Tang Huan was speechless about Woz's crash, in order to help him alleviate his obsession with flying a small private jet, he could be regarded as trying his best, but this small probability event still happened, but it was only a while late.

This really fulfills that sentence, human life, God is destined, but it's a pity that Woz's talent in electronic technology is a pity.

However, the impact of this accident is limited to the micro level, after all, Woz has achieved fame and fortune, his enthusiasm for work is almost entirely determined by his hobbies, and his daily activities are all on the Apple II.

Mike? Scott was forced to take a leave of absence, and the high-level personnel changes in the position of CEO to Chairman Marcula were far-reaching.

In addition, Wall Street's reaction is a bit intriguing, and it even accuses Apple of being an upstart, and after being proud, it becomes frivolous, and can share hardships but not prosperity, so it is chilling to treat old entrepreneurial employees like this.

Nima, the capitalists who never knew what the festival was, when did they become so humane? Tang Huan didn't wonder.

Apple's personnel composition is more complex, from the beginning of the garage business, there have been a group of low-diploma, or part-time or full-time old employees, these people are the part of the group that has not been allocated stock interests after Apple went public.

Most of the employees recruited next are highly educated talents like Hawkins, the current CEO of EA, and of course, there are also some people who have dropped out of school but are very specialized, but there are many people with special attributes such as middle two. Because Jobs was not less involved in recruitment, his employment criteria were relatively unique.

So, Mike, as CEO? Scott. It is really difficult and hard work in the management of the company, coupled with his physical health, his temper is sometimes irritable, sometimes eccentric, and he suddenly gave a dose of fierce medicine to the chaos of Apple, and planned to take a quick knife to deal with the chaos, Tang Huan can also expect it.

As for Mike? Scott was put on leave. It is purely the norm of corporate political struggle, and Wall Street can't worry about eating radishes lightly, and you are so indiscriminate. It affects the company's image very much.

You know, although IBM-PC is known as a new generation of 16-bit personal computers, in order to reduce costs, the CPU it uses is Intel8086, a reduced version of Intel8086. Both have 16-bit internal registers. However, the external data bus of the latter is 8-bit, not a full 16-bit CPU.

The AppleIIe platform, an upgraded version of the Apple II, already has a large number of applications, especially Zheru's commercial software, and the performance is not necessarily bad.

Therefore, in the actual market competition, IBM-PC did not have the crushing advantage of Mount Tai as soon as it debuted, as soon as it debuted, and wanted to make money from this field. You have to do it step by step, for example, you have to make the entry-level market hit Apple IIe dumb first.

Obvious. If Apple is sung down and loses its market reputation, Tang Huan's desire for AppleIIe to entangle IBM-PC may be greatly affected, which naturally arouses his great attention, and he quickly returns to Silicon Valley to see what is going on, don't hide any follow-up conspiracy behind it.

Originally, taking advantage of the release of AppleIIe and the rise in Apple's stock price, Tang Huan sold most of Apple's shares and offered to resign as a director.

But Makula disagreed, and although Jobs was silent, he also acquiesced in keeping him.

In the end, Tang Huan became an independent director, and his relationship with Apple was disconnected.

Therefore, he got some inside information, and this time Apple's high-level personnel changes are not as simple as the outside world seems.

Scott, who had a good personal relationship with Macura, planned a board coup to try to oust the founders of companies like Steve Jobs and Marcura, so that Apple could become what he considered a "normal" company.

Moreover, this operation has also received the support of many factions, and there is a great tendency to connect them.

It has to be said that Scott's heart is resentful, and it seems to be worthy of sympathy.

Makula belonged to a hedonistic sect and neglected corporate affairs; Jobs, on the other hand, was autocratic and transferred more and more of the company's resources to the MAC project team.

In addition, Apple's three founders, Steve Jobs, Wads, Makula and Zheru founder Tang Huan, have developed a complex relationship through mutual shareholding, and the right to know about their decisions often excludes or ignores Scott's opinion.

Just like this year, Apple exchanged its shares for AppleIIe, Scott disagreed, but AppleIIe's market performance was very strong, and Apple's stock price also rose a lot, so he temporarily swallowed his anger.

Perhaps because of Woz's fading out of Apple, Scott, who was tired but uncomforted, saw the hope of a change, and with some hints and support, he made a big move.

However, the founder's position is extraordinary, and Marcula and Jobs teamed up to extinguish the flames of Scott's uprising.

And it is said that Jobs was very proud and avenged Scott's approval of expulsion from the Lisa project team.

For Apple's chaos, Tang Huan is very big, he naturally supports Makula's measures to maintain Apple's stability, the external enemy is current, what kind of internal fighting.

"The company is now calm." Makula smiled wryly and handed over a document, "This is the report to be presented at the special board meeting, you see." ”

Tang Huan flipped through it casually, and it turned out to be some content explaining the relationship between Apple and Zheru to shareholders.

For example, the gentleman's agreement between the two sides to cede the Asian, especially Japanese market, to a generation of Fangyuan computers is essentially just a formality, and AppleII does not have Hanka technology, so it is impossible to gain a foothold in this market, so it is better to give up decently.

And, to this day. According to the agreement, the first generation of Fangyuan computer did not enter the US market through formal channels.

Another example is AppleIIe in exchange for Zheru shares in his hand. For market sales, stock market reaction, company product planning, etc., there has been a significant benefit, absolutely worth the money.

In addition, Zheru has not only helped Apple computers expand its market share through killer apps and best-selling video games like Tetris, but has also licensed patents for mouse control technology and so on.

In a nutshell. For a long time, Zheru and Apple have been mutually beneficial. There is no question of who takes advantage of whom.

Tang Huan put down the report and smiled knowingly, "Put it in the open place, it's okay to talk about it." ”

"I'd like to be able to do it in terms of patent licensing. More persuasive. Makula looked at Tang Huan eagerly. CGrid and WordEasy's graphical support features on the user interface are very eye-catching, and the Lisa and MAC project teams are also constantly overcoming various difficulties in this field. ”

Tang Huan thought for a moment, and finally nodded, "Yes." However, we need to sign a detailed agreement. lest there be quarrels in the future, and the peace will be hurt. ”

"It seems. Successive lawsuits with Universal and IBM have made you more and more cautious. Macura laughed and shook her head.

"How to do it, you arrange for someone to go to Chambers. I didn't attend Apple's board meeting in person, and I still had something to do. After Tang Huan finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye.

……

Universal sued himself for his account, and Tang Huan never thought that it could be settled at one time. He then flew straight to Los Angeles to go to the headquarters of the United States to test the results — to see the upcoming movie in advance.

Andy? Albert led his subordinates and respectfully welcomed the big boss into the office.

After Luen Mei became Tang Huan's toy, it can be said that it has received preferential treatment, such as the previous deficit has not been taken into account, and the company's structure has remained stable.

This made many people a little fluttering, thinking that the boss was a soft persimmon, and they couldn't help but think of being arrogant.

But when they saw what happened to MGM after falling into the hands of Tang Huan, they were suddenly silent.

A special team of veterans in consulting, accounting, auditing, and other fields went directly to MGM's headquarters and began a series of operations that are said to be called "shock therapy."

Shut down and transferred, salary adjustment and rotation, really repaired MGM fiercely, and it hasn't ended until now.

If the shareholders are dissatisfied, they will buy your shares, and if the employees are dissatisfied, they will ask you to find another job, just like a tough posture that does not smooth out the internal relations and does not give up.

Seeing this scene, the originally excellent and elegant employees of Luen Mei suddenly woke up to the fact that they were too naïve, how could a billionaire who climbed so fast be a good man and a woman.

Tang Huan glanced at it and found that David Begelman, the CEO and president of MGM, David? Bigelman even came to join in the fun.

Is this dude Cork? The head of MGM during Kirkrian's reign still had several years of professional manager contracts, and Tang Huan did not change people.

Anyway, the other party caused an uproar in public opinion because of "embezzlement" during his previous tenure in Colombia, leaving a criminal record, and if he is not satisfied with his performance at any time, he can be easily kicked out.

"The distribution rights of the movies you fancy have been negotiated." Andy? Albert handed over a document.

Seeing Tang Huan start to flip through it, Andy? Albert not only smiled bitterly in his heart, because several of the films on the document were originally released by Universal Pictures, and it took a long time to successfully cut off the beard.

It's still a global vendetta, Andy? Albert speculated secretly.

Tang Chang focused on three films that were supposed to be distributed by Universal Pictures: "The Four Seasons" - "Four Seasons", "OnGoldenPond" - "Golden Pond", "ConantheBarbarian" - "Conan the Barbarian", of which, "Four Seasons" will be released soon.

The theme of this movie belongs to a romantic comedy, with an investment of 6.5 million US dollars, and the box office in the original time and space was more than 50 million US dollars.

"We've already seen the editing of "Conan the Barbarian", I'm afraid the footage is too violent." Andy? Albert said worriedly.

"You should find a professional to evaluate it. However, isn't the selling point of "Conan the Barbarian" violence? Tang Huan said. While looking at the male protagonist, the actor is Arnold? Schwarzenegger.

"By the way, leave Conan the Barbarian to MGM to run it." Tang Huan glanced at David? Bigelman. "MGM can't always be silent like this."

David? Bigelman nodded yes, and sighed in his heart, don't look at MGM's scale is much larger than that of United States, but it has done nothing for many years, and it is no longer qualified to compete for favor in front of the boss.

"According to the plan, "Golden Pond" will not be released until the end of the year, but I believe that the quality of this film will not be a problem." It can be seen. Andy? Albert's favorite film is "The Golden Pond".

This is not surprising, you know, the star of "Golden Pond" is Catherine? Hepburn, Henry? Fonda, Jane? Fonda is a trio of powerful superstars.

"Samples of the 007 movie "ForYourEyesOnly" were also delivered." Andy? Albert made a point of prompting. He knew that Tang Huan was very interested in the subject, and EA was preparing to launch a video game after the movie was released.

Tang Huan sighed slightly, "Design the release time of "ForYourEyesOnly" well, don't collide head-on with Paramount and Lucas's "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That movie must be invincible this year. ”

The "007" series of movies can be regarded as the most well-known signature of Lianmei. Of course, Tang Huan didn't want it to suffer any setbacks, you know, anything that didn't go well would be a loss of dollars.

"I've heard of Raiders of the Lost Ark too." Andy? Albert smiled bitterly, "The best schedules are just a few, and it's really hard to adjust." ”

After listening to the report made by the senior management, Tang Huan glanced at David? Bigelman, "I'm going to release MGM's films on videotape, and I've already contacted the Japanese manufacturers. Preparations are being made for production, and you need to help as best you can. ”

Speaking of which. Tang Huan's gaze fell on Andy? Albert's body, "The United States side also has to follow up, for example, those movies that failed at the box office may not be able to recover some costs through video." ”

Andy? Albert hurriedly and David? Bigelman nodded in agreement, for fear that Tang Huan would remember the end of "Heaven's Gate" last year.

After the meeting, lunch, and a short rest, everyone went to the screening room to see how the samples looked.

There are two films: "Four Seasons" and "ForYourEyesOnly" - "007: Top Secret".

After meeting and greeting each other with the respective producers, directors and others, the screening began.

……

After seeing the first batch of successful Hu Huan's achievements, Tang Huan's mood was naturally very happy, this is just a small interest, and there is a follow-up.

However, because Lin Qingbian went to Xiangjiang to prepare for the filming of "Martial Arts Emperor Flower", Deng Lijun did not return to Los Angeles, and Tang Huan's joy could only be tasted by himself.

So, Tang Huan stopped dragging his feet, and after taking a look at his son, he rushed to the east coast.

Goldman Sachs, the best hitman, has finalized the acquisition of RadioShack.

After the meeting, the triumphant John? Weinberg and John? Whitehead, even quipped, "Don, there's no new target, we'll take it for you." ”

"It takes time to digest the things that I bought, and there are no new acquisition plans for the time being." Tang Huan waved his hand, "Next, you can help me do that big thing well." ”

"That's a lot of work." Speaking of this, John? Weinberg and John? Whitehead suddenly felt the pressure and lost the mood to joke.

……

Due to the sudden death of Charles Tandy, Tandy's top management has had a huge disagreement on the direction of the future main business.

Although the normal operation of RadioShack has been largely unaffected, it is inevitable that there will be confusion and doubts.

I'm an electronics chain store, and I'm always following the boss of the leather business, which is not a long-term solution after all.

So Tang Huan took advantage of the situation and naturally won the RadioShack, which was so easy that people couldn't believe it.

Guy believes that this company from Silicon Valley is a professional in software and personal computers, and it is far more reliable than Tandy, which is in the leather business.

Tang Huan appointed John Roach - John? Roach, who serves as the director of RadioShack.

This man's previous contributions to RadioShack were mainly reflected in the TRS-80, a cheap personal computer that was called junk but was favored by non-expert users.

It can be said that in terms of sales alone, the TRS-80 far surpasses the other two powerhouses of personal computers - Apple and Commodore.

When inspecting RadioShack, George W. Bush came over with great interest, and Tang Huan naturally guessed his intention.

Reagan, who was assassinated on March 30, returned to the Oval Office on April 25 and was greeted by White House staff and cabinet members with a standing ovation.

On April 28, he made his first public appearance, speaking at a joint session of the House and Senate.

During the entire process, Vice President George H.W. Bush never crossed the mine, which made him gain Reagan's trust and respect.

The basis for this proper response naturally came from the tacit favor sent by Tang Huan at the discovery site, and Bush Jr. played the role of an intermediary messenger.

Of course, since it is tacit, it is impossible for everyone to mention it intentionally, and this process is enough to be called confidential.

"Don, your business is getting bigger." After the meeting, George W. Bush smiled and complimented. (To be continued......)