Chapter 497: Do you want to dig up Microsoft’s ancestors’ graves?
I have to say that Chen Li is really good at what she does. She asked several questions and guided the topic, without giving Lu Yiming any room to think over, and she ended up asking what retail investors wanted to know most.
Lu Yiming thought for a while and said, "If you want to invest in the stock market, you'd better improve your investment level and study some policies and economic aspects. Don't blindly follow the trend. You'd better carefully investigate every stock you buy. If its fundamentals are good, you should have the confidence to hold it for a long time and invest in it for a long time. This will also support the company and you may make money in the end. This is what the stock market should be used for."
Chen Li was confused: "Mr. Lu, you mean that my previous stock trading was just speculation, and speculation can't last long?"
"Yes. If retail investors want to make money from the stock market, they should never invest in it with the mentality of getting rich overnight, otherwise you will just be the leeks in other people's bowls."
Chen Li seemed to understand what he said, so she asked, "Mr. Lu, do you have any good stock recommendations?"
Lu Yiming quickly waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss this topic in private, otherwise the authorities will give me a red card."
Chen Li then realized that the government does not allow recommending stocks in public. She smiled and said quickly, "Then let's talk about it in private."
Lu Yiming then talked about the difference between speculation and investment in the stock market. Lu Yiming, who had paid a lot of tuition in the stock market in his previous life, relied on his years of experience of losing a lot of money. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the show, he told the majority of investors some obvious pitfalls.
As for how many people listened to him, Lu Yiming didn't care.
The show lasted for an hour and it was filled with work.
Each episode was 45 minutes long. In the past, the so-called experts invited to the show sometimes couldn't say a word for a long time, so 20 minutes of advertisements had to be squeezed in. But for this episode of Lu Yiming's show, the editors were troubled by how to shorten the show. After all, almost every word Lu Yiming said was a golden sentence, and it would be inappropriate to delete it.
After the show ended, Chen Li really asked about stocks backstage.
"Mr. Lu, can you give me some advice now? As a small retail investor, which stocks do you think I can hold?"
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "Conch Cement, Gree Air Conditioner, Hengrui Medicine, Tongce Medical, Yibin Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, these companies are basically industry leaders, and their fundamentals are as stable as Mount Tai. Buy them and hold them for a long time."
Although it is impossible to get rich overnight, the advantage is the long-term benefits. In the next 20 years, it will help you beat inflation every year. You can just buy it and leave it alone, saving time and worry.
Chen Li carefully wrote down the names of several stocks in the notebook she carried with her and said happily, "Great, it seems that I am only one step away from becoming a wealthy woman. Mr. Lu, it's getting late, I'll treat you to dinner."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Forget about eating. The final exam is coming up soon, and I have to go back and review seriously."
Hearing this excuse, Chen Li was speechless.
Seven forty-five in the evening, in the rental house.
There was an octagonal table, a pot of tea, two plates of snacks, and four people sitting in different seats.
"Xu Dadan, why did you call us out so late at night? Are you going to play cards?"
These four people were Xu Dabing and his fellow villagers.
Xu Dabao snorted and said, "What cards are you playing? Can you be more ambitious?"
"Lu Yiming's talk show is about to begin, everyone watch it carefully and learn from it."
When several people heard this, they were shocked and sat obediently in front of the TV. Their attitude was more pious than when they watched the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve.
Soon, the talk show began.
Some people couldn't help but say: "This female host is so beautiful."
Xu Dadan was furious and shouted, "Is this the time to look at women? Look at the richest man!"
A few men who were about to say a few words suddenly stopped and continued watching the show.
Before long, Lu Yiming talked about topics that interested them, especially the part where Chen Li described her experience in stock trading, which resonated deeply with everyone.
Finally, after Lu Yiming's explanation, they suddenly understood.
"Fuck, why do we always lose money when we trade stocks? Someone is just trying to take advantage of us."
Due to the lack of information, not everyone knows that the market makers are making money from retail investors these days. Many people really make money without knowing it, and then lose it all without knowing it.
After watching the show, Xu Dadan looked excited.
"So this is how the richest man trades stocks. I finally learned it!"
Then he was annoyed and complained, "Why doesn't the richest man recommend stocks on the show ?"
Others also complained: "It's not fair. Why can the female host hear it but we can't?"
Xu Dabing thought about it and felt more and more unbalanced. He gritted his teeth and said, "No, we can't just let this go. We have to write a letter to the TV station to complain. Those are the stocks recommended by the richest man, and we have the right to know!"
TV station.
After Chen Li finished the show, she immediately followed Lu Yiming's recommendation and basically emptied her savings to buy those stocks.
When it comes to stocks, what you actually play is gambling. Even the best gambler can't win every time. Chen Li is naturally aware of this.
However, she did not expect all the stocks recommended by Lu Yiming to rise. As long as half of them rose, she would not lose money.
That day, she had just arrived at work when a colleague in the office said, "Chen Li, the director asked you to go to his office."
"Master, are you looking for me?"
Chen Li was slightly surprised. After thinking about it, she realized that she hadn't made any mistakes recently. She walked to the door of Jiang Yanqing's office with a suspicious look on her face, knocked on the door, and said, "Director, are you looking for me?"
"Come in."
Jiang Yanqing took out a stack of envelopes from under his desk, sighed deeply, and said, "Many viewers have written to complain about you."
When Chen Li heard this, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly said, "Uncle, did I say something wrong on the show?"
Jiang Yanqing said: "That's not the case. Your style is still very stable. Many people have written to complain that you took advantage of your position to ask the stock god for inside information."
"ah?"
Chen Li never expected that something like this would actually happen.
She immediately remembered the red card that Lu Yiming mentioned in the program, and was immediately annoyed. She said, "Hey, Mr. Lu has already reminded me, but I am still asking. I am so stupid, really."
Jiang Yanqing comforted him, "Don't panic, it's not as serious as you think. But this matter has become a big deal. Now everyone knows that Lu Yiming recommended stocks to you. What do you think we should do?"
He turned his head to look at the door and found that it was closed, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Xiao Li, your uncle treats you well, right? You may not tell others about the stocks recommended by Mr. Lu, but you have to tell me, right?"
Chen Li: “…”
"Uncle, you also trade stocks? But isn't your salary quite high?"
Jiang Yanqing said helplessly: "My salary is high, but your aunt spends a lot of money. Besides, it's a waste not to make money. Isn't the richest man still investing in stocks?"
Chen Li had no choice but to tell Jiang Yanqing the stocks that Lu Yiming had told her about.
"Uncle, please don't spread this around. President Lu said that if it spreads too much and triggers a market reaction, who knows what the consequences will be."
Jiang Yanqing made an OK gesture and said, "Don't worry, this is a little secret between us, and I will never tell anyone else."
However, a few days later, the little secret had spread throughout the entire TV station and even had a tendency to spread outward.
After all, who doesn’t have a few relatives and friends in this world?
I come to you and ask you, do you feel embarrassed to hide it?
As time went by, the secret was no longer a secret. Many people set their sights on the stocks mentioned by Lu Yiming and bought them crazily, leaving these companies confused.
There hasn't been any major movement recently, so why did the stock price go up inexplicably?
At one point they were even so nervous that they thought there was a banker secretly manipulating the market. But when they learned the truth, they were all at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
It turns out that these are the “golden words” of the stock god.
The companies chosen by Lu Yiming suddenly became popular in the stock market, and all kinds of news were flying everywhere.
Li Yiwen, who had been supervising the renovation progress at Yan's Garden, went to Lu Yiming with a newspaper. Lu Yiming was confused and couldn't help complaining: "I recommended these stocks for them to invest in the long term. What does it mean that the stock price is rising now?"
Li Yiwen laughed and said, "Haha, after this incident, I'm afraid your title as the stock god is confirmed."
Then, Li Yiwen could not help but complain: "Why didn't you recommend these stocks to me? What happened to the promise that the money would not flow to outsiders? You have caused the prices of these stocks to rise. If I buy them now, I feel like I will lose a lot."
Lu Yiming put down the newspaper and laughed, "These stocks are just stable. It's impossible to get rich overnight . You should pay attention to your own identity and don't take advantage of such a small advantage."
Li Yiwen was stunned: "Uh, didn't you say on the TV show that you advocate value investing? Why do I feel like something is wrong?"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Who would tell the truth when they are on TV? How could I become rich overnight if I didn't speculate?"
Li Yiwen: “…”
It’s true, none of the people who can make a lot of money these days are good people.
"As for me, I've recently set my sights on a new stock, so I'll have to trouble you to make a trip to the United States again."
Li Yiwen: “…”
After finally having a few days off as a supervisor, Li Yiwen had to go on a business trip to the United States. He couldn't help but complain, "Ah, I'm destined to be a hard worker."
Then he asked, "Tell me, which stock?"
Lu Yiming said: "VA Linux."
After listening to this, Li Yiwen quickly took out his notebook and looked through it. Sure enough, he saw VA Linux on one of the pages.
"This company hasn't gone public yet, and didn't you acquire a lot of VA Linux's original shares through investment and secret acquisitions?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "We have to trade stocks, of course we have to trade them, we can't just eat them raw, right? That's so unhygienic."
Li Yiwen immediately understood what Lu Yiming meant: "You want me to go to the United States to help hype this stock?"
"Are you overestimating me, your cousin? I'm not unfamiliar with the place, but I really don't have that much ability."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Don't worry, someone will be willing to help you?"
Li Yiwen asked: "Who? Bill Gates or your maternal uncle?"
Lu Yiming said: "Peng Mingsheng is currently a senior executive of IBM."
Li Yiwen searched the name in his mind, but found that he had no impression of it at all.
"Chinese?"
"What do you mean Chinese? His real name is Samuel Palmisano. He is a purebred foreigner. He just took a Chinese name."
“…”
Li Yiwen thought for a long time and suddenly said, "When did you hook up with the IBM people? I didn't see you have any private contact with IBM when you went to the United States."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "A bosom friend is a friend indeed. I have always loved making friends."
Li Yiwen mercilessly exposed him, "I think you like to stir up trouble. I heard that the relationship between Microsoft and IBM is not good now. Aren't you close to Bill Gates? Now you are involved with IBM again. This is clearly two-timing."
"Nonsense, am I that kind of person? You are simply slandering my character!"
Lu Yiming obviously couldn't accept Li Yiwen's evaluation of him, and he kept making excuses.
"Can businessmen's affairs be called collusion? Yes, I have some friendship with old Bill, but does that prevent me from doing business with IBM? Please don't be so narrow-minded, you need to be more open-minded. OPEN, OPEN, OK?"
Li Yiwen: “…”
Well, I hope Bill Gates won’t be too angry after knowing about this.
“What should I do after I go to the United States?”
In fact, this is asking what the promotional focus of VA Linux is. After all, advertising should be meaningful. You can't just find a celebrity holding a guitar and singing: VA Linux is good, VA Linux is awesome, right?
What kind of talk is this?
In this regard, Lu Yiming had already prepared a mature plan, and he immediately said: "The biggest feature of VA Linux is that it is free, has open source code, and can be freely copied, modified and distributed..."
Li Yiwen was overwhelmed by the technical schools and principles of software, and quickly asked Lu Yiming to stop talking: "Stop, I don't understand these, speak human language!"
Lu Yiming had to change his thinking and said, "In 1991, Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, accidentally created the little toy Linux. Now, we are going to use it to launch a holy war to overthrow the hegemony of operating software."
Li Yiwen was confused when he heard this: "What the hell is launching a holy war?"
Lu Yiming was talking happily, and immediately stopped him, "Cousin, don't interrupt me, just continue listening to me."
"Isn't the United States known as a beacon of freedom and democracy? But the software market is now dominated by one company, and Microsoft, sitting high on the throne, wields the stick of sanctions at every turn. That's how Netscape died. Is this freedom? Is this democracy? As a Chinese, I can't stand it, you know?"
Li Yiwen weakly retorted: "Well, Netscape is not dead yet."
"That's not important. What's the crux of the matter now? I'm discussing freedom and democracy with you."
Li Yiwen let out a long sigh.
"Let's not talk about whether we are Xia people and should be involved in the affairs of the United States. The key point is that Microsoft was founded by your good friend Bill Gates, right? You were drinking and chatting happily together a few months ago. Now you are planning to flirt with Microsoft's enemy IBM, which is fine, but you are actually thinking of digging up their ancestors' graves?"
After all the talk, Li Yiwen finally understood that Lu Yiming was planning to use the free VA Linux to challenge Microsoft's dominance in operating software!
What’s the difference between this and digging up Bill Gates’ ancestors’ graves?
Even for an old Angsa who values money more than anything else, digging up his ancestors' graves is not a big grudge. After all, it doesn't cost much to bury them again.
But if VA Linux really breaks Microsoft's monopoly, will Microsoft still be Microsoft?
Li Yiwen advised: "Calm down. Doing this kind of thing is very risky and the benefits are unclear. There is no need to offend Bill Gates for a little money."
You're still in the fucking honeymoon phase.
Lu Yiming replied calmly: "If we do it well this time, we can make at least 2 billion US dollars."
"How many????"
"Two billion, U.S. dollars."
"Fuck! Fuck him!"
Li Yiwen changed his words immediately. If he could really make $2 billion, what would it matter if he dug up Bill Gates's ancestors' graves? Who in this world hates money?
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "That's right. Business is business, don't talk about friendship with foreigners. If there is a chance to cheat me, do you think Bill Gates will be merciful to me?"
Although he said so, Li Yiwen quickly calmed down and asked doubtfully, "Can VA Linux really shake Microsoft's hegemony?"
Lu Yiming smiled contemptuously: "What are you thinking? How is this possible?"
Today's Microsoft is already invincible .
After all, Microsoft's operating software ecosystem has already taken shape. Any software of the same type that wants to compete with it is not an enemy of Microsoft, but an enemy of software developers all over the world!
Only in the future did iOS and Android take a different approach and rely on smartphones, a new hardware port that is different from PC computers, to break Microsoft's monopoly and successfully become the king.
"Then what are you doing?"
After hearing this, Li Yiwen couldn't help but roll his eyes at Lu Yiming. His body shuddered and he felt that everything suddenly became boring.
Lu Yiming said calmly, "As long as the hoe is used well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down. Microsoft is now a big player and has formed a barrier. It is impossible to dig it down all at once. Just as a rope saws through wood and water drips through stone, if one day doesn't work, we can try two days, and if one year doesn't work, we can try two years. I am not even 20 years old this year, and Bill Gates is 45 years old this year."
"Good guy, let's see who can live longer, right?"
Lu Yiming did not comment and said, "Opportunities come with waiting."
"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow."
"Can't you just leave now?"
“…”
