Chapter 537: Sending Money in an Armored Truck

Cheers, screams, and various sounds intertwined in the Nasdaq hall. Yao Luoying watched the scene that seemed like madness, unable to imagine that this scene was triggered by a single stock!

Not only the Nasdaq trading hall, but Wall Street investment institutions and countless people staring at the market in front of computers were watching Yahoo's performance.

This morning was indeed Yahoo's performance moment; it was simply showing off to the sky. In the morning, the stock price rose from $13, broke through $20 all the way, and then soared all the way to near $24!

Jerry Yang, Filo, Koogle, and a crowd of Yahoo employees present couldn't help but cheer. Just based on Yahoo's performance this morning, they had already achieved financial freedom!

That CNET reporter, looking at Yahoo's performance, couldn't help but recall the words Li Dongling said before the opening, making him mutter to himself, "Today Yahoo's market value, won't it really break through one billion US dollars?"

Netscape created a miracle when it went public last year, but at that time, most of the outside world thought it was unlikely that another internet company would replicate Netscape's miracle.

But today, looking at Yahoo's performance, it made people doubt whether Yahoo was also going to create a miracle.

It wasn't just that CNET reporter who recalled Li Dongling's words; many others were also speculating. As long as Yahoo's stock price could break through $33 today, Yahoo's market value would stand above one billion US dollars!

In the afternoon, Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, and the crowd from Yahoo all came to the hotel where the celebration banquet was prepared for the evening.

Although not in the Nasdaq trading hall, the minds of Jerry Yang and others were still on the stock price on the computer.

Li Dongling didn't have any worries. For Yahoo, what Li Dongling cared about was not temporary success or failure, but a few years later, at the peak of the internet bubble, when Yahoo's market value approached 100 billion US dollars—that would be the moment for Li Dongling to make a move.

So, in the hotel suite, Jerry Yang, Filo, Koogle, and others were worried, but Li Dongling didn't care that much. Instead, he was explaining something to Zhou Hualiang.

"Tomorrow morning, we will take a plane and return to the mainland. The affairs here in America will be left to you!"

Standing on the suite balcony, Li Dongling leaned to one side and explained to Zhou Hualiang. He was now the president of Dongling High-Tech North America. In the future, the affairs of Dongling High-Tech, Feiyan Technology, and others in North America would all be handled by him.

Hearing that Li Dongling was returning to the mainland, Zhou Hualiang was stunned. "So fast?"

From the time Li Dongling arrived in America, it could be said to be the time when Dongling High-Tech North America developed the fastest. Especially Li Dongling's manipulation of Himalaya Radio made Zhou Hualiang feel a sense of admiration.

And snatching food from the tiger's mouth, forcibly winning a glimmer of life for Dongxin Semiconductor from the Microsoft-Intel alliance, and even making Microsoft take over Dongling High-Tech's computer business.

These manipulation methods and sense of smell made Zhou Hualiang, who was a professional manager, feel a sense of gap. It wasn't that he couldn't do these things completely if he were to manipulate them, but at least, it wouldn't be so silky smooth.

Admittedly, Li Dongling's departure meant that the power of the North American company would fall into Zhou Hualiang's hands, but this was both power and responsibility. If he didn't handle it well, he would have to take the blame, which made him feel somewhat fearful.

"I believe you can do it!"

Standing on the balcony, Li Dongling, with half his body in the sunshine, put his hand on Zhou Hualiang's shoulder, patted it gently, and said to him warmly.

"After I leave, Dongling High-Tech, Zhixing Foundation, and Feiyan Technology all have some things that need you to continue to do!"

"Himalaya Radio needs to continue to promote itself in America, constantly increasing the number of users and podcast creators. Every few months, pick out podcasts with potential and stories to create gods, so that users can maintain freshness, and also give podcast creators hope for fame!

In addition, we must enter the overseas market as soon as possible, especially the pan-English markets like Canada and England, and enter as soon as possible, then enter Germany, France, Spanish-speaking regions, and so on.

Sign as many celebrity podcasts as possible, cooperate with more radio stations and media, and try to sign long-term contracts to cope with future competition!"

Li Dongling said. Now several podcast companies have emerged in Silicon Valley. Although their volume is very small now, it is difficult to compete with Himalaya Radio.

But we must also prevent trouble before it happens, enter the overseas market in advance to grab territory, and not let those competitors take advantage. Plus, the current podcast signing fees are all cabbage prices. In a few years, if you want to sign NBA, football superstars, or Hollywood stars as podcasts, the cost will be sky-high. Signing long-term contracts at cabbage prices now is the most cost-effective.

"The cooperation between Dongling High-Tech and Microsoft needs your coordination from the middle. There must be no mistakes!"

It is impossible for Li Dongling to stay in America every day. In the end, Zhou Hualiang still needs to act as the middleman between Dongling High-Tech and Microsoft to coordinate the relationship between the two sides and handle various affairs.

Including the computers, set-top boxes, digital video recording equipment, etc., produced by Dongling High-Tech in the future, all need Zhou Hualiang to sell them in North America, and then send the money to the Hanxi headquarters. The scale of this needs to be grasped by himself.

After explaining a few things to Zhou Hualiang, Li Dongling remembered one thing and said to Zhou Hualiang, "Dongling High-Tech wants to cooperate with Microsoft on game consoles. Graphics cards are the top priority. You help Zhixing Foundation invest in a few graphics card companies!"

Li Dongling took out a list and handed it to Zhou Hualiang. Zhou Hualiang opened it and took a look. The graphics card company ranked first was called NVIDIA!

Graphics cards, Dongxin Semiconductor will definitely do it in the future, but not now. After getting the chip done, it's not too late to acquire a graphics card brand and start doing it. Even if it drags on for ten or eight years, it's still not too late.

Now graphics cards don't make money. If they made money, Intel would have started doing it long ago. How could they just watch and not move!

For a long time, graphics cards were just an add-on to processors. Those who like games and pursue game image quality might specifically configure high-end graphics cards.

What really made graphics cards a rigid demand was after the arrival of 3A masterpieces, the explosion of virtual currency mining, and intelligent driving, and the huge demand for computing power chips represented by chatgpt, which made the demand for graphics cards exceed that of processors.

Now Li Dongling letting Dongling High-Tech invest in NVIDIA is like investing in Yahoo before, burying a seed in advance. It's just that this time, the result of the seed blooming is much slower than blooming in Yahoo.

However, being able to cut the leeks of a three-trillion-dollar company, even if you wait for ten or twenty years, so what? When the time comes, cut a big crop, and you'll get your money back in one go...

If Dongxin Semiconductor's graphics card technology hasn't caught up in ten or twenty years, then no matter how much money Li Dongling invests, it probably won't be of any use.

"I will contact these companies as soon as possible!"

Zhou Hualiang put the list away carefully. With Yahoo's pearls in front, who would dare to question Li Dongling's investment vision? These companies are not famous now, but who can guarantee that they won't become the next Yahoo-style company?

Even, as long as Zhou Hualiang lets out the wind that Li Dongling has taken a fancy to which companies, the valuation, stock price, and market value of those companies will probably usher in a wave of explosion.

As for whether NVIDIA will accept Zhixing Foundation's investment, Zhou Hualiang is not worried at all. No matter what, he is also a professional manager. It is not too easy to handle these "small" companies.

Just one thing: accepting Zhixing Foundation's investment gives them a chance to become the graphics card supplier for Microsoft game consoles. Just ask NVIDIA if they are tempted?

Not to mention that it is now a second-rate graphics card manufacturer, even if it were a first-rate graphics card manufacturer like ATI, Trident, 3Dfx, etc., they couldn't refuse such temptation, let alone NVIDIA. Zhou Hualiang directly "handled" it!

"It's $33!"

A huge noise came from the suite. Yahoo's market value officially broke through $33 at this moment. The single-day stock price rose by more than 150%, and the market value also took the opportunity to break through one billion US dollars.

Jerry Yang, Filo, and others were shouting forcefully. Yahoo created a new miracle, and the two of them, by virtue of the 15.4% Yahoo stake in their hands, leaped to become billionaire tycoons!

Li Dongling also applauded, expressing congratulations to Jerry Yang and the two. The two of them became billionaire tycoons, which also meant that the Zhixing Foundation and Feiyan Technology, which jointly held 13% of the shares, had Yahoo stock worth more than 130 million US dollars in their hands!

And back then, how much money did Zhixing Foundation spend to invest in Yahoo? 300,000 US dollars. Now the 5% Yahoo stake held by Zhixing Foundation is worth more than 50 million US dollars, equivalent to a 166-fold return.

But this is not the end. As long as Yahoo's market value is still growing, this Yahoo stake in Zhixing Foundation's hands will become more and more valuable!

Applause thundered in the hotel suite. Koogle was on the phone, preparing to make the celebration banquet in the evening even more luxurious. He wanted to invite the celebrities of New York to witness the feat of Yahoo's market value exceeding one billion US dollars.

In a burst of cheers, only Yahoo's major shareholder, SoftBank president Masayoshi Son, couldn't laugh.

Yahoo's market value exceeded one billion, and the brand value of the Yahoo brand globally would usher in a surge. The price SoftBank wanted to pay to get the Yahoo Japan brand from Zhixing Foundation would be even greater. It would be strange if Masayoshi Son could laugh.

Li Dongling felt a resentful gaze attacking him. Turning his head to see it was Masayoshi Son, he nodded to him with a smile. Whether Masayoshi Son is happy or not, what does it have to do with Li?

Anyway, the higher Yahoo's market value, the more valuable the Yahoo brand agency rights in Asia that Zhixing Foundation got from Yahoo for an authorization fee of one million US dollars every year.

This wave, for the Yahoo brands in Asia—Japan, Singapore, Siam, Korea, etc. —any company that wants to get the local brand agency rights for Yahoo has to pay money to Zhixing Foundation, and it has to be a high price. They have to send money to Zhixing Foundation in an armored truck full of US dollars; otherwise, Zhixing Foundation won't sell it no matter how high or low the price is! ===== CHAPTER 538 =====