Chapter 15, Going to Stanford (3)
"If the company is really established, it's an amazingly high operating profit, don't you plan to make it bigger?"
When Alice heard Posack's words, she could no longer describe her shock in words. God knows that Cisco Systems is facing a market of hundreds of billions of dollars, and the entire world's Internet construction requires purchasing routers, switches and other equipment. But now, the founder of history said that he does not intend to make the company bigger!?
"Of course, Sandy and I are just ordinary teachers after all."
Looking at the charming sunset outside the window, although Posack was still wearing a neat suit, Alice seemed to have a feeling of aging: "If the company is really developed too much, how can we manage it? Isn't it interesting to have a small and medium-sized enterprise with a good size, selling routers, and pushing products that affect human transformation into the world, and then sitting on the sofa happily watching the world be changed?"
After saying this, Posack even smiled at Alice.
Under the charming sunset outside the window, a literary and artistic style arose naturally.
Well, in theory, that's true.
Alice gritted her teeth and thought.
But I am not as high as you!
Having a net worth of $300 billion, but he only drives a small Alto and eats burgers all day long?
Zuckerberg's family motto is frugality, I'm not!
Alice knows more about the future social development trends. It makes Cisco the founder of the Internet world, and it only exists as an ordinary small and medium-sized enterprise. How can it be!
"But two, now is the moment of great development in the computer industry."
She rubbed her temples hard and said, "Look, I invented the router in just a few months ago and Mr. Iger was also studying this thing. What about other schools and enterprises? It is estimated that in seven or eight years, companies of the same type in Silicon Valley will bloom everywhere?"
"We are now taking the lead. After all, Stanford is the cradle of the entire Silicon Valley. Ig has just started researching. I guess other scientific research institutions will not have any progress. If we don't seize this opportunity to expand our business, wouldn't it be a pity?"
She glanced at James, and he had been here with him very caringly throughout the afternoon, even though Oscar couldn't help but go out to play and never left.
At this moment, he stood up when he saw his daughter's eyes coming for help.
"A healthy development enterprise has a lifespan calculated in years, and no one knows what it will be like in the future. So, Mr. Posack might have said it earlier, but Vivi, you don't have to be so anxious. Haven't we registered our company yet?"
As he said that, while Posack happened to look at Sandy, James also blinked at Alice and signaled her to calm down.
Well, it makes sense.
After a little excitement, Alice did calm down.
She was indeed a little anxious. She recalled that in the history of Cisco's development, the Posacks and his wife did not intend to expand their business as founders.
If I remember correctly, it seems that Sandy only plans to position the company's annual revenue at $10 million, which is the ultimate goal.
When the gap between concept and reality widened, that is, when Cisco's development far exceeded the expectation of the couple, it seemed that it had been 1989 or 1990 years. Then, coupled with other reasons, they were kicked out of the company they founded by the board of directors, which can be said to be a very typical case.
I am worried about their ideas now, and I am really worried.
"Company? Oh, are you planning to set up a business?"
At this time, Ig suddenly raised his head from a pile of computers and looked around blankly: "Santi, are you planning to set up a business? Are you working with your dear Alice?"
Alice blinked. For this guy who was more idle than Chen Jingrun, she didn't expect the other party's emotional intelligence from the beginning.
Not to set up a business, is this lady here to go shopping?
"Yes, Bill, the development prospects for this router are too broad."
Sandy's Chanel suit is neat and clean. Even after a whole day of work, like Posack's suit, it is not stained with much dust: "Didn't Alice also analyze that all schools and enterprises can definitely use it. Under their leadership, the computer network pattern of the entire country and even the entire world will change. You said, shouldn't we set up a company for this?"
Indeed, this is a natural thing. If a company does not establish a company, it cannot sell products and make profits. Everyone cannot work for free and pay money to make routers for major companies, right? Even if Posack claims that what he pursues is not money, people still live in the real world, right?
Then Ig nodded as if he understood, then lowered his head and began to read piles of documents again.
Since the sun is about to set, there is naturally no reason to let Alice and others stay in the office anymore. And after one day, everyone has a full understanding of the performance of this router.
That's it, it's so great!
Intel's 80826 processor consists of a total of 134,000 transistors, a 16-bit structure and a 20MHz frequency, which is already the most advanced CPU at present. Driven by it, the maximum network speed reaches as many as a few KB, which makes Posack and others dazzle.
Although in Alice's opinion, of course it is still extremely rubbish.
Not to mention that Core has more cores, Pentium 4, Ah, Pentium 3, Even Pentium 2 can beat it ten streets.
As for those KB of internet speeds... ahem.
But others don't think so!
Bill Ig is still going to work, and after saying goodbye to him, everyone changed the location to the Posacksacks' home in San Mateo.
The house is located in a green middle-class community. As a small town in the Silicon Valley, it is about ten miles away from Stanford University, and it only takes half the time to drive to San Francisco. The traffic environment can be said to be extremely superior.
In the spacious living room and in front of the rectangular dining table, the Alices and their family were treated to warmly.
"The speed is so many times faster, and it is small in size and low in price, which is much more convenient than the computer we use now!"
“Is that computer expensive?”
Hannah, sitting on the edge, was wearing a white dress and long red wavy hair, and smiled very charmingly: "I heard from Vivi, it seems that it is very large?"
It was not until the dining table that Posack's neat suit was available. He raised his glass to Hannah with a smile and said, "That's right, it's expensive and heavy. Before your sister invented this router, all universities and businesses would have to buy that guy if they wanted to use the Internet."
"But now, with this router, the network construction cost will be reduced many times!"
Sandy's tone was passionate: "Why don't we prepare to register a company tomorrow? How about choosing the registration address here? Stanford is so close to Silicon Valley, and there are companies in the calculator industry everywhere. They are all our potential customers. The market is right in front of us. The airport in San Jose can allow us to arrive in Seattle within two hours, and the transportation is even more convenient!"
When Sandy finished saying this, Alice's eyes immediately met her mother.
Sophie put down her knife and fork and said slowly: "Mrs. Posack, do you mean that you want the company to be registered in San Francisco?"
"San Francisco? Oh, this idea is also very good, why not?"
At this moment, the restaurant seemed particularly quiet. Posack himself sat in the chief without saying a word, while Sandy was erecting her chest, and her clothes were still extremely clean: "I originally wanted to register in San Jose, but it was only an hour's drive from downtown San Francisco to Stanford, which was even closer to our house. Mrs. Wang, your proposal is just right!"
"In San Francisco, it's a bit far from Los Angeles."
At this moment, Sophie was still speaking, while neither James nor Alice intervened, allowing the lawyer who holds a certificate in his family to dominate the scene.
"It will be inconvenient for us to come to the company, but if it is located in Los Angeles, it will be a bit far from you. Otherwise, we will give it a compromise, what about it in Santa Barbara? Or Santa Maria?"
Both addresses are in the southern part of California, one is sixty miles from Los Angeles, and the other is only twice as far away. In contrast, it takes twice as long to get south from San Francisco and San Jose.
"But these two locations do not have much advantage over the Silicon Valley area."
Just from the look, Sandy is an extremely outgoing and very strong woman. When facing Sophie's proposal, she responded calmly: "And the land price in Los Angeles is very expensive. As a company in the computer industry, there are no additional resources available in traditional metropolis. But Silicon Valley is different. Not only is its land price not as high as that of Los Angeles, but it is surrounded by companies of the same type, and it has an incomparable advantage in employee recruitment. Alice, what do you think?"
In the last sentence, Sandy threw the ball towards Alice.
Alice smiled slightly as she looked at her eyes like an eagle.
"It's good to be casual about this kind of thing. After all, our products are Internet devices. As you have always expected, when it starts to effectively promote the development of networks across the country and even the world, is it still important to have the address in San Francisco or Los Angeles, Silicon Valley or along Highway 101?"
Alice knew that her words were too vague and too advanced to the times, so without any suspense, the Posacks were a little stunned.
But that's true.
Chapter completed!