Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Adelson spared no effort to promote the campaign, and saw the effect on the opening day of COMDEX. All kinds of non-professionals poured into the exhibition hall like a tide, watching the most advanced computer products with great interest.

Zheru, which has the largest booth, has become the most eye-catching company, and the advantages of its location have been fully utilized, and almost every passer-by will stop here to take a look.

Of course, Zheru's booth layout is also very distinctive.

Every once in a while, the company's sound LOGO - Dangdangdang, will sound, leaving a very deep impression on people.

The entire exhibition area is divided into two parts: business office product area and electronic entertainment product area.

In the business office area, dozens of brand-new Apple second-generation machines are neatly arranged, with the eye-catching ZeroneInside logo on them, running the three major office software of database EBase, electronic form CGrid, word processing WordEasy and MA macro compilation development. software.

This kind of display is not just put there dryly, but uses various specific service solutions to vividly illustrate what Zheru's products can do for users.

Such as finance, warehouse, sales, statistical reports, format manuscripts, etc., and the most notable example is the complete set of solutions provided for this COMDEX information processing.

Viewers can personally operate these programs on the computer, and even output the results through a printer.

Those who are interested in the industry, who have the opportunity to sit in front of the computer, will seriously experience the functions, and the rest will not waste time, looking at the information and asking for purchase details.

Compared to the crowds in the business office area which are turbulent and rational, the atmosphere in the electronic entertainment area can only be described as hot.

People lined up, watching the lucky ones in front of them happily playing Tetris on the bully game machine, and helping to calculate the trial time. If anyone is too late to let go, there will be boos.

What surprised the audience even more was that young stars such as Brooke Shields, Jodie Foster, Michael Jackson, etc., would show up on stage from time to time, which caused a sensation, so several reporters simply Squat here.

In addition to some Zheru employees, there are also many trained college students who provide consulting services in the booth area. They have a great chance to work in Zheru, a rookie company in Silicon Valley, so they are very serious.

The staff in charge of counting the orders were sweating profusely, even a little embarrassed, but they couldn't hide the excitement on their faces.

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According to Tang Huan's suggestion, Adelson purposely set up a large conference room, convened people in the industry to sit together, express their views on technology trends, market trends, etc., and then invited some famous people to give speeches on the stage. Participate in activities similar to those economic forums and technology forums in the previous life with various tricks and almost rotten streets.

As an emerging industry, personal computers are naturally a hot topic of discussion among the participants, and the representative figures Tang Huan, Jobs, and Gates will be arranged by COMDEX to give speeches in turn.

But this kind of activity also needs to pay attention to ranking according to seniority, not to mention that IBM is very face-saving. Although the chairman of the board of directors and CEO Frank Cary did not come, the president John Oberl was present, and of course he was the first to speak on stage.

After that, John Young from HP took over the speech.

HP's power structure has always been stable. In 1964, among the two founders, David Packard was elected chairman and Bill Hewlett became president. This state continued until 1977, when John Young took over. President, and became CEO in 1978.

Although nearly a thousand people gathered in the venue, there was no sound. Everyone listened very carefully, which showed how much importance was attached to this event.

After the father of minicomputers Ken Olson came on stage, Tang Huan couldn't help sitting up straight, thinking that he finally saw the head of DEC, the second largest computer giant in the world in the 1980s.

Once a person is recorded in history, it is often conceptualized and cartoonized, and Olsen obviously enjoyed this treatment because he had a stubborn idea-There is no reason for us to think that people will need home computers.

As early as 1977, Olson asserted that the personal computer will fail commercially.

But this year, under the leadership of Zheru and Apple, the personal computer industry has achieved brilliant market performance. I don’t know what kind of rebuttal he will make in his next speech.

Olson, now in his fifties, is actually a very remarkable engineer. What he discussed was a technical topic, of course, around DEC's latest product, the VAX computer.

It may be that the atmosphere at the venue was too serious and dull, so after Olsen finished his speech, the host asked him about his views on personal computers, but this stubborn guy was as dismissive as ever, cheap, short-lived, and imprecise machines .”

Seeing some commotion in the audience, the host hurriedly smiled to appease, The benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise see wisdom. COMDEX holds this event to let everyone speak freely. Since we are talking about personal computers, let's invite a few outstanding people in this field to express their views.”

Just when Tang Huan adjusted his tie and was about to appear on stage following the host's name, something happened.

Jobs grabbed his sleeve and asked angrily, Is it because you have a good relationship with Adelson that he let you speak first?

Is there any problem with this order? After Tang Huan was stunned, he was very annoyed, I informed you a long time ago, and you didn't think of objecting until now?

I always thought that I must be the first to speak. How could I have thought that the order of arrangement on this notice is the order of appearance. Jobs looked resentful.

At this time, the host on the stage began to introduce, Now, Tang Huan, chairman, president and CEO of Zerone, please come to the stage to express your views on the personal computer industry.

Tang Huan pushed Jobs away, stood up, and muttered lightly, This is the end, what else is there to say.

Amid the applause, Tang Huangang was about to take a step. Jobs grabbed his tie violently and shouted under his breath, Let's adjust the order. I will be the first to speak on behalf of the personal computer industry.

The entire event was followed up by the media from beginning to end, and this scene naturally fell into the camera.

After seeing this funny scene, everyone in the venue burst into laughter.

After the host was stunned, he quickly smoothed things over, The three representatives we selected in the field of personal computers are Tang Huan from Zheru, Steve Jobs from Apple, and Bill Gates from Microsoft. It's a very coincidence. , they were both born in 1955. Such young people who are creative and have made remarkable achievements are naturally eclectic in their actions. Let's see what Tang Huan and Jobs are arguing about.

Tang Huan stared at the unscrupulous Jobs dumbfoundedly, thinking that if it was not in public, he would definitely show you what Kung Fu is.

For a sequence of appearances, such a big commotion has been made, and it will definitely become a favorite material for reporters.

You can be the first to speak if you want, but remember to owe me a favor. Tang Huan shouted in a low voice.

Fucking favors. Apple is now the leader in the personal computer industry. As a representative, I should be the first to appear on the stage. Jobs had a rebellious expression on his face.

Then why don't you fart earlier. Tang Huan sneered, Didn't someone point a gun at you when you sold the blue box for free phone calls? In fact, fists can also make you remember deeply. Believe it or not, I will now Crooked your nose.

Savage guy, then it's no big deal if I owe you a favor. Jobs replied sternly and turned around to go on stage.

It turned out that the two of them were discussing who would be the first to speak on stage. It seems that Tang Huan gave the opportunity to Jobs.

Seeing that the sudden farce finally came to fruition, the host quickly introduced again, Okay, now let's invite Steve Jobs, the founder and vice president of Apple, to come on stage.

The 24-year-old Jobs can be said to be in his prime, with long hair that looks very elegant and handsome.

While Jobs was still a little out of touch, he was born to deal with such big scenes.

After walking up to the stage with no one else present, Jobs said unceremoniously, What did the old man say just now is a personal computer? A cheap, short-lived, inaccurate machine? Hehe, you know that now Apple sells more than 10,000 yuan a month. A personal computer? Are people who buy personal computers idiots?

It has to be said that Jobs's speeches have distinct personal characteristics, and they can always confuse people unconsciously.

By repeatedly torturing his staff, his distortion field was honed to become stronger and stronger.

For Jobs' speech, which was obviously different from the previous ones, the audience responded with warm applause and whistles.

Apparently, Jobs once again made a deep impression on himself and Apple.

In terms of style, Tang Huan could not be as ostentatious as Jobs. After all, he is an Oriental. If he did so, he would appear shallow and ignorant. He wanted to create an image of a Confucian businessman.

Therefore, when Tang Huan came to power, he has always been humble and confident.

At this time, Hu Yinmeng, who had been assigned the task of interviewing reporters and simultaneous translation, lifted his spirits, and began to introduce with a microphone, At this extremely high-profile National Computing Conference, bigwigs from IBM, HP, and DEC all They have expressed their views on the industry, and now let’s see how Zheru and its leader President Tang Huan, a newly emerging Chinese company in Silicon Valley, will explain.”

Hu Yinmeng listened intently to Tang Huan's English speech. Although he had seen the manuscript a long time ago, there would always be some temporary changes in the live speeches, so he should not be careless.

If you screw it up, the effect of advertising in Asia will be greatly reduced.

Sure enough, Tang Huan had a different expression at the beginning of his speech.

Mr. Olsen is an admirable and great engineer. He led the DEC team and launched an excellent PDP minicomputer, which has achieved great success in the market. I also appreciate this very much.

After Tang Huan praised Olsen's achievements without hesitation, he changed the topic, But if Mr. Olson still has a prejudice against personal computers, then I can only say that DEC's success is closely related to IBM's The failure of the minicomputer market was directly proportional to the failure of the DEC and the success of the personal computer.

After the warm applause, Tang Huan continued: My conclusion is not exaggerated. There are three results to prove it. First, Zheru adopted the most advanced relational model and successfully developed the microcomputer database EBase. Second, based on We have been able to handle the oriental characters represented by Chinese characters perfectly. Third, in addition to commercial use, we have also made successful attempts in electronic entertainment. Next, I will elaborate on these three aspects explanation.

Inadvertently seeing Tang Huan on the stage with a calm demeanor, pointing the country, Hu Yinmeng's heart suddenly jumped twice violently, his hands and feet seemed to be trembling.

She hurriedly took a few deep breaths, said a few times silently in her heart, it was nothing special, and then continued with the simultaneous translation.