Chapter 305: Stealing Chickens Can't Be Done
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"Mr. Yokoi, will I believe it? If nothing else, I will say that our country's rare earths, of course, China lacks foreign exchange, lacks far-sighted people, and has ruined itself, so I can't say anything. We are also businessmen, and the affairs of the state have nothing to do with us. Li Mo said.
Not only rare earths, such as cloisonnΓ©, VCD patents, the high maintenance costs of Japanese machinery, etc., these small actions are countless, otherwise there would not be this condition.
If Li Mo is not fooled, he will not be fooled, and after the real patent is granted, there is no risk. If you can make a fortune for $80 or 90 million, can you take the risk of $10 million or 20 million? Even if it is a risk of 1 in 1,000.
As for the state and businessmen, Li Mo said it on purpose.
"Nintendo's mistakes are two, they haven't really realized your contribution to Nintendo, and your true value, otherwise they wouldn't have acted so disrespectfully to you. Halik, I said that as long as I bring in Mr. Yokoi, how much will it be worth me?"
"Boss, you said it was $100 million. β
"What year did you say that?"
"85 years. Harick recalled.
"In my heart, you were worth the price then. Li Mo said.
Is it worth the price? It's okay to say it's not worth it, there are still some elite people in Japan when it comes to games.
The problem is that Li Mo doesn't know if anyone else can do it. What if the people invited are not good? Compared with these tens of millions of dollars, Li Mo really can't afford to gamble, after all, it is a technical job, not the current technology, it is the future research and development technology, from the FC machine itself to all kinds of games, and Yili and Yile are completely different.
In addition, Nintendo's success also has its reasons for its success, and it is also important that Gunpei Yokoi will bring Nintendo's successful experience to new companies one after another.
And Li Mo knows the contribution made by Yokoi Junhei in the further evolution of the FC machine, and at the same time, Yokoi Junhei stays in Nintendo to hold important positions, and he also knows what talents are in Japan, and he must know which talents are in order to poach people.
Therefore, in Li Mo's heart, it is indeed worth the price.
"Li," Yokoi Junhei was both moved and ashamed.
It is an exaggeration to say that a priest dies for a confidant. Nintendo is also good to him, but compared to these conditions offered by Li Mo, it is still far behind.
Li Mo gave him another fatal blow, and Li Mo snorted at Hao Lik.
Hao Lick immediately took out two ledgers, one was the information of the white card holders, many of whom were prominent figures in the United States. The earlier this group of people buy white cards, the more they have a face, and only they are more informed.
The second is Yibao's account book, the reason why I bought a white card, the focus is still on the return of 100,000 US dollars, don't think it's expensive, if you can't get it, Li Mo used the 100,000 US dollars to turn over 600,000 US dollars in four or five years. And then...... After entering the threshold of these funds, the remaining money will be turned over one after another.
Ponzi scheme, you think too much, people won't even have a promise of anything in return, what kind of scam to talk about?
But with the performance in Times Square, more people gradually recognized Yili clothing itself, and more than 20 days later, which catwalk of the Super Bowl Cup further increased their recognition, at least recognized the price of Yili clothing.
That's enough, Alice herself has no intention of making much money from it. recognized, which means that Li Mo is not taking away 500,000 US dollars in disguise, but a kind of bundled promotion, and he still thinks that he is at a loss, begging you to join?
Hao Like has let his subordinates, and even go out on his own, first registered Yibao Company, and then negotiated three game companies, which has long been optimistic, all of them have been watching for more than two years, some have talents, some have sales channels, and some have some technology patents in their hands.
Of course, the funds of these white card holders are also allocated to Yibao's account in batches.
The date is equally important, Yibao's is a little better, mainly the Japanese stock market, a month earlier and a month later, the income will be completely different, not only the income on the stock, the key is that when the stock market crash comes, it may also roll up twice, and it can actually roll up three times, and the last time, Li Mo does not plan to enter.
That is, one month earlier, and in the end, the income gap may be doubled.
What is shown to Yokoi is not their final gains, nor can they be seen. Li Mo asked him to see the background of these people.
"Mr. Yokoi, Nintendo thinks I'm a Chinese company, but it's actually a standard American company, and it's undoubtedly tantamount to fraud if you do this. Let's take a look at the background of these shareholders, although they did not invest much, but in the end, they defrauded so many people with status and status in the United States...... Hehe, it's really a scam, think about spreading it, Nintendo and your fate. β
"Li ......"
"Mr. Yokoi, do you want to go back to Japan immediately and ask Nintendo to stop this scam, but whether it succeeds or not, you have already committed the scam. β
"Li ......"
"Mr. Yokoi, there are rumors outside that the wealth in my hands is seven or eight billion US dollars, hehe, let me tell you the truth, if you add up all the finances, you have to multiply by two, if you add up the invisible wealth, you have to multiply by four. Even if they defrauded me of tens of millions of dollars, I don't necessarily care, and there are many Americans with status and status. β
Next year, Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, and Shintaro Ishihara, a right-wing politician, wrote a book called "Japan Can Say No."
In fact, even in the past two years, Japan has not dared to say no to the United States.
I remember in my previous life, Li Mo once said that some people said that Prime Minister Abe would not be able to do it for a long time, Li Mo said, you are wrong, the more he is against China, the longer he will do. On the contrary, the more pro-China the prime ministers in the past, the less they could do it for a long time.
This is the influence of the United States on Japan.
This is true in Japan, and the same is true in South Korea, so Japan and South Korea can recall their substandard products in the United States, but rarely recall nonconforming products in China.
Scam these people out of their money...... Gunpei Yokoi sweated on his forehead.
"Mr. Yokoi, would you rather discredit you and Nintendo, or would you choose to start the Yibao business with me?"
"Lee, I have one condition. β
Say. β
"Did you quietly transfer my family to the U.S. immediately after the contract was signed?"
Li Mo understands, there are still gangs in Japan, or legal gangs, and before Yokoi Junhei left, Nintendo must have said something. However, Yokoi Junhei was threatened and lured to Yibao by Li Mo, and if he could be regarded as a betrayal by Nintendo, he might be angry with his family.
"Well, you don't have to be so nervous, maybe in the minds of many directors of Nintendo, they still think they will sell you for a good price. β
And so it is.
This is 60 million US dollars in 88 years, think about it, when Li Mo first started, he and Bush Jr. valued Yile Company, but it was only 25 million US dollars, and this also had the bonus effect of Li Mo himself, otherwise it was not even worth 10 million US dollars.
"I signed. Yokoi reluctantly signed his name on the contract.
Because there is a clause at the back of the contract, Nintendo says that Gunpei Yokoi can return to Nintendo unconditionally if he finds that Yibao has no future.
What does it mean to have no future?
Hao Like and they are lawyers, and they are the best at this, and there are several lines of interpretation behind it. It is true that Yibao has no future, and Yokoi Junhei can leave, but he can't clearly have a future, or he has just opened and has not yet opened, so he shouts that he has no future, and in that case, Yokoi Junhei will have to compensate for the sky-high liquidated damages.
"Mr. Yokoi, can I tell me now, what did Nintendo say to you?"
Li ...... Bosses, they are my former owners after all, they have always been nice to me and trust me......"
"Alright then, Mr. Yokoi, please remember that as long as you don't betray Ipoh, everyone in the company, from me, must have enough respect for you. β
"Alas, thank you for your trust, Li, boss, I'm only good at the technical side, if you really want to invite me, you must also invite people in management and sales. I can only be the CEO, I want the company to thrive, and I can hire a qualified president. β
People at Yile often think of the CEO as the president, but in fact the president is the real president, and the CEO is the CEO. There is also a chairman, which is actually equivalent to the ancient emperor and the left and right prime ministers.
If you have to say why, the company's largest shareholder, especially Li Mo, who occupies a controlling shareholder, is talking about it. However, in execution, the CEO has decision-making power, the president only has the executive power, the CEO has only one, and the president can have several, and theoretically the CEO's power is slightly greater than the president's power.
But in China, the two are almost confused, but it doesn't matter if you really talk about it, especially in companies like Li Mo, if Li Mo delegates power to the president, the president's real power will be greater than that of the CEO. In fact, Li Mo did not implement the position of president...... This is a request made by Yokoi Junhei on his own initiative in accordance with the rules of Western enterprises, and from the management level, there is really a need for a president to complement him. In addition, he is a Nintendo person, and there is a president, and Li Mo can be a little more at ease with him.
"Okay," Li Mo agreed, and said: "Mr. Yokoi, the company has no shortage of start-up capital, so whether it is FC machines or various games, we must strive for excellence, and we must do better than Nintendo." In addition, it is also necessary to increase the further research and development of FC machines, no matter how much money is burned, I will support you. β
Yokoi nodded.
If Yibao wants to get on the top, the first thing it faces is the mountain of Nintendo, and the quality can't keep up, so it's not easy to get on the top. Although Li Mo gave him a lot of ideas that he admired, Nintendo won many styles of games, not only Nintendo itself, but also various downstream game companies continued to launch various games and release them on the Nintendo FC console. For example, Final Fantasy, if it weren't for Li Mo's quick move, it would have been released on Nintendo's FC machine.
Of course, with these ideas, as well as Li Mo's willing investment, Yibao still has an unlimited future.
That's what moved him.
What is the so-called CEO of a company with no future?
What is the start-up capital, the plan he saw is estimated to be more than 300 million US dollars, this patent transfer, as well as the acquisition of several US game companies that are about to collapse, I believe that there are still nearly 200 million US dollars on the books.
It can't be compared with Nintendo, but it is enough to meet the R&D funds at the beginning, but at this time, he still expressed doubts about the Tetris intellectual property acquired by Li Mo with a lot of money.
It may be good, but Li Mo spends too much money.
And it is a joint-stock enterprise, which means that Li Mo spent millions of dollars on bribing the second generation of the Soviet Union, so he had to obediently stick it secretly. If you can't report it, if you report it, it's a crime!
Whether it's worth it or not, he'll know right away.
The two returned to the hotel, and the assistant pulled Yokoi Junhei aside to ask, what did the two say, Li Mo didn't care, he was not afraid, they all signed the contract, and Yokoi Junhei still continued to join forces with Nintendo to trap him? Even if he dared, Nintendo didn't dare.
Subsequently, Hao Lick hired two more presidents, Patrick Smith and Guri Ruggiero, one in charge of management and the other in charge of sales, and the salary was much lower than that of Yokoi. Of course, this is also Li Mo's return to Li, you take the initiative to ask me to invite the president, and I will invite two presidents, so that you can continue to enjoy absolute authority in the company.
Of course, Nintendo didn't know yet, and even thought that Li Mo's confidence was inflated and the whim was a nonsense, for ...... Are you better than so many game companies in the United States? Limer called, and Saffman accelerated the pace of negotiations, and finally won the contract for $82.5 million.
This money is a lot, and as Jeffman secretly sends someone to bring Yokoi's family to the United States. At this time, Nintendo didn't know that because Yokoi Junhei was still continuing to acquire the remaining company for Li Mo, and after the acquisition, it would be reorganized, and in addition, it would build a subsidiary in China, that is, a foundry, to reduce production costs, but not to save money, and to continue to use this reduced cost in research and development.
This is busy, and the company will not be on the right track until March.
But it's not about to be put into production, the first thing to do is to develop a variety of games, at least a dozen games have to be launched, plus the most fantasy final, Tetris, an improved version of the snake, before the company can officially enter production.
In fact, this is also the problem of other game companies in the United States, not because their handheld technology is not enough, but mainly because there are too few fun games on the platform.
However...... Soon, Nintendo learned of Yokoi's betrayal, and several directors angrily asked for guilt on the phone. Yokoi Junhei had no choice but to report the names of these shareholders behind Yibao one by one, okay, Ren Tianshi and several directors were also dumbfounded. had to think that although Yokoi Junhei was poached, he was also sold for a good price, as Li Mo thought.
At that time, Li Mo had already returned to China.
Li Mo returned to the hotel and continued to bury his head in the code.
On the 10th, he had to meet with a group of people, representatives of Quaker AT&S and Fisher-Price.
Later, Fisher & Price was also a behemoth with annual sales of more than $2 billion. It's okay now, but it's far from the height it was later, but now, as later, it's mainly dealing in children's wooden toys.
In '69, Fisher was acquired by Quaker & ATESS, but like Mattel, it also faced some problems at this time, the biggest problem being that as the economy overheated, workers' wages rose, resulting in higher labor costs, and Fisher also faced embarrassment.
In 91, the original shareholders of Fisher took advantage of Fisher's sluggish efficiency, and Quaker Autophones itself faced some embarrassing opportunities, regained its autonomy, and successfully went public. However, the company's efficiency has not improved, and in 93 it had to be acquired by Mattel and became a subsidiary of Mattel.
Mattel's large-scale foray into the Chinese market, setting up a foundry in China, followed suit as a subsidiary, and as a result, the two companies had several recalls, mainly because raw material suppliers provided a large number of counterfeit lead-free toner processing paints, resulting in excessive toxic metal levels in toys, especially lead. But the two companies are also responsible, first of all, the first hurdle is that the supervision of your subsidiary is not strong, and if you refuse to accept these paints, how can there be a recall incident?
But it is true that when operating in China, you really have to be careful and careful, American customers are not Chinese customers, and Chinese customers are not called customers, but the most inferior citizens......
Li Mo doesn't know this history, but he knows that there are problems with paint from many domestic manufacturers, and he has imported many high-grade paints from abroad.
That's it, there were also problems with the raw materials provided by two raw material suppliers, which led to the destruction of a large number of products by Yile, and of course, the dog's head was worshiped in the future.
As for the claim, don't even think about it.
The current Fisher has no connection with Mattel, not even Fisher, but has noticed it by Quaker Autophones. What does this Quaker Oates Company do, it is also called the Quaker Oats Company, which produces cereals, and later opened a foundry in China, and was acquired by the Coca-Cola Company.
Fisher-Price company's benefits are not very good, Quaker company has been a headache, wooden toys, undoubtedly the lowest technical content, the key is creativity and cost, creativity can not keep up, the cost has increased significantly, Quaker company has been helpless.
It just so happened that Mattel asked Yile to make OEM, so that the senior management of Quaker noticed it, and the issuance of white cards, which shows that the American people have confidence in Li Mo, and if they have confidence in Li Mo, they will also have confidence in Yile. They carefully observed the customer's attitude towards Yile OEM Mattel products, and there were some rejections, but very few.
So there was this joint negotiation.
But like Mattel, Quaker did not dare to put all its products together in Yile OEM, but only handed over some products that were about to be eliminated or had little added value to Yile OEM first, and then see how customers reacted.
Li Mo pondered in his heart, and gave an approximate price, specifically, let them send a representative, and when Li Mo returned to the magic capital with him, he would go to Yile to negotiate.
This price surprised the two companies...... In fact, the more these low value-added products, the lower the price will be given by Yile, and even by the end of this year, or next year, Li Mo will further compress profits in order to attract more toy companies to come to Yile OEM.
In the face of this price, the representatives of the two companies did not have any objections, and then said goodbye, this is to find out some bottom, sure how much OEM, what price will be given to Yile, they have to go back to discuss.
Miscellaneous affairs dragged on, Li Mo dragged it until the 13th, and then rushed to Universal Recording, which is also squeezing his value to the maximum, with works performed with Professor Zhu and Sojiro, and his own solo piano works.
Warner also wants Leemer to stay and appear at the Golden Globes. If it is advanced to the 8th or 11th, Li Mo will still take the time to attend, but this year's Golden Globe Awards get the 23rd, Li Mo will not be able to come to the United States again.
Not only the Golden Globes, but also the Grammys, which of his songs was also nominated, but he won't come over, and even Li Mo didn't have any expectations of winning the award.
Li Mo was ready to go back.
first asked Zhang Ting: "Have you thought about it?"
"That's what I intended. β
"Say, I won't laugh at you, this is a serious life plan. β
"I'm going to stay in Yili and shoot that commercial. β
"Then I have to go back to the magic capital, this is an advertisement in Asia, or an advertisement in the Chinese region, which belongs to the endorsement of Yili's subsidiary and has nothing to do with the parent company. β
"Isn't it different?"
"It's different, each has its own responsibility, and even the benefits are calculated separately. β
"Just go, shoot the commercial, I want to go home, it's the New Year. β
"That's as it should be. β
"I still want to make a drama next year, but you want Uncle Sixth to protect me, I want to see if I'm suitable to be an actor. β
"That's fine. β
"It's decided, I'll go to the magic capital to go to college again, but don't try to take advantage of me, as long as you do, I'll use it," she patted her bag, which contained a check......
But the problem is that if she fills in one or two million dollars, Li Mo will really give it to her, whether she takes advantage of it or not. But in a fit of rage, she filled in 30 million US dollars, and Li Mo asked her the reason two days ago, and when she converted it into RMB, it was more than 110 million, and she was a billionaire.
Li Mo does have money in his hands, but all this money has to come in handy, and even the largest amount of money is used from various banks, how can he keep 30 million US dollars idle in his hands. But if Zhang Ting is stupid and really goes to get it, and there is no money in the account, foreign banks are different from domestic banks, this is a fraud. Hmph, joking, who's messing around with you?
So Li Mo shamelessly reported the loss of the check......