The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 529 Cleaned up, wait for me at home!
A thick and solid black Cadillac Escalade slowly approached the gate of the Silicon Valley headquarters of Leaf Technology. Inside the front windshield, the driver obviously raised his head, looking at the vivid and eye-catching green leaf logo on the top of the gate in front of him.

The leaves represent multiple meanings, such as green, low carbon, energy saving, and environmental protection, but they also represent the boss behind it.

All private owners in the world are the same. They like to give their companies a name that is close to them, such as Rockefeller, or German Zeiss. The boss of Leaf Technology is named Ye, which means leaf in Chinese.

"Hello!" The mighty security guard in a neat uniform came over and motioned for the people in the car to roll down the window.

"Hello, I'm Larry Zizia, the CEO of Orson Technology, and this is Fred Jorgensen, the vice president of our company!" The driver in the car introduced politely to the security guard.

In front of Leaf Technology, they seem so insignificant, so even when facing the security guards, they are still more or less polite, which is a bit similar to the Chinese saying, the seventh-rank official of the prime minister's concierge.

"Hello, Mr. Zizia, we have been notified, please come in, Building No. [-]!" After hearing this, the security guard immediately moved out of the way and opened the door at the same time, appearing very polite and polite.

Escalade slowly raised the window and drove into the gate of Leaf Technology headquarters, and he also vaguely saw from the rearview mirror that the security guard was notifying the people in the office, obviously telling Elisa Mu Well, the guests are here.

The scale of the factory is very large, and it is arranged like a garden, but it is not easy to get lost at all, because there are very clear signs on both sides of the road, which can clearly tell you where to go, so Zizia drove slowly, Follow the signs and you will soon come to Office Building [-].

To his surprise, as soon as he parked the car, he saw Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Leaf Technology, come out of the gate, obviously to welcome them, which immediately made them feel a little flattered.

Shirley Sandberg is not an ordinary person. She used to work in the core government department and has a lot of energy in the government. The reason why some acquisitions of Leaf Technology can go smoothly is that Shirley ? Sandberg's lobbying, so she is currently the third most powerful figure in Leaf Technology besides the mysterious boss Ye Qiu and CEO Eliza Moon.

"Welcome to Leaf Technology!" Sheryl Sandberg smiled and reached out to Larry Zizia who got out of the car.

"Hi, nice to meet you, Ms. Sandberg!" Larry Zizia didn't dare to be careless towards this strong woman, and his assistant, Fred Jorgensen, quickly talked to Sandberg. Greetings from Berger.

"Oh, Cadillac Escalade!" Sandberg was about to take them upstairs after a few polite words, but glanced at Zizia's car, "If I'm not wrong, it should be the first A batch of cars using the fingerprint locks provided by your Orson Technology to Delphi, right?"

"You know?" Larry Zizia was a little surprised.

Sheryl Sandberg chuckled, didn't explain why she knew, but called them to go upstairs, which made the two people behind her feel like they were seen through, because Larry Zizzy That's what Sandberg says is the reason Asia likes to use the car so much.

Delphi is a well-known auto parts supplier in the world. At the same time, they used to be a subsidiary of General Motors, but later became a completely independent company, but they are still the largest parts supplier of General Motors. Cadillac is a subsidiary of General Motors. A car brand.

The two anxiously followed Sandberg into the No. [-] office building, which is also the largest office building of Leaf Technology, and then took the elevator directly to the third floor, and came to an office door not long after.

"Please come in!" After Sandberg knocked on the door a few times, a voice came from inside.

Opening the door and entering, to the surprise of Larry Zizia and Fred Jorgensen, besides Eliza Moon, the CEO of Leaf Technology, which they had expected to meet, there was also a very familiar The man in question was Ye Qiu who flew from China to the United States to meet this side.

"Hello, welcome to Leaf Technology!" Ye Qiu stepped forward and stretched out his hand from a distance.

"Hi, Mr. Ye Qiu, it's a great honor to meet you!" Larry Zizia didn't lie.

Many people hope to meet Ye Qiu, no matter if he is an entrepreneur or the boss of a Silicon Valley company, because in the eyes of quite a few people, seeing Ye Qiu is as shocking as seeing Microsoft's Bill Gates. Ci, Apple's Steve Jobs, or the two founders of Google.

"I know that you have recently developed a brand new fingerprint recognition sensor." Ye Qiu said straight to the point.

Larry Zizia had talked with Eliza Moon and the heads of relevant departments of Leaf Technology before. To be honest, sometimes he was thinking, with so many acquisitions of Leaf Technology in the past, no matter the amount Still from the technical point of view, Orson Technology is obviously not in Ye Qiu's eyes.

After all, when it comes to the acquisition amount, Leaf Technology’s acquisition of Nuance, a speech recognition company, is a huge amount, costing a total of more than 30 billion US dollars, which is the most expensive acquisition in the history of Leaf Technology. Technology has also acquired many companies with technology and patents.

For example, not long ago, Leaf Technology acquired a Quickoffice office software company at a low price. This company has been providing some Office services similar to mobile phone versions in the past few years, and is compatible with almost all office software versions on the market. Leaf Technology After the acquisition, directly announced free open.

Many people think that this is a big challenge to Microsoft, because one of Microsoft's core and most profitable businesses is Office, and many people are even waiting to see how Microsoft will fight back.

Relatively speaking, Orson Technology has always had a very single business, which is fingerprint identification.

However, although the business is very simple, they are very specialized. They are currently the world's number one in the field of fingerprint authentication sensors. Their business even entered the Chinese market in 2005, and their business scope has already entered the fields of automobiles and mobile electronic devices. IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Samsung and many other big companies are their direct or indirect customers.

But for such a company, the total market value is only more than 1 million U.S. dollars, which has little to do with the fingerprint recognition market. In 2008, the entire fingerprint sensor market was only more than 3 million U.S. dollars. By 2013, all markets will add up to no more than two billion yuan, which is still an optimistic estimate.

"You are talking about AES12711, our latest product. It adopts our core Touchstone technology, strengthens the protective coating on the surface of the sensor, and has a wear resistance of more than [-] times. It has a larger fingerprint area and higher authentication sensitivity. Support sliding authentication."

Larry Zizia couldn't help but introduce his company's latest and most proud product. He is confident enough that it definitely surpasses all current competitors, including Upek, a subsidiary of STMicroelectronics, which is the world's No. [-] The second largest fingerprint sensor supplier.

Seeing Ye Qiu nodding, he seemed to be encouraged, and continued: "This product uses the sensor of our self-developed TruePrint fingerprint authentication technology, which can directly read the information of the dermal cell layer inside the finger, while other fingerprint authentication Technology can only read surface information, so its authentication accuracy is higher, the recognition rate is more accurate and faster, and it is not easily affected by water droplets and dirt."

"More importantly, this fingerprint sensor with keen detection mode, its power consumption is 88% less than all other fingerprint recognition sensors, and it has a certain self-learning function, the more fingerprints you input , the higher the recognition rate, the faster the recognition speed!"

Hearing this, Ye Qiu couldn't help clapping his hands after hearing this. The last item was the reason why Leaf Technology decided to acquire Orson Technology. This fingerprint recognition company is cheap for Leaf Technology, but The technology is quite strong, especially they have their own core technology.

Looking at all the acquisitions of Leaf Technology, almost all of them are clearly and strongly targeted. Although they have made acquisitions almost every month in the past, sometimes even two acquisitions a month, and there have also been failures. But each of their acquisitions has a purpose, not a random acquisition.

Just like the fingerprint sensor of Orsen Technology, this can solve the security problem that Chen Zhong is worried about, and it is not only used in mobile phones, tablets, computers, etc., but can also be applied in smart homes, smart cars and other fields .

From the current point of view, Orson Technology still needs further research and development to be able to develop a fingerprint sensor that meets the needs of Leaf Technology, but there is no doubt that this step is not far away, and even with the support and promotion of Leaf Technology, it will very likely be in the future. It will be realized in a short period of time, and this will undoubtedly ensure the security performance of Zeus mobile phones and tablet computers, especially mobile payment, which is much worried.

"I want to say that we have applied for fingerprint authentication patents for mobile phones and tablet computers before, and we are also developing how to apply fingerprint authentication to mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablets. We are very interested in your company and we hope to acquire it. All your business, technology and patents, and more importantly, the entire engineering team!"

Ye Qiu patiently listened to Larry Zizia's explanation, because he respected every developer, so he waited until Zizia finished speaking before directly stating his intentions. , Zizia and the two were not surprised.

That's why they showed up at the Leaf Technology headquarters.

"What I want to say is that our acquisition will not only be satisfied with the status quo, we will continue to increase our efforts to help you further develop better and better products, but at the same time we will not conservatively take it as our own Yes, on the basis of undertaking a series of commercial contracts you signed before, we will further promote your technology and products to the outside world, so that more people can recognize and value it!"

"I can guarantee it will be on Zeus phones and our tablets in the near future!"

Orson Technology itself has encountered a lot of trouble. First of all, a very important reason is that the fingerprint authentication market is too small, but the competition is not small. If Upek has a strong backing like STMicroelectronics as support, If there is no need to worry about R&D funds, Orson Technology must have this concern.

Even every time they develop a new product or develop a new technology, they must first show it to their big customers to obtain a certain amount of financial support. If the customer feels that the cost is too high or the technology is not practical, then I am sorry. R & D projects must be terminated.

But if they can be acquired by Leaf Technology, it almost means that they will have a strong financial backing, and they will continue to develop and update more advanced products. One of them is allocated to them, which is enough for them to develop for several years.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, we are very grateful for your affirmation of us, but you know, we have a lot of investors..."

Before Larry Zizia could finish speaking, Ye Qiu smiled and nodded to stop him, while Eliza Moon smiled confidently, "Don't worry, Mr. Zizia, we can take care of it!"

There are indeed quite a few investors in Orson Technology, including Texas Instruments, Carlyle Group, and Harris Corporation, but there is another name that I believe all Chinese people will feel kind to when they see it, and that is the China Development Bank.

As far as Larry Zizia knows, many investors have given the green light to this acquisition, and Texas Instruments has a semiconductor business relationship with Leaf Technology, and other investors believe that they will not reject the acquisition of Leaf Technology , the premise is that you can make money.

In the eyes of Leaf Technology, Orson Technology, which currently has a market value of more than 1 million U.S. dollars, no matter how noisy it is, how high can its value be?Compared with Leaf Technology, which has a big business at present, this acquisition is absolutely necessary, and in the long run, it must be a cost-effective deal, after all, Orson Technology itself is a profitable company.

At the very least, the fingerprint authentication market in the future is huge, and Orson Technology is the technology leader in this area!
"So tired!"

After seeing off Larry Zizia and Fred Jorgensen, Ye Qiu fell directly on the soft office chair. He hasn't even recovered from the jet lag after flying to the United States. Now he is tired and exhausted .

"Tired is a good thing, it proves that you are still healthy!" Eliza returned to Ye Qiu's office after sending Zizia away.

Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes and smiled helplessly, "By the way, have the engineers gone to Theobald Training Base?"

Ye Qiu used Leaf Technology to develop a brand new training equipment before. This will be the first time it will be used in football or even sports. If it succeeds, it will not only be Tottenham Hotspur. I believe Leaf Technology You can also make a fortune with this set of technology and equipment.

Not only that, if this device is successful, it will greatly promote Leaf Technology's development of wearable smart devices, which is why Ye Qiu attaches so much importance to it.

"Go, don't worry, it won't drag down your training camp for the new season!" Eliza glared at him angrily.

After going out just now, when she came in, she had a few more documents in her hand, and now they were directly placed on Ye Qiu's desk.

"Since you're here, let me let you know that this is an acquisition and investment project proposed by the investment department."

Ye Qiu casually opened it and looked at it. The first item was a new company called Foussquare. This company developed a location-based social network service application specifically for Zeus mobile phones. One of their slogans is to make cities more convenient and easy to use. , and this also allowed them to be well received by users as soon as they launched the app.

The investment department of Leaf Technology believes that it is different from Leaf Technology’s existing services such as Twitter and WeChat, and uses a very vivid metaphor. What makes Twitter attract users is, what are you doing now?
And the service provided by this start-up company is, where are you now?

The investment department believes that this application has great prospects. For example, it can be used as a search engine for geographical location, combining merchants around the same city and their preferential activities with consumers, and it can also be used with push Special and social applications such as WeChat are combined to form a complementarity.

Considering that this transaction was only more than 1000 million US dollars, Ye Qiu didn't think too much about it, and just skipped it.

To be honest, he is not good at highly professional things, so he chooses to trust professional people, and at the very least, Elisa is watching over him. Ye Qiu trusts this beautiful assistant very much.

Leaf Technology has always liked to seek inspiration from the outside world, so after the Android system became popular, the company often looked for some fresh ideas from user feedback and developers. For example, the company acquired an application research and development company not long ago. He was able to Provide a good optimization plan to slim down and optimize Leaf Technology's Android system.

The current Android system is mainly divided into four levels, kernel, system, framework, and application. The kernel and system are the core layers. Even those mobile phone manufacturers authorized by Leaf Technology do not have permission to modify them, but they can modify the Frameworks and applications are modified for personalization.

Not only that, in order to attract more developers to participate in the research and development of mobile phone applications, Leaf Technology has also opened up to the outside world, which allows developers to easily develop various applications for the Android system without worrying about the system. Fragmentation, and a series of problems such as slow operation caused by over-opening.

Leaf Technology itself also benefits from this openness, because the more developers develop for the Android system, it is tantamount to providing more ideas for Leaf Technology, and it also allows Leaf Technology to continuously improve its products and services. .

Apart from this acquisition, there are other projects. Ye Qiu is not a professional, so he just scanned them, but there is one project that caught Ye Qiu's attention.

This is a new employee of Leaf Technology named Mike Buckward. According to an idea submitted by his doctoral thesis, it is a bit similar to somatosensory and gesture control, but he thinks it is not gesture control because gesture control needs to be set in advance. In his conception, this does not need to be pre-set, but directly and seamlessly.

"3D somatosensory control?" Ye Qiu was really interested.

Eliza Moon chuckled. Leaf Technology has countless ideas every day, but the ones that can be sent to her are definitely the best. "I think this should be the best control mode for smart TVs. Of course, it's just a concept!"

After Ye Qiu listened, he looked at it carefully, and handed the document in Elisa Munn's hand again, "You decide!" After speaking, he stood up, looking very tired and exhausted. Appearance, walked towards the door.

"I'll go to the R&D department!" Ye Qiu said casually.

Eliza nodded, "Remember to go home early that night!"

"Why?" Ye Qiu was a little puzzled, but this little girl's side, especially the tone of the little daughter-in-law, was quite like that.

"Don't you want to inspect the goods first?" Eliza said very logically.

Ye Qiu didn't understand what was going on for a while, but he quickly thought of what he said when he was joking with Eliza before, and his heart flickered for no reason. He really wasn't ready for such a thing as raising a lover outside. good.

For a while, the other girl was not embarrassed, but he himself was a little bit ashamed.

"You wash up and wait for me at home!" After speaking, Ye Qiufei seemed to run away.

I forgot who said that extramarital affairs are hell, and it is hard to get out of hell if you make a wrong move!
Really going to hell?

As soon as the door was closed, Ye Qiu was somewhat hesitant, because he thought of his family and children.

Seeing him like this, Eliza giggled in the office. The guy was okay in other ways, but in this one, he was definitely a coward.

"Just wash it, I'm afraid of you!" The girl murmured expectantly.

(End of this chapter)