Giant of the times

Although Apple does not have much money, in order to recruit talents for the Mac laboratory, Li Zetian did not hesitate to extend his evil hand to DEC, HP, IBM, Xerox, etc., and poach people with high salaries! At the same time, head to Stanford University to recruit a group of young computer students!

In addition, the Apple-l project is about to begin preparations.

As Apple's scale grew, Li Zetian had to manage Microsoft, and he was unable to do anything at all. At this time, he thought of Tian Shuai and wanted to ask him to be the CEO of Apple.

On the evening of December 1st, Li Zetian personally visited Tian Shuai at his home.

After the door opened, Tian Shuai was surprised to see it was Li Zetian.

"Chronos, why are you here?!"

"Haha, don't you invite me in for a cup of coffee?" Li Zetian smiled.

"come in!"

Tian Shuai invited Li Zetian into the house and then came to the living room.

"You sit down first and I'll make a cup of coffee."

"OK, thanks!"

After a while, the coffee was brewed.

Li Zetian took the coffee, took a sip gently, then looked at Tian Shuai and said: "Let's get straight to the point, the purpose of my visit this time is to invite you to be the CEO of Apple!!!"

Tian Shuai had just been promoted to the general manager of Exxon Production Research, a subsidiary of Exxon Corporation in the United States. He had a bright future. When Li Zetian asked him to change jobs, he was naturally very hesitant.

Although Apple sold nearly 3,000 Apple-l units, its total sales totaled less than $6 million.

But Exxon is a large international company with sales of billions of dollars!

Apple is nothing compared to Exxon!

Seeing his hesitation, Li Zetian couldn't help but ask: "Tian Shuai, do you want to sell oil for the rest of your life, or do you want to follow me and change the world?"

Tian Shuai was shocked when he heard this!

He was silent for a moment, slowly raised his head and looked at Li Zetian, and said in a very firm tone: "Mr.li, I have decided to join Apple!!!"

Hearing this, Li Zetian smiled, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Welcome to join!!!"

So three days later, Tian Shuai resigned from Exxon Production Research Company and officially joined Apple as CEO.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zetian established the board of directors and served as chairman. Zhang Hao, Tian Shuai, Steve Jobs, and Steve Gary Wozniak were all executive directors of the board of directors.

As soon as Tian Shuai took office, he used what he had learned and his advanced management experience in the world's top 500 companies to immediately make drastic improvements to Apple, making Apple more formalized and more like an international enterprise! !

Half a month later, Apple had a completely new look, with all departments running smoothly and performing their duties.

Professionals were invited to serve as the financial director, human resources director, etc., while Li Zetian only served as Apple's chief engineer.

At this time, the Mac Lab had recruited a total of 35 people, all of whom were elite talents.

Li Zetian felt that there were almost enough people and decided to develop Mac computers.

On December 20, Li Zetian asked Mac Lab members to sign a confidentiality agreement and then held a meeting.

In the conference room, Li Zetian looked around at everyone and said loudly: "The purpose of Apple's establishment of the Mac Laboratory is to hope that the Mac Laboratory can become another 'weasel factory' to create the most advanced products for the company! Next, I will Let everyone know what the Mac Lab is going to do!"

puff!

The slide projector is on!

A design drawing appeared on the screen. It was the Macintosh computer launched by Apple in January 1984. However, the shape was slightly changed. Instead of being square, it had four arcs at the corners, and the display screen was larger. In addition, the mouse has two click structures on the left and right, and a pulley in the middle.

Li Zetian introduced: "This is the Mac computer I designed! The host and monitor are one piece. As for the keyboard, everyone must be wondering what this thing is!" Li Zetian pointed to the mouse and said, "This is called a mouse. , is a pointing tool. Hold the mouse in your right hand to control its movement. The left and right buttons can click on files and other functions. The pulley in the middle can move the page up and down. You will definitely be confused, what is the mouse used for? , it seems that the operating system we use does not need these things at all! Okay, next, please look at the most important thing about Mac computers - the graphical user operating system!!!"

After saying that, the slide projector flashed, and then a new pattern appeared on the big screen, which was the interface of the graphical user operating system.

When they saw this interface, everyone shouted "Wow"!

At this time, the slide projector was still playing new patterns non-stop, fully demonstrating the use of a complete set of graphical interface operating systems!

During this process, everyone was constantly shocked!

After the slide show ended, everyone still felt that they still had more to say!

"Okay, this is the Mac computer I designed!!!" Li Zetian said calmly.

When everyone heard this, they fell in love with Li Zetian!

There was no sound for a long time in the conference room. Everyone looked up at Li Zetian standing in front of the screen.

Oh, God, what kind of genius does it take to design such a perfect product? ! ! !

Some female employees couldn't help but fall in love with Li Zetian, their eyes filled with the burning fire of infatuation.

Seeing that they were all in a daze, Li Zetian couldn't help coughing twice and said, "What do you think?"

“Perfect!!!”

“Unbeatable!!!”

“Not even God could have designed a computer!!!”

"..."

Li Zetian nodded with a smile and said: "Mac computers are good, but it is very difficult to develop them!"

Jobs stood up at this time and solemnly promised Li Zetian: "Mr.li, please rest assured, I firmly believe that we can develop a Mac computer!!!" Jobs was already extremely excited at this moment, being able to lead a team to design Such an outstanding product is simply a supreme honor! ! !

"Yes, we will definitely develop Mac computers!"

"..."

Members of the Mac Lab echoed this, and everyone was full of excitement and fighting spirit!

Li Zetian nodded with satisfaction and announced: "Starting today, the Mac computer project is officially launched!"

Bang bang bang! ! ! !

Everyone applauded vigorously!

The applause lasted for a long time, and everyone did not stop until their palms hurt.

Li Zetian smiled slightly, finished pretending, and announced the end of the meeting.

After leaving the Mac Lab, things at Apple were almost settled. Li Zetian is preparing to leave for Harvard University. It's almost Christmas, and Bill Gates has not yet agreed to Li Zetian's intention to join Microsoft. Therefore, Li Zetian decided to come to Harvard University in person to persuade him before the winter vacation! ! !

If Microsoft didn't have Bill Gates, it might be difficult to get on the big ship of IBM...

PS: There are so few recommendations today, and the small goal of the four chapters cannot be achieved.

PS: There are so few recommendations today, and the small goal of the four chapters cannot be achieved.