Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 978 Thirty-six thousand points of the Dow is not a big deal
Akio Morita's reputation is very high, and it is not limited to one country.The reason why Sony's brand can go global is largely due to the fact that the founder once moved to New York, USA, and worked hard to build connections.

There is no doubt that Akio Morita is a great talent worthy of admiration.Even Steve Jobs, who had always been dissatisfied with others, put it on his appreciation list.

After hearing the news of Akio Morita's death, Jobs showed a regretful expression.

Tang Huan teased, "With the further expansion of the digital music market and the steady increase in the iPod's market share, Sony's Walkman will be replaced in a few years. It is estimated that when Akio Morita was lying on the hospital bed , miss this incredible threat from a company that makes personal computers."

Jobs smiled meanly: "Then use a market frenzy of the second generation of iPod and iPod_shuffle to pay tribute to the late Akio Morita."

"If you want to pay tribute to the deceased Akio Morita with more brilliant achievements, you must first have a healthy body that can live longer, so that you can realize your ideals one after another." Tang Huan stood up and said: "Let's go together Hospital, do a checkup."

Jobs subconsciously asked, "Check what?"

Tang Huan laughed dumbly and said, "This is no nonsense, of course it's a physical examination."

Jobs showed apprehension on his face, "I'm not going. It's not good to go to the hospital with you. I remember that Andy Grove discovered prostate cancer when he went to the hospital with you for examination."

"What do you mean? Think of me as a plague god who spreads diseases?" Tang Huan scolded dumbfoundedly: "Aren't you putting the cart before the horse? If Andy Grove hadn't discovered that he had prostate cancer early, he might have gone to the hospital by now." Another world reported."

"I just suffered from a kidney stone last year, and I have recovered long ago, and I am in good health." Jobs stubbornly declined, "Also, I have my own doctor."

Even though Jobs was not generally annoying when he got angry, he had always been a veritable workaholic, which confirmed the conclusion that success equals one percent genius plus 90.00 percent hard work.

With Tang Huan's protection, Jobs's return to Apple Computer was decent and smooth, but he had to face a variety of very practical doubts when it came to actual work.

In addition, it was not easy for Jobs to sort out the messy Apple computer production line after he left for more than ten years.

As a result, Jobs suffered from kidney stones last year due to a combination of stress and fatigue.

It can be seen that Jobs didn't pay attention to this minor problem at all.

However, Tang Huan knew Jobs too well.This guy's arrogance even includes his own physical health.

"Just take it as a re-examination." Tang Huan smiled slightly, "You can't always have a salary of one dollar. According to the current business situation, Apple Computer should be able to return to the Fuxing Institute in the next fiscal year. Necessary normal track."

"I think that when the time comes, the board of directors of Apple Computer should re-discuss your option allocation plan. And as you have a heavy responsibility, shouldn't you make preparations early to show that your physical health is enough to meet greater expectations? ?”

Jobs, who was hit by the door, said angrily: "Okay, then I will accompany you for a walk."

So, the two went to Baozang Hospital invested by Tang Corporation together for a comprehensive physical examination.

Tang Huan specifically and quietly told the doctor, "Pay close attention to Steve Jobs's pancreas to see if there is any problem, or there may be a problem."

Of course, since Jobs had kidney stones before, Treasure Hospital must first focus on his kidneys and ureters.

Judging from the examination results that can be obtained on the spot, Tang Huan and Jobs, both 44 years old this year, are in good health; as for further examination results, they will not be available until later.

Jobs, who felt that he had escaped the "Down's Curse", muttered proudly, "I'll just say, my health is fine."

Tang Huan, who didn't take such complaints to heart, laughed: "Anyway, after the inspection, I don't feel at ease."

After this episode passed, Jobs began to officially release the second generation iPod and iPod_shuffle in high spirits, and then started to use various tricks to promote the products.

Compared to last year when the iPod generation first emerged, digital music content mainly came from Yanle Entertainment Group's authorization, this year Apple Computer has received more support from content suppliers.

For example, Jobs has been obsessed with the Beatles music license. After being rejected last year, he finally won this year as he wished.

It has to be said that these record companies are quite powerful, watching the iPod ecological chain develop steadily.After forming a set of feasible business profit models, they followed up quickly and decisively.

You know, the current record companies are busy crusading against unauthorized digital music sharing sites on the Internet, and have sued the most typical Napster to court. In the midst of the uproar, it just fits the "traffic is king" approach and helped the other party advertise. , additionally attracting thousands of admirers to flock here.

EMI, which holds the authorization of the Beatles' works, let go of Jobs this time, which is also a kind of surrender to reality to a certain extent.

The lawsuit still needs to be sued, but Yanle Entertainment Group is not at all as timid as its peers in the Internet operation of digital music. Anyway, it can make its artists feel the benefits of this part of the profit, which is enough to alleviate the need to break the tradition. Face the pressure now.

Take the massive launch of the second-generation iPod and iPod_shuffle as an example. In addition to digital music, Yanle Entertainment Group has also officially introduced audiobooks, and launched the digital audio version of "The Matrix". Its content is read by Jodie Foster, the two-time Academy Award-winning actress.

You know, compared with the original time and space, with the content being able to rigorously "justify itself", the release time catching up with the wave of the Internet, the halo of the richest man, the operation is powerful, and the film production can complete the trilogy in one go, etc., "The Matrix" It was indescribably hot.

After the first two parts of the movie "The Matrix" trilogy were released on Christmas last year and this summer respectively, the last part will soon be released to the general audience.

Among them, the global box office of the first part is more than 5 million US dollars, and the global box office of the second part is nearly [-] million US dollars, which is not inferior to "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", which was also released this summer.

Therefore, the "Matrix" movie series, which proved to be free from the trap of powerless sequels, made fans look forward to the finale.

Taking advantage of this shareholder style, the second generation of iPod and iPod_shuffle launched the "Matrix" commemorative edition, which immediately became more and more popular. Apple Computer optimistically increased sales from 20 units in the same period last year to 28 units, thus creating A successful business example.

In addition to "The Matrix", Yanle Entertainment Group has also launched an audio version of another best-selling book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by British female writer Joanna Rowling.

As the so-called fortune is, in the context of unprecedented globalization, intricate elements such as the promotion of Christian views and the feelings of the Victorian era can only be understood and indescribably integrated, making "Harry Potter and Magic Since its publication in [-], The Stone has been widely acclaimed, and this year it topped the New York Times best-selling novel list.

The introduction of the audio book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by the second generation of iPod is a further refinement of the market, and it is estimated that it will occupy a higher proportion of this year's Christmas gifts.

It has to be said that compared to the current Internet era where one wave overwhelms the other, there are countless. COM has already realized the great law of "flow is king", Apple Computer's iPod, in the coming digital music era, has obtained the true meaning of "content is king".

In the field of computer hardware, there is also this phenomenon of chasing the ultimate, that is, "speed is king".Such as bus, memory, graphics card, hard disk, especially CPU, it is even more dazzling for hardware enthusiasts.

Zheru's RISC microprocessor Holder has officially launched 1 GHz and 1.2 GHz versions for the commercial field, including the latest technologies such as copper process, super pipeline, 64-bit, dual-thread, etc., and has become the most powerful CPU at present. .

With Zheru's Holder as a benchmark, in the field of RISC microprocessors, IBM's POWER, Sun Microsystems' Sparc, etc. are working hard to catch up.

As for the x86 field, which has already represented the technical direction of CISC microprocessors, the situation is a bit chaotic.

Originally, Inger was the absolute leader, but Pentium 2, which may have solved all the criticisms of the previous generation products and absorbed many satisfactory advantages of the previous generation products, was too successful, and Inger fell behind again. , the performance of its Pentium 3, launched at the beginning of this year, was simply appalling.

The first issue that bears the brunt is that, for reasons of safety, Inger added a unique serial number in the world to each Pentium 3 chip, which caused an uproar.

Gein users believe that this unique serial number in the world, instead of helping to alleviate the increasingly severe computer security problems, can easily become a "back door" and fall into the big pit of exposing privacy.

In the face of overwhelming voices of crusade, Inger quickly lost the battle and provided a software to allow users to decide to turn off or turn on the function of this globally unique serial number, while motherboard manufacturers directly set it in the BIOS. is off by default.

In this way, the turmoil was finally calmed down.

The significance of this incident to the richest man is that it taught him a vivid lesson.

Because Tang Huan also wanted to add such identification codes to his own products to facilitate management and control, so he watched Intel go to mine.

Now that the results have come out, users are no longer ignorant than they were in the past few years. They care about all aspects related to their own interests. Even if they don't understand at first, the Internet will tell them until they understand.

Therefore, if you don’t want to be taken advantage of by coveters hiding on the side, it’s better not to feel uncomfortable.

However, this globally unique serial number, which is regarded as a back door by users, is not the real shortcoming of Pentium 3.The unsatisfactory performance of its products is the real opportunity for rival AMD to catch up.

A few months after the launch of Pentium 3, AMD took out its latest generation of x86 microprocessor K7, also known as Athlon, and beat Pentium 3 cleanly.

The team that Gein designed the Athlon CPU mainly came from DEC that had been disassembled and acquired and disappeared in the long river of history.They used the mature RISC microprocessor technology of the original owner to make AMD surpass Intel for the first time in the excellence of its product architecture.

The most telling point is that AMD is busy making Athlon win the title of "speed is king" and become the first 86 GHz microprocessor in the x1 field; Allowed, but the lack of its own design limits the sprint to 3 GHz.

Ups and downs are the norm.

The richest man is not worried about the possible collapse of Intel because of this. It has a deep enough foundation and has an old problem of "squeezing out toothpaste". It must have a little brother AMD behind it with a whip to drive it forward smoothly.

Tang Huan is interested in how the strong performance of the Holder, which operates at a frequency exceeding 1GHz, will bring a leap to the special effects of movies.

To this end, Mr. Richest specially went to the post-production department of the superhero movie of the same name adapted from Marvel Comics' "X-Men" and produced by James Cameron.

After the trip, Tang Huan was immediately sure that Hollywood blockbusters were about to enter a new world.

At this time, Jinge took a book and presented it to Mr. Richest Man as a treasure, and introduced excitedly: "Dad, this book "Dow Jones Industrial Average [-] Points: How to Profit in the Future Bull Market" The New Strategy, since it was published on October [-]st, has gone viral. Look."

Tang Huan casually flipped through a few pages, and then said calmly: "It is estimated that after your child is born, you will see the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach [-] points."

Jinge said with a smile: "Dad, do you mean that you don't agree with the views in the book? However, this book was co-authored by two economic experts, James Glassman and Kevin Hassett. It is currently The best-selling book in the United States must have some merit."

"Moreover, the current Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq are one step away from 1 and [-] respectively."

"According to this trend, according to the analysis of James Glassman and Kevin Hassett, it is not impossible for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach [-] points between [-] and [-]. .”

"Yes, if the world is peaceful, maybe it can be done." Mr. Richest Man put down the book casually and pointed out: "Others believe in these young and frivolous opinions, which is only good for us, but we can't really do it with enthusiasm. Bewitched."

(End of this chapter)