Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 725
Seeing Lu Yiming talking eloquently, the people around even held their breath involuntarily.

Lu Yiming has such magical powers, every word he utters seems to be able to enlighten people and suddenly realize the truth.

Musk was excited by Lu Yiming's sentence "Our goal is the sea of ​​stars".

Jeremy Stoppelman was also full of praise for Lu Yiming's idea.

With the passage of time, mobile phones with cameras have appeared, and it is already possible to take out a mobile phone and take a photo at will.

In November 2000, Sharp launched the world's first real camera phone - Sharp J-SH11.Its camera has 04 pixels.

The price is five hundred dollars.

Earlier this year, Panasonic released a phone with a unique swivel design that can be rotated 360 degrees sideways or 180 degrees backwards for selfies.It was equipped with autofocus for the first time.In the "digital camera style", half-press the shutter button on the side of the fuselage, the auto-focus function will automatically focus on the subject in the middle, and you can shoot directly by pressing it directly.Although it takes about 1 second to achieve focus, autofocus is possible from about 5cm to infinity.Even without switching to close-up mode when shooting close-ups, it can autofocus, which is very convenient.

In April this year, Sharp released their new flagship camera phone - Sharp J-SH4.For the first time, the pixels of mobile phones have increased to the million level.Equipped with a 53 million effective pixel CCD camera, the maximum camera can take pictures of 100 × 1144 pixels, 858-inch 2.4-color QVGA pixel CGS screen, 26 polyphonic ring tones, support for MP32 playback and SD card expansion.

At the time, SD card expansion was a big deal for camera phones.Because the memory capacity of the mobile phone body was very small at that time, a mobile phone could only take dozens of photos at most.With the SD card expansion function, the camera function of the mobile phone is more powerful.

Now that the conditions for "snapshots" are fully met, then the next step is the display session.The video site is such a field.

Fully meet people's pretentious needs.

After all, if you take a good photo and leave a photo when you travel somewhere, the most you can do is to show your phone to the people around you, and the pretentious effect is not strong at all.

It's different when uploading to the Internet. There are hundreds of millions of Internet users.

It's exciting to think about.

However, in the final analysis, starting a business is to make money. If the project is great, it must also be profitable. A business that does not make money cannot last.

Relying on love to generate electricity, no amount of money is enough to burn it.

Chen Shijun asked: "President Lu, what is the profit model of this project?"

Musk thought about it, but he didn't figure out how this thing could be profitable.

Upload charges?

Isn't that bullshit?Then who still uses your stuff?
Pay for browsing?

This is a possibility, but not much.

What else is there?
Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Don't worry about making money. The early stage of video websites is mainly to expand market share and increase user base. If you do these two things well, even if you don't want to make money, someone will give you money."

Jeremy Stoppelman dubious: "Really?"

Lu Yiming said: "Of course, when have I ever lied to someone? Do I want to do it?"

Jeremy Stoppelman immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Fuck!"

A few days later, the Paypal gang, who had officially gone their separate ways, became a star in Silicon Valley.

This acquisition of eBay directly created three billionaires, 21 multi-millionaires, and [-] millionaires!
Silicon Valley and the Internet are once again everyone's talking point.

Even on Wall Street, some people have already shouted the slogan "The cold wave has receded", and it seems that technology stocks have once again risen. After all, the successful case of PayPal is right in front of us.

All of a sudden, even the fact that Lu Yiming and the others broke up and went to eat hamburgers together was widely spread and attracted a lot of attention. Many people went to the hamburger restaurant to check in and try the top-notch hamburger set menu.The crazy soaring turnover made the owner of the burger shop smile crookedly.

According to the original plan, if the PayPal matter is settled, Lu Yiming should return to China, but because when Li Yiwen got married, he gave Li Yiwen his private jet, so before returning to China, he planned to go to Boeing to customize a private jet for himself .

This thing, although I say I am a patriotic youth, let alone now, even when he was reborn, this thing is not made in China.Now to support that is purely overthinking.

Looking at the first decade of the 21st century from the perspective of the 30s, it is really the difference between a luxury palace and a blank, and there are too many places to catch up and break through.

Self-confidence and enthusiasm are good things, but we must also face up to the gap and catch up.

The golden mean has been said for thousands of years, but the biggest lesson that history has left for people is that people never learn from history.

When Su Zhenge heard that Lu Yiming was going to Chicago to buy a plane, he wanted to go with him no matter what he did.There was no other way, Lu Yiming had no choice but to take him with him.

On the way to Boeing's headquarters, Su Zhenge asked Lu Yiming curiously: "Don't you already have a private jet? Why do you still want to buy it? If you have too much money to spend, you can spend it for me."

Lu Yiming's tone was calm, as if he was talking about something insignificant: "I gave away the old one. After all, the internal space is a bit small. I plan to buy a bigger one this time."

When Su Zhenge heard this, he almost cried: "Damn it, did you give it away? Who did you give it to! Why didn't you give it to me?"

A private jet sounds more awesome than a private car. I don't know how many times.

Su Zhenge has long wanted to own a private jet and a private yacht, but now he can neither afford a private jet nor a private yacht.

Fortunately, Lu Yiming, the private jet will send it off as soon as it is said.

It's simply inhumane!

Lu Yiming hit him mercilessly and said, "Forget it, you spend all day wandering around this three-acre land, why do you need a plane? Even if I send you one, it's a waste of money to stop at the airport." ?”

Su Zhenge had nothing to say immediately, after all, the maintenance cost of a private jet is not low at all, if he spends all his money on raising such a thing, how can he still look around in style?

"Forget it, I'll just rub your private jet."

"You, make a good movie. After a few years, you can afford it and support it after earning money."

Su Zhenge didn't like hearing this, and looked at Lu Yiming depressedly: "Why do you feel like my father when you speak? Obviously I am your elder, okay?"

It was already afternoon when we arrived in Chicago, and Lu Yiming was not in a hurry, so he found a hotel to settle down and took a look around.

Located in the south of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the third largest city in the United States and one of the world's international financial centers.Chicago also has many high-rise buildings, known as "the hometown of skyscrapers".

The next morning, Lu Yiming and the others arrived at the Boeing headquarters in Chicago.

This headquarters is new. Boeing moved its headquarters here in 2001.

Prior to this, Boeing's headquarters were in Seattle.

At the entrance of the Boeing headquarters building, Lu Yiming looked up at the skyscraper and said to Su Zhenge, "This house is not bad."

Su Zhenge said: "Aren't you talking nonsense? Boeing's headquarters, how bad is that?"

Lu Yiming said: "Tell me, if this building is bought, how much will it cost?"

Su Zhenge was taken aback, looked at Lu Yiming suspiciously, and asked, "What do you want?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "No reason, I just asked casually, why are you so nervous?"

Su Zhenge said: "How could the company's headquarters building be sold? Where will the company go to work if the headquarters is sold? Could it be possible to collectively go to the floor under the overpass?"

In fact, Boeing did not use this building for long, and moved to Virginia in 2022.

Lu Yiming said: "You have been in the beautiful country for so many years, don't you know about them? Although the company's headquarters has moved here, the production is still in Seattle. Boeing has two important factories in Seattle, and the big one is called Everett. , the smaller one is called Layton. Boeing also has a plant in South Carolina at Charleston International Airport."

"The office concept of the beautiful country is completely different from that of our country. In our country, each leader basically has a room, and the higher the official position, the bigger the room. Open offices are popular in these western countries, that is, hundreds of people are in a hall, and the small office is small. The leaders sit with everyone, and the big leaders sit in the next compartment. So these factories of Boeing are actually their important office locations.”

"Sell the headquarters building, and at worst, they can work in the factory building while watching the plane."

While speaking, a group of people have entered the building through the revolving door.

Seeing Lu Yiming and the others come in, a young woman immediately walked around the front desk and walked towards several people with a folder in her arms.

She is a white person with heavy makeup, wearing a black long-sleeved suit, a black tight-fitting short skirt, her legs are wrapped in light brown lace stockings, and a pair of black patent leather feet are so high that she is twisted when she walks. very vigorously.

Su Zhenge's eyes were straightened, and even a certain part was about to move.

He whispered: "This girl is really beautiful!"

Lu Yiming booed: "Then you go on and take her down!"

During the conversation, the young woman had already come in front of the two of them. Seeing the two Asian faces, she looked quite arrogant, and said arrogantly: "Who are you? This is the headquarters of Boeing Aircraft Company. Please leave immediately. If you want to To see the Boeing factory, please come to the Everett factory."

The Everett Assembly Plant can be visited by people, and the annual revenue from tourists is several million dollars.It has to be said that Boeing will do business.

Lu Yiming said flatly: "I'm not here to visit, I'm here to buy a plane."

Although in Lu Yiming's current capacity, he can just call anyone under his command to deal with the matter of buying a plane, but after all, the height he is now at is completely different from that before his rebirth, so Lu Yiming likes to do many things by himself. Add a little more involvement.

In my previous life, I searched and searched even to buy a scooter, but now I can buy an airplane casually, so I can’t go out and experience it myself, it’s a lot less fun.

"You? Buy a plane?"

The young woman laughed wildly as if she had heard some funny joke.

Su Zhenge's eyes became even hotter, and he couldn't help swallowing.

This scale is really suffocating.

No wonder it's called Boeing.

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and said, "Why? Can't you? Go find someone from your sales department, you can't make the decision."

Lu Yiming knew that at this point in time, it was normal for foreigners to look down on Xia Guoren, and he knew that if he wanted to buy a plane safely, he had to move some backers: "Mr. Epstein and I are good friends. "

Seeing the still arrogant expression on the young woman's face, Su Zhenge cursed in his heart: I must make you kneel and beg for mercy tonight!

Regarding Lu Yiming's statement, the young woman was still a little suspicious. Lu Yiming took out his mobile phone and said, "Should I call Mr. Epstein?"

The young woman thought for a while, moved half of her body away, and said, "Come with me."

The young woman took Lu Yiming and the others to the [-]th floor by elevator, walked to the door of the office with sales signs on it, knocked on the door, and said: "If you want to buy a Boeing plane, just talk to Hubert Mr Babington talk."

Lu Yiming nodded slightly.

Entering the office, Lu Yiming saw a man with a brown beard. He was Hubert Babington, the sales manager of Boeing.

"Hi, Mr. Hubert, I'm Lu Yiming, and I want to customize a Boeing 767 for private business flights."

The Boeing 767 is a medium-to-large, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet aircraft developed by Boeing, with [-] to [-] seats.

Compared with the previous Gulfstream business jets, the Boeing 767 can be said to be a behemoth.

Hubert Babington raised his head slightly, looked at Lu Yiming and Su Zhenge, with a meaningful expression on his face, and then said: "Thirty-eight million dollars."

Although Su Zhenge couldn't afford an airplane, after all, he had a lot of contacts, and he read various high-end magazines. He also knew the price of a star model like the Boeing 767.He whispered to Lu Yiming in Chinese: "The bare metal price of this plane is only about 100 million U.S. dollars. His voice charged you 700 million more."

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows involuntarily, and said, "Is this treating me like a big dog?"

He said to Hubert Babington angrily: "Mr. Hubert, I sincerely want to discuss business with you. The market price of this plane is only about 3000 million U.S. dollars. You actually offered me three dollars!" Eight million dollars?"

Hubert Babington said with a contemptuous expression: "I said 800 million US dollars, that is 800 million US dollars. Mr. Lu Yiming, you are not a person who is short of money, why bother about these millions of dollars?" Dollar?"

Lu Yiming said in surprise, "You know me?"

Hubert Babington snorted softly and said with some annoyance: "Do you think I don't know the Wolf of the East who swept the airline stocks back then?"

Hearing this, Lu Yiming couldn't help feeling depressed.

Almost forgot about it.

At the beginning, they crazily shorted aviation stocks on Wall Street and cut off a wave of companies in related industries. Now they still hold grudges.

Lu Yiming brought the topic back to the plane and said, "3000 million US dollars, not a cent more."

Hubert Babington was also very straightforward: "Not for sale!"

With an aircraft costing US$3000 million, plus the modification at that time, breaking through US$[-] million is an easy task.Lu Yiming did not expect that Hubert Babington would not let go.

It's just so uncapitalist.

Didn’t it be agreed that the capitalists could even sell the noose that hanged themselves as long as it was profitable?

When did you become so polite?
This unscientific!

Although there is not much difference between 3000 million and 800 million in terms of Lu Yiming's wealth, but he didn't want to be so used to these white people, so he immediately said to Su Zhenge: "Let's go, don't buy it."

Then turn around and leave.

Leaving the Boeing company building, Su Zhenge said angrily: "It's too much, it's obviously a bully."

Later, he asked with some doubts: "Boeing's operation is also a bit confusing. If you don't do it with a good voice, must it be against you?"

Lu Yiming said: "I probably guessed the reason. It is probably that two years ago I scooped up the top ten airlines in North America too hard. Boeing didn't want to offend these big customers, so they deliberately found fault with me."

As far as Boeing itself is concerned, these capitalists, as long as they can make money, they will not frown when they let them eat shit.But Lu Yiming's status is special, he is the public enemy of the aviation industry in the beautiful country, if Boeing does business with Lu Yiming, it will definitely be targeted and despised by other colleagues.At that time, if the stock price drops a little, the loss will be more than tens of millions of dollars.

Su Zhenge scratched his head and asked, "Then what should we do? The top ten North American airlines have a lot of influence in the United States, why don't you go to Gulfstream and ask?"

After all, he was considered a regular customer of Gulfstream, and maybe the deal would be successful in the face of repeat customers.

Su Zhenge thought so.

Lu Yiming shook his head and said: "Gulfstream's private jets are mainly small and medium-sized, and like Boeing, it is a local aircraft manufacturer in the beautiful country. Now Boeing has scruples, let alone Gulfstream. I think it is probably useless. .I’d better go to Europe to see, Airbus’s private jets should be quite good.”

With regret, Su Zhenge and Lu Yiming left Boeing headquarters.

Su Zhenge was still thinking just now that Lu Yiming would buy a plane and give the young woman at the front desk a little rich shock, and then he could have an in-depth exchange with her at night.

Now it seems that there should be no chance.

Back at the residence, Lu Yiming packed up his things and took the plane directly to Europa.

Seven and a half hours later, Lu Yiming's plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

After walking out of the airport, Lu Yiming took out his mobile phone with an international calling card and called Li Yiwen.

"Cousin, what are you doing? I'm in Paris."

Li Yiwen suddenly received a call from Lu Yiming, and almost cried: "Don't call me brother, you are my brother, I'm on honeymoon, can you still find me?"

(End of this chapter)