Chapter 138: Shotguns for Cannons
In this era, Silicon Valley is full of too many opportunities and miracles, and there are certainly many investors like James who have lost their money, and there are also many talents who can make money and become famous.
In the past 200 years, there have been three technological revolutions, the first is accompanied by the appearance of the steam engine and the ensuing industrial revolution, the second is the electric power revolution, and the third is the information technology revolution.
Since the beginning of the seventies, there has been a new technological revolution marked by microelectronic technology, bioengineering technology, and new material technology, which has completely changed people's lives.
Su Mu was lucky to catch the best time.
Penguin helped him earn some money, and he already had the confidence to get involved in the two fields of computer hardware assembly and software development, and felt that the money in his hand was enough, and he was ready to invest in the development of the first program in his life.
Tell James: "Well, I'm investing $200,000 initially, and I don't know how many people I need to develop the program I want, and when I create a new company, you can find someone to evaluate it for me, and then hire for it."
It's better to hurry up, I met Mr. Bill Gates last year, left his phone number, maybe I'll be willing to pay a lot for it, if you make that program first. ”
"Last year, I also wanted to sell him the software I developed, so I went to Seattle and ended up seeing only his assistant, who told me that it was outdated and much behind the programs that Microsoft was developing......
James was helpless when it came to this sad incident.
He didn't think Su Mu's new company would be successful, but he wasn't stupid enough to say it, and now no one knows which direction the IT industry will develop in the future, and people are groping their way forward.
If you are lucky, you will be famous and make money, and if you are unlucky, most of the hard work invested will be wasted, it's that simple, James has failed once, and he still remembers it after half a year, and he doesn't feel that he has the ability to point out anything.
Knowing that a good idea could be worth millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, his character had nothing to say, although he was extremely curious, he didn't ask Su Mu what kind of program he planned to develop.
Others don't know what the future will be, except for Su Mu, he probably knows what will happen, the success of Qugou Supermarket and Penguin Company made him full of confidence, and said with a smile:
"Take it easy, man.
After so much time, you should come out, this company can be your new beginning, if the price is high at that time, I will definitely give you a big bonus!"
When he said this, Su Mu suddenly thought that he wanted to buy shares of Microsoft at that time, and Mr. Bill Gates offered two million US dollars, and he could get this money at present, and he didn't know if what Gates said counted.
I don't think Gates is serious, he himself is also not serious, recently Penguin needs funds and is preparing to assemble a personal computer and sell it under the Penguin brand.
I plan to develop a program, I don't know how much money it will cost for the time being, in addition, Boss Han has a different heart, he also has to keep enough funds to prevent being diluted by Boss Han's shares, and he didn't agree to sell the shares just now, and it is very likely that he will forcibly dilute his shares in the company by way of capital injection.
For the time being, he can't spare too much money to invest abroad, and Su Mu also feels that there is no need to invest in other companies, the profits brought by Qugou and Penguin are very considerable, and they can't be reluctant to go far.
Sitting in the living room, discussing the establishment of a new company with James, there is actually nothing to discuss, and he is going to set up a new company in the near future, separate from Penguin, responsible for different businesses, and will not officially start the formation work until next week after James resigns.
After chatting and planning to continue studying, Miss Black called Su Mu away, she was still a very lazy beauty when they first met, but after putting into work, her personality seemed to have completely changed to a different person, full of energy, and kept the company in order.
Not only is the minority shareholder Li Ping'an afraid of her, but even Su Mu is a little afraid subconsciously, at the beginning of the year, he privately decided to let the salesman go to several northern states to expand his business, and had a disagreement with Miss Black, and later proved that she was right, the market there is not mature for the time being, and schools and enterprises are not willing to purchase private computers.
said that it was Su Mu and Li Ping'an's company, but the employees respected Miss Black more, fortunately, she was only a professional manager and had not yet obtained the company's shares, otherwise she was really worried about becoming the second Han boss.
However, if Blake really leaves and takes a group of employees with him, Penguin will definitely be devastated by his vitality, so Su Mu offered her a basic salary of $15,000 a month, and dividends at the end of the year, and the share incentive plan was also put on the agenda, trying her best to tie her to Penguin Company to death.
After his birthday in March, Su Mu is seventeen years old, and the employees still lack respect for him, much better than before, but it is not enough, if he is a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, this situation will definitely not occur, and he is too young to cause a lot of trouble.
He had just gotten his driver's license in early April and was able to legally drive, and a brand new white Porsche 911 was parked in front of his garage.
There is also a red Ferrari next to him, and after Li Zhekai gave in to the super dad, he soon had more of this car, probably because of the difficulties of life, and he lost his temper.
Sitting in the exquisitely crafted Porsche sports car, Su Mu drove straight to the dune road, and the traffic police rarely checked whether the driver was over 18 years old, just don't drive too fast.
Officially become a family with a house and a car, and the price is expensive, holding the steering wheel on the wrist, there is an extra black Rolex Submariner series watch, and the clothes are no longer bought at the stalls, no matter how you look at it, you are very "successful people".
Compared to the first time I came to Dune Road, there was not much change here, and Charlie's boss's IBM computer retail store was closed and replaced by a café.
The office rented by Penguin is located in a new building with more than 10 floors on the corner of the street, on the third floor, and after parking, take the elevator up, and the employees are busy, only more than 30 people in total, occupying a whole floor, which seems to be very wasteful.
Most of the time, the salesmen ran all over the United States, even the big islands of Hawaii, and the orders did arrive, but there was not much left after the money earned to pay for the freight, so that no one wanted to go there to sell again.
In Miss Black's words, the company has the power to cultivate a sense of belonging among employees, and Su Mu thinks it makes sense, and she only told herself after renting that she moved here for some reason.
The old warehouse on the beach in Palo Alto, which was simply used as a warehouse, had employees change the configuration of IBM computers there, and then sold them all over the United States, and came directly to Blake's office, Su Mu helplessly asked her: "What's the matter, I still have to review, I brought my schoolbag over......"