Giant of the times

Li Zetian couldn't help but chuckle to himself. He always copied Nintendo's products. I'm afraid it would make him cry and faint in the toilet. In fact, it really doesn't matter, because it won't take long before Sony will accompany you right away...

Li Zetian laughed, then left Sunbird Company and headed to Apple Company!

As for the secret weapon he mentioned, when the hardware engineers come, they will naturally tell it.

After arriving at Apple, Li Zetian went to Tian Shuai's office.

"What is IBM's reaction now?" Li Zetian asked.

Tian Shuai poured a glass of water for Li Zetian and replied: "It is said that after Thomas Watson woke up from the hospital, he said he wanted to enter personal computers, but he was quickly vetoed by the IBM board of directors." (IMB is owned by Watson. Founded by the Mori family)

"Uh, rejected?" Li Zetian asked doubtfully. He thought IBM would soon enter the personal computer industry!

"Yes,"

Tian Shuai explained, "Beginning on January 17, 1969, IBM encountered antitrust laws and began to be involved in protracted lawsuits. Currently, IBM's computers occupy more than 67% of the world's market share. If IBM at this time If it enters the personal computer industry, it is suspected of continuing to be a monopoly, and the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a monopoly review of IBM!"

Tian Shuai said with a smile: "Right now, the real enemy of IBM is actually the Anti-Monopoly Law of the United States! In 1971, Wang An Computer Company launched the Wang An word processor, and Thomas Watson Jr. also saw words. There is a huge market prospect for processors, but IBM was deeply restricted by the U.S. Antitrust Law at the time and could not launch a comprehensive counterattack against Wang An. It could only stick to the lucrative mainframe and minicomputer fields. And it is the same this time! According to In my opinion, unless IBM can get out of the Anti-Monopoly Law soon, they will not enter the personal computer industry in the short term."

It turns out there is such a thing!

While Li Zetian was happy, he was also worried.

It is said that even IBM has been so miserable by the US Anti-Monopoly Law. How should it solve this problem in the future?

Li Zetian shook his head and thought to himself, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain! When you have money, build a strong team of lawyers to solve this problem for yourself!

In addition, even if the company is split into two companies due to antitrust laws, at most the shares of one company will be converted into shares of two companies.

Li Zetian took a sip of water and said: "While IBM has not yet escaped from the Anti-Monopoly Law, Apple must seize the opportunity to grow and develop rapidly! Recruit more outstanding talents to join our company and develop more advanced technologies. Maintain our leadership in PCs!!!"

Tian Shuai nodded: "Don't worry, I know how to do it!"

"Um."

…

Sunbird Company has become famous in the industry, and it is much easier for Li Zetian to recruit people. A few days later, Li Zetian poached four powerful hardware engineers from other companies.

He then called the four engineers to his office for a meeting to announce the new project to be developed.

"This time, what we are going to do is very unique. It's called Game-Watch, a portable game console! Each console has a specific game that can be displayed on the LCD. Please see this is my design !”

With that said, Li Zetian sent a design drawing to the four of them.

There is an LCD in the middle, a cross direction key on the left, and two buttons A and B on the right. It is a very simple portable game console. Limited by current technology, only one game can be installed on each console, which means that one console can only play one game.

The Game-Watch was Nintendo's first-generation portable game console, with a total of 32 million units sold. The second generation is the very famous Gameboy, with a total sales volume of more than 200 million units. It is the best-selling electronic game console in the world. It can replace game cards on the machine.

After reading the design drawings, the four hardware engineers were full of praise!

"Mr. Li, once this little prototype is made, it will definitely become popular all over the world!!!" One of the engineers said confidently.

"Haha, I think so," Li Zetian said with a smile, "So, please develop it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The four of them responded in unison.

With Game-Watch, Sunbird can transform from a single game software development company into a gaming giant with game console platforms! Third-party game developers who want to log in to Game-Watch must cooperate with Sunbird!

If Sunbird fails to acquire Atari, then when it develops its own home game console, it will be able to have a group of third-party game developers belonging to the Sunbird camp in advance!

Be prepared for everything and you won’t go wrong anyway!

Li Zetian nodded, smiled slightly, and told them to do things! Later, Li Zetian went to the patent office and applied for a patent for Game-Watch, especially the "cross direction control key", which was a patent killer!

…

Apple-ll sales began to plummet a week later.

However, this is normal. Apple-ll personal computers are still quite expensive, and low-income families will not buy Apple-ll. In addition, the United States is currently in an economic recession, and many people's income has been significantly reduced. Apple's products are inherently positioned as high-end products, so the number of users is naturally not very large.

One month later, total sales of Apple-ll personal computers reached 18,000 units, of which 14,000 were low-end and 4,000 were high-end, with sales reaching $30 million. The sales volume after that will definitely not be as good as the first month, but Li Zetian has already thought of a trick. He plans to wait until Apple-ll sales are exhausted and start cutting prices, and then launch an enhanced version of Apple-ll-Plus. These routines used by Apple in previous lives are naturally Use it decisively, and then make crazy money from Americans! !

Li Zetian estimated that Apple's sales this year are expected to exceed 200 million US dollars!

Of course, sales do not mean making so much money, but also include hardware costs, distributor fees, taxes and other expenses. But Apple-ll's products have very high profits, accounting for almost 35% of the selling price. As a result, Apple earned at least $10 million this month alone.

In addition, Microsoft and Sunbird are also making a lot of money!

Microsoft's sales surged this month, with nearly 8,000 copies of Excel sold at $200 each, or $1.6 million. In addition, there is the licensing fee for the Microsoft-DOS operating system. In order to occupy the market, the licensing fee is relatively cheap, 50 US dollars per machine. This is not only Apple-ll personal computers, but also personal computers from other companies. The licensing fees are is about US$1.5 million. There is also a BASIC program licensing fee, which is about $600,000. Therefore, Microsoft's sales this month reached US$3.7 million, and its net profit was approximately US$1.5 million.

Sunbird sold more than 30,000 copies of the game this month, with sales reaching $3 million and net profit of more than $2 million.

Although the company has made money, if it wants to develop the company quickly, the money must be invested immediately. For example, if Apple wants to open a flagship store, engage in technology research and development, advertise, etc., the money earned will be burned out quickly.

Even so, Li Zetian still transferred 1 million US dollars from his Apple account to his own personal account, because he is very poor now. He doesn’t even have 10,000 US dollars in his bank card, and he has neither a car nor a house, and he doesn’t even have a house. The staff are not as good!

Li Zetian often laughs at himself: "Oh, the big bosses of Apple and Microsoft are in such misery, I'm afraid no one will believe it if they tell..."

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