Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

How well does Windows OS sell?

In 1991, there were 100 million computers worldwide. Of course, not many of them could run Windows OS; there were at least 40 million. But in that year, Windows OS and Office, two cutting-edge software programs, sold nearly 30 million copies each in their first year of full release.

Last year, shipments of new computers tripled, driven by visual operating systems.

A single GG term, which can be quickly mastered by the elderly and children, has enabled more people to use computers. In major universities in Europe and America, Windows OS has been largely adopted because it is easier to use, and Office is even more sought after for its layout.

In their words: "It's so simple and so easy to use!"

The day after receiving the call, John asked the finance department to prepare the financial statements as soon as possible. He also wanted to know how much he would get; the first year's bonus was 0.1%.

NT-MS's business is very simple. WinOS and Office were separated last year due to antitrust issues, but they still exist as subsidiaries.

While they were busy, Zhang San was also busy. He had people negotiate with the Hong Kong government to acquire Highto Bank and with Hang Seng Bank to acquire Wing On Bank.

Negotiations with the Hong Kong government have progressed relatively smoothly. They also wanted to get rid of the bank and had been waiting for someone to take over. However, they had previously injected HK$4 billion, so no one was willing to take over. Now that someone is willing to take over, they are happy to see it.

When Zhang San received the news, the two parties had set the price at HK$43.5 billion. Zhang San agreed without hesitation when he received the call.

With an investment of HK$4 billion, the interest over the years would amount to HK$2 billion. He made a profit. The other party gave him a well-organized bank, so wasn't that a profit?

As for Wing On Bank, the price was a bit difficult to accept; they wanted HK$700 million, even though the price had been negotiated down to HK$650 million.

"Let's sign an agreement with the Hong Kong government. I'll transfer the deposit there, and after the audit, if there are no problems, I'll settle the remaining balance."

He is currently negotiating a business deal with the People's Bank of China, which involves refining and reprocessing the precious metals he has stored there.

There are such equipment and factories in Shanghai, so there's naturally no problem, and Zhang San will pay for it.

Even the residue left after purification is valuable.

There's nothing wrong with this agreement; it's just a commissioned service. The supplier of this gold was a bank that the eldest brother owned before the division of the family business, and all the documents were provided.

On the first day, Zhang San stayed by their side to watch how they purified the product. After that, he got bored, but Guan Meiren volunteered to supervise their purification process.

Zhang San had the company's security guards and several female employees accompany her.

"This woman is hopeless; she loves money that much."

In Hong Kong, both parties were interested and quickly signed an agreement, and Zhang San began transferring funds. Afterward, he hired one of the Big Five accounting firms to conduct an audit. Why not one of the Big Four?

Enron hasn't collapsed yet, and Arthur Andersen hasn't been affected, so they're naturally among the Big Five.

Zhang San doesn't have much money left. He invested last year's rent in the Hong Kong stock market; he hasn't received this year's dividends yet.

The only things he could control were MCA and NT-MS. Last year, MCA's total net profit was $1.3 billion, a 50% increase compared to 1990. This was mainly due to the release of "Kimba the White Lion Leo," and the huge sales of its accompanying soundtrack, television broadcasts, videotapes, and other merchandise, which also helped Universal Studios attract more people to related projects.

Of course, there is another reason, which is the layoffs and reassignment, which caused many people to leave the company, and also the cancellation of all those big-budget films.

According to the financial report, revenue from home entertainment projects grew rapidly, and the vast film library also supported the growth in performance.

Much of the 1.3 billion in revenue was used to purchase copyrights, film libraries, and acquire companies, with the aim of increasing the company's financial strength.

The available funds are less than four hundred million US dollars; it's unlikely to be enough to help Zhang San, as the company still has a lot of loans to repay.

In recent days, he has been keeping a close eye on the NT-MS shareholders' meeting; he doesn't want to take out any more loans by mortgaging his assets, as he has already mortgaged a lot, nearly three billion US dollars.

Everything here in mainland China is in RMB. If you want to exchange it for foreign currency, there probably isn't any quota left.

With an audit period of one month remaining, he knew that if things didn't go well, he would have to take out a loan. Just when he was short of money, Hang Seng Bank announced that they had agreed to sell Wing On Bank for HK$6.2 million.

Holy crap~ Since they've agreed, what can we do? First, transfer 200 million, then have an accounting firm come to audit it.

It seems he needs to set up his own accounting firm; otherwise, spending such a large sum of money would be painful for him.

Why choose one of the Big Five accounting firms? Because they have offices all over the world. Haito Bank has branches in several countries, which makes auditing easier.

"Third Brother, you seem a bit irritable. Tell me about it and cheer me up."

Zhang San said somewhat angrily, "From now on, call me Boss, not Third Brother."

"Okay, Third Brother!"

Holy crap!

I won't stoop to the level of a petty woman. Looking at Chai Xiaofen's radiant smile, I can tell she must have gone through something back then, otherwise her prime wouldn't have been so short.

That's right. Back then, in order to pay off her mother's gambling debt of HK$20 million, how desperate must she have been to sever ties with her mother?

"Say what you want, hasn't that woman come back yet?"

Chai Xiaofen naturally knew who she was talking about, and said with some admiration, "Her eyes were practically glued to all that gold. I never imagined she was so greedy."

"Hehe... Don't say that, okay? I spent over three billion US dollars to get it."

"My God, three billion dollars?"

"If calculated based on the London gold futures market price, it's roughly equivalent to over ten billion US dollars," Zhang San sighed. "There's no way this gold can be sold on the gold market; there are simply not many people willing to buy it."

How much gold is left after purification?

One cubic meter of gold weighs 19.32 tons, and more than 800 tons of gold is about 40 cubic meters. Calculated this way, gold really does have a very high density, no wonder it's called a precious metal.

During his busy days, he received a call from John with good news: the $5.6 billion dividend had been transferred to New Time Company's account.

After deducting various expenses, taxes, preferential policies, bonuses, and other expenditures, $10 billion was allocated for dividends.