The next day, Tang Huan arrived at the company late, and as a result, the car was blocked outside the parking lot.

He looked up and saw a long line of convoys lined up downstairs at Zheru's house, starting at the door of the warehouse of the Xiaobawang game console.

is so hot, seeing the scene in front of him, Tang Huan couldn't help but be startled, but he quickly calmed down, the game console is similar to the movie to some extent, and the industry is very risky, but once it is sought after by the market, it is irrational.

In 1982, Atari's sales reached an eye-popping $2 billion, a figure that illustrates the prosperity of the game console industry.

Tang Huan got out of the car with the newspaper and asked a Zheru employee who maintained order to help him park, and he walked to the door of the company, just in time to see a young man who was intently observing the lively pick-up scene of the Xiaobawang game machine.

This person Tang Huan knows, named Tripp Hawkins, born in California in 1954, graduated from Harvard University, received an MBA from Stanford University, and joined Apple in 1978, that is, last year, as a sales worker.

Generally speaking, employees who leave Apple, if they come to Zheru to apply for a job, will basically be properly placed according to their ability, Tang Huan has never taken the initiative to go to Apple to poach people, but this person in front of him has made him think, but in the end he still shelved this idea, after all, everyone is a partner, or respect some basic boundaries as well.

The person who can make Tang Huan entanglement will naturally not be an unknown person in history, in the original time and space, Tripp Hawkins was an important figure in the history of video games.

In 1982, Hawkins left Apple and founded a game company, ElectronicArts, known as EA.

In 1991, EA went public, began to make acquisitions, and grew rapidly.

In this year, Hawkins founded 3DO to carry out the game console business, and launched a new generation of game platform - 3DO game console, which supports a minimum of 16 bits of color enhancement and a maximum of 24 bits of true color, which is the world's first true 32-bit game console.

However, it is a pity that under the siege and interception of Nintendo, Sega and other manufacturers, especially by Sony PlayStation, the 3DO game console was completely defeated, and 3DO had to retreat from the hardware field to become a pure game software developer and publisher, and the famous turn-based strategy game "Heroes of Heroes" series belongs to this company.

Hawkins has repeatedly paid out of his own pocket and invested a total of $20 million in personal funds to save 3DO in times of crisis, but unfortunately in the end he is still powerless.

After 9 years of entrepreneurship for the first time, Hawkins retired successfully; After 12 years of entrepreneurship for the second time, Hawkins failed miserably.

In 2003, 3DO officially went bankrupt, and Hawkins paid a heavy price for it.

In the same year, Hawkins embarked on his third venture, founding DigitalChocolate, a company that specializes in developing games for mobile devices.

The ups and downs of the mall are the norm, and Hawkins sees the trend of consoles and mobile games, which is a testament to his old eye for the gaming industry.

As for the fiasco of the 3DO console, in addition to the price factor and the lack of representative game masterpieces, the lack of strength of the partner Panasonic is not a reason.

"Denif, why are you so laid-back and come here to see the scenery?" Tang Huan casually said hello.

Hawkins replied with a wry smile, "There are people on Apple's board of directors who want to know about the operation of Zheru, so I was arrested by Jobs and brought these old men around on his behalf." ”

Tang Huan nodded clearly, after Zheru and Apple cross-shared, Zheru gave Apple a position as a director, and Jobs took over, and at first came over every now and then to show off his power and express his dissatisfaction with Tang Huan. But finding that no one paid attention to him, he gradually lost interest in inspecting.

Moreover, with the rapid rise of Zheru, the role of its software products in stimulating the sales of Apple's computer market has become increasingly obvious, and the young Jobs is arrogant, but not a fool, so he put away his arrogance and no longer came to add to the blockage, but the position of director of Zheru is still held by him.

Recently, since he visited PARC with satisfaction, the ambitious Jobs has paid more attention to the Lisa project team, and he is too short of time to compete for power, so he naturally will not run to Zheru's side.

"Then why are you staying outside by yourself?" Tang Huan asked Hawkins, who came up, as he walked.

"Those people wanted to know about Zheru's finances, but they were refused, so they stayed in a small conference room and waited for you." Hawkins had an embarrassed look on his face.

Tang Huan groaned slightly, and turned to the conference room, "Then I'll go and see, who is the person who is so curious about Zheru." ”

Although he saw that Tang Huan spoke lightly, Hawkins clearly felt an invisible pressure coming towards him.

Tang Huan walked quickly to the outside of the conference room, gently pushed open the door, and saw three white people standing at the window pointing and discussing, "The game console market is really booming, no wonder Warner bought Atari, let's not miss this opportunity to make a big profit." ”

Of these three people, Tang Huan only knows one, and the other two should be new shareholders who have been added after this year's financing.

At the end of the summer of this year, Apple conducted a round of external private financing before going public, but because of Tang Huan's influence, the situation has undergone some deviations.

In the original time and space, through the relationship between Tang Wallen and Makula, this financing was quickly successful. A total of 16 investors, including Xerox Corporation, LFRothschild, Untenberg, Towbin, Brentwood Associates Capital and some individual investors, subscribed for shares in Apple Computer at a price of $10.5 per share, and Apple successfully raised $7.27 million.

Among them, Brentwood Associates, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in the early 1970s and focusing on the high-tech industry earlier; As for LFRothschild, Untenberg, Towbin is from the 1977 investment bank C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and L.F. Rothschild merger, from such a long name, it can be seen that it contains a number of core investors, especially Rothschild, that is, Rothschild, the name of Rothschild, can better illustrate this problem.

Correspondingly, Apple's performance in terms of sales in the market was $2.5 million in 1977, $15 million in 1978, $70 million in 1979, $117 million in 1980, and $335 million in 1981.

Due to the arrival of Tang Huan, Zheru's various mature software products, and even a package of microcomputer office solutions, directly pulled the development of Apple computers on the fast track, with monthly shipments of more than 10,000 units for more than half a year, and this year's sales steadily exceeded the previous life's 117 million US dollars in 1980.

In this case, Apple has established a direct sales model for retail stores, factory production, product research and development, labor costs, etc., and the need for funds is more urgent.

Tang Huan's production of hardware products such as Fangyuan computer and Xiaobawang game console relied on cheating to get a low-interest loan of $10 million through Christina, and directly took advantage of the cost advantage of Asian factories to successfully cross this hurdle.

And Apple still has to honestly raise money step by step, but unlike in previous lives, Apple's halo has become more and more dazzling, investors are flocking to it, and Jobs is even more selective and procrastinating for a long time during negotiations.

Institutional investors like Xerox have joined Apple in the same historical trajectory, but individual investors have been very different, and naturally, the amount of financing is much higher.

Of the three guys in front of him, the person he knew was an Apple director, and the other two new shareholder positions were unknown, but no matter what his identity was, Tang Huan didn't put it in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, my ears are so good that I overheard what you were talking about."

As Tang Huan spoke, he sat down on the main seat with a golden knife and opened his mouth with a smile.

"I'm busy and don't want to waste time needlessly. What are you here for? Could it be that you smell the aroma of the fat meat of the game console and want to take a bite? If so, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. Xiaobawang game machine is a product of another company, and Zheru is just hired to do some paid labor output. Other than that, there is no other relationship. ”

The most important thing here in the United States is people with a keen sense of smell in making money, and the three of them have identified the way to get their hands on the Xiaobawang game machine with unlimited business opportunities through Apple's stake in Zheru, so naturally they will not be sent away by Tang Huan so easily, and give up the opportunity to take advantage.

"How can it not matter, as far as I know, the company to which the Xiaobawang game console belongs belongs to you." The director of Apple showed a look of displeasure on his face, "All aspects of R&D, production, and sales are all done by Zheru's resources, and as for the specific relationship between the two companies, we have to look at the financial data to know." ”

It's not okay to plan a surprise attack and look at the financial statements, even if Jobs comes, it's wishful thinking, and even if Apple really wants to know about it, it won't be able to do so until after some accounting cycle.

"According to Zheru's articles of association, I have the right to refuse your request." Tang Huan waved his hand impatiently, "Everyone is a smart person, don't go around in circles when you do things, I can feel your malice." The Chinese do not only work hard, but also know how to protect their own achievements. If you are optimistic about the game console business, you should look for companies in this industry to invest in Silicon Valley. If you want to pick peaches through the so-called business rules, you can't help but do something. I also understand the rules of the game in the United States, please don't act like a clown. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan stood up and made a gesture to see off the guest, "I'm very busy, I don't have time to accompany me, please do it." ”

was expelled by Tang Huan in his heart, and was expelled in person, the three of them suddenly turned pale, dropped the sentence "Let's see", and walked away.

Seeing this scene, Tang Huan sneered, the insatiable guy really thought that his brother was just a simple technical man.

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