At Sgopa headquarters, Zhou Liwen finally met Dong Sun. This partner of Jiang Wanmeng, a Chinese American who was once called the father of VCD by the semiconductor industry and Jiang Wanmeng. It was Wan Yan, who founded Sgopa Micro Systems Company and created the end tape recorder with Jiang Wanmeng, who created the history of CDs.

There is a problem that Zhou Liwen has never been able to figure it out. Before meeting Sun Dong, he even planned to ask the other party in person. That is why he and Jiang Wanmeng did not have a patent for registering VCD and protected the intellectual property rights of this product. You should know that although Jiang Wanmeng had studied abroad, his life trajectory is basically still in China, and it is inevitable that he has no awareness of property rights or a weak awareness in this area. However, Sun Dong and Jiang Wanmeng are different. His career and foundation are in the United States. As a person who lives, grows up and establishes high-tech companies in the United States, how can he ignore such an important issue?

When Zhou Liwen met Sun Dong with his own eyes and had some communication with him, Zhou Liwen suddenly realized why.

Although Director Sun is the chairman of Sgopa, in fact, the main reason for him as the chairman is that he is the founder of the company. However, although he founded the company Sgopa, Director Sun rarely intervenes in specific operations, and his main energy is devoted to scientific research. In other words, Director Sun is actually more like a researcher than a real corporate manager.

The core technology of VCD was developed by Sun's team. After meeting Jiang Wanmeng, the two who had common ground hit it off. Sun handed over the VCD technology to Jiang Wanmeng to improve it. The two finally completed the cooperation. When they jointly established Wanyan, the property rights of this technology did not belong to Sgopa, but were given to Wanyan Company privately, which led to negligence in patents.

During the conversation with Zhou Liwen, Zhou Liwen clearly felt Sun Dong's superb technical level, and at the same time he discovered his naivety and overly idealistic business. These made Zhou Liwen understand the doubts in his heart, and at the same time felt sorry for Sun Dong and Sgopa.

In modern computer industry or semiconductor industry, Chinese people once occupied a very important position, but these giants that emerged from the sky flashed like meteors. In just a few years or ten years, only their glorious names and backs were left to future generations, and they could never see the career they created again.

Among them, the most famous is Wang'an Company. Wang An, who established Wang'an Laboratory in the United States in 1951, is the most famous figure among them. Wang'an Computer, once a giant who can compete with IBM. Around 1986, Wang'an Computer reached the peak of his career, with an annual income of up to US$3 billion, with 31,500 employees all over the world, ranking 146 in the top 500. Wang'an himself has a wealth of US$2 billion, ranking fifth in the US wealth ranking.

But it was such a huge business empire. In the late 1980s, due to a series of decision-making mistakes, Wang'an Computer declined in a faster way just like its rapid rise. By June 30, 1992, Wang'an's year-end profit fell to US$1.9 billion, down US$1.66 billion from the total revenue in the past four years. At the same time, Wang'an's market value also fell from US$5.6 billion to less than US$100 million. At its peak, Wang'an's employees reached 31,500, but in 1992 it dropped to 8,000...

In 1989, the seriously ill Wang An took a desperate bet and hired Edward Miller, a famous business expert at the time, as CEO of Wang An Company, in the hope of saving Wang An Computer, which kept sliding into the abyss. Judging from the first year, Miller did have rich management and management experience and solved a large number of financial problems for Wang An Computer. However, Miller's appointment still could not change Wang An Computer's fate, because although Miller was a business expert, he was a complete newcomer in the computer industry. Miller, who did not understand technology, could not effectively solve the real reason for Wang An's failure, which led to the collapse of Wang An's business empire.

Wang An's tragedy is regrettable, and Sgopa, where Zhou Liwen is now, seems to be following the old path of Wang An. At present, Sgopa seems to be powerful, but after selling his subsidiary, Sgopa has already struggled on the edge of life and death. If Zhou Liwen did not appear, it may take less than a year before Sgopa will be acquired and eventually disappears into people's eyes like Wang An's computer.

Sun is very enthusiastic about Zhou Liwen and his party. On the one hand, this is because Zhou Liwen is a Chinese, and on the other hand, there is also Jiang Wanmeng’s matchmaking. Moreover, as a technician, Sun is also very interested in Zhou Liwen’s cooperation on mobile phone chips. After reading some of the chip materials brought by Zhou Liwen, his interest was even stronger.

"A very good design, congratulations to Jay Chou, you have a very strong technical team."

"Thank you, Mr. Sun, for your affirmation. This time we came to the United States, our company is mainly looking for chip production partners." Zhou Liwen replied politely, and also reminded Mr. Sun about his purpose of visiting and negotiating this time.

Mr. Sun did not answer Zhou Liwen's words immediately, but thought about it carefully before saying: "From your company's chip design, there is no technical problem in producing such chip Sgopa. If Mr. Jay needs to find a chip factory to cooperate, I think our Sgopa is a good partner."

Zhou Liwen smiled on his face, but he shook his head in his heart. Dong Dong Sun is indeed not a qualified businessman, no wonder he made such a big mistake with Jiang Wanmeng. As a famous semiconductor high-tech company, Dong Sun showed his urgent need for Zhou Liwen's chip production without much consideration during the conversation. Although this is a good thing for Zhou Liwen, as a businessman who is used to talking to people and talking to ghosts, it would be strange if Dong Sun's personality is not at a disadvantage.

Of course, Zhou Liwen is not so idiotic to remind the other party. Isn’t the opponent’s incompetence exactly what he needs? After asking about Sgopa’s current production capacity of chip factory, Zhou Liwen was immediately overjoyed and immediately struck while the iron was hot and asked about the price.

But unexpectedly, just as Dong Sun was planning to quote a price, a blond man who accompanied Dong Sun to the meeting coughed gently. It seemed that he was reminded. Dong Sun hesitated and changed his mouth and smiled: "The company's specific operations are now the company's CEO Mr. Diff, and these Jay Chou can negotiate with him directly during the meeting later."

"It's good. I will talk to Mr. Diff in terms of specific cooperation." Zhou Liwen nodded with a smile, and at the same time cursed the troublesome guy in his heart. According to previous introduction, the blonde man was Sun Dong's administrative assistant. It seems that Mr. Diff, who has not met yet, is very clear about Sun Dong's behavior and specially arranged this person during the meeting to prevent Sun from letting go in some aspects.

The meeting time passed quickly, and the two sides shook hands and said goodbye. Next, Zhou Liwen and his party discussed specific cooperation with Mr. Diff, CEO of the company under the arrangement of the blonde man. When they saw Diff for the first time, Zhou Liwen felt that this was not a good guy who was easy to deal with. He was smart, capable, and had a strong desire to control. This was his first impression of Diff.

At the beginning of the conversation, the two sides seemed very harmonious. Like Director Sun, Diff also showed a strong interest in Zhou Liwen's chip foundry business, but he concealed it very well, at least he seemed very calm on the surface, but he still showed his inner urgency in some targeted issues.

"Jabee, if the production of this chip of your company is handed over to Sgopa, I wonder how many times your company can reach every year?" Diff asked in a seemingly plain manner, but his left hand placed on the table unknowingly held his right hand, with expectation in his heart.

Zhou Liwen smiled and asked back: "Mr. Diff, as a businessman, can your company tell me the price of foundry chips first? After all, buyers are most concerned about in addition to quality and brand. If the cost is too different from our expectations, then I think it is too early to discuss the order quantity now?"

"This..." Diff frowned and subconsciously felt that Zhou Liwen was not a good guy to deal with. Now Sgopa seems glamorous, but it is actually difficult to support it. Just as Zhou Liwen had expected, a large part of Sgopa's shareholders planned to package the company as a whole. Diff, hired by Director Sun, was almost the same as Wang An invited Miller back then, to save the dying company.

Last year, Scopa sold its subsidiaries. Although it was above the acquisition transaction, the amount was as high as US$1.47 billion, but this number was actually not accurate. Except for the majority of shareholders who exchanged shares with the acquisition company in equity, the transaction amount that actually fell at Scopa headquarters was only US$200 million.

Although US$200 million is also a huge sum, the money has been almost spent after repaying the bank's debts and expenses. At present, Sgopa's chip factory has almost entered the stage of shutdown. As chairman, Director Sun personally serves as the head of the R&D department, hoping to develop new products as soon as possible to complete the company's transformation. If this project is not successful, it would be great if Esgopa's current financial situation can be supported for another year.

As CEO, Diff, of course, would not want the company to be acquired or bankrupt. Moreover, even if we finally get to this point, a Scopa with potential big customers is always more valuable than a company with empty spaces. Therefore, Zhou Liwen's arrival is good news for both Director Sun and Diff. However, what exactly can be discussed and whether Zhou Liwen can bring them real surprises is unknown.

Diff secretly thought in his mind, thinking about how to make a price appropriate. Once he confronted Zhou Liwen, Diff knew very well that the other party was not an entrepreneur like Dong Sun who only knew technology scientists, but a pure businessman, because Diff smelled the same kind of smell like him behind Zhou Liwen's smile.
Chapter completed!