There's no doubt that the PC market is huge.

Look at IBM, the blue giant that is still the world's largest market capitalization, it mainly relies on enterprise-class computers to get to today's scale.

At the level of Han Chudong, even if he just says a few words in private and slightly reveals some ideas about the application of personal computers in the future, it may cause an uproar and then attract the attention of the capital market.

Isn't it fragrant for a person to eat alone without making a sound?

In order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Han Chudong was cautious and only said that it was a game console.

Before the layout of the whole industry is completed, it can be a calculator, a new typewriter, a game machine, but it cannot be said that it is a personal computer.

The reason for this is that these things are being made, and most of them are failed attempts, which can paralyze potential competitors and buy more time to achieve technological leadership.

It just so happened that Han Chudong also had a cooperative relationship with Atari and jointly funded the creation of Aurora Game Company, and in the eyes of insiders, Han Chudong used Xerox's Otto series products to build video game consoles, which is a reasonable business layout.

Recently, the company has a little money in its name, and it will also borrow another amount of money from the Swiss Banking Group, and after witnessing the Otto microcomputers, Han Chudong seems to be able to enter the market in advance and accumulate some patented technology first.

There is still a batch of copycat toys after checking, and the business model of storm electrical appliances is being imitated by other companies. In many countries where there is no patent concept, all kinds of copycat masks are also sold openly without scrupulousness, and some American reporters have bought products that sell for fifteen cents and published the news in newspapers, but in the end it did not cause much trouble.

Although he made a lot of money, it was a disgusting thing to watch his own interests suffer.

This led Han Chudong to develop upstream of the manufacturing industry, and focused on building the brand image and enhancing the competitiveness of his own enterprises.

At this moment.

The director of the R&D department who received the news walked out of the office to greet Han Chudong, and his attitude was not very friendly because there was no entanglement of interests.

Probably because of her personality, this middle-aged woman in her forties named Marilyn Turner had no expression when she shook hands with him, and asked curiously: "I didn't receive any news about you, why did you suddenly come to our research center?"

The number of female executives in society is very small, and the ratio of men to women in the morning meeting may be as high as 50 to 1, and women in the West are still accustomed to being housewives at home, and it is difficult to climb up even if they work, and most of them are engaged in professions such as teachers, typists, receptionists, etc.

Therefore, when Han Chudong found out that the person in charge of this research center turned out to be a woman, he subconsciously thought that it should belong to that kind of strong and decisive personality, and said frankly: "Sorry to bother." I really didn't give you any notice, but I heard that you guys are working on a more interesting R&D job here, so I wanted to see if there were any opportunities to work together, and I was going to develop a new console for sale, and Otto seemed to be more in line with my needs. ”

"That's right. ”

Hearing the word cooperation, Ms. Marilyn Turner immediately fell in mind, Xerox headquarters has long been complaining about the existence of this institute, twenty or thirty million dollars are invested, and the things produced can only be given away.

Of course, it's not that they've made enough money and have so much money that they start playing charity, but their idea is to try it out for others, and then attract those research institutes, universities, and the like to buy products from them.

A year has passed, and a lot of them have been sent out for nothing, but in the end, they are all meat buns and dogs, and occasionally go to investigate and use feedback, no one says bad, but no one is willing to pay for it.

As a listed company, Xerox headquarters is of course very unhappy with this, and Ms. Marilyn Turner has worried about her work more than once, worrying that the entire project will be cut at any time.

Unexpectedly, she heard that the young Chinese rich man who had been rumored to be boiling recently actually took the initiative to say that she wanted to seek cooperation, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, and continued: "The game console is very good, I have also played games with Otto, we have a large team of excellent engineers here, and the products are also very good, I just have time, where do you want to start visiting?"

Clearly discovering her changes, Han Chudong pondered a little, guessed the general reason, smiled and said, "Let me try Otto first, someone gave it a relatively high evaluation, and it is said that it is also very convenient to operate, right?"

"Of course, I'll have the best engineer in the company come and teach you how to use it, wait a while, and have a cup of coffee first. ”

"Thank you, Ms. Turner......"

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More than ten minutes later.

Han Chudong sat next to a Xerox Otto computer under the leadership of a technical man with glasses.

The keyboard layout also starts with "QWERTY", which directly mimics the typewriter and was born a hundred years ago.

The mouse is a very novel thing, a small square box, with three neatly arranged capsule buttons, Han Chudong pretended to be confused, listened to the introduction of the role of the mouse, and let out some sighs at the right time, as if he had never seen it.

After turning on the computer, you can see a line of code, but at the beginning it is written "Otto's operating environment", and after entering the file directory, you can see the graphic button, file list, but there are no icons or pictures, Han Chudong clicked on a document casually, and found that it was a letter used as a demonstration, and even used the beginning of the art word in large and bold letters.

There's also a simple drawing program, like a simplified version of Microsoft's equivalent program, and even mini-games that simulate 3D effects.

606*808 monochrome bitmap video display, one mouse button, optional five key settings, storage word count of 12802K bytes, secondary storage hard disk of 2.5MB, designed with BCPL language.

After trying to use it for a while, Han Chudong finally understood why the consultant he hired would recommend this company's products to him, which is indeed interesting.

Judging from what we have learned so far, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the originator of the personal computer, but it is a pity that it was born in the wrong era, except for playing some small games, leaving the university or research institute connected to the ARPANET, it has almost become an ornament, and it is even not as convenient as a typewriter, after all, there is no way to send the prepared documents to others.

Hold the mouse and press it around and enjoy the feeling of sitting in front of the computer.

Han Chudong already has a plan, he doesn't think that it is cost-effective to acquire this research institute, but if the price is right, he can also start it, which can be regarded as laying the foundation for the future......