One hundred and twenty-seven
The business is slowly on the track, and the dormitory is still its main production base. Curly hair has long since stopped, and he has traveled abroad alone, leaving Mike busy alone.
Poor Mike is usually unpacking the mail in the morning, noting down each customer's requirements, and then sending out the machine that was modified the day before, and going out to buy accessories by the way.
It is usually a few o'clock in the afternoon after the parts are bought, at which time Mike has a hurry to eat, and then starts to install the machine until late at night.
Mike only hired an old accountant to manage all his finances, avoiding the embarrassment of a singles company. It's just that this is naturally extremely tiring, and there is no time for class, and at the end of the semester, there is no test in a single course.
Despite this, Mike still has no regrets, and at this time he has amassed enough wealth to survive the rest of his life. But people are like this, the heart will never be satisfied, and the external conditions do not allow it, because the monthly orders are growing in a straight line.
Gradually, Mike felt that his single-handedness workshop could no longer meet the supply, and he had to embark on the road of scale, but the expected thing still came.
Mike's mentor felt guilty about the lost lamb and informed his parents after several warnings were ineffective, and Mike's workshop went through its first inspection.
Old Mike was stunned when he saw his son's dormitory: "God, what have you been doing in the past few months!"
Mike stood there awkwardly, still carrying a screwdriver in his hand, and his father's sudden attack interrupted his work, but there was nothing to say, and the father and son faced each other silently.
It took a while for Mike to recover and gently talk about his experience in the past few months, but fortunately Dad didn't react too much.
After a long time, Old Mac sighed: "What are you going to do? Do you want to continue your studies or do this, think about it and then answer, I hope this is your own choice." ”
Mike was stunned, the expected outburst did not appear, and stammered, "I, I can't let go of everything here, I still want to continue to do this......"
"Then go ahead and don't give up easily. Old Mike smiled and reached out to pat his son, "Men have to make a career, they don't care when and where, I support your decision, we Texans want to do this." ”
Mike was inexplicably moved, father and son hugged each other, this is an exchange between men, no need for any explanation, what can be more than the deviant things he did to be respected by his father?
With his father's support, Mike was emboldened and proposed an indefinite suspension from school. The tutor had no choice but to sign the application, and since then, the dragon has returned to the sea, the tiger roars in the mountains and forests, and a generation of business tycoons has embarked on their own path.
Mike doesn't have much money at home, so Old Mike can only give him moral support, and he has to walk the specific road by himself, where to find money?
At present, Mike's business is just second-hand, it is really not on the table, Mike will never stop there, after these few months of PC modification business, he has a bold plan in his head, that is, to be his own supplier.
"I'm going to compete with IBM!"
Mike said this lightly to his father, though his heart was also beating.
"Then do it. Old Mike is also an understatement, because as a dentist, he has no idea what IBM does, and in his mind, IBM is about the same size as the restaurant in front of his house.
Speaking of anger, Mike still has to solve the troubles in front of him, more and more customers need to bring hard disk machines, but the current operating system that supports hard disks is only Viewsoft's Godon.
Had to make a trip to California, maybe this was an opportunity, Mike thought to himself.
At Viewsoft's headquarters in California, Ms. Zhang is having a headache with a messy company.
The interim president appointed by Dr. Yu himself is a lawyer, this guy is very shrewd about contract matters, but he is only a half-manager, and when the company is dying to expand, it is clear that he is not a material.
"President, a little guy wants to see you. The enchanting female secretary came in and asked Zhang Yi for instructions, "He didn't make an appointment, but it's very interesting, he wants to see the top person in charge." ”
Zhang Yi just finished the matter at hand, and her mood was a lot lighter: "Little guy, interesting? Then give him five minutes, Alice will make me a cup of coffee by the way, thank you." ”
Mike came to Viewsoft as a client and was lucky enough to convince the secretary, he wiped his sweat and thought that he was a good person.
Knocking lightly on the door, Mike walked into Zhang Yi's office and finally met the top leader of his dreams.
How is this company full of women, this strange thought suddenly popped into Mike's mind, so that he was a little distracted.
"You're the little one? Zhang Yi looked at Mike with interest and sipped his coffee slowly.
Mike was excited, and quickly began to introduce himself: "My name is Michael Dell, you can call me Mike or Dell, I am a PC reseller, and I would like to obtain your company's operating system license." ”
Zhang Yi was slightly disappointed: "You can talk to the people in the sales department, and they will give you a satisfactory answer." ”
It's another boring guy, Zhang Yi thought to herself, just wanted to send him away, and suddenly remembered something.
"Where are you from?" Zhang Yi asked.
Mike honestly replied, "I'm from Texas." ”
"It's really Texas Dell!" Zhang Yi understood a little, "You are very famous, an 18-year-old marketing genius, who can reach a monthly turnover of $180,000 when you just enter the industry." ”
Mike was surprised: "How do you know?" and he was a little proud that the head of the most famous software company in the United States had actually heard his name.
Zhang Yi smiled, a few days ago she was very interested in the compatible machine market, and spent a lot of money to do market research, and there was a record of Texas kid in the survey report.
But how could Zhang Yi say this, she smiled: "What's the matter, you won't come to California to buy our software, right?" ”
Mike smiled awkwardly, he had originally come to buy a software license, but he also wanted to see what unique secrets this software company that had become famous in a short period of time.
"Actually, I just came to see Viewsoft, and my classmates in college admired your company's software very much, and it was like a five-body worship, did you write the godson system?" Mike said.
"Hehe, I don't know how to write programs. Zhang Yi smiled, "That's our boss's work, if you have the chance, you can meet him." ”
Suddenly, Zhang Yi had a feeling that the eyes of the boy in front of him were very familiar, and they were all so burning with a flame of confidence and aggressiveness.
Cao Changjiu, Zhang Yi finally found the corresponding character. Yes, they are all so young, but they are extremely successful.
"Do you want to get our software license, do you want to make your business bigger? Zhang Yi asked.
Mike nodded hurriedly, and quickly seized the opportunity to say his thoughts in one go.
Before this, Mike had also fantasized about being able to make a windfall from the sky, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come like this, Mike plucked up all his strength, and said more and more relaxed.
Zhang Yi listened quietly, nodding occasionally.
Five minutes had already passed, but Zhang Yi didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, and Mike was happy too.
Finally finished, Mike smiled awkwardly: "I seem to have said too much, I'm sorry." ”
Zhang Yi clapped his hands with a smile: "That's very good, none of my salespeople here can compare to yours, but your plan has a fatal point." ”
Mike's heart tightened and asked, "What's the fatal point?"
"Capital!" Zhang Yi drank coffee all day long, "The microcomputer manufacturing industry needs a lot of capital, which is precisely your dead end." Of course, you can accumulate slowly, but when you finish accumulating, other compatible machine manufacturers have already been formed, and you have to face a mature market. Of course, you have to be willing to accept venture capital, but would you be willing to make a wedding dress for someone else?"
Mike knew that this was something he had known for a long time, otherwise he would have had a lot of venture capital with his fame.
"Come to us, you can accomplish whatever you want. Zhang Yi sent out an invitation, "We don't need a penny from you, we provide everything you need, as long as you want to do." ”
Mike is a little excited, although this is a bit far from his ideals, but who doesn't want to take a step to the sky?
"What can I do if I come here?" Mike hesitated, "I don't know anything about software programs. ”
"You don't need to do it, hehe. Zhang Yi chuckled, "You can be the president of this company, of course you have to prove your strength." ”
Mike was completely confused, he was still a freshman, and someone invited him to be the president. Mike patted himself on the face and asked, "How am I going to prove myself?" he said that he had almost acquiesced in the fact that he had been solicited, after all, he was only 18 years old and could not resist such temptation.
Zhang Yi picked up the pen and began to sign a document, saying: "Originally, our company's purpose was to start from the bottom and treat everyone equally. But given your previous results, you can get an investment from us, you can do what you think is worth doing, as long as you can have a good performance in two years, it will be done. ”
After writing something, Zhang Yi took it and shook it in front of Mike: "This is a check for one million dollars, as long as you go and sign a document, this is yours." Two years later, you're the president of the company. ”
Zhang Yi felt very strange, and he couldn't tell how he could make this decision so impulsively.
Mike fought over the check, and after thinking for a long time, Mike finally grabbed the check.
"I've decided to join!"
"Welcome, welcome!"
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The sea, it's all fucking water! A certain renegade broke its promise, but it didn't break out, don't slap your face......