America 1982

"Charles rejected you, so you're not in a good mood?" Holly walked over, handed Tommy Hawke a cup of coffee, and then sat down next to him. The two looked quietly outside through the garage door. night view.

After Jason finished writing the homework assigned by the teacher in the garage, he lay down on the table and fell asleep, with half a French fries still in his mouth.

"There are some, but not because of Charles. He struggled for two days and finally said to me that he was sorry because he was going to study for a master's degree in applied economics at Yale, then a doctorate in political science at Harvard, and finally joined the Peace Research Institute in Washington. Center, which is a think tank. His dream is to teach the president not to be a fool and not to let the United States have another crisis like the Great Depression. His grandmother was said to have died in a robbery by an unemployed person at the time, so there are The opportunity will allow him to become a national policy adviser to a certain president, and he is willing to work hard for it." Tommy said while holding the coffee and looking at the dark night outside.

He once tried to invite the chairman of his SSD, Charles Salmon, who was about to graduate in his senior year, to join his small company, but Charles regretfully rejected him because he had already planned his career.

"Charles is the kind of person who will undoubtedly become a big shot." After listening to Tommy's words, Holly nodded in agreement and said: "He will definitely succeed. After all, it is known that he has dated and slept with five or six BDP girls. His girlfriend can accompany him to some social gatherings dressed up and smiling, which shows his ability."

Charles majored in Sociology at Stanford, the full name is Economics and Social Sciences. Most of the time, Charles, like all the brothers at SSD, was as childish as a fool. For example, this guy once admitted defeat after losing a game. Running to the statue of the founder of Stanford University, what is even more bizarre is not the punishment, but the competition. It is a excretion competition for SSD idiots. They take laxatives and endure it for a long time before launching, because they are curious about which one squirts more. Far……

Who could have imagined that a national policy adviser to a future U.S. president might actually do such a thing in college?

But the difference between him and a real fool is that he can complete his studies and manage the fraternity in a very short time. He is full of energy and has amazing self-control. He can resist the temptation and find himself in an absolutely tempting place. Don’t drink at all at the party, just to ensure that SSD always has a person who is sober enough to deal with unexpected accidents, and always knows what to do and what not to do, and he can handle all the matters that he is responsible for. , no trouble seems to bother him.

This kind of person will succeed no matter what he does. He is also the brotherhood member that Tommy Hawke wants to invite to join the company since he founded the company. This guy is definitely the best person to manage the company. As long as he is here, Tommy can easily You can easily go to school to study, pick up girls, and have parties.

But even after he openly told Charles his plans, company prospects and promised 30% of the shares, Charles finally decided to fight for a lifetime to become the president's national policy adviser, because that was his original intention of choosing to study sociology, and it was also his intention. dream.

"The main reason why I'm a little unhappy is Lotus." Tommy turned sideways and looked at Holly Keener beside him: "It's been a week and the other party didn't even call me. That was my special purpose. Special edition prepared in tribute to Mickey Kapoor."

Holly stared into Tommy's deep eyes: "What does that mean?"

"On behalf of Lotus, there is a strong enough professional manager who can overwhelm Mitch Kapoor's curiosity about me. Otherwise, think about it, this software has not yet been released to the public. Mitch can make a phone call after seeing the software and talk to me. Let’s talk and see if there is a chance to spend a small sum of money to buy me, a programmer who seems to be his disciple, together with my software, but he didn’t. After a lawyer’s letter, there was no news. This is purely commercial means. , indicating that they want to bite us into pieces and eat them in their stomachs." Tommy looked away, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and said unhappily:

"Why didn't I choose MicroPort? Of course I leaked it to MicroPort, and MicroPort would use this kind of operation, a lawyer's letter, and then they would give me a fatal blow when I sold the software. I thought Lotus was established a year and a half ago. It's a pity that they haven't become capitalists so quickly, and there are still opportunities for me to take advantage of, otherwise a phone call or a meeting from the other party would be of great help to our actors."

In his imagination, although Lotus has become a blockbuster, its operation time is still short. The company's senior management should still be filled with a large number of nerdy programmers. As long as they see his software, they will definitely arouse their curiosity and the other party will want to come and talk to him. , then you can take advantage of the situation and stir up public opinion first, accusing Lotus of being hypocritical and talking about cooperation on the surface, but if you can't reach an agreement, you will sue yourself until it closes down.

"I guess they won't consider cooperation and acquisitions after buying the new "Happy Seeker" released this week. Tommy, the magazine put our advertisements in Sweetheart Girl Anytime Home Service and Cupid Entertainment Company Wanted Women The position between the two public relations ads is really good. Our ads are like psoriasis, just blocking the girl's vagina on the back cover." Holly lowered her head and said in a weak voice:

"So Lotus ignored you and still went ahead with the original plan you mentioned? Selling it to a prostitute who consulted?"

"Of course, the other party suppressed their curiosity, isn't it just waiting for us to officially launch and give us a thunderous blow? By then, for the Actor, it will be no matter whether it is human or animal, there will be no survival." Tommy Hawk drank the cup Drinking coffee, he looked up at the dark night outside:

"If we don't sell it, how can they do something to us? If we don't do it, how can we let those companies know that our software is more efficient? How can we get investment if we don't do it? If we don't do it, how can we incite the employed women in California to greet those companies? Relatives of the founder of Lotus? Initiating boycotts in the name of various women? Let the capitalists have an excuse to support women openly, scrap the inefficient Lotus, and force those under them to use our OSS. If they don’t know how to use it, You can also dismiss them with confidence and replace them with cheaper women."

At this moment, Tommy Hawke almost glowed in Holly's eyes. This guy of the same age as him asked himself in such a calm tone, with a tired but confident smile on his face.

What a born bastard from the countryside. No one has ever done this in the software industry. Today, the founders of large and small software companies are all nerds, obsessed with technology, but this guy is different. The core function of his software is plagiarism, but it is made to the extreme. The user experience is not worth mentioning in the eyes of orthodox programmers who like to use creativity to change the world. But now, he will use this plagiarized software, combined with his series of methods that Holly has never heard of, to rob industry market.

For her, the workload she and Jason White did was actually much more than that of Tommy. Jason was busy compiling training guides, and she was busy using her female advantage to try to contact various people entrenched in Silicon Valley. Media, if it weren't for the cowherd and the money waiting for her, if Tommy's plan hadn't made her feel that the company had development potential, she would have been unable to bear the temptation to leave. She is only nineteen years old, but she has to let this bastard teach her. He talked about how to dress mature and sexy, be generous and cheerful, and chat with the writers in a charming way, breaking them some news about the computer industry to maintain relationships.

But as long as Tommy Hawke still knows how to plan the development of this company, that will be enough. She is very worried that Lotus's reaction will catch Tommy off guard, because Tommy is the founder of this company, and she and Jason are just The implementer of Tommy's will, now Tommy told him that regardless of whether the other party responded or not, he could proceed according to the original plan, and he was confident. This feeling made her feel at ease.

"At a certain moment just now, I was actually a little jealous of Renee." Holly stared at Tommy's side face and said with a smile: "Men are indeed more attractive when they focus on their career."

Tommy ignored Holly's compliment: "That manager is already very smart. He made the right decision. It's just that I have read one more science fiction novel than him, and it proposed an interesting dark forest law."

"What kind of law is that?" Holly asked curiously with some relief when she heard that there was no fluctuation in Tommy's voice.

"It is a cruel law that after you know it, you will never want to look up at the night sky again. At this moment, the American software industry is just like the universe in that story. There is only a minimum degree of goodwill between each other, and any communication may expose one's own Weaknesses and being exploited by the other party, we actors are to the software industry just like the tiny humans on earth in that story." Tommy put down the coffee cup, took out a cigarette and lit it.

Holly shrugged: "It's small, so I have a problem, that is, there don't seem to be many women participating in our training plus members of the Stanford Promotion Association, and they are far away in California. I mean Lotus is in Massachusetts, not far away. Your hometown is very close, how did it become a trend?"

Tommy stood up and walked towards the door: "I have to go back to the dormitory. I still have some homework to finish. I'll see you tomorrow. By the way, put a blanket on Jason or something to prevent him from catching a cold. The company can't and won't allow it now. There is a sick case.”

"You haven't answered my question yet." Holly asked regretfully.

Guess why I spent a lot of time doing all kinds of stupid things to join SSD, just to go to parties every week and ask a girl to sleep with me? "Tommy Hawke, standing in the night, turned to look at Holly, who was shrouded in warm light:

"Every university has a women's organization, and every university has an SSD. That means that every university can have an SSD training classroom to help women who are eager to find jobs. My proposal has been sent to the SSD national headquarters, otherwise you would think that Why did the calm and rational Charles have to struggle for two days before rejecting an invitation from a small startup company with regret on his face?"

First update~~Thank you for your support~~The second update will be a little later because I have to go see my child, sorry.