The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 347 Guiding the maze
"Your proposal is good, I'm very interested." Xu Guanwu nodded, "However, how many shares can you share with me?"

"I have to go back and discuss with my partners before I can decide." Bill Gates was secretly relieved when he saw that Xu Guanwu was interested in his proposal. Finally, he became an agent of VISICALC software. The company is not just mine.”

"Okay." Xu Guanwu nodded without further explanation.It is best for him to keep a low profile now, so that Bill Gates will not be aware of his true intentions, and he will be able to win greater rights and interests in future negotiations.

After the meeting, Xu Guanwu took Paul out of the cafe.

"Boss, is this Microsoft company the one you've always wanted to invest in?" Paul asked curiously on the way.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "That's right, it's this family."

"That's strange, boss, I'm really curious to ask, you didn't know him before, why did you want to invest in Microsoft in two years? And that Apple computer company was only established last year, you How can you remind me to invest two years ago?" Paul said all the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time in one breath.

In his opinion, his boss is like a prophet, or like a wizard, who can predict some things in advance.When he founded the Stanley Angel Investment Fund two years ago, Xu Guanwu reminded him, the manager, to pay close attention to the high-tech field. If there is a company with Apple or Microsoft in its name, he must try his best to invest in it.

At that time, Paul thought that the boss had some obsession with the name Apple or Microsoft, but judging from the current development, the boss clearly foresaw the birth of Microsoft or Apple two years ago.And very optimistic about their development potential.This has to make Paul extremely surprised.

To be honest, as a well-known investor on Wall Street, he naturally knows how much money he will make if he can predict the stock market in advance. !The stock market is like a personal cash machine, no matter how much money you have, you can get it out.So Paul really wanted to know if the boss had that kind of superhuman ability. If he did, then he wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of his life.As long as the boss gives him a little advice, the money he earns is enough for him to spend ten lifetimes.

"Paul, there is a saying in the West called curiosity killed the cat, and we in the East also have a lot of fun to figure out a saying, if the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body, and if his secrets do not keep secrets, he will suffer. Not going out." Xu Guanwu patted Paul on the shoulder, finished speaking and walked away with a smile.

Paul stood there in a daze, only to come back to it after a while, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. "That's right, it's better not to explore the boss's secrets. The more you know these days, the less safe you are. Anyway, I make so much money every year now. As long as I continue to work hard, getting rich is not a problem, so don't worry about it." Thinking wildly."

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In the next few days, Xu Guanwu and his wife lived in a small town in Silicon Valley.The scenery here is beautiful and pleasant, surrounded by many universities, and the academic atmosphere is also very strong, which reminds Xu Guanwu of the good times in his previous life when he was a university.

Accompanying Zhao Yazhi, Xu Guanwu visited several universities near Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, etc., and then went fishing with Paul in the nearby valley, not to mention how free and easy life is.

A few days later, Bill Gates resumed, hoping to use 200% of the shares in exchange for the license of VISICALC software and an investment of [-] million US dollars.

Xu Guanwu didn't agree to him right away, but sent Paul to negotiate with them.Xu Guanwu's intention is not to want more shares, or to pay less money.He just wanted to express his attitude to Bill Gates, "This is just doing business, and everything must be done according to business rules."

He didn't want to talk about his feelings with Bill Gates. In fact, whoever told him about his feelings would suffer.Edward Roberts, the boss of MITS, Paul Allen, who grew up with him, and Steve Jobs, his close partner, and so on.Xu Guanwu's plan is to let Bill Gates suffer a little bit first, so that the white-eyed wolf will not relapse and bite himself in turn.

After more than a week of tug-of-war negotiations, the final price was finally set.Xu Guanwu invested 200 million US dollars in Microsoft Corporation and authorized them to issue VISICALC software, while Xu Guanwu obtained 35% of Microsoft Corporation shares.

Before signing this contract, Xu Guanwu specially asked a lawyer to review it in detail to ensure that no loopholes would be left, so that Bill Gates could use it to tear up the contract in the future.After the contract was signed, Xu Guanwu gave the VISICALC software to Microsoft so that they could transplant it on other computers.I am sitting on huge assets equivalent to tens of billions of dollars in the future, and this investment is really worth it.

After completing the investment in Microsoft, Xu Guanwu wanted to bring Zhao Yazhi back to Hollywood.It’s not that the food in Silicon Valley is bad, or that the air in Silicon Valley is bad, and it’s not that the sunshine in Silicon Valley is bad. In fact, every place in Silicon Valley is good, clean, clear and full of vigor.But in comparison, Xu Guanwu prefers the feeling of being in Hollywood surrounded by so many spotlights.

What's more, Richard Zanyuk has urged many times, and he has collected a lot of scripts, and he is going to ask Xu Guanwu to review it again.

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Before Xu Guanwu and his wife left, he specially invited the two founders of Apple Computer to visit a famous BBQ campground in Silicon Valley.

After Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak received the invitation, they felt very abrupt.For those technical geeks, sometimes they would rather stay up for two days and nights to code than deal with strangers.However, due to Xu Guanwu's identity as the largest shareholder of Apple, he still had to bite the bullet and come with him to the campsite BBQ.

I don't know where BBQ originated, but it is very popular in European and American countries.They often go out to play in groups of three or four, and then prepare charcoal, iron sticks, barbecue pits, etc., and carry out this kind of barbecue activity in the wild.Xu Guanwu has fallen in love with this slightly rough food since he ate a BBQ at Daryl's house.It is a very pleasant thing for a group of like-minded friends to gather together for BBQ, do their own food, and enjoy the natural beauty.

However, because today's BBQ is with Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, the atmosphere can't help but seem a bit dull.

Except for Stephen Wozniak, who is always looking for something to say, Steve Jobs is more silent, making Xu Guanwu wonder how this man can talk freely at Apple's new product launch conference , It's almost like a different person from now.

"Today, I invite you to have a barbecue. I want to talk to you about the future development of Apple Computer." Xu Guanwu said with a slight smile.

Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak looked at each other, both of them couldn't help feeling a little funny and funny.They have already learned that Xu Guanwu has never learned about computers, and he has never even written a series of codes.And computer knowledge can be said to be very poor, it is simply a layman.But now this layman is brazenly trying to teach an insider how to develop a computer, which really makes people laugh out loud.

Xu Guanwu pretended not to see the mocking eyes of the two, "Before I say anything, I hope you two will sign this confidentiality agreement first."

Xu Guanwu then took out two confidentiality agreements from his pocket, and handed them to the stunned Jobs and Wozniak.

These two people took over the non-disclosure agreement suspiciously, and they were all dumbfounded after reading it.It turned out that it was agreed that if Jobs and Wozniak were to leave Apple Computer, they would not be allowed to engage in high-tech industries within five years, whether it was computer R&D and production, or software writing and innovation. In short, they were not allowed to touch computers at all. That's right.Although the conditions were a bit harsh, the confidential compensation of 500 million US dollars still made Jobs and Wozniak feel moved.

500 million dollars!Although the current Apple Computer Company has launched the APPLE II computer, the market value is only 300 million US dollars, which is far less than the 500 million US dollars.If after signing this non-disclosure agreement, I received the compensation of 500 million US dollars, it seems that it is not a bad thing.

Jobs and Wozniak glanced at each other, nodded, and then signed their names on the non-disclosure agreement.

"Okay, I hope you two didn't sign the generous non-disclosure agreement." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Now please listen carefully, I'm only going to say these words once."

Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak showed no interest. They are professionals when it comes to playing computers. Why should they listen to a layman talking nonsense here? !

But what Xu Guanwu said afterwards completely shocked Jobs and Wozniak.Graphical operating system, electronic document processing software, spreadsheet data processing software, the use of the mouse, large storage capacity hard disk, graphical games, and faster memory, etc., through Xu Guanwu's description, they seem to have seen the future of personal computers Vision for development.That was really an imaginative and exciting scenario.

"Oh my God." Jobs and Wozniak glanced at each other, seeing incomparable surprise in each other's eyes.Who said that the entertainment tycoon in front of him doesn't understand computers? He has already researched ahead of everyone else, at least five years ahead of the current technology. He is almost like a prophet in the computer industry.

No wonder he asked someone to sign a non-disclosure agreement before talking, and he was willing to pay a non-disclosure grant of $500 million for the two of them.With the information he just mentioned, in the future, as long as we aim at a little bit of research, we can get extremely rich benefits.Such as launching more functional document processing software, such as launching a graphical operating system, such as improving the sensitivity of the mouse, etc...

"How computers will develop in the future, I have already pointed out the direction to you." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "I know that you two are smart people, so you naturally know how many business opportunities are bred in it, so I hope you can plan ahead, Making more and more money for all of us."

"Mr. Xu, can what you said really come true? Could it be that you read a script written by a sci-fi screenwriter?" Jobs suddenly frowned and asked.

"You know computers better than I do. You should know the so-called Moore's Law. In the future, computers will definitely become faster and faster. Now the computing speed may only be a few megabytes, and in the future it may increase to tens of megabytes, hundreds of megabytes or even several gigabytes." , it is more likely to change from one core to two cores, three cores, or even more cores." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "The computing speed of the computer has increased, and naturally there are more things that can be done. It was possible before Due to hardware problems, it is impossible to realize the graphics of the operating system, but all of this will be possible in the future. At that time, the application of computers will become simpler and cheaper, and eventually it will be used by every household. household appliances. Just like refrigerators, televisions, and air conditioners.”

After hearing this, Jobs couldn't help but fell silent. He could tell that Xu Guanwu wasn't messing around.If it is covered randomly, there will not be so many details. Just now Xu Guanwu even talked to them about the characteristics of the graphical interface: window, mouse double-click, single-click, right-click, file reading and storage, cutting, copying and deleting, etc... ...All of this seemed to be what he saw with his own eyes, and what he got was so vivid that it sounded both exciting and creepy.

(End of this chapter)