Reborn Tech Maniac

chapter 275
GhostScript prints PostScript documents by using the host computer's CPU to rasterize and send the result as a large bitmap to a non-PostScript printer.

At the same time, GhostScript can also preview PostScript documents on the computer monitor, and convert PostScript into raster graphics such as TIFF and PNG, or vector format files such as PDF.

In the final analysis, it is because as the hardware performance of the computer continues to improve, the CPU is faster and the memory is larger. Adobe's PostScript implementation is the same as Hanka. It does not need to be executed by separate hardware, and the mainframe of the personal computer can do it all.

On the other hand, Adobe monopolized the printer market through PostScript, which caused dissatisfaction between Microsoft and Apple, so they joined forces to try to remove Adobe from its monopoly position.

Microsoft licenses the TrueImage PostScript interpreter it purchased to Apple; Apple no longer keeps pace with Adobe. For example, its own printers not only use Adobe's PostScript solution, but also license its new font format TrueType to Apple. Microsoft Corporation.

If a technical standard is mixed into this field, no matter how successful it was at the beginning, it will become besieged and precarious.

If Adobe only relies on PostScript to live, if it goes all the way to the dark, it is estimated that like most Silicon Valley companies, it will either go bankrupt or be acquired.

Fortunately, Adobe entered the consumer software market in time, launched Illustrator, and by chance, got the future flagship product Photoshop.

More importantly, Adobe in the 1990s, like EA, learned capital operations, bought rival products, stopped what should be stopped, and merged what should be merged. It can be regarded as a taste of the true essence of monopoly methods.

Tang Huan, who is familiar with the gains and losses of Adobe's rise, naturally wants to avoid some mistakes.

Today's Adobe, backed by philosophers, is not comparable in strength to the shabby situation in the start-up stage of the company in the original time and space. The richness of the product line is inherent, and there is no need to kill chickens and eggs on PostScript.

If a technical standard is not actively followed and enthusiastically followed by a large number of partners, then it can only be played by oneself.

How to make the collaborators rush forward sincerely?The only way is to share interests.

Tang Huan's policy for Adobe is not to go too dark on the licensing fees of PostScript and OpenType, and take promotion as the main goal.

The realization of the moderately priced PostScript solution may attract strong competitors to its own laser printers, but the printer market has always been a pattern of strong players.

The low cost of using OpenType can attract some celebrities to create their own fonts, and they can make a little money through the licensing of fonts, which will undoubtedly bring popularity to the entire Fangyuan computer platform.

Adobe's real profit source should be the three major software PageMaker, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

In the past, Tang Huan, John Warnock, and Charles Geschke mainly exchanged skills, but now they focus on face-to-face instruction on business principles, and the two nodded their heads incessantly.

……

At the San Francisco Annual Developers Conference, not only the desktop publishing system was unveiled, but it is a new product that has been prepared for a long time, so it is placed first. There will be the latest technologies such as databases to be introduced tomorrow. Tang Huan still Gotta keep hosting.

Although various entertainments continued one after another, Tang Huan still declined the dinner.

Because of Qingming, my aunt Tang Yun returned to the United States from Singapore.When sweeping the tomb, she solemnly worshiped, and told her ancestors that the lineage of the Tang family had branched out and scattered Ye Yunyun.

No matter how busy Tang Huan is, he still wants to have dinner with the old man and have a family reunion.

Aunt Tang Yun was sitting in the study at this time, wearing reading glasses, flipping through the ledger and playing with the abacus.

"Didn't I prepare a calculator for you?" Tang Huan said with a smile.

"I'm not used to it. Besides, my property is just a few restaurants and real estate. It's very simple." Aunt Tang Yun shook her head, "After staying in Asia for so long, Baodao, Xiangjiang, Singapore, Da I have visited Ma and other places and found that the economic situation is indeed very different from before. No wonder your cheap uncle insists on letting Tang Xuan marry a big family in Baodao and actively invest. I also plan to use some funds to do the same. "

Seeing Tang Huan's noncommittal smile, Aunt Tang Yun took off her reading glasses and snorted, "I know that your wealth is different now, and you don't like this little money."

"No way, fly legs are also meat." Tang Huan quickly waved his hand indifferently.

"You don't mean what you say." Aunt Tang Yun picked up the account book and shook it, "You are clever, the restaurant in Cupertino opened the latest, but now it is the most profitable, and I don't know how many employees care about it. business."

"It's nothing, it's nothing more than handing over the money from the left hand to the right hand. This is also called not letting the rich water flow to outsiders." Tang Huan replied triumphantly.

"You have so many ideas, don't forget to set up a special fund for my two good grandsons, each with 100 million US dollars." Aunt Tang Yun ordered seriously.

Tang Huan nodded quickly, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, why should he be so pampered?

At this time, Tang Wenmao sent several documents, so Tang Huan went back to the living room, held a teacup, and began to read while tasting.

Carter, who had already stepped down from the presidency, after recuperating for more than two months, finally calmed down and took part in social affairs unwilling to be lonely. For example, he agreed to serve in the Shennong Foundation and wanted to come over to meet Tang Huan immediately.

"This big Buddha, please move it at last." Tang Huan laughed happily.

Tang Wenmao nodded, and secretly glanced at the bottom file.

"Bao Dao specially sent someone to discuss with me about the itinerary of the business delegation. Mr. Jiang wants to meet me?" Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, "The factory I opened in Hsinchu Science and Technology Park last year had an output value of several billion US dollars, and the supporting industries driven by it are developing in full swing, and he finally can't sit still."

Tang Huan finally picked up the last document, and after glancing at it twice, his smiling face suddenly became as cold as frost.

With a bang, the teacup in Tang Huan's hand fell heavily to the ground.

Tang Wenmao was terrified, and at the same time secretly rejoiced in his heart. I knew that the consequences would be serious, so I put the document at the end.

Having been in this time and space for more than two years, Tang Huan seldom gets angry. After all, he has been a human being for two lifetimes, and he has already seen through most of the things, so it is not worth his troubles.

But now, Tang Huan finally got angry.

Aunt Tang Yun heard the noise, walked out of the study, took a look, and then asked the servant to clean it up, and said lightly: "Your status is extraordinary now, and your every move will be watched and observed by your subordinates. You can't let your energy-raising skills be left behind." .”

Tang Huan hummed, got up and paced back and forth for a while, picked up the document and read it again, and said with a sneer, "This group of people only have so much to do."

……

According to the plan, Deng Lijun will hold her fifth solo concert at the Hong Kong Lee Stage in mid-to-late April, and her next stop will be Singapore.

But preparations for the concert here in Xiangjiang began, but Deng Lijun couldn't leave Baodao because she was stuck again on the visa issue.

The root of the matter is very simple. Relevant authorities in Baodao arranged for Deng Lijun to perform for a month, but her assistant refused with the excuse that "Ms. Deng is a UN Children's Goodwill Ambassador, and it is inconvenient to participate in activities with obvious political significance".

In fact, during more than a year in the United States, Deng Lijun was brainwashed by Tang Huan long ago and jumped out of those so-called rules and regulations.

In Tang Huan's words, you are not a member of the system, and you don't eat the imperial food, so why do you always have to be yelled at by politicians?

When the passport turmoil breaks out, even if you take care of it a little bit, you won't be dejected to flee to the United States.

Now you find that you have a very high reputation in the mainland, and you plan to hold it in your hands as before, and play it as a good card?

According to Tang Huan, after Deng Lijun returned to Baodao last year, in accordance with the official intention, the event will be done by the end of the year, and there will be no debts.

In this regard, Deng Lijun naturally obeyed.

Therefore, she acquiesced to the assistant's refusal this time.

Originally, Tang Huan and Mr. Song, who was in charge of the Information Bureau, had a tacit understanding. Deng Lijun would not go to the mainland, and Baodao would not go through some activities to label her.

Deng Lijun continues to pursue her musical dream. She just goes to Baodao to do whatever she wants. Everyone is in peace, which is good.

This refusal to arrange a one-month performance for the labor force should have put an end to the matter.

But the reality is that things backfired. Some media in Taiwan began to stand on the commanding heights of morality and bombarded Deng Lijun with public opinion.

Some newspapers even labeled Deng Lijun as a huge fortune of unknown origin. You are a star who has been out of business for more than a year, and you have been living in the United States for more than a year. Where can you get the capital to donate to girls' education and set up scholarships in Baodao?
Especially, why are your two assistants blonde babes?

These reports seem messy and messy at first, but as long as you think about it a little, you can guess that someone is stirring up trouble behind the scenes.

For these disturbances, Deng Lijun did not respond, and stayed at home thinking about the Chinese style album that she had been preparing.

After Tang Huan saw the document, he had only one feeling that this group of people had only a little chance of bullying women.

The labor force performs for a month, and it can really treat people as coolies. The conditions in Kinmen are very hard. If you think about it carefully, your scalp goes numb. Even a grown man may not be able to bear it.

……

During this trip to the United States, Mr. Song accompanied He Yici, the director of the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park, but before leaving, he suddenly received a message from Zheru Baodao Company that the business inspection was canceled without explaining the reason.

At that time, Mr. Song was dumbfounded, and said to himself, Boss Tang, I can guess what you are doing, but we can't play the trick of being angry at the crown.

There are many factions on Treasure Island. If the following people want to claim credit, I can't clearly express my opposition.

Moreover, Mr. Jiang, who is in poor health, does not have the energy to know these bits and pieces.

On the contrary, he still attaches great importance to your business delegation, and specially asked me to communicate with you in advance, so that we can have a good conversation during the meeting.

Now that you have knocked down the pick, how can I deal with it.

He Yici is just a technical official, so naturally he doesn't understand the thoughts of bureaucrats and politicians. When he heard that the business mission was cancelled, he was anxious at the time, "How could this happen? Acer, Lianhua, Hon Hai...a bunch of companies, How can I explain what I'm waiting for to pick up the project."

Mr. Song snorted lightly, thinking that no matter how difficult you are to the people below, they will not dare to do anything to you. If I dissatisfy the immediate superior, it will only take a few minutes to throw away the black hat.

Seeing the displeasure on Mr. Song's face, He Yici coughed lightly and regained his composure, "Since the business delegation has been cancelled, shall we still go to America?"

"Of course I'm going, otherwise, we won't be able to do business." Mr. Song replied angrily.

……

After getting off the plane, Mr. Song did not see Tang Huan. His personal assistant Tang Wenmao picked him up and was in charge of the itinerary.

In this regard, Mr. Song didn't feel that he was being treated slowly. Who made Tang Huan make such a fortune so quickly, and he had to believe that it was a matter of daily affairs.

Besides, this Tang Wenmao is Tang Huan's distant cousin. He is definitely a person with a low position but with real power, so he should not be underestimated.

After checking into the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in the affluent area of ​​San Francisco, Mr. Song had nothing to say. With such a high hospitality standard, he couldn't find a place to pick it up.

After Tang Wenmao left, Mr. Song rushed to the newspaper to learn about the local situation.

When I opened the San Francisco Chronicle, the headline read: Wall Street darling eyeing new fields, desktop publishing system sparks industrial revolution.

Mr. Song understood that this is a new product launched by the company under the name of Tang Huan. What are the two major standards OpenType, PostScript, and the three major software PageMaker, Illustrator, and Photoshop? Understand.

Mr. Song then turned to the financial section. The headline read: New personal computer products are coming out one after another. Apple launched the Apple IIe, driving up the stock price. According to its spokesperson, the move is related to balancing personal financial relationships.

Mr. Song raised his eyebrows, turned to the entertainment page, and the headline changed to: The ownership of MGM, one of the eight major Hollywood companies, has been settled, and the buyer is the Middle East consortium and billionaire Tang Huan.

Mr. Song gasped, and finally turned to the sports page. The headline was very interesting: The three major league teams in the Oakland Stadium turned out to be a family, and their owners were both Tang Huan.

Mr. Song wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself, "This is troublesome."

Because he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and lived in the United States for several years, Mr. Song is very familiar with the rules of the game here.

The more you can toss, the more you prove that you are capable, and you don't hide that clumsy saying.

Now that Tang Huan is being sought after by the local media, it shows how powerful he has become.

Even though the agreed business mission was cancelled, and the pigeons from Baodao were released, no one dared to do anything to this willful Boss Tang.

Thinking of retreating before advancing, Mr. Song decided to find a way out for his trip.

The next day, Tang Wenmao came to Mr. Song with the itinerary and asked him how he planned to arrange it.

"I want to see your boss as soon as possible." Mr. Song sighed.

"He's gone to New York, and he won't be back in a few days." Tang Wenmao replied apologetically.

Mr. Song looked at the itinerary again, all kinds of visits and play, which can be described as hospitality, but how could he be in that mood.

"I'd better go visit some friends first." Mr. Song waved his hand helplessly.

"I'll prepare the car right now." Tang Wenmao politely said goodbye.

……

The person who was treated by Mr. Song as a life-saving straw naturally has a long history. It is Mr. Xiao Jiang's only daughter, Miss Jiang Er, who currently lives in Oakland with her husband and son.

This Second Miss Jiang is also the only granddaughter of Mr. Jiang, who has been loved by thousands of people since she was a child. Although she seldom returns to Baodao, her status and influence are very special.

Mr. Song's idea is very simple, find someone who can talk to Mr. Jiang in advance, so that if this errand fails, he can avoid losing his favor.

After the two sides met, they talked happily.

Second Miss Jiang's husband, Yu Yanghe, asked casually what Mr. Song was doing in the United States this time, and Mr. Song took advantage of the opportunity to explain the purpose of his visit.

"You can't blame him for having a bad temper. He is the richest man in the United States, which greatly adds to the glory of the Chinese." Second Miss Jiang smiled and turned her head to ask her husband, "I'm not wrong, he is the richest man in the United States, right?"

"He and Daniel Ludwig are the richest. There is still no conclusion, but the richest man in China should be worthy of the name." Yu Yanghe explained carefully, "Of course, the premise is that his stock price cannot fall."

Everyone is a smart person, Mr. Song's purpose was obvious, so he didn't mention it, and changed the topic to talk about other things.

When the meal was about to begin, Miss Jiang's son Yu Zhusheng came back with a full set of baseball equipment.

Mr. Song was a little surprised, "Do you like this sport?"

"Someone at Berkeley University organized a Chinese team, so I joined." Yu replied excitedly.

(End of this chapter)