Chapter 713 Charlie's Law

IBM, later known as Big Blue.

Although for a while, IBM was almost crushed by its own huge system and bloated body, but it survived and became stronger and stronger.

Maybe some people will bad-mouth IBM, saying that HP, Microsoft, and Intel are the mainstream in the future.

Maybe even Lenovo will be mentioned.

Li Zitao can only say that what they see is only the surface, and the real IBM hidden in the water is still a fearsome deep-sea giant.

In the cutting-edge defense, military, research, and experimental fields, IBM firmly controls these markets.

Create the concept and standard of PC, and invent server.

IBM is unparalleled in technology research and development. Its huge R&D team can create more than 20,000 new patents for it every year.

It owns more patents than the total of the top 11 IT companies, including HP, Intel, Sun, Microsoft, and Dell.

Perhaps it is said that many people do not have a clear concept, so let's talk about the down-to-earth.

What would happen if IBM and the products he developed and mastered disappeared?

That's where you'll find all the ATMs, supermarket radios, gas stations, hospital systems, etc., these service support systems are gone.

The next day you will find that the banking system is closed, companies are on holiday, all scientific research projects are suspended, the network is interrupted, and the university attends lectures...

Because these are closely related to life, the most basic components and systems supporting these systems are all provided by IBM.

Anyone in the IT industry knows that as long as you come from IBM, no matter where you go, there will be people rushing for it.

The so-called top ten in the IT industry, they provide services for the public and enterprises, and IBM provides services for them, it is the top of the IT food chain.

Of course, this does not mean that IBM can dictate to other companies and slaughter them arbitrarily.

It should be said that they have reached a balance. IBM firmly controls the cutting-edge market, so its personnel transfers and news rarely appear in the media.

The main target of other IT industry sales is the public, so it will naturally receive more attention.

It's like being in front of the stage and behind the scenes. People always pay attention to the dazzling stars in front of the stage, but it's hard to imagine what kind of huge team is supporting them behind the scenes.

"Lawrence, I'm very interested in a new company you invested in." The heavens brought it to his mouth, and Li Zitao naturally wanted to bite it hard.

Knowing that he wanted to increase investment in IBM, although Lawrence didn't understand the reason, he still readily agreed.

Looking back at Li Zitao's journey from his fortune to the present, many decisions that seemed stupid and blind to others at the time have slapped them severely in the end.

At first, no one cared about it, and only regarded it as an awards platform, Oscar has begun to exert its influence in Hollywood and the film and television industry.

The public began to regard the Oscar standard as a "movie guide," and many actors and directors also regarded it as a recognition and rating standard for their own achievements.

Directors or actors who can win Oscars, their remuneration will be multiplied by 3 to 5 times after winning, even those who are nominated.

The most ridiculed is the large amount of "abandoned" land that Li Zitao bought from JP Morgan, and the black gold buried under these "wastelands" is worth hundreds of billions.

In the eye-popping Skunk Works International R&D Center in the arms manufacturing industry, Osborne's cutting-edge medical laboratory invented penicillin.

The underground branch of the Los Angeles Bunker Branch was officially named the Stark Weapons Research Laboratory. These forward-looking layouts made him the darling of the times.

There is also Baiyin, which shocked Wall Street. Even the old consortium family has not received any news. How did he expect Roosevelt's dynamics.

In this short two-month transaction, Li Zitao earned more than US$1 billion.

No organization, or even a country, can regard it as a small sum of money.

1 billion U.S. dollars, in terms of value alone, is enough to buy half of Africa.

As for how he did it, Lawrence did not believe that Roosevelt would be so kind as to take the initiative to remind him that he was not that stupid as president.

Based on this information, Lawrence came to a conclusion, but any industry that Li Zitao pays attention to will surprise people.

Lawrence called 'it': Charlie's Law.

For example, Wells Fargo suddenly invested in a company owned by the Los Angeles News Corporation, and the news of ARC received his special attention.

But with the current level of LANC, the possibility of Lawrence being able to intervene is very low.

So he focused on basic manufacturing and invested in several small companies that could produce TV accessories and master advanced or breakthrough technologies.

The current investment in the TV industry is not enough, but because it is in the imperfection of development, "innovative technologies" will appear every day.

A small improvement, a slight difference in frequency stability, transmission speed, a small improvement in image quality or a change in shape are all "innovative" breakthroughs.

With Lawrence's attention and support, personally sending representatives to ensure that most of the money goes to research and development, several companies have rocketed.

They have attracted ARC's attention, but the two sides are still in preliminary contact. Whether they can attract ARC's interest and acquisition depends on whether their technology is really useful or a flashy mirage.

Now, Li Zitao turned his attention to IBM again, so there must be something attracting it, or he saw the potential of this company that is different from ordinary people?

After finishing the call, Lawrence sat in his office on Broadway for a long time, and didn't call his secretary until he was about to leave work.

"Contact me with IBM's Mr. Thomas J. Watson, just say... I want to talk to him about the next cooperation plan." Lawrence smiled treacherously.

He couldn't wait to share the cake with 'Lucky Charlie', but he didn't know how big the cake was and whether it could fill his stomach.

"Huh? I still have to think of a reason to impress Mr. Watson. IBM doesn't withdraw money very much..." After the secretary left, Lawrence frowned with some headaches.

The performance of IBM's laboratory is astonishing, and the card statistics machine it sells has already occupied 90% of the market share in North America.

Faster, better, and more reliable products than others, let them get the accounting project contract of the Roosevelt New Deal in 34 years.

IBM also got a small piece of the cake that stimulated the market in Washington. It is difficult to achieve a controlling stake if it is purely money.

Unless Lawrence is willing to drive up the company's valuation, buying IBM's shares at a price that outsiders regard as a "stupid fork" may impress its board members.

Whether or not to do this, Lawrence was a little hesitant. He didn't have Li Zitao's 'memory' of knowing the future, so he naturally wouldn't know what kind of behemoth the blue giant would be in the future.

No matter what kind of investment, in the end it is all about the income, if the price he raises far exceeds the value of IBM.

He really became a 'fool,' and this label will always be stuck on his forehead in the future, making him the laughing stock of the investment community.