Chiwetel Ejioo's eyes lit up.

Who wouldn't love a private jet?

In the United States and even the entire Western world, private jets are simply a symbol of personal wealth and strength, just like in the late eighties and early nineties, China used the luxury of a car to distinguish a person's wealth, and now American society is accustomed to using the luxury of private jets to distinguish a person's wealth:

The Kaycesna 172, an ultralight piston aircraft, can only be regarded as a relatively wealthy middle class;

Those who own the King Air series twin-engine turboprop aircraft are basically billionaires worth millions or even millions;

A little further up, there are the wealthy people who own the Learjet-23/35 and Dassault Falcon 20, which are equipped with twin-engine jet engines, have a maximum range of 3,000 to 5,000 kilometers, and have six to eight passenger seats, which are usually worth between a few million and one or two million, two or three thousand dollars;

For example, Chen Geng and Hammer, who directly converted large trunk planes into private jets, are either large consortia or billionaires worth more than hundreds of millions of dollars.

Just as the Chinese bosses in the early days of the reform were the first thing they did after making a fortune was to buy a good car, the first two things Americans did after they had money must be to buy a luxury house and a plane -- those who criticized the behavior of the bosses who got rich first in China to buy good cars, saying that the capitalists in Europe and the United States do not pay attention to face and do not care about cars, they simply do not know the so-called nonsense, and they do not know at all that the big capitalists in Europe and the United States do not care about these face projects, but that other people's face projects are more advanced.

After having the money, Chiwetel Ejiofor did the same thing as the rich guys: private jets, which were a must, big mansions with swimming pools, Yes, of course.

In fact, Chiwett Ejioult's private jet is very good, a Bell 206 helicopter, so that he can comfortably sit in his own helicopter to work every day, and return to his mansion in his own helicopter when he gets off work, but he doesn't have to compare with the boss's McDonnell Douglas - 80, just compared with the "Falcon" 50, his own Bell 206 is very cold...... I'm also a shareholder of Garrett 2000, what's wrong with buying an airplane?

However, Chiwett Ejiofor was very smart, and he waved his hand: "There is no hurry about the plane, boss, in fact, I have always wanted to ask you a question, but I don't know if it is convenient or not......"

"As long as it's not too much of a privacy issue, of course it's fine. Chen Geng shrugged.

"It's not about personal privacy, it's about work," since the boss had no opinion, Chiwett Ejiofor boldly asked, "You seem to take IBM's 5150 very seriously, why?"

The 5150 is just an upgraded version of the 5100 and 5120, and selling 200,000 units is the sky, IBM executives also said in interviews that their sales target is to sell 240,000 units in the next five years, not to mention whether their goal can be achieved, even if it can be achieved, it is not worth your solemn waiting, right?"

As soon as Chiwetel Ejioult's words came out, even Gary Kiridale looked at Chen Geng with a curious expression.

Chiwett Ejiofor's question is also what he wants to know, IBM's decision to develop a new generation of microcomputers for personal use is not a secret, and even IBM itself did not keep it a secret, when asked by reporters, IBM's senior management frankly admitted that the new generation of computers they developed is an upgraded version of the 5100 and 5120.

There is no doubt that the 5100 and 5120 are very successful personal microcomputers, since the introduction of the first 5100 in 1975, IBM has sold more than 180,000 units of the 5100 and 5120 so far, and it is believed that the 5150 will still be successful, but in the eyes of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Gary Kiridaire, Fernandez seems to have taken the 5150 a little too seriously, to put it mildly, IBM did sell 200,000 units...... No, what if it's even 240,000 units of the 5150?

"Because of ......, of course"

Chen Geng was halfway through his words, and he was suddenly stunned.

Because except for himself, everyone including IBM didn't know what kind of sales frenzy the 5150 would set off: IBM felt that they would be satisfied if they could sell 240,000 units of the 5150 in five years, but in the first month after the official listing, the 5150 achieved this sales target.

Yes, in the first month of its official launch, IBM sold 240,000 units of 5,150 personal microcomputers.

By 1985, the 5150 had sold more than 1 million units worldwide.

Also starting with the IBM 5150, sales in the U.S. personal microcomputer market soared from $1.8 billion to $500 million.

With millions of units sold worldwide, Gates' MS-DOS gradually replaced Gary Kiridaire's CP/M as the mainstream operating system for personal computers.

But the problem is that no one but himself knows this, Chiwett Ejiofor and Gary Kilidale don't know, and IBM doesn't know either.

Why do you attach so much importance to the 5150? Isn't it because it is the world's first personal computer with total sales of more than 1 million units, and it has a unique historical position in the history of personal computer development?

"Of course for what?" Chiwetel Ejiofor was very dissatisfied with his boss's half-talking: "Boss, in fact, I think, no matter how powerful the 5150 is, isn't it still an upgraded version of the 5100 and 5120? All of these PCs are sold through our hypermarkets......"

Chiwetel Ejiofor was still babbling, but when he heard his words, Chen Geng felt as if a giant bell was ringing: yes, why did I put myself in the position of a weak person from the beginning? Is it because 5150 is so successful, so I am afraid of myself?

But the current personal computer market is an era of chaos between princes, there is no unified standard for personal computers, everyone is fighting for their own battles, even IBM, the blue giant, is also facing competition from emerging personal computer manufacturers such as Apple in the field of personal computers, and the most important thing is that these IBM competitors are still alive and well.

Apple can live very well in the competition with IBM, I deeply know the future development trend of personal computer technology, has the most powerful personal computer sales channels in the United States and even the world, and most importantly, I have a monopoly on the personal computer operating system CP/M and the "Windows" system and trackball...... In the field of personal computers alone, I'm in some ways more powerful than Apple and IBM, so what am I afraid of?

"You reminded me......"

Chen Geng raised his head and looked at Chiwett Ejiofor and Gary Kilidale: "We have the best personal computer operating system in the world, we have the most powerful computing and sales channels in the world, we also have the most powerful software development capabilities and strength in the United States, and I am still the best industrial designer in the world......

Speaking of this, Chen Geng took a deep breath, looked at Chiwett Ejiofor and Gary Kiridale, whose eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and suddenly smiled: "In this case, it seems that for us, the core conditions for making an excellent personal computer have been met......"

“Yes！Yes！”

As soon as Chen Geng's words fell, Chiwetel Ejiofor jumped up all of a sudden, waving his fist excitedly and foaming at the mouth: "Boss, I didn't say you, you should have done this a long time ago!"

Not doing computers is a waste of such a good sales channel for us!

As long as we do computers, who are our opponents?

As long as the news is released, we don't need to come to the door, CPU manufacturers such as Motorola, inter, and Texas Instruments have to take the initiative to come to the door and ask for our cooperation......"

“......”

Although Gary Kiridaire didn't speak, his flushed face with excitement silently explained his attitude towards Chen Geng's idea.

Yes, in fact, the two have always been puzzled by their boss's fear of IBM's new generation of personal computers: What are you afraid of this thing that has only been out for more than half a year?!

But for now, all right!

Although I don't know how my boss suddenly figured it out, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I figured it out!

Figured it out, and the boss decided to play on his own, that's the point!

As for the talent in personal computer hardware......

Hi!

Is this a problem? Is this a problem?

IBM、apple、DEC...... Now there are seventy or eighty personal computer manufacturers in the United States, and those companies that are responsible for developing various types of boards around personal computers are even more unknown.

At this point, what else did Chen Geng not understand? Looking at Chiwett Ejiofor and Gary Kiridale, Chen Geng suddenly realized: "You two, you have been preparing to make hardware for a long time, right?"

Gary Kilidale was still a little embarrassed, but Chiwett Ejiofor said with a big sting: "The computer makes more money, you look at the apple II that Apple just launched, look at the hardware, what's worthy?" But it's such a thing, they dare to sell it for $1299, but the market is still in short supply, and Jobs is making crazy money......

"I didn't think about it that much," Gary Kiridaire was a little embarrassed to sell Chiwett Ejiofor: "When Chivaert told me that he wanted to make hardware, I just thought that if we made our own hardware, we could package and sell the CP/M, the 'Windows' system and the trackball and the various software we developed together, even if we didn't force customers to buy them, at least we could recommend our products to customers, right?"

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