1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 626 Pioneer!

"I think it's a little too early to go to Beijing to make contact now!"

“They are now limited in the direction they are open to the outside world!.”

After thinking for a moment, David Rockefeller decided to reveal some information to Li Changhe appropriately.

They have always been paying close attention to the reforms at the University of Tokyo.

Although Todai has started reforms in the past two years, not many industries have been liberalized and the industries that can be involved are relatively narrow.

Small-scale investment is fine, but large-scale investment is actually not suitable!

Especially for a businessman like Victor.

If it is a large American enterprise, there will be no big problem. With the backing of the US government, the direction is guaranteed, unless the diplomatic relations between the two countries break down again.

But for a businessman like Victor, his investment channels are somewhat left to fate.

"I know, but judging from my uncle's contact with them, I think their intentions are quite firm."

"There is an old saying in the East that it is better to help people in need than to add icing on the cake. Right now, they have nothing. I think if we increase the stakes at this time, the returns we will get will far exceed those of ordinary business investments."

"So I want to try it out first, increase investment, and get involved in some industries."

"Many of their advantages are obvious. I believe their potential is not inferior to that of Japan, and may even be stronger."

Li Changhe spoke seriously to David Rockefeller.

He had to inform David Rockefeller about his large-scale investment in the University of Tokyo. On the one hand, it was to explain his investment, and on the other hand, it was to lay the groundwork for the "amazing" returns in the future.

On the other hand, he needs the support of the Luo family in many industrial areas, especially some industrial technologies, and he will definitely need the support of the Luo family from behind.

After all, what Li Changhe does is investment, not giving money. Investment requires enterprises, and enterprises must have technology.

"So do you have any direction this time?"

David Rockefeller asked, smiling.

It was obvious that Victor didn't come to him just to report to him. He must need the Luo family's help.

"There are two key areas. One is the white goods sector. I have paid attention to it privately. Their home appliance product gap is very large, and they are also relatively backward in technology."

"At present, Japanese home appliance companies are making every effort to tackle this field. They intend to enter this market first. After all, the population there is too large."

"Once the other party's economic aggregate improves slightly and the home appliance field is liberalized, the market demand that will explode will be a terrifying number."

David nodded: "You have said this before. For the home appliance industry, that is indeed an excellent market."

"What's the other direction?"

“Heavy industry!”

"I'm actually considering starting a heavy industry business there."

Li Changhe expressed his intentions at this time.

"Heavy industry?"

David Rockefeller was a little surprised when he heard Li Changhe's direction.

The heavy industry sector is very broad, covers a wide range, and some things are quite sensitive.

Seeing David Rockefeller looking at him, Li Changhe began to explain.

"When I say heavy industry, I mean mainly heavy machinery, such as excavators, concrete machines, cranes and other products."

"For the University of East China, their current thinking is probably to transform from an agricultural country to an industrial country, and in this process of transformation, infrastructure must be a very important part."

"Any country must carry out large-scale infrastructure construction during the transition from industry to agriculture. This is an inevitable process."

"As for the University of Tokyo, I think its major infrastructure will not only be led by the government, but will even be entirely built by the government, just like the Soviet Union."

"Once the large-scale infrastructure is launched, the demand for engineering equipment can be imagined. After all, their land area is there. Most importantly, the demand for such equipment will definitely come from national procurement!"

"And in my opinion, Dongda has a relatively good heavy industry equipment base, especially the technology inherited from the Soviet Union, which allows them to have a certain industrial base reserve, including personnel reserves."

"Under such circumstances, if we intervene, I think we have a chance to get a big piece of the pie, and even compete in the world in the future."

Li Changhe spoke seriously to David Rockefeller.

What Li Changhe said is actually the future model of Sany Heavy Industry. The most important thing is that Sany Heavy Industry is a private enterprise, even if this private enterprise may be on the surface.

David Rockefeller fell into deep thought.

Among the resources under the Luo family, there is heavy equipment technology. At that time, Westinghouse Electric was a super giant spanning various industries, but its heavy equipment was not considered core and was not among the best in the world.

He originally thought that Victor would talk to him about electrical or petrochemicals, but unexpectedly, the other party mentioned heavy machinery.

But there is nothing wrong with the other party's idea. White goods and heavy machinery are consumption by ordinary residents, while they are construction needs in the national infrastructure field.

These two directions are indeed betting on the subsequent development needs of Southeast University.

Moreover, heavy industry equipment is not as sensitive as others, because the University of Tokyo has its own heavy industry infrastructure system, which was one of the industries shared with them by the Soviet Union.

If it is only in the areas of excavators, cranes and hoists, they are not on the banned list of Batumi. After all, Batumi has appropriately relaxed the restrictions on technology introduction to the University of Tokyo.

Moreover, David Rockefeller knew very well that there were many contradictions within the Batumi because, in essence, the Batumi restricted the interests of many countries.

Apart from anything else, two years ago, Batumi restricted a certain type of machine tool to be exported to the Soviet Union. The machine tool companies in the United States had to reluctantly cut the order, and then France took over the order and exported it openly.

Anyway, France claimed to the outside world that the batch of machine tools were used to make cars and had nothing to do with aircraft factories, but in fact the performance and index parameters of the machine tools were almost the same as those of the American company's products.

In addition, both the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany have been secretly trading with the Soviet Union, and large-diameter steel pipes from the Federal Republic of Germany have been smuggled into the Soviet Union continuously.

Therefore, strictly speaking, in the field of heavy machinery mentioned by Victor, COCOM does not have sufficient restrictive power, not to mention the need to win over the University of Tokyo. Although it cannot be said that the ban will be completely lifted, it is certain that a blind eye will be turned.

The question now is whether the Luo family is willing to give support.

After thinking for a moment, David Rockefeller decided that he should still provide some support.

"I can help you contact the Heavy Industry Department, but it's best not to go directly to the University of East China."

"Got it, I know how to do it!"

"I can acquire a machinery company in France and use it as a transit point. Then I can go around Southeast Asia and finally enter the University of Tokyo."

Li Changhe said with a chuckle. Although Batumi is in France, it must be said that France is the second-in-command in Batumi. It is not a big problem to go out from here.

"In May, the Trilateral Commission held a meeting in Beijing. I had a detailed meeting with the people in Beijing, and they also made guarantees in some areas."

"That's just right. You can take this opportunity as a pioneer to see if the guarantees they made are credible. I can see that many financial groups in Japan are much more interested in them than we are."

“I guess even if you don’t tell them, they will provide many of the industries here to Dongda.”

David Rockefeller spoke to Li Changhe again at this time.

He had originally intended to recruit Li Changhe as a member of the Trilateral Commission, so he might as well reveal some of their resolutions at this time.

The contact between the Trilateral Commission and the capital can essentially be seen as a forerunner of the contact between some Western consortiums and the University of Tokyo. Now, Li Changhe can also serve as one of the vanguards of these consortiums in disguise and try to enter the territory of the University of Tokyo.

"Okay, then I'll go over there and make contact first."

It was obvious that David Rockefeller wanted him to be a pioneer, and Li Changhe would naturally not refuse at this time.

After meeting with David Rockefeller, Li Changhe did not stay in New York for long, but brought his people to Los Angeles again.

Li Changhe came to Los Angeles, one reason being that he wanted to transfer back to Hong Kong Island via Los Angeles, and the other reason being that he also wanted to check on his computer company.

After all, it has been 81 years now, and the curtain of the computer market is about to slowly open.

Los Angeles, headquarters of Loong Technology Company.

A computer with an exquisite shape is now placed in front of Li Changhe. Compared with later computers, this one is a smaller version, mainly with a small screen, and the interior of its chassis is also relatively simple.

"Boss, we have already made some optimizations, but some of the functions you mentioned are still a bit troublesome for personal computers. The main reason is that the host's running memory is too low and it is difficult to support complex displays."

"Also, we need to circumvent some of the restrictions on patent technology, especially on IBM's side."

"I heard that they are also designing personal computers now, and the finished products have already appeared. I'm afraid they will be launched on the market soon."

Inside the office, Galino was earnestly introducing their research and development results to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe simply operated the desktop computer, which he considered to be an antique among antiques, and started to think in his mind.

Judging from the current computer interfaces, it is still difficult for the high-quality graphical interface of Microsoft in the future to appear. Most of them are simple squares plus words, and the interfaces are generally black and white.

And because of the host configuration, its compatibility with office and gaming is not very good.

"This product is not very successful. If it is launched as the first generation, it is not a very good product for our company. Let's continue to transform it."

"First of all, regarding the graphical interface I mentioned, you need to solve the color problem first, including the screen display."

"Secondly, we try to strike a balance between playability and office function, so that our products can be used for both entertainment and office use."

"As for the IBM patent issue, you don't need to worry about it for now."

"If there is a real demand, we can just buy the patent from IBM."

"And I got some inside information that IBM is likely to release its patents for personal computers."

Li Changhe calculated that the time was almost up, so he simply revealed some secret to Galino in advance.

"What? Release the patent for personal computers?"

"This"

After hearing this, Galino was a little surprised.

Is IBM doing good deeds?
"I heard that there are disagreements within IBM regarding personal computers because IBM is now too big and is under constant scrutiny from the U.S. government."

"If it becomes a giant in the personal computer industry again, it will easily violate the Antitrust Act and be investigated by the US government."

"So in order to circumvent this, their top executives are said to be planning to make all personal computer patents public, in order to reduce IBM's influence."

"Of course, what I'm talking about is just top-secret information from within. Don't spread it outside. Just keep it to yourself."

"We don't need to consider the impact of IBM's patents for now. We should develop our own products first and strive to make them unique."

"If the other party really releases the patent, it will be a good thing for us."

"If the other party won't release it and we really need it, the worst that can happen is we can negotiate with IBM for authorization."

Li Changhe said to Galino with a smile.

After listening to this, Galino nodded seriously.

Brought by my own boss, this is truly confidential information.

If IBM really releases its personal computer patents in the future and their company can take the lead, it will definitely be a great thing for them.

"Also, build a good relationship with Intel. I will see if I can acquire shares in Intel later."

"I think their processor development is better than Motorola's."

At this time, Li Changhe gave Galino another reminder.

Nowadays, there are many semiconductor companies, and many of them can make processors, so new companies actually have many options.

However, Li Changhe knows that Intel will shine in this area in the future.

The reason why Li Changhe did not let Jim discuss Intel's shares was to avoid trouble.

It is impossible for him to buy shares of all high-quality companies by himself. Doing so will not only arouse suspicion, but also make it easier for opponents to attack him.

However, it would be a pity to miss out on a cake like Intel, so Li Changhe will use other venture capital institutions, such as the European one, to invest in Intel in the future.

"Intel?"

Intel is now considered a large company with annual revenue exceeding US$100 million. It is no longer a small company.

Galino didn't understand why his boss was so optimistic about Intel. Perhaps his boss had some inside information?
"I see. Next, we will focus on cooperating with Intel Corporation."

Galino nodded and responded.

Li Changhe stayed in Los Angeles for a few days. After dealing with the matters of Loong Technology Company, Li Changhe paid attention to his real estate projects in Los Angeles.

Especially the Los Angeles Lakers' arena.

After dealing with all these, it was already July. Li Changhe took a plane back to Hong Kong Island from Los Angeles in the scorching summer.

(End of this chapter)