Giant of the times

In the evening, Bill Gates invited guests to dinner, and Li Zetian called Yu Jingqiu over to slaughter big households together.

After dinner, Paul Allen prepared to return to Boston.

Li Zetian watched him go and said meaningfully: "Do a good job, Paul, I will look for you in the future!"

Paul Allen smiled and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to you dropping out of school!"

"Oh, Paul, don't keep mentioning dropping out of school. Look, my girlfriend won't be happy about it!"

Yu Jingqiu smiled and said nothing.

Paul Allen laughed loudly and waved goodbye to everyone.

"Bill, Steve, you go back to the dormitory first, and I'll take Susan back."

"Okay, let's go first."

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer responded and left first.

Yu Jingqiu asked: "Is that Paul Allen very powerful?" She could see that Li Zetian, who was arrogant in his bones, attached great importance to Paul Allen.

"Yes, very powerful, he is a talent!" Li Zetian nodded, and then added, "He is a genius engineer!"

"oh!"

Li Zetian is in a very happy mood, and more and more talents are gathering around him. Starting a company is not just a matter of one person, but a strong team. Not to mention Bill Gates, his technology is awesome, his company management is awesome, and he can stand alone. Paul Allen is so skilled that he can be the chief technology officer. Steve Ballmer is a talented and sociable person who assists Bill Gates in managing the company and handling external affairs.

In the future, Li Zetian will own more than just Microsoft companies. It is impossible for him to do everything himself. Knowing people well and assigning them well is the most important thing a good entrepreneur should do. In order to retain talents like Bill Gates, Li Zetian is willing to give up 10%-20% of his shares. In addition, Bill Gates has a strong family background. Among other things, his mother is a trustee of HSD State University, the first female executive of First Interstate Bank, and worked with IBM during her tenure as chairman of the executive board of the National United Way Association. We worked together with CEO John Akers and had a very good relationship. The reason why Microsoft was able to cooperate with IBM was because Bill Gates’ mother was the matchmaker! Of course, the BASIC compiler developed by Microsoft has become an industry standard, which is also an important point for IBM to take a fancy to Microsoft.

A few days later it will be April 1st. On this day, Intel finally released the 8080 processor.

When Li Zetian read the news, he felt so excited.

I called Intel that afternoon and prepared to buy one.

"Hello, hello, this is Intel!"

"Hello, I want to buy an Intel-8080 microprocessor!" Li Zetian said.

"Which company are you from? Our company's Intel-8080 microprocessor is not sold to individuals, only to enterprises!"

Damn it, your sister is so pretentious! ! !

When Li Zetian heard this, he couldn't help complaining in his heart. He did indeed establish a company. The registered Chinese name is called Zhetian Company, and the registered English name is Umbrella (foreign registrations must be registered with an English name), which is the umbrella company that people were familiar with in previous lives! ! !

Umbrella Company or Zhetian Company is the parent company of all Li Zetian's companies in the future. He will hold 100% of the shares, and because it is an offshore company, others do not know who the shareholders are behind the company. Li Zetian was now using the phone number in the school dormitory to call Intel, which could easily reveal his identity. Since the other party was not doing personal business, he hung up the phone and thought of other solutions.

In fact, this is no wonder Intel. Because the chips at that time were too expensive, usually only enterprises could afford them. Intel was a manufacturer specializing in enterprise-level chips, and it was impossible to open personal services for a few people. Back then, when Steve Wozniak was designing the Apple-|computer, because it was not easy to buy the Intel-8080 microprocessor, and the Intel-8080 was too expensive, the enterprise wholesale price alone was US$375, so he chose Get the cheaper MOS-6502.

MOS-6502 is a product developed by Motorola genius engineer Chuck Peddle after he led six engineers to jump to MOS Technology Company. Chuck Peddle felt that the Motorola 6800 processor was too expensive and suggested that the company develop a cheap processor. However, the management felt that since the 6800 was so profitable, why should they build a cheap CPU to compete for their own market? Naturally, they rejected it. Peddle's suggestion.

As a result, in the second half of 1975, MOS-6502 was born, priced at only $25, which was 1/7 of the Motorola 6800 and 1/15 of the Intel 8080. Although MOS-6502 is cheap, it is also a very good 8-bit microprocessor. It supports a maximum memory of 64KB. Its main frequency is the same as 6800, which is 1MHz. However, because 6502 has an instruction pipeline, its performance is significantly better than 6800.

MOS-6502 is so cheap, how can Motorola 6800 and Intel 8080 still play happily? Had to make a big price cut.

Of course, Li Zetian wanted to use MOS-6502 to make an Apple computer, but others had not yet produced it, so he was helpless, so he had to use Intel-8080 first. However, Li Zetian had already considered using Intel-8080 to develop an Apple-l personal computer with simple functions. As long as it was released earlier than Altair 8800, Apple-l would surely make Apple a legend in the industry with the gimmick of the world's first personal computer. , thus making a fortune.

New technologies and new functions don’t have to be introduced all at once. Otherwise, what other highlights will there be in future product updates?

When MOS-6502 was released in 1975, it was used to develop Apple-ll, a classic product of Apple in history.

At the same time, MOS Technology Company was acquired.

You know, Nintendo's FC red and white game console uses the MOS-6502 microprocessor. Li Zetian will enter the game industry sooner or later. He is a man who wants to destroy Nintendo and Sony! ! !

Just when Li Zetian hung up the phone and felt a little depressed, Yu Jingqiu brought someone to Li Zetian's dormitory.

This man is also a Chinese, in his twenties and thirties, of medium build and wearing a pair of glasses.

Yu Jingqiu introduced: "This is my cousin-Tang Jiawei. He wants to discuss something with you!"

"Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Li Zetian!"

Since he was Yu Jingqiu's cousin, Li Zetian certainly couldn't neglect him and greeted him warmly.

"Hello, to be honest, I'm here to ask you to promise me something!" Tang Jiawei said straight to the point.

"Sit down first and let's talk about things slowly. Of course I am willing to help wherever I can."

Li Zetian invited him to sit on the sofa and poured him a glass of water.

Tang Jiawei said: "I saw the song you sang on New Year's Eve - "My Chinese Heart", and I think it is a song full of patriotic sentiments!"

"Thank you for your compliment, but if you have something to say, just say it!" Li Zetian said with a smile.

"Well, let me tell you straight, I want to get your permission to license this song to my school as the school song!!!"

"School song?" Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What school?"

"I want to build a school that teaches Chinese and writes Chinese characters!"

Speaking of this, Tang Jiawei couldn't help but sigh, "You know, there are many Chinese Americans in the United States, but they can't even speak the most basic Chinese and can't write the most basic Chinese characters. I think I need to do something. !!!Although we are in a foreign country, we Chinese cannot forget our roots, roots, and language of our own country!!!”

When Li Zetian heard this, he couldn't help but trembled all over!

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