MTL - Wall Street Legend-Chapter 369 ZG
Chapter 369 3G
There is still more than one month until 2005, and many plans are about to be put on the agenda now.
For example, funding arrangements, etc., need to be prepared in advance, and the "bullets" in hand are still not enough, mainly because I was too greedy before and wanted to spend every penny for investment.
These Internet companies are now mainly relying on the blood transfusion of Danshui Investment Group to develop. Facebook's profitability is not bad, but there are many places to spend money. There are a lot of people under it, and they need to keep expanding to seize the market. It’s pretty good to keep profits low, but it’s better not to squeeze too much for the time being. Expansion is given top priority.
As for companies such as Youtube and Whatsapp, the income they currently bring is not enough at all, and they can only rely on Facebook and Danshui Investment Group to help them develop.
There is a lack of cash cows in hand, currently neither financing nor selling shares, and occasionally have some small troubles about money, a few times Ye Dongqing even wanted to go to the bank for a loan, but later felt that he could hold back, gave up again, and kept going Not a problem for a while.
This is one of the reasons why he wants to delist Green Mountain Coffee, and also started a hedge fund, so that he can make more money while having fun. Fortunately, most of the major clients of Danshui Investment Group are aiming at compound interest. As long as Ye Dongqing's business does not go wrong, there must be someone who dares to keep the money with him, and the return of nine points or ten points every year Where can I find such a good project.
So although we don’t continue to absorb funds, we only go out but not in. Occasionally there will be some investors who try to withdraw their funds, but they are only the initial small investors, which will not cause pressure on the company’s capital flow.
The Golden Island Financial Management Company founded in 2002, all projects were cut off by Ye Dongqing as early as August this year. More than 95% of the employees left with compensation, and the remaining part The elite are left to attend to other matters.
Carnac is now helping the hedge fund department. This guy followed Ye Dongqing very early, and was later sent to California to develop the market. , The net worth may be tens of millions of dollars, and now working on a hedge fund project, the salary is definitely not as high as when he was doing sales for the Golden Island wealth management company, but there are still millions of dollars a year.
Like Ye Dongqing, she doesn't want to be idle even when she is rich. In fact, with so much wealth, no matter which country she is in, she can spend the rest of her life without worrying about food and drink. She even bought a white Ferrari very flamboyantly.
As long as the old employees who chose to stay at Tamsui Fund when he was acquired by him, Ye Dongqing did not treat them badly. At that time, he boasted that Niu 13 had already been realized, and the worst thing was to get millions of dollars from him.
When it comes to this group of people, I have to talk about Ms. Vigo. He managed the Freshwater Fund but chose to leave his job and go out to start his own business with others. Now he has heard no news, and most of them are very ordinary. It's not her own relatives, leaving means leaving. Ye Dongqing almost forgot about such a person, and never took the initiative to call. When Ms. Vigo left, she didn't have any hesitation.
Looking back, Ye Dongqing did not retain Ye Dongqing at the time, which was probably the correct decision. Mr. McCord did a good job after taking over, so he hardly needed to worry about it...
With the help of previous memories, the developed products are relatively mature, and at the same time accurately grasp the needs of users and fill the gap.
If it still fails, it’s better to slam your head against the wall. Ye Dongqing has read the data of various companies one after another. Except for the force majeure encountered by the YouTube video sharing platform, the data of several other companies are very beautiful.
Especially Whatsapp, the number of global users has exceeded 100 million at an astonishing rate, and the ICQ program that keeps making mistakes has been killed. AOL has indeed been unable to recover. Recently, Time Warner seems to have the idea of selling it, and the asking price is 4 billion US dollars. No one will take advantage of it.
At the beginning of this century, the merger of Time Warner Group and AOL can be said to be one of the most painful lessons. After several years, Time Warner is still in a slump. People are willing to hire them, fearing bad luck.
After reading the information, I thought about it for a while, and after calling and discussing with Mr. McCord, I plan to squeeze another 500 million US dollars from the account in the near future as follow-up operation and promotion funds.
These days, it’s not enough to do publicity desperately. We also have to look at the growth rate of the global Internet users. The best result is to develop simultaneously, and then slightly exceed it. Facebook and the chat program Whatsapp have done it, and the growth rate of users is faster than the growth rate of Internet users. , but has almost touched the ceiling.
After thinking about this, Ye Dongqing used a computer to check the size of netizens and the development of next-generation network transmission technology.
The first generation of analog mobile phones that came out in 1995 could only make voice calls. The second generation of digital mobile phones such as GSM and CDMA that appeared in 1996 and 1997 added the function of receiving data, such as receiving emails or web pages. Since "2000 The "International Mobile Communications Plan" came out, and 3G and mobile phones are now in full swing.
Large-scale 3G network deployment around the world began last year. Hutchison Telecom launched the first 3G network in Europe last year. In the same year, Verizon Telecom also launched 3G services in the United States. This year is the 3G development. During the rapid development period, many operators successively launched 3G services in major countries such as the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.
Opening up is one thing, and large-scale commercial use is another matter. If there is no limitation of poor network transmission speed, YouTube will not develop so slowly.
With the opening of 3G, Microsoft felt that they had picked up a great bargain from Ye Dongqing. This refers to Skype. They thought that the Skype instant voice program would have a wider market in the near future, but they did not expect the video call technology It has already been developed in the team under Ye Dongqing, and it is only waiting to be put into the market as soon as the network speed becomes faster.
The more she learned, the more aggrieved Ye Dongqing became, because Apple still failed to complete the development of smartphones, probably due to her inexperience. The entire development process was full of bumps and bumps, coupled with technical limitations, it might take We won't see a prototype until the middle or end of next year. A piece of hardware that can make Skype calls, similar to the iPod-touch, should be the first to hit the market.
I have been waiting for such a long time, and it’s okay to wait any longer, but Ye Dongqing still decided to let Jobs end his semi-retirement state in advance, and then use his iron-blooded wrist to squeeze the group of R&D personnel. He must have carrots and sticks. In comparison, Cook's method is still too mild...
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