Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 68 Who is the first to speak

Adelson spared no effort to promote and build momentum, and saw the effect on the opening day of COMDEX. Various non-professionals rushed into the hall like a tide, watching the most advanced computer products with enthusiasm.

Zheru, who has the largest booth, has become the most eye-catching company, and the advantages of its location have been fully utilized. Almost every passer-by will stop and take a look here.

Of course, Zheru’s booth layout is also very distinctive.

Every once in a while, the company’s voice LOGO-Dangdangdang, will sound, leaving a very deep impression on people.

The entire display area is divided into two major areas: business office product area and electronic entertainment product area.

In the business office area, dozens of brand-new Apple second-generation machines are neatly arranged, with a striking “ZeroneInside” logo affixed to them, running three major office software: database EBase, spreadsheet CGrid, word processing WordEasy, and MA macro compilation development software.

This kind of display is not placed there dryly, but uses a variety of specific service plans to vividly illustrate what Zheru’s products can do for users.

such as finance, warehouse, sales, statistical reports, format documents, etc., and the most notable example is the complete set of solutions provided for this COMDEX information processing.

Viewers can personally operate these programs on the computer, and even output the results through a printer.

Those who are interested in the industry, who get the opportunity to sit in front of the computer, will seriously experience the function, and the rest will not waste time, looking at the information and asking for the details of the purchase.

Compared with the surging crowds in the business office area but also rational and orderly, the atmosphere of the electronic entertainment area can only be described as hot.

People lined up in long lines, watching the lucky ones in front happily playing Tetris on the Cassidy game console while helping to calculate the trial time. If anyone overtime still refuses to let go, there will be a boo.

What made the audience even brighter was that young stars such as Brooke Shields, Judy Foster, Michael Jackson, etc., would take the stage to show from time to time, which caused a sensation, so several reporters simply Squatting here.

In addition to some Zheru employees, there are many trained college students who provide consulting services in the booth area. They have a great opportunity to work in Zheru, a rookie company in Silicon Valley, so they are extremely serious.

The staff in charge of counting the orders was so busy that they were sweating and even a little embarrassed, but they couldn’t hide the excitement on their faces.

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According to Tang Huan’s suggestion, Adelson deliberately set up a large conference room to gather people in the industry to sit together and express their opinions on technological trends, market trends, etc., and then invited some well-known personalities to give speeches on the stage. The form is basically It’s similar to the economic forums and technical forums that were so varied and about to rot in the past lives.

As a new industry, personal computers are naturally a hot topic for discussion with the audience. Among them, the representatives of Tang Huan, Jobs, and Gates will be arranged by COMDEX to give speeches in turn.

But this kind of activity must also pay attention to seniority ranking, not to mention IBM is very face-saving, although the chairman of the board and CEO Frank Cary did not come, but the president John Ober arrived, of course, he must take the lead to speak on stage.

After this, John Young from HP took over.

HP’s power structure has always been stable. In 1964, of the two founders, David Packard was elected chairman and Bill Hewlett became president. This state continued until 1977 when John Young took over. President and became CEO in 1978.

Although nearly a thousand people gathered in the venue, it was silent. Everyone listened very carefully, which shows the importance of this event.

After Ken Olsen, the “father of minicomputers,” came on the court, Tang Huan couldn’t help but straightened up. He said that he finally saw the head of DEC, the second largest giant in the global computer industry in the 1980s.

Once a person is recorded in history, they are often conceptualized and cartoonized. Olsen obviously enjoys this treatment because he has a stubborn idea-“We have no reason to think that people will need a home computer.”

As early as 1977, Olsen asserted, “Personal computers will fall in business.”

But this year, under the leadership of Zheru and Apple, the personal computer industry has achieved brilliant market performance. I don’t know what he will refute in the next speech.

Olson, who is now in his 50s, is actually a very amazing engineer. He is discussing technical issues, which of course revolve around DEC’s latest product, the VAX computer.

It may be that the atmosphere at the meeting was too serious and dull, so after Olson finished his speech, the host asked him his opinion on personal computers. As a result, this stubborn guy was as always disdainful, “Cheap, short-lived, and inaccurate machine. .”

Seeing some commotion in the audience, the host hurriedly smiled and soothed, “The benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise sees wisdom. COMDEX organized this event to let everyone talk freely. Since it is about personal computers, please invite a few outstanding people in this field. Let me express my opinion.”

Just when Tang Huan was finishing his tie and preparing to come on stage with the host saying his name, Yaozi came out.

Jobs grabbed his sleeve and asked very annoyed: “Is it because you have a good relationship with Adelson, so he asked you to speak first?”

“Is there any problem with this order?” Tang Huan was stunned, and was very annoyed, “I told you a long time ago. You didn’t think of objecting until now?”

“I always thought that the first person to speak must be me. I would never have thought that the order on the notice is the order of appearance.” Jobs looked sad.

At this time, the host on the stage began to introduce, “Now I invite the chairman, president and CEO of Zerone, Tang Huan, to come on stage to express his views on the personal computer industry.”

Tang Huan pushed Jobs away, stood up, and muttered lightly, “This is the end of the matter, what else is there to say.”

In the applause, Tang Huan was about to take a step. Jobs grabbed his tie vigorously and shouted with his throat: “Let’s adjust the order. I’m the first to speak on behalf of the personal computer industry.”

The entire event was followed up by the media from beginning to end, and this scene naturally fell into the camera.

Everyone in the venue laughed after seeing this funny scene.

After a daze, the host hurriedly closed the field, “The three representatives we chose in the field of personal computers are Tang Huan from Philosopher, Steve Jobs from Apple, and Bill Gates from Microsoft. Very coincidental. , They were both born in 1955. Such creative young people with remarkable achievements are naturally eclectic. Let’s take a look at what Tang Huan and Jobs are arguing about.”

Tang Huan glared at the unscrupulous Steve Jobs dumbfoundedly, wishing that it was not a public place, and he would definitely let you see what kung fu is.

For the sake of an appearance sequence, such a big movement was made, and it would definitely become a material that journalists would love to hear.

“You can be the first to speak, but remember to owe me a favor.” Tang Huan shouted in a low voice.

“Shit’s favor. Apple is now the leader in the personal computer industry. As a representative, I naturally appear first.” Jobs looked rebellious.

“Then you don’t fart sooner.” Tang Huan sneered. “When you sold the blue box for free phone calls, didn’t you be pointed at by a gun? In fact, your fist can also make you memorable. Believe it or not, I will do it now. Hit your nose crooked.”

“Savage guy, then I owe you a favor. What’s the big deal.” Jobs spoke sternly and turned to the stage.

“It turns out that the two of them are discussing who is the first to speak on stage. It seems that Tang Huan gave the opportunity to Jobs.”

Seeing that this sudden farce has finally come to fruition, the host hastened to introduce it again, “Okay, so now I have Apple founder and vice president Steve Jobs on stage.”

24-year-old Steve Jobs is a magnificent person, with long hair, looks very elegant and handsome.

Although Jobs is still a little bit off, but he was born to deal with such big scenes.

After taking the stage without anyone else, Jobs said rudely: “What did the old man say about a personal computer? A cheap, short-lived, and inaccurate machine? Haha, you know that Apple sells more than 10,000 a month. A personal computer? Are those people who buy personal computers idiots?”

I have to say that Jobs’ speeches have distinctive personal characteristics, and they can always bewitch people unconsciously.

By constantly torturing his employees, his “distortion field” has been tempered more and more powerful.

For Jobs’s speech which was clearly different from the previous ones, the audience responded with warm applause and whistles.

Obviously, Jobs once again impressed everyone with himself and Apple.

In terms of style, Tang Huan cannot be as ostentatious as Steve Jobs. After all, he is an Oriental. If he does this, he will appear shallow and ignorant. What he wants to create is the image of a Confucian businessman.

Therefore, when Tang Huan took the stage, he had always been humble and confident.

At this time, Hu Yinmeng, who was assigned the task of interviews with reporters and simultaneous translation tasks, lifted his spirits and started to introduce with the microphone, “At this extremely high-standard National Computer Conference, the big names of IBM, HP, and DEC are all They have expressed their views on the industry. Now let us see how the newly emerging Chinese company philosopher and its leader Tang Huan in Silicon Valley will explain.”

Hu Yinmeng listened intently to Tang Huan’s English speech Although I have seen the manuscript for a long time, there will always be some temporary changes in the on-site speech.

If you mess up, then the effect of advertising in Asia will be greatly reduced.

As expected, Tang Huan had different expressions at the beginning of his speech.

“Mr. Olsen is an admirable great engineer. He led the DEC team and launched an excellent PDP minicomputer, which has achieved great success in the market. I also appreciate it very much.”

After Tang Huan praised Olsen’s achievements with great praise, he changed the subject, “But if Mr. Olsen still has a prejudice against personal computers, then I can only say that DEC’s success is in line with IBM. The failure of the minicomputer market is proportional, and the failure of DEC is also proportional to the success of the personal computer.”

After enthusiastic applause, Tang Huan continued: “My statement is not exaggerated. There are currently three results to prove it. First, Zheru has successfully developed the microcomputer database EBase using the most advanced relational model. Second, We can already process the oriental characters represented by Chinese characters perfectly. Third, in addition to commercial use, we have also made successful attempts in electronic entertainment. Next, I will elaborate on these three aspects. Elaboration.”

Inadvertently saw Tang Huan’s self-assured expression on the stage, pointing the country, Hu Yinmeng’s heart suddenly jumped violently twice, his hands and feet seemed to tremble.

She hurriedly took a few deep breaths, said silently a few times in her heart, it was nothing great, and then continued the simultaneous translation.