Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 170

"Of course not." Tang Huan shook his head, "But we must first understand that Morgan Stanley is indeed Apple's best partner with its status on Wall Street, and it can guarantee the success of the IPO to the greatest extent. We don't have to Instead of changing the underwriter, we should try to make the other party understand the value of an emerging technology company like Apple."

"Then you go lobby them." Jobs said with a look of resentment on his face, "The self-righteous guys like Morgan Stanley are very stubborn, otherwise they wouldn't have broken up on bad terms last time."

"Everyone here can't agree, and naturally I can't." Tang Huan smiled slightly, "But we can find another non-traditional investment bank that is familiar with the emerging technology industry and optimistic about the future prospects to assist Morgan Stanley. If the two go hand in hand, they can put some pressure on Morgan Stanley."

Hearing this idea, many people's eyes lit up, and Markkula asked: "Don, do you have a suitable choice?"

"The Humberquist company in San Francisco seems to be good." Tang Huan shrugged, "But I just heard about it, and the specific situation will only be known after contact."

"Since it's your suggestion, why don't you just contact me." Markkula finally had a relaxed smile on his face.

Tang Huan thought to himself that since he wanted to take advantage of the video game craze and push EA into the stock market to make money, it was natural for him to spend time making friends with these investment bankers.

"Okay, I can give it a try." Tang Huan nodded, "But I am only responsible for matchmaking. If the other party is willing to participate, then bring him or her to further communicate with everyone."

"Then it's settled. I'll go to the Lisa project team to have a look." Jobs left this sentence, hurriedly got up and left.

"Apple III is still not ready for a lot of release work, I want to supervise it." Robert followed suit and followed suit.

Are you all busy?Brother is not easy wow.

"I'm going to contact Hamberquist right now." After chatting with Markkula for a few words, Tang Huan returned to Zheru's office.

San Francisco Mayor Feinstein's boyfriend, Richard Brown, is an investment banker. Tang Huan had his contact information, so he lazily called the other party and entrusted him to find the head of Hamburgquist. people.

"I'll go to your office from Cupertino right away, and I hope to hear good news when I arrive." Tang Huan has had dinner with the other party several times and played golf once, and the relationship is very close. It's close, so it's more casual in speaking.

"Well, young people are always so quick-tempered." Bran agreed with a smile.

Soon, Tang Huan met the two partners of Hambrecht, Bill Hambrecht and George Quist, also known as Hambrecht and Quist.

In fact, Tang Huan just revealed his tone a little bit, and they came together in the end, which shows that he really has great interest in emerging technology companies.

After the greetings, Tang Huan directly introduced the current situation of Apple to the two of them.

Bill Humber, 45 years old this year, graduated from Princeton University. His pioneering work in his previous life was to conduct an IPO through the Internet, the so-called "OpenIPO" model. He helped several technology companies to go public successfully, and the most famous one is naturally Google it.

"So, Apple is very dissatisfied with Morgan Stanley's conservative attitude, so it wants us to stand in another angle and re-evaluate it again." Humber's eyes shone shrewdly.

"Morgan Stanley's performance this time is indeed substandard. They don't understand that around the Apple II, a promising new application ecosystem is forming. No matter how the personal computer industry develops in the future, it will still roughly follow this model. .”

At this point, Tang Huan picked up a pen and paper, and drew a schematic diagram. Below are hardware manufacturers such as Apple Computer, in the middle are various software, and above are educational institutions, hotels, supermarkets, small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., as well as individual users.

"This is only the area that Apple Computer has reached at present. I believe that with the advent of new products with more powerful performance, the market will be further expanded." Tang Huan smiled leisurely.

"From this point of view, Apple's appreciation space is really not that big. Those venture capitalists in Silicon Valley have made a profit this time." Bu Lan, who was admiring, showed an envious look on his face.

Both Humber and Quest also showed greater interest. The former said: "Can we visit Apple tomorrow? I believe it will be more real after a visit."

"Of course you are welcome." Tang Huan nodded with a smile, "If you two are not afraid of trouble, you can first visit my Zheru company, which is currently the largest independent software developer and enterprise solution provider in the personal computer market. Looking at the computer hardware and specific users, I believe it will inspire you more. If Bulan is free, you are also welcome to visit."

The three of them didn't notice Tang Huan's intention of carrying private goods, so they all nodded in agreement.

Everyone chatted happily, and time passed quickly. It wasn't until Feinstein arrived that they realized that it was getting dark outside, and hurriedly said goodbye.

"Tang, you are here too." Feinstein laughed, "I was about to contact you to inform you of the results. You can choose whether to accept the invitation at will. If you are really worried, you can watch the White House example on TV tomorrow. press conference."

"I understand, thank you very much." Hearing the news, Tang Huan couldn't help feeling relieved. Of course, he wanted to go to the opening ceremony of the Moscow Olympics. This kind of excitement was only once.

In order to grasp the attitude of the White House more accurately, Tang Huan came to the office early the next day, turned on the TV and waited.

As Feinstein said, when a reporter asked, after the Moscow Olympics was boycotted, the Soviet Union frequently invited celebrities from all walks of life in the United States to participate in the opening ceremony in an attempt to restore the lost influence. When the White House thought about it, the spokesperson answered concisely. It is just a non-governmental exchange activity, and the White House will not interfere.

"Political tricks are often just a way of expressing one's position." Tang Huan muttered to himself, and turned off the TV casually.

Humber, Quest, and Bulan arrived as scheduled. Tang Huan showed them around, and naturally took them to EA for a walk. Signed the document for the purchase of [-]% of Luen Mei's shares.

This made the three of them secretly shocked. The ability of emerging technology companies to attract money is so strong that they can even counterattack traditional established companies.

Just as Tang Huan was about to send them to Apple, Christina came happily, "Tang, your private jet has been refitted and is ready for use. Let's go to Seattle right away to have a look."

(End of this chapter)