1991 Starting from the core

Since the operating system team wants to be king in the mobile digital field, Su Yuanshan cannot help but have the slightest deviation in the operating system team's plan for future development.

He planned a road to become a king for YOS.

After reading the business development plan, he directly intervened in Chen Gang's plan, formulated a set of development goals and plans, and asked Chen Gang to prepare to hold a press conference within a month.

The conference venue will naturally be CES (International Consumer Electronics Show) held in Las Vegas in early January.

After the press conference, Yuanxin will organize the establishment of a PDA-based YOS alliance. After Yuanxin launches mobile phones that are fully adapted to YOS, this alliance will continue to expand and eventually welcome the advent of the mobile Internet era...

…

One day later, Kutaragi arrived on the mainland for the fourth time this year.

This time, he came to unveil the establishment of Sony (Mainland) Co., Ltd. As for the establishment location of Sony (Mainland), after long consideration, Sony still chose to establish it in the capital as it has historically.

In addition, he also brought the PDA team and established it in the special zone as the first overseas department that was completely independent from the mainland - right next to the Yuanxin Industrial Park.

This operation can be said to be a bit like Sima Zhao.

Of course, it is also indispensable to bring the first batch of CMOS sensors to Su Yuanshan.

To be fair, the current CMOS sensors used in cameras are indeed a bit scummy. It's okay to use it on mobile phones, but there are currently no color screen mobile phones. Even if you can get a color screen for your mobile phone, the cost is not acceptable to ordinary people.

In addition, the cost is sky-high because of the yield rate - even without supporting system development costs, this is an unacceptable sky-high price.

And sky-high prices are not the future of consumer electronics.

"Why not let Deyuan do the manufacturing?"

Sitting in the warm office, Su Yuanshan stared at Kutaragi Ken with a look of confusion on his face.

"Hehe..." Kutaragi Ken didn't mind the embarrassment. He laughed twice and said, "Susan, if you can guarantee an order of millions of pills, I will let Deyuan do the manufacturing."

"..." Su Yuanshan said in his heart, how dare you...

But from Kutaragi Ken's point of view, even if he believes in Su Yuanshan's judgment, he has confidence in the future of CMOS sensors. But at present, it is also true that CMOS sensors are not as good as CCD sensors.

If the technology is not yet mature, no suitable brand-new products equipped with CMOS sensors have been developed, and no cost advantage can be obtained, then it is handed over to the foundry rashly...then a bunch of sensors will be produced that cannot be sold. Who takes the blame?

And Kutaragi Ken had other considerations.

The wafer fabs established by Sony, Deyuan, and Yuanxin have received strong support from the Shanghai stock market. Not only have they obtained the land for a long time, but they have also received the green light from the policy to give them whatever they want.

It is foreseeable that this wafer fab, registered in English as "SYD", will be completed and put into operation within a year and a half.

By then, in addition to producing flash memory particles, SYD will also be able to use more advanced processes to produce CMOS photoreceptors.

In short, from Sony's point of view, no outsiders should be allowed to take advantage of it.

Su Yuanshan knew Kutaragi Ken's thoughts very clearly, but he couldn't think of anything to trick him-Yuanxin had made so many big moves in recent months that even though Zhu Yuanxin had established a network camera research and development team, In fact, progress is very slow.

After all, there is not even a CMOS-specific video compression processing chip, so Yuanxin needs to develop it from scratch.

"Let's do this." Su Yuanshan pondered for a moment and said: "We have jointly set up a video processing technology group to see if we can speed up the process a little bit - I won't lie to you, in addition to the camera function on the mobile phone, we also have other ideas."

"Is it an Internet camera?" Kutaragi asked with a smile.

"...Kuda-kun, you're going too far...Are you a spy?"

"NONO... It's not that bad." Kutaragi Ken laughed loudly: "The main reason is that the communication staff in your design center are too purposeful."

"It seems that the awareness of confidentiality is not enough." Su Yuanshan pretended to lament.

Kutaragi Ken watched this guy's performance happily: "Haha, Su-san. You know, even if we knew you were going to make a camera, we wouldn't get involved, for the same reason you don't make a PDA."

Su Yuanshan said in his heart that it was no nonsense...

The total cost of a camera is just a few things - lens, sensor, and chip, of which the sensor is the largest part. Sony is a company that deserves to be at the top of the industry chain and takes away the top profits. How bad would it be if it competes with downstream companies for food?

In the same way, the same is true if Yuanxin does not make PDA - the chip plus YOS system and the addition of flash memory establish Yuanxin's identity at the top of the industrial chain, not to mention YOS's layout of the application ecosystem.

As for why Su Yuanshan supports Zhu Yuanxin in the hard work of cameras, on the one hand, Yuanxin can at least achieve self-production of chips.

On the other hand, in this way, Yuexin also has a grand reason to intervene in Sony's lens and sensor adjustment.

Just like Sony does not expect to get involved in the core technology of Yuanxin's core chips, Su Yuanshan does not expect to get involved in the core technology of sensors. But if it can get a foothold in the post-adjustment field, then Yuexin will definitely have an absolute advantage in the image quality field of future mobile phone cameras.

Finally, Sony has not yet realized how huge a market CMOS sensors will be in the future.

Not to mention distant mobile phones, just talking about China, just talking about the comprehensive security network itself, is a massive camera market - before that, the video chat camera on the Internet was simply a child's play.

"Then let's stop talking nonsense and jointly set up a special calibration department. Let's start with small goals, first develop web cameras, and then gradually popularize them on cameras and mobile phones. How about it?"

Kutaragi Ken nodded directly without hesitation: "Okay."

Su Yuanshan picked up the tea cup with a smile.

"cheers."

*

The next day, Ding Lei, whom he had not seen for several months, came to the provincial capital quietly.

"Hey, let me interview you. As the first domestic Internet company to be listed on NASDAQ, Mr. Ding, how do you feel at this moment?"

In Su Yuanshan's office, he joked at Ding Lei, whose face was getting rounder and rounder.

——Just this month, news came from Silicon Valley that Newbook.com successfully completed its IPO and is scheduled to go public on the 24th of this month, which is the legendary Christmas Eve day.

It has to be said that being able to arrange such a meaningful day for a company from mainland China to go public shows that Nasdaq is still very optimistic about mainland Internet companies.

"Mr. Shan, stop joking..." Ding Lei waved his hands one after another, his face a little nervous: "I am Alexander now, Alexander..."

"Why is it so big? I see that your IPO has done very well." Su Yuanshan was really confused now.

As the first Internet company spun off from Yuanxin, Su Yuanshan naturally paid a lot of attention to Newbook.com. He received the news on the day of the completion of the IPO.

This time, Newbook.com planned to issue 50 million shares at an issue price of US$5 per share, but it was oversubscribed three times - although it is not as good as the dozens of times it was subscribed in later generations, it is still a great achievement. The starting point.

What does Ding Lei have to worry about?

"Worried about falling." Ding Lei said something in front of Su Yuanshan, and said frankly: "Xiaoshan, Yuanxin is still the largest shareholder, you have to help your senior brother."

"Be specific." Su Yuanshan also stopped joking and asked seriously.

"Although we have left Yuanxin, our brothers have never forgotten to pay attention to Yuanxin's situation. We know that the past two years are a critical period for Yuanxin..." Ding Lei said softly: "It's a pity that we can only help shout and help. I’m not too busy with anything else, especially money.”

"Senior Brother Ding, what you said is out of context. Brothers, as long as they are willing, it will be fine."

"Well...but..." Ding Lei opened his mouth, but after holding on for a long time, he still couldn't speak.

Su Yuanshan saw this guy's arrogant look, frowned and thought for a few seconds, then asked: "Are you worried that after the lock-up period, Yuanxin will reduce its holdings in a large amount?"

In the U.S. stock market, although there is no clear legal requirement to lock up positions - that is, locking the original shareholders of the listed company to sell their stocks for cash within a period of time after the IPO - but in the securities market, in order to ensure the interests of investors, Generally speaking, a lock-up agreement will be signed with the original shareholders.

This lock-up time is generally half a year.

At that time, it was when Yuanxin was most short of money.

Ding Lei pursed his lips silently and explained softly: "Currently, we are very competitive in the portal field. Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft's MSN are all competing with us for the first position in different fields..."

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly, interrupted Ding Lei's words, and said firmly: "Don't worry, I will promise you another half-year lock. And after the release, I promise that it will not fall."

Ding Lei raised his head suddenly: "Really?"

"When have I ever lied to someone?" Su Yuanshan chuckled.

Ding Lei thought for a while and nodded, but in the end he still asked uneasily: "It won't fall...is it the stock price trend?"

"I will tell Xinghai Fund to buy as much as it falls. Don't worry." Su Yuanshan said simply: "You have to know that this is our first domestic company to be listed on Nasdaq... It has positioned itself for latecomers. meaning."

"Yes, yes, I think so too." Ding Lei nodded and took a long breath.

Seeing this, Su Yuanshan smiled again and said: "And develop more peripheral businesses, such as MP3. You can rent the copyright from Symusic Copyright Center to provide online listening services, or provide traffic portals for paid downloads."

"In short, as I said before, the Internet is an industry that strives for creativity. There is nothing you can't think of but nothing you can't do."

Seeing that Su Yuanshan was still "making suggestions" for him as before, Ding Lei finally couldn't hold it back after a few times. He sighed and said: "Xiaoshan, when I straighten out the website, I will hand it over to others. When the time comes to come back to Yuanxin for retirement - you can even do odd jobs, you won't welcome me, right?"

"Brother, I'm serious." Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head.

He didn't know whether Ding Lei was showing his true feelings or pretending, but at least his attitude... was good.

Next, the two inevitably talked about Pony's EM - obviously, the current capital is not very interested in EM, a purely free communication software that focuses on chatting and communication, or in other words, it is not as interested as the portal website.

As a result, EM was advised by its investors after two rounds of financing not to IPO for the time being, but to wait and see.

Regarding this, Su Yuanshan can only say... Wall Street bosses still have some "patterns".

Of course, Su Yuanshan didn't mind.

Because sooner or later these two people will return to Yuan Xin's arms.

At this moment, Wen Xiaoqian pushed open the door and walked in: "Mr. Shan, I received an email from Apple. Mr. Jobs plans to visit soon. What do you think of the arrangements?"

Su Yuanshan was startled for a moment, counted the days, and then thought for a moment: "Just reply, it will be the day after tomorrow. I will meet him at the Hongyuan Industrial Zone in the Special Economic Zone."

As he spoke, he sighed: "Here comes the stumbling block on the road to becoming a king."

…

Hongyuan Technology Co., Ltd. is the relisted Yuanxin Industrial Park.

After Su Yuanshan held a press conference in Silicon Valley last time, he had a secret room consultation with Steve Jobs. No third party knows what was discussed specifically.

In fact, Jobs persuaded Su Yuanshan to give up the YOS system and join his team. For this, he could sign a comprehensive licensing agreement with Yuanxin.

If it were another person, I wouldn't say that I would wake up laughing even if I fell asleep, but I would definitely accept it happily - Jobs's stubbornness and stinginess are well known to the world. Not to mention authorization, anyone who dares to imitate will have their head blown off with a stick - Mr. Gates was once called to Apple headquarters for education by Mr. Joe...

How many Gates can there be in this world?

However, Su Yuanshan refused without even thinking about it.

At that time, Mr. Qiao asked him incomprehensibly, why?

Since it was a secret room negotiation, Su Yuanshan naturally would not fool the other party by saying that the world needs diversity. Instead, he directly stated frankly that he and Mr. Qiao had different ideas about operating systems.

So the two argued again about their ideas, but in the end neither could convince the other.

In the end, although it didn't end in an unhappy relationship, there was always a feeling that we were not the same person...

Of course, both parties are big bosses and knew that this deal would not work out and could not affect other cooperation. However, Mr. Qiao gave Su Yuanshan a word at that time, which seemed to be a wait-and-see approach.

Two days later, Jobs's plane diverted via Tokyo and arrived at the SAR Airport on time.

Outside the airport, Su Yuanshan welcomed him into the business car in a low-key manner.

"Jobs, is your new product this time a PDA or an MP3 player?"

Su Yuanshan leaned on the seat in a very leisurely posture, sitting opposite Jobs.

He knew that Apple was always very tight-lipped about the development of new products, but because of this, he couldn't help but want to test it out.

Jobs knew that the young man in front of him was a clever guy, so he said calmly and unmoved: "You guess."

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly.

"I guess it's MP3."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mr. Qiao's eyelids flicking and he looked at him deeply.

Su Yuanshan smiled: "Don't worry, the foundry is professional and has not leaked any of your information, including material information."

"I believe it. What I'm curious about is how you guessed it?" Jobs naturally believed that Su Yuanshan did not need to lie to him.

"Because we have the same ideas." Su Yuanshan laughed, as if you and I are the same kind of people.

With the birth of YOS and the advent of their respective digital products, Apple and Yuanxin will inevitably embark on the path of confrontation and competition.

Even if competition will lead to confrontation or even full-scale confrontation in the future, Su Yuanshan still hopes to maintain his private friendship with Mr. Qiao.

The WA agreement brings not only a blockade, but also the direction of the wind.

Su Yuanshan needs someone to help him stand up personally, the more the better.