Chapter 0003: The First Pot of Gold
Apple Computer was born in the garage of Steve Jobs' family, it was originally a partnership company, and after receiving investment from Macura, it was changed to a joint-stock company, and as the market sales performance increased, the scale grew, and the office was moved to an office building on Stevens Creek Avenue in Cupertino.
Tang Huan drove alone and quickly found a place.
To be honest, Tang Huan was still a little excited to see with his own eyes what Jobs, a legendary man, looked like when he was young, after all, although Jobs he saw at Apple's product launch conference in his previous life was famous, he was also seriously ill.
With all kinds of strange archaeological thoughts in his heart, Tang Huan walked into Apple's office. Although the company's development prospects are promising, the office environment is still very simple, and even the work process is not so rigid, Tang Huan said that he came to find Jobs, and the other party directly pointed to the team of several people and asked him to wait in the back line.
Yes, it is estimated that he regarded himself as a candidate, Tang Huan found a place to sit down with a smile, took out his notebook, and sketched some thoughts in his heart.
Before he knew it, the people in front of him were gone, Tang Huan took a deep breath, pushed open the door and entered the office. In addition to Jobs, there were three other people inside, and Tang Huan recognized two of them, Mike, the chairman of the board of directors of Apple Computer Inc., who was dressed in a well-dressed gentleman's style? Marcura, the raunchy and shy designer of Apple's first and second generation computers, genius engineer Stephen? Wozniak, the last slightly chubby man should be Mike, the president of Apple Computer? Scott.
&Do you have an interview? Makula asked, confused.
& Sheng, my name is Tang Huan, a student at the University of Berkeley, and I am not here to apply, but to show you an epoch-making software product that will not take up too much of your time. Trust me, it will help Apple computers sell a lot. "I actually met all the high-level personnel of Apple at one time, but God really helped, Tang Huan was ecstatic in his heart, and immediately started to sell hard.
Perhaps these four were in a good mood at this time, and they were not unhappy because of Tang Huan's reckless behavior.
Makura said with interest, "What kind of software is so powerful?" ”
Tang Huan took out a disk and pointed to an Apple computer on the table, "Can I use it?" ”
& Yes, we are waiting to see what epoch-making means look like. Jobs laughed.
Ignoring whether this guy was making fun of himself, Tang Huan unhurriedly called out the interface of cgrid, and then introduced: "There is no doubt about the excellence of Apple computer, but its ability is far from being developed, and once my spreadsheet calculation software is installed on Apple computer, business users can count financial, sales and inventory data very intuitively, and student information of educational institutions is not a problem." You are all professionals, I don't need to say more, you should also understand how different the value of cgrid is from those calculators and game programs, Apple computer with the help of cgrid, it is equivalent to an extra pair of wings. ”
Jobs, who originally had a playful expression on his face, immediately became serious after seeing Tang Huan's series of demonstrations, he walked to the computer and operated it himself, and then fell into thought.
The other three also experienced the function of cgrid one after another, and nodded their heads in praise.
Wads looked at Tang Huan and asked curiously, "Is this a program written by you alone?" It's amazing. ”
& With your Apple computer hardware platform, cgrid will not appear, Woz, you are my technical idol, I hope that there is a chance, we can exchange ideas together. Tang Huan said sincerely.
Woz's temper is a bit like that of an old naughty boy, and his character is quite kind, Tang Huan's praise and admiration, he immediately accepted it all, and patted Tang Huan's shoulder affectionately, "Then you can join Apple, let's work together and communicate together." ”
Tang Huan smiled noncommittally, his gaze swept over the other three, "Gentlemen, my software can satisfy you." ”
Macoola was the first to nod, "It's really good, so how are you going to cooperate?" ”
& I hope that from now on, every Apple computer can be shipped with a set of cgrid, for users to try for free, there is no limit to the function, but the data cannot be saved to disk, and when users want to officially use cgrid, then they need to pay according to the price of 100 dollars per set. ”
>. Jobs, who had been frowning and thinking about something, suddenly interjected: "We can work together for a month according to your idea and see how it works, but there is a requirement that your cgrid cannot appear on other competitors' computers during this period." ”
Tang Huan raised his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, "As you wish, I agreed, but I also have a request, the sales of the software will be settled once a week, and I will be advanced 2,000 US dollars immediately, in order to develop this program, I have some financial turnover difficulties." ”
Jobs nodded understandingly, "No problem, but you'd better come to the company every day and keep an eye on cgrid, and fix any bugs as soon as they occur." ”
& Yes. Tang Huan immediately agreed, he thought to himself, in the future, Apple will report, there will naturally be free computers to use, and he can't ask for it.
>> Let's sign the contract. Jobs began to arrange for people to draft legal texts, and after watching Tang Huan leave the office with his men, he excitedly exclaimed: "Everyone, I have a hunch that by the end of the year, the monthly sales volume will definitely exceed the 10,000 unit mark, this thing called cgrid is too imaginative." ”
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Ignoring what Apple executives like Steve Jobs said about CGRID's stimulus effect on computer sales, Tang Huan signed the contract and received an advance payment of $2,000 before leaving Cupertino in a hurry.
Deng Lijun mentioned on the phone yesterday that the first stop of her first North American tour will be held tonight at the San Tamonica Civic Hall in Los Angeles.
Tang Huan first dressed himself up to look young and promising, then went to the store to buy a camera with good performance, and then set off, rushed to the airport, and boarded a flight to Los Angeles.
The performance began at 7:30 p.m., and when Tang Huan came backstage, Deng Lijun was making serious preparations.
&Jun, I wish you a successful performance tonight. Tang Huan affectionately sent flowers.
& Thanks. Deng Lijun was full of smiles, looking at the personable Tang Huan, with appreciation in her eyes.
Looking at Deng Lijun, who was dressed in full costume, Tang Huan sincerely admired, "Lijun, you are so beautiful, I didn't want to disturb your preparations, but I still can't help but want to take pictures of you and leave this moment." ”
Seeing Tang Huan take out the camera, Deng Lijun was a little surprised, "Do you still know how to take pictures?" ”
>> That's it. Tang Huan was humble in his mouth, but he was smiling secretly in his heart, this time he had brought so many private goods, and there were really not many things that would not happen.
& After your performance, we have dinner. With Deng Lijun's cooperation, after Tang Huan took a few photos and sent out an invitation, he didn't bother anymore and gently exited the dressing room.
The staff secretly looked at Tang Huan, guessing the relationship between him and Deng Lijun.
Deng Lijun's singing voice has a huge appeal among the Chinese, and just after seven o'clock, the hall was full. When Deng Lijun appeared, there was even more applause.
After an hour or so of the performance, it came to an end unconsciously, and Deng Lijun retreated backstage after interacting with the fans.
The reluctant audience began to leave the hall one after another, and two of them, young Chinese who looked like students, did not leave the hall until the end, talking as they walked to their cars.
&Look, isn't that Deng Lijun? A young man suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
>> I haven't signed yet. Another young man hurriedly looked in the direction of his companion's finger, and happened to see a man in the distance thoughtfully opening the car door for Deng Lijun.
& Who is the person, looking at the way they talk and laugh, it seems to be quite intimate, shouldn't it be Deng Lijun's boyfriend. The young man muttered to himself dumbfounded.
& In the future, there will be a concert in San Francisco, so you will know if you go to see it then. ”
& You may not be able to know the truth, you say, how about we break the news to reporters, it will definitely be in broad daylight when the time comes. ”
& It's not good, that passport turmoil is enough to make Deng Lijun distressed. ”
> How can the psychological quality of some big stars be as bad as you think......"
As the car starts, the argument between the two Chinese students gradually disappears into the night.