That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 652 He is a liar

"My technology can increase the computer's data reading speed by 5%. IBM is also considering purchasing my patent, so I can't accept a price lower than one million US dollars."

"Mr. Geer, we think $80,000 is a fair price."

"make a deal."

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As interns, Li Ye and Wen Leyu sat in a corner of the conference room and listened silently, watching the other party bragging and claiming that their inventions could reshuffle the computer industry. However, after Jeff's brief quotation, they immediately stopped while they were ahead.

Wen Leyu wrote a few words on a piece of paper and pushed it in front of Li Ye.

[Why do you look a bit like a liar? ]

Li Ye calmly wrote a few words and pushed it back to Wen Leyu.

[When we cast the fishing net, we don’t know how big the fish are under the water, but if we don’t cast the net, there will never be any fish.]

After reading it, Wen Leyu pursed her lips and said nothing.

But Li Ye analyzed from her slightly furrowed brows that the girl was heartbroken.

After all, Wen Leyu contributed a large part of the initial capital of this venture capital company. Most of the tens of millions of royalties were taken away at once. It would be strange if Wen Leyu, who was used to being frugal, was not worried.

Another thing is that Wen Leyu has been going to school and living with Li Ye over the years, and she has become overly dependent on Li Ye. If Li Ye promised to make money, Wen Leyu would trust Li Ye unconditionally, but now, she must learn to bear this pressure on her own.

However, even if there is only Cisco as a foundation, Wen Leyu's wallet will be filled up by then, and this process is also a kind of kind tempering for her.

"Mr. Li, there is one last project. Can we discuss it quickly?"

Jeff sent Mr. Geer away and discussed the last project with Li Ye. This project was also selected and recommended by Jeff, but whether to invest in the end still required the consent of all partners.

Now that Pei Wencong is not here, Li Ye has taken over his power.

Li Ye flipped through the project report again: "Okay, I basically have no objection. Jeff, do you think $200,000 is a suitable price?"

Jeff laughed, "I think the lower the better."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Jeff, you are an excellent negotiator. It's up to you from now on."

Jeff smiled and asked his secretary to invite the visitor in.

As soon as the other party came in, Li Ye wanted to tell Jeff that two hundred thousand was too much.

Because the visitor had dark skin and flaxen hair, he looked like a white elephant man at first glance.

Li Ye knew that there were many white elephants in Silicon Valley. After all, "IC" was originally the abbreviation of integrated circuit, but in Silicon Valley, it became the abbreviation of white elephants (Indian) and flower growers (Chinese).

However, the name "Pandit" on the project book did not make Li Ye aware of the other party's identity.

In addition, although Li Ye is a non-racist, given that there are so many weirdos on the White Elephant side in later generations, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Just like someone said, "White elephants dare to brag about their abilities, do any business, take any blame, and do nothing."

With so many features, it can’t all be unfair, right?

"Mr. Pandit, the conditions we offer are already very generous. After all, your research is only in the laboratory and has not been patented."

"No, no, no, dear Mr. Jeff, it's not that I can't get a patent for my research, but I don't dare to publish my research results.
Because both Motorola and Alcatel are conducting research in digital wireless communications, and my technology is the core technology they urgently need. I believe Mr. Jeff also knows that a small company like us cannot resist plagiarism by industry giants."

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Li Ye looked at Pandit opposite him in shock, and spun the biological hard drive in his mind rapidly, hoping to retrieve any information related to him.

My goodness, how much is the technology that Motorola could steal worth? Is $200,000 enough for the down payment?

Li Ye had indeed heard of similar legends in his previous life. For example, a small researcher invented a revolutionary patent, which attracted the attention of industry giants, and then they used various means to snatch it away, and in the end the small researcher lost the lawsuit and had no way to seek redress.

But legends are just legends after all. It’s not such a coincidence that I would encounter them, right?

In the mid-1980s, mobile phones all used analog signals and research on digital signals was still in the exploratory stage. If a technology that really led the era really emerged, it would not be impossible to create a great company.

But Jeff was obviously even more "stingy" than Li Ye. He was not moved at all by Pandit's boasting. He would not even give $100,000, let alone $200,000, and would only give $50,000 at most.

"Okay, okay! Let's not discuss this patent for now,"

Pandit couldn't persuade Jeff, so he took out another document from his bag.

"I heard that you are also interested in computer software. I happen to have a computer operating system that is comparable to Microsoft's Windows."

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Li Ye helplessly threw away the project book in his hand, having completely lost any interest.

Microsoft just released Windows 1.0 two months ago, and now you say you have similar software. Can you brag even more?

In his previous life, Li Ye heard from some people that Baixiang's IT industry was world-leading and that Baixiang Polytechnic's IT talents were top-notch in the world. He was skeptical and thought that Baixiang's computer technology was far ahead!

Later, I met a middle-aged programmer who retired from a large company, and only then did I understand how they achieved world-leading status.

White Elephant is a leader in the field of international software outsourcing.

The so-called international outsourcing business means that the researcher at Lighthouse with an annual salary of $200,000 spends $50,000 to outsource the work to a researcher from a black province in the mainland.

The middle-aged programmer said that if the researcher at Lighthouse had found the right way and thrown the work to the white elephant programmer, it might have been done for $20,000.

It’s not that white elephant programmers are not valuable, but the level of development of the IT industry in white elephants is much weaker than that in the mainland.

After the year 2000, the IT industry in the mainland entered a 20-year period of rocket development, and any programmer with some skills could earn a six-figure annual salary.

The outsourcing business is all about peeling off layers of skin. Mainland programmers are already making tens of thousands of dollars, so why would they compete with white elephant programmers for the business of a few thousand?
Over time, international outsourcing companies no longer look for mainland technicians.

It’s not that mainland programmers can’t afford it, but that Indian programmers are more cost-effective.

It's all official business anyway, even if Third Brother hands over a mountain of crap-like programs, it'll be fine as long as they don't crash.

After all, you only paid for curry, so do you expect a five-star chef to serve you a plate of imperial tofu?

"Mr. Li, do you think there is a problem?"

Jeff saw Li Ye throwing the information and asked in a low voice.

Li Ye glanced at the Pandit, and suddenly turned to look at Wen Leyu: "Xiao Yu, do you think he is a liar?"

Wen Leyu had been staring into Pandit's eyes, and now he nodded and said, "It's not like him, he is a liar."

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"We'll talk next time, Mr. Pandit."

"What? No, no, no, actually I can accept a price of fifty thousand dollars."

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"Thirty thousand is also fine."