Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 689 Future Investment

"How is this possible?" The thought flashed through Fang Mingyuan and Aso Xiangyue's minds at the same time!

For Diamond Corporation, the two did their homework before Whitney came.Diamond Corporation is an American company that supplies graphics cards and sound cards for personal computers. Its strong research and development capabilities in sound cards are well-known, and the quality of its products is even more outstanding, especially in the development of sound card drivers. Has a uniqueness that no one else can match.Its products have a high degree of recognition among consumers!Fang Mingyuan also knew that in his previous life, the first mp3 that impressed the whole world was from Diamond Corporation, and it was the lawsuit between Diamond Corporation and the Recording Industry Association of America that made MP3 popular quickly .How could such a company not perform as well as before?

"Nothing is impossible!" Whitney saw the doubts in the hearts of the two and shrugged his shoulders. "To be precise, although the Diamond Company still maintains a glamorous appearance, the inside has already changed. It's almost rotten!"

The products of Diamond Company are indeed excellent and strive for excellence, and have always had a good reputation among similar products.But the price of fine workmanship means high cost!Therefore, Diamond's products have always been synonymous with luxury goods in the market.A sound card costs $150, which was simply unimaginable in the later era when integrated sound cards prevailed.

In the early computers, the sound of the computer was made more and more powerful by the function of G. At the same time, in order to reduce the purchase cost of users, motherboard manufacturers have integrated sound cards to appear in more and more motherboards since [-]!The Southeast Asian financial crisis that broke out in [-] played a role in fueling this phenomenon!

It can be said that the biggest advantage of integrated sound cards is cost performance, and with the continuous improvement of sound card drivers, the improvement of motherboard manufacturers' design capabilities, and the improvement of the performance of integrated sound card chips and the decline in prices, integrated sound cards are becoming more and more popular. endorsers.And now the integrated sound card has almost become the standard configuration of the motherboard.There are fewer motherboards without integrated sound cards.In this way, it will undoubtedly cause the loss of consumers of Diamond Corporation, the relative sales of low-end and mid-end sound cards will increase, and the commercial-end products will be greatly unsalable!

At the same time, under the pressure of several emerging companies, the sales performance of Diamond Corporation's graphics card department has also shown a clear downward trend, which has made Diamond Corporation's financial revenue and expenditure even worse!Sales performance for the first half of the year.It can be said to be on the verge of loss!If there is no obvious change in the second half of the year, then the loss in [-] will become a doomed result!

Therefore, this time Whitney went to Hong Kong to fulfill the strong expectations of Diamond Corporation, and hoped that he could successfully bring back the technical authorization of mp3 and USB flash drives. Launched two powerful products in a short period of time.So as to change the company's long-standing decline!

However, due to Samsung Group's unexpected offer, it undoubtedly raised the threshold of technology authorization a lot, which made Whitney feel that Diamond Company can currently offer chips.It is impossible to get Fang's authorization in exchange!At this time, if the Fang family authorized Diamond at a low price, how would the remaining companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and Apple negotiate?

Fang Mingyuan and Aso Xiangyue nodded slightly. Although they said they had not been investigated, what Whitney said was logical.And the two of them also believed that Whitney could not say anything nonsense about this kind of matter, because as long as Fang Mingyuan and the others investigated with their heart, even if the Diamond Company deliberately concealed it, it would be impossible not to reveal some clues!Just Whitney's openness.This made Fang Mingyuan and Aso Xiangyue a little confused.

"Mr. Whitney, what do you mean..." Fang Mingyuan said.

"Mr. Fang, President Aso, I joined Diamond Company in 1990 and am now the deputy general manager of Diamond Company. I own [-]% of the shares of Diamond Company. The seven people in Diamond Company There is still no place on the board of directors. As far as I know, due to the continuous decline in the performance of Diamond Corporation in the near future, the profit prospects are uncertain. There are two directors who have plans to withdraw from Diamond Corporation!" Whitney suddenly talked Turn around.

Fang Mingyuan narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Whitney, how many shares do these two directors hold in Diamond Corporation?"

"One 11.00% .20.00% and one [-]%!" Whitney said without hesitation, "The chairman's share of Diamond Corporation is [-]% [-]%!"

11.00% point three plus 20.00%, plus [-]%, is [-]% [-]!Has surpassed the current chairman of Diamond Corporation!

"How sure are you?" Aso Xiangyue asked immediately.

"I'm not sure at the moment!" Whitney spread his hands, "Although I can borrow a sum of money from the family, I guess I can only take about [-]% of the shares!"

Fang Mingyuan leaned on the back of the chair, groaning silently. With his right index finger on the table, he tapped the table lightly, making a soft "duh".Aso Xiangyue and Whitney both kept silent and looked at Fang Mingyuan.

After a while, Fang Mingyuan raised his head and said to Whitney, "What do you want us to do? What benefits can we get from it?"

Whitney was overjoyed, but said quietly on the surface: "What does Mr. Fang want?"

Fang Mingyuan looked directly into Whitney's eyes and said, "I want your R&D department!" Diamond's R&D department is definitely a first-class development team, which has attracted many excellent software developers and hardware developers. And in Fang Mingyuan's view, this is a team that has created miracles!If we can take all these personnel into our arms, for the Fang family, whether it is the continued research and development of mp3 in the future, or the research and development of sound sources for mobile phones, it will be an extremely important technical support team!

Whitney couldn't help changing his face, and immediately said: "This is impossible!" Without the R&D department, even if he succeeded as the chairman of Diamond Corporation, but without a profitable future company, for him What's the use of that?

Fang Mingyuan sighed: "Then Mr. Whitney, what do you want to exchange for our support and cooperation?" Whitney's refusal did not surprise him, after all, the research and development department can be said to be the At the core of the company, he was just asking for a lot of money, waiting for Whitney to pay back the money on the spot.

Whitney took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Fang, the R&D department is the guarantee of the survival of Diamond Corporation, so it is impossible to transfer it to you! But we can cooperate in many aspects!"

"For example?" Fang Mingyuan asked.

"Transfer of patents, cooperative research and development, and training personnel for you!" Whitney said seriously, "However, I don't have the power to do all of this now, so I need your cooperation!"

"It seems that Mr. Whitney is still very optimistic about the future of Diamond Corporation!" Xiangyue Aso smiled lightly.

"Not bad! I have worked in the company for eight years, and I still have deep feelings for the company. It's just that I think that if the current situation continues, Diamond Corporation will not be able to escape the fate of being acquired by other companies. And this point, I don't want to see it!" Whitney said sincerely, "If you can help me achieve this goal, the future Diamond Company will be your friendly ally! I believe that in many ways, we are both There is room for collaboration!"

What Whitney said was not intentional bragging. Diamond's research and development strength in digital technology is still quite strong!Otherwise, their sound cards will not be so popular among consumers all over the world.Of course, the price is a bit too high!A sound card worth hundreds of dollars is a price that cannot be ignored even for Americans!

Fang Mingyuan was thinking about Whitney's conditions in his mind. Although Fang Mingyuan did not plan to cherish the production technology of mp3 players and USB flash drives from the beginning, he planned to authorize extensively and strive to become the setter of industry standards.However, this does not necessarily mean that it can be released casually. Although the Digital Research and Development Center has been established for a long time, in Fang Mingyuan's view, compared with companies such as Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, and Apple, the technical strength is still Very weak!It's just because I have a very clear understanding of the future technological trends, and I have concentrated my efforts on development in a targeted manner.

If we can't take this opportunity to strengthen it, it is very likely that the technical standards of the first generation will be formulated by ourselves, while the technical standards of the second and third generations will be taken away by others!This is not what Fang Mingyuan wants to see!

"Even the core technology?" Fang Mingyuan asked back.

"Even for the core technology, as long as you can give an appropriate market price!" Whitney replied affirmatively.As a businessman, Whitney has always believed that as long as the price is right, there is nothing that cannot be sold.As long as the R&D department of Diamond Corporation strives for self-improvement and always grasps the forefront of technology, what if the core technology is transferred to the Fang family?When Fang's family understands the technology they have obtained, Diamond will launch new technology!

The three of them kept talking about the sun slanting towards the west, and Whitney just left - his accommodation hotel was in another place, and more importantly, both parties needed time and space to digest the gains of the day!Two days later, Fang Mingyuan's group and Whitney's group parted ways from the New Zealand airport! (to be continued)rq