Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 479 Is Fangyuan Computer going to stumble?
For this kind of group grief, the busy Tang Huan quickly forgot about it after sighing. Gein's depression was immediately washed away by the fun of participating in the beach scene of "Hu Hua Qing Qing".

As the filming progressed, Deng Lijun and Tang Huan, who were already co-produced, cooperated more and more tacitly. At the same time, other personnel also adapted to the environment of this special crew and began to enter the state. .

In this movie, Teresa Deng, a charismatic singer, is surrounded by three followers with full of personality: the witty and cunning manager, Uncle Biao, the loyal and nagging housekeeper, Sister Lan, and the younger brother who always causes trouble Ah Jin of the bodyguard.

Uncle Biao is played by Dong Biao. He has long been the well-known host and horse critic of Li's TV horse racing show, the predecessor of Media Asia TV. He also occasionally appears in film and television works, such as playing the role of DreamWorks TV series "Fearless" Among them, Huo Yuanjia's father, Huo Endi, belongs to the "loyal minister" in the Media Asia TV camp and has not appeared in TVB programs so far.

Sister Lan is played by Roland, a Chinese-Indian mixed race. Although her popularity has not yet reached the level of "dragon mother-in-law" in the original time and space, she is also a senior old drama player. Entering the industry, he is known for his flirtatious, sinister, and gorgeous villain image.

When the wave of Hong Kong movies waned, Roland successfully moved to the small screen and played a kind mother in TV dramas. His kind, simple, and well-intentioned image was actually recognized by the audience.

Now that a new wave of Hong Kong film market is coming, Roland once again entered the big screen.With such a strong ability to adapt to the environment, you can't accept it.After all, Green Leaf is also an indispensable type of role. To achieve Roland's ease of use, the industry must recognize it.

The actor of Ah Jin is He Jiajin, produced by DreamWorks Artist Training Class, a newcomer. Last year, he and Guan Zhilin who returned to Xiangjiang acted as the male and female protagonists of the TV series "Goodbye Mad Cow", which can be regarded as an official debut.

If the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hadn't raised the tuition fees for international students after she came to power, He Jiajin should still be studying advertising design in the UK at this time.

For He Jiajin, who was born as a professional football player, was once selected for the Xiangjiang Youth Army and played for the Xiangjiang First Division Football League team, there is no problem with the martial arts during the filming process, and this participation qualification also fell from the sky big chance.

Therefore, even though the crew members are very active, the tall and powerful He Jiajin is still the most conspicuous assiduous person. The crew rushed to do some hard work, and even learned singing from Deng Lijun.

After Tang Huan heard the praise from Xu Anhua, Deng Lijun and others, he just smiled calmly, "Heaven rewards hard work, he will have his own opportunities."

According to the setting of the script, the seaside scene is a heavy emotional drama, so the crew specially booked a beautiful beach. Tang Huan and Deng Lijun played on the beach and went boating on the sea, almost forgetting that it was acting.

"Director, this shot has been completed." Chen Kexin reminded Xu Anhua in a low voice.

"It doesn't matter, we have endless film, continue." Xu Anhua said with a smile: "Didn't you see that Ms. Deng and Mr. Tang are getting better and better, and the artistic effect is very good. Coupled with Ms. Deng's song, the artistic conception is really real so perfect."

Due to Tang Huan's tight schedule, in order to reduce the possibility of supplementary scenes, Xu Anhua never skimped on the shots when filming, anyway, there is no need to worry about insufficient funds for filming.

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Recently, a United Artists science fiction film "WarGames" was released in North American theaters. It received rave reviews and caused a huge social sensation. Even President Reagan, who had just delivered a speech on the "Star Wars Project" , discussed the plot with members of Congress in a serious manner.

"War Games" can be said to be the first hacker movie. The outline of the story is that a high school student named David Letterman is a computer genius. He can easily enter the school's computer system and modify his own grades, so he is very interested in learning. He has no motivation and is obsessed with his favorite video games all day long.

In order to show off his abilities, David Letterman hacked into the computers of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and found a nuclear war-themed game on one of the computers, so he played it enthusiastically.

But David Letterman didn't know that this game was a real combat plan. Once the command was executed, it would be irreversible and mankind would fall into a nuclear war.

"War Games" used the public's fear of nuclear war and unknown new technology to scare all audiences severely. Even if the movie has a happy ending as always, it still makes people feel lingering.

Fangyuan Computer, Zheru Software, EA Games and other companies under the name of Tang Huan provided the most advanced technical support for "War Game", so the audience who welcomed and loved the movie turned their attention to these high-tech business,
Just as this craze continues to ferment, Fangyuan Computer Company has advanced the launch of the third generation of Fangyuan personal computers originally scheduled to be held at COMDEX in the spring. The new generation of Fangyuan personal computers equipped with MC68010 and Intel 80286 microprocessors has officially made its debut.

Due to the important features such as multitasking, MIDI audio, and VGS of the new generation video specification version 2.0, the third-generation Fangyuan PCs in the retail channels were sold out in an instant, making IBM, which was one step behind the project progress, jealous and anxious. .

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With the overall prosperity of the personal computer industry that can popularize the public, the accompanying IT media is also flourishing.Founded in 1982, "PC Magazine" - "Personal Computer Magazine", is a popular one.

"Personal Computer Magazine" has a notable feature in its content, that is, it makes preemptive reports on the latest hardware, software, technology, etc., in order to attract readers.

On this day, the founder and editor-in-chief Bonnell excitedly moved the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer, which he had finally snapped up, into the office.

"Didn't you say there are two models?" Another co-founder, Cheryl Wood, asked curiously.

"Fangyuan Computer Company has very strict channel control. The MC68010 model is only given priority to the enterprise market, and the retailer only has the Intel 80286 model." Bonnell replied and called a photographer to take pictures of the unboxing without stopping.

"The market retail price is 4999 US dollars, the display is made in Taiwan, the keyboard and mouse are made in mainland China, the microprocessor is Intel 80286 produced by Intel original factory, the operating frequency is 12.5MHz, the memory is 512 KB, and two 3.5-inch floppy disk drives , with 12 system floppy disks, no hard disk..." Bonnell said to Cheryl Wood, who was in charge of recording, like a few treasures.

After this link is completed, the product evaluation immediately enters the trial and "copy machine" stage.

After connecting all the components of the computer and starting the system, Bonnell quickly put the two floppy disks into the drive and started the word processing software WordEasy and the MIDI FM synthesized music player software respectively.

"It's really multitasking. In the future, I can write manuscripts and listen to music at the same time." Bonnell patted the simple speaker, his face full of joy.

"Quickly, run the game "Great Voyage", the video and sound effects must be extraordinary." The editor in charge of the software content report couldn't wait to urge.

Bonnell knew that this guy had developed a gaming addiction, and he wanted to "copy the machine" anyway, so he got up and moved out of his seat.

As a result, the compliments of "Stereo is so cool" and "VGS 2.0 is so perfect" lingered in my ears for more than two hours.

Fortunately, this game fan didn't go crazy enough to forget to eat lunch, but when he returned to work, he let out a heart-piercing exclamation, "Oh my god, is this a crash?"

Bonnell heard the sound and rushed over. He saw obvious stripes appearing on the monitor screen of the Fangyuan computer. After typing the keyboard a few times, the computer showed no response.

"I hope it's just a crash." Bunnell's eyes flashed and he pressed the Reset button on the main chassis.

When the computer restarted, the streaking was visible again on the monitor screen just during the BIOS stage.

"Is this a problem with the monitor, or a problem with the host?" Bonnell muttered to himself.

"Our $5000..." Cheryl Wood sighed from the side.

"No, the price is worth it." Bonnell smiled playfully, then reached out to touch the main chassis and monitor, "It's so hot, I'll try again after the temperature cools down."

After confirming that the symptoms were still the same, Bonnell, who was not heartbroken at all, asked everyone present, "Do you think we will be the first to discover the defects of Fangyuan's new PC products, and it may be the first to stumble? media?"

"In any case, it's right to rush to report." Cheryl Wood replied excitedly.

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The excitement of the personal computer industry is by no means a matter of undercurrents.

After the vigorous spreadsheet software war and graphical user interface system war, another eye-catching news has been moved to everyone's eyes——Osborne Computer Company, the first company in the industry to successfully launch commercial portable personal computers, has only been successful for two years time, due to poor management, may have to apply for bankruptcy protection.

Although this news has not been officially confirmed by Osborne Computer Company, the media has been impatient to ridicule the founder of this company, Adam Osborn. There seem to be hundreds of reasons to prove that this person was doomed from the start.

The reason why Adam Osborne is so criticized is that after the Osborne1 shines, its failure rate of 15.00% has not been effectively resolved for a long time.

At the same time, Adam Osborne focused his main attention on dressing up all day long and attending various social activities with bankers.

This behavior created an impression on the outside world that Adam Osborne is a guy who can only talk but not do anything, and is vain.

In a fiercely competitive market, followers always flock to the market. Osborne1 soon encountered its rival Kaypro II, which was engaging in a price war, and seemed very passive.

At this time, Fangyuan Computer Company entered this field with lightning speed and launched the Fangyuan portable personal computer, which dominated the price range of more than 3000 US dollars and capped this field.

Afterwards, Compaq launched the Compaq portable personal computer, representing the IBM-PC camp, and competed fiercely with the Fangyuan portable personal computer in the price range of US$2800 to US$3600.

After the formation of this pattern, companies with average technical strength such as Osborne and Kaypro were forced to only manage products worth about US$2000.

In fact, even if a company like this is given a chance, it can’t make a difference in the high-end field. easy.

In order to regain the initiative in the face of Kaypro II, Adam Osborne announced in a very high profile that the follow-up models of Osborne 1 - Osborne Executive and Osborne Vixen are under development and will be available soon.

But Adam Osborne actually fired an empty cannon. The progress of the projects of Osborne Executive and Osborne Vixen has not reached the level of showing off.

Moreover, after Adam Osborne released the news, the progress of the project team could not keep up in time.

But consumers don't know, since more powerful models will be launched soon, let's let go of the Osborne 1, which has a high failure rate.

This wait-and-see mentality directly led to a sharp drop in the sales of Osborne 1, the current flagship product of Osborne Computer Company, and even canceled some previous orders.

As a result, Adam Osborne not only failed to snipe his competitor Kaypro with smoke bombs as he wished, but also shot himself in the foot instead, causing Osborne1 to fall into the quagmire.

The media quickly figured out what was going on. After all, this tactic is not new.

I think when Adam Osborne was an industry commentator, he justly criticized those immoral behaviors of releasing false news and tricking investors into investing funds in advance when the results of product development are in the foreseeable future.

In the recent graphical user interface system war, Microsoft used the $250 Windows 1.0, which has not yet been seen, to throw a big smoke bomb at VisiCorp's VisiOn. However, the matter has not yet been exposed, and outsiders have no way of knowing.

It is conceivable that in the end Adam Osborne became the target of wanton ridicule by the media who are not afraid of big things.

What made him even more embarrassed was that major business schools used this failed business operation case as a negative teaching material for careful study, and named it the Osborne Effect—the Osborne Effect.

Don't bring such a spoiled person!

Adam Osborne was extremely depressed, but there was nothing he could do. He still had to find a way to save the Osborne Computer Company, which was slipping into the abyss of bankruptcy. After all, it was a painstaking effort.

After all, he is a veteran who has been in Silicon Valley for more than ten years. Adam Osborn quickly straightened out his thinking.In order to get out of the woods, Osborne Computers had to launch the next generation of products immediately.

However, the project development of Osborne Executive and Osborne Vixen is stagnating, and it is impossible to produce results that meet the needs.

The raging standard war between IBM-PC and Fangyuan personal computer made Adam Osborne, who has always been good at observing industry dynamics, realize that this field may eventually be divided up by the largest hardware platforms, including Osborne series products. For the rest, there is only one dead end.

But this also has an advantage. As long as the technology of compatible machines can be obtained, manufacturers will save a lot of R&D resources from 0 to 1, and enjoy the benefits.

Osborne Computer Company, which is troubled by new products, might as well seize this opportunity and launch IBM-PC or Fangyuan PC compatible machines as the next generation products.

So which one of the two major personal computer standards is better to choose?
After careful consideration, Adam Osborn decided to choose the Fangyuan personal computer which charges a licensing fee.

Gein, although the technical specification of IBM-PC is released free of charge, Compaq Computer has not received technical support from IBM. It is completely based on unilateral groping and step-by-step imitation of compatible machines, and because of BIOS problems, it is handed over to Big Blue's $100 million protection fee.

Although the Fangyuan personal computer is not free, technical support can be obtained accordingly to speed up the progress of the project.

You know, what Osborne Computer Company lacks most now is time.I can completely rely on my friendship with some bankers to raise a sum of money and exchange funds for time.

What's more, I and Tang Huan are old acquaintances, and I believe there are some things to discuss.

Adam Osborne, who wanted to understand the stakes, no longer hesitated, and went straight to Cupertino in Silicon Valley to visit Tang Huan.

Obviously, Adam Osborn rushed to nothing, but fortunately, he met John Chambers, the CEO of Fangyuan Computer Company.

John Chambers, who has just released the third-generation Fangyuan personal computer in advance, has long known the boss's attitude towards Adam Osborn through his usual communication with Tang Huan, especially recently he has received a proposal to do his best to expand the Intel 8086 model Secret indication of product market share.

"Since Osborne Computer Company is currently in a difficult situation, let's take the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan Computer Intel 8086 model first, and talk about other things later." John Chambers expressed his position very happily.

"Thank you so much." Adam Osborn, who was in trouble at home and abroad, was greatly moved by this kindness.In the ruthless capital world, the human touch of Fangyuan Computer Company is too precious.

The two were chatting happily, and the assistant hurriedly delivered a newspaper to John Chambers.

"We also encountered a problem." John Chambers frowned after reading the newspaper, and smiled wryly at Adam Osborne.

(End of this chapter)