giants of the era

Chapter 201 Don't Hit the South Wall and Don't Look Back (Part [-])
Andy Becketterson, Scott Marconi, and others felt very helpless. They never expected that Sun Computer Systems, founded by Li Zetian, was also developing graphics workstations, let alone Sun 1.0 graphics workstations, with such performance. Excellent, far surpassing the graphics workstations developed by Moon Microsystems, making Moon workstations uncompetitive.

"Sigh, the Sun 1.0 workstation is too powerful! When we come to CES this time, we can only hope that someone will value our company's potential and invest in the development of a new generation of workstations!" Andy Baker Torsen shook his head and sighed.

The exhibition stand was too remote, and no one came to patronize. Scott Marconi stretched out a hand to support the table in boredom. After hearing what Andy Becketterson said, he just nodded weakly and did not speak. .

They were a group of people who dropped out of school to start a business full of enthusiasm and passion, but they were quickly poured cold water.

It is not easy to start a business, especially when industry giants also enter graphics workstations, it will be even more difficult...

Scott Marconelli sighed slightly, raised his head and looked forward, at this moment, he was suddenly taken aback!
Not far ahead, Dr. Jim Clark led Li Zetian and his party over here.

"Andy Becketterson, look over there!!!" Scott Marconi pointed forward with his right hand while whispering in surprise.

Andy Bechtorsen also saw it at this time. Like Scott Marconelli, he had a very surprised expression, and at the same time, his heart was full of doubts.

When Li Zetian walked in front of them, the two stood up straight unconsciously.

"Mr. Li and Dr. Clark, hello!" The two said in unison.

"I'm Andy Baker Torsen!"

"Scott Marconelli!"

The two introduced themselves separately.

Li Zetian nodded and looked at them. Stanford University is indeed a place that breeds entrepreneurial geniuses. These two are rare talents, young and promising!
When dealing with young people, Li Zetian was very direct and said straightforwardly: "Andy Becketterson, Scott Marconelli, it's a pleasure to meet you. I heard from Dr. Clarke that you have created a company that is also producing graphics It is a workstation company, and the product is not bad, so I came to have a look.”

"Mr. Li, how can our products compare with Sun 1.0 workstations..." Scott Marconelli shook his head and said embarrassedly.

Li Zetian smiled slightly and said, "Don't belittle yourself. You started your business while in college. This is amazing! Are you interested in joining Sun Computer Systems?"

Scott Marconelli and Andy Becketterson were taken aback when they heard the words.

Before the two of them could react, Li Zetian added: "Dr. Clark has joined Sun Computer Systems..."

As soon as the words fell, the two were shocked and looked at Dr. Jim Clark.

Dr. Jim Clark nodded with a smile: "Sun Computer Systems acquired SGI, thanks to Mr. Li, I am now the Chief Technology Officer of Sun Computer Systems! Mr. Li knows that you have extraordinary talents, so I came here specially. You are invited to join Sun!"

Li Zetian asked with a smile at this time: "Don't you want to join a legendary company that can defeat industry giants such as DEC and IBM in the United States? Sun Computer Systems is currently the most likely to surpass them in minicomputers and even supercomputers." !!!”

A look of excitement and hesitation flashed across their faces.

Li Zetian said in his heart, it seems that we need to increase the fire, not only to discuss ideals with them, but also to discuss interests, after all, they have just graduated from university, and economic conditions are very important.Therefore, Li Zetian mentioned the equity incentive system again, and also spent 100 million US dollars to acquire Moon Microsystems!
Scott Marconelli and Andy Becketterson were quite moved. They looked at each other and nodded secretly.

"Mr. Li, we are willing to join Sun Computer Systems!!!" The two said in unison again.

Li Zetian couldn't help being overjoyed, and turned a possible future competitor into his own strength, turning the enemy into his own use!

"Very good, welcome to join this big group!" Li Zetian showed a slight smile, and shook hands with the two of them.Immediately, Dongfang Yuqin was also asked to draft the agreement, and then signed the contract.

Li Zetian smiled and said to them: "Sun Computer Systems has its own office building in Los Angeles, and the employees of SGI and Moon have moved here. As for the accommodation problem, the company has staff dormitories here. Of course, you can also solve it yourself!"

"Okay." Dr. Jim Clark, Scott Marconelli, and Andy Baker Tosen nodded in agreement.

Li Zetian looked at the time and thought that Thomas Rockefeller and others should also come, so he bid farewell to Jim Clark and others.

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The CES exhibition was very big, and Li Zetian sent people to watch at the door, and whenever there was news, he would notify Dongfang Yuqin.

Li Zetian looked at her sideways and asked, "Dongfang Yuqin, is Thomas Rockefeller here?"

Dongfang Yuqin nodded, "Here we come!"

Li Zetian suddenly showed a strange smile: "Go, go and see them."

"Okay, Mr. Li, they are over there now!"

After a while, Li Zetian met with Thomas Rockefeller and others.

"Mr. Rockefeller, have you been to Commodore's booth?" Li Zetian asked when they met.

"No."

"How about we go and see together?"

"Okay, let's go and have a look!" Thomas Rockefeller nodded, he wanted to know what new products Commodore could have!

Li Zetian smiled and led Thomas Rockefeller and others there.

Commodore's booth was very lively, they launched an epoch-making computer - "Commodore-64" (commodore C64).Its characteristic is that everything is integrated into the keyboard, such as the sound tape for storage, 20KB of ROM, 64KB of RAM and so on.Another very important point is that its price is only 595 US dollars, which is less than half of Apple-ll!
In the previous life, this "Volkswagen of Computers" made many families understand the concept of computers for the first time. Over the years, it has sold 2200 million units, surpassing any other PC models. It was once the best-selling computer, with more than 6000 platform games kind.

However, the profit is too low. Although they sold a lot, they didn't make any money.

Even so, Commodore-64 has made an outstanding contribution to the development of personal computers, occupying 30% to 40% of the market at one time!
Right now, Apple is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the release of the Commodore-64 computer will undoubtedly seize Apple's market share and deal a heavy blow to it!
When Thomas Rockefeller and others saw the Commodore-64 computer, they all had ugly faces and turned away after a while.

Li Zetian smiled knowingly and followed.

"Mr. Rockefeller, you have also seen how popular the Commodore-64 computer is! Once this product goes on the market, Apple may be unable to parry it, resulting in even more serious losses for the company! I think that it will not take long for Apple's market value to reach When the time comes, there may not even be 25 billion U.S. dollars!" Li Zetian said indifferently, his tone was not threatening, but simply stating a fact.

Thomas Rockefeller's face was complicated and tangled.

The rest were no better.

Li Zetian's words hit their vital points, making them very uncomfortable!

Thomas Rockefeller did not immediately agree to Li Zetian's acquisition conditions, and left immediately, thinking that although the Commodore-64 computer was very popular at the exhibition, whether it sold well is another matter.

Watching them leave, Li Zetian couldn't help but shook his head and said, "If you don't hit the south wall and don't look back, well, just wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)