Giant of the times

Except for the huge noise at the beginning of the recruitment process, Flamingo Company rarely made any surprising moves after that. Everyone started to get busy and devoted themselves to game development. For game developers, being able to develop classic and good games is their favorite thing to do!

As the founder of Flamingo Company and the chief designer of the game, Li Zetian has also participated in the development of many of the company's projects.

At the same time, Li Zetian is still thinking about Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Jobs, Wozniak and others, who have now been kicked out of the company by Apple.

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"Mr. Tian, ​​Sony Group sincerely invites you to join as the president of Sony Electronics America Branch. It does not hesitate to offer a high salary of US$1 million. I hope you will consider it carefully!" A middle-aged Asian man came. You said when you arrived at Tian Shuai's house.

After Yamada Ichiro said this, he picked up the tea cup and drank it leisurely. He was very sure that Tian Shuai would not be tempted by Sony's offer of such good conditions!

Tian Shuai frowned slightly and remained silent.

Indeed, the conditions offered by Sony were the best, but he was extremely unwilling to work for RB people.

"Mr. Tian, ​​don't you agree to this condition?"

Yamada Ichiro frowned, pushed up his glasses frame, and said, "Sony is very sincere, and it is absolutely impossible for other companies to offer you such good terms. Only a company like Sony, which has deep pockets and attaches great importance to talents, would Such a good offer. Moreover, if you join Sony, you will have many promotion opportunities in the future!"

"Didi!"

At this time, Tian Shuai's pager rang. He looked at it and saw a line written on it: "I am Chronos and I have established a new company. Are you willing to come over?"

Of course I do! ! !

Tian Shuai was overjoyed and calmly put the pager back into his pocket, then rejected Yamada Ichiro: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yamada Ichiro, I have found a new job!"

"Mr. Tian, ​​as far as I know, you have not agreed to invitations from other companies!!!" Yamada Ichiro frowned.

"Yes, I did not agree to any company's invitation before." Tian Shuai smiled and nodded.

"Is it because of the pager text message just now?" Yamada Ichiro asked with a stunned expression.

Tian Shuai smiled and said nothing, expressing his acquiescence. Tian Shuai naturally knows very well what a genius Li Zetian is. Therefore, when Li Zetian said that he had established a new company and invited himself, Tian Shuai did not need to ask what the company did, and he had already agreed directly in his heart. He believed that this would be a company as full of people as Apple. A legendary company! ! !

Yamada Ichiro said dissatisfied: "Mr. Tian, ​​Sony has invited you over and over again, but you have not agreed. The other party just sent you a pager message, and you agreed?! This person is so proud!!!"

After saying this, Yamada Ichiro suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, and he said, "Could it be that Chronos Li sent you a message?"

Tian Shuai still smiled and said nothing, and Yamada Ichiro was not stupid, so how could he not guess it.

The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more, so Yamada Ichiro took his leave.

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At the same time, Sony also sent people to poach Zhang Hao.

As soon as the other party opened his mouth, Zhang Hao, an angry young man, refused coldly: "Tell Sony that I don't work for RB people!!!"

"Mr. Zhang, Sony's salary is good, don't you think about it?!"

"It's nothing to think about. No matter how good the treatment is, I won't agree to it!"

At this time, his pager also rang.

When he saw that it was Li Zetian establishing a company and sending him an invitation message, Zhang Hao burst out laughing. Then he showed the pager to the other party and said, "Did you see it? My boss has established a new company. Now he is calling I went to help! If my boss hadn’t been in a car accident, what would Sony be? The Walkman you developed also wants to seize the Walkman market? Moreover, I express my disdain for Sony’s naked plagiarism. !Okay, you don’t have to talk nonsense, you can go!!”

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On the same day, Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Jobs, and Wozniak rushed to Li Zetian's home again. After Li Zetian regained consciousness, they had already visited him once. However, Li Zetian was relatively weak at that time and had not thought about how to arrange for them, so he did not talk too much with them.

At the end of July, the four people arrived at Li Zetian's Beverly Hills villa.

Zhang Hao was the first to arrive here. As soon as they met, Zhang Hao asked Li Zetian excitedly: "Chronos, what good thing have you designed this time?!"

Li Zetian thought for a while and said: "Something that changes the world..."

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment and did not recover for a while.

"Mr. Li, what on earth have you designed this time that can actually change the world?!" Zhang Hao was full of curiosity.

Li Zetian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go in first and tell you all later! By the way, Tian Shuai, Jobs, and Wozniak are on the way and will be here soon."

"Oh fine."

Zhang Hao nodded helplessly. He knew that Li Zetian always liked to show off and would not answer even if he asked.

Half an hour later, Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Jobs, and Wozniak arrived.

Li Zetian took them to the small conference room in the villa. After everyone sat down, Li Zetian said: "I have asked Dongfang Yuqin to establish two companies for me. One company is called Galaxy Network Company, and the other is called Sun Computer." Systems Corporation.”

"It's the Milky Way and it's the Sun, Mr. Li, the names of these two companies are very domineering!!!" Zhang Hao laughed.

Li Zetian smiled and said: "The purpose of being famous and domineering is to make it easier for people to remember and to promote the brand."

Tian Shuai wondered: "Mr. Li, Sun Computer Systems Company should develop computers. What does Galaxy Network Company do? I'm a little confused?"

Zhang Hao, Jobs, and Wozniak also looked puzzled.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "The American Xerox Company developed Ethernet, which is a type of local area network. If several computers are connected through Ethernet, they can form a local area network to achieve communication with each other. This pair of communication , scientific research, office work, and even the game industry have brought great benefits! For example, games, in the past, it was just a single computer to play, but when connected to a local area network, multiple people can interact and play games together. This alone It can attract countless computer users. In addition, everyone should know that APA Internet Cafe is the most widely used network now. Well-known universities and research institutes around the world are connected through this network. Therefore, Ethernet and APA The combination of PAN and network can connect a lot of computers together to form a larger network. If each computer wants to join this network, it must first install a network adapter, referred to as a "network card". You can imagine, If all computers join this network, what will be the prospects for the network card market?"

As soon as the words fell, the four people present couldn't help but be moved.

In fact, Li Zetian still has a lot to say, such as switches, routers and other things. The road must be taken step by step, and the food must be eaten one bite at a time, not in a hurry.

Currently, the connection between computers does not have a switch, but uses something called a hub. The hub is like a big speaker. When one person speaks, it amplifies it for everyone to hear, and only one person can speak at the same time. The switch can also be used as a speaker, but it also has another function. If A wants to talk to B alone without letting others hear, he can do it through the switch, but the hub cannot. Moreover, the hub shares the bandwidth, which must be divided by the number of people there are, while the switch has exclusive bandwidth for each person.

The existence of the hub can promote the sales of network cards. But obviously, this thing has great flaws, and it is inevitable to be replaced by switches and routers!

Jobs asked at this time: "Galaxy Networks develops network cards, but what about Sun Computer Systems? Is it developing personal computers like Apple?"

Li Zetian shook his head, "Right now, personal computers are becoming popular. Computer giants are launching products one after another to seize the market, and the competition is fierce. We are targeting areas they have ignored." Li Zetian paused, leaving everyone a short period of time to think. And then goes on to say, “THIS GOAL IS THE GRAPHICS WORKSTATION!!!”

"Graphics workstation?"

Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't expect Li Zetian to set his goal in this aspect. "Graphics workstation" is a general term for a high-end dedicated computer that specializes in graphics, images (static), images (dynamic) and video work. Whether it is animation, data visualization processing or even CAD/CAM and EDA, the system requires a lot of capabilities. Strong graphics processing capabilities.

Li Zetian said: "A graphics workstation is actually a high-end microcomputer that can be used for CAD part design, animation production, graphic advertising design, engineering analysis and calculation, simulation simulation, etc. The market is huge and the profit is more than that of a personal computer. Right now Personal computers cost a few hundred dollars, and their profits have been very low. As a new company, Sun Computer Systems, if it wants to compete with other companies, it is better to develop graphics workstations! As far as I know, there is currently no The company has set its sights on graphics workstations, and this is our opportunity! After the graphics workstations are developed, the film special effects company under my name (Industrial Light \u0026 Magic) will need to purchase dozens of them, and I believe that the graphics workstations will It is widely used in the film and television field!”

After hearing this, everyone felt that what Li Zetian said was very reasonable and couldn't help but nod their heads. In fact, the personal computer market is still quite profitable, but graphics workstations are even more profitable. The Sun Computer Systems Company founded by Li Zetian is almost based on the Sun Company in its previous life. Sun actually does not refer to the sun, but the abbreviation of Stanford-University-Network. This company started by developing graphics workstations, and later invented the Java language and created more than 200 billion US dollars. myth!

Of course, Li Zetian did not give up personal computers completely. He was always paying attention to the developments of Apple, waiting for the day when it was about to go bankrupt, then buying it, and then turning the tide to show his awesomeness as the founder of the company. ! ! !

Li Zetian continued: "After developing the graphics workstation, Sun Computer Systems has accumulated experience in developing high-performance computers, and can enter the minicomputer server. Relying on its powerful graphics processing capabilities, it can even defeat DEC and IBM and become the minicomputer server." The king of them all!!!”

After speaking, Li Zetian's eyes wandered among the four of them, and then asked: "Which company do you four plan to join?"

Zhang Hao looked at Tian Shuai. They had a close relationship.

Wozniak looked at Jobs, hoping he would make up his mind.

The four of them discussed quietly.

In the end, Tian Shuai and Zhang Hao were willing to join Galaxy Networks, while Jobs and Wozniak were willing to join Sun Computer Systems.

Li Zetian did not treat them badly. Although he did not give shares directly, he promised to give each person 5% options. As the company grows, it will naturally be honored.

After signing the contract, Li Zetian invited them to have dinner at home and stay overnight to chat all night.

Sun Computer Systems Company, Li Zetian told them less things. He just told them to develop a geometric pattern generator, a custom chip that can accelerate the establishment of models. It uses hardware to accelerate the geometric transformation of graphics and relieves the central processor from processing a large number of graphics. Processing burden, providing dynamic graphics capabilities unmatched by other workstations!

As for Galaxy Network Company, Li Zetian talked about much more.

"Ethernet technology was invented by Xerox. However, Xerox obviously doesn't know how to make money from it. This is our opportunity! In addition, Ethernet has not yet formed a standard. We can cooperate with Xerox to become a standard Formulators and promoters, and then obtain free licenses from Xerox. Xerox provides technology, Intel produces related chips, and Galaxy Networks produces 'network cards'. The three strong alliances and joint promotion will definitely make Ethernet beat other LAN technologies. , become an industry standard!" Li Zetian paused and then said, "In addition, the TCP/IP protocol is being developed, and we must also participate and become one of the setters of the protocol standard!"

"Well, okay, we understand..." Tian Shuai and Zhang Hao nodded.

Early the next morning, the four of them had breakfast, then left the villa and went back to their respective homes. After a week, go to the company to report. Galaxy Networks and Sun Computer Systems are both in Los Angeles.

Li Zetian knew that from the moment he traveled through time, it caused a butterfly effect and changed the world.

He founded Apple before and started the personal computer craze in advance.

Now that Galaxy Networks has been created, the Internet in this world will develop much faster than in previous lives. Network cards are just the first step for Galaxy Networks, followed by routers and switches. In the early days of the development of the Internet, many Internet service providers (ISPs) rented telephone lines from telephone companies to provide dial-up Internet services to Internet users. Traditional telephone switches cannot realize this function, and advanced program-controlled switches are needed to manage telephone voice services and broadband services separately and in an orderly manner.

Now, more and more things are starting to be different from the previous life, but the general direction of development should not change. Li Zetian can still make the most correct choice based on his memories of the previous life.

PS: More updates tomorrow.