Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 396 The acquisition failed
Goncharova met Huang Guangfu, chairman of OtI, in Half Moon Bay.

In a narrow sense, this place is beyond the scope of Silicon Valley, but due to the rapid development of Silicon Valley in recent years.The small Santa Clara Valley simply cannot accommodate so many startups, so many companies are developing outward.

Now that Silicon Valley is booming, I can't wait to add a suffix of com to a splash of shit, and it can be sold for a lot of money with high-tech packaging.

Of course, this is like buying lottery tickets. People only see those who have won the lottery and made a fortune, but they can't see the vast majority of people who have not won the lottery.

Even in the thriving Silicon Valley area, most companies end up bleak.

At present, 200 or [-] employees of OtI are still squeezed into a house of more than [-] square meters. In fact, the conditions here are considered good. Many start-up companies in Silicon Valley were born in the garage.

There are even several companies formed by more than a dozen young people who came here to start businesses in ordinary houses in San Francisco.

"You can just call me Mike, the Chinese name is too difficult for you to pronounce." Huang Guangfu said to Goncharova.

Goncharova took out the business card she had prepared and handed it to Mr. Huang Guangfu. The name printed on the card was Michelle, which was Goncharova’s name on the Cyprus passport and the green card she had just obtained in the United States. name.

"On behalf of Xiangyang Electronics in China, I want to see your company with my own eyes," Goncharova said.

The whole room was in chaos, with messy things piled up everywhere.Burgers and drinks are placed next to the keyboard, which is very different from the spotless appearance in domestic computer rooms.

"So how far has your technology progressed now?" Goncharova asked.

"On behalf of Mr. Wang Weidong, the chairman of Xiangyang Electronics, I would like to ask you what kind of technical solutions you have for solving the error correction capability of vcd machines?" Goncharova asked.

Huang Guangfu still shook his head.

To build an office building of tens of thousands of square meters in Beijing requires Wang Weidong to raise tens of millions of dollars.

"Miss Michelle, it seems that you don't know my company. For us, and of course for other companies in Silicon Valley that research audio and video compression decoding, designing VCD decoding chips is not a big deal. Our interest is not in this, because this technology will be eliminated soon! Now our company's main energy is not on designing chips for Xiangyang Electronics." Huang Guangfu said.

"No problem, it's all here!" Mr. Huang Guangfu waved his hand and said, pointing to twenty or thirty people sitting in front of the computer in the room.

Huang Guangfu shook his head.

Goncharova still did not give up and asked: "Give you 500 million US dollars, are you willing to sell this company?"

"What about 1000 million?" Goncharova asked.

Such questions are raised in every corner of Silicon Valley every day.

Those young people with long hair and even beards wearing T-shirts and jeans are more like the blind people and hooligans in China.

"The data stream that a VCD machine can provide is as thick as my little finger, while the data stream required by mpeg-2 is at least as thick as my arm. It is absolutely impossible to improve on the basis of a VCD machine to reach this standard, and it must be demolished Let’s start again! The amount of data carried by optical discs in the future will not be 3 m, but 4 gb, 5 gb or even [-] gb. This is the real research we are doing now!”

Huang Guangfu means to improve the error correction capability of the vcd machine by improving the servo circuit.

Goncharova didn't like to beat around the bush, she asked directly: "Mr. Mike, Mr. Wang Weidong entrusted me to consult with you, can your company be sold?"

"You should know that the resolution of vcd is only 352x240, but last year mpeg has proposed the mpeg-2 standard, and the resolution has been increased to 720x486, which is much better than the current vcd! This is what we are doing now What we are pursuing is technological progress!" Huang Guangfu continued.

In order to reduce the cost, those manufacturers who produce pirated discs use poor quality discs, which are prone to scratches, watermarks and bubbles, which creates great difficulties for the laser head to accurately obtain data independently.

"When I said $1000 million, I found that he hesitated a little bit. I think maybe if we bid higher, he would probably nod." Goncharova said.

"We have received the technical requirements from Xiangyang Electronics, and we have also proposed to find a technical solution, which is to change the servo circuit and improve the performance of the servo chip." Huang Guangfu said.

At the beginning, I also thought so, but after one or two months of research, we found that this is absolutely impossible on the VCD machine. "Huang Guangfu replied.

Hearing Goncharova's question, Huang Guangfu looked calm.

He showed Goncharova his little finger.

"But now I can't afford that much money at all." Wang Weidong said looking at the sun outside the window.

The servo circuit is very important in the vcd machine, it enables the laser head to accurately read the audio and video information on the disc.

In the evening, Goncharova called and told Wang Weidong about the incident.

"So, can VCDs in the future play videos with much higher definition than now?" Goncharova asked.

"You can talk to Mr. Huang Guangfu, and hope that they have a technical team responsible for researching Xiangyang Electronics chips. At the same time, you are looking at the situation of other companies similar to otI in Silicon Valley." Wang Weidong said.

Goncharova could only leave disappointed.

After selling the company, many people get a sum of money and then set up a company, or just go straight and be happy.

The richer you are, the more you feel that you are short of money, and the lack is not just a little bit.

Speaking of this, Huang Guangfu looked excited.

Wang Weidong felt that it would not be difficult to raise the money, but it is impossible for him to raise tens of millions of dollars to acquire an American company.

"This kind of research can only be carried out step by step. For example, the next batch of servo chips we provide to Xiangyang Electronics will be improved to a certain extent, and the servo chips provided to Xiangyang Electronics will be further improved in a few months." Huang Guang replied. road.

Goncharova felt that she got to a very important point.

"Yes, but recently I want to leave the United States and go to Europe for a while, for example to Germany." Goncharova said.

"Going to Europe? Aren't you afraid of being recognized?" Wang Weidong said.

"It's okay, they don't recognize me now." Goncharova said confidently.

Putting down the phone, Goncharova looked at the face in the mirror.Her current face is much thinner and more beautiful than before, which is the result of Goncharova's tooth shape and cheekbones.

(End of this chapter)