In the original history, Apple was listed in December 1980, but now the history has changed too much, naturally it is different, after all, the Apple of this life has been established for about half a year, and there is no worry about funding.

At New York International Airport, Henry Morgan personally came to pick up Chen Zhiwen after learning that he was coming to the United States.

The two got on the extended version of Lincoln, and Henry Morgan smiled and said: "Eric, your HSBC in Hong Kong is really a fat sheep, they found me before and wanted to buy back the shares of SITC Bank, I directly quoted 3 times the price, they actually held back, and wanted to continue to talk with me." ”

"SITC is the best opportunity for HSBC to get rid of regional banks, and they will not give up until they have to, but the price of 3 times is a bit too high, and the oppression is too ruthless, which will only lead HSBC to look for other international opportunities, then we will lose." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"I know this, I'm just testing where HSBC's bottom line is, even if we sell it at 2 times, we will get a return of five or six times." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"You can see how much money you sell, you can almost make a lot of money, but I also have a request, before the sale, then pit HSBC, as for what method to use, you think for yourself, I need HSBC after the acquisition of SITC, it still needs to spend a lot of energy in the United States, and I can't afford to interfere too much in Hong Kong's affairs." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

At the beginning, he and Henry Morgan bought SITC Bank together, with a ratio of 49:51, and it was Henry Morgan who came forward, because he was an American with a strong background, so he naturally held a little more shares, and the acquisition of 51% of SITC Bank's shares cost $115 million, but the two only contributed a total of $35 million, and the rest were bank loans, and now they just pay a certain amount of interest every month. When HSBC buys the stock at a high price, it is a net profit of several times.

However, his purpose is not just to kill HSBC, he needs to trap the last backer of British capital in Hong Kong on the American side, but he doesn't know what method to use, but he believes that Wall Street, a group of vampires who can often pit sovereign countries in the financial field, should have a way to teach a local bank that wants to go from a small city to the United States to develop, in this regard, HSBC is still a child, and it can still be a school in Hong Kong, and to the United States, that is another story.

"Okay, I see what you mean." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "It seems that HSBC has offended Eric in Hong Kong, but I really don't know what to do." ”

"HSBC in Hong Kong, similar to a central bank, with a lot of funds, and the Hong Kong government and even legal protection behind it, if they have been nesting in Hong Kong, I may really have nothing to do about it, but they want to go to sea, come to the United States or Europe to mix, this is your territory." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

The future of Hong Kong, he still has some plans, which needs to drive out part of the British capital, HSBC at that time if still interfered, it is a little trouble, they are not afraid of burning money, but HSBC will not be with their own consumption, will only find others to be a sought-after, if it is really hard, especially when dealing with Jardine, the loss of more consumption may be as high as billions of Hong Kong dollars or even more, but HSBC is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but profit from it, rather than passive then, it is better to shoot now.

Buying SITC ahead of schedule and then making a small profit from HSBC? That's just a bait for Henry Morgan to get started, and another more important purpose is that when SITC is in his hands, as long as he cooperates with some various financial mines on Wall Street to plant them in advance, after the HSBC acquisition, it will definitely be very cool when it is detonated.

As for legal risks, when designing financial derivatives, the Wall Street group is generally ready to protect themselves, anyway, as long as the money is in place, no matter what, it is okay to find a substitute for the dead.

"Wall Street is very important to Eric, and an elder of our family wants me to ask you a question, can you hold Apple shares for a long time?" Henry Morgan said with some formality.

"Your family wants to invest in Apple too?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

"To be precise, I want to invest in Silicon Valley, but in the past few years, companies in Silicon Valley have had ups and downs, and many investment banks have lost a lot of money. Henry Morgan said.

Although the Morgan family has been in the U.S. financial market for a hundred years, they can't understand the new technology product of the semiconductor industry. In this case, they also need to ask some professionals for advice.

"I can not give this opinion to your family, I can know that Apple has the potential to develop, but now the scale of Apple has reached the point where it needs to compete with companies like HP, IBM, Texas Instruments, etc., when it is necessary to compete for the market and compete for technology, I don't know what the future will be." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"So which companies do you think are suitable for long-term holding?" Henry Morgan asked again.

"If you hold it for a long time, you can consider HP, or Intel." Chen Zhiwen thought about it, but still chose one and told him.

This may be a test of the Morgan family, but he will not tell the other party about those high-quality companies that can increase by a thousand times in the future, just choose a high rate of return. The future of HP is one of the hegemons of the global PC market, and the stock market returns will certainly not be bad, but Chen Zhiwen will not invest, because HP has been established for decades, has a wide range of businesses, and the current market value is not low, which is not too attractive to Chen Zhiwen.

As for Intel, this chip company, like Apple, has become a star in the chip industry, and the 8086 chip it released has become the first choice for many electronic products, Apple 3 uses it, and the same is true for Midea's red and white machines. However, this kind of company is more sensitive than Apple, even if Chen Zhiwen can invest, it is limited, rather than this, it is better to sell personal favors and give it to the Morgan family, so that if the Morgan family makes a lot of money from it, then it will naturally value itself more, and future cooperation in many fields can also bring returns to themselves in other insensitive fields.

"HP? It's a big company, well, thank you, if it's really a good investment, maybe our family will have more areas to work with you. Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and didn't ask any more.

The car arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and outside the hotel door, there were already several people waiting downstairs.

"Hello, Eric, long time no see." Steve Jobs, an American entrepreneurial hero, was chatting with several blonde beauties, but when Chen Zhiwen arrived, he immediately threw his blonde hair aside.

"yes, it's been a long time, the last time, it was the last financing before the listing more than a year ago, right?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen didn't plan to worry about Apple's investment at all, just like Wal-Mart, just go his own way, and this also shows an attitude that he, an investor, will never interfere with the company's management and stand on the founder's side.

Only when Apple needs financing, it will affect his absolute income, he will come to Apple in person, and at other times, even if Midea has some cooperation with Apple, it is also done by his subordinates.

"This listing roadshow, it's a pity that you don't have time to come, otherwise, with your fame, we may get more benefits." Jobs said with a smile, and the two chatted as they spoke.

"My fame is far worse than yours." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

In ancient times, if you had a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, no one would know how much money you had if you found a place to bury it, but in modern times it doesn't work, the bigger the business, the greater the amount of money that needs to be traded, involving the transportation of goods, a large number of jobs, a large number of suppliers and customers, etc., this situation cannot be hidden.

Costco alone, now there are more than 70, and there are more than a dozen under construction, involving millions of members and their families, with an annual transaction volume of nearly $2 billion, and has become a new star in the American retail market.

"You're too lazy to come here." Jobs smiled and said: "Let's go, Wads drank too much last night, and he didn't have much energy, so I didn't let him come out, and we'll drink a little more together, and I won't be able to drink it from tomorrow, so I'm ready to go public." ”

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The time soon came to May 5th, which was the day of Apple's launch.

The current size of the NASDAQ is far less than that of the Dow Jones, but small also has small advantages, and it is basically full of technology companies, so that investors who pay attention to technology companies around the world can easily find suitable investment objects here.

Early in the morning, dense stockholders, representatives of investment institutions, and reporters from all walks of life have long been leaking the water around the main entrance, and a monkey does not want to squeeze in from here, but as a VIP customer of a listed company who sends money to the NASDAQ, it naturally has its own separate channel, and Jobs, Wads, Chen Zhiwen and representatives of the two investment banks entered the lounge arranged by the trading center from the VIP channel.

"Looking at the number of people outside, Apple's listing today will definitely be a great success." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Jobs, who walked to the windowsill where he could see the scene below, also said confidently: "Of course, in the previous roadshow, every time I went to a city, local investors were very concerned about our Apple company, Eric, you can only see these people, but in fact, there are dozens or even hundreds of times more people who will buy our shares by phone." ”

"Going public is just the beginning, with so much funding, what are you going to do next?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Of course, it is the development of more advanced personal computers, although Apple3's current sales are not bad, but IBM, HP, Texas Instruments are developing computers, their team strength can not be underestimated, and the capital is much stronger than Apple, only better quality products, in order to ensure Apple's position in the personal computer market." Jobs replied.

"Yes." Chen Zhiwen nodded and smiled, and asked again: "What is your internal estimated market value for this listing?" ”

If Midea does not participate in the personal computer market, Chen Zhiwen doesn't mind helping Apple in some aspects, but now, let's go with the flow, Jobs's vision in the market is indeed very powerful, but half a step earlier is a fairy, one step earlier is nothing, in the next few years, Jobs spent too much money, intending to create the perfect personal computer in his heart, but the semiconductor industry doubled exponentially in a year and a half, and still can't catch up with Jobs's requirements, resulting in the price of this perfect personal computer is too expensive, There was no market at all, which ended up leading to huge losses for Apple, and then Jobs was kicked out of the door.

"Goldman Sachs investors believe we will be able to exceed $1 billion in market capitalization after we go public." Jobs said.

"Then you and Woz will be billionaires." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "However, I estimate that there will be more." ”

"More?" Woz, who didn't speak much, said in surprise: "Isn't that even higher than Intel?" ”

"Intel also has great potential, but it is not a civilian commodity, it will not be paid attention to by too many people, and in the stock market, it is not good without popularity." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

"That's right." Jobs understood this and nodded.

"Gentlemen, the time is almost up." An exchange officer walked over.

"Eric, let's go, let's go ring the bell together." Jobs smiled at Chen Zhiwen and said.

Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "This limelight belongs to you, I still don't want to go." ”

Apple's listing rings the bell, the historical significance is not small, but this kind of virtual thing Chen Zhiwen does not care, today's scene, is obviously going to be greatly exposed by various media in the United States, some stock speculation TV stations are even live broadcasting, Americans who are a little interested in technology and stocks are paying attention here, including US government officials and congressmen.

At present, the United States is in a period of general election competition, and many congressmen have nothing to do, just staring at some topics that are easy to attract the attention of all members, Chen Zhiwen does not want to be targeted by a certain congressman, maybe there will not be much trouble, but if the White House is allowed to consider in advance the restrictions on foreign shares of American high-tech companies, then he will die.

Everyone went down, Chen Zhiwen still stayed on it, looking down, with Jobs and Wads ringing the bell repeatedly, Apple's stock officially landed on the NASDAQ market.

As soon as the shares were issued, they were immediately scrambling for them, and traders in white shirts were rushing to receive a steady stream of stockholders and a greater number of telephone trading requests. Some investment institutions have already arranged for personnel to snap up the shares issued by Apple.

6 million shares of Apple are being sold at a rapid rate visible to the naked eye, and the stock price is also growing at a high rate, followed by another 5 million shares to the market.

By the time the market closed, Apple shares closed at $31.85 a share, up 76 percent, with a total market capitalization of more than $2 billion.

Before going public, Chen Zhiwen owned 22% of Apple's shares, but when he went public, all shareholders needed to put a percentage on the stock market, so his total stock ratio fell to 16.6%, which is worth $320 million at its current market capitalization.

Before and after, Chen Zhiwen invested almost 10 million US dollars in Apple, and now he has directly doubled and made a net profit of 30 times, and if you only look at the first investment, the income is hundreds of times.

However, as the original shareholder, Chen Zhiwen can't cash out within half a year, but he is not in a hurry, Apple's decline will take a few years, and in the next two years, Apple's highlight moment, the market value will rise all the way. When the time comes, I will have enough time to clear so many stocks in my hands.

Cleaning up the stocks in hand will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in stock prices and the dissatisfaction of the board of directors, but as long as Dangmei launches its own computer in a year or two, it will be considered a competitor, and when the time comes, there will be a reason for its withdrawal, and it is estimated that everyone will be happy.

(End of chapter)