giants of the era

Chapter 40 Negotiating Business with Intel Corporation
After Li Zetian hung up the phone, he called Yu Jingqiu's BP machine. In the 20s, the pager communication service became popular and spread around the world.However, the price was very expensive, and Li Zetian was not willing to buy it, but Yu Jingqiu was equipped with a Motorola pager.

After a while, Yu Jingqiu called him back.

Li Zetian told her the good news that Apple-l was going to appear on the cover of "Popular Electronics".

Yu Jingqiu was very happy when she heard the words, and said: "That's really great. The circulation of "Popular Electronics" is hundreds of thousands, and many computer enthusiasts are loyal fans of the magazine. I think Apple-l personally Computers are sure to take America by storm!"

"Yes, we're almost there!"

"Congratulations, Zetian!"

"You should say, congratulations!!! You are one of us!"

"Yes, congratulations!" Yu Jingqiu said with a smile.

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask. I heard from Chen Ruoxi that your father knows about the two of us?"

Yu Jingqiu was silent for a while, and replied: "Yes!"

"Uncle, is he against it?"

"Yes! But he doesn't know you at all. If he knows you are so good, he will like you very much!"

"Hehe, of course!"

Li Zetian continued to chat for a while, then hung up the phone.

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On September 9th, Solomon called and said that "Popular Electronics" magazine decided to publish Apple-l as the cover on October 24st.

When Li Zetian heard the words, he was immediately full of motivation and passion. His career was about to take off, and the era that belonged to me, Li Zetian, was coming! ! !

Banking magnate JK Morgan created the Morgan era!

Oil magnate John Rockefeller created the Rockefeller era!
And I, a Chinese from China, will create the Li Zetian era of technology!

Tremble, this era, here I come! ! ! !
Li Zetian felt that the blood in his whole body seemed to be burning!
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zetian went to Intel Corporation to discuss the most important accessory business—the Intel 8080 microprocessor!

Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and manufactured the first processor 1971 in 4004. However, the company's main business is the development of SRAM and DRAM memory chips.Although the 4004, 8008, and 8080 microprocessors have been released in recent years, the market response has been mediocre, and Intel has not paid much attention to the microprocessor department.Even in the early 80s, Intel's main business was still memory chips.

At this moment, when the people from Intel heard that Li Zetian wanted to order 1000 yuan of 8080 microprocessors, they went crazy with excitement, as if they had been beaten.

Carlos Stephen, the person in charge of the project, said: "Mr. li, are you sure you want an order of 1000 yuan?"

"Of course, but you have to make huge concessions in terms of price!"

"Of course no problem. For big customers, we at Intel have always been willing to provide very favorable prices! The original price of the 8080 microprocessor is 359 US dollars, and we can reduce the price to 150 US dollars!!!"

"$60 a piece, if it doesn't work, then I'll go to Motorola, their company's chips are also very good!" Li Zetian said lightly.

"What? $60? Mr.li, you have bargained too much!" Carlos Stephen was stunned.

"First of all, even if you sell it for 60 dollars, I believe you will definitely make some money; secondly, the market share of your company's Intel 8080 microprocessor is extremely low, and it is better to sell it to me than to put it in the warehouse; lastly, and most importantly, , I bought the Intel 8080, which can open up the popularity of your products!!!”

"Mr.li, what is your company's product?"

"Personal computer! I brought one here, if you want to see it, I can take it out and show it to you!"

The person in charge of the Intel microprocessor project nodded and said: "I'm curious what kind of computer is a personal computer, and it can also open up the visibility for our 8080 processor!"

"Then please wait and see! Zhang Han!!!"

Li Zetian yelled at Zhang Han.

Zhang Han nodded, went to the trunk of the car and hugged Apple-l.

When Zhang Han was assembling the Apple-l, more and more employees of Intel came to see the excitement.

This time the Apple-l did not drop the chain, and the boot was normal!
Later, Zhang Han wrote some small programs using the BASIC language on it, and all the friends from Intel were shocked!

Although the Intel 8080 microprocessor was developed by their company, they don't know how to commercialize it.

"Is this computer using our Intel 8080 microprocessor?" Carlos Stephen asked in surprise!

"That's right, it's the Intel 8080 microprocessor! However, we still have an alternative, using Motorola's processor! So, if we can't discuss cooperation with Intel today, we will go to Motorola right away. In addition, a friendly reminder , this product is called the Apple-l model personal computer, and it will be on the cover of "Popular Electronics" on October 10st! I think Mr. Carlos Stephen should know what this means!"

Carlos Stephen's heart tightened. With such an awesome product, and it was featured on Popular Electronics, there is no doubt that Apple-8080 will become popular in the United States, no, it should be popular all over the world. If we say, Apple- l The Intel 8080 microprocessor is used, which will undoubtedly make the [-] microprocessor a research object for everyone, and its popularity will increase greatly. At that time, orders will inevitably continue to flow! ! !
"Mr.li, let's talk again, the price is negotiable! However, $60 is indeed too low, we Intel can't make any money at all! How about $70?"

Li Zetian shook his head, "Mr. Carlos Stephen, I'm afraid I have to go to Motorola to see who offers more favorable terms!"

With that said, Li Zetian stood up from his chair, making a gesture to leave.

In fact, Apple has never used Motorola's microprocessor for development, and Motorola's 6800 is much worse than Intel8080, Li Zetian looked down upon it.

Seeing that Li Zetian was about to leave, Carlos Stephen was in a hurry. He thought that even if he didn’t make money, he still had to get an order from Apple. First, he wanted to hit Motorola, a competitor, and second, he wanted to expand the popularity of the 8080 processor. Make money there! ! !
"Mr.li, please stay tuned!!! We agree to the price of $60!!!"

Li Zetian was secretly happy, so he sat back on the chair again.

"Mr. Carlos Stephen, in addition to an 60 processor for $8080, Intel must also ensure that Apple's order needs are prioritized. Once Apple-l becomes popular, 1000 processors will not be enough!!!"

"No problem, Mr.li, we can fulfill all your requests!"

"Okay, since that's the case, let's sign the contract now!!!" Li Zetian said with a smile, he was actually still calculating in his heart, and signed the contract first, so as not to have long nights and dreams. Intel's microprocessor production line is very small, and the output is limited, 1000 yuan The 8080 microprocessor is enough for Intel to produce for a while, and it may not be easy for MITS to get the 8080 microprocessor in a short time...

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