Simon stayed at the company called 3D-Miracle near Stanford University for three hours, watched a small 3D metal printer that the company had developed and made an aluminum alloy tea cup, and then called everyone to a meeting to discuss the company's next development direction.

The goal is very clear.

Develop large 3D printers that can print rocket parts.

There are two difficulties. One is to ensure the precision of the 3D printer while making it larger. Many rocket components may weigh several tons, but the processing accuracy is at the micron level, which is a big challenge.

Fortunately, it is not without direction.

At this stage, many industrial robots produced by high-tech companies can reach the micron level in operating accuracy. Teams can try to learn from them or directly entrust the development of auxiliary robots.

On the other hand, 3D printers are needed to print various aeronautical materials.

The principle of 3D printing is to cure the material powder by laser sintering.

The cutting-edge aerospace alloys, both melting point and hardness, are not comparable to ordinary daily aluminum alloys and other materials. The existing 3D-Miracle equipment can only complete the printing of low-melting point aluminum alloys and other materials, so further upgrades and transformations are needed.

After more than two hours of meeting, Simon agreed to a complete budget plan requested by Brian Dyche, founder of 3D-Miracle, on the condition that the team must develop a large 3D printer that can be used to build rocket parts within one year. In addition to funds, in the next year, the Westeros system will also be responsible for recruiting experts in related fields from all over the world, including mergers and acquisitions of other companies or patents in the 3D printing field if necessary.

Although he will not be stingy with necessary investments, Simon is not a sucker.

Unlike the hot Internet, because the application field has always been narrow, there are many teams developing 3D printing around the world, but basically few of them have a good life.

In addition, using an anonymous agent team to initiate the acquisition, it will not cost much to get these technologies.

Just like 3D-Miracle, Simon only spent $13 million to acquire this company. The main reason is that although 3D-Miracle has produced products, it cannot be used for commercial applications at all. Who would spend $100 to buy an aluminum alloy cup that can be bought in a mall for $5?

3D-Miracle, a small company that was founded five years ago to raise development funds due to the rise of the new technology wave in Silicon Valley, has actually burned down several venture capital investments in five years.

The Westeros system's agency team won 100% of the company's shares for US$13 million. Several venture capital firms with a shareholding ratio of about 70% had a return rate of only 50% when they exited. In five years, the average annual rate of 10% is only stronger than the return of investing in some high-yield bonds.

Perhaps some news will flow out in the future, causing the relevant technologies to rise, but the entire 3D printing field is still a ‘buyer market’.

Whether it is SpaceX and other companies or affiliated companies such as 3D-Miracle, Simon's operating ideas are exactly the same, all of which are as effective as possible to reduce costs. Therefore, only Simon squeezes others, and no one else can get benefits from Simon unless he shows his due results.

In addition to the positive case of SpaceX in memory, Simon's main reason for this decision was the Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos, another company in the original space-time.

Many people don’t know that the Blue Origin, which is also committed to space exploration, was established two years earlier than SpaceX.

And he is definitely rich and generous.

Whatever you want is what you want.

However, when SpaceX had become the new overlord of the aerospace field, and even replaced Boeing, Los Angeles, who had lost its ability to land on the moon, implemented the United States' new century moon landing plan, Bezos' blue origins had not even realized the rocket's orbital ability.

Perhaps there are various reasons, but there is one thing Simon firmly believes that the fate of the two companies is just like the most ordinary quote in my memory.

Born in distress, die in happiness.

Therefore, even if you pay more attention to SpaceX companies in your heart, Simon's first rule will not give any of the team a "happy" working environment. If you feel that you are not good, get out; if you want high treatments that exceed your own value, get out; if you fail to complete the planned task and have no appropriate reason, get out.

Even if some teams are unable to meet Simon's expectations for a long time, he doesn't mind disbanding the entire team and starting over.

In the next few years, Simon will let many people experience how the tyrant was refined.

After finishing work in San Francisco at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Simon did not stay in the Bay Area for the night this time, and then took a private jet back to Los Angeles. There was also a cocktail party in the evening.

About the ‘Troy Project’.

Recently, after recommendations and investigations and reviews from all aspects, Simon selected the first batch of young senior children from within the Westeros system, with a small number of them, only 10 at a time.

Before officially paving the way for these people, Simon arranged a cocktail party today in the name of the Westeros system management gathering. It was probably just like in the memory of Eric Tsang who saw a group of "As Sir" off in "Infernal Affairs", he always wanted to let young people see the real boss behind them.

In order not to attract too many people's attention, the scale of the cocktail party is quite large, so some young people are not conspicuous.

After that, these people will be arranged to work in important institutions such as the White House or Washington in the next year.

The whole process is actually not too formal. The Westeros system is looking for alternatives, and the target is interested in politics and hit it off. Both sides have no agreements such as maintaining loyalty to the Westeros system. Smart people will naturally understand that it is just the beginning. The Westeros system will decide whether to add support based on the subsequent performance of these people. Many people who do not meet the standards will be eliminated in this process.

Simon won't leave documents like the 'stumbling project' that allow Bourne to find clear evidence.

As planned initially.

Compared to uncertain loyalty, Simon values ​​the position formed in a subtle way. As long as some of them determine that they are ‘Westerosian’, they will naturally consider the interests of the Westerosian system.

The evening reception started at 7:30 in the location of the Palisade Mid-mountain mansion purchased by Simon in the early days.

Simon arrived after dinner with his family, stayed at the cocktail party for less than an hour, greeted each Troy program candidate, encouraged him gently, and left at nine o'clock.

Arrived at Prea Vista at 8 am and left the cocktail party at 9 pm for a total of 13 hours.

The work of this day is finally over.

As soon as she got into the car back to Dumei Point Manor, the A-satisfied girl who accompanied Simon and was talking about something. A red-haired French girl who accompanied Chen Qing and her two girls to spend the New Year in China called to test whether she could get a position in FusionTimes.

Simon was still a little confused, and Girl A had explained.

Emmanuel Brandt is a PhD in Particle Physics from the Polytechnic University of Zurich. He is a professional expert and has also maintained many connections in this regard.

Only then did Simon remember Emmanuel's personal profile that he had read.

If you think a little bit, it is indeed the case.

However, the girl is now the chairman of Scooper. She has recently assisted Chen Qing in China to establish the Excellent Technology Company and has become one of the shareholders through stakes. This test probably saw Simon's attention to the three companies and thought it was a good opportunity. Moreover, the other party obviously did not intend to serve as an ordinary employee at FusionTimes.

The planned FusionTimes company headquarters will be set up in San Francisco, mainly to rely on the talent resources of Stanford University. Scooper is also in San Francisco, and Emmanuel can also take into account both.

only.

Simon thought about it for a moment, but hesitated a little, mainly because Emmanuel was a woman.

Even though many important executives in the Westeros system are women, the three companies this time are different and the energy required to be invested far exceeds that of ordinary work.

So, what Simon needs is the animal.

Men can be used as animals.

Women are most likely to use as men.

So all the interviewers on SpaceX in the past two days are men and not even a woman.

Simon was unsure of his mind for a moment, so he just said to Girl A: "Wait for Aiman ​​to come back and find some time to talk to him in person. By the way, in China, how has the development of the VCD industry been going on in the past two months? Tell me about it."

Girl A nodded and skillfully talked about the current development of China's VCD industry.

In the past 1995, the cumulative shipment of China's VCD industry, which showed explosive growth, was 1.53 million units, with sales reaching 6.1 billion yuan, quickly becoming a very important new technology product in the Chinese market.

At the same time, Scooper completed the research and development of the second-generation video decoding chip at the end of last year as planned. The absolute technological leadership coupled with Scooper's relatively open cooperation attitude basically blocked the feasibility of other electronic manufacturers in developing video decoding chips and completely monopolized the market.

At the beginning of the new year in 1996, VCD manufacturers such as BBK in China officially launched VCD products with built-in second-generation decoding chips, and also launched another king-famous shot, directly reducing the price from the high of around 4,000 yuan in the previous two years to 2,999 yuan, quickly swallowing up the video recorder market, which was originally a price of more than 3,000 yuan.

With all parties operating, in the first two months of the year, the total VCD shipments of major Chinese manufacturers have reached 1.78 million units, directly exceeding the whole year of last year. It is estimated that the overall shipment of China's VCD market in 1996 is expected to reach 10 million units, and the annual sales are expected to be around 30 billion yuan.

Affected by this series of positive news, Scooper's stock price has recently reached US$2.3 billion, with a market value of more than 10 times that of the Westeros system just acquired last year. Although the capital industry's attention at this stage is attracted by several super giants such as Igret, the return rate of investment in Scooper is still crazy in the eyes of many Wall Street investors.

Suzhou, China.

When A girl reported to Simon about the current situation of China's VCD industry, Emmanuel Brandt and Lin Su came from Shanghai and Hangzhou respectively, and were invited to visit Chen Qing's house for a short time. The group was about to leave and fly to Beijing in the afternoon.

It's noon on March 5th in China.

The 16th day of the first lunar month.

Yesterday's Lantern Festival just passed.

The Chen family originally lived in a small county town near Suzhou City. After making money, Chen Qing bought an antique house for her family in Gusu District, northern Suzhou. In fact, she initially hoped that her family would move to Shanghai, but Chen's father and mother, who were used to living in a small county town, had a walk around Shanghai. She was very uncomfortable, so she finally chose Suzhou, which is closer to her hometown. Even the antique house was the choice of Chen Qing's parents because she was not used to living in a high-rise apartment building.

Emmanuel, who set out from Shanghai, arrived first, and accompanied by four maids, Chen Qinglin and Su. These people have been to China since the New Year and have been here until now. They have to rush to Beijing together in the afternoon.

Including Chen Qing, the Chen family has a total of six people, including Chen’s father and mother, Chen Qing’s brother and sister-in-law, and a nephew over four years old.

Even though Chen Qing had brought her maid's maid's guard home before, five foreign girls came to the door at once, the rest of the Chen family were still at a loss. Even the neighbors around came to watch the fun. Seeing this, Chen Qing simply sent away the four maid's guards, leaving only Emmanuel as a guest at home. For this reason, her mother whispered a few words, thinking that even her daughter's subordinates should not be so driven away.

Chen Qing pretended not to hear her mother's nagging, because Lin Su had not arrived yet and the lunch could not start, so she pulled Emmanuel to her room in the west wing of the house.

This is a suite.

After entering the house, Emmanuel also relaxed a lot, sat on the sofa without seeing him, and said with lingering fear: "I really don't understand why the people here look at me like they are in a zoo?"

Chen Qing didn't mean to serve tea and water to Emmanuel. She also sat on the sofa next to her, picked up a folder that Emmanuel was looking through before coming, and said casually: "You are much more precious than the lions and tigers in the zoo."

"Ha, this is definitely not a compliment," Emmanuel gave Chen Qing a blank look, noticed something, his slender body tilted over, grabbed Chen Qing's right hand and looked at it, pointing to a visible red and swollen mark on the back of his hand and asked, "Is this, what's wrong?"

Chen Qing shook off Emmanuel and touched her little hand, saying, "My father beat me."

Emmanuel immediately widened his eyes and glanced at the scars on the back of Chen Qing's hand in disbelief: "Just just now, Mr. Chen is a very good person, how could it be... this is too violent."

Chen Qing glanced at her: "The culture is different. Here we are, it is natural for parents to beat their children, at least that's how our family is."

"Are you a girl?"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "My dad beats my brother even harder and will hang up."

As he said that, he pointed to the top of his head vividly.

Emmanuel obviously couldn't imagine what it would be to hang a man and beat him, but he soon thought of the key to the matter and asked, "Why did your dad hit you?"

Chen Qing didn't explain this time and said perfunctorily: "Family affairs."

This obviously did not dispel Emmanuel's curiosity: "What family matters?"

Chen Qing couldn't say that she persuaded her brother to divorce her sister-in-law whom she didn't like, and then her father slapped her feather duster. The scar on the back of her hand was hit when she raised her hand to cover it. She just curled her lips and saw Emmanuel's curious baby look, she thought for a while and said, "Because I'm so old and haven't found a boyfriend, I've been beaten. You know, in China, parents attach great importance to their children's marriage."

Emmanuel blinked and quickly said, "Chan, you lied to me. I know a little about this, and you are still very young, aren't you?"

Chen Qing shrugged slightly: "Okay, actually, I told my parents that I found a woman."

Simon Westeros?

woman?

Before Emmanuel could ask, the door was knocked, and a young child voice came from outside the door: "Aunt, aunt, the guest is here."

Chen Qing heard this and stood up from the sofa: "It should be Lin's arrival. Let's go out. My mother prepared lunch all day yesterday. I'll remember to praise it later."

The two of them walked out of Chen Qing's room. Lin Su, who came from Hangzhou, was surrounded by Chen's father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, and welcomed into the door. Seeing Chen Qing appear, Lin Su nodded to her quickly, looking like she wanted to get out.

For some reason.

The eyes of these people from the Chen family looking at her were really weird.
Chapter completed!