The matter of forming your own secret army can only be put aside. There are still important things to be done, and Alex wants to solve the offensive of IBM and General Electric first. Even if it can't be solved, at least the damage should be minimized.

"For the competition of electrical products such as radios, we have to take appropriate price reduction measures to try to ensure that we do not lose too much market share. At least stick to it until the new product is launched, even if you can't make money, you must keep the market first. Alex took a defensive approach to dealing with outside attacks, adding: "The premise is that you don't lose money!" ”

"What a shame! I will let people further refine this plan and then implement it! ”

After Lao Qiao listened to it, he also knew that there was no other way for them to do it better. Unless we can immediately come up with the most advanced electronic products and suppress the other party's new products, we can only rely on price reductions and original sales channels to ensure that we do not lose too much market share.

"And what about our supercomputer?" Seymour? Clay pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "IBM has not only launched a better supercomputer, but also grabbed many of our orders, and I think the only way to speed up computer research and development is to speed up computer development!" Alex, you might as well come and work with me on R&D! ”

Alex shook his head and refused, "If it was in normal times, maybe I would still have some free time, but in this situation, I can't go headlong into the research room!" ”

"So you're saying, let's give up the market for supercomputers first. Watching IBM grab our orders? ”

"That's all there is to it! After all, they have invested $5 billion and spent 4 years on research and development! ”

Seymour? Clay hesitated for a moment, but finally asked, "How did I hear that you formed the ARK for what purpose?" Now whether they can come up with a product or not, at least they have to resist IBM's offensive! ”

Alex thought about it, but decided to tell the truth: "When I heard that IBM invested in the research and development of the Dragon Slayer series of computers, I knew that there would be a situation in this day. ”

"So you went to Neuss and they formed ARK? In other words, are you prepared? ”

Seymour's words made Old Joe, who was not interested in high-tech, concentrate, and they stared at Alex, wanting to hear how the other party had achieved for several years.

Alex nodded. He replied, "Yes." Originally, I wanted to press it again, after all, it was still a little early to take out the PC and PC, and it didn't reach the level I wanted at all. ”

"Pcs? PC？ ”

Seymour immediately remembered what Alex had told him about once. Alex asked him if he wanted to develop a personal computer. As a result, Seymour refused. Because his dream is to develop the most advanced and fastest supercomputer in the world.

"Can the PC computer compete with IBM's dragon slaying series of computers? I'm a little skeptical about this! ”

Seymour, of course, was not convinced. He believes that in terms of the kind of personal computer described by Alex, this kind of computer is small in size, and the CPU, memory, motherboard and other functions are naturally not as powerful as a supercomputer.

Alex smiled. He knew that many people would be so skeptical, after all, in this era, computers are still a high-tech product that can only be used for scientific research, military and other purposes. It has not yet been able to become an electronic device for small units such as individuals and families, and no one has thought about how big a market will be formed once the PC is developed, as well as a number of related peripheral industrial chains.

Originally, Alex planned to wait for another 5 years before releasing such a thing as a PC, and he wanted to research and mature all products such as PC, Internet, and PC accessories before launching it in one fell swoop, so that other companies had no time to react and let him dominate the market.

It is estimated that by that time, ARK would be able to build a personal computer with performance close to that of the early '80s, and it would also be able to make a simple local area network.

Now that the situation is urgent, we can only throw ARK's products out of the way to block this attack. As for Seymour's worries, Alex had already thought about it, he wanted to attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and how IBM won, he would fight it.

"How do you think IBM won users this time?" Alex asked.

Seymour replied without thinking, "Compatibility!" It was because IBM was able to be compatible with their previous computers that they were able to attract all the original users! ”

Yes, it is this compatibility that pulls away all the users of the "Cray Type I" computers, after all, these users have bought IBM computers and still have one or two IBM computers in their hands at one or two.

"Compatibility" was a great conceptual change, and it brought about technological advancements in the development of modern computers, which were still playing a huge role until Alex was reborn.

For such a strong advantage, Alex is not unaware of it, and CPT's new model is also compatible, but because their company is not as deep as IBM's heritage, it has not been able to form a great impact.

However, there are also pros and cons to this, because CPT companies produce very few models, so in terms of compatibility, they do a better job than IBM. Seymour? The computer that Clay is developing is also compatible with the lower level, but it is a pity that it was not able to be launched immediately, otherwise he would not be afraid of IBM's dragon-slaying series computers.

"But even if our computers can have better compatibility, then we can't compare with IBM's users, their computers have been sold for so many years, and the users are all over the world, and there are a lot of them!" Seymour still doesn't quite understand it, and thinks Alex's method is a bit unreliable!

"We will have more users than they do, trust me! As long as our PC computer can be compatible with the computer that has been sold, and can also connect with each other to exchange data and information, you will be able to see its power at that time! “

After Alex finished speaking, he saw that Seymour still looked a little incredulous, and felt that it was necessary to take him to Silicon Valley to see the work results of eight young heroes such as Noyce and Moore, so that Seymour could accept this new perspective and look at the future development of computers from a new perspective.

"Are you going to Silicon Valley with you? Old Joe! ”

Alex turned his gaze to Old Joe, who had been silent, only to see that the other party immediately waved his hand and said, "No, I have to go back and arrange work with the people below!" Go ahead, I'm a big headache with computers and this kind of high-tech! ”

Seymour shrugged his shoulders and didn't take Old Joe with him, he and Alex were on a private jet and soon arrived in Silicon Valley. The plane is also owned by the Carpenter family-owned Trans World Airlines, and the plane is comfortably furnished and served by a dedicated flight attendant.

Seymour? Clay seemed to be flying on a private jet for the first time, and he had always flown on passenger planes with other people, so he was very interested in this kind of private jet, looking around and looking for some wine and snacks to eat.

"Well, you can go buy one too!"

Alex advises him that buying a private jet isn't too expensive for Seymour to have. After all, he has worked for CPT for so many years and brought so much profit, and in Alex's character, he is not hesitant to share his success with his subordinates.

Over the years, Seymour has also gained great prestige from the "Cray I" computer, as well as generous rewards and option shares.

Seymour shook his head and sighed, "It's useless for me to buy it, my job is to stay in the institute twenty-four hours a day, even if there is a plane, I don't have time to enjoy it." ”

"That's right!" Alex nodded, agreeing with his idea.

"But," Seymour said suddenly, "if I retire, I'll definitely buy one, and then I'll be flying around the world and traveling everywhere!" ”

"Nice plan, I really envy you!" Alex sighed.

Hearing this, Seymour felt strange, and he felt that Alex's sigh was very unreasonable: "You can do the same!" If you get tired, go on a trip! ”

Alex could only smile, nodded, and said nothing. He was a little envious of Seymour's life, although Seymour did not have as much money as him, and his power, prestige, and popularity were not as good as him, but his life was sufficient and pleasant.

As the saying goes, the more you gain, the more you lose.

If you want to become a master, you have to endure hardships, and after figuring this out, Alex is a little more balanced in his heart. If he still wants to have more influence in this world, he has to grit his teeth and persevere, and he can't let those people succeed in threatening him and the Carpenter family.

Once the plane arrived at its destination, Alex and the others drove straight to ARK's headquarters in Silicon Valley, where they had been working for several years.

They expressed surprise at Alex's arrival.

But soon some of them guessed that Alex's visit had something to do with IBM's big moves, and that they might be pushed to the front desk soon.

ARK was not affected in this turmoil, and when Alex recruited these eight young people to establish ARK, it did not attract other attention. After all, these few people are all researchers who have just worked with Shockley for a few years, and they are not well-known and successful people.

In the original history, one of the reasons why the "Eight Rebels" became famous was that they quickly succeeded after betraying Shockley. and Shockley's deep disgust at the departure of these eight young men, which was publicized everywhere, so that it later became a famous historical event in the history of computers.

Now it's different, Alex first used various means to level Shockley, and then pulled eight young people together to form ARK company, and hid them for almost four years. (To be continued......)