giants of the era

Chapter 24 The Big Four of Microsoft Corporation Gather

Li Zetian's vacation is coming soon, Xiao Zhixuan urged him to return to Harvard University in the United States.

So, on March 3, Li Zetian flew to Boston Airport in the United States by plane.As for the manuscript "Zhu Xian", Li Zetian planned to publish it directly by "Times Literature Publishing House" after finishing writing it in the United States. The pseudonym Mr.li is already well-known in Taiwan. If the book is published directly, I believe many people will be willing to buy it.If it is serialized in newspapers or magazines, most readers will not want to spend money on books after reading it once.

After returning to school, Li Zetian immediately called Yu Jingqiu and told her that he had already returned to school.In fact, Li Zetian called Yu Jingqiu every night in Taiwan, talking on the phone.However, the time is not long, about 10 minutes.A lot of time is still spent writing books.In addition, Yu Jingqiu also has a lot of homework to do.

The Harvard University library has a lot of inspirational quotes.

"Without hardship, there is nothing to gain."

"Snooze now, and you will dream; study now, and you will realize your dream."

Students at Harvard University play for fun, but when studying, they are still very hardworking.No one can succeed casually.Both Li Zetian and Yu Jingqiu are working hard for their future.You know, you don't learn, you don't improve, and at this moment, your future competitors may be turning the pages...

in the dormitory.

Bill Gates introduced a friend to Li Zetian, his name is Paul Allen.

Li Zetian is no stranger to this person. Paul Allen is the co-founder of Microsoft, and his computer skills are not inferior to Bill Gates.He and Bill Gates are two well-known computer prodigy children in Seattle. They are also students of Lakeside Middle School, but Paul Allen is older, in the upper grade, and Bill Gates is in the lower grade.In his previous life, Paul Allen didn’t even have a prototype of the Altair 8800 microcomputer. With only an Intel-8080 processor manual, Paul Allen used the PDP-10 computer produced by DEC to imitate the Intel-8080 integrated block to develop the BASIC language. It was almost impossible for those engineers, but Allen accepted the challenge. Eight weeks later, a set of BASIC language was successfully developed. Since then, the Altair 8 microcomputer has its own programming language. Microsoft started to make its debut, crushed all the way, and became the nightmare of countless software companies!
Li Zetian knew that before the establishment of Microsoft Corporation, Paul Allen had repeatedly persuaded Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard University to start a business with him. I think this time is also to persuade Bill Gates to drop out of school to start a business together!Moreover, according to Li Zetian’s knowledge, in order to persuade Bill Gates to drop out of school and start a business with him, Paul Allen dropped out of HSD State University and came to Boston. While looking for a job near Boston, he lobbied Bill Gates.

Uh... to persuade people to drop out of school to such an extent, I have to be admirable! ! !

Li Zetian stared at Paul Allen, looked at him, and said secretly in his heart, "I should leave it to me to persuade Bill Gates to drop out of school. Start a business, follow me in the future!!!”

At this time, Bill Gates pointed to Paul Allen and Li Zetian successively, and introduced: "Hi, Chronos, this is my friend - Paul Allen, he is also a computer programming expert! Paul, this This is Chronos.Lee, that's the super genius I always mentioned to you on the phone!!!"

"Hello, Paul!" Li Zetian showed a very friendly smile, and stretched out his hand to say hello. How can I say that Paul Allen is likely to be one of his generals in the future, so it is natural to leave a good impression on him.

"Hello, Chronos, I have known you for a long time. I heard that your programming skills are better than Bill's. It's really admirable!" Paul Allen and Li Zetian shook hands and said a little excitedly.Bill Gates has never convinced him, because although Bill Gates is younger than him, he is better than him in many aspects, but such a proud person is very convinced by the foreign student from China in front of him. Don't make Paul Allen look up to Li Zetian.

Li Zetian smiled and didn't say any modest words like "you're being polite". His strength lies there and deserves his praise.In addition, Americans go straight, if you are too humble, they will think you are hypocritical.

Since the three of them are all masters in computer programming, they share similar interests and chat easily.

Chatting and chatting, Paul Allen not only persuaded Bill Gates to drop out of school, but even persuaded Li Zetian to drop out of school!
Li Zetian can't laugh or cry, is Paul Allen a maniac who persuades people to drop out of school? !

"Chronos, don't you think computers are developing very rapidly? Five years ago, there were only a handful of companies and schools that used computers, but now, many schools and businesses in the United States have started to use computers!"

"Uh, it is indeed developing very fast!"

"With the popularity of computers, I believe that business software will have great potential for development in the future! Chronos, have you ever thought about dropping out of school to start a business?!"

Li Zetian is also planning to drop out of school, but this is not the best time to agree to Alan Paul. If Li Zetian agrees to drop out of school now and start a business with him, then, as the company's co-founder, Li Zetian's shareholding in the company It's very unreasonable that you can't make a lot more than the other party, and it's impossible for the other party to agree.As a person who traveled from the future, Li Zetian is very ambitious. First of all, the company must be his own. Bill Gates and Paul Allen can own part of the shares, but they must not add up to more than 40%. In the future, there will be financing and listing. If Li Zetian has too few shares, he will not be able to control Microsoft!
Therefore, the only way is for Li Zetian to establish Microsoft first and make some achievements, and then invite them to join Microsoft and give them a part of the shares.

Li Zetian threw the ball to Bill Gates at this time: "Bill, are you planning to drop out of school?"

At this moment, Bill Gates is just an ordinary Harvard University student, and no one can imagine what it will be like in the future.For Bill Gates, his father is a well-known lawyer, and lawyers are rich and well-known in the United States. Therefore, Bill Gates' dream is to inherit his father's career and become a lawyer, so he became Law student at Harvard University.A diploma from Harvard University is still very important to him.In addition, Bill Gates' parents strongly disagreed with him dropping out of school.Therefore, despite Paul Allen's repeated persuasion, he still could not shake Bill Gates. Until the appearance of the Altair-8800 microcomputer, Bill Gates saw a promising business opportunity, so he resolutely dropped out of school to start a business!

As expected by Li Zetian, Bill Gates shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Paul, I have to think about it..."

Paul Allen sighed in disappointment, but he was not discouraged.

At this time, the door of the dormitory opened, and Steve Ballmer walked in.

"Who's this?" Steve Ballmer asked.

Paul Allen stood up and introduced himself: "My name is Paul Allen, nice to meet you! You are Steve Ballmer, I heard Bill Gates talk about you."

"Yes, I'm Steve Ballmer, nice to meet you!"

The two shook hands, let go, and walked to the sofa together to sit down.

Li Zetian looked around, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer, Nima, and the Big Three of Microsoft are all here, no, if you count yourself, it should be the Big Four...

(Tomorrow is Monday, a new week, a new beginning, all over the place, begging for support, there was a QQ book friend group: 424930141, the number of people is not full, you can enter)

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