IN APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY, XU GUANWU ALSO SAW THE BETA VERSION OF THE FIRST GENERATION MACOS, AND SAW THE FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR PICTURE ON THE DISPLAY, XU GUANWU COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL EMOTIONAL.

THE NEW APPLE COMPUTER IS NOT ONLY EQUIPPED WITH A MACOS GRAPHICAL OPERATING SYSTEM, BUT ALSO A MOUSE, ADDING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FEATURES, ETC., WHICH REVOLUTIONIZES THE NEW COMPUTER.

Equipped with a Motorola CPU with a computing frequency of up to 8 megabytes, 128K of RAM, and a 3.5-inch floppy disk machine with a storage capacity of up to 875KB, it was the most luxurious PC of its time.

"Mr. Xu, this computer is running like a fly, you can try to operate it. We're also going to install new document processing software and spreadsheet processing software on this computer, which will allow people to do a lot of things with ease. Jobs happily showed Xu Guanwu, like a child showing off the candy in his hand.

But it's a pity that Xu Guanwu just felt novel, but he didn't have a trace of surprise at all. This computer may have been a revolutionary product for people at that time, but in Xu Guanwu's view, it was too backward, and a mobile phone in later generations could blow up this computer.

"When is this computer expected to be available?" Xu Guanwu watched with great interest after Jobs showed off the excellence of the new computer, and then asked the question he was most concerned about with a smile.

"We are still in the process of post-testing the new system, which is expected to be fully completed by the summer. In addition, we have to wait for Microsoft to develop a new graphical office software. Jobs said with a smile, "Wait until the operating system is tested." The graphical operating system was successfully studied. We're ready to officially launch it on the market. In this way, we can also promote our listing plan. ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, "You have done a good job, this new Apple computer will definitely bring a new revolution to the computer industry in the world, and everyone here will become the leader of the times." ”

"In fact, the reason why this computer has been successfully researched is thanks to your guidance, Mr. Xu." Jobs also modestly said, "Our operating system borrows many of your ideas, and you are our leader." ”

"I'm just giving you a little advice, and it's up to you to do the specifics. Don't be too modest with me. Xu Guanwu smiled, "The company is about to go public, and everyone will become billionaires, multimillionaires, millionaires." But I just hope that you don't be proud, don't be complacent, continue to innovate and develop, and strive to contribute better, faster and more practical computers to our customers. ”

"Mr. Xu said it very well. As a responsible company, we at Apple Computer are responsible for our customers. We want to satisfy our customers who trust us. Woznek also said with a smile.

"Very good, I won't say anything superfluous, you can continue to work hard." Xu Guanwu nodded, and then came out of Apple Computer and came to the nearby Stanley Angel Investment Fund.

"Boss, we invested in a number of high-tech companies last year, like RSI, IBM, HP, Xerox, etc." As soon as Paul came up, he smiled and said to Xu Guanwu.

"Well, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Xerox have more stocks, but what does this RSI company do?" Xu Guanwu nodded and was about to praise Paul, but he couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"RSI is a high-tech company that develops database software, and only moved to Silicon Valley the year before last year, and last year launched a database software called 'Oracle' that was commercially available on DEC's PDP-11 computer. I remember your boss once reminded me that once I came across a company called Oracle, I had to pay attention to it, so I investigated this company and knew that the database software he developed was quite potential, so I made the bold decision to invest in this company. Paul said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, if he remembered correctly, Oracle was the largest database software provider in the world. And the RSI company is also a database software provider, and coincidentally, the software he launched is also called Oracle. Could it be that this RSI company has some kind of connection with Oracle?!

Xu Guanwu's guess was right, in fact, the predecessor of Oracle was this RSI company, and he was founded by software genius Larry . Ellison and colleague Robert. At the time, the company was not called Oracle or RSI, but Software Development Laboratories (SDL).

In the early days of the company, due to a lack of funds, research progress was very slow. In order to win new investments and be able to attract attention, Larry Brown. Ellison proposed moving the company to Silicon Valley, where venture capital is now the playground of high-tech companies. And the name of some academic companies, Software Development Labs, was changed to a relational software company.

Even so, RSI did not attract any decent investment in the early days of the move, as the relational database they had developed at the time was considered to have no commercial value. The main purpose of venture capital funds to invest in high-tech industries is to make a profit. So if there is no value in commercial applications, then no one will be willing to invest in even the best ideas. In addition, IBM had developed a hierarchical database software - IMS at that time, and the sales were still very good. So no one wants to invest in Larry anymore. Ellison went to develop a relational database.

Fortunately, God is not hungry and blind, and just when the RSI was about to run out, finally the FBI wanted such a database software. They consulted IBM and found that they had not developed similar software, and the only company in the United States that has done in-depth research on relational database software is the RSI software company. So the FBI placed the first order for the company. After months of struggle, Larry. Ellison finally handed over his first version of Oracle software.

And this software just caught Paul's attention, he thought of the boss's previous advice to him, immediately began to investigate the company, and eventually invested $1.5 million in this company, and obtained a 30% stake in RSI. Yes, so I didn't take half of the shares. It's because of Larry. Ellison himself strenuously objected to the transfer of control of the company to outsiders. And 30% of the shares is the maximum he can allow.

In fact, if it weren't for Oracle, the company would have been short of funds. Normally, the company can only maintain its operation by taking on some odd jobs from the outside, and the Oracle relational database software developed for the FBI needs to go through a considerable period of debugging, which will involve all the manpower and material resources of the company, so that they can no longer use this time to continue to do other work, so that the company will soon fall into a situation where there is no money available, they are still unwilling to sell the company's shares.

Paul also seized the opportunity of RSI's dilemma and won 30% of the company's shares in one fell swoop. It's just that no matter how much he raises the price, he will use both soft and hard. Larry. Ellison simply didn't want to sell his shares anymore, and only promised to accept the investment and return it at a later interest rate slightly higher than the bank rate. Such naïve thoughts naturally did not impress Paul, in fact, his investment profits are much higher than the bank interest rate, and with that money he would rather invest in other companies than cheapen Larry in vain. Ellison.

"You've done a great job this time." After listening to Paul's explanation, Xu Guanwu said with relief, "I will reward you well." This year's year-end bonus gives you an extra $10 million. ”

"Xie Lu Xie Boss, your generosity is greater than that of the Pacific Ocean." Paul said happily, "It is the luckiest thing in my life to be able to serve such a generous boss for you." ”

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but laugh when he heard Paul's sycophancy, "That's right." You've made a lot of money with me in the past few years, tell me honestly. Did you follow me to secretly invest in any company? ”

"Nope." Paul replied honestly, "All the money I have earned over the years is the boss's salary and the dividends from my investment." I won't follow in my boss's footsteps and invest. ”

"For what?! Don't you know that it will make money? Xu Guanwu asked in surprise, he originally thought that Paul would follow up on the investment himself privately in addition to helping the company invest according to his own reminders. I didn't expect him to be so honest, which was completely unexpected by him.

"As an investment professional, I need to keep my judgment all the time. If I am involved in investing, it will affect my professional judgment. In addition, if I lose the company's money by investing in the company, if I invest by myself, I will lose my own money. If the company loses money, I can quit at best, but if I lose my own money, I may go bankrupt. Paul said honestly, "In fact, you may not know the boss, everyone who works Wall Street has had such an experience, when helping customers manage their finances, they will see that the returns are good, and they will also take a kick in themselves." But it is often because I fall too deep and affect my judgment, and I lose the last defeat. I also used to lose all my savings because of following the client's investment, so now I don't dare to follow the boss to invest, and if I want to invest, I will choose to stagger with the boss's investment, so as not to affect my judgment. Besides, boss, you are so generous, I earn more than 10 million dollars every year, which is more than any investment, and the income is stable. I have already lived the life of a human being with these alone, so why should I have to find sin for myself? ”

"What you said is sincere, and it smells of a warning." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile after hearing this, "For your honesty, I will reward you with another 10 million US dollars." Work hard in the future and continue to work hard. ”

"Yes, boss!" Paul said with a happy smile.

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Coming to the laboratory opened by Stanley Angel Investment Fund, the projects currently being carried out here include Ethernet research, game development, video compression, image compression, audio compression and other computer application projects, in addition to the research of optical mice, LCD screens, mobile computers and other hardware projects.

The amount of money Xu Guanwu has invested in this laboratory is no less than the amount of money spent on GPS, genetic research, and information research in the mainland. Originally, this kind of research and development may not be effective in a few years, because the directions that need to be tested are too complicated, and researchers often have to hit the wall countless times, and only after the last can they find a suitable way forward.

However, thanks to Xu Guanwu's guidance, he has pointed out a clear road for them, so their research speed is much faster than that of other laboratories, and in fact, many research results have been applied for patents and are being converted into commercial applications.

For example, this mini-game configured on the Apple computer - Minesweeper! THIS GAME WAS ONCE POPULAR ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH THE HELP OF WINDOWS, AND IT IS CLAIMED TO BE THE MOST PLAYED GAME IN THE WORLD. This little game tests both one's intelligence and one's speed, making it a fun and playable game.

In addition to minesweeping, there is also the famous Tetris, which is also the first small game that Xu Guanwu thought of. This game is more popular than Minesweeper, and has been popular in China with its convenient operation, endless levels, increasingly difficult challenges and low prices.

Back then, Xu Guanwu couldn't put down this classic game, so when he set up a software lab and developed a game project, Xu Guanwu also proposed this game. Thanks to the hard work of the programmers, Tetris has now been successfully researched and will be installed on the latest Apple computers in the future. (To be continued......)