America’s Big Hero

Question: A brand new industry has emerged, and everyone doesn't understand it, and they can't even see where the profit point is. How to make money at this time?

Answer: Fudge, continue to flick!

Of course, this kind of statement is too low in emotional intelligence, and it should be called telling about the future of money.

So what is this industry?

Answer: The software industry.

A series of virtual codes that may be deleted at any time, you can never hold them in your hands, you can only observe them through the screen.

Therefore, in the early days of the software industry, the bigwigs in the real industry that have been developed for hundreds of years are really keeping a respectful distance.

It’s too vain, and it doesn’t feel safe at all. It’s hard for them to agree with the software because of the habits they have formed for a long time.

The question that is often asked is, what should I do if there is a power outage?

They are willing to use it, but they are not willing to invest heavily, which can be seen from the proportion of Microsoft's shares after listing.

Bill accounted for 64% of the shares before the listing, and 45% after the listing was diluted. At that time, the major consortiums really did not focus on the software industry, which gave the new rich class a chance to rise.

However, this also blocked the way for those who came later, and the major consortiums never gave opportunities to the bigwigs in the Internet era.

Of course, it's the same everywhere, from a grassroots background, but still wants to be in power, and wants to be tender and beautiful.

It is useful to start a business, so why do you need to be reincarnated?

What is social division of labor?

Your job is to sow the land well, but the water for a good harvest is too deep for you to grasp, and you have to leave it to the landlord to grasp!

cough cough...

Seeing Sean with a half-smile on his face, Bill slowly frowned.

Before Sean came, Bill had already been notified, and he took the recently popular credit card machine to study it carefully, so he was ready.

Originally, I thought that after Sean came, I would have a good time and explain how many new functions Microsoft can bring to the credit card machine.

To be honest, Bill is really imaginative.

Just playing with the credit card machine, I thought of many functions.

Originally, he thought that he would have another chance to start explaining what Microsoft could bring to Sean's credit card machine and earn a lot of money.

Then, through publicity, the stock market surged again, and the result...

In sales, the most fucking annoying thing is to understand people! !

"Mr. Sean, in fact, I think the credit card machine still has a lot of functions to be developed." Bill took a deep breath, he is not someone who gives up so easily.

"Of course, I know." Sean nodded, opened the humidor he carried with him, and gestured to Bill.

Bill said bye-bye that he didn't need it.

While trimming his cigar, Sean said slowly: "For example, in a supermarket, with a monitor and a barcode scanner, you only need to scan each product, and the system will automatically calculate the total amount, and then swipe the card. .”

"The credit card machine can also be equipped with a miniature thermal printer, which can print out the card swiping slip, which can be kept for the guests, and also allows the guests to see what they have spent and how much they have spent, at a glance."

"Finally, for the supermarket itself, a database can also be established to carry out statistics on product sales, making logistics management much easier."

Bill: "..."

Looking at Sean with wide-eyed eyes, Bill's expression was stiff.

You have already said everything, what else should I say?

"For example, it can be applied to restaurants, fast food restaurants, coffee shops, etc., and connect two small printers, one in the back kitchen and one in the service desk." Sean picked up the roasted cigar and put it in his mouth deeply. He took a puff and spit out a big mouthful of smoke.

Bill took off his glasses and wiped them, looking carefully at Sean's face hidden behind the smoke, which was vaguely visible, mysterious and evil.

"In this way, after the customer swipes the card, the service desk and the back kitchen will immediately know which table has ordered what order, and there is no need for manual communication, which is convenient and fast, reduces mistakes and improves efficiency."

"There are many similar functions, so I won't list them one by one."

"But..." Sean looked at Bill with a smile, "The biggest problem before you is how to make this business into Microsoft's, and then hype it up, increase the stock price, and increase investor confidence."

"After all, it wasn't difficult for me to find someone to make the system, like, how much did the guy who sold you the DOS system cost?"

"I think it was $50,000, and wow, what a deal, even the software guys themselves don't think these things are worth much."

"I don't know if he has spent all his money now, or is he still in this business?"

Bill looked blank: You will have no friends like this.

What should I do if I suddenly find that I have no chips in my hand?

"It's really fun chatting with Mr. Sean." Bill was Bill, and soon his face was filled with a smile, and he said with emotion: "Mr. When doing business, it always takes a lot of effort to repeatedly explain what software is, what functions it has, and what convenience it can bring to customers."

"There is always a subtle resistance and disapproval of software. They don't think the codes in those hard drives are really worth that much money."

Sean just looked at Bill quietly, what the fuck you said was true, I almost believed it!

"So?" Sean asked with a smile.

"$1!" Bill raised a finger. "To reach a cooperation with Mr. Sean, our Microsoft philosophy is: use software to change lives."

"Mr. Sean's credit card machine business is very promising and in line with our company's business philosophy, so I decided that the installation cost of each credit card machine is only 1 US dollar, and I will be responsible for software updates and maintenance for the next 3 years! "

Sean laughed at once, and what he said was the same as the fucking truth.

The various patents of credit card machines can be retained for 20 years, and Xiao En estimates that the market for credit card machines will not be less than tens of millions in the future.

In fact, Sean seriously underestimated, and Microsoft's operating income in 1983 was only $100 million.

Last year's revenue was less than 300 million.

If the deal is negotiated at this price, Microsoft's revenue can increase by 20%.

This is not counting the dividends brought by the stock price.

Xiao En smiled, and suddenly his face became serious, "I refuse!"

Bill: "..."

How the hell can we negotiate properly? Today is the worst day, bar none.

"Then, what does Mr. Sean mean?" Bill still kept smiling.

"I'll give you $2 for the installation fee." Sean stretched out two fingers and shook them.

Not only did Bill's face not look good, but he put away his smile and frowned.

Sean can take the initiative to raise the price, then there must be a bigger conspiracy.

"What are the conditions?" Bill took a deep breath and asked seriously.

"Don't worry." Sean smiled and waved his hands, "There are more benefits for you."

"All the computers in Sean Bank's branches can use your operating system."

"I can also recommend Microsoft's operating system to Rockefeller."

"What do you think of New Jersey? There are not many computers currently used by government departments. I think that replacing them all with a unified system will greatly help improve efficiency and reduce BUG."

Every time Sean said one, the corner of Bill's mouth twitched.

"I have a good relationship with Delaware."

"You know Rockefeller's influence in New York State."

"How about West Virginia? My uncle is a senator from West Virginia."

"The mayor of Los Angeles is my partner."

"Oh, by the way, I have more than 40 ports around the world."

The glasses he had just cleaned were cloudy again, so Bill took them off and wiped them again.

"Also, there are overseas!" Sean seemed to suddenly think of something, "Are you familiar with Colombia? I still have some influence in the northern region that has developed the best in recent years. At least the government departments can completely replace Microsoft's system." .”

"What do you think of the official promotion?"

"Sri Lanka, do you know? The entire government of the country can also completely replace the Microsoft system!"

"Morocco, the recent development momentum is very strong."

"The Li family in Xingcheng has a very good relationship with me, so they must give Xiao En a face!"

"The Malay government has just been cleaned up by me, and now they are acting with their tails between their legs. They must show respect to me."

"I went to Thailand a while ago, and the king of Thailand is quite easy to talk to."

"Ni Ni, there's no need to talk about this."

"Let's put it this way, every country in Southeast Asia should give me face, Sean!" Sean tapped the table with his hand holding a cigar.

Bill's lips were trembling right now, he didn't doubt Sean's words, because even he, who didn't care about the so-called war, knew what he said just now.

The good that Sean throws out is too great!

It was so big that Bill felt scared.

What does Microsoft have, what does he have that is worth such a big bait that Sean throws out?

The answer is self-evident, the guy in front of him is a sensible person.

Sean has his eye on Microsoft itself!

Bill really wanted to sternly refuse, but Sean gave too much.

If these markets are open to Microsoft, then...

Emma, ​​dare not think, dare not think, Wuhu, take off!

After some bargaining, Sean installed the system with the credit card machine, and his contacts helped Microsoft open up the market and a cash injection of 30 million U.S. dollars in exchange for Microsoft's private placement of 20% of shares to Sean.

Before Microsoft went public, Bill held 64% of the shares and Paul Allen 36%.

After going through the listing process, Bill still has 45% and Paul Allen 25.3%.

When the additional issuance is completed, Bill still has 36% in his hands, Paul Allen 20.24%, and Sean has been buying Microsoft's outstanding shares in the stock market before, so Sean's 23.8% shares currently surpass Paul Allen , becoming the second largest shareholder of Microsoft.

Of course, Bill and Paul are not losing money. With a cash injection of 30 million and the sudden opening of the market, it is certain that the stock price will skyrocket.

Negotiations over, having attended a dinner hosted by Bill, Sean left in a good mood!

It's not because of the value of more than 20 Microsoft shares, it's all in the future, and Sean won't be short of money at that time, besides, stocks are all floating profits, and it's impossible to cash out according to the stock price.

Sean really dared to sell so many shares, the stock price would go crazy.

Sean is interested in this platform of Microsoft. In the future, as Microsoft continues to acquire other companies, Microsoft can penetrate and control the Internet industry as a whole.

Leaving from Microsoft, Sean's next goal is California, San Jose International Airport.

Oracle: In 1986, the revenue was 55 million U.S. dollars. In March, it was listed on NASDAQ and raised 31.5 million U.S. dollars.

1987 revenue of $131 million.

In 1988, this year, Oracle became the fourth largest software company in the world.

What concept?

The current Oracle is nothing more than an insignificant small company, and its revenue is equivalent to 0.5 Sean Fitness, 0.2 Peace Hotel, and 0.05 Sean Films.

But this is the fourth largest...

It can be seen that the current software industry market is only a little bigger.

It's no wonder that it can't arouse the interest of major consortiums.

It's too small, and a little attention can explode the entire software market.

At San Jose International Airport, Ellison personally greeted Sean at the airport.

"Larry Ellison, nice to meet you!" Sean came down from the palace in the air, smiling and offering his hand.

The superior person stretches out his hand actively, this is demeanor!

"It's my honor, Mr. Sean." Ellison quickly bowed slightly and stretched out his hand.

Watching Ellison look at the palace in the sky from time to time, Sean smiled and said, "Ellison, are you interested in going up to see it?"

"Of course, just, will it delay the work at the airport?" Ellison seemed a little hesitant.

After the plane lands, it will be towed away quickly, and the runway cannot be occupied for a long time. If it is to stay at the airport for a long time, it must be put into storage.

"It's okay, let the people at the airport pull it aside first, and it doesn't matter if you put it in the warehouse later." Sean waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Thank you so much." Ellison followed Sean towards the plane.

Ellison is quite an interesting person, and he is also a super playboy. He has been a spendthrift since he was a child, he likes luxury enjoyment, he likes young, beautiful and fit women, and he likes to hold silver parties... He is a person who shares the same language as Sean.

Russian-born Jewish, it is said that his family was poor, and he was brought up by a single mother. He grew up in the lower-middle-class area of ​​Chicago.

In fact, he was raised by his uncle's family, and the people of Youtai place great emphasis on the cultivation of descendants. Although their life is not very rich, they are still guaranteed middle-class and above.

The proof is that this guy went to Illinois State, dropped out sophomore year, took a summer off, went to Chicago, then Northwestern.

As we all know, the tuition fees of American universities are very high, and ordinary families cannot afford to go to college three times.

Especially after dropping out of school and re-entering in the second year, this in itself is against the rules.

This dude was pretty much nothing until he was 32. He changed a lot of jobs and never cared about bills. Although he earned only $1,000 a month, he spent very generously, borrowing money to buy a 34-foot sailboat and another small sailboat.

In 1974, Ellison's wife was fed up with this guy's vanity, arrogance, and extravagance, so she chose to divorce, but he said to his wife: "I will become a millionaire, if you stay with me, you can get you anything you want."

But his wife said that's what you fucking said ten years ago, but after ten years, you're still like this, and then you left...

Two years later, IBM researchers published a paper: R system, database relational theory, which made Ellison see an opportunity.

Later, Ellison jumped up and two other people wanted to set up a company specializing in databases, with a total investment of 2,000 US dollars, and he contributed 1,200, occupying 60% of the shares.

To be honest, the other two didn't take it seriously at the time. In the United States, setting up a company is like going to a striptease. It's very simple.

Then... soar into the sky!

Ellison's wife: Mom sells batches!

Taking Ellison around for a tour, the envy and desire in Ellison's eyes were undisguised and clearly expressed, and I want to have one too.

Coming out of the airport, the two didn't discuss business directly, but changed to a high-end restaurant arranged by Ellison.

Ellison had arranged all the reception work for the day, and summed it up as eating, drinking, and having fun. However, Sean rejected the silver parties!

He is a serious person and cannot accept this kind of high-end enjoyment.

On the second day, Ellison took Sean to visit Oracle, and rebooked a restaurant at noon, and talked about work while eating.

I've got 32 shows...ahem.

"Sean Bank uses Oracle for all its databases..."

"Recommended to Rockefeller... How about New Jersey, Delaware, New York, West Virginia, Mayor of Los Angeles, 40+ ports..."

"Colombia, Sri Lanka, Morocco... all countries in Southeast Asia must give me Xiao En a face!"

It's still the same old way, Sean directly used the market and huge network to confuse Ellison.

What does it mean to be rich and powerful, smashing, smashing with money, directly smashing the oracle bone script to separate the thighs, allowing Sean to come in and out at will...

The market value of Oracle is worse than that of Microsoft. Sean only paid 20 million this time to get 20% of Oracle's shares.

Of course, it’s not that Sean doesn’t want to buy more shares in Microsoft and Oracle. It’s that Bill and Ellison don’t want to sell that much at all. share ratio.

When he left Silicon Valley, Sean suddenly sighed a little, the technical industry trade is still the trade industry technical...

Regardless of the emerging Internet companies in the new century, let’s just say that the first to rise, Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple, all have a common characteristic. The founders Bill, Ellison, and Jobs are not technical masters.

Microsoft's technical leader is Paul Allen, Oracle's technical leader is Bob Miner, and Apple's technical leader is Steve Watts.

Bob Miner, architect of Oracle Database releases 1 through 6.

Steve Watts, Apple's first to third generation designer.

These technologists all have one characteristic, naive...especially Steve Watts, holding 10% of the evaluation stocks, and finally became a billionaire reluctantly. In May 2015, he joined the digital currency based on Bitcoin The blockchain company Planet Capital was defrauded of 7 bitcoins in its own hands in the end.

Another company, Cisco, was founded by a couple of technical masters. As a result, the company has been tepid. It was not until the two were driven out and John Chambers took over that Cisco became the world's largest Internet communication problem solver. Occupy 80% of the market share.

Of course, don't think...

Although Manmen Zhonglie copied the correct answers, the problem is that people have problems, and they didn't understand the homework.

Sean was very satisfied with the trip to the west coast. Together with the business contracts signed, he spent a total of 76 million US dollars.

Spending money is success, and success is spending money!

Leaving from the west coast, Sean didn't return to New York immediately, but instead went to Virginia on the east coast.

There's a little company over here, and Sean is going to devour them.

America Online AOL!

Before the Internet bubble burst, the most valuable Internet company, of course, is not called America Online.

Quantum computer information data company.

The non-existent AOL made it easy for Sean to find it. Fortunately, he remembered that AOL was a provider of Internet access services in the early days, and finally found it through this line.

The current Quantum Computer Information Data Company is still a small company with only more than 60 people, which invites customers to surf the Internet for free for one month with a CD-ROM attached to various magazines.

Lorraine and the others were wondering why Sean invested in such a small company.

Well, including the founder of the Quantum Computer Company, Steve Case did not understand why the famous Sean would suddenly be interested in their small company.

It's a small broken company, not worth visiting, and the total number of access users is less than 50,000.

Sean still held his nose and looked around, patted Steve Case on the shoulder, and praised him for the Internet access service he provided.

Then Sean decided to spend $1 million to invest in the quantum computer company and got a 30% stake.

This is only the A round. It's not that Sean doesn't want to invest more, but to give them money, and they have no place to spend it...

The rest can only be said slowly later.

Sean promised that when the credit card machine is connected to the network in the future, he will recommend his quantum computer company to customers to provide this service.

When leaving, Sean patted Steve Case on the shoulder and said, "Do you know why your company hasn't developed yet?"

Steve Case quickly replied: "Because we haven't met you before, Dear Mr. Sean."

"Piu Liang, I'm optimistic about you!" Sean reached out and nodded to Steve Case very relievedly, "This must be the most critical factor, and the second most important thing is that your company's name is not loud enough , cannot stand out among the many computer companies.”

"Apple, approachable, will appear in your hands and mouth at any time. Oracle means an oracle. Quantum computer companies... are too abstract."

"Slap!" Steve Case slapped his hands hard, as if he suddenly realized, "Mr. Sean is too right, then please ask him to come up with a new name for the company!"

The gold master's father is always right!

Compared with Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle, which are dominated by hard power, AOL's business methods and concepts are different.

Steve Case and Bill, Ellison and others must also be an alternative. He knows nothing about computer technology and is a pure layman.

In 1987, in order to allow Apple II to use their online services, he almost lived downstairs from Apple, and went to the door every day to grind hard, so he was tortured.

Steve Case believes that no matter how good any technology is, if it is not practical, it will be eliminated by the market, and people like convenient and simple things, and technology is no exception. Therefore, the core concept of AOL's business is - for people Provide convenient and efficient network services.

At that time, it was regarded as a shame in the industry by the high-tech industry.

"If the layout is bigger, it's called America Online!" Sean said with a smile.

In the dark, Steve Case was in a trance...

Steve Case, who quickly slowed down, immediately seemed very excited, and he didn't know if it was true or not. This guy waved his arms frantically, "The pattern, the pattern is opened!"