After chatting for more than an hour, it was quite pleasant.

After sending Steve Jobs away.

Su Yehao returned to his study and sat down. The old pu-erh tea in his cup was crystal clear, with a sweet aftertaste.

Linda Yun finished recording the main points of the conversation, showed the notebook to Su Yehao, and asked:

"I remember you said not long ago that you wanted to take it easy this year. The investment scale of this project is probably not small, right? R&D burns the most money, like Dr. Lin Baojian's side."

"Apple is an accident. I'm especially optimistic about its operating system. It doesn't take much effort to create a ready-made ecosystem. It's just that it's almost time. If I have some patents in my hands in advance, maybe there will be a chance to *steal the day and swap the sun*."

Hardware integration is relatively easy as long as you are willing to spend money.

The operating system is not just about development, but more importantly, how to build an entire ecosystem. Apple's closed operating system, macOS, is already relatively mature. Su Yehao feels that even Steve Jobs himself may not realize the true value of Apple.

Under this premise.

If he's lucky enough to have in-depth cooperation with Apple and jointly establish a subsidiary with exclusive rights to use the iOS system, not to mention how much money he will make, it can at least save Su Yehao a lot of trouble.

Android is nowhere to be seen, and there are no reliable operating system startups on the market. Su Yehao originally thought he would have to wait, but Steve Jobs took the initiative to come to his door.

Although he already holds a lot of Apple stock, it would be more beneficial for him to further seize the share through a joint venture.

Since Steve Jobs came to say hello, it means that the new project must have encountered resistance in the board of directors.

A palmtop computer project is like this, let alone a smart phone project with a larger investment.

This also means that out of consideration for reducing risk, the Apple board of directors may be short-sighted and allow Su Yehao to occupy a majority of the shares, giving him the initiative in the joint venture.

Without knowing what level Apple could originally develop to, if the joint venture is successful, Apple shareholders may even be grateful to Su Yehao for taking Apple to the next level.

Only Su Yehao himself knows the subtle difference. It could be described as *stealing the day and swapping the sun*.

Linda Yun didn't know what he was thinking. She said with heartache:

"Since you invested, the stock price of Amazon's online mall has almost doubled. The rise has been particularly fierce this year. Apple's stock price is half-dead. I remember you bought it at a premium. I knew I would have invested in Amazon instead."

As a personal secretary, Linda Yun is an amateur who joined halfway.

If it weren't for the fact that she knew Su Yehao early on and taught him English, with her work experience and education, let alone a personal secretary, she probably wouldn't even be able to be a translator.

Therefore.

Su Yehao never expected her to give him any good advice. He asked calmly, "You wouldn't have secretly speculated in stocks again and bought Apple stock like me, would you?"

The last time she was punished for copying the rules and regulations is still vivid in her mind.

Linda Yun's expression froze, and she hurriedly replied, "How could I? But I bought two million Hong Kong dollars worth of funds, which is the Nasdaq Selected Fund launched by 5S Asset Management Hong Kong Headquarters. I usually pay attention to these companies."

The 5S Nasdaq Selected Fund, the scale of the fund managed by this product, exceeded one billion Hong Kong dollars last year, and has customers in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

The company stipulates that employees around Su Yehao are not allowed to secretly speculate in stocks after inquiring about information. This is to prevent the news from leaking out and involving Su Yehao.

As for buying fund financial products, there are no clear regulations.

Hearing her words.

Su Yehao was a little surprised and asked, "You still have to pay off your mortgage every month. Your savings have actually exceeded two million Hong Kong dollars?"

Linda Yun, who was immediately complacent, explained to him:

"Isn't that all thanks to you, Ahao? There are many bonuses every year. The last time I updated the confidentiality agreement, you gave me one million Hong Kong dollars at once. In addition to my own investment, I have so much savings. The apartment I bought in Happy Valley has also appreciated."

The expenses for eating, drinking and traveling are basically paid by Su Yehao, and she receives about five to six hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars a year.

Her job is indeed particularly good. At least with Linda Yun's ability, it is already difficult to find even with a lantern.

Su Yehao joked:

"Sure enough, you have learned a lot from me. Just pretend that two million Hong Kong dollars never existed. Take it out in ten or twenty years, and the money for retirement will definitely be enough. If the increase is less than ten times, it will be my mistake. The opportunity for Apple will probably appear within a few years. Help me investigate the list of its directors and senior executives, and set up a temporary team to be responsible for promoting the establishment of a joint venture."

Seeing that he was so confident, Linda Yun was overjoyed and immediately said, "I'm going to the assistant's office later. Do you have any arrangements? Don't forget to attend ATV's anniversary celebration tonight. I've already helped you prepare your clothes."

Since acquiring ATV, this is the first time to hold an anniversary celebration.

All kinds of stars are very generous, and it is said that it will be more lively than TVB's anniversary celebration, and many singers will perform on stage.

ATV asked Su Yehao last year and applied for a sum of money specifically for the anniversary celebration, a total of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. It should have been put on this year's May 29th, but it had to be postponed due to SARS.

He usually pays very little attention to this TV station, so he can't not go to the anniversary celebration.

Thinking of letting people create some variety talent shows, Su Yehao wrote several program outlines based on the impression in his memory, which were particularly brief.

The ratings of this TV station are constantly hitting new highs.

In addition to the hit dramas filmed by Tian Yu Entertainment, it also won the exclusive broadcasting rights of *One Piece*, *Naruto* and *Detective Conan*. Unfortunately, Conan is too scary, and sometimes even adults are left with shadows. After being complained about many times, it was changed to broadcast *Pokémon*.

Don't look at how colorful it looks, but in fact, Tian Yu Entertainment only made a little bit, and ATV only made a lonely profit.

There is no way, the market size is too small, with only a few million people in total, it can't support a large market.

Su Yehao mainly uses it to watch dramas and pass the time, and also to accumulate some film and television copyrights. The real money-making business is still the online film and television business.

Like TVB, ATV has also sold the full copyright of its inventory of film and television dramas to Tian Yu Entertainment for a total of 45 million Hong Kong dollars, so it made a profit last year.

Seeing that even Su Yehao couldn't turn ATV into a profit, and his mind was not on the company, other shareholders almost gave up and cashed out one after another.

Thinking of parting peacefully.

The shareholders who are willing to leave will receive a premium of about 10% on the basis of the valuation, so that ATV has basically been privatized by him, and the shareholding ratio of other shareholders is less than 4%.

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