My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 759 Is this a football match? It's a real estate market.

It's about the mutual tug-of-war among capitalists.

From the time Wei Dong met Steve at the World Expo in Japan, he never considered himself a lackey.

I can give you shares in exchange for cooperation.

But we will never follow your lead.

Steve is exactly the kind of person who can treasure geniuses, but once their glory fades, he will discard them without hesitation.

If his dominance is threatened, he will stop at nothing to achieve it.

But Wei Dong was clearly not swayed by the capitalists' favor, nor did he care about feelings or relationships; he only talked about business.

It can be said that they showed each other their true selves.

Immediately hire a lawyer to draft an agreement and sign a contract.

Apple acquired all 200,000 sound cards in the first batch, including both internal and external ones, as well as 200,000 sets of "multimedia computer speakers".

The payment of nearly 40 million US dollars is not a small amount for Apple, a company whose market value has now exceeded 6 billion US dollars.

But the goods were still delivered in advance without any discrepancy.

Furthermore, it was agreed that all subsequent sound card deliveries would prioritize Apple's acquisition.

This is also the right of the "minority shareholders" of the sound card company.

The total number of initial orders will be automatically matched based on the total sales of this computer launch event.

Because it's obvious that the sound card and speakers need to be matched with every 87 Mac computers.

They were willing to raise the price to 5299 yuan for this reason.

The contract was complicated and cumbersome, so Steve immediately convened a meeting with the sound card, technical, and sales departments. The pricing alone brought about many changes to the promotional materials, so Wei Dong was not invited to attend.

He never even considered infiltrating the ranks and becoming a "banana" (a person who is Westernized and uncultured).

He instructed He Yuzhu to learn from Lin Wangfu how to deal with foreigners, and the two of them were involved in all the contract procedures.

The boss, of course, goes to the NBA arena with his wife.

In early June, after spending about a month in Jiangzhou, Rang Weidong was completely isolated from the outside world.

Not only were there limited means of information dissemination in the 1980s, but the isolation of the southwestern inland areas was also far greater than that of Hong Kong or even Shenzhen.

The two drove out to a gas station to buy some things and, while they were at it, to gather some information.

The hired driver also followed in another car with the three fellow Daoists.

Then the cheerleader explained that this was the NBA Finals, and that this year the Celtics and Lakers were competing for the championship. What did it have to do with the Golden State Warriors?
The Golden State Warriors, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, have been tanking for years and have been essentially on vacation since the playoffs started.

Wei Dong looked at the map for a while and found that the Golden State Warriors' home arena was next to an international airport. He thought it best to go there first and then fly to Los Angeles to see if he could buy tickets for the Finals. There were no mobile apps to snatch tickets back then.

Mrs. Rang felt uneasy ever since leaving Apple's headquarters, frequently looking back at the building.

Hearing that they had to fly hundreds of kilometers to Los Angeles to buy tickets at this crucial moment, I finally gritted my teeth and suggested, "Can we wait until after the press conference to go and have fun..."

Wei Dong looked at her, both amused and exasperated: "You still think I play basketball just for fun?"

Qin Yuye then looked away and said seriously, "This is at least a business worth tens of millions of dollars. Basketball can't possibly make that much money."

He taught Wei Dong to collect the change and even learned to tip the gas station attendant a few dollars.

Wave to the car behind you, look at the map, and drive off:

“This is none of our business. Two years ago, Steve was desperate and had been abandoned by everyone at the company. If we had come to help him turn things around, we would have been treated like royalty everywhere. Can the situation be the same now?”

Qin Yuye suddenly realized: "That makes sense. Now he's led Apple to rank around 40th in the US stock market by market capitalization and has become a tech tycoon favored by the capital market. Is that why you requested to negotiate with him alone, so as not to affect his image in front of his subordinates?"

To Wei Dong's surprise, he said, "Haha, no, no, I was just worried that others might suggest we postpone installing the sound card until next year. Too many people talking could cause problems, but as the boss, I have to consider my prestige..."

Once on the highway, Wei Dong felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had returned to the mainland thirty or forty years later. Although he had never taken a road trip, he longed for this feeling from watching short videos.

So when I first got my hands on a big truck, I couldn't wait to drive long distances everywhere, and even later I drove the 318 highway, all because of this kind of curiosity.

But once I was actually driving on the highway network, I felt incredibly comfortable, and the thought of driving to Los Angeles started popping into my head.

“If we had stayed and worked for him, we might have become part of Apple. But we chose to take the money and leave to expand our business. Otherwise, how could we have made the profits from contract manufacturing last year? How could we have made the profits from the Kungfu software package? You can never make that much money as his henchman. You can maximize your profits by being a partner with your own value.”

Qin Yuye was still shaken: "I was really afraid you and he would break up just now."

Wei Dong is already a qualified businessman: "What's the big deal? The sound card is a sure-fire way to make a profit. What he's upset about is that it wasn't incorporated into his system sooner. Anyone can buy this obviously extra equipment, so it's not exclusive to Apple computers anymore. And I'm only doing this by putting on a show that if you don't want it, there are plenty of other people who will, so he'll take it all without hesitation. Hahaha, do you know how much this sound card costs?"

If the mainland can only rely on textiles as its main export to earn foreign exchange, earning only a few cents or dimes from hard work, and even now has to export oil and coal to exchange for foreign exchange, then the chip factory, before it has even been officially upgraded and put into operation, is already almost like a gold mine.

Relying on the vast mainland electronics industry, even the relatively backward third-tier factories had a complete system of electronic equipment technology.

Partnering with wafer fabs and packaging plants, Lin Wangfu's sound cards are arguably the only semiconductor products in the world that are entirely self-developed and manufactured, from injection molding to chip packaging. They start with basic industrial products like silicon wafers and produce state-of-the-art electronic crystals.

Let's just ask if this cost result in excessive profits.

Leaving aside the investment in building the factory, just considering the cost, a sound card costs only a few dozen yuan, less than ten US dollars.

Computer speakers are even more expensive, but the cost of building a factory and production lines is much lower.

Sell ​​to North America, where consumers have the strongest purchasing power, and take advantage of Apple's brand premium.

Earn ten times your money!
It is indeed a bloodsucking leech.

It's nothing more than riding on Apple's back and sucking the blood of European and American consumers.

Qin Yuye breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Then... will Mr. Lin be in charge of the computer business from now on?"

Wei Dong, realizing what was going on, glanced at his beautiful wife in the passenger seat and asked, "Do you feel that your interests have been harmed?"

Qin Yuye shook his head: "My interests are your interests. I feel that my... well, what you just said about my own value being affected. I was originally in charge of your business dealings with Apple, and I felt very proud. Last year, I also secured the profits for Kungfu Software. But now it's being taken away from Mr. Lin. I still feel a little bad."

Wei Dong had to look at him again. He could have reached out to comfort him, but he held back and preferred to spend money instead: "It's the same principle as before. Two years ago, Steve had to listen to us completely. Last year, we were just assisting him. This year, he's using our plan. This kind of business relationship is constantly changing. Lao Lin is more suitable for large-scale electronic product transactions later. You're not happy about it, so how about I give you the shares of the sound card company? I only want the foreign exchange for this stage, and I'll compensate you domestically, or exchange our business in Hong Kong for you. Or how about the cargo ship we just signed is yours?"

Qin Yuye shook his head again: "It's not about money. We are husband and wife. No matter how you see it, in my heart we are husband and wife. I want to be valuable, not just a pretty face... That's why when I saw that you were going to film a movie, I wanted to try my best to act in it and create some buzz."

Wei Dong inwardly applauded, but couldn't help bursting into laughter: "You just want to act! Right? You still want to stand in front of the camera and show yourself. It's okay, I support you..."

Qin Yuye finally bared her teeth and pinched the driver: "What man would want his wife to show her face in public, let alone act out intimate scenes? You just don't care about me!"

Wei Dong resisted for no apparent reason, only to have his arm grabbed: "It was clearly your idea to act, yet you're blaming me... Wow, this is a good joke."

The San Francisco Bay Area is similar to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta Greater Bay Area, although the latter two cannot compare with Citibank at present.

A long bridge spans the bay, just like crossing the Pearl River Estuary.

Qin Yuye knew he was changing the subject, but she still glared at him reproachfully and gave him a pinch: "It's just been repaired, isn't it? It's the most advanced cross-sea bridge ever built."

Wei Dong smiled but didn't say anything. What was this? He would catch up.

His wife didn't say anything either, but she leaned against him without moving away.

But after driving dozens of kilometers on the highway after crossing the long bridge, her twisting motion against the armrest box still felt a bit awkward.

So when we arrived at the basketball arena marked on the map, after hearing Rang Weidong say he wanted to drive to Los Angeles, I decided to buy a new car, the kind where the front seats can be glued together.

She made Wei Dong call her a lunatic.

He drove around the magnificent basketball arena, and even stopped to ask the Taoist priests behind him for their X camera, taking pictures from various angles.

The three country bumpkins from Qingcheng were still practicing breathing exercises in the back mountains last month, and even after spending a month in Jiangzhou, they haven't changed much.

Who would have thought that after completing the formalities and following the mountain lord, it would feel like I'd ended up on an alien planet!

He never imagined escaping to the free world in Citibank; seeing Wei Dong come over actually made him feel relieved.

I wish we could all take a picture holding up the mountain lord.

The only Taoist nun was a bit clever; she immediately asked the mountain lord's wife if there was anything she needed.

Qin Yuye asked the two local drivers sitting in the front row where he could buy the car model he wanted.

It really does.

These North American sports fields often have thousands or even tens of thousands of parking spaces around them, so they are usually located in relatively open areas on the periphery. Similarly, the areas where outlet malls are located often have a cluster of car dealerships on the periphery.

Just as Wei Dong realized that it was a circular basketball arena and an even larger circular baseball arena, Qin Yuye had already driven around with his driver and swiped his card to buy a classic American luxury sedan.

The luxurious front end and leather roof exude the air of prestige typical of American cars from the 1960s and 70s.

The Lincoln Town Car and Chrysler Fifth Avenue were almost identical, as were the Cadillac and Buick. In the end, the former was chosen by his wife because the front seats had almost no legroom, and he drove it home proudly.

Compared to the feeling of having just sold for 40 million US dollars, this top-of-the-line model, which costs less than 40,000 US dollars, is insignificant.

The Taoist nun was so astonished by the extravagance of buying a car as if it were groceries that she was speechless.

Wei Dong was made to walk around, but without a translator, he couldn't get into the venue and could only walk out through the underground parking lot.

He was initially speechless at his wife's extravagant spending, but he couldn't resist the allure of her brand-new luxury car, which later became known as the classic American-style luxury car.

I couldn't resist touching the leather covering on the roof of the car.

Qin Yuye looked at it and laughed, scolding, "You've never been this gentle and meticulous when you touch a girl!"

The main complaint was that he didn't touch her.

(End of this chapter)