I was born again with 100 million

Chapter 165 Cut off the ipod (4k)

Early the next morning, Yang Guanbin arrived at the hotel as scheduled.

"After meeting Tony Fadell today, if we can successfully convince him, then our R&D center project will be officially launched immediately!" Lin Xiao said to Yang Guanbin.

Just completed an investment that can be predicted to be successful, and is about to prepare for a project that is sure to make money. Lin Xiao feels that he is full of fighting spirit at this time, and even when he talks, he seems to be a little more motivated.

Yang Guanbin also felt that Lin Xiao's mental state was very full, and said to Lin Xiao with a smile:

"Boss Lin probably hasn't been idle in Stanford for the past two days."

"It's true that I'm not idle. I just inspected and invested in a company in the past two days." Lin Xiao said.

Yang Guanbin was a little curious when he heard this, and asked, "What kind of company is it? You can catch it at a glance."

Because Lin Xiao had agreed to meet Tony Fadell the next day after coming to the United States, and later told Yang Guanbin that there was something wrong, and Yang Guanbin knew that Lin Xiao's investment was a temporary decision.

"An Internet company that makes a search engine."

After listening to Lin Xiao's answer, Yang Guanbin asked curiously: "Do the Internet? Now the Internet in the United States is very hot, so I spent some money."

Lin Xiaoying said: "Well, I spent 300 million to get 3.15% of the shares, and then spent another 100 million to buy the shares of their first angel investor."

He has future investment in his hands and holds shares in China.com. Lin Xiao plans to tell several senior executives of the company after he sells. After all, so much money must be used. In terms of source, he must also Make it clear that the insiders of the company will also know that the future investment is their own.

Therefore, although Lin Xiao didn't fully explain the investment in Google, he didn't deliberately conceal it either.

"Mi Yuan?" Yang Guanbin asked after listening.

Lin Xiao nodded, and Yang Guanbin was surprised when he heard it: "300 million yuan, only took such a small amount of shares, the valuation of this company is already close to [-] million yuan? It's a big scale?"

"It's not big. It was just established last year. There are only 8 people in the company at present." Lin Xiao shook his head and said.

Yang Guanbin was stunned when he heard this, "The valuation of Internet companies is really high. Of course, once they develop, the return on such venture capital is amazing."

Lin Xiao smiled, the return on investing in Google must be astonishing!
"Senior Brother Yang, in this way, I can only provide 100 million yuan for the establishment of the R&D center. Maybe the company has to provide 100 million yuan first."

原本林晓是计划拿出200到300万米元投入到研发中心的, 不过带出来的500万米元，一下子去了400万，他现在手里也只有100万米元了。

As for the remaining money in his hand, Lin Xiao is temporarily preparing it for the Eternal Network.

After hearing Lin Xiao's words, Yang Guanbin said with a little worry: "Boss Lin, I didn't get the money. Although the company is currently making a good profit, a lot of the payment for the goods will not arrive immediately. Dongzhi's side, We have to pay 100 million yuan every two months. If we squeeze out another 100 million yuan, will it take up too much of the company's funds?"

After hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help sighing in his heart. Before, he thought earning 5000 million yuan was quite a lot, but now it seems that it is not enough, or the richer he is, the more places to spend it .

In this wave of my own, the spread is a little bit bigger, but many times, if you don't seize the opportunity in advance, the opportunity will slip away and be grasped by others.

Take MP3 as an example, if I don't launch it this year, Apple may start preparing for development in the second half of next year, and my time difference will be gone.

What should be done is still done!
Lin Xiao made up his mind, and then said to Yang Guanbin: "The money for the R&D center is not settled in one step. If everything goes well today and the R&D center can be established immediately, then the 100 million yuan can be used first, and the remaining 100 million meters Yuan, see the progress of research and development."

"Orders from major computer companies will be shipped one after another next month, and we will be able to get back some of the payment immediately. You can notify Manager Dong later and ask her to calculate the funds. If it is true that funds will be tight, we will Find a bank loan."

Lin Xiao remembered that a few days ago, Wang Mingjiang promised himself that he could help solve part of the loan.

"Okay." Yang Guanbin responded immediately.

Lin Xiao immediately said to Yang Guanbin: "Now, let's meet Tony Fadell first. This man is the key to our establishment of the R&D center. He is a rebellious guy."

"Yes, according to the news we got from the headhunting company, this person is very proud, and his personality is a bit loose."

Yang Guanbin nodded and said, "It may not be easy to convince him to join us."

"Let's try it." Lin Xiao said again full of fighting spirit, "This man has his pride, and similarly, he should also have his pursuit. It depends on whether we can impress him."

An hour later, Lin Xiao and Yang Guanbin saw Tony Fadell in a cafe in Silicon Valley.

Fadell at this time is not like when he was mature in later generations. He was wearing fancy clothes, his short hair was dyed gray and white, and he had a smile on his face, but one could see the arrogance behind the smile.

"Hello, Tony." Lin Xiao greeted him with a smile.

Fadell didn't answer Lin Xiao's words directly, but looked at Lin Xiao and Lin Xiao with some surprise, "You guys made an appointment to meet me?"

After Lin Xiao answered yes, Fadell said directly: "Eternal Technology, I have never heard of this company, two brothers, to be honest, if I didn't happen to be free today, I would not agree to this appointment."

This guy was a bit straightforward. Of course, what he said made sense. The USB flash drive has not yet become popular, so it is normal for the other party not to know the name of his company.

"You may not have heard of our company, but you may have heard of our company's product - U disk." Lin Xiao said.

At this time, Fadell finally nodded, "I know that gadget, it seems to be quite popular in Silicon Valley recently."

"However, I don't quite understand why you found me through a headhunting company. I don't think this product can attract me, and I don't like to stay in a company and be restricted by others."

"We came to you not because of the USB flash drive." Lin Xiao said with a smile, "We came to you because we hope you can join us and make a fashionable product together."

Facing Fadell's slightly puzzled eyes, Lin Xiao continued: "A small handheld digital music player."

"Digital music player?" Fadell was a little surprised when he heard it, and his expression became more serious.

"Yes, digital music player."

Lin Xiao nodded, and he looked at Fadell, "This is what you are good at, isn't it, Tony?"

"Not bad." Fadell said with some pride: "I'm definitely a genius at making this kind of equipment."

In fact, before this, he already had ideas and ideas about making handheld digital music players, and he even went to some big companies that make music players, such as Soni, but his ideas and ideas did not Get people's approval.

At this time, someone suddenly came to him and said that to make a digital music player, Fadell's first thought was to be excited.

"Do you also think that digital music players will be loved by people?" Fadele asked Lin Xiao with bright eyes.

Lin Xiao nodded, "Of course, man, I'm tired of people walking around with a walkman the size of a brick, and now there are some MP3 players on the market, but those designs are too bad gone."

"No good sound quality, only a few songs to play, no competitiveness at all, which is why so many people still have those bricks."

"Yes, those are bricks." Fadell said excitedly:
"Man, I love how you describe it. Listening to music should be a very enjoyable thing, but most people have to carry some heavy things."

"And those MP3 players, those ugly designs, their conception is disgustingly conservative."

After Fadell finished speaking, he immediately asked Lin Xiao, "So, you also have some ideas about MP3 players, right?"

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded, "We want to create an MP3 player that is small enough to hold enough songs, and then it will have a screen that allows people to See what song this is."

"It must be smooth enough that people can freely switch the songs they want. Of course, it must also have excellent sound quality, so that people who listen to music feel that this is a kind of enjoyment."

"Man, that's great!" Fadell stood up straight away.

"If there was such a music player, I would definitely buy it and use it!"

Lin Xiao probably knows Fadell's character, passion?I have too.

Standing up, his voice also increased:

"Yes, I believe that music lovers all over the world will have such thoughts."

The people on the surrounding tables looked at Lin Xiao and the two a little strangely, but Lin Xiao didn't care at all. He said to Fadell with a bewitching voice:

"Tony, but the reality is that there is no such product for the time being, and it requires us to design and develop it."

"I can handle it!" Fadell said confidently.

"I believe in this, and that's why I came to you." Lin Xiao said in agreement.

Fadell looked a little moved, but he still shook his head and said, "However, I don't like to be too restricted. I want to live a free life. That's why I came out of Philips."

"What's more, your company is in China, and it's impossible for me to adapt there."

"No, no, you don't need to go to Huaxia, we will set up a R&D center in Silicon Valley, you will still work in Silicon Valley, and this R&D center will be in charge of you, you can recruit some people, and then build it according to your ideas and ideas product."

Hearing Lin Xiao said that he would set up a research and development center in Silicon Valley, Fadell's original hesitation eased a bit.

At this time, Lin Xiao continued: "You like to live freely, there is no problem. After the product is developed, the company can give you a long vacation and a generous bonus. You can travel and enjoy freedom. .”

"Sounds great." Fadell finally laughed. "Man, I feel like you're going to sell me."

"The last two questions." Fadell said very seriously: "You set up a research and development center, which is not an independent company, which means that we cannot have stock options in the company, whether it is for me or for recruiting other people. Say, it’s all difficult.”

"In Silicon Valley, most job seekers hope to get option incentives and then become rich after the company goes public."

At this time, Yang Guanbin began to answer the question: "This will be a troublesome problem, but the company will give higher remuneration. At the same time, the company will establish an independent company in the United States to be responsible for the market in the United States. This company can Take out a part of the shares and distribute them to the employees of the R&D center as an incentive."

"Of course, we can also discuss taking part of the sales profit of the US company as a dividend for R&D personnel, because the cost of R&D is calculated in the head office, and this part of the sales profit is very considerable."

Yang Guanbin explained: "Compared with taking options and converting them into equity after listing, this reward can be obtained earlier and is more sustainable."

If Lin Xiao and Yang Guanbin had already discussed this plan before coming to the United States, the consideration was that in the United States, core employees would enjoy option incentives.

"Okay, this problem seems to be solved." Fadell nodded, "The last question."

"Man, just now you said that the company wants to build a player that is small enough but has enough capacity, but it is not easy. The capacity of the flash memory chip is too small, and the volume of the hard drive is too large."

"I have thought about this problem, but I haven't found a good solution." Tony Fadell looked at Lin Xiao.

At this time, both Lin Xiao and Yang Guanbin laughed, and Lin Xiao said directly: "This is not a problem, we have already found a solution."

"Are you sure? What plan?" Tony Fadell looked at Lin Xiao with curiosity, surprise, expectation, and doubt.

"Of course, I'm sure, but sorry, I can't tell you the plan for now, unless you agree to join the company."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Fadell who was obviously moved, and then said in a provocative voice:
"Tony, the implication of Eternal Technology is the eternity of technology. We believe in the charm of technology. Come on, Tony, let's work together to create a cool product that will subvert all music players and get rid of those junk products. "

"And by then, everyone will know that a guy named Tony Fadell has developed a music player that shocked the world!"

Listening to Lin Xiao's words, Fadell, who had already stood up, moved his feet and kept muttering:

"Technology is eternal!"

"Cool music player!"

"Disruptive product!"

Fadell muttered, then suddenly raised his head
"Well, you two, you have convinced me, I think, I should try it, that is the product I have always wanted to complete."

"Great! Tony, welcome to Eternal Technology!"

Lin Xiao stretched out his hand happily and held Tony Fadell's hand together.

With the small hard disk technology, and Tony Fadell, the most critical technology and the most critical people of the ipod have been cut off by himself. This subversive product will no longer belong to Apple, but to Eternal Technology!

　6k plus 4k, today is another [-] words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)