Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 598
"Hey, classmate, have you heard of BITnet?"

"No."

"Have you ever seen a strange computer with one or more wires than ordinary computers?"

"My God, there are so many brands of computers, and they all look different. How do I know what that weird computer you're talking about is? As for how many wires it has behind its butt, who cares?"

On York Street, an innocent man passed by with four eyes, looking at the strong man who stopped him in front of him, with a helpless expression:
"May I ask, what are you doing? You are the third person who stopped me from asking about that strange computer today! I thought you were so aggressive."

"Since you don't know, don't ask so many questions, that's fine, let's go!"

Rick waved his hand and sent away the twenty-third lucky winner who was randomly picked today
How can I find this damn thing? !

Rick almost cursed at Carter's irresponsible behavior of running away after leaving a sentence.Originally, there are clear features, and Rick doesn't think it's too difficult.
From Yale's computer, find a computer that is connected by one more wire, and the difference is already obvious.However, after scouting Yale's computer room, Rick was unable to find that particular computer
Then there are only two situations: 1, Yale does not have that computer at all; 2, that computer should not be open to ordinary students.
The information obtained through the Army Intelligence and Security Command is that there is indeed a small academic exchange network at Yale University, and they even gave it a name.Although Rick often complains that there are too many intelligence agencies in the United States, and they are not reliable, but it is not so far that he can't even figure out the domestic situation.
What's more, this Arpanet is still operated by the Communications Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense.Does the U.S. military know if there is any data running on the Arpanet?

So, based on this understanding, Rick set his goal on graduate school.
Among so many graduate students, they must have seen it in a laboratory or a computer room for scientific research, right?

"Rick, I didn't find it. I knocked on the door of each dormitory at Buckley's apartment, and they all said they hadn't seen it."

"It's the same on the Esplanade. They all said they haven't seen it."

"and also."

"Could that damn computer be invisible?!"

When the people who scattered out to run the graduate student apartment came back together, listening to the sound of "good news", Rick slapped the trunk of an elm tree by the side of the road:
"If the graduate students can't get through, the next step is to go to the professors' side. Ask each college one by one, even if you dig three feet, you have to find this thing!"

"Remember the characteristics, now, let's go!"

Just when Yale University was flying around, it was far away in Bellevue, another corner of the United States.Paul, who had a successful surgery in Seattle and was still recovering from treatment, recovered his energy by the way, and Carter rarely changed into a formal suit.

Attended a Microsoft work conference for the first time
"I saw a lot of new faces, which made me very happy!"

In the past, the small house was more like a company than a studio. With the influx of orders from IBM, Microsoft changed its office to a fairly good small office building.There was exclusive meeting room, too!
For the technical backbone and managers attending the meeting, most of them are familiar faces of Carter.Sitting on the main seat without hesitation, Carter took the lead in showing a smile, which was also the keynote of this meeting.It can be regarded as a reassurance pill for everyone:
rest assured!In this meeting, I won't drive people, I won't be a dick
"I am here this time, including convening everyone, mainly to say a few things: First, from now on, I, Carter Black, will be the chairman of the board of directors of Microsoft, Mr. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Sir, serve as vice-chairmen respectively, in charge of technology research and development and commercial administrative affairs."

"The second thing is that Mr. Paul Allen will leave us temporarily. You should all be aware of the situation. Although the operation was successful, he still needs a period of time to recuperate. I hope that we can jointly create a brand new, more than ever before. The powerful Microsoft of all times will welcome his return!"

"The third thing is the stock option incentive plan. From now on, Microsoft will use [-]% of its net income to reward outstanding employees! Here is the informed consent form of Mr. Paul Allen. Mr. Gates should There is no problem, right?"

After holding up the document he got from Paul and showing it to everyone, Carter smiled and turned his head to look at Gates on his left.

"No problem at all!"

After the formal Q&A ended, cheers erupted in the conference room.

Even if I don't know how much extra income I can get, [-]% of Microsoft's income is no longer a small number for individuals. Even if it is "averaged", this amount of money should be quite a lot!

Continuous applause announced the initial success of Microsoft's power transfer.
For most of the employees, whoever can bring benefits to them will support whoever is in charge. This principle works everywhere.As for the originally planned employee stock ownership plan, no, it should be said that the dividend option plan was announced by Carter. There is no doubt that this was also designed long ago.
In reciprocation, Gates made a compromise and fulfilled himself, and Carter was also more polite and amiable:

"Okay! Everyone, don't be too happy! Running a company is not doing charity. It's not that easy to get a bonus from me, a capitalist!"

After the noise came to an end, Carter stretched out his hand and pressed slightly:

"The specific KPI requirements for the technical team and technical personnel are formulated by Mr. Bill Gates; the performance appraisal requirements for the marketing team and administrative personnel are in charge of Mr. Steve Ballmer. Performance appraisal rules and The detailed rules of the option incentive plan, if there is no accident, will meet with you next Monday!"

"If you have any objection, you can submit the opinion to Ms. Anna. As you know, I may not be here often, but you can rest assured that I will go through all the opinions. Of course, what do you have to say? If you want to tell me, you can also convey it to me through Ms. Anna's channel."

"Speaking of rewards, let's take a look at the work. Leaders of each group, can you introduce to me the projects you are working on?"

"Our group is expanding the MS-DOS instruction set. IBM has sent a letter to inform them of the technical specifications of the next-generation personal PC IBM XT. The more important point is that the new generation of IBM XT has a larger hard drive. 5M The hard disk means that our MS-DOS also needs to be kept updated. In addition to hardware compatibility issues that need to be dealt with, the 5M hard disk also gives us more space to play!"

"As for the instruction set issue, thanks to the help from the people on the other side of the ocean, our progress is very fast, and the focus of our work now is on hardware compatibility."

(End of this chapter)