Chapter 595 Video Games

Chapter 595 Video Games

Chapter 595 Video Games
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry about the stock price, just buy it. Not just today, but starting tomorrow, use multiple accounts to keep buying. You can also directly find some very small shareholders and buy stocks from them."

During a normal listing, the company will increase capital and expand its shares, and then use the extra shares for listing financing. In this way, although the number of shares held by the previous shareholders remains unchanged, the total proportion becomes smaller;
For general investors, although the total proportion of stocks is reduced, they will not lose money if they can cash out after the company goes public. Unless there are very few who are very confident about the future of the company, most of them will take the opportunity to cash out part of the stock and pocket the cost they have invested.

There is nothing wrong with this operation. If Yang Wendong invests in some companies with an uncertain future, once the other party goes public, he will cash out part of it appropriately to protect his capital first. This is a necessary operation for investment. Otherwise, if you take risks at every turn, you will only suffer heavy losses in the end.

But I am a time traveler and I know the future of Walmart, so naturally I want to get more shares, the more the better. You know, although future technology companies will have higher returns, as a foreign investor I have many restrictions. Moreover, history has changed dramatically now, and it is hard to say whether I can still invest accurately under the butterfly effect. In this case, Walmart can be said to be the best investment in the United States, almost without exception.

Fang Xianming agreed and said, "Okay, I understand. But if we continue to acquire shares, our stake will exceed 15%. According to US law, these must be made public."

"No, US law requires disclosure in order to authorize corresponding legal voting rights. If I don't want it, then it doesn't matter. Just treat it as a bearer bond." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "I don't want to get more Wal-Mart shares. That would be meaningless."

Unlike British capital in Hong Kong, Yang Wendong does not need to acquire Walmart. This kind of enterprise is completely dependent on the ability of Sam Walton. His original intention of investing in Walton is to invest in Walton as a person. How could he possibly rob someone else's company?
Even when it comes to stocks, he needs to keep them to a small number. Otherwise, if Sam Walton knows that he has too many stocks, he might have other ideas, and it would be difficult to control him.

His investment was purely an economic investment, without considering management rights. He even asked for a position on the board of directors of Wal-Mart, but the representatives he left behind fully cooperated with Walton.

This is also one of the reasons why Sam Walton showed goodwill to Yang Wendong. If his company needs other shareholders, then which founder would not welcome such shareholders who do not interfere and fully trust the founder?
Fang Xianming said again: "Okay, then I understand."

Yang Wendong added: "The Wal-Mart listing is now complete. From now on, just airfreight the financial data of Wal-Mart to me every quarter. We don't need to interfere with its internal affairs.
In addition, You Qi will pay attention to the trade with Hong Kong. Through Changxing Trading Company, we want to make Walmart an important customer of our trading company. As long as Walmart's requirements are met, we can also serve other supermarket chains in the United States and even Europe in the future."

Most of Hong Kong's foreign trade is controlled by traditional British companies, such as Jardine Matheson, Swire, Wheelock and even the newly established Hutchison Whampoa.
At this level, Changxing Trading Company has also developed well. As a single company, it is no worse than these individual foreign companies. However, in terms of total share, the core of Hong Kong's foreign trade is still in the hands of traditional British capital.

The core reason is that no matter how hard Changxing Group tries, it can only take advantage of Changxing Group's new industry development advantages, and it is very difficult to intercept the previously stable trade orders. European and American customers will not trust outsiders easily, and even for production factories, it is difficult to do this.

But if overseas customers change, it will be different. The rise of the supermarket industry is a huge challenge to the traditional order of the overseas retail industry. Once the old order is gone, the new order will be in the hands of those who have made advance arrangements.

Lin Youqi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, I have been doing this for several years. I have been looking for cheaper Hong Kong goods for Walmart. However, due to the limited purchase quantity and transportation costs, many goods cannot be delivered to the United States.

If Walmart expands into the western United States and adds more new stores, once a cost limit is exceeded one day in the future, subsequent transaction volume will definitely increase exponentially. "

"That's good. Pay close attention to this area." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "If a large amount of our trade in Hong Kong can be exported to Europe and the United States, it will also be of great help to Carrefour's expansion in Asia."

The core of retail is cost control, and if you want to control costs well, you must increase the purchase quantity. The larger the purchase quantity, the lower the cost will inevitably be.
Taking advantage of Walmart's rapid growth to help Carrefour better control the industrial chain was also an important plan formulated by Yang Wendong in the early days. However, in the 60s, Walmart was mediocre and could only wait. Now in the 70s, Walmart has gone public and is about to enter take-off mode. Carrefour will also have its own development opportunities in Asia.

Lin Youcheng agreed: "Okay."

Many of the group's investment actions seemed to have nothing to do with each other in the early years, but when these enterprises developed, it was found that they could promote each other;

This is also the reason why many people within Changxing Group have almost no doubts after seeing Yang Wendong's investment ability.

Anyone can make a plan, but being able to accurately invest in a big company is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack. Even the top stock god in the United States does not dare to be so sure, but Yang Wendong does.

Walmart is a perfect investment.

"That's the deal with Wal-Mart. Just focus on acquiring the shares and don't worry about anything else." Yang Wendong nodded and asked, "How is Intel doing recently?"

The second largest investment in the future of the United States is naturally Intel. This future top giant is still just an infant. In the early days, he invested $30 to obtain a 20% stake;

Yang Wendong believes that his investment will not have any impact on Walmart, but it is hard to say for Intel as there are too many variables in technology companies.

But there is no way for me to intervene in this kind of thing. At most, I can only pay more attention to it. If it is the same as history, then that would be better. If it is different, then I can only consider myself unlucky and make full use of the talents of this company to do things for me. Anyway, I only invested 30 US dollars.

Lin Youqi said, "Intel received a DRAM chip order from Honeywell two months ago. Now it is extremely busy and the entire company is working overtime. Last time I visited, Moore sent me away." "Haha, these tech geeks really don't know how to deal with people." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "I am going to go there too. I also want to discuss with them whether they need a professional manager."

Intel's first order in history was in cooperation with Honeywell, and now it seems to be taking a similar route, which makes him feel more at ease.

Lin Youqi also agreed and said, "Yes, Intel does need a professional CEO, otherwise when the company grows bigger, there will definitely be problems."

"Well, let's take a day off today, and we will go to Los Angeles tomorrow morning." Yang Wendong said.

The next day, a Boeing 737 private jet arrived in Los Angeles, and Yang Wendong and others also arrived at Intel's location in Silicon Valley.

Gordon Moore came over and said, "Eric, I'm sorry, I can only come here alone. Noyce went to Honeywell. As you know, this is the largest order in the history of our company."

"Haha, I understand, customers come first." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

Although he had asked Intel to research some things, that was just a commissioned research order and a one-time transaction. Intel's core business is still chip manufacturing, and only such a business can have a steady stream of long-term income.

Obviously, Yang Wendong cannot do this at present. In the field of high technology, Honor Electronics is still far behind.

Gordon Moore smiled again and said, "Eric, you are also my client. I heard that your calculators are selling very well?"

"Yes, it is very popular in American universities, high schools and many large companies." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "With a calculator, you can save a lot of time."

In the past, many people didn’t care whether they had a calculator or not. After all, in the era of smartphones, there are so many ways to calculate.

But in this era, many things need to be calculated. Not to mention schools, even the financial departments of large companies have a lot of data, which is a headache to calculate. In an era without Excel unified calculation, the workload would increase several times if only manual calculation was relied upon.

Although the calculator is not as good as computer software, it is at least a qualitative leap forward.

Therefore, when calculators appeared in the US market, the demand was very high. People in Hong Kong worked overtime to produce them. Because the products were small, they were even sent directly to the US by air.

"Congratulations, this is also a great invention," Gordon Moore said with a smile.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Gordon, I have another design project that I want to entrust to you."

Although the calculator market is huge, the problem is that there is not enough comprehensive patent protection. Soon, others can bypass the algorithm patent and launch similar products, even the appearance can be bypassed.
In this case, this monopoly will not last long. In history, when a Japanese company launched a calculator, within less than a year, many European, American and Japanese companies launched their own products, and the price of calculators also dropped from more than $20 to less than $.

Although low prices expanded the market, mediocre technology made it almost unprofitable.

Gordon Moore asked, "What kind of project?"

"It's a video game." Yang Wendong explained, "I want to put the real-life games we play face to face on electronic products."

Patent protection has many loopholes, and it is very likely that others will circumvent them. Even if there is infringement, it will take a long time to fight a lawsuit;
But copyright is different. Its protection is much stronger, and whether there is infringement can be determined quickly.

Games are naturally protected by copyright, and if they are done well, they can be a real cash cow.

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