Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 287 The Polar Bear Thinks the Software Is Expensive
So Tang Huan gave Charles a reassurance, "I am still very concerned about the team's performance, and hope that it will enter the first division league. In this way, the surrounding value will also be reflected, right?"

"That's true. Your investment vision is naturally very broad." Charles nodded in relief, "Then let's take a short rest and go to the next stop."

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Among the current top universities in the world, the one with the closest relationship with Tang Huan is, of course, the University of California, Berkeley, followed by Stanford University in the center of Silicon Valley, and then other major universities on the west coast.

And in these places, Tang Huan is definitely the idol of young people who are full of entrepreneurial enthusiasm. Many elites either plan or actually work for companies under Tang Huan's name. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have poisoned many people.

But the situation of these people is actually much better than that of the invisible software programming "code slaves" under the glorious light of Microsoft in the original time and space. At least they will not be like this company. Throughout the 1980s, except for those who had no formal competitors Except for the operating system DOS, almost every product has been abused by its peers and ended badly.

As for the university exchanges in the UK, Tang Huan really didn't have any interaction worth mentioning with them.

However, Charles offered Tang Huan a chance.

Of course, thanks to Christina's casual shopping problem.

When Charles sent the real estate information to the Queen of Ships as requested, the direct response was often, yes, let me take a good look.

Charles, who was full of expectations, waited for a few days, but did not get a reply, so he quickly contacted him.

so what have you thought of?The farm scenery of this manor is beautiful.

It's okay, but I don't think it's stylish enough.

Charles was speechless for a while and hurriedly sent the information about the castle.

In the end, the ship queen was still procrastinating, but the reason was changed, which was a bit desolate, or in other words, lacked a humanistic atmosphere.

This is all about what, such an evaluation is too speechless.

Originally, Charles thought that it would be easy to do business with Christina, a prodigal daughter, and he had reached a principled agreement with Tang Huan.

Naturally, Charles would not have thought that the center of life of Christina, who was already very headstrong, had completely shifted after giving birth to twin babies, and the thoughts in her head often changed like a child.

But having said that, even if he thought about it, Charles couldn't bear his fate of being yelled around like this, and as the wedding date approached, various affairs multiplied, and he was less and less able to take care of the extra money. something happened.

Ever since, Charles designed the last set of sales plans, and brought Tang Huan here to have a direct dialogue, trying to get everything done in one fell swoop.

Facts also proved that Tang Huan was indeed easy to talk to and basically accepted it all.

The real estate that Charles is selling this time is Durham Castle located in the city of Durham. It needs scenery, momentum, humanities and humanities, and it is absolutely not desolate, because it is now being used as a student by Durham University. The apartment is used.

It has to be said that His Majesty the Crown Prince Charles really tried his best to block all of Christina's pickiness all at once.

Moreover, he also took care of Tang Huan's taste by the way. Didn't you ask me to help promote the certification and training of philosophy and Confucianism in the UK? Is there anything more suitable than conducting it in a university?
Charles is very mobile. His excuse for successfully lobbying Durham University is that the times have changed. Durham Castle is still used as a student dormitory by you. It is really irresponsible. It is better to sell it to a private person. , Let it be maintained, and at the same time, the other party also promised to build an advanced computer center at Durham University.There are countless benefits, whether explicit or hidden, in all aspects, and you should be able to figure them out.

Not to mention, Charles, who had worked so hard, got it right this time. Tang Huan accepted the plan in his heart from the beginning, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can definitely be elected as the best salesman of the year.

Durham is located 21 kilometers southwest of Sunderland in the northeast of England. The Weir River flows through Durham from the north and surrounds Durham from the east, south and west, forming a small "peninsula" here. Loop.

Obviously, in the era of cold weapons, dangerous places like Du Lun are places that must be contested by military strategists.The same is true of its history in the Middle Ages. Due to its proximity to Scotland, its strategic position is extremely important, so it has always been a major center of political and religious power.

There are rolling hills around Durham, and there is a significantly elevated land in the city center, where the famous Durham Church overlooking the River Weir is located.

The goal of this trip, Durham Castle, was built in 1072 on the top of a hill beside the Weir River in the Durham Peninsula, separated from Durham Church by a palace lawn.

During the 300 years after the construction of Durham Castle, Durham was besieged by the Scots many times.

In 1346, one mile west of Durham Castle, the Battle of Neville's Cross broke out.

During the Hundred Years' War between England and France, King Edward III of England personally led a large army to attack France across the sea. King David II of Scotland, at the invitation of King Philip VI of France, tried to defeat England on his homeland from the empty defense rear area.

But the result was that Scotland was defeated by England with less. David II was defeated and captured. A large number of important nobles including a regent lost their lives. France was also defeated and surrendered. England won the first stage of the Hundred Years War victory.

This period of history is naturally talked about by the victors, and Durham Castle is a historical witness.

In 1837, the bishop of Durham, Howard Matt White, donated Durham Castle to Durham University, which became a student dormitory. Some of the existing buildings are newly built in modern times, which are quite Victorian. .

In Tang Huan's impression, a few years after the original time and space, Durham Castle was awarded the title of "World Heritage" by UNESCO.

Therefore, Tang Huan looked at Charles who was beaming and introducing him enthusiastically, and Tang Huan was very skeptical, could this deal be successfully concluded?

Therefore, in the process of contacting relevant parties in Durham University, he not only paid attention to himself, but also asked his followers to collect information carefully.

Tang Huan was very satisfied with the British technology base that Charles found for Zheru.

Durham University was formally established by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and was awarded a Royal Charter in 1837.

However, Durham University's teaching and scientific research history can be traced back to more than 600 years ago. It is one of the earliest universities in England and is the third oldest university in England after the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Only because historically, Cambridge and Oxford have been worried that once Durham University is given the right to grant degrees, it will have a huge impact on their status, which hindered the delay until 1832.

At that time, Durham University was financially supported by part of the church property distributed by the pastor and the saints. Durham Castle, which was used as a student dormitory, was one of them.

Reforms brought about by an Act of 1907 liberated Durham University from the hands of the Anglican bishops and clergymen who until then had been the nominal rulers of the school.

After several decades of continuous development, Durham University has become the contemporary world famous university we see now.

Tang Huan couldn't be dissatisfied with such background and strength.

In the itinerary arranged by Durham University - the activity of visiting the Oriental Museum left a deep impression on Tang Huan

Established in the 1960s, the museum has grown significantly through the acquisition of the former Institute of Oriental Studies.

The original collection of the Oriental Research Institute was used for teaching by the entire university. The number of these collections was so huge that it had to build such a museum specially for it to store a large amount of materials.

"So far, the collection here has exceeded 30000 subjects, including artworks and antiques from the Mediterranean to the Far East, and more than one-third of the collections are related to China." The guide introduced with pride.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, raised his thumb, and said in his heart, you veteran colonial bandits, you are tough enough!Not even the bedding was spared.

"I intend to donate the batch of cultural relics including Roman gold coins to this museum." Tang Huan said to Charles next to him. "In addition, I also consider donating to Durham University for the construction of student apartments and other facilities."

Charles was overjoyed when he heard the words, this result made him so proud.

In fact, this is Tang Huan's brilliance, the benefits given out can always properly exceed the psychological expectations of the other party.

In the end, Tang Huan, Charles, and Durham University were all happy. The reason is that each of them thought they had taken advantage of it.

As far as Tang Huan and Christina are concerned, they exchanged two bases with a treasure that the United Kingdom would not allow to take away, and at the same time they used various face-to-face.

Don't look at the happy face on the surface, Tang Huan asked experts to carefully consider the legal documents for the purchase of Durham Castle, so as to avoid all kinds of disputes after it is rated as a world heritage in the future.

All in all, the issue of the ownership of the treasure, which had been going on for more than a year, was finally perfectly resolved through the mediation of Prince Charles, who was about to get married. The British media generally reported positively.

After Tang Huan sent away the contented Charles with a check, he made a careful inspection at Durham University, confirmed the construction of the Philosophy and Confucianism Certification and Training Center, and announced that a machine using the Yipeng/holder architecture would be deployed here soon. Processor supercomputer.

After returning to London, Tang Huan took the time to go to Li's Yingsheng to have a look. Although he bought Li's TV from the other party as he wished, he had nothing to ask for, but he was very impressed with Li's Yingsheng. The results of e-commerce are still quite concerned.

When he met CEO Michael Aldrich, Tang Huan learned that the other party was troubled by a problem, that is, when providing B2B e-commerce solutions to corporate customers, did he use the TV-like terminal of Liyingsheng? , or use the Fangyuan computer.

Under Tang Huan's technical guidance, Michael Aldrich, who was originally a pioneer in e-commerce, became more and more confident in eating crabs. The business development was impressive and his authority in the company was increasingly consolidated.

But because of this, Michael Aldridge was troubled by the choice in front of him. Customers have become more and more inclined to use Fangyuan computers like addicts, but selling their own terminals will make more profits, right?

Regarding Michael Aldrich's dilemma, Tang Huan couldn't help laughing secretly. Not to mention your terminal like Radio Shack's trash TRS-80, even the Ikon computer, which is known as the British Apple Computer, is a trash that must be eliminated.

"Tang, what do you think I should choose? Or, can you take care of the Fangyuan computer discount?" Michael Aldridge actually asked Tang Huan about the countermeasure.

"As long as you reach the standard of Fangyuan Computer's shipments, discounts are easy to talk about, otherwise it's out of the question." Tang Huan waved his hands again and again, and then joked, "If you become an important seller of Fangyuan Computer in the UK, I'll pay you back." I have to turn my head and beg you, and take the initiative to offer a discount."

"You're clearly implying me to use your Fangyuan computer." Michael Aldridge shook his head and sighed.

"Okay, you can think about it yourself, I still have to go to France." Tang Zhuan muttered to himself, "You will have no choice soon," and then stood up to leave.

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Christina, who had recovered to normal postpartum, was enthusiastic. Within a few minutes of meeting Tang Huan, she changed the place of conversation to the bedroom and shouted that she was going to have a daughter.

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"You came to Paris this time, just to help me with the affairs of Olympus." Satisfied Christina, leaning on Tang Huan's arm, said lazily, "The Soviet Union dislikes our software products, especially the database. It’s too expensive. Their first deputy minister of foreign trade wants to interview us in person. I don’t want to ignore them. Please help me deal with it.”

Tang Huan nodded. For well-known reasons, Christina was disgusted with the Soviet Union, but for the sake of business, she kept holding back. Therefore, she had little interest in arranging meetings with the other party's senior officials.

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It will take a while for the Soviets to come, so Tang Huan took the time to inspect it. In his opinion, it can be called the world's most advanced wafer factory-Fab1.

In all fairness, the construction progress of Fab1 is astonishing, and the French government has given a lot of support, otherwise it would not have been so smooth.

Currently, Fab100, which uses 1.5mm wafers and a 1-micron process, mainly produces high-end chips.

For example, Yipeng/holder, a RISC architecture processor, still needs to solve the problem of low yield.

There is MC68000, but this is a new version.

Under Tang Huan's strong request, Motorola further updated the instruction set of MC1974 according to the virtualization standard proposed by Popek and Goldberg in 68000, such as adding new features such as virtual memory support.

In fact, the next-generation 16-bit CPU that Intel is developing, the Intel 80286, also has similar features, but it is called a protected mode by Intel, which is different from the real mode of the Intel 8086.

Because Intel is currently greatly influenced by IBM, such as the production and shipment of CPUs, it is inclined to Big Blue, which makes the relationship between Tang Huan and Intel somewhat delicate. Naturally, the importance of MC68000 has become more prominent. .

The protection mode feature brought by the new version of MC68000 is of great technical significance, because it means that an operating system that supports multitasking can be implemented on a personal computer.

In the original time and space, after the 80286 that supported the protected mode feature and the next generation 32-bit CPU-80386 appeared one after another, the personal computer industry had the possibility of realizing a multi-tasking operating system in the 1980s.

Among them, Kildall of the digital research company has launched a similar product with support for this feature.

However, at that time, the entire PC operating system market was almost dominated by Microsoft and IBM. Any challenger who dared to take the lead would end up being crushed to pieces.

From this point of view, Microsoft and IBM, which only consider their own interests, hinder the progress of technology.

In this time and space, Microsoft and IBM are still mixed together. It is estimated that if this continues, history will repeat itself.

Tang Huan is too lazy to pay attention to the shady inside, he has his own plan, since the feature support of MC68000 in hardware has reached the point of being close to the perfection, then the development of multi-tasking operating system has a higher priority than the graphical user interface .

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After finishing the work of Fab1, the people from the Soviet Union also arrived, but Tang Huan was very surprised by the origin of the other party.

The first deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, who is nearly fifty years old, is called Yuri Brezhnev. He knows his footsteps just by looking at his surname-the eldest prince.

Naturally, Tang Huan was not timid about this. After all, he had even been treated as a guest of the President of the United States, and from a purely business negotiation perspective, the specifications were reasonable.

In fact, the Soviet Union’s way of doing things is very skillful. The product image endorsement hired by Tang Huan and the female gymnastics star Nelkin who sponsored her university studies in Moscow were included in the list of personnel for this trip. The middleman of the atmosphere.

At the beginning of the meeting, the two sides communicated really well during the pleasantries, which laid a good tone for the following talks, and then entered the formal negotiation stage naturally. Yuri Brezhnev openly requested the Zheru series software cut prices.

Tang Huan shook his head with a wry smile, picked up a document and handed it over, "This is our sales statistics, and there will be conclusions later, Your Excellency Minister may wish to read it first."

After Yuri Brezhnev looked at it once, he couldn't help showing embarrassment, and coughed lightly.

Whether a tool like a personal computer is useful or not can be judged quickly by observing other people's use effects.

(End of this chapter)