"Have you really thought it through?" Ma Lin's calm eyes flashed with a little regret.

"Yes!" Although Li Xuan felt that he had lived up to the expectations of the old principal, he still nodded firmly, "I haven't spent as much time in school this semester as I have been outside the school. The company is about to start focusing on the North American market, and I will have to go to the United States for a long time to come, so I really don't have the extra energy to take care of my studies!"

"Now that you've made a decision, I won't stop you from doing so! Take a two-year leave of absence, maybe the choice you make now may not be the right one, give yourself a chance to think carefully, and then decide whether to continue to go back to campus to complete your studies or really drop out after two years!" Ma Lin said with a sigh.

Li Xuan looked at the principal's eyes staring at him, and finally nodded in compromise.

Walking out of Ma Lao's office, Li Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, and his third college years were over. After returning from the UK, he thought about it for a few days and finally made the decision to drop out.

Although Ma Lao only promised to suspend his studies instead of dropping out, this was actually a step for each other to be given by both sides. For CUHK, Li Xuan is by no means as simple as an ordinary student, and he represents tens of millions of scientific research funds behind him.

The reason why CUHK was able to slightly overwhelm HKU in the process of cooperation with Dongfang Electronics was that Li Xuan was a CUHK student. Therefore, nature does not want him to drop out of school now.

But for Li Xuan, whether he takes a break or drops out, he will basically not return to campus and continue his life in this ivory tower. The tree-lined school paths, the warm and cohesive Bethlehem dormitory, and the sweaty football field are the best memories left to him by CUHK.

In fact, he hopes to spend four years of simple and happy study on campus, usually attending classes, writing homework, and playing a hearty ball game with his roommates in the afternoon, and if he is interested, he can also participate in some colorful club activities such as singing competitions and debate competitions.

It's a pity that everything doesn't go according to people's wishes, although Dongfang Electronics has Han Peng and other executives in charge of it, but many things still have to be decided by him, the boss. His college career, which has been less than a year, has passed in a hurry, and most of the interesting activities in the school have been missed, leaving only a lot of regrets.

Li Xuan didn't return to the dormitory, he didn't like that kind of goodbye, he felt like a deserter. As for the items left in the dormitory, a special assistant will come to help him sort them out in a few days.

After leaving the CUHK campus, Li Xuan immediately returned to the company, his recent itinerary was full of arrangements, and there was not much time for him to be sad.

After Dongfang Electronics acquired the British company Aikang, it officially sounded the clarion call to enter the personal computer market. The Atom personal computer that Aikang is now selling still has a lot of flaws in Li Xuan's opinion.

Dongfang Electronics' real main personal computer in 1980 will be Acornbestputer, or ABC, which will be launched three months later. ABC will be based on ATOM, with a 2MHz 6502 processor as the CPU, and the memory will range from low-end to high-end, with three grades of 32K and 64K for users to choose from.

The storage device of the ABC PC can be equipped with either a cartridge drive or a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive. The ABC computer has a new set of East-DOS operating system compatible with the CP/M operating system, and Dongfang Electronics has started to develop various application software for the East-DOS operating system.

"Xuan Shao, your task to go to the United States this time is very heavy!" said CEO Wang Ying with a smile while holding the schedule.

"I've been a shopkeeper for so long before, and now that I've dropped out of school, I should share part of the responsibility!" Li Xuan sat in his place and said, "Let's talk about it, what work needs me to complete!"

"Our Pac-Man arcade has just been released in the US, and when you go to the US, you need to visit a few of the main agents first!"

"I'm definitely good at eating and drinking!" Li Xuan said with a big smile.

Although Dongfang Electronics has set up a sales branch in the United States, it is not in a hurry to expand its arcade sales network, and the previous focus has been on the Gameboy handheld game console, and then it will begin to prepare for the launch of ABC computers in the United States.

Therefore, Dongfang Electronics' arcade promotion work is still handed over to a number of agents in the United States. This is also related to the scarcity of Oriental Electronics arcade games, Oriental Electronics has only "Hong Kong Cubes" and "Tank Wars" so far sold well, "Pac-Man" has just been released, and "Mario Bros. is estimated to be released until the end of the year".

Oriental Electronics has too few arcade games to maintain a large distribution network on its own. Moreover, Li Xuan knew that the golden age of arcades in the United States was actually very short, so he was not very interested in spending energy on this area.

On the contrary, in the Japanese market, Dongfang Electronics' branch has been quietly laying out, and has begun to establish direct contact with many game hall owners. Until the 21st century before Li Xuan's rebirth, the arcade market in Japan was still quite large.

"In addition, you have to make a trip to DRI (Digital Jù Research) to negotiate with DRI about licensing the CP/M operating system. Wang Ying continued.

Under the guidance of Li Xuan, the software department of Dongfang Electronics has just opened the East-DOS operating system, which is a completely new 8/16-bit operating system, which maintains the compatibility with the most mainstream operating system CP/M in the American market. However, in order to avoid disputes, the legal department of Dongfang Electronics has established that it is best for the company to obtain the relevant authorization of DRI first.

"This is handed over to Brother Peng to deal with, he is better than me!" Li Xuan pointed at Han Peng and said. Han Peng will also fly to the United States later.

In fact, Li Xuan needs to deal with a lot of things when he goes to the United States this time, and it is by no means something that can be explained clearly in a few simple words.

On the first-class flight of Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong to San Francisco, Li Xuan woke up and found the assistant Zhuang Erjing sitting next to him reading a book very seriously.

He couldn't help but have a hint of teasing the other party, and just stretched out his finger, but was just grabbed by Zhuang Erjing, who raised his head.

"Hey, you're not serious about reading!" Li Xuan made a new complaint.

Zhuang Erjing angrily gave the other party a pair of hygienic eyes, too lazy to pay attention to his boring actions, and continued to lower his head to read.

Zhuang Erjing is looking at an English introduction to electronic majors. Since she became Li Xuan's assistant, she felt a lot of pressure. She studied in a bilingual middle school in middle school, and her English grades were actually good, and she passed the test.

But within Dongfang Electronics Company, English is more common than Chinese when writing daily texts, so that she, the assistant you choose, has to face a large number of articles with English jargon for electronics, which is completely beyond her original ability.

Zhuang Erjing had to find time to recharge silently, although she didn't need to be an electronics expert, but at least she could read all kinds of topics. When Li Xuan asked her to find a certain designated text, she had to be able to answer quickly.

"Sirs and ladies, this flight is about to arrive at San Francisco International Airport. Please pack your belongings, fasten your seatbelts, and prepare for landing!" the first-class flight attendant stepped forward and said to everyone with a smile.

After a long journey of more than ten hours, we are finally reaching the end.

PS: Today or tomorrow, the title of this book will be changed to "Rebirth of the Electronic Empire", but don't worry, Sky is still writing according to the original outline.