The address of Aikon Company is located near Market Hill in the center of Cambridge Town. The entire company's office space is an upper loft of a second-floor shop along the street.

If it is in China, such an office is simply a torture for an innovative scientific research company, but it does not have much impact in the small town of Cambridge. Even in the center of the town, it is also relatively quiet.

The place where Lei Yunrong and Hermann Hauser met was in the office of Aikon.

Unlike Chris Curry, who is slightly obese, Hermann Hauser is a handsome British gentleman who enthusiastically took Lei Yunrong and Huang Zixing to visit his company.

Originally, Lei Yunrong wanted to visit Aikang Company, but Aikang Company, which has just been established, has nothing to visit, and it is just a few offices.

Aikang's computer production is outsourced to the cooperative factories, and the real core of the company is more than 20 R&D personnel.

However, even with such a few simple offices, Hermann Hauser took Lei Yunrong to visit it carefully, and was not embarrassed at all but proud.

This also made Lei Yunrong sigh. No wonder Aikang Company was able to develop in later generations. With the spirit of the company's helmsman and his strong sense of pride for his own company, we can see one or two, let alone them

He is a very outstanding group of talents.

At the end of the visit, Hermann Hauser took Lei Yunrong and others to his general manager's office again. There was a row of display cabinets against the wall, which displayed the R&D of Aikang Company since its establishment.

All signal computers.

"The first computer developed by our company is called system. This is the first prototype I made myself!" Hermann Hauser smiled and pointed to the window. A small and exquisite computer said in his tone.

Full of pride.

Well, small and exquisite are just Lei Yunrong's praises. This is actually an 8-bit microcomputer that is so simple that it cannot be more simple. The whole machine is composed of two exposed boards, one board includes LED display

, keyboard and tape interface, another board includes other computer components such as CPU.

Although system                                                                                                                              �

With its low price, this system                                                                                                                            

However, Hermann Hauser and others hit the iron while the iron was hot and launched the system                                                                                                                    �

R&D.

At this moment, a handsome young man wearing a flight suit from the Royal Air Force during World War II walked in.

Seeing Lei Yunrong's eyes lit up when he saw the visitor Lei Yunrong's tall figure of about 1.8 meters, golden hair, blue pupils, and this outfit, he was indeed a handsome guy. Lei Yunrong had to admit that he

His handsomeness has caught up with me.

"Allen, let me introduce you to you. This is Andy Hopper, another partner in our company."

"Hello Mr. Hopper, I am Alan Lei of Xiangjiang Honor Electronics." Lei Yunrong greeted this technical expert enthusiastically.

"Hello Allen, do you just want to invest in our company Oriental Rich?"

"That's right! I just got to know your company, which made me even stronger in my willingness to invest in your company. You are all a group of very talented people, and you should not bury your talents because of lack of funds."

"Mr. Allen, I think you have a good vision!"

"Haha, thank you for your compliment. Judging from your outfit, Mr. Hopper, did you go to fly the plane just now?"

"Yes, I'm a flight enthusiast and I just finished driving training class on propeller planes."

"This is very cool. I envy you guys who can fly into the sky, but I'm more sorry that I'm afraid of heights."

Hopper's conversation is very funny, and he looks a bit socially awesome, very funny.

"Allen, I'll show you the same cool technology as our company." After that, Andy Hopper came to the computer.

Hermann Hauser might have been accustomed to Hopper's behavior and did not mind that he could move his computer at all.

Lei Yunrong was a little curious. When he walked in, he found that it was still LAN technology.

Aicon Company may be the first company to realize internal computer networking. After Andy Hopper joined Aicon Company, he immediately built a dedicated LAN for the company.

The various functions of Andy Network. The company's internal networking undoubtedly makes communication between R&D personnel more convenient and can effectively improve work efficiency.

The functions of the LAN seem to be more complex than the LAN technology on Aicang computers. It can be seen that Andy Hopper has a deeper research on LANs and is also interested in it.

Lei Yunrong also agreed with his preferences and communicated with him many topics about local area networks, such as two very popular non-public network standards in the industry now, such as the famous Ethernet technology in later generations.

"The reason why I invented cambridgering when I was studying for a doctorate is actually because of Mr. Mecalf's influence. His paper "Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching Technology for Local Computer Networks" published in 1976,

It gave me a lot of inspiration."

Hopper talked about the reason why he would develop a LAN.

"Allen, do you know why Hermann dug me to Aikon?"

Hopper pointed to his friend and asked Lei Yunrong. Lei Yunrong cooperated and shook his head.

"At first, I thought he was interested in my skills, so I was very happy to work at Aikang. Unexpectedly, after he recruited me into the company, he asked me to be a sales manager."

Hopper deliberately looked at Hermann Hauser with contempt.

"The first thing this guy asked me to do was to go to the computer lab in Cambridge and sell system to my mentors and colleagues. 1. Do you know how embarrassed I was at that time? It was obviously such a simple thing, but I still had to.

Thick-skinned to brag about how great it is.”

It can be seen that although Hopper has been hurting Hermann Hauser, it can be seen that the relationship between them is very good.

Both of them are technical men, and they can hardly stop talking about professional knowledge. Lei Yunrong can easily discuss technology with them with his two lives, and even some opinions make them understand.

Refreshing.

So Lei Yunrong and the two had a very pleasant exchange, and even felt a little unsatisfied.

But they also knew that Lei Yunrong came here today not to discuss technology with them, but to communicate with them about the acquisition matters.

"Allen, we all know the purpose of your trip. We don't reject the sale of Aikon, but what I want to know is what will you arrange after Aikon is acquired by Honor Electronics."

Sure enough, for them, whether their future development meets their expectations is what they value the most.

"Herman, Andy, I know you and another partner have different ways of the company's development, but I don't think your ideas are wrong, it's just because Acon lacks funds."

"So if Honor Electronics acquires Aicang Company, first of all, I will invest enough funds to support your research and development. We will fully support Mr. Curry to continue to develop Aicang computers, and you can also continue to research computer systems. Not only that,

You still need to continue to recruit people, and I plan to build your team into the software R&D department of Honor Electronics."

Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper were a little surprised and delighted when they heard Lei Yunrong's words.

The biggest trouble for Aikang Company now is funds. In fact, even if Lei Yunrong doesn’t come here, they decided to go find an investment.

But even if they look for investment, the conditions they give will definitely not be as generous as those given by Honor Electronics.

More importantly, Lei Yunrong also understands technology and can understand the value of what they are going to develop.

Lei Yunrong’s exchange with them today has indeed made them more acknowledgement of Honor Electronics.

The two asked in detail about the future R&D plan of Honor Electronics, and Lei Yunrong answered them one by one. Of course, he also reserved some of the things he could not say for the time being.

When communicating with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper, Lei Yunrong felt the most relaxed. It was obvious that they were not rejected or even welcomed by Acon’s acquisition by Honor Electronics.

"Allen, I think Honor Electronics is a company with very technical genes, and it also fits our philosophy very well. So we don't object to being acquired. But Aikon Company is not just the two of us after all, we must

Discuss with Chris before making a decision.”

"I understand. To be honest, I also communicated with Mr. Curry yesterday. He was very repulsive about being acquired at first. But we communicated happily, and later his attitude softened."

"Finally, he said he wanted to consider whether he agreed to the sale company. I think you can communicate with him openly or help persuade him. We, Honor Electronics, have enough funds and pursuit of technology, and you have the ability and technology, I

I feel that we are a match made by heaven.”

"No problem Alan, we'll have a good talk with Chris."

After talking about the serious matters, the atmosphere became lighter and the two of them started to talk about sex again, and they grabbed Lei Yunrong to discuss computer technology.

Lei Yunrong was also attracted by interest at this time. To be honest, since he graduated from college, he has been busy making money. He has been abandoned for a long time in his youth. This time he has the time to get the chance to regain it.

Hobby.

When they are serious about something, time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is evening. When they know that the three of them are ringing one after another, they leave the office for dinner without feeling satisfied.

When Lei Yunrong returned to the hotel room, Huang Zixing had been waiting for a long time. He left after accompanying Lei Yunrong to visit Aikang Company.

"Lei Sheng, the negotiation went smoothly this time, right?"

"It's very smooth! Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper are both interested in joining Honor Electronics. Now it depends on how they discuss it."

"If you say so, Aicang's company should be sure to win."

"You can't even take it lightly before you sign the agreement. Although Chris Curry's attitude softened, no one knows if any accidents will happen."

Lei Yunrong said that, but the smile on his face never disappeared. In his heart, he felt that Aikang Company was already in his pocket.

As expected, things were like this. There was no accident in the middle. In less than three days, Aicang Company sent an invitation to negotiate to Lei Yunrong.

Lei Yunrong and Huang Zixing, who had already been prepared, did not delay and rushed to Aikang Company immediately.

When he came to Aikang Company this time, Lei Yunrong clearly felt that the difference was different. All the three partners of Aikang Company appeared in Hermann Hauser's office at the same time in suits and tie.

Unlike the casualness I saw them before, today it is obviously much more formal.

Although the three of them are technical men, it does not mean that they know nothing about business negotiations, otherwise they would not have set up a company to be their own boss.

This time it involves their personal interests, so the three of them are much more petty and stingy.

After several rounds of verbal negotiations, Honor Electronics finally acquired the company, which had just been established for a year, for a quotation of 1.25 million pounds.

When both parties officially signed their names on the contract, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
To be continued...