giants of the era

Chapter 29 Microsoft Corporation
For the other party's kindness to stay, Li Zetian could only express regret. After hanging up the phone, he went back to the bedroom and fell asleep.If you get enough sleep, you will have the energy to develop the BASIC language the next day.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, a week has passed.

There will be an exam tomorrow, and tonight, the Harvard University Primal-Scream streaking event is grandly opened!
Steve Ballmer finally failed to persuade Li Zetian to go naked with him, so he went alone.

There was a very lively sound outside the dormitory building, and Bill Gates stood in front of the window and looked down.It's a pity that the floor is a bit high and I can't see clearly.

"Chronos, how about we go down to see the excitement?" Bill Gates came to Li Zetian's room and suggested.

Li Zetian thought to himself, are you going to see the excitement, or to see the naked bodies of the girls?

"Bill, you want to see girls naked~~~ right? You go by yourself, I have a girlfriend, mental cheating is also called cheating, do you understand? Well, with someone like you who has never been in a relationship What people say is in vain..."

"..." Bill Gates was speechless, almost crying without tears.

Li Zetian had just finished speaking when suddenly he thought of something, wouldn't Yu Jingqiu also go to watch the excitement or participate in the Primal-Scream streaking event... He immediately picked up the phone and was about to call Yu Jingqiu, but Before dialing the number, she put it down immediately, thinking, Yu Jingqiu is a relatively conservative traditional woman, how could she participate in the Primal-Scream streaking event?Indeed, Yu Jingqiu has been staying in the bedroom to read and review... In fact, in this era, Chinese girls are not as open as they were in 2016. Not to mention participating in the Primal-Scream streaking event, there are not many people even if they go to see the excitement.

Li Zetian kept his ears to the outside world and continued to study his BASIC language.

He didn't know whether his rival MITS company was already manufacturing the Altair-8800 computer, and he had to hurry up and develop the Apple-l ahead of it.

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Recently, Roberts, the chairman of MITS, was frowning and couldn't sleep at night. The company's account had a deficit of more than 20 US dollars. In order to save the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy, he decided to put all his eggs in one basket. Produce a new generation of personal computers for computer enthusiasts! ! !

MITS was originally the first company in the United States specializing in the production and sales of calculators. The business was booming and profits were rolling. The company soon expanded to more than 100 people.However, the good times didn't last long. In 1970, the giant Texas Instruments also began to intervene in this market, and other companies also wanted to take the opportunity to make some money, and a price war broke out.At that time, there was a proverb: "Don't be afraid of the sky, don't be afraid of the earth, just be afraid of the big price cuts in Texas." Faced with the pressure of these giants, MITS is of course difficult to resist, and the company must find another way.

In the early morning of May 1974, 5, Roberts went to the bank again by car. Now only if the bank can give him a loan, MITS has the chance to survive and develop. Although he has been rejected by the bank many times, he still does not give up.

Bank of America.

"Mr. Smith, the 4 microprocessor released by Intel on April 1st seems to have an unclear use, but for me and some experienced electronic engineers, it is simply wonderful!!!" Roberts said excitedly A middle-aged man with a serious face in a suit and leather shoes said, "It integrates a set of primitive instructions - the 'instruction set' in the firmware, with digital and logic units, a clock, and registers for temporary storage. External memory, input and output devices, circuits and other components can be connected together to form a microcomputer that is comparable to a commercial computer!
Mr. Smith, please believe me, the chip will bring about a complete revolution, the computer will become smaller and cheaper, it will appear in every family like a TV, it will be an incomparable Huge market! ! ! "

After Roberts finished speaking, Hank Smith was moved. He is a bank manager who is very keen on technology investment. At this time, he asked, "Are you sure that MITS can produce this kind of microcomputer?!"

"I'm very sure, Mr. Smith! I can assure you with my career and character that I can definitely do it!" Roberts said proudly.

"Okay, Mr. Roberts, please wait outside for a while, let us discuss it and give you an answer right away!"

"OK, all right!"

Roberts stood anxiously in the corridor outside the door, waiting for the judgment of the god of fate.

A few minutes later, Mr. Hank Smith opened the door and said to Roberts with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Roberts. After our discussion, we have decided to give MITS a loan of US$6.5!"

"Oh, thank God, MITS is saved!" Roberts was very excited.

He hurried over and hugged Hank Smith: "Thank you!"

Smith smiled and said, "It's your sincerity and ideas that moved us!!"

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At this moment, Li Zetian was taking the exam in the examination room. He obviously didn't know that Roberts had persuaded the bank to give MITS a loan with his three-inch tongue. Soon, MITS would start developing the Altair-8800 computer.Under the influence of the butterfly effect, perhaps, the Altair-8800 computer will be released earlier than the previous life.

A few days later, the final exam was finally over, and Li Zetian also successfully completed the writing of the BASIC language at the same time. Immediately afterwards, he went to register the copyright of the BASIC language. Founded a subsidiary company named Microsoft, that is, Microsoft Corporation, and then "sold" the BASIC language written by itself to Microsoft Corporation!
Umbrella holds 70% of the shares, and Li Zetian personally holds 30%.

The purpose of doing this is to hide the number of shares Li Zetian holds in Microsoft, so that when Bill Gates, Paul Allen and others are brought in in the future, Li Zetian will not hold too many shares on the surface, so that they will not Feel good!

The trademarks all follow the LOGO of Microsoft in the previous life, the square four-leaf clover, with "Microsoft" written underneath.Of course, Umbrella's LOGO is the classic umbrella LOGO in the previous life, and Li Zetian likes this LOGO very much, it looks awesome! ! !
After completing a series of preparations, the results of the final exam came out. Except for computer and mathematics, Li Zetian's other subjects were poor. Even the music course was also poor, which surprised everyone!

"Is this the musical genius we know?" The music department questioned Li Zetian's musical talent!

If Li Zetian was asked to write songs, it would be no problem, he could do it easily, but the music course required a lot of professional music knowledge, Li Zetian didn't have time to learn these, how could he do well in the exam?
Not long after, the music department began to spread wild rumors that the song that Li Zetian sang at the New Year's Eve party that day was actually written by someone else. An attitude of being quick-witted and writing songs on the spot!
If he had real talent and learning, how could his music test scores be so poor? !

The doubts grew louder. When Chen Ruoxi heard the news, she felt a sense of gloating in her heart. Then she walked to Yu Jingqiu's room and said to Yu Jingqiu in a victorious tone: "Yu Jingqiu, have you heard that Li Zetian's The song "My Chinese Heart" is a plagiarism of other people's works, and now it has spread all over the city, and I am afraid that everyone in the Department of Music and the Chinese community in Harvard University knows it!!!"

Yu Jingqiu calmly took out a piece of paper from the drawer and handed it to Chen Ruoxi, saying, "Take it and have a look, it's also written by him!"

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