Investment Life

Taking off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Yan Qiaosen rubbed his sore eyes. For chip engineers, complex circuit design diagrams are always the enemy of eyesight, not to mention the damage to the eyes caused by the flickering fluorescent screen. Mapping is more worry-free.

But the personal computer is really a good thing.Under the joint action of several giants, today's Silicon Valley finally got rid of the continuous decline since the 80s. The decline of Fairchild is now a passing cloud, and the terrible stock market crash in the past two years has also had an impact on Nasdaq. Although it has not yet reached the glory of its heyday, Silicon Valley has indeed become more dynamic in the past two years than in the last decade.

Compared with the MPEG chip developed by myself, all kinds of computer-related hardware and software are the most popular things nowadays, just like the Windows 3.0 system just launched by Microsoft. For those non-professionals, the operation of Windows is undoubtedly simpler and faster, and it also opens the door for the promotion of personal computers.

Now that two years have passed, Microsoft seems to be heading towards becoming the next IBM empire with full confidence. The small box of personal computers is becoming more and more like the king of the future. In contrast, its own company has not even been listed yet, lacking in reality In the direction of production, his MPEG chip has never been able to exert its due strength.However, compared to the anxiety a few months ago, Yan Qiaosen feels that he has calmed down a lot recently. The VCD disc format has applied for a patent in the United States, and the development of the VCD player has also entered the final finishing stage. With the support of new investors, Everything went much smoother than expected.

Thinking of that young partner, Yan Qiaosen supported his forehead with the hand holding his glasses, and couldn't help but get distracted.Since he applied for the visa three months ago, Chen Yuanming has never shown himself by his side. The only few phone calls were to ask about the progress of VCD, or to ask some related questions about Silicon Valley.This new rich man who grew up from the Chinese stock market seems to only stay at the profit level for technology, and his knowledge of Silicon Valley is even blank. Compared with this small valley, he is obviously more obsessed with the "Golden East Coast" .

It's just that the last few phone calls made him a little uncertain.It seems that overnight, Chen Yuanming became familiar with the operation mode of Silicon Valley, from the original rough to the stupid questions without thinking, and became very targeted.This huge transformation is amazing for someone who has never touched a computer before.

But after these questions, where is the boy's real intention?Ever since his partner Meng Lisheng talked about the two machines, Professor Yan had a unique impression of Chen Yuanming. This is not a person who only sees his feet, like a cunning and changeable chess master. The move may not be seen in the short term, but it may not become a killer move in the future. The VCD player may just be his starting point.

Therefore, Yan Qiaosen was particularly concerned about the questions Chen Yuanming asked recently.Through his networking in Silicon Valley, he really spent a lot of effort trying to find the small companies and technical personnel that the other party needed.It's just that the questions he asked were inevitably a bit weird, such as universal interfaces for personal computers, and software developers with outstanding compatibility, all of which are the unpopular among the current unpopular ones.In this era when computer models belong to various companies and operating systems are basically incompatible, is it too advanced to find these?

After thinking about it for a long time, Yan Qiaosen still couldn't come up with a reasonable answer. He sighed, put on his glasses again, and prepared to return to the design drawing.After all, he is just a chip engineer. This kind of wrestling between big companies is really not his forte, so let professionals consider it.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to proceed with the next experiment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the workshop, and his little blonde curly-haired assistant rushed in recklessly.

"Professor, there is a young man looking for you, saying that he is your important partner, and he is of Asian descent."

young people?Partner?Yan Qiaosen stood up from the chair abruptly, almost knocking over the electric soldering iron on one side.Could it be Chen Yuanming!No, wasn't he still in Manhattan two days ago?

"Where is the other person? Take me there!"

Walking out of the workshop quickly, Yan Qiaosen ran towards the reception room.The visitor was too sudden, could something have happened?However, when he hurried to the door, he saw the person in the room walking towards him slowly, with a very relaxed smile on his young face, this smile instantly calmed Professor Yan down, his footsteps paused slightly, Gathering his mind, he greeted him with a smile.

"Long time no see, Yuanming." Yan Qiaosen shook the other's right hand vigorously, "Why didn't you make a fortune on Wall Street, instead ran to the West Coast."

"After finishing the business on Wall Street, come and have a look." Smiling and shaking her hand, Chen Yuanming could not find a trace of reluctance in his expression.

Finished?Just give up Wall Street where money never sleeps so easily?But judging by his expression, it doesn't look like he lost money...

Noticing the puzzled expression on Professor Yan's face, Chen Yuanming smiled and let go of his hand first, "At present, my assets have been handed over to hedge funds to take care of them, so I don't have to worry about things over there in a short time."

This time, Yan Qiaosen was even more surprised. In just a few months, he was able to join a private equity-based hedge fund?Almost everyone knew about the sale of Soros last year, and there were countless rich men who wanted to make money from speculation. However, there were only a limited number of reliable and well-known hedge funds, and not everyone could get in. How could he be so easy? Mixed in?However, the surprise was all the surprise, and Professor Yan came to his senses in a blink of an eye. In fact, where the other party invested his money and how much he earned had nothing to do with him. The partnership in the VCD business was the most important thing between them.

Thinking of this, Yan Qiaosen also smiled heartily, "That would be great. How can you not see the scenery of Silicon Valley when you come to the United States. Since you are also interested in this place, you should actually check it out."

This was indeed Chen Yuanming's original intention, and he nodded with a smile, "That's right, hearing is believing, seeing is believing."

In fact, compared to Wall Street, the Silicon Valley in front of him is even more unfamiliar to Chen Yuanming.All his knowledge about computers comes from his experience selling computers in Zhongguancun in his previous life. Except for some big-name memory manufacturers, motherboard models, and the most basic pirated tool disks, he is almost completely unfamiliar with the development history of the entire electronics industry.However, from another channel, he is not completely at a loss, because what he witnessed was the era of personal computer industry entering maturity, from DOS for all people to Win95 pirated disks flying all over the world, from floppy disks for storing data to 16x speed DVD-ROMs, Those things that people take for granted in later generations have either just appeared or have not yet been born. From this perspective, he really cannot be said to be ignorant.

However, with such an idea, he was really surprised when he came to the United States.In those various periodicals and newspapers, he saw a different look of Silicon Valley in the United States.The rudiments of handwriting portable computers have appeared, and CD-ROM drives have gradually encroached on the territory of floppy drives. Although the classic Win95 has not yet appeared in the Windows system, version 3.0 is already very similar to the common Windows in later generations. The C language has established standards and is advancing towards popularization. Even he once coveted Cisco, and now he has established the world's first network connected by thousands of routers in a grand manner, and the prototype of the Internet has been quietly established.

This is 1993! !Today's Silicon Valley is completely different from the wilderness in China. Except for a very few things he knows that have not yet appeared, the electronics industry in this era already has the potential to skyrocket. Son, now he already has the figure of a giant.And the ideas he once speculated, such as buying a large number of Cisco shares, getting involved in Sun Corporation before the birth of Java, or relying on VCD to seize the optical drive market, are all ridiculous delusions.This year, Sun has already entered the top 500 companies in the world. Even if the Java language has not yet appeared, is it possible that he can leverage such a behemoth with his meager financial resources?

After realizing his stupidity and arrogance, Chen Yuanming calmed down and began to study everything related to Silicon Valley seriously. Computer publications such as "Computer Weekly" and "Information World" have become essential for his desk. Combined with comprehensive financial newspapers such as "New York Journal" and "Wall Street Journal", a more real Silicon Valley appeared in front of him.This is a treasure land that has not yet entered the heyday of venture capital. Although there are many giants and malicious mergers and acquisitions everywhere, fresh ideas burst out every day and every time point, just like the MPEG chip. Before no one found it, it was just a It's only worth 2 square meters of booth, and wait for someone to find it and develop it?This is a huge gold mine worth hundreds of billions.

For this world, the deeper you get in touch with it, the more you can feel its hidden charm. Since this is Silicon Valley, it is a pure land with enough Chinese power to lead one side. If it can be used as a technological outpost to send advanced blood to the country , What interesting changes will take place?

With this in mind, Chen Yuanming stepped into this land. In his opinion, Silicon Valley is far more important than Wall Street. As long as he has enough money, he can get everything he really wants.But now, all he needs is a door brick.

Faced with Chen Yuanming's somewhat complacent smile, Yan Qiaosen was in a daze.It's only been three months since we last saw each other, and this teenager seems to have undergone some kind of metamorphosis.It's not just that his figure has become stronger and can hold formal clothes, it's not just that he got rid of the simple dressing style in China, and started to trim his hair and dress up quietly, showing a full Wall Street style, let alone the kind brought by the bodyguard behind him. Silent oppression.It was a change from the inside to the outside. It seemed that he had a clearer path in his heart and was advancing steadily at an indescribable pace.

This change is subtle, but also amazing. As a partner, Yan Qiaosen gradually has a similar sense of certainty. As an ally on the same front, there is nothing more wonderful than this.

Feeling this wonderful psychological reaction, Yan Qiaosen shook his head with a little emotion, "Then what about after watching it? Do you have any plans in Silicon Valley?"

"Of course." Facing his partners, Chen Yuanming didn't mean to hide anything, "This may be my base camp in the future. Compared with traditional securities companies and investment banks, I'm still more interested in those emerging things, such as private equity funds, Like Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley..."

"Shashan Road?" Yan Qiaosen asked back in surprise, "Are you really planning to enter the venture capital world?"

"Since there is a successful first time, why not continue it?" Chen Yuanming asked with a slight smile.

The author has something to say: Fairchild, once the world's largest, most innovative and most exciting semiconductor manufacturer, laid a solid foundation for the growth of Silicon Valley and gave birth to thousands of people in Silicon Valley. technical and management talents. It was acquired by French capital in 1979.

Macintosh computer, Macintosh, referred to as Mac, commonly known as Mac in Hong Kong, and also known as Macintosh or Macintosh in mainland China, Windows, Windows system, this needs no explanation, right? Windows version 1990 appeared in 3.0, but the most famous one in China is probably Win95=w=

Cisco Systems, Inc., referred to as Cisco or Cisco, was formally established in December 1984 and is a leading provider of Internet solutions. Its equipment and software products are mainly used to connect computer network systems, headquartered in California, USA San Jose.

太阳公司（SunMicrosystems）创建于1982年，主要产品是工作站及服务器。1992年推出了市场上第一台多处理器台式机SPARCstation10system，并于次年进入财富500强。Java是由SunMicrosystems公司于1995年5月推出的Java面向对象程序设计语言（以下简称Java语言）和Java平台的总称。

Sand Hill Road, a common place name in Silicon Valley.However, this VC street named "SandHill Road" has become a symbol of the world, and it is called "West Coast Wall Street". Not too much.

Just as Wall Street in the United States is synonymous with the financial industry, Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley is synonymous with venture capital companies (referred to as venture capital); but unlike Wall Street investment banks, Wall Street investment banks invest mostly in financial and traditional industries. Most of the investment companies invest in high-tech enterprises.Therefore, it has become a holy place for entrepreneurs.