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Chapter 1019 Investing in Hardware
"I've heard of it, what's the matter?" Su Chen asked suspiciously, "Do you want to invest in this?"

Brian took a sip of his coffee before saying, "I do have this idea, but I don't know much about it. I don't know if you think it has a future?"

"There is definitely a prospect, but it is not yet the time to popularize it." Su Chen said, "And that thing has been invested by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. How are things going?"

Brian shook his head, "It's terrible, buddy, it's just terrible. I originally wanted to go to China with you and start our joint venture company, but because of too many things, I have been unable to move forward."

"So after all these years, your matter hasn't been dealt with yet, right?" Su Chen asked.

"Yes, because we have to divide some industries to operate, but my brothers and sisters have too many opinions, and everyone is always fighting. And if I'm not here, maybe some core industries will also be separated by them."

Brian looked a little helpless, "You know, for an older family like ours, there will be more such things, but they can be settled in a month at most."

"That's good. Our joint venture company is still waiting for you. I hope you can handle the matter at hand as soon as possible."

As an outsider, Su Chen is naturally inappropriate to meddle in this business division.

And even though this kind of big family usually fights inextricably, at critical times they all work together as one.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to develop such a large and long-term development.

Brian didn't talk about this anymore, but talked about some interesting things after we separated.

And then there's the operation of the Storm Fund.

After all, Su Chen has never personally participated in this foundation, but just arranged for someone to come and hang up a position casually.

"Dude, do you think Japan's stock market is going to bounce back?" Bryan asked.

Su Chen shook his head: "I don't think there will be a rebound. You must know that Japan's stock market is built on a bubble. Once this bubble is burst, its stock market will fall to a terrible level, so I think the next At this stage, we should continue to be short."

"Yes, that's true." Brian agreed with him, "I'm also buying Japanese industries at the same time. If his stock market crashes, we'll buy the bottom."

"By the way, what is Billy doing now?" Su Chen asked.

"Still running his company." Brian shrugged. "But he seems to be getting married recently. It's not easy for this girl to turn this prodigal son back."

"Oh? Billy is going to get married?" Su Chen was very surprised, "It seems that I came to Boston at the right time this time, just in time for Billy's wedding."

Brian smiled and said, "Yes, buddy, you came at the right time. Originally, Billy planned to invite you over from China. He will be very happy when he sees you."

"It seems that we have to play tricks on him, especially at his bachelor party." Su Chen said, "But if he is in Boston now, you can call him and ask him to come over, and we can have dinner together."

"Of course no problem." Brian went to make a phone call, while Su Chen was busy preparing Chinese food.

He has eaten western food for a long time, and he feels a little tired.

Before the meal was ready, Billy came, and with him was a girl he had never seen before.

"Dude, you're finally willing to see your Uncle Billy."

As soon as he entered the door, Billy bluffed and said authentically: "I thought you fell into a gentle hometown in China and couldn't bear to come to the United States."

"Excuse me, Uncle Billy, are you already touching the gate of heaven with your back heel?" Su Chen smiled and hugged him, and cast his eyes on the girl next to Billy.

Billy said, "Man, let me introduce you, this is my fiancée, Claire."

Claire stretched out her hand, "Su, hello, I've been hearing from Billy that he has a magical Chinese classmate named Oriental Wizard, and we finally met today. I'm Claire."

"She's an excellent girl." Su Chen shook hands with her, and introduced Miranda and Avril to her.

Three women play a scene, and soon become one.

Su Chen was busy going to the kitchen to prepare food.

After eating and drinking enough, the three of them went to chat in the study and asked the three girls to watch TV on the first floor.

"Man, I have a bold idea." Billy said as soon as he sat down, "how about the three of us forming a joint venture."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Your idea is really bold."

"What do you do?" Brian asked. "If we were still in your line of work, we might not have so much time to manage."

"No, no, I'm planning to start a new business now." Billy said, "I want to invest in the software industry."

"The software industry?"

Su Chen and Brian stared at him.

Billy nodded and said, "What do you think of Lotus Company? If possible, I think the acquisition of Lotus Company will definitely make money."

Lotus, full name Lotus Development Corporation, was established in 1982 as an American software company headquartered in Cambridge and Massachusetts.

The company's best-known software is Lotus spreadsheet software, known as the killer application software on the IBM PC platform.

"Acquisition of Lotus Company?" Brian frowned slightly, "This is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar acquisition, Su, what do you think?"

Su Chen thought about it for a while, "Now that Lotus company's performance is booming, I don't think they will sell it. Even if they sell it, we will definitely buy it at a premium, and how will we operate after the acquisition?

First of all, we are not IBM, nor Microsoft and Apple. If we can have our own PC platform, if we want to keep it in our hands and sell it to one of the three, I think this is not a good idea. "

"I think so too, and I believe that Microsoft will not be willing to be monopolized by Lotus. In order to challenge the monopoly of Lotus's group software in the market, they must launch new products." Bryan said.

After listening to the words of the two.

Billy was a little discouraged, "Well, it seems that my thinking is too simple."

"It's not that we can't invest in software, but we have to invest in some start-up companies, and we can't invest in these established companies. In fact, I am more optimistic about the future of Microsoft, so even if I want to invest, I will invest in something related to Microsoft." Su Chen said.

Brian agreed with his words, "I think so too, because investing in these companies, even if they are sold to Microsoft in the future, they can be sold at a good price, otherwise we will not be able to increase the value of those companies."

Su Chen changed the subject: "But what I want to invest in now is hardware. I don't know if you have heard of the company Kingston. Why don't we jointly fund and buy 80% of the company's shares."

(End of this chapter)