Gates¡¯ book will not tell us that his mother is a director of IBM, and it was she who helped her son get his first big business deal. Stock god Buffett's book will only tell us that he visited the New York Stock Exchange when he was 8 years old, but he will certainly not say that his father, a congressman, took him there and was received by the directors of Goldman Sachs. []
Liu Shuangxi would not tell Li Xiaokai that having a good father-in-law made him reborn. He continued the topic of Microsoft and said: "It seems that Richa
?? dYou really know some inside information. If you have any acquaintances there, can you help me get some of their shares? "
Li Xiaokai knew that if he could reach their level, he would definitely not be able to buy some circulating stocks on the market. He shook his head and said: "Shuangxi, you may be mistaken. They are only business companies in Silicon Valley, and Microsoft's head office is in Seattle. Bian, according to my friend, their boss is very controlling and it¡¯s not easy to control the company.¡±
When Liu Shuangxi heard this, he suddenly sweated. He was only thinking about Stanford's Silicon Valley, and he came up with something like this. However, the temptation of the old hen that would lay golden eggs for decades still made him say: "I just started from From an investment perspective, I think this company has a relatively promising future, like Richa
? dI really haven¡¯t thought about the holding you mentioned. "
In fact, he also knows that companies like Microsoft have long been strictly monitored by the U.S. security department. If you go in and take some shares, you can get some bonuses, but if you want to control it, it is a pipe dream, and Gates is not allowed to be the boss. , it is still open to question whether there will be such a software empire in the future.
¡°If this is the case, it will be no problem. When we return to the United States, we can ask friends to help us. I know that Paul Allen, another founder of their company, has just resigned due to illness. We can get some shares from him.¡±
The Paul Allen Li Xiaokai is talking about is also a figure full of legendary experiences. His father, who worked as an assistant administrator at the University of Washington Library, provided him with good conditions for studying. Because of this unique condition, Allen read many books. Books, including science fiction and computer knowledge.
In middle school, Allen was fascinated by computers. Because of this common hobby, Allen became good friends with Gates, who was two grades below him. They often studied and discussed computers together, and even competed in programming. Gates and Allen The exchange of like-minded geniuses made Allen's thinking sharper and his mind more flexible, which established an indelible contribution to Allen's later success.
Altai, the prototype of the personal computer at that time
(Alta, Altair Computer) needs to develop a basic working language that matches its 8080 integrated block. They claimed they were familiar with this aspect of programming and took the job. And at that time they didn't have altai at all
, Allen had to go to the Aken Computer Center to work on the pdp computer there.
With an 8080 user manual, Allen used PDP-10 to imitate the 8080 integrated block. This was almost impossible for those engineers, but Allen accepted the challenge. His rich technical knowledge and skilled operating skills helped It took him a long time, and after 8 weeks, a basic language was successfully developed. Since then, Alta has its own programming language, and Allen has been writing new languages ????for it and selling these software until 1975.
In 1975, their own Microsoft Corporation was established, and as founder, Allen owned 40% of the shares. When he first entered the business world, Allen noticed the importance of PC operating systems and successfully obtained the right to use scp-dos from Seattle Computer Company, which allowed IBM to confirm the strength of this humble small company of Microsoft. , thus being able to cooperate with IBM and laying the foundation for obtaining the ownership of scp-dos in the future. It can be said that Allen gave Microsoft the first step to success.
Since then, Microsoft has gradually become stronger with the efforts of the two. DOS has become the preferred operating system for PCs. Unfortunately, in 1982, Allen and Bill completed his last work for Microsoft: a new basic language, and had to leave Microsoft because he was diagnosed with some kind of cancerous syndrome. He also started his own company. But he still holds shares in the company and is Microsoft's second-largest shareholder.
In his previous life, Liu Shuangxi had read "I Used Microsoft to Change the World", which is as famous as "The Biography of Steve Jobs". After hearing this name, he first went to the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team acquired by Paul Allen in 1988. Then my thoughts turned to Michael Jordan. According to the trajectory of history, this team will encounter the biggest decision-making mistake next year - choosing Sam Bowie, who is 2.16 meters tall, but giving up the god of basketball.
¡°richa
?? dDo you play basketball? Did you watch the men¡¯s professional basketball league when you were in school in the United States? "
This time it was Li Xiaokai¡¯s turn to sweat. Most people really can¡¯t adapt to Liu Shuangxi¡¯s leaping thinking. Out of respect for his guests, he said: ¡°I usually play occasionally when I¡¯m in school, but usually moreYou like to watch the NFL (National Football League), MLB (Major League Baseball) and NHL (National Ice Hockey League). These are relatively popular leagues. The NBA is much worse than them in the United States. "
After Li Xiaokai finished talking about the current situation of the NBA, Liu Shuangxi thought about David Stern, a Jewish American who is still working as a lawyer, while Jordan created tens of billions of wealth for the NBA and promoted it to become an unstoppable force outside of Hollywood. American culture will also take several years.
After making up his mind to fatten up and then kill, Liu Shuangxi said: "Then please contact Allen through your friends as soon as possible. You can absorb as many shares as he is willing to release. It doesn't matter if the price is higher. As for Gates's attitude? , we can assure him that we will neither hold a controlling stake nor influence any decision of the board of directors. In short, we will try our best to maintain the relationship between the two parties."
Li Xiaokai said: "It seems that Shuangxi not only wants to make money in stocks, but also wants to get involved in the software industry. However, according to the domestic hardware environment, there is not much room for development at present."
Liu Shuangxi said: "richa
d. You don¡¯t have to worry about this. The year before last, the country released the "Basic Set of Chinese Character Coded Character Sets for Information Exchange" gb2312-80, which solved the problem of how to input Chinese characters into the computer. This year, Mr. Wang invented the Wubi font. The input method has greatly solved the stubborn problem of input speed. I believe that with the popularity of computers in the future, the software industry will have greater space. "
Li Xiaokai said: "My dad and my friends all said that the mainland is undergoing reforms now, and earth-shaking changes have taken place in just a few years. I must go back when I have the chance, at least to see dad's hometown." "Seaside Zou Lu".
Liu Shuangxi smiled and said: "Then you also want to go to the capital to visit. Then I will entertain you well as the host."
They had just started chatting when two unexpected people came back with Li Chaoren.