forward, running very fast, and we have to change with them, and we can't always stay in the way of thinking a few years ago. ”
"You first communicate with Wang Li and them privately, so that they can devote more attention to the study of the mobile phone system, the original development project is stopped, just say that I mean. "What is the meaning of forbearance and love, this is. It was not only a game, but also a dream of Hong Tao, but unfortunately it was too late.
"I'm afraid it will affect their motivation, or you should say it, and they will listen to you. "Ouyang Fanfan doesn't know much about technology, and the game development project is really costly, so it's okay to stop.
However, Wang Li has always been in charge of the personnel management of the development project team, and this team is like an independent branch except for taking money from the company, and it is difficult for others to intervene.
"Well, I'll talk to her privately first. "The game development project team also pulled their own, and it seems that they have to wipe it themselves, and they can't hide from it, even if they are very unhappy to destroy it with their own hands.
"Will mobile games be very popular in the future?" Seeing that Hong Tao agreed to cut off the game development project team so happily, Ouyang Fanfan didn't understand technology, but he had a good understanding of people's hearts.
"It's not going to be a stand-alone thing, but the market is bigger, and it's a good profit point. I will provide Wang Li with a few ideas, let them do it first. The mobile game market still needs to be cultivated for a year or two, and we have enough time to transform. "Hong Tao doesn't know much about mobile games, and he has simply played a few games in his previous life, which can only be regarded as better than nothing.
His focus at this time is no longer on the mantis shrimp, whether this company can continue to develop at a high speed can only rely on the efforts of Qi Rui and Ouyang Fanfan.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out, it was originally built to provide its own cash flow, as long as it can hold on for another two years, it will be a victory. In the end, no matter who you sell it to, you can still make a big profit, and you won't lose money inside and out.
Of course, if possible, Hong Tao still hopes that the company can survive healthily, which is very meaningful to Qi Rui and Ouyang Fanfan.
Regardless of whether Wang Li can understand her own thinking or not, Hong Tao has to transform the game development project team, on the one hand, to meet the needs of the future market, and on the other hand, it can also save a lot of money.
The whereabouts of the money are still the ideal community plan, which is currently a bottomless pit of money, and Hong Tao himself does not know how much it will cost.
Because the overall plan is phased, take a step and look at it first, and then move forward when it's okay. This is also the measure that Hong Tao has to take in order to avoid risks, he is preparing to run away while investing, this job is really painful.
Pain and happiness, this is how Hong Tao felt all summer. Since the election of the first residents' management committee in Houhai Community, he has been shrinking in the small courtyard and sticking out his head and brain, not only to understand the movement outside, but also to try not to mix inside, making himself, the chief designer, look like an outsider.
What is a residents' management committee? This is a non-governmental spontaneous management organization model that Hong Tao borrowed from later generations of residential communities.
It is like a building committee, which is organized, elected, and established by the residents of a certain residential area, and the specific work is to manage all kinds of trivial matters in this residential area.
For example, hiring a property company, formulating a community convention, resolving neighborhood disputes, and making reasonable suggestions to relevant departments. To put it bluntly, it's just a housekeeper who doesn't get paid, or a community board. Every household is a shareholder, and the members of the management committee are the representatives elected by the shareholders.
This suggestion was first put forward by the residents of the dormitory area of the mantis shrimp company, and then received the support of the community neighborhood committee, and after full communication with the relevant leaders of the street, it was settled in the Houhai community as a pilot of new things.
In the end, three representatives were elected, who would carry out limited management work on behalf of the 25 households. And these 25 households all live around Mrs. Wei's yard, 70% are employees of the Mantis Shrimp Company, and the remaining 30% are Hong Tao, Liu Yuanchao, Meng Jin, and Fei Lin and Tang Jing's subordinates. There are only five real old local residents, and they are still firmly surrounded by the other twenty in the middle, and they can't advance or retreat together.
This is only the first step of Hongtao to test the waters, and the people are always resistant to new things, and it will be difficult to promote them on a large scale. The best way to get them to accept it spontaneously is to set an example.
Chinese people like to chase the wind in everything, and the residents' management committee is an example set by Hong Tao for them. As long as the management committee can do two practical things that are beneficial to the residents of the community, so that everyone can see it in their eyes and keep it in their hearts, they will not worry about their greed.
The first thing the management committee did at the beginning of its establishment was to hire a property management company, which was completed quickly, and on the day of the election of the management committee, representatives of the three property management companies also came to the temporary office of the management committee, which is also the basement of the Internet café.
After two rounds of negotiations, the management committee put the pros and cons of the three companies on a whiteboard on the office wall, and the 25 households could come in at any time to check them out, and then start voting on the weekend to choose one of them as the winning bidder.
This action attracted the attention of the surrounding residents, and some people sneaked into the basement to take a sneak peek at what was written on the whiteboard, and then the incident quickly spread like a summer heat wave to the shores of Houhai, and even the residents of the south coast knew about it.
When the property company officially settled in, these 25 residents immediately tasted the real benefits. Day and night, there are always three security guards from the property company patrolling outside the homes from time to time.
The idlers who used to push carts to probe their brains at the door of each house have been driven away, their cars are parked outside the door without worrying about being damaged, and when they go to bed at night, there are no drunken guys in the bars who are noisy all over the streets, and the living environment and safety have been effectively improved.