Chris Currie's first impression of Li Xuan was a big round face, glasses framed on his forehead, a slightly bulging belly, a very casual sitting posture, and a somewhat rough voice, which did not match the impression of an English gentleman at all.

"Hello Mr. Chris Currie, I'm Xuan Li of Hong Kong Oriental Electronics Company!" Li Xuan smiled politely and nodded to the other party.

"Hello, are you here to talk about acquiring Aikang?I'm sorry, I have no intention of selling the company!"

"Yes, we have an old saying in the East, buying and selling is not benevolence!" Li Xuan didn't care when he heard the other party's refusal, and continued to smile and said, "Since we have the honor to ask Mr. Curry to come out for coffee today, why don't we casually talk about our views on the personal computer industry!"

Curry glanced at Li Xuan with interest: "May I ask Mr. Li from the East, what do you think?"

In my opinion, computers are becoming the trend of our time, and the trend of popularization is becoming more and more obvious. A huge new industry is rapidly forming, and those companies that can grasp the opportunity will undoubtedly become the trendsetters of this era! The BBC is broadcasting a documentary called "Powerful Microprocessing" to tell the whole British television audience how a revolution in the personal computer era is emerging!

Li Xuan took a sip of fragrant coffee, and then continued: "I am very optimistic about your new Atom personal computer launched by Aikang Company, it meets my requirements for a mass consumer computer, exquisite hardware design, superior cost performance! It is said that this atom computer is your strong request for research and development, your grasp of the field of consumer electronics is very accurate, this personal computer has the potential to sell well!"

Li Xuan praised it, but shook his head slightly and said, "But in my opinion, the flaws of the Atom computer are also very obvious, such as its software system. Atom doesn't even have an operating system, only the basic programming language interpreter built into the boot rom is available, which makes the computer extremely inconvenient to use!

Maybe you're looking for cost savings, but I know that the UK market has just launched a ZX-80 microcomputer, which uses a Z80 processor and costs just £100, which is far cheaper than the Atom!

In my opinion, a good software is even more important to a computer than the price factor! A computer is ultimately to be used at home, not as an ornament! If it is not practical, even if the price is low, it is just a waste of money!

In addition to computer enthusiasts, most users buy microcomputers for the purpose of processing some daily texts, account documents, and playing games! To complete the former task, you need excellent text software and table software, while the latter needs some interesting games that can be used to pass the time!"

Li Xuan saw that the other party's expression was becoming more and more strict, and he felt a little proud: "According to the information I have collected, Aikang Company does not seem to have a plan to develop relevant software!

As for the game software, I don't know if you've ever played Hong Kong Blocks. Our company's Riot Game was originally written by me on an Apple 2 computer!"

"Vincent, your point of view has inspired me a lot!" Currie began to call Li Xuan by his English name instead of his last name, and his attitude became much more enthusiastic.

"Can I call you Chris!" Li Xuan nodded when he saw the other party nodding before continuing, "As far as I know, most of the engineers within Aikan Company, including your friend Mr. Hermann Hauser, do not support your atom development project! There is another old saying in the East, the Tao is not the same! This sentence means that if two people have different views, they cannot work together for a long time, unless one person makes a compromise!"

You want to grow in the field of general consumer computers, while the rest of the company wants to grow in the field of professional computer systems. Aikang's strength does not seem to be enough, and it goes hand in hand in both aspects. So in my opinion, if neither you nor your friends are willing to make compromises, then seeking the support of stronger external funds is undoubtedly a good way to solve the problem!"

"If your Dongfang Electronics Company acquires Aikang, how will it arrange its future development!" Curry's attitude finally softened a little, and he did not directly refuse.

"If Dongfang Electronics completes the acquisition, Aikang Computer will become one of our sub-brands in Europe! In terms of R&D, Dongfang Electronics will split Aikang into two, on the one hand, it will support you to set up a personal computer R&D center in Cambridge, including the personal computer R&D team of the Hong Kong headquarters, and you will also be responsible for taking over.

The computer software R&D team of the R&D center of the headquarters will also fully cooperate with your R&D work! After all, 8-bit computers are very backward, and Motorola's MC68000 has entered the 32-bit era.

In fact, the company's semiconductor laboratory in Hong Kong is also developing a new 32-bit instruction set architecture, and has made a lot of progress! Therefore, the company's next-generation personal computer will directly skip the 16-bit and use the 32-bit RISC architecture that the company is developing as the core processor.

On the other hand, the company will set up an electronic technology research and development center in Cambridge based on other remaining scientific research personnel, continue the continuous research and development work in the fields of local area network and professional computer systems of iKang, and will also participate in the research and development of 32-bit instruction sets together with the real office of the headquarters!

Of course, all the production of computers will be done in Hong Kong in the Far East, after all, the manufacturing cost there is much lower than in the UK!"

Li Xuan did not shy away from elaborating on what arrangements Dongfang Electronics would take next if it successfully acquired Aikang.

Currie nodded slightly, as if pleased with the arrangement. But he didn't finally show his attitude, saying only that it would take some time to think about it. When Li Xuan heard this answer, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, because the other party's attitude had loosened compared to the beginning.

Li Xuan did not continue to pester each other while the iron was hot, but happily ended the first meeting between the two. He will next meet with two other partners of iKang, Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper.

Andy Hopper is the inventor of Icon's LAN technology, which originated from the Cambridgering network system he invented during his PhD at Cambridge University. At that time, Aikang and he personally founded a new company called Orbis to develop this network system technology.

Later, Akon acquired Orbis and exchanged Hopper's shares in Orbis for shares in Akon. So Hopper became the third shareholder of Akon.

The company's address is located near Market Hill in the middle of Cambridge Town, and the entire office space of the company is the upper loft of a two-story shop along the street.