After Chen Feng was silent for a while, he said: "I can understand you, but I will not support you to continue to be willful. You are an adult and can no longer be as willful as a child. Just like this time, you must smoke
Damn, it’s the result of your willfulness. Do you think it’s right to be so willful?”
Miranda was speechless for a moment. This time she did not listen to Chen Feng's dissuasion from smoking damselfish, which was indeed a bit unreasonable.
Chen Feng continued: "I understand that you want freedom. But it cannot be unrestricted freedom. Since we became boyfriend and girlfriend, we both have a responsibility and an invisible bond with each other. It is impossible to be free again.
Like when you were single, you didn’t care about anything.”
Miranda then said: "Okay. I also know that sometimes I am too willful and something is wrong. But overall, I am still good. I know you are worried that I will become bad in the future. But I know that I will not
Those who go bad will definitely not fall into decline as quickly as those immature celebrities. I have always known what I am doing, and I will not be easily fooled by fame and fortune. You should trust me."
Chen Feng originally didn't want to discuss these topics with her in depth, but that's all he had to say, so he continued: "It's not that I don't believe you. But you should know that in the fame and fortune fair of Hollywood, what you will face
There are too many temptations. Just like this time, because you got to know Eva, Kate and the others, you took marijuana, which is a kind of drug. Then next time, if someone gives you other drugs, such as shaking your head, such as
Where is Conchin? Can you not help but try it?"
"How is this possible?" Miranda immediately denied loudly, "I'm not that stupid."
Chen Feng shook his head and said: "This is not a question of stupidity or not. It is a question of whether the mind is clear or not. Those who take drugs, do you think they don't know the dangers of these drugs? Of course they all know, but why?
They can't help but try it. Because when they first smoked, most of them were not clear-headed, or were bewitched by their friends, or were in an extremely bad mood, or were broken up in love, or had a quarrel with their family members.
Wait, there are various reasons. Can you guarantee that you will not encounter these situations? You can't guarantee, so as my boyfriend, I have the obligation and responsibility to protect you at all times and protect you from these temptations. I
I hope you can understand my thoughts."
After Miranda was silent for a while, she suddenly hugged him tightly, kissed him on the face, let him go, and said with a smile: "I know how much you love me. It's just that sometimes, your love
It makes me feel a little suffocated. So, I want you to relax a little. Is that okay?"
Chen Feng knew that she had already given in and was unwilling to push further, so he nodded and said: "Of course. In fact, when I was in Datang, I didn't have much control over you. That's why we have been together during this period.
, you have this illusion that I am always controlling you. In fact, this is not the case."
Miranda nodded and said: "Okay. I understand. From now on, the two of us will understand each other. We must always be good to each other."
Chen Feng stretched out his hand and patted her back gently, and said affirmatively: "Yes. We need to be good."
…
After having a frank discussion with Miranda, both parties actually made certain compromises to each other. This can be regarded as mutual understanding and tolerance between the two male and female friends. There was not much emotional impact on each other.
impact.
That night, the two still had a good time together. After they were done, Chen Feng also tried to persuade Miranda to have less contact with Beyoncé and others in the future, especially Eva who "hides drugs" and Kate who drinks and takes drugs.
It's a pity that Miranda seemed to agree, but she didn't seem to listen.
Sure enough, within two days, she went shopping with several people, including Kate and Eva. Chen Feng was also a little confused about this. Fortunately, she did not bring them to her home for the time being.
A few days later, Blainey's album recording went very smoothly. Chen Feng stopped paying attention to it all the time. He planned to wait for them to finish everything and then review it carefully.
After that, Chen Feng made a special trip to San Jose to inspect his technology company. Chen Feng had high hopes for Andy Rubin's Android, and he successively invested a lot of money in Android companies. At present,
Nearly US$30 million has been invested.
On weekdays, Chen Feng and Andy Rubin have always maintained email contact, mainly for him to report work progress to Chen Feng.
The Android system was actually basically formed when the two formally established the company. After the company was established, they recruited several capable programmers. It only took less than a month for the first-generation Android system to be completely designed.
Development is complete.
After that, Andy Rubin began to test and experiment with the hardware matching and operation of the Android system. That is to design and install the first mobile phone running on the Android system. To this end, he personally visited several hardware manufacturers
, especially chip manufacturers.
In addition, Andy Rubin is also actively talking to telecom operators and mobile phone manufacturers, hoping to reach cooperation with them to jointly produce such mobile phones equipped with Android system.
But because the Android company has not yet produced a relatively formal product, Andy Rubin's lobbying work has obviously achieved little results.
Another important factor is that the iPhone has not yet been officially launched and has not had a big impact on the world mobile phone market, especially the US mobile phone market.
After the iPhone, this epoch-making smartphone, is launched, it will surely dominate the mobile phone market, thus causing a great impact on the telecommunications market.
At that time, those telecom operators will definitely not sit back and watch Apple dominate, and they will have great willingness to cooperate with Android companies in order to prevent the iPhone from dominating the mobile phone market.
Chen Feng arrived at the location of Android Company at almost ten o'clock in the morning, and he did not ask Andy Rubin to pick him up. When he came over, Andy Rubin had been waiting in the office for a long time.
The two of them didn't pay any more courtesy. After shaking hands and saying hello, Andy Rubin personally poured Chen Feng a cup of coffee, and the two started chatting.
"The current situation is that those telecom operators are very arrogant and dismissive of our products. Without their support, it will be difficult to realize the value of our products."
Chen Feng knows that in the United States, mobile phone manufacturers sell mobile phones to operators, and operators sell them to customers.
Therefore, Rubin’s plan is to provide the system to mobile phone manufacturers for free, so that operators will get mobile phones with pre-installed systems. Android’s business model is to sell Android-based “value-added services” to operators.
But the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is skinny. These operators currently refuse to accept Android. The reason is simple, because they have already reached an alliance of interests and do not want an outsider like Android to step in and share the benefits they now monopolize together.
The reality is so cruel.
Until the iPhone came out, it completely broke the original mobile phone sales tradition in the United States. Users purchased mobile phones directly from Apple and did not care much about which operator they used. In the past, the community of interests formed by mobile phone manufacturers and operators was
It was broken immediately.
At that time, both mobile phone manufacturers and telecom operators will be faced with a formidable enemy, and they will think about bringing Android into the alliance.
Chen Feng did not speak out his idea immediately, because after all, there was no iPhone interview yet. Even Rubin, a former employee of Apple, knew very little about the iPhone and was completely unaware of its power and power.
.
If Chen Feng said it now, Lu Bin might not believe it, so he didn't bother to say it anymore.
"Since they look down on us now, let's not try to make a batch of mobile phone products that can run our Android. We must first make a batch of finished products. Otherwise,
We have no convincing."
Rubin nodded and said: "I think so too. It's just that if we unilaterally trial-produce this batch of mobile phones, it may cost a lot."
Chen Feng secretly gritted his teeth and said: "These are very necessary expenses. There is no need to save them."
Rubin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He didn't know Chen Feng's specific net worth, but at present, Chen Feng had personally invested 30 million US dollars, plus the 10 million US dollars spent to acquire Android. This is 4,000 US dollars.
Ten thousand US dollars. This amount of money cannot be considered small money in any country.
More importantly, the current Android product is like a bottomless pit, constantly swallowing money and making no profit at all. If it were him to do it, he would have been unable to survive. Now he is somewhat glad that he sold Android to
Chen Feng.
Rubin smiled and said: "Boss, I feel relieved after you said this." After that, he comforted, "After we get a batch of finished mobile phones, I believe there will be many angel funds paying attention to us.
, we can start the first round of financing.”
Chen Feng shook his head decisively and said: "There is no need to rush the financing matter. At least we have to wait until the iPhone is launched."
Rubin narrowed his eyes slightly and asked: "Are you talking about the mobile phone produced by Apple?"
Chen Feng nodded and said: "Yes. Believe me, the iPhone will have a great impact on the telecommunications market."
Rubin couldn't help but be surprised and said: "How do you know? The iPhone project is strictly confidential. When I was at Apple, I was considered an insider, but I had no access to this project and knew nothing about this phone.
"
Chen Feng smiled mysteriously and said: "I knew it. Otherwise, do you think I would be so optimistic about Android? Because in my opinion, the Android system is completely comparable to the iOS system. The iPhone uses the iOS system. When the time comes, the iPhone will show
After its power, our Android opportunity will come."
Chen Feng couldn't hold back in the end and revealed a little secret to him.
However, Lu Bin still looked doubtful. Chen Feng was too lazy to explain to him in detail. Instead, he asked about the company's current personnel composition.
Android Company currently has 15 employees, including Chen Feng, the nominal chairman. Except for one cleaner, the rest are technicians in system software development.
As for financial accounting, Chen Feng has completely outsourced it to an accounting firm. After all, the company currently only has so many people, so there is no need to hire professional accounting personnel. It is better to outsource it directly to save trouble and money.
Those who can be recognized by Rubin, a geek, must have excellent technical skills, and of course their salaries are not low, with monthly salary expenditures of more than 600,000 US dollars.
As general manager, even if Rubin is not spending his own money, he still feels a little heartbroken for Chen Feng when he looks at the net expenditure in this area every month.
In fact, Chen Feng felt a little distressed when he saw the financial statements of Android Company every month. But he knew better that Android had a bright future. If nothing else, as long as he waited until the iPhone was launched, he spent a few months ago
If you buy an Android for 10 million US dollars, it will be a rare commodity. If someone wants to acquire it, 100 million US dollars will be too small, and 500 million US dollars is not much.
The smartphone market in the next ten years will be a deep blue ocean market. Chen Feng has now caught up with it with his foresight. It is completely worth spending some money upfront.
At noon, Chen Feng, as the boss of the Android company, convened a meeting with all company employees, mainly to get to know the people in the company one by one.
After the meeting, Chen Feng took everyone to a nearby restaurant to have a good meal, which properly boosted the team's morale. Of course, the more important thing was to let everyone get to know him as the boss.
Because there is no restriction on drinking during the dinner party, the whole company will have a holiday in the afternoon.
Chen Feng stayed in this restaurant for more than an hour, mainly discussing the design issues of Android phones with Rubin. Chen Feng told him some of the things he knew, especially patent matters.
Fortunately, Chen Feng had already registered more than 30 patents before. In this way, he tried his best to avoid being passive in future patent wars.
There is definitely no problem with Rubin's technical IQ and talent. He could immediately understand many of the patents mentioned by Chen Feng, and he also put forward some of his own insights and even suggestions for improvement.
In this way, the two of them roughly determined the appearance and functions of the first Android phone during the dinner party. Then they waited for Rubin to lead his technical team to realize it one by one.
When he returned to Los Angeles from San Jose, he happened to catch up with the dinner prepared by Miranda and Emily. Chen Feng had a makeshift meal.
After eating, the three of them sat in the living room, watched TV, ate fruit and chatted.
Emily talked about Kate and said that with her help, she had a rare audition opportunity. She was the second female lead in a film directed by a famous director. After that, she also said a lot of good things about Kate.
. Chen Feng felt a little awkward when he heard it.
Miranda said that she would go to New York in two days to shoot a CK commercial, which would take at least three or four days.
Upon seeing this, Chen Feng said that he would also return to China by then. After all, "Crazy Stone" and "Sweet Honey" have been filmed and are in post-production, so he has to go back and keep an eye on them.