Reborn since 1993

Chapter 656 Pig Killing Plate
The next day, Li Dongling was awakened by the sound of piano in the rented villa in New York.

After opening his eyes, Li Dongling felt a slight headache. Last night's dinner did not last very late.

After all, Li Dongling and his friends are not from Wall Street investment banks or those Internet upstarts in Silicon Valley. Every party lasts all night and they invite strippers, socialites and the like, and the scenes become quite violent in the second half of the night.

When Li Dongling left the banquet yesterday, many models, New York socialites and the like at the banquet had resentful looks in their eyes.

After getting up and drinking a glass of water, he felt sober. Li Dongling walked downstairs. The rented villa included a piano room and other facilities. Whether it was used or not, all kinds of facilities were available.

In the piano room, a burst of light melody came from inside. Li Dongling was not proficient in piano, but after all, he had formed a band when he was in Wuhan Jiaotong University. Li Dongling could still recognize some basic songs. Now Yao Luoying was playing the classic "Für Alice".

Li Dongling saw that Yao Luoying was wearing one of his coats and sitting in front of the piano playing. Her curves were faintly visible through the wide coat.

Looking at the expression on Yao Luoying's face, she seemed quite relaxed. Li Dongling hadn't seen Yao Luoying with this expression for a long time. Obviously, now that Feiyan Technology has completed its listing, she has also put a big stone aside in her heart.

Listening to this piece of music, Li Dongling couldn't help but think of his days at Wuhan Jiaotong University. At that time, he also formed a band and worked as a guitarist. But now, Li Dongling hasn't touched that guitar for a long time.

"clap clap"

After playing a piece, Yao Luoying saw Li Dongling standing at the door of the piano room and applauding. She stood up and walked towards Li Dongling with a smile.

"We haven't talked for a long time, and now we are a little rusty!"

"The music played by the head of a company with a market value of 2.1 billion is definitely the most beautiful music in the world!"

Li Dongling said with a smile, like Sohu boss Zhang and Wanda boss Wang sang at the annual meeting, and Alibaba and Penguin's two bosses Ma danced, who dares to say that they sang or danced badly.

What else would you need a bicycle for when you can see a billionaire perform on stage? Isn’t it better than those stars singing?
Hearing Li Dongling's words, Yao Luoying chuckled, and inadvertently, the coat that Li Dongling was wearing revealed her graceful figure. Following Li Dongling's gaze, Yao Luoying blushed and gave Li Dongling a reproachful look.

Li Dongling pulled Yao Luoying over, picked her up by the waist as she screamed, and walked upstairs.

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We have not yet reached the Internet frenzy period, but the signs have already appeared. Internet companies such as Amazon, Cognizant, Inkomi, EXCite, and 3Com are queuing up to be listed on the Nasdaq. A carnival is about to begin.

However, this is not the peak period. In another one or two years, when the Internet is at its most enthusiastic, not only NASDAQ, but also Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, etc., as long as the company name contains "com", it can be listed.

As long as you make a pie in the sky for any stock related to the Internet, the stock price will soar. As long as you buy Internet stocks, it is really like "picking up money."

Of course, according to the law of conservation of energy, the money you picked up by mistake will also be lost by mistake, and you will have to pay more...

After Feiyan Technology went public, its stock price continued to rise the next day. As long as major shareholders such as Dongling Hi-Tech did not run away, such as Netscape, Yahoo, Sequoia Capital, Citigroup, etc., there were only so many Feiyan Technology shares circulating in the market before they cashed out, and the price would rise more or less!

Li Dongling is letting Feiyan Technology go public now in order to occupy a position in advance. In the future, more and more Internet companies will be listed.

But the ones that people can remember are often only the earliest ones. The earlier they go public, the more well-known they are, and when the wind picks up, they will fly higher!

In the afternoon, Li Dongling appeared on the golf course in the villa area, and he and Yao Luoying were on the course, swinging their clubs boredly.

Now, Li Dongling has received quite a few invitations from various people in New York, including invitations from various companies, cocktail parties, parties, etc., but Li Dongling declined all of them.

Li Dongling has more important things to do right now. In the future, Li Dongling will come to America less and less frequently, but he is not interested in getting involved in those parties!

By the afternoon, Li Dongling finally saw Ed Fries, who had rushed over from Seattle.

“Congratulations, Li, and Ms. Yao, Feiyan Technology is listed!

However, I hope that this time I came here because I have good news to tell me!"

As soon as he sat down, Ed Fries said directly that he was currently at Microsoft, and was the person in charge of the hardware project in cooperation with Dongling Hi-Tech.

After all, the hardware cooperation project between Microsoft and Dongling Hi-Tech was signed by Ed Fleiss, who was Bill Gates' confidant, so naturally he should be in charge. The hardware project was also a business that Bill Gates had always dreamed of doing within Microsoft.

Previously, Li Dongling proposed to cooperate with Microsoft in the hardware business in exchange for Microsoft system support for Doxin Semiconductor's chips.

The main reason why the deal was made possible was that Bill Gates cared more about Microsoft's hardware business. Therefore, he was willing to stab his best ally in the back.

"Of course!" Li Dongling made an inviting gesture to Ed Fries and asked Ed Fries to come to the lounge of the stadium.

When Ed Fliess went in, Zhang Bing and several engineers were already waiting there. Seeing Ed Fliess coming in, Zhang Bing immediately started to operate.

Ed Fries's eyes were fixed on the machine that looked very similar to a VCD.

"This is a digital video recorder we developed for stargazing. It has functions such as pause, fast forward, rewind, and skip the previous advertisement. It is equipped with an 8GB hard drive..."

When starting up the TV and digital video recorder, Zhang Bing introduced them to Ed Fries, but Ed Fries's attention was more focused on the stargazing digital video recorder.

Microsoft has made a lot of hardware over the years, but most of them are "small-scale". It has played with expansion cards, mice, keyboards, etc. However, Microsoft has encountered setbacks everywhere in the hardware field and has been targeted by various computer manufacturers.

Originally, according to Microsoft's development in the hardware field in its previous life, Microsoft would have been able to shine in the field of mouse.

However, Microsoft's newly developed mouse business was hit hard by the Silver Sable Mouse produced by Dongling Hi-Tech. Now Microsoft's mouse business is basically in a half-dead state.

And if the stargazing digital video recorder in front of us can be made, it may become the first product that Microsoft has truly invested in the hardware field!
Even though it was not made by Microsoft itself, Microsoft invested money in it and also owns 40% of the shares of the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder. If you round it off, this should also be considered a hardware product of Microsoft...

Li Dongling noticed the look in Ed Fries' eyes as he looked at the stargazing digital video recorder, but he didn't say much.

After recording a segment, Ed Fleiss couldn't help but ask Zhang Bing to play the recorded content using the Stargazing digital video recorder.

When he saw the Stargazing digital video recorder playing the content of the previous program basically in its original ratio with little loss in image quality, Ed Fries couldn't help but show joy on his face.

"I think Mr. Bill Gates will definitely like this gift from Dongling Hi-Tech. The Microsoft system department will complete the Microsoft system transplantation for Dongxin Semiconductor's MIPS architecture chip as soon as possible!"

Hearing what Ed Fries said, Li Dongling had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help but curse Microsoft in his heart.

It turns out that Microsoft is obviously on guard against Dongling Hi-Tech, and wants to play the tactic of not releasing the eagle until it sees the rabbit. If Dongling Hi-Tech does not show the prototype to Microsoft, Microsoft may really delay the system transplantation!
"How much does this machine cost?" Ed Fries asked Zhang Bing.

Zhang Bing glanced at Li Dongling, and then he began to complain to Ed Fleiss seriously as they had agreed upon.

“For this product, our innovation laboratory of Dongling High-Tech Department invested a lot of manpower, funds and resources to develop the stargazing digital video recorder.

Many of the chips, motherboards, memory sticks, etc. are specially developed by us for this machine, and the hard drive is also purchased from the best brand.

The current cost of producing a digital video recorder for stargazing is about... $280!" Zhang Bing gritted his teeth and gave the price.

Originally, Zhang Bing felt that this offer was astronomical, but after hearing this offer, he saw that Ed Fries just frowned but did not refute it.

The production cost of a machine at $280 is definitely high in China, but such a quote in America is actually not too high. After all, there are so many Smith specialists in America, and we can't let Smith specialists earn less.

"Dongling Hi-Tech suggests that the retail price of the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder be US$320. The most important thing now is to put the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder on the market, increase its sales, and let users accept it. Profitability is something that needs to be considered in the future!"

Li Dongling acted as if he was thinking for Microsoft, as if Dongling Hi-Tech was not making any money by producing digital video recorders for stargazing.

Dongling Hi-Tech produced this thing just to complete the cooperation with Microsoft and do charity. They made $79 from one machine. Compared with Smith Special, can this be called a profit?!
"What are the expected sales of the stargazing digital video recorder after it is launched on the market?" Ed Fries asked the most critical question.

Li Dongling looked "difficult", "It is not so certain at present. The positioning of the stargazing digital video recorder is mainly for middle-class and above families in America, Canada, old Europe and other places.

They have high demands for a good lifestyle, but they don’t have enough time. They need this kind of product to record the programs they want to watch so that they can watch them when they have time!”

"In the future, the annual sales volume of digital video recorders for stargazing may be in the hundreds of thousands or in excess of a million units. No one can be sure."

Ed Fries thought for a while and decided that if the annual sales of the Stargazing digital video recorder could reach one million units, it would be completely acceptable to Microsoft.

But just as Ed Fliess was about to speak, Li Dongling's words made Ed Fliess' pupils dilate a little.

"As the first hardware product in cooperation with Microsoft, in order to express our sincerity, Dongling Hi-Tech is willing to transfer this product to Microsoft in the future if there is demand!"

If you want to trap a person or a company, you must give them enough benefits in the early stage. Even a pig-killing scheme needs to give some benefits to the leeks...

(End of this chapter)