In the far north, the land is covered with snow and ice, and the darkness of night makes it even more profound and vast. On the snow rock, a small pine tree is wrapped in silver, like a cold and glamorous beauty, standing proudly. The silver glow of the bright moon fell on her, and it looked very clear and crystal clear.

The whole picture is full of poetry.

Standing in front of this painting, Li Jiaming was leisurely fascinated, and he could appreciate the majestic and majestic, majestic, and majestic spirit of the cedar depicted by the painter in cold tones, but everyone knew nothing about the path of this painter, and could only roughly guess that it might be a Russian painter. Only Russian painters can paint this kind of majestic and atmospheric, which is a kind of national personality, and people of other nationalities can't learn it if they want to, for example, Qi Baishi can only paint flowers, birds, insects and fish.

In the face of such a leisurely Li Jiaming, Kyle next to him was deeply admired. As soon as the NASDAQ opened this morning, billions of dollars of sell orders from Cisco, Microsoft, Dell, etc. suddenly appeared, and the market fell by four percentage points at the opening.

What does this mean?

At this time, there is still the leisure to appreciate art, and the worried Kyle has to admire Li Jiaming's bearing.

Useful in a hurry? It's useless to be anxious about the expected broken things, since it's useless to be anxious, so why be anxious? Li Jiaming is really not in a hurry, in the words of his hometown, it is called 'to die birds to the sky, not to die for thousands of years'!

This kind of Tarzan's overwhelming and unfazed bearing also made the elegant Agnese couple highly appreciated, and it is really rare for young people to be so calm.

"Do you like it?"

"Like! There are also poets in our country who praise the qualities of pine trees, but they are worthless compared to this painting. ”

"think\/you, this painting is for you."

Li Jiaming, who came here as a guest, hurriedly declined, this kind of famous painting that can be hung in the study must be worth a lot of money. Seeing that one had to be delivered, and the other refused again and again, Ms. Agnese next to her said disdainfully: "Ming, Robert is a liar, and this painting "In the Far North" sells for up to 20 dollars on the street. ”

"Honey, you hurt my heart so much!"

"Really? You're destroying art! ”

"No, no, we are democratizing high art, so that people who can't go to Moscow can appreciate Shishkin's greatness."

"Sophistry! Just like your job, you build your own happiness on the pain of others. ”

Robert, a well-known M&A expert, shouted, "Honey, this is a personal attack, we are optimizing the allocation of resources." ”

After listening to the two couple's arguments for a while, Li Jiaming realized that the painting was a fake, printed with MIT's latest inkjet printing technology, and was also the result of a new scientific and technological project invested by Mr. Robert. It is no exaggeration to say that the famous paintings printed with this technology may only be able to distinguish between the real and the fake, anyway, Li Jiaming can't see it, and even Kyle, who has a little attainment in this area, can't see it.

"Ming, what do you think?"

What do you think? Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and it is indeed a wise saying, Li Jiaming said gently: "Ms. Agnese, from the point of view, art should belong to all mankind. Those who have the money can collect the originals, those who have the time can go to museums, and civilians like us can buy a few of these cheap copies and keep them at home to enjoy quietly. ”

"Ming, are you still a civilian?"

Isn't it just a fight, Li Jiaming shrugged his shoulders in the style of a foreigner, and said indifferently: "Only by maintaining the mentality of a civilian at all times will we know the most real needs of users, and I am proud that I am a civilian." ”

The very elegant Ms. Agnese was speechless, but Mr. Robert next to her laughed, patted Li Jiaming's shoulder vigorously, and agreed: "Agnese appreciates the dollar, only what we appreciate is art!" However, I have two original Picasso paintings to enjoy together? ”

Hehe, if you are really rich, Lao Tzu also wants to collect authentic works, but isn't this no money? However, this old man is quite funny, and he does not look like a financier at all.

When Robert proudly took out two sketches of Picasso, the extreme deformation and exaggerated artistic techniques made Li Jiaming really unable to appreciate it, but he also said frankly: "He is great, but I don't like it, I still prefer those arts that can give me beauty." ”

"Ming, you're sincere!"

"It's one of the few good things I have!"

Robert carefully put away the sketch, took the coffee from the servant, and suddenly went straight to the point: "Ming, the NASDAQ index has fallen by 4%, what do you think?" ”

Insidious enough, Li Jiaming also took the coffee and took a sip in his hand, his mouth full of bitterness.

"Coincidentally, if the stock market crashes, it should be the stocks of Internet giants such as Yahoo and AOL that are being sold, not the shares of physical companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, and Dell. Robert, Cisco, Microsoft, their stock prices, are supported by huge profits. ”

"However, this will trigger a chain reaction of selling."

This is for sure, capital is the most greedy and the most timid, and as soon as the wind blows, it will run away. If there is no bubble in the stock market, the stock market will rebound quickly, but if there is a serious bubble, I don't know whether it will collapse directly or fall slowly, anyway, the decline is certain.

The four of them sat in the elegant study with coffee, and after the servant brought snacks, Ms. Agnese took the initiative to say: "Ming, the bubble bursting is inevitable, and your investment plan with Yahoo will definitely be affected, do you have any plans?" ”

Kyle, who was sitting next to Li Jiaming, was really smiling bitterly, but Li Jiaming, who was sitting next to him, was really not panicking, and from the traffic jam on the street to here, more than two hours was enough time for him to calm down.

"It doesn't matter, our iPod sales are doing very well, and with the predictable profitability of iTunes/Store, HH doesn't really need Yahoo's money, just that they need to keep the record company building its own website to sell digital music. If we look at the final results, HH is actually the beneficiary of the bursting of the bubble, and the profitability of HH in a year will definitely be more than ten times better than it is now. ”

It makes sense, but this is a negotiation, and although everyone has made an appointment in advance, the situation has changed, and the conditions have to change accordingly.

"Ming, have you ever thought about how much the record company will give you a sales commission? While your iPods are good, other companies will follow sooner or later. At that point, what if the record company will license other manufacturers? ”

Such a wit or coercion, can Li Jiaming be submissive?

At that time, as soon as a digital music player with similar performance to an iPod appeared on the market, Li Jiaming would immediately publish the source code of iTunes and collect royalties from other manufacturers. He doesn't believe that players from other brands will be interested in building digital music stores when they can also download music from iTunes/Store; He also doesn't believe that Apple has withdrawn from the online sales market of digital music, and only a few Japanese monkeys can still do it on its own.

It's just a matter of following the trend, didn't the Japanese start by following the trend? The Chinese are not bad, and the labor cost is much lower than them, and the iPod brand is accepted by European and American consumers, will they be afraid of them?

"No, no, Sony will definitely launch a new digital music player, and the quality will not be worse than that of an iPod."

Financier and M&A expert Robert is old and spicy, Li Jiaming is not bad, and he is tougher. Thanks to the legal wonders of the Americans, they can force HH to authorize Apple while ensuring the fairness of competition; It can also force Sony to enter the Internet field, and it must also be authorized to iTunes\/Store. Of course, everyone is a big company, and in order to monopolize the interests of the future digital music sales market, it may also lead to a world-renowned patent and copyright dispute lawsuit, and do not hesitate to pay high legal fees and fines in exchange for the most precious time difference.

"That's why they don't give us the right to build their own website, and we can sue them for unfair competition! If we lose the lawsuit, we'll forfeit our site profits in exchange for the major record labels denying Sony's music store a license. ”

This? Isn't this about never compromising, even if both sides lose, never giving Sony time?

This is the difference between the rich generation and the third or fourth generation of the rich, Li Jiaming can directly pinch the other party to the end without considering interests, and these people who grew up with golden keys are used to trading and compromise. Even professional managers like Kyle who have become entrepreneurs will not hesitate to put forward this lose-lose proposal when discussing countermeasures, just to gain a monopoly position in this market.

Even, if Agnese insists on lowering the valuation of HH, Li Jiaming will choose not to accept her financing. Since the funding gap is so large, it is not bad for people to have three melons and two dates.

But what kind of morality and friendship can there be at the negotiating table? It's nothing more than a competition of interests.

"Ming, your girlfriend's movie is scheduled to release in December, what do you think?"

What is this thing? The saint is dead, and everyone is fighting for their own interests. A transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars, let alone a Zhao Wei, even if there is another Sun Hui, Li Jiaming will give up cleanly. What's more, Li Jiaming also thinks that he is worthy of Zhao Wei, SOHU Tesco alone made her a billionaire, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" gave her the opportunity to enter Hollywood, even if she broke up, she would be able to borrow her own power at any time, as long as she didn't do the that people and gods were angry about.

Of course, life is like a drama all depends on acting skills, and Li Jiaming, who was too young, put on a depressed expression and said regretfully: "Ms. Agnese, I will break up with her soon." ”

“hy？”

A hundred days of husband and wife, if she can not lose the opportunity, Li Jiaming will also work hard for her.

"Maybe I was too young to develop love into friendship and not into family."