Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 273 This Is Not Taco at All

"It's a little mushy, try another one later! This fish can't represent my craftsmanship!"

"Huh~huh~ okay, but can I... Huh, make a suggestion, add less chili, it's too spicy!"

Summer was already hot, and the bearded Bona was sweating profusely from eating, with his mouth open, breathing fresh air frantically.It's strange to say that he usually gives up after two bites of too spicy food, but now facing this weird grilled fish, he still can't strengthen his determination to give up.

"What seasoning did you put in it? It's so weird. It's not only spicy, but also has a strange smell. Did you add marijuana to it? This taste is so addictive! I can't put it down the fork in the

"How is it possible? I have all the ingredients that I can buy in the supermarket, but some of them have to be bought in the Chinese store across the street. Well, the new fish is here. Don't worry, this one doesn't contain much pepper, it's for you!"

With a smile, he picked up the new plate of grilled fish and placed it in front of Bona.Carter thought that the groundwork was almost done, and he could ask for it.
"Oh, thank you! Compared with your fish, I feel ashamed to take out this cheap food. If you don't dislike it, please feel free!"

Before Carter could speak, the bearded man picked up the kraft paper bag beside him and placed it between the two of them.

"Of course I don't dislike it. Let me see. Did you buy this in Bellevue?"

Taking out the taco in the paper bag, Carter frowned instantly:
"This thing, is it really tacos? Are you sure it's not tostado?"

"What is a tostado? Look, it says tacos. Taco Bell sells tacos, right?"

"No no no, that's not what the tortilla is like on the outside of the taco. This one looks like it's been fried. The tostado is a round tostado that's fried to a crispy shell. Tacos don't need to be fried! Let me taste it, I'll get it Knife!"

Standing up suspiciously, Carter walked over to the oven.Pulled out a small table knife from under the oven, cut the taco in his hand into two, and then
"Is this a cold cut? My God, Mr. Boehner, please tell me about this taco. How long have you had it?"

While asking, Carter took a table knife and made two cuts on the beef in the taco roll.But whether it is viewed from the cut of the knife or from the cross-section, the meat does not look like it was fried or roasted.

The outside of the meat is almost the same as the inside, there is no trace of frying.On the contrary, it is a bit like the sauced beef that Carter bought in the vegetable market in his previous life.You can't say it's raw meat, but it usually needs to be processed and fried once before it's eaten.

"I don't know about this, to me, I just care if it tastes good, who cares how it's made. Are you a chef? Or some food critic?"

Watching Carter's seemingly very professional food critic make pies, combined with the unique grilled fish, Bona felt a little strange.

"Aren't you too young?! Oh, yes, I bought it around nine o'clock in the morning, and then brought my equipment to the lake."

"I'm not a food reviewer, and I'm not a chef. But I also happen to own a fast food place that does taco, so."

Carter held up the half taco in his hand and shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure that this stuff is not taco at all! At least it's not authentic, because whether it's in Mexico, or in Central and South American countries such as Costa Rica and Honduras further south, it's unrealistic for you to let them eat cold cut meat .”

"It looks like this thing is made to facilitate the transportation and production of semi-finished products, let alone them. Even us southerners in the United States don't eat this, we prefer to eat barbecue!"

"Who cares, this thing is cheap and convenient, just fine! But this is indeed a chain store, I heard it's very popular in California, we just opened it not long ago"

Seeing Carter's frown deepened after eating the taco, Bona explained with some embarrassment:
"The price of this thing is a little cheaper than McDonald's. It's good to change the taste once in a while."

"It's, hey, the price! It's just that this thing is a bit too confusing, but the taste is okay. The salad is pretty good."

"A little bit of raw vegetables, if you can't do it well, then don't open the restaurant at all!"

Just when Carter was eating and chatting with the new fisherman, Paul hurried over to him:

"Carter! Don't eat, hurry back, the people from IBM have arrived!"

"Fuck?! Almost forgot."

Looking at the time on the watch, Carter jumped up instantly.Regardless of packing up the oven, fishing rod and other items, Carter hurriedly followed Paul back.

"Sorry, man, I saw that dude had a taco, asked him about his competitors, and forgot about it."

"It's okay, it's okay, Ballmer and Gates are already receiving. But you, a competitor of ht? How's the situation? Is it a big threat?"

"I don't know, I don't know how big they are. But I'm not too worried just looking at the products and prices. Their tacos are not very good."

"That's good"

While talking, he rushed back.When the two arrived at Microsoft, the already crowded big office was even more crowded at the moment.

At the conference table made of several tables, Microsoft representatives such as Gates and Ballmer are sitting, and on the other side is the person in charge of IBM.
"Mr. Gates, first of all, make sure that in addition to basic language development, I need to make sure whether you can master the Fortran 77 language and the standardized Fortran 66 proficiently?"

Looking up at Carter and Paul who hurried into the arena, the person in charge of IBM didn't pay attention, but asked Gates directly.

"Of course, I mean, these are the professional skills we must master, and Mr. Sams can rest assured. If you need to show results, Newell, Nixi."

Carter was at a loss when it came to technical negotiations.Just looking at the continuous question and answer between the two sides, more and more things were recorded in the notebooks in front of each other.

Regardless of technical issues, just looking at the attitude of the other party, Carter felt that IBM seemed very satisfied with Microsoft.
"Since your person in charge has also signed a non-disclosure agreement, then I will be straightforward! Our IBM plan this time is to create a machine with a very open architecture that can be flexibly configured to solve anything. Like a machine like the Apple ii or the TRS-80, it can be less than perfect, but it has room for expansion.”

"So it's good news to hear that you are now able to provide more diverse language support. In addition, I also heard that you are developing a language based on the 8086 chip recently? Do you know about this?"

"Yes, we are doing it. But the progress is not very high, I will tell you."

Carter, who was signing the non-disclosure agreement on the content of the talks, listened quietly to the conversation between the two sides. Apart from the excitement of participating in history, on the whole, he was in a peaceful state of mind.But soon, Carter heard Sams ask a sensitive question:

"It doesn't matter, we plan to develop this machine product code-named Acorn for one year. As long as we can guarantee that this little guy can go on the market smoothly after one year. I noticed that your software card product comes with an operating system , its market feedback is good, can you port it to the 8086 chip?"

(End of this chapter)