The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

In the next few days, there were bursts of artillery fire and rumbling of cannons in New York.

In the office, in the small apartment near Wall Street, and in Yehelena's newly purchased Long Island villa, Lin Zhiyuan was sweating everywhere.

Of course, during the occasional break, the two would also chat about serious matters.

Lin Zhiyuan told Yehelena that after the September 11 incident, the impact of the bursting of the Internet bubble gradually disappeared, and the US stock market will enter a very stable slow bull market, which can last at least six or seven years.

During this period, you can operate as you please, but of course the focus should still be on technology stocks, led by the Internet.

In addition to stocks such as Amazon and Netease that he had invested in before, Lin Zhiyuan also highlighted the search engine company that he had told Yehelena about before - Google Books.

"Lin, I have already invested in this company in advance according to your instructions."

"I know, and I'm telling you that if this company goes public, you can continue to buy its stock without hesitation."

Yehelena always obeyed Lin Zhiyuan's words.

On the fifth day after Lin Zhiyuan arrived in New York, he received a call from Yuan Fei.

"Director Lin, General Magic and Newark have both made offers. General Magic's offer is $5 million, and it comes with a series of clauses. My lawyer and I took a look and found that most of them are acceptable to us, such as maintaining the salary level of employees and increasing investment in technology. However, I personally think that given General Magic's current situation, the offer of $5 million is obviously too high."

Lin Zhiyuan thought the same thing. How could a company that was about to go bankrupt dare to ask for five million?

"Give them a few days, let them think it over and then come back to me."

"Director Lin, the situation in Newark is not good. They have offered a price of $200 million."

Lin Zhiyuan took a deep breath. He had prepared himself mentally because according to Jonathan's information, Newark had just received a financing of 20 million US dollars in 2000. They were not short of cash at the moment, so the difficulty of the acquisition would definitely be greater than that of General Magic. However, he did not expect that the other party would actually offer 200 million US dollars, especially after the 911 incident when the Internet bubble had not yet ended.

"It seems that the other party does not want to sell the company, so they shouted out such an outrageous price, probably hoping that we will back down! Yuan Fei, what do you think?"

Yuan Fei spoke hesitantly, "Director Lin, I personally think that Newark's technology is indeed good, but it is not worth 200 million. After all, their multi-touch technology is not yet perfect."

Lin Zhiyuan could tell that even Yuan Fei had objections to his insistence on acquiring Newark. If the other party had offered a price of tens of millions of dollars, Yuan Fei might not have reacted so strongly given the profitability of Music Garden. However, Newark suddenly offered a sky-high price of 200 million US dollars, which he could not accept in any case. Yuan Fei believed that Newark was treating Music Garden as a big enemy.

Yuan Fei was the person who supported him the most in the entire Shenzhou Electronics Group. If even he objected to the price, then you could imagine what other people thought. This was the real reason why Lin Zhiyuan gasped.

Shenzhou Electronics Technology Group is not his personal company, but a state-owned enterprise, a super large state-owned enterprise directly under the central government.

Although he is the chairman and the top leader, all investments, especially foreign investments, must be reported to the various higher-level departments and can only be implemented after obtaining approval.

If the investment amount is small, like a company like General Magic that can be acquired for a few million dollars, with Lin Zhiyuan's prestige, the resistance will not be too great.

But what if it’s $200 million?

Lin Zhiyuan could imagine that no one in the entire China Electronics Technology Group, from top to bottom, would agree.

Lin Zhiyuan faced the biggest resistance since he took office.

Lin Zhiyuan was smoking a cigarette, thinking about how to convince those people in Yanjing? Ye Helena leaned over softly, "Lin, you seem to be worried. Is there any bad news on the phone? Do you need me to do anything for you?"

Lin Zhiyuan turned his head and smiled, "It's really not good news, but you can't help me with anything."

Yehelena hid aside obediently, trying not to disturb Lin Zhiyuan's thoughts.

Lin Zhiyuan stood by the window, silently finished a cigarette, and then started making phone calls. The first call was to Minister Wu.

"Minister, I need to report some work to you." It is now past eight o'clock in the morning in Yanjing, and Minister Wu should have just arrived at the unit.

"Zhiyuan, is everything going well in the United States?" Minister Wu's mood improved as he heard Lin Zhiyuan's voice, and he asked cheerfully.

In the one month since Lin Zhiyuan took office, he has managed the group's affairs in an orderly manner, with each department fulfilling its responsibilities, and quickly put the group's work on the right track. This made Minister Wu more convinced that he was right to insist on bringing Lin Zhiyuan here.

Now that Lin Zhiyuan and his men have traveled to the United States, they can still call him to report on their work, which makes Minister Wu feel very good.

"Minister, I've encountered a small difficulty." Lin Zhiyuan had two things to do during this trip to the United States. The first was to bring the people from the Finance Department for on-site study here and officially enter the U.S. stock market. The second thing was to acquire a company to prepare for the smartphone project.

Lin Zhiyuan first reported on the securities business. "Minister, as of now, Dongtian Electronics' total profit in the past two years is 2.2 billion US dollars, of which 800 million US dollars are in the account in Citi. I plan to use 500 million US dollars of it to enter the securities market."

When Minister Wu heard this, he was quite surprised. "Zhiyuan, isn't that too much? Securities are very risky!"

"Minister, I am very confident about this matter. The United States just experienced the September 11 terrorist attacks and the stock market plummeted. This is a good time to enter the market. The Gegang Investment Company where I worked before is also preparing to increase its investment. The funds they are prepared to mobilize are far more than ours."

Minister Wu had heard about Lin Zhiyuan's achievements in Gegang Investment Company. Since he was so sure, Minister Wu thought about it again and again and agreed verbally, "Zhiyuan, since you are so sure, I won't say anything. However, to use such a large amount of funds, we must hold a collective meeting to study and decide."

"Of course, Minister. The second thing is that during the acquisition process..." Lin Zhiyuan told Minister Wu about the Newark company's offer of $200 million. As expected, Minister Wu was shocked. "Zhiyuan, you have to be cautious. There are successful precedents for using $500 million for securities investment, but using $200 million to acquire an overseas company is unprecedented in our department. It is not only our department, but I am afraid there is no precedent in the entire state-owned enterprise system. If it was a few million dollars, it would be fine. The amount of funds involved is so large that even if the ministry agrees, the large-scale working committee and the State Council will probably oppose it. Zhiyuan, I know your starting point is good, but it is too risky to do this..."