Chapter 512 Fishing in Troubled Waters
Of course there are ways to cash out Feiyan Technology’s investment, but if it delays Feiyan Technology’s plan to go public, it will be a small gain.
As long as Feiyan Technology is listed on the market, as long as the hype is right, how many small target dollars can't be cashed out?
After Feiyan Technology goes public, it is not too convenient to speculate. If an influential podcast creator like the next Joely Kings is concocted on the Himalayan platform, the stock price will soar. cut.
This is just like a record company. Every time it signs a well-known singer, the stock price can skyrocket. When a film and television company has a hit movie or TV series, the stock price can double.
Even when there is no market on the stock exchange, a Black Myth Wukong game can form a concept stock, which game publisher, game peripherals, game co-branded custom fonts, co-branded coffee, game custom graphics card, game playing A large number of concept stocks such as game controllers and game supply TVs are ushering in a carnival. In fact, they are all the same routine.
Moreover, the market value of these companies due to the skyrocketing stock prices, as long as part of it is cashed out, can far exceed the revenue generated by a movie or game. The Black Myth game was launched for two days, and pre-sales plus sales can exceed Two hundred million US dollars, but hyping game concept stocks can bring more than ten times the income!
This is also the reason why so many companies are desperately trying to go public, because they can really cut leeks!
Hearing this, Larson couldn't help but look towards Li Dongling, secretly shocked that he could make a person give up the more than 300 million US dollars that he could cash out on Feiyan Technology this time. After that, he wanted to invest in Feiyan Technology What Feiyan Technology gets from it is probably far more than this dollar amount. This is a sure thing. Only by taking a long-term approach can you catch big fish!
The business plane cut through the clouds in the sky and flew quickly towards New York. Li Dongling turned his head and looked at Zhou Hualiang aside, "How is Lin Sijian doing now?"
When Li Dongling first arrived in America, he told Zhou Hualiang several things. The second thing was to poach Lin Sijian.
Shinjian Lin is not well-known in the domestic semiconductor industry now, but in his previous life, as the second-ranked figure in TSMC, he made great contributions to TSMC’s chip empire!
It can even be said that Lin Sijian is the key figure who completely distinguishes TSMC from other chip processing plants.
You know, TSMC is not the only one that engages in chip processing, but it can do it so well in this industry that it can even produce advanced process chips that even Intel and AMD cannot mass-produce. The important thing is that its chip production technology exceeds the chip manufacturing level of processor overlord Intel.
The reason why this is possible is because of the existence of Lin Sijian. TSMC and ASML can both break through the fields of chip foundry and lithography machines, relying entirely on the existence of EUV lithography machines!
In the past life, the EUV lithography machine project was hatched by a large group of American chip manufacturers such as Intel, IBM, and AMD, in conjunction with America's energy, trade and other departments, in order to deal with Japan's Canon and Nikon.
But, As the two most important companies in the development of EUV lithography machines, they are TSMC and ASML. Even the breakthrough point of EUV lithography machines is the use of water as the light source medium, which is the theory first proposed by Lin Sijian. He has One can imagine how significant TSMC is.
"Lin Sijian is now working in the leading startup company he founded. He previously worked at IBM for more than 22 years, helping IBM develop the X-ray lithography machine project!"
Zhou Hualiang He blurted out the information about Lin Sijian that he had found out, obviously he had put a lot of effort into it.
Nowadays, lithography machines can be said to be in full bloom. Each company has a different approach. They are all very wild and have a lot of imagination. The Japanese lithography machines represented by Nikon and Canon are very interesting. It is an ArF argon oxide laser lithography machine, while IBM is playing with an X-ray lithography machine.
Other lithography machine manufacturers such as ASML also have their own directions for developing lithography machines. Before the winner is determined, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong. Everyone is running blindfolded to see who can touch it first. Decoration, of course, Dongxin Semiconductor is one of them, but it is not known yet...
Zhou Hualiang handed over some information about Lin Benjian and Lingchuang to Li Dongling, which also included the collected information about Lin Benjian's personality and hobbies and other information.
After reading the information, Li Dongling put it aside and had a basic understanding of Lin Sijian's current situation. As a technician, Lin Sijian, who is now in his fifties, is still at the end of his peak.
The current Lin Sijian is very similar to Ni Guangnan who works at Dongxin Semiconductor. In terms of technology alone, he is not like a young technician who has a big brain and can run horses, but his experience has reached the pinnacle of his life. In addition, Management abilities, the ability to lead R&D teams, and the ability to train developers are also at the peak of their careers.
To describe it in one sentence, having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. Now, whether Lin Sijian or Ni Guangnan, they are no longer suitable to lead the charge and act as a vanguard, but are more suitable to sit in the middle of the army and strategize!
When it comes to R&D, Lin Sijian is a good person, and his management team is also capable. But when it comes to starting a company, Lin Sijian is not as outstanding as R&D.
It cannot be said that the company he started did not perform well, but it was definitely not as comfortable as a duck in water when he was doing research and development.
However, this also gives you the opportunity to poach Lin Sijian. If he is still working as an engineer at IBM, or if he leads a successful startup, then you may not be able to poach him if you want to poach him. After all, I am used to being the master of my own affairs, so who wants to stoop to the side anymore.
"Over there, prepare some things. I want to meet with Lin Sijian as soon as possible!" Li Dongling said to Zhou Hualiang.
In the chip industry, which is a true "turning sand into gold", it relies on a handful of sand to create the modern electronic industry. Although the global chip industry is dominated by Chinese, they want to dig top-notch ones. It is really not easy for a chip processor master to return to China, and it becomes more difficult as time goes by!
That is to say, America and Nippon are now competing in the semiconductor industry. America is eyeing Canon and Nikon. This gives other companies in the industry opportunities. Otherwise, if they want to poach technology experts like Lin Sijian, they may not have a chance at all.
“Where’s Microsoft?” Li Dongling asked the question that concerned him most.
When Zhou Hualiang heard Li Dongling mention Microsoft's cooperation, he also had a sad look on his face. The Intel-Microsoft Alliance is the key to Microsoft's dominance of the operating system. Within Microsoft, there are a large number of Intel supporters who want to poach and Not so easy.
After all, if the Microsoft-Intel Alliance is destroyed, Intel is offended, and Microsoft becomes the "sinner", the executives within Microsoft will not be willing to take the blame.
“I contacted several Microsoft executives through a public relations company, but none of them agreed to act as a lobbyist for Dongxin Semiconductor. Intel is still the most important ally for Microsoft!”
Zhou Hualiang said, "However, we have now come into contact with a veteran figure from Microsoft. He may be able to help Dongxin Semiconductor build a relationship with Bill Gates!"
"Fresh, Ed Ford Rice is currently the head of Microsoft's game department! ""He is a confidant of Bill Gates. He was appointed as the manager of Microsoft's Office software department, but was rejected by Fleiss. He went to the game department that no one was optimistic about at Microsoft. Now, He is leading the team to develop the "Age of Empires" game project! "
Zhou Hualiang said that Office software is currently the most profitable business within Microsoft besides the system, including the world. Municipal governments, banks, hospitals, giant companies, etc. in dozens of regions are using this software.
As the biggest rival of Kingsoft WPS software, Office Family Bucket has shown strong ability to attract money since its birth, and will continue to provide Microsoft with a steady stream of revenue in the next few decades. Even more than 20 years later, it will still be It is a software division with 2.2 billion users and annual revenue of more than $48.7 billion.
Fleiss gave up his position as office department manager and took over Microsoft's gaming department, which no one cared about. He didn't regret it later. Only he knew it.
However, as a close confidant of Bill Gates, Fleiss took over the game department with the intention of solving Bill Gates' problems. Bill Gates wanted to make Microsoft make a difference in the hardware business. , but everyone knows it.
In fact, in the previous life at Microsoft, the game department was led by Ed Fliess, whether it was developing games or acquiring game companies. Even the Xbox game console project was also led by Ed Fliess. Within Microsoft, the Xbox console also brought Microsoft US$15.5 billion in revenue a year due to the push and promotion!
Without the support of Bill Gates, Frys would not be able to do this, especially since Xbox lost more than 10 billion U.S. dollars as soon as it came out, and it can continue to fight Sony. If Bill Gates doesn't support this, then it's nonsense.
Li Dongling thought for a moment and vaguely guessed Ed Fleiss's thoughts. Fleiss was willing to meet with Dongxin Semiconductor because of Microsoft's hardware business.
Microsoft doesn't give up on the hardware business, but in the hardware industry everyone wants to beat it. It's not easy to find helpers and allies. This time, Fleiss may also want to test it out.
"Invite Ed Fleiss to New York, I want to meet him!"
Li Dongling looked at Zhou Hualiang and said, there are no permanent enemies or permanent allies in the world. , there are only eternal benefits, as long as there are enough benefits, mice can be friends just like cats!
It is not easy to expect Dongxin Semiconductor to cooperate with Microsoft, especially when the Microsoft-Intel Alliance still exists, but... it is not impossible!
In the past life, the seemingly indestructible Microsoft-Intel alliance, after Microsoft saw that the ARM camp was gaining momentum, it stabbed Intel in the back and developed an ARM version of the Microsoft operating system, hoping to consolidate the huge ARM camp. Companies and users are drawn into the Microsoft camp.
ARM can do it, why can't Dongxin Semiconductor? The difference is just how much leverage Dongxin Semiconductor can offer to let Microsoft backstab Intel.
Dongxin Semiconductor is now no match for Intel, but it can’t stand. Dongxin Semiconductor has a good life. It was born with a silver spoon in its mouth. It can’t offer any bargaining chips to impress Microsoft, but its parent company Donglin Hi-Tech You definitely have chips in your hands!
Donglin Hi-Tech is about to get involved in the computer business and launch Shenzhou brand computers. Microsoft has been thinking about computers for so many years. If Donglin Hi-Tech is willing to let Microsoft join in the computer business, will Bill Gates be interested?
There is also the game console project. If Tanglin Hi-Tech provides Microsoft with key components such as chips, graphics cards, and memory, as well as the OEM processing and production of game consoles, Microsoft only needs to post a mark to sell it. Will Ed Fleiss and Bill Gates be greedy for this pie?
Anyway, if you are a die-hard Taoist or a poor Taoist, Tanglin Hi-tech has entered the computer industry and has a lot of opponents. In China, Lianxiang, which is supported by Intel, Sharp, Samsung, etc., will definitely compete with Shenzhou Computer, a subsidiary of Tanglin Hi-tech. Fight to death.
In overseas markets, just because Shenzhou Computer uses Dongxin Semiconductor's self-developed chips, it is a sworn enemy of Intel. Coupled with self-developed screens, memory sticks, hard drives, etc., it is also competing with global computer parts manufacturers such as Samsung and Sharp. make life difficult for.
Anyway, Donglin Hi-tech only needs to develop its own chips and other related components, and launch computers using domestic components. There are many domestic and overseas competitors, and it is not afraid of offending one or two more. It is better to attract Microsoft to the competition. , completely confusing the water.
Microsoft is a company with a natural tendency to attract gangsters and villains. With its presence, Tanglin Hi-Tech is not the one that attracts the most hatred. Instead, it makes Microsoft even more hated, and its hatred value is completely reduced by it. Attracted away!
The plane hovered over New York and slowly landed at the airport. When getting off the plane, Larson whispered in Li Dongling's ear, "Tonight, do you want to go with John Reed?" Want to have a meal?”
Li Dongling nodded slightly. Johne Reed is the powerful supporter he is looking for for Feiyan Technology in America. If the cooperation goes well, Dongling High-tech will also Will consider it a supporter in America.
The New York media and reporters, who have a very keen sense of smell and information, have been waiting outside the airport. When Li Dongling was waiting for the cabin, a burst of flash lights suddenly sounded.
Zhou Hualiang, Larson and others all smiled at this. American media and reporters are very realistic. So many media and reporters are paying attention to it now, which shows that Feiyan Technology and Himalaya Radio The popularity is very high, and for them, it also means that fame and fortune are within easy reach!
"Yao, when will Feiyan Technology be listed?"
"Some Wall Street analysts believe that Feiyan Technology is seriously overvalued. What do you think?"
"Excuse me, General Manager of Feiyan Technology. It is rumored that your family background in the mainland is very special. Is it true?"
"Excuse me, Li, what is your relationship with Yao? Will you get married?"
As soon as they got off the plane, a group of reporters asked Li Dongling, Yao Luoying and others a lot of questions.
The media and reporters in New York are not only paying attention to Himalaya Radio, they are also very concerned about Li Dongling and Yao Luoying. Even many New York gossip media came to join in the fun. It can be seen that during this period of time, Himalaya Radio How hot is it in America?
But if you think about it, a company founded by Asians can actually make such a big splash in the Silicon Valley Internet, and even help many unknown people realize their American dream. This is very important to America. As for the media, there are simply too many places to focus on.
(End of this chapter)