Chicago 1990

3DFX is the delicious poison. Once released, its powerful performance instantly detonated the global technology and gaming circles. It seems that everyone is proud of owning a Voodoo graphics card, but this thing must work with Intel’s new Pentium processor with MMX instruction set, and other Only a high-end 2D graphics card can give full play to its full performance. The price of the main body is only $399. Even a hardcore player will feel so painful to cry if you save a complete set of PC.

In comparison, Sony’s PS game console is only 299 and often discounted!

Song Ya wanted to cry even more. The financial media who didn't know the inside information used what'venture genius','unique eye','ununderstood lone investor',' is not just as simple as the fly pig', he funded the 3D revolution!''Who was deceived now?'One after another, they issued post-mortem manuscripts, apologizing and flattering in all kinds of nasty language. People who didn't know thought they had bought soft articles!

"But I was really cheated!"

The self-proclaimed connoisseurs have never judged it right. At present, 3DFX has burned out 20 million in financing and 10 million in loans. Voodoo chips have indeed begun to make money, but the scale of profit is not enough to support the next generation of product development. There are countless companies. In the graphics card field where large and small companies compete, the lead will only be temporary.

"ATI will soon launch similar products, which is not far behind us."

"Hey, the bank refuses to lend anymore. They say that our fixed assets are close to insolvency, unless you help guarantee it..."

"It doesn't matter, both Carmack and EA are willing to join a new round of financing, and our product convinced them."

"Jim Clark? No, he withdrew his previous intentions, saying that it would be difficult to make hardware..."

The boss of the trio, Rose, sitting across the conference table, dodges Song Ya’s furious throwing attack with a smiley face, pens, bow ties, pocket squares, and cufflinks. He just finished the task of the best man at the wedding, and smashed everything he could get with his hand. past.

"Don't, don't..."

Seeing him picking up the glass, the others waved their hands and pulled their arms. "APLUS, don’t be so angry. Except for the lack of funds, our situation is much better than before. It can be said that we are driving on the right track. We are already a mature chip design company with stable profitability." 3DFX President Ballard persuaded.

"Except! It's! Lack! Capital! Gold!?" Song Ya was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

"There is no way. The main reason is dragged down by the price of EDO memory. I heard that Micron is trying to use ASML's stepper lithography machine PAS5500 to eliminate Nikon and Canon equipment. If it succeeds, the cost of memory manufacturing will be greatly reduced."

Ballard said, "According to the user pain points we investigated, we plan to produce a new graphics card with integrated 3D and 2D chips, temporarily named Voodoo Rush, which can save users some purchase costs, and the situation will improve. Next year, our Voodoo 2 will be more powerful."

"I heard? What if?"

Song Ya rolled his eyes, "I feel like you are all co-authoring and lie to me! You and the three of them are in the same way, Ballard."

"We are making history, APLUS." Ross said.

"Use my money to create history." Song Ya glared at him, "How much money do we need to burn before launching the next generation of products?"

"One more thirty million."

Song Ya finally threw the glass in his hand.

"boss……"

Linda heard the movement and pushed the door in, and looked at the group of people who were staring at the shards of glass on the ground. "Is there time? MJ just released a new MV, which caused a lot of controversy."

"I care about him, don't bother me with such things."

Song Ya is not in the mood to care about this, "I definitely can't afford to pay 30 million, and I won't pay. Also, just now the second largest investor in 3DFX called me to inform me that they have united some minority shareholders and they want to hold an emergency shareholder The conference also appointed an accounting company to check the accounts. Now Voodoo graphics cards are so hot that they are told that not only can they not receive the investment, but even the capital chain is about to break, no one will believe it? They all thought I was about to make a fortune!"

"Then take the money from Carmack and EA. They are experts, which shows that we are more optimistic. Then we will accept some Wall Street funds and start the listing process."

Ballard’s idea should have been settled long ago, “It’s in our interest to bind to the game company more deeply, and we have already proven our strength, and we will be optimistic about the capital market in the future. We will raise these two sums of money. During a difficult period, our future is still bright, and you will definitely make a fortune in APLUS."

"How much did Carmack and EA bid? How about Wall Street?" Song Ya asked.

Ballard glanced at the trio and reported several financing conditions that were almost robbery.

"No, how much do I need to burn in the next quarter?"

Are you someone who will be robbed?Song Ya Song Ya looked at Dr. Mei, who was in charge of supervising 3DFX, and after nodding to confirm, he picked up the landline microphone in front of him and dialed a number.

"If the price of memory does not drop, combined with the current sales situation... well, at least ten million is needed," Ballard said.

"O'Grady, it's me, APLUS. I need your Northern Trust to raise a sum of money for my company. Well, about 10 million yuan, the company's business situation... is not very good-looking, otherwise I will not ask you for help. Come on! I am your big customer, the biggest one, right? Don’t just say no when I need your help..."

According to Sloan's theory of money owners, politicians will not feel distressed when using taxpayers' money. Isn't it the same for senior bank managers?Song Ya is a person who knows how to draw inferences by analogy, "Northern Trust should be able to help settle a loan of about 5 million yuan, so you can talk about it for a while."

The trio cheered.

Pretending to be hip-hop gangs is getting more and more difficult, Song Ya is almost out of action against them, can't really beat them up, right?It is estimated that the trio has gradually figured out this point, "One and a half, if the situation does not get better after a month, you know my temper. Then you can continue talking with potential investors such as Carmack, but tell them, I don’t Accept the robbery."

Of course, it is necessary to continue to intimidate.

"That's it." Song Ya walked out of the meeting room, "Linda, what did you just say?"

"MJ's new MV."

"Well, let's go and see." Pushing open the door of her office, Mira, who was half lying on the chair of the president and boss of A+ Records, stared blankly. "The meeting is over?" She yawned.

"Haha, why did you come here? Do you need to continue to rest? If you don't need it, that's right, let's watch MJ's new MV together."

Song Ya went to hug Mila and put it on her lap, asking Linda to turn on the TV.

Skin head, dead head

Skinhead party

Everybody gone bad

Not a good thing

,

See the wind to make the rudder, opportunistic

Everybody

All of them are making groundless accusations

In the suit, on the news

In litigation, in the news

Everybody dog ​​food

Full of shameless lies

Bang bang, shot dead

Ping pong pong, shot dead

Everybody gone mad

People go crazy

All I wanna say is that

All i want to say is

They dont really care about us

No one really cares about us!

The MV comes from the controversial single they dont care about us in MJ's new album last year. It is the one with a word that discriminates against the Jews. This time the MV is even more than the scene. In 1992, Rodney King was beaten by police officers, which led to the Los Angeles incident, and the words and phrases protested by the Jewish people remained unchanged.

"The King of Pop can still create topicality."

Song Ya watched the screen with a grin of MJ, who was full of controversy about the 1993 case: "But is this really good? The scars will be revealed after four years? Does he want to be in the key election year for the Donkey Party? Inciting the basic black group of the Donkey Party to make trouble? Isn't it? In 1992, the Elephant Party was in the world. Now the times have changed..."

"It's really irrational. The MV was scolded by the mainstream media as soon as it was released. Some Jewish groups petitioned to ban the MV," Linda said.

"Ok."

MJ's influence is indeed great. Song Ya has read an article on Quan Music website. His family summarized the ranking data of various music and entertainment media in the first half of this year. MJ is still undoubtedly the most popular singer in the country. Wang Garth Brooks ranked second, Madonna third, but there is a Flop trend, and will be surpassed by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in some rankings.

Occasionally, I would appear in the five to ten areas of the list with the fast-running country queen Shania Twain, metal band, Bon Jovi, Gun Flower band, Elton John and Boyz II man.

Expanding to the world, MJ is still the first and Madonna is second. Rock stars have surpassed Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, and their rankings have collapsed along with other country singers.

No way, hip-hop and country music are still not out of the circle, and I am in a better position than country singers, because Ai Se Eu Te Pego's saliva song is more popular among Latin-speaking audiences.

"The topic is spreading extremely fast, and it is likely to cause this song to hit your Earned It's B chart ranking." Linda asked, "Do we need to do something? Uh, I mean you ran and announced this week. , Make some news?"

"Regardless of him, go out, go out."

Song Ya is less and less concerned about the B list. Maybe his status has been reached. Maybe his Chicago conference joint ranking model has gradually failed after the B list changed the statistical algorithm. The cost-effectiveness of the list is becoming less and less cost-effective. "All I wanna say is that, They dont really care about us......" He hummed MJ's song to the big white girl.

(End of this chapter)