The technology in the computer field may be updated and iterative, and the technology or product that was once very popular may be subverted overnight, and the portal Yahoo, which once dominated the entire Internet traffic, will be replaced by the Google search engine.

But there are also some that are difficult to replace, such as the data management system specifically for enterprise operations, which is not a high-tech and high-research and development project, but the accumulation of a large amount of data and experience, and then slowly optimize the software to provide customers with the most convenient and worry-free service.

The biggest advantage of competition in this industry is not high technology, but rich experience, as well as brand awareness, and the best quality point is that this kind of software will not be greatly interfered with by ZZ, as long as it does not involve special occasions such as national defense, military, finance, etc., normal supermarkets, warehouses, and factories are completely dominated by the market economy.

For this field, Chen Zhiwen is also very interested, although in this aspect, his prophetic golden finger is not very useful, but if Yimei wants long-term development, he can't always rely on his prophetic ability, and the development in the field of technology is the king, and relatively speaking, the research and development of databases needs more funds.

While the major giants have not paid attention to this area, ordinary people with vision such as Larry Ellison are limited by funds, even if they can get venture capital, how much can they have?

If Midea can first develop a management system suitable for ordinary enterprises, and then block other latecomers with patents, it can really lie down in this field and charge.

"By the way, Wads, you should have a lot of savings in the past two years, right? Why didn't you put in Apple? Chen Zhiwen suddenly thought of a problem, Watts' annual income is generally close to 200,000 US dollars, although it is not enough for Apple's development, but there is no problem in the early days.

"The cash in my hand is only tens of thousands of dollars, and I have spent a lot of money to test the computer before, and we have bought a lot of tools, chips and all kinds of electronic products." Watts replied.

"It shouldn't cost that much, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously: "You spent a lot of money on this house, right?" ”

"The house cost $100,000, and I paid off my college tuition loan for the rest!" Woz seemed to be in a good mood and said, "I'm so happy to be able to pay off my college loan!" ”

"College loans, no wonder!" Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

It is said that the housing prices in China in the future will be the mountain of everyone's life, but the United States is actually the same, but it is not a house, but medical care and college tuition.

Medical care in the United States has never been free, but super expensive, an ambulance is called a few hundred dollars at a time, and it can cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to go to the hospital to treat an ordinary disease. And insurance, in fact, also belongs to the same interest group as medical treatment, if you don't buy insurance, you will be over if you get sick once, but if you buy insurance, at least a dozen points of monthly salary need to be invested in it, unless the company's benefits are high, it will cover a larger proportion of medical insurance.

The later President Ohei just wanted to break this monopoly for a hundred years and it was an insurance and medical monopoly, but it was useless to toss for 8 years.

Many families begin to save money when their children are born, and they need to save for more than ten years, but most families are incapable, especially if the children of some ordinary families go to famous universities, the tuition fees are high, and it is not enough to smash the pot and sell iron.

As a result, the bank naturally launched student loans, to these proud children, high tuition fees and not low interest, resulting in many students from prestigious universities, who are still repaying loans after graduating for more than ten years or twenty, and the same President Ohei, who became a lawyer after graduation, is considered a high-income group, and has also repaid student loans for more than ten years.

Watts said with some embarrassment: "I wasn't ready to buy a house and pay off the student loan in such a hurry, but my parents persuaded me, and I also felt that it was useless to have so much cash in my hands, so I did it, and then Jobs found me to prepare to do a computer, and I found out that my funds were so much, I was going to take the bonus and invest it again in a few months, and now BOSS you have also invested in it, so you don't need it." ”

"I see!" Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In the original history, Jobs and Wads also had no funds, and later Jobs went to Atari's boss, and after being humiliated, he found a more successful senior brother in the same university and got the investment.

In this life, Chen Zhiwen is worried that he has given Wads a lot of salary, and it is possible that Apple's early days will change, and because of this, he has already arranged for a private detective to keep an eye on Jobs, and then stood up at the right time to invest in Apple, otherwise, wait a few months, Wox will be rich, if the Apple computer is built and has obtained a lot of orders, then there may be nothing to do with him, even if he can still buy shares, the difficulty and the proportion of equity obtained will be much worse.

Chen Zhiwen continued: "Then let's do this today, wait for two days, after Jobs registers the company, I will arrange a lawyer to sign the contract." ”

"Okay, then Apple's management, do you want to invite someone from Midea to come over?" Wads asked, Jobs was there just now, and he wasn't so comfortable to say.

"No, Midea does not have a large number of contacts in the United States IT management talents, this part can only rely on yourself, and the most important thing for you now is to make the product first, with the right product, in order to attract more high-end management talents." Chen Zhiwen said with a chuckle.

For the future development of Apple, he actually doesn't want to interfere too much, because what Apple is doing now has too much impact on the future, and if it is because of his own interference, it will not affect too much.

The best thing is to be only responsible for investment, guiding the direction and providing various terminal sales channels, so as to develop Apple as soon as possible and then send it to the NASDAQ.

"Suddenly I'm not used to the inside of the beauty before. Basically, everything is the boss and you're in charge.,I'm only in charge of technology.,Now it seems like I'm on my own.。 Woz said with a frown.

"This is the real test, rely on yourself to master the market, even if you are a pure technician, you have to consider whether the user can accept it, however, Jobs is very capable in this regard, you can do technology with peace of mind." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said that many civilian software and games have never tested technology, but the study of the user market.

"BOSS, are you so optimistic about Jobs?" Woz asked curiously, he hadn't seen anyone so sure of Chen Zhiwen.

"You'll find out later." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Jobs is indeed not very tech-savvy, but his sensitivity to the market is really strong and terrifying, even after a few years in the original history, he insisted on a Mactonich computer that almost bankrupted Apple, and the reason why there is no market is also because many of the settings of this computer are too advanced.

……

Apple's investment was as expected, and with the help of his lawyer Ron, Jobs quickly completed the registration of Apple, with 33.3% of the shares of the three parties, and Chen Zhiwen also quickly injected 500,000 US dollars.

The rest is left to Jobs, with sufficient funds, even if history changes, it should not affect Apple's success, and it is likely to be earlier and more successful.

Obtained one-third of Apple's shares in the future, Chen Zhiwen is naturally very happy, although it will still be diluted before the listing, but no matter how diluted this order of magnitude, the future income is in the unit of 100 million US dollars, besides, as a big capital, he can also increase appropriate investment, not too much, as long as it does not affect the management of Jobs and others, the problem should not be big.

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Perhaps it is a good thing, Midea's electrical business unit in the United States, there is also good news, after last year's testing, the two largest retail groups in the United States: Kmart Supermarket and Sears Department Store recognized the quality of Midea fans, and are willing to introduce a larger number next year.

Lei Shengli, who was far away in Hong Kong, immediately flew to the United States after learning the news.

"Chen Sheng, I'm afraid we won't be able to do the business of Sears Department Store." Lei Shengli said with a frown after seeing the request of Sears on the Chinese piece in his hand.

"Sears is a department store, we need to invest a lot of manpower and money to open a store, and there is a deposit and even rent, you should also know, why did you arrange to go to Sears to try it in the first place?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"I didn't expect it to be so easy to pass Sears' inspection and invite us to open so many of their branches at once." Lei Shengli said with some embarrassment.

"In fact, there is still a certain market in the department store market, and the coverage of Sears is not lower than that of Kmart, so it's a pity to give up, or discuss with Sears Department Store to see if you can find a brand store without a fan to consign." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

The department store market was once the most popular business model in the world, that is, the owners of the department store market provide the site, and then let the brands come to open, some use the leasing method, some use the way of commission, the use of the leasing model is the general brand, the well-known brands in the industry, the general use of the commission model, such a business model, the risk is not in the hands of the owner, the owner only needs the appropriate investment to stabilize the flow of people, you can lie down to make money.

But in any business, the risk is certain, and the demand for funds is also certain, when the owner of the department store market does not need to bear this risk, it is the merchant and the brand behind the risk that bears the risk.

Subsequently, the emergence of supermarkets, in fact, is to take the initiative to take all kinds of risks, first buy the goods, and then sell their own, in this way, the business has no risk, the supermarket bears, but also because of the risk, the profit is naturally high, plus the low-cost advantage of unified procurement and a more reasonable layout, naturally more attractive than the department store market.

This is also the reason why the department store market was finally eliminated, it is too unfriendly to merchants, and merchants of various commodities naturally choose supermarkets as their terminals with their eyes closed.

Of course, many supermarkets are also squeezing suppliers when they get bigger, but that's another story.

Now to open a large-scale store in the department store in Sears, you have to really invest a lot of money, a few small fans may also need a small area of rent, as well as a labor, that is not cost-effective, although the current capital has improved, but there are still too many places to spend, just the research and development of new technology is a bottomless pit.

"That's fine, anyway, our purpose is to open the market." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

PS: Let me ask you a question, does everyone not like to spend too much ink on the United States? If so, then I will change it later.

The main thing is that I'm not sure whether to write in detail or write directly and quickly, but today I suddenly feel that I have spent too much ink on the American side, and some are not good.

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