crazy fon wind - revise
The pronunciation of FON is similar to the Chinese of " Wind " and " Crazy ", this is exactly the situation I am facing for the last 2 months. It perfectly reflects what I've been gone through.This is impossible to catch the wind, especially to hold on the tail of the wind. You have to be very elegant, never take it seriously, not to hold, but to stand still and to embrace. and it will sometimes drive you crazy, crazy for the changing in every minutes, crazy for the open decision every time, crazy for the ping-pong in between without any conclusion.
The party involved in the Fon game creates the multiple and complicate dimension which I don't think any single person can handle, when aj asked me " Don't think too much ", I realized this is a strategy forcing me not to be prepared for solicitation relevant information. Everyone in the Fon Game have his own agenda, none of them share the same interest, ( well, maybe one, to secure the best interest of their own ) so, it will never be a win-win situation in establishing a Fon TW entity.
I buy this rare experience for the last 2 months, the cost is: my time ( the most precious resource I can credit ), some money ( around 200,000 NT I guest ) and relationship ( to know a person who I call friend before, to break my promise to 2 young talent which I never did before and to lead a non-performing direction with my dearest colleagues / friend in Lichun ), this is a great lesson.
aj play the hard ball and consider to win the game by threaten the foreign investor, he maybe right, as the terms and condition changes on the last minutes, he can't afford to lose everything, so , why not bring everything back to zero? The only victim is me - not in his payroll, but he paid a price already. The negotiation power play may set a bad example for other European - Taiwan Joint Venture, BenQ highlight these days, the next JV talk with European company will be more difficult, we will pay more, they will by more insurance by creating a higher bar and asking for more money.
for Fon - to have the market or not is a question, they can test the lowest possible way to establish the company, by getting resource from HK / Korea and to build the bubble, without the Ball and Chain, they can even souring multiple supplier in Fon enable devices. Taiwan will never be the primary market for them, as it won't generate decent valuation for the parent company.
for Martin, a game for 20 millions for him is disposable, he can sell it to anyone to stop the bleeding, if he catch a big shot, nerveless, all the operation means nothing to him. Martin call himself a " Start up " CEO, always find his way to exit is the strategy behind his rationale.
for me. Well. A lesson cost what I mentioned above. I learn how to build a company for sale, knowing how a culture can turn the company and how the employee of the company learn the bad way from their boss, and how to appreciate the irrational challenge. I am not emotion, but my believe of fairness and integrity to friendship bring me to a difficult situation.
for Accton, to use Fon for acquired governmental fund of 300 millions in injection on their own business is a never losing game. Without the Fon brand, they are materialize their own technology and device, provide the same solution to M-Taiwan. So, Fon simply play the role of buying the entrance ticket for them.
the answers is now surfacing. aj will doing this his way , with or without Fon, even without Accton. Fon will find his way to solve the branching problem, with or without talent recruit in TAIWAN and without me. I might be out of the game. Yes, A Stand By CEO so to speak.
Our family had a Beijing Crispy Roast Duck dinner last night to celebrate my final moment away from the Fon Hell.
This is the end of a story and a story to be ended.
Fon is like Wind and it will drive you crazy before blow you away.
posted by Roger @ 10/06/2006 10:00:00 上午
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