Reborn since 1993

Chapter 81 The Last Steel Powder

August is about to enter, and the weather in Pingyang has become a bit hot. The branches outside the Tangling High-Tech Office Building are gently swaying by the breeze blowing from nowhere.

Yao Luoying, who was wearing a women's suit that accentuated her body curves, had her hair scattered in front of her eyebrows being blown slightly by the wind outside from time to time.

When Yao Luoying saw the scale of funds invested in the Zhixing Foundation established by Li Dongling, she couldn't help but look at Li Dongling in surprise. It was written that Li Dongling would invest a total of two million US dollars in this foundation!

"This money will not be invested all at once, but will be invested over four to five years!"

Li Dongling looked at Yao Luoying and said, "It is better to teach someone to fish than to be taught how to fish!"

Li Dongling stood up and opened the window a little wider. Under Yao Luoying's puzzled eyes, Li Dongling said, "The two million US dollars invested in the Zhixing Foundation and the bonuses paid to the Qilin Award and the He Zun Award every year in the early stage will not be Over three million yuan, the rest of the funds will be used for investment!"

“If you want an award to have enough authority, it needs to run continuously for ten years, which requires a foundation and continuous financial investment!

In order for a foundation to operate for a long time, just like the Nobel Foundation, which operates for decades or hundreds of years, it is impossible to rely solely on donations. Sooner or later, when the oil is exhausted, the hope will be placed on others. It is the weakness of human nature and the fatal flaw of a foundation.

I hope that the Zhixing Foundation can survive no longer relying on Tanglin Hi-Tech! "

Li Dongling said with a smile, while Yao Luoying looked at the yellow light of the setting sun falling on Li Dongling as she stood by the window, making her slightly absent-minded. She could hear that there seemed to be something special in Li Dongling's words.

The establishment of Tanglin Hi-tech's Zhixing Foundation and the implementation of the Kirin Award and the Ho Zun Award are indeed to attract talents to Tanglin Hi-tech and increase Tanglin Hi-tech's influence in the scientific research industry. But if it can leave something for this era by the way, If it's something, of course it's the best. After all, people always have to leave something behind in their lifetime.

The two million U.S. dollars Li Dongling invested in Dongling High-Tech was mainly used for investment, including investments in Nasdaq's high-dividend technology companies, real estate and other industries. In the future, professional managers will be hired to manage it.

If everything goes well, the Zhixing Foundation in the future, even if it leaves Tanglin Hi-tech, can survive by relying on stock dividends, bonds, rent from rented office buildings, etc. It may even live better than some listed companies and be able to operate for many years. !

Of course, by that time, as the founding family of the Zhixing Foundation, the future Li family will also be able to obtain direct or indirect connections and resources through the Zhixing Foundation.

For example, the cooperative relationship between Zhixing Foundation and major universities, as well as the geniuses who have received the Qilin Prize and the big names who have won the He Zun Award, do not expect them to all remember the help that the Zhixing Foundation has provided to them. We don’t expect them all to repay the Li family, but as long as there are some people who remember it and can help the Li family at critical moments, it will be too much for the Li family!

When the weather gets hotter, the sales of electronic pet machines around the world are becoming more and more booming.

After testing the waters in three domestic cities, the electronic pet machine officially began to be sold in major cities in the country. On the first day of official sales, the electronic pet machine achieved an astonishing sales volume of 620,000 units in the domestic market. Sales volume Breaking through 40 million, many domestic media exclaimed, where is the limit of electronic pet machines.

It's obviously such an "ordinary" thing, how can it be so popular among young people.

Of course, with the popularity of electronic pet machines in China, various criticisms have begun to appear, mainly focusing on the negative effects of playing with toys, affecting learning, etc.

But before these criticisms could form public opinion, news came from overseas again, which dampened public opinion even before it started. Sales of electronic pet machines in Japan officially exceeded 7 million, with sales exceeding 100 million US dollars!

The current domestic public opinion environment is an era when the moon abroad is rounder than at home. Japan is a developed country, touted by countless media and envied by many people.

But now, the electronic pet machine is going crazy in the Japanese market. In a few months, it has achieved sales of 100 million US dollars. Now there is a lot of public opinion, and Japan is also included in the publicity to learn from foreign countries. The media that originally wanted to criticize the electronic pet machine can no longer do so at this time.

Not only in Japan, but also in America and Europe, there are constant reports of electronic pet machines being sold out. Especially in America, the popularity of electronic pet machines has risen from young people and students to a trend. As a toy, a group of rappers such as Snoop Dogg, as well as Hollywood stars, etc., all hang electronic pet machines around their necks together with large gold necklaces, and declare themselves to be these toys in public. loyal fans!

What goes well up comes down to what goes down. When America's fashion stars all expressed their opinions, the electronic pet machine has almost reached the point of being hyped in America.

Especially after Tanglin High-tech and Bandai jointly launched a collector's edition electronic pet machine, the price of a collector's edition machine in New York was as high as a thousand dollars.

I spent such a big price to buy it, and I knew with my toes that it must be some celebrities or stars for collection. However, this does not prevent a bunch of scalpers from taking advantage of the opportunity to speculate. In addition, the media's reports following the trend and seeking novelties have made the electronic pet machine more popular. In America, it has been completely hyped, and the supply shortage is worse than Japan's benzene. "It has become, along with AKs and contraband, the most hyped product on the black market in the Europa Peninsula!"

The Times of England also reported on the madness caused by electronic pet machines in Europe. In Europe, electronic pet machines have become a complete hype.

When a product becomes a piece of hype, its product attributes have undergone fundamental changes. Whether users really like it or why it is popular is no longer important. Everyone wants it anyway. , proud to get it. In this fanatical atmosphere, the electronic pet machine is even more popular abroad than in China, and it is much more fanatical!

Regarding this phenomenon, Li Dongling and Dongling Hi-Tech have also noticed that such a fanatical atmosphere for electronic pet machines overseas is definitely abnormal. There must be many people speculating and stocking up, hoping to sell them at high prices.

But what Tanglin High-tech can do is to keep producing at full capacity and continuously launch new products. As for the scalpers and speculators who are hoarding goods, will they get out of hand and lose the machine in their hands? Then it is not Tanglin. Hi-tech can care about it.

"Based on the current overseas sales trend of electronic pet machines, it is estimated that the overseas sales of electronic pet machines this year will be between 15 million and 18 million, and the total sales are expected to... exceed 200 million US dollars!"

In the conference room of Dongling Hi-Tech, Zhang Ao said to Li Dongling and a group of senior executives of Tanglin Hi-Tech.

Hu Xian, Yao Luoying, Gao Peng, Chen Tao, Li Dongshan and others all applauded, especially Hu Xian, who was in charge of finance, with a smile on his face.

This year is also a year of ups and downs for Hu Xian. Before the first half of the year, Hu Xian was still worried about whether Tanglin Hi-Tech could survive. In the second half of the year, he would have to worry about the tax issues of Tanglin Hi-Tech's huge overseas revenue. .

As overseas sales returns are gradually received, Tanglin Hi-Tech's account funds begin to become abundant. Electronic pet machines are now hot-selling. Whether it is agents or dealers at home and abroad, in order to get more machines , they don’t dare to press the payment at will, and the payment is timely, which makes Donglin Hi-Tech’s cash flow quite abundant!

"As for domestic sales, it is estimated to be more than 68 million. The main issue is the selling price. The selling price of yuan is still a bit high compared to domestic income!" Zhang Ao said.

The current monthly salary income of most people in China is only more than 200 yuan, which may be higher in Yanjing, Shanghai and other places. The sales of electronic pet machines are now mainly concentrated in cities and above. There are also sales in counties and towns, and there are not many. It's too ideal. Families in these areas still have to think carefully about spending dozens of yuan to buy an electronic pet machine.

But even so, the country is too big, and there are still many users willing to buy electronic pet machines. For example, cars with starting prices of hundreds of thousands a car can sell more than a million cars of various sizes in the country a year. Therefore, it is not difficult to sell millions of electronic pet machines in China.

After Zhang Ao, Yao Luoying, Hu Huxian, Gao Peng and others also reported to Li Dongling one after another, most of them related to the electronic pet machine business.

"The electronic pet machine research and development project team must continue to upgrade products. In addition, Tanglin Hi-Tech cannot bet everything on the electronic pet machine project. By next year, we must be prepared to lose it at any time!"

Li Dongling reminded the executives of Dongling High-Tech. After hearing his words, Yao Luoying, Hu Xian, Zhang Ao and others all looked at him in surprise.

"Everything should be done just in case!"

Li Dongling said with a smile that the electronic pet machine will last for a year or two at most, and it is probably unknown whether it will be able to be sold even this time next year.

People will get tired of it, and the enthusiasm that suddenly starts for something will suddenly disappear one day. If Tanglin High-Tech puts all its hopes on it and produces machines regardless of all costs, one day it will suddenly become unsaleable. , then Tanglin Hi-Tech will probably have to spit out all the money it made before, and may even gain a lot from it.

Just like the companies and scalpers that produced and hoarded pagers in previous lives, they were mercilessly shot to death on the beach overnight, without giving them any time to react.

So by next year at most, no matter how the market is, Tanglin Hi-Tech will start the project of reducing the production of electronic pet machines. The last steel, the risk is really too great!

(End of this chapter)