Chicago 1990

I have picked a few more pleasing to the eye, adding about one million more funds for a+ venture capital. Even giants like Comcast will be immersed in wired broadband infrastructure next year. What else do they have to worry about? The hardware manufacturers will have a better life.

Even if startups are risky and have a low success rate, as long as these 11 million venture capitals can incubate not to mention Netscape, listed companies like dts will not lose money.

"Director Jiang promised to help the team with the signing of the team. He said that he had just received a loan from the local government and continued to concentrate on making VCD machines. Next year, he will upgrade the production line and expand the manufacturing scale to meet competition."

"After palm was acquired by the U.S. Robotics Company, it was a pretty good time. The founding team, such as Jeffrey Hawkins, has a very stable R&D environment. His thoughts on making handheld computers have revived. Next year he plans to launch the next generation of pda products."

"Jim Clark took me to join a venture capital project, which is included in the 11 million, intends to make professional management software for the medical industry. He said this was promised to you, and he also asked me to remind you, next Month, that is, Netscape will have a big move in January next year."

Dr. Chen continued to report that the shares of the three companies managed by a+ venture capital are not high. Wanyan is 15%, palm is 5%, and Netscape is a little over 3%. They can only passively accept the actual controller of the company. Business decisions.

Now the only thing that can call the shots is 3dfx. After additional investment, a+ venture capital has become the largest shareholder of this 3d acceleration chip company, owning about 38% of the shares. Therefore, at the end of 1995, Highland The park held a dinner and he personally hosted the 3dfx founding trio accompanied by Dr. May and the newly recruited company president Ballard.

"Where are your bodyguards?" The head of the trio, Rose Smith, was very impressed with Tony and the silencer.

"Bodyguard? Oh, that's my cousin. They are on vacation in the Caribbean." Song Ya replied.

"Hehe, you can rest assured aplus, we have now begun to accept orders from graphics card manufacturers, the situation has changed, they need our voodoo chip, voodoo1."

The trio was shivering from the cold in the Chicago wind. Rose Smith sighed, raised the collar of his coat, retracted his neck, and kept moving his body to warm up and protest: "I said, we can get in the house. Are you talking here? Your dock is beautiful, but it's...it's a bit cold."

I deliberately, Song Ya was displeased with the three crooks, and touched the warm mink coat on her body, "Don't you appreciate the beauty of the Great Lakes?"

"Uh, okay." Rose Smith rushed to the pier. "The scenery is really good. There should be a yacht here. I heard that Mr. Jim Clark plans to spend hundreds of millions of yuan to build his dream sailboat. Three years."

"There used to be one, and I sent someone to drive to the Bahamas."

The boat was sent by Mariah Carey. It had already flown to the Bahamas through the well-developed inland river system in the United States. After the divorce, it belonged to her. Thinking that the two had quarreled several times for this yacht before, everything is just like yesterday, Song Yaxin Nei couldn't help but sigh.

"We intend to differentiate graphics card manufacturers into different cooperation levels, cooperation models, chip prices, and supply volumes, so that we can better control them."

Said Ballard, the president of 3dfx, who was trembling as the trio.

"Well, go in and talk about it in detail." He had no grudges against him, and Song Ya stopped the'punishment'.

"Yeah!" The trio happily ran to the villa, picking up snow on the ground and smashing them into snowballs.

"These guys..."

Although they are lying and have big mouths, these three people are really big boys with full-value technology nerds. Their childlike innocence makes Song Ya shook his head and smiled bitterly.If it’s not clear that these three guys are not so bad, don’t love money so much, and they won’t increase their capital for the second time. That time the trio also transferred a lot of the founder’s shares in their hands for the company, and paid at the same time. There is also company control.

They are somewhat similar to Palm’s Jeffrey Hawkins. The technical burden is the first. They don’t like tedious management affairs and put money second.

"In February of next year, our chip foundry tsmc will begin the official version of voodoo1 commercial chip tapeout. In March, we will start joint testing with cooperative graphics card manufacturers. The goods will be distributed in May and the official release will be at the end of May. Promotional activities and media advertising will also be synchronized. Proceeding. At present, there will be three of our highest-level partners, orchid, stb and Dimeng. They will participate in the test earlier and more deeply, produce the commercially available products earlier, and get more at cheaper wholesale prices. chip."

Entering the warm room, Ballard began to report formally, "The second level is innovative, Elsa..."

"Wait." Song Ya interrupted him, "Take innovation to the first level."

"Uh, aplus, this is linked to the size of the manufacturer's purchase. If they want to increase the level of cooperation, they should order more of our chips instead of..." Ballard said hesitantly.

"You are an inventory management expert, Ballard, I can understand your job."

Ballard is a senior manager hired through a headhunting company. He has done a good job so far. Song Ya said softly: "But you know, I have a good relationship with the two innovative bosses, and their boss Hu deliberately a few days ago. Called and asked me, I'm still the spokesperson of their Sound Blaster. Have you seen the commercials I made for them?"

"Of course, we are all users of their Sound Blaster."

Rose Smith took over, "It's easy to use, you smile brilliantly aplus on his outer packaging."

"Please allow me to discuss with them..." Ballard did not immediately agree, but took the trio and Dr. May aside for a short meeting, and then made a few more calls, "Well, yes. But we have to sign a supplementary agreement with Chuangxin. They have to keep a secret for this matter, otherwise, other partners will rebel and Chuangxin will also face our fines."

"We are an upstream company, and the last thing we want to see is that graphics card manufacturers challenge our authority."

Rose Smith said triumphantly: "Whoever is not honest we will be out of stock."

"Aren't you afraid that they will switch to other chip manufacturers?" Dr. Chen asked.

"At present, there is no competitor that can match the voodoo chip." Ballard said: "At least for the whole year of 1996, we will be in a very good seller's market."

"I just said that I believe we are right aplus, your investment will not be lost." Ross Smith laughed.

"Ok……"

Song Ya was satisfied, and continued to study the documents in his hand. Among the lower-level manufacturers, the name of Wanwan Enterprise appeared most frequently, probably accounting for more than half.Now it is a major manufacturing center for the global electronics and semiconductor industries, and even maintains a lead for Shilla, which is specifically supported by the United States to suppress the semiconductor industry.

Well done, he is also very satisfied, "Is there not a Chinese mainland company?" But it seems that no mainland company has been found.

"Our 3D accelerator card will be very expensive for unified pricing, and the consumption and manufacturing capacity of mainland China will not work." Rose Smith said.

"Oh." Song Yanunu said, putting down the file.

"Only one company has submitted an application." Ballard saw the boss's mind. "It seems to be called qdi. Yes, the Qdi manufacturing department under Lanof is mainly based on foundry."

"Since I have applied..." Song Ya hinted frantically.

"Ok, I will put them on our list of manufacturers."

Ballard nodded, "It's not difficult to make graphics cards. I'll let people provide them with some technical assistance, but it's still confidential."