Chapter Seventy-One: The Flagship Store Opened
When the press conference came to the question session, the reporters in the audience scrambled to ask questions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Those ones were like crazy.
"Mr. Tian, when will Apple-ll be officially released?"
"Mr. Tian, what is the price of Apple-ll?"
"Mr. Tian, what is Apple's sales expectation for Apple-ll?"
"Mr. Tian, do other companies need to develop expansion cards for Apple-ll?"
"Mr. Gates, how much is a copy of Excel spreadsheet office software?"
"Is Sunbird's Chinese Square a game developed by Chinese?!"
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For a while, the whole venue was full of reporters shouting hoarsely, because the voice was quiet, it was immediately drowned out by the voices of other reporters, and it had to be shouted loudly!
Roberts, the CEO of MITS, couldn't bear to look at him directly, and his expression was extremely solemn.
Intel's Gordon Moore face is very ugly, Apple-ll uses Mos6502 and abandons Intel8080, which undoubtedly deals a heavy blow to Intel, especially when Apple-ll is so popular that even media reporters are crazy about it......
Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and known as the "father of video games", was silent at the moment, thinking about four games in his mind: "Chinese Cubes", "Donkey Kong", "Pac-Man" and "Super Arkanoid", each of which is not only fun, but also very simple and easy to play, and is likely to take the entire gaming world by storm!!
"Sunbird is not well known, and I can't imagine that there will be four such fun games in a row!! "Nolan Bushnell muttered, and Sunbird has attracted his attention. He seemed to feel a feeling of "black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it"!
Tian Shuai said loudly into the microphone: "Don't worry, everyone, there is time, we will answer the reporters' questions one by one!"
After speaking, Tian Shuai wiped his sweat, Nima, these reporters are too enthusiastic, and I didn't see them so excited at the press conference of the President of the United States!!
Subsequently, Tian Shuai, Bill Gates and others spent more than half an hour answering reporters' questions.
"First of all, Apple-ll will be available globally on June 1st, and in particular, Apple has set up a flagship store in downtown Los Angeles, where you can experience all the features of Apple-ll for yourself, including the use of Excel spreadsheets and the ...... of games."
"Secondly, Apple-ll has a low-end computer with 4kb of RAM and a high-end computer with 48kb, which are priced at $1,400 and $2,600 respectively. The Excel software developed by Microsoft is $200, and the four game software developed by Sunbird are all priced at $100!"
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After answering the reporter's questions, Tian Shuai announced the end of the "Global Developers Conference". However, many people did not leave, and came to visit Tian Shuai one by one, hoping to cooperate with Apple.
Li Zetian watched Tian Shuai busy dealing with the crowd, and said in his heart, fortunately, he is low-key, so he doesn't have to suffer this crime......
Just when Li Zetian was beaming proudly, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
"Contribute to you, Chronos. β
Li Zetian turned his head and saw that it was Thomas Rockefeller.
"Oh, it's you, Mr. Thomas Rockefeller! Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you here!!" Li Zetian greeted politely.
Thomas Rockefeller said with a hint of emotion: "I didn't expect Apple-ll computers to be so powerful, and it won't be long before they will become popular in the United States! It seems that I underestimated Apple before, and I should have raised my chips to become a shareholder of Apple!"
Li Zetian smiled and did not speak.
Thomas Rockefeller continued at this time, in a very solemn tone: "Chronos, can Apple still accept the investment of the Rockefeller family?"
When Li Zetian heard this, he pondered for a while, and replied: "At the end of this year, Apple will conduct a Series A financing, and I said that I very much welcome the Rockefeller family to join the !!."
When Thomas Rockefeller heard this, he was very satisfied, nodded to Li Zetian and smiled: "The matter is settled! I'll have something to do later, so I'll leave first!"
"Okay, Mr. Rockefeller, you can get busy first!" Li Zetian watched the other party leave.
If a company wants to develop into a world-class company, a large network of people and resources is indispensable.
The Rockefeller family is one of the top families in the United States, and it is beneficial for Apple to win it over as an ally. In addition, Li Zetian is ready to plan Apple's listing plan, so at the end of the year to carry out a round of financing, to attract powerful and influential new shareholders to join, the Rockefeller family's investment in Apple is undoubtedly huge good news, so that Wall Street is more optimistic about Apple, and when Apple carries out an IPO (initial public offering), it will create an unprecedented myth!!
Wow, it's super exciting to think about!
At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Li Zetian returned home, and tomorrow Apple-ll will be officially released, and Li Zetian will definitely not be able to sleep now. Despite the confidence in Apple-ll, I was a little apprehensive. He took a cold shower, then went to the study and continued to write "Zhu Xian". It's been almost a year, and Li Zetian has only written a total of 250,000 words for the book "Zhu Xian", firstly, he has no time, and secondly, he wants to write "Zhu Xian" better and add more of his own thoughts, so he writes very slowly.
"Zhu Xian", which has been sharpening a sword for 10 years, who will compete?
Before he knew it, he wrote until one o'clock in the morning, Li Zetian yawned, and finally felt a trace of sleepiness.
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The next day, before dawn, a large number of people gathered in downtown Los Angeles, who had heard that Apple had built a flagship store here and was going to open today.
However, when everyone came to the outside of Apple's flagship store, they found that a layer of black cloth was hanging to cover Apple's flagship store, so that people could not see the flagship store.
People couldn't help but stand outside and talk about it.
"I'm going, and it's so mysterious!"
"Hehe, it's kind of interesting, I'm really looking forward to what this black cloth will look like after it is uncovered!"
"I've heard that Apple spent a million dollars to build this flagship store!!"
"What????! a million dollars"
Everyone was shocked, a million dollars is a huge amount of money, and it costs so much just to build a storefront, Apple is really bold!
In fact, $1 million is purely a piece of gossip from Apple, and there is not so much of it, including rent. But the publicity, sometimes it can be exaggerated, no, people can't help but look forward to Apple's flagship store even more!
There were more and more people on the streets, and at 8 o'clock, the Apple staff came, and under the gaze of everyone, the black cloth was finally lifted.
As soon as the black cloth fell, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
"Wow! that's cool!!"
"Oh my God, Apple's flagship store is very technological, the 15-meter-tall building looks like a glass box, and the faΓ§ade is about ...... Constructed of 11 large double-glazed panels, the first time I have seen this design!!!
"The most eye-catching aspect of the retail space is the design of the second floor that hangs in the center, giving the impression that there is a floating stage in the center of the space, as if providing a new living space for the city. β
"Not only that, but also the glowing ceiling, the transparent glass staircase on both sides, and Apple's silver glowing logo, it's just cool!!"
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At this time, the staff of the flagship store opened the door, and then said to everyone: "Welcome to Apple's first flagship store and experience Apple-ll personal computer, the most innovative product in the technology industry!!" After speaking, he made a gesture of please.
People were already in a hurry and rushed in immediately!
Before a minute came, the flagship store was crowded with people, and passers-by couldn't help but look sideways!!
"Oh God, what is this shop selling, business is so good?!"
So I went in to see the excitement, and I was immediately fascinated by Apple-ll......
Inside the flagship store, there are surprises one after another, and it is very lively. In less than 10 minutes, hundreds of Apple-ll and dozens of Excel and game software were sold. These users came out of the gate one by one with big boxes, and the guy in that scene could simply make the IBM on the opposite side angry!
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