"Denip, have you changed careers, and what good news did you bring me this time?" Tang Huan quipped.

Tripp Hawkins chuckled, "I was sent by President Scott to discuss the Christmas sale, for example, if we could release an Apple version of Tetris?"

"Is this a trick made up by those guys?" Tang Huan snorted, waved his hand and said, "Let's go to my office and talk about it in detail." ”

There is a precedent for the previous three Apple shareholders to be sent away, and Hawkins has already understood Tang Huan's position, Xiaobawang game console is his own dish, and others don't want to use the association between Apple and Zheru to sit back and enjoy it, even Apple.

Therefore, Hawkins was ready to meet Tang Huan's anger, but the result was that he saw the other party's light breeze, and he had a feeling of flashing his waist, so he had to silently follow Tang Huan into the office.

"Actually, I'm also a shareholder of Apple, and I think I still have the fourth largest shareholding. Tang Huan smiled and beckoned Hawkins to sit down, "Scott asked you to test me, what kind of attitude did he have?"

"It's supposed to be a wait-and-see and be optimistic about what happens. Hawkins replied slowly, "He's been busy expanding the production line, and he's not enthusiastic." ”

"And what about the attitude of the other Mike and the two Steves?" Tang Huan continued to ask.

The three of them had always wanted to hold a board meeting, but they never got permission to do so, and Marcula and Watts were not interested in asking about it, but Jobs, in addition to recruiting for the Lisa project team, explicitly supported the proposal, saying that you can't make money too comfortably. ”

At this point, Hawkins couldn't help but laugh.

"Greed is the root of all evil. Tang Huan shook his head with emotion, "Zheru and Apple are partners with relevant interests, and it can be said that it is within the scope of launching the Apple version of Tetris to help promote, but the development work cannot be completed overnight, and Christmas will definitely not be in time." ”

These guys who took it by force did not succeed enough to lose more than they could, trying to create a gap between themselves and the Apple founders, trying to get their support, but they would not have thought that the blockbuster game chips in my brother's hands were far more than "Tetris", and how about selling Jobs and Scott a face.

"That's true, and I think Jobs and Scott should be able to understand the technical difficulties. Hawkins bowed slightly and continued to express his opinion.

In fact, since the launch of CGrid this year, Apple's biggest selling point has changed significantly, becoming the first choice for cheap commercial microcomputers, and competitors like Tang Di, who are about half the price of Macs, still use games as a feature. In my opinion, whether or not Apple can play Tetris has a limited impact on the user's purchase plan. ”

Hearing this analysis, Tang Huan stroked his palms and laughed, "It is worthy of being a top student from Harvard and Stanford, and he is really insightful." I see that you are also a person with a heart, and you have observed the delivery process of Xiaobawang game consoles, do you have any views on this industry?"

Hawkins straightened his sitting posture and replied succinctly, "The future of today's home video game consoles is very promising, but there is a competitive relationship between them and today's personal computers, and if they can't distance themselves in terms of gaming performance, customers may have to choose between buying a personal computer that can learn and play games, and a game console that can only play games." ”

Tang Huan showed appreciation on his face, "You seem to have done a lot of research in the field of games." ”

"I've loved games since I was a kid, especially those that use simulation games like chess, cards, and dice. During my time at Harvard, I studied an area of interest called "Theoretical and Practical Game Theory," which uses computers to simulate various social issues, such as organizational decision-making and the prevention of nuclear war. Hawkins spoke confidently.

"You've done so much accumulation, when do you plan to start realizing your dream of making games?" Tang Huan said tentatively.

"Wait a few more years. Hawkins replied vaguely.

"That's at least three years from now, and I don't know how far the PC and console industry will grow at that time. Don't miss the opportunity, can't wait?"

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled, Hawkins is indeed a person with a plan, in the original time and space, he was Apple who left in 1982 and created EA.

I don't know if Hawkins is willing to start his life ideal plan in advance.

"I want to find a president in charge of the Xiaobawang game console business, are you interested in giving it a try?" Tang Huan openly and honestly threw out an olive branch to solicit.

A hint of surprise flashed across Hawkins' face, this is a rare opportunity for career advancement, not to mention that it is his ideal to enter the field of game consoles.

In fact, in the process of communicating with Tang Huan, Hawkins has been trying his best to show his talent.

Sure enough, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Without waiting for Hawkins to answer, Tang Huan continued: "I know that Apple is preparing to go public next year, and those of you who are the first to enter Apple and have a university degree will have the opportunity to get Apple shares. If you come over, you may suffer some losses, and I will make up for it, and I also have plans to make the company of the Xiaobawang console public. ”

Tang Huan didn't let go of empty words, seeing that someone coveted Xiaobawang, he pondered using the foreseeable 1982 peak of the game console industry to go public to make money, and at that time, it was also the craziest stage of hot money pouring in.

Anyway, the United States does not have the limit of three complete business cycles designated by the Dragon Kingdom in the previous life, as long as Wall Street is optimistic and willing to buy it, Apple is the best example.

As for Xiaobawang's market performance, with his own boost, it is not a problem to make a short-term small peak to win attention.

"Of course I'm very willing to play. Hawkins scratched his head unconsciously, "But this time I came to talk about official business, and I ended up jumping ship, which doesn't seem appropriate." ”

"Of course it's appropriate, Jobs will be very upset. Tang Huan laughed happily, "I like to do things simply, you should act quickly, the rhetoric is to transplant "Tetris" to the Mac as soon as possible, I seconded you here, it's really not to dig the wall." ”

Jobs wanted to make trouble, and my brother turned your trick into invisibility, thinking of this, Tang Huan couldn't help but feel a little proud.

After that, it is conceivable that Jobs found that the people he sent over were actually taken by Tang Huan for his own use, and he was extremely depressed, but he couldn't find a place to blame, so he could only spread his anger on the Lisa project team, fortunately, those people were used to this kind of perverse behavior.

After giving Apple a small warning, Tang Huan quickly pushed forward the formation of a new game company.

Naturally, in order to cut off Hawkins's back road, the new company was directly named ElectronicArts, referred to as EA, and Xiaobawang Game Console Company became a subsidiary of EA.

The reason for adopting such a complex structure is to reserve space for the acquisition of other excellent game companies.

In the previous life, EA took the path of merger and development, and of course it had to learn from it.

Christina, the female ship king who has already tasted the sweetness of acting as an agent for Xiaobawang game consoles in Argentina and Greece, will also invest in EA after learning about Tang Huan's new operation.

Seeing that the other party was so enthusiastic, Tang Huan was disrespectful.

During this period, he participated in several Chinese-wide social activities, and then Tang Huan left for Treasure Island to attend the information week there.

However, he stopped in Hawaii on the way, nominally for the Christmas Hawaii vacation inspection hotel for Zheru's outstanding employees, but in fact, he met with Lin Qingbian and went to Treasure Island together.

Previously, Tang Huan was entrusted by Lin Qingfang to help her brother handle the matter of studying in the United States, and then, Lin Qingfang's sister and Lin's father also went to the United States.

In this way, Tang Huan and Lin Qingbian went by the way.

After a few months of escaping reality in seclusion, Lin Qingfang's tortured heart calmed down a lot, and he talked and laughed with Tang Huan on the plane, which had to make people sigh, time is a pig-killing knife, but it is also a good medicine.

As soon as he got off the plane, Lin Qingbian was carefully picked up by Lin Mu, looking like a tiger who was afraid of the media, while Tang Huan was entertained by Shi Chongtang, a middle and high-level philosopher.

In fact, attending the activities of the Information Week is a necessary show, and after going through the motions and dealing with all aspects of the forces, Tang Huan naturally has to turn his attention to serious things.

It just so happened that during this time, Lin Fengjiao stayed in Xiangjiang to shoot "Shang_ Beach", although Tang Huan was inevitably a little lonely, but he happened to focus on the factory here.

As far as the Xiaobawang game console is concerned, in a short period of time, 400,000 units have been rolled off the assembly line, which shows how much production pressure is on this side.

During the inspection, Tang Huan took the opportunity at the end of the year to give benefits to the employees, condolences for their hard work, eliminate grievances, boost morale, and really solved a lot of problems, and the prestige value rose to the ground, but Tang Huan's purpose in the final analysis was to make them work harder.

Without enough inventory, no matter how well marketed or demagogic the slogans are, they can't share the American Christmas feast.

Therefore, Tang Huan had to show himself the ruthless side of the businessman.

The so-called sweatshops are products that cannot be avoided in a specific period.

What he can do is to raise the remuneration a little bit within the cost tolerance.