At this point, Ye Kai has already prepared in his heart, if the real history, after Ye Kai acquired Kiel's company, it still can't be changed, and Microsoft still takes over IBM's order. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info then, Ye Kai had to go shirtless and launch his own computer and operating system.

But now, Ye Kai also knows that the first task is to set up his own hard disk company, and the research and development of hard disks, 3.5-inch floppy drives and floppy drives for game consoles is the top priority.

Thinking about this, it just so happened that Shugart's self-introduction also ended.

"Mr. Shugart, do you know why you were kicked out of the company you had previously established?" Ye Kai asked, feeling both funny and sad in his heart, this guy is really a tragic figure, the previous company was kicked out once, and the Seagate company he established later was kicked out of the company again after working in it for 19 years.

"I'm also wondering." Shugart replied bitterly. "I worked hard to improve the technology of the product and was very dedicated to the management of the company, but the investors were not satisfied and felt that I was an uncontrolled technology maniac."

"That's one thing." Ye Kaidao. "Investors are usually technology laymen, they invest in the technology industry, just greedy for huge profits, have a pathological obsession with control, and do not want to have an uncontrolled technical technician, especially if this technical person is also part-time in the management of the company."

"On the other hand, it is because when the company is established, the responsibilities and scope of authority of each person are not specified in advance." Ye Kai continued. "And you should only take a small stake in technology, right?"

"Yes, boss." Shugart said with a slight blush. "Because I didn't have any money, I didn't have shares, I just worked for that venture capital firm."

"Then, what I'm going to say next, you have to think about it." Ye Kai said. "Since you are a person with complete technology and management, you have participated in the research and development of hard disks and floppy drives before. So, I'm going to set up a hard disk, disk and read/write head manufacturing company, and I'm going to ask you to be the general manager of this company, and the contract will state that in this company, as long as you don't make irreparable mistakes, then the job will remain until the day you want to retire. ”

"And this company, like the companies I am about to establish, I will not give you shares in the early stage, and when the development is good in the later stage, I will consider the issue of the gift of shares, and even if the shares are not much, there is only the right to dividends. However, at the end of each year, in addition to double the salary, the company will give a certain percentage of the profit as a bonus. ”

"Do you interfere in the day-to-day management of the company?" Shu Jiate asked, as a technology company, if a technical person is also a manager, then he will have his own ideas and methods for the company, that is, all the footholds of the company should be breakthrough technology, and make breakthrough technology more in line with the needs of the market.

However, these can be difficult for pure managers or laymen to understand. They tend to think that management and technology are separate and non-interfering, and that the latter serves the former. That is, the market takes precedence over technology. Shugart was fired before, and it was this kind of suffering.

Therefore, he has to ask such a question first, and if the answer is still yes, then he will leave the company and choose to go it alone again, this kind of thinking Since hearing that this company was sold, he began to plan a way back.

"I won't ask about the management of the company." Ye Kai replied affirmatively. "And I don't ask you about the company's future technology plans. You must know that your salary, bonuses and future dividends can only be realized by the profitability of this company, so I believe you. However, I will occasionally ask you to study something new, which you can not understand, you can complain, but you can't refuse. ”

Knowing the previous life, Shugart is essentially a technical old scalper, and runs the company very well, as long as he masters the financial level, then Shugart is definitely a good candidate. Therefore, it is also very good to sell it here, and it is also very good to buy people's hearts by taking advantage of the trend.

Obviously, Shugart obviously liked Ye Kai's set, and he asked with emotion: "Boss, there is no problem with this, the boss can tell me whenever he has an idea, I don't know if the boss has any good ideas now?" ”

"Now there are really new ideas." Ye Kai thought about it, looked at Shugart with a happy face and said. "I want to develop a 2.25-inch floppy disk and a corresponding floppy drive, what do you think?"

"Theoretically, there's nothing wrong with that." Shugart thought for a moment and said. "As long as the boss has no capacity requirements for this kind of floppy disk, after all, the area is so small, and the capacity must not be large."

"Do you estimate how big the capacity of such a small floppy disk can be?" Ye Kai asked curiously.

"The 3.5-inch double-sided floppy disk launched by Sony this year has a capacity of 875KB, so the single-sided capacity is 437.5KB." Shugart said as he calculated in his mind. "If the shell area of the floppy disk becomes smaller, the size of the floppy disk inside will also become smaller, and it is estimated that it is only more than 300 KB."

Speaking of which, Shugart remembered a key question, that is, what is the use of such a small floppy disk? So he asked, "Boss, what are you going to use with such a small floppy disk?" ”

"I'm going to use this little floppy disk to replace the cartridge of the console, what do you think?" Ye Kai said. "You're an expert in this area, can you talk about it?"

"To be honest, the idea of replacing game cartridges with floppy disks is really good." Shugart smiled bitterly, I really don't know what this boss of mine thinks. "But in practice, the feasibility is not high."

"Why?"

"First of all, the main audience for consoles is teenagers." Shugart patiently explained. "People in this age group are not very careful with the storage of game cartridges. However, floppy disks are more delicate, and if they are not properly stored and cause the floppy disk shell to be deformed, then it means that the floppy disk is scrapped. Even the game floppy disk was damaged before it was brought home. ”

Yes, when Ye Kai heard Shugart say this, he also felt that he had taken it for granted at the time, floppy disks are easy to break, and they can indeed attract repeat customers, but they are also easy to lose their reputation! Ye Kai remembered that when he used the floppy disk, he forgot to clean it up after using the floppy disk once, so he let the sun shine for a day, and the next day he found that the shell was a little deformed and could not be used.

If those players, after buying their own game floppy disk, even if the floppy disk cannot be used because of their reasons, I am afraid that they will put the crime on their own heads, and there will be no fewer such examples, at least there will be a lot of them, and then their games will be famous, notoriety!