Giant of the times

When Wang Lie left, he was so frightened that his face turned pale. Although he was uneducated, he also knew what Microsoft's release of Word word processing software meant to Wang An's company, and he couldn't help but feel scared. He followed the ambulance to the hospital in fear all the way. If something happened to his father, the sky would fall...

"Doctor, how is my dad?"

"Don't worry, I just passed out, nothing serious."

Wang Lie breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the news that Wang An was knocked unconscious at a Microsoft product launch quickly spread.

The noon news of major TV stations reported this incident one after another, and the stock price of Wang An Computer Company plummeted, with the trend of falling thousands of miles!

In the hospital, Wang An asked about the company's situation as soon as he woke up. Wang Lie was hesitant and speechless.

"How much has the company's stock price fallen?!" Wang An shouted at Wang Lie.

"So far, the stock price has dropped by at least 4 US dollars!" Wang Lie spoke out for fear of being scolded by his father.

"No, I want to return to the company immediately to stabilize morale!" Wang An said, standing up from the bed.

"Dad, the doctor said it's best for you to rest in the hospital for a day or two..." Wang Lie stopped him from getting out of bed.

"Go away! If I don't return to Wang An Computer Company, the stock price will continue to fall!"

Wang Lie couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to stop it in his heart.

Wang An Computer Company's stock price continued to plummet, and his family wealth shrank significantly.

On the other side, Li Zetian also sent someone to keep an eye on Wang An's physical condition. It was just an unintentional mistake. He didn't expect that Wang An would be fainted. Thinking about it, Wang An has been having a smooth sailing over the past few years because he has won against the computer giant IBM many times. He was a little carried away. , he never expected that he, a young man in his early twenties, would fall into a big trap. He was so upset that he became depressed. As a result, the moment the Word word processing software appeared, it finally broke out, causing him to faint.

"As long as everything is fine, everyone says that shopping malls are like battlefields, but I am not despicable enough to deliberately kill people. What's more, Microsoft faces many enemies, and Wang An Computer Company is not the most powerful player among them. ! Our goal is to defeat all opponents!”

In the Microsoft office, Li Zetian said to Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Gary Kildare and others, "No matter what, Word software will definitely be very popular. In the next period of time, the company will be very busy. Everyone effort!"

"Yeah!" Everyone nodded in unison.

Now, Microsoft has four popular products. The first is of course the Microsoft-DOS operating system, the second is the Excel spreadsheet, the third is the Word word processing software, and the fourth is the BASIC language. With these four products, Microsoft has become a world-class software company!

On the day the Word conference ended, Wall Street valued Microsoft at $2 billion!

Of course, in Li Zetian's opinion, this valuation is very low, because currently people generally value hardware, and software is often just ancillary products.

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Wang An is not dead, but his health is much worse than before. It seems that he may "turn over" ahead of schedule.

Wang An's prestige is still very high in the United States. After he was discharged from the hospital, the stock price of Wang An Computer Company was curbed. Although it was still falling, it was not as sharp as before. However, the company's market value has fallen below US$5 billion. At this time, many people in the company made suggestions to develop personal computers. Wang An was somewhat hesitant about this. Developing a personal computer would mean giving up the company's most profitable product at the moment - the Wang An word processor.

"Personal computers are indeed a development trend, but the market is not big enough yet. Wait a minute... Wangan word processors still have a lot of room for development, especially in Asia and Europe. They should be markets we urgently need to explore!"

When Wang An said this, his tone was very confident. Yes, he admitted that personal computers had a lot of potential, but the market was not big enough that he didn't bother to get into it. When the market becomes bigger, he believes that as long as Wang An Computer Company launches a personal computer, it will definitely get a share of the pie. This extremely powerful, or somewhat blind, confidence has always been derived from the success he has achieved for decades!

Obviously, in his later years, Wang An was dazzled by victory and became arrogant and arrogant.

By the time he decided that Wang An Computer Company would enter the personal computer market, it was already too late.

After the release of Word software, it was sold in major shopping malls, and there was an endless stream of users coming to buy it. When major printer manufacturers promote their products, they also promote Word software, which makes it easier to sell them.

A week later, the Word software had sold more than 60,000 copies, selling for $200 on its own. The price is really not expensive. You know, the first Windows version of Word was released in 1989 for $500. Now it is just a regular version. Microsoft will also develop professional version, small business version, home and student version, etc., and the prices will naturally vary. The same goes for Excel spreadsheets.

The popularity of Word word processing software has naturally driven the sales of Excel spreadsheets, with 35,000 copies sold in one week.

It is extremely rare for a software company to make as much money as Microsoft at the moment. Excel and Word just solve the office needs of enterprises, and the majority of personal computer users are precisely the white-collar workers sitting in the office.

A month later, when Li Zetian saw that Wang An Computer Company had no attitude towards transformation, but instead increased the development and promotion of word processors in an effort to open up the US overseas market, he knew that Wang An Computer Company was completely hopeless.

"In this era, the Chinese still have to rely on me to support their future!!!"

After Li Zetian returned to the villa, he began to learn about robots and artificial intelligence. People have to find a goal for themselves. Li Zetian hopes to make major breakthroughs and contributions in this area. In his previous life, he was only in his early 20s and did not have time to learn many things, such as electronic engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence and other knowledge. Otherwise, why did he have to ask a technical guru like Wozniak to help him when he developed the first-generation personal computer Apple-l...

RB accounts for eight of the top ten robotics patent companies in the world! ! !

If the robot had very powerful artificial intelligence, wouldn't RB be a fortress? !

What kind of horror would it be if the world was filled with RB robots with artificial intelligence? Li Zetian really couldn't imagine it.

"You study and research here alone, why don't you invite those skilled people to study together?" Yu Jingqiu made a cup of Blue Mountain coffee for Li Zetian and placed it on his desk.

"Don't worry, I have to understand it myself before inviting them to join. I don't remember who said this. He said, 'Don't easily get involved in areas you are not familiar with!' When it comes to robotics and artificial intelligence, I do I’m not familiar with it, and it may cost a lot of R\u0026D money, so I have to be cautious.”

"Well, what you said makes sense. Oh, by the way, Nolan Bushnell just called and said that the Atari 2600 has been developed. A press conference will be held at the end of May and it will be released globally on June 1."

When Li Zetian heard this, his face lit up with joy, he took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Haha, our money tree is finally born!"

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