giants of the era

Chapter 316 Lenovo Corporation
"Black Monday" swept the world, leading to a global economic downturn for a while, causing huge losses to many companies.However, fortunately, Li Zetian had expected it and had enough funds to deal with the disaster.

After the stock market crash, it is Li Zetian's chance to make a fortune!
At this time, the market value of many companies plummeted, and they were in danger.

So, it didn't take long to hear that Wells Fargo merged with such and such a bank, Umbrella Insurance Company acquired an insurance company, Sprint merged Bell Pacific, and Geoelectric Corporation acquired and entered the United States...

At the moment of mourning, Li Zetian's acquisition behavior is particularly eye-catching.

从1987年10月19号到1988年1月1号, 李则天名下的公司完成了56起收购行动，不禁轰动了世界各大媒体！
Those people on Wall Street were even more shocked!

"Oh, God, 'Black Monday' came so unexpectedly, how did Chronos·Li judge that there would be a stock market crash?!"

"Yeah, I feel like Chronos Li is like a prophet, it's just amazing!"

"The stock market crash hit, and countless companies devalued one after another, but Chronos Li took the opportunity to sweep all major companies and launched 56 acquisitions, and all of them were big actions, involving more than tens of billions of dollars, which is really crazy !!!”

"..."

"Simply handsome!!!"

At this moment, even Li Zetian couldn't help admiring himself. No wonder people often say that there is a chance in a crisis!This stock market crash made him a big bargain. When the stock price rebounds in the future, Li Zetian's worth will naturally skyrocket.

During this period, the development of the World Wide Web is also very gratifying.

Nearly everyone in the United States who is connected to the Internet has used the World Wide Web, either by creating their own websites or browsing other people's websites.It has to be said that AOL took this opportunity to provide online services and grow rapidly!
Without Li Zetian's guidance, AOL developed an online chat room on the basis of the World Wide Web, allowing netizens to chat together on the website.This kind of chat room is different from instant messaging software. People in the same chat room can see everyone's messages, similar to being in a QQ group.

Once the chat room of America Online was launched, it was very popular and very popular, even Li Zetian was surprised.

AOL also provides various online services such as BBS, e-mail, online game download, online software download, and news browsing, and has become the first choice for American netizens to surf the Internet.Because as long as you enter the America Online service system, you can basically find the services on the Internet from here.Is there a better option than this for a computer novice?
However, because AOL grew so fast, the funds quickly burned through.

At the beginning of February, Steve Case approached Li Zetian and said that AOL needed to start the A round of financing.

Li Zetian said no problem, led by Sprint and Galaxy Networks, and four AOL cooperative companies led the investment, with a total investment of 2000 million US dollars.Since then, Li Zetian has mastered more than 71.5% of AOL's shares through cross-shareholding.

Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help but said: "Steve Case really has a skill, he developed America Online so quickly!"

"Yeah!" Li Zetian nodded, agreeing with Steve Case's ability.

After a pause, Li Zetian said with a smile: "Since the establishment of NSFnet, Sprint is the first commercial network to establish SprintNet. However, more and more companies are beginning to enter this field, including MCI, AT&T and other companies. However, It is also a good thing, because in this way, the development of the Internet can be accelerated, America Online will develop faster in the future, and the network equipment of Galaxy Network will also sell more. Everything is going according to my plan!"

Dongfang Yuqin said: "The network construction in Hong Kong is very fast, and a joint venture telecommunications company has also been established with Shenzhen. The network service has been opened in Shenzhen, and then the Internet can be radiated to surrounding cities through Shenzhen."

"Well, very good." Li Zetian said, "However, due to the limited bandwidth, more submarine optical cables must be laid. BJ does not seem to have this plan for the time being."

"The construction of a submarine optical cable is costly, and the Chinese economy has just started..."

Li Zetian has a good understanding of the situation in mainland China. Despite his help, the huge China cannot be changed by just one or two people.

"Is there any news about Hanka?" Li Zetian couldn't help asking after thinking about it.

"Yes!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded, thought for a while, and said, "The most famous Hanka research and development company is a company called Lenovo, which is affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 1985, it has launched the first computer with Lenovo function. The Chinese card product Lenovo Hanka, the name of the company "Lenovo" comes from the Lenovo Hanka."

"Associative Hanka?" Li Zetian murmured it over and asked in confusion, "What are the characteristics of this associative Hanka?"

Dongfang Yuqin explained with a smile: "The ability to provide association functions is to use the contextual relevance of Chinese characters to facilitate users' use. With this Chinese card, Lenovo quickly defeated other Chinese card companies and monopolized most of the market. "

Li Zetian nodded. Originally, he also wanted to develop Hanka, but he forgot about it later.Now that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has stepped in, relying on their understanding of Chinese and their own technology, they can indeed develop excellent Chinese cards.For Li Zetian, Hanka is just a small profit, and it can only be active for a short time, so let Lenovo forget it.

However, it is not good for Lenovo to become bigger and stronger with Hanka, and then set foot in computers and become the main competitor of Apple and Mango Computer in mainland China.At present, there is an investment boom in mainland China, and foreign capital has entered China one after another. When facing Chinese companies, if they cannot compete, they will use capital power to bring them down.

Li Zetian thought about it, he is also a big capitalist.

Lenovo's backing is the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with strong research and development capabilities, and it has made a lot of money with the Hanka, which will obviously pose a danger to itself in the future.In order to prepare for a rainy day, before Lenovo's complete rise, it first took a stake in Lenovo, then gradually eroded it, and finally took control of Lenovo.

Therefore, Li Zetian said: "Lenovo is also a relatively well-known technology company in mainland China, and it has great investment value! Yuqin, you arrange people to talk to Lenovo, and strive to become a shareholder of Lenovo. The more shares you have, the better." .”

"Okay, I know."

In spring, everything revives and the air is exceptionally fresh.

Li Zetian stood up from the chair, walked to the window, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt refreshed all over his body.After eating a hearty breakfast, Li Zetian went to the artificial intelligence laboratory to help everyone develop artificial intelligence and strive to defeat the world chess champion as soon as possible.

Li Zetian didn't understand chess before, but now he has become an amateur master.However, if he fights against artificial intelligence, he basically ends in failure.

Artificial intelligence has mastered hundreds of thousands of chess game records, and has very clever algorithms, even some professional chess players are not its opponents.

After coming to the laboratory, the person in charge of the project suggested: "Mr. Li, the artificial intelligence we have developed is already very powerful, should we invite some professional chess players to play against each other to increase fame and exposure! During this period, we You can observe the situation of the match between artificial intelligence and real masters, find out the problem, and optimize the algorithm."

"Well, what you said is very reasonable, so I will do as you said." Li Zetian nodded, thinking that it is impossible to work behind closed doors, and only by letting artificial intelligence challenge the master can the battle become more courageous.

"Okay, I'm really looking forward to seeing how the artificial intelligence we developed will kill the Quartet!" The person in charge laughed.

"Hehe, so do I." Li Zetian also smiled.

So, a week later, the Clay Supercomputer Laboratory and the Evolution Robot Artificial Intelligence Laboratory jointly held a press conference, announcing that the artificial intelligence supercomputer challenged the professional chess master.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the world and caused heated discussions among people.

"What? An artificial intelligence supercomputer is going to challenge a professional chess player?! I don't believe it, how can a computer win a human?"

"It's not that there are no chess games on the market, but the level is too low, even I can't win, and I want to challenge professional masters, it's simply grandstanding!!"

"The Solar Storm-II supercomputer has powerful computing capabilities, and the Evolution Robot Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has powerful artificial intelligence. The combination of the two may really win the professional chess master! Think about it, human computing How fast, how fast can a supercomputer calculate?"

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Whether artificial intelligence supercomputers are powerful or human beings are powerful, everyone is arguing for a while.

"Hi, Mr. Li, hello! I'm Zhang Han. I watched today's press conference. The artificial intelligence computer played against human masters. It was really shocking. As you know, Tian Shuai and I are both chess lovers." , I want to know how powerful the artificial intelligence supercomputer is!!" After Zhang Hao saw this press conference, he couldn't help calling Li Zetian immediately.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Okay, then you guys will come to the evolutionary robot artificial intelligence, and I will give you a chance to challenge. Hehe, when the time comes, don't lose too badly, hide in the toilet and cry!"

"Are you kidding me? I'm a chess master. It's obvious to all. During college, no one was my opponent!" Zhang Han curled his lips, full of confidence in himself.

"Blag hard, no one will see anyway."

Zhang Han: "..."

An hour later, Zhang Han took Tian Shuai to the artificial intelligence laboratory.

"Here we come!" Li Zetian greeted them with a smile and waved his hand.

"I want to compete with artificial intelligence!" Zhang Hao said.

"Artificial intelligence can even be mastered by professional experts, can you do it?" Li Zetian laughed.

"Row!!"

"Okay, then I'll have someone arrange it for you right away."

Zhang Han grinned, it's time to show his true kung fu...

So, an hour later, Zhang Han was crying and kept saying, "I can't, it's impossible, how could I lose again..."

Tian Shuai was surprised, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, the artificial intelligence you developed is so powerful. Although Zhang Han is bragging, his chess level is still very good. Unexpectedly, he lost two games in a row. "

Li Zetian smiled and said, "It's really good, otherwise I wouldn't dare to say that I want to challenge a professional chess player!"

"Mr. Li, artificial intelligence is not only used to play chess?" Tian Shuai asked.

"Of course, playing chess is only a part of it. Artificial intelligence can do a lot, but with the current technology and conditions, it can't do more. The purpose of holding this PK event this time is to attract attention and promote it. Solar Storm-II supercomputer, secondly to promote artificial intelligence. I hope more talents can join in the development of artificial intelligence..." Li Zetian said.

"Hmm..." Tian Shuai nodded, expressing his understanding.

Over the past month, four well-known chess masters have accepted the challenge of the artificial intelligence supercomputer, three of them lost and one of them won.Such a record is astonishing.Many chess masters expressed dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction, and prepared to challenge.

Li Zetian was secretly happy, and said that all masters are welcome to come, and those who come will not be rejected, and they can challenge every day.

The artificial intelligence has the ability to learn independently, and it will become more and more powerful as the number of battles with the master increases.

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BJ, CAS.

"What do you think?" an old man with beard and hair asked, his eyes scanning the crowd.

"It is obvious to all that Chronos Li has been vigorously supporting the development of mainland China over the years, and he can be regarded as a patriotic Chinese. Although Lenovo is a state-owned enterprise led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, its products are for civilian use and will not involve national security. Problem. If you can accept his investment, you will definitely be able to grow rapidly!" said a middle-aged man.

It is now 1988, nearly 10 years since the reform and opening up, Sino-foreign joint ventures, and even wholly foreign-owned models have become commonplace.It is not surprising that state-owned enterprises accept foreign investment.Right now, Lenovo's main product is Hanka, which relies on Mango Computer and Apple Computer.

Mango Computer Company takes the low-end route, has a large market share in China, and is Lenovo's largest customer.The person who spoke just now was called Liu Chuanzhi, the president of Lenovo. He knew very well that if Lenovo could accept Li Zetian's investment, it would be of great help to Lenovo's development.In fact, Lenovo at this time was a small company that was only emerging in the field of Hanka.But you have to know that there are too many personal computers in China, and there are still competitors, how much can Lenovo Hanka sell?There are countless companies in China trying their best to attract overseas investment. It is Lenovo's luck that Li Zetian is able to take a fancy to Lenovo. It is just that Li Zetian wants a little more shares - 49%, which makes it easy for Lenovo to change hands.

After Liu Chuanzhi finished expressing his opinion, a group of people discussed without any result.

A few days later, when news came out that Mango Computer and Apple were planning to cooperate with other Hanka companies, Lenovo and the Chinese Academy of Sciences were in a hurry.

Liu Chuanzhi is very upset. He said that he would agree to Chronos Li's investment, but you are still hesitant.Well now, if others don't cooperate with our Lenovo company, Lenovo company just waits to be defeated by competitors!

As the president of Lenovo, Liu Chuanzhi is different from scientists in the Chinese Academy of Sciences who are engaged in scientific research. He has worked hard in the business world for many years, and he knows business matters best. At the same time, he has a very deep understanding of Li Zetian's influence.If Li Zetian wanted to crush Lenovo to death, it would be as simple as crushing an ant.This time, Li Zetian suddenly sent someone to say that he wanted to invest in Lenovo. Liu Chuanzhi was overjoyed, thinking that Lenovo would take off from now on, but in the end...

"Liu Chuanzhi, what do you think we should do now?" asked an old man wearing glasses. Before that, he had strongly advocated that the 49% of the shares could not be surrendered.

"Apart from accepting Chronos Li's investment, what else can we do? Once he invests in other Hanka companies, the sales of our Lenovo Hanka will drop sharply, our competitors will become stronger and stronger, and we will become weaker and weaker. In the end, we may go bankrupt." ! This is by no means alarmist talk, you can find out after a casual analysis." Liu Chuanzhi said.

Everyone was silent, obviously understanding this truth.

"Well, there is no other way, now we can only accept his conditions."

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"What? Chronos Li refused, unless Lenovo is willing to sell 60% of the shares?!"

Liu Chuanzhi couldn't help being taken aback, and then showed a wry smile, alas, is this a toast and no fine wine?
Soon, Liu Chuanzhi came to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and told them about it.

"Chronos Li is very angry. He is willing to cooperate unless we sell 60% of the shares." Liu Chuanzhi sighed slightly and said, "You can figure it out."

(End of this chapter)