Spring Festival in 1996.

It is Lin Zuhui's most 'quiet' Spring Festival, the seven immortals are overseas to accompany their children, and there are only Lin Zuhui and Wang Lingyin in the Deep Water Bay villa, as well as two children: Lin Wenjie and Lin Wenyi.

However, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Lingyin jumped up and down like a little girl and came to Lin Zuhui.

"Brother Hui, I'll tell you good news!"

Lin Zuhui was writing couplets, and the two sons around him were also instantly attracted, curious about why the always serious mommy was like this!

Fortunately, Lin Zuhui instantly understood, then put his hand on Wang Lingyin's stomach and said, "Here? ”

"Hmm" as if she was in love at the beginning, Wang Lingyin said happily.

Lin Zuhui was overjoyed and said: "Okay, pay attention to taking care of your body, although you are the third time." ”

Eight-year-old Lin Wenjie is also very smart, and he understood it instantly, but he didn't say it; But Lin Wenyi, who was only more than four years old, noisily asked his mother what was wrong with her stomach!

Lin Zuhui pinched Lin Wenyi's face, and said with a smile: "Your mother has a sister in her belly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Lingyin said: "How do I feel that I am their younger brother!" ”

Lin Zuhui said indifferently: "Whatever, I like it!" ”

"Hmm"

Next, Lin Zuhui took his two sons to write couplets, sticking blessing characters, and was very busy. Although he does these things himself, even during the Spring Festival, Lin Zuhui's bodyguards are always on standby.

In recent years, his security team has begun to change the guard on a large scale, with the 'Kuoka mercenaries' as the main force, supplemented by overseas retired special forces and retired personnel of the Xiangjiang Flying Tigers, and arranged other jobs for the original retired soldiers from the mainland.

In fact, he has long been laid out like this, because:

First, the 'Gorkha mercenaries' knew English, and they were loyal and reputable;

Second, Lin Zuhui should minimize the number of Cantonese-speaking bodyguards, and the reputation of the Big Circle Gang is not very good.

Of course, Lin Zuhui did not treat the previous security guards badly, and the work was arranged, at least with an annual salary of more than 20,000 yuan. For them, having a stable working environment is also conducive to marriage and children. The group that was disbanded also set up a private detective company, which sometimes allowed them to do other jobs.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, a family of five enjoyed the food, and Lin Zuhui also felt very good.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't want other women and children, in fact, everyone went back to Hong Kong for the New Year's Day; Because the winter vacation in Europe and the United States is from that time period.

The family eats together, and the maid has already gone to his own place to eat, as long as the meal is served on the table, there is no need for the maid to serve it.

"Brother Hui, I'll pour you wine!" Wang Lingyin was very happy to see Lin Zuhui, and saw that Lin Zuhui's cup had drunk all the red wine, so he hurriedly 'offered his hospitality'.

Lin Zuhui said thank you, the family respects each other like guests, there is no noise, it's good!

Sure enough, it is 'poor and lowly couples mourning', although the original meaning is not this meaning, but Lin Zuhui has experienced those things and thinks it is the meaning.

Men have to be rich!

Being rich means that you have the ability, and having the ability means that you have a lot of choices. If you don't have money, it's a woman who chooses more.

is like the British crown prince, who is messing with flowers outside, and Diana didn't endure it at first. Assuming that the crown prince has Lin Zuhui's ability and is so handsome, maybe others will endure it all the time.

After pouring the wine, Wang Lingyin said softly: "Brother Hui, let Wen Jie go to the company to listen to the board meeting, so that he can understand that money is not so easy to earn." ”

Lin Zuhui, look at his eldest son Lin Wenjie, I saw that he was eager to try.

However, Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "That's useful, I don't think it's necessary." Wenjie just study hard and be a good person, and after graduating from college, I won't recall you immediately, and I will cut off all your money. Whether you work for me in Europe or the United States for 2 years, or study for a master's degree for 2 years, it's all up to you. ”

Lin Wenjie is worthy of Lin Zuhui's species, with a very high IQ, and immediately said: "I listen to my father's arrangement!" Mom is also good for me, thank you Mom! ”

Lin Zuhui suddenly made 5 billion, although he has many children, he will not be strict with the children of other houses, as long as there are no criminals.

But of his two sons, he hopes that one will go to the New Era Group and the other will go to Octopus Financial Group.

LEIT Group will be merged into New Era Group at the right opportunity, and New Era Group will also hold a stake in Xiaomi Technology; As for Wanhui Media Group and ATV Group, he hopes to give the concubine's children a martial arts stage, and those who can do it will be on it.

Of course, if you are a lot better, you can also join New Era Group and Octopus Financial Group.

Wang Lingyin said with a smile: "It's good to know, I will be independent for two years in the future, don't ask me for money, I won't be soft-hearted, but you can call us." ”

If it is normal, Lin Wenjie will graduate from college at the age of 20, not because Lin Zuhui intends to pull out seedlings, but because his IQ is there. If Lin Zuhui really wants to pull out the seedlings to help them grow, Lin Wenjie can graduate from college at the age of 18.

The other Lin Wenyi was a little 'naughty', but after all, he was only more than four years old, and he couldn't see anything.

"I won't! I'm 20 years old after college, and I believe I can be self-reliant. Lin Wenjie said with a little adult look.

Lin Zuhui touched the back of his head and said: "While studying, we should pay attention to interpersonal relationships with classmates and teachers, which is also very important." If there are classmates who need help, within the scope of their ability, they can consider it, but they can't help the evil. ”

"Well, I have a lot of good friends......"

Lin Wenjie's story about this campus made Lin Zuhui listen very attentively.

He was very satisfied with his arrangement, so that after graduating from university, Lin Wenjie worked in the United States for two years, which not only realized that it is not easy to make money, but also exercised grassroots ability.

After two years, you can become a middle level such as a project leader, and then learn to manage the group with Taifu.

Having said that, Taifu has not yet appeared, and Lin Zuhui, the senior management of the group, is the youngest.

........

At the end of February, Lin Zuhui came to Silicon Valley and inspected ICQ (USA).

In less than two months, ICQ has as many as 300,000 users, which undoubtedly makes Lin Zuhui's mind active. Since the United States currently does not discriminate against foreign-funded Internet companies, why not raise the value of ICQ even higher?

Of course, it is still sold at a high price, and for businessmen, making money is the last word, and he will not be stupid enough to think that he can build a 'Penguin Group' in the United States.

The first is that American capital will frantically invest in the same products to defeat him, and the second is that the US government may also be dissatisfied with Lin Zuhui's control of American social relations and introduce various targeted policies.

In short, the risk factor is too high, unless he emigrates, the US government is very happy.

At this time, ICQ in the United States has more than 50 programmers, and all of them are software elites. Obviously, Lin Zuhui will have a task to explain.

After visiting the company, Lin Zuhui, Liu Songcheng, President of Netflix, and Brown, President of ICQ (USA), came to the office.

Lin Zuhui gave Liu Songcheng a look, after all, he can't be an almighty boss.

Liu Songcheng said: "President Brown, ICQ is developing much faster than Xiangjiang, and it seems that the Internet in the United States is really changing with each passing day, and it is developing too fast. ”

Brown nodded and said: "Now the whole United States, the Internet is being discussed, and in this regard, it is indeed a world leader. ”

Liu Songcheng nodded and said, "Well, in that case, ICQ should be upgraded as soon as possible, so that the imitators can never catch up." ”

"Yes, the company has invested so much money in recruiting so much software talent, and we can definitely put ICQ ahead of the plagiarists," Brown said. ”

Faith is good, but it's not enough. There is no shortage of people with technology in this world, what is lacking is people with brains.

Liu Songcheng said: "That's the case, we hope that ICQ in the United States will add some new features, and I hope you will lead the team to complete it as soon as possible." ”

When Brown heard this, he didn't dare to underestimate the strength of Xiangjiang Company, after all, ICQ is the origin of Xiangjiang.

"Okay!"

Liu Songcheng took out a document and began to dock with Brown.

In fact, these are some of the functions formulated by Lin Zuhui according to QQ. Of course, the layout of ICQ should be kept simple, which is the reason why chat software such as MSN beat ICQ in the previous life.

"Look here, we're going to add a free mailbox feature, ICQ digital account suffix with 'i'......."

Brown asked, "Free mailbox? ”

No wonder he's surprised, ICQ has neither advertising revenue, nor paid software, and now even mailboxes are free.

Lin Zuhui said on the side: "After occupying the market, are you still worried that there is no means to make a profit?" ”

When Brown heard this, he nodded as if he didn't understand, mainly out of admiration for Lin Zuhui, who is an Internet investment veteran with a very vicious vision.

And Lin Zuhui knows that a free hotmail mailbox was acquired by Microsoft for $400 million.

If ICQ has a built-in free mailbox, it is simply the best software for people who work on a computer.

There is ICQ developed by Netflix Software, and the initial version has features such as emojis and avatars, which is quite interesting; Although Lin Zuhui knew a lot of QQ functions, he didn't take them out at once.

The reason is very simple, the initial ICQ layout must be considered concise, and what new functions must be added step by step, so that users have a process.

For example, there are no functions such as chat rooms and ICQ groups, but Lin Zuhui has privately explained to Liu Songcheng that he has joined these functions while inspecting the market.

There is only one premise, that is, it is all free, and he can stick to it with his funds.

At that time, once the number of users reaches tens of millions, the value of ICQ will increase significantly.

Thinking of this, after Liu Songcheng finished speaking, Lin Zuhui added: "ICQ America continues to recruit people, and this software has endless prospects!" ”

Brown was shocked, and hurriedly said, "No problem, boss!" ”

The more you invest, the greater the return in the future, besides, you can't throw a few dollars, the key is to grab users.

In fact, Lin Zuhui's investment in Internet and technology companies in the United States is all bloody, and short-term returns are not considered. For example, Blizzard Entertainment has made a lot of money, and Lin Zuhui didn't take a penny, so he directly let Mike Mohuaimi and Alan Adhan and others decide. Therefore, the benefits of Blizzard Entertainment are very good, and management such as Mike Mohuaimi and Alan Adhan have also set aside a lot of R&D funds.

Of course, Lin Zuhui doesn't look at tens of millions of dollars, even if Blizzard Entertainment has hundreds of millions of dollars, Lin Zuhui will not take too much, he likes $10 billion.

And he also occasionally cares about Blizzard Entertainment, whether it is the same as the direction of his previous life, and the result is very satisfying, "Diablo" will be released this year, and "StarCraft" and Battle.net are also in the bud.

And Blizzard Entertainment's company culture also makes Lin Zuhui very happy, Mike Mo Huaimi and Alan Adhan and others are true love game careers.

.......

Accompanied by senior executives of Matrix Capital, Lin Zuhui came to Apple's headquarters in California and was received by Michael Spindler, president of Apple.

In January this year, the American company Sun planned to buy Apple for $3.8 billion.

If you want to make money in the United States, connections are essential, such as Warren Buffett and Bezos, who are all good friends of Lin Zuhui; There are also Bill Gates, Tramp Portugal and others, who also have good contacts. Of course, he may have to be discharged, because he may have some 'revenge', and he is said to be the most lawsuit-loving person.

Therefore, in the last real estate project, New Era Group was only a shareholder, and the specific person in charge was Luo Jiarui. It is not a good thing to get into a lawsuit in the United States, the main thing is to delay time, but there is no need to think about being framed.

Everyone came to the conference room, and both sides sat down.

Michael Spindler and other Apple executives led Lin Zuhui and his entourage to visit the internal working environment of Apple. In the eyes of Apple executives, if they can be favored by Lin Zuhui, it is a very good omen.

The reason is very simple, Lin Zuhui's investment in the United States in recent years has been talked about and named the nickname of 'God of Investment'. Netscape and Yahoo have been listed, and their market value has risen; Kingston's performance has more than doubled, with annual revenue exceeding $1 billion...... With so many impressive achievements, Wall Street naturally takes it seriously.

Since the 90s, Apple has begun to slump, and last year began to seek to 'sell itself' everywhere, and IBM and Sun came to contact them, but the negotiations did not go well.

Therefore, when Matrix Capital proposed to invest in Apple, Michael Spindler and others thought it was a good idea.

After touring the working environment, everyone came to the conference room.

Lin Zuhui said straight to the point: "Apple's current market value is $3 billion, and I am willing to invest $500 million to issue new shares." I have no other conditions, only 2, I hope to be considered by the company! ”

In fact, if he buys Apple shares through the secondary market, he can still hold about 3%, and he still makes money quietly. Of course, he hopes to establish a close relationship with Steve Jobs and Apple, which will become a 'force' for him in the United States in the future.

With an investment of $500 million, you can get about 14% of the equity and become the majority shareholder of Apple in one fell swoop. Even if it is diluted in the later stage, it is also the largest shareholder.

President Michael Spindler immediately asked, "What conditions?" ”

A group of Apple executives also paid attention, for fear that Lin Zuhui would make excessive demands, although there were only 2.

Of course, everyone is still very eager to get this money, as well as the advertising of Lin Zuhui, the world's richest man.

"I want Apple to spend money on Jobs' company and then invite him back to Apple."

"Secondly, I want to be on the board and get a seat!"

Unlike other companies, Lin Zuhui hopes to join Apple's board of directors so that he can increase his value. Like Bezos's Amazon, he will also become a board member in the future.

As for Netscape, Yahoo, etc., he is not interested in the kind of companies that will sell their stocks before the bubble crisis.

For a while, Apple's top management did not expect that Lin Zuhui would make this request.

Michael Spindler thought for a moment and said: "The two conditions proposed by Mr. Lin need to be discussed and decided by the board of directors of Apple, and we will definitely convey your request." ”

"No problem!"

Even without Lin Zuhui's lobbying, Jobs will return to Apple, but if Lin Zuhui becomes a shareholder of Apple and advocates for Jobs' return, then this relationship will follow.

Since he can't compete with American technology companies, becoming a major shareholder of American technology companies is also a very good note. In the future, when Apple made a lot of money in the mainland of China, Lin Zuhui still held more than 5% of Apple's equity, how cool it was.