Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 446 1982 The Year of the Personal Computer
Tang Huan was about to ask what was going on, when the door of the ward opened suddenly, and a little girl ran out staggeringly, and fell to the ground when the general bumped into him.

"Did the fall hurt?" Tang Huan quickly bent down to ask, and at the same time noticed that the other party was very thin, so that the eyes on his small face seemed to be getting bigger.

Some timid little girls shook their heads without saying a word.

Deng Lijun, who moved nimbly, gently lifted the little girl up, helped her arrange the hospital gown, and wiped away the tears on the little face with a handkerchief.

"This child is so thin." Deng Lijun whispered pitifully.

"Thank you." The little girl's mother ran after her and explained apologetically, "Betty ran out while I wasn't paying attention."

"It's okay." Tang Huan waved his hands, squatted down and looked at Betty at the same level, and asked gently: "Your name is Betty, how old are you?"

"Five years old." With her mother by her side, Betty became more courageous, and looked at Tang Huan curiously while answering.

"Can you tell me why you don't listen to your mother?" Tang Huan continued to ask with a smile.

"I don't want my mother to cut my hair." Betty fiddled with a strand of her hair, her little face was full of stubbornness, "Without hair, you won't be pretty."

Tang Huan looked at Betty's mother inquisitively, but she just shook her head with tears in her eyes.

The accompanying hospital manager whispered in his ear: "Betty has leukemia..."

Tang Huan nodded suddenly, his heart, which was busy with all kinds of calculations all day long, was suddenly touched.Although he can be regarded as a human being in two lifetimes and has his own unique understanding of life, he is still unable to achieve complete detachment.

"Betty, it's wrong not to listen to my mother." Tang Huan stroked Betty's hair lightly, "Actually, it's not ugly without hair. If you don't believe me, I'll cut your hair with you."

"Really?" Betty reached out and touched Tang Huan's head.

"Of course." Tang Huan nodded seriously, "Now I'll cut my hair for you to see."

There are two beds in the ward, and Betty pointed to one of them like a grown-up, and introduced, "This bed is mine, and the big sister in that bed has already been discharged from the hospital."

"As long as you listen to your mother and the doctor, you will be discharged soon." Tang Huan took Hasbro's latest toy My Little Pony from his subordinates and handed it to Betty, "I'm giving you a Christmas present, let's see like or not."

Betty opened the box excitedly and cheered immediately.

Tang Huan smiled gratifiedly, sat on the chair brought by the nurse, and began to cut his hair.

Betty put down the toys and stared at Tang Huan without blinking, witnessing the birth of a bald man.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Tang Huan lowered his head and let Betty touch it a few times. "The other brothers also want this hairstyle."

Ever since, Tang Huan's assistants also removed three thousand threads of trouble in front of Betty one by one.

Seeing that so many people were with her, Betty lost all resistance, and was happily cut off by the nurse.

Before leaving, Tang Huan held Betty's little hand and said, "If the doctor allows, let's spend Christmas together, okay?"

"Are these brothers also together?" Betty looked at Tang Huan's bald assistants one by one.

"No problem." Tang Huan nodded with a smile.

……

After getting in the car, Deng Lijun touched Tang Huanguang's smooth scalp and smiled sweetly, "Your image has changed a lot, and it won't affect the various activities that will follow."

"It's just a change of hairstyle. There's no fuss." Tang Huan also touched his bald scalp, and sighed with emotion, "One must always be in awe. Facing life and death, everyone Just as powerless, we're no different than Betty."

Deng Lijun took Tang Huan's hand deeply, and said softly: "So, I am very satisfied with everything I have now."

……

Tang Huan's bald image was still very impressive. After Christmas, Trip Hawkins, who came to report to work, was surprised for a long time.

"I heard that Atari's video game "ET Aliens" is selling well?" Tang Huan asked casually after touching his bald head calmly.

"Atari launched the video game "ET Alien" before Christmas, and it picked a good time. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold, and the sales have reached tens of millions of dollars. Look at this momentum , more than 100 million copies, it is only a matter of time."

Tripp Hawkins nodded with a complex expression, "On the surface, it seems that the market sales are booming, but the reviews about this game are mostly negative, but Atari has no reaction at all, and I don't know if it is a blessing to this company." It’s a disaster.”

After spending more than 3000 million U.S. dollars, Steve Ross worked hard to get the exclusive authorization to develop the arcade and home console games of the movie "ET Alien", and invited him with a remuneration of 20 U.S. dollars and a free Hawaiian vacation. Howard Scott Warshaw - Howard Scott Warshaw came to lead the level design and programming of the video game.

To make money quickly, Steve Ross' wishful thinking from the very beginning was to take advantage of this year's movie "ET Alien" sweeping North America, and let the video game of the same name be released in time for Christmas, so as to earn a lot of money. last sum.

Therefore, the development time of the "ET Alien" video game is quite tight.

You know, Howard Warsaw's famous video game "Raiders of the Lost Ark" took seven months to develop, while the development time left for the video game "ET Aliens" was only about two months.

What is even more exaggerated is that the arcade version of the "ET Alien" game was also put on the agenda at the same time.

Under such circumstances, Howard Warsaw could only rush to work desperately, and it was already very good to be able to produce the finished product within the specified time.As a result, the game ideas and programming implementations that he took for granted were not recognized by the players, and Atari turned a blind eye to these reactions and did not take any public relations measures to remedy them.

The reason for this has something to do with Warner's internal operating mechanism.

It was the idea of ​​the boss Steve Ross to buy the arcade and home console video game licenses of the movie "ET Alien" at a high price, but Atari CEO Re Casa did not agree.

But this man, before the announcement of the financial report that caused Warner's stock price to fall, sold his shares, which attracted an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading, and he had to take the blame and resign. As a result, Atari's operations were not so good Unblocked.

After taking a sip of tea, Tang Huan said slowly, "The production plan for the "ET Aliens" video game cassette is 500 million sets, is it true or not? How many Atari 2600s are there on the market? Don’t you guys have any idea?”

"Didn't they secretly take aim at our Xiaobawang game console platform." Trip Hawkins snorted disdainfully, "The Atari 2600 version of the "ET Alien" video game has obvious signs of being rushed Yes, the platform version of Xiaobawang game console is even more appalling."

"It seems that the falling stock price has caused Warner to make a desperate move and put all its money on the "ET" video game, hoping that it will bring considerable financial data." Tang Huan analyzed with a frown.

"It should be like this." Trip Hawkins nodded, "After Recasa stepped down, Warner hadn't had time to choose a successor, and now the person in charge of Atari is the assistant CEO. The ET: The Extra-Terrestrial video game is so radical and intriguing in its operation that it was probably just a desperate attempt to curry favor with Warner Bros. HQ to get a promotion."

"If Atari keeps going down this road, then it's really dangerous." Tang Huan rubbed his brows, "Father and mother marry, everyone cares about each other, let it go, EA's The stock price is also falling, and my position as the richest man in the United States is not secure."

"Fangyuan Computer is going to have an IPO soon. If you can't get the number one spot, you must be there." Trip Hawkins complimented, and then said with some worry: "The land matter has finally been settled, but now the market The situation is so uncertain, should we continue to operate?"

"Of course we will continue." Tang Huan laughed, "You have already said that Fangyuan Computer is going to IPO soon, and I still have less funds to support EA."

At present, Zheru, Fangyuan Computer, EA, and an Apple company are all settled in the small Cupertino, which inevitably seems a bit crowded. In addition, Tang Huan hopes that his business can spread out, so he has been It is planned to let EA, Fangyuan Computer and other companies move.

Impressed by the vastness of Google's headquarters in the original time and space, Tang Huan asked EA to find a new headquarters in Silicon Valley or the San Francisco Bay Area. The site must be large enough to accommodate his next plan for EA.

However, it occupies a large territory, which means that there are more taxes to be paid. Tang Huan hopes that EA can be taken care of like Google.

There are so many factors that need to be considered, which makes it quite difficult for EA to relocate, and it is only now that it has been busy.

"Redwood City——Redwood City meets all our requirements." Trip Hawkins took out a few maps and pointed them to Tang Huan, "This place is next to the King's Avenue and has the only deep water in the San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco. port."

"This location is not bad." Tang Huan nodded repeatedly.

While chatting, his subordinates reported that Michael Moritz, the editor-in-chief of the San Francisco branch of "Time" magazine, came to visit.

Michael Moritz is an old friend. When Tang Huan was selected as Time's Person of the Year last year, he was in charge of the interview.

Tang Huan got up to greet him, and joked: "Michael, you are not here to tell me that this year I was also selected as Person of the Year by Time magazine, right?"

"Of course it's impossible." Michael Moritz pointed at Tang Huan's bald head, laughing so hard that he almost spilled his coffee, "But it's almost there. We chose PC as Person of the Year this year."

(End of this chapter)