Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 704 Our chance has come!
"The talk broke down?"

Hearing the sighs beside him, Rick knew what was going on.

But for this kind of thing, in Rick's eyes, there is nothing necessary, and it doesn't make the other party care at all.

While typing on the keyboard of a small computer in front of him, Rick asked without turning his head.Fingers, like chickens pecking rice, on the keyboard, tapping.
"Come and help me find out how to draw a line, and where does this formula come from."

"You read the instruction manual yourself, and I won't either!"

Carter, who was worrying about the problems of foreign students in his heart, how could he give the other party any good face.

Besides, Carter has never seen any of the pre-installed software on this small computer called Osborne.If you want to ask how to call the function formula on excel, Carter can still remember a little bit.

At any rate, I have also taken the first-level computer test.
But these softwares that I have never seen before, old-fashioned computers without a mouse, let me operate them, what else can I do besides being blind? !
"You didn't even look at it, even if it's perfunctory, you should have an attitude?! Fortunately, you are the boss of a software company!"

"Oh, don't engage in aggressive tactics, I won't be anymore soon."

"What's going on? That Bill, what's the matter?"

"No, he has been busy leading a group of dropout students to develop the GUI system recently. I feel that I am a bit out of place. Recently, there are a lot of new project teams at Microsoft, and what these people are tinkering with, Most of the report sent up, I can't understand what the hell it is, what to develop, and what practical effect it will have if it is developed."

Carter is like a lost dog.
Speaking of which, I am also a cheap person. As an investor, is it not good to just do what investors do? !It's over if you spend money, why bother with that?
As the chairman of Microsoft's board of directors, the company wants to add some new project teams, which must be signed and confirmed by yourself to take effect.Finance can also allocate funds to appoint a supervisor, and then submit the recruitment plan to the HR side to start building the team.
However, my understanding of Microsoft is probably limited to knowing the general trajectory of one of their fortunes.For the research of some computer languages, the design of some underlying architectures, and the messy research and development process, what a fart I know!

It seems that most people know that Microsoft gained a firm foothold through the order from IBM, and built a near-monopoly ecosystem through Windows.
But almost no one knows the development process of DOS, which version has added what, and how many researchers have put in the effort behind it.
In the growing period of Microsoft, there has not yet been bureaucratization.In terms of internal management, there are not many difficulties in today's flat organizational structure.And in the market.
In the normal market, normal business work, negotiation, cooperation, docking, progress tracking, etc., Steve Ballmer did a good job.You don't need to intervene at all, but the capital market.
In addition to an employee stock ownership plan, I worked a little harder at that time, and worked with my own accountants to design a general charter. For an unlisted company, he did not have a very complicated capital operation.Moreover, today's Microsoft is not short of money, and he does not need to find any financing.
In this way, Carter found that his position was very awkward.

What I can do, such as talking about customers, was done by Ballmer; the capital market has not been developed; the only thing that needs to be checked by myself is the internal additional project team, and I don’t understand technology.
Instead of dragging the chairman of the board who is like a mascot, it is better to give up the seat and let Gates, a person who knows technology, do it.Only he can accurately know which project groups are necessary to open, whether their funding applications are reasonable, etc.
Anyway, Microsoft's most important step is to develop a visual graphics operating system that is compatible with the new hardware of the mouse. Under its own influence, the project has been launched in advance.

And after seeing Apple, who is also an enemy and friend, also go in this direction, Gates also realized that this thing might be really amazing.He personally took command and led a group of people, working overtime.
Things have progressed to the next step, and Carter is not worried that the project will be cut off after he abdicates.In this case, it is relatively more suitable for me to quit and assume the title of consultant or independent director!

"Then go back, your idea now is right. As an investor, you only need to ensure that the asset you invest in is benign and positive in your own judgment, and that is enough. As long as it does not deviate from your On the expected road, professional things should be handed over to professional people!"

After listening to Carter's explanation, Rick understood.Then he introduced his new baby to Carter with great interest:

"When are you going to do this? And your home office, after the burden reduction is completed, our computer company, is it ready to start?! Look at this, it turns out that low prices are absolutely right of!"

"Guess how much this computer costs? It's so light, all the hardware is integrated in a suitcase, and you can take it with you. But its price will definitely exceed your imagination!"

Patting the big baby beside him, Rick was triumphant.

"I don't know what you're so proud of, this screen is simply..."

Carter was quite speechless
A folding personal computer the size of a suitcase, which gave Carter his first impression: a laptop!

But let's not say that this size is completely irrelevant to a notebook.The huge chassis, but the screen is only less than five inches, which looks very unsuitable.
However, the appearance of this thing gave Carter an inspiration.Perhaps portable computers may become a track for us to seize the opportunity?

"Let's wait for this summer vacation. After I finish my work here, I will go to Seattle. Look at Paul, and talk to them about my resignation by the way."

After complaining about the screen and answering Rick's first question, Carter tried to guess:

"Look at you, it must be a price war? Fifteen hundred dollars?"

According to Carter's previous calculations, when the price comes to $1500, the threshold for personal computers will drop further.A lower barrier to entry means more potential customers, and more people will be able to afford it and try to incorporate it into their lives.
"Almost, to be precise, the price of this thing was about [-] when it first came out. It's much cheaper now. The main reason is that this company is almost out of control. The boss of this company is so pure and sick! Alright, let’s talk about this later.”

"This PC, which is officially priced at $[-], is really awesome not because of its portability, but because of its cost-effectiveness! It has more than a dozen software pre-installed on it. I have checked them one by one. If you buy it separately The software would cost about fifteen hundred dollars. That means I can get an extra PC for only two hundred dollars more!"

"I checked their sales data in the past year. When this thing first came out, it sold tens of thousands of units per month! Tens of thousands! A small newly established company, without the brand influence of IBM, can achieve almost complete Same sales!"

"Carter, our chance is here!"

(End of this chapter)