New York 1988

Chapter 140 Crazy Box Office Squeeze
"Terminator 2" finally bites the bullet and is released alongside "Pulp Fiction" on July 7.

After adjustments, Han Sheng usually swept the box office for several weeks before, they may have to postpone it for at least three weeks, but after three weeks, it is already August, and there are other films in August Woolen cloth.

Such as "Fighting Condor" and "Doctor Hollywood" and so on.

These are all big hit movies, and only Han Sheng, a futurist, knows that although they are not considered hits, they are also very average.

In this way, no matter how you let it go, why can't you just move out of the summer file.

The problem is, even if the summer schedule is taken out, Beyond Entertainment's "Rush Hour 2", "Home Alone 2" and many other films are waiting.

In addition, Sony also felt that the finished film of "Terminator 2" was really good, and James Cameron was also very persistent. Then, after all, it was not the same type, so they wanted to give it a try.

……

Since it will be released on the same day, Sony needs to pay more attention.

For example, the situation of the premiere ceremony, such as the feedback of theater audiences, the temporary adjustment of the number of screens in theaters, and of course, film reviews and box office data.

Not to mention the premiere, Han Sheng almost invited the whole of Hollywood, and for "Terminator 2", apart from Schwarzenegger, the future governor of California, only James Cameron and others Yes, the starlight is really dim, or it is simply a mess.

The "Los Angeles Times" newspaper joked the next day: "Is Sony sure it spent money? Are you sure this premiere is real? Well, anyway, I probably know Mr. Schwarzenegger alone. Others, Who?"

Just look at this tone and you will know.

Of course, Sony also knew that it couldn't compete in this aspect. Even its subsidiary Michael Jackson went there directly because of his appearance in "Pulp Fiction".

Therefore, they were also very low-key at first, and then they did it in a way of directly saving money.

However, the premiere ceremony can be ignored, and the evaluations of film critics, feedback from movie fans, and the adjustment of the number of screens by the theater staff, the adjustment of the screening time, etc. must be taken seriously, and even stared at. of.

Originally, before "Pulp Fiction" was announced to be released in July, Sony communicated with the theaters, and after watching the film, the theaters agreed to open about 7 theaters.

This is almost the same as the original time and space.

However, when Han Sheng announced that "Pulp Fiction" was also released on the same day, the theaters hadn't seen the film yet, and they cut down to only 1600 theaters.It is said that James Cameron had a quarrel with representatives of Emperor Cinemas at the time.

Then, the other party left a famous sentence, "In front of Vincent, who are you and how old are you?"

That's right, the other party is so naked.

Moreover, representatives of other theater chains, and even the media agree with it.

Today's Han Sheng is considered very important in the film industry. The box office of the films produced and distributed every year accounts for 30.00% of the entire North American box office. Moreover, with the passage of time and the growth of Beyond Entertainment, it seems that this proportion will continue to grow. Crazy increase.

And James Cameron.

Although "Terminator" and "Alien 2" are considered good, and they are very successful at the box office, they are only good. They have not yet produced "Terminator 2", "True Lies" and then "Titanic" in the original time and space. No. [-] World War I became king.

Especially his third work "The Abyss" the year before last failed miserably at the box office and word of mouth.

Therefore, he is at best a decent director with potential, but he is definitely not comparable to big shots like Spielberg and George Lucas.

The same is true, the theaters don't care about him.

It's very simple, theaters want to make money.

To make a very simple analogy, the same two people bring things to your store to sell, how much money they sell, and then you take a 45% commission.

One can sell about 100 yuan a day, and the other can sell 500 yuan.

Think about it, you can only get a commission of 45 yuan for the first one, but you can get 225 yuan for the other one, so it doesn't matter who you rent it to.

Even if you are benevolent, the managers and buddies under you, as well as the adults and children in the family, still have to make money to support them.

Uh, well, there are only vampires here, there is no bullshit and righteousness.

So, in the end, after seeing the finished film of "Pulp Fiction" in theaters, the opening theaters of "Terminator 2" became 1200, while "Pulp Fiction" got 2500.

This is the result when everyone thinks "Terminator 2" is good.

It can be seen how big the gap is between a title.

This also shows how cruel reality is.

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The number of theaters opened is just the beginning of the box office squeeze of "Terminator 2" by "Pulp Fiction".

Next, it is the number of screens and the timing of the filming.

When a film is released, for ordinary audiences, what are they watching? Familiar stars, and then stars with guaranteed performance, directors, and even companies.

Undoubtedly, for Han Sheng, who has an amazing record in the past, and whose films have a good reputation or hit the box office, there is no doubt that they have quality assurance, especially when there are so many superstars such as Tom Cruise.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, at the entrance of the Los Angeles International Theater.

A pair of 27-year-old young men, still two men, were cleanly dressed and decent. When they arrived at the door, they first looked around at various posters and so on, and then looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Look at what?" Asked the golden retriever McKay on the left.

The black-haired Redding on the right shrugged, "Whatever, but Vincent's new movie should be good, so many stars...!"

"I heard that it is not necessarily good to have more stars in a movie, so you have to change the plot randomly based on the stars!"

"Vincent's reputation is not bad, his previous movies are good, I don't think he will ruin the quality of movies for the sake of being a star!"

"Oke, then Pulp Fiction!"

A family of four, a couple in their fifties and two young people in their twenties.

"I love Tom Cruise," said the mother, "his Top Gun is great!"

"I like Sophie Marceau, I like Jennifer Aniston...!" said the two children.

Then my father shrugged. Obviously, there are three members of the family who have a favorite actor, so, don't ask, just choose that movie.

This is also the benefit of having more movie stars.

As for "Terminator 2", the father glanced at it, then curled his lips. He didn't know anyone in it, including Schwarzenegger.

As a person of his age, in fact, he seldom watches movies or anything. He prefers drinking, hunting and so on. However, Han Sheng has heard of it. It is when watching TV and newspapers that there are too many news about him. up.

Even though he is white, he is still a bit racist, but after watching too much, he is not so resistant.

……

It has to be said that in addition to Han Sheng's good reputation, the all-star lineup played a big role at this time.

Then, after seeing that almost [-]% of the various audiences who came to watch the movie because of the holiday chose "Pulp Fiction", good guy, the managers of the theater are the most honest.

Started straight up freeing up more screens, then better slots for Pulp Fiction.

"Fake, Fake, Fake!" Sony, who had been sending people to watch over here, naturally knew the situation very quickly.

They didn't expect that, apart from Han Sheng's crazy fans, the all-star lineup would have such a great influence on many ordinary audiences.

Um, it's like later on, the big eastern country made an all-star lineup to shoot movies casually to make money. Before, the big guys either didn't have the conditions, or they didn't expect it to be so easy to make money.

After all, the big guy was very particular about the plot and the like at the beginning, thinking that stacking stars is not the art of film at all.

Now, there is no doubt that Han Sheng has opened a new door for the big guys.

However, that's for the future. Right now, Sony is very uncomfortable, and James Cameron, who is holding his breath and preparing for revenge, is even more angry like a mad lion, constantly cursing people, and even starting to smash things up.

However, it's useless.

In the first two days, Han Sheng must have won.

His fans are crazy, but this time there is an all-star lineup.

So, the next day, the July 7th holiday, the previous day's box office came out.

Unsurprisingly, Pulp Fiction was a big win.

Although the box office on weekdays is not particularly high because there is no holiday yet, it has exceeded 1000 million, reaching 1019 million, while "Terminator 2" is only 323 million.

You know, in the original time and space, there are a full 615 million.

That's almost half the amount.

This is the so-called box office squeeze effect.

Han Sheng knows this best, as if in the original time and space, in fact, the filming of "My Fathers and Me" was okay, according to estimates, even if it is not as good as the previous works "My Motherland and Me" and "My Fathers and Me" Like "Hometown", they got more than 30 billion, and at least 25 billion.

But in fact, only half, more than one billion.

As for the reason, it is very simple. "Changjin Lake" is too fierce, it really exploded so violently that it directly squeezed some of the screens and filming time of "My Fathers and Me", and finally The latter resulted in disastrous results.

After all, the total number of people watching a movie is really limited.

……

After the box office came out, Han Sheng was not complacent.

He knew very well that the real battlefield was next, and that was when the various feedbacks from film critics and fans began to ferment wildly.

In the film industry, there are too many people who rely on word of mouth to counterattack slowly.

Han Sheng didn't want to be put down by "Terminator 2" because of this, especially after yesterday's fan feedback data came out, there was a big problem, and many people said they couldn't understand it.

Therefore, Han Sheng had to solve this problem.

Of course, the premise is that there are no spoilers. Instead, you have to explain while creating suspense, so that more people are curious, and then watch it in the theater.

For example, the later "Inception", with a seemingly open ending, cheated at least [-] million dollars in box office worldwide.

In addition, it is directly spending money to control reviews.

Well, it's that simple and rude.

The so-called "one power down ten meetings", sometimes, the simpler the method, the better.

As long as it wins at the box office, the money spent will be valuable, which means that it will all be earned back.

So, on July 7th, TV, newspapers, magazines, etc., were almost overwhelming with all kinds of information about "Pulp Fiction"'s plot analysis, character evaluation, overall movie style, shooting techniques, etc.

"Incisive black humor, unconventional structure, and extensive imitation and tribute, even if you don't talk about the box office, this is undoubtedly Vincent's best script in recent years, not even one...!" "New York Times"

""Pulp Fiction" is the touchstone of post-modern movies. Vincent even opened another window for independent films. Not to mention the stars, "Pulp Fiction" is an independent film with a strange structure but amazing...!" " Boston Herald.

"Simple yet pure, with strong cultural, historical and aesthetic significance, it is even a cultural watershed...!" Library of Congress.

"The film's eerie yet exciting blend of disciplined control and pure wild joy is, without a doubt, great...!" Entertainment Weekly.

Ordinary audiences are really easy to be guided.

This is the role of public opinion. After all, most of them have a herd mentality, or they are not very good at thinking, or they are too lazy to think. They just passively accept what is on TV, newspapers and magazines.

This is also the role of rumors, and even why it is called the fifth power.

Therefore, under this trend, "Pulp Fiction" became more and more popular.

July 7th, the National Day of the United States, is a two-day holiday, plus the 4th and 4th are Thursday and Friday, followed by the weekend, which is equivalent to a four-day holiday.

Therefore, the box office of this holiday is the most important.

Early in the morning on the 5th, less than six o'clock, Han Sheng just got up from Christina, and when he went outside, there was already yesterday's data on the fax machine.

Because yesterday was the first day of the holiday, or in other words, the box office on the first day of the real weekend would not be counted until yesterday, so the box office skyrocketed.

It rose directly from 1019 to 2285 million.

This data exceeded Han Sheng's forecast of about 1800 million.

Then, "Terminator 2" was even more miserable, with 551 million.

In other words, compared with 323, there is actually a big increase, but this thing can't be compared with myself. Otherwise, according to this trend, the box office of the five-day long weekend will also exceed 2000 million.

In that way, it seems to be good.

However, more than 2000 million is still not enough for "Pulp Fiction" for a day.

If so, it would be very hurtful.

Therefore, Sony was not reconciled, and then, the most common practice in the industry began, which was to find various ways to hack each other's videos.

As a result, rumors began to spread.

First of all, like the original time and space, some Nicole critics stood up, "The word 'hey ghost' is frequently used in the movie, as many as 18 times, which is a humiliation to us African Americans, and we announce a boycott of this movie !"

There was also a woman from the so-called Children's Family Association who came out, "Who made the PG-13 rating? Isn't this a secret operation of Chiguoguo? At least this is R-rated. This movie is full of fandom, murder, and the Color things, this is a kind of pollution to the social atmosphere and the environment in which children grow up and Shanghai...!"

Then came the counterattack of some film critics who received money, "The film is full of emptiness, superficiality, all kinds of abetting and leading crimes, and all the good reviews are nothing but hype that spends money...!"

In this way, the two sides started all kinds of talk and attacks.

And this way of playing, in the end, it depends on who spends more money, and whoever wins.

There is no doubt that Han Sheng is willing to spend money.

Originally, Warner threw money like crazy, and then he posted tens of millions of dollars himself and threw it in.

Good guy, these days, most of the production cost of a film is only 2000 to [-] million, and he directly spent tens of millions on publicity.

You know, we haven't reached the point where we sell films entirely by publicity. Now the big guys are focusing on long-term sales and the slow-moving one.

Therefore, in the case of him throwing money like crazy, the advantage is obvious.

The market is basically all about the positive reviews of "Pulp Fiction", mixed with the negative reviews of "Terminator 2". As for the negative reviews of "Pulp Fiction" and the positive reviews of "Terminator 2", they are almost covered up .

So, on the 8th, when the new week came, when the big guys counted the National Day long weekend, they suddenly found out that "Pulp Fiction" had won.

During the five-day long weekend, it won a box office of 9216 million US dollars.

Although it was five days, that was a record.

As for the "losangeles times" and other reports that it is regrettable that it has not exceeded [-] million, Han Sheng said that he is already very satisfied. The current market is still small, and the economy is not too prosperous. If it takes another four or five years, there will be no problems.

Any business depends on the economic foundation of the whole society.

"Terminator 2" was miserable. It just passed 2000 million, and it got a total of 2009 million box office in five days.

In other words, the box office is really good in the same period, and it can be regarded as a blockbuster. After all, there are a lot of products that are difficult to reach even tens of millions. If they reach 2000 million, they should already be overjoyed and beat the gong Drums are played.

However, people are like this, they like to compare.

Then, people are more angry than others. Seeing that "Pulp Fiction" has won more than 9000 million, and then looking at myself that has just passed 2000 million. Anyway, James Cameron is so angry that he is almost dead.

Um, if he knew that "True Lies", "Titanic" and "Avatar" in Han Sheng's hands were originally his, he would have died of anger.

Sony's gang of neon people are also angry.

However, they are more receptive to reality.

2000 million is okay, and then, if you spend more money on "Pulp Fiction", it's really useless. Han Sheng is rich and willful. If you spend money, he will spend more money than you. , more ruthless, and in the end, he was hacked even more ruthlessly.

Why bother, so they once again took the initiative to confess their love, and they are no longer black.

They were not black, so Han Sheng took the opportunity to save some money.

Of course, "Pulp Fiction" continued to soar.

In the original time and space, "Pulp Fiction" did not have enough theaters to open, and there was not enough publicity, and then there were not enough stars, and even the actors and plots were not as good as Han Sheng's version, and they were all taken in the United States. To [-] million.

Han Sheng felt that with the popularity of him and other superstars, [-] million would not be a problem, and then [-] million worldwide would be guaranteed.

Now, after the National Day long weekend box office came out, he has already set his sights on the goal of 3 million dollars in the United States and 7 million dollars worldwide.

In the second week, "Pulp Fiction" "slumped" by almost 4952%, and only got a box office of [-] million US dollars. However, this time, no two fools jumped out and shouted that it was over.

Because the next week's box office of close to 5000 million knives is already crazy.

Cruise, who officially entered "Mission: Impossible", laughed loudly when he was interviewed, "5000 million is indeed a little less. After all, this is a movie with me in it. It seems that Vincent messed up this time." It's...!"

Then there was Michael Jackson's interview answer, "Cheese, plummeted by 50.00%, didn't his previous films all plummet by at most about 8000%, shouldn't he get [-] million knives!"

It's all a joke like this.

Obviously, everyone understands the significance of this box office data.

Although this is not like in the original time and space, the box office has reversed growth for two consecutive weeks, but in the original time and space, there were only 1100 openings, and then it increased to 2200, and then, the original time and space opened the market little by little by word of mouth. , the long-selling type.

Then, in the third week, it still fell a bit more this time, directly falling by more than 20.00%, falling below 4000 million and reaching 3891 million.

Undoubtedly, this film consumed too many viewers through various publicity at the beginning.How to put it, it's a bit like the situation where it exploded in the first week and then fell rapidly.

That is to say, from the long-term sales model, it has gradually become a model of rushing to the first week like fast food consumption.

Han Sheng had no opinion on this.

How to say, the money has already been earned, right? After three weeks, the box office has exceeded 1.8 million, and the goal of 3 million is no longer a problem.

……

At the beginning of August, although the box office of "Pulp Fiction" fell rapidly, but the previous base was large, so it remained above 8 million dollars. At this time, Han Sheng began to release his fourth album.

The name of this album is "be yourself", which means being yourself, being loyal to yourself, and also persuading others to be themselves.

After the album's main title "Lose Yourself" won the Billboard singles chart for 16 weeks, as soon as the new album was released, "Un-Break My Heart", the 11-week number one single in the original time and space, was airborne at the top of the singles chart throne.

Then, the same 11-week top single "maria maria" and 10-week top single "Foolish" instantly included Paula Abdul's "promise of a new day" and EMF's "unbelievable" The few potential songs that have been coveting the top of the list have been directly squeezed out of the top five positions.

In fact, in the original time and space, both "promise of a new day" and "unbelievable" won the championship.

However, who made them encounter the hottest items that are at least 4 weeks in the top list, so it is normal for them to die.

The new album will be released on the 5th. After the press conference, there will be various promotional routines. This will last until the start of school at Stanford at the end of the month, and then he will complete his final studies there.

So does Elizabeth, who is also about to finish her Ph.D.

For her, three years is already a long time. With her monster-like intelligence, two years is usually enough. However, because Han Sheng had too many things for her, it was delayed. some.

As for Han Sheng, most of the medical doctor's content is knowledge he already knew, and only the surgery part needs to be familiarized with and operated.

Therefore, basically I didn't attend serious classes, I just went to familiarize myself with various surgical operations and procedures from time to time.

On the 6th, we were all ready to go.

But Michael Jackson called out of the blue, "Man, let's talk!"

Han Sheng knew what he wanted to say as soon as he heard it.

In the original time and space, in March of this year, he will sign the so-called six-album contract worth more than one billion dollars with Sony.

However, in this time and space, because of the appearance of Han Sheng, Michael Jackson has a very bad impression of the Neon people, especially when the Neon people see that it is impossible for him to renew the contract, they secretly poke and find someone to black him up.

This made him feel even colder.

Naturally, it is impossible to sign a contract with Sony again.

Han Sheng had extended his hand to join him long ago, but Michael Jackson also had a lot of concerns about joining when Han Shenghuo was in a mess. Too much.

Han Sheng said before that if he joined, he would be directly made a shareholder of the company.

The problem is, Legendary Records is too raw right now.

Even if you don't mention Han Sheng, the super king, there are divas Mariah Carey, country queen Shania Twain, and sexy fat ass queens with hips and hips, uh, all of them are queens, at least that's what people call outside.

That means that the record company has huge assets and the valuation is too high.

If he joins, Han Sheng will definitely not treat him badly, but if he gives too much, he will not accept it.

Therefore, I have been thinking about whether to join or not, and how suitable the conditions are after joining.

In addition, I had to make a movie before, and then I was busy promoting it, so almost half a year passed in a flash.

At this time, he finally decided.

"I'm going to start a record company by myself, just like you!" Michael Jackson cut straight to the point after meeting him, that is to say, he didn't plan to join Han Sheng's company anymore.

Han Sheng had already guessed about this.

He also smiled, "Okay, for the release, you can leave it to Warner for the time being. When my record company has a distribution channel in the future, you can leave it to me!"

Michael Jackson didn't expect Han Sheng to be so happy, or in other words, he didn't have any opinion on him not joining.

So, he laughed, "It seems that you don't value me at all, and you gave up just like that!"

Han Sheng shrugged, "You've been thinking about it for half a year, and you should have considered it carefully. I think you should also feel that you need more autonomy, or in other words, you want everything to be in your own hands. , man, who doesn't want to do that, although you join my company, I will definitely do whatever you want, but it is always not in my company.

What's more, people outside will say, you discovered me, but now you are my subordinate! "

Michael Jackson laughed loudly, "It's not good for a smart person like you, you think too thoroughly!"

"This is the simplest truth!" Han Sheng said with a light smile.

"You're saying I'm stupid!" Michael Jackson raised his foot to kick him, and then said curiously: "Since you have thought it through, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"First, I still want you to join. The two of us will work together. Second, if I say that you do it alone and don't join in, to be honest, I'm afraid that you will think that I despise you...!"

Michael Jackson shrugged, "Although you think a little too much, but sometimes people are like this, so what you did was right!"

Afterwards, he joked again: "Do you think I can't manage distribution channels myself?"

Han Sheng was also happy. "Of course you can do it yourself. Whoever finishes it first will distribute it to whoever it is. It's better than giving it to those vampires!"

After Michael Jackson nodded, he thought for a while and said solemnly: "Before you left, Nihong began to blackmail you. After you left, they will become more unscrupulous. Therefore, in terms of public relations, you must have a professional Your team, uh, sometimes the people around you have to be careful, especially those who rely on you for food."

"do you understand me?"

Michael Jackson nodded solemnly.

His former agent, Frank Dirio, had already left last Christmas, but just after he left, he started talking nonsense on TV and spreading rumors about him, which made him very angry.

It's not easy for Han Sheng to say too much, for example, directly naming whoever is next to the other party, that would be presumptuous.

……

After chatting with Michael Jackson, Han Sheng entered the promotion period for his new album.

What is different this time from the previous promotions is that there will be a concert schedule every two or three days in the middle, adding up to 8 concerts.

Then he was busy until August 8th, the start of the new year at Stanford University, when he returned to school.

This time, he really started his daily student life properly.

Take Elizabeth and Christina to class at [-] o'clock in the morning. After class, I go to work in the affiliated hospital of Stanford University, um, mainly to learn how to perform surgery.

By December, he was ready for surgery.

Moreover, according to his mentor, Philip Sis, a well-known surgeon in the United States, he is already a very good surgeon. Note that he is excellent, not just qualified.

Then, naturally, he got his Ph.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine, and at the same time, Elizabeth had already received her Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

On December 12th, there is still a week before leaving school.

Christina was in class, and when Han Sheng came back from the hospital at noon, Elizabeth was reading the materials, saw him, and waved to him.

Looking closer, it's about the operating system.

Regarding the desktop operating system of computers, many people will say that pseudosoft company, but in fact, before the 95 system came out, pseudosoft was very ordinary, or in other words, it started from relationships and plagiarism.

As early as 1984, Fruit Company's Macintosh system had a fully graphical user interface design and a mouse operation method. This is the beginning of a revolution in the operating system industry.

Later, Pseudosoft just copied the graphical operation mode of other fruit companies and made 95 systems and the like. For this reason, they were sued by the fruit company in the future, and finally spent money to fool things.

But at this time, that is, the pseudosoft in 84, it still stays at the weak level of DOS text interface.

Instead, IBM is working on its new generation of computer architecture project PS/2, and is also developing a new operating system.

Then, an interesting thing happened. That’s right, Pseudosoft found IBM to cooperate in developing a new operating system by virtue of its relationship. The reason is very simple. Pseudosoft has no money for research and development.

But what's more interesting is yet to come.

Three years after the Macintosh system appeared, that is, in 1987, the Operating System/2 operating system version 1.0 jointly developed by PseudoSoft and IBM was officially launched.

Although this system still maintains the text mode, its core already supports multitasking capabilities, and defines quite a few APIs for program developers to use.The next year, in 1988, IBM finally implemented a graphical interface on OS/2 version 1.1 and became the first multitasking operating system on an Intel CPU.

But at this time, PseudoSoft felt that he had already got what he should get, so he directly put aside IBM, and then used the system development experience and technology obtained from the cooperation with IBM to start developing its own Windows 3.0 operating system.

Then, at this time, IBM and pseudosoft really broke their faces, and since then they have completely independently updated the subsequent versions of OS/2.

According to the history Han Sheng knows, IBM's first OS/2 version 1.3 will be released next year, that is, in 1992. It is the world's first true full 32-bit operating system, and its stability is far greater It is superior to all competing operating systems at that time, and not only has the most advanced graphical user interface at that time, but is also fully compatible with pseudo-soft Windows applications.

Even the subsequent versions 3.0 and 4.0 also maintain its tradition of high stability.

However, why did such a powerful system such as IBM disappear in the end, and why did the outside world only know the pseudo-soft Qdoss system?

In fact, it is very simple. The pseudo-soft Wendos operating system has compromised on efficiency and stability, and uses a 32/16-bit hybrid design to be compatible with old applications in the past.In contrast, the full 2-bit design of OS/32 results in poor compatibility of old software, and therefore, many "old" consumers naturally choose the Wendos system.

After all, all kinds of "old" software are very expensive, and not everyone can easily replace them.

Knowing this, Han Sheng communicated with Elizabeth early on.

Now, what they are about to release is the complete version of the future Wendos 95 system, including brand new desktops and the like.

However, in addition to this, there are many new things, such as browsers.

Well, although Netscape was quickly killed by pseudosoft, it was still very powerful at the beginning, with a valuation of tens of billions, and it was just a browser.

Then, he is still preparing for websites such as Yahoo, search engines, etc. In short, he has already begun to make comprehensive preparations for the upcoming explosion of the information industry.

Of course, the desktop operating system is still the most important right now.

After all, Pseudosoft has a huge user base on the DOS operating system. It is undoubtedly not easy to directly seize the other party's market, or to change before the other party plagiarizes and imitates.

Of course, there are other systems on the market, such as IBM's, uh, as for Apple's, they mainly sell hardware, and there is no competition with Han Sheng, so I don't consider it.

Therefore, Han Sheng had to consider the follow-up improvement of the operating system and the like.

Uh, in the original time and space, the pseudo-soft Wendos 98, 98SE and ME are really rubbish, especially the latter, the system will crash after use, so the big guys have to reinstall after a while system.

Han Sheng has encountered it before, it's too scumbag.

However, I have to admit that Pseudosoft asked Doss 2000, which is a real master, and it is still very powerful, and it is also Pseusoft's first pure 32-bit consumer operating system.

Then, after the launch of Qdoss 2000, the stability and the like caught up with IBM's OS/2, and it gradually eroded the OS/2 market. In the end, it directly forced IBM to give up OS/2. 05. In [-], the sale was completely stopped, and all services and so on were stopped.

Therefore, if Han Sheng chooses, he must directly choose the full version of Doss 2000 as the next upgraded version of the system.

"How's the stability?" Han Sheng asked.

"It will probably take half a year!" Elizabeth specialized in computer science, and she knows more about it than Han Sheng.

"Then, we will release it in 93, which is the year after next!" Han Sheng still remembers that in that year, Zipper Ton proposed the information superhighway plan, er, this plan was actually his deputy Ge Er's idea.

In any case, it was at that time that personal computers began to develop vigorously, entered thousands of households, and network cables began to be fully laid. With these foundations, there is a market for desktop operating systems.

Otherwise, if there are not many computers in the whole country, it will be useless if you talk too much.

Just like later, all kinds of e-commerce developed wildly. If there is no national network construction and road construction, oh, I want to eat farts.

……

On December 12, Han Sheng's Christmas holiday began.

As soon as he returned to New York, Richard D'Addario came to his door.

Well, the matter in the north is about to be resolved. Although the next is a good time to really carve up, it has nothing to do with Richard, a small military officer.

So, he naturally wanted to find a good place to go quickly.

This, in fact, does not need him to say, Han Sheng and the others, yes, not only him, but Daniel and others who have made a lot of money, have already considered it.

Therefore, Han Sheng was not ambiguous, and said directly: "You have a few options. First, after you come back, you can directly work in the Intelligence Bureau or the Investigation Bureau. It doesn't matter if you work in the headquarters in Washington, or in New York or Los Angeles. Well, you can choose whatever you want. The position is the supervisor in the local area, and the deputy in a certain operational department.

Then, the second option is the police department, also LA and NY, but both deputy...! ! "

Why are you talking about New York and Los Angeles?

Idiots understand that these two places are the richest, especially New York, and in terms of law and order, they are much better than Chicago and the like.

Richard didn't expect Han Sheng to be so happy and give such good treatment, so he was a little stunned for a while.

"Don't worry, think about it carefully, and discuss it with your family," Han Sheng said, "And then, I will give you a piece of news at the end, that is, if you are in New York, it is a bit difficult for the deputy director to be promoted. It may take four to five years or even longer. In Los Angeles, after next year, you will be the deputy director first, and then, in two years, you may be the director...!"

After the riots in Los Angeles next year, not only Daryl Gates, the director general, will be finished, but soon, the mayor of Los Angeles will also lose his position. These mean opportunities.

Moreover, this is an opportunity for others. For those who have the support of Han Sheng and Daniel, who have huge influence in California and Los Angeles, it can be said that they are waiting to take office.

Don't think this is a bit of an exaggeration.

A leader in Los Angeles City, for the forces behind Daniel who can influence the general election, it is really not much more difficult than raising their hands, the question is whether they are willing or not.

But this time, it was the big guy who owed favors and wanted to pay them back.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

Although Richard didn't know why Han Sheng was so certain about the time, he knew that there was no need to ask more questions at this time, just kneel down and lick it honestly and the matter would be over.

"I will reply to you as soon as possible, within a few days at most!"

"I said don't worry, you can spend this Christmas and New Year holiday happily. Besides, as long as you are ready, we can do it anytime!"

Han Sheng waved his hand calmly with the attitude of a big boss.

The appearance of sitting on the sofa, that kind of momentum, reminded Richard of the famous scene in "The Godfather".

(End of this chapter)