Chapter 1674 Good Luck
Felix himself has a great opinion on inviting Li Mu to be on the cover of the US edition of Time Magazine, and believes that Li Mu is not worthy of being on the cover of the US edition of Time Magazine anyway.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Mu didn't seem to be interested in this cover, and even made a series of bizarre requests.
So far, although Time Magazine has used children as its covers, those children were all significant representatives at the time, such as snapshots of impoverished children in Africa and close-ups of war refugee children. Apart from this, they have never used a single Childhood photos of now-adults as cover.
Moreover, they were all invited by Time Magazine to be the cover character, but the parties did not even give face to being interviewed, which is a bit too much.
The most unacceptable thing for Felix is that Li Mu refused to mention God in Time magazine's report!
Although the United States claims to be the largest immigrant country in the world, this country is actually a Puritan country at its core. Traditional Americans believe in God and at the same time respect the Second Amendment. It can be said that one hand is used to hold the Bible, and the other is used to hold the Bible. One hand is used to hold the rifle.
It is such a country that once implemented a strict prohibition on alcohol and made abortion a crime. When the president takes office, he must lay his hand on the "Bible" to recite the oath. This shows how deep-rooted their respect for religion is.
However, Li Mu did not like this feeling.
He respects every faith in the world, but as an atheist, he is reluctant to be associated with any religion.
Felix angrily conveyed Li Mu's words to Time Warner's executives, protesting: "Li Mu did not allow us to mention God in our reports about him, this is an insult to our faith! We must never allow such People on the cover of our magazines."
Time Warner executives said indifferently: "Li Mu is not an American, nor is he a Puritan, he just doesn't want you to mention God in your reports about him, and he doesn't interfere with your freedom in other articles. What's wrong with this? Is it?"
Felix argued: "We are a Puritan nation, this is our belief and tradition!"
Time Warner executives asked him, "So what? Is it because we have our beliefs and traditions that we have to use this to demand other people? I ask you, if you are the manager of a McDonald's restaurant, a certain Is there anything wrong with the customer just asking him not to put ketchup in the fries he ordered? Is it because the fries at your restaurant have ketchup, so he has to eat them?"
Felix was speechless for a moment.
He didn't expect that this usually taciturn high-level executive would be so talkative when he started a debate, and he would be blocked with a few words.
At this time, the other party cleared his throat and said: "Felix, we all know what kind of person you are, but I have to remind you that it doesn't matter if you are discriminatory in your heart, everyone has some shameful things in their hearts. , but you'd better give me your personal opinions and lock them in your heart. If you dare to bring them to work, I will immediately propose to the board of directors to replace you! Even if you leak out in your daily life and get arrested Hold the handle, I will definitely inform the board of directors, and solemnly ask the board to remove you!"
Felix was frightened by the other party's stern tone, and hurriedly changed his tone, and said respectfully: "You can rest assured, I will keep your explanation in mind, and will never cause trouble to the company or individuals..."
The other party snorted and said, "It's best if you really know what to do. When Li Mu is the cover character, you must give me your best. Now Wall Street generally believes that with Li Mu's development speed, his worth is very likely to be in the More than 500 billion US dollars in the next five years, do you know what this concept is? If you offend him and miss this opportunity, you can also pack up and leave!"
Felix was taken aback by the number, over $500 billion in five years? This number is too scary, isn't it? is it possible?
Felix agreed, while agreeing,
While looking for an opportunity to contact my friend on Wall Street, I asked him privately about the possibility of this news.
His friend was also a high-tech talent in Silicon Valley in the early years, but because of the family business, he came to Wall Street as a financial analyst. It can be said that he understands the Internet better than ordinary Wall Streeters.
In fact, Felix also knows that Li Mu's current theoretical worth has already reached 100 billion US dollars. However, since he has just experienced the Internet bubble, he does not think this 100 billion US dollars is great. Around 2000, the market value of many Internet companies exploded. But this kind of bubble money comes and goes quickly. Today, Li Mu is still the best man in the world. Maybe tomorrow the bubble bursts again, and he will become a billionaire.
What Felix didn't expect was that after he asked this friend on YY, the other party immediately replied to him: "Breaking through $500 billion in five years is just a superficial judgment of the guys on Wall Street. I think Li Mu's current The layout is possible within three years.”
"Three years? Are you crazy? How can Li Mu do it?!"
Felix originally wanted to get some remarks that looked down on Li Mu, but he didn't expect that his friend's respect for Li Mu was higher than the general perception on Wall Street.
And his friend explained: "Li Mu has several business lines with great potential. For example, he acquired Apple some time ago, and he has not fired any of Apple's employees, but Apple has never had anything new. Action, this kind of contrast is a sign that Apple should be doing large-scale research and development work, and Li Mu is likely to make some big moves."
"Li Mu's Taobao.com has done a very good job, and the high-efficiency logistics of supporting small parcels has also achieved an industry-leading level of technical content. With the rapid development of the Internet, the market share of e-commerce is also increasing. Li Mu's Taobao.com relies on Huaxia Market can be turned into a unicorn, and if Li Mu decides to let Taobao go abroad, this business line is likely to become the future online Walmart.”
Felix asked suspiciously: "Online Walmart? Is Taobao really as good as you said?"
The other party sent a smiling expression and said, "Everyone has a different starting point for looking at issues, and even more different angles, but I personally think that if Li Mu takes out the Taobao set of things in the future, it will definitely be a global operation. A huge business opportunity."
After speaking, the other party added: "Also, Li Mu has already started to set up data processing centers around the world. At present, there is no Internet company that can compare with Muye Technology in terms of data processing capabilities. Now Muye Technology's data processing center can not only comprehensively To meet the needs of Muye Technology itself, and even start ToB business, they open up their redundant data processing capabilities to other Internet companies. The future prospects of this business line are also very broad, and they can even grow to trillions of dollars in the next ten years. The scale of the market, so if Li Mu's business lines develop smoothly, I don't think it's worth $500 billion in three years."
Felix couldn't help but ask: "Is there such a large market space for the data processing business?"
The other party said: "It looks scary, but after a little calculation, you can see that there are 6 billion people in the world, and Walmart has only covered less than 1 billion people in offline retail, and already has a market value of nearly 300 billion US dollars. The world's richest people Half of the top ten people on the list are children of Walmart's founder's family. Li Mu covers nearly one billion netizens around the world. In the future, half of the Internet services used by these netizens may rely on the data processing center of Muye Technology. , you say how much profit margin is there?"
Speaking of which, he added: "And most importantly, the growth rate of global Internet users is much faster than the number of customers covered by Wal-Mart, and in a few years, the number of global Internet users may exceed 2 billion. People, three billion people, if there is a day, Muye Technology’s data processing business will definitely make a profit.”
Felix was shocked and couldn't help but ask: "Since this part of the business is so profitable, why haven't other companies started?"
The other party replied: "It's too expensive, and the threshold is too high. To do such a thing is to invest in the construction of a large number of hub airports around the world and purchase a large number of aircraft for transportation between hubs. Few companies can afford it, and more Besides, there is also the super player of Muye Technology, I think with the current development speed of Muye Technology, at least 50% of the data processing business of the global Internet will be in their hands in the future, and then it will really be profitable."
The prospect of cloud computing, at this stage, only people who really understand the Internet can see that Felix is naturally clueless, but after analyzing this from a friend, his whole person has been stunned.
The other party concluded: "Actually, with Li Mu's current ability, as long as he doesn't choose the wrong direction, he can basically succeed in anything. You can see that the influence of your Time Magazine seems to be very large, but in fact, once you recommended a cover character, put it on Compared with the saturated delivery of YY.com or Weibo and Twitter, the ability is more than an order of magnitude worse. I think Li Mu can replace Murdoch as the new media tycoon at any time as long as he wants. It’s just the symbolism that has been in business for many years, do you understand the symbolism I’m talking about? That is, everyone no longer pays attention to what is written in Time Magazine, they only pay attention to who has appeared in Time Magazine again in this issue.”
Felix was amazed at his friend's conclusion. Now there are many data to show this. The sales of Time magazine have been declining, and the cover characters of each issue of Time magazine will be reported by other media. To be honest, Most of the attention people pay to Time Magazine now is just to see its cover.
At this time, the friend suddenly asked: "By the way, have you tried to invite Li Mu? If Li Mu is willing to be on your cover, then you are really lucky!"
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