It's easy to do things with money, not to mention people who have no concept of money for a long time, VS Research Institute is so unsuspenseful. There are a lot of members, a hundred and ten people, roughly divided into soft and hard groups, and announced the development goals.

Although they have just met, they are all familiar hands, these shrimp soldiers and crabs will adapt quickly, and they will have a general understanding of their respective levels after a 'crossing' with each other, and they have also positioned their own levels in their hearts, which is quite harmonious.

The short-term goal has been announced for a long time, which is to develop a complete set of graphics system software and hardware, but no one has raised any objections, and everyone seems to take it for granted.

"That's it, do you have any questions?" asked again for a long time, a little uneasy.

As soon as the long voice fell, someone spoke below.

"I'm Jason from Botland and it's not hard to develop a system, it's just a matter of time. With a shiny head, a guy who looked like an old man said, "Do you want all chips to be designed specifically or generally, which determines the development cycle." ”

"And money!, that's the key to the length of time, haha!" another guy shouted, and there was a burst of laughter below, and after a long look, it turned out to be the self-proclaimed No. 1 hacker Fisnair.

Chang nodded for a long time: "Money is not a problem, everyone can rest assured." My goal is to create a workstation-based graphics system, or graphics workstation, where there is a prototype of the computing host system, and the key is to have the strongest graphics processing system. In terms of the graphics processing program, Dr. John Wollock is in charge, and as for the hardware, I think it is better to integrate the graphics subsystem on an expansion card and connect to the processor through a bus, which should give full play to the maximum flexibility. There is also the Internet, and Mr. Fisnel is an expert, so there should be no problem in this area. As for the 'operation' system, Viesoft will give you the best support, and that's it. ”

The bald Jason said with satisfaction: "I understand, there is no problem, when will it start?"

"Everyone has been divided into groups, please familiarize yourself with your working environment, the first task is to write a schedule, roughly can, 'hand' to the respective team leader, and the team leader will assign the task. He said loudly for a long time, see that there is nothing wrong with these guys, and clapped his hands to dismiss the meeting.

After finishing walking out of the office for a long time, he saw Xu Zhixing leaning on the pillar and looking at him: "It's very good, how does it feel to 'mingle' with these guys?"

Chang Chang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not a regular army, it's a bit of a mercenary legion." Didn't you go to Seattle? You're back so soon. ”

Xu Zhixing said: "A good news or a bad news, which one do you want to listen to first?"

“...... Good news!"

"The good news is that Microsoft's graphics 'manipulation' system has bounced again, and Bill was thrown cake at this conference. ”

"Yes is good news, to be expected. Long nodded, "And what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that IBM can't seem to stand up with our godson system, and IBM has announced that it will develop its own next-generation graphics 'manipulation' system to compete with Apple on the latest generation of machines. ”

"Oh!" said Chang Snack, "tell me what's going on?"

PC boss Esrich was promoted, and due to the huge success of the AT machine, he received a prize of 50,000 US dollars and was transferred directly back to IBM headquarters as vice president of the global manufacturing business unit. ”

"Isn't this a good thing? He has always had a good relationship with our VS, wouldn't it be beneficial for us to have more power in this promotion?"

Xu Zhixing patiently explained: "The business scale of the Boka branch has caused the dissatisfaction of those bureaucrats in the headquarters, which is why there is this personnel transfer. The newcomer is Bill Low-Bow, a very difficult guy to deal with, and the first thing he did when he took office was to find VS to discuss changing the contract for the 'operation' system. I don't know too much about the specific things, this news was provided by President Zhang, you can ask her. ”

Modify the contract?I've been depressed for a long time.,Is this guy's brain in water?It seems that it's still a matter of profit distribution.,It's another damn Bill.。

The two came to Zhang Yi's office, and the 'female' strong man had already prepared and clearly told what had happened.

It turned out that Lovo was an expert, and after a detailed market analysis, he came to a conclusion that the PC market is so prosperous because everyone uses the same 'operation' system, and all software can be used universally.

In this way, Lovo clearly understood the potential and huge commercial benefits of the "operation" system, and proposed several ways to deal with the current intensifying competition for compatible machines, the first of which is the software platform proprietary strategy.

For viesoft, the godson system is open, and it has the right to sell this thing to any manufacturer, so Lovo made a request to viesoft to change the version of the 'operating' system, one for IBM and the other for VS.

VS its own version can be bought and sold freely, while IBM's exclusive version is up to IBM to decide who can use it, and of course there must be differences between them - IBM's proprietary version of 'sex' can be stronger!

This makes Zhang Yi very embarrassed, IBM is a big business, and it must not be offended, but if they fulfill their wishes, it is tantamount to giving up their initiative, which is absolutely impossible.

The negotiations were difficult, Lovo was very tough, and the interface godson function was no longer enough to support the competition of PCs, so it was imperative that Zhang Yi 'handed' over control of the 'operation' system.

Ren Zhang Yi said that VS is developing a graphics 'operation' system interface based on Intel's new processors, but Lovo still insists on his own ideas, saying that IBM has no plans to develop new machines, and the 286 is enough.

The two sides couldn't get along, so they froze there. Zhang Yi kept lobbying Boca's personnel, but he couldn't understand why the president of Lovo didn't mean to develop a new machine.

In fact, this is also part of several strategies of Lovo, on the one hand, efforts to suppress compatible machine manufacturers from the aspect of 'operation' system, if VS can support it, it will be half the success; on the other hand, it is to use the Intel equity in his hand to eat a large number of Intel 286 processors at a low price, the reason is very simple, Lovo's idea inherits IBM's consistent approach, that is, to control the supply of goods, buy all 286 processors, and other manufacturers naturally cannot produce them, which is a very typical IBM idea.

This trick is ruthless, Intel is almost laughing to death, hundreds of thousands of products have been sold, the storage pressure has been greatly reduced, and there is a large amount of money to expand production capacity, even Grove, who has always been unsmiling, can't help but be happy, IBM is really a friend.

Zhang Yi and Lovo's negotiation status has lasted for about half a year, these days are probably impatient to wait, Boca side deliberately blew the wind, saying that it is necessary to put aside VS to develop its own graphical interface called OS/2 'operation' system, set the target data is very bull B, modeled on the IBM360 plan, to be compatible with all IBM computers.

The specific situation is like this, after listening to it for a long time, I also understand, probably that's it, if IBM succeeds, this system can cover all IBM large, medium and small models, and all software can be ported casually with only a small modification.

"It's a terrible situation, and we're not prepared for it. Zhang Yi was a little uneasy, "This is my negligence, I shouldn't ask for too high a price, my fault, I'm really sorry." ”

"There is no need to apologize. He said calmly for a long time, "This Lovo is a hooligan, don't pay attention to him, Sister Zhang, you are doing the right thing, you would rather turn against him than give up the control of the 'operation' system, blindly giving in is not the way, even if you agree to their request, maybe Lovo will laugh at us as fools as soon as he turns around, and money can't buy respect." ”

Zhang Yi's eyes widened: "But in this way, we may lose IBM, a big customer, is it too early to offend it." ”

Chang said: "A gentleman must do something, no one can always be left and right, a choice must be made, it may be a little early now, but others have found the 'door' to kick the restaurant, how can you be a turtle with a shrunken head, if you want to fight, you can fight." ”

Xu Zhixing knew what he meant when he heard the song, and immediately said: "The chipset improvement on the Hong Kong side is underway, and it may take a while to complete. ”

"The improvement continues, and it needs to be accelerated. But I retracted the decision I made last time, and immediately asked the Hong Kong factory to mass-produce the unimproved model, and if the production capacity is not enough, it can be outsourced, in short, it must be launched as soon as possible. "What about Dell in Texas, let him release the machine based on the latest chipset." Xu Zhixing: When you go to prepare for a press conference, you must pursue the advertising effect. ”

Xu Zhixing immediately agreed, and Zhang Yi also lifted his 'spirit' spirit: "We can contact the Compatible Machine Alliance, make a gesture, or seek support." ”

"It should be like this, everyone makes a plan, grasps the rhythm of everything, and must be surprised and make an explosive 'sex' news. If the long-term commander is determined, it seems that he has changed a person, and his body is full of murderous aura, "The last thing I am afraid of is threats, since it is not harmonious, then let's muddy the water." ”