The advantage of acquiring an existing research laboratory is that the staff are more professional and have a tacit understanding developed through long-term cooperation.

Han Chudong made the research content very clear, and they began to group them according to the project, preparing to specialize in a mask water each, and when the time comes, which product sells the best, the people in the group can get an additional bonus, the amount is about two thousand dollars.

Not too much, not too little.

It can just mobilize their enthusiasm without causing internal contradictions.

His management methods are not clever enough, and he can't force these people to work hard according to their own ideas, so they can only use bonuses and benefits to make them take the bait willingly.

After the short meeting.

Entering the office, Han Chudong talked carefully to Ron and Serhi, meaning to let them lean towards the management post and help manage these researchers.

The stick was hidden and not revealed, but the radish gave a lot, promising that as long as the best-selling products were developed, they would give the two of them a considerable bonus.

This method has been used in other companies, and I don't know how it will be in the future, but there are no problems until now.

It was not in vain to read John S. Biography of D. Rockefeller.

There is a sentence in the book that says think about a win-win situation before doing things, don't put every coin in your pocket, Han Chudong not only remembered it, but also decided to put it into practice.

He doesn't have the energy to manage a few companies and do everything at the same time. This requires an efficient and stable team to assist in management, and Han Chudong only needs to manage these executives.

The rudiments of the management of the three companies have appeared, and they are not good enough for the time being, and with the expansion of the business, they will check and fill in the gaps and slowly adjust......

There was no rush to Silicon Valley.

Han Chudong stayed at the Mason Beauty Lab first, contacted the merchants who spent money to buy the right to use the patent by phone, and personally told them that the patent was taken by himself.

The previously signed contract is still legally valid, and the lease relationship will not be broken until the end of the term agreed in the contract.

The purpose of contacting them is that they are all beauty and skin care manufacturers, who have more or less customer resources in their hands, and want to lay a good foundation for possible cooperation in the future.

He even wants to spend money to buy some sales channels back, and now that he has available resources, there is no reason to miss it in vain.

Mango Toy Company had no choice at that time, and it was the most cost-effective to adopt the agent sales model.

This time, Han Chudong is ready to earn more money and set up an upstream link from production to wholesale by himself, and the retail will be handed over to those daily necessities stores, and special counters will be opened in large shopping malls to enhance the brand image.

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The R&D process for mask water went more smoothly than expected.

Those researchers used collagen, sodium hyaluronate and other commonly used substances in skin care products, combined with previous technologies to mix samples, and facial mask paper was also specially developed, and it is estimated that it will be possible to get it out soon.

This made Han Chudong contact the industrial automation giant Rockwell in advance, ready to order two or three more automated production lines from them, and it is estimated that it will cost a lot of money.

Fortunately, he saved some capital, otherwise even if a good opportunity was placed in front of him, he would not have been able to really realize it.

It's useless to be in a hurry, it takes time to prepare for dealing with these things.

After four days in San Francisco.

On the morning of January 9, 1974, Han Chudong drove south to the Silicon Valley area of the San Francicos Bay Area.

San Francisco is just the name of the Chinese, its real name is San Francisco, and now the second largest city in California, some new immigrants once made a joke of "not going to San Francisco, going to San Francisco".

After reading the newspapers for so long, there is some news related to Silicon Valley, but not much.

In the future, all kinds of Internet giants, semiconductor giants, etc., are overwhelmed, and news related to them often becomes hot news.

And now, this lack of visibility is also a reflection of its status.

Most of the local companies in Silicon Valley are currently engaged in semiconductors made of high-purity silicon and computer-related industries.

People have the impression that computers are still behemoths, and they have begun to have a relationship with a small number of people, and the vast majority of people only know that it is beneficial to the military industry.

Although the ARPANET, a military computer network, has extended its tentacles into some major universities in the United States, due to technical and financial reasons, this network has not aroused people's interest and is irrelevant in daily life, let alone careless.

The techniques that Han Chudong was familiar with had just begun to develop.

Intel, for example, has a large business of supplying parts to a computer company, and its operating income is pitifully low, and its market value on the Nasdaq market is supported by some patents.

Even the Nasdaq stock exchange itself has only been in existence for just over two years, and few investors are willing to pay attention to it, and the number of listed companies is very small.

The Nasdaq Stock Exchange was created in February 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NAFRS) in order to regulate chaotic over-the-counter trading and allow small businesses to have a financing platform.

There is no talk of the three major exchanges, and only the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange have been taken seriously.

From this point of view.

More than two months ago, Han Chudong decided to give up investing in Silicon Valley companies first, which is the right decision.

Accumulate enough capital in other fields first, and when the time is ripe in the future, you can be comfortable and successful.

Rushed to Silicon Valley with excitement and excitement.

He was greeted by a basin of cold water, and as far as the eye could see, the roadside was desolate.

Farmland, pastures, and even patches of cattle and sheep can be seen.

It's strange that just such a small number of companies, scattered over a large area, would be shocked, and Silicon Valley in the early seventies was like this, and the only slightly more prosperous was near Stanford University.

"You should bring a camera and take a picture with these signs as a souvenir. ”

It's still Han Chudong and Mochizuki Kiko.

Kiko Mochizuki heard this, but did not understand the deep meaning inside.

She couldn't even figure out why she had to go this way, instead of going straight back to Los Angeles from Highway 1, just to see the cattle and the sheep.

Out of politeness, he replied: "It's beautiful around, especially these cows, next time I'll keep the camera in my bag in case I need it, sorry." ”

As a woman, it's hard to find a job.

In these years, women do not have high salary requirements for finding jobs, and the slightly more decent ones are typists, secretaries, accountants, etc., and they worship Coco Chanel, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn and others, because they are rich and famous, and they can live well on their own.

The low status of women and the discrimination of intangible rules have led to vigorous feminist activities.

Mochizuki Kiko's desire to survive is relatively strong, and she doesn't want to lose this hard-won good job, so even if Han Chudong is more like talking to herself, she still picks up and takes the problem on herself.

On Christmas Eve, there was a little ambiguity between the two.

But lately, she has been too busy, and Han Chudong has not been able to take care of her, so that Kiko Mochizuki began to think that she was thinking too much.

Drive and follow the signs to turn.

Han Chudong was on his way to the location of Stanford University, looking for a public phone to call someone from Atari Games and ask for the exact location of the headquarters.

Glancing at Mochizuki Kiko, he smiled and said, "You really should go to those feminist organizations to exercise for a while, it has nothing to do with you, why apologize, help me look at the street signs, so as not to make a mistake." ”

This sentence was sarcastic, and Kiko Mochizuki heard it.

She also knows that she lives too carefully, and her personality is like this, and it is difficult to change again.

It's okay when there are a lot of people, she doesn't talk if she can, and when two people get along like this now, they inevitably talk, and she prefers to listen to them rather than express her opinions.

I was reminded so many times, and I didn't apologize anymore when I heard it, I just nodded, and I didn't ask where I was going.

It's funny to say that some of the other girls will their tails to the sky because of their beauty, and this sense of confidence is not visible at all from Kiko Mochizuki.

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Many things are different from what I remember, but thankfully Stanford University hasn't changed much.

encountered Hewlett-Packard's advertisements and also saw the signposts indicating IBM, which finally made Han Chudong regain some familiarity.

He had come to Stanford to attend events and was no stranger to the school.

I found a public phone booth on the side of the road, made a coin call, remembered the address and asked passers-by.

Originally, I was thinking about inspecting the business, but after reading it, my mind changed, but Han Chudong thought that it was not necessary for the time being, and it would be good to come here to register a venture capital company when I had time to help keep track of the latest news.

I'm going to meet with the Atari guys as soon as possible, and I'll be back to Los Angeles today, or I'll be able to see the scenery of Seventeen Mile Bay, Pebble Beach Golf Course, and Hearst Castle on the way.

It took me a while and asked for directions several times before I found the small factory of Atari Corporation.

There was no security guard at the door, so I drove the car directly into the yard, and I could see that a truck was loading, and the "Ping Pong" arcade machine packed in a cardboard box was delivered to the car one by one, and it was roughly estimated that there were hundreds of units.

Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, was only in his twenties, and when he saw Han Chudong's luxury car, he immediately thought of the Los Angeles investor who had just contacted him.

It's just that he didn't expect Han Chudong's Asian identity, let alone look so young, that he began to wonder if he recognized the wrong person.

When he got closer, he asked tentatively, "Mason from Los Angeles?"

"That's right, it's nice to meet you, may I ask if you are ......" It was not easy to find a way, and Han Chudong took the initiative to reach out to the other party after getting out of the car.

"Nolan Bushnell, just call me Nolan. ”

After more than a year in business, social skills have already been exercised, Nolan Bushnell smiled, also shook hands with Kiko Mochizuki, and then asked curiously: "I only heard voices on the phone, I didn't expect you to be so young Mason, what did you find me for, did you buy this company of mine?"

The other party was direct, and Han Chudong was not polite, and said: "I saw an interesting "Ping Pong" game in the mall before Christmas, I think it has a market, if you are willing to transfer it at the right price, maybe we can talk about it." ”

Nolan shook his head and said: "I don't mean to sell it entirely, I have recently developed a new game, and the investment amount is very large, if it is financing and shares, I am willing to talk to you about it......"

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