Rebirth of the Tech Madman

All kinds of mutual testing and bargaining are the most boring.

It is nothing more than that Reijiro Hattori wants to improve his status within the family by promoting the development of the main business of the Seiko Group, and the batch of natural gemstones controlled by Tang Huan's Shennong Fund will be sold sooner or later. What needs to be considered is nothing more than how to To maximize both fame and fortune, it's okay to tilt on Japan's side, anyway, they are not short of money now.

In fact, the result of mutual compromise between the two parties. It can be called a win-win situation, and it cannot be simply measured by the amount on paper.

After the Hattori family relegated to the second place in Epson, they can still enjoy the rewards of the company's rapid development, while Tang Huan quietly obtained the most important precision processing technology.

The value of this kind of technical background accumulated by Japan over the past few decades cannot be fully evaluated by Reijiro Hattori, who is focused on the position of the patriarch.

His cooperation proposal has little resistance within the family, and Epson's management is looking forward to falling into Tang Huan's arms as soon as possible. The entire power transfer process was completed at an alarming speed. Seeking listing news.

All in all, the whole Epson welcomed Tang Huan, who came as the new owner, peacefully. With a slight exception, the watch department was a little uneasy about its future.

Tang Huan was also scratching his head. Epson’s watch business was the foundation of the company’s start-up. At present, ￥◎, ww☆w. It is mainly sold through Seiko’s channel. But he was reluctant to separate this department to the Seiko Group.

After repeated consideration, Tang Huan decided. It is better to maintain the current structure. So specifically appease this department. And promise not to ignore relevant input.

Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, where Epson is headquartered. It's not a modern metropolis in the general sense, but Tang Huan didn't bother to make a big change. Anyway, in the original time and space, it has been staying in this secluded place without causing any inconvenience.

After holding the power, Tang Huan finally fulfilled his wish and issued an order to develop inkjet printers. He must not let HP specialize in the former, and dot matrix printers can only continue the 24-needle project. It also has to deal with the catching up of other competitors.

Judging from the current market research, in 1981, that is, this year, Epson will still maintain its leading position in the dot matrix printer market, but it will be hard to say until next year. Japan's technological advantages are overall. When money is made on computer printers, other companies will naturally follow suit.

After Tang Huan let his subordinates have a clear understanding of these unavoidable competitions. He ignored it and asked Yaskawa Hideaki to form a team.

Immediately sent to the special zone in the mainland to investigate the construction of the factory.

Tang Huan and Sun Zhengyi met in Taidong after personally eagerly sending the flattered employees on the plane to the mainland in Tokyo.

This man’s entrepreneurial journey in Japan has been much smoother than in the original time and space. With the popularity of Xiaobawang game consoles and Fangyuan computers in Japan, his computer magazine has too much content to publish, and he can still do it. The most important point is down to earth.

Because the game update speed is the fastest, Sun Zhengyi will naturally pay more attention to the dynamics of EA Japan and Taidong. After hearing that Taidong, which has completed business adjustments, will finally re-launch the arcade, he came over to see it with Tang Huan.

On the road of developing the second-generation game console, Zheru encountered some problems. The main manifestation is that the heat dissipation effect is not satisfactory in the narrow space of the main box of the home game console.

In this regard, Tang Huan also has no cheap and feasible solution. The current level of semiconductor technology is like this. He cannot rudely ignore objective facts like Jobs did.

Fortunately, for arcade applications, these limitations are not so obvious. Not only can the performance of the machine be fully utilized, but also the latest display and sound modules developed by Zheru can be fully equipped.

Naturally, the price of Xiaobawang arcade machine is inevitably slightly higher than similar products on the market.

For Japanese companies like Nintendo, their products that are popular in the market, such as the original time-space red and white machine, are not technically advanced. The success lies in finding a balance between technology, cost and other factors. Otherwise, there would not be so many imitators, and they would easily carry out copycats in a similar manner.

Compared with it, Xiaobawang arcade machine seems to be in the danger of being outmoded, but Tang Huan has enough reasons to believe that as long as content is king, this product will occupy a place in the market.

Because ea and Taidong have a wealth of classic game resources in their hands, and judging from the current porting effect, the operation, visual and sound experience provided by Xiaobawang Arcade is perfect, which can definitely make players feel fresh.

The most important thing is that in addition to the old wine in new bottles, EA has launched a brand new arcade game Thunder. When colleagues are still trying to figure out the horizontal scroll mode of Donkey Kong and Mario, the vertical scroll shooting type Appeared, it can be said that content is king to the fullest.

Although Taidong's technicians are still optimizing and adjusting the handling, Sun Zhengyi can already feel the charm of Thunder in person. The shocking sound effect stimulated the expert's face to glow red, and he kept shouting happily.

This groundbreaking game alone is enough to make up for the disadvantage caused by the high price. Sun Zhengyi finally gave his own evaluation, It's just that companies such as Nintendo, Sega, and Namco are going to complain. .”

Tang Huan laughed, and murmured in his heart, I care about their life and death, and said, The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, and Xiaobawang arcade needs your professional magazines to cheer.

Naturally. Sun Zhengyi smiled knowingly.

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Sharp learned about Tang Huan's trip to Japan, so he invited him to visit, but Tang Huan saw that it was already mid-January, so he politely declined and kept it for the next time.

You know, the personal computer market and video game console market in the United States are booming.

The American media dubbed the Fangyuan computer and the Xiaobawang game console as two delicious desserts, while slandering IBM and Universal. Trying to figure out how to take a bite.

The reaction of Fangyuan Computer and EA to this. Can be summed up as grievance and anger. It has won widespread sympathy from the outside world, while the industry is watching with cold eyes.

In the field of personal computers, IBM is generally wary of IBM. Not long after Big Blue announced that it would launch a new generation of personal computers, it acquired 20% of Intel's shares.

Recently, Seymour Rubinstein made rumors that ibm wanted to acquire his own company, the purpose of which was to firmly control the word processing software, but he refused in the end.

All signs seem to show. Big Blue has the intention to catch all the current PC manufacturers.

Outsiders watching the excitement admire and yearn for the great reputation established in the era of ibm's monopoly on mainframes, while stakeholders in the authorities despise and reject it.

This is the big blue giant, but no one pays attention to Tang Huan's investment in Seagate and 3.

And it seems that the popularity seems to be good. Everyone hopes that Fangyuan Computer can chop off the greedy hand stretched out by IBM.

Of course, this is all illusory support. Once a patent lawsuit is fought, it will cost money. You can only pay for it yourself, don't expect others to help you.

Of course. Now Tang Huan can afford this game. He could see very clearly that this patent lawsuit was just a foreshadowing of the personal computer standard war represented by bus technology.

As for video games, EA is in a much more isolated situation.

For example, Atari stated condescendingly that in a high-tech industry like ours, respecting patents should be a kind of nature.

The implication is, EA, you should quickly admit that your Donkey Kong has violated other people's copyrights.

But a very surprised expression, there is such a thing, then guest officer, please come and buy my products, our game consoles and games are absolutely original.

As for Mi Luohua, who was the first to invent home video game consoles, due to the unsatisfactory performance of his second-generation Odyssey game console and the failure of the patent lawsuit, he was stimulated by three latecomers who made a lot of money, and became cynical haha, ea, You also have today.

All in all, colleagues in video games, wish that EA, which dominates the market now, will die quickly.

It can only be said that EA is also very popular.

During the meeting, Tang Huan praised without hesitation the ability of his subordinates who were united as one to handle the crisis properly when he intended to let go.

Everyone, development and growth is the last word. As for those guys who are jealous of our benefits... Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, You come and bite me!

The absolute self-confidence shown by the big boss infected everyone present and laughed heartily.

It will take at least two months for IBM's personal computer to be launched, and the second-generation Fangyuan computer already has a mature and reliable production capacity, and it will gradually be fully sold to personal and commercial users, so they are in a hurry Going to court and saying that your computer will be cheaper is to delay our progress. Tang Huan analyzed with sparkling eyes.

The reason why he is so sure is that multiple sources from inside Microsoft said that what IBM needs is still in intensive development, and Gates, Allen, and Ballmer are almost driven crazy.

Although we strive to make Fangyuan computers enter traditional stores like home appliances, in fact, it is business users who can really promote the development of the personal computer market, Tang Huan continued to elaborate on his point of view.

Of course, this conclusion is also summed up by the initial success of the IBM personal computer in the original time and space.

So, I hope that everyone will focus on cultivating successful application models in various industries when planning the market, so as to drive the needs of other users. Tang Huan scanned everyone, Luxury hotels in Las Vegas, San Francisco The insurance giant Pan America, universities on the west coast, and universities in the UK, and many more, are all achievements we have made. It is not difficult to see that using supporting software to make up for the disadvantage of the high price of the second-generation Fangyuan computer hardware, customers still Very approved.

Under Tang Huan's detailed explanation, all the people present who understood clearly became more and more clear about the next work. As for the harassment from IBM and Universal. It really gave them a feeling. Come and bite me.

At the end of the meeting, Chambers told Tang Huan that Robert Metcalfe had sent an intention. Since Tang Huan had not been able to meet, the board of directors of 3 companies planned to come to Silicon Valley collectively.

I was negligent. Tang Huan reflected on himself, Don't let them work so hard. I'm going to Washington to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new president, so let's go to the 3rd headquarters first.

That's good. I'll reply to them now. Chambers nodded.

After the meeting, Tang Huan hurriedly went to the R\u0026D department to visit Woz. He fooled this guy, and ran over from Apple to work on barcode readers and radio frequency card readers.

The great thing about Woz is that he can use as few electronic components as possible to achieve the required functions, and has extremely high execution efficiency. The floppy disk drive on the computer is the best example.

Once Woz's hacker interest was sparked, he would explode into astonishing creativity. The bar code reader has been fixed by it, and the radio frequency card reader is currently being publicized.

Don. If the bank adopts these cards in the future, won't we have to observe those accounts? Woz laughed happily.

Tang Huan is no stranger to this old man's whimsy. In the early years, he dared to use the blue box for stealing long-distance calls he invented to call the Pope of Rome. What a powerful and unconstrained style, bold and reckless.

The two were chatting enthusiastically, and Woz's assistant hurried over and reported that Markkula, Jobs, and Scott asked him to hold a board meeting.

What is it that you have to come to me? I rarely participate in the affairs of the board of directors. Woz, who was disappointed, asked impatiently.

I heard that there was a complete breakdown within the project team. The conflict between Jobs and Jeff Raskin has reached the point where a face-to-face showdown is necessary, and the two can only survive together. The other party explained.

The internal chaos of Apple can be reflected from the complex relationship between various project teams. The project team that provides the company with the main source of profit, because the product production cycle is too long, is regarded as outdated because the technology cannot keep up with the situation. While belittled, people were poached by Jobs and sent to the project team from time to time, and the resulting conflicts were intricate.

Steve is a bit too much, it's really troublesome. Woz sighed, and took the initiative to talk about it with Tang Huan,

It turned out that since the project team was targeted by Jobs, the good days of the person in charge, Jeff Raskin, had come to an end. His power was emptied, his prestige was also hit, and he became the tragic figure of the year.

Once, Jobs told Jeff Raskin that the next day's technical presentation meeting was cancelled, but this notification was only received by Jeff Raskin, and the rest did not receive such news.

As a result, the next day, Jeff Ruskin passed by the venue, amazed at how there were so many people, and unprepared, he was forced to give a speech on the stage, making a mess and laughing generously.

Since then, the knot between Jeff Raskin and Jobs has never been untied. It is estimated that today's board of directors will make the final result of whether the two will stay or not.

I don't need to be there, I can also guess from their previous tone that Markkula and Scott will think that Steve, who is doing nothing, is more troublesome for the entire company, as he was removed from the Lisa project team before. The compensation for driving away, sacrificing Jeff Raskin, and letting that project team take Steve's energy. Woz shrugged helplessly, with a look of this kind of internal political struggle in the company, he also now Understand the expression of one or two.

Tang Huan, who was personally testing the performance of the card reader, smiled noncommittally. He didn't want to mess with the bad things inside Apple, and it was thankless.

Tang, come with me. Anyway, you haven't seen them for a while. Woz, who was a little depressed by the assistant's urging, wanted to take Tang Huan as his companion.

Tang Huan looked at the card reader, then at Woz, and thought that the sample developed by this guy was better, and for this reason, he had to accompany him, or else he would be unhappy , What should I do if I drop the pick?

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After arriving at Apple's office, Tang Huan clearly felt the solemnity of the atmosphere, even Markkula, Scott and his greetings were listless.

Steve, are you really not going to try to get along with Jeff again? Markkula was making the final persuasion.

The problem is that it was proposed by Jeff Raskin himself. The project team has me without him, and he without me. Jobs snorted.

Then let Jeff Raskin go on vacation. Scott sighed and offered his suggestion.

The last time he agreed to expel Jobs from the Lisa project team, now it is time to ease the relationship between them. Jeff Raskin has inevitably been sacrificed.

That's fine, let us make this decision, don't disturb other people, otherwise, it will be another trouble. Markkula was having a headache, and just hoped that from now on, Jobs could calm down. .

On vacation? The corner of Tang Huan's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought that this is really a deadly tactic of releasing military power with a glass of wine in ancient and modern times.

Jobs, who got what he wanted, raised his chin slightly, and his eyes fell on Tang Huan, Since Tang is here, let's talk about the proposal.

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