Giant of the times

"Black Monday" swept the world, causing a global economic downturn and causing huge losses to many companies. However, fortunately, Li Zetian had anticipated it and had enough funds to deal with this disaster.

After the stock market crash, it is Li Zetian’s opportunity to make a fortune!

At this time, the market values ​​of many companies plummeted and were in danger.

Therefore, it didn’t take long for news to spread that Wells Fargo had merged with a certain bank, Umbrella Insurance Company had acquired an insurance company, Sprint had acquired Bell Pacific, and Earth Power had acquired and entered the United States...

At a time when mourning is everywhere, Li Zetian's acquisition behavior is particularly eye-catching.

From October 19, 1987 to January 1, 1988, the company under Li Zetian's name completed fifty-six acquisitions, which caused a sensation in major media around the world!

The people on Wall Street were even more shocked!

"Oh, God, 'Black Monday' came without any warning, how did Chronos·Li judge that a stock market crash would break out?!"

"Yeah, I feel like Chronos Li is like a prophet, it's so amazing!"

"When the stock market crash hit, countless companies devalued one after another, but Chronos Li took the opportunity to sweep through major companies and launched fifty-six acquisitions. All of them were large-scale operations, involving more than tens of billions of dollars. It was really too... Crazy!!!”

"..."

“Too handsome!!!”

At this moment, even Li Zetian couldn't help but admire himself. No wonder people often say that only in crisis can there be opportunities! This stock market crash allowed him to get a big bargain. When the stock price rebounds in the future, Li Zetian's net worth will naturally skyrocket.

During this period, the development of the World Wide Web was also very gratifying.

Almost all Internet users in the United States have used the World Wide Web. They either created their own websites or browsed other people's websites. It must be said that AOL took this opportunity to provide online services and grew rapidly!

Without Li Zetian's guidance, AOL developed an online chat room based on the World Wide Web, allowing netizens to chat together on the website. This kind of chat room is different from instant messaging software. People in the same chat room can see everyone's messages, similar to being in a QQ group.

Once America Online's chat room was launched, it was so popular that even Li Zetian was surprised.

AOL also provides BBS, e-mail, online game downloads, online software downloads, news browsing and other online services, making it the first choice for American netizens to access the Internet. Because as long as you enter the AOL service system, you can basically find services on the Internet from here. For computer novices, is there any better choice than this?

However, because AOL grew so fast, it quickly ran out of money.

In early February, Steve Case came to Li Zetian and said that AOL needed to start Series A financing.

Li Zetian said there was no problem. The investment was led by Sprint and Galaxy Networks, and four AOL partners, with a total investment of US$20 million. Since then, Li Zetian has controlled more than 71.5% of AOL's shares through cross-shareholdings.

Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help but say: "Steve Case is really good at developing AOL so quickly!"

"Yes!" Li Zetian nodded, also quite convinced of Steve Case's ability.

After a pause, Li Zetian smiled and said: "Since the establishment of NSFnet, Sprint was the first commercial network to establish SprintNet. However, more and more companies are beginning to enter this field, including MCI, AT\u0026T and other companies. However, It is also a good thing, because in this way, the development of the Internet can be accelerated, AOL will develop faster in the future, and Galaxy Networks' network equipment will also sell more. Everything is going according to my plan!"

Dongfang Yuqin said: "The network in Hong Kong is being built very quickly, and a joint telecommunications company has been established with Shenzhen. Network services have been launched in Shenzhen, and then the Internet can be radiated to surrounding cities through Shenzhen."

"Well, it's very good." Li Zetian said, "However, due to limited broadband, more submarine optical cables must be laid. BJ does not seem to have such plans for the time being."

"The construction of a submarine optical cable costs a lot of money, and China's economy has just started..."

Li Zetian still knows the situation in mainland China relatively well. Although with his help, China is so huge that not one or two people can change it.

"Is there any news about Hanka?" Li Zetian couldn't help but ask after thinking about this.

"Yes!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded, thought for a moment, and said: "The most famous Hanka R\u0026D company is a company called Lenovo, which is affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 1985, it has launched the first mobile phone with Lenovo function The company's Hanka product is Lenovo Hanka, and the company's name "Lenovo" comes from the Lenovo Hanka."

"Associative Hanka?" Li Zetian muttered and read it again, wondering, "What are the characteristics of this associative Hanka?"

Dongfang Yuqin explained with a smile: "Being able to provide the Lenovo function is to use the contextual relevance of Chinese characters to facilitate users' use. With this Chinese card, Lenovo quickly defeated other Chinese card companies and monopolized most of the market. "

Li Zetian nodded. He originally wanted to develop Hanka, but then he forgot about it. Now that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has stepped in, with their understanding of Chinese and their own technology, they can indeed develop excellent Hanka. For Li Zetian, Hanka was just a small profit and could only be active for a short period of time, so he simply gave it to Lenovo.

However, Lenovo has become bigger and stronger with Hanka, and will later get involved in computers and become the main competitor of Apple and Mango Computer in mainland China. This is very bad. Currently, there is an investment boom in mainland China, and foreign capital has entered China one after another. When facing Chinese companies, if they cannot compete, then use the power of capital to destroy them.

Li Zetian thought about it and realized that he was also a big capitalist.

Lenovo's backer is the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it has strong research and development capabilities, and it has made a lot of money with Hanka. It will obviously pose a danger to itself in the future. In order to prepare for a rainy day, before Lenovo has fully emerged, we will first invest in Lenovo, then gradually encroach on it, and finally take control of Lenovo.

So, Li Zetian said: "Lenovo is also a well-known technology company in mainland China, and it has great investment value! Yuqin, please arrange for people to talk to Lenovo and strive to buy shares in Lenovo. The more shares you have, the better. .”

"Okay, I know."

In spring, everything comes back to life and the air is especially fresh.

Li Zetian stood up from the chair, walked to the window, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt energetic. After a hearty breakfast, Li Zetian went to the artificial intelligence laboratory to help everyone develop artificial intelligence and strive to defeat the world chess champion as soon as possible.

Li Zetian didn't understand chess before, but now he has become an amateur master. However, if he fights against artificial intelligence, he will basically end up in failure.

Artificial intelligence has mastered hundreds of thousands of chess game records and has very clever algorithms. Even some professional chess players are not its opponents.

After coming to the laboratory, the person in charge of the project suggested: "Mr. Li, the artificial intelligence we have developed is already very powerful. Should we invite some professional chess players to play against each other to increase our fame and exposure? In the meantime, we You can observe what happens when artificial intelligence competes with real masters, identify problems, and optimize algorithms.”

"Well, what you said makes sense, just do as you say." Li Zetian nodded, thinking that working behind closed doors will not work. Only by allowing artificial intelligence to challenge masters can we become more courageous as we fight.

"Okay, I'm really looking forward to seeing the artificial intelligence we develop killing everyone!" the person in charge said with a smile.

"Haha, me too." Li Zetian also smiled.

So, a week later, the Cray Supercomputer Laboratory and the Evolution Robot Artificial Intelligence Laboratory jointly held a press conference to announce that the artificial intelligence supercomputer would challenge professional chess masters.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation around the world and aroused heated discussions.

"What? An artificial intelligence supercomputer wants to challenge professional chess players?! I don't believe it, how could a computer win against a human?"

"It's not that there aren't chess games on the market, but the level is too low. Even I can't beat it. I still want to challenge professional masters. It's just sensationalism!!"

"The Solar Storm-II supercomputer has powerful computing power, and the Evolution Robot Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has powerful artificial intelligence. Combining the two, we might even be able to win against professional chess masters! Think about it, human computing How fast is it, how fast can a supercomputer compute?”

"..."

Whether artificial intelligence supercomputers are more powerful or humans are more powerful, everyone debated endlessly for a while.

"Hello, Mr. Li, hello! I'm Zhang Han. I watched today's press conference. The artificial intelligence computer played against a human master. It was so shocking. As you know, Tian Shuai and I are both chess enthusiasts. , I want to know how powerful the artificial intelligence supercomputer is!!" After Zhang Hao saw this press conference, he couldn't help but call Li Zetian immediately.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Okay, then you will come to the Evolver Robot Artificial Intelligence to give you a chance to challenge. Haha, when the time comes, don't lose so miserably that you hide in the toilet and cry!"

"Are you kidding me? I am a chess expert. It is obvious to all that no one is my opponent during college!" Zhang Hao pouted, full of confidence in himself.

"Brag as hard as you can, no one will see it anyway."

Zhang Hao: "..."

An hour later, Zhang Hao took Tian Shuai to the artificial intelligence laboratory.

"Here we come!" Li Zetian smiled and waved to them to say hello.

"I want to compete with artificial intelligence!" Zhang Hao said.

"Artificial intelligence can defeat even professional masters, can you?" Li Zetian said with a smile.

"OK!!"

"Okay, then I'll have someone make arrangements for you right away."

Zhang Hao grinned, it's time to show his true skills...

So, an hour later, Zhang Hao was crying and kept saying: "I can't do it, it's impossible, how could I lose again..."

Tian Shuai looked surprised and whispered: "Mr. Li, the artificial intelligence you developed is so powerful. Although Zhang Hao was bragging, his chess level was still very good. Unexpectedly, he lost two games in a row. "

Li Zetian smiled and said: "It is indeed very powerful, otherwise I would not dare to dare to challenge professional chess masters!"

"Mr. Li, artificial intelligence is not only used for playing chess, right?" Tian Shuai asked.

"Of course, playing chess is only part of it. Artificial intelligence can do a lot of things, but with the current technology and conditions, it can't do more. This PK event is held to attract attention and promote it. The Solar Storm-II supercomputer will, secondly, promote artificial intelligence. I hope more talents can join the development of artificial intelligence..." Li Zetian said.

"Well..." Tian Shuai nodded to express his understanding.

A month later, four well-known chess masters accepted the challenge of artificial intelligence supercomputers. Three of them lost and one won. Such a record is surprising. Many chess masters expressed dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction, and were ready to challenge.

Li Zetian was secretly happy and said that all masters are welcome to come, and no one will be refused, and he can come and challenge every day.

Artificial intelligence has the ability to learn independently. As the number of battles with masters increases, it will become more and more powerful.

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BJ, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

"What do you think?" an old man with beard asked, looking at everyone.

"It is obvious to all that Chronos Li has been strongly supporting the development of mainland China over the years, and he is considered a patriotic Chinese. Although Lenovo is a state-owned enterprise led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it operates civilian products and does not involve national security. Question. If we can accept his investment, we will definitely be able to grow and develop rapidly!" said a middle-aged man.

It is now 1988, nearly 10 years after the reform and opening up. Sino-foreign joint ventures and even wholly foreign-owned models have become commonplace. It is not strange for state-owned enterprises to accept foreign investment. At present, Lenovo's main product is Hanka, which is based on Mango Computer and Apple Computer.

Mango Computer Company takes the mid-to-low-end route, has a large market share in China, and is Lenovo's largest customer. The man who just spoke was called Liu Chuanzhi, the president of Lenovo. He knew very well how much it would help Lenovo's development if Lenovo could accept Li Zetian's investment. In fact, Lenovo at this time was a small company that was only emerging in the field of Hanka. But you have to know that there are too many personal computers in China, and there are also competitors. How much can Lenovo Hanka sell? There are countless companies in China trying their best to attract overseas investment. Li Zetian's choice of Lenovo is entirely due to Lenovo's luck. It's just that Li Zetian wants more shares - 49%, making it easy for Lenovo to change hands.

After Liu Chuanzhi finished expressing his opinion, a group of people started talking about it, but to no avail.

A few days later, when news came out that Mango Computer Company and Apple were preparing to cooperate with other Hanka companies, Lenovo and the Chinese Academy of Sciences suddenly became anxious.

Liu Chuanzhi is very unhappy. He said he would agree to Chronos Li's investment, but you still hesitate. Now, if others don’t cooperate with us, Lenovo, then Lenovo will just wait to be defeated by its competitors!

As the president of Lenovo, Liu Chuanzhi is different from scientists like those from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who are engaged in scientific research. He has worked hard in the business world for many years and knows business matters best. At the same time, he has a very deep understanding of Li Zetian's influence. Li Zetian's decision to squeeze Lenovo to death is as simple as squeezing an ant to death. This time, Li Zetian suddenly sent someone to say that he wanted to invest in Lenovo. Liu Chuanzhi was overjoyed, thinking that Lenovo would take off from now on, but it turned out...

"Liu Chuanzhi, what do you think we should do now?" asked an old man wearing glasses. Previously, he had strongly advocated that 49% of the shares should not be given away.

"What else can we do besides accepting investment from Chronos Li? Once he invests in other Hanka companies, our Lenovo Hanka sales will drop sharply. Our competitors will become stronger and stronger, and we will become weaker and weaker. We may eventually go bankrupt. ! This is by no means alarmist, you can know it by just analyzing it yourself." Liu Chuanzhi said.

Everyone was silent, obviously understanding this.

"Well, there is no other way. Now I can only accept his conditions."

…

"What? Chronos Li refused, unless Lenovo is willing to sell 60% of its shares?!"

Liu Chuanzhi couldn't help but be startled, and then showed a wry smile, hey, is this a penalty for not eating the toast?

Soon, Liu Chuanzhi came to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and told them about this.

"Chronos Li is very angry. He will not cooperate unless we sell 60% of our shares." Liu Chuanzhi sighed slightly and said, "You can figure it out."