Just asking, it's still early to enter the personal computer field.

Since Jobs and Gates were able to build their own companies with just a little money in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Han Chudong, as a billionaire, was afraid of not being able to compete with others? After the dinner, they visited the R&D laboratory of Aurora Games the next morning.

The product is well made, and the samples are estimated to be completed by August, with some parts being produced by a third party.

Han Chudong looked at the design drawings and couldn't find any major problems.

Being able to survive until now with only two million US dollars was already considered very frugal. He had no idea what would happen after the product was launched on the market, but he knew that without more investment, Aurora Games would definitely not be able to beat the competitors who were catching up.

After discussing with Nolan Bushnell in the office, they decided to invest a total of US$5 million according to the share ratio, mainly for the development of new games.

A normal enterprise-class computer costs as much as three to four million U.S. dollars, and the rental cost is also incredibly high.

There was no need to purchase enterprise-level computers for the time being. Each company invested more than two million US dollars. There was not much pressure on either Mason United Group or Atari. With the assistance of lawyers, they quickly signed a second capital injection agreement. The share ratio did not change, and Han Chudong still held 49%.

Helena Bergman didn't understand business and wasn't interested in it. She was busy playing Atari arcade games.

Up to now, Nolan's business philosophy is in line with Han Chudong's, so after finishing the financing matters, he took her away with peace of mind and took a car directly to Intel to visit the semiconductor company as the second largest shareholder.

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The market value is still more than 80 million US dollars, so investors' money is spent without regret. Intel rented a small building for office use, and the environment is great.

As a shareholder, Han Chudong occasionally receives some financial statements, product development plans, etc. For example, when the new processor was officially released in April, he also received an invitation to a celebration party, but he did not attend.

Intel has launched a number of new products, but there are very few buyers.

Judging from the current situation, even Intel’s executives don’t understand how to develop in the future and only know how to continuously reduce their holdings and cash out.

The recent drop in stock prices has a lot to do with the founders and venture capital companies cashing out one after another. Take one of the co-founders, Mr. Robert Noyce, for example. After he became successful, he became interested in skiing, gliding, and surfing, and even bought an amphibious aircraft for his own fun.

These scientific geeks did not know how to run a business. Even Arthur Rock, the "king of venture capitalists" who invested 2.5 million US dollars in them at the time and is currently the largest shareholder of Intel, chose to continuously sell off his holdings and cash out because he could not see a way forward.

Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that Han Chudong's acquisitions and share purchases are always so smooth. If he is willing to invest more money, it would be easy to become the largest shareholder.

Come to the front desk.

Han Chudong introduced himself to a blonde girl with a round face, "Hello, I'm Mason Han, CEO of Mason United Group. This year, I've bought more than 10 million US dollars worth of Intel stock. This is my first time visiting the company. Is there any executive upstairs?"

"Shareholder? I don't think I've seen you before. Please wait a moment."

Seeing Han Chudong and several people standing behind him, the receptionist subconsciously felt that he must be an important person, so without asking any more questions, he picked up the phone and called the CEO's office.

As for the president, Bert Noyce, he recently took leave to travel to Europe, saying that he was looking for inspiration for the development of new products. He has not appeared in the company for more than ten days.

In the United States, president and chief executive officer are different positions with equal power.

As one of the inventors of the microprocessor and co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, he was indeed qualified to be so willful.

In 1969, a gathering of semiconductor industry leaders was held in Senawa, with a total of about 400 people attending, of whom only 24 had not worked at Fairchild Semiconductor.

This shows how high Mr. Robert Noyce's status in the industry is.

"Please go up to the third floor and find the CEO's office directly. Mr. Moore will receive you personally."

"Thank you so much."

When Han Chudong heard the name "Moore", he immediately thought of "Moore's Law".

After taking the elevator upstairs and walking through the open office area, I saw Gordon Moore himself, the industry tycoon who was recently appointed CEO of Intel.

After getting to know each other, Gordon Moore sat across from his desk and said in a puzzled tone, "As far as I know, you are not from the circle, right? The second large-scale increase in holdings last time also caused discussion at the board of directors. It is difficult for us to determine your purpose in joining Intel."

"I'm a businessman and I think I can make money by investing in Intel. It's that simple."

Han Chudong changed the subject and complained pretentiously, "But the company's stock price has been falling recently, which gives me a headache."

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"Believe me, everything will be fine. Recently, a company came to us and purchased a batch of 8080 processors, a total of 300 pieces. Although the scale is small, I think their products are very interesting. Maybe they will continue to purchase more new processors, which will be very helpful for improving performance." Gordon Moore thought Han Chudong wanted to blame him, so he dutifully spoke to appease him.

Han Chudong misunderstood and thought he was talking about Aurora Games' home game console.

In order to avoid any risk of drawing attention to Intel and to prevent anyone from giving up on selling or increasing Intel shares, Han Chudong simply skipped the topic. The worse the company is doing now, the better it is for him.

He plans to increase his holdings when funds become more relaxed, so the good news now means future losses for him.

He continued, "This is really good news. I came here today mainly to get a seat on the board of directors. With the shares I currently hold, I should be eligible to join the board of directors, right? I want to send someone to better participate in the management of the company."

It is reasonable for the second largest shareholder to ask for a seat on the board of directors.

Gordon Moore nodded and told him, "I'll discuss it at the next board meeting. It should be fine. Is there anything else?"

“It seems to be gone.”

Han Chudong felt that the other party was difficult to talk to, which was normal, after all, they had never met before.

With the idea of ​​saying less and making fewer mistakes, he stood up decisively and said, "You continue to do your own thing. I'll walk around the company. After all, I invested more than 10 million US dollars, so I should know where the money was spent."

"Please feel free to do so. I'll ask my secretary to take you. Otherwise, you might run into some trouble. No one else is allowed to access the computers on the fourth floor."

"computer?"

Han Chudong became interested and said with a smile: "Then we must go to the fourth floor to visit. I have only seen this thing in the newspaper..."