Deng Lijun, a shareholder, is the first time to come to zerone, looking at the more than ten busy employees in the office area, she can't believe that it is such an inconspicuous small company, which has only been in operation for more than a month, and its sales have exceeded five million.

After Wang Xuehong saw Deng Lijun, her eyes were immediately full of little stars, and she ran directly over to ask for an autograph, don't look at her current major is economics, but when she first arrived at Berkeley, she chose to major in music, which shows her love for music.

Tang Huan's camera is usually placed in the company, and he has taken a lot of commemorative photos, so Wang Xuehong took it near the waterfront terrace and took a photo with Deng Lijun.

Tang Huan shook his head secretly when he saw this, you showed the name of the Wang family early, and you still have to wait until the United States to sign a group photo? It's too low-key.

The invitation to visit Apple's top management has been confirmed by the other party, and Jobs promised to come over in the afternoon, and the company is ready to receive it.

It has to be said that although Zerone is still in the entrepreneurial stage, Tang Huan's salary for employees is very competitive among his peers, and he also provides various benefits including lunch, so that they can still be motivated and willing to eat even under the high pressure of work.

Tang Huan remembered Son Zhengyi who he met not long ago, isn't this old man always thinking about coming to visit him, he was too busy some time ago to have the opportunity to receive him, so this time he will invite him over and follow the long experience.

After Tang Huan personally called over, Son Masayoshi happily agreed, and asked if he could bring his entrepreneurial partner Lu Hongliang to come over, of course Tang Huan had no reason to refuse, and the founder of the future UT Starcom is also a great figure, which is quite archaeological value.

In the afternoon, Son was the first to arrive, which shows the sincerity of his attitude. Lu Hongliang is tall, and he walks with Sun Zhengyi, which is quite contrasting.

After the greetings, Tang Xuan took them to see the latest version of cgrid, Son Zhengyi's eyes were straight at that time, it was obvious that hearing is false, seeing is believing, the application prospects of this software are too broad, far more than his proud language translation machine.

Jobs's belated arrival, Tang Huan didn't take it to heart, after all, people are now well-known figures, not to mention that Apple executives like Marcura, Wads, and Scott have arrived, which fully shows the intimacy of cooperation between the two sides.

However, another person brought by Jobs, Bill Gates, made Tang Huan a little wary while greeting him with a smile.

Compared with Jobs, Gates is slightly inferior at this time. In 1975, he made his first pot of gold by developing the Cowherd Star Basic interpreter for MITS, but in the subsequent fierce market competition, the founder of MITS mismanaged and sold the company, which led to a patent dispute over the Basic interpreter.

The lawsuit brought Microsoft to the brink of collapse, but thanks to Gates's father, a well-known lawyer, he was able to successfully settle it, and the company's headquarters was moved to Gates' hometown, Seattle.

Now Microsoft's main business is to sell basic interpreters, and Gates has contacted microcomputer manufacturers everywhere to put the products in their computers, and Tang Huan has a trick to sell CGRID to Apple.

The main deal between Gates and Apple was a $25,000 contract for an eight-year license of Microsoft's Basic programming language, which was not a lot of money, but since then Gates has been able to frequented Apple and get other application software development projects from Steve Jobs.

For such a future world's richest man who is both proficient in technology and well versed in the market, it is no wonder that Tang Huan is not vigilant.

After all, as long as you have a little understanding of the development of the industry, you can foresee the ability of the electronic calculation table software to attract money.

Historically, Microsoft has had two products in this area, Multiplan, which was launched in 1982, and >, which was born in 1985

It won't be because of this meeting that Gates, who is known for stealing teachers, will enter this field in advance, Tang Huan began to mumble in his heart.

The more worried he was secretly, the more enthusiastic Tang Huan became on the surface, and even pulled Jobs and Gates left and right, and asked Wang Xuehong to help take a photo.

At this time, absolutely no one realized what the significance of this photo was and what it meant for the future development of the industry.

Tang Huan's special attention and the high-standard hospitality of all the employees of Zerone made the personnel on Apple's side proud.

> Don, let's get straight to the point and see your new product. Jobs urged impatiently.

Tang Huan nodded, and uncovered the red cloth covering the demo computer and printer, "I want everyone to understand today how Apple's second-generation machine plays the role of a commercial computer." ”

Among the various upgrades of the version is perfect support for printouts. After Tang Huan's demonstration, he passed the printed document to everyone to enjoy. The reactions of the people who came to visit were wonderful, Son Masayoshi and Lu Hongliang were amazed, Gates was thoughtful, and the people on Apple's side were a little complicated, with a little admiration in surprise, and even a look of jealousy on their faces.

& How do you plan to price the equipment? Jobs was the first to ask.

& dollar, much lower than laser printers, users will definitely welcome it. ”

& OK, the price is too high, more expensive than the whole computer, when the user buys, the attention will be completely attracted to the printer, and then the priority is reversed, ignoring our Apple brand. With a vigorous wave of his arbitrarily put forward a negative opinion, fully demonstrating what it means to be eccentric.

Tang Huan shook his head in annoyance, "Your reason is too far-fetched. We are now fully exploiting the market value of Apple computers together, and we can't make you jealous because my pricing is higher than Apple's. If you think about it, how can users buy a set of our printing system for every Apple computer they buy, and Zerone will not steal the limelight from Apple. ”

&Jealous? Jokes, what do you have to be jealous of, do you know how popular Apple is with investors? "Jobs seems to have been poked in the lung tube, and he is a little furious.

Makula coughed and motioned to Scottra to open Jobs, "Now that cgrid is really complete, it is really necessary for our two companies to jointly market for this." ”

Jobs snorted and pushed Scott away, "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

Seeing that there was no Jobs messing around, Scott came over and asked in a low voice: "Don, I heard that you are still in school, and you are using your spare time to take care of the company's affairs, so busy, are you willing to sell the company directly to us?" ”

When Tang Huan heard this, he was slightly stunned, it seems that Apple is indeed jealous of zerone's performance. However, this is also true, in the original history, after the first electronic calculation table software VisicalC was sold, Apple had the idea of buying out, but Marcula felt that the other party's offer of $1 million was too expensive, and finally gave up.

Under the guidance of Tang Huan, the current Zerone is stronger than the original VisicalC I don't know how many times, how can it be sold.

Tang Huan shook his head, "Zerone is my hard work, I can't sell it, it's a big deal like Gates, just drop out." ”

Gates smiled shyly and innocently, did not say anything, and continued to observe CGRID carefully, like Woz, which made Tang Huan worry that he would soon meet the challenge of a new opponent in the field of spreadsheets.

After Scott and Macura exchanged glances, they continued to lobby on the topic, "Don, you might as well think about it, we can discuss the purchase price." ”

Tang Huan shook his head resolutely, "Don't think about it, if you are also optimistic about the prospects of zerone, you can invest in shares, I will definitely welcome it with both hands." ”

Scott nodded, "That seems like a good idea. ”

Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand, "I haven't finished yet, zerone is in good financial condition now, if you are willing to buy shares, it is best to exchange the shares of Apple, so that everyone cross-shareholds, interests are bound together, and the foundation of trust between each other will be stronger." ”

Before Apple goes public next year, get a certain share of Apple shares, but Tang Huan's big goal, there is an example to illustrate the appreciation of Apple shares.

In the original history, Jobs wanted to visit the PARC laboratory, but the other party refused due to technical secrecy, so Jobs offered to allow the other party to buy $1 million of Apple's shares, and Xerox agreed to the deal, which led to the successful success of Jobs and the commercial use of GUI (GUI), and the investment became 176 > a year later

Scott and Macoola exchanged glances again, and for a while they couldn't calculate the pros and cons of Tang Huan's proposal, so they had to put the topic aside for the time being.

At this time, Jobs suddenly came over angrily, pointed at Tang Huan's nose and shouted: "Tang, you don't keep your promises, we agreed that your cgrid can only run on Apple computers, but you are secretly developing versions of other platforms." ”

&I don't understand what you mean. Tang Huan, who was knocked into the secret, wiped away the saliva that the other party sprayed on his face in annoyance.

Jobs snorted coldly, walked to the door of an office, and pushed it open heavily, "You see, what is this, it's all other kinds of computers, do you deny it?" ”

At this time, Apple was only the leader in the field of personal computers, and other competitors such as Tang Di and Kemodo were struggling to catch up, and their total market share naturally far exceeded that of Apple computers, which was also the fundamental reason why Tang Huan refused to give up this market share.

& Booth, I must tell you that it is rude to snoop into someone's office without the owner's consent. ”

& Devil's rudeness, you give me an explanation first. Jobs waved his hand indifferently.

& Some computers are just for research, and they are not as complicated as you think. ”

>> Do you want to make computers with your current strength? Jobs had a look of disdain on his face.

>> If you have to think so, that's it, such a big market in front of me, I'm completely unmoved, and no one will believe it. Tang Huan is still young and vigorous in the final analysis, otherwise he would not have gotten into trouble the year before last, was arranged to run to Xiangjiang, and finally came to the United States.

> Admit it, from now on, your products don't want to appear on Apple computers again. Jobs spoke viciously.

& You can't call the shots, my cgrid supports that company's computers, its sales will skyrocket, your threat is too petitive. ”

> We'll see. Jobs walked away.

Makula looked embarrassed, "Don, Jobs's temper is not very good, don't mind, our two companies are still very cooperative, wait until we go back to study it, and we'll talk about it in detail later." ”

Tang Huan suppressed the fire and nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait for good news." ”

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