Chapter 150: Friends
"Gates, no matter what, please remember my words, after more than ten years of listing, you must not pay dividends. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info shareholders look at the company's prospects, not a little bit of dividend. ”
In the previous life, Microsoft had a joke that if Microsoft did not pay dividends, the stock would rise, and as soon as it paid dividends, the stock would fall.
In addition to some of the future Microsoft operating systems written by Li Mo in pictures and words, Li Mo also wrote some other things, such as how to operate, and wrote this sentence, it is best not to pay dividends for more than ten years after listing, when you feel the bottleneck, you don't need to expand anymore, and then you can pay dividends.
Li Mo said again.
In fact, Microsoft did this in its previous life.
For example, Microsoft's biggest mistake is to pay too much attention to software and ignore hardware, coupled with the US monopoly bill, after more than ten years of expansion, it quickly reached a bottleneck.
Li Mo can't say it, he will be stupid when he says it.
More than ten years later, he will have to throw away these shares.
Where did Bill Gates know about Li Mo's dirty thoughts, and he also believed it, and Li Mo's idea was recognized by most people within Microsoft.
"Gates, please tell Paul that in a year or two, or even a year, don't spend lavishly, maybe I found a great opportunity......"
"What chance? It seems like you said it the year before. ”
"Yes, I saw it then, but the idea was vague, after all, I was still young. ”
Bill Gates smiled bitterly, you are also very small now, and it is true that Li Mo is also a little smaller now. It will be fine in two years, if you ask Li Mo at that time, Li Mo can say loudly, Huo Qubing killed Shan Yu's uncle Luo Gubi at the age of seventeen, and was named the champion, and at the age of nineteen, he annihilated more than 40,000 enemies, what is my achievement!
"Gates, now I can see it more clearly, let's compare it like this, when I invested in your company, the real idea in my heart was that 10% of the loss was nothing, 50% was a slight loss, 30% was a slight return, and 10% was a big return. ”
It's best to be direct in communicating with Westerners.
Li Mo is not too much, although Microsoft's situation was improving back then, there were still many difficulties, and within a few months, if it was not rectified, Microsoft would be dispersed. Maybe Gates can rely on his mother and get some business, but then the huge Microsoft empire will not appear.
Li Mo continued: "Of course, I won the bet, and I thank you very much. But this time it's different, and I'm sure you're 100 percent sure that you'll get a huge reward. ”
He wanted to say that he would get a huge reward in a short time, but when the words came to his lips, he put up with it.
can't say it, especially someone with a background like Bill Gates.
As long as you say it for a short time, there will be many smart people who can guess that they may not make a profit at that time, and maybe even let some predators go down to the pit with their capital.
"100 percent sure?" Bill Gates' eyes lit up.
"Please trust me here," Li Mo pointed to his brain, he was indeed qualified to pretend to be a ghost now.
"Gates, we in China are different from you in the United States, we Chinese attach more importance to feelings, family, love, and friendship...... Let me read a poem to you, Li Bai was about to go on a boat, and suddenly heard the sound of singing on the shore. Huatan is thousands of feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun to send me love. ”
Mr. Limer did not deceive Bill Gates, even though he was prepared to sell all of Microsoft's shares at some point in the future.
But multiple friends and multiple paths, don't look at Bill Gates is very cute now, more than ten years later, he will have unimaginable influence in the United States.
In addition to taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Mo has no other malicious intentions, such as this upcoming investment, which is indeed taking advantage of Bill Gates, Paul and Ballmer.
"Oh, what a friendship. ”
"Now that I've invested in your company, I'm a colleague, and I hope we can be friends, whether or not my investment pays off. ”
"Lee, thank you for your friendship. Bill Gates held Li Mo's hand: "When can I invest?"
Apparently he was also interested.
The reason is very simple, once Li Mo's strategy is adopted, the listing will not be red, and all shareholders, like employees, can only rely on wages and bonuses to survive, so Paul continued to sell stocks later, and Bill Gates also sold stocks, but he only began to reduce his holdings in 96, and he could already get huge gains at that time...... Paul is different, he has been reducing his stock holdings for a long time, and in addition to indiscriminate investments, the rest is used to enjoy the profligacy, becoming Microsoft's veritable biggest loser.
"The time is not certain, slow will drag on until next year, as soon as this summer and autumn can make a decision, maybe before Microsoft goes public, it will bring you a huge surprise in advance. ”
Anyway, Bill Gates believes it, and he is not afraid that Li Mo will come when the time comes, Li Mo will not make it clear, will he snatch the money from his hands?
"Lee, can I ask you a question?"
"Okay. ”
"Why did two boys and one girl survive behind your new book?" After the new book came out, Bill Gates immediately bought several copies, one for himself to read, and the rest for gifts. But when he saw the ending, he felt a little weird.
"Gates, you know, we had polygamy in ancient China. ”
"I seem to have heard that polygamy is still practiced in some parts of the Middle East and Africa, and we in the United States also have it. ”
"Mormonism?"
"Yes, Lee, how many books have you read? Even you understand this," Bill Gates was a little numb, he also thought he was a genius, but he was ashamed to compare himself with Li Mo when he was a child.
"The old era was polygamy, will the new era be polyandry?"
"You, you, Lee, you're so evil," Bill Gates pointed at Li Mo with his finger, then bent over and laughed, so it was...... This ending is also too spoofed. Of course, it was a novel, and he didn't take it seriously, but the more he thought about it, the more funny he felt.
Li Mo also laughed twice, and after laughing, he said: "Gates, you are here, it is just right, choose a PC word and printer for me, I want to use the computer to code novels." ”
"Lee, you've found the right person. ”
Bill Gates took him to the market and picked an IBM business PC, although the business machine is a little more expensive, but Li Mo will not care about this money. In addition, he selected Epson printers, as well as related equipment and inks, which are also the most advanced machines now.
However, Li Mo still frowned slightly.
Maybe in this era, it's the most advanced machine, but it's actually still very clumsy, and the operation is more cumbersome, including the configuration of the Microsoft operating system, there are many same problems, anyway, Li Mo wants to complain, and he can vomit for a day and a night.
And it can't be broken, once it's broken, there is no way to repair it in China for a few years. If the hard drive breaks, it's even worse. At the same time, there is no Internet, otherwise there is no USB flash drive, but you can send the file to the other party's e-mail, which saves trouble.
There is also a small problem, that is, Li Mo has only started to type English, and he may be a little unaccustomed to it. But this problem is not too big, his hand speed is okay, and he is more familiar with the keyboard, thousands of English words are typed, and the hand speed will gradually keep up.
The main thing is that the computer can't be broken, and if it is broken, it will be troublesome.
As long as it's not bad, there will be a lot of benefits, hand speed to keep up, even if it is written in English, it will also increase the speed by three or four times, and more importantly, there is no need to finish the first draft, make a lot of revisions on the manuscript paper, copy the second draft, and then repeatedly revise and copy the final draft, and make small-scale revisions.
With a computer, you can directly modify the Wrod document, and if you are worried that the computer will break, you will not hesitate to work locally and print the file out with the printer in time every once in a while. This saves a lot of time...... The main thing is that Li Mo doesn't need to conceive the outline of the story, all he has to do is flesh out the details.
But in recent years, the technological progress has also been very fast, last year Li Mo went around the computer market, was not very satisfied, disappointed to go back, this year Bill Gates took him to buy the computer still disappointed him, but can barely be used.
It's expensive, it's expensive!
Bill Gates went back with some joy and doubts, because Li Mo revealed another foundation, which is not only stable, but also has a rate of return no less than his investment in Microsoft. So what is this rate of return? Li Mo entered Microsoft's valuation, Microsoft's market value is less than 30 million, and now if it is valued at least 100 million US dollars...... The question is that if someone pays $100 million, who will sell his shares? If it is not listed, it will have a market value of at least 200 million or 300 million yuan once it is listed, that is, this rate of return may be close to 10 times.
It's 100 percent......
He really didn't doubt Li Mo's IQ, can a poor IQ write Jurassic Park and Snowpiercer?
What project could have such a high return and be 100 percent sure? He couldn't think of it. But Li silently swore that he couldn't help but believe it, so when he went back, he told Paul and several other shareholders.
Li Mo couldn't get the time, but he had to prepare some funds now. Of course, they are not the richest people in the future, except for Bill Gates and Paul, who have millions of cash in their hands because of dividends last year, the rest can only come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars. In fact, it is too much, that is, Bill Gates has a little more money in his hands, and Paul's money has also been spent a lot.
Li Mo called in Hao Lick, and he bought many more books in Los Angeles...... It is not surprising to the reporters that no matter how smart a person is, he cannot be called a learned person if he refuses to learn, and these machines allow Hao Lick to be delivered to his new home after the Spring Festival.
Hao Like immediately agreed, and then said hesitantly: "This annual salary is a bit much." ”
If you follow what Halick is doing now, it is indeed a lot. $300,000, even in the United States today, is not a small amount.
But that's not what Hollick meant. (To be continued.) )