Chapter 23: The Eve of the Launch
"Charles turned you down, so you're not in a good mood?" Holly walked over to him, handed Tommy Hawk a cup of coffee, and sat down next to him, the two of them looking through the garage door at the quiet night scene outside.
After Jason finished his homework in the garage, he fell asleep on the table with half a french fries in his mouth.
"There were some, but not because of Charles, who struggled for two days and finally said sorry to me, because he was going to go on for a master's degree in applied economics at Yale, then a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard, and finally a peace study center in Washington, D.C., which is a think tank, and his dream was to teach the president how not to be a fool*, not to let the crisis of the Great Depression happen again in the United States, and his grandmother was said to have died in a robbery of the unemployed at the time, so there was an opportunity for him to become a national policy adviser to a particular president. He is willing to work for it. Tommy said, holding his coffee and looking out into the night.
He once tried to invite Charles Samon, the chairman of his SSD and a senior graduate, to join his small company, but Charles regrettably rejected him because he had already planned his professional life.
"Charles is undoubtedly the kind of guy who will undoubtedly become a big shot." After listening to Tommy's words on the side, Holly nodded in agreement and said: "He will definitely succeed, after all, he knows that he has slept with five or six BDP girls, and his girlfriend can accompany him to attend some social meetings with a smiling face, so you can see his ability." β
Charles studied sociology at Stanford, the full name is economics and social sciences, most of the time, Charles is the same as all the brothers in SSD, naΓ―ve like a fool*, for example, this guy once after losing the game, he admitted defeat and ran to the statue of the founder of Stanford University, what is even more bizarre is not punishment, but competition, it is an excretion competition of SSD fools*, take laxatives, and then launch after a long time, because they are curious about which one sprays farther......
Who would have imagined that perhaps the future national policy adviser to the president of the United States would do such a thing in college?
But what sets him apart from the real fool* is that he can spend very little time finishing his studies and running the fraternity, he has a lot of energy, he has amazing self-control, he can resist the temptation to do a drop of alcohol at an absolutely tempting party, just to make sure that the SSD always has someone who is sober enough to deal with the unexpected, and always knows what to do and what not to do, he can handle everything he is responsible for, and no trouble seems to bother him.
This kind of person will succeed no matter what he does, and he is also the fraternity member that Tommy Hawk wants to invite to join the company since he established the company, this guy is definitely the best person to take care of the company, as long as he is there, Tommy can easily go to school, pick up girls, and have a party.
But even after he spoke openly and honestly to Charles about his plans, the company's prospects, and the promised 30% stake, Charles finally decided to fight for the rest of his life to become a national policy adviser to the president, because that was the original intention he chose to study sociology, and it was also his dream.
"The main reason I'm feeling a little unpleasant is, Lotus." Tommy turned his face to look at Holly Keener beside him: "It's been a week, and the other party hasn't even called, and that's a special edition that I specially prepared to pay tribute to Mitch Kapoor." β
Holly stared into Tommy's deep eyes, "What does that mean?" β
"On behalf of Lotus, there is a strong enough professional manager to suppress Mitch Kapoor's curiosity about me, otherwise think about it, this software has not yet been sold to the public, Mitch can see the software and make a phone call to talk to me to see if there is a chance to spend a small amount of money to buy my software with me, a programmer who looks like his believers, but he didn't, a lawyer's letter was followed quietly, this is a purely commercial means, saying that they want to bite us into the stomach." Tommy retracted his gaze, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and said unpleasantly:
"Why didn't I choose Minimally Invasive, of course I leaked it to Minimally Invasive, Minimally Invasive will use this kind of operation, a lawyer's letter, and then when I sell software, it will give me a fatal blow, I thought that Lotus was established for a year and a half, they have not become capitalists so quickly, and there are opportunities that I can take advantage of, I really regret, otherwise a phone call or a meeting from the other party can be of great help to our Actor."
In his imagination, although Lotus is a blockbuster, but the operation time is still short, the company's senior management should still be full of a large number of nerdy programmers, as long as they see their own software, they must be able to arouse their curiosity, the other party wants to talk to him, then he can take advantage of the situation to stir up a wave of public opinion, accuse Lotus of fake, talk about cooperation on the surface, and sue himself to close the door if he can't get along.
"I guess if they buy this week's new "Joy Seeker", they will not consider cooperation and acquisition, Tommy, the magazine put our ad in the middle of the two advertisements of Sweetie Girl Anytime and Cupid Entertainment is looking for female PR, which is really a good position, our ad is like psoriasis, just blocking the ** of the back cover girl." Holly lowered her head and said in a somewhat weak voice:
"So Lotus ignored you, and did you still have to go according to the plan you originally said? Sold to a consulted prostitute? β
"Of course, the other party suppressed his curiosity, didn't he just wait for us to officially release it and give us a thunderous blow? At that point, for the Actor, it will be no matter whether it is a human or an animal, it will not exist. Tommy Hawk drank the coffee from his cup and looked up at the night outside:
"If we don't sell, how can they do it to us, how can we let those companies know that our software is more efficient, how can we get the investment if we don't do it? Without doing anything, how do we incite working women in California to greet the loved ones of Lotus founders? Initiating a boycott in the name of various women? Then let the capitalists have an excuse to support women openly, abandon the inefficient Lotus, force those under them to use our OSS, and if they can't use it, they can be dismissed and replaced by cheaper women. β
At this moment, Tommy Hawk was almost about to shine in Holly's eyes, and this guy his own age asked himself in such a calm tone, with a tired but confident smile on his face.
It's really a natural bastard in the countryside, no one in the software industry has ever done this, and now the founders of large and small software companies are nerds, obsessed with technology, but this guy is different, the core function of his software is plagiarism, but he does the ultimate user experience, which is not worth mentioning in the eyes of orthodox programmers who like to change the world with creativity, but now, he is going to use this plagiarized software, with his series of unheard of means by Holly, to grab the industry market.
For her, she and Jason White actually do a lot more work than Tommy, Jason is busy compiling training guides, and she is busy using women's advantages to try to contact all kinds of media entrenched in Silicon Valley, if it weren't for the cowherd and banknotes waiting for her in front, if it weren't for Tommy's plan to make her feel that the company has development potential, she would have been unable to hold on, she is only nineteen years old this year, but she wants this bastard to teach how to dress mature and sexy, generous and hearty, and chat with those copywriters in a variety of ways, Give them some news about the computer industry to maintain relationships.
But as long as Tommy Hawk still knows how to plan the development of this company, it is enough, she is worried that the reaction of Lotus will catch Tommy off guard, because Tommy is the initiator of this company, she and Jason are just the implementers of Tommy's will, and now Tommy tells him that whether the other party responds or not, it can go according to the original plan, and he is confident, this feeling makes her feel very relieved.
"At some point, I was actually a little jealous of Renee." Holly stared at Tommy's side face and said with a smile, "Men are really more attractive when they focus on their careers." β
Tommy ignored Holly's compliment: "The manager is already smart, he made the right decisions, but I've read more science fiction than him, and it comes up with an interesting law of the dark forest." β
"What kind of law is that?" Holly was a little relieved to hear that there was no fluctuation in Tommy's voice, and asked curiously at the moment.
"That's a cruel rule that after you know it, you don't want to look up at the night sky, at this moment, the American software industry is like the universe in that story, there is only a minimum of goodwill between each other, any communication may expose their weaknesses and be exploited by the other party, we Actors are to the software industry, just like the tiny human beings on the earth in that story." Tommy put the coffee cup down, took out his cigarette and lit it.
Holly shrugged: "Small, so I have a problem, that is, there don't seem to be many women in our training plus members of the Stanford Facilitation Association, and it's far away in California, I mean, Lotus is in Massachusetts, it's very close to your hometown, how can it become a trend?" β
Tommy stood up and walked towards the door: "I'm going back to the dormitory, there is still homework to be done, see you tomorrow, by the way, help Jason cover a blanket or something, don't let him catch a cold, the company can't and won't allow sick numbers now." β
"You haven't answered my question yet." Holly asked regretfully.
Guess what I'm spending a lot of time doing all sorts of stupid things to join an SSD, just to go to a party every week and go to bed with a girl? Tommy Hawke, who was standing in the night, turned his head to look at Holly, who was shrouded in warm light:
"Every university has a women's organization, every university has an SSD, which means that every university can have an SSD training classroom to help women who are eager to be employed, my proposal has been sent to the SSD national headquarters, otherwise why do you think the cool-headed and rational Charles would struggle for two days before he would refuse the invitation of a small startup company with regret."
The first one~~Thank you for your support~~ The second one will be a little later, because I have to go to see the child, I'm sorry.
(End of chapter)