The Goddess Shines on America

"This is a long story. Let's start with a field that I am familiar with." Alice knew that this is Li Ka-shing's ability to actually observe herself. After all, the hearsay is a rumor after all, two businessmen and a corporate group Cooperation between people and understanding between people are the most important.

"My industry here in Silicon Valley, the brand effect is very obvious." She said: "Which company has what products, as long as you look at the logo, it can't be clearer. Microsoft is the winodws system and the various application software in the system, Cisco It is the three major items of routers, switches, and firewalls. Every Apple computer has their icons printed on them. The red buttons on the ibm keyboard are as famous as their work clothes. They are all clear at a glance."

"A company that produces certain types of products on a fixed basis is the most typical feature of my current industry. Even if it is'Oscar & Hannah', although non-professionals can’t see directly from the clothes styles, they just have to see it. The logo, whether it’s sunglasses or shirt, whether it’s jeans or leather shoes, is of course all my clothing brand."

　　 "But when it comes to the industrial field... it's completely different."

　　 At this point, Alice finally paused. Li Zeju on one side listened in silence, while Li Ka-shing nodded thoughtfully and with a smile: "I would like to hear the details, Alice."

　　 Alice nodded, circled her fingers around, and opened her mouth: "Pull paper."

　　 said, pointing his finger to the paper drawn on the coffee table, and then to the small cabinet in the distance: "Toothpick box."

　　 Then, all the standing supplies in the house close at hand were pointed out by her fingers: "Candies, bamboo baskets, flower pots, TV casings, pen caps, shoelaces, glasses frames."

"The raw materials for these commodities are provided by a certain company, and the factories that produce these commodities are also owned by a certain company. This is a very large-scale company with a lot of assets." Praise, but the tone is extremely erratic, Li Ka-shing has already guessed Alice's follow-up.

Sure enough, she heard her say: "But who knows? People will only see that this paper-drawing brand is the best choice, the logo of this flowerpot...I don’t know either. The box of cotton swabs is called Yusheng, and the shoelaces are more There is no mark at all, that is, there is a small name on the frame of the glasses."

"The raw materials for these products are provided by a certain company, and the manufacture of these products is done by a certain company, but what people can see is these obscure...preferably paper, flowerpots with logos, Yusheng cotton swabs, and I don’t know the so-called shoelaces."

　　 "Who produced them? No one knows."

　　 "Where did the paper pulp come from, where did the wood come from, who made the polyester of the shoelace, and who made the outer tie of the spectacle frame?"

"no one knows."

Alice said unceremoniously: "No one knows. When people buy computers, they will intuitively see where Apple computers are; when people buy Coca-Cola, well, Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, I bought Coca-Cola; Microsoft three The third generation of winodws system will be launched this month. We plan to install office series of office software on it, and Internet browser ie, the product information of the former can be seen directly in the drop-down menu in the upper left corner of the software, and the latter is also the same. , Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, Lucent routers, switches, everyone’s logo is also clearly displayed on the shell, and users can see it at a glance when they buy."

"My companies, most of the Silicon Valley products, as long as users buy them, they will know which company's products. But when it comes to the industrial field... these messy shoelaces, glasses frames, and ears Spoon, little scissors, who knows what the **** they are?"

　　 Of course, I already understand it very well. Li Ka-shing is smiling wryly, so why not Li Zeju. He drank the cup of tea in one sip, and smiled so that the corners of his mouth were completely grinned: "It makes sense. It does make sense. Unless you are a person in the industry, it is difficult to know so much."

　　 Li Ka-shing also couldn't help but say, "It seems that Miss Alice is not planning to do a business that makes a fortune, but rather emphasizes brand value, right?"

"It's true," Alice nodded: "Mr. Li, although you and I both started from scratch, after all, we have different living backgrounds. If you make money just to make money, even if you develop an entire business empire, how many people can directly feel it? Its existence? Money, as long as it reaches a certain level, is just a simple number. People like us who are worth more than one billion yuan, of course, are pursuing a sense of self-existence, right?"

　　This is indeed reasonable. Both adults can't help nodding their heads. Li Zeju can't help but grin a little while nodding. It is worth a billion, and it is still in U.S. dollars. If the speaker is an old businessman who has been through the rivers and lakes, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with a few technical patents and a stock market crash, just...

"Self-existence, typical American personal heroism." Li Ka-shing non-committal pointed out the core of Alice's thoughts, and then said: "I understand your fundamental meaning, this is actually a collision of two values. As a traditional A Chaozhou businessman, and more as a traditional Chinese, I am more concerned about keeping one's wealth and serving the people. Our starting point is different, and our accumulation when we started from scratch is different. It is more difficult to speak the same day."

This statement is even more reasonable, and Alice certainly understands the root cause in her heart. As a pure legendary entrepreneur rather than a reborn, Li Ka-shing’s life is the best portrayal of his era, and she is completely different in nature. .

　　 Li Ka-shing fled to Hong Kong with his family due to the war in the Mainland in his early years, and worked as a salesman in a plastic factory to make a living. Knowing that he basically met the needs of making a living, and accumulated a wealth of sales experience and plastic product production methods, this step into the entrepreneurial field.

Furthermore, with the favorable time and place, and the external environment, when Hong Kong was in the dilemma of the withdrawal of foreign businessmen and the temporary downturn in the real estate industry in the 1970s, his "natural" real estate investment behavior made him move towards the future real estate. Tycoon's field.

　　 Then, I started with plastic products, and now I have made huge amounts of money from real estate, and continue to work in the field I am familiar with. Of course, it is a choice that any normal person would make. Li Ka-shing’s ideas are undoubtedly of the same nature as many ordinary businessmen, especially those of Chinese descent-to find the right opportunities and make money when they have money.

　　 That's it.

　　 Different from the idea of ​​personal accomplishment and personal heroism as the core, the majority of Chinese businessmen who prefer to make a fortune in silence often really hope that outsiders do not know their identity and desperately hide their merits and fame.

　　 "Very good, really good." After listening to Alice's opinion, Li Ka-shing was already satisfied. He beckoned, his wife Zhuang Yueming did not know when he was waiting at the door of the living room. At this moment, isn't it the summary information about the Yangtze River Group?

"Thank you, auntie." Received a copy from the wife, but Alice did not rush to look through it, because Li Ka-shing followed up again: "These things will be filled with fine products after taking them back to the hotel. Now with me Tell me, how do you want to develop into the industrial field? Start with the power industry?"

"It's just Cisco's business to transform the network system for the Hongkong Electric." Alice did not look at the information carefully, and after taking over, she put it beside her: "But if Mr. Li is willing to let my personal capital into 50 million US dollars, then Of course it is excellent."

　　 Hong Kong Electric is large in scale, responsible for almost the entire Hong Kong power supply, and has a long history. It was built as early as 1889, but this does not mean that its total assets will be exaggerated. The capital of 50 million US dollars is not too much, and it is more than enough to account for nearly 10% of the shares.

　　 You need to know that the Li's Changjiang Infrastructure's shareholding in the HEC is nearly 40%!

"The power industry is related to the electricity consumption of thousands of households. This is a very practical infrastructure field. Your choice is very appropriate." Li Ka-shing first expressed his approval, and then asked: "But you can only borrow from HSBC. At five hundred million, Alice, if you didn't want to sprinkle them all in this city, you wouldn't go to it to apply for this loan, right?"

　　 These words ~www.readwn.com~ could not help but cause a burst of meaningful laughter among the three people present. Since Alice's entire routine since she came to Hong Kong, since even Cici's pig head can be detected, how could it not be possible for Li Ka-shing to understand? Through today's meeting, face-to-face conversation, and hearing the laughter at this time, he was also very satisfied to see that the girl in front of him was indeed not comparable to that of ordinary peers.

　　 "Let's make a deal." Alice said, "Listen to me first, I now have two things I want. The first is your controlling interest in Yangtze River Infrastructure."

　　 What a maddening sentence, and extremely abrupt, and the style is completely different from her previous attitude, even Li Ka-shing, who has been in the market for a long time, couldn't help but be taken aback. Li Zeju's movement of holding up the teacup was completely stopped. He just looked at Alice eagerly, subconsciously wanting to hear what she wanted to say.

"Then, the Hutchison Whampoa company that you acquired has a long history. It is a large multinational company with operations all over the world and has diversified business fields. To put it bluntly, I need your company's thighs to allow me to enter the medical industry. ."

　　 is a short two sentences, but the speed of speaking is not so fast, Alice once again put on her typical speaking style.

　　 Fortunately, both of the Li family's English standards are not bad. They slowly put down their tea cups. Of course, Li Ka-shing did not open his mouth to veto them, but the scene still fell silent.

　　 Alice is waiting for a reply, Li Zeju...He doesn't even have the turn to intervene here, but feels dazed is necessary. (To be continued.)