A week ago, terrorists detonated a rented van containing 1,200 pounds of explosives in the underground garage of the World Trade Center in New York, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.

Major media outlets across the United States, including BNB News, reported on the bombing as soon as possible. The FBI, DSS (Diplomatic Security Service) and CIA have intervened in the investigation, and basically identified a terrorist from a Gulf state who committed the crime. There are different theories about the motive for the crime, and it is not surprising that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has become the "only mastermind" behind the World Trade Center bombing!

It is not known who did it, only that it is not too late to make amends, and if this bombing is quickly lost in people's memory, then the 911 incident, which has more damage and casualties, is likely to happen as it has happened in history.

New York is too dangerous, especially the notorious World Trade Center.

He didn't want to stay here for a minute, and after attending the NB Airlines celebration, he flew to California on Prince Mateb's private plane.

The service of NB Airlines' business charter flight was impeccable, and after a dozen hours of stops in New York, the tall German flight attendant replaced all the newspapers and magazines with the latest ones. In the absence of outsiders, the YSL canon basically does not apply to Prince Meteb, who, while drinking beer, pointed to the newspaper and said, "I don't believe it was Saddam Hussein, unless he is insane." ”

Lying on the leather seat that had just been flattened, he crossed Erlang's legs very unfiguratively, looked at the ceiling above his head and said, "It doesn't matter who did it, what motive you have, and what you want to achieve." The important thing is that this bombing will have a direct impact on how Americans perceive Arabs. ”

"That's obvious."

Prince Metbu put down his glass. Extremely exaggeratedly, he grabbed the collar of his suit and said, "I've thought about it." In the future, only suits and casual clothes were worn in the United States, and no robes were worn. If necessary, you can shave your beard as well. ”

Charter, of course, knew he was joking, and couldn't help but quip: "It's not enough to shave your beard, it's better to be like Michael Jackson, with a sharp nose, a high chin, a knife in the eyes, and a bleached skin." ”

"I admit that I like his songs, and even follow his 'space walk', but that doesn't mean I like the way he looks now. Especially the looks. ”

"I don't like it either."

He sat up suddenly, took a stack of papers from Jan Joseph's hand and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I think we should work." This is a document that has just been prepared by the legal department of the group, and if you look at it, if there is no problem, they will register in accordance with the relevant terms. ”

He suddenly put down the document and asked, "The more successful he is, the farther away he is from the goal, Zhang, do you think I have any hope?" ”

For the vast majority of people in the world, the prince in front of him who is about the same age as himself is considered a successful person. But in the ranking of the richest Arab people, he is afraid that he will be ranked after the top 100. Moreover, he also took the famous "Middle East Buffett" and Prince Waleed, who is worth nearly 10 billion US dollars, as his goal, and this gap is indeed a bit big.

The charter pretended to think about it seriously. He raised his fingers and said, "Ten years, ten years should be about the same." ”

In another ten years, he will only be in his thirties. Prince Metbu suddenly came to his senses, picked up a pen and quickly signed his name on the document, and said categorically: "Then I will stay in the United States for ten years, and I will never return to Riyadh until I become the richest man in Arabia!" ”

The new economy is about to rise, and NB Electric, which has not done a good job in the "old economy", obviously does not have so much energy to engage in the Internet. A piece of cake as big as hundreds of billions of dollars cannot be missed. After some deliberation on the charter, it was decided to set up a venture capital fund in Silicon Valley, with Prince Metb as chairman and full responsibility for the foundation.

The reason why he was invited and not others had a lot to do with his detached status. After all, the competition between VC firms and VC firms is just as fierce, and a VC firm with an unofficial name is obviously not as attractive as a VC firm with big names in charge.

"Your Highness, the key to whether 'Diamond Capital' can be managed well lies in its business philosophy, not whether you, the chairman of the foundation, can return to Riyadh."

Charter took a sip of mineral water and slowly continued: "As a successful VC firm, as a great venture capitalist, you need to create an atmosphere that encourages great people to start their careers. Let the talented people with ambitions and dreams see that you and your 'diamond capital' have a system that can support them to realize their dreams.

You don't need to care who they are or where they come from, as long as they have a seemingly good idea that can be turned into a viable business and can bring multiple times the benefits to 'Diamond Capital', embrace them with open arms and pay for their dreams with passion. Because you're the one with the gold, the dream of buying. ”

The name "Diamond Capital" was chosen by the prince himself, which makes people think of money as soon as they hear the name, he nodded slightly, and then laughed and said: "With gold, the dream of acquisition, I like this profession!" ”

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It was ten o'clock in the evening in Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley, and His Royal Highness the Prince was so ambitious that he insisted on going to Dune Road first. In desperation, the charter had to ask Dr. Chen Wushou, who was on exchange at Stanford University, to take them around.

As soon as he got on the bus, Dr. Chen Wushou smiled and introduced the situation in Silicon Valley.

"Linus's arrival caused a huge sensation, and programmers admired him and embraced him like a hero, and the door of the open source development lab was about to be squeezed by the programmers who came to him, and they talked freely, and put forward all kinds of ideas for improving and optimizing the NB-Linux operating system.

More than 90% of companies in Stanford and Silicon Valley use NB-Linux because of copyright issues, much to the embarrassment of nearby Windows companies, and one of their vice presidents has even publicly criticized Linus's open-source movement for undermining intellectual property. ”

The more developed countries and the more attention they pay to the protection of intellectual property rights, the more market the NB-Linux operating system will be available for free use. Moreover, the current Windows is not the 95 version that swept the world as popular in later generations, and NB-Linux is not the system that requires strong professional knowledge to master in later generations.

It has been optimized, optimized and optimized by Ansoft, Mosoft and Shengsoft, as well as thousands of supporters of the free software movement. It's really hard to tell the difference between the two operating systems.

Kill people's nests with free operating systems. Even set up an "open source code development lab" under people's noses. Specially received friends from the four mountains and five mountains in the "computer rivers and lakes".

Hurting others and not benefiting oneself is not happy for anyone, but asked with interest: "Dr. Chen, how did Linus reply?" ”

"He said, 'I wonder if Mundy has heard of Sir Isaac Newton?' He is not only famous for founding classical physics, but also for saying that I can see further because I am standing on the shoulders of giants'. He concludes: 'I'd rather listen to Newton's than to hear Mundi's. Even though he's been dead for almost 300 years, he hasn't made his room stink.' ”

The charter couldn't help but laugh: "The smell of gunpowder is full." Still too young. ”

Chen Wushou smiled and continued: "Zhang Gong, there are rumors that Microsoft is going to file a lawsuit against NB Electronics, accusing NB Electronics Group of using the NB-Linux operating system to engage in unfair competition. ”

Thinking of the "aggressive rooster", the charter said lightly: "I'm tired of litigation, more together, no more, less together, no less, just cheaper for those lawyers." ”

Prince Mateb turned around and asked curiously, "Zhang, how far has the lawsuit with the U.S. government progressed?" ”

"To be precise, it should be 'NB Electric v. Federal Department of Justice, State Department, Department of Commerce, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection,' which involves too many government departments and law enforcement officials. It is said that the case file is piled up in two offices, and the first trial is completed and there is a second trial. After the second trial, people want to appeal, and they will give you an extension at every turn, which is a waste of money and money, and I don't plan to play with them. ”

When the new president takes office, it is too late to reconcile. Prince Metbu reacted and smiled tacitly: "The litigation cycle is too long, so there is no need to waste so much energy." ”

Before you know it, the convoy has slowly arrived at its destination.

Chen Wushou hurriedly pressed down the window of the car, looked outside the car and introduced: "Your Highness, this Dune Road, a century ago, it was just a dirty road in the town of Menlo Park, but since ten years ago, it has gradually become the first choice for venture capital to set up offices. It has become a symbol of industry – a Mecca mecca of opportunity and wealth for venture capitalists. ”

The entire area of buildings is arranged under street lamps, along a creek and "dune road", only 500-1000 meters apart, and the buildings are regularly arranged, and the scenery is average, even inferior to some neighborhoods in American society.

But just as Wall Street has become synonymous with the U.S. financial industry, "Dune Road" is synonymous with venture capital firms in the eyes of entrepreneurs. Although it is only two or three kilometers long, there are more than a dozen large venture capital firms. At least half of the tech companies listed on the NASDAQ are invested by venture capital firms on the street.

"Wealth is created here every day, and high-tech miracles are created. Your Highness, it's up to you whether you can grasp it or not! ”

"There are only a dozen in total, and the competition should not be very fierce."

Prince Metbu was full of confidence, and continued to say to the entourage who had just gotten out of the car in front of him: "See, I'm going to set up the 'diamond capital' there!" Three days later, I'm sitting in my office. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

A venture capital firm set up in Silicon Valley should do things in the style of Silicon Valley.

The Americas Division, NB Computer (USA) Inc., Inc., and the Group's Technology Department, resident representatives in Silicon Valley, prepared a thick "Entrepreneurship Guide" for His Royal Highness the Prince and his advisors.

As expected from the charter, membership in the royal family allowed Prince Mateb to receive a high-profile courtesy from Stanford University. A $2 million donation made him a friend of Stanford University.

Immediately afterwards, he extended an olive branch to the president, vice president and several professors of Stanford University, inviting them to serve as directors or independent directors of "Diamond Capital".

Inviting presidents and professors to go to sea may not be possible in other American universities, but there are many examples like Stanford, and universities are very understanding and supportive of professors running companies. As long as a professor can complete the teaching task. And publish enough decent papers. Stanford does not restrict them from working part-time in outside companies, or even leaving school full-time for a period of time to start a company or hold a key position in the company.

There is no shame in serving the royal family, and besides, it is difficult for people to refuse the treatment given by His Royal Highness the Prince. In addition to the president, one vice-president, six professors and associate professors who were invited gladly accepted his invitation.

The investment objects of "Diamond Capital" cover unlisted companies at all stages of development, which can be roughly divided into three categories. One is the seed incubation stage, which usually has only a few founders and a few inventions. What needs to be done has not yet been made, and sometimes the company has not even been established and is in the stage of angel investor investment;

The second is the early stage, where companies have usually proven their concepts and technologies, have made products, but have not yet succeeded commercially; Then there is the stage of development, when the company already has a turnover and even a profit, but in order to develop, more funds are needed. This stage of investment is the icing on the cake. Rather than sending charcoal in the snow.

The amount of investment in each stage is divided into several orders of magnitude, from 100,000 to 1 million, 1 million to 10 million, and 10 million to 50 million.

"Diamond Capital" like this. The dozen or so venture capital firms on Dune Road are similar.

To everyone's surprise, His Royal Highness the Prince is a blockbuster! On the first day of its official operation, "Diamond Capital" announced that it would provide up to $140 million in venture capital to Echostar Communications, which is not even in Silicon Valley.

The future of satellite television is slim, and neither the financiers and venture capitalists on Wall Street nor Dune Road believe that this more than 100 million dollars can fundamentally change the status quo of Echo Star, and they all doubt that His Royal Highness the Prince will be able to get the return he deserves in the future.

It's a long-term investment, and you can even see it as a side investment to BNB News. The charter will not explain, Charles-Elgen will not explain, and even less Prince Metb, the president of "Diamond Capital".

As a result, he was secretly labeled as "rich in money", "stupid" and "easy to deceive" by shrewd Silicon Valley engineers.

As it turns out, he's really good at cheating!

Several students from the School of Engineering of Stanford University made a plan that many people felt was too reliable, and ran over to try their luck with the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but they did not expect to receive a call from His Royal Highness the Prince the next morning, inviting them to go to "Diamond Capital" to discuss the details of cooperation.

Throw $100,000 here, $200,000 there, get you 300,000 first, and then give him 400,000...... One said that it was a thousand dollars to buy bones, but in less than a week, it invested in more than a dozen projects in a row, who would say that "Diamond Capital" is not a venture capital company?

What should be voted for and what must be voted for, the charter has already made a list for him. Although none of the dozen or so projects are on the list, they are all technically related to NB Electric's sub-groups and subsidiaries, and they are all invested after strict review by the representative of the Ministry of Technology in Silicon Valley.

The impact was created, and the "big money" of 140 million US dollars and a series of small investments made "Diamond Capital" suddenly become the most popular venture capital company in Silicon Valley.

While His Royal Highness the Prince vividly interpreted what it means to be a "local tyrant", the charter of the big boss behind the "Diamond Capital" was not idle.

Since the 90s, the Internet has become de facto an "international network": each subnet is responsible for its own setup and operating costs, and these subnets are interconnected through NSFNET. NSFNET connects tens of millions of computers and tens of millions of users across the United States, making it the most important member of the Internet. With the expansion and proliferation of computer networks around the world, networks outside the Americas are gradually connected to the NSFNET backbone or its subnets.

In order to make the R&D staff of the Heung Kong Experimental Center use the Internet, he frequently contacted the American ISOC and Internet people in Silicon Valley as a young scientist. He even made a special trip to Washington to discuss the possibility of pulling a fiber from Hong Kong to the Xiangjiang Experimental Center, and discussed with the officials of the National Science Foundation in charge of the international connection of the network.

This work is also being done in China, such as the "NCFC" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

However, the difficulties encountered in the political aspect are extremely severe, and after the initial completion of the construction of the NCFC, neither the Chinese Academy of Sciences nor the two universities have any information or data to provide access to on the network, nor do they have good network applications. In order for the network to be truly useful, a formal connection to the Internet must first be established. Due to political reasons, the United States has never allowed China to access.

The charter wants to access it in China, and wants the researchers and experimenters of the experimental center to consult the latest papers, especially the information of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Association, which also cannot avoid Uncle Sam.

Friends from the scientific community helped, lobbyists on Capitol Hill helped, and the National Science Foundation officials in charge of international connectivity to the network finally allowed conditional access to the Hong Kong NB Laboratory Heung Kong Experimental Center.

First, it is necessary to ensure the non-proliferation of the information consulted, and second, it is necessary to accept supervision. Like some precision instruments exported to China, the work must be carried out within the specified conditions at the specified place, and a detailed record must be left for the US side to check every time it is tested.

The harsh conditions can no longer be harsh, if it represents the government of a country, it is simply a loss of power and humiliation of the country. Moreover, they just nodded, and the specific work had to be coordinated with the SAR government and the British government in Hong Kong.

If you don't accept this harsh condition, you can go online in two years, but the regulations can't wait, and the NB lab can't wait, so I communicated with the laboratory council on the phone, and finally decided to accept the US conditions. But there is also a time limit for supervision, and once China officially connects to the Internet, US supervisors must be evacuated.

As for whether it will be leaked, the charter is not very worried.

First, the real experimental site of the silicon purification and graphite project is not in the experimental center, but in the glass shell branch of NB Electronics Group; Second, the gas turbine generator set team has broken down the project into pieces and studied them in four places at the same time: Berlin, St. Petersburg, Hong Kong and the Heung Kong Experimental Center. (To be continued......)