Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0425 Entrepreneurship Hero Plan
After Rachel finished speaking, Nan Yi reminded her: "Rachel, we should also pay more attention to the field of industrial software. I didn't hear Autodesk in the list you mentioned. As far as I know, their AutoCAD sales are good.
It’s just that it is not software for all ordinary users, but is limited to a narrow field, which makes it less famous. However, industrial software also has a bright future, so pay close attention to it and study it.
If it is worth investing, we have to invest whether they need it or not. If we want to invest, they must take it. If they don’t take it, we will invest in similar companies and launch TomCAD, JerryCAD, whatever. Anyway, we will destroy it.”
"Got!" Rachel responded, "Our richest man Weiye wants to invest, and no company would be unwilling to take it. As Microsoft's financial situation gets better and better, we have become the EASY capital in the eyes of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. It is recognized by everyone as the easiest financing to obtain, and it has also become a benchmark for the industry.
Entrepreneurs from not only China but also other countries will submit business proposals to us. A few days ago, we just received a letter of intent for financing from Infosys, a company far away in Asia. As long as we invest in the companies, their valuations will rise quickly. "
"Infosys? The company in Mumbai, India?"
“It’s not Mumbai, it’s Bangalore.”
"Oh, I see."
Nan Yi nodded and thought, "Since it is an Indian company, then what Rachel is talking about should be the Infosys he thinks it is."
"Let me continue with the previous topic. As time goes by, it is difficult to start from scratch in traditional industries. In the future, there will be areas where grassroots tycoons will emerge, one is finance, two is emerging high-tech fields, and three is the entertainment industry.
Among them, the emerging high-tech field has the greatest potential. Precisely because it is an emerging field and carries the gimmick of high-tech, it is easier for us to push up the valuation of companies and the worth of entrepreneurs to a rather exaggerated level.
Whether it is oil, minerals, or food products, these are closely related to all countries and all people, and their price ranges will be relatively stable.
If we want to push the price of gold up to $100,000 per ounce, this is definitely impossible and not practical at all.
But high-tech companies can do it. As long as they have the right gimmick, they can push the valuation of a company with an actual value of no more than 10 million US dollars to billions or even tens of billions.
Perhaps we can push the valuation of a company that has always been losing money and has never made a profit to hundreds of billions of dollars.
Technology has infinite associative space and infinite possibilities. Technology will change our lifestyle and also our investment model.
We need to incorporate the concept of speculation into pure investment behavior. We don’t necessarily have to invest in a company with a good team and good products; we can also invest in a company with a good storyline that can tell a beautiful story.”
“Boss, what you are talking about is nothing more than a model of pushing up valuations and then cashing out. This model can indeed bring us considerable income, but this model will eventually collapse, which will have a very bad impact on the reputation of our Pan American.
Speculators will love our investments, but real entrepreneurs may no longer welcome us.”
Nan Yi tapped his fingers and said, "I understand, so..."
"Register an independent company that has no connection with Pan Am?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, if we separate from Pan American and operate independently, this company will only be known to a few of us and Pan American's shareholders. No one else needs to know about it. This model is called the high-tech enterprise financial model.
No matter what product we make, we operate it based on financial thinking.
Most of them need to be cashed out at the right time. There may be a better model suitable for long-term operation, and we will analyze the specific cases at that time. "
Nan Yi ran out of the study, went out to drink a glass of water, and came back to continue: "Everyone knows the core idea of the Dream of the Kingdom of Qin. Qin is a country that likes heroes. Whether in movies or in reality, personal heroism is prevalent.
Entrepreneurial heroes are heroes too. Let's think about this: Will consumers buy a company's products just because they like its boss? "
"Yes, love for the person affects his or her family." Liang Huiwen said, "There are similar examples in the film and television industry. Audiences will buy tickets to watch a movie starring a star just because they like him or her. Even if the movie is a bad one, the audience will still support it.
Even because of the participation of their favorite stars, the audience's aesthetic taste will be changed, and a bad movie will become a mediocre movie or even a good movie in their eyes."
"The Lisa launched by Apple in January last year was a failure. It was very expensive and not very practical. However, thanks to Jobs' personal charm, this PC actually sold quite a lot.
In January this year, Apple launched Macintosh. So far, the sales have been good. In addition to the good advertising concept, Jobs' performance at the press conference was also very good.
I went to the launch event, and from what I can tell, a lot of consumers bought Macintosh because they liked Steve Jobs.”
"Rachel, what percentage of Macintosh consumers are young people?"
“Close to half.”
"Amazing data." Nan Yi praised.
Computers were still very expensive items in that era. The lowest configuration of Macintosh cost more than 4,000 US dollars, and Lisa was even more expensive, starting at 9,000 US dollars. Most Chinese consumers who wanted to buy one had to think carefully to see whether the checks they wrote would bounce and whether their credit cards had such a high limit.
Not to mention young people who don’t have a job yet or have just entered society, saving is not popular. In addition, their income is limited, so it may not be possible for them to save four thousand dollars a year.
Young people account for half of Macintosh buyers, which is already a very amazing statistic.
"We may like a hero and fall in love with his partner, or his dog, Love Me, Love my dog, which is called "Love the house and the dog" in Chinese.
Business is actually communication between people.
Whether we're looking for a babysitter, a plumber, a lawn mower, or something else, why use one and not another?
I believe that when people make choices, they are not necessarily all rational choices. There are definitely emotional factors involved. The reason why you choose this one instead of another is not necessarily because this one does the best, but it may be that you like this person more.
Back to the topic of entrepreneurial heroes, in order to protect our investment and to explore new sources of revenue, Pan American Investment Holdings will establish a new subsidiary - the Entrepreneurial Hero Program.
The customer group of this company is entrepreneurs, and they provide them with services such as personal image packaging and investment capital matching, packaging entrepreneurs into an image that is liked by investors and consumers.
As for how to package it, I don’t have a complete concept, so the specific details need to be thought about and improved by the people below.
I can only tell you a short story to give you some inspiration.
Jack is an entrepreneur. He sought many venture capitals in the early stage of his business, but was rejected one by one. Once, he came into contact with Rousi, the vice president of a capital. Well, the position is not important, president, CEO, CFO are all fine.
Anyway, Rousi is a successful person who has done very well on Wall Street and has an annual salary of over one million US dollars.
Although Jack failed to obtain investment from the capital company where Rousi worked, Rousi was conquered by Jack's personal charm. He gave up his annual salary of one million and followed Jack to start a business, working for free without receiving a penny.
I'll stop here and put forward a hypothesis.
Assuming that Jack's company succeeds in the future, will the story of Rousi become a good story? Can it ultimately increase the company's valuation?"
"Nansheng, the pork shreds in the story are actually our investment representatives sent to supervise the use of our investment funds?"
Nan Yi smiled and said, "What do you think?"
"Got it, Rachel."
Liang Huiwen already understood that Rachel should be responsible for the specific work.
"Boss, every employee in the Entrepreneurship Hero Program must have a high-level position?" Rachel said.
"Hahaha, they have to start as department heads. Before being sent out, their positions should be raised. If not regional president, they have to be vice president. The title must be loud enough." Nan Yi laughed loudly.
"This mode of operation cannot be used too frequently. One per region is the limit. If there are too many, it loses its effectiveness."
“Of course it can’t be too frequent. This is a very high-end service, and we will only provide this service to entrepreneurs that we are very optimistic about.
In short, whether they are film and television stars or entrepreneurial stars, they all need a good personality and good personal charm. While we invest in them, we must also make some money back from them first.
The meeting is over, Rachel, come up with a plan as soon as possible."
"Got!"
Nan Yi hung up the phone, stood up, stretched his arms, walked to the window sill, opened the curtains, and looked outside. He saw Wu San sneaking into the manor with his head down. Needless to say, he was going to the kitchen to steal food again.
