"IBMPC, the revolution in personal computer technology brought by the blue giant!"

In June 1982, PC computers began to be listed in Hong Kong.

Although, the price of PC computers is as high as 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is twice as expensive as Apple computers. However, what is sold in the market is not inferior to Apple's computer!

By this time, the number of microcomputer users in Hong Kong had exceeded 10,000. More than seventy percent of users use computers for the main purpose of typing, typesetting, and printing documents.

ORD, a software company in Hong Kong, has also begun to officially enter the right track. According to statistics, in the first half of the year, more than 6,000 sets of ORD software were sold in Hong Kong.

Each software is 980 Hong Kong dollars, which means that the sales in Hong Kong have reached more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars. The profit reached more than 4 million.

Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but say with emotion: "It is the development of PC computers that has really started the great development of the computer software industry, and Apple is still a little tender!" ”

1982 was a year when PC computers gradually gained widespread social attention.

In the first half of '82, Apple computers sold 130,000 units, while PC computers sold 100,000 units, and the difference between the two was very small.

Apple computers, from technical standards to operating systems, are all handled by Apple. Most companies feel suffocated and unfree.

However, in October 1981, IBM began to announce that it had opened up its technical standards to companies and individuals in the industry, so that software engineers could better understand the core technical principles of PCs and be more able to use thousands of patents that IBM opened free of charge.

In this way, it has attracted most of the world's IT companies to develop PC computer hardware and software based on PC computer systems.

"On the PC computer, there are seven or eight kinds of systems to choose from, and Apple, only Apple's own system is available!" A certain computer industry commentator in the New York Computer News unabashedly expressed his appreciation for the PC.

"The monopoly of technology has made IBM suffer. The openness of technology has allowed IBM to usher in the support of the entire industry! The New York Post, the oldest in the United States, founded in 1801, commented.

After the PC showed its domineering.

ORD Technology's two major products, DOS Machining System and ORD Word Processing Software, have also ushered in a take-off in performance.

Due to the benefits of occupying the default production system of the PC computer, the sales of the DOS operation system reached 98,000 copies at this time, although each production system can only earn a license fee of 1 US dollar. However, with the expansion of the PC market, the DOS system has begun to become one of the mainstream operating systems in the market, and ORD has also enjoyed the benefits brought by the overlord of the operating system!

For example, the DOS system is best compatible with ORD word processing software. Therefore, it has also promoted the sales of the PC version of the ORD software, which continues to rise.

Pricing reaches $150 per ORD software.

The PC version of the ORD sold more than 50,000 copies in the first half of the year, generating nearly $8 million in sales and $6 million in profits.

In fact, the sales of ORD software on Apple computers have also reached more than 70,000 copies in half a year. However, most of the profits went to Apple, and ORD was only able to take a share of more than $4 million.

Compared to PC and Apple, it is obvious that the PC at this time can make ORD company more money!

So, Apple - it's not easy to say I love you!

—————————— San Francisco.

"Brother, this is the United States?" Shaohuai was puzzled, "It doesn't seem that Hong Kong is prosperous!" ”

Zhang Shaojie said with a smile: "Hong Kong is prosperous on the surface, but it does not mean that it is profound. Not far from San Francisco is Silicon Valley. It's a place where miracles are constantly being created! ”

"Oh! Brother, do you think that with the development of companies such as ODD and Xiaobawang, can Hong Kong become the Silicon Valley of the East? Shaohuai raised his head and asked.

"It's hard!." "Silicon Valley is not supported by one or two great companies, in fact, Silicon Valley is based on tens of thousands of small high-tech companies. One big business collapsed, and soon a new small business rose to become a giant. This is the reason why Silicon Valley has stood tall and become a mecca of technology! ”

Between words.

The two brothers had already seen the airport, and Huang Tingjun personally drove to pick them up.

"Hehe, you're finally here! You two bosses, it's really irresponsible, the North American branch has been open for so long, but you are the hands of the storekeeper, and you haven't come until today. Even, most of the employees didn't see you in person" Huang Tingjun is obviously complaining, but in fact, the subtext is to show off his credit.

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Professor Huang!" ”

"Hehe, it's not hard, I'm a shareholder of the company, if I go public in the future, maybe I can be a billionaire!" Huang Tingjun said with a smile.

Zhang Shaojie shook his head: "Now the company only has an output value of tens of millions of US dollars, and going public is equivalent to taking advantage of those capitalists." At least the company should be operated to a scale of five or six billion. If I can circle tens of billions of dollars, I am happy to let the company go public. ”

"Hehe, that's it!" Huang Tingjun actually felt that Zhang Shaojie's tone was too big.

Want to go public with tens of billions of dollars?

The capitalists in the United States are all fools who subscribe for stocks at dozens of times the price?

Others look at him too crazy, and Zhang Shaojie laughs at him and can't see through it.

Investors in the capital markets, purely rational, have long since ceased to exist.

In the future, when the PC industry is booming, the Internet appears, and companies that are slightly involved with IT and the Internet will go public, billions of dollars will be small, and tens of billions of dollars will also be regarded as general, and the slogan of those investors in the future will be that the market value of hundreds of billions of dollars is the goal!

In the 90s, during the dot-com bubble, companies that were already profitable were looked down upon by investors. The comparison is not profitable, and the comparison is who loses more now and whose future prospects are wonderful

Zhang Shaojie and Shaohuai came to the North American ORD branch.

See the office building of ORD Technologies, as well as the scale of the construction. More than 100 employees work in ORD North America, showing the demeanor of a large company.

"Zhang Shaojie and Zhang Shaohuai are the bosses of our company. Among them, Zhang Shaohuai is the writer of the original version of the ORD software. Mr. Zhang Shaojie took a fancy to the market value of this software and invested in the establishment of ORD. Now, ORD is the No. 1 word processing software in the software industry in the United States, and everyone applauds our two genius bosses! Huang Tingjun was very excited to introduce to the employees in the United States.

It's like seeing an idol.

More than 100 employees applauded excitedly.

Shaohuai is still a little shy, but Zhang Shaojie accepts it calmly. In fact, in the factory in Guangzhou, Zhang Shaojie also experienced giving a speech in front of more than 1,000 employees. The applause of more than 100 employees in front of him was just a drizzle for him, and his mood was not shocked.

"The miracle of ORD is inseparable from the flash of inspiration of Mr. Zhang Shaohuai, and it is also inseparable from the foresight of Mr. Zhang Shaojie. Now, we have invited Mr. Zhang Shaohuai and Mr. Zhang Shaojie to give speeches! Huang Tingjun said.

Shaohuai looked at Zhang Shaojie.

Zhang Shaojie signaled that he didn't need to be nervous.

Shaohuai stepped onto the podium and said in front of the microphone: "Hello everyone, I am Zhang Shaohuai, Zhang Shaojie's younger brother, the founder of ORD software, and the shareholder of ORD company!" I'm glad that I'm able to walk up to you and tell you about my thoughts on entrepreneurship. Actually, I don't have too many ideas about software. Before my brother asked Professor Huang to teach me about programming, I didn't know anything. I'm not even very proficient in the basics of computers, and even now, I'm not a qualified programmer.

However, because luck was a problem, I learned to write ORD software with this knowledge when I was just learning a little bit about computers. The code I wrote was so simple that it was not suitable for sale in the market after the initial version. Therefore, Professor Huang and the others found a group of better programmers, basically overturned the program code I wrote at that time, and rewrote a more reasonable ORD software.

Through this example, we also know that the value of innovation is far greater than the value of rigidly executing tasks according to requirements. In the future, I hope that our programmers will continue to develop epoch-making new technologies! ”

Shaohuai's speech, although it did not mention specific matters, also had an encouraging effect. At least, many employees began to have a great curiosity and affection for this genius boy.

As Shaohuai spoke, he became more and more excited, and his body language was also very rich, a little crazy.

Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but smile - only paranoia can survive?

It seems that Silicon Valley is the age of madmen.

Jobs was so paranoid that he was seen by many of his employees as a harsh preacher. Because Jobs was not likable in the company, he was voted out of Apple by the directors. However, later Apple was run very badly, and the losses were a mess, and Jobs was re-hired to Apple.

Andy. Grove even shouted that "paranoia can survive", ruthless, tough management, persistent, rigorous work style, slashing and killing, and selling all of Intel's loss-making business, which made Intel in the 80s get through the brink of bankruptcy and gradually become the most profitable company in the NASDAQ listed company in the 90s.

Silicon Valley has always been a king and a loser.

Successful madmen, geniuses!

Unsuccessful madman, stubborn!

(To be continued)