Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 121 Trip to Silicon Valley
Chen Mo nodded when he heard this. He felt a little regretful that he didn't abduct Lei Jun away, but he still understood the other party's choice.

If you put yourself in their shoes, it would be really disheartening if I were to work hard with a group of people while my boss is flirting with other women.

For example, if an emergency failure suddenly occurs online and a group of engineers are busy working on it, the feeling will be different if the leader is present or not. Even if the leader may not be able to help, he can stabilize the morale of the team by being there and give everyone a sense of trust that we will handle the problems together!

Instead of disappearing and hiding when something happens, and only showing up and shouting when everything is settled.

"Understood! Brother Jun is the one who considers the overall situation. I'll go talk to Brother Bin."

After that, Chen Mo asked Lin Bin for Old Andy's contact information and address, and asked him to communicate in advance.

"Done! I'll be leaving now. I'll be back in about three days~"

After saying hello to Lei Jun, Chen Mo left in style!

Santa Clara Valley, south of the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

A century ago, this place was still an orchard, but now it has a world-famous nickname: Silicon Valley.

This got its name because it was the first place to research and produce silicon-based semiconductor chips. It is the kingdom of the American electronics and computer industries.

There are many high-tech enterprises here, including Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and other high-tech companies with their headquarters located here. Venture capital accounts for one-third of the total venture capital in the United States.

Countless IT practitioners are proud to work here.

The only other place that can be compared with Silicon Valley is Wall Street in New York. These two places are the "holy places" in the hearts of people in the IT and financial circles respectively.

A day later, the sky was clear and the air was bright.

A young man wearing a plaid short-sleeved T-shirt and light blue jeans set foot on this "holy land".

Chen Mo, who has lived two lives, stepped into Silicon Valley for the first time and was like a tourist, full of curiosity about everything he saw.

I originally thought that this place would be full of tall buildings, prosperous and full of modern and high-tech atmosphere. But when I got there, it turned out to be not the case at all. At best, it was a product of the interweaving of modern and pastoral styles.

Just like the farmers’ contract responsibility system, each enterprise contracts a large piece of land and then builds a company.

I saw him with a DV hanging around his neck and fiddling with a Canon camera in his hands. These were new items purchased for this trip to Silicon Valley.

Then Chen Mo turned into a tourist, walking around the park, taking photos, and checking in at the LOGO buildings of world-renowned companies~
He originally planned to trick Xiao Lei into coming over to help him take photos, but now he can only speak Chinglish and ask foreign friends for help.

One hour later, after several twists and turns, Chen Mo finally met Google's senior vice president, the legendary father of Android: Andy Rubin, in the leisure area outside Google headquarters.

When Chen Mo saw the other person, he immediately stood in awe. After all, not everyone can pull off this Pacific Rim Mediterranean hairstyle.

Since Lin Bin had greeted him first, Andy Rubin was very enthusiastic when he saw the young Chen Mo.

"Hi, Chan! Nice to meet you~"

Chen Mo greeted him with a smile and said the most authentic greeting, "Nice to meet you, too!"

Andy Rubin then did not play the "How are youI'm fine too" kind of dialogue.

Chen Mo felt that he had learned English textbooks in vain, and Han Meimei had misled me~
Fortunately, he is also an active participant in the exam-oriented education, having gone through nine years of compulsory education and four years of undergraduate study. At least his daily listening and speaking, even with some stumbling and gestures, is still ok.

The two found a place to sit down and rest in the leisure area. Chen Mo did not get straight to the point, but started with Android as the entry point and began to brainwash CPU output.
Ten minutes later, Andy Rubin was listening with great joy. Actually, he, who was nearly fifty years old, would not lose his composure like that. It was because Chen Mo's words, such fresh words as "grip", "moat", "break the boundary", "empower", "reshape", "detonate", "combination punch", etc., were like tickling to his heart and accurately summarized the current characteristics of Android.

It was exactly what he had imagined but could not express when he first started developing Android. Unexpectedly, it was expressed so accurately by a young talent from the far East. If he hadn't been embarrassed, he would have wanted to use the DV in the other person's hand to record it as an introduction to the Android system.

In fact, Chen Mo wrote this paragraph specifically for Android the night before. The translation of those words in particular took him a lot of effort, but now it seems to be effective.

Then Chen Mo took advantage of the situation and opened his notebook from his backpack. He presented Andy with several Android system bugs that their team had discovered when they were developing the MIOS system. He also marked the levels according to their importance, such as general, important, and high-risk. This touched old Andy so much that he even hugged Chen Mo and thanked him for the gift.

First he praised Android, then he gave away a bug. This smooth combo of Chen Mo's made Andy Rubin, who had just met him for an hour, lose his favor. Of course, this was not the end. Chen Mo mentioned Apple's iOS system, seemingly unintentionally but intentionally, and slowly laid the groundwork for the Apple threat theory.

Originally, Andy Rubin didn't care much about the Android market. His focus was on polishing the Android system. However, the emergence of Apple made him realize the crisis, which led to the subsequent open source.

In particular, the launch of iPhone 4 redefined mobile communication devices and caused a huge shock worldwide. So after Chen Mo put forward the Apple threat theory, Andy Rubin agreed very much with Chen Mo's point of view and said that he would definitely come to China if he had the chance in the future. He said that he attached great importance to the Chinese market and even hoped to have the opportunity to work with some mobile phone manufacturers to make deeply customized mobile phone operating systems.

Seeing that the time was almost right and stirring up the other party's hatred of the common enemy, Chen Mo finally revealed his true colors and leisurely took out the mobile phone with MIOS system that he had prepared long ago.

This made Andy Rubin feel fascinated. He thought Chen Mo was a mysterious oriental magician who could give him whatever he wanted.

Chen Mo then demonstrated the MIOS system to him. Whenever he encountered some professional words he didn't know how to use, he would take out a translation machine from his bag and translate them like Doraemon.

As Chen Mo explained MIOS, Andy Rubin's eyes revealed novelty, surprise and affirmation.

Although he couldn't understand the text on the phone, it did not prevent him from seeing the design concept and imaginative creativity.

Andy didn't expect that in the far east, in addition to this outstanding young man, there was actually such an equally outstanding operating system. Although this MIOS was modified based on Android, the effect it presented was beyond his imagination. Even he, the author, did not expect that Android could burst out with such great potential.

Chen Mo was not at all surprised by Andy Rubin's reaction to MIOS.

If the current Android is a rough house, then MIOS is a fully furnished house. To put it another way, leaving aside other things and only talking about the interior, it is the difference between Tesla and Xiaomi SU7, and the user experience is completely different.

Of course, Andy Rubin is not called the father of Android for nothing. After the initial surprise, he made many useful suggestions for MIOS from his professional perspective.

When an expert makes a move, there is nothing left. When Chen Mo heard some of Uncle An's insights about the MIOS system, he quickly took out his recorder to record them. These are things that cannot be bought with money.

Later, Chen Mo said that he would push the team to carry out relevant internationalization work on MIOS when he returned.

This will also make a certain contribution to the popularization of Android around the world, which is a win-win situation.

Perhaps Andy Rubin is eager to recruit talented people, or perhaps he is repaying Chen Mo's behavior just now.

Andy Rubin actually made an exception and decided to give Chen Mo an Android system developer authorization. The purpose was that if he found any problems in the future, he could directly submit the code, and they would review it. Once it passed the review, it could be merged and launched online, etc., without having to travel so far across the ocean to give feedback in person.

I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise. Of course Chen Mo took the initiative to say that he would make Android a better version of itself.

Both of them are from a technical background, and language does not become a barrier to communication between them. They chatted happily and felt that they had met each other too late.

At the end of the conversation, Chen Mo asked Andy Rubin to hold the MIOS phone in front of the camera and evaluate it.

Chen Mo silently picked up the camera to take pictures first, then picked up the DV to shoot, recording this historic moment!

Later, seeing someone looking for Andy Rubin, Chen Mo probably had other things to do, so he took the initiative to say goodbye and left, and made an appointment to meet again the next day.

The next day, at the same place, Andy Rubin, as the host, took Chen Mo on a tour around Google and introduced the development of Google and the corporate management methods that Chen Mo was most concerned about.

From time to time, they would run into Google employees passing by, and these people seemed not to have noticed them. Only occasionally, when they met someone they knew, they would just nod to Uncle An when they saw him as a guest.

Unlike the senior management of large domestic companies, it is fine if the employees do not know them, but as long as they know the leaders, they either try to avoid them as much as possible or put on a business smile on their faces. No matter what they think in their hearts, they have to greet them in a general way.

This situation is even worse in Japan and South Korea, where bending down and bowing is a standard posture. If you ignore it, whether intentionally or not, you can basically say goodbye to your job the next day.
After the tour, Chen Mo felt that he had benefited a lot and understood the corresponding corporate management concepts of the world's top giants.

First of all, Google believes that top-notch talent will attract more top-notch talent, and outstanding people will always attract each other. This is also called the "tide effect" in psychology.

Secondly, the working atmosphere at Google is relatively free. Almost every employee has 20% free working time, during which employees can do whatever they like.

Google also has a rich variety of entertainment activities and salary and benefits. In Google's own words, employees can only be most efficient in a relaxed and stress-free environment.

When the two passed by a tennis court, Chen Mo saw that in broad daylight, many employees were playing tennis inside, which was very lively. He was furious at the time.
How can the cattle and horses abroad be so unmotivated? They are simply wasting their time and not knowing how to appreciate the blessings they have. It is such a waste.

He had an impulse at the moment and wanted to ask them if they could take him with them.
(End of this chapter)