Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 11 Big gathering of future giants

Deng Lijun, a shareholder, came to Zerone for the first time. She looked at more than a dozen busy employees in the office area. She couldn’t believe that it was such a humble small company that had only officially operated for more than a month, and sales had already been achieved. It has broken through five million.

When Wang Xuehong saw Deng Lijun, his eyes were full of little stars, and he ran over to ask for an autograph. Don’t look at her current major is economics, but when she first arrived at Berkeley, she chose music major, which shows that she has a strong interest in music. Loved it.

Tang Huan’s camera is usually kept in the company, and a lot of commemorative photos have been taken, so Wang Xuehong approached the water tower and took it over to take a photo with Deng Lijun.

Tang Huan shook his head secretly when he saw this. You showed the name of the Wang family early, and did you have to wait until the United States to take a group photo to sign? It’s too low-key.

The invitation to visit Apple executives has been confirmed by the other party. Steve Jobs promised to come and have a look in the afternoon. The company is ready for reception.

It has to be said that although Zerone is still in the entrepreneurial stage, Tang Huan’s compensation for employees is very competitive among peers, and he also provides various benefits including lunch, so that even under the high pressure of work, they are still Able to be motivated and sweet.

Tang Huan also remembered Sun Zhengyi, who he had only met not long ago. Didn’t this man always remember to visit him? He was too busy a while ago and had no chance to receive him, so let’s invite it together this time and follow him for a long time.

After Tang Huan personally made the call, Sun Zhengyi readily accepted and asked if he could bring his entrepreneurial partner Lu Hongliang over. Of course, Tang Huan had no reason to refuse. The founder of UTStarcom in the future is also an amazing person. Of archaeological value.

After noon, Sun Zhengyi arrived first, showing his sincere attitude. Lu Hongliang is tall and tall, walking with Sun Zhengyi, quite a sense of contrast.

After the greeting, Tang Xuan took them to take a look at the latest version of CGrid. Sun Zhengyi’s eyes were straight at the time. Obviously, hearing is false, seeing is believing. The application prospects of this software are too broad, far surpassing him. The best language translation machine.

Jobs’s late arrival, Tang Huan didn’t take it seriously. After all, he is now a well-known person, not to mention the arrival of Apple executives like Markkula, Woz, and Scott, which fully demonstrates the closeness of the cooperation between the two parties. .

However, another person Steve Jobs brought, Bill Gates, made Tang Huan a little guarded while welcoming him with a smile.

Compared to Jobs, Gates’ position at this time is slightly inferior. In 1975, he made the first pot of gold by developing the Altair BASIC interpreter for MITS. However, in the subsequent fierce market competition, the founder of MITS mismanaged the company and sold the company, which led to the patent of the BASIC interpreter. dispute.

This lawsuit caused Microsoft to close down frequently. Fortunately, Gates’ father, a well-known lawyer, came forward and ran around, and the company’s headquarters was transferred to Gates’ hometown, Seattle.

Now Microsoft’s main business is to sell BASIC interpreters. Gates contacted microcomputer manufacturers everywhere to install the products on their computers, and Tang Huan promoted CGrid to Apple.

The main business between Gates and Apple is an 8-year license agreement for the Microsoft version of the BASIC programming language worth $25,000. There is not much oil and water, but since then Gates has been able to frequent Apple and get other applications from Jobs. Software development project.

It is strange that Tang Huan is not vigilant for such a future richest man in the world who is both proficient in technology and well versed in the market.

After all, anyone who has a little understanding of industry development can foresee the ability of spreadsheet software to attract money.

Historically, there were two Microsoft products in this area, Multiplan launched in 1982, and Excel born in 1985.

Because of this meeting, Gates, who has always been a hobby of stealing teachers, will enter this field in advance. Tang Huan began to mutter in his heart.

Secretly, the more worried, Tang Huan became more enthusiastic on the surface, and even dragged Jobs and Gates from left to right, so that Wang Xuehong helped to take a picture together.

At this time, absolutely no one realizes what the meaning of this photo is and what it means for the future development of the industry.

Tang Huan’s extra attention, and the high-standard hospitality of all Zerone employees, made Apple’s staff very proud.

“Well, Don, let us go straight to the subject and see your new product.” Jobs urged impatiently.

Tang Huan nodded, and uncovered the red cloth covering the demo computer and printer, “I want to let everyone understand today how Apple’s second-generation machine acts as a commercial computer.”

Among the various upgrades of CGrid1.2 version, it includes perfect support for print output. After Tang Huan gave a presentation, he passed the printed document to everyone for appreciation. The reactions of the people who came to visit were wonderful. Sun Zhengyi and Lu Hongliang were amazed, Gates was thoughtful, and the people at Apple were a bit more complicated. In addition to the surprise, they nodded and admired them, and even had their faces. Showing jealousy.

“How do you plan to price this equipment?” Jobs asked first.

“2000 US dollars, much lower than laser printers, users will definitely welcome it.”

“No, the price is too high, more expensive than the entire computer. When users buy, their attention will be completely drawn to the printer, and the priority will be reversed, ignoring our Apple brand.” Jobs waved his hand forcefully and arbitrarily. He put forward a negative opinion, fully demonstrating what is called a weird temper.

Tang Huan shook his head in irritation, “Your reason is too far-fetched. We are now working together to fully explore the market value of Apple computers. You cannot become jealous just because my price is higher than that of Apple computers. You think about it. Think about it, how can users purchase a set of our printing system for every Apple computer? Zerone won’t steal Apple’s limelight.”

“Jealous? A joke, what’s so jealous of you, do you know how popular Apple is with investors.” Jobs seemed to be poked in the lung tube, a little furious.

Markkula coughed and signaled to Scott to open Jobs, “Now the function of CGrid is really perfect, and it is indeed necessary for our two companies to jointly conduct marketing for this.”

Jobs snorted and pushed Scott away, “I’ll go to the bathroom.”

Seeing that Jobs is no longer messing around, Scott walked over and asked in a low voice, “Tang, I heard that you are still in school and you are taking care of company affairs in your spare time. So busy, are you willing to sell the company to us directly?”

When Tang Huan heard this, he was taken aback, and it seemed that Apple was indeed jealous of Zerone’s performance. But this is also true. In the original history, after the first electronic calculation spreadsheet software VisiCalc was sold, Apple had the idea of ​​buying out, but Markkula was limited in his vision and felt that the price of 1 million US dollars was too expensive, and finally gave up.

Under the guidance of Tang Huan, the current Zerone is many times stronger than the original VisiCalc. How could it be sold?

Tang Huan shook his head, “Zerone is my painstaking effort, I can’t sell it, big deal like Gates, just drop out of school.”

Gates smiled harmlessly and didn’t talk to each other. Like Woz, he continued to observe CGrid carefully. Tang Huan was worried. It seemed that he was about to meet the challenge of a new opponent in the field of spreadsheets.

Scott and Markkula exchanged glances, and continued to lobby on this topic, “Tang, you might as well consider it, and we can discuss the purchase price.”

Tang Huan shook his head resolutely, “Don’t think about it. If you are also optimistic about Zerone’s prospects, you can invest in shares, I’m definitely welcome with your hands.”

Sko nodded, “This proposal seems good.”

Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand. “I haven’t finished yet. Zerone is in a good financial position now. If you are willing to buy shares, it is best to exchange shares in Apple. In this way, everyone will cross shareholding, and interest will be bound. Together, the foundation of trust between each other is stronger.”

Get a certain share of Apple shares before Apple goes public next year, but Tang Huan’s big goal, there is an example that can illustrate the appreciation of Apple’s stock.

In the original history, Jobs wanted to visit the PARC laboratory, but the other party refused because of technical secrecy considerations, so Jobs issued a condition allowing the other party to purchase $1 million in Apple’s equity, and Xerox agreed to the transaction. This led to the success of Jobs’ stealing and the commercialization of GUI, which is a graphical user interface, and that investment became 17.6 million a year later.

Scott and Markkula exchanged glances again, unable to calculate the pros and cons of Tang Huan’s proposal for a while, so they had to put the topic aside for now.

At this time, Jobs suddenly came over in angrily and pointed at Tang Huan’s nose and shouted: “Tang, you are not keeping promises. We agreed that your CGrid can only run on Apple computers, but you are Secretly develop versions of other platforms.”

“I don’t understand what you mean.” Tang Huan, who was breaking the secret, wiped off the saliva sprayed on his face in annoyance.

Jobs snorted coldly, walked to the door of an office, and pushed aside heavily, “Look, what is this? It’s all other kinds of computers, have you denied it.”

At this time, Apple is just the leader in the field of personal computers. Other competitors such as Dondi, Comodo, Atali, MITS, etc. are all struggling to catch up. UU Read www.uukanshu.com and they The total market share naturally far exceeds that of Apple Computer, which is the fundamental reason why Tang Huan refuses to give up this market share.

“Jobs, I must tell you that it is rude to snoop into someone’s office without the consent of the owner.”

“Damn rude, give me an explanation first.” Jobs waved his hand indifferently.

“These computers are just for research, not as complicated as you think.”

“Research? Do you want to be a computer because of your current strength.” Jobs showed disdain.

“Well, if you have to think so, then that is it. With such a big market in front of me, I am totally unmoved, and no one believes it.” Tang Huan is still young and vigorous in the final analysis, otherwise it will not be big. The year before last got into trouble, he was arranged to run to Xiangjiang, and finally came to the United States. He didn’t want to be used to Steve Jobs’s arrogance.

“Finally admit it, from now on, don’t want your product to appear on Apple computers again.” Jobs made a vicious word.

“You can’t be the master of this. My CGrid supports computers from that company, and its sales will skyrocket. Your threat is too pediatric.”

“Then let’s wait and see.” Jobs walked away.

Markkula looked embarrassed, “Don, Jobs has a bad temper. Don’t mind, our two companies still have a very good foundation for cooperation. When we go back, we will study it and let’s talk about it in detail.”

Tang Huan suppressed the fire and nodded, “Okay, then I will wait for the good news.”