In 1972, in a Hong Kong attic in Yau Ma Tei, Lin Yu, who in his previous life had presided over a trillion-dollar technology empire, is unexpectedly reborn as a penniless temp worker at an electronics factory. Armed with business knowledge from 2030, he clutches his only three dollars and eighty cents and hammers together an arcade machine from a heap of electronic scrap. Under the name Yuxiang Electronics, he ignites the spark of his comeback.
From the “Space Monsters” craze in Hong Kong arcades to the arcade price wars in Tokyo's Akihabara, he uses his cutting-edge designs to break into the Japanese and American markets and earn his first fortune. Knowing that “talent is the foundation,” he scours Silicon Valley to recruit Steve Jobs and Douglas Engelbart, gathers technical geniuses such as Chen Yu and Zhang Lei, and tackles the formidable challenge of chip development, breaking the foreign technology monopoly.
With industry in one hand and finance in the other, he seizes the opportunity presented by a global economic crisis to buy the dip in Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric shares. He targets oil and foreign exchange in the futures market, building a capital moat through “contrarian investing.” Once his capital is strong enough, he carefully acquires stakes in Hong Kong Telecom and HSBC, bringing Hong Kong's energy, communications, and financial lifelines under his control and making the Pearl of the Orient the heart of his business empire.
Not content with Hong Kong, he turns his attention to the world. He invests early in Apple and Microsoft, backs Amazon and Google, and takes controlling stakes in ARM and Qualcomm, seizing opportunities in the technology boom. He acquires Nokia, invests in semiconductors, and expands into automobiles, retail, and pharmaceuticals, building an empire that spans the entire industrial chain. After mainland China's reform and opening-up, he makes major investments in Tencent, Alibaba, and BYD, witnessing and helping drive the rise of Chinese technology.
Dear friends, I must recommend to you a stunning rebirth novel about Hong Kong - it perfectly combines the weight of the times with the vitality of the characters, and is a model work in this genre. Every time you read it, you feel like you are immersed in the neon lights of that golden age, writing a legend with the protagonist amidst opportunities and challenges.
I don't understand. He's so rich and awesome. He doesn't even have a bodyguard. Hahaha. Li Ka-shing is always against you. Is there anything you can do? Hahaha
A bunch of random writing.
It's as fast as a news broadcast, the pace is too fast
It's a mess. Taikoo is a foreign company and Guo is Chinese.
If you make electronics and games, this idea is fine. Since when did Robert Kuok belong to Taikoo? If you write it, it's just a little bit short of information.
It was too early for technology, smartphones came out. Hehe
Too idealistic, setting up a stall and grabbing a seat can kill people. From a bad boy with nothing to a company, he is still a person with little influence, and he is not cared for by others in minutes.
It's boring, nothing interesting.