Go back to 1990 to start a business

After watching the TV interview, Xia Chuan turned around and said, "Sister Anna, no matter who comes, you must tell me. Even if I am receiving guests, you must tell me immediately."

Anna understood that he was waiting for someone, probably the chip company he wanted to acquire. She immediately went to the door to tell the bodyguard.

Shiyun looked at her younger brother with unabashed admiration. When he did things seriously, he had a calm and relaxed attitude. It was difficult to overlap with the younger brother who specialized in comedy. But the more he looked like this, the more valuable she felt. People are intoxicated.

Anna came back and sat down, but asked: "Why didn't you just say who you were waiting for?"

Xia Chuan laughed: "I will wait for whoever has the talent. Oh, I forgot to tell you that I have reached an agreement with Valentine to set up a high-tech company and acquire Sun Yansheng's chip company. Valentine will get it. But we We don’t have one acquisition target, we also need all kinds of talents. Whoever can come to us must at least have the sense of smell, ambition and execution ability.”

Only then did the three of them understand why Xia Chuan and Valentine were laughing so ambiguously. They were in a complicit relationship.

Anna thought carefully about Xia Chuan's words and felt that they made perfect sense. This method of selecting talents may have missed too many talents, but those people did not have a strong desire to follow Xia Chuan, so what if they were missed?

Just then, the bodyguard walked in and said:

"Boss, a man named Sun Yansheng is here to visit you."

Four people stay together, isn't Valentine's efficiency too high?

"Invite him in." Xia Chuan immediately ordered, and then said to Shiyun and others: "Sit down and don't move."

The three people immediately understood that they should not give this person special treatment and expose Xia Chuan's acquisition intention.

Soon a tall and thin man walked in, aged between 40 and [-] years old, wearing a dark suit, with the collar casually open, and a slicked back hairline. His receding hairline showed signs of excessive mental work. His eyes were deep and calm, and he had a smile on his face. , looks very graceful.

Xia Chuan politely stood up and shook hands: "Hello, please sit down."

Sun Yansheng felt a little embarrassed. They were neither rude nor welcoming, especially when the other three people didn't move. On the contrary, Xia Chuan received him very politely, which obviously meant that if you have anything to say, say it quickly.

After he sat down, he abandoned all polite greetings. People didn't want to hear anything about admiration and admiration.

"I watched the news interview on TV and knew that Boss Xia was here. At the same time, I knew that Boss Xia had a technology company in Yanjing that was preparing to develop and produce VCDs. If I guessed correctly, Boss Xia came to Silicon Valley to solve the problem of decoding chips. question, right?”

The four of them were secretly shocked. The technology company had exposed too much.

Xia Chuan smiled and said: "Yansheng, just call me Xia Chuan. I'm surprised that you found me just after the TV interview was finished. How did you find me?"

Sun Yansheng knew that he had guessed correctly and said with a smile: "I didn't finish reading at all. When I saw you coming, I called Valentin and asked him because I knew that Valentin was a shareholder of Yikon. He said you were at Hilton. I immediately called Valentin." Rush here."

Anna and the others immediately admired him, not Sun Yansheng, but Xia Chuan.Those who can indeed be found have clear ideas, super strong execution ability, and super fast responses, especially the first ones found, they are definitely talents.

"That's right. I'm here for the decoding chip. So it seems that your company is engaged in the research and development of audio-visual technology?" Xia Chuan asked calmly with a smile.

"Yes, my company is called C-Cube, and it has a video decompression patent that can compress video onto a chip. I think if you want to make a VCD, I'm afraid it's the same idea, compressing the video onto a disc. If so, Then we have a basis for cooperation." Sun Yansheng said bluntly.

Xia Chuan smiled and said: "Yes, we have the basis for cooperation. What is the market value of your company?"

"It shouldn't be listed." Sun Yansheng was a little embarrassed. Xia Chuan would probably be disappointed. They invested [-] million US dollars in a technology subsidiary, and he was not qualified to cooperate.

But Xia Chuan just asked calmly: "Is there a valuation?"

Sun Yansheng suddenly realized that he had misunderstood, and said quickly: "I can't let you buy it."

Xia Chuan spread his hands: "Then what is the basis for cooperation? I cooperate with you to develop decoding chips, but you are not under my control. What should I do if the technology overflows?"

Sun Yansheng was secretly shocked. Xia Chuan knew so much about high-tech companies. The term "technology overflow" was not something that a layman could say.

"We can sign a contract and the decoding chips we develop will only be supplied to your company. You should believe that everyone in Silicon Valley has the spirit of contract. This is business ethics that cannot be violated."

Xia Chuan smiled and said with a hint of sarcasm: "When I open the global market and your chips are upgraded, they will be able to overflow, right? You are trying to trick me to death."

Sun Yansheng suddenly felt embarrassed.

Historically, Jiang Wanmeng, as the inventor of VCD, did not enjoy any benefits brought by the popularity of VCD. Instead, he lost everything and died on this business contract.

At that time, Jiang Wanmeng made two mistakes.

The first is that he did not apply for a VCD patent. Until 30 years later, few people could understand this and only regarded him as a fool.

How can this kind of thing not be patented?You invest so much in R&D and marketing, and you have done everything well, but countless VCD manufacturers rush to imitate them, such as Aiduo, BBK, Xinke and many other brands, but there is no market for Wanyan. Because of its low cost and handmade workshop style, the old lady in the countryside would go home after digging the vegetable field and assemble the VCD. The whole family, young and old, would work together, without the need for research and development or marketing, and they would directly make Wanyan yellow.

The second mistake was to sign this business contract, thinking that it would ensure that the technology would not overflow.

In fact, how could Jiang Wanmeng be a fool?You deal with patents every day, but don’t know how to apply for a patent?

There are so many latecomers, each with hundreds of patents, but he doesn’t have any?

Are there really such idiots?

That is impossible.

The problem lies in the source of his funds, which are state-owned. Does he dare to explain?I can only admit that I am a fool.

It is destined that the state-owned tycoon cannot share patents with Sun Yansheng. If they cannot reach an agreement, they will not grant patents, not even one, no matter how much research and development they do.

But Jiang Wanmeng couldn't get the patent for VCD, but Sun Yansheng was able to get the patent for the decoding chip in the United States. As a result, he was the biggest winner. He supplied all the decoding chips in the world by himself, and anyone who wanted to sell them could buy them. Sell.

Xia Chuan will not make this mistake in this life. He has figured out the distribution of benefits clearly. Ran Hong will definitely get the patent and will not allow other companies to imitate it, otherwise he will be killed without mercy.Whether or not to protect a patent is all about profit.

Moreover, Sun Yansheng's decoding chip must also be controlled and must not be allowed to overflow through upgrades.

This is a difficult problem.They have patents.