Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Apple's development has entered the fast lane, and Lin Baicheng does not need to worry about it.

However, Microsoft, which invested in the company at the same time, made no movement and remained the same as before.

In addition to developing PC programming software, Microsoft mainly sells BASIC interpreters. BASIC, also known as BASIC, which means 'Beginner's Universal Symbolic Instruction Code', is a programming language designed for beginners.

Due to different computers, their extensions to the basic BASIC language are also different, which leads to the situation that the same BASIC language programs are not compatible with each other. For example, the drawing statements of various BASIC languages ​​are very different, etc., which is the so-called The issue of 'dialectality'.

BASIC interpreter is like translating various dialects into Mandarin. It is easy to understand, so there is a market demand, and with the popularity of personal computers and microcomputers, the market size will become larger and larger.

However, overall, there are not many people who really need BASIC interpreters, so the market is limited.

Therefore, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Paul Allen are still developing other programming software and looking for new profit growth points.

From the current point of view, Microsoft has not yet gone on the right path, and Lin Baicheng is not sure whether his investment will lead Microsoft to go in the wrong direction, so he feels it is necessary to go to Microsoft specifically to give some advice to Bill Gates. tz and Paul Allen.

He did what he thought of. A few days later, Lin Baicheng took the time to go to Redmond, Seattle, where Microsoft is.

Redmond is located on the eastern edge of Seattle. It has a sparse population of about 20,000 people and is still just a small town. Only when Microsoft develops and becomes the headquarters of Microsoft, will the resident population increase significantly and the town will take on a new look and become a city.

Microsoft's current office space is still rented, but the environment is quite good.

Seeing two cars parked outside, Bill Gates and Paul Allen knew that Lin Baicheng and the others had arrived. When they came out, they saw Lin Baicheng and others getting out of the car.

"Ellen, Miss Isabella!" "Bill! Paul!"

Lin Baicheng shook hands with the two of them. Since he came to the United States, although the two parties have contacted each other several times, they have always been through phone calls. Counting the contract signing and investment, this is the second time they met.

"Bill! Paul!"

Isabella also greeted the two of them. Isabella, who said she would come here from time to time, became more familiar with the two of them.

A group of people entered the house. Except for Chen Yaoxian, Lin Baicheng's bodyguards were waiting outside.

"Everyone, come here. Let me introduce to you the company's major shareholder, Director Lin Baicheng from Asia Xiangjiang."

Bill Gates clapped his hands and called all the employees over. There were only a dozen people, most of whom were new people recruited after receiving financing from Lin Baicheng.

"Ellen, why don't you say a few words too?"

Lin Baicheng nodded and said: "I believe that the company will grow and develop under the leadership of two directors, Bill and Paul. Everyone, work hard. Your efforts now, along with the growth of the company, will be richly rewarded in the future."

If the employees here can always work at Microsoft and neither voluntarily leave their jobs nor be eliminated by Microsoft's development, their future income will definitely be high.

Lin Baicheng didn't say much. After all, he was not involved in the daily management of Microsoft, so there was no point in saying too much.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen showed Lin Baicheng the products currently sold by the company, as well as several newly developed software by the company, and introduced them to Lin Baicheng one by one.

Lin Baicheng discovered that the newly developed software developed by the company were all niche-oriented. It would not be a problem if there was no market, but if you want to make a lot of money from these software, you should definitely not think about it.

However, Lin Baicheng also understands Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft is still very weak. If it invests in highly competitive software, it will easily lose everything if it fails. Although the company makes less money now, its strength is slowly increasing.

After a while, Lin Baicheng and Isabella followed Bill Gates and Paul Allen to their shared office, but Chen Yaoxian did not go in.

"Bill, Paul, have you ever thought about developing an operating system to manage computer hardware and software resources, optimize the use of resources, determine the priority of system resource supply and demand, control input devices and output devices, operate networks, etc. "

Lin Baicheng made his intention clear. If possible, of course he would like to make his own computer operating system, but he as a foreigner would not be able to make it big. There is no problem in doing it at the beginning. When computers enter thousands of households, his operating system will definitely be suppressed. Then the operating systems of other American companies will stand up. Rather than making it cheaper for other companies, it is better not to do it at the beginning and let them Microsoft makes the operating system.

"Operating system? That's a good idea."

Paul Allen's eyes lit up, feeling that something was wrong.

Bill Gates was also a little moved, but he considered the actual situation: "Alan, you also know the situation of the company. If the operating system you just mentioned wants to become popular and accepted by the market, it must be compatible with various computers. The cost of hardware and software is definitely not small, and the company’s funds may not be able to complete the research and development work.”

"What if I'm willing to lend the company $5 million?"

Lin Baicheng smiled and said: "With this money, the company can definitely recruit people and develop operating systems. However, the company must repay the money, and we, the three shareholders, must guarantee the funds. , It depends on whether you two, Bill and Paul, dare to borrow this money."

The reason why shareholder guarantees are required is mainly to put pressure on Bill Gates and Paul Allen, lest they have the idea that even if the company goes bankrupt, they will not lose money, resulting in not doing their best.

Lin Baicheng is right that he wants to help Microsoft, but he will not do so unconditionally. If Bill Gates and Paul Allen did not agree to jointly guarantee, Lin Baicheng would rather give up helping Microsoft, because their business ideas are not yet mature, and he would rather wait a few more years to see.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen hesitated after hearing this.

After a while, Bill Gates said: "Alan, we need to think about this matter carefully. Moreover, we also need to examine the feasibility of the operating system, the market of the operating system, etc."

"This is not an urgent matter. You can think about it slowly. It doesn't matter if you give me an answer in a month or two."

Lin Baicheng nodded. He couldn't do this kind of thing reluctantly, not to mention that he really had to give the two of them time to think about it.

Lin Baicheng and his party stayed in Redmond that night before returning to Los Angeles the next day.

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