43. Two or three things in the United States
Bill is not very short of money, he has great hopes for Microsoft, although he does not make money now, but Microsoft is equivalent to his children, plus his love for his company, so he still retains half of the company's shares, although he doesn't want to transfer his shares, but to be honest, Bill feels that Chen Yihua came to give money.
Because Chen Yihua guaranteed that the two investment fund companies would not intervene in the regular management of Microsoft and would only check the company's financial statements, and the headquarters of the two funds were in Hong Kong and there was no branch in the United States, Bill did not think about it for long before agreeing to Chen Yihua's shareholding.
Although he did not consider controlling Microsoft, Chen Yihua would never let people dilute his equity, and when the contract was made, Chen Yihua also thought it through, and specially asked Li Zade to consider all aspects, and the contract was written very standardly, and tried not to leave loopholes.
When the company increases its shares, at the same price, the Nanchao Chen Fund and the Seedling Fund have the right of first refusal, and the shares of the two major funds shall not be diluted at will.
As the founder of Microsoft, Bill personally in Microsoft has only held 8% of the company's equity, it is because in the process of the company's growth, the equity is constantly diluted, so it will become so low, Chen Yihua is not without money in the future, of course, it is impossible to let this happen, and when the company grows, if you want to buy Microsoft shares at that time, it depends on who has more money, even if Microsoft changes a Chinese as president in the future, because the company is famous all over the world, The U.S. political axe will certainly not be able to suppress it at that time.
Bill didn't know that Chen Yihua was the owner of the two foundations, he didn't tell the truth, Chen Yihua only said that he was now looking for suitable investment projects for the two funds, and said that the equity of Microsoft was managed by him at this stage, and told the two of them his Hong Kong address and contact information, and the company could find him for anything. Maybe the two major funds will become famous in the future, and Chen Yihua can no longer hide it, but now, he doesn't want Bill and the others to know.
For Microsoft's actions, Chen Yihua feels very smooth, not only met two friends, but also won so much equity in Microsoft, now the cost is so low, wait until this year Bill they come up with that set of programs, the company will definitely double the value, next year I sold it, it is estimated that I can earn back thousands of times the price, of course, Chen Yihua is definitely not so stupid, I will sell it tomorrow, Microsoft's stock, Chen Yihua is considering holding it for a long time, I want him to sell, don't even think about it. When Microsoft goes public, Chen Yihua still wants to buy some more stocks in his personal name.
After acquiring Microsoft's equity, Chen Yihua did not leave the United States, for him, the United States has not yet been done, and there is still one thing to do.
In the 75th year, another world-famous company was founded in this year.
Apple Inc. (AppleInc.) is a high-tech company in the United States, renamed from Appleputer, Inc. in 2007, the core business is electronic technology products, headquartered in Cupertino, California.
Well-known products include Appleii, Macintosh computers, MacBook laptops, iPod music players, iTunes stores, iMac all-in-ones, iPhones and iPads.
When Apple began to develop, the early stage was mainly to do personal computer installation, and slowly began to develop personal computers, in fact, Apple's early products were very single, and it was not until 2,000 years ago that the company's products began to be designed, and the company's products were slowly diversified, and finally higher than Microsoft's market value.
In fact, Chen Yihua's ambition for Apple is much greater than that of Microsoft, and he did not make a fortune like hardware in the software business, and personally, Chen Yihua likes Apple's trademark very much.
It's too early to say this, anyway, Chen Yihua is trying his best to control this gap of Apple in his own hands, and wants to turn it into his own industry, and later generations of Apple internal disputes continued, and the founder Jobs was kicked out of the company, which is another opportunity for Chen Yihua, of course, because of the return of Jobs, Apple will grow in later generations.
Now I have a stake in Microsoft, which can promote the cooperation between the two parties, one is to do software, the other is to do supporting hardware, and later generations seem to have Microsoft bought some shares of Apple, and this world has its own, as long as Chen Yihua can buy Apple's shares, it will promote the cooperation between the two companies, then Apple's development may be much faster than the original space.
It's a pity that Chen Yihua's idea is good, but the reality is a bit cruel, Apple's trip was not as smooth as Microsoft's, Christmas has passed, and now it is January 76, Chen Yihua found Steve Jobs, only to find that the later civilization of Apple is not established now, Chen Yihua only knew that Microsoft and Apple were established at about the same time, and knew the specific time of Microsoft's establishment but did not know the specific time when Apple was founded.
When Chen Yihua found Steve Jobs, he was still an engineer at Atari, and it took some time for the two to get acquainted with each other, and under his introduction, Chen Yihua also met his good friend, Steve Wozniak, another important founder of Apple in the future.
The two of them, when they were in junior high school, met Steve Wozniak at a class reunion, and the two hit it off. Steve Wozniak is the president of the school's electronics club and has a keen interest in electronics. Because of their common hobbies, the two quickly became friends.
Now they have been friends for three or four years, but unfortunately the two don't know, and later because of different ideas, the two will eventually part ways because of Apple.
To be honest, when he first knew that Apple had not yet been founded, Chen Yihua still had a headache, because he slowly became familiar with Steve Jobs, and he found that although Jobs had not left the current company, he already had the idea of going it alone, but he was suffering from no funds.
Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, by Jobs, Watts and Jobs' friend Longwayne.
Today's computers are sold commercially, and they are bulky and extremely expensive, and microprocessors are necessary to make personal computers, but the retail price of the 8080 chip at that time was $270, and it was not sold to individuals, so the company has not yet been established.
Knowing this, Chen Yihua decided to encourage Jobs and Wads, put aside the man named Wayne, and prepare to start the establishment of Apple by himself, and said that he could come up with a microprocessor.
Chen Yihua has read some reports in his previous life and knows that Motorola now has a 6502 chip, which has the same function as Intel's 8080, but the price is only $20.
Nowadays, the main installation of a personal computer is very simple, as long as a circuit board is designed, the 6502 microprocessor and interface and some other components are installed on it, and the microprocessor is connected with the keyboard and video display through the interface, and a computer can be used.
If it weren't for the fact that there are too few talents in Hong Kong, there are no accessories in Hong Kong now, and the computer software is now in English, Chen Yihua would have wanted to monopolize the company.
In the end, when he heard that Chen Yihua could provide funds, and that he could get the processor without two people paying, Jobs and Watts immediately agreed.
On January 10, 1976, Apple was founded, three months earlier than in history, the trademark of an apple that was bitten by someone, and the name of Apple were named by Chen Yihua, and there was no objection to these Jobs and Wads, Jobs was very fond of the apple that was bitten, and praised Chen Yihua for his talent, he himself did not know that Apple was named by himself in later generations.
Chen Yihua injected a total of 100,000 US dollars to create Apple, with Nanchao Chen Fund owning 30% of the shares, Seedling Fund 15, Chen Yihua personally holding 10% of the shares, a total of half of Apple's shares, Steve Jobs owning 25 shares, and Steve Wozniak owning 20% of the shares.
Jobs and Woz did not come up with any money, it was requested by Chen Yihua, they belong to the technology shares, Jobs is the president of Apple, Steve Wozniak is the vice president.
For Jobs and Wads, Chen Yihua feels that these two people can restrain each other in the future, and he will not let this company dominate alone.
With the 6502 chip produced by Motorola, the computer was produced quickly, and in a week, the first Apple computer 1 was born.
The current computer is still just a start-up, Chen Yihua does not want to contact Microsoft, wait until Apple 1 is profitable, have some technical reserves, and wait until Apple 2 Chen Yihua will implant Microsoft software in the computer.
Because it was different from the original plan, Chen Yihua stayed in the United States for a while longer, not only found a factory for the company, but also recruited financial personnel, sales personnel, and personnel managers.
Apple is different from Microsoft, Microsoft's profits in later generations are so high, mainly in terms of talents, so even if it is not much financing, Microsoft can actually grow slowly, and Apple is different, he is doing hardware facilities, with large investment, and the profits are not as high as Microsoft, after all, its raw materials are expensive, so if Apple wants to grow, it must continue to invest, Chen Yihua has its own capital channels, as long as the capital chain continues, Chen Yihua will continue to invest money into Apple, and slowly dilute the shares of Jobs and Woz.