The Goddess Shines on America

"I have a lot of appetite." After a moment of silence, Li Ka-shing laughed: "Then since you said you want to make a deal, what can I get?"

It's really interesting. It's not uncommon for businessmen like Alice to be as calm as they are about their needs. It's just that when various combined elements are superimposed, it has to be surprising. Li Ka-shing was laughing heartily, and Li Zeju, who was sitting with him, was seriously thinking about the logic of the meeting.

"I can buy the shares of Cheung Kong Infrastructure in your hand at a price that is 1.2 times the market price. This is the first direct income you can get." Alice really planned to pursue the method of not being surprising and endless, and this It also made Li Zeju, who was planning to continue watching, really didn't know how to judge her thoughts.

"Help me set up a pharmaceutical company. I will use your network and market to make quick profits, and you will use my products to enjoy dividends. This is of course the most obvious gain."

Facing this so-called harvest that seems tempting but looks more like empty talk, Li Ka-shing still did not express his position immediately as before.

Seeing his father's silence, Li Zeju knew that it was time for him to speak.

"The acquisition of Cheung Kong Infrastructure is another matter. Alice, you suddenly want to get involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Do you have ready-made medicines? Or are you planning to acquire ready-made pharmaceutical factories? As for the development of new medicines, its cycle is very long , It does require a large-scale capital injection and a perfect scientific research team. If you want to earn cash, this method may not work."

Alice quickly asked back: "Do you think I am a person short of money?"

Indeed, there is no shortage, and Li Zeju is clearly aware of this point. Alice, who has just gone public in Cisco, Alice, who is a shareholder of Microsoft, and who has just acquired a large amount of cash from last year's stock market crash, of course, she is not someone who is short of money. . It takes many businessmen a lifetime to get to this level, but this girl completed this task in just three years. Compared with earning cash, it is indeed time to make long-term investments.

"High risks will definitely bring high returns." At this time, Li Ka-shing spoke again. While speaking, he looked at Alice deeply, trying to see through this girl. But it's a pity that even if he elongated his tone and said the opening words, he didn't see the slightest trace from those blue eyes.

"Tell me about your specific plan, Alice. After all, no matter what method you use, you have already obtained net profits that are several times your cost from various stock markets around the world during last year's stock market crash. You can start from scratch, You, who have achieved so much in three years, don't want to develop yourself, but come to me to cooperate. It must be a huge cooperation project. Tell me, kid, what great ideas do you have? ?”

Listening to the old father narrating his inner thoughts, Li Zeju sat aside and became more and more engrossed. Of course, this scene did not escape Alice's eyes. She couldn't help but want to laugh a little. Seeing this handsome guy now, she really wanted to take out a notebook and write down everything she said.

That's true, although Li Zeju is the eldest son of Li Ka-shing, he is only 24 years old now. He graduated from Stanford University in 1985 and is currently working in Cheung Kong Industrial. It was the time when he was learning the way of business from his father and uncles. He is indeed a proud son of heaven and a typical rich second generation. However, compared to Alice's current achievements, all these things are really flattering.

"It's better to talk more."

There is really no need for Alice to hide the request of the two, not to mention that speaking out will help all parties cooperate:

"You also know that I started my career with computers. Recently, I went to school in the UK. It is also a place with a strong academic culture. I plan to set up a computer laboratory in the UK. This is one of them."

"Secondly, I have indeed studied new drugs with a professor-level virologist. At least I have the ambition to develop in this direction, and I am fully sure. However, we still lack more resources, such as the medical industry as a whole. In-depth understanding, such as contacts, all kinds of contacts, this is the biggest obstacle at present."

Seeing Li Ka-shing listening carefully, Alice continued: "It is now 1988, and there is still a while before the date of the return of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, but after all, it has caused a lot of capital outflow. Having been a colony for so many years, Both Hong Kong and your Li family have inherent advantages in investing in the UK, don't they?"

One sentence from left to right, useful or useless, Alice just kept instilling new ideas for Li Ka-shing. Her mood was always calm, but as she saw, Li Ka-shing listened to her very carefully from the beginning to the end. Although the posture of the elder on the other side is very qualified, Alice has never been at a disadvantage during the actual conversation between the two.

Because it is only 1988 after all, Alice is certainly not afraid that the other party will not cooperate with her. Because at this time, although Li Ka-shing had already made outstanding achievements, he was still basically confined to Hong Kong, and he was far from the future Li Chaoren.

To put it bluntly, his need for Alice now is much higher than Alice's need for him!

As something that can be known at a glance, since Alice will take the initiative to find Li Ka-shing, she naturally knows the level of his current career development.

Of course, as a real ordinary businessman, instead of a freak like Alice who knows the future and is extremely clever, Li Ka-shing is already an extraordinary person, a figure that can be called a legend.

As early as 1981, Li Ka-shing was appointed as a justice of the peace and was selected as "Hong Kong Man of the Year"; throughout 1985 to 1990, he served as a member of the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; in 1986, he He was even made a lord by the King of Belgium, and Sir Youde, Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong and Governor of Hong Kong, awarded Li Ka-shing the title of Honorary Doctor of Laws.

In this way, it was on February 6th of 1986 that Hong Kong's "Media" ranked Hong Kong's top ten consortiums, and the four listed companies of the Cheung Kong Group had a market value of 34.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking first on the list!

Well, yes, here is the key.

34.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking first.

That's about $4.5 billion.

Well, yes, only about $4.5 billion.

Does Alice love him?

Not cowardly.

Do the Li Ka-shing family dare to ignore the existence of Alice?

dare not.

Even if it was a coincidence to acquire Hutchison Whampoa that year, Li Ka-shing only used more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars - 90 million US dollars, and under the circumstances of a coincidence, leveraged the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa with total assets of 6.5 billion. Remember Whampoa - only 800 million US dollars.

Indeed, this is a big deal that Alice can hardly throw out in one go. Before the "87 stock market crash" began, it could only be realized by loans.

But how many years did it take Li Ka-shing to develop to this level?

Alice, who just founded Cisco in 1984, invested in real estate worth 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in Ginza, Japan as early as last year with loans and installments!

Today's meeting is many times more important than yesterday's visit to the power plant, but Sophie participated in the former but did not attend this time, which is exactly the reason. Compared with Alice's desire to cooperate with Li Ka-shing's family, the richest man in Hong Kong is actually looking forward to an intimate communication with Alice. When the status of the two can be seen through Li Zeju's speech and behavior, what is there to worry about as a mother?

The talented girl who has accumulated a net worth of more than one billion in three years, the highest part of which is earned by short selling stocks at the right time, a move that only the most savvy businessmen can make. Old people definitely like to show off when they meet children, but no one can erase the seemingly invisible but real gap between them.

"However, please allow me to not take you to Windsor town immediately to visit Professor Delof's laboratory." Alice said: "Because I just took advantage of the beginning of the stock market crash last year and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Intel Corporation. Stocks, their shareholder meeting at the beginning of the year is about to start, I need to go back to Silicon Valley first, and I will leave in a few days.”

"Intel..." So, as the conversation progressed, the actual gap between the two parties became more and more obvious. Hearing Alice's words, Li Ka-shing adjusted his glasses, and asked in a slightly uncertain tone: "It's true that I don't pay enough attention to Silicon Valley, but this seems to be a big news. You are a shareholder. Intel... I remember 400 million, right?"

"That's right, 400 million U.S. dollars." Alice said the word lightly. Li Ka-shing didn't know how many office buildings he had to sell before he could make a profit in Hong Kong.

Of course, the subtle gap between the two was also easily captured by Li Zeju, who had just graduated from Stanford three years ago.

They were all in English. When my father said the word 400 million, he simply said 400 million, and Alice added "dollars", a crucial unit, in a calm manner.

A small word means a gap of 7.8 times the actual funds.

This meeting lasted from noon to lunch, and Alice was in the mansion of the Li family who was born in Chaozhou, so of course it was inevitable to have further conversations at the dinner table.

Of course, from the beginning to the end, she will disclose very limited information to Li Ka-shing. Of course, she will not foolishly talk about the discovery of the "I virus". Yue is still "unreliable", and now he can be said to be a ghost.

But even if something is casually brewed, it is enough for Li Ka-shing to refuse such a long-term cooperation no matter what.

"Think about it, let a mobile phone be completely covered by the screen, and then users can manipulate it just by tapping the screen. Is there any doubt about the profit in the middle?"

Just talking about the concept of the touch screen and talking about the basic principles is enough to fool anyone.