Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 140 Falling into the pit and still not knowing

After hearing these words, Robert's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he shrugged pretendingly, and said with some regret: "Apple III is still in a state of confidentiality. I don't have a specific position in the company, so I don't want to get too close."

"Then ask Mike to authorize it." Tang Huan turned his gaze to Markkula, "I remember that a professional computer magazine made a special count, and now the number of software on the Apple II platform has exceeded 1500, and most of them are They are all games. From this point of view, Robert’s entry point is quite accurate. There is still no board-level person to supervise the Apple III project. Maybe let Robert take on the responsibility, and the progress will be smoother.”

Markkula was a little hesitant. Apple III was developed with the goal of commercial use from the beginning of the project. The user group was aimed at enterprises, and had nothing to do with games at all.

However, what Tang Huan said was also reasonable. The Apple III project has reached the ripe stage. With the leadership of the board of directors, the efficiency of collaboration in all aspects will definitely increase.

You know, in Apple, due to the leadership of Jobs, self-centered arrogance is quite rampant, which makes the group of engineers with a rigorous work style like HP become incredibly different, which in turn leads to their respective The phenomenon of war troubled Markkula and Scott.

"Since Robert is interested in the company's specific affairs, then those who can do more work." Markkula nodded.

Hearing this, Robert no longer concealed his joy, "We should speed up the research and development of new products. This year, HP just launched its own personal computer, the HP-85. It's very aggressive."

Listening to Robert's seemingly expert words, Tang Huan smiled and nodded in agreement. He cursed in his heart, "You will die if you don't pretend to be a wolf with a big tail. The HP-85 is like an oscilloscope used in a laboratory. Can it be compared with an Apple computer?" Not one type of product.

But, since Tang Huan wanted to push Robert into the pit, he naturally had to praise him.

"Don, hasn't your Tetris been ported to the Apple II platform? There are already many imitation programs on the market." A look of gloating.

Even Markkula was a little impatient with this guy being so noisy.

Tang Huan didn't take it seriously, and after confirming that Robert had been bundled with the third-generation Apple machine, he got up and said goodbye to Markkula.

……

Back at Zheru's office, Tang Huan originally planned to have a quiet time alone, so as to clear the cache of a lot of work accumulated in his head recently.

Unexpectedly, an unexpected visitor - Madonna has been waiting for a long time.

At present, Madonna can be regarded as a video game girl. With the popularity of the Xiaobawang game console, as an advertising spokesperson, her popularity has soared rapidly.

Warner Records also noticed Madonna's influence in this regard, and even accepted a secret commission to persuade her to quit and promote the Atari 2600.

But Madonna is not generally shrewd, she didn't do such stupid things.

Madonna is indeed very capable. After gaining a firm foothold in Los Angeles, she took the opportunity of the marketing promotion of Xiaobawang game consoles to return to the city where her career started several times-New York, and regain her network resources there.

By coincidence, Madonna actually met her former employer in time and space, Sire Records, in advance. After evaluating the song "Everybody", they reached an agreement on the release of a single.

In her heart, Madonna attached great importance to Tang Huan's views, but unfortunately she couldn't reach him by phone, so she came here to ask for advice.

Tang Huan also realized that compared with the original time and space, Madonna's various accumulations are already strong enough, and it is not a bad idea to take the first step in music.

Hearing that her nobleman had the same view, Madonna let out a long sigh and suddenly smiled, walking around with cat steps and winking, twisting around Tang Huan.

Seeing that the witch started to get angry, Tang Huan laughed and said, "Restrain yourself, this is a serious office."

"What are you afraid of? No one would dare to break in without your permission." Madonna retorted disapprovingly.

Well, this way of relaxing the mind is also good, Tang Huan narrowed his eyes.

……

When the phone rang, Tang Huan first made a small gesture, and then picked up the phone. It turned out that Hawkins was reporting the contact with United Artists.

Hawkins didn't take action immediately after receiving Tang Huan's face-to-face instruction.

He has a good habit of making decisions before acting.

Since you don’t know Hollywood, do your homework in advance.

As early as 1919, four celebrities in the American film industry—Charlie Chaplin, David Griffith, and Mary Pickford and Fairbanks—founded United Artists in partnership.

Among them, each person holds 20.00% of the shares.As for the other shareholder, it was William Gibbs McAdoo, a lawyer who once served as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

Since its establishment, United Artists has been an independent production company. It planned to release only the films of the four founders, but failed due to reasons such as Griffith's withdrawal.

In the end, United Artists mainly shot films by subsidizing independent producers, which can avoid the profit sharing of large film companies and actors can get more income.

The 1930s was the golden age of United Artists, and it became one of the eight major film companies in Hollywood, which is a proof.

However, with the downturn in Hollywood, United Artists, like many film companies, has become the acquisition target of traditional industry groups. In 1967, it was acquired by Pan Am, a San Francisco-based insurance giant, and became the company's huge financial statement. a project on .

However, at least on the surface, it seems that United Artists is slightly stronger than the unfriendly MGM, because at present, MGM has simply given up the distribution work and handed it over to United Artists.

Naturally, United Artists itself has released many famous films, such as the "007" series and the "Rocky" series, etc., and even won the Academy Awards frequently in the 1970s.

After understanding this information, Hawkins realized that United Artists was indeed a suitable acquisition target. EA's plan of small fish eating big fish was very feasible.

But he didn't understand why Tang Huan was so sure that United Artists had just made a movie that was over budget, and why he was abandoned by the owner.

Since I can't figure it out, let's go to the field to investigate, so Hawkins went to United Artists, which is headquartered in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)