When the fifteen-minute recess arrived, everyone re-entered the room and let the technicians continue to explain their ideas.

Another two hours passed, and Li Jiaming, who still didn't understand, asked the technical staff of the research institute, then turned around and confirmed to Wayne: "Ayne, I don't understand technology, you just need to tell me, is it possible for GSM to achieve high-speed data transmission, such as more than 1M per second?" ”

The conference room was stunned, but Li Jiaming knew that the future wireless network 1m/s was the minimum standard, otherwise he would not even be satisfied with watching high-definition movies online.

"No, their principle is time division multiple access technology, when the number of users is small, high-speed transmission of data can be realized, but when the number of users is large, it is impossible to achieve high-speed transmission at the same time. We have calculated that when the number of users of a base station reaches 30,000, their limit is 256kb/s, otherwise the entire system will be paralyzed.

Boss, not to mention those megacities, even our city of Sunnyvale has more than 300,000 residents. If they want to reach a speed of 1 m/s, they need to build at least 12 base stations, and no telecom operator can afford this cost. ”

Li Jiaming was overjoyed, and Yang Zhiyuan next to him also frowned, and interrupted: "In other words, sooner or later, they will encounter a bottleneck?" ”

The skinny Wayne did not hesitate at all, and said resolutely: "Yes! ”

That's it, the future is nothing more than two standards, one is CDMA, and the other is GSM improved with CDMA technology. Even if Li Jiaming no longer understands technology, he knows that the second option is most likely to succeed, and only the second can make telecom operators compromise and accept. Perhaps in the previous life, Qualcomm took this path, not the old man Irving claimed to enter the telecom operation industry.

"Okay, now you tell me, will Qualcomm go this way after it is acquired by Intel?"

"I'm not sure, Brche is in favor of that line of thinking, but Irving is adamantly against it. Now that BRCHE has been appointed as VP, but the new CEO and chairman are all transferred from Intel, I'm not sure which way they will go. ”

The balancing act used by large companies, even if BRHCE can finally gain the upper hand, will have to go through a struggle and stalemate, but this is not something that can be done by doing. First of all, it is necessary to bypass the rogue decree "Wassenaar Agreement", otherwise sooner or later the FBI will find trouble. After being embarrassed for a while, Li Jiaming looked at Vice Chairman Yang Zhiyuan, in fact, the best choice for doing this was him, not himself, who could not be naturalized.

Yang Zhiyuan, who knows what this idea means, is also very difficult, this is a new standard of baseband chip, which is far from tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars that can be developed. He grew up in the United States and knew the virtues of these white people, and he could say seven points for three points and ten points for five points. In the first half of the year, Owen's old thing swore that GSM would not be able to overcome its shortcomings, and Texas Instruments would not do the same? Wayne's argument is based on the current state of the art, and the performance of the hardware in the future cannot be improved?

In addition, the project is extremely expensive, with at least billions of dollars on an ongoing basis, and the development time is as long as five or six years. If Intel takes the lead in making a breakthrough, except for some patents that are worth a little money, the rest of the investment will be worthless; And even if it succeeds, there is no guarantee that GSM manufacturers will not be able to break through again and overcome their technical shortcomings.

However, no amount of risk can overshadow the huge prospects of this project, and GSM does not have enough potential compared to CDMA. As long as telecom operators can get better performance by simply upgrading and retrofitting existing equipment, they can accept the new industry standard.

After calculating for a long time, Yang Zhiyuan reminded: "Ayne, your idea is based on the CDMA standard, what about patents? GSM's patents are easy to buy, but Intel can't give us licensing, they are used to designing, producing and selling everything themselves. If we sue them for monopoly, we may win, but it will still be a disaster for the company! ”

"No, these are based on CDMA-based patents, all of which are in the hands of OEN. He wanted to set up a new company, but everyone felt that he had betrayed everyone and did not bid with Intel, so they were unwilling to follow him. If we go to him and buy it, he will agree. ”

Yang Zhiyuan's face became strange, and he looked at Li Jiaming, who was also eccentric, but Wayne explained: "Boss, we don't mean to blame you, the company was in a bad state at the beginning, so the futures stock system was implemented. He betrayed all of us by turning everyone's stock into waste paper for his own benefit! You're just an investor, and no one will ask you to do your boss duties. ”

Loyalty and betrayal were not expected to be mentioned in a business society like the United States, but Li Jiaming had to admit that Wayne's anger was justified. Even in the highly commercialized United States, small religious groups of all kinds are still prevalent. Qualcomm was a company built by professors and students, and Wayne easily saw Irving as a leader rather than just a boss.

Boss and boss are the same word boss in English, but they have very different meanings. Like Nakamura, they also call themselves bosses, but that means leaders, and they define themselves as members of their own team, not just salaried employees.

Employees don't need to be loyal to their bosses, but team members need to be loyal to the team as a whole. Just as the last time Wharton's proposal could bring great benefits to the team, Nakamura offered to sacrifice himself, which is loyalty to the team. In the same way, since you are the leader of the team, you must be loyal to all the members, and you can't ask your subordinates to talk about loyalty when they sacrifice, and talk about business when you need to pay for yourself, that's not what a leader should do.

"Brother Zhiyuan, what other comments do you have?"

"Jiaming, let's go out and have a few words?"

At the critical moment, Li Jiaming had no intention of ridiculing his friend's indecision, and when he left the conference room, he went straight and said: "Brother Zhiyuan, funds are not a problem, you can pay as much as you want, and I will pay if it is not enough; If that's not enough, we'll go for financing. ”

"No, no, we can't do that! I really don't know how you got this master's degree? Paid for?

Jiaming, your gambler-like style has to be changed, we have to raise funds from the beginning, as long as we ensure that the control of the new company is in our hands. ”

Yang Zhiyuan laughed at his friend and whispered: "Let's make some achievements first, and then go to the three major telecom operators ATT, Veriazon, and Sprint-Nextel to invest." I can understand the technology, but the experts in their company still don't understand? ”

In a word, those large companies are conservative and rigid, but they also do not lack forward-looking vision, and they can also see the inherent shortcomings of GSM. As long as they can make some achievements and let them see the hope of success, it is not difficult to snatch the initiative from Intel.

Hehe, this guy has finally become an old bird in the business world, Li Jiaming couldn't help but stroking his palms and laughing, and sifted through the people in his circle of friends who are rich and can take this risk, "You, me, David, who else?" ”

“yahoo!”

Of course, it's good to be able to get involved with yahoo who is not short of money, but can this guy level those old antiques? This project is too risky, Li Jiaming is not optimistic, they will let go of such a good opportunity last time, not to mention that this time it is independent research and development.

"At the end of the year, I want to run for chairman and CEO at the shareholders' meeting."

Li Jiaming was overjoyed, what is the good of being offered up as a god, how can it be convenient to hold the power? But he is still not optimistic, the company will lose its adventurous spirit when it is bigger, which is the main reason why he would rather borrow from private individuals than easily find loans from financial institutions. The control is in your own hands, and when it really doesn't make sense, you can force a resolution to pass, and replace it with someone who is not strong enough?

However, my friend has this ambition, and Li Jiaming must encourage him no matter what. It is too difficult for Chinese people in the United States, and it is not an exaggeration to be called a third-class citizen, which is also the main reason why Li Jiaming likes to pull this guy when he has some benefits.

"You should have come out a long time ago to stand on a tree pole, and a husband can't be without power for a day! Okay, you take the lead in this matter, I can't be naturalized. ”

"Narrow-minded!"

"This is called forgetting the ancestors, anyway, I am going to be buried in the ancestral grave mountain."

Yang Zhiyuan can understand this feeling, but he doesn't have that personal feeling, and after a few jokes, he discussed: "I can't take the lead in this matter, if I succeed in the election, yahoo alone will be enough for me to be busy." ”

Since his friend was ready to do a big job, Li Jiaming had to help out, and suggested: "Zhiyuan, in fact, Tim's management ability is not bad, you can use him as a deputy." It's not that I don't believe in your abilities, it's that the person who is the leader should not do everything himself, but should only grasp the big picture. ”

"That's right, that's what I think, don't you like to be executive vice mayors, deputy county magistrates and the like? I made him an executive/VP and continued to be in charge of the entire operation of the company, with the same salary. ”

Cunning, but I like it, Li Jiaming said secretly: "Then who will take care of this project, invest at least two or three hundred million in advance!" ”

"Ayne, let him be the CEO, we need a thousand dollars to buy horse bones. Jiaming, these people alone can't do this big project, and they must continue to poach people from Qualcomm, and they have to dig up the backbone quietly. ”

It makes sense, the two hit it off and decided to invest first and then look for financing.

"Okay, you can do this, the chairman will also belong to you, and I will only pay for it."

"Bring in your private research institute?"

This thing can't be done, at least it can't be passed in the board of directors, Li Jiaming shook his head when he heard it. Yang Zhiyuan saw that the other party did not agree, and knew that he would be wrong, and said with a smile: "I only need the chip research group!" ”

This difficulty is also too great, Li Jiaming said officially: "QC6522 can cost us 240 million US dollars, kyle they won't easily agree!" ”

This is a big trouble, no one will be happy to change it, Yang Zhiyuan also smiled bitterly: "My opinion is to fold shares, don't meddle in this matter, and do a good job of the ipod2 press conference with peace of mind." It's not good, in the past few years, I have been counting on the company's list support. ”

“yes\/boss?”

"Get out! Gone, go and announce the personnel appointments. Now, you're the boss of the company. ”

The two entered the conference room, and Li Jiaming announced new personnel appointments and announced the establishment of a new company, with Yang Zhiyuan as the chairman.

"Gentlemen, I know that your abilities have been proven at Qualcomm, but our company has our company principle, which is that all managers are prioritized for promotion from within, giving all employees a channel for advancement. Therefore, your futures agreement must be signed after one year, and you need to see your work results, do you have any comments? ”

Ayne is CEO? The six people who had just resigned from Qualcomm looked at each other with joy in an instant.

"Ok, Marissa, YLE, let's discuss the company's investment."

"Wait, I'll call David and ask him to come over."