America 1982

"My original intention of doing this is to help women solve their employment difficulties. Women and mothers are undoubtedly the most respectable people in the world. I am willing... I request... I am eager... I am eager to work with everyone who is committed to women's equality. Cooperate and contribute to this great social cause. Women are not men’s appendages, they are not prisoners who can only be imprisoned by their families." Tommy sat at the desk and read the speech he had prepared for Renee. , revising it from time to time to make it sound more sincere.

Holly was strumming the guitar next to her, looking at Tommy Hawke who was attentive: "Have you started dating Renee?"

"That's right, after all, under the pressure of studying and starting a business, I have to find a woman who is willing to help me relax." Tommy said without raising his head: "Renee also thinks I'm pretty good, so, so be it."

Holly made a disgusted expression, and then asked: "Why don't you date me? I'm not jealous of Renee, I'm just curious. Women always have all kinds of curiosities."

Tommy put down his speech and looked at Holly: "Because you are smarter than Renee. It is very troublesome to find a smart girl as a girlfriend. It would be great to be like Renee. For example, she is willing to believe that I am really It is promoting female employment. In my eyes, the perfect girlfriend is a girl who is well-educated and has a good family life. She is silly, but pretty enough, and a little vain at the same time. Provide her with enough material comforts, and she will feel at ease. Be a canary and be very tolerant of your partner. For example, I gave Renee a necklace worth 500 yuan, and she was so moved that she has worn more than a dozen styles of underwear to show me."

"So I should be glad that I'm not a stupid girl?" Holly said mockingly to Tommy:

"Stop instilling in me the traditional female ideas that macho men love most. Let's change the topic. Professor Mason from the Entrepreneurship Center is very satisfied with your software. He often needs to process various forms and is satisfied with the automatic function of that software. The calculation filling function saved him a lot of energy. He said that if he had time, he would be willing to chat with you and hold a small hearing to listen to your ideas. However, for software development, even if it is approved by their discussion, they will only provide the most 50,000 yuan in entrepreneurial capital support is not like hardware research and development, where you can easily get support of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, so I’m here to ask you if you have time.”

Tommy read the speech and looked up at Holly: "And when I met you, I wanted to ask you if you could find a few friends to set up a campus organization for women's equality?"

"There are dozens or hundreds of women's organizations at Stanford, why do you insist on letting me set up another one?" Holly asked with some confusion: "Isn't Renee applying to join one?"

The relationship between her and Tommy is a bit strange, more like a friend with an extra layer of relationship in bed. Every time this bastard is with Renee, he uses all kinds of sweet words to make each other happy. When facing himself, he never says anything to himself. If she asked her to help her with any love words, she would only say that the company would share the money with her, so that she could become a rich woman who would change her life to a cowherd every night, but she had to say that these words were more attractive to her than love words. force.

"Of course it's to get our money back, miss." Tommy looked at Holly: "When we talk about cooperation with the women's organization that Renee joined, the other party will definitely ask me to donate part of the money I earn to the women's organization, but that would be hypocritical. They said that they would not force me to donate to them, or to other women's organizations, but they had to meet the donation number, so I chose to listen to their hypocritical advice and donate money to similar organizations you established, and then you Then use various excuses for costs and expenses to transfer the money I donated, you know, our money."

"This is what you learned as a computer science major at Stanford University?" Holly rolled her eyes at Tommy: "You are even stingy about donating money?"

"Hey, I will definitely donate it. How you spend the money is the decision of the women's organization and has nothing to do with me. Maybe the female friends in the organization need a cowboy, and I just have a part-time job because I am short of money." Tommy stood up, moved his body, and said with a smile.

Holly shrugged and asked Tommy: "A smart woman is not suitable as a girlfriend, but at least you can go to have a meal with her?"

"I don't have time tonight, let's try another day." Tommy was reminded by Holly's words. He glanced at the time on the alarm clock and immediately went to get his coat:

“Tonight Eric and Charles introduced me to SSD alumni who work nearby. We are going to play a game. If I lose, I have to take off my shirt and write I Love Seymour Rubinstein (Founder of WordStar) on my chest. He took pictures of people’s words and sent them to Rubinstein, saying that he was gay and had admired him for a long time.”

"What if we win?" Holly asked curiously.

Tommy winked at her: "You won't like it. It's boring."

"What else can it be besides promoting your plan to occupy Silicon Valley?" Holly rolled her eyes, as if she knew what Tommy would gain, and she said: "Oh my god, use call girls to occupy Silicon Valley, the holy place in the hearts of Stanford people. What’s even more frightening is that I am still an accomplice, and I might be nailed on the pillar of shame in school history and be hated forever by those who come after me.”

…

In the fraternity house, Tommy and the elegant and scumbag alumni across from him in straight suits shook hands in familiar gestures and hugged each other, and then Charles introduced the two of them:

"James Dunn, the number one employee at Symantec, a double major in linguistics and computer science, a fool who will always be nailed to the pillar of shame for SSDs, Tommy Hawke, our good boy, for We brought the championship to Ping Pong Vodka.”

"I have seen your photo, posted in the honor room. You won the runner-up in the Oktoberfest competition. To thank you, the SSD brothers lost the championship for seven consecutive years. They painted all over your photo every day** *, when I was cleaning before, I often had to wipe your photos several times a day to keep them tidy." Tommy said to James Dunn with a smile.

Symantec, a well-known company in the anti-virus software industry, was only established last year. Its research and development direction is artificial intelligence and database management. Tommy also just learned that when Symantec was established, it did not plan to develop computer security software at all, but used artificial intelligence as a gimmick. , had just received a large investment from a US government foundation, James Dunn was the veteran who wanted to propose selling the software to his boss to help Tommy make a fortune.

After hearing Tommy's words, James, who was dressed like a gentleman in a suit and tie, gave a vulgar middle finger gesture to Charles, Eric and others.

"You're welcome, James, you deserve it. The Oktoberfest was originally our advantage project, but you stupid* caused it to be taken away by others, so I warned myself and my brothers to help your face every day before going to bed. Draw a ** on it to remind yourself never to fail." Charles saw the other person's raised middle finger and said without any guilt.

"This is Tom Proulx, an electrical engineering major. Like James, he just graduated from Stanford last year. He was our treasurer before graduation, but now it looks like he is going to be a bum." Eric told Tommy Introducing another fraternity alumnus, he said with a smile.

Compared to James, who is wearing a suit and tie, Tom is a bit slovenly. His beard is already half an inch long and has not been trimmed. He is wearing a gray T-shirt, shorts and slippers, and he does look like a tramp.

"My company is in a garage next to the university. Currently, there are only me, another founder, and two employees. The software is still in the development stage. I don't need to dress up to meet people, so it looks a bit...simple, let alone meeting you. These guys are not worthy of me putting on a suit." After Tom and Tommy hugged each other, he introduced his situation to Tommy: "Your software is good. I just tried it and it was very efficient, but I like you better. The test feedback for this software can detect various problems in time before it is officially sold. This kind of testing is very necessary, and I plan to use this trial test feedback model for our software."

"OK, our New Maggot and Old Bird Challenge is about to begin. The contestants are Champion Tommy and Silly James. The referee is Tom. It's best to end it quickly. We have to go to dinner." Charles walked up to the early morning In front of the two prepared IBM computers, he smiled at the dozen or so people present:

"The comparison test between SSD-2 and WordStar has officially begun. The rules are as follows. Three pages of carefully selected text, including bold, italics, footnotes and other text formats. At the same time, two softwares are used to enter the three pages of text into a computer document. , the one with the fastest speed and the fewest mistakes wins, and you can choose your supporters, brothers."

James didn't get support from even one person, and everyone stood behind Tommy. This made James cursed in displeasure: "It's just a runner-up, and you bastards still remember it?"

There is no suspense in this kind of competition. When James only completed two-thirds of the work with WordStar, Tommy had already used SSD-2 to enter three pages of text, and at the last check, he only made two typos. , all the text format requirements on the three pages were completed. After Tom confirmed, Tommy Hawke was announced as the winner, and James continued to be his runner-up.

"Great job, boy." James was not depressed when he learned that Tommy had finished it. Instead, he came over in surprise and looked at Tommy's computer interface: "The efficiency is amazing. I always thought you just copied a software and changed its appearance. That's all, so I still want to help you sell it and make a little money, but now I think you are right. Guys like my boss don't deserve to own it. You should set up a company to sell it like Tom founded Intuit. Try to make more money.”

Tommy was stunned for a moment and looked at Tom next to him: "Intuit? Your company name is Intuit?"

"What's the problem?" Tom asked, somewhat puzzled by Tommy's question.

"No, I just think the name is great." Tommy said to Tom: "If I make money, I will definitely invest in your company."

Tom thought Tommy was joking, so he did not refuse: "Welcome, all comers are welcome. It is really painful for a small start-up company to independently develop large-scale commercial software. The only two employees of the company have not received it for nine months. If they weren't our girlfriends, they would have sued us long ago, and the damn garage rent is getting higher and higher. If you want to invest, you'd better hurry up. I don't even know what it is. At some point the company will go out of business.”

Tommy knows, however, that Intuit's closure will not happen, because in the United States in 2022, the accountants of any company will use the financial management software developed by this company, and every American will have a version of this company on their mobile phone. personal finance APP.

"As agreed, James, after you lose, you agree to introduce Symantec's HR director to my girlfriend and I, so that we can have the opportunity to sell software and call girls to him on the grounds of supporting women's employment, right?" After Tommy remembered the name Intuit, he continued to speak to James.

James frowned: "I remember it doesn't seem to include the latter."

Tommy patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, the latter can be regarded as a bonus company benefit to help you solve the problem that programmers need to take time off to vent their pressure. Working hours can solve this problem that bothers them, and it can also be regarded as improving Simon Tieke’s work efficiency, you’re welcome.”

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