Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

In the New Year of 1984, Bai Chuanfeng never returned to his hometown in Akita.

Not only him, but even Kazuko and Shirakawa Hayato did not return to Akita County.

Because of the birth of Xiaoqingkong and Xiaoyasheng, Bai Chuanfeng's family, including Yuko Tanaka's family, stayed in Tokyo for the New Year.

This was the first private gathering of each other's families. Because of the large number of people, the courtyard here in Setagaya District was also very lively.

"Brother-in-law, um~, your grapes are really good." On the sofa, Ryuzo Tanaka was eating a bunch of grapes the size of ping-pong balls, enjoying himself.

Tsk, the life of the rich is different.

In the neon of the twelfth lunar month, fruit freedom can be realized.

Is this the strength of the top rich?

Ryuzo Tanaka hissed and tasted the grapes, while looking at the sliced ​​pineapple next to him.

"Long San, do you feel that these grapes have a special taste?"

With a smile, Bai Chuanfeng picked up a piece of melon and stuffed it into his mouth, um~ worthy of Yubari's name.

"Hey, what a special taste?" Ryuzo Tanaka picked up a grape and looked at it carefully.

There is nothing special about it except that it is very big and tastes very sweet.

"Pfft~" wantonly spit out a seed into the pond, attracting a group of fish to scramble for it.

Bai Chuanfeng wiped his mouth, turned to Ryuzo Tanaka who was busy eating grapes and replied.

"The taste of dollars."

"Huh?" Ryuzo Tanaka stopped talking and looked at him strangely.

"Here." Bai Chuanfeng raised his chin, "The string in your hand is 6,400 US dollars."

"Six thousand." Ryuzo Tanaka, who was stunned, bounced on the spot as if he was electrocuted.

He tightly protected the half-bunch of grapes in his arms with both hands, and asked again as if to be sure.

"$6,400? 1.6 million yen?!"

"Hmm~" Bai Chuan Fengyun nodded lightly, and picked up another piece of pineapple.

"This." Ryuzo Tanaka had an extremely complicated expression when he learned that he had eaten 800,000 yen.

When he regained his senses, his first reaction was to wonder if the remaining half string could be exchanged for money.

He roughly counted a bunch of 25, and the average price of 6,400 US dollars came to 226 US dollars each.

Converted into Japanese yen, it is more than 50,000 yen per piece, oh yes, I still have one in my mouth.

Ryuzo Tanaka bowed his head and stretched out his hand, wanting to spit out the half-eaten grapes in his mouth.

"Hey, don't be so disgusting." Bai Chuanfeng, who saw his movement, stretched out his hand and gave him a brain break.

"But. What about the 1.6 million yen? Why are grapes so expensive?"

Poor Ryuzo Tanaka, he felt that poverty completely limited his imagination.

1.6 million yen. It's only 80,000 to 90,000 yen a month for running a trick by yourself.

This means that he needs to run for 20 months without eating or drinking to earn so much income.

"Ruby Roman grapes, a famous product in Ishikawa Prefecture. The bunch you ate happened to be the best product this year."

This is the best quality bunch of grapes that Bai Chuanfeng had photographed at the Tokyo Agricultural Products Exhibition, which is why they are so expensive.

After listening to his explanation, Takashi Tanaka's eyes lit up. He has also heard of the names of these fruits, but they have always belonged to legends.

I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see the real thing today, and I was almost eaten up by myself.

"By the way, brother-in-law, what about that piece of pineapple you ate just now?"

"British pineapple, $1,600, by air."

"Hiss~ Where's the melon?"

"This one is cheap, $225 a pair. Made in Yubari, Hokkaido, your hometown~"

"." Ryuzo Tanaka.

Looking at the fruit that he had just scooped up a lot, Ryuzo Tanaka took a deep breath, and looked at Bai Chuanfeng seriously.

"Brother-in-law, I don't want to work hard~"

"Get out..." Bai Chuanfeng unceremoniously rolled his eyes at him.

You are not my sister-in-law, are you qualified to say this?

Bai Chuanfeng felt that Ryuzo Tanaka didn't have any clues in his heart.

"Then brother-in-law, can I come to your house to eat fruit often in the future?" Takashi Tanaka retreated to the next best thing.

"As long as your sister doesn't object, I don't care." Bai Chuanfeng shrugged, expressing his freedom.

But is the Neon people's pursuit of fruit so persistent?

"That's great!" Ryuzo Tanaka clapped excitedly.

Look at these fruits, from all over the world.

At that time, bring some to the local turtles around you to taste, and let them understand what the tip of the iceberg of the life of the real rich is like.

"Hey, as long as I don't object?" Yuko Tanaka, who heard the voice, stepped out from the main room not far away.

"Oh, it's nothing." Tanaka Ryuzo got up courteously, and began to tease Xiao Qingkong in her arms.

"By the way, brother-in-law, I heard that the runway in Shonan has been repaired? Do you want to go for a couple of laps together tomorrow?"

Ryuzo Tanaka has been coveting the sports cars in Bai Chuanfeng's garage for a long time, and of course he can't wait to experience them while he is resting.

"I don't have time tomorrow, because I have to accompany my mother and the others to the Royal Palace. Prince Akihito took special care of him, the kindness is hard to say~"

"." Ryuzo Tanaka.

Because the New Year is spent here in Tokyo, it is inevitable that some local families will pay a visit.

The Royal Palace is just one of them, and of course it ranks first in the planned itinerary.

After all, how can it be said that Prince Ren still has to give face, besides, Bai Chuanfeng is also a little curious about the place where the royal family lives.

However, after a personal visit, Bai Chuanfeng became less interested in the so-called Royal Palace.

Exquisite is exquisite, but compared with Chinese gardens, I always feel that it lacks a sense of grandeur and elegance.

As for Kazuko, they are more interested in Sensoji Temple than in the Imperial Palace. Going to Asakusa to enjoy a stick of incense after the next year is naturally an indispensable part of the Shirakawa Feng family's itinerary.

Look at the red and white in the New Year, and visit relatives and friends to worship the shrine after the new year.

Throughout January, the Bai Chuanfeng family was very busy in Tokyo, but there was also a press conference on the other side of the ocean that affected the entire computer industry.

Tuesday, January 24, 1984.

California, De Anza College, Cupertino, Flint Center for the Performing Arts.

In the entire performance hall, the viewing platforms on the upper, middle and lower floors were packed with eagerly awaited audiences.

As the lights gradually dimmed, the discussions in the performance hall also gradually disappeared.

The world was silent at this moment, and everyone held their breath.

Finally, Gangzhu Qiao, with flying hair and a smile on his face, stepped onto the stage confidently under the lights.

"Oh~", "Whew~"

Before he could speak, there was a burst of cheers and whistles from the audience.

Mr. Joe in a black suit, with a bow tie, and that charming smile.

Not to mention that at the age of 29, he really has some demeanor of Cruise.

"The year was 1958, and IBM passed up an opportunity to acquire an emerging technology company.

This small company just invented a technology called Xerography. Two years later, Xerox was established, and IBM has since regretted it. "

"Haha~" The audience burst into laughter.

Joe's opening remarks directly ridiculed IBM's short-sightedness and ignorance.

Xerox is the Xerox Corporation, and he is also the technical source of Apple's computer graphics system.

Then Jobs introduced the origin of the personal computer and the history of the birth of Apple.

In these introductions, he did not forget to continue to mock IBM's short-sightedness incidentally.

It can be said that in the first three minutes of the entire press conference, Jobs dissed IBM from all aspects.

As for why there is such a big grievance, it is because in the Beimi market, the two have been competing for the throne of the PC boss.

After pissing off IBM, Joe's gang leader played a short commercial made by Apple for the Macintosh computer.

After that, we entered the theme of this conference, "Today we will release the third milestone product in the industry, the Macintosh."

"Believe me, it's maddeningly good. Macs will stay at a mainstream price point, $2,495!

You can find it today at 1,500 outlets across the country. "

As the voice fell, there was another burst of cheers in the hall.

The $2,495 computer price is unimaginable in Neon.

After all, the converted price of more than 600,000 yen is three times more expensive than the 200,000 high-end neon products.

But all of this is indeed mainstream in the Beimi market, and IBM also started with one or two thousand dollars.

I have to say that the American people from middle-class families in this era are really rich.

After announcing the price, Mr. Qiao began to introduce the various advantages of Mac computers.

Functions such as the mouse, windows, icons, drop-down menus, moving and clicking, copying and pasting, etc., have all become the magic weapons in Jobs' mouth.

"Mac has SIC's 80281 32-bit processor, believe me its performance beats Intel's 8088 tenth street!"

Here, Gangzhu Qiao also blows up the SIC chip without hesitation, and he himself is really very satisfied with the SIC80281.

Just like Bai Chuanfeng said at the beginning, the price and performance really beat Intel 8088.

Nonsense, this is a product under the latest 3-micron process technology, of course it is stronger than the antique 8088.

The 32 bits that Jobs just mentioned is actually a bit watery. The SIC80281 address bus is 32 bits, but the data bus is only 16 bits.

To put it bluntly, it was a bit of a word game, but the unaware audience still responded with enthusiastic cheers.

"Just as 5.25-inch floppy disks were mainstream in the 1970s, CDs are now mainstream in the 1980s.

It is safe and secure, and can store 700MB of data. Yes, you heard it right, 700MB!

That's roughly equivalent to the sum of what's written on 330,000 sheets of paper. Imagine what that would be like. "

As soon as Jobs finished speaking, there was enthusiastic cheers and whistles from the audience.

They may not know what 700MB is, but they know that the floppy disk they usually use is 400KB!

The difference of nearly 2,000 times was indeed completely beyond their imagination to be honest.

In order to allow the audience to experience the power of the Mac computer more personally, Jobs directly opened the package on the spot and began to demonstrate the operation of the Mac computer.

With one hand, an off-white Mac computer was placed steadily on the display stand. This is the world's first all-in-one computer.

As soon as it was unveiled, the simple appearance aroused everyone's cheers.

After the power was connected, Jobs took out a CD from his suit pocket and flashed it to the audience, then stuffed it into the CD drive under the Mac computer.

After finishing these, he left the display table and returned to the podium.

The Mac computer that automatically recognized the disc not only displayed a picture on the interface, but even played music directly on the spot.

BGM: "Chritos of Fire", a chariot of fire.

Because the capacity of the disc is large enough, the music has not been compressed, and the unparalleled sound quality directly shocked everyone present.

As the BGM entered the climax, words like "Macintosh" began to scroll on the Mac computer screen.

Until the end of the music, what stays on the screen is "Macintosh, insanity great!"

Mac, I am so crazy!