Mass production so soon?!" Seeing the letter written by Jobs, Huo Yaowen touched his chin, a little incredulous that the speed was so fast, but since mass production has begun, this exhibition is very important.

"What's the matter, dear?" Anna looked at Huo Yaowen sitting there motionless, and walked over curiously and asked.

Huo Yaowen hugged his daughter-in-law in his arms and said, "It's nothing, it's just that an American company invited us to participate in an exhibition." ”

"Invite us, and me?" Anna looked surprised, she was an unknown woman, what did the other party invite her to do.

Huo Yaowen smiled: "Of course there are you, you are the big boss of this company, and you must be present in person." ”

Huo Yaowen did not hold much of Apple's shares, only a dozen percent, and the rest was all transferred to Anna. This is also to avoid the development of Apple in the future, and his identity may be detrimental to the development of Apple.

Anna thought about it carefully for a while, and then came over in a trance and asked, "Is that the small company you invested in when we went to the United States to list the world newspaper industry last year?"

"Hmm. That's the computer company. Huo Yaowen said with a smile: "This is not a small company, believe my dear, this company will become the most valuable company in the world in the future, and the market value will exceed one trillion in the future." ”

"Trillions of dollars?" Anna was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly laughed and said, "Honey, are you sure you're not coaxing me to play?" I know that the economic output of the United States is now just over 2 trillion a year. ”

"I'm talking about the future. Huo Yaowen was very helpless, he said to be honest, Anna didn't believe it. But this can't be blamed on her, who would have thought that the future economic development would be so rapid, and even companies with a market value of trillions appeared? If I remember correctly, Apple's market value at its peak was as high as 1.35 trillion, making it the company with the highest market value in the world.

"Okay, okay, I know, trillion market capitalization. Anna saw that Huo Yaowen said it sincerely, and she also covered her mouth and smiled to cater to her.

"Forget it, you don't believe it. Seeing her smile, Huo Yaowen shrugged his shoulders, the other party didn't believe it, so wait a few decades and take a look.

Seeing Huo Yaowen like this, Anna did not continue to laugh on this topic, but asked, "Are you going to the United States?"

"It should be just a few days. And it's not me alone, it's both of us, I said that you are the big boss of the major shareholder. ”

Immediately, Huo Yaowen took a sip on Anna's face and said with a smile: "It seems that I will hold you to the death in the future." ”

was kissed, Anna Qiao's face was slightly red, and she glanced at Huo Yaowen, and just wanted to say that the other party should be serious, but suddenly remembered Mrs. Michelle, who had just come to Hong Kong not long ago, and couldn't help frowning: "But my mother has only been here for a long time." ”

Huo Yaowen thought for a while and said, "Well, it should be fine." It just so happened that Mrs. Michelle was here and could help us bring Xiaobao and Xiaohu, and I think she would be happy to have more contact with these two little ones. ”

Seeing that Anna was still worried, Huo Yaowen continued: "If it doesn't work, you call Vanessa and ask her to come over to spend more time with Mrs. Michelle in the next few days, we will only stay in the United States for three or four days and come back, I think it should be fine for just a few days." ”

"Forget it, don't call Vanessa, she's been busy building a beauty club lately!" Anna thought about it, it was only a few days, and her mother shouldn't seem bored, and besides, she should be happy to have her grandson and granddaughter with her.

"That's fine. Huo Yaowen nodded, then thought of the beauty club, and asked with a smile: "How is the club?"

This beauty salon called "Yueji", Huo Yaowen and Vanatha jointly invested 20 million Hong Kong dollars to build it on a hill on the east side of Taiping Mountain, far away from the city. There are two buildings around the total score, one is leisure and entertainment, the other is a beauty center, and there is a small garden and an open-air afternoon tea transfer area outside, which can be regarded as a place suitable for these ladies and daughters to play petty bourgeoisie.

"It's already under construction, and Vanessa is in a hurry, and she has paid a lot more money, and the construction period will probably be completed in June or July. "Anna has also been accompanying Vanessa to take charge of this matter these days, and the construction of the house is entrusted to a real estate company owned by Hutchison Whampoa.

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In early April, New York International Airport.

As soon as Huo Yaowen, Anna and others got off the plane, they saw Jobs and George, general manager of the American branch of Universal Newspaper, waiting at the pick-up gate.

"Chairman. George stepped forward quickly.

"Well, George, why are you here?" Seeing that it was him, Huo Yaowen was a little surprised, he didn't notify the people from the newspaper company, why did George come over too?

George smiled: "I was talking to Mr. Jobs about advertising yesterday, and I just heard him say that you are coming over, so I followed him to pick up the plane." ”

"Advertisement?" Huo Yaowen glanced at Jobs, only to see him nod and say: "In order to promote our newly developed Apple II as soon as possible, I contacted Manager George, hoping to use the newspapers and weekly magazines under Universal Press to carry out large-scale publicity." ”

"Oh, that's a lot of publicity. Huo Yaowen responded, and beckoned people to get in the car and go to the hotel to rest first.

The next morning, after Huo Yaowen adjusted his schedule, he took Anna, Davide and a few security guards to Apple's newly established branch in New York.

"BOSS, this is our redesigned Apple second-generation computer, which can also be understood as Apple's third-generation computer, but because there is not much breakthrough in technology, I think it can be called an enhanced version of Apple's second-generation computer. ”

Looking at this beige Apple second-generation enhanced version of the computer that has begun to take shape of a modern computer, listening to Jobs's explanation, Huo Yaowen suddenly looked at him with a strange face, but he didn't expect that the current Jobs would have the idea of "plus", and the ability to make money is really innate.

In the past, Huo Yaowen wanted to complain about Apple's various plus, but now that it has become his own product, it is naturally all good.

Anna is not very interested in this kind of high-tech product, but because Huo Yaowen has always emphasized that she is the boss, she is still quite interested in this beige Apple second-generation computer, and has been listening to Jobs's detailed introduction.

The display of Apple's second-generation computer is a bit similar to the big-headed computer of later generations, or to be precise, it is a TV, but the keyboard is far from what Huo Yaowen remembers, not only is it very large, but there are also a lot fewer keys, like a typewriter and more like a keyboard.

There is no mouse, but there are eight slots for expanding memory, and a large disc to make it easy for users who buy a computer to write programming.

"In this Apple 2nd generation enhanced version, we have installed a spreadsheet called VisiCalc, which is not only convenient for users to make spreadsheets on the computer, but also can use this cable to link to the printer, so as to print it directly. ”

"Wouldn't it be very troublesome to make a table on the computer?" Huo Yaowen glanced at Jobs, of course he knew that a spreadsheet was more convenient than making a table in reality, and he could just delete it if he made a mistake and start over, so what he really meant was to vaguely mention the personal computer graphics operating system, as well as the mouse that allows users to operate the interface.

Jobs shook his head: "It won't be too troublesome, we tried, if you look at it at a normal speed, it must be hand-drawn convenient, but the most convenient point of making a table by computer is that it can be deleted and restarted." ”

"Well, turn on the computer and let me see. ”

"Okay. ”

After a moment, the power was on, and Jobs pressed the computer switch, and in a very slow start-up, finally two minutes later, the computer appeared. Different from the computer desktop that everyone generally remembers, this computer screen is full of green English letters.

Watching Jobs skillfully operate this computer there, Huo Yaowen, a person with more than 20 years of Internet experience, was ashamed, he didn't know how to use this computer at all.

"Can you let me try it?" said Anna, who seemed interested in operating the computer.

"Absolutely. Jobs smiled and took a step back, and a gentlemanly hand was held out, motioning for Anna to come forward and try it.

Anna cautiously stepped forward, according to the meaning of the words on the computer, on the keyboard with two fingers, and after a while, the picture became a grid full of squares, thinking that this was the VisiCalc spreadsheet that Jobs had just mentioned.

"I feel that the computer operation is a bit difficult, will this bring great difficulty to beginners?" Huo Yaowen saw that Anna was having a good time, smiled slightly, and then asked Jobs.

"It's normal, computers aren't for the average person. Jobs shrugged his shoulders and said, "Not to mention that it costs nearly $5,000, and it is generally difficult for people who have not learned some of the built-in programming code to get started." ”

"You've probably read my Second World. "Of course, it was my favorite science fiction book, and I was fascinated by the artificial intelligence, including the fantasy of the computer of the future. ”

"I mentioned in the book the idea of computers, which is that the computer of the future will have a very convenient operating system. It's just like our desk, where there is a lot of programming software, and they all have their own patterns. You can use a small thing like a TV remote to easily select the programming software you want to open. ”

Huo Yaowen thought about it carefully, he didn't remember when the mouse was invented, but he had the impression that it should have been there for a long time, but it had not been popularized.

"Do you want to design a computer that is like a remote control to make it easy to operate?" Jobs touched his chin, his mind racing, and began to wonder if he could develop this kind of computer-assisted product.

Huo Yaowen nodded and said: "Yes, but it's more convenient than the remote control, for example, I can hold it in my hand and roll it back and forth on the table, just like you have a pen in your hand, you can order wherever you want." In addition to one more product to assist in the use of computers, I think we should try to make the computer screen more user-friendly, so that users can have a better experience. ”

Huo Yaowen wanted to take a stake in Microsoft a long time ago, but Gates's richest family background is not ordinary, and his mother is a member of the board of directors of IMB, so it should not be as simple as buying a stake in Jobs' Apple company, so when he came to the United States last year, he gave up this idea because he didn't have enough time. Now, you can ask someone to contact again, and see if you can join a share while Microsoft hasn't gotten up yet.

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