After Apple released a new product, although Su Cheng was in Hong Kong, he was also very concerned about how popular the new product was in the market.
Through the information collected and the proactive feedback from Jobs, he was very satisfied that Apple could receive such a response so quickly.
In this era, due to weight factors, the sales volume of laptop computers cannot be compared with that of desktop computers.
In other words, for some niche words, the target customers are not as many as desktop computers.
However, niches also have niche advantages, that is, the users in need are rich people, and they will definitely have a great desire to buy computers that can be easily carried.
Although Oracle Computer was only released for one year, the popularity of computers has greatly increased during this year.
In order to improve work efficiency, many large companies have made computers an indispensable product in their offices.
After people have used computers, they have discovered the convenience it brings to work and greatly improved work efficiency, so that some companies, even if the economy is not that abundant, endure the pain of purchasing computers as office supplies. .
At the same time, computer company giants such as Oracle, IBM, and HP have cooperated with many schools in order to sell their own products, which has also made a great contribution to the popularity of computers.
So, in just one year, the world's computer penetration rate has surpassed the same period in Suzhou's previous life by far.
The emergence of laptop computers, with its own unique characteristics, can already be seen as not conflicting with desktop computers.
Half a month after the press conference, Apple’s exhibition machine also successfully entered the Oracle brand experience store, accepting cash reservations from everyone.
At this time, if we don’t gain more market share, we will suffer huge losses when similar competitive products from IBM and HP appear.
In the blink of an eye, it’s mid-November.
Hutchison Plaza has achieved excellent results since its opening. Although it has not been able to maintain the flow of people since its opening, it has exceeded expectations.
For example, on weekdays, the flow of people will generally be higher than 50,000, and occasionally even reach 100,000.
On weekends, the flow of people is stable at 100,000+.
Only one and a half months after its official opening, Hutchison Plaza has already become one of the most popular places on the Kowloon Peninsula.
In Dashaling Village, with the help of Brother Wu, Real Estate also successfully persuaded all the villagers in Dashaling Village with a demolition price that was 10% higher than the market price.
Moreover, with Brother Wu’s assistance and supervision, Real Estate readily settled the demolition fees directly after signing the demolition contract with the villagers, thus entering the demolition stage.
As for the Land Group, Sioux City itself has no intention of blocking its development, and even looks forward to its development getting better and better.
After all, secretly Su Cheng has already become the major shareholder of Land Group.
In the future, when the time comes, he will directly control Land and thus indirectly control Jardine.
This timing will not be urgent, because he will also have to wait for the mutual control between Land and Jardine to be successful before announcing it.
Otherwise, going too early will only alert the enemy and lose control of Yihe.
Now, Land's share price is a bit high due to the impact of the Hong Kong property market.
But it doesn’t matter, because Su City knows that by 1982, Xiangjiang will usher in a short-lived real estate downturn.
By then, the stock prices of all listed real estate companies will be greatly affected.
Of course, it is definitely impossible for him to wait until then to collect so many stocks at once. Doing so will only let people know that someone is taking action in the opposite direction.
So, even if Land’s stock price is a bit high now, he will accept it.
After all, no matter how high the stock price is, compared to the land price in more than ten years, this price is nothing! All the companies under it are prosperous, which naturally means that Su Cheng doesn't need to worry too much.
So, he lived very freely during this period.
On the afternoon of November 18, Su Cheng took Gillian to the Fanling Golf Course in the New Territories.
The people playing ball with him were Shen Bi and Charter King.
Two days ago, the charter boat king invited Sioux City to play golf at Fanling Stadium in the New Territories today when he is free.
He happened to have nothing to do, so he readily agreed.
Although Su Cheng is the richest man in Xiangjiang, he rarely plays this sport.
However, he will not refuse to play this sport for rich people. Rich people usually have many social activities, and playing golf can be a good opportunity to establish connections and relationships with people of their same status. .
The most important thing is that while playing golf on the golf course, you can discuss some top-secret business cooperation.
This has an advantage that cannot be matched in a box or office, and that is confidentiality.
In an empty golf course, there is no need to worry about anyone eavesdropping on their chat, or there is a bug.
At this time, the three of them were discussing what to do after the completion of Harbor City.
The largest shareholder of Wharf is Global Shipping Group, and the second shareholder is Tianyuan Investment Company of Sioux City.
The Huifeng Group is a shareholder of Global Shipping Group and the largest creditor of Global Shipping Group.
Therefore, it can be said that Harbor City is related to Su Cheng, Charter King, and Shen Bi.
Nowadays, the shipping business has been left directly to his son-in-law. Almost all of his energy is focused on the Wharf, and the most important project is the Harbor City project.
This shows how much the charter king attaches great importance to Harbor City.
The success of Hutchison Plaza has also given charter kings full confidence in Harbor City.
Given the size and geographical location of Harbor City, the benefits that will be gained after it is officially put into use are not comparable to those of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza in Kowloon Tong.
The two are not even on the same track.
While the three of them were playing ball and chatting, the bodyguard in the distance held a mobile phone and shouted to Su Cheng: "Boss, there is a phone number."
"Sorry, I'll go. Please answer the phone first." Su Cheng said to the chartering king and Shen Bi before walking towards the bodyguard.
The bodyguard took the initiative to take the club from Su Cheng, who was already holding the phone to the side to answer the call.
“Hello, I’m Su Cheng.”
"Boss, I am Li Yihui. I have something important to report to you." Li Yihui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the boss's voice.
What happened was so sudden that even Li Yihui, the president of Tianwen Oil Company, could not handle it.
"Well, you said it, I'm listening."
Hearing Li Yihui's tone, Su Cheng was a little surprised. Could something unexpected have happened?
“Boss, at around 12 o’clock today, one of our 100,000-ton oil tankers was sailing on the Arabian Sea more than 200 nautical miles south of Oman when it came out of the Gulf of Aden. We were hijacked by pirates. Currently, we have lost contact with this oil tanker for four hours. Judging from past cases, the other party will demand sky-high extortion fees from us. As of now, we still have no way of knowing the situation on the ship. How."(End of Chapter)