giants of the era

Chapter 287 Prepare to Make a Big Deal

After Li Zetian finished speaking, both Jobs and Wozniak were taken aback.

Wozniak was very surprised and said: "Mr. Li, Motorola is the industry leader. If Apple develops mobile phones, it may be difficult to compete with it?"

Li Zetian said with a faint smile: "If it was in the era of the first generation of mobile communications, it was true, but in the era of the second generation of mobile communications, this is an opportunity for Apple, and it depends on you catching it. I established Qualcomm The reason for this is to gain the right to speak in the era of second-generation mobile communications. Right now, the GSM standard in Europe is about to be completed. I believe that GSM will be commercialized in a few years. At this moment, if Apple can keep up At this pace, Motorola can be defeated! As far as I know, Motorola is still full of hope for analog-based cellular phones, arrogant and arrogant, completely unaware that a new era of communication is coming..."

Jobs' eyes lit up, and he said decisively: "Mr. Li, I think what you said makes sense! Apple has every chance to beat Motorola!!"

Wozniak was not sure, but seeing that both Li Zetian and Jobs agreed, he had no objection.

At the moment, the three began to discuss how to start the mobile phone project.

Li Zetian said: "GSM is developing faster than CDMA, and it must be commercialized faster. Especially in Europe, I guess GSM will be used. However, GSM still has shortcomings, such as poor call quality and small coverage of communication signals. Multiple base stations can ensure communication. European countries are small in size and each country has its own telecommunications company, so it is more suitable to use GSM. But it is not suitable for the United States. The United States has a large area. If GSM is used, it will mean that the Businesses need to build a lot of GSM base stations, and the cost is not cost-effective. CDMA’s call quality is very good, and the communication range is very wide, which can greatly reduce investment and operation costs. Therefore, I think that although CDMA started slower than GSM, it is the most Appropriate for the national conditions of the United States."

After a pause, Li Zetian asked the two of them to think for a while, and then continued: "Therefore, Apple can first develop GSM mobile phones, then develop CDMA mobile phones, and even develop dual-mode mobile phones, supporting both GSM and CDMA networks. Provide users with better flexibility!"

"En!" The two couldn't help but nodded, thinking that what Li Zetian said was reasonable.

Soldiers are very fast.

After Li Zetian left Apple that day, Jobs, as the CEO of the company, flew to Europe with a technical team to contact the GSM organization, while Wozniak stayed in the United States and began to recruit mobile phone development engineers.

It will take several years to develop a classic mobile phone.

Motorola has used it for 10 years to develop the "brick" mobile phone.

"Now we are waiting for the advent of the Internet and the second-generation mobile communication era!"

February is approaching, the spring breeze is like a musk, and the warm sun at noon shines on his face, which is very comfortable. Li Zetian is sitting on the balcony drinking coffee, smiling slightly, and looking forward to the future.

Over the years, Li Zetian's wealth has increased rapidly, and the cash reserve in the account of the umbrella company has exceeded 300 billion U.S. dollars, which is only the profit of the company's dividends in the past few years.Li Zetian has not sold any shares.

Li Zetian knew where the money should be spent!

In the early 20s, the fiscal deficit of the United States increased sharply, and the foreign trade deficit increased significantly.The United States hopes to increase the export competitiveness of products through the depreciation of the dollar, so as to improve the imbalance of the US international balance of payments.Li Zetian already has a certain influence in the US government, and many officials are already regarded as Li Zetian's people.According to internal information, the United States is preparing to attack RB. Now RB is very arrogant. Some businessmen even threatened to buy the United States. Moreover, RB's products are smashing American products, which is one of the major factors in the US fiscal deficit!

In 1984, the US GDP was only US$4 trillion, while the RBGDP was US$1.3 trillion.Looking at the population, the population of the United States is 2.4 million, while the population of RB is only 1.2 million. The gap in per capita GDP is not too large. RB is not as large as a state in the United States, but it has to keep up with the GDP of the United States, which is extremely terrifying!
The United States obviously can't tolerate it anymore, and the time to cut the wool is about to begin.

As a time traveler, if Li Zetian didn't even know about the famous "Plaza Accord", he wouldn't pay much attention to the financial economy.

In the previous life, on September 1985, 9, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the United States, RB, Federal Republic of Germany, France and the United Kingdom (G22 for short) held a meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York, and reached a joint intervention in the foreign exchange market by the governments of the five countries to induce the dollar to An agreement to orderly devalue the exchange rates of major currencies to address the problem of the large U.S. trade deficit.The agreement was also known as the "Plaza Accord" because it was signed at the Plaza Hotel.

After the "Plaza Agreement" was signed, the above five countries began to jointly intervene in the foreign exchange market, selling a large number of US dollars in the international foreign exchange market, and then formed a frenzy of selling by market investors, resulting in a continuous and substantial depreciation of the US dollar.

In September 1985, the U.S. dollar fluctuated against the Japanese yen at 9 U.S. dollar to 1 yen. Less than 250 months after the agreement was signed, the U.S. dollar quickly fell to around 3 U.S. dollar to 1 yen, a drop of 200%.After that, the U.S. authorities, represented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Baker, and financial experts represented by Fred Bergsten (then director of the American Institute for International Economics) continued to verbally intervene in the U.S. dollar. It fell as low as 20 yen per dollar.In less than three years, the dollar has depreciated by 1% against the yen, that is to say, the yen has doubled in value against the dollar.

Li Zetian knew in his heart that if the money was still placed in the umbrella company, it would definitely shrink severely, and it had to be spent before the Plaza Accord.Even if you convert all the U.S. dollars into Japanese yen now, and then convert them back later, it can double the price.However, since you know the general trend of future development, it is very low-level to do so. What is doubled, it is simply not worth looking at!

Right now, RB real estate is in a mess. Before the RB stock market crash in 1991, the real estate value in Tokyo alone could buy the entire United States. Is it scary?
Therefore, if you invest in RB real estate, you can make a steady profit without losing money, as long as you withdraw in time.

In fact, Li Zetian has been investing in RB real estate. He also owns many branches in RB and earned a lot of yen. Li Zetian let these companies use the extra money to invest in real estate. Lin Lin Zongzong also invested about 6000 billion yen. If it is sold now, it must exceed one trillion yen.The money belonged to these branches, and Li Zetian, as the major shareholder, of course benefited the most.

However, the umbrella company belongs to Li Zetian alone, and all the money earned from investing in RB real estate belongs to him.

300 billion U.S. dollars, Li Zetian kept a little as a spare, and had to spend at least 200 billion U.S. dollars to invest in RB real estate.

"After the Plaza Agreement was signed, Tian Shuai, Zhang Hao, Bill Gates, Jobs, Wei Xiuping and others were all called to invest in RB real estate. In 1990, all the real estate was sold, and then they patted their butts and left. Damn little RB!" Li Zetian couldn't help laughing evilly.

(End of this chapter)