giants of the era

Chapter 236 The Chinese "Veyron" car! ! ! (third change)

Li Zetian glanced at everyone and said: "On January 1983, 1, ARPANET officially used the TCP/IP protocol to replace the old NCP network control protocol, and then it was jointly promoted by Galaxy Networks and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Now, the TCP/IP protocol has become popular in the society, and hundreds of universities in the United States have used the TCP/IP protocol! In the future, more users will join Arpanet, and e-mail will have commercial value !"

As soon as the TCP/IP protocol becomes popular, the real Internet (Internet) will soon be born.In this era, Li Zetian has the clearest understanding of the Internet, and he is very clear about the impact the Internet will bring in the future!
At this time, everyone nodded to express their understanding.In fact, Microsoft's Windows 1.0 operating system supports the TCP/IP network protocol. This is a function that Li Zetian asked Gary Kildall's operating system development team to add.

Admittedly, the commercial value of developing e-mail is not great, but the future development potential is huge, and the technical accumulation of e-mail is also very necessary.After Microsoft went public, it had strong financial resources, so it was no problem to recruit more talents and develop e-mail.

Now that Microsoft has been listed and raised funds, if the money is still in hand and has not been spent, then it is not a good use of money at all. Only when the money is used in technology and talents, can the company develop rapidly and stand firm. defeated.

Li Zetian proposed PowerPoint and e-mail two projects in a row, in fact, to let Microsoft spend money and develop rapidly.

Of course, PowerPoint is indeed a very profitable heavyweight software.

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After the meeting, Microsoft began to act. According to Li Zetian's suggestion, Bill Gates sent someone to poach the wall and "father of E-mail" Ray Tomlinson (Ray Tomlinson).

Li Zetian feels that his collection addiction is getting worse, especially the father of something in the technology world. He has collected many such people now.

For example, "Father of DOS Operating System" Gary Kildare, "Father of Microprocessor" Ted Hoff, "Father of Disk" Alan Shugart, "Father of Video Games" Nolan Bushner You wait... I am afraid that in the future, you can make a deck of playing cards.

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Ray Tomlinson was very surprised at this time, and did not understand why Microsoft hired him with a high salary.

Of course, Ray Tomlinson was surprised, which was normal.

sndmsg email has no commercial value, and Ray Tomlinson is not famous.In fact, in the technology world, there are too many unsung heroes like Ray Tomlinson. They have made great contributions to mankind, but they have not received due rewards and glory.Some people will not be remembered until decades later, while others will remain unknown all their lives...

"Mr. Ray Tomlinson, Chronos Li personally invited you to Microsoft by name, and will entrust you with important tasks, which is better than your obscure job at Newman!" The HR manager of Microsoft said sincerely.

Ray Tomlinson was even more surprised at this time. The people Chronos Li personally named were enough to see that the other party valued him.However, Ray Tomlinson was still puzzled and asked curiously, "I can't figure out why Chronos Li values ​​me so much?"

"Because you invented the sndmsg e-mail, and you are an expert in this field! To be honest, Microsoft is planning to develop a commercial version of e-mail, so I look forward to your joining!!!"

"Business version of email???"

Ray Tomlinson couldn't help showing a look of astonishment on his face. He is the inventor of e-mail, but he has never been able to discover its commercial value.

The manager of Microsoft's personnel department said while the iron was hot: "Mr. Tomlinson, don't you want to see the e-mail you invented become popular all over the world and become the communication method used by everyone? Come to Microsoft, we can work with you to achieve this. dream!
At that time, the whole world will know that Mr. Ray Tomlinson is the father of E-mail! ! ! "

When Ray Tomlinson heard the last sentence, his heart trembled inexplicably.

Joining Microsoft, you have money, reputation, and status. Ray Tomlinson is not a saint, so he was immediately moved.

"Okay, I am willing to join Microsoft!!" He nodded in agreement.

The HR manager of Microsoft stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Microsoft welcomes you to join us!"

Ray Tomlinson reached out to shake his hand, and immediately said, "It will take a while for me to leave my job. After about two weeks, I can go to Microsoft to report."

"No problem, the position of development manager for Microsoft's e-mail program is reserved for you until you take over."

"Okay, thank you very much!"

After the manager of Microsoft's personnel department settled Ray Tomlinson, he immediately called Bill Gates back, and Bill Gates then called Li Zetian.After Li Zetian heard the news, he was overjoyed.

"The father of e-mail, Ray Tomlinson, joined Microsoft to develop e-mail, which is awesome! Hehe..."

Li Zetian ended the call with Bill Gates, and then continued to look at the documents. This is a fax from SAIC-Rolls-Royce. The above content is roughly that the Veyron brand car has been successfully developed and the Veyron The first production line of automobiles is ready for mass production.

The design style of Veyron is very similar to that of Rolls-Royce, with a sense of domineering, which also coincides with the brand name "Veyron".The Veyron's car logo is a golden five-clawed dragon that is soaring through the clouds and fog. It looks very majestic!Although a lot of Rolls-Royce technology is used, the price is not expensive, and the price of each car is 5 yuan.It's just that there are very few million-dollar households in mainland China, and I'm afraid only local tyrants in big cities, government agencies, and research institutions can afford it.

According to statistics at the end of December [-]: Shenzhen, as a special economic zone, has only emerged with more than [-] "ten thousand households".

In fact, Li Zetian is still a little worried about how many Veyron cars can be sold for 5 yuan.In fact, the price is already very low, and if it is lower, there will not be much profit.Due to the limited level of China's auto industry during this period, the domestic production rate of Veyron's parts was only 6%, so many parts had to be purchased from abroad at high prices, which increased manufacturing costs.

Li Zetian closed the file and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he shook his head and said to himself: "Forget it, no matter how much it sells, mainland China is very poor now, and I don't expect it to make more money! Santana has not yet established a production line in China, and Veyron has already taken the lead This is enough! Car manufacturers are actually just downstream of the industrial chain, without production equipment and parts, how can cars be made? Only by mastering the upstream of the industrial chain can they really have the right to speak!!! Just like Aisi Moore (ASML) has mastered the top lithography machine, and all semiconductor companies have to rely on it!!!”

PS: It’s the third update, and I will write the fourth update immediately. No matter how late it is tonight, I must write it.

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