It was already past 7 p.m. when the cross-oceanic conference call with the BBK team on the other side of the ocean ended.
Chen Qing carefully reviewed today's work diary and the minutes of the meeting just now to make sure nothing was missing, and then she asked Lily Fawell, who was acting as an assistant next to her, to help organize the documents.
This is an ordinary cubicle in the corner of the employee office area on the first floor of Scobo's headquarters.
Before Chen Qing's team took over, in order to save money as much as possible, more than 60 Scoop employees had been crowded into this humble two-story office building in Milpitas. The first floor was the employee office area, and the second floor was mainly for furnishings. A laboratory that houses various expensive equipment and instruments. Before this, only CEO Bill O'Meara had a separate office.
After leaving the cubicle, Christina Latham, another Wei family maid who was brought in to act as an assistant, gestured to her in front of the door of the conference room not far away, indicating that everyone had arrived.
Most of Scobo's ordinary employees have gone off work. Only a few core members of Chen Qing's team and management such as Bill O'Meara are still there, waiting for her to hold the last summary meeting before leaving get off work.
I got up at around five o'clock in the morning and have been busy all day. If I say I'm not tired, I'd be lying.
However, Chen Qing remained mentally excited.
Nodding to Christina, Chen Qing picked up the coffee cup next to her and walked through the office area into the conference room while drinking. She sat down near the door, glanced around, and said directly: "I have already talked to Mountain View City We have contacted them there and there is plenty of office space there. We can move the entire company there at any time. The software and hardware environment in Ygriet Park is better than here, which can greatly improve everyone's work efficiency. Bill , you can go over and pick a suitable venue tomorrow. This is one thing. Next, Aiman, please introduce the company's financial situation first. "
To be precise, on the land circled by Simon in Mountain View, only an area exclusive to the headquarters of the Eagle Group is called the Eagle Group Park. However, during the development process, additional buildings were built in the entire area. A lot of office buildings are planned to be leased to surrounding companies of Yigrit Company.
As a result, that area of Mountain View City gradually became known as the Ygritte Park as a whole.
Several former Scoop management staff present showed expectant expressions when they heard what Chen Qing said.
The corporate headquarters moved from the corner of Milpitas to Mountain View, which is equivalent to entering the core area of Silicon Valley. This once again proves the importance that the Westeros system attaches to Scoob.
Emmanuel Brandt, who had just taken up the position of chairman of Scoop today, did not express anything strange. After listening to Chen Qing's words, he began to introduce Scoop's financial situation after today's re-examination. Including the remaining funds raised from last year's IPO and the upcoming US$20 million in loans, as well as part of the cash obtained from its own operations, Scoop's current available funds are approximately US$33 million.
Such a sum of money is equivalent to twice the cost of research and development of VCD by China Wanyan Group.
Wanyan Group officially introduced VCD to the market last year, but due to dismal sales, it was actually unsustainable. Even if VCD sales have been rising since this year, a large part of it is the result of other companies starting to enter the market.
Scoop and Wanyan cooperated closely in the VCD research and development process. However, when Chen Qing returned to China during the New Year, she went to Anhui to visit the company and concluded that Wanyan Group had considerable technology Accumulation, but unfortunately, the product operation is a mess.
Moreover, this company has some state-owned assets background, which makes Chen Qing give up the idea of continuing to cooperate with the other party. She does not want to be hindered by all kinds of troubles in the process of advancing her plan.
In comparison, the BBK team, which has built Xiaobawang into a revenue of 1 billion in just a few years, is what Chen Qing needs most.
At this stage, China has no shortage of market demand and product supply. What is really lacking is an excellent team to make the market bigger and stronger.
Therefore, when looking back at China's business history in the 1990s, it is often inseparable from the word 'marketing'.
China's self-made super-rich in the 1990s are basically marketing masters. Many of them will continue to pass on this business gene many years later. The most typical ones are the blue and green factories that seemed to be everywhere later. Other mobile phone manufacturers While they were fighting each other in various ways to gain market share, only the OV family was able to make a fortune in silence by adhering to the old-school operating techniques they had inherited for decades.
The US$33 million in funding is enough for Scoop to develop a new generation of video decoding chips and at the same time conduct a comprehensive upgrade of the current VCD technology.
At this stage, the VCD product, as the heart of the video decoding chip, can only be produced by Scoop, which is completely exclusive. Other core components such as laser reading heads can be produced by Japanese, Korean, European and American manufacturers and are very replaceable. Therefore, as long as the video decoding chip is further upgraded and a complete VCD solution is developed, other manufacturers will be completely cut off. With the possibility of follow-up in the short term, the profit distribution of the VCD industry will be entirely decided by the Scoop family.
Of course, in order not to cause a collective backlash from established manufacturers, Chen Qing still plans to purchase laser reading components from Sony, Philips and other manufacturers in the future as supporting standards for Scobo. Because they do not have a monopoly, these manufacturers want to gain more market share and can only compromise with Scobo.
Although his own boss regards investing in the VCD industry as a way to make quick money, and the plan is implemented accordingly, however, with the industry advantages at his disposal, Scoop can definitely try to continue to get a piece of the pie in the future DVD era.
Video decoding chips are also necessary for DVDs.
After Emmanuel Brandt introduced Scober's financial situation, Chen Qing continued to confirm the next detailed plan with everyone.
Now that he has decided to abandon Wan Yan, Chen Qing regards Bubugao as his key support target in the next stage.
Scobo will work closely with BBK to launch the first BBK brand VCD product based on current video decoding chip technology in China in the next three months, so that the company can familiarize itself with the product in advance and conduct early market cultivation. .
At the same time, Scobo will immediately start the construction of a VCD components factory in China, planning to produce optical disc reading system accessories with laser reading heads as the core. Video decoding and disc reading are the two core parts of VCD products, and they are also the two most profitable parts. When Scobo's complete machine solution is completed by the end of the year, the factory there can be put into production directly.
By then, Scobo will provide these semi-finished core accessories to all Chinese manufacturers interested in entering the VCD industry.
Of course, there are also complete machine solutions.
If suppliers such as Sony and Philips want to squeeze into the VCD industry chain, they also need to obtain Scoop's consent and give up enough benefits.
It is conceivable that by then there will be manufacturers developing similar products in order to circumvent Scobo's monopoly on video decoding chips. However, these competitors are already at least two years behind. Even veteran giants like Sony invested a lot of manpower and material resources to finally catch up with Scoop, and VCD was basically on the verge of elimination.
The wrap-up meeting lasted for more than an hour.
After the meeting, Chen Qing invited everyone to have dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was already late at night on the West Coast of the United States.
As a very sociable woman, Chen Qing has become quite familiar with some of the core players of the Westeros system here in Silicon Valley in recent months, and has also become good friends with girls C and D. Claire helped a lot in the last investigation of Scooper.
When I came to San Francisco this time, I knew that Girl C was responsible for taking care of all Simon's properties here. Chen Qing was not polite and took the initiative to ask if she could borrow a place to live.
Claire did not refuse and quickly made arrangements.
Located in the Portola Valley bordering Woodside, it occupies an entire hilltop estate. The three-story stone country-style villa looks like a castle.
It's a bit exaggerated.
I have visited Lady C’s residence in Atherton. In comparison, the mansion there can only be described as simple for ordinary people.
So I couldn't help but call and ask if it was suitable. The response I got was that it was no problem. My boss liked to lend his house to the women around him, which would increase his popularity. Girl C even joked that as long as she didn't bring men in, she could do whatever she wanted. It doesn’t matter.
Chen Qing didn't think it was a joke at all.
However, if men can’t, women should be fine.
After all, she couldn't hold back her little thoughts of showing off, so Chen Qing invited the other two girls in the recruitment team some time ago, Emmanuelle Brandt and Carla Hills, to live in the manor together.
Two black cars entered the gate of Portola Valley Manor one after another.
Without the man, there was no security in the guard room at the gate, but no one was worried at all.
The security system in this manor is directly connected to the Westeros family's security center in San Francisco and the nearby police station. If someone tries to break in, the two parties will receive a reminder immediately and someone will rush to the scene within five minutes. Yes, the video surveillance system without any blind spots will also record all the information of the intruder.
The eight women got out of the car and entered the villa together.
The lights come on.
In the open hall, the crisp click of high heels soon sounded on the wooden floor.
Even though she had stayed here for one night, Carla Hills looked around, her eyes still filled with some eager emotions that could be called longing, and the six-foot-tall red-haired Emmanuel Brandt was even more direct. Said: "I will definitely buy a house like this in the future."
After a busy day, even though they were very tired, the girls had no idea of taking a rest immediately.
Everyone went to the living room next to the hall. The four girls Chen Qing, Lin Su, Emmanuelle and Carla sat down on the sofa. However, the four female maids and guards were all conscientious and were not so casual, or went to prepare food for the girls. coffee, or said that they were going outside to inspect the manor's defense, and everyone was busy.
Grabbing a pillow and holding it in her arms comfortably, Chen Qing kicked off her high heels, curled up on the sofa, and said to Emmanuel with a smile: "Aiman, with your ability, I believe you can afford this soon." A mansion."
Emmanuel Brandt is also curled up on the sofa like Chen Qing, but she has a slender figure of 183cm, and her aura is much stronger than that of Chen Qing in her movements. This woman is full of aggression in Leon Black's mouth. The French girl lives up to her name. Whether it's her red hair or her slender and fit figure, her aura is not inferior to that of most men.
However, the girl has a soft and beautiful face, and she also likes to wear provocative bright red lip gloss, which seems to give her a bit more of a harmless disguise.
A disguise indeed.
Chen Qing had heard rumors about the girl in the past few months when she worked at Apollo. She was recruited into the company as a talent. However, it turned out that she was not a talent at all.
This 29-year-old French girl graduated from Zurich Institute of Technology, one of the top universities in Europe, and is an alumnus of Einstein. Moreover, the girl’s university major happened to be physics. She was born with a high IQ and received a PhD in particle physics at the age of 26. degree, and originally planned to enter the European Institute for Nuclear Research in Geneva according to his own preferences and continue to explore the mysteries of the universe. However, the insurance company run by the girl's family was hit by the European currency crisis in 1992 and went bankrupt. This personality girl who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth suddenly became Reduced to the status of bankrupt sisters, they had to choose to enter society and start working.
Coming to the United States was actually a factor to avoid debt.
Every family has its cupboard.
Then, in just over two years, relying on his smart brain and diligent study in private, Emmanuel Brandt quickly adapted to the atmosphere of Wall Street and made brilliant achievements in several past acquisitions of Apollo Management Company. After being favored by Chen Qing, he made the smartest decision immediately.
Emmanuel Brandt is very confident, but not arrogant. She just lamented that she was born into a wealthy family. However, before the Brandt family went bankrupt, their total assets could only be used to purchase the current manor. That's all. After hearing what Chen Qing said, the girl smiled and asked, "Chen, do you know what our boss is doing recently?"
Of course Chen Qing knew who the boss Emmanuel was talking about. Speaking of which, if Simon was in San Francisco, she would not bring Emmanuel here under any circumstances. No one would take the initiative to cultivate competitors for herself.
Thinking like this, Chen Qing said: "I don't know, I may not be able to see him even once in a month or two."
The words deliberately did not mention Lin Su next to him.
Lin Su, who was sitting next to Chen Qing, didn't seem to care at all.
Emmanuel was a little surprised when he heard this, and looked around: "No way?"
If Westeros was so indifferent to this oriental lady, why would it lend her this luxurious manor to live in
Chen Qing just shrugged, and saw the French girl's thoughts again, and said with a smile: "Did you suddenly realize that you might have been deceived?"
Emmanuel was stunned, smiled and shook his head: "Of course not."
During this period, Chen Qing's authority to operate the Scoop acquisition was obvious to all, as well as the investment from China. These cannot be faked. Even if a young tycoon is not very interested in this oriental girl's body, he definitely has confidence in her abilities.
This is what Emmanuel is more interested in.
While chatting casually, the waitresses served coffee, and Carla Hills brought up another topic: "Igret's employee stock ownership plan should have been completed. Didn't it say that it will submit a prospectus recently? Why is there no movement? Already?"
Chen Qing shook her head: "I don't know, but after these few days of busy work, maybe we can have a meal together and have a chat, and we should find out."
Carla Hills said: "You mean, Girl C, um, and Girl D?"
Chen Qing smiled and nodded: "Yes. A is with the boss, B is in New York, and C and D are both in San Francisco."
Carla Hills said: "There should also be Alice Ferguson. I think she is more powerful than C and D. Amazon online store, hey, there is a special article in "Business Weekly" praising this project in recent years. The development is nothing short of a miracle.”
Emmanuel Brandt sipped his coffee and interjected: "I think Alice Ferguson is too radical. It's okay to cultivate the market in the early stage. But in the long run, it's not sustainable at all and it's too expensive. The next thing she should do is to put this project away, otherwise, Ygriet’s e-commerce business will collapse sooner or later.”
Seeing that Lin Su next to her had been silent, Chen Qing deliberately walked over to her. Lin Su rolled her eyes at her, smiled, and continued to say to the other two women: "I mentioned this when I was chatting with Claire and the others, and the boss has been watching. Look. If you look at Blockbuster, you will know why this video rental chain has driven other competitors almost to bankruptcy in the past two years. It is precisely because Blockbuster has optimized the video tape warehousing and distribution system to the extreme to save costs to the greatest extent. While ensuring a considerable profit margin, it also has a price advantage that other rental chains cannot match. Why Wal-Mart and 7-11 are so successful, in the final analysis, is the same. The Amazon online mall is destined to develop in this direction, if Alice Ferguson If you can’t do it, or are unwilling to do it, the boss will replace you sooner or later.”
Kara Hills said: "It seems that Alice Ferguson can get 2% of the Ygritte equity reward this time. Is this true?"
Chen Qing nodded: "Actually, it's 3%. 2% will be cashed out first, and the remaining 1% will be paid gradually during the next contract period."
Carla Hills' eyes widened a bit when she heard this. Her appearance was much more ordinary than the other girls present. She was about 1.7 meters tall, with a slightly square face, but her pure blue eyes looked very beautiful. .
Emmanuel couldn't help but let out a slight sigh.
3% of Yigeret's stock, based on Yigeret's current IPO valuation of US$100 billion, is US$3 billion.
Even if you only count 2% of the cash out this time, it still amounts to US$2 billion.
This is enough to occupy a very conspicuous position on the list of the 400 richest people in the United States.
After the bankruptcy of the family business, he experienced a series of ups and downs in the world and the ups and downs of people's hearts. Emmanuel Brandt, who once did not value material things too much, inevitably developed a strong desire for money. She didn't know Alice Ferguson, but in this situation, she knew that she was actually very close to that man.
This is your chance.
As long as she has a platform like the alphabet girls or women such as Alice Ferguson and Sophia Faisy, Emmanuelles does not feel that she will be much worse than them.