Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 652 Apple in Need of Help (Two in One)

Because of the time difference, Xiangjiang time is almost 15 hours faster than Los Angeles, and the time required for Xiangjiang to fly to Los Angeles is about [-] to [-] hours.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng, who flew to Los Angeles at around 3 am on March 13, Xiangjiang time, walked out of the airport, and it was still around 3 am on March 13, Los Angeles time.

Before coming here, Lin Baicheng contacted Los Angeles in advance, so when he walked out of the VIP passage, he saw Bill Hawes and his personal secretary Katherine Jackson who came to pick him up at the first sight.

"Chairman!"

"Ok!"

Lin Baicheng nodded, and after a few bodyguards walked in front, they followed behind. Bill Hawes and Catherine followed, and naturally there were still bodyguards at the end.

Lin Baicheng's extended Lincoln was driven by the bodyguard and driver, and there were more than one car. Lin Baicheng greeted Bill Harveys and Catherine to sit on the extended Lincoln.

The convoy headed to Beverly Hills.

"Catherine, I'm going to hold three parties, you can arrange the time."

"A party invites the executives of my company in the United States, and if it is a company with business contacts, it also sends an invitation letter; a party invites those friends like the party and business partners; the last party ends with Held in the name of the chairman of Galaxy Games Company, an invitation to shareholders."

Lin Baicheng has not been to the United States for a while, so the first thing he has to do when he comes here is not to inspect various companies, but to contact all parties and connect his connections.

Of course, during the period when Lin Baicheng was not in the United States, Lin Baicheng had kept in touch with the secretariat and private secretary of the Elephant Party, and there was no shortage of political donations that should be made.But after all, it wasn't him who was making the contact. Through the middleman, this kind of connection couldn't be closer than doing it in person.

Catherine took the notebook and asked, "Chairman, are there any arrangements for the time of these three parties?"

"Inviting elephant parties and parties with business friends is the most important thing."

Lin Baicheng listened and said: "However, I know that this year is a general election year, and the friends of the Elephant Party may be very busy, so you should contact them first and set a date when all my friends have time. This time I am in the United States. Stay for at least half a month. This party is the most important, but it is not the first time to do it."

"As for the remaining two parties, at Galaxy Games Company, let's wait for me to go to the branch and then hold the party. Therefore, for the first party, I will choose to invite the executives of the company under my name. gone."

"Since the executives are being invited, it's best to set the time on the weekend. Chairman, what do you think of Saturday?"

After hearing this, Catherine consulted Lin Baicheng.

"What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Baicheng looked at Bill Harveys.

"It's better to choose the weekend. If you don't have special arrangements, chairman, I think Saturday is fine."

Bill Harveys nodded. He would not dismantle Catherine for no reason. After all, Catherine is the personal secretary of the big boss. If he has trouble with him, even if he is the director of the secretariat, he will feel uncomfortable.

Lin Baicheng made a decision: "Well, let's set the time on Saturday night."

Catherine asked: "Chairman, I don't know the location of the party, where would you choose?"

"Don't I have many villas in Los Angeles? Choose a larger one."

Lin Baicheng said casually that he did not choose the villa in Beverly Hills where he is currently living. After all, the party he held was invited by his employees.

"Yes, Chairman."

Catherine wrote it down, and then said: "About the format of the party, is it the same business party as before?"

"Ok!"

Lin Baicheng nodded. He suddenly remembered, so he reminded: "In addition to the executives of various companies, talents from various companies, especially technical R&D talents, are also invited. Don't forget."

Catherine immediately said, "I've made a note. Before the list of party members is decided, I will give you a review."

"fair enough."

Lin Baicheng didn't object when he heard the words. He attached great importance to R&D talents.In his opinion, a technical research and development expert is more important than some executives. If he had to choose between the two, he would choose a technical expert.

"Bill, how's the progress at Bell Labs? I haven't heard you report to me for a while."

Instead of talking about the party, Lin Baicheng changed the subject and looked at Bill Hawes.The acquisition negotiations between Sun Electronics Communications and Bell Labs have been going on for several months, and the acquisition has not been completed until now, and there has been no progress recently, so it can be seen that it will take some time.

Lin Baicheng didn't care what difficulties there were, since he had entrusted the matter to Bill Harveys and if the matter was not done well, he should just ask Bill Harveys to take responsibility.

"Chairman, please give me some more time, I will be able to complete the acquisition."

Bill Harveys didn't justify himself, he directly admitted his mistake, and the matter was not done well, and the justification would only make the big boss even more angry.

"Well, I'll give you another chance."

Lin Baicheng looked at Bill Harveys without saying a word, and after a while, he said to give Bill Harveys another chance: "Before I leave the United States, I hope to hear the good news that the acquisition has been negotiated, and The purchase price is still within my acceptable range. There is only one opportunity, I hope you can seize it, if you really can’t do it, just tell me, I’ll just find someone else to do it.”

"Thank you, chairman, for giving me another chance. I will definitely seize the opportunity and not let you down."

Bill Hawes immediately said that it is absolutely impossible for him to say that he cannot do it. If he really did that, it would be tantamount to admitting that he is not capable, and a person with insufficient ability is absolutely impossible to be the director of the secretariat, or even other The top management of the enterprise will miss him.

"You deserve this opportunity."

Lin Baicheng didn't say much, Bill Harveys had been doing a good job before, and Lin Baicheng wanted to give Bill Harveys a chance.

"Thank you, Chairman!"

Bill Harveys knew he had only one chance, and if he didn't get things right this time, he would be in danger.

Stop talking about this matter, Lin Baicheng asked instead: "Last month, I heard you say that IBM's personal computers have entered the production stage, have they started selling?"

"The sale has not yet started, but it has entered the publicity stage."

Bill Harveys replied: "IBM has not announced the specific sales time yet, but IBM's publicity says it is April. If there is no accident, IBM will not easily change this time."

"In other words, IBM's personal computer will enter the market next month, and Apple will usher in its biggest competitor."

Lin Baicheng is still very concerned about Apple.Although because he wants to enter the mobile phone market, Apple may not be as brilliant as he was before his rebirth, but as long as Apple beats IBM in the personal computer market, then Apple will definitely have a market value of more than one billion US dollars after listing .

Lin Baicheng and the holding company together hold 28.3% of Apple's shares, which is close to [-]%. These shares are worth at least [-] million US dollars after Apple's listing, which is not a small amount.

"That's right."

Bill Harveys nodded and said: "The chairman of Apple, Steve Jobs, contacted me and several other major shareholders a while ago, hoping that we can support Apple more and help Apple defeat IBM. This is beneficial to everyone, so everyone Neither refused."

"It is right to help Apple, after all, we are the majority shareholder."

Lin Baicheng certainly had no objection to this, and he asked, "Does Jobs have any countermeasures against IBM's entry?"

"Apple has increased investment in publicity, emphasizing Apple's technological innovation, and is a pioneer in the industry. In addition, the sales department decided to give dealers higher profit rebates and make profit sharing."

"In the final analysis, it is IBM that entered this market to compete with Apple. Apple has no good way, but can only rely on technology and innovation to win."

Bill Harveys explained that Apple's opponent is the giant IBM, and there is no way to use it. It is thankful that IBM did not use outside tactics against Apple. Apple can only compete with IBM.

However, one thing has to be admitted, that is, IBM's strength is indeed much stronger than Apple's. Whether it is parts suppliers, sales channels, etc., IBM looks down on Apple.

Lin Baicheng asked the two of them: "You guys say, is there any way to help Apple?"

"this."

Bill Hawes and Catherine thought deeply after hearing the words.

Lin Baicheng didn't urge him when he saw this, but if he suddenly asked, he must give the two of them a little time to think.

After the small meeting, Catherine said: "Chairman, in fact, we can help Apple very little. You have companies in Hong Kong and Japan, and you can help Apple develop these two markets, but Apple is not yours after all. , you only have less than [-]% of the shares, and it’s not worthwhile to help too much.”

"Catherine is right. You help Apple in the hope that Apple can go public smoothly, so that your investment will be rewarded, but if the price of helping is too high, it will not be worthwhile."

Bill Hawes agreed with what Catherine said, but after he finished speaking, he continued: "If you really want to help Apple, Chairman, you can purchase a batch of Apple's personal computers and hand them over to you used by various enterprises."

"It has to be said that using a personal computer for office work is indeed much more convenient and improves the office efficiency of the enterprise. In particular, Apple's personal computer is equipped with office software from New Century Software, which greatly improves office efficiency."

"Purchasing a batch of personal computers can not only achieve the purpose of helping Apple, but also improve the office efficiency of the enterprise."

"That's a good suggestion, Catherine, please write it down."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly, and said: "When I meet with Jobs one day, remind me, and then tell him that I, a shareholder, support Apple, and work with him to make other shareholders support Apple. Apple is not I'm alone, and it doesn't make sense for me to support Apple while everyone else enjoys it."

"I've made a note, Chairman."

Catherine wrote it down in a notebook, highlighting the key points.

Lin Baicheng is actually very aware of the benefits of computer office work. The reason why he did not do it before is because today's computers do not have Internet functions, only local area networks, and local area networks can only be connected to computers within a few kilometers. There is no communication between enterprises and enterprises. The way is to contact by computer.

Let alone video office in this era, there are no communication and chat tools such as QQ, or even worse, email office.

Therefore, there is no rush to use a computer for office work.

In this day and age, companies use personal computers for office work. If you really want to say it, the financial department has a greater demand, and financial statistics will be more convenient.

The car drove to Beverly Hills and stopped at the gate of the villa under Lin Baicheng's name. After the iron gate was opened, the motorcade drove into the villa.

When Lin Baicheng got out of the car, he saw the housekeeper Dorchi Hal leading the servants to greet him at the gate of the villa.

"Sir, welcome home!"

Dorchi Hal took the lead, and everyone bowed to Lin Baicheng.

I have to say that this form is really satisfying, at least Lin Baicheng can't fault it, and he is also very satisfied with it.

No one doesn't like being respected, and Lin Baicheng is no exception. He also enjoys being respected by others.

"It's been a while, Dolce."

With that said, Lin Baicheng led the way into the villa, followed by Dorchi Hall, Bill Hawes, Catherine and several bodyguards.

"Has Xiaoqin come back for dinner this afternoon?"

"When Miss Er is in class, she eats lunch outside, and eats breakfast and dinner at home."

The second young lady that Dorchi Hal spoke of was naturally Lin Qin, the eldest young lady was Lin Shufang, and Lin's father and Lin's mother were called Mrs. Lin.

"I'll have dinner at home at noon, and I'll prepare one for Catherine and Cliff."

Lin Baicheng said and looked at the only Bill Harveys who was not mentioned: "Bill, you don't have to stay with me here, go and do your business."

"Okay chairman, then I will go to work."

Bill Harveys responded. Although he hoped to stay and get in touch with the big boss, he knew that he had no choice but to leave because the acquisition negotiations with Bell Labs had not yet been completed, and insisting on staying would only be considered a Regardless of job performance.

After Bill Hawes left, Lin Baicheng said to Catherine: "Help me make an appointment with Lijun and Qingxia, and ask them if they have time to have dinner together tonight."

"Yes, Chairman."

Catherine knew who Lin Baicheng was talking about, and she was very envious of the one named Lin Qingxia, because she knew that the boss had taken a fancy to Lin Qingxia, and this alone was enough for her to be envious.

Catherine is not bad at all, she can even be said to be a big beauty. She originally thought that her boss would think of her that way. Her beauty gave her confidence, and she was very happy to accept it. Who made her boss so rich? She didn't expect that the boss didn't mean that at all, so she still felt a little regretful.

(End of this chapter)