Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 4 Female Jobs

The dinner together on April 6th was very enjoyable. Tang Huan still has an aftertaste. It seems that the more the desires lurking in his heart are satisfied, the greater the role of those inherited wisdom, which makes him more motivated at work. The corresponding results can also be called impressive results.

Under the active recommendation of Apple’s sales staff, CGrid almost won the hearts of users as soon as it showed up. Hundreds of official copies have been sold so far, which means that Tang Huan can at least get it in the first week. Tens of thousands of dollars in sales return.

VisiCalc, which was robbed of the world’s first electronic spreadsheet software by CGrid, had a considerable share of Apple’s computer platform in its history. By 1980, more than 25,000 Macintosh computers had been used mainly for use. Running this kind of program, and it also greatly promoted the sales of Apple’s second-generation computers, making Apple successfully eliminated the competitor RadioShack’s TRS-80 computer.

Therefore, the cooperation between CGrid and Apple Computer has created a win-win situation. With this driving force, Apple has moved quickly toward the monthly sales volume of 10,000 units, while Tang Huan has easily completed the entrepreneurial stage. The accumulation of original funds.

In the past few days, Tang Huan stayed at Apple. In addition to promptly solving various problems in the actual application of CGrid, he also developed a new product using a convenient working environment. The display function of Apple’s second-generation computers has been enhanced and expanded. card.

When Wozniak invented Apple’s second-generation machine, one of the first factors considered was how to save costs. Therefore, it is impossible for the computer display function module to be equipped with a dedicated chip. It is only a part of the circuit on the motherboard. The main function is realized by the software code executed by the CPU, and the display mode is the NTSC used by the TV.

But even under such simple conditions, Woz can still display 24 rows and 80 columns of capital letters on the screen, support 16 colors in the minimum resolution of 40×48 mode, and 6 colors in the maximum resolution of 280×192 mode. It’s amazing, it can be said that it created a precedent for personal computer technology.

Of course, no matter how clever Woz’s technology is, its limitations are determined by hardware resources. It wasn’t until 1983 that Apple slowly launched AppleIIE after the model AppleIIPlus, directly built-in display enhancement expansion card, supported lowercase letters, enhanced the two resolution modes to 80×48 and 560×192, and both can display the maximum number. Purpose color.

Tang Huan’s new product was developed by focusing on the gap in the market. As for whether AppleIIE will appear along the historical track, it is beyond his consideration.

Moreover, at present, the conditions for mass production of expansion cards with enhanced display functions are fully available. Tang Huan can easily obtain various high-quality and inexpensive electronic components from Japan in the market, which is enough to ensure the profit margin of his products.

I have to say that Japan’s electronics industry developed extremely rapidly during this period. Relying on low-price dumping, it dared to compete with the US semiconductor industry. Even Intel finally had to shift its main business and concentrate on CPU.

Tang Huan naturally likes this kind of situation where the heroes come together, so that he can have the space to show his talents.

Seeing that Tang Huan had designed such a high-level display enhancement card within a few days, Woz was surprised.

At this time, Apple’s third-generation machine is still in the development stage. The main product on the market is Apple’s second-generation machine. As a developer, Woz is constantly improving it, and the display enhancement card is taking advantage of Woz’s original efforts to keep it. The expansion slot perfectly enhances the performance of Apple’s second-generation machine.

Tang Huan’s achievements not only proved Woz’s correct foresight, but also showed Tang Huan’s deep understanding of Woz’s products. Just like meeting a friend, he instantly won the favor of Woz, an old technical naughty boy. After Tang Huan’s intention to make friends, the two quickly became good friends. As a result, Tang Huan was able to win a lot of contacts within Apple.

Out of caution, the first batch of display enhancement cards produced by Tang Huan did not have many samples. He referred to one-third of the price of the entire computer and set a price of $500 for his new product. He planned to put it on the market first. Then decide the next plan.

Apple has started to use CGrid internally. Tang Huan found Scott and presented two display enhancement cards. In fact, he played a small abacus for free testing. However, his combined use of CGrid and display enhancement cards is still very effective. confident.

During this period, Tang Huan also considered setting up the company, but he was really too busy alone, so he could only plan roughly in his mind.

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While he was busy, the time came to April 10th, and the second stop of Deng Lijun’s North American tour began at Meisheng Hall, San Francisco.

Compared with the first show four days ago, the response this time was even greater. When Tang Huan came backstage, he noticed that many fans were guarding outside.

glanced around, Tang Huan found a group of acquaintances, and the peers of the one whose grandfather renewed the string, they really didn’t talk too speculatively with each other, and he didn’t bother to say hello.

Tang Huan was about to go to Deng Lijun, when suddenly he heard a female voice shouting: “Tang Huan, you are here too.”

Looking back on his reputation, Tang Huan recognized that the other party was Wang Xuehong, a classmate of Berkeley University. This girl played the piano very well. Tang Huan used the flute and Wang Xuehong’s piano in the school’s music activities. Good friends.

Wait, Wang Xuehong? Tang Huan rubbed his eyes and looked at the girl who came by carefully, wondering in his heart. It’s a coincidence, isn’t this the daughter of the Wang family of Baodao, the richest woman of Baodao in the future, the shareholder of Xiangjiang TVB, VIA And the head of HTC, known as the female Jobs.

This era is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and there are many talents. I will have to do archaeology more seriously in the future, otherwise I might have missed some interesting discoveries.

The Wang family attaches great importance to the education of their children. After graduating from high school, Wang Xuehong came to Berkeley to study abroad, and she was usually very low-key. No classmates knew her true identity, so Tang Huan would naturally not take the initiative to scream.

“I happened to have a ticket and come here to get some insights. I forgot, you really like music.” Tang Huan smiled to the answer, but he was thinking about how to recruit the future female Jobs into the company to be established for himself. Part-time job.

In terms of technology, Tang Huan is confident that he can lead this era for more than ten years, UU reading www.uukanshu. com However, the company’s management and the establishment of network resources cannot be done alone. This is also the biggest reason for fancy Wang Xuehong, and everyone is also Chinese.

The two were talking, and a junior from the Tang family came over, “Tang Huan, you are not at ease to engage in your studies, come to the concert to join in the excitement, be careful, I tell Aunt Tang Yun. Besides, you can be a mud bun Understand what, why don’t you sell the ticket to me for double the price.”

“While playing.” Tang Huan rebuffed in an angry way, and then explained to Wang Xuehong, “I made you laugh, the family is big, everyone has it.”

Wang Xuehong nodded, seeming to feel the same way. She said, “I thought I would see Deng Lijun in the background. I didn’t expect so many people, or we should come in and wait for the performance.”

Tang Huan nodded, surrounded by fans, it was really hard to meet Deng Lijun again, and simply took advantage of this time to have a good chat with Wang Xuehong. I remember that Wang Xuehong graduated with a master’s degree in 1981. It is now the stage of handover between undergraduate and graduate students. The accumulated knowledge is enough to handle the work.

“Xuehong, I recently developed a software program that sells well at Apple. The market prospects are very promising. So I want to set up a company for specialized operations. Unfortunately, there are not enough staff. Are you interested in using your spare time to start a business? Just give you your shares for nothing and let you become a shareholder.” Tang Huan tried his best to bewitched.

The future richest woman on Treasure Island surely carries the genes for entrepreneurship in her bones. She became interested when she heard Tang Huan’s idea, and readily agreed, and began to ask questions. Tang Huan patiently answered, and talked until the concert began.