Chapter 103: Cute Baby (Medium)
"It's in the computer software industry, so after you find out, check the relevant information of this company by the way, and hand over the relevant information to me tomorrow. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Computer software?" In the early 80s, the computer industry in the United States was thriving, and everyone paid attention to hardware and neglected software.
"Whether I can pay you an annual salary of one million in the future, and whether I can have the money to invest in the "Jurassic Park" movie, depends on whether I can invest smoothly this time."
"Okay," Helik replied suspiciously, and then went back, unable to stay any longer, and Li Mo didn't even have the strength to speak.
"It's hard to earn this money," said Mr. Li, who did not know that his son had earned more than $3 million and had to spend it soon.
"Dad, what kind of money is easy to earn?" Li Mo said that in order to earn this money, Li Mo prepared for several years and racked his brains, but fortunately, his father was illiterate, so he asked his father to sign the contract, and his father signed it...... Otherwise, knowing that he would immediately spend more than three million again, Dad would jump up again.
After Li Mo finished speaking, he fell asleep on the bed.
In fact, it is not so hard, the main thing is that Li Mo has developed a good work and rest time, and the time difference is just the opposite, which has become very hard.
The next day, Li Mo went to San Francisco, and more reporters came, and in the same way, more readers came. Li Mo finally coped with it, and then immediately returned to Los Angeles.
Hao Lick came over with a bunch of materials and said, "Lee, do you want to buy this company?" ”
"Buy this company...... Li Mo was stunned, what do I want this company to do? It's not the company that you want, it's a few people inside.
"Look," Hollick opened the information, and according to the information inside, the market value of the company was about six million dollars, or even less. Li Mo threw in three million US dollars, and if he couldn't buy it, he could buy half of it, becoming the largest shareholder and the most vocal shareholder.
"Hollick, you don't understand." Li Mo didn't explain much, looking through the information, Hao Like was standing on the side, Li Mo asked while looking: "Has he been contacted?" ”
If this person was not in California, Li Mo had to forcibly delay his leave from school and wait in Los Angeles, anyway, the time on his visa was a month.
"I got in touch, and he asked you to wait for you at a restaurant in Bellevue tomorrow at noon."
The company's headquarters are now in Bellevue, a small city, and a few years later moved to Redmond, where it became its headquarters, but the two were not far away, less than ten miles away. These Li Mo did not know, only knew that its headquarters was in Seattle.
"Prepare four plane tickets for me."
"Okay, Lee, good news for you, I'm quitting."
"Resign? Just quit, but you also have to keep in touch with the people in your company...... Treat them to a dinner once in a while, throw a party or two, maintain friendship, and maybe we'll find them to help us in the future. ”
Who said that the United States is fair, and who will Li Mo be anxious with?
The person he wants to see tomorrow, if he doesn't have powerful parents, especially a powerful mother, would he still be able to make a career?
Connections and background are just as important in the United States.
Li Mo deliberately sent someone to inquire quietly, Hao Like's law firm is indeed very powerful, as for Hao Like himself, it's okay, Hao Like wants to leave, Li Mo said: "Since you resigned, the annual salary during the first year of probation is 200,000 US dollars, 100,000 US dollars, and it will be paid to you next year, and in the second year, it will be increased by 50,000 yuan." When we go back, change our contract and come to us tomorrow morning to sign a new contract. ”
"Lee, I love you to death." Hao Like wanted to pounce and kiss Li Mo.
"Don't, I'm not the same," Li Mo immediately blocked his mouth with his palm, Li Mo took out more than a dozen pieces of paper, and said, "Hao Like, you find another person and register them for me."
These registered patents are too reluctant, but the United States is a money society, as long as you have money, any kind of patent can be registered, as long as it does not infringe on other people's patents.
Hao Lik looked at it strangely, didn't say anything, and got up to go back.
The next day, the four of them flew to Seattle, this time on a small plane, and unfortunately encountered a strong air flow in the middle, so that after Li Guangping got off the plane, his face turned white.
Bellevue is not far from Seattle, but there is an HSD lake in between. The three of them took a taxi and drove from the pontoon to the east bank of Huasheng Lake. Not far from the shore is Bellevue City, a small city, strictly speaking, it belongs to the jurisdiction of HSD State, but the scenery along the way is very beautiful, but Li Guangping and his son kept hurrying, so tired that they didn't have the intention of sightseeing.
The taxi took the four to a Western restaurant and stopped, and Mr. Halick asked the waiter...... But Li Mo saw this person through the window, that is, Bill Gates, who later became famous. In the Internet industry, there are two very peculiar-looking people, one is Ma's father and the other is Bill Gates.
But when he was young, Bill Gates was not ugly, not only was he not ugly, but he was also very cute, and at a glance, he was simply a good boy...... Don't take it seriously, he, like Jobs, is a person with a strong desire to control, but his methods are a little softer, and Jobs's methods are a little more brutal.
The waiter brought the four people in, and Bill Gates greeted them from afar and said enthusiastically, "Hello, little alien." ”
"Hello, Mr. Gates."
Bill Gates took the three of them to sit down and asked, "I wonder why the little aliens are looking for me?" ”
Li Mo was helpless, and after the publicity of the HSD Post, many people have called him a little alien these days. Shout it, as long as it's a joke.
"Mr. Gates, you know I wrote a book."
"I've read it, it's an interesting novel. Alas, I still went to HSD to buy it back, why don't you let bantams distribute hundreds of thousands of more copies? ”
"I sold the copyright to bantams and have no right to interfere."
Bill Gates looked at Li Mo's little adult, and asked again, "Who is your father?" ”
Li Mo introduced each other for him again.
"Is your father really illiterate?"
"Mr. Gates, my grandfather died early, and my grandmother took my father and aunt with me, so it was not easy, so I didn't go to school." Li Mo didn't explain much.
"I see, what are you looking for me for?"
"Mr. Gates, you've read my book, you should know that I've looked up a lot of information, and then I made a bold idea, you know, the first industrial revolution should be called the steam engine industrial revolution, the second is the electrical revolution, and the third is the biotechnology and industrial revolution. And what about the fourth? ”
"What's the fourth?"
"The fourth time, I think, should be the computer network revolution."
"YOU MEAN BITNET?"
This is a network of computers on mainframes connected to IBM of the World Education Organization, which began providing mail services last year.
"It should be bigger than it, I think with the advancement of technology, in the future, computers will become more and more miniaturized, so that everyone can go online, and you can shop, be entertained, find information, browse news, and play large online games online...... Of course, this is one of my conjectures. These technological advances can directly lead to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And then to the Fifth Industrial Revolution. ”
"What's the fifth?" Bill Gates was a little fascinated by what he heard, "Jurassic Park" is written as a science fiction novel, and it is normal for Li Mo to like to think wildly, but he is at the forefront of technology, some may be Li Mo is "thinking nonsense", and some may really be able to achieve it.
"The Fifth Industrial Revolution should emerge between space, artificial intelligence and biotechnology. I say biotechnology is real biotechnology, such as extending human lifespan, turning deserts into oases, and making Mars a habitable place. Needless to say, artificial intelligence is to conquer space, at least near space, for example, it becomes easy to reach the moon and Mars, and the resources on various asteroids can be mined at a small cost...... But that's too far away for me to think of. Because of this conjecture, I boldly made some guesses that in the future, the computer industry, including related hardware, software, and network connection industries, will become popular. I came to the U.S., paid attention to the relevant news, including your company, and asked Halick to look up your company's information. ”
"I understand, you're trying to invest in my company?"
"Exactly."
Now is the best time to invest in Microsoft, and when it comes to Microsoft, we have to talk about Bill Gates's mother.
In '76, Bill Gates and his roommate Allen founded Microsoft Corporation, and then reached a harsh agreement with Roberts, the president of MITS Corporation, in which Microsoft allowed MITS to use and transfer the BASIC language programs written by Bill Gates and Allen. But Microsoft must get MITS consent before it can sell BASIC to other companies, and they can make up to $180,000 in profit depending on the terms of the contract. After exceeding, MITS will have it in its entirety.
Soon after, however, Roberts did not agree to a license for Microsoft to compete with BASIC, and the following year Gates wrote a letter to Roberts announcing the unilateral termination of the contract. The two turned their heads into enmity and started a lawsuit. Mom came to escort her, it didn't work if she had a contract, Roberts lost the lawsuit!
By 1980, the blue giant IBM, not a giant, is now a super behemoth in the computer industry, and they decided to engage in the research and development of personal computers in this year. Bill Gates was well-informed, and after thinking about it, he spent $50,000 to buy the 86-DOS operational system written by Tim Patterson, a programmer at Seattle Computer Products, which was the prototype of the famous Microsoft operating system.
It is impossible for Li Mo to know the specific deeds of Bill Gates one by one, but he still knows what happened this year, but he will definitely not be able to dig this pot of gold, and it is too late to ......
In July '81, Microsoft purchased the full rights to DOS from Seattle Computer Products and renamed it MS-DOS. Subsequently, IBM released the first personal computer, and the operating system adopted at the time was Seattle Computer Products' 86-DOS 1.14, but Microsoft soon improved MS-DOS and made it suitable for the IBMPC operating system.
But here comes a new problem, the Seattle computer products company, more or less a large company, can make IBM believe, how can you make this behemoth believe in a small leather bag company?
Bill Gates found his mom again......