I was born again with 100 million

Chapter 166 Silicon Valley R&D Center
Yang Guanbin had already drawn up the employment agreement and handed it directly to Fadell.

Then fill in Fadell's salary on it, and as for the company's equity, because the company in the United States is mainly used for sales, there is no need for it to be established yet, and it is only a preliminary agreement.

After Fadell signed the agreement, even if he was formally hired by Eternal Technology, the next thing was about the establishment of the R&D center, which was obviously not suitable for discussion in this cafe.

The three of Lin Xiao got up and walked out, and immediately attracted the attention of many people in the cafe. After all, there was a bit of movement on Lin Xiao's side just now.

At this time, Fadell turned to the strangers who were staring at him and the others, and said with a smile: "Sorry for disturbing everyone, we just talked about a successful project."

Obviously, such things are very common in Silicon Valley, so at this time, many people have opened their mouths.

"Good luck to you guys!"

"Going to start a business? Awesome!"

"Hope your project is a success."

Lin Xiao looked at this scene with great interest, and Yang Guanbin couldn't help saying with emotion when he found out that Lin Xiao was paying attention:

"In terms of the entrepreneurial environment alone, it is indeed difficult to have a place like Silicon Valley in our country."

"Our country started late, and we really haven't paid much attention to the creation of an entrepreneurial environment." Lin Xiao said, then laughed again: "However, it will get better and better."

At this time, Fadell had followed up again, and Lin Xiao and Yang Guanbin stopped talking about this topic.

The three of them arrived at Fadell's house in Silicon Valley by car, and continued the conversation they had just had.

"Lin, you can tell me your solution now." Fadell is obviously the most concerned about this point.

Lin Xiao nodded, and replied: "Flash memory chips cannot rapidly increase the capacity in a short period of time, so our solution is... hard drives."

"Hard drive? That thing is too big." Fadell said with a little disappointment after hearing this.

Obviously, Lin Xiao's answer did not satisfy him very much.

"Don't worry, Tony, I haven't finished yet." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Our company will have a technology right away, and within six months at most, we will develop a small hard drive."

Fadell immediately asked: "Small hard drive, how small is it?"

"It will probably be a square with a side length of no more than 2 inches." Lin Xiao replied that this size was confirmed by Guo Dongzhi and can be guaranteed.

"Really?" Fadell exclaimed after hearing this, "a hard drive no larger than 2 inches."

"If there is such a small hard drive, we can make the player very delicate." Fadell said this, and then asked: "Oh, by the way, how big will its capacity be?"

"4 to 5G."

"Enough! Enough!"

As soon as Lin Xiao finished speaking, Fadell immediately shouted.

"God, this is unbelievable, storage has been bugging me, now, solved."

"Lin, are you sure you can make such a hard drive?" Fadell asked Lin Xiao very seriously after being excited.

"You know, our development direction is completely different when using hard disk storage and flash storage."

"Of course!" Lin Xiao nodded heavily.

"However, the actual product may take about 5 to 6 months to make."

After hearing this, Fadell immediately said: "This is not a big problem. It will take time for us to study other things. We have to design the software program for playback. We have to find the screen, find the battery, etc. We can try to use other devices first. Hard drive to experiment with program data, man, we've got a lot to do."

"Of course, it would be the best if the hard disk can be brought in earlier, because we can only make the overall design after waiting for the hard disk."

"Okay, we will speed up the hard drive." Lin Xiao replied.

Lin Xiao didn't tell Fadell how the hard drive came from, so he had to keep an eye out, after all, the other party just joined.

"By the way, guys, how much money are you going to invest in research and development, this is not a small amount." Fadell said suddenly at this time.

Fadell pondered for a while, "You have solved the hard disk technology, but there are still many technologies that need to be developed. We need to have a team, and we have to start from scratch, so it depends on how long it takes to develop it. Silicon Valley The wages are too high."

"The entire research and development is completed. I mean, if it goes well, it will need at least 800 to 1000 million yuan." Fadell added.

Lin Xiao frowned slightly after hearing this, which was more than the 500 to 800 million yuan he estimated.

Originally, he estimated that when the hard disk technology was solved, he would give 200 million yuan in the early stage. After a few months of CDC's stock sale, the hard disk had also been developed at that time, and then he would give 4 million yuan according to the progress. , 500 million meters without, to speed up the progress.

After thinking about it, Lin Xiao said to Fadell, "Tony, I think you need to change your mind."

"Huh?" Fadell looked at Lin Xiao with some doubts.

"Dude, you can't launch all the R&D projects at the same time. Before our hard drive is officially developed, I think the R&D center will mainly focus on software programs." Lin Xiao said Fadell.

"Of course, you can find or develop other suitable hardware, but I think that should wait until the hard disk technology is all done."

"We need to make more reasonable arrangements, because no one can guarantee [-]% that the hard drive will be completed on schedule."

"So, I don't want to see that you move too fast in the early stage, and then because the hard disk is not completed, the entire R&D progress is stagnated. You have to put some links or projects behind."

Lin Xiao began to persuade Fadell from another angle. He didn't want the other party to know that he wanted to control costs in the early stage.

Fadell was silent for a while after listening, and he said to Lin Xiao: "But in that case, our development time may be delayed even longer."

Lin Xiao immediately shook his head and said: "No, no, after my hard drive is in place, you can expand the R&D team and speed up the speed. The overall completion time and progress will not be greatly affected."

Fadell finally nodded and said, "Okay, buddy, I will make a complete plan for the entire research and development project, but I still hope that the hard drive can be given to me soon."

"Of course, we will speed up." Lin Xiao responded.

"So, Tony, come up with the research and development plan of the project as soon as possible. I will guarantee the funds according to the progress of the research and development. Before the hard disk is in place, we will invest no less than 200 million yuan."

"No problem, I will speed up." Fadell agreed.

Leaving Fadell's house and returning to the car, Yang Guanbin immediately said to Lin Xiao:

"Mr. Lin, in terms of funds, this arrangement is too tight. In addition to the hard disk on Dongzhi's side, it means that if everything goes well, we will spend 2000 million yuan by the end of the year, which is 1.65 million. The annual profit can't reach that much."

"Don't worry too much, I have a plan for money." Lin Xiao comforted Yang Guanbin with a smile.

"Let's guarantee the early stage. Dongzhi has to allocate 100 million yuan twice, and the profit every two months should be guaranteed. The R&D center in Silicon Valley still needs to guarantee 100 million yuan. How much can we take out now? "

Yang Guanbin immediately picked up and said: "Before, I asked Manager Dong to calculate the current financial situation. Although the profit of the company's products is relatively high, many payments have not yet been recovered, and the operation of the entire company needs to be guaranteed. This month If so, about 1000 million can be withdrawn at most.”

"enough!"

Lin Xiao patted Yang Guanbin and said, "If we can guarantee the 300 million yuan, the money is basically enough. Don't say that the company still has income before the end of the year, even if there is no income at all, I can also solve the money."

Hearing Lin Xiao's certainty, although he didn't know where the funds that Lin Xiao said would be guaranteed before the end of the year would come from, Yang Guanbin felt a little relieved.

Regarding Lin Xiao's ability to make money, Yang Guanbin still has some confidence. Didn't he just earn tens of millions in the stock market before?

Lin Xiao then turned to say: "Brother Yang, there is another matter that we need to ponder over. Tony Fadell is in charge of the entire R&D center, and he recruited all the personnel. The company must send someone to come. Watch here."

Yang Guanbin nodded and said: "I was just about to talk to Mr. Lin about this. I suggest that this person doesn't have to understand technology, but he must understand finance. As long as you hold the money in your hands, there will be no big problem .”

"Know finances?" Lin Xiao muttered, then looked at Yang Guanbin and said, "If that's the case, Dong Meilan is the most suitable company."

After finishing speaking, Lin Xiao said with some hesitation: "But she seems to have a family, is she willing to come to America?"

"It may depend on her own wishes." Yang Guanbin replied.

Lin Xiao nodded, "Okay, I'll talk to her when I go back and see what she thinks."

Naturally, it would be better for Lin Xiao, the boss, to come and talk to Dong Meilan in person about things like being sent abroad.

Dong Meilan understands finances, and when recruiting, she also specifically required a certain foundation in foreign languages ​​and law. Generally speaking, her overall quality is very high. If she is willing to come, that is the best.

In the next two days, Lin Xiao, Yang Guanbin, and Fadell first found a place in Silicon Valley as a research and development center, and then recruited two core engineers based on Fadell's opinion.

Subsequently, Fadell and two engineers started the preparation of the entire project research and development plan.

These are very professional matters, and Lin Xiao handed them over to Yang Guanbin to be responsible for them.

Although he is good at engaging in the market, Yang Guanbin was born in technology after all, and in this respect, he is much better than Lin Xiaoke.

Coincidentally, the academic exchange group led by Tang Xingchang had also completed all the activities, so Lin Xiao ended this fruitful journey, and boarded the plane back to China with Tang Xingchang and others.

(End of this chapter)