Liang Wenlong, chairman of Zuozhen.

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[Reporter Fang Weijie/Taipei Report] Augmented Reality (AR) glasses supplier Zuozhen (4980) has become one of the puzzle pieces of Hon Hai (2317) metaverse layout. In this regard, Liang Wenlong, the chairman of Zuozhen, praised Liu Dong for being very active, but as to whether Hon Hai has further become a strategic investor after Zuozhen's capital increase, Liang said that it is inconvenient to respond in a low-key manner.

Zuozhen's 2022 annual revenue is 326 million yuan, an annual decrease of 4.85%. The cumulative revenue in the first two months of this year reached 70.748 million yuan, an annual increase of 44.21%. In order to enrich working capital and strengthen market competitiveness, Zuozhen launched a cash capital increase. A total of 12 million shares will be issued, open to employees and shareholders to subscribe, and will be transferred to the securities CHEP account after March 20.

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If all 12 million shares are fully subscribed, the total number of shares issued by Zuozhen will increase from the original 33.204 million shares to 45.204 million shares. It is worth mentioning that all three directors and supervisors, including Chairman Liang Wenlong, will The purpose of giving up subscription is to introduce long-term strategic investors and equity planning. The total number of waived shares reached 1,638,077 shares, accounting for 13.65% of the new shares issued this time, and is expected to account for 3.6% of the total number of shares issued after the capital increase. Authorized by the board of directors Subscribed by Liang Wenlong and a specific person.

Liu Yangwei, Chairman of Hon Hai, said at the seminar yesterday that in addition to assisting customers in product development, Hon Hai has initially completed related layouts in the field of Metaverse, including investing in Metaverse application software company XRSPACE, high-end virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality. Varjo, a Finnish company specializing in augmented reality (MR), and Zuozhen, a Taiwanese company specializing in augmented reality (AR) glasses.

In this regard, Liang Wenlong responded to our reporter that Zuo Zhen and Hon Hai have been cooperating closely in terms of product technology for a period of time to jointly promote product definition, planning and design. Zuo Zhen provides technology, and Hon Hai has strong supply chain management capabilities and Going abroad, the complementarity of the two sides will help them seize more business opportunities on the international stage. As for whether Hon Hai will become a strategic investor in Zuozhen, Liang said frankly that "it is not convenient to answer now." If there are other developments in the future, they will be announced according to law.

In addition to expanding into the capital market, Zuo Zhen will also further promote the software solution platform from the hardware carrier of the Metaverse. Liang Wenlong mentioned that in the future, in addition to the hardware glasses of the Metaverse, software services will also be provided. There will be new products launched.

People in the supply chain said that in recent years, Zuo Zhen has had a lot of success in terms of business partners. In addition to the existing cooperative manufacturer Epson (EPSON) who continues to supply Micro Displays (Micro Display), Zuo Zhen has successively entered into partnerships with Hon Hai and the major brand manufacturer Asustek (2357). , It is expected that Zuo Zhen will also jointly launch augmented reality glasses matching related content services with ASUS.

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