Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 873
When he was at Princeton University, Qin Haoran read the very best-selling "Silicon Valley Fever" at that time. This book introduced "Fairchild Semiconductor" in detail, calling it the cradle of talents in Silicon Valley. About 80.00% of the semiconductor field talents in all companies have worked in "Fairchild Semiconductor".

At the same time, "Fairchild Semiconductor Company" is also the company with the most serious brain drain, and it is almost impossible to retain talents.

If Qin Haoran remembers correctly, under the leadership of Robert Noyce, the turnover of "Fairchild Semiconductor Company" once reached 60 million US dollars in the [-]s.It's just that the loss of talents and mismanagement made its performance continue to decline, and in the end it had to be sold. At that time, Robert Noyce had already left "Fairy Boy" and founded Intel Corporation.

But now, it can be said that Noyce's life is at its lowest point, but for Qin Haoran, it is precisely the best time.

"Noyce, since you are unhappy in 'Fairy Boy', why don't you leave? With your talent, after leaving 'Fairy Boy', you should be able to get a bigger and wider stage right away." Qin Haoran said to Noyce asked.

But Noyce shook his head and said: "The reality is not as good as you imagined, Mr. Qin. I don't want to be just a technician who is inferior to others, then there is not much freedom at all, and it is impossible to do whatever you want Do the research that I like. Now that I am in Fairchild, besides funding, at least I can decide which research and development work to do. If I leave Fairchild and cannot have autonomy, then at most Just a great technician."

Qin Haoran also understands Noyce's opinion, which is also the wish of many technical talents.Many technical talents in the company can only do R&D work in the direction required by their bosses. Many times they cannot follow their own wishes, and they cannot maximize their talents.

After a pause, Noyce said again: "On the other hand, if I start a company by myself, I will lack funds myself."

"Noyce, according to your own thinking, you want to leave 'Fairy Boy'?" Qin Haoran laughed.

Noyce hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, the current 'Fairyboy' is no longer the original 'Fairyboy', let alone me, Claire and the others would have wanted to leave a long time ago, if not I tried my best to keep them, but now they have been stolen by other companies."

Qin Haoran knew that the "eight rebels" headed by Noyce were not ordinary characters. Apart from their extremely excellent technology research and development capabilities, they were also outstanding business leaders.Among them, Charles Spock and Jerry Sanders are the most powerful.The former led National Semiconductor to become the sixth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, and the latter is the founder of the only "AMD" company that can compete with Intel in the future.

(The description of the founders of National Semiconductor and AMD in the previous article is incorrect. The leader of National Semiconductor is Charles Spock from the "Eight Rebels", and the latter is Jerry Sanders. Amendment here .)
Now Charles Spock and Jerry Sanders are still in the "Fairchild Semiconductor Company", Noyce, as their big brother, tried his best to keep them.However, if the original history develops according to the original history, neither Charles Spock nor Jerry Sanders will stay for long.

"Noyce, if, I mean, if I provide you with funds to start a new company and let you serve as the CEO of this company, what do you think?" Qin Haoran asked with a smile .

Noyce widened his eyes and looked at Qin Haoran when he heard the words, as if he couldn't believe Qin Haoran's words, then he calmed down and shook his head, saying: "No, no, that fellow Fairchild invested in the same thing back then. We, but now we also don't have most of the freedom of decision-making, and I don't want to live like this again."

Qin Haoran shook his head, and said with a smile: "No, no, no, I will invest in you, except that I want to hold 50.00% of the controlling stake, other things are up to you, what project research and development work you want, and The specific sales are all done by you, and I am only responsible for waiting for the dividends every year."

After a pause, Qin Haoran said again: "Of course, I am also a businessman, and all my investments are for profit. If I invest in the company you established and there is no profit within three years, I will They will intervene in the company's sales affairs to ensure the company's profitability."

"Mr. Qin, are you kidding me?" Noyce said in surprise.

Because the conditions offered by Qin Haoran are much more generous than any other company.Just like today's "Fairchild Semiconductor Company", although Noyce is also in charge of R&D and sales, he is still subject to the constraints of the parent company, especially the general manager of the "Fairchild" Group, who has the authority to mobilize funds and can Call "Fairchild Semiconductor" funds at any time.

It is precisely because the general manager of the "Fairchild" Group transferred the profits of "Fairchild Semiconductor Company" to other companies, and even used the profits of "Fairchild Semiconductor Company" to fill the losses of other companies, so that Noyce and the others The inability to use these funds to invest in more technology research and development and sales expansion made Noyce feel unfair.

Qin Haoran said with a smile: "In this newly established company, you have the right to freely control the profits you get every year. However, except for your respective salaries and share dividends, the rest of the profits must be invested When it comes to the company's project development and sales, you can't embezzle public funds. In addition, if necessary, the share dividends that belong to me can also be invested in the projects you want to develop. "

"Mr. Qin, is what you said true?" Noyce said in surprise.

However, although Noyce was pleasantly surprised, he did not completely lose his mind, because Qin Haoran's behavior was too weird, and it was completely beneficial to Noyce and the others, and Qin Haoran had almost nothing.

Of course he doesn't know how high Qin Haoran's expectations are for Intel Corporation and "AMD". Compared with the current investment, if Qin Haoran can seize Intel Corporation and "AMD", the future returns will be really promising. It's unimaginable.

But Noyce naturally doesn't know how big his "potential" is, so Qin Haoran's investment behavior that "doesn't ask for anything in return" seems to Noyce to be a piece of cake from the sky.

"Of course, I will send special financial personnel to supervise and verify the company's whereabouts of funds and financial status." Qin Haoran said with a smile.

"No problem, no problem. If you really want to make such an investment, Mr. Qin, we will be able to do research work freely." Noyce smiled excitedly: "What we are most afraid of is the kind of pretending to understand The guys are telling us what to do, those nasty upstarts!"

People like Noyce like money and wealth, but what they value and admire more is their own freedom.This is a sad paradox for many scientists who want to do the research they love, but which often requires a lot of money, and without sufficient financial assistance, the research simply cannot be done.The vast majority of investments are for profit purposes, which has led to the fact that scientists need to follow the wishes of investors in order to continue to receive financial support.

Noyce and the others just hate this model, so they want to start their own company.

"Mr. Qin, how much do you plan to invest?" Noyce asked Qin Haoran.

Qin Haoran touched his chin, and then said: "Let's invest 1000 million US dollars in the early stage, except for my 50.00% of the shares, and the other shares can be distributed to you. In the future, I will add more depending on the development of the company." Invest, what do you think?"

"That's great!" Noyce said excitedly. Although the turnover of "Fairchild Semiconductor Company" is now hundreds of millions of dollars, after deducting costs, the profit is only about 3000 to [-] million dollars. The most important thing is , This is not Noyce's own money, and these profits have been transferred by the parent company.

And if Qin Haoran invested 1000 million US dollars, it would be enough for Noyce and the others to establish another company outside, including the necessary production equipment and technical research equipment.

"Mr. Qin, can I ask, do you have American citizenship?" Noyce asked Qin Haoran.

Qin Haoran shook his head slightly: "No, but this will not affect our cooperative relationship, unless you discriminate against us Chinese."

Noyce quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "To be honest, I still admire that Mr. Mao in your China. He was able to save a nation that was on the verge of destruction, so I don't discriminate against you China at all. the meaning of."

Qin Haoran smiled and said: "That's right, in fact, I don't have to use my own name to invest in this company, I also have many friends in the United States, so Noyce, you don't have to worry about the company's investment." Regarding the above issues, what you need to worry about and pay attention to is only product development and product sales. As long as there is no major crisis in the company, I will definitely not intervene in the company's affairs. "

Noyce agreed with these words, and he smiled at Qin Haoran: "Mr. Qin, without further ado, when will you be able to secure the funds for this investment?"

"I'm afraid we need to prepare, after all, this is not a small sum." Qin Haoran laughed.

"Of course, of course, then I will wait for your good news, Mr. Qin." Noyce said with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)