Simon was flipping through the business plan in his hand, and there was another sound in his ears, and D girl Deborah Lippman also walked in.
Instructing Deborah to sit down on the other side, Simon showed off Girl C's business plan in his hand and asked with a smile: "Do you have any ideas?"
Deborah shook her head sheepishly: "Not yet."
Girl D said, and couldn't help but glance at Simon's other side, worried that Claire would expose her.
In fact, Girl D has also come up with a business plan. She hopes to establish a makeup company.
However, after the business plan was submitted to the Vase Fund team affiliated with Cersei Capital, it did not pass the review at all and was quickly rejected.
Janet also said that the girls can only submit a plan once every six months. If all the plans they submit during the five-year contract period fail to pass, forget about the 10 million investment.
Moreover, Janet also forbade them from disturbing Simon with plans that failed to pass.
Once discovered, get out of here.
After the initial excitement, the girls soon discovered that the Westeros family's money was actually not easy to get at all.
Simon didn't know the details behind these, so he didn't know that except for the two plans closely related to Ygritte by the housekeeper Alice Ferguson, the only one that passed during this period was Lady C's card camera plan.
The business plan in hand, market research, prospect forecast, investment budget, development cycle, operation ideas and other core points are clearly explained.
According to some of the accompanying information, Lady C has even reached an agreement with a senior engineer from the camera giant Kodak who focuses on the research and development of digital cameras.
As long as the project plan can be passed, the engineer will leave Kodak and set up a company with Girl C. The other party will focus on camera research and development, and Girl C will be responsible for the company's financial marketing and other matters. The two will each share 25% of the company's shares. Vase Fund Invest US$1 million to obtain the remaining 50% of the shares.
Compact cameras are actually consumer-grade digital cameras, as opposed to professional-grade digital SLRs.
The maximum pixels of top-notch SLR digital cameras at this age have reached more than 1.5 million, and the price is naturally as expensive as the camera Simon gave Sandra, often costing tens of thousands of dollars.
However, the card camera that Girl C plans to develop only has a 320*320 resolution of 100,000 pixels.
This level of picture quality is definitely sufficient for personal computers in the early 1990s, because the current mainstream personal computer monitors have about the same resolution. Even in a few years, they will mainly be used for sending network pictures. 100,000-pixel card machines are not outdated either.
Since it is a complete Internet camera, there is no need to worry about printing and printing quality.
Moreover, as the original core sensor of digital cameras, compared to the mainstream CCD sensor of this era, C Girl also plans to use the CMOS sensor, which has been marginalized.
Both CCD sensors and CMOS sensors were born in the 1960s and have already had decades of development history.
The advantages and disadvantages of the two sensors are also very clear. The CCD sensor has better imaging quality, but the process is complex, expensive and consumes a lot of power. The imaging quality of CMOS is lower. The advantage is that the process is simple and the energy consumption is very low. The most important thing is that it is cheap.
Of course, no matter how simple the CMOS process is, it cannot be developed with a mere investment of US$1 million.
The main components of the camera C Girl plans to develop will be purchased and customized from corresponding manufacturers. To put it bluntly, it is an assembly machine.
Of course, even the iPhone in Simon's memory, according to this line of thinking, is actually just an assembly machine.
The senior engineer who planned to change jobs from Kodak was mainly responsible for developing the camera's control system, combining a series of components into a whole, and optimizing the cost of the card machine.
With the plan in Simon's hands, Girl C hopes to control the cost of the planned compact camera to around US$300 while ensuring certain image quality and functionality, with a sales price of US$500. US$500 is still a bit expensive for a card camera with simple functions, but it is also within the spending power of middle-class users with access to the Internet in this era.
Moreover, as long as the market demand is large enough and economies of scale are achieved, costs and selling prices can certainly be further reduced.
The first-stage investment of US$1 million will be mainly used for prototype research and development and the production of the first batch of products for testing. C Girl also plans to conduct marketing directly through the Internet platform, so as to save costs as much as possible.
If market feedback meets expectations, a second round of financing will be obtained from Vase Fund.
The duration of the entire business plan is 3 months.
After reading the business plan in his hand, Simon found that he could not make any more suggestions for a while.
Girl C's idea is definitely correct. Even if this attempt fails, the fact that she has the foresight to choose a CMOS sensor is enough for Simon to support her to continue trying.
CMOS sensors were the mainstream sensors for later camera phones.
It can be said that this card machine plan is similar to the camera phones that will be widely involved by various manufacturers many years later.
Moreover, whether it is this card camera or the camera phone in my memory, what is captured is people's desire for expression. But many years later, everyone turned directly to mobile social platforms. At this time, this card machine focused on PC social platforms.
Since Simon has launched its social network business on the PC in advance, this card camera definitely has considerable market potential.
Think about it, when a person attends a party, travels, gets along with children, plays with pets... he can take a photo with a card camera, pull out the floppy disk, transfer it directly to the computer and upload it to the Internet conveniently and quickly, and share it with everyone. Sharing every bit of your life and getting likes and comments from many people around you will definitely bring you social pleasure and satisfaction.
If card cameras become popular and users upload a large number of pictures, the content resources of the Internet can be quickly enriched.
After closing the business plan in his hand, Simon hesitated for a moment and did not say any words that he planned to give additional support to this business plan for the time being. He would rather wait for Lady C to come up with the results. So I just asked: "Isn't the 3-month research and development deadline a bit rushed?"
Claire shook her head and said: "Neal himself has completed a simple prototype in private and submitted his plan to Kodak. It's just that Kodak has never paid much attention to the digital camera business. In three months, it was mainly to The prototype will be further optimized, and there will also be custom procurement and assembly of components.”
The Neil that Girl C mentioned was Neil Brantley, and he was the senior engineer who planned to change jobs from Kodak.
Simon thought about it for a moment and was quickly relieved.
Many electronic products in daily life are not as high-end as imagined. Apple's first batch of personal computers were actually made by a group of founders who pooled their money to buy components and pieced together and welded them in the garage. It can be described as pure handmade DIY.
Because the sales were good, I got investment later.
Neil Brantley used his spare time to develop compact cameras, much like when Steve Wozniak invented the personal computer.
It is indeed not difficult for technical experts with profound professional knowledge to develop some electronic products on their own.
What's more, compact cameras are technically much simpler than professional-grade digital SLR cameras.
Simon remembers that as technology developed later, ordinary people could DIY their own digital cameras by purchasing accessories, just like assembling a personal computer. Of course, DIY digital cameras are certainly far from being comparable to professional cameras.
"In this case, it's just the business plan itself, so I don't have any suggestions for you." Simon handed the folder back to Claire and said, "However, maybe you can develop an image processing software to support it. Since this camera is just The imaging effect of a consumer-level basic model is definitely not very good. It will definitely be very practical to develop an image processing software that allows users to perform simple functions such as image cropping, brightness adjustment, or adding text."
Claire is very confident in her business plan. She does not rush out a plan like some other girls and just wants to get investment as soon as possible, so she did a lot of detailed work in the early stage.
I brought it over tonight simply because I wanted my boss to know that I was doing this.
However, after hearing the suggestion of image processing software, Girl C's eyes lit up.
Since it is a consumer-level card camera, for the sake of cost, many functions of professional cameras have to be abandoned, which will inevitably lead to unsatisfactory image quality. Secondary processing repair through computer software is indeed an excellent way to make up for the shortcomings of this camera.
However, Girl C quickly added: "But, boss, this requires additional time and budget."
Simon vaguely remembers that Photoshop software probably appeared in the past few years.
However, the planned image processing software definitely does not require the complicated functions of PS, and is more inclined to the beautiful pictures in memory.
"You can first ask in Silicon Valley if anyone has developed similar software. If so, you can cooperate directly with them, which can save software development time. If not, apply for an additional budget."
Simon and Claire were chatting. Deborah on the other side was just worried about Girl C exposing her. Now seeing that she was completely ignored, she couldn't help but feel a little bit snacky. She pretended to listen carefully, but she squeezed and squeezed Simon from time to time. .
If you can 'defeat' your own boss, the potential value could be far more than 10 million US dollars.
Like Jennifer Raybould.
That person is obviously just the boss's lover, but the treatment in front of the boss is similar to that of the mistress. He is even more jealous than the mistress and often drives them away from the boss without mercy.
While Simon was talking to Claire, he casually wanted to pick up the cup at hand and take a sip of water, but his arm touched the chin of Girl D, who was almost touching him.
Of course I understand what the girl is thinking.
He casually picked Deborah's delicate chin before picking up the water glass.
The vases around me are excellent enough in their own right. After joining the company, they also enjoy expensive daily maintenance care that only the rich wives can afford. They can indeed be described as 'exquisite'.
Deborah's chin was caught by Simon, and she just shrank subconsciously, her face turned slightly red, but she quickly leaned over calmly.
Simon took a few sips of water, put down the cup, and felt the soft body next to him. He smiled and said, "That's it for tonight. Let's all go and rest."
Deborah said: "Boss, do you want to take a shower?"
"I've already washed it."
"It doesn't matter if you wash it again," Deborah said with eyes flowing, "Can I go and put the water in for you?"
"not good."
Simon stood up as he spoke, smiled and stretched out his hand in front of Girl D: "Come on, kiss her good-bye."
Deborah held Simon's hand cooperatively, kissed the back of the man's hand, and said, "Good night, Master."
"So good."
After praising him, Simon turned around and left the computer room.
Watching her boss disappear, Girl D looked away, noticed Girl C staring at her, and raised her chin slightly: "What's wrong?"
Girl C curled her lips and commented: "Troublesome."
Girl D didn't take it seriously and didn't even try to hide it. She said, "If you can climb into the boss's bed, it will be more effective than if you work on a hundred projects."
"Did you climb up?"
"Aren't you still working hard," Girl D said, and then complained: "If you had just been together, maybe we would have succeeded."
Claire didn't have any objection to Deborah's ridiculous suggestion. In fact, it wasn't like she hadn't tried it before, but she just said: "Then what?"
"What then?"
"After climbing into the boss's bed."
Deborah tilted her head.
yes.
This is indeed a serious issue.
As they worked beside Simon, they also came into contact with many anecdotes from the upper echelons of the industry.
There are countless cases of nannies counterattacking and becoming mistresses. For example, Robin Williams, who has become popular in recent years, had an affair with the nanny at home, and then abandoned his first wife of ten years. It is said that CAA spent It took a lot of effort to prevent Robin Williams' public image from being too damaged.
only.
Deborah realized that it seemed to be extremely difficult to compete with Janet for that position.
Even if Janet is eliminated, there will still be Jennifer.
The best thing is to be his lover.
Thinking of this, Girl D held her chin and couldn't help but murmured: "Actually, I just want to continue living like this as a maid. Being the boss's lover seems not bad."
Claire rolled her eyes, turned off the computer, put away her files and walked out.
Deborah stood up and followed closely, saying, "Hey, Claire, am I wrong?"
"right."
"So, let's work together. For an outstanding man like the boss, it's definitely not enough to have only two or three lovers by his side. We still have a lot of opportunities."
"You can climb into the boss's bed first."
"How about we go directly to the master bedroom."
"go alone."
"My own success rate is too low. It's more attractive together. Well, isn't it the boss's birthday soon? We can say that we are here to deliver birthday gifts."
“…”
Claire simply ignored the thoughts around her.
After staying with Simon for a long time, Claire gradually understood her boss's temperament.
For example, the boss actually doesn't like beautiful vases that just have a pair of delicate skins at all. They keep them around for the sake of pleasing the eyes and don't have much physical desire.
However, although the relationship between the four ABCD girls is relatively close, Claire definitely does not intend to share these private insights with the others.
In the following days, Simon simply compiled a memorandum on creating a PC peripheral hardware ecosystem through a new data interface and submitted it to Ygritte, and asked Bezos and Bartz to start looking for relevant technical talents.
The delivery integration of MCA is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
Time came to February 22nd in a blink of an eye.
This day happens to be Friday.
Compared to Simon's 20th birthday party, which was extravagant and public, this birthday party was much more low-key.
Of course, with Simon's wealth and power now increasingly different from the past, although he wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible, this birthday party still attracted much attention.
Simon had no intention of opening the Dume Point Manor, and the birthday party venue was just like the one when he was 20 years old, at the mansion halfway up the Palisade.
This decision disappointed many guests at the party. The villa occupying Cape Dume has been the envy of many people since it took shape. But when you think about all the people who have tried so hard to get an invitation to a birthday party but can’t, this disappointment seems inconsequential.
The party is at seven o'clock in the evening.
Before six o'clock in the afternoon, many guests from all over Los Angeles had already gathered halfway up the mountain in Palisades, a western suburb of Los Angeles.