They all came to the door, and they couldn't hide.

Su Mu asked George tentatively, "Who is he?"

Michael Dyer, a medical student at the University of Texas at Austin, recently dropped out of school and focused on selling computers. ”

George didn't know what Su Mu was worried about, thinking that he was just asking casually, "I just met him through a friend, and I think he has a good personality, and I will ask him more about how he should sell computers later, maybe it will help your 'business'." ”

Deliberately aggravating the word business, Su Mu and Li Ping'an pondered how to sell computers all day long, George and Li Zhekai already knew about it, and it was normal for American students to start a business, so there was no need to make a fuss.

Well, it's another student who dropped out of college, it's just that the opportunity in this era is too good, so good that Su Mu occasionally has the urge to drop out, and there is a huge untapped market everywhere, and even his half-baked sales level can make so much money in just two days.

No one wants to miss an opportunity, doing business while studying, and devoting yourself to business wholeheartedly are two concepts, you can study at any time, and if you miss the opportunity to start a business, you will be gone.

Penguin's business hasn't been busy enough to get Su Mu out of school, but it has really distracted him lately, so that he can't devote himself to the SAT exam.

Su Mu relieved his heart, and through George's words, he guessed that the guy named Dale was only in his teens and twenties at most, and the owners of the programming training class were willing to buy computers from him, and he didn't steal or rob them, so he didn't have to worry.

"I know, thank you. ”

He said to George as he went downstairs, and looked at the strange young man sitting on the sofa in the living room, white and fat, and looked like a harmless man.

Considering that in recent years, many otaku nerds have been successful, and even Wall Street's financial giants have paid attention to them, as if the good times for nerds have come to turn over, and occasionally a single venture can be worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Su Mu saw Michael Dell, and Dale also saw Su Mu, stood up and stretched out his hand and smiled: "Hello, I'm Michael Dell, you can call me Michael or Dell, I've heard the news that you sell computers to training classes, well done!"

Stretched out his hand and shook Dale, wondering what he was looking for, Su Mu replied politely: "Thank you, my small business is nothing, I use the holidays to work part-time to earn some pocket money." ”

The two didn't know each other, and George helped introduce each other.

After Su Mu and Dale got acquainted with each other a little, he went back to his room to take a shower first, and had a date in the evening, this guy just went to IBM for an internship, and successfully hooked up with a receptionist from a boss, and recently he often called late at night.

......

In the living room, you can hear the noise outside.

Dale asked curiously, "I just saw someone in the garage, what are they doing?"

James seems to have quarreled with Li Zhekai, it is not the first time he has quarreled, Su Mu calmly told him: "Develop a program, office software, I don't know the specifics." ”

"Cool! Can I go and visit?"

"I advise you not to, those two partners have not been in a good temper lately......"

Su Mu had already learned from George's mouth about the scale of the business of the peer in front of him, who had made millions of dollars in just half a year, and at first thought he was a cool and intelligent businessman, but now he felt more like a fat house, or a very naïve kind.

A few minutes ago, he tentatively asked Dell how he usually expands the market.

Dale replied that advertising in the newspaper would reduce computer profits by 10 to 15 percent, and the customers themselves would call and buy it.

The affirmative expression on his face made Su Mu have to believe that this was Dell's business experience, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly found that the popularity of private computers in Silicon Valley is not high, let alone the rest of the United States.

Lowering the price a little bit does have the potential to attract customers who like to try new things, and unlike Silicon Valley, where there are too many peers, leading to a bunch of vendors vying for customers.

Thinking that he had been deceived to earn more than $10,000, and Dale could sit at home and wait for the customer to deliver the money, it was strange that Su Mu was psychologically balanced, and he was also ready to use the good method of advertising in the newspaper.

Dell pushed his glasses with his hand, decisively gave up the idea of visiting, and changed the topic at this moment and said: "Wow, when I came to Silicon Valley, I only found that technology is advancing so fast, can you believe that a 50M capacity SSD has been developed? That can store hundreds of documents!"

"It's the right decision to come to Silicon Valley this time, I'm starting a business everywhere, even you are so young, and your roommates are starting a business in the garage, I have to refuel, I will buy a whole page of newspaper pages for advertising when I go back, and I plan to leave tomorrow, I have already bought a plane ticket. ”

There weren't many young people selling private computers in this era, which was probably what prompted Dell to come to Sumu.

It's easier for his peers to find a topic to talk to, and in Dell's own words, he is the only one in Houston who sells computers, and there aren't many ads promoting computers in Silicon Valley newspapers.

"Good luck. ”

Su Mu said: "I am going to bring a batch of personal computers back to Los Angeles, and when the time comes, try to advertise in the newspaper, you have your Dell computer, Penguin should also set up a computer brand belonging to me and my friends, the price of taking goods directly from IBM is too high, and buying accessories directly in the market can reduce a lot of costs." ”

Dale sighed, stood up and carried his handbag, it was clear that he was still a young man who had just left school, but he was wearing a suit and tie, no matter how he looked at it, he felt strange, and said:

"I really envy you, the company is in Silicon Valley, and I have to pay extra for shipping to buy parts, and the price of computers is higher. You're growing in California, I'm growing in Texas, and hopefully we can capture an entire state's market share!"

A whole large state of customers buy computers from their own companies, thinking of this Su Mu was happy, and also stood up and asked him, "Are you leaving?"

"Well, I'll go to the bar with George later, but it's a pity that you're not old enough, California Prohibition is much stricter than ours, so I won't take you with me, and I have to go to school tomorrow, right?"

"Tomorrow Thursday, so be it, I'll get in touch when I'm free......"

When they met for the first time, the two just chatted briefly.

The market is located in different regions, there will be no conflicts of interest, nothing more than talking about costs, selling prices, whether the business is good or not, and so on.

Soon, after waiting for George to go downstairs, the two drove away.

Su Mu never imagined that Dell, whom he met tonight, would become his biggest competitor in the computer retail industry in the future......