Under the supervision of Tang Huan, the research and development progress of Epson's dot matrix printer accelerated, following the successful launch of the 7-pin TP-80 in 1978, the 9-pin MX-80 was finally launched to the market in batches in January this year, more than half a year earlier than the previous life.

With the control of the print enhancement card, the MX-80 outputs 16 dot matrix Japanese with a pretty good display.

This has made Fangyuan computers, equipped with word processing software and spreadsheet software, even more powerful, and has been enthusiastically sought after by countless small and medium-sized companies, with sales exceeding that of Baodao and Xiangjiang combined, exceeding 3,000 units last month.

It has to be said that under the general situation of economic take-off, there are unlimited business opportunities here in Japan.

Tang Huan learned about this information through phone calls and reports, and Yaskawa Hideaki is mainly introducing the latest information that has not had time to be reflected in the text collection.

With experience, Tang Huan judged that the daily operation of Zheru Japan Company, while the business is booming, will definitely encounter some problems, and this is indeed the case, fortunately, most of them are small troubles caused by the inability to improve the mechanisms of sales channels and after-sales service all at once.

"Whether the product packaging, manuals, and related technical information can be translated into Japanese as soon as possible, many users have begun to complain about this inconvenience. Yasukawa Hideaki made a suggestion.

Tang Huan smiled, and said in his heart that if he didn't wear the skin of English and hang the halo of Silicon Valley in the United States, how could the Japanese quickly recognize and accept the advancement of Fangyuan Computer, and obediently took out his wallet.

"Okay, I'll arrange for the factory on the island to send someone over to coordinate as soon as possible, but training technical support engineers is the most important thing at the moment, and businesses such as customers requesting to upgrade computers and increase memory must be included in the control. ”

Tang Huan discussed this topic with Yasukawa Hideaki, and the plan he had calculated in his heart to recruit Japanese highly educated talents was constantly revised, and before he knew it, the car arrived at the hotel.

Tang Huan, who was still unsatisfied, did not let Yasukawa Hideaki go, but kept the other party in the reception room of the suite to continue talking.

Japanese society can be described as hierarchical, and Hideaki Yasukawa, who grew up in the countryside of Hokkaido, naturally wanted to climb up, and after entering Epson, he mixed quite well.

But Epson, who is controlled by the Hattori family, is relatively conservative many times, where are there more opportunities than Tetsuru, and now Yasukawa Hideaki can be said to have encountered the ceiling, and the Hattori Reijiro on his head, he can't arch it no matter what.

It was at this time that Tang Huan vigorously wooed him, and Yasukawa Hideaki changed his door step by step from the guarded dog who represented Epson's interests with a defensive mentality at the beginning, and took refuge in Zheru Japan Company.

The two companies are currently working closely together and are in close contact with each other, so this shift has not yet caught the attention of Reijiro Hattori.

Needless to say, Yasukawa Hideaki was overjoyed to receive such attention from Tang Huan, and he took the initiative to mention one of Epson's latest research and development plans-laptops.

When he first heard the news, Tang Huan was startled, and said in his heart that when Epson walked in front of his brother, Nima was too rebellious.

However, after recalling it, Tang Huan suddenly realized.

It turned out that in 1981, Epson did launch a microcomputer, the model number is EPSONHX-20, which integrates a complete QWERTY keyboard, a monochrome LCD screen that can only display one line of text information, a tape drive, and even a bit of a mini printer, weighing only 1.7 kilograms, while Adam Osborne released the world's first laptop Osborne generation in the same year, which weighs nearly 11 kilograms.

But that's about it, the Osborne generation, though bulky, offers usable word processing and spreadsheet software, while the lightweight EPSONHX-20 only offers BASIC.

Tang Huan found a pen and paper, drew a model of the EPSONHX-20, and then handed it to Yasukawa Hideaki, "Is it a device similar to this form?"

After Yasukawa Hideaki glanced at it, a strange look was obvious on his face, "I've seen the prototype of the design, almost." ”

Tang Huan snorted, "It seems that Mr. Hattori Reijiro has always been obsessed with the Epson shares that I took away as the basis of cooperation, so I want to show my skills in computers." ”

Yasukawa Yingzhao laughed dryly, with an embarrassed look on his face, he also felt unhappy at the beginning, but now that his position has changed, and he understands the strength of Fang Yuan's computer, he naturally thinks that Tang Huan's request is taken for granted.

"What are the prospects for this product?" asked Yasukawa tentatively.

"Maybe under a specific need, there will be users who like it. Tang Huan was not in a hurry to deny being killed with a stick, but it would seem that he had a small belly, "The key is that users can do what they can do with a microcomputer, the example of Fangyuan Computer is already there, support Japanese, everyone will naturally make a choice." ”

Yasukawa Hideaki nodded thoughtfully, he also thought that with Fangyuan Computer Zhuyu in front, other similar products were overshadowed, not to mention the so-called similar products here in Japan, there are almost none.

"I think Epson should spin off the printer business as soon as possible, leave the watch part to Seiko, and then take advantage of the foreseeable market boom to issue shares and go public. Tang Huan said bluntly.

In the previous life, it was Yaskawa Hideaki and the Hattori family who negotiated repeatedly, and finally led Epson to go public, Tang Huan felt that the two should have a common topic in this regard.

Yasukawa Hideaki smiled bitterly, "That means giving up a large part of the rights, and the Hattori family will not agree." ”

"There is a give-and-take, and Hattori can't always regard Epson as Seiko's rear production base, right, the prospect of the printer market is great. Tang Huan shook his head regretfully, he didn't have Epson's control, so naturally he wouldn't mention it unreservedly, it seems that he can only wait for the MX-80 to sell well this year and next year, and various manufacturers will compete for copycats before making plans.

At this time, Son called and told Tang Huan that Taidong's boss, Mikhail Kogan, wanted to meet him.

Listening to Sun Zhengyi's tone, obviously with a kind of depression, Tang Huan couldn't help laughing, "Then come, I'm waiting for you." ”

"I happened to see them negotiating once on the company's side, and while Sun was doing a good job and getting enough bank loans through Sharp and other connections, Kogan thought he was a little too young and frivolous to accept the takeover offer. Yasukawa Hideaki said a word in passing when he said goodbye and left.

Tang Huan nodded, it seems that he has to go out of the way, otherwise he won't be able to suppress this well-known Jew.

Mikhail Kogan was born in Odessa, a Ukrainian military port on the Black Sea coast, because of the rapid expansion of Nazi power in Germany in the 1930s, a fierce anti-Semitic wave was set off across Europe.

At that time, Japan had already invaded and occupied the entire Tohoku region through the September 18 Incident.

Because a guy named Yasue Senhiro was convinced of the "Jewish Magi Protocol", and then became a so-called Jewish expert, and then pushed Japan to come up with a puffer fish plan.

So, Japan showed great enthusiasm for the Jews who fled from Europe, and they wanted to use the wealth of the Jews to rule the Northeast.

But in fact, Little Japan is a little too superstitious, and these people who fled are basically so poor that they will not be able to describe the history of chicken feathers in one place.

But at the time, Kogan benefited from this, and even met Senhiro Yasue, who recommended him to study in Tokyo, Japan for five years.

Kogan had a Jewish shrewdness and was a very enthusiastic person, so the business process after graduation was relatively smooth. He traveled to major cities in China, and made a little name in Tianjin, accumulating the first pot of gold.

After Japan's defeat in World War II, Kogan returned to Tokyo and founded Taito & Co., which started a trading business such as suits and vodka, but it was difficult to integrate into the mainstream of Japanese society, and business was dismal.

At this point, one thing came to work.

As a prisoner of war, Yasue was captured in Siberia and died in a foreign land. So Kogan came forward and gave him a grand funeral.

At that time, the Israeli ambassador to Japan was invited to officiate at the funeral, and most of the members of the Second National Congress of Far Eastern Jews who were still alive that year were present.

This move helped Kogan gain enough prestige, and his social status improved significantly, and many Japanese companies took the initiative to do business with him.

It can be said that from this time on, Kogan really took root in Japan.

At the time, JukeBOX was very popular with American GIs, but it was monopolized by Chicago's V&V Trading and ServiceGames, one of Sega's predecessors.

So Kogan came to the West Coast of the United States, and with his bold nature and extensive knowledge, he soon became a celebrity in the Jewish businessman community in Los Angeles, and met the owner of AMI, a famous North American jukebox manufacturer, and obtained the full agency of the brand of jukeboxes in Japan by virtue of his fellow Jewish relationship. Since then, Taidong's business has been booming.

Kogan has also become an important bridge between the Japanese and American industries because of his excellent popularity, and often shuttles between the two countries, volunteering to act as a mediator in commercial disputes.

At the same time, Taidong began to operate the pachinko game, the ancestor of arcade games, and ServiceGames competed with it.

The two eventually compromised and cooperated during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, making a fortune.

Later, ServiceGames merged with Roesn.Enterprises of American Jew David Rosen to become SEGA, i.e. Sega.

Taidong, Sega and Namco were the top three in the arcade market, and this was formed.

However, the game is similar to the movie, maybe that cloud is raining, and there is a serious copycat problem, so Taidong has always made money and lost money, and the most recent sales peak was in 1978, when the "Space Invaders" game was launched.

The ambitious Son Masayoshi chose Taidong as the acquisition target, and he picked a soft persimmon pinch, but Kogan, who is proficient in the six Chinese languages of English, Russian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic, is obviously not so easy to deal with.

Tang Huan finished sorting out Kogan's information in his mind, took a sip of the tea brewed by Zhao Yazhi, and asked with a smile: "Have you thought about it, where are we going to play?"

Zhao Yazhi glanced at Tang Huan, "It's only been how long it has been since I got off the plane, it depends on how busy you are, it's strange if you have free time." I've come to realize that I'm here to be a babysitter for you. ”

Tang Huan, who was drinking water, coughed and shook his head with a wry smile, "As for such an exaggeration?"

While the two were talking, Son arrived with Kogan.

Tang Huan looked at the other party, he was in his sixties, in good spirits, his eyes were shrewd, and he was a little inquisitive.

Kogan had heard of him, and Tang Huan quickly made a judgment in his heart.

"Mr. Kogan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Actually, if it's not rude, I'd like to call you that particularly loud name, Marko. Tang Huan stretched out his hand to say hello.

Marco was the Christian name given to him by Kogan's father, and Kogan was particularly fond of it, which was one of his preferences.

Kogan didn't shake hands with Tang Huan, but laughed directly and came to a bear hug, not at all like an old man who was over the age of six.

Tang Huan smiled and squeezed his eyes at Sun Zhengyi, just your little man, can you stand this kind of warm greeting?

"Don, I heard your name in the United States, not only smart, but also lucky, I found an undersea treasure worth hundreds of millions, and I was jealous. Kogan's hearty voice proved that Tang Huan's previous guess was correct.

"I'm so honored. Tang Huan smiled and invited Kogan to sit down, and said with a compliment in his mouth: "Actually, I have admired you for a long time, you are well-informed, linguistic, bold and righteous, you are simply a charming man." ”

Kogan's eyes were praised and his smile turned into a slit, "Sun's collaborator is really you, then I'll be relieved." Xiaobawang game consoles are very popular in the United States, and I am very willing to cooperate with you, maybe I can get a little lucky. ”

When Son Masayoshi heard this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, without such a bully, I have already visited you more than three times, but you refused in every way. But as soon as he saw Tang Huan, he immediately groveled, and he was too undisciplined.

"I'm happy to share my luck, but in business, there are some things that still have to be said. Tang Huan pondered his words, "The competition in Japan's arcade market is too fierce, and the home video game console industry is in the ascendant, and Taidong will definitely benefit a lot after being acquired by EA." ”

"When Sun first came to see me, I began to think seriously about the stakes, but he was not strong enough to win my trust, and now I see you differently. Kogan nodded repeatedly, looking like he was digging out his heart and lungs, but there was a sly glint in his eyes.

Tang Huan glanced at Sun Zhengyi, who had a bitter face next to him, and said in his heart that the old man Kogan was talking too hurtful, and he would have to comfort this partner with great appreciation space for a while.

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