People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

In 1984, Hong Kong's stock market and real estate industry were still in a state of depression.

Although the stock prices of Suzhou's listed companies did not fall sharply, they have instead shown a steady increase.

For example, Hong Kong Electric Group, Hong Kong Land Development, Wheelock Properties, etc. have all seen increases to varying degrees.

But this is only limited to companies under Sucheng.

Because everyone knows that if a listed company is headed by Su Cheng, there will be a certain profit margin by the end of the year even if the market is bad.

Moreover, Suzhou's industries are doing very well in the internationalization process.

For example, the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited, a listed company that Suzhou has already controlled, is now not only responsible for the power generation projects on Hong Kong Island, but has also expanded its electricity sales business to other places, such as Macau, Zhucheng and Pengcheng in Guangdong Province, the central region of Luzon Island, eastern Malaysia and even Australia. They already have power generation companies there and have become an important part of the power generation companies in these regions.

In addition to the most basic project of selling electricity, the Hong Kong Electric Group, like the Hutchison Whampoa Group and others, has already made better and better progress in the path of diversification.

For example, the real estate industry, relying on the advantage of owning multiple plots of land in Hong Kong, began to carry out large-scale real estate development after being controlled by Suzhou City.

In addition, the Hong Kong Electric Group has also entered Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Taipei, Shenzhen, Yangcheng, Shanghai and other places to engage in real estate development.

In addition, the Hong Kong Electric Group has developed very well in the hotel industry, tourism industry, finance industry, retail industry, etc.

This is also the reason why it now has a market value of more than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars.

It can be said that the hard power of Hong Kong Electric Group is not much inferior to that of Hong Kong Land Group.

He had only recently taken control of the Hong Kong Properties and Wheelock Properties, so they needed time to develop.

However, Hong Kong's stock investors are full of confidence in Sucheng, and think that as Sucheng becomes a listed company owned by the boss, it will definitely have a good future.

After all, companies like Hutchison Whampoa Group, Su Group, Tianwen Petroleum Company, etc., although they are privatized enterprises in Suzhou, each of them has developed very well.

Generally speaking, no company under Suzhou City has developed poorly.

In this business empire, all resources are shared and mutually beneficial, and the advantages are too great.

In the blink of an eye, it was May 1984.

On this day, a piece of news shocked the scientific and technological community and the world.

Motorola has released a mobile phone that is even more advanced than the Yunsheng S3.

In recent years, Hutchison Telecommunications has successively launched the Yunsheng S2 and Yunsheng S3.

In order to prevent technological leaps, each generation of technology is only slightly better than the previous one.

Originally, Su Cheng thought that if things continued like this, he wouldn't have to worry too much, but unexpectedly, Motorola broke this peace.

At the Su family villa between Tseung Kwan O and Clearwater Bay, Su Cheng was looking at the newspaper in his hand, reading the news with interest.

Unexpectedly, the scientific researchers at Motorola are quite capable.

This time, Motorola directly invented a semi-flip mobile phone.

From the pictures in the newspaper, we can see that although the difference between it and Yunsheng S3 is not that big, it also has its own characteristics.

For example, a flip cover is added to the buttons to protect them from being pressed randomly. Secondly, the long antenna on the top can be retracted freely, making it more convenient to carry.

In fact, Yunsheng Mobile's products are getting smaller and lighter with each generation.

However, Motorola's new product, named Motorola MicroTAC, is obviously lighter and more convenient.

The improvement is not much, but it is slightly ahead of the Yunsheng S3 mobile phone.

This can be said to be the first time that Suzhou's technology companies have been surpassed by other technology companies in personal commercial products after entering the mobile phone and computer fields.

Looking carefully at the product data of this Motorola MicroTAC, it is slightly ahead of the Yunsheng S3 in terms of weight and size, and the signal reception distance is also longer.

Of course, these are official data. As for the actual measured figures, it is unknown.

The launch of Motorola's new product shocked the world.

After the release, Motorola's stock price also soared.

In the eyes of many shareholders, this is a symbol of Motorola's surpassing Hutchison Telecommunications in communications equipment.

In recent years, technology has been suppressed by companies under Suzhou, resulting in scientific researchers in technology companies in Europe and the United States wanting to stay in the R&D room 24 hours a day to conduct research and development in the hope of surpassing technology companies such as Hutchison Telecommunications and Oracle Computer Corporation as soon as possible.

However, the technological lead is not so easy to shorten.

Now, when this news from Motorola came out, the people of the United States were very excited.

Various media and newspapers reported the event extensively, claiming that it was another victory for American technology.

Other technology companies in Silicon Valley are also more motivated.

Since Motorola was able to surpass Hutchison Telecommunications, why couldn't they?
Therefore, Motorola's new product launch has given many Silicon Valley companies complete confidence.

Ever since Oracle was forced to announce some of its chip technologies, the chip technologies in Europe and the United States quickly caught up.

Later, these technologies were handed over to Skydome Semiconductor for research and development and production, and Oracle Computer Corporation became a pure computer research and development manufacturer.

However, they always found that their research and development was always half a generation behind that of Tianqiong Semiconductor Company.

In this case, they were helpless and had no way out.

We can only assume that Tianqiong Semiconductor's technology is really just slightly ahead of theirs, and it will have a chance to surpass them sooner or later.

What they didn't know was that Tianqiong Semiconductor's technology was actually several generations ahead.

Just to avoid being sued for monopoly again, Tianqiong Semiconductor can only carry out research and development in a slow manner.

The chips for Hutchison Telecommunications' Yunsheng series of mobile phones are all developed and produced by Tianqiong Semiconductor.

Originally, year after year passed, and now four years have passed, but technology companies including those in Europe and the United States have not been able to surpass it, and they are about to lose confidence. Unexpectedly, Motorola actually surpassed Hutchison Telecommunications' products at this time.

Especially those scientific research laboratories in the United States are full of confidence.

The biggest manifestation is that after the release of this new product named Motorola MicroTAC, not only did Motorola's stock price rise, but even the stock prices of technology companies such as IBM and HP also rose.

Because everyone thinks that if Motorola can achieve transcendence, then technology giants such as IBM and HP will definitely be able to surpass it as well.

It was just a slight lead, but they hyped it up as if this new product from Motorola had completely crushed the Yunsheng series of products.

Despite the excitement outside, Hutchison Telecommunications remained calm.

Even the head of R&D at Hutchison Telecommunications Laboratories was dismissive of Motorola's new product.

That's it?

Landon Moore, general manager of Hutchison Telecommunications, called Lin Haoran for this.

"Boss, we are planning to come up with more advanced technology. We have to dampen their interest." Landon Moore said with a smile.

In fact, Su Cheng did not provide them with any technical information later, because it would definitely not work if he continued to do so. Except for the information provided at the beginning, Su Cheng did not provide any more information.

However, no technical information was provided, but Su Cheng provided research and development direction!
This is also the reason why Hutchison Telecommunications Laboratory, Skydome Semiconductor, Oracle Computer Corporation and others have recruited so many high-end scientific and technological talents from Europe and the United States.

Having a research and development direction can naturally greatly reduce the research and development time.

For example, Su Cheng once gave the laboratory director of Hutchison Telecommunications Company some ideas about the future. He did not say too much, but simply said that the development direction would not span too many generations.

"Oh? How do you want to deal with it?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

"We decided that Yunsheng S4 will add a more playable display screen and integrate a screen similar to that of Nintendo's handheld game console into the mobile phone. We have already developed these technologies in advance and originally planned to use them in Yunsheng S5. Since they think they have surpassed us, we will bring them out in advance and see how they respond." Landon Moore said with a smile.

Previous brick-style mobile phones also had a display, but it was just a long strip that only displayed the phone number.

The same is true for Yunsheng S1 to S3.

Even the newly released Motorola MicroTAC only has a long LED display that can only display phone numbers.

Both mobile communications and handheld game consoles were born as early as the 1970s.

However, no one has thought of integrating handheld game consoles with mobile phones.

At the beginning, Su Cheng suggested this development direction to Hutchison Telecommunications.

Therefore, Hutchison Telecommunications Company subsequently began to develop in this direction.

The technology is not difficult, it all already exists. The difficulty lies in how to better integrate them.

Then there's the issue of battery power.

However, this is not a problem, just have a few more batteries.

"Is there a prototype?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.

"Yes, but there is only one prototype, and the technology is not yet perfect. After it was developed, we were not in a hurry to launch it, so the details are not good enough." Langdon Moore replied.

Su Cheng understood immediately.

This is normal. After all, this is the technology that we plan to use in Yunsheng S5, so there is no need to rush to perfect it.

What was unexpected was that Motorola would launch a surprise attack and try to overtake others.

Of course, his speed was too slow. Even if he overtook, it was only a little bit, and Hutchison Telecommunications could easily catch up.

Therefore, Motorola's press conference this time is destined not to be happy for too long.

After the people of the United States happily bought Motorola's products, Hutchison Telecommunications launched new products again. This time it was destined to be revolutionary. At that time, it would depend on whether they were willing to change their mobile phones.

Those who can afford mobile phones are all rich people, and many people are willing to spend money on them.

After all, portable mobile phones are too convenient. Basically, those who can use them are businessmen or the second generation of rich people. At least, only those from wealthy families can afford to buy them.

"How long do you expect it will take to develop the complete version, and what's the fastest release time?" Su Cheng asked curiously.

“It won’t take long to get the full version, a month at most, we just need to make some adjustments and test it, and then we can finalize the version.

As for the release, it is May now, and we plan to release it in July, so there will be plenty of time. This time, Motorola is releasing its new product at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, so we also plan to hold the new product launch there. Is the boss interested in attending?" Landon Moore said at the end, inviting.

Su Cheng is definitely one of the top figures in the business world. If he attends this press conference, his influence will definitely be much greater. Of course, with the current popularity of Hutchison Telecommunications, even if he does not attend, it will not have much impact.

Because Hutchison Telecommunications is now a technology giant on the same level as Oracle Computer Corporation, Sky Semiconductor, IBM, HP, Intel, and Motorola.

It's just that Hutchison Telecommunications and Oracle Computer Corporation have relatively monotonous products, while companies like IBM and Motorola have developed richer products, so they are slightly behind in comprehensive strength. There is nothing that can be done about it.

However, the task of diversified development has been handed over to Tianqiong Semiconductor Company. They not only develop chips for computers and mobile phones, but also chips for basically all electronic products.

"I won't go. I believe that your press conference will be successful even without me. Remember, don't rush into the release. Wait until the product is thoroughly perfected before considering the release. I don't want you to release a half-finished product, which would ruin the honor and reputation that Hutchison Telecommunications has worked so hard to accumulate!" Su Cheng emphasized.

In his previous life, all he knew about Apple was that when it was developing the third generation of Apple computers, the product it developed was not as reliable as the second generation. Although the technology was more advanced, the quality was very poor. Apple had a hard time in those years because of this. Even for more than ten years afterwards, Apple’s stock price did not rise much.

Later, Apple was forced to invite the leader, who had been working outside for a long time, to return to serve as CEO. Only then did Apple make rapid progress again.

Of course, this kind of thing would no longer happen to Apple in this world because of the emergence of Su Cheng.

Today, Apple is doing very well in the United States because Su Cheng is a major shareholder and has technology provided by Su Cheng's companies.

Portable notebooks developed successfully by Apple have become a representative product of computer innovation.

Although its sales volume is not as good as Oracle computers, it still occupies a certain position in the computer industry. (End of this chapter)