"Me? Be the person in charge?" Woz looked surprised, and looked at Chen Zhiwen in disbelief.
"This is my reservation fee. As long as you agree, the money will be yours." Chen Zhiwen took out a small leather bag from behind and handed it to Woz.
"Reservation fee." Woz took the bag and felt it was a little heavy. He opened the zipper and saw three stacks of one-hundred-dollar bills inside.
"Is this?" Woz's eyes almost fell out as he had never seen so much money before, but he was a smart man. The moment he saw the money, he immediately closed his wallet and looked around cautiously, and found that No one paid attention to him, so he meowed again.
"It's the same number as you think, 30K." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Keep your voice down. Although there is some security here, you still have to be careful." Woz zipped up his bag and felt like he was holding a fireball in his hand. He asked, "Mr. Chen, what company are you going to open? "
Even though he worked as an engineer at HP, because he was relatively young, his salary was only about US$2,000 a month. This is not bad in the United States today, but as a traditional American, he spends as much as he has. When it comes to money, I spend credit cards when I don’t have much money. The most I have is a few thousand dollars. Otherwise, how could I have worked hard for four days and three nights just for Jobs’ $450?
Now that someone is suddenly giving 30,000 US dollars, you will either suspect that the other party has bad intentions, or that the other party is telling the truth. Considering that your entire family property does not have that much money, the latter is more likely.
"I have a company in Hong Kong called Midea Electronics Co., Ltd., which specializes in the production of air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, radios and other home appliances. I saw an arcade machine in a bar some time ago and thought it would be a promising business. , so I want to set up a company specializing in the production of arcade machines in the United States." Chen Zhiwen said.
"Arcade machine?" Woz said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Chen, if you ask me to design the motherboard and circuit layout, that's no problem, but I have no idea what kind of games to play in the arcade machine."
"You don't have to worry about what kind of game you play. You only need to be responsible for the circuit design and layout. I will be responsible for all subsequent production and sales. The company in the United States can be regarded as a research and development center." Chen Zhiwen said lightly.
In Hong Kong, the export of electronic products can also be ranked among the top ten exports, and it will be among the top three in a few years. However, they are basically OEM, and the R&D and design capabilities are very weak. Let’s just say that Chen Zhiwen wanted to sell Midea before. Research and development of frequency conversion technology, but for the most basic chip layout design, we could not find suitable talents in Hong Kong. Later, we had to go to Wanwan to set up an R&D center. However, Wanwan may be much better than Hong Kong, but the capabilities are still insufficient. They were able to hire professional engineers from RB Germany at a high price. If Chen Zhiwen hadn't had enough financial support, ordinary small appliance factories would have had no choice but to give up at this point.
Although arcade games seem simple, they require higher chips, and at the same time, costs must be controlled. The only way to establish a research center is in Silicon Valley, where computer talents are currently located.
Woz is a very talented person, but the research and development of arcade machines is not just about chip design, but also involves many other factors, so a team is needed.
"R&D center?" Woz was a little confused. Although the person in front of him gave him a lot of money, it can be said that he had a smooth sailing at HP. After reaching a certain level, it was not impossible to become a middle-level person. You know, in today's society In Silicon Valley, HP is the second-ranked technology company in the United States, second only to IBM, which is the first-ranked company.
"In terms of salary, I can give you 5,000 US dollars a month. If the project tasks are completed smoothly, there will be an additional 5-10 months of salary rewards at the end of the year. I will also rent a high-end apartment for you. You can choose the location yourself. ." Chen Zhiwen continued to seduce.
In this era, no one, including Atari or other major electronics companies preparing to enter the market, has any idea of the profits of arcade machines. They think that this industry can earn at most a few million dollars, or at most tens of millions of dollars. Admittedly, this is already a very high profit, but I don’t know that a Space Invaders game in a few years will net a net profit of more than 100 million US dollars in the US market. This is just the profit from arcade machines. When home game consoles become popular Eventually, the market for game cards will be much larger than that for arcade machines.
An annual salary of just over 100,000 US dollars is simply a drop in the bucket for a game that may have profits in the hundreds of millions. Besides, Woz is also unknown at HP. His value is so high that he earns more than a million US dollars a year.
"Mr. Chen, I hope you can prove what you said. Although this leather bag is very convincing, I still need to see the official company information." Woz's awkward sentences reflected his mood, but this kind of person I'm just not good at expressing myself, but I'm not a fool. This kind of thing naturally requires ironclad evidence.
After saying that, he returned the bag.
"That's okay. When my company is established, I'll invite you to come and visit." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, putting the bag away, standing up at the same time, and said: "I've invited you to drink today, you can drink whatever you want tonight. It’s free to come and drink.”
After signaling to the person behind him, an advancing young man nodded, walked towards the bartender in front, and then pointed at Woz, who was watching all this. The bartender nodded and smiled brightly at Woz.
Woz turned around and Chen Zhiwen handed over a business card and said, "I know how to find you, but if you want to take the initiative to find me, you can call this number. I hope we can meet again soon."
After saying that, Chen Zhiwen politely greeted and left, along with several middle-aged white men and his assistant An Qi who was eating chicken wings alone in other places.
After leaving the bar, Chen Zhiwen looked at the surrounding buildings and said to An Qi: "An Qi, find a three- or four-story building nearby. The location and decoration should be similar. It doesn't need to be too good or too big. If not, rent it all, or buy it, and use it as a branch of Midea in the United States."
"Just because of the fat man just now? Do we have to invest so much?" An Qi asked curiously.
"Whether there is that fat guy or not, I have to invest and go find Ron. He must know an agent in Los Angeles." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "The value of this fat guy is far beyond your imagination."
"Okay." An Qi nodded. With an annual salary of more than 100,000 US dollars, she could recruit a platoon technician in Hong Kong.
"Go back, Costco will open soon." Chen Zhiwen said to the driver beside him.
