In the Boca Raton Industrial Zone, Florida, USA, the elites of IBM are discussing around the two second-generation Fangyuan computers that have been disassembled and scattered on the table.

Chief Designer of the system, Liu? Ogbrecht flipped through a large pile of documents, then frowned and sighed, "It seems that God really played a joke on us, the system bus of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is called InterconnectStandardArchitecture-ISA, and the system bus of IBM-PC is called IndustryStandardArchitecture-ISA, and the abbreviations of the two coincide exactly the same." That's not all, the point is that its technical specifications pretty much cover our standards. ”

"Their interconnection standard structure has been patented, and our industrial standard structure is still making adjustments on how to take into account 8-bit and 16-bit expansion cards, and the progress gap is too big, and we must make a decision as soon as possible." Another engineer suggested worriedly.

"We finally saw the true face of the second-generation Fangyuan computer, and it is also a model of two CPU architectures, compared with each other, is it hit by the technical strength of the other party?" Tang Dynasty? With a faint smile on his face, Estlic glanced at his men.

"It is undeniable that our IBM-PC is indeed a distance behind the second-generation Fangyuan computer in terms of technology, but don't forget, what is the biggest feature of the personal computer?" Tang Dynasty? Estlic made a gesture vigorously, "That's cheap." If you look at the second-generation Fangyuan computer, it has specially designed a socket for memory. It doesn't cost anything. And based on what they call the expansion slots of the ISA bus. Although both 8-bit and 16-bit are supported. But are there any 16-bit expansion cards on the PC market today? ”

Tang Dynasty? A sneer appeared on Estlic's face. sarcastically commented, "The ambition of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is too great, although it can be strong, but it ignores the actual situation in the current market." With a price of $4,000, how many individual users will be willing to pay for it? If you focus on business users, you will have to face the competition of small computers, which is simply not high or low. And our IBM-PC is much more clearly positioned, and the price will definitely be less than $2,000. ”

"How difficult it is to get these two computers. You should be aware. It is said that at present, the second-generation Fangyuan computer is mainly supplied to commercial users, and individual users need to wait for reservations. "Don? Estlic pointed to the messy things on the table and smiled confidently, "It is not difficult to see that the production link of the second-generation computer is not yet mature, and there is no way to compare with IBM's strong factory manufacturing capacity, and this time difference may not make up for the lag in the progress of the project." ”

Looking at Don? Estlic's bombastic look, Liu? Ogurbrecht snorted inwardly.

Originally, he thought Bill? After Lovo's promotion and departure from the chess planning team, he will naturally take over the position. But didn't expect Don? Estlic this guy parachuted in.

Although the opponent's wrist is very high, it quickly gained everyone's superficial recognition. But there must be many people who are secretly unconvinced, including themselves.

"Even if we still have time, what about the ISA bus patent barriers of the second-generation Fangyuan computer? How will our ISA bus be adjusted? "Liu? Ogbrecht asked in a muffled voice.

"Our ISA bus only supports 8 bits, and 16 bits are reserved for the next generation of products, not to mention that we use Intel8088, which only supports 8-bit data bus, not Intel8086, which supports 16-bit data bus." Tang Dynasty? Estlic patiently analyzed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the original project design goals are still too complex, don't continue to be greedy, focus only on the technical level of the engineer's thinking, sometimes asking for trouble. In my opinion, our personal computers are sufficient as long as they are sufficient for the smooth operation of word processing software and spreadsheet software. At present, the PC market can do this perfectly, almost only the Apple II, and our point is to enter this field as soon as possible. "Don who instills his own ideas in everyone? Estlic can only be described as ingenious.

"As for the other party's ISA bus patent barriers, I noticed that there is a shadow of our IBM technology, so let the company's lawyers immediately sue them for patent infringement and invalidation, this kind of thing has always been unclear, and we still work according to the original plan." Speaking of which, Don? The smile on Estelly's face was even bigger, "What questions do you have?" ”

"Sure enough, it's a western cowboy, it's too scoundrel." Liu? After a sneer, Ogbrecht shook his head and replied, "If that's the case, then it's all some fine-tuning work." Now it seems that the biggest factor delaying the project is coming from the outside, especially the operating system. Microsoft's bullshit QDOS, when the first version was just delivered, hundreds of bugs were discovered, and I don't know how it has been improved now? ”

Hearing this complaint, Don? Estelly rubbed his nose helplessly, when he took over, the various arrangements of the project had been basically finalized, and naturally he could not modify it without authorization, so as not to delay the progress, and Microsoft seemed to be a relation, and even paid the $1 million advance payment for the project, what could he do with the other party's small company.

"I'll supervise this myself." Tang Dynasty? Estelly nodded, and then began to cheer up as usual, "The headquarters has bought twenty percent of Intel's shares, which shows how much attention is paid to personal computers, and there is no theoretical possibility that the chess project team will be canceled." Don't let up, so that other departments can be amazed by what we have achieved. ”

This is Don? Estelly's charisma was revealed, and the members of the Chess Project quickly recovered from the frustration of seeing the second-generation Fangyuan computer in person, and returned to their respective work.

Tang Dynasty? Estelly walked out of the office, closed his eyes, and looked up to feel the sunlight. Then he let out a long breath. Think about it. "Tang Huan, you should receive a lawyer's letter from IBM before Christmas, don't blame me for not breaking the means, you are really pressing too hard, if you don't carry out this battle of personal computer standards, then my chess plan will be ruined."

……

West Coast of the United States. Burbank, California, in a secluded café. Warner boss Steve? Rose sighed pleasantly and said to himself, "It's much warmer here in Los Angeles than in New York." ”

There are also two heavyweights here: one is Music Corporation of America - MCA stands for Sid Sheinberg, the president of Mexia Music? Hinberg, who is currently part of the MCA at Universal Pictures, is also the president of the Hollywood company; The other is Charles Bluhdorn, the owner of Gulf & Western Industries, or Charles Bluhdorn? Bludone, of course, is the current owner of Paramount.

It stands to reason that peers are enemies, and there is also a saying that the king does not see the king, but these three are stunned and contrary to common sense. sat together.

Charles? Bludoorn took a sip of coffee from his cup, then impatiently looked at Sid? "You've seen what you want," he said. What else is there to hesitate about. ”

Among the three, the 54-year-old Charles? Bludoorn is the oldest and richest, and in 1981, he ran his Gulf West industry to the 61st place in the Fortune 500 in the United States.

If it weren't for Steve? Ross's suggestion is kind of interesting, Charles? Bludoorn didn't even bother to make this trip.

Sid? Hinberg put down the file unhurriedly, looked at the two old guys in front of him who were more than ten years older than him, and asked rhetorically, "Is the profitability of video games really so strong?" ”

"Pretending to be confused." Charles? Bludoorn's face was displeased, "It's not profitable, why should I buy a Sega so early?" ”

Steve? Ross smiled slightly, "Although Atari is not performing well in the home video game console market, counting the arcade machine and other businesses, the annual sales are hundreds of millions of dollars, no worse than movies." ”

"Like you said, the video game industry is so profitable, then EA has grown." Sid? "I heard that at the beginning of this year, companies within the video game industry fought each other, and EA won a big victory, which shows how difficult they are. ”

"How can it be the same, in recent years, the lawsuit over the copyright of "King Kong" has been very smooth, and now EA's "Donkey Kong" game is extremely popular, and EA's sales will definitely break one billion dollars this year, if you can get the copyright fee through the lawsuit, at least a few percent, maybe you can also enter the entire rising market of video games like us." Steve? Ross slickly bewitched.

Still, Sid? Hinberg wasn't so easy to fool around, and shook his head, "I think it's too risky, and you didn't get it through." ”

"Okay, then let's pay for it." Steve? Ross sighed, "We have definite information, EA is going to enter the arcade market, which is the main profit point of Sega and Atari at the moment, and from the perspective of EA's performance in the home video game console market, it can be described as menacing." If Universal can make a move, it can naturally suppress his market offensive momentum, and Sega and Atari will take this opportunity to research new products to deal with it. ”

"Isn't Universal talking to Paramount about uniting International Pictures, that's easy to say." Charles? Bludoorn added lightly.

"What do you have to worry about?" Steve? Ross was a little impatient, the three of them were all big bosses, and it was rare enough to get together for such a shady thing that couldn't be put on the table, if they didn't come up with a definite result, it would be a mockery of their identity, "That's it, if you lose the lawsuit, I will pay the fee, and if you win the lawsuit, Universal will make a lot of money." ”

Speaking of which, Steve? Rose rolled his eyes and whispered, "If you have other requirements, you might as well say it." ”

"I'll go back and think about it again." Sid? Hinberg didn't answer the question and got up to take his leave.

See this, Steve? Rose shrugged his shoulders regretfully. Only with high hopes. Urged. "It's best to send a lawyer's letter before Christmas, when the pressure of the peak sales season is compelled, and EA's response is expected to be relatively conservative."

Sid? Hinberg waved his hand noncommittally and walked away.

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In Tang Huan's view, if you want to develop for a long time in the special land of Xiangjiang, in addition to emphasizing talent, you must also understand your own positioning, otherwise you will be in trouble.

Wait until you pick them up. As a result, he was like a famous host in the original time and space, and suddenly came to a drama full of running trains, and he didn't know how to wipe his ass when the time came.

As a well-known figure in the Xiangjiang TV industry and the first generation of senior TV people in Xiangjiang, 35-year-old Zhou Liang Shuyi can be said to be the most suitable, correct, and even the only person in charge of the TV station.

So far alone, Zhou Liang Shuyi's qualifications are already very deep.

As early as 1974, she was the Director of Programme Development at TVB, a year later she was promoted to Programme and Production Manager, and from 1976 to 1977 she was Assistant General Manager.

At the beginning of 1978, Jiayi TV recruited Zhou Liang Shuyi as the general manager with a high salary. However, because of the burning of too much money, the "July Offensive" plan failed, and then he resigned with the "Six Gentlemen of Jiashi".

Right now. Chow and her husband run Fortune Productions Limited and serve as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and have a close relationship with Philip Heung Kong in the advertising business.

On behalf of Tang Huan, Hu Yinmeng sent an invitation to Zhou Liang Shuyi, promising the position of director and minimum executive vice president, and then bringing her under his command, and now he is coming to meet with Tang Huan, the new boss.

As for the current person in charge, 54-year-old Huang Xizhao this year can be called a hero for the TV station.

Since he became the first Chinese general manager in 1976, he has run Li's TV well, although it is still suppressed by TVB as a whole, but it can surprise the opponent with a counterattack locally, just like this year's "Kindness of the Earth" forced "Turn" to be cut in half.

However, Li's TV is always fighting with TVB like this, and it is endless, which is inevitably a bit of a bull's horn.

You must know that Xiangjiang is such a big place, and TVB has formed "inertial ratings", and this status is basically unshakable. Originally, in time and space, ATV's golden age was just a flash in the pan.

After all, the platform of TV stations can do a lot of articles, always stuck on entertainment programs, and entanglement with TVB, which is really not liked by Tang Huan.

Of course, Li's TV is also helpless, how to survive if it can't attract advertising.

But Tang Huan remembered that in the original time and space, the TV audience in Xiangjiang had a saying that watching entertainment programs was transferred to TVB, and watching news was transferred to ATV.

He believes that this is the characteristic of the foundation of each other's existence. As for the entertainment content, it would be nice to leave it to a third party like DreamWorks to take care of it.

It can be said that Boss Tang, who is not bad for money, is very willing to make some innovations with this toy to verify his ideas.

And Zhou Liang Shuyi, who has a degree from Xiangjiang University, has traveled to the UK, and has tasted both success and failure in her career, is a good executor.

It's just that after Li's TV was successfully acquired, Zhou Mi, as Tang Huan's representative, contacted Huang Xizhao, and the other party was very cooperative in his attitude, and those who were conceited and talented left when they left, Tang Huan couldn't force him to stay, but this great hero, he didn't want to kick away ruthlessly.

As a result, Tang Huan preliminarily decided to let Huang Xizhao stay in office, as the minister of Shoucheng, and Zhou Liang Shuyi served as the deputy position, responsible for the Tang concept innovation of the TV station.

If at that time, everyone really doesn't agree with each other, then break up peacefully, and Zhou Liang Shuyi will naturally straighten it out, so as not to let outsiders say that she is mean.

Everyone is an acquaintance, so after meeting, there is no need to greet too much, Tang Huan directly talked about his thoughts, "I renamed Li's TV to Media Asia TV, just to hope that its influence is not limited to Xiangjiang." The production level of entertainment content is relatively advanced on the Xiangjiang side, so there is no need to worry about it, but I want to make the news a feature, and the level of the Xiangjiang side is relatively backward, so I can only go to the United States, Europe, and Japan to learn from it. ”

"You are a big boss, as long as you don't worry about money, our subordinates will obey your orders." Zhou Liang Shuyi smiled slightly, "If this circle is investigated, it should be regarded as a trip around the world." ”

"I will definitely not be stingy with the cost of this kind of study." Tang Huan laughed loudly, "As long as your husband doesn't pick on it." ”

"Not really." Zhou Liang Shuyi shook her head gently, "Although Li's TV has now become Media Asia TV, the relationship with TVB in Xiangjiang will not change. DreamWorks and TVB have only cooperated in a large number of aspects, with two high-quality TV series "Shang_ Beach" and "The King of a Thousand Kings", and now Mr. Tang has become the boss of TVB's competitors, I wonder if the previous friendly relationship will still be maintained? ”

"It's not bad if you don't look at you in person." Hu Yinmeng took over the conversation, "When I was filming TV series before, I was calculating, and it was not pleasant, but now that there is competition, there will definitely be no drama." However, we have previously reached an agreement to hire TVB artists, although the conditions are a little harsh, but it is better than nothing. At the time, they certainly didn't expect this to be the place they are today. (To be continued......)