giants of the era

Chapter 99 The blessing and the misfortune lie on the ground

It only costs more than 100 million US dollars to acquire Starbucks, whose future market value may reach tens of billions of dollars. Where can such a business be found?Li Zetian wished he could raise money now to buy Starbucks.However, he thought about it, after the Game-Watch goes public, Sunbird will be able to draw a lot of money...

"Seagate is a money-burning machine. Most of Apple's funds are used for technology research and development. Now I have a bit of a stretch to acquire a small company..."

Li Zetian murmured, shaking his head and sighing.

However, the unexpected good luck came to Li Zetian soon.

On November 11th, four men in suits and leather shoes came to Apple. They revealed their identities and belonged to US government officials, and said they would purchase 11 Apple-ll personal computers for office use.The four then went to Microsoft to purchase 10 copies of the Excel spreadsheet.

These are huge orders worth more than 2 million U.S. dollars. Li Zetian was deeply shocked by this day's big surprise.

In fact, since Apple-ll was launched, its excellent performance has passed the test of the market, and it has already become a leader in the personal computer industry, and it is also the computer of choice for enterprises and government offices!However, Apple has never received a large order from the US government before.However, when Li Zetian obtained American citizenship, big orders came immediately.It seems that the identity of an American can still play a big role.

In the Apple CEO's office, Li Zetian and Tian Shuai were sitting on the sofa and chatting about government orders.

Li Zetian said: "The U.S. government ordered 10 Apple-lls at once, which just solved the urgent need of Apple's capital shortage. However, we have to expand the factory immediately, otherwise, the production capacity will not be able to keep up!"

Tian Shuai suggested: "Taiwan has low labor costs, complete infrastructure, and the local government encourages high-tech development. I think an Apple factory can be built there!"

"Well, it would be really good to build a factory in Taiwan. Since the first energy crisis broke out in 1973, Taiwan's economy has faced the problem of transformation, and the direction of transformation can only be the development of high technology. After two years of hard work Taiwan has finally decided to establish a science industrial park. In terms of location selection, in order to obtain the cooperation of schools and research institutions, Hsinchu has become the best candidate location, because there are industrial technology research institutes and Two famous universities: (Taiwan) Tsinghua University and Jiaotong University. As we all know, the reason why Silicon Valley in the United States has achieved world-renowned achievements is because it is close to famous universities such as Stanford University, which is known as the innovation heart of Silicon Valley!!!” Li Zetian agrees nodded and said.

He traveled across the world in 2016, and he has some understanding of and admiration for the achievements of Taiwan's future high-tech development, such as TSMC, UMC, MediaTek, Creative in the semiconductor industry, HTC in the production of mobile phones, ASE, Siliconware, AUO and Chi Mei that develop optoelectronics, Acer and Asus that produce computers, and Hon Hai Precision Industry, a world giant engaged in electronic foundry services.

"I also suggest building a factory in the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park. The local government has provided a series of preferential conditions to promote the construction of the Science and Industry Park. The first is tax incentives. Science and industry projects are exempted from income tax for profit-making enterprises within 5 years; secondly, they also provide 2% Low-interest loans at bank interest rates are used to pay for the purchase of machinery and equipment and the construction of plant facilities!" Tian Shuai said.

The loan interest rate of American banks is as high as more than 5%, and the loan interest rate of Taiwan is only 2%. The difference is too big!Coupled with the 5-year tax exemption, it is no wonder that so many high-tech companies are able to attract so many high-tech companies to build factories in Taiwan's Hsinchu Science and Technology Park. To be honest, even Li Zetian was moved by it and decided to build factories in the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park.

In mid-November, the news that Apple had received a huge order from the US government spread, which caused a huge shock in the industry and made more manufacturers pay attention to personal computers.

The better Apple develops, the more jealous and angry Wang Lie becomes.

He came to Wang An Computer Company and discussed with his father Wang An, "Dad, let's enter the personal computer industry too!"

Wang An is not big, wears a pair of big-rimmed glasses, and is a little bald. After listening to Wang Lie's words, he frowned slightly.Regarding the grievances between Wang Lie and Li Zetian, Wang An actually learned something from other sources, so he believed that Wang Lie's suggestion was purely an irrational act of jealousy and competition!

"Are you so stupid?! Except for the government's 10 Apple-ll order this time, how many computers does Apple sell in a year? Is there 10? And our Wangan Computer Company can sell it in a year Hundreds of thousands of Wang An word processors!" Wang An reprimanded loudly, "If we enter the personal computer, then our competitor IBM will have an opportunity! Entering the personal computer industry is simply picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon!!!”

Wang An Computer Company mainly produces small commercial computers, word processors and other office automation equipment. Its profit is much higher than that of personal computers. Although personal computers have shown a trend of prosperity, the market is too small for Wang An !He believes that the popularity of personal computers will have to wait at least 30 to [-] years. Instead of wasting the company's manpower, material resources, and financial resources on the development of personal computers, it is better to develop commercial computers and word processors.

There is a saying that pride makes people lag behind!

The great success of Wang An's word processor has made Wang An self-styled and self-willed, as if he has lost his sharp judgment.

Wang Lie was reprimanded by his father, and only then did he realize that he had almost made a "big mistake", so he couldn't help admitting his mistake quickly: "Dad, you should be more considerate!"

At the same time, IBM held an emergency meeting again, and the main content of this meeting revolved around personal computers!

The new CEO, Frank Cary, said with a heavy face: "Recently, news came that Apple has received an order from the government for 10 Apple-ll personal computers, worth more than 2 million U.S. dollars." Looking at the crowd, he said in a loud voice, "Personal computers have become a development trend, and IBM can no longer sit still! From today, IBM officially enters personal computers!"

"It's time to enter the PC market, we can't continue to watch another Chinese rise!"

"Yes, there was Wang An Computer Company before, and now there is Apple Company. IBM's position has already been greatly challenged!"

"..."

The people present spoke enthusiastically and supported IBM's entry into the personal computer market, which formed a sharp contrast with Wang An Computer Company.

Although the key factor restricting IBM's entry into the personal computer business is the anti-monopoly law of the United States, which makes IBM do things on tiptoe, looking forward and backward, but at this moment, IBM's determination is great!
The misfortune of good fortune depends on it, and the good fortune of misfortune depends on it!
The US government's order made IBM more aware of the importance of personal computers!Now that the Big Mac is finally on its way, what will be the fate of Apple?
PS: It will be on the shelves next Friday, and now it keeps changing twice a day, and it will explode after it goes on the shelves.

　PS: It will be on the shelves next Friday, and now it keeps changing twice a day, and it will explode after it goes on the shelves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)