I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

Chapter 543 Sir Yang Hopes to Financing Pingguo Company!

When Lin Dezhong left, Jobs was still reading the invitation letter.

Sir Young invited Jobs to have dinner with him at Connor Manor tonight.

From Jobs' point of view, Sir Yang's identity is not simple. He has swallowed up many foreign companies and groups in Xiangjiang. No one knows exactly how much Sir Yang has.

Jobs knew that Sir Yang had a great relationship with London, and was even knighted by the Queen.

In addition, it was the computers ordered by the Imperial Group from IBM, which made Jobs very envious. If they could cooperate with the Imperial Group, then Pingguo's computer sales would definitely increase a lot.

In addition, the Empire Games Company under the Empire Group almost monopolizes the global game industry, including hardware and software. Jobs felt that he could cooperate with Sir Yang.

Even if Sir Yang did not invite him, if he knew that Sir Yang was coming to Silicon Valley, he would definitely come to visit him in person.

this afternoon.

Jobs called Woz, and he was going to meet Sir Yang with Woz.

. . .

Yang Ming, Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, and He Chaojue were walking around outside the manor.

Now there is still the sun, but it is still not so cold.

When the sun is gone, it's still a little cold here in Connor Manor.

16:45 pm local time in San Francisco.

Lin Dezhong came over and said, "Young Master Yang, Mr. Jobs brought a white man to see you."

Jobs also brought a white man over?
When Yang Ming went out, he saw Jobs, who was very gentle and wearing myopia glasses, still looked very young. Wasn't the older, bearded young man next to him Woz?

This Woz is not simple. Pingguo Company can develop like that, not only cannot do without Jobs, but also cannot do without Jobs as a partner.

When Jobs left Pingo, even if Woz didn't directly betray him, he didn't stand up for him.

"Sir Yang, hello."

When Woz learned that Jobs brought him to meet Sir Yang, Woz also seemed very excited.

Woz really likes the Empire Group game console.

Whether it is an arcade machine or a handheld machine, he likes it very much. He just thinks that an arcade machine at $6500 is a bit expensive, but the handheld machine is very cheap.

"Sir Yang, this is my partner, Mr. Woz."

"Hello, Mr. Woz."

Yang Ming shook hands with Jobs and Woz respectively.

When Yang Ming came to this world, he didn't know which celebrity he saw for the first time.

Yang Ming, Jobs, and Woz sat down in the living room and drank coffee there.

It's still early, and it's not time for dinner yet.

It was getting cold outside and it was impossible to go out again.

"Sir Yang, we want to talk to you about business."

"can."

Yang Ming, Jobs, and Woz entered the study.

In the study, Jobs said directly: "Sir Yang, it's like this. I heard that your Empire Group and its group companies order a lot of office computers every year. Our Pingguo Apple II is also very good as an office computer. Imperial Group cooperation."

Yang Ming thought it was something, he just bought a computer made by Pingguo Company.

At the beginning, when Yang Ming bought computers, he wanted to buy Pingguo computers at first, but found that there were no dealers in Xiangjiang, and he had to wait for a long time, so he bought IBM computers first. Later, the Imperial Group purchased more and more computers. , It can be regarded as a big customer of IBM.

Jobs and Woz know, naturally greedy.

Even if the Imperial Group can buy 1 Pingguo computers, that would be pretty good.

In addition, the games of the Empire Group are really good. If they can be authorized to Pingguo Company, and Pingguo Company cooperates, the sales of Pingguo Computer will of course be greatly improved.

The arcade machines of Empire Games are really selling well.

Not to mention those handhelds.

It is precisely because of the emergence of so-called home computer game consoles and the emergence of a large number of low-quality games that the game consoles in country M were once depressed for several years.

Now the sales of Empire game products in country M are still very good, and this situation will basically be avoided.

As for Pingguo Company's hope that Imperial Group will purchase Pingguo Computer, there is also a matter of cooperation with Imperial Games Company.

Yang Ming felt that all of these could be discussed, but it must involve the issue of interests.

There is also about the Windows operating system that Yang Ming has asked to develop.

Historically, Yang Ming knew that Pingguo Company had its own operating system, so it was impossible to use Microsoft Windows.

Now that Yang Ming asked someone to develop Windows, Pingguo Company might not be able to use it, but use the iOS system developed by itself.

"Mr. Jobs, Mr. Woz, we can talk about the purchase of office computers. We can also talk about the cooperation between Empire Games and your Pingguo company."

It is possible to talk.

Whether it can be negotiated is another matter.

Both Jobs and Woz were very happy when they heard it.

They didn't expect Sir Yang to be so talkative, but what Sir Yang said next surprised the two of them.

"Mr. Jobs, Mr. Woz, I am optimistic about your Pingguo company. Although Pingguo company just raised a sum of money from sixteen investors at the end of last year, I don't think it is a lot. I hope that my risk in Silicon Valley Investment company, future capital company can provide financing for Pingguo Company.”

Sir Yang wants to raise money for Pingguo Company?
Jobs and Woz were really stunned.

Last year, the situation of Pingguo Company was not bad.

Of course, the reason for financing is that in addition to the lack of funds, there is also a lack of technology. In this case, Jobs, Woz and others naturally accept financing from more investors.

The most difficult time was in 1977 and 1978. Jobs, Woz and others were really almost unable to continue at that time, and finally they gritted their teeth and survived.

Now Sir Yang wants to finance them.

On December 1980, 12, Pingguo IPO, after the IPO, the largest shareholder, Jobs, had a diluted shareholding ratio of about 12%, and the second largest shareholder, Markkula, held about 15 million shares, accounting for about 700%; The third largest shareholder Woz holds 11.4 million shares, accounting for about 400%.

All 460 million shares were snapped up in less than an hour, closing the day at $29 a share.Based on this closing price, Pingguo’s executives have produced 4 billionaires and more than 40 millionaires.

That works out to about 6140 million shares.

The largest shareholder, Jobs 15%, about 921 million shares.

The second largest shareholder Markkula, 700 million shares.

The third largest shareholder Woz, 400 million shares.

Listing is 460 million shares.

The remaining 59.6 investors raised 3820% of the shares, occupying [-] million shares.

At the end of the summer of 1979, Pingguo Computer Company decided to conduct a round of external private equity financing before listing, that is, mezzanine financing.

Through the relationship between Don Warren and Markkula, the financing was quickly successful. A total of 16 investors, including Xerox, Rothschild, Untenberg, Towbin, Brentwood Capital, and some individual investors, paid $10.5 per share. Price subscribed for the shares of Pingguo Computer Company, and Pingguo Computer Company raised a total of US$727 million this time.

Xerox had a dedicated venture capital department at that time, and Xerox purchased nearly 100 shares for $10 million.After Xerox invested, Pingguo was allowed to visit its mysterious Palo Alto Research Center. "Jobs looked around like a child, observing various new technologies, and was ecstatic."

Calculated, at this time, the market value of Pingguo Company was valued at US$6 million.

After listing, it was sold at $29 per share, which is equivalent to about twice the amount.

How is it valued now.

Before the listing, Yang Ming thought it was worth it even if he calculated it based on the historical market value of 29 US dollars per share.

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