On June 7, 1960, after four years of ups and downs, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the founding of the old Watson, IBM's "big gamble" of 5 billion yuan won it the Dragon Slayer series of computers.

IBM Dragon Slaying Series has a total of 6 models of large, medium and small computers and 44 kinds of new supporting equipment, neatly arranged in the spacious hall. IBM's dragon slaying system not only has the most advanced computer functions and the fastest computer computing speed, but also can be compatible with the computers developed by IBM in the past. From the 360/51 minicomputer, which has less functions, to the 360/91 mainframe, which has more than 500 times the 51 model, they are all "compatible".

They are perfectly compatible with the latest Dragon Slayer series computers, retaining the functions of the past, while user data can be queried, modified and used.

In this era, countries paid as much attention to computers as they did to nuclear bombs, because every time computers developed greatly, they were accompanied by the progress of research in various technologies. The U.S. government regards computers as matters related to national security, and strictly prohibits the export of supercomputers to hostile countries.

Originally, after the introduction of the Cray I, many people thought that if they wanted to surpass the computer developed by CPT, it would be possible to wait at least ten years.

Alex originally thought so, and his appearance had brought a lot of changes to computers, at least to the speed of supercomputers to the level of the early 70s.

But I didn't expect IBM to be so stimulated. dared to make a desperate bet and invested $5 billion in the research and development of the Dragon Slayer series, which suddenly set a new record for the computing speed of the supercomputer.

It's only 20% faster than the Clay I, but that's pretty impressive!

The launch of IBM's dragon-slaying series of computers immediately caused a sensation in the world. The scientific community is boiling, the computer world is crazy! From the United States to the Soviet Union, from the American continent to the Eurasian continent, this news has set off a huge computer storm in the whole world!

The most affected by the storm is the Clay I, which was originally the world's fastest supercomputer, but now it is in second place. The storm caused by IBM also caused CPT to lose a lot of users. Companies that had planned to buy "Cray I" computers also stopped placing orders. Switched to IBM to ask how to sell the computers of the Dragon Slayer series.

After all, the Dragon Slayer series can be compatible with the computers produced by IBM before, and many companies have been their users, and if the Dragon Slayer series computers are purchased back, they can immediately revitalize the computers that were originally intended to be eliminated.

None of this is the biggest loss for CPT companies. What's worse is that the government department transferred all the orders originally intended for CPT to IBM. From this, we can see how much influence the Watson family has in the government department. How well connected. It can even influence some decisions.

Watson Jr. was naturally proud of this, when he was against Alex and IBM against CPT. Repeated defeats. It was at his insistence that he invested 5 billion yuan in the research and development of the so-called dragon slaying series of computers, so that IBM finally succeeded in hitting the dragon of CPT company four years later.

"As long as you work harder, you can make the Dragon Slayer series achieve its name of dragon slaying!" Whenever little Watson thought about it, he couldn't help but immediately knock the CPT company to the ground, and then step on it a few more times.

The birth of the Dragon Slayer series of computers symbolizes the advent of a new era, and the IBM Dragon Slayer Computer marks the official arrival of the third generation of computers on the stage of history. In order to celebrate its birth, IBM held press conferences in 63 cities and 14 countries in the United States, and nearly 10,000 people from all over the world attended the event.

In New York, Watson Jr. personally rented a special train and led more than 200 reporters to IBM's Poughkeepsie laboratory. He solemnly announced to the whole world: "This is the most important epoch-making product of the company since its establishment. ”

At this point, anyone who knows a little bit about computers knows that CPT's leading position is still in jeopardy. If they don't come up with products that surpass IBM's computers, I am afraid that in a year or two, the hegemony of the computer market will change hands.

The Carpenter family might have been able to cope with IBM's offensive under normal circumstances, but now they are like a leaky boat, even if they bet on one hole over there, and several more holes are broken here.

When Alex learned about IBM's latest computer release, he hurried to CPT's computer research institute to find Seymour? Clay, a computer powerhouse, hurriedly asked, "When will our computer be completed?" ”

Of course, Seymour knew what Alex was anxious about, he thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it will take a year or two!" ”

Hearing such an answer, Alex shook his head again and again: "It's too late!" We have to speed things up. ”

As he spoke, he patted Seymour on the shoulder, and then managed to copy Seymour's memory information into space. From the Seymour doll, he learned that Seymour had pressed the time very tightly, and even if Alex came by himself, I am afraid it would take half a year to a year.

It's just that Alex can't devote all his energy to computer research and development now, he still has a lot of things to do, and there are many companies out there waiting for him to deal with problems.

"It seems that the other party is in trouble at the same time, and he also wants me to make it difficult for me to take care of all the companies," Alex thought to himself: "I have to find a way to break the situation!" ”

Before he could come up with a reliable solution, there was bad news from the CPT company.

"Carpenter radios can't be sold!" The person in charge of the CPT company, Lao Qiao, found Alex and explained the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that IBM and General Electric had teamed up to develop a better radio, which was smaller, more convenient, and cheaper than the "Carpenter" radio!

Yes. Be cheaper! They plan to make small profits and sell hard to suppress the radios produced by CPT. Not only that, but it is said that they are also preparing to enter the market for other electrical appliances, such as water heaters, refrigerators, air conditioners, and so on.

However, the more important thing is the radio, don't underestimate such a small radio, in this era, people who don't have a Walkman, if they want to listen to music at any time, they have to buy a portable radio.

Water heaters, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc., are all electronic products that only middle-class families can afford. And the radio is the electronic product that really does one for everyone. The cost is not high, and the price is not expensive. The profits are also very large.

Alex invented the radio, which was named the "Carpenter" radio. It is very loud and easy to remember, and it was sold out as soon as it was listed. Carpenter Electronics' production capacity has increased again and again, and at the end of the day, it is really unable to meet the huge demand. They had to license other companies to make the radios as well.

Other tube radio manufacturers were robbed of the vast majority of market share by "carpenter" radios. They tried to work out transistor radios as well. As a result, it was found that Alex needed to face patent barriers.

At first, they planned to circumvent these patents, but they couldn't bypass them anyway. So they wanted to get authorization, but Alex didn't bother at all.

These manufacturers were cornered, and some had to bite the bullet to research new radios, while others had to surrender to Carpenter Electronics and become the manufacturer of "Carpenter" radios.

In 1957, one of the last companies, Philip, finally made a transistor radio, but because it did not use integrated circuit board technology, the cost was relatively high, and the size was too large and the performance was poor.

For 10 years, the "Carpenter" radio dominated more than 90% of the market share, and the profits brought by this small radio to the Carpenter family were unimaginable.

In the first year alone, Carpenter sold 1 million radios, making millions of dollars in profits for the Carpenters. If it weren't for the capacity constraints, it is estimated that several million units could be sold.

With a huge income, Bart invested the money in the research department, improving air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions, etc. At Alex's suggestion, the first thing they changed was to apply integrated circuit boards and transistors to electrical appliances. With these two killer weapons, even without Alex, those researchers would be able to miniaturize and cheapen these appliances.

Since then, in addition to the profitability of radios, Carpenter Electronics has also made profits in air conditioners, refrigerators, and televisions. Gradually, Carpenter Electronics grew, and Bart grew with the company.

What can be said is that without the "carpenter" radio, there would be no CPT company. There will be no later supercomputers, and other electrical products.

Radios have always been the foundation of CPT companies, and even if other electronic products don't make money, they can still make a big profit in the radio market.

Now IBM and General Electric are doing this, which is equivalent to hollowing out the foundation of CPT company, just like the Rockefeller consortium wants to take Hughes Tools from Hughes.

"It's so deceitful! It's too much of a deception! ”

After knowing the news, even Bart, who has been at ease? Carpenter couldn't sit still, and he hurried over to discuss with Alex about countermeasures. In his opinion, the first pot of gold of the Carpenter family came from the record company, and the real fortune started from the CPT company, and the CPT company must not make any mistakes.

"Alex, can you think of a way to make a more advanced radio? If you compare their radios, you must not give up the radio market! ”

Listening to his father Bart's request, Alex had to smile bitterly: "How can things be so simple!" If I had the time, I might be able to settle down and invent. But now that people are attacking on all fronts, can I not bury my head in research and development in the research room? ”

In fact, for such a thing, it is quite easy to break, but there are so many things that Alex is like a firefighter to put out fires everywhere. In normal times, even if he doesn't do it himself, he only needs to give a direction and creativity, and let the following R&D personnel slowly get it.

If you want to do it slowly, I'm afraid it's going to be hanging! People make such a big noise. There's not going to be time for the Carpenter family to slow down.

Do you really want to kowtow to the Freemasons and confess their mistakes, as Hughes said, and then respectfully offer the secret hands obtained from Tesla's manuscript?

"Nope! This must not be done! ”

Alex had just had such a thought, and immediately strangled it in the bud, and he absolutely could not give in to those who were self-righteous.

"Want to me? Then let's give it a try! ”

Although the people who know the Freemasons or the Illuminati are very good, they just stretch out their little fingers to test and see what strength the Carpenter family has. It's not time to tear your face off, maybe people are just on a whim and don't take this matter as a big deal.

But for Alex and the Carpenter family, this is already a matter of life and death. Accidentally. More than ten years of family accumulation will be ruined.

Perhaps in the end, he will be able to leave some of the family assets. And the Carpenter family was able to rely on SCC and rely on the cooperation with the Hughes Group to get started. But this result is not what Alex wants.

What's more, people haven't used extraordinary strength yet, everything is according to the rules of the world. Lay out the carriages and horses and do it openly. Even Hughes, an insider, is not easy to interfere with. Plus Hughes himself is in a lot of trouble. His Hughes Group and the Rockefeller consortium have never stopped fighting openly and secretly, and if he loses the fight, he can't blame others.

"It's time to build your own super team!" Alex thought silently. A thought slowly arises.

Yes, if you want to join the circle at the top of the so-called pyramid, you must have your own strength.

Hughes has his superpower troops, and the last time Alex went to the base, he used to scout with psychic witchcraft.

At that time, he could feel that there were a lot of mental fluctuations coming back, and if he hadn't contracted quickly, he would have already had a mental collision with the other party.

Alex has always looked at this world from the eyes of ordinary people. thinks that as long as you abide by the law, be honest, and be an honest billionaire, you will be able to live a safe and comfortable life.

It's a pity that his idea was too naïve!

If a wealthy family like the Rockefeller family did not have its own dead soldiers and the power under its control, how could it be possible to sit on so much wealth and spend every day in peace and happiness? It's completely impossible!

The US Government's own armed strength is not weak, and the navy, army, and air force are even more powerful in the world. Although it is said that in the United States, if you have money, you will have power and everything, but once you have such a person in power, when you see those billionaires who have no power to protect themselves, what is the first thought that rises in their hearts?

I must be thinking, why do you have to listen to you if you have money, Lao Tzu has a gun in his hand!

Until now, nothing like this has happened, which shows a problem, the so-called potential force at the top of the pyramid is certainly not simple. They have not only money in their hands, but also force!

Hughes once said that power can be money, knowledge, prestige, and connections! But there is one more thing he didn't mention, and that is his own force! It's a force that can destroy everything and kill enemies!

Now in addition to money, the Carpenter family also has some force in their hands on the surface, that is, the so-called security guards, bodyguards, etc. But these people are not loyal enough to the Carpenter family, they are loyal to money, and once they have no money, then they will also leave.

What's more, they all belong to the regular strength and have no supernormal abilities, which is difficult to solve against a killer like Kane.

If Alex hadn't encountered a kidnapping case and hadn't experienced wandering in the wilderness, maybe he would continue to pretend that he didn't know that there were organizations such as Freemasonry and the Illuminati in the next life, and honestly mess around within the range demarcated by the other party.

"But I'm the man who wants to be the king of the world! Bastard! Alex secretly said fiercely: "This world is so boring, this king is really boring!" How can you go on like this, the world must change! ”

Of course, the above is just Alex's idle and boring thoughts, but he does not have a good impression of those so-called human masters, as the inheritor of ancient civilizations, he has not been able to enter his duties, and only cares about maintaining his dominance and making a mess of this world. It is very disappointing that thousands of years have passed for the human civilization on Earth to develop again to this extent. (To be continued......)