Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

Putting on the white Apple headphones and pressing the power button, Wang Ye listened for a while.

Then he commented with a smile: "A perfect product! It sounds like the sound quality is better than any MP3 player I have ever used before."

He said these words in Russian, and naturally the translator next to him spoke them to Gang Leader Qiao in English.

Gang Leader Qiao smiled proudly, "That's natural, because we use a special format on the IPOD and require the song copyright owner to provide high-quality original songs. Those MP3 files outside are compressed as much as possible because their capacity is too small. , all the details of the music are lost, and it sounds naturally not as good as our IPOD..."

He talked about a lot of advantages of Apple's IPOD, including excellent song quality, large capacity, advanced manufacturing technology, etc.

Wang Ye suddenly asked: "But I heard that the sales volume of this product is not very good. Is it true?"

Gang Leader Qiao was immediately embarrassed.

After a pause, he tried to explain: "This is only temporary! The key is that we have not received authorization from enough music companies, so there are relatively few songs, and the sales channels have not been established, so sales are not good."

"Then have you thought about how to solve this problem?" Wang Ye asked.

"Of course, we already have a detailed plan, and we can start launching it once the funds are in place." Gang Leader Qiao said with confidence.

Regarding how to run a business, Wang Ye really has nothing to "teach" Gang Leader Qiao, even if he is a reborn person!

Wang Ye is still self-aware...

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"By the way, besides this IPOD, is Apple still preparing new products?" Wang Ye asked, changing the subject.

What he wanted to ask was, of course, the truly epoch-making product IPHONE...

Now this IPOD is also a good product and can help Apple make a lot of money, but it is not enough!

The product that can truly make Apple the world's largest company by market capitalization is the IPHONE!

Gang Leader Qiao was stunned for a moment and replied subconsciously: "No, all the company's centers are now focused on IPOD, and there are no plans for other products yet."

It’s no wonder that with Apple’s current strength, it is indeed not enough to support them in developing several new products at once.

Just such an IPOD almost brought down the company, let alone any other new products.

Wang Ye nodded, picked up the silver-white IPOD and rubbed the smooth aluminum-magnesium alloy casing, and said deliberately: "The craftsmanship of this product is really good, and it is very easy to use. Seeing this, I remembered something."

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone, Nokia 3310...

He smiled and said to Gang Leader Qiao: "Look, most of today's mobile phones have plastic casings, the workmanship is very rough, and the functions are very simple. But it is the most convenient communication tool at present, and it is impossible for people to live without it. I just thought, how great it would be if the IPOD could have communication functions. Not only can you listen to high-quality music, but you can also make calls, especially since this product is so beautifully made."

Listening to Wang Ye's words, Gang Leader Qiao's eyes gradually lit up.

He nodded thoughtfully and said excitedly: "Mikhail, this is really a genius idea! If you can really make such a product, it will definitely become popular all over the world! But such a product needs to be developed The amount of work must be huge, and it won’t be completed in a short time.”

What Wang Ye wants is his words...

In the "previous life", Apple's mobile phone should have really started preparations four years later. By the time it came out, it was already 2007.

Moreover, the first-generation product actually had quite a few problems and did not really become popular around the world.

Now with Wang Ye's funds and inspiration, it is estimated that Gang Leader Qiao will be able to start developing mobile phones earlier. Not only will it be launched in advance, but it will also be made more perfect!

As for how to develop mobile phones, Wang Ye is not good at these things and has no intention of getting involved. He can just leave it to Gang Leader Qiao and Cook to figure it out on their own.

After all, professional matters should be left to professionals.

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Things went more smoothly than Wang Ye expected. The next day, while he was resting in a hotel in San Francisco, Milner came to his room excitedly.

"Boss, I just received a call from Cook, saying that the board of directors has approved this share expansion financing plan!"

It seems that after Wang Ye and the others left last night, Apple held a board meeting overnight...

This also shows that Apple is indeed in a difficult situation and is in a hurry to find funds to save itself!

In this case, of course Wang Ye would not hesitate. He nodded and said: "That's good. You can discuss it with the other party and find a time in the next two days to go through the formalities and transfer the funds. We will come here this time. , the target is not just Apple, there are still more than 300 million US dollars left, and I should be able to invest in one or two companies."

Wang Ye has two more goals, and that is Amazon and Google!

These two companies are pure Internet companies. After experiencing last year's Internet winter, the company's market value and valuation have also fallen to the bottom.

However, although Amazon's company market value has fallen a lot, it is still not low, close to seven or eight billion US dollars.

Google has not yet gone public, but as the search engine website with the largest market share in the United States, its valuation is obviously not too low.

In fact, Wang Ye is not determined to win these two companies. His main goal is Apple.

Amazon and Google will be considered only after first ensuring that they can invest in shares and get as many Apple shares as possible.

Now that it has become the largest shareholder of Apple, and the branch still has a lot of funds left, it can consider investing in Amazon and Google.

After all, as long as you can get the stocks of the two companies, the return on investment will be quite amazing!

When it comes to making money, you can never have too much.

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Wang Ye did not make the wrong choice in Milner.

He has also been involved in the financial industry in the United States for many years. Although he later returned to Russia to develop, he still has a relatively wide network of contacts here.

With Milner's contact and Wang Yexuan's timing being really good, the plan to invest in Google was quickly realized.

Invested US$200 million and obtained 5% of the shares in Google, which has not yet been listed.

At this time, Google’s valuation has reached US$4 billion!

That is to say, take advantage of the Internet winter to invest. Otherwise, the valuation is estimated to have exceeded tens of billions of dollars!

Wang Ye also knew that three years later, on the day Google went public, the company's market value would reach US$40 billion!

After investing in Google, there was really not much money left in his hands, and there was no need to talk to Amazon about financing and stock expansion. Wang Ye told Milner to directly buy some Amazon shares on the secondary market. .

This trip to the United States has been completed, and Wang Ye and the others are preparing to return to Russia.

As a result, an accident happened the night before departure...