Rebirth of the Tech Madman

In Tang Huan's view, the fact that his technology and products have entered the restricted sales list is also a recognition of his strength to a certain extent.

Since then, he is no longer a lucky upstart who only provides toys such as personal computers and video game consoles, but a respectable celebrity who can walk freely in the elegant hall.

Of course, the price is not without it. Some money cannot continue to be earned openly, which is really uncomfortable.

Compared with the likes of Intel who also received the same treatment in the original time and space, there may be only one point of strength in themselves. The former can only cling to the CPU, while the traversers who have asymmetric information have more money to come.

Fortunately, he had already made preparations and left a back door, so that certain layouts would not completely cut off the space for activities.

Tang Huan can think about it and understand it clearly, but it doesn't mean he has no opinion, because the restricted sale list includes some special Fangyuan personal computers, such as desktop publishing system models and industrial control system models.

If it is possible to say that CAD personal workstations may be used to design aircraft and tanks, then these personal computers are somewhat overkill.

Since Fangyuan PC's compatible machines were authorized and released, the main difference between Fangyuan PC and these third-party manufacturers is that these special-purpose PCs are now put on the bridle, and a piece of market share is virtually lost. Play carefree.

Tang Huan frowned tightly + ↖long + ↖feng + ↖text + ↖head, and it seemed that competitors like ibm gloated and sneered.

It is undeniable that with the launch of Fangyuan personal workstation, Fangyuan network server, and Fangyuan supercomputer, he and ibm, hp,,. and other traditional computer manufacturers. There is a direct conflict of interest. The complexity of the relationship between them can be imagined.

Tang Huan has no intention of being the target of public criticism, so he has been trying to deepen his relationship with HP, who is also in Silicon Valley, and let the other party obtain the compatible machine authorization of Fangyuan PC, so that he can extend his business into the emerging field of PC.

It's just that so far, Tang Huan has not established a powerful enough alliance in Silicon Valley, and he has not been able to form a supporting political lobbying group.

For a character like Apple, his current loyalty is commendable. But the portion is far from enough, and the U.S. Department of Commerce has no way to intervene in such a ruling on sales restrictions.

Tang Huan was squinting his eyes and doing various calculations, when he suddenly heard a bang, he quickly opened his eyes and saw that the water cup on the coffee table was tilted to one side, and the flowing water soaked the documents, and the instigator was his own twin sons, One left and one right,

Staggeringly fled the scene.

A-Jiao. Look at what your son has done. Tang Huan shouted angrily.

What's the matter, what's wrong with you? Lin Fengjiao rushed over after hearing the sound. After seeing this scene, he gave Tang Huan a disapproving look, As for being so stingy? Tell me, is it the boss or the second child, I'll spank his ass.

Yes... Tang Huan was furious over it, and he was lost in thought. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the two brothers had separated and ran away. Where would they go to determine the specific person responsible.

Tell me, my lord. Lin Fengjiao came over to clean up the mess on the coffee table, and at the same time began to complain, If the water glass is down, then help it up yourself, and you must call me over.

Tang Huan shook his head dejectedly, stood up, dragged two little troublemakers, and spanked each of them, Two little things dare to tease your father, what kind of ghosts are there.

Lin Fengjiao chuckled, Then you have to find the reason from yourself, most likely it was inherited from you.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Tang Huan glanced at the two brothers who had been spanked, but they were not crying or fussing, and were still running around in the study lively, thoughtfully.

The probability of having twins in one's own offspring is too weird, and now it seems that these three pairs of babies are obviously precocious, so it must be related to hundreds of memories in their minds.

Tang Huan shook his head, stopped thinking about such profound and even absurd questions, and turned to Lin Fengjiao and said, I can't stay with you any longer. Something happened in the United States, and I have to go and have a look.

Lin Fengjiao nodded thoughtfully, I'll go and pack your belongings.

...

USA, Silicon Valley, Cupertino, Apple Computer headquarters.

The hustle and bustle in the conference room had just dissipated, and Markkula, the chairman and CEO of the board of directors, sighed in distress, and became more and more disgusted with the position of CEO he held.

Needless to say, the lifestyle Markkula aspires to is a leisurely rich life, designing his own new house, driving his own private jet...

Moreover, now that Markkula has the capital to live such a luxurious life, as the major shareholder of Apple and also owns the shares of Zheru, he is simply living on a golden mountain.

The truth is, Markkula doesn't lead a quality of life, leading Apple's hordes of hard-charging egoists, not least of all in adjudicating the ever-present disputes.

The products that Apple is currently selling are and, the former is the latest model launched using the function expansion card technology exchanged from Tang Huan, which contributes most of the company's source of income; the latter is an out-and-out Failed products, due to the large number of shipments in the early stage, can only be maintained at a loss. Although they are almost corrected now, their reputation has long been stinky, and the market response has been cold, so they can only be maintained.

As for the follow-up products under development, they are Lisa and Lisa with graphical user interface functions. It is these two projects that make Markkula one head and two big.

Jobs, who was expelled from the Lisa project team, got the project team as compensation, and expelled Scott, who had been in charge of the matter. The members of the Lisa project team were all on the opposite side of him.

This kind of psychological hostility is actually reflected in the fact that the project team and the Lisa project team are enemies everywhere.

Jobs and John Couch of the Lisa project made a $5,000 bet that the Lisa would go public before the Lisa.

Jobs also often portrayed his group of engineers as the cool kids, in stark contrast to the HP engineers on Lisa's team who were uninteresting.

If these behaviors are only verbal. Then there are real actions.

When Jobs snatched the project team from Jeff Ruskin. He then abandoned his design goals for cheap and low-performance portable computers. It will be redefined as a desktop computer with a graphical user interface.

In this way, it actually becomes a low-end version of Lisa, which is likely to weaken Lisa's market influence.

When Jobs urged Burrell Smith to design around Motorola's microprocessor and make it run faster than the Lisa, vicious competition was established.

In addition to making it a low-cost competitor to the Lisa, Jobs also ensured that it was not compatible with the Lisa at the software level.

There are even worse cases, and that is the two machines with the Lisa. Not compatible with currently hot sale.

To put it bluntly, no one fully manages Apple, let alone Jobs.

Zhiru, who has provided office software for Apple Computer for a long time, hopes that Apple's product line can maintain continuity, that is, the software under development and Lisa is compatible with the software on the market.

For this reason, Charles Simeone, vice president of Zheru, who is in charge of software research and development, paid a special visit to Markkula to formally discuss this issue.

And Larry Tesler, who was in charge of managing the Lisa computer application software, also realized the necessity of this matter. So he took the initiative to release a friendly signal and invited Smith and Herzfeld, the core figures of the project team, to the working area of ​​the Lisa project team. Displayed research and development results.

However, this kind of action that considered the overall situation was blocked by Jobs in every possible way on the grounds of project secrecy.

Markkula tried to mediate, but including the meeting just now, several times failed.

Now Markkula didn't mention how tired he was, he thought why bother, especially when he remembered the recent complaints from his wife who was also keen on enjoying a luxurious life.

No, I have to find a new CEO for Apple, and I am determined not to think so hard. Markkula, who had had enough, finally made a decision.

So, Markkula found Jobs again, and had a face-to-face showdown, Steve, I think it's time to find a new CEO.

Hearing this, Jobs was taken aback for a moment, and then a look of eagerness appeared on his face.

Seeing this situation, Markkula said bluntly: Steve, you are still a little edgy and immature, so you are not qualified for this position.

Although Jobs was arrogant, he still had self-knowledge, especially when these words came from Markkula, who had always been his life mentor, he had to be convinced.

There is no suitable candidate in the company. Even if he agrees with Markkula's judgment, Jobs still subconsciously ensures that he has an unchallenged position in Apple.

Probably. Markkula frowned, Ea's CEO, Hawkins, came out of Apple, and he is doing a great job now. Maybe we are not good at finding talents.

It's just selling game consoles, what's so great about it. Jobs snorted sourly, I don't believe that this kind of product can continue to be popular.

Markkula smiled noncommittally. After five or six years of cooperation, he understood Jobs' psychology too well.

Perhaps, Tang Huan is the most suitable position as the CEO. Markkula said leisurely.

That's not necessarily the case. Jobs' voice suddenly rose an octave, Actually, Tang Huan assigned all the specific tasks to his subordinates, and his specific ability to do things may not be very strong.

But one thing is for sure, Don's picky eyes are very accurate, what do you think? Markkula asked back, and when Jobs finally nodded and admitted, he continued: Actually, in Tang's current capacity, It is also impossible to come to Apple to take up an executive position, but he can be invited to consult and see if he has any good suggestions.

It's not necessary. Jobs showed displeasure on his face, Tang Huan has already sold his Apple shares. He has nothing to do with us anymore. Why should he keep his influence in Apple?

It doesn't matter. Markkula waved his hand disapprovingly, We just need to understand that Don is our most trustworthy friend,

Jobs moved his lips, finally nodded and said, Okay then, I'll just wait to see if he has any brilliant suggestions.

...

As soon as Tang Huan arrived in San Francisco, he got a piece of news about EA that caused a sensation in the industry. The Xiaobawang game console, which had been closed to the outside world for a long time and had its own ecosystem, was declared completely cracked.

In other words, third-party game developers like Activision can develop games on the Xiaobawang game console unimpeded like they did for the Atari 2600.

In this regard, everyone in and out of the circle is celebrating, because according to reliable statistics, in the North American market, at least 12 million Xiaobawang game consoles have been sold. Such an astonishing number of game platforms naturally means a lot of money.

Take EA's first best-selling game Tetris as an example. Including a series of variant games including drop type and reverse drop type, more than 15 million copies have been sold on the Xiaobawang game console platform alone.

If you calculate the wholesale price of each cassette dealer at $20, that means $300 million.

And EA's Pac-Man is very popular among female players, and the sales volume is also astonishing, exceeding 10 million copies.

As for Donkey Kong, Mario, 007 and other games, they are all blockbusters in the order of millions.

In the past, ea could hide this information, but it is not a listed company now, so naturally it has to be disclosed one by one.

Others have long been extremely envious, and now they have the opportunity to share the profits, can they not be excited;

In this regard, Hawkins, the CEO of EA, was furious and issued the most severe warning to pursue the responsibility for the infringement, and at the same time bombarded the industry's increasingly unscrupulous poaching behavior.

Tang Huan's first reaction was astonishment. He had only returned to the mainland to spend a lunar new year. Why did so many moths come out in the United States.

It seems that 1982 was an extraordinary year for home video game consoles and personal computers.

But after he thought about it, this kind of cracking was inevitable.

First of all, the hardware and software architecture of the Xiaobawang game console is not complicated enough, and in such a crazy poaching situation, some technical information will inevitably leak out.

Secondly, the interests involved in this are too great, which naturally attracts other people to crack it one after another, just like in the original time and space, there was a team dedicated to researching how to jailbreak Apple.

Seeing that his subordinate Hawkins was out of temper and tended to go berserk, Tang Huan decided to let him calm down first. (to be continued...)

... ()