(There are a lot of English names in this chapter, and the names of the operating systems cannot be Chinese, so they do not affect reading...... Xia Yu finally got the direction of his mobile phone operating system, it's not easy!)

Despite being the first investment project, Xiao Wenjing remained calm and directly pulled Workman's valuation to $4 million.

"This mention of yours...... It's a little low," Francie said, "we need to talk about it." ”

"Of course. ”

The three of them went to the door of the café for a discussion, and it could be seen that James and Fry were a little tempted, this was not the first time they had contacted investors, in fact, the price given by this Chinese female investor was quite okay.

But Francier insisted on talking about it again, after all, they all resigned from Yahoo for this site, and it was considered to be a blockage of the future, and it took so much effort.

Ten minutes later, Francier came back and said with a serious face, "Thank you very much for your recognition of Workman, Ms. Jessy, but we discussed it carefully and we really can't give that much ...... In fact, the minimum we can accept is $1 million to sell 20% of the shares, otherwise we can only apologize. ”

That's $5 million, but it's also in Xiao Wenjing's psychological price, she didn't hesitate any longer, "OK, as you wish, Mr. Franger!"

"Thank you!"

During this process, Xia Yu did not speak. In Franger's opinion, Xia Yu should be the role of a project assistant!

But he had actually been thinking about a question in his heart, and he almost couldn't help but mention it to Xiao Wenjing.

That is, Xia Yu had never heard of this company before he was reborn!

This means that Workman either fails, or is acquired by a company that integrates into the service.

The risk is roughly half of the equation.

However, he still held back, after all, judging from the investment experience of later generations, this project is worth selling. If you have to keep an eye on the companies that have become famous, the fun of investing is much less.

The internet itself is a place of wonder and variables. And he didn't want to interfere with Xiao Wenjing's judgment anymore.

She attaches so much importance to Bluestar Ventures, and it is really disrespectful to have to point fingers at every project.

On the way back to the hotel, Xiao Wenjing was still excited, after all, this was the first investment he decided for Bluestar Ventures. Seeing that Xia Yu didn't speak, she couldn't help but ask, "Hey, why didn't you speak this time?" Tell me, is Workman worth the price?"

You should be glad that you can meet a reliable team after only seeing three companies. ”

"Hmph, you seem to know how much you know about venture capital!

Carefully selected can there be the first two?

The team and the product are the first to be screened......

Xia Yu was just about to teach him a lesson, when suddenly his mobile phone rang. It's Liu Jun who I've been waiting for!

This big man in the field of mobile phone design from DXN Wireless is the best person in charge of Tianxing North America Real Yàn Office in his mind!

Xia Yu immediately made a gesture to Xiao Wenjing, walked a few steps to a quiet tree, and then connected the phone.

"Hello Mr. Liu, I'm Xia Yu!"

"Don't call it Mr. Liu, I should call you Mr. Xia, Polestar did a really good job!"

When Liu Jun first received Xia Yu's email, he didn't take it too seriously.

At that time, he had just returned to the United States, and was introduced by a classmate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to work in a wireless communication studio. But keep communicating. When I learned that Xia Yu was the founder of Polestar Electronics, I immediately took it seriously.

It's Polestar, who just won the grand prize at CES! My niece who is in junior high school saw it on TV, and as a result, she threw aside the Polaris K2 that she couldn't put down, waiting for the S1!

Only then did he communicate with Xia Yu seriously.

Of course, Xia Yu didn't directly talk about the mobile phone when communicating with him. Instead, I talked to him about some technical aspects of optimizing a system built for mobile phones under the Linux architecture.

In fact, at that time, Xia Yu still had great hopes for Android.

Liu Jun didn't hide his secrets, 2005 was supposed to be the time when the concept of smartphones was on fire, whether it was Blackberry, Nokia or Motorola. have begun to focus on this type of product. Of course, these are not comparable to the smartphones of later generations, so they should be regarded as the embryonic period.

Because it doesn't matter if it's Symbian, which has just introduced a development platform. Or Motorola's direct and simple Linux, it is far from being very smart.

After the plan to acquire Android fell through, Xia Yu began to really consider his plan to build his own operating system.

And Liu Jun really gave a feasible plan!

At this time, he also learned that Liu Jun had brought his family to the United States and planned to settle here, Xia Yu couldn't wait any longer, directly revealed this idea, and directly invited him to join as the chief R&D engineer in North America.

In terms of treatment, he gritted his teeth and gave 600,000 dollars directly!

This figure is also considered high in Silicon Valley today, and it is many times more than when he was the president of operations of DXN Wireless.

I don't know if I was really moved by this annual salary figure, but two days later, Liu Jun's call finally came!

It's a show!

Xia Yu was still a little excited: "Then let's not be polite to each other, just call me Xia Yu." You're in San Francisco?"

The real yàn room where Liu Jun works is in Texas, and he was invited to come here this time, so he should have made up his mind.

"Well, we just arrived, let's talk in the evening!"

"Good!"

Xiao Wenjing looked at Xia Yu with a happy face, and couldn't help asking, "This is the technical master you said?"

"Not yet", Xia Yu grinned, "But eighty percent of them have a play!"

……

In the past two days, Xia Yu has been worrying about the mobile phone operating system.

It was because he knew a little bit about it that he knew how complex and difficult it was.

Consider that Apple's iOS was improved over the original MacOSX and took two years, while Android was fully supported by Google and was developed on Linux, which took three years......

Moreover, what he wants is a closed system like iOS, which is destined to no longer use the open source architecture of Linux.

Although there are many closed parts of Android in addition to the underlying Linux - which was built by the Android team at the cost of tens of millions of dollars and the Android team for two years of continuous writing and debugging - since the kernel is Linux, it still has to follow the basic open policy.

So that's why Android has been open since its birth. And on this basis, it has attracted the support of most mobile phone manufacturers who are extremely envious of Apple.

Why can Apple iOS be closed?

Because its master system, MacOSX, is a combination of the early closed Unix and Apple's own open Unix-like system Darwin around 2000!

As for Unix, it is an operating system invented in 1969 by the famous Bell Shiyàn room, which can be said to be the basis for many later systems such as Linux and MacOS. Because of its stable architecture, it is still used in various high-end servers and has been used by most key departments such as government, finance, and scientific research.

If Android is the grandson, Linux is the father, and Unix is the grandfather!

Well, Xia Yu understands these things that are basic common sense. But it's not deep, I didn't think of this aspect at all before.

In the end, I got a revelation from the exchange with Liu Jun.

"If you really want to make a closed system, that kind of Unix is a direction to consider...... In fact, the Unix-like system is very mature now, and there are many small teams doing this expansion and optimization work, especially QNX, which is quite suitable for the development of mobile phones. ”

That's right, when it comes to QNX, a Unix-like system, Xia Yu knows that this is not after the BlackBerry mobile phone manufacturer RIM "worked hard". The software company that was acquired,

Later, the new BlackBerry system was revised on top of this, but unfortunately at this time, the smartphone market was already the world of Android and Apple.

In this way, QNX is at least the same generation as Apple's MacOSX system!

MacOSX can incubate iOS. QNX later incubated the later mature BlackBerry OS10, which must have been made earlier......

I have to say that you can still open up ideas by communicating with professional personnel!

Otherwise, even if Xia Yu has a rebirth memory, he is in a realm where there is not enough information to trigger or is completely unfamiliar. It's not much better than Xiao Wenjing.

This also made him more eager for Liu Jun, and he couldn't wait to urge him every few hours!

……

The meeting place with Liu Jun was a rare Huaguochuan restaurant in Silicon Valley. Well, it's mostly for the growing number of Chinese engineers in Silicon Valley. It is said to be a branch of a famous Sichuan restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Liu Jun is from Shuchuan, so he is very satisfied with this.

The two were not in a hurry to talk about joining, but while eating, Liu Jun continued to popularize the knowledge of the operating system to Xia Yu.

Well, I didn't see that Liu Jun still has the potential to be a teacher!

However, Xia Yu was originally curious about this, so he listened very seriously.

"In fact, BlackBerry's smartphones are also simplified on the basis of QNX, a Unix-like system, so the function is so stable, and the sales are also very good in North America. Of course, this is thanks to their continuous improvement and reinforcement in terms of working mode and security, as well as the classic design of the full keyboard......"

Xia Yu nodded: "Well, I heard that the US military and even the White House use BlackBerry phones!"

This is true, in fact, we know that in 2011, four years after the birth of the iPhone, BlackBerry still has the most orders from military and government departments, and it is also a must-have mobile phone for many large companies to equip their employees.

Of course, the BlackBerry phone that the future US President Barack Obama has been using must be just a shell! I don't know what it has been modified into.

Liu Jun smiled and said: "That's true! The security of BlackBerry phones is really great, and I am very optimistic about the prospects of this Canadian company!"

That's because the iPhone hasn't been born yet......

Xia Yu continued to complain silently.

"Not only that, but QNX isn't really well-known, but it's not in the digital electronics space. Did you know that QNX has long been the most popular operating system in the automotive field, with a market share of more than 70%?

This Xia Yu really didn't know, but he was more concerned about the mobile phone, and asked eagerly: "What about transforming him into a smartphone system?"

"Yes, it's not difficult, in fact, I have friends who do this kind of work again......"

"Ah, really!"

Xia Yu suddenly felt that the idea of building his own operating system seemed to be getting closer and closer, and it was the closed system he dreamed of......!

PS: I've been holding back the content of this chapter for a long time and have been entangled...... After all, if you start from scratch and build a smartphone system on Linux by imitating Android, it can't be closed in theory......

It was only yesterday that I had a discussion with the CEO of Lewa Systems before I thought of returning to Unix-like. I checked the information carefully, and found that this idea is really feasible! If you look tired, just remember that Xia Yu has found a way to solve the problem of wanting a closed mobile operating system from a technical point of view.

In fact, I have referred to a lot of novels related to this aspect, and found that they are all Linux or the acquisition of Android, or even the direct compilation of a kind, I can't learn from it, so I have been entangled, who made me a pseudo-reasonable party......

But this kind of history is really refreshing......

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