"Oscar, are you alright?"

"Not good, not good at all!"

At the breakfast table, in the face of Alice's thoughtful greeting with a smile on her face, Oscar covered the bag on her head and yelled with her teeth bared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oscar is really unlucky, it's okay to go down the stairs, it's okay to turn, and he can even open the toilet door by himself, why did he fall at the last minute?"

A blonde woman walked briskly from the kitchen with steady steps. With a gentle smile, he first put an omelette into Alice's plate, and then handed two rolls of bacon to Oscar and Hannah.

"And I fell very hard~"

Looking at the big red bag on her brother's forehead, the smile on the corner of Alice's mouth never faded from the beginning.

It's dangerous!

The moment the little brother opened the door, she had cleared all traces!

But even with Oscar's eyes still closed, he broke into the toilet!

In a fit of rage, Alice didn't care that he was her brother, and when she threw him to the ground with telekinesis, she strode out. Although poor Oscar woke up, he couldn't find the real culprit at all, so he could only cover his head at the dining table with a depressed face, thinking that he was unlucky.

"Oscar is injured today, my oats are good for you!"

Sitting across from Alice is her sister Hannah, who is just 10 years old this year. Compared with Alice's mixed Asian race, and Oscar's perfect Chinese appearance, Hannah inherited her grandmother's genes, with long crimson wavy hair and blue eyes, which made her have a strong British style.

"Look, Hannah is such a little lady."

Alice complimented Hannah as she filled Hannah with oats: "Dad, I've got some good news for you, I've worked on the router." ”

Sitting at the head of the table is naturally Alice's father James in this life.

"So fast?"

James had just taken a sip of coffee and said in surprise, "Didn't you say that it only started this week?" It's only been four or five days now, and it's done!? ”

Sophie also stopped in surprise, although the whole family knew what Alice had been busy with lately, but this is a computer hardware, and it was made in a week?

Isn't that a little too fast?

Alice smirked and saw a piece of oatmeal fall on the napkin, she reached out and flicked it back to the table: "It's just a router, not the entire MS-DOS operating system, a week is enough." Dad, if you're interested, I can show you a show tonight~"

"Cut, has anyone urged you, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Oscar covered the swollen bag on his forehead and pouted at Alice: "You can't be staying up late these days, right?" It's also a shame that you didn't doze off during the day, what's the big deal if it takes a month to complete? ”

Sophie had just finished sharing the meal for the family, and while sitting down, she frowned at Oscar and said, "How can you talk, Weiwei works so hard, isn't it for the good of our family?" Here, Vivi, eat another piece of bacon. ”

At the same time that Alice took the bacon, James touched his chin and said softly: "It's okay to be in a hurry, I'm also watching "Popular Electronics", the speed of development in the computer industry can be said to be changing with each passing day, and the competition is very fierce. So, Vivi, you ask for a leave of absence from school tomorrow, and I'll take you to apply for a patent for this router. ”

Alice swallowed the whole bacon in one gulp: "It's really intense, this router, Stanford University must be studying it, they are also the cradle of the entire Silicon Valley, but the progress is not easy to say." But when it comes to patents, Dad, you can rest assured. ”

After eating the eggs in three or two bites, Alice continued: "If you look closely, you will find that although people in the computer industry are very motivated to work, their knowledge of patents in this industry is not high enough. Not...... But it's also fast.,After all, PCs were on the market the year before last.,According to the current popularity rate...... Well, that's fine, let's get a patent. ”

Alice isn't really too worried about the patent issue of routers, after all, history clearly states that this thing was pioneered by Cisco, and the company will only be registered at the end of this year.

It's 1984, and of course networks already exist in the computer world, but before Cisco's routers were built, it was an expensive, separate computer that played the role of a network centerpiece. In addition, different types of networks cannot be easily interconnected, which led the Stanford teacher couple to make a cheap little guy who can connect to different networks.

Although the Bossaks may have had a similar product in the months leading up to the company's registration at the end of the year, it certainly can't compare to Alice's in terms of efficacy.

Soon after breakfast, it was time for school, and the ginger school bus had appeared on the streets, and Alice walked out of the house with her school bag on her back and Hannah by the hand.

When she was the first to board the school bus, a beautiful woman automatically came into view.

With the same brilliant blonde hair as Sophie, the driver Lawrence smiled at the two girls, "Welcome to the car, Alice, Hannah, oh, what about Oscar?" Did he take a leave of absence today? ”

Alice laughs: "He bought a bike last Friday and rode it first this morning. ”

Hannah didn't say a word, her eyes rolled slightly, and she tugged on Alice's sleeve hard, of course Lawrence didn't doubt him, and smiled happily: "Oscar is really, I'm riding away by myself, come on, you two get on the car quickly." ”

The school bus at St. Anto's elementary school drove all the way, picking up students from each house, and more than 30 children were talking and laughing quietly all the time, but when Alice walked into the car, the sound in the car suddenly dropped another level.

"Hey, Alice, good morning."

"Hey, Hannah is in good spirits today, Alice, where's your brother?"

"Oh, welcome to the car, the two sisters of the Wang family~!"

Along the way, in the suddenly much quieter carriage, about three or five classmates immediately greeted them, while the others looked at each other differently and continued their small talk.

"Well, good morning, everyone."

Alice responded with a non-smiling smile, barely distinguishable from talking to herself, and quickly pulled Hannah towards the back of the car.

In the almost full carriage, only two seats were vacated in the back row, while another dark-haired girl sat in the corner by the window, reading a newspaper carefully.

"Hey, Sissi, you're watching Popular Electronics again?"

Alice sat down next to the black-haired girl with ease, let Hannah sit firmly on her right, and patted the girl on the shoulder intimately: "Any news?" ”

From the girl named Sissi, a faint scent of orchids wafted away. Although she also has black hair, unlike Alice's natural long hair, her hairstyle is the most standard Japanese hairstyle. That is, the long pure black hair is permed straight all the way to the waist, and there is also a straight bangs in front of the forehead.

Alice met the girl last year, a transfer student who immigrated from France. Undoubtedly, it was the one-quarter of the same blood that her mother brought with her that made her not hesitate to regard Sissi as a necessary person to associate with, and they succeeded in becoming friends.

To Alice's surprise, Sissi is not as interested in cosmetics as many French girls, but has a natural sensitivity to the computer field, which is quite unexpected.

As the school bus rolled and Hannah started chatting with her classmates, Sissi put down the newspaper and sighed, "Now that the major media are overwhelmingly promoting Microsoft's new system, some people here are guessing when Gates will release new products." Hey, Alice, what do you think? ”

Alice touched her nose and didn't say anything immediately.

In 1984, it was indeed an eventful time.

Microsoft, for its part, has been promoting its new product, Windows 1.0, at a computer fair in Las Vegas since late last year. Alice knew that at that time, Bill Gates spent a full $450,000 on publicity, not only to make the city's taxis wear relevant logos, posters on the back seat windows, and even hotel pillowcases were printed with relevant patterns!

How many assets does Microsoft have at this time?

Then, when the show officially began, Gates announced in a high-profile manner that the company would launch Windows 1.0 in the spring of '84, the so-called unprecedented Windows operating system. With the earlier propaganda offensive, the public's curiosity has long been bursting, how can the media not let the media report on Microsoft news all day long?

And Bill Gates did this precisely because of a little-known Visicorp company, because the other party is likely to develop a similar system before him, and it has already started to advertise it, which is certainly not what he is willing to accept.

The process is interesting, even intense, but if you talk about the results of this business competition, of course Alice is still 10,000 assured, history proves everything.

"Vivi? Hey, let me ask you a question. ”

Sissi's high-pitched voice recalled Alice's thoughts: "Now that spring is over, they haven't heard any news yet, I think Microsoft is going to skip the ticket." Vivi, do you think they'll be able to release the system in June? ”

Alice pouted: "June? It would be nice to be able to come out at the end of next year. ”

Sissi's eyes narrowed: "Are you kidding?" A year and a half of bounced tickets!? ”

Alice pouted again: "Do you think I'm going to tell you that Gates hasn't made the system at all now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Sissi's eyes widened even more, and if she looked closely, her eyes were as clear as emerald, exuding an emerald green light: "You mean, Gates is now false propaganda?" If he can't do it, what if he can't do it!? ”

Alice shrugged and said, "Then continue to bounce the ticket, and then the industry will question it, and the stock price will fall...... Well, Microsoft has not yet gone public, that is, if he can't make the product in the shortest possible time, the company's credibility will continue to decline, and the main business will be affected. ”

Sissi nodded, frowning and staring at the newspaper, muttering in a very small voice, but she didn't know what she was talking about.

Hannah tugged at Alice's sleeve, and her voice was delicate and soft: "Vivi, why don't you help Gates and help him make the system, with your help, it will definitely be made in a month!" Otherwise, Sissi will definitely be angry~"

"That's right, if I'm angry, I won't be able to spare that Gates!"

Sissi nodded vigorously and said, "I'm definitely going to buy a Gatling gun and blast his headquarters building in Albuquerque to pieces, so that he dares to skip the ticket!" No, false propaganda! ”

"Then you have to take your chance, dear Sissi."

Alice smiled and looked out the window, many middle and high school students were riding their bicycles to school, and many even had the heart to wave to the school bus. However, she clearly noticed that she did not see Oscar.

"Most of Microsoft's employees are Seattle, and I bet you that in three or two years, Gates will move back to headquarters instead of staying in New Mexico."

Sissi nodded again, and then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she said in a loud voice: "By the way, Weiwei, when it comes to false propaganda, how do you know that he hasn't made the system yet?" You're not an internal employee of Microsoft, what nonsense!? ”

"Uh, did you just find out?"

“…… Are you laughing at me for being stupid? ”

"How can it be, dear Sissi, your IQ is as high as 250!"

“…… Why do I still think you're scolding me? ”

"No, where's it? Isn't 250 an IQ high? ”

Looking at Alice's innocent smile, Sissi twisted her lips vigorously, and finally decided that it was better to see this girl than she did.