Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 121

Under the urging of Tang Huan, Epson’s dot matrix printer research and development progress accelerated. Following the successful launch of the 1978-needle TP-7 in 80, the 9-needle MX-80 was finally launched to the market in batches in January this year, ahead of the previous life. For more than half a year.

Through the control of the printing enhancement card, the 80-dot matrix Japanese output by the MX-16 has a very good display effect.

This makes Fangyuan computers equipped with word processing software and spreadsheet software even more powerful. It has been enthusiastically sought after by countless small and medium-sized companies. Its sales volume exceeds that of Baodao and Xiangjiang combined, and last month exceeded [-] units.

It has to be said that under the general situation of economic take-off, RB has unlimited business opportunities here.

Tang Huan learned all this information through phone calls and reports. What Yaskawa Hideaki is introducing now is mainly the latest information that has not had time to reflect it in words.

Based on experience, Tang Huan judged that the daily operation of Zheru RB Company will definitely encounter some problems while the business is booming. This is indeed the case. Fortunately, most of them are sales channels and after-sales service mechanisms that cannot be improved all at once. A little trouble caused by getting up.

"Many users have begun to complain about the inconvenience of whether product packaging, manuals, and related technical documents can be translated into Japanese as soon as possible." Yaskawa Hideaki made a suggestion.

Tang Huan smiled, and said to himself, how could RB people quickly recognize and accept the advanced technology of Fangyuan Computer, and obediently take out their wallets if they don’t wear the English language and the aura of Silicon Valley in the United States.

"Well, I will arrange for the factory on Baodao to send someone to coordinate as soon as possible, but the training of technical support engineers is the most important thing at the moment. Businesses such as customers' requests to upgrade computers and increase memory must be brought under control .”

Tang Huan discussed this topic with Hideaki Yaskawa, and his plan of recruiting highly educated talents from RB was constantly being revised. Before he knew it, the car arrived at the hotel.

Tang Huan, who was still unsatisfied, did not let Yaskawa Hideaki go, but kept him in the reception room of the suite to continue the conversation.

RB society can be said to be hierarchical. Hideaki Yaskawa, who grew up in the countryside of Hokkaido, naturally wanted to climb up. After entering Epson, he did well.

However, Epson, which is controlled by the Hattori family, is relatively conservative in many cases. There are no more opportunities than Zheru, and now Hideaki Yaskawa can be said to have encountered a ceiling. Reijiro Hattori on his head, he can't move no matter what.

Just at this time, Tang Huan made great efforts to win over, and Yaskawa Hideaki changed his family step by step from being a watchdog representing Epson's interests with a guarded mentality at the beginning, and took refuge in the Zheru RB company.

The two companies are currently cooperating closely and have frequent exchanges, so this change has not caught the attention of Reijiro Hattori.

Needless to say, Hideaki Yaskawa was delighted to receive such high regard from Tang Huan. He took the initiative to mention a new Epson R&D project - a portable computer.

When Tang Huan first heard the news, he was taken aback, thinking that when Epson walked in front of his brother, Nima was too against the sky.

But after recalling it for a while, Tang Huan suddenly realized.

It turns out that in 1981 in that time and space, Epson did launch a microcomputer, the model is EPSONHX-20, which integrated a complete QWERTY keyboard, a monochrome LCD screen that can only display one line of text information, a tape drive, and even a dot matrix computer. The mini printer weighs only 1.7 kg, while the world's first laptop Osborne, released by Adam Osborne in the same year, weighs nearly 11 kg.

But that's all. Although the Osborne generation is bulky, it provides usable word processing and spreadsheet software, while the lightweight EPSON HX-20 only provides BASIC.

Tang Huan found a pen and paper, drew the model of EPSON HX-20, and handed it to Hideaki Yaskawa, "Is it similar to this type of device?"

After taking a look, Yaskawa Hideaki had a strange look on his face, "I've seen the prototype of the design, it's almost the same."

Tang Huan snorted, "It seems that Mr. Reijiro Hattori has always been worried about the Epson shares that I gave away as the basis of the cooperation, so he wanted to show his talents in computers."

Yaskawa Yingzhao laughed dryly, with embarrassment on his face. He also felt uncomfortable at the beginning, but now that his position has changed, and he has learned the strength of Fangyuan Computer, he naturally takes Tang Huan's request for granted.

"What is the prospect of this product?" Hideaki Yaskawa asked tentatively.

"Perhaps there will be users who will like it under certain needs." Tang Huan was not in a hurry to deny that he would kill him with a stick, which would make him seem small-minded. "The key is what users can do with microcomputers. The example of Fangyuan Computer is already there. Yes, support Japanese, everyone will naturally make a choice.”

Yaskawa Hideaki nodded thoughtfully, and he also thought that with the Fangyuan computer jewel in front, other similar products were overshadowed, not to mention that there are almost no so-called similar products here at RB.

"I think Epson should separate the printer business as soon as possible, leave the watch part to Seiko, and then take advantage of the foreseeable market boom to issue shares and go public." Tang Huan said bluntly.

In the previous life, it was Hideaki Yaskawa and the Hattori family who negotiated repeatedly and finally led Epson to go public successfully. Tang Huan felt that the two should have a common topic in this regard.

Yaskawa Hideaki smiled bitterly, "That means giving up a large part of the rights, and the Hattori family will not agree."

"You can only gain if you give up. Hattori can't always regard Epson as the rear production base of Seiko, right? The printer market has a bright future." Tang Huan shook his head regretfully. To mention it with reservations, it seems that we can only make plans after the MX-80 sells well this year and next year, and various manufacturers compete to copy it.

At this time, Sun Zhengyi called and told Tang Huan that Mikhail Kogan, Taidong's boss, wanted to see him.

Listening to Sun Zhengyi's tone, there was obviously a kind of depression, Tang Huan couldn't help laughing, "Then come, I'll wait for you."

"I happened to see them negotiating at the company once. Although Sun's work ability is excellent and he has obtained enough bank loans through Sharpe and other relationships, Kogan thinks that he is a little young and frivolous, and he is unwilling to accept it. Proposal for acquisition."

When Yaskawa Hideaki said goodbye and left, he said something casually.

Tang Huan nodded, it seemed that he had to do something, otherwise he couldn't restrain this experienced Jew.

Mikhail Kogan was born in Odessa, a Ukrainian military port city on the coast of the Black Sea. Because of the rapid expansion of German Communist forces in the 1930s, a violent anti-Semitic wave set off across Europe, and the Kogan family was displaced. Fleeing to the east, he finally came to Harbin, China.

At that time, the RB had occupied the entire Northeast region through the September [-]th Incident.

Because a guy named Anjiang Xianhong believed in the "Protocol of the Magi of the Jews", and then became a so-called expert on Jews, and then pushed RB to come up with a puffer fish project.

Therefore, RB showed great enthusiasm for these Jews who fled from Europe. They hoped to use the wealth of the Jews to rule the Northeast.

But in fact, little RB is a little too superstitious. These people who fled are basically poor, and the history of the chicken feathers in the future is hard to describe.

But at the time, Kogan benefited from this, and even met Senhiro Yasue, and was recommended by him to study in RB Tokyo for five years.

Kogan has Jewish shrewdness and is very enthusiastic and forthright, so the process of starting a business after graduation was smooth.He moved around in major cities in China, and made a name for himself in Tianjin, accumulating his first pot of gold.

After RB's defeat, Kogan returned to Tokyo, founded Taito Co., Ltd., and started trading businesses such as suits and vodka, but it was difficult to integrate into the mainstream society of RB, and the business was bleak.

At this time, something happened to Kogan.

As a prisoner of war, Anjiang Xianhong was captured in Siberia and died in a foreign land.So Cogan came forward to give him a grand funeral.

At that time, the Israeli ambassador to Japan was invited to host the funeral, and most of the surviving members of the Second Far East Jewish National Assembly attended that year.

This move helped Kogan gain enough reputation, and his social status was significantly improved. Many RB companies took the initiative to find him to do business.

It can be said that since this time, Kogan has really taken root in RB.

At that time, JukeBOX, the automatic jukebox, was very popular with American soldiers, but its operating rights were monopolized by V&V Trading in Chicago and ServiceGames, one of Sega's predecessors.

So Kogan came to the west coast of the United States. With his bold nature and extensive knowledge, he soon became a celebrity in the Jewish business community in Los Angeles. He met the boss of AMI, a famous jukebox manufacturer in North America. Distributor for the RB area of ​​this brand of jukeboxes.Since then, Taito's business has been booming.

Kogan has also become an important bridge connecting the Japanese and American industries because of his excellent popularity. He often shuttles between the two countries and acts as a mediator in commercial disputes on a voluntary basis.

At the same time, Taito began to operate the pinball game, the ancestor of arcade games, and ServiceGames competed with it.

The two finally compromised and collaborated during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, earning a fortune.

After that, ServiceGames merged with Roesn.Enterprises of David Rosen, an American Jew, to become SEGA or Sega.

Taito, Sega, and Namco are the top three in the arcade market, and thus formed.

However, the game is similar to the movie, maybe that cloud will rain, and there is a serious copycat problem, so Taidong has always made money and lost money. The latest sales peak was in 1978 when the game "Space Invaders" was launched. .

The ambitious Sun Zhengyi chose Taidong as the acquisition target, which is considered a soft persimmon, but Kegan, who is proficient in English, Russian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic, is obviously not so easy to deal with.

Tang Huan finished sorting out Kegan's information in his mind, took a sip of the tea Zhao Yazhi made, and asked with a smile, "Have you thought about it, where should we go?"

Zhao Yazhi gave Tang Huan a blank look, "It's only been a long time since I got off the plane. I'm so busy with you, it's only strange if I have free time. I've come to RB this time to be your babysitter."

Tang Huan, who was drinking water, coughed and shook his head with a wry smile, "Is it so exaggerated?"

While the two were talking, Son arrived with Cogan.

Tang Huan looked at the other party for a while. He was in his 60s and was full of energy. His eyes were shrewd and inquisitive.

Kegan had heard about him, and Tang Huan quickly made a judgment in his heart.

"Mr. Kegan, it's nice to meet you. Actually, if I'm not being rude, I'd rather call you by your very famous name, Marco." Tang Huan stretched out his hand to say hello.

Marco is the Christian name given to him by Cogan's father, and Cogan also particularly loves this name. It is one of his preferences.

Kegan didn't shake hands with Tang Huan, but laughed and gave Tang Huan a bear hug, not at all like an old man over sixty years old.

Tang Huan smiled and winked at Sun Zhengyi. Can you bear this kind of warm greeting?
"Don, I heard your name in the United States. You are not only smart, but also lucky. I found a treasure worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I am jealous." Cogan's hearty voice proved Tang Huan's previous guess. correct.

"Then I'm really honored." Tang Huan asked Kegan to sit down with a smile, and complimented him: "Actually, I have also admired you for a long time. A very attractive man."

Kegan was praised so much that his eyes became slits, "Sun's partner is indeed you, so I can rest assured. The Xiaobawang game machine is very popular in the United States. I am very willing to cooperate with you. Maybe I can get it." How lucky."

When Sun Zhengyi heard this, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. If you don't bring such a bully, I have visited you more than three times in thatched cottage, but you refused in every possible way.But when he saw Tang Huan, he bowed his knees immediately, which was too immoral.

"I'd like to share my luck, but in business, I still have to say something." Tang Huan considered his words, "The competition in RB's arcade market is too fierce, while the home video game console industry is just in the ascendant, too. Dongdong will definitely benefit a lot after being acquired by EA."

"When Sun came to me for the first time, I began to seriously consider the stakes, but his weight was not enough to win my trust. It's different now when I see you." Kegan nodded again and again, looking like He looked like he was digging out his heart and lungs, but there was a cunning light in his eyes.

Tang Huan glanced at Sun Zhengyi who had a sad face next to him, and thought that the old man Kegan's words were too hurtful, and he had to comfort this partner who had a great appreciation potential in a while.

(End of this chapter)