America: My Time

Chapter 79 The Changes Brought by Nvidia
Chapter 79 Changes Brought by Nvidia

"Choose one of them!" John's voice rang in the ears of the two beauties. Although they knew of each other's presence, they were both a little embarrassed when they actually sat together. But they had to face it. At this moment, Ye Qianwen and Zhong Chuhong were both a little uncomfortable.

"I don't want to!" Zhong Meiren's voice rang out quickly.

"You can't refuse, this is something you have to accept. If you don't want it, I'll make the choice for you: Hong Kong electric lights!"

With John's domineering decision, the matter was settled. Compared to Cherie Chung's passive situation, Sally Yeh was in a much better position, having chosen RTV (Rediffusion Television). Although they each held less than five percent of the shares, this was John's arrangement for them, and also for their future.

Because of the existence of HSBC as an enemy, John has to be cautious. No one knows when this enemy will jump out to make things difficult for him, so it is right to prepare early. Moreover, John has now realized that there are Wall Street shadows behind HSBC, and someone wants to use HSBC to make things difficult for him!

Knowing this is one thing, but now is not the time to expose everything, much less to confront the other party head-on. After all, one's foundation is unstable. Under these circumstances, one needs to be cautious and careful in dealing with any possible crises, and not give the enemy any opportunity to plot against one.

After making arrangements for the two beauties, John also met with Huang Xizhao to learn about the current situation of RTV and the preparations made by the Taiwanese television station, as this was related to his own strategic plans in Asia. Although entertainment was not the purpose of his trip, John could not ignore it!
After settling things in Hong Kong, John didn't linger but immediately headed to Taiwan to gain a deeper understanding of the semiconductor factories there.

After carefully touring the factory, John asked, "With the factory's current capabilities, is it possible for it to take on the OEM manufacturing of Nvidia graphics cards?"

Nvidia has now completed the design and development of its graphics cards. If the semiconductor factory lacks the manufacturing capabilities, forcing them to produce them would only hinder Nvidia's development. Although they highly value this semiconductor factory in Taiwan and do not want to sacrifice Nvidia's development—after all, it is a newly built semiconductor foundry with limited capabilities, which is acceptable—they are willing to accept this.

"Boss, we can manufacture Nvidia graphics cards, but the yield rate will be relatively low. After all, the employees are all new and need time to get used to each other, so there won't be much profit from this kind of contract manufacturing!"

Upon hearing this, John waved his hand gently and said, "Right now, we don't need amazing profits from the factory, and we won't consider that in the short term. What I need are skilled workers and absolute OEM capabilities. Since OEM is not a problem, let's start by training the employees with graphics cards. This is just the beginning. Before long, even larger OEM orders will come in. You need to prepare in advance and speed up the training of the employees. You don't have much time left."

John doesn't require semiconductor factories to have strong R&D capabilities, only strong contract manufacturing capabilities. He can't always outsource product manufacturing to Japan. One game world is enough. For semiconductors and computers, it's better to keep them in Taiwan, as that's where his production units are located.

If the time is right, this Taiwanese semiconductor company could also conduct research and development in the field of computers. After all, Taiwan is vigorously developing the semiconductor industry, has abundant resources, and can attract a lot of talent. At the same time, it can avoid many problems with the United States and solve its own troubles.

ASUS Semiconductor – that's John's nomination for his foundry! He has high hopes for this semiconductor factory, envisioning it not only as a foundry but also as a personal computer manufacturer, representing his future expansion in the computer field. But all of this will take time!
Asus's appearance in Taiwan didn't attract much attention; nobody took it seriously, after all, it was just a contract manufacturer with a limited scale. But it was different for Wall Street. The appearance of this contract manufacturer meant that Nvidia had made a breakthrough, which made them excited.

The emergence of graphics cards inevitably involves numerous patents. When John went to Taiwan, Wall Street giants were already familiar with Nvidia. Before the products were available, Wall Street had some concerns about Nvidia, fearing their capabilities were insufficient. Now they could rest assured. Although Wall Street elites didn't understand semiconductor development or the uses of graphics cards, those in Silicon Valley knew that the advent of graphics cards accelerated the development of personal computers, workstations, and minicomputers, while also driving changes in chip design. Of course, this also manifested in gaming, making game consoles better.

When Nvidia acquired new patents, Wall Street paid more attention to the company. At this point, anyone who still thought John had no ambition in hardware was a fool.

"Damn Morgan, they really hit the jackpot this time. One gaming world is already enviable, and now they have Nvidia. I just don't understand, is it really that easy to do real business these days? What are those bastards in Silicon Valley doing, letting an eighteen-year-old achieve success one after another!" At this moment, many people on Wall Street were envious of Morgan's gains and wanted to poach Morgan's talent!

"Boss, perhaps we can join forces with other investment banks to put pressure on Morgan and prevent them from getting all the benefits!"

"You bastard, you think we're qualified to go against Morgan? You think we're capable of challenging the rules? I don't want to hear such stupid things again, do you understand?"

Poaching talent is acceptable, but challenging the rules is not. No one dares to cross this line, not even Wall Street giants. Anyone who dares to cross the line will face a siege from everyone.

Greed drives many people mad. This sentiment is not limited to one or two companies on Wall Street, but has been expressed by many Wall Street giants. Faced with the temptation of profit, some people will inevitably make foolish moves and be blinded by greed.

They couldn't target Nvidia, nor could they pressure Morgan Stanley, but there were other options. So, some people turned their attention to Warner Bros. once again, and some had even made arrangements and had already made their first move.

Of course, some people think that high-tech research and development is easy and are willing to invest funds to participate in this technological storm. Silicon Valley quickly became the target of many Wall Street investors once again, and the power of capital once again poured into Silicon Valley. However, the chances of success are probably unknown!

Nvidia's success is nothing short of a miracle, a miracle under John's guidance. Without John's proper guidance, the advent of graphics cards would have taken much longer, and other companies in Silicon Valley did not have John's capabilities.

The influx of Wall Street capital boosted the market capitalization of many Silicon Valley companies, and the advent of graphics cards brought a new revolution to the computer industry, opening up new directions. For Silicon Valley giants, this situation was a mixed bag. The good news was that their companies' market capitalization was increasing; the bad news was that their competitors were growing stronger. They couldn't understand why John had such good luck, achieving success time and time again. Consequently, many people turned their attention to Nvidia.

Many Silicon Valley companies are poaching Nvidia's talent, trying to figure out why! They can't poach senior engineers because of non-compete agreements, but junior engineers don't have such restrictions. This has led to some talent leaving Nvidia, impacting the company's development to some extent.

Meanwhile, Nvidia's graphics cards have also alerted some computer companies, who worry that Nvidia will also enter the field of computer research and development. Apple is under the most pressure, as it has a history of conflict with Dreamworld. If Nvidia were to participate in the development of personal computers, it would impact Apple and even threaten its survival. After all, if Nvidia were to join forces with Dreamworld, it would have the ability to control the entire development of personal computers, with neither software nor hardware being a problem. This is the most troublesome aspect.

(End of this chapter)