Before the fourth round of auditions, Song Ya had to go to Silicon Valley, and he met up with DeLay, Samur and others who came from Chicago to go to Palm first.

"Delay doesn't pay much attention to non-A+ audio businesses right now, you should keep an eye on it."

He was in the same car with Linda, who had just finished getting legal documents and officially joined the company, "Palm and Wan Yan invested in the name of my A+ copyright and investment management company, and he was purely helpful, so you don't bother him with many things." He is in charge of the synthesized music rights library and DTS, as well as the preparation of the American music website, and he is already very busy. ”

"Understand ......"

Linda kept flipping through the documents in her hand to familiarize herself with the business, "I didn't expect you to make more money than MC Hammer, who is a pioneer of hip-hop singers' own record companies...... Wow, your contract with Sony Columbia Records is fantastic, how did you do it? Motura is by no means that easy to talk to. ”

"If you've followed my fight with Sony Columbia Records in '91, you can see that I took a big risk. And it's going to be a lot of trouble later, as you'll soon know. Song Ya didn't plan to talk about it now, anyway, the tryst with Mariah Carey couldn't be hidden from her, and she would know about it later.

"WELCOME, MR. APLUS."

Jeffrey Hawkins, the founder of Palm, greeted him personally, and when he saw Samur and his men at Coopers, he immediately sweated on his forehead, "Please come with me, the documents are ready." ”

The atmosphere in the current Palm company is solemn, many workstations, and even the front desk are empty, and some employees immediately showed panicked expressions when they saw a large group of people following behind Song Ya, buried their heads deeply, crackling and typing on the keyboard, eager to get into the computer monitor in front of them.

"Hehe, I just laid off some people." Jeffrey Hawkins explained.

"Is it going to start the winter?" Samuel asked.

"It's not that bad, it's not that bad." Jeffrey Hawkins said something that he didn't know if he believed it or not, "We're ready to transform into a pure software company, providing tooling software services for PDAs and similar microoperating systems." ”

"You laid off all the people in the hardware department?" DeLay asked.

"It's cut a bit, but I want to keep some hope." Jeffrey Hawkins took Samuel and the others into the office reserved for the auditors and instructed the financial department to cooperate, so he led Songya into his office with DeLay and Linda, and made his own coffee.

"Fxxk, I'm even more panicked when you're like this." Song Ya scolded as he looked at his busy back in front of the coffee machine.

"You are an investor, and I did burn more than one million of yours, but after all, this is still my own business." Jeffrey Hawkins expertly sandwiched three cups of coffee between them, "Trust me, your investment isn't going to go down the drain, uh, not completely." He took out a prototype of the Palm PDA product from the drawer and distributed it, "This is our product, and we also have our own unique advantages compared to Apple's Newton PDA." ”

The three of them each held one in their hands and fiddled, "I don't see any advantages, and Apple's products are already difficult to use." Song Ya took out his Newton PDA from his pocket for comparison, the functions are actually similar, but they are far less delicate than Apple's, and the screen is smaller but heavier, "People won't buy this just by looking at the brand." ”

The rainbow-colored apple logo is very popular with the people of the United States, and Palm's products are these four printed letters, he felt very desperate, and instantly experienced the mood of Jeffrey Hawkins.

"It's not that bad, it's not that bad."

Jeffrey Hawkins scratched at the messy head, "You try the handwriting function, it's definitely better than Apple's, have you seen the Simpsons laugh at their handwriting function?" ”

"I don't watch cartoons." Song Ya immediately pulled out her pen and started to try, The Simpsons is a hit animated series on Fox TV.

"Cartoons don't have to be made for kids, you ...... Well, forget it when I didn't say. Jeffrey Hawkins explained halfway, and seeing that Song Ya was not interested, he took the initiative to end the conversation.

However, he didn't lie when he said that the handwriting function is better than Apple's, and the accuracy rate is indeed higher than Apple's, "How did you do that?" After experiencing it firsthand, Song Ya was in a better mood and asked.

"Apple complicates things...... Well, I don't want to go into details, but we have patents for that. Jeffrey Hawkins replied, "There are a lot of companies right now that are interested in our handwriting recognition technology. ”

"So there's a new investor in Series B?" Song Ya stopped writing, he only cares about how much he can get back from his investment now.

"No, hehe, not yet. As I said before, we will take apart the technology accumulation of PDA, sell software, and maintain the company, the PDA market has been sluggish by Apple, but it is still widely optimistic, but the technology is not advanced enough, and there is no shortage of new players in this industry. Jeffrey Hawkins smiled.

Every punctuation mark in his words Song Ya couldn't believe it now, "Anyway, the business is yours, I am a venture capitalist who only accounts for 20% of the shares, since it is a venture capital, I am also ready to take risks, as long as you don't spend my money indiscriminately." ”

"No, no." Jeffrey Hawkins glanced through the glass wall of the room and glanced at Samuel's office.

At the end of the visit, he came out of the Palm company, "The accounts are fairly clear, there are some minor problems, but I don't recommend that you dig deeper." Samuel said: "Jeffrey Hawkins, a founder with a technical background, is generally very emotional about the company, and does not aim to entrap investors for money. ”

"I understand, that's the only way to go." Song Ya and Samuel and others went to the A+ pedal company again, and received a warm welcome from Reese, the sales of pedal products are very stable, Reese, as the general manager, has also planned some attempts to open up new markets, but in the electronic musical instrument industry, in the face of a large number of high-quality and inexpensive book products, he does not have the confidence to make great efforts to compete, so he also stopped at planning. The most valuable thing in the hands of A+ Pedal Company is the land and factory owned by the company and the 25% shares of A+ Apparel Company.

"The equity reward is just around the corner, and Reeser won't make a fuss." In order to show his trust in Lise, Song Ya did not let Samur conduct an in-depth audit, and on the face of it there was no major problem, Samuel said: "Your investment is a success. He comforted Song Ya, who was a little depressed after leaving Palm, "It's normal for venture capital to lose money and make money, don't take it too seriously." ”

"Do you know what's wrong with Apple?" He asked Samuer that Apple's stock price has been floating between eight or nine cents, and according to Ogladi, if the company's management continues like this, it is estimated that it will be difficult to return to the purchase price of eight cents, which is a real stab.

Samur smiled and shook his head, "I don't know much about this. ”

"Aren't you still making money investing in the stock market in general?" Linda asked, rummaging through the papers.

"As soon as I lose money, I ...... I feel uncomfortable. Song Ya pounded his heart, there have been two Apple products in the movie tomorrow......

"APLUS, you and MC Hammer are completely opposite personalities." Linda laughed: "He has never invested his money and doesn't care, and he won't know the company as well as you, and your style of acting is not like an NGer at all." ”

"Don't keep comparing me to him, okay? Linda. ”

Song Ya replied unhappily: "He is going bankrupt now, and he is also the most unsuccessful part of the singers, and I have Chinese ancestry." ”

"I'm sorry, boss." Linda made a gesture of surrender with both hands and closed her mouth.

For the rest of the trip, Samur and the others went to A+ Apparel in San Francisco, and Song Ya and DeLay and Linda went later, and before that, they had to deal with the use of the American music website to hoard land.

"We've got the license from America Magazine for a very low price. The main expenses for setting up a website are server rentals and programmer salaries, and young people from universities can do it part-time, and they are now happy to contribute to the World Wide Web......"

Before the three of them walked into a high-end restaurant in St. Barbabe, they reported: "After the website was set up, all that was left was the purely manual work of moving the magazine online, which was more tedious. ”

"Is it feasible to outsource to Huaguo?" Song Ya asked.

"It's all English......," DeLay refused, turning a corner, "Silicon Valley is one of the most politically left-wing regions, and programmer families are the most tolerant of dual-income workers, so we can hire some programmer wives with low computer skills to do this, and do it slowly, anyway, our goal is to get land." Oh yes......" he told Linda, "don't say anything when you see Mr. John Ariraja later." ”

"I understand." Linda nodded.

This time I want to meet the largest landowner in Silicon Valley, billionaire John Ararilaga, who owns 1,100 square kilometers of land in Santa Barbara County, most of which has been converted into commercial real estate, catching up with the explosion of Silicon Valley's technology industry, and making more money every year just lying down and collecting rent.

"Hello, Mr. Ariraja."

Song Ya and the three of them sat in the agreed place, and after waiting for long, John Aliraga arrived on time, Song Ya got up with a warm smile and shook hands with him, knowing that the other party was a Spanish immigrant, and deliberately showed off the Spanish he learned from Shakira.

"I'm Basque." Unexpectedly, the horse's fart slapped on the horse's leg, this white fat man in his fifties immediately straightened his face, he didn't have much Spanish national pride, in fact, the Basque Country and Catalonia have always had a tendency to go it alone, and they have been in conflict with the Spanish main nation for a long time, and even now, the Basque ETA organization is still engaged in violent activities in Spain.

"Uh, sorry, I just...... Just wanted to show friendliness. Song Ya said awkwardly holding his hand.

"Haha......" Fu suddenly laughed, "It's okay, I don't really care much about this, it's all from the United States haha, the dream of the United States is right?" It was the rice country that made me rich. ”

"Yes, yes." Song Ya nodded frequently, and the two sides sat down.

"I don't usually run out for this little business, I'm interested in you APLUS, your investment in DTS is beautiful, I've seen Jurassic Park, Spielberg, David Geffen, wow...... That kind of sound is DTS's technology, right? He asked, arranging his napkin.

"Yes, some of my records also use this technology, but it's not as good as the theatrical effect, and it's better than nothing." Song Ya replied, "I still have ...... in Sunnyvale" Since the other party was interested in him, he took out the investment in Silicon Valley, A+ pedal and Palm to blow it up.

"Everything?"

"Yes, all of them."

"So what do you want to put on that...... Uh, what......" he recalled with his eyes closed.

"The American Music Website, Mr. Aliraga." DeLay reminded.

"What site is also placed in Sunnyvale?" He said, "Actually, it's better to put it in Menlo Park, where my land is basically there." ”

"I come here a lot, I don't want to spread things out." Song Ya replied.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to move."

The two sides chatted very happily, the Sunnyvale land to be bought was just a drop in the bucket for the big landowner, nothing at all, and the dinner table was basically pulling around, and the topic was in the hands of the other party.

"You attended the University of Chicago? Actually, you should go to Stanford, I'll go to Stanford, make your home here, the development prospects here are very good, and Stanford's computer science major is better than the University of Chicago, right? Actually, I don't really understand. The big landlord touched his bulging belly, "Recently, there are a lot of people hoarding land with high-tech gimmicks, you won't do that, right?" ”

"Of course not."

Song Ya said with a smile: "My investment is very down-to-earth, you know, DTS or something, it has been proven by the market." ”

"That's the best, my real estate is surrounded by powerful and profitable technology companies, not those guys who speculate on concepts and hoard land." He said, "You haven't answered my question at Stanford, don't you really think about it?" ”

"Well, Chicagoans generally think that the University of Chicago is the best in the world, except for Columbia University......" Song Ya jokingly declined.

"Haha!"