Reborn 2005: The Internet Myth

Jim Keller and the others didn't encounter any trouble with Illusion Company. For them, having someone buy the license was a dream.

Moreover, Mirage's life was indeed not easy. After the graphics card war in the late 1990s, very few display chip design manufacturers survived. At that time, there were more than a hundred graphics card manufacturers competing in the market.

The result is that with the decline of 3DFX, the three major manufacturers of red, blue and yellow have completely occupied the desktop market, and the rest have to turn to mobile GPU and game console business.

However, the mobile GPU market has not yet ushered in an explosive period, and this fantasy company located in Eagle Country is still having a hard time.

For less than US$500,000, Phil International obtained a 20-year technology license for the powerVR architecture, and spent an additional US$800,000 to obtain two sublicensing rights.

In other words, the technology license obtained by Phil International can not only be used by its own PA semi, but can also be licensed to two other companies. As for the fee, it is none of Fantasy Company's business.

The purpose of requiring these two additional authorizations is mainly to be able to transport it to the country.

At present, the country does not attach great importance to GPU research and development, and domestic desktop-level GPUs will not appear until 2022.

The concept that it is better to buy than to make is now very popular. It was not until I suffered a big loss that I started to do self-research in a hurry, and the day lilies were even cold.

Since they don't do it, I'll do it myself.

As for the matter of investing in Phantom Company, Wang Zheng did not consider it.

After Red Factory completes its acquisition of ATI, ATI's mobile GPU department will be sold to Qualcomm. It will be better to cut it off at that time, and it will also curb the development of Qualcomm's chip technology.

Back in the American League, the time has come to August 9th, and Stanford University will start school in ten days.

Because the trip to Eagle Country went much smoother than expected, Wang Zheng still had plenty of time to deal with the company's affairs.

The global registered users of the Meta community have exceeded 40 million, with users spread across the Americas, Europe and a small number of Asian markets.

Sheryl Sandberg has established 5 branches around the world to handle international affairs.

Now the development of the Meta community is booming, and after having its own browser, the user's browser fingerprint collection is more accurate. The recommendation algorithm has made great progress and is still being improved to improve the efficiency and accuracy of pushing advertising content.

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WeChat has followed Meta's lead and used instant messaging software, collaborative office and browser software to consolidate its own market. At the same time, it has launched seven or eight casual games during this period, and the feedback from users and game manufacturers has been very good.

Steve Ford is also constantly promoting the research and development of online streaming media business.

Thanks to the high efficiency and high definition of the A2V image format, the bandwidth required for online video has been reduced a lot, and the current mainstream broadband can also meet the demand.

However, online streaming media involves copyright issues, and self-media business already has Meta, so WeChat’s streaming media business focuses more on music, TV and movies.

Copyright issues need to be negotiated one by one, and the requirements for capital pools are very high, so the actual launch of the streaming media business may have to wait until the first round of financing.

Tik Tok is developing well here. Diane Rothschild is now well versed in the "hot spot" strategy. From time to time, she promotes topics about class, race, and sudden wealth, which has always kept Tik Tok at a high level. on the heat.

However, the profit model has not yet been launched, and it is simply burning money.

Because IDC services are all owned by Ultron and are relatively cheap, Wang Zheng is not in a hurry to start an advertising sales strategy for the time being.

After all, this is a serious news sharing platform, and there is no need to waste users’ favorability with advertisements in the early stages of development.

In early August, Tik Tok’s first rival, Twitter, was officially launched. Its model is very similar to Tik Tok’s. Both are in the form of mini-blogs. Some imitations and temporary modifications can also be seen on its pages. trace.

However, Twitter's entry point is different. It has positioned its target user group at young people. Perhaps due to Tik Tok's first-mover advantage, Twitter's development has not been the same as in its previous life.

Not enough to be afraid of.

Wang Zheng came to this conclusion after carefully reading Twitter's page, functions and other information.

The largest group of young people are high school students and college students, and these people use Facebook the most. After Facebook completes the revision and integrates WeChat online, Twitter will basically have no room to survive.

The main task of the game company Alpha now is to develop "League of Legends", and "CS:GO" has been suppressed and has not been launched, just waiting for the Ultron console to be officially launched.

The host has now entered the production and assembly stage in Daxia. The quantity of 100,000 units is not very large, and because it is a modular design, each module has not many internal parts, so the production speed is very objective.

According to Foxconn's schedule, all hosts are expected to arrive in California in mid-September.

This is just enough time for Altra's sales team to make appropriate preparations.

Several of its companies are completely on track, and Wang Zheng's focus has officially shifted to the establishment of the payment platform and graphene laboratory directly under Phil International, waiting for the official global press conference to be held at the end of September.

After reading the approval documents submitted by several companies one by one, Wang Zheng got up and left the company and drove to Tik Tok.

The company was actually closed at this point, but he wanted to pick up Diane and go to San Francisco with him.

Diane wore a silk black strapless dress today with a purple silk belt tied around her waist.

Her delicate face and slender neck, coupled with this simple dress, fully demonstrate all her innate advantages.

Parking the car next to her, Wang Zheng took the initiative to get out of the car, opened the car door for the beauty, and said with a smile: "Diane, we are not going to the dance tonight."

He made an appointment with Jeff for dinner tonight. In addition to expressing his gratitude for the last acquisition of a chip design company, he mainly wanted to talk about the payment platform.

The Rothschild family has its own bank and has connections with many banks in Europe and the United States.

Jeff said that he would bring his female companion with him, so Wang Zheng thought about it and found that Catherine was not high enough to bring him there, so he asked Diane to participate as his female companion.

Anyway, they are brother and sister, and Diane is indeed capable enough.

Diane elegantly got into the passenger seat and waited until Wang was driving to San Francisco before saying, "Phil, I heard that you will go to Stanford soon?"

This is not a secret. Catherine's big mouth, after learning that Wang Zheng was about to become her apprentice, made almost every company's management know about it.

Moreover, he is only an undergraduate, not even a graduate student.

Wang Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, school starts in one week."

Diane smiled slightly and said: "Study at Stanford is not easy. What major are you studying?"

"International Relations."

The major chosen by Wang Zheng made Diane stunned for a moment, "I thought you would choose computer science or economics."

"International relations is relatively easy to graduate with a bachelor's degree." Wang Zheng smiled and gave the reason for choosing his major.

He originally entered the school based on connections, and his foundation was very poor.

In particular, his math skills are poor. If he chooses these two majors, it may take a long time to graduate. In terms of credits, the relationship is not easy.

So after comprehensive consideration, it is better to study a major that is easy to graduate, get enough credits to graduate as soon as possible, and then apply for an MBA, which is a master of business administration.

As for the computer major, with his current level, he would have to understand advanced mathematics if he wanted to go further, which is really a bit difficult.

And with his current worth, what he is in urgent need of is not his own technical strength, but his management ability.

Since taking out the Hongmeng system and cloud computing platform kernel, the contents stored in his USB flash drive are of little use.

What he needs more now is management capabilities and connections, and connections are even more important.

Speaking of connections, after getting an MBA from Stanford, you basically have the capital to become a core member of the so-called "elite society" of the American League.

In fact, the American League is similar to that in China. Even if you graduate with a small amount of money, you can call your father a nouveau riche in front of your face and behind your back. Even if you start a business with a PhD and lose all your money, you still have to call yourself an "entrepreneurial pioneer."

Knowledge alters your fate.

This sentence is universal on earth.

Tonight we made an appointment at a Michelin three-star restaurant with an interesting name called The French Laundry.

This two-story building with a courtyard has a beautiful environment and a long history. Before the promulgation of Prohibition in California, it was a bar and later became a brothel.

When it was turned into a restaurant, it immediately became the most famous "laundry room" in the world.

By a very coincidence, Jeff had booked tonight's wedding two months ago, so when Wang Zheng called, the venue was directly arranged here.

Diane took the initiative to hold Wang Zheng's arm and walked into the restaurant together. She immediately saw Jeff and his female companion.

Wang Zheng could tell at a glance that the female companion Jeff brought was a celebrity, but he couldn't remember the specific name.

Accompanied by the gentle sound of piano, Wang Zheng and Diane sat down.

Jeff snapped his fingers, and the waiter standing nearby immediately walked to the kitchen, ready to start serving food.

"Justin, Diane, this is Lindsay LuAnn."

Jeff introduced each other, and Lindsay immediately asked in surprise: "Justin? Is that Justin Phil from Meta?"

After Wang Zheng nodded to confirm, Lindsay was overjoyed and said: "I like Meta so much! It's amazing! Do you know? I have more than one million fans there!"

This number is actually not too small, but there are currently many celebrities on Meta. As for Lindsay Luann, with more than one million fans, she is really not ranked in the top 100 on Meta.

After exchanging a few polite words, the waiter served the dishes and red wine.

This restaurant is very unique. Just like traditional French cuisine, the dishes are not large, but each dish is accompanied by a glass of dry red or dry white, and occasionally champagne.

The key is that the wine pairings of each dish have different tastes. In addition to greatly improving the quality, the dining experience and food characteristics are indeed worthy of three Michelin stars.

One dish is served at a time, and one portion for four people is basically one bite per person. After more than ten dishes, the waiting time is longer than the eating time.

After more than a dozen dishes, Wang Zheng was three-thirds full. It wasn't until the steak came that he started to feast on it to satisfy his hungry appetite.

People in Midland rarely talk about work when they eat, so it wasn't until after the meal that the four of them exchanged bottles of Romanee-Conti, and then they started talking about business.

Wang Zheng picked up the wine: "Jeff, I heard that your family has good connections in the banking industry?"

"That's European Rothschild. Our American Rothschild only has one small savings bank left, and most of the others are investment fund businesses."

Jeff didn't shy away from his family's decline at all. He took a sip of wine and smiled lazily: "The Rothschild Bank of Wachovia has basically nothing to do with my family. They are all European family properties."

Wang Zheng understood that this was exactly what he wanted. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. As long as Rothschild has a bank, cooperation will be more convenient.

If he really cooperates with European Rothschild, he may refuse directly.

What's the difference between that and luring a wolf into the house?

Wang Zheng smiled and said: "I plan to build a new online payment platform to connect all the businesses of Phil International. I need a bank that will not hold me back. Jeff, what do you think?"

Speaking of the payment platform, Jeff immediately changed his expression and said seriously: "Justin, are you kidding?"

"Of course not. You should have seen that both Meta and WeChat need to have their own online payment system. There is no way I will give up this business. What's more..."

Wang Zheng thought for a while and then said: "Altron is about to launch a new operating system and host."

Jeff was stunned, "Host? Operating system?"

Even Diane next to her was a little surprised. Although she is now the chief operating officer of Tik Tok and is considered a senior executive at Phil International, she has never heard of this news.

"That's right, so you know why I need to build my own payment platform, right? How about it, are you interested?"

"Of course!" Jeff was very interested in this. He had seen the success of PayPal, but he was still in school at the time and did not have the management rights to part of the family funds.

As he entered Enyi this year and announced the opening of an Internet fund, Rothschild began to officially enter the investment field of the Internet industry.

Jeff raised his neck and drank all the red wine in the glass: "Justin, how much money do you need, 100 million? Or one billion? I'm out!"

Wang Zheng smiled and shook his head. Is this the confidence of the super family?

The style of doing things among the wealthy class is really unique. They can make billions of dollars when they open their mouth.

Wang Zheng said: "Jeff, what I need is not money!"

"What I want to build is an online bank that allows people to complete all financial services such as savings, transfers, loans, consumption, financial management, insurance, and securities from anywhere in the world instantly without leaving home. As long as there is an Internet connection."

The other three people at the table all opened their mouths, looking incredulous.

After Jeff shouted his God, he exclaimed: "Justin, this plan is so great! Can this really be done?"

Wang Zheng shrugged: "The business I want to complete has never failed so far. I came to you because among the people I know now, your family is the only one who really has a bank..."

Before he could finish his words, Jeff immediately said: "Justin, we don't just have banks! We have insurance, securities, finance, and funds. Believe me, Rothschild can definitely provide all the support you need!"

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"Let's be honest, how many shares can Rothschild get?"