Without waiting for Makula to finish speaking, Tang Huan understood that the other party was lazy and wanted to retire early, and if the historical trajectory develops, the next CEO will be John Sculley from Coca-Cola.

Tang Huan doesn't care who will take over Makura's class, as long as Apple can continue to occupy a place in the low-end market with its original first-mover advantage, and let its software maintain a continuously rising market share, it is enough.

Therefore, Tang Huan did not shy away from expressing his opinion on Apple's high-level personnel relations, "I think that the next CEO should have some necessary qualities, such as having the demeanor of a big business person, being able to eat well on Wall Street, and preferably a consumer product marketing expert who knows how to advertise and market research." ”

"It's true, now Apple is a public company, and it has to be formalized. Macura nodded approvingly, "However, in order to meet such a requirement, this person's qualifications must be very bright, and it is estimated that only in large companies such as IBM and HP can a suitable candidate be found." ”

"In fact, the range of choices ......" Tang Huan was just about to say his different opinions, but was interrupted by Jobs slapping the table, only to see him say in an impassioned tone: "I thought of a candidate, it is absolutely suitable." ”

Tang Huan was too lazy to get angry, and bowed slightly, "So, who is it?"

Don Estlic, director of IBM's PC division. Jobs replied with a twinkle in his eyes.

"How dare you think about it. After Tang Huan muttered in his heart, he picked up the cup to hide his urge to laugh.

"Is it possible?" said Makula with a skeptical look on his face, sensing that Jobs was a little whimsical.

"What's not to do. We paid him a million dollars. Such a CEO. No better than him being a small department head at IBM. Jobs confidently analyzed.

Tang Huan rubbed his nose, and said in his heart that Jobs was quite reasonable.

"A million-dollar salary...... "Makula muttered to herself, as if the offer was a bit too high.

"Since you have no opinion, then I'll contact Don Estlic. "Jobs did what he said, and he was resolute.

Looking at the back of Jobs leaving, Tang Huan was thoughtful.

As for the search for a competent CEO, Jobs seems to be too active and enthusiastic, which makes Tang Huan have to doubt the other party's motives.

Maybe. Jobs suffered a lot from the former CEO Mike Scott, so he planned to find a colleague who was in tune, or even a puppet, and when he had enough ability to control the overall situation, he kicked the other party away and took the position himself.

"Steve is still such an acute child. Makula shook her head helplessly, "Don, what were you going to say just now?"

"I mean, the range of CEOs. There is no need to be confined to the circle of high-tech companies, as long as the other party meets the requirements. After all. There are commonalities in business management. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled slightly, "I heard a joke that has been widely circulated, what is the difference between Apple and the Boy Scouts? The answer is that the Boy Scouts are managed by adults. ”

Marcula waved his hand awkwardly, he and his former CEO Mike Scott, who had been ousted, both wanted to bring order to Apple as a big company, but until now they have not been able to do so, and the reason is self-evident.

"So, you're not optimistic about Steve's contact with Don Estlic either?" Macoola muttered for a moment, "It seems that it is necessary to expand the scope of the search. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Gerry Roche is a corporate headhunter with a wide range of social networks, and I am looking for them to provide services when it comes to high-end talent needs. Tang Huan wrote some information on the sticky note and handed it to Makula.

"I estimate that it will take a while for Apple to find the right CEO candidate. Tang Huan looked at Macura and sincerely suggested: "Mike, I hope that before the end of your term, you can get the upgraded model of AppleIIe, that is, the 16-bit Apple II." ”

"Do you think the Apple II still has potential compared to the Lisa and MAC that are being developed in-house?" Macoola humbly asked, "but most of the people in the company think the Apple II is too outdated." ”

But the reality is that the Apple II accounts for most of Apple's revenue. Tang Huan smiled playfully, "Up to now, AppleII has sold a total of hundreds of thousands of units, this user base is not easy to come by, and it cannot be ignored, launching a sleek and excessive upgrade product, there are definitely many benefits, such as application software, entertainment games." ”

Makula nodded knowingly, "But Woz, the head of AppleII's division, has temporarily left the company to go to college." ”

"That's where you go. Tang Huan said solemnly: "Mike, believe me, this project is definitely worth doing, and the benefits will not take long for you to understand." ”

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In fact, as Tang Huan and Marcula expected, Jobs went to dig into the corner of IBM, only to have a nose of dust.

He flew to Boca Raton, Florida, where IBM's personal computer division is located, and offered a $1 million salary plus a $1 million signing bonus, but was rejected.

It has to be said that Don Estlic is not the kind of person who betrays the enemy, and he is not willing to leave IBM, a company that brings him a sense of honor.

Don Estlic is self-motivated, quick-witted, inspires his subordinates, and a little rebellious. But he and Steve Jobs are two different kinds of people, which is clear from one point.

When Jobs tried to use his personal charm to lobby, he mentioned the story of using the blue box to steal phone calls, which was supposed to be something to show off to him, but it made Don Estlic feel very uncomfortable, and the two sides had no common language.

Regarding Jobs's return this time, Tang Huan didn't say anything. Even if it didn't work out. But the action could also create some suspicions among IBM's management. It was enough to achieve such an effect, which is the main reason why he was optimistic that Jobs would make this trip.

What's more, this is the internal affairs of the partner after all, and Tang Huan still has a lot of things to deal with on his hands, so how can he have too much time to judge others.

Since he had money in his hands, Tang Huan's capital acquisitions have been frequent, and the most recent one was to include Pacific Bell, which is worth tens of billions of dollars.

The operation of these companies does not need Tang Huan to worry about. However, Pacific Communications is a slight exception, because this large platform involves a lot of layout.

In addition to adding a value-added service department within Pacific Communications that can directly report to the highest level, he also established two companies parallel to Pacific Communications: Network Communication Electronics Company, a company that operates telecommunications equipment, and Cloud Data Service Company, a company that operates advanced data application services.

Among them, the former's products include DN350 series telecom program-controlled switches using Yipeng/Holder-L processors, telephones supporting caller ID functions, etc., and the latter includes e-mail services. In addition, we accept the hosting and operation of PBBS, the BBS platform of Zheru, and the online game MUD of EA.

As for the implementation of the caller ID function, the San Francisco Bay Area is used as a pilot. The full start is launched.

The media has made a very optimistic outlook for this, and the caller ID feature has made users wait for too long.

In Tang Huan's view, the long-term monopoly of AT&T has indeed produced many mistakes. The increasingly easy financial resources are rolling in, so that they lack motivation in technology upgrading. Caller ID is such a promising function, but it has not been able to enter the practical application stage for a long time.

Roughly calculated, in addition to the service fee for the caller ID function, the telephone set supporting it is a big industry, but the AT&T has not entered this gold mountain.

After experiencing the scene, Tang Huan began to ponder the next step in the field of communications, there is no doubt, of course, mobile phones, but there are still many articles to be done in the field of traditional telephones, as long as the network supports.

At this time, Andy Grove, president and CEO of Intel, accompanied by Charles Simeone, a fellow Hungarian, came to visit.

I have to say that feng shui takes turns, and with the rapid rise of Tang Huan's status, when Intel's leader has something, he must come to the door in person.

Andy Grove came this time for his new processor, Intel80286, which was officially released on February 1 this year, to Tang Huan for support.

You know, with the support of Zheru's comprehensive programming language, Motorola launched the processor MC68000 series in 1979, and the sales momentum has been extremely rapid in the past two years, and such a successful business case must be used as a reference.

Compared with the previous generation processor Intel8086, the Intel80286, which is also 16-bit, has undergone many improvements and upgrades.

It uses a 16-bit data bus and a 24-bit address bus, integrates approximately 130,000 transistors, is made at 1.5 microns, and clocks from 6MHz to 20MHz.

The biggest improvement of the Intel 80286 is that it offers two modes of operation – real mode and protected mode.

In real mode, the space for Intel 80286 to directly access memory is limited to 1M bytes, which is the previous operation mode of Intel 8086, and more memory needs to be mapped through EMS or XMS memory mechanisms.

In protected mode, the Intel80286 has direct access to 16M bytes of memory and has an exception handling mechanism.

This is especially important because it provides native hardware support for multitasking systems on hardware.

However, in the original time and space, Intel was a blind man, including the Intel80386 that was launched later, throughout the 1980s, the software industry rarely used this mechanism, because MS-DOS did not support it, and Microsoft did not intend to, or did not have the ability to improve it to support.

Andy Grove naturally couldn't realize these problems, and he came to Tang Huan this time to ask for a compiler tool for the newborn Intel 80286.

Before you know it, Zheru's programming tools have monopolized the market for commercial development, especially assembly language, C language and C++ language.

Recently, Zheru has launched a new programming tool, TurboPASCAL that supports the PASCAL language, and its coding quality and running speed have attracted the attention of the entire industry, and immediately attracted a large number of hardcore users.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zheru has stood at the top of the pyramid in the field of compiler technology.

Andy Grove doesn't expect the Intel 80286 to be fully supported by the Jenga programming tools immediately, but he wants to be able to get the most basic assembly language development tools as quickly as possible.

Originally, the relationship between Intel and Tang Huan could be regarded as a seamless cooperation, but since IBM was inserted in the middle, especially after the supply of Intel8086 was dirty, the two sides have been a little rusty.

Andy Grove was both helpless and innocent, and the board was ecstatic about the result of hugging IBM's lap, but it also caused a lot of trouble, which really made him, the CEO in charge of specific affairs, in a dilemma.

In order to make the negotiations go smoothly, Andy Grove used his personal connections to meet Tang Huan through the channels of Charles Simone, the vice president of Zheru and a fellow countryman.

Although he was dissatisfied with Intel, Tang Huan still showed due grace and warmly entertained Andy Grove.

"To tell the truth, the support of the Zheru compiler for CPU is largely due to the cooperation of Fangyuan computer. Tang Huan said frankly.

"Intel welcomes Fangyuan Computer to adopt Intel80286 to develop new personal computer models, and is willing to cooperate in an all-round way. Andy Grove eagerly extended the invitation.

IBM has planned to develop the IBM-PC model of Intel80286, and if the Fangyuan computer is pulled in, it will definitely replicate the market prosperity of Intel8086.

Andy Grove was thinking happily in his heart, but he heard Tang Huan sneer, "When we develop a new model, will you be tired of playing with CPU supply at that time?" In the Intel8086 era, you provided Intel8088 for IBM, and everyone barely had a direct conflict; but in the Intel80286 era, all manufacturers used the same Intel80286......, right?