Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Like its competitor Berkeley, Stanford University is also a top university in the San Francisco area. The world-famous Silicon Valley is developed on its site, and the two universities are not far away.

Unlike the free and open atmosphere on the campus of Berkeley, the campus of Stanford University is relatively strict and conservative. This can be seen from the formal attire of the audience, perhaps because one is a public university and the other is a private university. , Tang Huan is also not sure why.

Due to the commercial atmosphere brought by Silicon Valley, the teachers and students of Stanford University seemed to be very busy. After the event, they all left the scene in a hurry.

Tang Huan rubbed the center of his brows and let out a long breath. He felt that it is reasonable for the American president to earn money through speeches after leaving office. Haven't gotten used to Lao Mei's way of putting on a show yet.

Turning his gaze, Tang Huan saw a young man who was not a few years older than himself sitting in a daze, so he asked, Why are you still here? Is there any problem?

The young man smiled, pointing to the Apple computer used for demonstration and said with a smile: Seeing how excellent this spreadsheet calculation software CGrid is, I suddenly felt a little emotional.

Tang Huan let out an oh, and said in his heart that I just lamented that the speech was not easy, and you lamented that my software is good, and you have a good understanding.

After subconsciously looking at the young man carefully, Tang Huan's heart was shocked, as if he had discovered another major archaeological achievement.

My name is Charles Simeone. Seeing Tang Huan staring at him, he introduced himself.

From your accent, it seems to be from Europe. Tang Huan nodded and asked a seemingly casual question.

I am a Hungarian. After obtaining a degree in engineering applied mathematics and mathematical statistics from Berkeley, I entered Stanford University and obtained a master's and a doctorate in computer science. I am currently working at Xerox PARC not far from here.

Listening to the other party's eloquence, Tang Huan confirmed that the Charles Simeone in front of him was Gates' right-hand man in his previous life. He once spent 25 million US dollars to become a senior software engineer who became the fifth space tourist in history. The way outstanding people entered Microsoft in 1981 turned out to be self-recommendation.

It turned out that after Simeone decided to leave PARC, his colleague, Ethernet inventor, company founder and chairman Robert Metcalfe, made a list of job-seeking suggestions for him, among which Microsoft was ranked first , As a result, Gates recruited a general so easily.

After joining Microsoft, Simeone began to be in charge of the spreadsheet software Multiplan project. This product was a very dangerous competitor that Tang Huan had always cared about.

It was a godsend opportunity. I never thought that I would meet such a heavyweight technical expert. Tang Huan's eyes were shining brightly, and he began to think about how to dig Gates' corner in advance and recruit this person. As for whether Microsoft's development will suffer setbacks because of this cut-off, it's not within his consideration. Anyway, he doesn't have any shares in Microsoft. Maybe in the future, when Microsoft can't support IBM, he can take advantage of the fire and steal from Gates. get more benefits.

I've heard about you. There's an amazing project in PARC called the Alto PC. You wrote the text editor Bravo for the Alto computer.

Tang Huan praised the other party with a smile on his face. He is more or less a man of the hour now. As soon as he said this,

Immediately lifted Simeone's spirits.

By the way, has the Alto personal computer entered the commercialization stage now? Tang Huanming asked knowingly.

Simeone shook his head with a look of disappointment on his face, No.

That's a pity, no matter how great an invention is, it's useless if it can't serve to change the world. Tang Huan sighed sympathetically, I heard that many people in PARC have jumped out to start companies, have you come out to work? Thoughts, Zerone welcomes outstanding talents like you very much, as long as you join in, you can get shares in the company and let everyone develop together.”

A trace of excitement flashed across Simeone's face, but he still hesitated, Thank you very much for your invitation, can you let me think about it.

Of course. Tang Huan smiled heartily, In this way, you and I will go to Zerone to have a look at it. I can guarantee that the company can provide you with greater room for improvement than PARC.

Digging for talents is all about quick hands and slow hands. Tang Huan enthusiastically invited Simeone into his car.

in history. Throughout the 1980s after joining Microsoft, Simeone's experience was somewhat similar to some tragic characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Under his auspices, Multiplan was successfully launched in 1982, but was defeated by Lotus1-2-3. In 1985, Word was successfully launched, but was finally beaten to the ground by WordPerfect.

Gates looks gentle and polite on the surface, but he has the title of iron-blooded and ruthless tyrant inside the company. He wants to roar loudly when his products fail in the market. For more than 20 years, it can be said that he is a good cow who works hard without complaint. How can Tang Huan not be moved by these advantages.

In fact, the spreadsheet software and word processing software that Simeone was in charge of were both excellent. The reason why the market performance was not satisfactory was mainly because the market competition was too fierce and complicated at that time, and there was also IBM's finger pointing.

Taking Multiplan as an example, IBM required the design target to be a computer with 64K memory out of weird market considerations. As a result, the performance will inevitably be limited, and Lotus1-2-3 is designed for 256K memory, and Simone is the first When I saw this competitor's product for the first time, I immediately realized that it was bad.

It can also be seen from this that Big Blue has been making desperate moves on its own in the personal computer market. Only then did it make a wedding dress for Microsoft step by step, and was robbed of customers by other compatible computers. The loss was serious, and the business was almost split up.

Simeone's failure record in the 1980s can only be said to be a non-war fault, and besides his programming skills, this person is also very talented in software management.

If you think about the tens of millions of lines of code in Windows and Office in the previous life, you can know how many programmers are working together, and this successful management system mainly comes from Simeone's design.

Now that there are more and more technicians in Zerone, they are also beginning to face the problem of how to divide and collaborate with the highest efficiency. If Simeone is brought into the team, Tang Huanke will be much more relaxed.

Compared with when it was first established, Zerone's office area has expanded several times, and with energetic employees, it looks like it is actively expanding. .

After entering the company, every time Tang Huan walked through an office area, he would first solemnly introduce, This is Charles Simeone. Then he would explain the projects in charge of this area.

Having received such a degree of respect, Simeone couldn't hide his emotion.

Taking advantage of the information asymmetry of the reborn, when Tang Huan wins over historical celebrities who have undergone archaeological demonstrations, he can always find the weak point in the other party's heart.

Coming to the United States from Hungary with a completely different ideology, Simeone didn't know what kind of difficult process he went through, and his father was also affected by it. And the United States is not a paradise for casual charity. Simeone also encountered many problems encountered by immigrant students at Berkeley. As a foreign student, he could not get a scholarship, and it was not easy to get a job if he had proof of computer programming ability. It's so sad that I can't say enough, no wonder I was moved by Tang Huan's heart-attacking technique.

Simeone followed Tang Huan to visit the three major project teams, CGrid, WordEasy and MA, and was immediately amazed at Zerone's technical strength.

This is a secret project that the company is developing, a relational database that can run on a microcomputer. I have preliminarily completed an execution engine that can execute some SQL statements. Come and see the results.

Seeing the results demonstrated by Tang Huan in person, Simeone was completely stunned. The relational model and the database designed according to this theory are still an extremely advanced field, and only IT giants like IBM are capable of research. Think of seeing the actual development results here.

When following Tang Huan through a large office isolated from the previous area, Simeone saw that Tang Huan hesitated for a moment, but finally opened the door and walked in, The project here is the company's top secret, I plan to In the field of game consoles or cheap microcomputers, launch a practical product, this is the project leader, Dr. Jian Mingren.

Dazed, Simeone shook hands with the Chinese engineer in front of him. After walking out of the office, he finally made a decision, let go of his reserve, and said, Mr. Tang, I am convinced by your ambition and the company's prospects. Would love to join your team.

When Tang Huan heard this, he laughed heartily, patted Simeone on the shoulder and said, Then you should come to the company to report as soon as possible. You are responsible for the two major project teams of CGrid and WordEasy. This is your old profession.

Simeone didn't understand where the meaning of old business came from, but seeing that the boss was so happy after getting his affirmative answer, he didn't have the nerve to ask the bottom line.

Although the development of personal computers is still in the dawn stage, the entire computer industry has produced a large number of outstanding people after decades of upgrading, but Tang Huan is not qualified to win over these old guys who have achieved fame, so like A potential stock like Simeone is a rare treasure, not to mention that this person has worked at Microsoft for 20 years in his previous life, so his loyalty is even more commendable.

Go, go to my office and have a good chat.

Tang Huan led Simeone to his office, delivered coffee with his own hands, and then began to instill his own technical concepts and brainwash him.

While talking happily, Wang Xuehong came in to report, Bill Gates from Microsoft called and wanted to make an appointment to visit you.

What? Tang Huan's face changed upon hearing the news.

Just as he dug Gates' corner in advance, he came to kill him?

But Tang Huan came to his senses immediately. Gates didn't know Simeone at this time, so he was too worried.

Then arrange it until tomorrow. By the way, tell the engineers to keep it secret. Gates is very insidious. The purpose of coming to us is to steal technology, and he must not be taken advantage of.