Chicago 1990

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Before the fourth round of auditions, Song Ya had to take a trip to Silicon Valley. He joined Dile, Samuel and others from Chicago and went to Palm first.

"Dilai is not too concerned about non-A+ audio businesses now, so keep your eyes on it."

He rides in the same car with Linda, who has just completed the legal documents and officially joined the company. "Palm and Wan Yan invested in the name of my A+ copyright and investment management company. He is pure help, so don't bother him with many things. He is in charge of the two big booths of synthetic sound copyright library and DTS, as well as the preparation of the American music website, which is already very busy."

"understand……"

Linda kept flipping through the files in her hand to familiarize herself with the business, “I didn’t expect you to earn more than MC. He is the pioneer of hip-hop singer’s own record company...Wow, your contract with Sony Columbia Records is great. , How did you do it? Motura is never that easy to talk."

"If you follow the battle between Sony Columbia Records and I in 1991, you will understand that I took a big risk. And this matter will still be troublesome in the future, you will know soon." Song Ya does not plan to talk about it now. Anyway, the meeting with Mariah Carey couldn't be concealed from her who was close to her, and she would know about it later.

"Mr. APLUS, welcome."

The founder of Palm, Jeffrey Hawkins, personally greeted him, and he saw Samuel and his staff at Yongdao Accounting Firm immediately sweat on his forehead, "Please come with me, the documents are ready."

The atmosphere in the Palm company nowadays is dignified. Many workstations and even the front desk are empty. Some employees immediately panicked when they saw the large group of people following Song Ya. They buried their heads deeply, crackling on the keyboard, and wanted to get in. Go inside the computer monitor in front of you.

"Hehe, I just laid off some people." Jeffrey Hawkins explained.

"Is it going to start the winter?" Samuel asked.

"It's not that bad, it's not that bad." Jeffrey Hawkins said and didn't know if he believed it or not. "We are ready to transform into a pure software company, providing tools and software services for PDAs and similar micro-operating systems."

"You cut all the people in the hardware department?" Dile asked.

"Some cuts, but I want to keep some hope." Jeffrey Hawkins took Samuel and the others into the office reserved by the auditors and instructed financial cooperation. Then Song Ya, Dile and Linda led Entered his office and made coffee by himself.

"Fxxk, I feel even more panic with you." Song Ya scolded as he looked at his busy back in front of the coffee machine.

"You are an investor. I did burn your more than one million dollars, but this is my own business after all." Jeffrey Hawkins skillfully held three cups of coffee to them, "Trust me, your investment It won’t be ridden, uh, it won’t be completely ridden.” He took out a prototype of the PalmPDA product from the drawer and distributed it, “This is our product. Compared with Apple’s Newton PDA, we also have our own unique Advantage."

Each of the three held a fiddling with each hand, "I don't see any advantages, and Apple's products are already very difficult to use." Song Ya took out his Newton PDA from his pocket and compared the functions. The functions are actually similar, but far Not the exquisiteness of Apple, the screen is smaller but heavier, "I don't want to buy this just by looking at the brand."

The rainbow-colored Apple logo is very popular among American people, and Palm's products are these four printed letters. He felt desperate and instantly realized how Jeffrey Hawkins was now.

"Not so bad, not so bad."

Jeffrey Hawkins scratched his messy head, "You try the handwriting function, it is definitely better than Apple's. Have you seen the Simpsons mocking their handwriting function?"

"I don't watch cartoons." Song Ya immediately drew out his stylus to start the test. The Simpsons are a popular animated series on Fox TV.

"Animation doesn't necessarily have to be made for children, you...well, forget it when I didn't say it." Jeffrey Hawkins explained halfway, seeing Song Ya didn't dare to be interested, he took the initiative to end the conversation.

However, he said that the handwriting function is better than Apple's. The accuracy rate is indeed higher than that of Apple. "How did you do it?" Song Ya felt better after experiencing it personally, and asked.

"Apple has made things complicated... Well, I don't want to explain this in detail. Anyway, we have related patents." Jeffrey Hawkins replied: "There are many companies that are interested in our handwriting recognition technology."

"So there are new investors in Series B?" Song Ya stopped writing. He only cares about how much his investment can get back.

"No, haha, not yet. As I said before, we will disassemble the accumulation of PDA technology, sell software, and maintain the company. The PDA market is sluggish by Apple, but it is still widely optimistic. It’s just that the technology is not advanced enough. There is no shortage of new players in this industry." Jeffrey Hawkins smiled.

Song Ya now dare not believe every punctuation mark in his words, "Anyway, the business is yours. I am a venture capitalist with only 20% of the shares. Since I am a venture capital, I am ready to take risks. , As long as you don’t spend my money indiscriminately."

"No, no." Jeffrey Hawkins glanced at Samuel's office across the glass wall of the room.

I ended the interview and came out from Palm. "The accounts are still clear. There are some minor issues, but I don’t recommend you to go into it." Samuel said: "The founders with technical background like Jeffrey Hawkins will generally treat the company. Very affectionate and will not aim at pitting investors’ money."

"I understand, it can only be this way." Song Ya, Samuel and others went to the A+ pedal company again and received a warm welcome from Riese. The sales of pedal products are very stable. Riese, as the general manager, has also planned some Attempts to open up new markets, but in the electronic musical instrument industry, faced with a large number of high-quality and cheap notebook products, he did not have the confidence to vigorously compete, so he stopped planning. The most valuable thing in A+ Pedal Company's hands is the land plant owned by the company and the 25% shares of A+ Apparel Company.

"The equity reward is right in front of us, Riese will not do anything." In order to show the trust in Riese, Song Ya did not allow Samuel to conduct an in-depth audit. On the surface, there is no big problem. Samuel said: "You This investment was very successful." He comforted Song Ya, who was a little frustrated after leaving Palm. "It's normal for VCs to lose money, don't take it too seriously."

"Do you know what's wrong with Apple?" He asked Samuel. Apple's stock price has been fluctuating between eight and nine cents. According to Ogledi, the company’s management continues to do so. The purchase price is a real cutback.

Samuel smiled and shook his head, "I don't know much about this."

"Don't you still make money from investing in the stock market in general?" Linda asked, looking through the documents.

"As soon as I lose money, I... feel uncomfortable." Song Ya beats his heart. There will be two Apple products in the movie tomorrow.

"APLUS, you and MC have completely opposite personalities." Linda smiled: "He has always invested money and no matter what, and he will not know the company as clearly as you. Your acting style is not like an NGe. ."

"Don't always compare me with him? Linda."

Song Ya replied uncomfortably: "He is going to go bankrupt now, and it is the most failed part of the singer, and I have Chinese descent."

"Sorry, boss." Linda surrendered with both hands and closed her mouth.

On the next itinerary, Samuel and others went to the A+ apparel company in San Francisco. Song Ya, Dile and Linda would go later. Before that, they had to figure out how to use the American music website to store land.

"We have obtained the authorization from American Magazine at a very low price. The main expenses of the website are server rental and programmer compensation. It is enough to find young people in the university to do part-time jobs. They are now happy to contribute to the World Wide Web..."

The three walked into a high-end restaurant in Saint-Bababe and reported: "After the website is set up, the rest is purely manual work of moving magazines online, which is more cumbersome."

"Is it feasible to outsource to China?" Song Ya asked.

"This is all in English..." Di Lay turned round and refused. "Silicon Valley is one of the most politically left regions, and the programmer family is also the most tolerant of dual workers. We can hire some programs with low computer skills. The employee’s wife came to do this and did it slowly. Anyway, our goal is to get the land. Oh, yes..." He told Linda: "When you see Mr. John Ali Laga, don’t say anything."

"I understand." Linda nodded.

This time I’m going to meet with the largest landlord in Silicon Valley, billionaire John Ali Larga, who owns 1,100 square kilometers of land in Santa Barbara County, most of which have been converted to commercial real estate, to catch up with the explosion of Silicon Valley’s technology industry. Every year, I just lie down and collect rent and I make a profit.

"Hello, Mr. Ali Raja."

Song Ya and the three sat in the agreed position. After a short time, John Ali Laga arrived on time. Song Ya smiled enthusiastically and stood up and shook hands with him, knowing that the other party was a Spanish immigrant, and he also deliberately showed what he learned from Shakira. Spanish.

"I am of Basque origin." Unexpectedly, the flattery slapped the horse's leg. The fat white man in his fifties immediately got a straight face. He doesn't have much Spanish national pride. In fact, the Basque and Catalonia regions There has always been a tendency to work alone, and it has been in conflict with the main Spanish nation for a long time. Even now, the Basque ETA organization continues to engage in violent activities in Spain.

"Uh, sorry, I just...just want to be friendly." Song Ya said, holding his hand awkwardly.

"Haha..." Dealt suddenly laughed, "It's okay, I actually don't care much about it, it's all from the US haha, is the US dream right? The US made me rich."

"Yes, yes." Song Ya nodded frequently, and both sides took their seats.

"I don't usually run out for this business. I am interested in you APLUS. Your investment in DTS is very beautiful. I have seen Jurassic Park, Spielberg, David Geffen, wow... That kind of sound effect is the technology of DTS, right?" He asked as he sorted his napkin.

"Yes, some of my records also use this technique, but it’s better to have no cinema effect~www.wuxiaspot.com~ better than nothing." Song Ya replied, "I still have..." in Sunnyvale. Interested in himself, he took out his investment in Silicon Valley, A+ pedal and Palm.

"All there?"

"Yes, it's all there."

"So you want to take that...er, what..." He closed his eyes and recalled.

"America music website, Mr. Ali Laga." Dile reminded.

"What website is also placed in Sunnyvale?" He said: "In fact, it is better to put it in Menlo Park, my land is basically there."

"I often come here, I don't want the business to be too scattered." Song Ya replied.

"All right, I don't bother to move either."

The two parties had a very pleasant chat. The Sunnyvale land to be bought was nothing but a scrap for the big landlord. The dinner table was basically chattering and the topic was controlled by the other party.

"Are you studying at the University of Chicago? In fact, you should study at Stanford. I went to Stanford. Let your home be here. The prospects for development here are very good. Stanford's computer major is better than the University of Chicago. Is that true? I don't quite understand." The big landlord touched his bulging belly, "Recently, many people have used high-tech gimmicks to hoard the land. You wouldn't do it like this, would you APLUS?"

"of course not."

Song Ya smiled and said: "My investment is very down-to-earth. You know, DTS has been proven by the market."

"This is the best way. My real estate is surrounded by powerful and profitable technology companies, not those who speculate on concepts and hoard land." He said: "You haven't answered Stanford's question yet. You really don't think about it. A moment?"

"Uh, Chicagoans generally think that the University of Chicago is the best in the world, except for Columbia University..." Song Ya joked and declined.

"Haha!"