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Chapter 315 - Chapter 315 315 First Generation

Chapter 315: 315 First Generation Chapter 315: 315 First Generation Chen Xu and Luo Xiyun stayed at home for one night before returning. Before leaving, he deposited 5 million into his parents’ account and told them to purchase a house once they found one they liked.

In this small county town, housing prices were only a few thousand, enough to buy a villa.

In the following period, Chen Xu would go to Yunxu Company every morning to help design a brand new generation of VR eyeglasses.

At Yunxu Company, apart from Luo Xiyun, everyone including Secretary Guo was green behind the ears. All the employees recruited into the company were recent college graduates.

These employees, regardless of their initial level, couldn’t help much for a while and would even slow things down; they had a lot to learn from Luo Xiyun.

Luo Xiyun did not plan to use the current architecture of VR equipment, but intended to design a completely new set of chips and programming language, from hardware to software.

Luo Xiyun could handle the software aspect–that ten years wasn’t for nothing.

It was just that the hardware was still lacking, stuck at a certain stage.

After Chen Xu’s arrival, he solved the problem in no time. Different from computer and smartphone chips, the VR device’s chip focused more on visual processing, similar to a graphics card.

In fact, the processor of this device, named the first generation future VR eyeglasses, was like an enhanced graphics card, albeit also integrated with other functions.

After the processor’s design was finalized, Luo Xiyun began registering patents. This chip, specially designed for processing three-dimensional images, used a completely new architecture and was significantly different and more efficient than the chips in current mainstream VR devices.

Once a series of patent registrations were completed, Luo Xiyun started writing papers and publishing them in major journals.

She didn’t have the same confidence and capital as Chen Xu. Writing papers was to increase her fame and, at the same time, to attract more talent to the field.

In the IT industry, no one can make it alone. To succeed, one needs to pull together a group of followers and set standards to fend off competitors.

Even a giant like the iPhone swept away all rivals upon debut, making people think it would dominate the world, only to be gradually caught up by the more open Android system.

It showed that hoarding for oneself doesn’t work; if everyone’s upset, they’ll just push others towards your competition.

If you enjoy your meat, you need to leave some soup for others. Mutually beneficial wins are the way to go.

Moreover, for VR devices to develop, they rely on content. Whether games or videos, many talents are needed to join in.

So, the fastest way for Luo Xiyun to become the most authoritative figure in this field was to publish papers, covering both hardware and software.

As she continued to publish papers and realize the product, she expected it wouldn’t be long before she made a splash in the industry.

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The weather gradually cooled.

Chen Xu realized that summer had passed and winter was coming when he stepped out of the car. In this city, one hardly felt the existence of autumn.

Most people on the street were still wearing short sleeves, with many girls in short skirts and shorts.

At just past eight in the morning, the sun was still splendid. He put on his sunglasses and walked toward the entrance of the building.

Following behind him was another secretary, rather plain-looking. Unfortunately, it was difficult to find a second secretary like Secretary Jin, who was not only high in ability and worked hard but also possessed supermodel looks.

In fact, this was already the fifth secretary he had recruited. The previous ones were evaluated based on Secretary Jin’s standards. Either they lacked ability, had a poor attitude, or fell short in both.

Worse, a few of them blatantly tried to seduce him. That was just too unprofessional. He decisively fired them and lowered the standard for looks.

This new secretary, surnamed Wen, had also just graduated from college. She was diligent, concise, intelligent, and worked hard. Although her abilities still needed improvement, she was worth training.

“Big God.”

Chen Xu walked into the elevator and happened to meet an employee of Yunxu Company, who looked at him excitedly.

He had grown accustomed to such a title. The recent college graduates, mostly born after 1995, had a different work style compared to his generation, and it was evident in their manner of address.

“Good morning,” he replied with a smile. He had been busy with other matters this month and today finally found the time to check on their progress.

He asked, “I heard you’re going to an exhibition in a few days? Is the first generation device ready?”

“Yes, we made a few dozen units for the first batch, and they were only transported back to the company yesterday. Mr. Luo organized everyone to test them overnight. As long as there are no issues, we will attend the electronics exhibition in a few days,” the person said, his tone filled with excitement.

“Oh.”

After a while, the elevator arrived.

Chen Xu directly entered Luo Xiyun’s office and saw her sitting on the sofa, wearing a pair of VR glasses. Their design was similar to other VR glasses on the market, only they looked more compact. The casing was black with a matte metallic finish, which made them look very upscale.

Beep beep beep…

As he approached, the VR glasses emitted a sound.

Luo Xiyun took off the glasses, saw him, and said, “You’re here.”

Chen Xu asked, “What was that beeping noise just now?”

Luo Xiyun explained, “It’s an infrared sensing device. It beeps when someone approaches to alert the user. We’re short on time now, so we can only make simple devices like this. For the next generation, I’ll integrate it into the circuit board and use a text message to alert through the interface.”

“You really strive for perfection, adding such features will require redesigning the chip,” Chen Xu said.

“If you’re going to do it, do it the best you can,” Luo Xiyun replied as she stood up, took out a small cardboard box from under the table, and said, “This is for you, as a memento.”

Chen Xu opened it and saw a VR headset with laser engraving that read, “First Generation Future Vision VR Glasses, Serial Number 001,” with a date beside it.

He said, “This is quite a collector’s item.”

“It includes your contribution as well.”

Chen Xu said, “This must have been expensive to create. This chip uses a 7-nanometer process, just the initial chip fabrication is several hundred million, plus packaging and testing, along with other components. The cost per unit for this machine must be over a million, I guess.”

“The costs will naturally come down with mass production,” Luo Xiyun said.

“Do you still have funds?” Chen Xu asked.

“I borrowed 500 million from my dad,” Luo Xiyun answered.

Chen Xu said, “I’ll buy into the company, making Yunxu Company live up to its name.”

“Do you still have money?” Luo Xiyun asked, surprised. She knew what Chen Xu had been busy with that month.

Somehow he had convinced the city to allocate him a large plot of land and provided him with quite a few preferential policies to build the country’s largest data center. The budget was 10 billion. It even made the news.

Chen Xu didn’t plan to leave this work to others, so he set up a company and poached a team from an overseas company that builds data centers. They had already started construction.

Chen Xu said, “That 10 billion is the market price. I designed it myself and am building it myself, so it won’t cost that much. Besides, the data center has just started construction and the initial investment is not huge. I can still put up 1 billion now. In exchange, I want 30 percent of the shares.”

“Aren’t you getting the short end of the stick?” she asked.

“An old saying goes, sometimes taking a loss is actually gaining an advantage. Once your company goes public, imagine how much those shares will be worth.”

Luo Xiyun gave him a look but didn’t reject the offer. Only when one embarks on an enterprise does one realize the myriad difficulties. She had sold her mother’s family fund not so long ago and already the money was spent.

With no other choice, she had to ask her father for help. He agreed to give her 500 million, but she refused to simply accept it; she wrote an IOU, clarifying that the money was borrowed.

She didn’t know how long this 500 million would last. If it was spent without any income, she would have to turn to investment firms, a last resort.

She also knew there was another option, which was to ask Chen Xu. If she asked, Chen Xu could get any amount of money for her. But she was unwilling to do so because then she might not be able to hold her head up in front of him in the future.

Now, she could accept Chen Xu’s offer to buy shares. After all, the product was already made, and the hardest part was over. A little premium was normal.

And really, did she need to keep things so separate from Chen Xu? Keeping such clear accounts with each other could also harm their relationship.

She asked, “Since you’re a shareholder of the company now, you have to come to the electronics exhibition in three days.”

“Sure,” Chen Xu agreed without hesitation.

“Oh, and I heard that they’re going to invite a female singer with the last name Bai to perform at the opening of the electronics exhibition.”

“…”

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