giants of the era

Chapter 77 Transfer $100 Million

Li Zetian couldn't help laughing secretly, he always copied Nintendo's products, I'm afraid it might have passed out crying in the toilet, but it really doesn't matter, because it won't be long before Sony will accompany you...

Li Zetian chuckled, then left Sunbird Company and went to Apple Company!

As for the secret weapon he mentioned, when the hardware engineers come, they will naturally say it.

When he came to Apple, Li Zetian went to Tian Shuai's office.

"What is IBM's reaction now?" Li Zetian asked.

Tian Shuai poured a glass of water for Li Zetian, and replied: "It is said that after waking up from the hospital, Thomas Watson Jr. opened his mouth and said that he wanted to enter personal computers, but it was quickly rejected by the IBM board of directors." Mori family established)

"Uh, rejected?" Li Zetian wondered, he thought that IBM would immediately enter the personal computer industry!

"Yes,"

Tian Shuai explained, "Since January 1969, 1, IBM encountered the antitrust law and began to be involved in protracted lawsuits. Currently, IBM's computers occupy more than 17% of the global market share. If IBM at this time Entering the personal computer industry, there is suspicion of continuing monopoly, and the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a monopoly judgment against IBM!"

As he said that, Tian Shuai laughed and said, "Right now, the real enemy of IBM is actually the "Anti-Monopoly Law" of the United States! In 1971, Wang An Computer Company launched the Wang An word processor, and Thomas Watson Jr. also saw the text. However, IBM was restricted by the "Anti-Monopoly Law" of the United States at that time, and could not launch a comprehensive counterattack against Wang An. It could only cling to the lucrative mainframe and minicomputer fields. And it is the same this time! I don't think IBM is going to be in the PC business anytime soon unless they get out of the antitrust law pretty quickly."

It turns out there is this one out!
While Li Zetian was happy, he also had secret worries in his heart.

It is said that even IBM has been made so miserable by the "Anti-Monopoly Law" of the United States, how should I solve this problem in the future?

Li Zetian shook his head, thinking, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain!When you have money, build a strong team of lawyers to solve this problem for yourself!
In addition, even if the company is split into two companies due to the anti-monopoly law, at most the shares of one company will become the shares of two companies.

Li Zetian took a sip of water and said, "Before IBM is freed from the "Anti-Monopoly Law", Apple must seize the opportunity to grow rapidly! Recruit more outstanding talents to join our company and develop more advanced technologies. Keep up our leadership in personal computing!!!"

Tian Shuai nodded: "Don't worry, I know how to do it!"

"Ah."

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With Sunbird's reputation rising in the industry, it was much easier for Li Zetian to poach people.A few days later, Li Zetian poached four more powerful hardware engineers from other companies.

He then called the four engineers to a meeting in his office to announce new projects to be developed.

"This time, what we are going to do is very unique. It is called Game-Watch, a portable game console! Each console has a specific game that can be displayed on the LCD. Please see this is my design drawing !"

With that said, Li Zetian sent a design drawing to the four of them.

There is an LCD in the middle, a cross arrow key on the left, and two buttons A and B on the right. It is a very simple portable game console.Limited by the current technology, only one game can be installed on each host, that is to say, only one game can be played on one host.

The Game-Watch was Nintendo's first portable game console, with a total of 3200 million units sold.The second generation is the very famous Gameboy, with a total sales of more than [-] million units. It is the best-selling electronic game console in the world. It can change game cards on the machine.

After reading the design drawings, the four hardware engineers were full of praise!

"Mr.li, once this little toy is made, it will definitely become popular all over the world!!!" One of the engineers vowed.

"Hehe, I think so," Li Zetian said with a smile, "So, please develop it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The four of them responded in unison.

With Game-Watch, Sunbird can transform from a single game software development company into a game giant with game console platforms!Third-party game developers must cooperate with Sunbird if they want to enter Game-Watch!

If Sunbird failed to acquire Atari, then when developing home game consoles, they would be able to have a group of third-party game developers belonging to the Sunbird camp ahead of time!

Be prepared for everything, you can't go wrong anyway!
Li Zetian nodded, smiled slightly, and told them to do something!Afterwards, Li Zetian went to the patent office and applied for a patent for Game-Watch, especially the "cross direction control key", which is simply a patent killer!
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Apple-ll's sales began to drop sharply after a week.

However, this is normal. Apple-ll personal computers are still quite expensive, and low-income families will not buy Apple-ll. In addition, the United States is currently in a recession, and many people's income has been greatly reduced.Apple's products are originally positioned as high-end products, so the number of users is naturally not very large.

One month later, the total sales of Apple-ll personal computers reached 1.8 units, of which 1.4 were low-end and 0.4 were high-end, with sales reaching 3000 million US dollars.The subsequent sales will definitely not be as good as the first month, but Li Zetian has already thought of a trick. He plans to wait for Apple-ll sales to start reducing prices, and then launch an enhanced version of Apple-ll-Plus. Use it decisively, and earn Yankee money like crazy! !
Li Zetian estimated that Apple's sales this year are expected to exceed [-] million US dollars!

Of course, sales does not mean earning so much money, and various expenses such as hardware costs, distributor fees, taxes, etc. must be removed.But Apple-ll's product profits are very high, accounting for almost 35% of the selling price.So, this month alone, Apple made at least $1000 million.

In addition, Microsoft and Sunbird also made a lot of money!
Microsoft's sales soared this month, selling nearly 200 copies of Excel at $160 each, or $50 million.In addition, there is the license fee for the Microsoft-DOS operating system. In order to occupy the market, the license fee is relatively cheap, 150 US dollars per machine. This is not only for Apple-ll personal computers, but also for other companies’ personal computers. For about 60 million US dollars.There is also a BASIC program authorization fee, which is about 370 US dollars.Therefore, Microsoft's sales this month reached 150 million US dollars, and the net profit was about [-] million US dollars.

Sunbird sold more than 3 copies of the game in total this month, with sales reaching US$300 million and a net profit of more than US$200 million.

Although the company has made money, if it wants to develop the company quickly, the money must be invested immediately. For example, if Apple wants to open a flagship store, engage in technology research and development, advertise, etc., the money it earns will be burned quickly.

Even so, Li Zetian still transferred 100 million U.S. dollars from Apple's account to his own personal account, because he is very poor now, he doesn't even have [-] U.S. dollars in his bank card, and he has neither a car nor a house. The staff are inferior!
Li Zetian often laughs at himself: "Oh, the big bosses of the two companies, Apple and Microsoft, are so miserable, I'm afraid no one will believe it..."

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