Chapter 447 Big Landlord

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Before the fourth round of auditions, Song Ya had to go to Silicon Valley. He met up with Delay, Samuel and others who came from Chicago, and went to Palm first.

"De Lay is not too concerned about the business of non-A+ Audio now, so keep an eye on it."

He took the same car with Linda who had just completed the legal documents and officially joined the company, "Palm and Wan Yan invested in the name of my A+ copyright and investment management company, he is purely helping, so don't bother him with many things. He is in charge of the two major stalls of the synthetic sound copyright library and DTS, as well as the preparation of the American music website, and he is already very busy."

"clear……"

Linda kept flipping through the documents in her hand to familiarize herself with the business, "I didn't expect you to earn more than MC, he is the pioneer of hip-hop singer's own record company... Wow, your contract with Sony Columbia Records is great , how did you do it? Motura is definitely not that easy to talk to."

"If you have paid attention to the battle between me and Sony Columbia Records in 1991, you can understand that I took a big risk. And this matter will still be troublesome in the future, and you will know soon." Song Ya does not intend to talk about it now One thing, anyway, the tryst with Mariah Carey can't be hidden from her who is accompanying her personally, and she will know it later.

"Mr. APLUS, welcome."

Jeffrey Hawkins, the founder of Palm, greeted him in person. He saw Samuel and his staff of Waterhouse Coopers accounting firm sweat on their foreheads immediately, "Please follow me, the documents are ready."

The atmosphere in the current Palm company is dignified, many workstations and even the front desk are empty. Some employees immediately showed panic expressions when they saw a large group of people following Song Ya, buried their heads deeply, and clattered on the keyboard, wishing to get in. Go to the computer monitor in front of you.

"Hehe, I just laid off some people." Jeffrey Hawkins explained.

"Is the winter starting?" Samuel asked.

"It's not that bad, it's not that bad," Jeffrey Hawkins said, not knowing whether he believed it or not. "We're going to transform into a pure software company, providing tool software services for PDAs and similar micro-operating systems."

"You laid off everyone in the hardware department?" DeLay asked.

"Some have been cut, but I still want to keep a little hope." Jeffrey Hawkins took Samuel and the others into the office reserved for auditors and instructed the financial cooperation, and led Song Ya, Di Lai, and Linda to the office. Went into his office and made himself coffee.

"Fxxk, I'm even more flustered when you're like this." Song Ya cursed as he looked at his busy back in front of the coffee machine.

"You are an investor, and I did burn more than one million of yours, but after all, this is still my own business." Jeffrey Hawkins skillfully held three cups of coffee for them, "Trust me, your investment It won’t be in vain, uh, it won’t be in vain.” He took out the prototype of the PalmPDA product from the drawer and distributed it, “This is our product. Compared with Apple’s Newton PDA, we also have our own unique Advantage."

The three of them fiddled with one in each hand, "I don't see any advantages, and Apple's products are already difficult to use." Song Ya took out his Newton PDA from his pocket and compared them. The functions are actually similar, but far away. It is not as exquisite as Apple, but the screen is smaller but heavier. "People won't buy this just by looking at the brand."

The rainbow-colored Apple logo is very popular in the United States, and Palm's products are these four printed letters. He felt very desperate, and instantly felt the mood of Jeffrey Hawkins.

"Not that bad, not that bad."

Jeffrey Hawkins scratched his messy head, "Try the handwriting function, it's definitely better than Apple's, have you seen the Simpsons mocking their handwriting function?"

"I don't watch cartoons." Song Ya immediately took out the stylus and started the test. The Simpsons is a popular animated series on Fox TV.

"Cartoon doesn't necessarily have to be made for children,

You... well, forget it, pretend I didn't say anything. "Jeffrey Hawkins explained half of it. Seeing that Song Ya was not interested, he took the initiative to end the conversation.

But he didn't lie when he said that the handwriting function is better than Apple's. The accuracy rate is indeed higher than Apple's. "How did you do it?" Song Ya asked in a better mood after experiencing it for herself.

"Apple has complicated things... Well, I don't want to explain this in detail. In short, we have related patents." Jeffrey Hawkins replied: "Now there are many companies interested in our handwriting recognition technology."

"So there are new investors in the B round?" Song Ya stopped writing, and now he only cares about how much he can get back from his investment.

"No, huh, not yet. As I said before, we will disassemble the accumulation of PDA technology, sell software, and maintain the company. The PDA market has been depressed by Apple, but it is still widely optimistic. It's just that the technology is not advanced enough, and there is no shortage of new players in this industry." Jeffrey Hawkins smiled.

Every punctuation mark in his words Song Ya can't believe it now, "Anyway, the business is yours, and I am a venture capitalist who only holds 20% of the shares. Since it is a venture capital investment, I am ready to take risks , as long as you don't spend my money indiscriminately."

"No, no." Jeffrey Hawkins glanced at Samuel's office through the glass wall of the room.

At the end of the interview, when he came out of Palm, "the accounts are still clear, and there are some minor problems, but I don't recommend you to delve into it." Samuel said: "Founders with a technical background like Jeffrey Hawkins generally have a good understanding of the company. Very emotional, and will not aim at cheating investors' money."

"I understand, that's the only way to go." Song Ya, Samuel and others went to the A+ pedal company again, and received a warm welcome from Riise. The sales of pedal products are very stable. As the general manager, Riise also planned some Attempts to open up new markets, but in the electronic musical instrument industry, facing a large number of high-quality and cheap notebook products, he has no confidence to make great efforts to compete, so he stops at planning. The most valuable things in A+ Pedal Company's hands now are the land and factory buildings owned by the company and 25% of the shares in A+ Apparel Company.

"The equity reward is just around the corner, and Riise won't make trouble." In order to show his trust in Riise, Song Ya didn't let Samuel conduct an in-depth audit. On the surface, there is no major problem. Samuel said: "You This investment was very successful." He comforted Song Ya, who was a little depressed after leaving Palm, "It's normal for venture capital to lose money, so don't take it too seriously."

"Do you know what happened to Apple?" He asked Samuel. Apple's stock price has been fluctuating between 80 and 90 cents. According to O'Grady, if the company's management continues like this, it may be difficult to return to 1.8 cents. The buying price is really a knife in the middle.

Samuel smiled and shook his head, "I don't know much about this."

"Isn't your investment in the stock market generally profitable?" Linda asked while looking through the documents.

"Whenever I lose money, I... feel uncomfortable." Song Ya beat her heart, because there were two Apple products in the Tianqi movie...

"APLUS, you and MC have completely opposite personalities." Linda laughed: "He always puts money in and forgets about it, and he doesn't know the company as clearly as you do. Your behavior style is not like an NGer at all. .”

"Stop comparing me to him all the time, Linda."

Song Ya replied unhappily: "He is about to go bankrupt now, and he can be regarded as the most failed part of the business among singers, and I have Chinese descent."

"Sorry, Boss." Linda made a gesture of surrender with her hands and closed her mouth.

For the next itinerary, Samuel and others went to the A+ clothing company in San Francisco. Song Ya, Dilai and Linda would go later. Before that, they had to settle the matter of using the American music website to hoard land.

"We have already obtained the authorization of American Magazine, at a very low price. The main expenses for setting up the website are server rental and programmer remuneration. Just find young people in universities to do part-time jobs. They are now happy to contribute to the World Wide Web..."

The three walked into a high-end restaurant in San Barbados and Qianhui reported: "After the website is set up, the rest is the purely manual work of moving the magazine online, which is relatively cumbersome."

"Is it feasible to outsource to Huaguo?" Song Ya asked.

"This is all in English..." DeLay turned a corner and refused, "Silicon Valley is one of the most left-left regions in politics, and programmer families are also the most inclusive of double-employees. We can hire some programs with low computer skills. Let the wife of the clerk do this, and do it slowly, anyway, our goal is to get the land. Oh, yes..." He told Linda: "When we see Mr. John Aliraga, don't let it slip."

"I understand." Linda nodded.

This time I will meet the largest landowner in Silicon Valley, billionaire John Aliraga. He owns 1,100 square kilometers of land in Santa Barbara County, most of which have been converted into commercial real estate to catch up with the explosion of Silicon Valley's technology industry. , Every year just lying down and collecting rent makes a lot of money.

"Hello, Mr. Aliraga."

The three of Song Ya sat down at the appointed position, and John Aliraga arrived on time after a short wait. Song Ya smiled enthusiastically and got up to shake hands with him. Knowing that the other party was a Spanish immigrant, she even showed off a sentence learned from Shakira. Spanish.

"I'm of Basque origin." Unexpectedly, the flattery was patted on the horse's leg. The fat white man in his fifties immediately straightened his face. He didn't have much pride in Spain. In fact, Basque Country and Catalonia There has always been a tendency to be independent, and has been in conflict with the Spanish main ethnic group for a long time. Even now, the Basque ETA organization is still engaged in violent activities in Spain.

"Uh, sorry, I just...just want to show friendship." Song Ya said awkwardly shaking his hand.

"Haha..." Fang Fu suddenly laughed, "It's okay, I don't really care about this, they are all from the United States haha, the United States dream, right? It is the United States that made me rich."

"Yes, yes." Song Ya nodded frequently, and both parties sat down.

"I don't usually run out for this kind of business, I'm interested in you APLUS, your investment in DTS is beautiful, I've seen Jurassic Park, Spielberg, David Geffen, wow... That kind of sound effect is the technology of DTS company, right?" He asked while tidying up the napkin.

"Yes, some of my records also use this technology, but it's not as good as the theater effect, and it's better than nothing." Song Ya replied, "I still have..." Since the other party is interested in him, he Just take out the investment in Silicon Valley, A+ pedals and Palm and blow it up.

"All there?"

"Yes, they are all there."

"So you want to put that so... er, so..." He closed his eyes and recalled.

"America Music Site, Mr. Aliraga," DeLay reminded.

"What website is also in Sunnyvale?" He said, "In fact, it's better to put it in Menlo Park, where my land is basically."

"I often come here, and I don't want the business to be too scattered." Song Ya replied.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to move."

The two sides chatted very happily. The Sunnyvale land to be bought was just a scrap of land to this big landowner.

"Are you studying at the University of Chicago? In fact, you should study at Stanford, and I will study at Stanford. Let's make my home here. The development prospects here are very good, and Stanford's computer science is better than that of the University of Chicago. Is that right? Actually I don’t quite understand.” The big landlord rubbed his swollen belly, “Recently, many people hoard land with high-tech gimmicks, you wouldn’t do that, right APLUS?”

"of course not."

Song Ya smiled and said: "My investment is very down-to-earth. You know, DTS and so on have been proven by the market."

"This is the best way. My real estate is surrounded by powerful and profitable technology companies, not those who speculate on concepts and hoard land." He said: "You haven't answered my question about Stanford, you really don't think about it. for a while?"

"Well, Chicagoans generally think that the University of Chicago is the best in the world, except for Columbia University..." Song Ya declined jokingly.

"Ha ha!"