Chapter 417: Snatching Food from the Tiger's Mouth

Li Dongling looked at the news transmitted back from overseas. There were all kinds of guesses about SoftBank's acquisition of Jin Shidun. Some predicted that Masayoshi Son was preparing to kill from software to computer hardware and was preparing to get involved in the computer industry.

Because over the past year, the global computer industry had been in a state of explosive growth, and SoftBank investing in the computer hardware industry was also justifiable.

But there were also media analyses that this was just Masayoshi Son blindly investing because over the past year, since SoftBank went public, Masayoshi Son had venture-invested in 52 companies, the most famous of which was Yahoo.

Masayoshi Son's personality is very complex, with unique vision and explosive action. Once he decides on something, he moves forward bravely without taking a step back. But sometimes, he cannot escape Japan's national character, likes to gamble, and sometimes is blindly impulsive.

When this kind of personality wins, it is definitely a big win, causing Masayoshi Son's net worth to soar, rising by leaps and bounds in a few years, and even once being able to compare his net worth with Bill Gates when the Internet spring breeze arrived, and he also got a three-day world's richest man experience card...

But the casino always has wins and losses. When winning, it kills everything. When losing, it naturally loses everything. The SoftBank empire that Masayoshi Son ambitiously built in his past life, pushing the Vision Fund and wanting to become a true global Internet emperor, resulted in... of course, losing a mess, losing 39.6 billion US dollars in half a year.

Of course, this money was all raised by Masayoshi Son from Middle Eastern dog-rich people and several major Japanese banks like Mitsubishi and Mitsui. He didn't feel heartache when he lost it. Anyway, it wasn't his own money.

Finally, when he owed too much, Masayoshi Son could owe a debt of over 1 trillion RMB. Every day when he opened his eyes, it was 200 million in interest. But at this time, it wasn't him who was anxious, but the creditors. It is estimated that they had to burn incense for him every day to pray that he could live well; otherwise, who would fill such a large hole in the account?

Li Dongling looked at the news and felt that it might be another "passionate" investment by Masayoshi Son. He did look favorably on the future of the computer industry, but he just felt there was an opportunity, so he invested. As for the follow-up, it is estimated that Masayoshi Son didn't have any thoughts.

And this acquisition cost SoftBank over 1.1 billion US dollars in cash. The subsequent acquisition fees all had to be owed to the two founders of Jin Shidun.

On the contrary, Jin Shidun's side, the two founders announced after receiving the acquisition money that they would take out 100 million US dollars to reward all employees of Jin Shidun, and then took the money to go on a carefree vacation.

This wave of operations shocked the entire American technology circle. The title of the best company boss in American history appeared on the heads of the two founders of Jin Shidun.

Recalling Masayoshi Son's operations after acquiring Jin Shidun in his past life, buying it for over a billion and finally selling it at a loss, Li Dongling felt, could Dongling High-Tech operate a wave?

Jin Shidun's memory stick technology has always been quite capable. It is not an industry innovator, but it walks very steadily, becoming the boss of the storage industry without making a sound.

If Dongling High-Tech could get Jin Shidun, it could let Shenzhou Storage increase the computer memory stick business, and in the future, when launching its own brand of computers, it wouldn't have to be controlled by Samsung.

But, this matter cannot be rushed. It must wait until SoftBank is weak and urgently needs money to save its life before finding an opportunity to take action. Otherwise, wanting to snatch food from Masayoshi Son's mouth is not so easy.

Of course, Li Dongling also had chips that Masayoshi Son and SoftBank wanted. The brand agency rights for Yahoo in various parts of Asia were all in Li Dongling's hands. He didn't believe Masayoshi Son wouldn't covet them.

Besides the news of SoftBank and Jin Shidun, the other news that could attract Li Dongling's attention, besides news in biology, medicine, and gene sequencing, was in the technology field.

America's Atlantis space shuttle docked with the old Russian space station. Astronauts from America, old Russia, Germany, and Canada were in the same frame for the first time. Hmm, Americans probably never dreamed that thirty years later, they would send people up, but they wouldn't be able to come back...

The Internet was still in full swing in America. Sun company developed the tool Java that helped the Internet fly.

It was established last year, but no one cared. This year, Amazon changed its face and went online again as an online bookstore, doing the same work as the Dangdang network that snatched the official seal in his past life, no, it's selling books online.

Another e-commerce company, eBay, was also just established. And the Craigslist company, which is the same as the domestic 58. com and is America's largest information classified advertising website, was also established this year.

This company, from its establishment this year to thirty years later, had only thirty or fifty employees coming and going, but its annual revenue could exceed 1 billion US dollars.

Sixty million people in America use it every month to job hunt, recruit, buy houses, sell houses, housekeeping, moving, matchmaking, etc. Anything related to daily life is on it.

Of course, everything in the world has a price. Although Craigslist claims to be real and eliminate false advertisements and scammers, the entire company has less than fifty people. How could it completely eliminate false advertisements?

Manually reviewing posts is even more impossible. This led to Craigslist becoming a real-life version of K'Sante's mysterious shop. Old perverts find women through this website, and there are also those selling large beasts like lions, white tigers, and black bears on it. The blade wheel hubs that domestic old drivers think about day and night can also be bought on it.

As for where they came from, you have to ask the car that lost the wheel hub. Hmm, there are also military weapons circulating on the black market on it, as for the things brought back from zero-dollar shopping, there are countless transactions on it...

Regardless, the emergence of Java, Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, and other companies all proved that the fire of the Internet was burning more and more vigorously.

Another thing is that Korea pushed memory stick technology from 64M to 256M in the laboratory. Samsung's memory stick completely surpassed Toshiba. This is clearly part of America's suppression of Japan's semiconductor industry. IBM and Intel didn't even care about their faces and personally went down to provide funding and technical support to Samsung.

American computer manufacturers also placed a large number of orders with Samsung. As long as it was developed, they would immediately purchase it!

However, although frustrated in semiconductors, Japan still leads the global electronic technology industry. No one can do anything about this.

Sony's first-generation PS game console swept the American and old European markets, almost without an opponent. The price of 299 US dollars per unit sold like crazy in America.

Toshiba also launched the world's first DVD in the laboratory. The global player industry is probably going to change again. Once entering the DVD era, domestic DVD manufacturers, let alone eating meat, wouldn't even be able to drink a sip of soup!

If Dongxin Semiconductor could research DVD decoding chips, it might be able to eat some meat, but the big head must have been taken by those Japanese manufacturers like Toshiba.

Closing the news sent from overseas, Li Dongling closed his eyes, thinking about Feiyan Technology's plan to go to America next year.

"Chairman Li!"

Su Chicheng came in and looked at the stylist. Seeing the stylist signal that he was done, he said to Li Dongling.

"The interview team from *Asia Weekly* and several other media outlets have all arrived!"

Li Dongling glanced at the person in the mirror. He was wearing a dark blue suit tailored for him. The exercise with Yang Zhi Gao over the past few years allowed Li Dongling to fully support this suit, unlike when he just graduated, when his body was still a bit thin.

Compared to before, needless to say, his appearance was still sword-browed and star-eyed, not much worse than the young actors in current TV series, plus the blessing of money ability, it was even better.

To describe it with Lei Busi's comparison method, it is even more so: those whose appearance is better than Li Dongling's don't have as high a net worth as Li Dongling, and those whose net worth is higher than Li Dongling's appearance can't compare to Li Dongling!

Li Dongling now has a more mature and steady atmosphere. The scholarly air from before has faded a lot. Whether he is a college student or not, the "clarity" in his eyes cannot be faked!

The makeup the stylist put on Li Dongling this time was slightly more aged. After all, the cover of *Asia Weekly* this time was to put all the top twenty richest people in Asia ranked this year on one cover.

Think about it, Li Dongling standing together with the two Li bosses of Hong Kong's Cheung Kong and Henderson, Fubon, Guo boss of Hung Kai, Asian Sugar King, etc. Whether Li Dongling is photographed too young or that group of top rich people is photographed too old, what kind of picture would that scene be? The contrast is simply too strong.

If this picture came out, I don't know how much controversy it would cause. Either Li Dongling would be questioned, or those nineteen rich people would be scolded for being too old. Next time, which rich person would dare to accept *Asia Weekly*'s interview?

"Print more of these overseas newspapers and magazines. All supervisors and above must read them, and those below supervisors are voluntary!"

Li Dongling handed the overseas news he just read to Su Chicheng. For the management of Dongling High-Tech above supervisors, Li Dongling must let them know the most top-notch industry dynamics in the world.

It's not terrible to be technically inferior to others. As long as you are willing to catch up and can avoid being pulled further apart, there is hope of catching up. But what is terrible is being technically inferior to others and still being arrogant. Arrogance is the greatest original sin!

"Lighting engineer, adjust the lighting position again!"

As the team leader of *Asia Weekly* this time, and also the person in charge of the interview, Tong Lan constantly arranged the interview team.

Then Tong Lan also had to inquire about Li Dongling's style, personality, habits, taboos, etc., from the Pingyang Daily reporter who represented the local Pingyang media this time.

For the inland, Hong Kong was already full of curiosity, and the return was entering the countdown. This curiosity, coupled with all kinds of complex emotions, permeated the entire Hong Kong. Any news about the inland could make Hong Kong discuss it for a long time.

And Li Dongling was even more curious and speculative for Hong Kong. From a few years ago, Hong Kong media had reported news about Li Dongling, from the earliest Mouse King, to the Father of Electronic Pets, and then to Shenzhou Digital Cordless Phone, Little Smart, etc. By this year, Li Dongling had topped the top twenty richest people in Asia. Hong Kong media basically witnessed Li Dongling's net worth change all the way!

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