Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 221 Chinese Red and Tyrant Gold

Thanks to the explosive dissemination of information in the Internet era in the original time and space, as well as the memories of some elites in his mind, Tang Huan has become numb to the performance of the US president. The difference between politicians may be the biggest difference in their acting skills .

Of course, actors also have to have their own characteristics, otherwise they will all have a uniform awl face like plastic surgery, and there is a danger of disappearing from everyone.

The domestic image Carter has created for himself is to strengthen his approachable qualities, such as appearing in public, dressing and speaking informally, holding press conferences from time to time, and avoiding the presidential pomp and circumstance, which is similar to that cultivated before he was elected governor of Georgia. Peanut, the image of a "village" businessman who buys and sells chemical fertilizers, can be said to echo each other.

In addition, Carter has 11 years of naval career. During his service in the Pacific Fleet's conventional submarine "Pompano", he accompanied the ship on duty in the Pacific Ocean and visited Chinese ports many times.

Despite this military experience, Carter was relatively moderate in diplomacy, except this time because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and the boycott of the Moscow Olympics.

Therefore, Carter's "softness" did not please politicians during the Cold War. In addition, inflation and high unemployment during his term of office, as well as the Iranian hostage crisis, led to a gradual loss of popular popularity, and the ups and downs were not good. Cannot be re-elected.

But in any case, Carter's gentle style did make it easier for Tang Huan to deal with him. For example, the customized version of the Xiaobawang game console that was planned as a gift was finally brought into the banquet hall smoothly. , placed on the table.

When the sound module is enhanced, the hardware architecture of the first-generation Xiaobawang game console is completely fixed, so that it can play some tricks and further attract consumers.

Tang Huan, who has long been familiar with the marketing of electronic consumer products, ordered to produce a batch of customized versions based on the 1980 version just released in the middle of this year.

For example, plexiglass has been used in some directions, so that the internal circuit board can be seen, and more LED status indicators have been added.

When the game console is powered on, it has a mysterious color described in science fiction novels.

It is said that Carter, who has an IQ of 175, participated in the research work of the first batch of nuclear-powered submarines in the United States in the latter part of his naval career, that is, in the early 1950s.He is considered an expert in nuclear reactor technology, so he is not blind to technical products.

"Is this the gadget that the Soviets were fascinated by?" Carter asked with interest.

"Although its hardware specifications are only similar to today's personal computers, many interesting designs can be made through ingenious software coding." Tang Huan smiled, "Mr. , spend 15 minutes to play the game inside. The Xiaobawang game console has sold millions of units, and the player base has at least a few million people. Mr. President may be able to find more people Common topics."

Because of the boycott of the Moscow Olympics, Carter didn't ask Fangyuan Computer, which was advertised by Tang Huan in more than ten languages, but just accepted the Xiaobawang game console.

Seeing that Tang Huan never forgot to sell products with all his heart no matter where he went, Steve Ross couldn't help but frowned, thinking to himself, "No wonder Atari is crushed by the bully, the other party doesn't play cards according to common sense Ah, when the reporters publish the report on tonight's banquet activities, it will be another white advertisement. Its attractiveness to customers can be imagined. It seems that it is necessary to give it to Ray Casa and Atari. It's a meeting."

After Tang Huan returned to his seat, he noticed Steve Ross's gaze following him, so he raised his cup with a smile as a gesture.

"Little guy, you should be proud first." Steve Ross snorted to himself without moving.

Since everyone is destined to not be able to have a good time together, Tang Huan naturally doesn't really care about Steve Rose's feelings. He took an opportunity to meet with Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley who accompanied Carter—Tom Bradley. Radley strikes up a conversation.

Bradley, 53 years old this year, is also a Democrat. What is extraordinary about him is that, as a black man, he managed to get the position of chief executive of a metropolis like Los Angeles.

During Bradley's 1973-year tenure from 1993 to 20, Los Angeles changed a lot and many things happened, such as the 1984 Olympic Games.

Bradley's political resume is therefore quite successful, but because of his poor handling of the Los Angeles riots in 1992, he almost lost his life at the end of the year.

Tang Huan approached Bradley for nothing more than to ask Deng Lijun for a practical reward to promote cultural exchanges, something that is not expensive, and the other party is naturally happy to give him a favor.

When the banquet was over, everyone dispersed, and Lin Qingxia, who sat in the back seat with Tang Huan, said with admiration: "You are amazing, and you can talk and laugh so well when you talk to such a big man. I was nervous at the time. My heart is about to jump out.”

"Is it better now? Let me take a look." Tang Huan stretched out his hand treacherously, and his hand was immediately soft.

"Don't take advantage of others." Lin Qingxia slapped Tang Huan's hand hard.

But Tang Huan couldn't be dismissed so easily, he poked his head over again, and his mouth was full of sweetness.

Lin Qingxia clenched her teeth tightly, pushed Tang Huan away with all her strength, and cursed in embarrassment: "It stinks to death."

Tang Huan wiped his mouth helplessly, and muttered, "It's not a kiss scene in a movie, what are you doing with your teeth so tightly, you almost bit off my tongue."

"It deserves it." Lin Qingxia looked sideways at the night view of Los Angeles outside the car window, and secretly laughed.

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Back at his aunt's residence in Los Angeles, Tang Huan remembered that he hadn't talked to the old man for a while because of flying around recently, so he checked the time, picked up the phone and called Singapore.

Tang Yun, who was accompanied by Lin Fengjiao, was in a good mood, and even the filial Tang Huan was also very happy, but when he picked up the latest "Wall Street Journal", he couldn't help frowning.

As one of the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley, Zheru will naturally be analyzed and commented on by economic newspapers, but you can boast as much as you want. Why do you dig so deep and register Zheru recently? The move of hundreds of patents was revealed.

These achievements are mainly related to the second-generation Fangyuan computer and Xiaobawang game console. Tang Huan originally planned to accumulate food and become king slowly. He used more than a year to quietly prepare technical reserves. Didn't they just expose the target and startle the snake? I don't know if Cupertino has discovered this report.

Tang Huan thought about it for a while. Both stops of Deng Lijun's concert were going well, and everything that should be done has been done. There is no need to worry too much. Let's turn our attention back to Silicon Valley.

In this way, Tang Huan and Deng Lijun hurried back from Los Angeles to Cupertino, Silicon Valley after an explanation the next day.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the company, Tang Huan found out that Chambers was receiving two financial reporters, talking about the rise of Zheru and the way to success, and this kind of public relations activity was naturally left to his subordinates to get the limelight.

After reading the documents in the office for a while, Chambers came to report to Tang Huan with sweat on his forehead, "Our 386 plan seems to have leaked, and the "Wall Street Journal" arranged by McKenna a few days ago In the interview, there was no mention of patents at the time, so why did it suddenly explode.”

"Perhaps the other party just found out about it unintentionally." Tang Huan pondered for a moment, "If someone mentions this matter again, push it to Apple Computer, and at the same time pull IBM out to share the attention. Currently, R&D is at a critical stage. period, I hate these external disturbances the most."

"I see." Chambers nodded, and then a smile appeared on his face, "You mentioned the Fangyuan computer in front of the camera at the Olympics, which made Apple very dissatisfied. How many investors will it attract?"

"We paid for the advertising fee ourselves." Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, "Looks like I have to go to Apple to see what happened again."

When he came to Markkula's office, he happened to meet Couch, the director of the Lisa project, who was giving an ultimatum, "Mike, if Jobs comes to my site again, then please hire someone else. I don't want to be the project director." done."

"Jobs is sometimes like an impulsive child, and you don't have to be angry with him." Markkula comforted him while frowning, "Give me a while, and I will definitely help you get the Lisa project team The relationship is smooth."

"Okay, then I'll bear with it a little longer." After pouring out the bitter water, Kuqi left angrily.

Markkula looked at the back of Kutcher leaving the office, and sighed helplessly, "The relationship between Jobs and Kutcher in the Lisa project has reached a point of incompatibility, which is really disturbing."

Tang Huan shrugged, "Koch comes from Hewlett-Packard, and he obviously conflicts with the hacker-style Jobs in his work style. It's only a matter of time before something goes wrong."

"So, this dispute must be resolved as soon as possible. The Apple III project has already failed, and the Lisa project must not go wrong again." Markkula said to himself.

Tang Huan was not interested in interfering with Apple's internal personnel relations. He asked what he cared about, "How is the preparation for listing going?"

"It's finally on the normal track. The investment bankers have given a new subscription price of $18 per share." Markkula showed a happy smile on his face, "What do you think of this price?"

"I think it should be at least $20." Tang Huan shook his head, then smiled slyly, "But only Apple cares about this difference. It's nothing more than that you get less from IPO, and Wall Street bankers exploit more. As long as the final closing price High will do."

"So, do you also think the price is low? It seems that everyone's opinion is somewhat similar." Markkula pondered for a while, "Anyway, we have to carry out some public relations activities, let's discuss the situation after we see the situation. Don, you Now that you are so famous, even the president wants to meet you, so you can't be lazy in publicity."

"Definitely try my best." Tang Huan laughed heartily. Looking at Markkula's appearance, Apple's board of directors should be calm recently, and now he finally has peace of mind.

He chatted with Markkula for a while, and the other party revealed a piece of information. The monthly sales volume of Apple II has exceeded [-] units, but there are also troubles. When the Apple III was introduced to the market, Robert planned to completely replace and stop production of the Apple II within six months, but the result failed and caused internal conflicts."

Seeing that the good old man Markkula was in a state of desperation, Tang Huan finally couldn't hold back the gag order he gave himself, and kindly suggested: "Mike, you are too lazy, and Scott can't suppress his rebellious behavior." Jobs, it's time for Apple to consider picking a new CEO."

"Let's talk about it after the listing. At that time, the company will be more attractive to senior talents." Markkula seems to agree with this suggestion.

Tang Huan nodded silently. He could have predicted that after Kuqi came to complain just now, Markkula, no matter how good he is, would have no patience with Jobs. Transferring him from the Lisa project team, or even evacuating him, would be an indispensable means. The original father-son-teacher-student relationship between people is bound to have rifts, and it is estimated that Jobs will also learn the essence of corporate politics from this loss of power.

As for Scott, Markkula should lean more heavily on him than disappoint.

Each went back to each house, each looking for each mother.After confirming that Apple's side was calm for him, Tang Huan got up and left.

On the way, Tang Huan began to ponder over the possible consequences of Zheru's research and development plan being vaguely revealed by the media.

He was a little uneasy. IBM's personal computer research and development project team must have maintained its focus on Apple and Zheru, the current leaders in hardware and software in the field of personal computers. Maybe the other party will analyze something from it. Tech elite.

When Tang Huan came to the door of the company, he happened to meet Cogan and Hawkins.

It turned out that after the Oakland Raiders were successfully acquired, they followed Tang Huan's instructions and made some changes.

Hearing that Tang Huan was back, he naturally couldn't hold back his excitement and came to show his merits.

Before Al Davis was kicked away, his control over the Oakland Raiders was not generally strong.

The original Raiders jerseys were black and gold, and the helmets were black and white with no logo on them.

When Al Davis became the head coach and manager, he changed the color scheme to silver and black and added the team logo to the helmet.

The team logo is a shield with "Raiders" written on the top and crossed swords.

Now that the Oakland Raiders have changed owners, Tang Huan will naturally carry out actions to erase the brand of Al Davis, including modifying details such as the color of the team's jerseys.

Boss Tang's brain was wide open, and he made a decision without hesitation. He set the colors as Chinese red, local gold and white. Qinglongxibaihu chant.

It can be said that Tang Huan brought out his bad taste to the fullest.

Calling several vice presidents at home, Tang Huan first went to take a look at the Oakland Arena—now it has been renamed the EA Arena, and they could see EA's huge billboard from a long distance away.

"Is this too ostentatious?" Tang Huan asked hypocritically.

"How could that be? We gave real money." Hawkins said with a natural look on his face.

The reason why Cogan and Hawkins rushed to bring Tang Huan over for inspection was mainly to finalize the overall situation and stabilize the team's morale, because the preseason was coming in August.

This acquisition not only attacked Al Davis suddenly, but also made Tang Huan's side somewhat unprepared, so he did not adjust the players and the head coach, but comforted him.

The current head coach of the Oakland Raiders is the original quarterback Tom Flores, who is the first Hispanic head coach in NFL history.

Tang Huan publicly reaffirmed Tom Flores' position as the head coach, and at the same time let him serve as a deputy manager. When the manager Kogan is too busy, he will be in charge of the team's overall affairs.

Being highly valued by the new boss, Tom Flores naturally expressed his loyalty for a while.

The NFL is the same as the NBA, the team investment is capped by the league, and there is still no room for a "hard" cap, but for the previous teams, the so-called cap is too far away, Tang Huan slightly increased the investment, Everyone returned to their hearts.

After all, regardless of the relationship between these people and Al Davis before, but only from the fact that Al Davis is clamoring to move the team from Oakland, it can be guessed that he is not satisfied with the current financial situation of the team.

Tang Huan, the big boss who is not short of money, gave very simple employment principles at this stage. If everyone works hard, they will be rewarded with candy. If you are still doing petty tricks with Al Davis, then I'm sorry and get out of here.

In fact, Tang Huan got a big deal with this stick.

In the original time and space, it was this team that won the final Super Bowl championship in the new season, and then Al Davis forcibly moved the team from Oakland to Los Angeles.

Although he didn't know that he had taken advantage of it, Tang Huan was already satisfied with all EA's current publicity platforms.

In his view, consumer electronics products should not only be limited to the product level, but should also form their own ecological circles such as social culture.

In the previous life, Blizzard integrated "World of Warcraft", "StarCraft", "Hearthstone" and other games into one Battle.net platform, and other game companies did the same, with the same purpose.

If you really think that technology alone can sell products from start to finish, it would be naive.
Just like QQ in the previous life did not rely on technology to win, but used various means to "stick" users, thus creating its own platform, in actual operation, there are many ways to win.

(End of this chapter)