Rebirth of the Tech Madman

The next day, Tang Huan arrived at the company late, and the car was blocked outside the parking lot.

He looked up and saw a long caravan lined up downstairs of Zheru, starting from the warehouse door of Xiaobawang game consoles.

It was so hot, seeing the scene in front of him, Tang Huan couldn't help being startled, but he quickly calmed down. To some extent, game consoles are similar to movies, and the industry is very risky, but once it is sought after by the market , there is no sense at all.

In 1982 in the previous life, Atari's sales reached an eye-watering $2 billion. This figure can illustrate the prosperity of the game console industry.

Tang Huan got out of the car with the newspaper, and asked a Zheru employee who maintained order to help him park the car. He walked to the door of the company, and happened to see a young man who was attentively observing the lively scene of picking up the Xiaobawang game console.

This person Tang Huan knew, named Trip Hawkins, was born in California in 1954, graduated from Harvard University, and obtained an MBA degree from Stanford University. In 1978, that is, last year, he joined Apple as a salesman.

Generally speaking, if employees who leave Apple come to Zheru to apply for a job, they will basically be properly placed according to their ability. Tang Huan has never taken the initiative to go to Apple to recruit people, but this person in front of him has made him think twice, but in the end I still shelved this idea. After all, we are partners, so it is better to respect some basic bottom lines.

The person who can make Tang Huan tangled up is naturally not an unknown person in history. In the original time and space, Trip Hawkins was an important figure in the history of video games.

In 1982, Hawkins left Apple and founded a game company Electronic Arts, the famous EA.

In 1991, EA successfully went public, began to acquire everywhere, and developed rapidly.

In this year, Hawkins founded 3DO Company to carry out the game console business, and launched a new generation of game platform - 3DO game console, which supports enhanced color with a minimum color number of 16 bits and true color with a maximum color number of 24 bits. It is the world's first true 32-bit game console.

But unfortunately, under the siege of Nintendo, Sega and other manufacturers, especially under the heavy attack of Sony PlayStation, the 3DO game console was completely defeated in the end, and 3DO had to retreat from the hardware field to become a pure game company. Software developer and publisher, the famous turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic series belongs to this company.

Hawkins has paid out of his own pocket many times and invested a total of 20 million U.S. dollars in personal funds to save 3DO in times of crisis, but unfortunately he was still powerless in the end.

Nine years after the first venture, Hawkins retired; after 12 years of the second venture, Hawkins failed miserably.

In 2003, 3DO officially went bankrupt, and Hawkins paid a heavy price for it.

In the same year, Hawkins started his third venture, establishing DigitalChocolate, which specializes in developing games for mobile devices.

The ups and downs in the mall are the norm, and Hawkins has seen the development trend of console and mobile games, which has proved his sophistication in the game industry.

As for the fiasco of the 3DO game console, in addition to the price factor and the lack of representative game masterpieces, the poor partner Panasonic may be a reason.

Tripp, why are you so laid back,

Came here to see the scenery? Tang Huan greeted casually.

Hawkins smiled wryly and replied, Someone in Apple's board of directors wanted to know about Zheru's operations, so I was arrested by Jobs and brought these masters here on behalf of him.

Tang Huan nodded in understanding. After Zheru and Apple crossed shareholdings, Zheru gave Apple a director position, and Jobs took over. At the beginning, he came here every now and then to show off his power and express his dissatisfaction with Tang Huan. . But when he found that no one paid attention to him, he gradually lost interest in inspecting.

Moreover, with the rapid rise of Zheru, the role of its software products in boosting the sales of Apple computers has become increasingly obvious. The young Jobs was arrogant, but he was not an idiot, so he put away his arrogance and stopped coming to add trouble , but he still holds the position of Zheru director.

Recently, after visiting PARC to his heart's content, the ambitious Jobs has focused his attention on the Lisa project team. He thinks there is not enough time to fight for power, so naturally he won't run to Zheru, so come here Seeing that Tang Huan's products are selling well and earning a lot of money, is he proud of himself?

Then why are you staying outside by yourself? Tang Huan asked Hawkins who was following him as he walked.

Those people wanted to know Zheru's financial situation, but they were rejected, so they stayed in a small conference room and waited for you. Hawkins had an embarrassed look on his face.

Tang Huan pondered for a moment, then turned and walked towards the conference room, Then I'll go and see, who is so curious about philosophy and Confucianism?

Although Tang Huan spoke calmly, Hawkins clearly felt an invisible pressure oncoming.

Tang Huan walked quickly to the meeting room, opened the door gently, and saw three white men standing at the window pointing and discussing, The game console market is really prosperous, no wonder Warner bought Atari, we don't want Missed this great opportunity.

Tang Huan only knew one of these three people, and the other two should be new shareholders after financing this year.

At the end of this summer, Apple conducted a round of external private equity financing before going public, but due to the influence of Tang Huan, the situation has undergone some deviations.

In the original time and space, through the relationship between Tang Valen and Markkula, the financing was quickly successful. A total of 16 investors, including Xerox Corporation, LF Rothschild, Untenberg, Towbin, Brentwood Associates Capital Corporation and some individual investors, subscribed for shares of Apple Computer at a price of US$10.5 per share, and Apple successfully raised US$7.27 million.

Among them, Brentwood Associates is a Silicon Valley venture capital company established in the early 1970s and paid attention to the high-tech industry earlier; as for LF Rothschild, Untenberg, Towbin, it was formed by the merger of investment banks C.E.Unterberg, Towbin and L.F.Rothschild in 1977. It can be seen from such a long name that it includes several core investors, especially the name Rothschild, which is Rothschild, can better illustrate this problem.

Correspondingly, Apple’s sales performance in the market was $2.5 million in 1977, $15 million in 1978, $70 million in 1979, $117 million in 1980, and $335 million in 1981.

Due to the arrival of Tang Huan, Zheru's various mature software products, and even a package of microcomputer office solutions combined directly put the development of Apple computers on the fast track, and the monthly shipments exceeded 10,000 units. It's been more than half a year, and this year's sales have steadily surpassed the US$117 million in 1980 in the previous life.

Under such circumstances, Apple's need for funds is even more urgent in terms of establishing a direct sales model for retail stores, factory production, product research and development, and labor costs.

Tang Huan produced such hardware products as the Fangyuan computer and Xiaobawang game consoles. He successfully passed this hurdle by cheating to obtain a low-interest loan of 10 million US dollars through Christina, and directly taking advantage of the cost advantage of the Asian factory.

And Apple has to honestly raise money step by step, but unlike the previous life, Apple's halo has become more dazzling, and investors are flocking to it, while Jobs is even more picky and picky during negotiations, delaying for a long time.

Institutional investors like Xerox joined Apple according to the original historical track, but individual investors are very different. Naturally, the amount of financing is much higher.

Among the three guys in front of him, the person he knew was a director of Apple, and the positions of the other two new shareholders were unknown, but regardless of their identities, Tang Huan didn't pay attention.

Sorry, my ears are so good that I overheard what you were talking about.

While Tang Huan was talking, he sat down on the main seat with great determination, and opened his mouth with a half-smile.

I'm very busy and I don't want to waste time needlessly. What is the purpose of your coming here? Could it be that you smell the aroma of the fat game console and want to take a bite too? If so, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Little Overlord Game The machine is a product of another company, and Zheru is just hired to do some paid labor export. Other than that, there is no other relationship.”

The most indispensable thing here in the United States is people with a keen sense of making money. The three of them have identified the way to get their hands on the Xiaobawang game console with unlimited business opportunities through Apple's shares in Zheru, so naturally they will not be so easily caught by Tang. Huan dismissed and gave up the opportunity to take advantage.

How come it doesn't matter? As far as I know, the company that the Little Bawang Game Console belongs to belongs to you. The Apple director showed displeasure on his face. Resources are working, as for the specific relationship between the two companies, we have to look at the financial data to know.”

It is definitely not possible to plan a surprise attack and check the financial statements. Even if Jobs comes, it is wishful thinking. Even if Apple really wants to know this information, it will have to wait until after a certain accounting period.

According to Zheru's company articles of association, I have the right to refuse your request. Tang Huan waved his hand impatiently, We are all smart people, so don't go around in circles when doing things. I can feel your malice. The Chinese are not just You will work hard and know how to protect your own achievements. You are optimistic about the game console business, so you should find companies in this industry in Silicon Valley to invest in. If you want to pick peaches through the so-called business rules, you have to do something. The rules of the game in the United States , I understand too, please stop acting like a clown.

Speaking of this, Tang Huan stood up and gestured to see off the guests, I'm very busy and I don't have time to accompany you, please feel free.

After being told by Tang Huan about the embarrassment in their hearts, and being expelled face to face, the three of them turned pale immediately, and left in a huff, Let's wait and see.

Seeing this scene, Tang Huan responded with a sneer, the insatiable guy really thought that brother was just a simple technical man.