Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 452 Microsoft's major personnel accident

Tang Huancai was too lazy to get involved in these messy housework at Apple.If this ally is really muddy and can't support the wall, then he doesn't mind abandoning it like a shoe.

Therefore, when Jobs and John Sculley returned to their seats and beamingly announced that the two parties had reached an agreement, Tang Huan simply congratulated him, then got up and left, leaving room for Markkula to bargain—— There is a game.

The reason why Tang Huan specially brought the Microsoft trio to play poker with him was mainly because the process of playing poker with them was very enjoyable, apart from the bad taste.

Needless to say, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Steve Ballmer's IQ and bridge accomplishments, the key lies in their sense of competition and combative personality, especially Gates, even if On the table, it is still very obvious, which can bring an extraordinary intellectual game experience.

As the saying goes, character determines destiny. In the original time and space, Microsoft eventually became a software empire. In addition to the turmoil and chance coincidences in the computer age, it has a lot to do with Gates' character of fighting everywhere.

You know, Gates, who was born in an upper-class family, is a veritable rich second generation. When he was just born, his grandmother set up a trust fund of 100 million US dollars for him, and later his father bought him a house worth 90 US dollars. .

Compared with other young Americans who are struggling with loans, rent, and credit cards, Gates' material superiority can be imagined.

However, Gates has always maintained his fighting spirit in his career, and tried his best in the IT field until he let Microsoft dominate too much, which attracted an antitrust prosecution from the Ministry of Justice.

In the midst of all kinds of compliments and admiration brought by Apple, EA, and Fangyuan Computer, Tang Huan needed to cool himself down. The troubles created by the Internet can provide experiences and insights similar to frustration.

After Steve Ballmer took the chips handed over by Tang Huan who had just lost, he said seemingly unintentionally: "Recently, when I was purchasing entertainment equipment for the company, I found that the home video game console market has been developing on a large scale. Exaggerated price cuts that are almost at a loss, especially game cassettes, some of which only sell for two or three dollars, shouldn’t this be a harbinger of the collective collapse of this industry?”

"It's nothing more than the simple law of oversupply at work." Tang Huanyun smiled lightly, "Manufacturers like Commodore and Texas Instruments, which are using cheap personal computers to attack home video game consoles, still have some sense in their advertisements. , at the same price, buying a machine that can only play games is worse than buying a personal computer with both learning and game functions. In the final analysis, the threshold of this market is still too low. Everyone comes to share the profits. matter."

"The personal computer industry doesn't have such a risk, does it?" Paul Allen, who was sitting opposite Tang Huan, asked casually.

"Of course not. Personal computers are tools that will surely guide the future, while video game consoles are toys that may be frustrating. The upper limit of the market capacity of the former is not comparable to that of the latter." Tang Huan replied firmly, "However, we are now There is an urgent need to help the PC solve the problem that, in the eyes of many people, the PC is more trouble than it is good for."

"This needs to rely on software to function." Gates nodded as if realizing something.

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The four of them were all energetic lunatics, so the game lasted almost into the middle of the night.

However, Tang Huan inadvertently noticed that after getting up the next day, Paul Allen didn't look very well.

"Paul, have you had a physical examination recently? It seems that something is wrong with your health." Tang Huan, who was moved in his heart, gave Paul Allen a look and asked, and then said.

"I feel pretty good, and my mental state is pretty good now." Paul Allen replied disapprovingly, "If you have to talk about the condition, it may be that the weight has been losing. After returning to Seattle, I will go for a physical examination look,"

"Did you have obvious symptoms of night sweats when you woke up in the morning?" Tang Huan asked.

"How do you know?" Paul Allen was surprised.

"From the perspective of Chinese medicine, this symptom is kidney deficiency." Tang Huan waved his hand, "I'm going to Baozang Hospital to visit a child today. You can go for a physical examination by the way. It's free."

Tang Huan was so enthusiastic, Paul Allen agreed, and Gates and Steve Ballmer went to Silicon Valley.

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The child Tang Huan mentioned was, of course, Betty who had just received radiation therapy. Although the little girl was still very weak physically, she was still in good spirits.

"The effect of the treatment remains to be seen, and we cannot be optimistic." The doctor in charge confessed to Tang Huan.

"Do your best and obey the destiny." Tang Huan sighed.

During this period of time, Tang Huan, who rocketed to the position of a billionaire, had subtle psychological activities, almost a bit hypocritical, and was a little sensitive to philosophical topics such as life and death, reincarnation, and everything in the universe.Betty, who was about to die at a young age, naturally touched him especially.

Feeling inexplicably moved, Tang Huan wandered around and inspected the medical projects and laboratories funded by the Shennong Foundation.

Among them, Robert Gallo has achieved remarkable results in the diagnosis of HIV, and Viagra can almost enter the formal use stage and start attracting money.

On this day, Tang Huan was listening to the progress of using his own computer technology on medical testing equipment, which happened to catch up with the recruitment interview activities of its medical institutions.

After watching with cold eyes for a while, Tang Huan left through the side door when he saw nothing tricky.When he walked to the parking lot, a conversation between a Chinese man and woman caught his attention.

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"Hui Jia, how was the result of the interview?" the man asked.

"There are too many people applying for jobs. My interview will be in the afternoon. What about you?" the woman asked back.

"Yanle Entertainment Group appreciated my graduation short film very much, but we still have to wait for the results. I can feel that they seem to pay more attention to Chinese with American film education and professional background." The man replied with a smile.

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"This is a Chinese who studies directing." Tang Huan, who had this idea flashed in his mind, suddenly became interested. He was indeed asking his subordinates to pay attention to this talent.

After getting in the car, Tang Huanxing ordered his assistant wherever he went to invite the Chinese couple over to have a chat.

When meeting with that man, Tang Huan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said to himself, "Isn't this Li An! The one next to him is Lin Huijia. It seems that his business is really influential and has begun to attract many elites. Take the initiative to vote."

"Mr. Tang?" Li An was even more surprised, and asked uncertainly.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, "I overheard that you are here for an interview, can you show me your resume?"

Upon hearing this, Li An quickly sent the information about himself and Lin Huijia to Tang Huan respectfully.

Lin Huijia received a master's degree in microbiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is about to graduate with a Ph.D.

In addition to obtaining a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ang Lee went to the Film Production Institute of New York University in 1981 to study for a master's degree.

His two short films "Shades of the Lake" - "Shade of the Lake" and "Fine Line" - "Boundary Line" also have corresponding self-introductions.

"My medical laboratory is in need of high-quality researchers like Ms. Lin." Tang Huan smiled slightly, returned the materials to Li An, encouraged the driver to start the car and left after saying "have a good interview".

Li An looked at the Mercedes-Benz driving away, scratched his head, and muttered in confusion, "Why did Mr. Tang just praise you but leave me out?"

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Tang Huan, a Silicon Valley nouveau riche with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, in addition to hosting a sensational banquet in San Francisco to show his aura of local tyrants, he also has many tricks to share his success and benefits with others, which has become a topic that the outside world talks about.

For example, Tang Huan chartered a Concorde aircraft numbered 208 from Air France to carry out weekly round-trip flights between San Francisco and Hawaii, specially for his subordinates on vacation.

Although the Concorde has the advantage of supersonic speed, it was boycotted due to the noise problem. It did not make a big splash in the civil aviation market on the Atlantic route as it wished, so it had to adopt a variety of flexible operating methods, and people like Tang Huan Regal charter is the most popular.

Air France's Concorde aircraft performs flights between Paris and New York, and it takes about three and a half hours to cross the Atlantic Ocean, twice as fast as ordinary subsonic passenger planes, and has an extraordinary travel experience.

Of course, the cost of taking the Concorde is also quite expensive. The round-trip ticket price between Paris and New York has reached 3900 US dollars, which is at least 20.00% more expensive than the first-class cabin of an ordinary subsonic airliner.

Since the cruising speed of the Concorde can be faster than the moving speed of the morning and evening line, it can catch up with and surpass the rotation of the earth.

In other words, on the westbound route from San Francisco to Hawaii, the arrival time can be earlier than the departure time based on San Francisco local time, so that you can see the unique scene of the sun rising from the west.

Novelties such as these make employees who receive Hawaii vacation benefits rejoice, while others salivate with envy and scramble to win such rewards in the future.

Tang Huan asked his subordinates to take turns to take happy vacations, while he sat in Silicon Valley to handle various affairs.

He continued to take advantage of the situation to enhance the cohesion of his company, but Gates suffered another sap. His good friend and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, was diagnosed as Hodge after an examination at Treasure Hospital. King's disease.

The disease, a cancer in which the lesions spread in an orderly manner between lymph nodes, requires radiation therapy and, with the right measures, the chances of survival are high.

But the direct impact of this accident is that Paul Allen has to say goodbye to his current job, and Microsoft will lose an important leader.

Gates was stunned when he got the news. Microsoft was at a critical stage of development, but he was about to lose his right-hand man in his career.

Tang Huan's direct reaction was not only true, but also called evil.

Woz, the co-founder of Apple, suffered a crash and walked away before the death gate; now Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, has cancer again, and his life and death are unpredictable.

Could it be that these co-founders are under some spell?Otherwise, how could such an accident happen by such a coincidence.

(End of this chapter)