Perhaps because the places that provide breakfast are relatively limited, Cai Zhiliang also met a friend who was not an acquaintance while having breakfast.

"Hello, Mr. Burns."

Robert Burns smiled and said: "Mr. Cai is so comfortable. He has stirred up the situation in Hong Kong in the past two days, but he is hiding in New York to enjoy delicious food."

"This was a normal report from the newspaper, but I didn't expect to get burned. It's really not what I wanted." Cai Zhiliang pointed to the Mayfair Hotel opposite and said, "Mr. Burns came to New York to inspect the hotel?"

Regent Hotel entered New York ten years ago, took over the management rights of the Mayfair Hotel, and hired George Raphael, who was highly respected in the industry at the time, to manage it. The Regent Hotel in North America can achieve its current scale, George Raphael,

Raphael contributed a lot, but now he has retired.

"Not entirely." Robert Burns said: "The Regent Hotel on Fifth Avenue started construction the year before last. I came here mainly to discuss it with the two designers I.M. Pei and Peter Marino.

Internal design. Mr. Cai should know this Chinese designer, right?"

"Mr. Pei is a world-renowned architect, so I have certainly heard of it." Just talking about the Bank of China Tower, which has become famous in the past two years, Cai Zhiliang has also heard of it for a long time.

After exchanging pleasantries, they went to have their meals.

Cai Zhiliang then went to the North American Investment Department established by Qi Heng, which is located near Wall Street. Compared with two years ago, the exchange was still crowded with people and empty in front of the door.

Qi Heng rushed to New York from San Francisco and brought the equity transfer letter signed with Leonard and his wife. He brought 20% of Cisco's equity at a price of 68 million US dollars. Although it currently exceeds his actual value, but just like John Koh

What Lint said is that this is investment, and what we do is valuation. Only after waiting a year or two will you really see its value.

The reason why it later increased by several million US dollars was entirely due to the board of directors' interference. They did not want any changes to occur before the listing. President Morgridge has repeatedly stated that Cisco's profits will rise to US$50 million this year and will be increased next year.

The value of the stocks held by Gao, Leonard Bosak and his wife is far more than 63 million.

Therefore, after Leonard Posak and his wife negotiated the price with Qi Heng, they hesitated again. Finally, after further negotiations, the two parties agreed to close the deal at a price of US$68 million.

After more than a week of negotiations, the transaction was basically concluded at the price originally intended by Leonard Posak and his wife.

"The US$320 million from Citibank has arrived." Qi Heng was excited, which meant he could show off his talents.

"In addition to acquiring some stocks this time, there is something else you need to do."

Seeing Qi Heng, Cai Zhiliang handed him the investigation report in his hand and said: "This is the investigation you did, and there is also the report from Citibank. I marked about 20 companies on it. You go and investigate.

, make a value assessment. In this acquisition of Cisco shares, you also discovered that what Sequoia Capital could do with US$3.5 million at the beginning, in just two years, we spent US$68 million, a 20-fold increase.”

Qi Heng never understood why Cai Zhiliang was so eager to take a fancy to Cisco alone. If he could delay it for a month or two, he could still lower the acquisition price to US$60 million.

Qi Heng looked at the densely arranged company catalog and said, "Is this too much?"

"Not much." Cai Zhiliang said: "This is just casting a wide net. Venture capital focuses on the success rate. Just like Sequoia Capital, even though all the investments in the past two years have been in vain, only one investment in Cisco

, enough to make a lot of money."

Of course, the main reason is that Cai Zhiliang chose fields related to semiconductors and the Internet, and his chances of success in the future are much higher.

Qi Heng asked: "Among these companies, are there any that need to be focused on?"

"There is a company called Qualcomm." Cai Zhiliang did not expect that Qualcomm was still a rookie and said: "Most of these 20 companies are involved in the semiconductor industry. If you encounter something you don't understand, you can consult Professor Gu Yuande."

"Okay." Qi Heng immediately reminded: "The funds that need to be paid to Leonard Posak and his wife must be completed before the end of the month. This is a condition for the equity transfer contract to take effect."

"That's no problem. I'm still worried about Night Changer and Dream Duo. I can pay them in these two days." Cai Zhiliang said: "Before Cisco goes public, you should keep an eye on it. Don't let Sequoia Capital take advantage of it. We just need to get back what belongs to us."

Our share of the proceeds.”

"Since I was taken advantage of by Martin last year, I have strengthened my precautions in this regard." Qi Heng also gained wisdom from the experience, "Especially in the financial aspect, I will never make any mistakes again."

Golden Deer Investment Company has not yet obtained a trading seat and is still renting a trading seat from Citibank. Although Cai Zhiliang has his own traders, Citibank still sent Liu Yongkai to help.

"Buy 100,000 shares of Microsoft stock first." Now that the funds from Citibank have arrived, Cai Zhiliang began to instruct traders to start trading.

"Mr. Cai." Liu Yongkai said, "Are you free tonight? Mr. Qi invites you to have dinner with us."

"I'm going to visit an elder tonight. I can only live up to Mr. Qi's kindness. Please apologize on my behalf. If I have time another day, I'd better treat Mr. Qi to a banquet."

After Su Yue returned to Hong Kong last month, he took his parents to New York. Since Cai Zhiliang has arrived in New York, he should visit Su Yue yesterday. He had already contacted Su Yue yesterday and will go there tonight. By the way, there will be a celebration organized by Su Yue.

Reception.

As for Mr. Qi in Liu Yongkai's mouth, he is naturally Qi Yanxiang.

"That's a shame."

Since it was an unlucky coincidence, Liu Yongkai didn't say anything, and explained the current situation to Cai Zhiliang, saying: "Last year, Apple sued Microsoft to the federal court, claiming that Microsoft's GUI design infringed on Apple's Mac operating system patents, and it has not yet ended.

.Once Microsoft is confirmed to have infringed, it will have to bear huge compensation and stop using Windows 1.0. Now IBM is also designing and developing operating systems to avoid being controlled by Microsoft in the future."

What Liu Yongkai said, Qi Heng has already reported to Cai Zhiliang, is that the situation is still unclear, and Microsoft is facing internal and external troubles and may be unable to recover. This is one of the reasons why he turned to Oracle.

"Do you know Wang An Computer Company?" Cai Zhiliang asked back.

Liu Yongkai said: "Mr. Cai is joking, you should ask, who among the Chinese in the world does not know Dr. Wang An?"

Wang An is a legend in the Chinese world, the inventor of magnetic core memory. The Wang An Computer Company he founded reached its peak in 1986, with annual revenue of US$3 billion. It was among the 500 major companies ranked by Fortune magazine in the United States.

Ranked 146th, he himself is among the top ten richest people in the United States with a personal wealth of US$2 billion, making him the richest Chinese man.

That same year, Wang An was selected as one of the 12 most outstanding immigrants in the United States and received the "Presidential Medal of Freedom" from President Reagan. It was once the pride of Chinese immigrants.

However, just three years later, Wang An Computer Company quickly fell from its peak and fell into a dilemma of lack of funds, just like its miraculous rise back then.

Cai Zhiliang said: "The decline of Wangan Computer was due to the competition with IBM. The conservative IBM adopted a radical opening policy and opened up the corresponding technical standards, which enabled a large number of PC compatible manufacturers and software vendors to flourish. This

Including Microsoft and Oracle, but Wang An Computer Company is a bit extreme. Although it produces reliable and faster computers, it can no longer compete with IBM."

"Do you think Wang An Computer Company can make a comeback?" Liu Yongkai said: "In the early 1970s, Wang An Computer Company also encountered a series of crises, and then launched the world's most advanced word processor and became the most successful in the 1970s.

One of the star companies.”

"Who knows?" Cai Zhiliang sighed and said, "I hope Dr. Wang An can still surprise us."

"yes."

Perhaps he had inspired many people, which made Liu Yongkai a little embarrassed. Then he turned back to the original topic and asked: "Do you think Microsoft will win this time?"

"Go ahead, buy 200,000 shares of Microsoft stock today, and then buy 50,000 shares of IBM stock, and then see which way the wind blows tomorrow." After giving instructions to the trader, Cai Zhiliang said: "I just think that the dispute between Microsoft and Apple will

, Microsoft will have the last laugh. As for the relationship between Microsoft and IBM, it’s hard to say. After all, Big Blue is very powerful, and it’s not just talk.”

"Are you hedging your bets?"

"The research and development of operating systems requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Once it fails, it is difficult to turn back. It is basically winner-take-all. The risk of hedging your bets is always much smaller." Cai Zhiliang said with a smile: "That's it.

It's like gambling. No one knows who the final winner is until the end. Just like the dispute between Wang An Computer Company and IBM. It is clear that Wang An Computer Company has more advanced manufacturing technology and better computer performance, but it just loses.

.Would you like to buy some?”

"Forget it then." Liu Yongkai shook his head and smiled: "I bought a lot of Coca-Cola stocks at the beginning of the year. I think it is more stable."

"That's true, people are always inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation." Cai Zhiliang said: "Coca-Cola has an absolute advantage in this field."

In the afternoon, after taking a short rest, Cai Zhiliang left the North American Investment Department and prepared to go to Su Yue.

"Mr. Cai, this is a gift prepared for you." Wei Min handed over a gift bag.

"What are they all?" Cai Zhiliang took the gift bag and looked through it.

Wei Min introduced: "The gift for Mr. Su is a piece of jade, and the gift for Ms. Cai is a bracelet."

"That's it." Cai Zhiliang thought it was quite exquisite, so he ordered David to drive to Chinatown.

Su Yue did not originally live here, but because he moved his parents to New York, he rented a property in Chinatown to facilitate the lives of Su Zhihui and Cai Mingai.

"Ding-deng-deng..."

After knocking on the door, the person who opened the door was a woman, not tall, with short hair and delicate makeup.

Cai Zhiliang glanced at the house number and asked, "Does Su Yue live here?"

"Who are you?" the short-haired woman asked directly in English, not sure whether she heard Cai Zhiliang's question clearly.

Cai Zhiliang could only switch to the English channel and said: "I am Su Yue's cousin. Does Su Yue live here?"

"Ah Liang, come in quickly..." After hearing the voice, Cai Mingai walked out and greeted Cai Zhiliang to come in, saying: "I thought I would come over in the evening, Xiao Yue hasn't come back yet."

"I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find a place, so I came here early." Cai Zhiliang handed over the gift in his hand and said, "I came in a hurry and didn't have any decent gifts."

"You kid, you came right here. Why did you bring any gifts? That pair is just for you." Cai Mingai adjusted the slippers.

Cai Zhiliang gestured to the woman just now. Although he had already made a guess, he still asked, "Who is that?"

"Xiao Yue's girlfriend is named Ji Qing. Ji Ji and Qing Qing are already second-generation immigrants. They can no longer speak Chinese. When talking, Xiao Yue has to translate in the middle. Alas..."

Cai Mingai sighed, and after Cai Zhiliang changed his shoes, he said, "Sit down first, and I'll make you a cup of tea."

"No need to be busy, just boiled water will do." Cai Zhiliang sat on the sofa and didn't see Ji Qing. He probably went back to the room.

After making a cup of tea for Cai Zhiliang, Cai Mingai sat aside and said, "Let me tell you, this man is really destined. He lives three or four houses away from here. Guess who I met?"

"Who is it?" Cai Zhiliang put down the tea cup and asked curiously: "Your range is too big, how could I guess it?"

"That's your eldest aunt, the eldest aunt in front of me, Meiqi's biological mother." Cai Mingai was afraid that she couldn't explain clearly, so she changed her words several times.

"Oh." Cai Zhiliang thought about this aunt who was often mentioned. He really had no impression of her, and said, "I almost don't remember it. It seems that I took a look at Meiqi from a distance when she got married the year before last."

"Yes, you were still young at that time, and Meiqi had not yet entered elementary school." Cai Mingai recalled the situation that year, and then continued: "I also felt a little sudden when I saw her that day. I heard that she was in

She is doing business in San Francisco. Her daughter is also married to a Chinese family and is expecting a baby recently. She came to take care of her for a few days, she is Meiqi’s half-sister, and she also asked me about Meiqi’s current situation..."
To be continued...