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"Red Alert" was released simultaneously in Europe and the United States.

Catherine's $70 million was a worst-case scenario, but the market's response was obviously better than expected.

Because of the emergence of television, people now like to sit at home and watch TV most of the time, while fewer and fewer people go out to watch movies.

But in Catherine's "Red Alert", it's difficult to express that magical effect using television alone.

Among the current blockbuster series, there are very few movies with extreme special effects like Catherine, so people have different feelings about movie effects and other things.

Catherine's "Red Alert" tells people what real special effects are. This dazzling effect is definitely a pleasure.

Even for that wonderful effect, many people are still willing to pay for Catherine's "Red Alert".

It's already February, and the attendance rate of "Red Alert" is still high. The total revenue has reached 70 million US dollars, and the release is still going on.

For movies broadcast in the United States, the box office share is more inclined to the producer. More than 80% of the box office in the first week of release goes to the producer. Then the share ratio decreases every week. In the end, the producer gets 30%.

The rest are distributors and theaters.

Although I won’t make as much money as before, the film will probably still be released for a while.

In particular, "Red Alert" also has a Cold War background gimmick, which adds a layer of mystery to the movie.

Although the total income is very high, Catherine's costs are also very high. Even if it can be divided into 100 million US dollars in the end, Catherine will probably only earn tens of millions. Although it is doubled, compared to the electronics industry, the film earns too much

not enough.

Catherine has always been absolute. Without a stable income guarantee, it is difficult for movies to become her own pillar industry.

Her main goal is still in the electronics industry.

Especially after getting the attention of the Pentagon.

During this period, Catherine has been busy working on the operating system.

The kernel of the Phoenix operating system was completely designed by Catherine herself. Although it is similar to the future DOS, Catherine is very serious and careful.

In the future, Microsoft will develop patches for various vulnerabilities in the operating system. Although this is its strategy, it can release patches without hesitation to increase the user stickiness of genuine users.

But that was winner-take-all after Microsoft almost had a monopoly.

But now, what Catherine needs is a perfect product and a name for herself. This is the way to go.

If your products are not rigorous, then it will be a tragedy for latecomers who are determined to develop an operating system. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the waves in front die on the beach.

Rigorous, you must be rigorous, that's all.

In just one month, Catherine led the research team to write the core of Phoenix and debug at the same time, trying to find all the loopholes in the system.

Although Catherine used to be a programmer and knows a lot about computers, she has never tried programming a system. Although this is also a subject, it is really difficult to practice.

However, compared to programmers in this world who have no idea about operating systems, Catherine's skills are already astonishing.

Just a month later, Catherine had to take a break from such complicated work.

Because at this time, the Pentagon established an Engineering Quality Supervision and Management Office specifically responsible for contact with Ark Company.

——Yes, the name of this office is "Project Quality Supervision and Management Office".

In fact, the Pentagon did give this office such a name. In fact, the most important thing is to deceive others, not to be innovative.

To be honest, Catherine actually wanted to give her a cool name like "Amalgam", but obviously, the Pentagon didn't care so much.

The Pentagon's first appropriation gave the company a total of $80 million.

Among them, 20 million US dollars was used to develop the military version of the z80. The specific matters are not yet clear, but according to Sanders’ understanding, it may be related to the missile guidance system. After all, although there are now TV guidance and other

Guidance system, but the US military's missile hit rate is only a few tenths of a percent. Compared with the 8% in the Gulf War and more precise strikes in the future, this hit rate is really pitiful.

The other 60 million US dollars will be used to develop the first phase of the individual soldier terminal. To be precise, it should be the development of a vehicle-mounted version.

After all, it is not possible to directly develop individual soldier systems with current technology, but it is completely feasible to develop vehicle-mounted systems.

For vehicle mounting, the conditions are much looser in terms of size and power supply. The targets that need to be marked are generally relatively large, and the accuracy requirements are not very strict, as long as the approximate location can be determined.

However, it seems that the Pentagon still hopes to use the individual soldier version.

For example, during street fighting or fighting in buildings, satellites cannot monitor at all, and radars are likely to be limited, but it is very useful for individual soldiers to explore and scan the terrain.

Now is the Cold War, and there are a group of generals in the Pentagon who came from World War II and have a strong sense of war.

In fact, they are the ones driving the entire plan.

More than half of Phoenix's operating system kernel has been written.

At this time, Catherine split the entire software department into two again.

One is responsible for the development of the civilian version of the operating system, while the other begins the development of military equipment...

Of course, things like real-time scanning of maps are not yet possible. And this aspect requires other equipment. In this regard, the Pentagon has left it to other companies to complete - Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin, the future leader of the U.S. military industry,

The famous "Skunk Factory" is the core of the other party, but Catherine is not sure whether the Skunk Factory has appeared now.

It is better for Catherine to have less involvement in traditional industries. She is still concentrating on optimizing her own industry.

Because of the Pentagon grant, Catherine was instantly richer.

Although these funds can only be used for special development, this aspect is exactly what Catherine urgently needs.

z80 and operating system are developed simultaneously.

The civilian version of the z80 will be developed soon. As for the military version, Catherine calls it z81.

The z81 will be more stable and durable than the z80. The military may not need cutting-edge technology, but stability and accuracy are a must.

1965 was destined to be a career launch point for Catherine.

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