Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Since it was put into service in 1970, the Boeing 747 has gradually become the main model of major airlines.

Tang Huan traveled between the west coast of the United States and Asia many times, basically taking this kind of plane.

However, he has never thought of buying a Boeing 747 as a private jet, because he can't afford it yet, and he can't support it. It is estimated that most of the rich people in the world are reluctant to be so prodigal, which shows how capricious Christina is.

The special plane of the President of the United States, Air One, is currently in service with two Boeing 707s, which will not be upgraded to a modified Boeing 747 until 1990.

To a certain extent, Christina is one step ahead of the world after such a toss.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan couldn't help yearning. After all, with a private plane, his journey across the Pacific Ocean will be greatly facilitated.

But as the saying goes, Tang Huan doesn't like the feeling of being inferior.

After getting off the plane, Tang Huan finally formed a preliminary speculative idea of ​​how to pay for the plane.

This time Tang Huan returned to the United States alone, while Hu Yinmeng was left in Xiangjiang to supervise the filming of Shanghai Beach.

Tang Huan's energy was beyond ordinary people's imagination. He directly boarded the commercial vehicle sent by the company and rushed from the airport to Silicon Valley.

When he came to the company and entered the president's office, Tang Huan immediately picked up the phone and called Jobs, I'm back, and I can visit PARC anytime.

Then let's leave tomorrow. Jobs changed the subject, and asked treacherously: When did you get adopted by that Greek shipping queen? Tsk tsk, a Boeing 747, you are really loved.

Look at you speaking so sourly, you must be envious and jealous. Tang Huan retorted.

Seeing Tang Huan's calm tone and not being stimulated, Jobs felt a little resentful, Yeah, your life is so rich and colorful, you have to yearn for it as a man.

Then you can balance your mind. No one can afford the price to keep me. See you tomorrow. Tang Huan finished speaking lightly and hung up the phone.

It seems that Christina's trick not only tickled her own itch, but also catered to the taste of the media. Even Jobs was bombarded to hear about it.

At this moment, Chambers and Simeone walked in, and Tang Huan waved for them to sit down.

Because they can learn about the important operations here through overseas calls every day, so what they will talk about next is some minor things, and it is mainly about Simeone reporting the progress of technology research and development.

Xiaobawang game consoles are so popular in the market. There is an endless stream of people who come to discuss business every day, and the excitement has affected the R\u0026D department. I simply allocated a separate space on the first floor and set up a special office to handle affairs, lest outsiders think we are Zheru transformed into a video game company. Chambers mentioned it as a joke in the middle of the conversation.

Tang Huan nodded, When I arrived at the company just now, I saw that signboard, so the distribution is quite reasonable.

Because of the company's development and growth, the entire office building is now rented by Zheru, and the model of Xiangjiang Company was first adopted, and a product exhibition hall was set up on the first floor.

My idea was also inspired by several members of Apple's board of directors. They saw the potential of the Xiaobawang game console, wanted to share the rights and interests, and even started to propose plans.

Let's add an executive director position to them. ’ Chambers explained in detail.

Tang Huan raised his brows, and said decisively: The structure of the board of directors will not change for the time being, let them go away quickly. As for sharing the benefits brought by the game console business, don't even think about it. Their piece of cake is only in the software It is within the scope of the business, and it is already rich enough.”

Apple owns 20% of Zheru's shares in the United States, but 9% of it is shared between Jobs, Markkula, and Woz, and Apple holds the remaining 10%. One, and correspondingly, Tang Huan owns 7% of Apple's shares, becoming the fourth largest individual shareholder.

This deal was finally concluded by Tang Huan's painstaking efforts, and he couldn't help feeling resentful. He also asked himself that Zheru's current performance was worthy of Apple, and his back was straight. Naturally, he believed that the relationship between the two parties' interests was limited to this.

What's more, Jobs, Markkula, and Woz didn't mention this matter to themselves, presumably it was just some clowns on Apple's board of directors making trouble.

After all, Apple’s financing activities before its listing have been in full swing, and it is inevitable that some profit-seeking businessmen will be recruited. They only focus on the dollar, and it is not clear what significance philosophy has to Apple.

By the way, who are making trouble with ulterior motives, please help me write it down, it can be regarded as a blacklist. Tang Huan added.

Chambers nodded and agreed, the shopping mall is a battlefield without gunpowder, and he naturally knows that there may be a hidden crisis.

The memory procurement contract with Intel has been temporarily put on hold because the new pricing has not been negotiated. Chambers changed the subject and talked about this unsatisfactory matter.

At present, Intel's main business is memory, including SRAM, DRAM, and ROM. Because of its strong technical strength, advanced manufacturing technology, and product performance and quality, it is in the forefront of the industry.

This is important, in stark contrast to National Semiconductor, which is a shattered company and has a reputation for knowingly selling defective products.

In the original time and space, the clock chip produced by it made Apple's third-generation machines very bad. After a long period of use, the chip would suddenly fail, and finally Apple had to cancel this function.

Tang Huan did not remind Apple of the possible troubles, and the failure of Apple's third-generation phones was not just because of this.

For example, the design goal is to be compatible with Apple II, but the simulation function is deliberately restricted, and the advanced Apple II functions cannot be used, which brings great trouble to Zheru's software development.

It can be said that the cooperation between Zheru and Apple, under the surface of intimacy, also has various contradictions, perhaps this is the normal state of the world.

It is precisely because of Intel's rigor that Tang Huancai has always placed it at the forefront of the list of purchasing manufacturers, but the other party has always been strong in terms of price. , the other party does not buy it.

What's the reaction from Texas Instruments? Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows. For Intel, he can only describe it as a love-hate relationship.

These two leaders in the semiconductor industry seem to have a tacit understanding of their market strategies. Chambers spread his hands helplessly.

Then let's continue with the original purchasing method for the time being, and at the same time check the product quality of companies like AMD. Fortunately, there is a second supplier mechanism, otherwise we will be more controlled by others. Tang Huan made a decision ponderingly.

These Yankees have not yet realized the threat of small Japan in the semiconductor industry. In 1978, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan shouted the slogan Information is the future, began to vigorously develop robots, computers, and communication technologies, and established Silicon Valley in Tsukuba , Kyushu builds Silicon Island.

Zheru's Asian factory has contacted Japan's NEC, Hitachi, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Panasonic, and Mitsubishi, the six major semiconductor companies, and purchased components. It seems that it should select some stable partners from them as soon as possible.

I remember that Intel engineer ePerlegos has resigned. What's happened to him recently? Tang Huan remembered the results of poaching at Intel earlier.

The two Perlegos brothers have accepted our investment, and established Seeq Technology in Silicon Valley with several other engineers who switched jobs. The EEPROM production should start as scheduled in the first quarter of next year. Chambers flipped through his notepad and replied.

Tang Huan nodded with satisfaction, These people's actions are fairly quick. If Intel pays attention to EEPROM, patents will be a problem.

I once visited Intel President Andy Grove as a fellow Hungarian. Although it didn't help the quotation for the purchase order, I accidentally discovered a strange thing. There are several A person from IBM met with him several times, and there was a fierce quarrel because of the confidentiality clause. Simeone said slowly while recalling.

There is such a thing. Could it be that the chess plan has started. Hearing the news, Tang Huan stood up frantically.

What chess plan? Simeone asked in amazement.

Let me sort out my thoughts first. Tang Huan started walking with his hands behind his back.

Don't look at Intel's entry into the top 500 now, but it is just an ordinary small factory in front of Big Blue.

IBM's computer kingdom is a system of its own, and there is almost nothing it can't do. At most, it just buys some relatively cheap memory from Intel. It should not involve any confidentiality clauses, or even quarrel over it.

Based on such speculation, it is likely to be the chess project that has been going on for more than a year. At that time, IBM's personnel were negotiating with selected partners with confidentiality clauses, signing first, and then cooperating. Due to legal concerns, Kildare also missed the opportunity to hug the thigh, allowing Gates to take advantage of the loophole.

But after a careful calculation of the time, the Chess Project seems to be launched earlier than in memory. Could it be because of his big moves in the field of personal computers that Big Blue made up his mind to participate?

In any case, it is never wrong to plan early.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan sat down again, and said solemnly: I guess, IBM should have secretly decided to enter the personal computer market. Their people are looking for Intel, maybe they want to get a cheap microprocessor, such as Intel8086 But this kind of cooperation may not be 100% reached, Intel has many competitors, and Motorola's MC68000, which was put on the market this year, is better than Intel8086, so Intel is not willing to be chained before formal negotiations have begun.