Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 192 EA Surrounded by Investment Impulse
Apple is indeed in trouble. After all, it has only been a few years since its establishment, and its background is insufficient. In addition, the main personnel who operate Apple III are all so-called elites like Robert, with a traditional industrial thinking model, who are evaluating and responding to emergencies When it was time, it was obvious that there was a big deviation, and it was even a little messy.

It can be said that some people's thinking is completely from the perspective of marketing. It can be seen from the fact that the compatibility of Apple III with Apple II is artificially limited in the later stage of research and development, so as to try to force users to choose Apple III. There is no respect for users. demand.

It should be known that the number of software on the Apple II platform currently exceeds at least 1500, while the Apple III is just fledgling, and almost only office software is available.

Even so, Zheru did not sincerely develop it with all his strength. As for other software vendors who intend to wrestle with Zheru on the new platform, their attitudes are correct. Not to mention the waste of resources, it is a big step away from Zheru, and the depression in my heart can be imagined.

Apple once thought that because computers crashed so frequently, there might be certain problems with software programming, so it convened software companies to discuss it. The Zheru representative sent by Tang Huan arrived late and finally arrived. What he saw was that although A fierce quarrel broke out between the parties, who had different reasons but were in the same bad mood.

Robert, who was in a state of desperation, found Zheru's engineer watching the excitement for a long time without saying a word, and couldn't help asking angrily, "You are the closest to Apple, why are you the slowest in responding and the latest in arrival?"

This person had already received the opportunity of Tang Huan's face-to-face instruction, and he was not used to Robert at all, so he replied stiffly. "There's a traffic jam on the road."

After everyone heard this sentence, they immediately burst into laughter, and the atmosphere of blushing and thick necks disappeared.

As we all know, the two companies are located in the small town of Cupertino, and there is no problem walking here. You are ashamed to say that there is a traffic jam, which is too dishonest.

But everyone immediately understood that the quarrel in front of them was the most meaningless, Apple III honestly adjusted the hardware, it was better than anything else.

As for the possible damage to Apple's reputation, please, that's your own business, and we've been dragged down.

Everyone left the venue in a dispirited manner, and no one cared about Apple's feelings anymore.

Seeing these outsiders treat himself as air, Robert's face turned livid. What made him even more mad was that he had already offended Woz virtually because of the rhetoric of "Apple III will replace Apple II in six months." The Apple II project team found help and could only rely on these engineers who messed up the stall to get out of the current predicament.

More importantly, Apple's new shareholders plan to use the Apple III project to establish authority and fight for the right to speak, and it is foreseeable that it will collapse.
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After listening to the reports of his subordinates, Tang Huan just nodded. The Apple III has been busy for several months. Fortunately, the overall operation of the company should not be greatly affected. After all, Apple, which provides the main source of income, II has been extremely stable and mature, and won the trust of users.

What really affected was the preparations for the stock listing. The launch of the Apple III not only did not add luster, but became a failure. This will definitely lose a lot of points for Wall Street, which is most concerned about face-saving projects. In the end, it has to rely on Apple II and Zheru's products work together to restore investor confidence.

You guys should be busy with transporting soil and cement to fill the pit first. Brother has to be busy with his own affairs. Tang Huan put aside this episode, and his eyes once again fell on the current map, which marked the distribution of Zheru and EA's agents and service outlets in North America. , It can be said that it has been very perfect, and many collaborators have made a breakthrough in the recent period and joined in the form of competition.

The reason for this is very funny to say. The root cause is that after Tang Huan's salvage fleet discovered the gem part of the treasure of the Lady Atoka last month, although they did not publicize it as much as last time, they did not deliberately conceal it, so The media soon found out about it.

However, the specific value of the treasure has not been found out, and Florida, which has once again enjoyed the benefits, confided a little bit. After the first auction, its own party will get the agreed tens of millions of dollars.

It is enough to have this vague data, and it can be deduced from it that the salvage result is at least several hundred million dollars. Fortunately, it is included in the Shennong Fund for public welfare, and people don't bother to be jealous.

Stimulated by this good news, the enthusiasm for treasure hunting in the Florida waters increased again. For a while, sailors and historians became the most popular people among employers.

But after all, this kind of activity is a game for the rich, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford, so they can only sigh.

According to some gossip reports, Tang Huan, who upholds the spirit of science and technology to salvage treasures, is described as the patron of the goddess of luck, in other words, the Eastern God of Wealth.

Therefore, many businessmen, based on a superstitious psychology, wanted to get a taste of immortality from Tang Huan. They not only rushed to become partners of the company under Tang Huan's name, but also offered to send advance payments. All the EA game development plans this year All the works have been settled, and even next year's is also in the pre-order.

This phenomenon is not surprising, and it is not necessarily related to the degree of economic development, otherwise there would not be so many people who believe in God, not to mention that the United States does not care much about ideology.

All in all, EA, which was already in the upsurge of the video game industry, is almost about to be worshiped by people now. It is quite like Apple, which was sought after by people in the 21st century in the previous life. If EA is already on the market now, then it will definitely be able to Its popularity index is fully expressed on the stock price.

This investment impulse gathered from all directions has begun to make Hawkins, who claims to be rational, feel uneasy.

According to the current sales situation of EA, the annual turnover of one billion US dollars in North America alone is absolutely unstoppable.

Moreover, the production and sales of the game cartridges of any game can easily reach millions, which also means that if there is a mistake, the loss will not be small.

In fact, Hawkins' worry was justified. In the original time and space, Atari couldn't sell the millions of game cassettes. In order not to waste the warehouse, they simply quietly transported them to the landfill by car.

However, Tang Huan has always been calm, and now he feels that it is still too early for Qian Shaoshou. According to the historical development, there are still more than two years of good life.

However, Hawkins' uneasiness must be appeased. The other person is about the same age as himself and is in a high position. It is indeed commendable that he can maintain such sense and sense of crisis in a good situation.

"What's the matter, the money is too much to spend, are you scared?" Tang Huan laughed and teased Hawkins, "There are many places we need to invest in. Don't forget, Lianmei hasn't fully bought it yet."

Talking about this, Tang Huan moved his fingers on the map, "The construction of outlets in these central cities also needs to be further strengthened, and even buying land can be considered, after all, philosophers also need these resources."

"I heard that in addition to building a factory in Silicon Valley, Atari also set up a research laboratory to develop new technologies. Do we have to deal with it?" Hawkins asked.

Tang Huan pondered for a moment. Atari did do this in his previous life, but most of the work was useless. Even the successor of the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200, didn't understand the research and development, and wasted money for nothing.

In this time and space, even if Atari does not make this mistake, Tang Huan is not afraid. Equipped with Motorola MC68000, the second-generation Xiaobawang game console is enough to crush competitors in terms of performance until the end of the 1980s.

"Don't worry too much about it. Now Atari is the second child in a millennium." After Tang Huan replied, he continued, "After Lianmei is completely settled, if you still have the energy, you can buy another NBA game." Or a Major League Baseball team. In short, we must be calm and don’t be afraid of a lot of money. We just take advantage of this opportunity to continue our industrial layout in the entertainment consumer market.”

Hawkins was really obedient, and nodded calmly. He was used to the boss's ambitions, and buying a team was normal.

"Start preparing now, we will sponsor several concerts." Tang Huan pointed on the map again, "San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto."

In the original time and space, after Deng Lijun came back, she first toured in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York in the United States; in this time and space, Tang Huan naturally wanted to help her, including Vancouver and Toronto in Canada. Over there, there are also many Chinese in London, England and Paris, France. Would you like to go on stage and sing, so that the queen of the song who has been wronged will return with a stronger position.

Tang Huan had already explained this matter, and now that he brought it up again, it was natural to express how much he attached importance to it, and Hawkins quickly nodded in agreement.

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After dealing with the main business of IT, Tang Huan also has to pay attention to Shennong Fund. After all, he has another treasure in his pocket, but this time the process of handling official business is very interesting, because he is accompanied by a beautiful woman.

Even though they haven't seen each other for a while, Lin Qingxia has not escaped Tang Huan's control.

Shennong Foundation has carried out some public welfare projects one after another. Many Chinese have obtained jobs. Lin Qingxia's brother and sister have also become volunteers while studying. This will undoubtedly help integrate into the local society, and Lin Qingxia himself did not run away. Drop off and do volunteer work in the office.

After Tang Huan came, he naturally wanted to transfer Beauty Lin to his side to seduce his eyes.

(End of this chapter)