In Tang Huan's view, his own technology and products have entered the restricted list, which is also a recognition of strength to a certain extent.

Since then, he has no longer been a lucky nouveau riche who only offers toys such as personal computers and video game consoles, but a decent celebrity who can walk freely in the hall of elegance.

Of course, the price is not nothing, and some money cannot continue to be earned openly, which is really unpleasant.

Compared with Intel and the like who also have this treatment in the original time and space, they may only be a little stronger, the former can only cling to the CPU, and the traverser who has information asymmetry has more ways to make money.

Fortunately, he had been prepared and left the back door, so that some layouts would not completely cut off the activity space.

Tang Huan can think about this and understand it, but it doesn't mean that he has no opinions, because the restricted list actually includes some categories of featured Fangyuan personal computers, such as desktop publishing system models and industrial control system models.

If it is possible that CAD personal workstations could be used to design aircraft tanks, then these PCs are overkill.

Since the release of the compatible machine authorization of Fangyuan personal computer, the main difference between Fangyuan computer and these third-party manufacturers is reflected in the fact that these special personal computers are now put on the hook, and there is a lack of market share, how to play carefree.

Tang Huan frowned tightly, and there seemed to be a gloating sneer on the faces of IBM's competitors in front of him.

It is undeniable that with the launch of Fangyuan personal workstations, Fangyuan network servers, and Fangyuan supercomputers, he and IBM, HP, DEC, CDC. and other traditional computer manufacturers. There is a direct conflict of interests. The complexity of the relationship between them can be imagined.

Tang Huan has no intention of becoming the target of public criticism, so he has been trying to deepen the relationship with HP, which is also in Silicon Valley, so that the other party can get the authorization of Fangyuan's personal computer compatible machine, so that it can extend its business into the emerging field of personal computers, which is a means of attempt.

It's just that so far, Tang Huan has not established a strong enough alliance in Silicon Valley, and thus has not been able to form a supporting political lobby group.

A little brother with a personality like Apple, who is currently loyal, is commendable. However, the weight is far from enough, and it is not at all necessary for the U.S. Department of Commerce's ruling on such sales restrictions.

Tang Huan was squinting his eyes and making various calculations, when he suddenly heard a bang, he quickly opened his eyes and saw that the water cup on the coffee table was poured to one side, and the water flowing out soaked the documents, and the initiator, his twin sons, was staggering away from the scene.

"Gillian. Look at the good things your son has done. Tang Huan shouted angrily.

"What's the matter, what's the trouble again?" Lin Fengjiao rushed over when he heard the sound. After seeing this scene, he glared at Tang Huan disapplauded, "As for being so stingy, let's say, it's the eldest or the second, I'll spank him." ”

"Yes......" Tang Huan was angry, and he fell into deep thought, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that the two brothers had run away separately, where to determine the specific person responsible.

"Say, my lord. Lin Fengjiao walked over to clean up the mess on the coffee table, and counted it down at the same time, "The water cup is poured, then help yourself up, you have to call me over." ”

Tang Huan shook his head depressedly, stood up, dragged the two little troublemakers, and one of them spanked his ass, "Two little things, they dare to tease you Lao Tzu, where did the ghost eyes come from." ”

Lin Fengjiao chuckled, "Then you have to find the reason from yourself, it is very likely that it is inherited from you." ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Tang Huan looked at the little brothers who were spanked twice, but they didn't cry or make trouble, and ran around in the study as usual, thoughtfully.

The probability of twins in their offspring is too weird, and now it seems that these three pairs of babies are obviously precocious, shouldn't it be related to the hundreds of memories in their minds.

Tang Huan shook his head, no longer thinking about such an esoteric or even absurd question, and instead said to Lin Fengjiao: "I can't continue to accompany you, something is going on in the United States, I have to go and see it quickly." ”

Lin Fengjiao nodded thoughtfully, "I'll go and pack your belongings for you." ”

……

Apple Computer's headquarters in Cupertino, Silicon Valley, USA.

As soon as the hustle and bustle in the conference room had cleared, Chairman and CEO Makula sighed in anguish, growing disgusted with his position as CEO.

Needless to say, Makura aspires to a lifestyle of laid-back wealth, designing his own new house and flying his own private jet......

Moreover, now Makula has the capital to live such a luxurious life, as a major shareholder of Apple, and also owns the shares of Zheru, he simply lives on the mountain of gold.

But the truth is, Macoola didn't live such a quality of life, and he had to lead Apple's horde of difficult-to-serve egotists, especially in the adjudication of various disputes.

Apple is currently selling products for AppleIIe and AppleIII, the former is the latest AppleII model launched with the AppleII function expansion card technology exchanged from Tang Huan, contributing most of the company's revenue sources;

Follow-up products under development are the Lisa and MAC with graphical user interface capabilities. It is these two projects that make Makula one head two big.

Jobs, who was expelled from the Lisa project team, sulked despite being compensated by the MAC project team and ousting Scott, who had been in charge of the matter, but he still held a grudge against the Lisa project team because the members of the Lisa project team were on his side in the first place.

This psychological hostility is manifested in reality, that is, the MAC project team and the Lisa project team are enemies everywhere.

John Kutch of Steve Jobs and Lisa's project team made a bet that MAC would be listed before Lisa, with a $5,000 bet.

Mr. Jobs also often portrayed his group of engineers as cool kids, in stark contrast to the boring Hewlett-Packard engineers on Lisa's team.

If these actions are only verbal. Then there is the action of substance.

When Jobs snatched the MAC project team from Jeff Ruskin. He then abandoned the design goal of inexpensive and low-performance portable computers. REDEFINE MAC AS A DESKTOP COMPUTER WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.

As a result, the MAC has actually become a low-end version of Lisa, which is likely to weaken Lisa's market influence.

When Steve Jobs urged Burrell Smith to design the MAC around Motorola's microprocessor MC68000 and make the MAC run faster than the Lisa, the vicious competition was assured.

In addition to making MAC a low-cost competitor to Lisa, Jobs also ensured that it was not compatible with Lisa at the software level.

WHAT'S WORSE, AND THAT'S THE MAC AND THE LISA. It is not compatible with the Apple II, which is currently selling well.

To put it bluntly, no one has a comprehensive management of Apple, let alone Jobs.

Zheru, who has been providing office software for Apple computers for a long time, hopes that Apple's product line can maintain consistency, that is, the MAC and Lisa that are under development, and the software is compatible with AppleII on the market.

To this end, Charles Simeone, vice president of Zheru, who is in charge of software research and development, paid a special visit to Macura to formally discuss this issue.

Larry Tesler, who manages Lisa's computer applications, realized the necessity of this. So he took the initiative to send a friendly signal and invited Smith and Hartsfield, the core figures of the MAC project team, to the Lisa project team work area. Showcase the R&D results of MAC.

However, this kind of action for the sake of the overall situation was blocked by Jobs on the grounds of project secrecy.

Makula tried to mediate, but several times, including the meeting just now, ended in vain.

Now Makula doesn't want to mention how tired she is, why bother herself, especially remembering the recent complaints of his wife, who is also keen on enjoying a luxurious life.

"No, I have to find a new CEO for Apple, and I am determined not to be so exhausted. "Having had enough, Makula finally made a decision.

So, Makula called Jobs again and had a face-to-face showdown, "Steve, I think it's time to find a new CEO candidate." ”

Hearing this, Jobs was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed a look of eagerness.

Seeing this, Macoola said bluntly, "Steve, you are still a little frizzy and immature, and you are not qualified for this position. ”

Although Jobs was arrogant, he was still self-aware, especially when these words came from the mouth of Macula, who had been his life mentor, and he had to be convinced.

"I don't have any suitable candidates in the company. Even with Marcura's judgment, Jobs subconsciously ensured his unchallenged position at Apple.

"I guess so. Makula frowned, "EA's CEO Hawkins is out of Apple, and he's doing a great job now, maybe we're not good at finding talent." ”

"It's just selling game consoles, what's so good about it. Jobs snorted sourly, "I don't believe that this product can stay hot." ”

Makula smiled noncommittally, after five or six years of working together, he knew too well the psychology of Jobs.

Perhaps, Tang Huan's position as CEO is the most suitable. Makula said slowly.

"Not necessarily. Jobs's voice suddenly raised an octave, "Actually, Tang Huan assigned all the specific work to his subordinates, and his specific ability to do things may not be very strong." ”

"But one thing is for sure, Don's provocative eye is very accurate, what do you think?" Makula asked rhetorically, and when Jobs finally nodded reluctantly in acknowledgement, he continued: "Actually, with Don's current status, it is impossible to come to Apple to take up a standing position, but you can invite him to ask for advice and see if there are any good suggestions." ”

"There's no need for that. Jobs looked displeased, "Tang Huan has sold the Apple stock in his hand, he has nothing to do with us, why bother to maintain his influence in Apple." ”

"It doesn't matter. Makula waved his hand disappreciatively, "We just need to understand that Don is our most trusted friend,"

Jobs' lips moved, and finally nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll wait and see what he has to say." ”

……

As soon as Tang Huan arrived in San Francisco, he got a news about EA, which caused a sensation in the industry.

In other words, third-party game developers like Activision can develop games on the Xiaobawang console platform as smoothly as they did with the Atari 2600.

According to reliable statistics, in the North American market, at least 12 million Xiaobawang game consoles have been sold. With such a staggering number of gaming platforms, it naturally means that the money is lulling.

Take EA's No. 1 best-selling game "Tetris" as an example, including a series of variants of the game including the falling type and the reverse falling type, the Xiaobawang game console platform alone has sold more than 15 million copies.

If you calculate the wholesale price of $20 per cassette dealer, that would mean $300 million.

And EA's "Pac-Man" was very popular with female gamers, and the result was also an astonishing sales, with more than 10 million copies.

As for games such as "Donkey Kong", "Mario", and "007", they are all million-order blockbusters.

In the past, EA could hide this information and not say it, but now it is not a listed company, so it will naturally be disclosed to the public one by one.

Others have long looked extremely hot, and now that they have the opportunity to share the soup, can they not be excited;

In response, EA's CEO Hawkins thundered out, issuing the most severe warning to pursue responsibility for infringement and at the same time bombarding the industry's increasingly unscrupulous poaching.

Tang Huan's first reaction was stunned, he just went back to the mainland for a lunar New Year, why did the United States make so many troubles.

It seems that 1982 was really an extraordinary year for home video game consoles and personal computers.

But when he thought about it, this kind of cracking was also inevitable.

First of all, the hardware and software architecture of the Xiaobawang game console is not complex enough, and in such a crazy digging situation, some technical information is inevitably leaked out.

Secondly, the interests involved in this are too great, which naturally attracts others to crack one after another, just like in the original time and space, there was a special team to study how to jailbreak Apple's iPhone.

Seeing that his subordinate Hawkins was angry and had a tendency to go berserk, Tang Huan decided to let the other party calm down first. (To be continued......)