Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Lin Baicheng currently does not have many industries in the United States, and there are even fewer that require him to personally manage from time to time. Therefore, he mainly develops office software at New Century Software Company, and then takes some time every day to visit the office space where the "Tank Battle" game is developed.

Starlight Company is managed by Eric Davis, and Isabella often asks questions. Lin Baicheng only needs to take some time to understand the current situation of the company every once in a while.

Starlight Company is the original branch of Galaxy Games. Its main job is to establish channels and manage stores one by one. Because these stores will sell not only Galaxy Games consoles, but also toys and other peripheral products in the future, it is not appropriate to call them Galaxy Games branches, so Lin Baicheng officially registered as a company.

Starlight Company was directly spun off from Galaxy Games and became an offshore company, mainly to facilitate tax avoidance in the future. In terms of level, Starlight Company is on the same level as Galaxy Games.

Lin Baicheng is also the major shareholder of Apple and Microsoft, but he is not involved in the management. He only asks Isabella to visit these two companies from time to time to play a supervisory role.

Then there is the investment in gold futures. The price of gold has been trending downward recently and has fallen below 190 US dollars per ounce. For the time being, Lin Baicheng is not ready to do anything, so he only needs to pay attention to the price every day.

Recently, Starlight Company is promoting the Rubik's Cube toy, mainly in California, because most of Starlight's stores are in California, and focusing on promotion in this state can achieve greater publicity effects with less money.

Although the Rubik's Cube is novel, it is not a black technology, and the toy itself also needs some time to ferment among children and parents, so the initial sales were not very high, and it did not become a big hit right away.

However, because a lot of money was spent on advertising on TV stations and newspapers, the effect is still there, and sales are not bad. After a period of fermentation, I believe there will be better results.

In addition to continuing to expand the size of the store, Eric is currently promoting the Rubik's Cube.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed since Lin Baicheng arrived in Los Angeles.

On this day, Isabella reported to Lin Baicheng that Steve Jobs, the chairman of Apple, was coming to Los Angeles to visit him, the company's major shareholder, and had something to discuss with him.

Although Lin Baicheng was a little confused about what Jobs wanted to discuss with him, he still agreed to meet.

In the afternoon of that day, Jobs came directly to visit New Century Software Company.

"Jobs, welcome!"

Jobs, who was born in 1955, is only 23 years old this year, a few years older than Lin Baicheng. Because the two are close in age, they can still talk. After Lin Baicheng came to the United States, he had occasional contact with Jobs. Also in occasional contact are Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

"Ellen, long time no see!"

The two shook hands, and Lin Baicheng took Jobs to the office.

Isabella brought the brewed coffee in, and then sat aside without going out.

"Jobs, Isabella said you have something to talk to me about. What is it?"

Lin Baicheng asked aloud. He knew that this was definitely not a trivial matter, otherwise Jobs could have contacted him by phone.

Jobs said: "Alan, Apple is doing well right now, you know that."

Lin Baicheng nodded.

Jobs continued: "Apple is a small company after all. The reason why personal computers are currently selling well is because we proposed the concept of personal computers. Our company was the first to make personal computers. Today, we are still in the development stage of this market. , so there are no competitors yet.”

"However, once a giant like IBM pays attention to the personal computer market, Apple will inevitably usher in its most powerful competitor. Apple may not be able to compete with IBM. Therefore, we must wait until no giant or other company notices. In the case of the personal computer market, we must develop at the fastest speed and develop the company into a big company as soon as possible. In this way, even if we face challenges, we will be able to face them with a stronger attitude and defeat any opponent."

"I kind of know what you're going to say."

Lin Baicheng nodded after hearing this. Today's Apple computers are indeed very weak. If they compete with IBM, they will definitely be defeated by the giant IBM. There is no chance of luck.

"Jobs, do you want to raise some money for Apple? In principle, I have no problem."

"Financing is a last resort."

Jobs shook his head when he heard this and said: "Alan, I want you to help contact Goldman Sachs and get a loan from Goldman Sachs for Apple."

"A loan? That's right."

Lin Baicheng nodded when he heard this. When he was confident about the company's future, the first thing he thought of when he was short of money was indeed a loan, not financing to dilute his own shares.

"Jobs, since you came to me, it means that the amount of the loan you want is not small. Otherwise, you can go to another bank by yourself. Am I right?"

Jobs nodded and said solemnly: "$5 million. I hope to get a loan of $5 million, so I need your help, Allen."

"Given the current size of Apple, this is indeed a lot of money."

Apple is currently developing well. Lin Baicheng originally obtained 30% of the shares in financing at a valuation of US$6 million, but Apple's real valuation at that time was only US$3 million, and its current valuation is still less than US$10 million.

The valuation is less than 10 million U.S. dollars, but a loan of 5 million U.S. dollars is required. Apple does not have heavy assets. Unless all shareholders use part of their shares to get a bank loan, there is no way to get a loan of 5 million U.S. dollars.

Jobs said: "Alan, you are the major shareholder of the company. If you are able, we hope you can help the company."

"This is my obligation as a major shareholder. I will take you, Steve, to see Wade Thomas tonight. He is an executive at Goldman Sachs. You have met him, Steve."

Lin Baicheng nodded in agreement, expressing his willingness to help. If he doesn't help with this matter, and Apple's management chooses to raise funds, his shares will be diluted. Apple's shares will be very valuable in the future, and Lin Baicheng certainly doesn't want to see his shares diluted.

Although Lin Baicheng could spend money to avoid dilution of his shares during financing, shareholders such as Jobs were diluted but his shares were not. This would inevitably make Jobs and other management dissatisfied and disadvantage him, so he did not As a last resort, Lin Baicheng didn't want to do this.

Jobs was very happy to see Lin Baicheng agree. As long as there is this loan, Apple will usher in a period of rapid development.

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