Zheng Yan knew very well that Sally Kraucek was a natural professional woman, and it would be too cruel for her to tie her to family chores. So for the fact that Sally Kraucek secretly started working, Zheng Yan still chose to pretend not to know.

After Bill Miller left, he immediately conveyed Zheng Yan's intention to the telescope company, and although the other party did not put forward specific conditions, he also did not refuse Zheng Yan's request to meet. So, Zheng Yan, who had just arrived in the United States, hurried to Illinois.

As it was already winter, Urbana-Champaign, located in the central United States, was obviously not as comfortable as Long Island, and Zheng Yan shivered as soon as he got off the plane.

Bill Miller, as the only person who has been in contact with the telescope company, also followed Zheng Yan to Champagne this time. While walking down from the plane, he introduced to Zheng Yan: "Zheng Yan, the person standing in the middle is the president of the telescope company, Matthew Bruce. ”

Hearing Bill Miller's introduction, Zheng Yan looked forward to this trip a little more. Since the president of the other party came to greet him in person, at least it shows that the other party attaches great importance to this transaction, or is very much looking forward to killing Zheng Yan.

"Mr. Miller, welcome. After seeing Zheng Yan and Bill Miller, Matthew Bruce hurriedly put on a smiling face and greeted him, "Presumably this is Mr. Zheng, right? You are younger than I imagined." ”

Just as Zheng Yan imagined, Matthew Bruce was indeed ready to slaughter Zheng Yan. Telescopes were founded to commercialize the technology used in the nation's supercomputer applications, but they have completely lost their minds to the Mosaic web browser.

"Hello Mr. Bruce, I'm Zheng Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Seeing the eager appearance, Zheng Yan couldn't help but feel funny. On the way here, Zheng Yan had read information about the National Supercomputer Application Center and knew that the life of this research center was not easy.

Although the National Supercomputer Application Center is backed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has a variety of advanced equipment, and has a large talent pool, it does not have much development funding.

The only company that can generate profits is the telescope company, but unfortunately the profitability of this Internet software company is very poor, and even its own Mosaic web browser ended up making a wedding dress for Netscape.

"Mr. Zheng, this is Henry, from the National Supercomputer Application Center. ”

Although Henry showed that Matthew Bruce was the main player, Zheng Yan knew that Henry in front of him was the main person in this negotiation, after all, the telescope company only got the right to use the business, not the ownership.

After a brief greeting, Zheng Yan turned his gaze to Matthew Bruce again. Since Henry wanted to hide behind the scenes, Zheng Yan had no intention of wearing him.

"Mr. Zheng, you and Mr. Miller must be tired too, why don't you go to the hotel to rest first?"

What Matthew Bruce's idea is, Zheng Yan knows it very well in his heart. Seeing that he never mentioned the matter of the browser, Zheng Yan also happily pretended to be stupid and followed them directly to the hotel.

…

"Matthew, what do you think of Zheng Yan?"

Originally, Henry didn't plan to go to the airport, but in the end, out of curiosity about Zheng Yan and also wanted to have a rough judgment of Zheng Yan, he couldn't help but go. But he suddenly realized that he had not received any useful information other than his youth.

"I can't say it either, after all, his appearance is too deceptive. However, I don't think Zheng Yan is easy to deal with. ”

The reason why Matthew didn't mention the browser thing was to further strive for the initiative. As a result, he didn't expect that Zheng Yan seemed to be even more calm than him.

Henry nodded and said, "Of course it's not easy to deal with, otherwise how would someone like Bill Miller willingly work for him?" and I'm sure he'd guessed the reason why I'm here, but it's just not bad." ”

If Zheng Yan showed enthusiasm for Henry, Henry would not think so, because of Zheng Yan's indifference, it made him a little suspicious.

"Do you think we want to change our conditions? You know, even we feel that the conditions are a bit harsh. ”

Hearing Matthew Bruce's words, Henry fell silent. After learning the news that Zheng Yan was coming, he specifically investigated Zheng Yan, so he deliberately changed the terms of the contract prepared by Matthew Bruce.

"There is no need to change it," although Henry himself is not optimistic, but he still has a trace of luck in his heart, "According to what we have learned, Bill Miller is in charge of all the things of Yanhuang Investment, and Zheng Yan almost never shows up. The fact that he came here in person this time shows that he values Mosaic's web browser very much. ”

"Whether Zheng Yan accepts our conditions or not, we can give it a try. If it becomes natural, even if it fails, we will not have anything to lose, and then we will make some concessions. ”

Matthew Bruce knew very well that although he was the president of the telescope company, he didn't have much say in the matter of Mosaic's web browser, and when he saw Henry's insistence, he stopped talking.

…

"Zheng Yan, what do you mean by Matthew Bruce? First he was very enthusiastic to pick us up at the airport, but then he sent us to the hotel, and he didn't say anything about the browser. ”

Just as Matthew the Bruce and Henry couldn't figure out Zheng Yan's thoughts, Bill Miller was also surprised by Matthew Bruce's attitude.

When Bill Miller contacted Matthew Bruce, the other party was very enthusiastic and very interested in the browser, so he rushed over with Zheng Yan, but this was not the case at all after the meeting.

"Actually, it's nothing, the reason why I went to pick us up at the airport was just to meet me. They must have figured out the conditions, but they weren't decided, and I'm sure Matthew the Bruce and Henry were discussing it right now. ”

"As for not mentioning the browser, it's even simpler. You've talked to them before, and this time the two of us made a special trip again, and no matter how you look at it, we're at a disadvantage, and Matthew Bruce is just trying to get the initiative further. ”

"But it doesn't matter, one night should be enough, and if I'm not mistaken, this matter will have a result tomorrow. ”

When Zheng Yan saw Henry, he was no longer worried about the browser, at least the other party intended to sell it, otherwise Henry would not appear at all. For Zheng Yan, as long as the other party is willing to sell, it is enough.