Chapter 574: The Taste of Managing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Tomorrow is New Year's Day and the year 2007 is about to begin.
Tonight, many young people went to the square in groups to celebrate the New Year. Even though he lived in the deserted Repulse Bay Road, Fan Wumian could hear the sound of fireworks.
This city is so small that if you set off fireworks near Victoria Harbour, most of the city will know about it.
What seems like a bustle to others is a hassle to him.
Every time an important holiday comes, Zuo Ziyan, Feng Ying'er, Zhuang Muxi and others get emotional, worried about gains and losses and want to find Fan Wumian to accompany them.
Worried that the girls would call him in droves, he simply sent text messages to each of them before midnight. This not only showed his concern for them, but also avoided the trouble of someone calling only to find out that they were "on a call".
As the King of the Sea, if you are not smart enough, it is difficult to organize your daily life in an orderly manner. Emotional intelligence and IQ are both indispensable, and it is not as easy as people think.
After sending several text messages, Fan Wumian once again missed his smartphone and WeChat.
Because cold words are quite boring, lacking the fun brought by emoticons, and unable to perfectly convey his importance to the little fish in the pond, there is a sense of alienation.
I thought of WeChat and then of my mobile phone.
As the launch of the first generation of Apple mobile phones is getting closer and closer, the new product will be officially launched on January 1th US time. Thinking of seizing the opportunity to make a fortune, he plans to wait until the holiday is over to build a position as soon as possible.
As for WeChat, it is currently under development. Fan Wumian has read the specific planning plan and found that some of the cumbersome functions similar to QQ have been cut off. In the initial stage, it will only focus on chatting and Moments.
Fan Wumian sat at the desk and replied to Zuo Ziyan's message. He didn't feel sleepy for a while, so he opened the browser to check the news related to Apple phones.
The performance of the first generation iPhone was terrible, but this product was able to convey a lot of new things and can still be called "epoch-making."
For example, it has abandoned the currently popular physical buttons and instead adopted a 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen that supports multi-touch, which clearly redefines the way mobile phones interact.
It also integrates iPod's music playback function, is equipped with a 200-megapixel camera, supports video recording and playback, etc. There are also rumors circulating in the market, but none of them have been officially confirmed by Apple.
It is probably because many things are too explosive and may attract suppression from traditional mobile phone manufacturers, so Jobs is very strict in confidentiality. In addition, the outside world does not pay special attention to Apple phones, so there is relatively little information available on the Internet.
In Fan Wumian's opinion, this is actually a good thing.
Now that Apple’s stock price remains stable, it means that there is more room for growth after building a position, and the good news has not yet been fully released.
In addition, Google, which has already bought Android, may also make a profit after the release of the first iPhone. With the successful experience of the first iPhone, it is equivalent to making the pie drawn in previous years come true, and related concept stocks will certainly benefit from it.
The 20 billion Hong Kong dollars loaned from Bank of China in Hong Kong had just been deposited into Fan Wumian's account after Christmas. At this moment, he was staring at the recent stock price chart of Apple. After checking it repeatedly, he sent a message to Zuo Ziyan, writing -
"Do you want to come back early? I want to do something big recently, with leverage, a few hundred million dollars, and I'm optimistic about a Nasdaq-listed company."
soon.
Zuo Ziyan sent a message saying
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"!!!!!!" "Can you wait for me? I have two more tests in a few days, and then I can come back to see you."
"I also want to try the feeling of managing hundreds of millions of dollars. Which company is it specifically? Let me take a look. I want to try it too!"
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Everyone has different interests and hobbies.
Zhuang Muxi likes to stay at home reading books and watching TV dramas. Zuo Ziyan grew up in a merchant family and is particularly interested in finance, business management, and gossip in the upper class circles.
Fan Wumian replied:
——"Apple, the company that sells computers now, will hold a press conference on the 9th. There are things in it that interest me. The stock price should rise sharply after it goes on sale. I need to build a position in advance, so I may not be able to wait for you. But if you are busy, you can meet me in San Francisco. I want to see the actual machine in person."
The Apple managed by Jobs and the Apple of the future that rests on its laurels and has no innovation at all seem like two different things.
Ordinary businessmen are busy making money and enjoying themselves, but when assets accumulate to a certain scale, they become numbers, which make people begin to become numb and naturally they will develop some new pursuits.
Some people go to casinos to live permanently and seek excitement at the gambling tables, while others are obsessed with money and always make money for the sake of making money. In Fan Wumian's eyes, these are not acceptable.
Like Hong Kong's Uncle Six, his net worth is obviously not the highest, but his status in people's hearts is extremely high. This is the idol that Fan Wumian admires enough.
They continued to communicate briefly for a few more sentences. Zuo Ziyan really couldn't come back, so they agreed to communicate by phone when the time came. Fan Wumian replied, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed first," and then checked the stocks he held.
The infrastructure industry is booming this year. The stock price of Sanyao Heavy Industry has skyrocketed, and the stock price of Penguin Group has also been particularly strong. After a round of sharp increases, it has begun to fluctuate slightly, making steady progress.
Because he was a layman who had just started his career, Fan Wumian was always worried that he might fall into a trap by accident, so he would often reflect on himself to ensure that there were no problems with the assets under his control.
After feeling relieved, he then checked his email.
I unexpectedly discovered that the design department of the neighboring Aocheng sent me an email yesterday afternoon, which suggested that in addition to the "Huaxia Trend" series, a new series should be launched to provide consumers with more choices.
One of the logos of the new series is designed as a cute beetle, which is said to be inspired by the seven-spotted ladybug.
After careful consideration, I found that apart from the bronze culture, the Valentino brand does lack some characteristics and it is difficult to compete with old luxury giants such as LV and Chanel.
Inspired by this seven-spotted ladybug, Fan Wumian began to imagine combining "embroidery" and "insects", adding elements such as seven-spotted ladybugs, bumblebees, mantises, rhinoceros beetles, silkworms, etc. to the product series, and also making three-dimensional metal accessories.
The shapes of some new bags can also be closer to insects. At the very least, they are particularly easy to leave a deep impression on consumers and are more eye-catching than the trademark itself. For example, the "Steel Blue Ladybug" that impressed Fan Wumian has a similar shape to a helmet and is not that complicated. The spider can also be tried, as long as the shape is cute and pleasing.
Luxury goods companies are reluctant to frequently release new products, which results in a lack of continuity in design. However, Valentino is undergoing a comprehensive transformation and will launch new series from now on, which may be praised as classics in a few years.
He was still thinking about these things until he went to bed.
The exhausted Guo Biting was sleeping soundly at this moment. She was still young, and even without makeup, her appearance was still quite good. (End of this chapter)