Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 134 Softbank Intervenes

  The first Rolls-Royce Phantom on the streets of New York was delivered to Ye Dongqing today.

  He is not the only customer, but he just took advantage of the early call and the order number in the front. Some customers have higher requirements and hope to customize everything according to their own requirements. The production cycle is thus lengthened.

There are a lot of rich people in Manhattan. There is never a shortage of rich people in this area. All kinds of luxury cars from all over the world can be seen on the streets. At this moment, passers-by don’t look at supercars, but they are all attracted by the golden goddess standing on the front of the car. Rolls-Royce attracted.

  After BMW acquired Rolls-Royce, it took several years to build the world's top-level sedan, and it has almost no flaws in both appearance and interior.

The only downside is that the interior style is too mature, which doesn't match Ye Dongqing's age. If you don't have a girl standing next to you when you get out of the car, it's easy to be regarded as a driver by others. You only need a hat if you wear a suit. And white gloves too.

The car hadn't got a license plate yet. I drove two laps back and forth on Fifth Avenue. On the way, I encountered many policemen. However, they deliberately ignored the license plate. go around.

The cash flow and book wealth under Ye Dongqing's control have already allowed him to barely cross the threshold of a billionaire. This time, with the explosion of wealth caused by the rise in crude oil prices, he succeeded in making a lot of money. A portion of the profits belonged to Edward Jr.

As a "financial advisor", he can only get a small portion of the profits, at least for now. If others hand out a large sum of cash for Ye Dongqing to invest, how can he not ask for more? It depends on how much he can get. With his own ability, the more he earns, the more he gets.

  For investors like Little Edward, no amount of trouble will trouble Ye Dongqing, it is a good thing to make money...

  Miss Laura's sentence is about to end, and he can't ask for trouble at this time, so he can only calculate the distance, and when he thinks it's almost the end, he turns around decisively and turns back.

   "It's a very nice car. I wanted to hire a driver some time ago. I'll call a headhunting company to help find a suitable candidate. Do you want to drive this car?" Ye Dongqing asked.

For a girl of Laura's age, the temptation of a super sports car is undoubtedly greater. Performance, workmanship, and technical content can all be ignored. The appearance is the key point. She shook her head and told: "Forget it, my The driving skills are terrible, I can't figure out why it is so expensive, and it is not as good-looking as your previous car."

   "...Mercedes-Benz G is also very good. There are two styles of cars. This one is more suitable for business talks or sitting in the back row during long-distance travel."

Ye Dongqing felt that there was no need to waste saliva on the topic of cars with a girl, so she parked the car on the side of the road, opened the door, and sat in the back row to experience it. It felt like sitting on her own sofa, which was soft and spacious , Take out the umbrella and open it to see, the workmanship is very good, but the price far exceeds the actual value, it is more like a gimmick.

   It’s not too late to apply for a new license plate when you’re free. Go upstairs and go home with Laura, feed the fish in the two large tanks, and open the valve to replace part of the water.

There is a housekeeper named Susan who recently became Ye Dongqing's new employee. She has a few people under her command who are responsible for cleaning. By the way, she also recruited a full-time Chinese chef who can cook authentic Hunan dishes and The kind that can grill exquisite steaks. I helped fry a few sun eggs in the morning. There is no trace of burnt on the surface. The craftsmanship is very good.

  The overall quality of life has improved a lot. As soon as she got home, Susan helped make a pot of black tea, put it on Ye Dongqing's desk, and asked what she wanted to eat tonight.

  It's only three o'clock in the afternoon, it's time to prepare the ingredients for dinner.

All the crude oil futures orders have been sold, and Ye Dongqing is almost out of pressure. Whether it is Facebook or Danshui Fund Company, judging from the current capital liquidity and investment model, there will be no major troubles, unless the book of the warrants The value plummeted.

Combined with the arrival of the Nasdaq Internet sector recovery period, it is almost impossible to fall too much in the next period of time. In the second half of last year, the Nasdaq index almost bottomed out at the 1,000-point mark, and now it has climbed to nearly 1,200 points. Unlike crude oil futures, which can make huge profits in the short term, investing in them is a long-term strategy, and we are ready to hold stocks for more than ten or fifteen years.

As for when to short crude oil futures and how much to invest in shorting crude oil futures, Ye Dongqing doesn't have much idea yet. She needs to make judgments based on the next international oil price trend and the trend in Washington, and the cooperation with Tencent has been finalized, just waiting for him The funds have arrived, and Bonnie Ma has made two phone calls recently, telling him that he has given up on the acquisition of Sohu. This is good news.

However, for Sohu, this news was too bad. The stock price fell again by as much as 10%. It was a bad news within a few days after being stimulated by the good news. This had nothing to do with Ye Dongqing, he didn't care about it at all. The company does not have any plans to invest.

  Sitting at the desk and flipping through the materials, my eyes turned around and returned to Facebook. How to develop it in the near future is the key point that must be considered. Other business problems are not big, and I can spare more energy to expand the scale of Facebook users.

Now that he has the money to continue to advertise and promote, the key to consider is whether it is worth it. The user base has increased. If it can grow spontaneously, there is no need to invest too much money. He is going to wait and see for a while and see the next ten days Make a decision after half a month of new user increments.

  No one else can help him with these matters. As the sole founder and shareholder, Ye Dongqing can only make up his own mind.

Regarding Skype, I contacted its main founders through an intermediary, and an agent helped convey the idea of ​​​​acquisition in person. At first, a price of 12 million US dollars was negotiated, but it changed after a few hours because there was an extra person. The asking price was quickly raised to $20 million because of competitors.

The competitor sandwiched between Skype and Ye Dongqing is Sun Zhengyi, a famous Japanese speculator who owns a company called "Software Bank Group". As one of the most powerful angel investors at present, his personal worth exceeds At the same time, he is an important shareholder of companies such as Yahoo and Cisco, and is also a major shareholder of Alibaba Group.

Some time ago, the founders of Skype were peddling their products that were about to be completed, and the news naturally reached the ears of many interested people. Recently, Masayoshi Son has been busy tinkering with public communication services in Japan. It is not surprising that he is eyeing Skype. famous.

  In the future, calls can be realized through the Internet, but if you look a little longer, you can see how broad the market prospect of this technology is.

It is a good technology for communication operators. Even if you buy it and throw it away and never put it on the market, it will also be of great help to these businessmen. This will ensure that the communication charging business will not be affected in a short time. influences.

  Ye Dongqing is also eager to get it. By integrating this technology with Facebook, there is no need to worry about competitors. Even if it is only for making calls, users will be willing to use it.

There is a saying, "Knowing the needs of users is half the success of starting a business; meeting the needs of users is 100% success in starting a business." When I got a lot of money today, I felt that I couldn't wait any longer. Perhaps, you should worry more about whether you can buy it than how much you spend.

   I made a call to ManpowerGroup and told them that I agreed with the other party's quotation and that I must sign the contract as soon as possible.

I hesitated a little last time, and now I’m paying an extra eight million dollars. If it’s only eight million dollars, it’s okay, I’m afraid that Sun Zhengyi will also increase his quotation and fight for financial resources... Ye Dongqing really can’t compete with the other party, mainly depends on Japan How strong is businessman Sun Zhengyi's determination to take down Skype.

Ye Dongqing can accept the amount within 30 million US dollars. Once this figure is exceeded, it is better to form a team and spend time developing similar products. Anyway, Facebook is a good product regardless of whether it has the instant calling function or not. It is far from a matter of life and death. the point.

  Hold a pen to write and draw on paper.

  Even though Ye Dongqing only has so much money now, when it comes to ambition, it is estimated that Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is not as ambitious as him.

The creation of Facebook is only the first step. Ye Dongqing hopes to build an Internet empire around it. After this sharing platform, the development plan of the video sharing platform will also be put on the agenda. The popular Youtube has not yet appeared, and several other companies can attract money. Amazing Internet companies have not appeared. Under the premise of financial resources, whether it is self-developed or waiting for acquisition, it is profitable...

Zhao Liuli hasn't started school yet. Recently, while she is busy learning music, she is constantly making up for the academic gap with her peers. There are more than ten books on history, society, and literature on her desk. Ye Dongqing doesn't need to talk about her will read it by itself.

  The meaning of reading is to let people know more, to understand the history we have experienced and the world we live in, and then cultivate the correct three views. It is a good habit to like reading. You don’t want to become an expert or scholar, just have a general understanding.

  That evening was considered a celebration, and Ye Dongqing took two girls, one big and one young, to go shopping and buy some spring clothes, shoes, hats, and daily necessities. They didn't go home after watching a movie until they couldn't fit in the car.

The next day I continued to be busy with work. The management structure of Golden Island Financial Management Company is too scattered, and some management personnel need to be reappointed to go to various state capitals that have not been involved in the marketing work. Carneck has just rented an office in Los Angeles. Recruited more than a dozen temporary employees to help sell wealth management products.

  It is still a long time before the climate is formed. Although it can bring sufficient cash flow to the Freshwater Fund, the daily personnel expenses are also quite large. The prerequisite for this model to continue is that the Freshwater Fund can always make money...

  (end of this chapter)