"Do you want to make a computer now? But in this case, wouldn't it be in conflict with Apple? Apple hasn't hit the market yet? Lei Shengli thought for a while and said. In fact, he has long known that he will definitely not be satisfied with the development of a separate development in the game field, Chen Zhiwen also said that he will enter the personal computer market in the future, but he originally thought that it would be a year after Apple's listing, and the boss will sell stocks on a large scale.

Many of the games in the early days of the United States were developed by Woz, after Wolds went to Apple, he still helped Midea with a lot of technical problems, Lei Shengli also visited Apple many times, the relationship between Midea and Apple has always been very good, Jobs even asked Midea to develop computer games for Apple computers, but there has been no idea.

"The personal computer market is too big, maybe in the industrial field, the car can be a little stronger, no matter how strong Apple is, it is impossible to monopolize this market, besides, even if I am a shareholder of Apple, it is impossible to give up this 100 billion dollar market because Apple makes personal computers." Chen Zhiwen said.

Now the semiconductor industry has just developed, and many laws and regulations in the United States are not very perfect, and when high-tech companies such as semiconductors and personal computers show a development trend, the U.S. government will impose very strict restrictions on foreign investment in order to protect its own technology companies, such as non-U.S. capital or Americans, can only hold no more than 5% of the shares of U.S. technology companies, and the total foreign capital of the technology company shall not exceed 25% and so on.

Although it is theoretically possible to bypass it, the U.S. regulatory organization is not stupid, and it is okay to have a few more shares, but it is difficult to control a lot.

Besides, no matter how many shares there are, it is only a return on investment, although the return is also amazing, but the relevant rights are someone else's, such as Costco, Home Depot and other ordinary industry companies, they still have the right to manage or board of directors to vote, but technology companies? There is no opportunity to meddle at all, and the US government will never allow outsiders to interfere in the management of high-tech giant companies in the United States, not to mention Chinese, even Europeans, and even immigrants to the United States.

If you want to get rich returns in the computer market, you must personally participate in it, the reason why Apple was born a few years ago did not participate, one is the lack of technical ability on their side, and the other is that the personal computer can be successful, and Jobs's strong ability to promote the market has a lot to do with it, especially after he was called the American entrepreneurial hero by the American media, the halo added, not only promoted the Apple computer, but also promoted the popularity of the entire personal computer, a bit similar to the later Tesla to electric vehicles, Let the market accept personal computers, and the third is not to make a bird, otherwise when the technology is not mature enough, if you add your own halo, the US government can easily pinch itself to death.

No matter how strong the traverser is, there is no way to change the general trend, and the United States cannot allow this kind of high-tech industry to be controlled by outsiders, even its allies in Europe, such as Alstom in France in the future.

But now, the rise of Apple, the halo of Steve Jobs, IBM, HP, DEC, MITS, Texas Instruments and other companies have participated, the market has begun to compete, at this time, the emergence of overseas computer companies is also normal, as long as it does not show the potential to suppress most of the American brands like Huawei in later generations, it will basically not be targeted, after all, when the core industry is not seriously threatened, the US government will not personally go down to interfere with the "free market" logic that it has been promoting.

In addition, the development of chips is much better than a few years ago, and the performance of computers has been greatly improved. Besides, in addition to the United States, the market of other countries is not small, and even the mainland is the same.

"Hong Kong's R&D capacity is insufficient, and we still need to set up a relevant team in the United States." Lei Shengli thought about it and said that the United States is currently the forefront of the development of semiconductor technology, while Hong Kong is lagging behind, and if you want to develop such complex goods, you still have to rely on the United States for the time being.

"Well, the research and development of computers is still in the United States, and Hong Kong is the same as sending people to learn, the same as the previous red and white machines, but many software can be developed by Hong Kong, such as the game software we are best at, in terms of competitiveness, we can't compare with Apple with a halo, and we can't compare with HP or Texas Instruments in terms of technology, and we can't compare with IBM in terms of funding, so game software or some software that is more convenient for office work is our breakthrough." Chen Zhiwen continued.

Fighting technology funds with so many giants in the United States is definitely not an opponent, then it can only be creative, but what the computer in the 80s was like, he doesn't know, after all, he is only familiar with Windows, and he is even more unlikely to interfere with this system software, and it is useless to meddle, even if he makes it, no matter how easy it is, it is impossible for so many technology companies in the United States to use it.

At most, they will invest in Weisoft in the future to get economic returns, but all kinds of office software and games are a breakthrough, even if it is impossible to make Midea's personal computer a big success, but it is not difficult to obtain a part of the market, in addition, he will also prepare a huge amount of money in the United States to enter the electronic product sales terminal, and the previous Costco, with this capital to open up sales channels for their products.

Ordinary computer companies, even Apple can't spend this money to do this, because their funds are also limited, IBM has money, but it is impossible to put it into the retail market, for a long time, IBM only treats personal computers as an auxiliary business, and it is too late to react.

"Computer games? Can you remind us what it looks like? Lei Shengli asked, at present, the whole United States, although there are many games that have been released before and after, but the most popular are Chen Zhiwen's creativity, sometimes, many people feel that the games they make are not bad, but there are no waves in the market at all, only a few can return to the cost.

"There's a game.,It's called Minesweeper.,But there's no plan for me here.,I'm giving it to you when I come back from the United States.,As for other games.,You can develop some chess and card games.,What kind of chess and cards.,You can look for it all over the world.,Find something that is playable.,You can convert it into an electronic software game.,Pay attention to patent copyright.,As for office software.,I'll also give you a plan.。 Chen Zhiwen continued.

Computer games, he also knows some of the most common stand-alone games, although he thinks so-so, but considering the entertainment of this era, maybe a simple minesweeper can explode, card games, he can't do anything, can only rely on the company's own research, as for office software, he naturally knows that the most famous window three-piece set in later generations, also needs to be developed as soon as possible, even if it is a relatively rudimentary version, at least get a lot of patents first.

"Okay, I'll have the game development department set up a dedicated team for computer games." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

"Large group, group is not enough, except for "Donkey Kong", arcade or home game console game development is not as important as this, you adjust the personnel arrangement appropriately, in my understanding, the function of the computer is too strong, the future will squeeze the market of home game consoles to a certain extent, this piece must be paid attention to." Chen Zhiwen paused and said that he still has a lot of well-known games in the history of games, and he can eat dividends for at least 10 years with these, but the well-known computer games in his mind do not include computer games in the 80s, which requires the game development team that he has spent a lot of effort to cultivate over the years.

"Okay, I see." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

"In addition to the hardware development of the personal computer itself, there is another problem, there is a technology called LAN in the United States, we also need to obtain relevant authorization, if the game is developed in the future, you can also consider this technology, connect several computers together, and then play games together, the game itself, the more people play, the better, so that the attraction is stronger, our red and white machine can do two people to play together, then the computer also has this requirement." Chen Zhiwen said again.

"LAN?" Lei Shengli said: "Okay, I'll find out." ”

He has just developed the red and white machine, and now he immediately needs to develop the second generation of the red and white machine and the first generation of his own personal computer, and he also knows the scale of technical talent in Hong Kong, although the main force may still rely on overseas engineers, but it is still a bit Alexander.

"In addition, before in the mainland, I reached an agreement with Yanjing, I contributed funds, they sent talents to jointly develop tens of thousands of telephone program-controlled exchanges, if you are not enough talents, you can also find a way to entrust part of the task to some universities in China, although many in the field of electronics in China have lagged behind, but there is always a strong foundation, you can cooperate to try." Chen Zhiwen said again.

Since the first arcade machine "Snake" received a lot of money, Chen Zhiwen has been trying to improve Midea's ability to pool talents, including poaching Chinese from the United States, Japan and Wanwan, or a small number of foreign engineers, or going overseas to build R&D centers, all for the purpose of today.

The research of personal computers is not difficult, but it is super difficult to develop a product that is acceptable to the market and low cost, and large-scale industrial products are this characteristic, just say that the technical difficulty of automobiles and Rolls-Royces is far lower than that of Magotan and Lavida, which are mass-produced products, as long as the former has a certain patent in hand, it can be made by throwing money, anyway, it is a loss, and the latter, if you want to find a balance between profit, price, market, quality and technology, and then have the ability to sell well in the world, it is simply difficult.

The previous arcade machines did not have this feature, because the game itself was a patent barrier that prevented others from making the same arcade machine, so that even if the cost was a little higher, the monopoly feature was doomed to huge profits.

And now that we have officially started to develop personal computers, although we are not short of R&D capital, we still have to rely on a lot of technology research and development to create a computer that can be accepted by the market.

"Can you poach people directly from the country? It will always be much more convenient to bring people who can afford it to Hong Kong. Lei Shengli asked.

"A small amount is fine, but not too much, too much, there will be opinions in the country, if you really need it, you can discuss with these universities or the Ministry of Education, let these people temporarily suspend their jobs and come to Hong Kong to assist us, so that it can be regarded as a win-win situation." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

With the living conditions in Hong Kong, coupled with the treatment that the United States can give to R&D engineers, and most importantly, the ability to provide foreign exchange, I am afraid that I don't know how many professors in China are coming, and if there are too many, I am afraid that it will affect the normal operation of domestic universities.

Of course, if the Deep Sea University can pass quickly, it will be more convenient for itself.

(End of chapter)