According to Tang Huan's prediction, the procrastination effect of "Double Tennis" is limited, and it will soon be disapproved by the judge as it was in his previous life.

But dramatically, it was precisely this trick that he was least optimistic about that led the lawsuit into endless debates over whether patents were valid and whether they should be in the public domain, detached from the script that Tang had originally set.

At first, Tang Huan was very strange in his heart, how the situation had evolved like this, and then he gradually figured out some of the mysteries.

First of all, unlike Nintendo in 1985, EA is a local company in the United States, which provides employment opportunities in a down-to-earth manner, and naturally does not arouse the same hatred and hatred of people who are dissatisfied with the Japanese mainland's arrogance to make money, and everyone's status is much more equal.

Secondly, there are indications that Warner behind Atari and Mattel behind Intellivision have used public relations to influence the direction of public opinion.

It is not difficult to speculate on the psychology of these guys, at first they thought that the Xiaobawang game console was destined to be doomed, so they naturally stood by and gloated to watch the excitement.

But when EA came up with the seemingly defensible counter-evidence of "Two-Man Tennis", the shrewd businessmen couldn't afford to ignore it.

Because it is very obvious, after Mi Luohua has cleaned up the new Xiaobawang that has just emerged, other manufacturers are the next target, and no one wants to be slaughtered, especially Mattel, which has just spent a lot of money to develop Intellivision, and the trial sales of Intellivision that he has just spent a lot of money on are good, so it is naturally more urgent to remove the obstacle of Mi Luohua.

So in this way, Mirova was angry, and everyone secretly started a black hand.

When this conclusion was confirmed through various channels, Tang Huan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, in the face of sufficient interests, there is really no eternal enemy, not long ago, the opponent who was fighting for the Christmas sales season tacitly launched a joint encirclement and suppression operation.

With this general trend, Tang Huan let Hawkins play even more.

This time when he returned to the United States, Tang Huan was temporarily chained, in addition to the official lawsuit, the private reasons were more important.

Deng Lijun's due date is approaching, and her aunt Tang Yun gave an order, although with the intimate care of Deng's mother, Tang Huan can't always move forward, but he is not allowed to leave the United States, and he is ready to go with the rumor.

It is strange that Tang Huan did not have the ecstasy of fidgeting for the upcoming new life, that is, ordinary happiness, and the work was not left behind, especially all the R&D projects of Zheru, he personally inquired about them in different forms.

It is worth mentioning that as a result of the visit to PARC, a sample of the mechanical mouse has been made.

With Tang Huan's guidance, this input device is much more practical, using the style of the two most popular buttons in the 1980s in the original time and space, after connecting through the expansion card and loading an additional exquisite driver, you can control the cursor on the screen, especially in Zheru's software products, with mature menu technology, so that the user experience has risen to a new height.

IN THE PREVIOUS LIFE, BECAUSE OF THE EYE-CATCHING MAC, THE SINGLE-BUTTON MOUSE ALSO BECAME A SYMBOL, WHICH MADE MANY PEOPLE MISTAKENLY THINK THAT JOBS INVENTED THE MOUSE, BUT IN FACT, THERE WAS ALREADY A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND MOUSE IN THE LISA COMPUTER RELEASED BY APPLE, AND ITS INVENTOR WAS SOMEONE ELSE.

The inventor was Douglas Carl Engelbart, born in 1925, who received the attention and funding of ARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, during his time at the Stanford Research Institute in 1957, and led a team to develop some computer interface elements, such as screen bitmaps, mice, hypertext, collaboration tools, and graphical user interfaces, etc., and the final result formed the NLS system, which was successfully carried out in 1968 in Brooks Hall in San Francisco called "Mother of Innovation" of the showcase,.

In 1969, the U.S. Congress passed the Mansfield Amendment, which required the Department of Defense to provide support only to those programs that were "directly and demonstrably related to the functions or operations of a specific military."

In this situation, Engelbart's funding quickly dwindled, and Stanford Institute management no longer supported his development.

Later, due to ideological differences, the technical team split, and many researchers switched to Xerox's PARC, and human-computer interaction technologies such as graphical user interfaces followed.

In 1977, the Stanford Institute sold the computer system developed by Engelbard's group to Tymshare, and Engelbart left the Stanford Institute with it.

There was no doubt that Engelbart was in the right direction, but it was so far ahead of its time that it would not be recognized as a pioneer until many years later, and naturally, he did not live the life of a secular plutocracy.

Engelbart's invention of the mouse, patented in 1967 and granted in 1970, is in the shape of a wooden shell with two metal wheels underneath.

Tang Huan sat in front of the demo system, moving the mouse designed according to his own requirements, while observing the screen, quite satisfied.

"Is it calculated, how much does each of these mice cost?" Tang Huan asked casually.

"At about $60, Xerox's three-button mouse, the structure is complex, the movement is not smooth enough, and each cost $300, compared to it, our products are still very advantageous." The project leader looked at the notebook and gave a detailed explanation.

When Tang Huan heard this, he couldn't help frowning, if he remembered correctly, the cost standard given by Jobs was $15, which was too big, and it was difficult for users to accept, but his subordinates did work very hard, and they couldn't be denied with a stick.

"We'll optimize it further." Seeing that Tang Huan didn't say anything, his subordinates hurriedly added: "The owner of the mouse patent is the Stanford Research Institute, and we have already obtained the authorization and spent $10,000." ”

Tang Huan nodded, and said in his heart that the price was okay, three-quarters less than that of Apple in his previous life.

"The Stanford Institute didn't value the patent and asked us if we would like to accept the assignment and offered $100,000, but we didn't agree considering that the patent was so long old and that it wasn't worth paying an annual fee to maintain it."

Listening to his subordinates telling like a joke, Tang Huan shook his head speechlessly, no vision is really deadly, the mouse is an indispensable input device in the future, although it can't make any money, it's not bad to buy it and collect the traces of history, this is also part of the corporate culture and soft power.

"Contact the Stanford Institute right away, we bought the patent." Tang Huan gave the order.

Seeing the puzzled expressions on his subordinates' faces, Tang Huan explained with a smile, "Since Jobs visited PARC, he has been keen on the research and development of graphical user interfaces. ”

Only then did the subordinates understand, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, but they were muttering in their hearts, the boss is really willful, and he doesn't think about whether it is cost-effective at all, but this trick is interesting.

Compared with Tang Huan's occasional bad taste, there are other people who are really rich and willful, such as the female ship king Christina.

The eldest lady had just returned from Greece and came directly to Cupertino, and the Zheru employees in the office building obviously felt the kind of extravagance cultivated by enjoying countless wealth since childhood, and couldn't help but bow down to avoid it, and the princess was speechless when she saw Tang Huan.

"Honey, you never have a vacation, why don't you go to Florida together, visit my fleet, dive and treasure hunt by the way, and relax." Christina didn't shy away from hugging Tang Huan's arm and rubbing it on her full chest.

On January 21, 1980, the value of silver futures rose to its all-time high of $50.35 per ounce. In just 12 months, the price of silver has risen eightfold; If you count from 10 years ago, the price of silver has increased 25 times.

In this time and space, the terrifying bull market manipulated by the Hunter family is also thrillingly staged.

According to Tang Huan's instructions, during the safe time before the Hunter family crashed and crippled themselves, Christina happily played in the futures market, made a small profit, and after quitting before Christmas last year, she easily invested the millions of dollars into EA with interest.

Tang Huan's magic, in addition to making the female ship king unable to hold the shelf of the daughter of a wealthy family at all, also made her spend all her efforts to please her, and whimsically spending tens of millions of dollars to buy a private jet as a gift is the most obvious example.

Seeing the world-famous billionaire in front of her boss, the gossip fire in the hearts of the Zheru employees could no longer be suppressed.

After feeling that the atmosphere was different, Tang Huan hurriedly pulled Christina into his office.

"I've agreed, of course words count, but how did you come to such a small place in person." Tang Huan asked with a smile.

"I've never been here before, so I'll stop by this time." Christina looked curiously at the layout of the office, and after seeing some calligraphy banners written by Tang Huan to spice up the boring technical work, she admired with admiration, "Don, you are so versatile. ”

Tang Huan stroked his forehead, and said in his heart, how can you understand the mystery of my Chinese calligraphy, and the signs of flattery are too obvious, but this kind of flattery makes me very comfortable.

"How's that going for all those preparations you've made?" Tang Huan asked.

Christina half-leaned on her desk and excitedly reported, "The best diving equipment, the most advanced detection equipment, the satellite phone, and the GPS are all in place." I've never played like this before, it's exciting to think about, I can't wait. ”

Tang Huan nodded, and said in his heart that it is really rich and easy to do, the satellite phone service provider Inmarsat, that is, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, was only established in 1979, and the implementation of GPS has just entered the second stage, and it has not yet been opened to civilian use.

Glancing at the girl's neckline, Tang Huan took a sip of the teacup, and then said to the other party's expectant gaze: "Since everything is in place, let's relax and go treasure hunting." ”

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