Goncharova met at Half Moon Bay with Huang Guangfu, Chairman of OtI.

In a narrow sense, this is beyond the confines of Silicon Valley, but due to the rapid development of Silicon Valley over the years. The tiny Santa Clara Valley simply can't accommodate that many startups, so many are growing outward.

Now that Silicon Valley is thriving, I can't wait to add the suffix of com to a splash of shit, and it can also be sold for a lot of money with high-tech packaging.

Of course, it's like buying lottery tickets, people see those who have won the jackpot and made a fortune, but they can't see the vast majority of people who haven't won the lottery.

Even in a thriving Silicon Valley region, most companies end up in dismal situations.

Now twenty or thirty employees of OtI are still crammed into a house of more than 200 square meters, in fact, the conditions here are already good, and many startups in Silicon Valley are born in garages.

Even in the ordinary houses around San Francisco, there are several companies formed by a dozen young people who have started their own businesses here.

"Just call me mike, the Chinese name is too awkward for you." Huang Guangfu said to Goncharova.

Goncharova took out the business card she had prepared and handed it to Mr. Huang Guangfu, the name printed on the business card was Michelle, that is, Goncharova's name on the Cypriot passport, and the name on the green card she had just obtained in the United States.

"On behalf of China's Xiangyang Electronics, I want to see your company with my own eyes." Goncharova said.

"No problem, it's all here!" Mr. Huang Guangfu waved his hand and pointed to the twenty or thirty people sitting in front of the computer in the room.

The whole room was a mess, with messy stuff piled up everywhere. Burgers and drinks sit next to the keyboard, which is a far cry from the spotless appearance of a domestic computer room.

The young people with long hair and even beards in T-shirts and jeans are more like blind streamers and ruffians in China.

"On behalf of Mr. Wang Weidong, chairman of Xiangyang Electronics Co., Ltd., I would like to ask you what kind of technical solutions you have in solving the error correction ability of VCD machine?" Goncharova asked.

"We have received the technical requirements put forward by Xiangyang Electronics, and we have also proposed to find a technical solution, that is, to change the servo circuit and improve the performance of the servo chip." Huang Guangfu said.

The servo circuit is very important in the VCD machine, which allows the laser head to accurately read the audio and video information on the disc.

In order to reduce costs, those manufacturers who produce pirated CDs use discs of poor quality, which are prone to scratches and watermark bubbles, which makes it very difficult for the laser head to accurately obtain data.

Huang Guangfu means to improve the error correction ability of the VCD machine by improving the servo circuit.

"So how far has your technology progressed now?" Goncharova asked.

"Such research can only be carried out step by step, for example, our next batch of servo chips provided to Xiangyang Electronics will have a certain improvement, and the servo chips provided to Xiangyang Electronics will be further improved in a few months." Huang Guangfu replied.

Goncharova didn't like to beat around the bush, she asked directly: "Mr. Mike, Mr. Wang Weidong entrusted me to consult with you, can your company be sold?" ”

Hearing Goncharova's question, Huang Guangfu's face was calm.

This is a place where people ask questions every day in Silicon Valley.

Many people sell the company, get a sum of money and then set up a company, or just go to the chic and happy.

"Miss Michelle, it seems that you don't know me as a company. For us, and of course for other companies in Silicon Valley that study audio and video compression and decoding, designing VCD decoding chips is not a big deal, and our interest is not in this area, because this technology is about to be phased out! Right now, our company's main focus is not on designing chips for Sunningdale. Huang Guangfu said.

"You should know that the resolution of VCD is only 352x240 now, and last year MPEG has proposed the MPEG-2 standard, and the resolution has been increased to 720x486, which is a very big improvement over the current VCD! That's what we're doing now, we're after technological advancement! Huang Guangfu continued.

Goncharova felt that she had reached a very important point.

"So, will VCDs in the future be able to play videos with much higher definition than they do today?" Goncharova asked.

At first, I thought so, but after a month or two of research, we found that this is absolutely impossible to do on a VCD machine. Huang Guangfu replied.

He held out his little finger to show Goncharova.

"The VCD machine can provide a stream as thick as my little thumb, while the MPEG-2 needs a stream at least as thick as my arm. It is absolutely impossible to improve on the basis of VCD machine to achieve this standard, and it must be reversed! In the future, the amount of data carried by optical discs will not be 6700 meters, but 3 GB, 4 GB or even 5 GB. That's what we're really doing now! ”

Speaking of this, Huang Guangfu looked excited.

Goncharova still did not give up and asked: "Give you $5 million, are you willing to sell this company?" ”

Huang Guangfu shook his head.

"What about 10 million?" Goncharova asked.

Huang Guangfu still shook his head.

Goncharova had no choice but to leave disappointed.

In the evening, Goncharova called Wang Weidong to tell him about it.

"When I said $10 million, I noticed that he hesitated a little bit, and I thought maybe if we bid a little higher, he would probably nod his head." Goncharova said.

"But now I don't have that much money at all." Wang Weidong looked at the sun outside the window and said.

The richer you are, the more you feel that you are short of money, and what you lack is not a star.

Building tens of thousands of square meters of office buildings in the capital requires Wang Weidong to raise tens of millions of dollars.

Wang Weidong felt that it would not be difficult to raise this money, but it was simply impossible for him to raise tens of millions of dollars to acquire an American company.

"You can talk to Mr. Huang Guangfu, I hope they have a special technical team responsible for the research of Xiangyang electronic chips. At the same time, you're looking at other companies in Silicon Valley that are similar to otI. Wang Weidong said.

"Yes, but recently I want to leave the United States and go to Europe, for example, to Germany." Goncharova said.

"To Europe? Aren't you afraid of being recognized? Wang Weidong said.

"It's okay, they don't recognize me now." Goncharova said confidently.

Putting down the phone, Goncharova looked at the face in the mirror. Her face is now much thinner and more beautiful than before, as a result of Goncharova's tooth shaping and cheekbone shaping.

(End of chapter)