Chapter 303 Apple Computer Prepares to Go Public
On May 2, Lin Qingxia gave birth to twin sons for Li Hualong, and Li Hualong named the two sons Li Shenghuai and Li Shengzhi.
"Qingxia, thank you for your hard work." Li Hualong took out his handbag and personally wiped the beads of sweat on Lin Qingxia's forehead.
"It's not hard!" Lin Qingxia squeezed out some smiles on her face, at this time, she was very tired.
"If you're tired, close your eyes and sleep." Li Hualong said softly.
"Tired, but not sleepy." Lin Qingxia smiled.
"Let's go!" Li Hualong gently kissed Lin Qingxia's forehead, stared at each other for a long time, and asked with a smile, "What are you thinking about now?" ”
"I was wondering who you are." Lin Qingxia said.
"I'm your husband." Li Hualong said with a smile.
"I'm not talking about this, I gave birth to twins, Feng Qiao is also pregnant with twins, and Sister Yang Meng also gave birth to twins before, don't you think the probability of these twins is too great?" Lin Qingxia smiled.
Before Lin Qingxia gave birth, the doctor had already examined her and knew that she was pregnant with twin sons.
Lin Fengqiao, who was about to give birth, was also detected to be pregnant with twins, and they were dragon and phoenix twins.
"I told the doctor about this before, and although the probability is very small, it is normal." Li Hualong smiled and said, "You, don't think about these things. ”
"If you don't want these things, what do you want?"
"Don't be cranky, get some rest."
More than half an hour later, Li Hualong's parents and Yang Meng came to the hospital to visit Lin Qingxia and their two newborn children.
"Dad, Mom, Sister Yang Meng, come on!" Lin Qingxia took the initiative to greet.
Li Hualong had taken Lin Qingxia home before, Lin Qingxia also knelt on the ground and toasted his daughter-in-law tea to Li Yisong and his wife, and Li Yisong and his wife drank tea and recognized Lin Qingxia as their daughter-in-law.
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After staying in the hospital for more than ten minutes, Li Yisong and the others left.
Looking at Yang Meng's departing back, Lin Qingxia muttered, "Ah Long." You can go to Sister Yang Meng as a wife, it is a blessing that you have cultivated in your previous life. ”
"Why do you say that?"
"You are so attentive, it's not something that ordinary wives can endure." Lin Qingxia quipped.
Li Hualong smiled and did not answer.
The two looked at each other a few times. Lin Qingxia smiled and said, "In a few days, you will go to the United States, how many days will you stay?" ”
"I don't know yet, I definitely won't stay long, before Sheng Jin's first birthday. I was able to rush back to the birthday party. ”
"Is it May 18?" Lin Qingxia asked.
Yesterday, Liu Minchen came to the hospital to visit Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengqiao, and Liu Minchen said that his son Li Shengjin's birthday.
"That's right." Li Hualong said.
After a few minutes, Lin Fengqiao came to the ward.
"Feng Qiao, why are you here?" Li Hualong asked.
"Why can't I come, the doctor said, I can walk around now." Lin Fengqiao smiled.
"Just now, my parents, as well as Yang Meng, were going to visit you. Have you seen them? Li Hualong asked again.
"See."
At about seven o'clock in the morning the next day, Lin Fengqiao gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins safely, and Li Hualong named the children Li Shenglei and Li Linmiao.
That night, Li Hualong left Hong Kong by plane and headed for the United States.
The reason why Li Hualong went to the United States in a hurry was not entirely to attend Li Shengjin's first birthday, but he also had more important things to do during this trip, Apple Computer was going to carry out the last round of financing before going public, and he had to go to the United States to sign some documents in person.
Before going to the United States. Li Hualong contacted Cheng Yueru by phone, and Cheng Yueru sent the staff of the winery to the airport to greet Li Hualong.
After arriving in San Francisco, Li Hualong and several bodyguards met the people who greeted them, and they got into the car. Immediately drive to the winery in Napa.
When he arrived at the winery, Li Hualong slept soundly, and when he woke up, his son Li Shengxi's first birthday party was about to begin.
Before the birthday banquet ended, Li Shengxi had already fallen asleep.
Seeing off the guests, Li Hualong hugged Cheng Yueru into the bedroom.
The clouds and rain stopped. Cheng Yueru snuggled up in Li Hualong's arms like a lazy kitten.
Cheng Yueru said softly: "Ah Long, Sheng Long told me that this summer, he doesn't want to go to Hong Kong, he wants to go to Apple Computer for an internship. ”
"That's a good idea. Hasn't Apple Computer agreed to Sheng Long's internship? ”
"Not yet, isn't it you!" Cheng Yueru smiled, "No problem, right?" ”
"No problem, in two days, I met with the CEO of Apple Computer, I told him about it, I told Sheng Long the contact information of Jobs, and asked Sheng Long to contact the CEO of this company himself!"
"Thank you!" Cheng Yueru kissed Li Hualong's lips.
"A kiss is not enough!" Li Hualong smiled and kissed Cheng Yueru's lips, and after a hot kiss, "Sheng Long won't go to Hong Kong during the summer vacation, but in the next four or five months, you will go to Hong Kong to live for a month or two." ”
"There's a lot going on at the winery." Cheng Yueru smiled, "Whether I go to Hong Kong or not has little impact on you, there are so many beautiful women around you to accompany ......"
"Stop!" Li Hualong interrupted, laughing and saying in a joking tone, "It's your obligation to go to live in Hong Kong for a period of time every year." ”
"You've said that, I can't refute it." Cheng Yueru said angrily.
"It's good to know." Li Hualong smiled, his hands were still broken, "Enough rest, let's ...... again"
"I'm scared of you, come on!" Cheng Yueru threw a wink.
That night, Li Hualong and Cheng Yueru were on an equal footing, tossing for half a night, and finally, the two hugged each other and entered the dreamland with satisfied smiles on their faces.
Li Hualong is very optimistic about the development prospects of Apple Computer, and he has sufficient funds in his hands to continue to invest in this company and increase his shareholdings, but he does not plan to do so.
Li Hualong knows very well in his heart that he can buy Universal Pictures and acquire some small American record companies, although the US government does not want to see this situation, as long as he has strong funds, but will not encounter too many obstacles, but it is not easy for him to control the high-tech enterprise Apple Computer.
It may not be good for the growth of Apple Computer.
The U.S. government is an important customer of Apple Computer, and if Apple is controlled by Li Hualong, the U.S. government may choose to buy other competitors' products instead of Apple computers.
Li Hualong thinks that making money together is the king, he is an outsider, even if he can control a listed company of Mi Guo Technology, the development of this company will definitely be hindered by his existence, and it will not even be sought after by investors.
For the long-term development of Apple Computer. As well as his own interests, Li Hualong welcomes new partners to join.
Mr. Li had previously invested $500,000 in Apple Computer Inc. to acquire a 30 percent stake in the company, with a total share capital of 1 million shares at the time. He holds 300,000 shares.
This time, prior to the financing, Apple Computer's shares were split, and the total share capital was expanded to 10 million shares.
After that, the two founders of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs and Woz Jobs, sold a total of 1.4 million shares. The reason why they sell shares is not because they lack money or are not optimistic about Apple's prospects, but because they want the company's employees to share in the fruits of the company's development, they buy shares for the company's employees at $9 per share.
Back then, when Li Hualong took a stake in Apple Computer, he considered letting employees share the fruits of Apple's rapid development, but he was unwilling to give up his vested interests, so he hit Steve Jobs and Wolds Jobs with the idea that he asked Apple to be valued at $50 million. He demanded that Steve Jobs and Woz Jobs take 20 percent of their shares and sell them to the rest of the company at 90 percent of the market price.
Today, Apple Computer has a lot of popularity in the country, with a market value of up to $100 million, but the number of employees is not very large, Steve Jobs and Woz Jobs sold 1.4 million shares, and several company executives can subscribe for a lot of shares, although the price of $9 per share is tempting, but they can't come up with so much cash.
Steve Jobs and Woz Jobs were reluctant to sell stocks at this time, but they signed an agreement. In addition, they did not want to offend the employees who had the right to subscribe for shares, and they offered to buy shares and could not take credit.
In order to help those employees who have no money to buy stocks, Li Hualong proposed. Provide a guarantee for employees to borrow from the bank to buy stocks, the loan term is 1 year, and after the employee buys the stocks, he must mortgage the shares to the bank, after one year. If the market value of the shares used as collateral is less than the sum of the principal and interest of the bank loan, and the employee is unwilling to redeem the shares, he must subdue the principal and interest of the loan to the employee, and the shares belong to him.
Wells Fargo Bank of the United States provided a loan, and a year later, the market value of the shares pledged to the bank by Apple computer employees increased several times, and they chose to sell some of the shares that they bought with their own funds, and redeemed the mortgaged shares after paying off the loan.
An additional 5,000,000 shares were issued at an issue price of HK$10 per share, raising US$50 million.
Apple's fundraising process went smoothly, with 25 investors, including Li Hualong's Softbank, Xerox, Rothschild, Untenberg, Towbin, Brentwood Capital, and some individual investors, subscribing for 5 million shares, of which Softbank subscribed for 1.5 million shares.
After the issuance of additional shares, the total share capital of Apple Computer reached 15 million shares, Li Hualong's Softbank held 4.5 million shares, and the shareholding ratio was still 30%, while Steve Jobs and Woz Jobs held less than 30% of the shares, and Softbank became the largest shareholder of Apple Computer.
On the way back to Hong Kong, Li Hualong left the United States by plane, and said in his heart: "500,000, 15 million, US dollars." I hope that within two or three years, Apple will be able to go public, no, within three years, it must be listed, the monetary tightening policy in the United States, the debt crisis in South America, and IBM's entry into the personal computer market, all of which will affect Apple's stock price. Hopefully, when I sell and cash out, Apple's market capitalization will exceed $3 billion...... I don't want to, I don't want to, it's too boring to think about making money all the time. ”
Li Hualong was fascinated by his eyes, reminiscing about the time he and Cheng Yueru spent together in the past period, especially in bed, with endless aftertaste.
After reminiscing for a while, Li Hualong muttered again: "I haven't seen Yuanyuan for a while, and during this time in the United States, I haven't called her, so I miss her ...... When I got back to Hong Kong, I called her right away, and when I had a full moon banquet for my newborn four children, I was going to Singapore for four or five days. The child is about to go on summer vacation, and I want to spend more time with the child during the summer vacation...... I don't have to go to Singapore, I can let Yuanyuan come to Hong Kong, so it's better......" (To be continued.) )