The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 559 Oracle Corporation

At Apple Computer, Xu Guanwu also saw the BETA version of the first generation of MAC OS. Seeing the familiar and unfamiliar screen on the screen, Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling deeply.

The new Apple computer is not only equipped with the MAC OS graphical operating system, but also equipped with a mouse, adding object-oriented programming functions, etc., making this new computer a revolutionary change.

This prototype is equipped with a CPU produced by Motorola, with a computing frequency of up to 128 megabytes, 3.5K of memory, and a 875-inch floppy disk drive with a storage capacity of up to [-]KB. It was the most luxuriously equipped personal computer at that time.

"Mr. Xu, this computer works like a fly. You can try to operate it. We will also install new document processing software and spreadsheet processing software for this computer. People can use it to easily complete a lot of work." Jobs He happily showed it to Xu Guanwu, just like a child showing off the candy in his hand.

But it's a pity that Xu Guanwu just felt novelty, but didn't show any surprise at all.This computer may have been a revolutionary product for people at that time, but in Xu Guanwu's view, it was too backward, and a mobile phone in the future could completely explode this computer.

"When is this computer expected to be released to the world?" Xu Guanwu watched Jobs show the advantages of the new computer with great interest, and then asked the question he was most concerned about with a smile.

"We are still doing the final test for the new system now, and it is estimated that the work will be completed in the summer vacation. In addition, we have to wait for Microsoft to develop a new graphical office software." Jobs said with a smile, "After the operating system is tested, the graphical office software will be completed." If the operating system research is successful, we can officially launch it to the market, which can also promote our launch plan."

Xu Guanwu nodded, "You have done a good job. This brand new Apple computer will definitely bring a new revolution to the world's computer industry. All of you here will become leaders of the times."

"In fact, the reason why this computer was successfully researched is thanks to Mr. Xu for your guidance." Jobs also said modestly, "Our operating system has borrowed a lot of your ideas, and you are our leader."

"I'm just giving you some advice, and you are the ones to do the specific things, so don't be too modest with me." Xu Guanwu smiled, "The company will be listed soon, and by then everyone will be billionaires. We are rich, multi-millionaire, and millionaire. But I just hope that everyone will not be proud or complacent, and continue to innovate and develop, and strive to contribute better, faster, and more practical computers to our customers."

"Mr. Xu said it very well. As a responsible company, we, Apple Computer, must take responsibility for our customers and satisfy customers who trust us." Wozniak also said with a smile.

"Very good, I won't say too many extra words, just keep working hard." Xu Guanwu nodded, then came out of Apple Computer and came to the nearby Stanley Angel Investment Fund.

"Boss, we invested in many high-tech companies last year, such as RSI, IBM, HP, Xerox, etc." Paul said to Xu Guanwu with a smile as soon as he came up.

"Well, the more stocks of IBM, HP and Xerox, the better, but what does this RSI company do?" Xu Guanwu nodded and was about to praise Paul, but he couldn't help but asked suspiciously.

"RSI is a high-tech company that develops database software. It moved to Silicon Valley the year before last. Last year, it launched a database software commercially available on DEC's PDP-11 computer. The name is 'Oracle'. I remember you reminded me, boss, Once you encounter a company called Oracle, you must pay attention to it, so I investigated this company and knew that the database software developed by him has great potential, so I boldly invested in this company." Paul said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly. If he remembered correctly, Oracle Corporation is the largest database software provider in the world.And this RSI company is also a database software supplier, and coincidentally, the software he launched is also called Oracle.Is there some kind of connection between this RSI company and Oracle Corporation? !
Xu Guanwu’s guess was correct. In fact, Oracle’s predecessor was this RSI company. It was co-founded by software genius Larry Ellison and his colleague Robert Miner. At that time, this company was neither Oracle nor RSI. Instead, it's called a Software Development Lab (SDL).

In the early days of the company's establishment, due to lack of funds, the research progress was very slow.In order to win new investment and attract people's attention at the same time, Larry Ellison proposed to move the company to Silicon Valley, the paradise of high-tech companies today, where most venture capital funds gather.And changed the somewhat academic company name - software development laboratory to relational software company.

Even so, RSI still did not attract decent investment in the early days of moving, because the relational database they developed at that time was considered to have no commercial application value.The main reason why venture capital funds invest in high-tech industries is to make profits.So if there is no commercial application value, no one will invest in even the best idea.In addition, IBM had already developed a hierarchical database software-IMS at that time, and the sales volume was still very good.So no one is willing to invest in Larry Ellison to develop any relational database.

Fortunately, God can't die of starvation. Just when RSI was about to fail, the US FBI finally wanted such a database software.They consulted IBM and found that they did not develop similar software, and the only company in the United States that has in-depth research on relational database software is this RSI software company.So the FBI placed its first order with the company.After months of struggle, Larry Ellison finally handed over his first version of Oracle software.

And this software just attracted Paul's attention. He thought of the boss's advice to him before, and immediately started to investigate this company, and finally invested 150 million US dollars in this company, and obtained [-]% of RSI's shares.The reason why he didn't get half of the shares is because Larry Ellison himself strongly opposes handing over the company's leading power to outsiders, and [-]% of the shares is the maximum limit he can allow.

In fact, if it wasn't for Oracle's lack of funds, the company can only take on some odd jobs from the outside to maintain its operation, and the Oracle relational database software developed for the FBI still needs to go through a long period of debugging, which will involve When all the manpower and material resources of the company are exhausted, so that they can no longer use this time to continue to do other work, and the company will soon fall into a situation where no money is available, they are still unwilling to sell the company's shares.

Paul also seized the opportunity of RSI's dilemma and won [-]% of the company's shares in one fell swoop.It's just that no matter how much he raises the price, Larry Ellison is unwilling to sell the shares anymore, and only agrees to accept the investment and return the investment at a slightly higher interest rate than the bank's interest rate in the future.Naturally, such a naive idea can’t impress Paul. In fact, his current investment profit is much higher than the bank’s interest rate. With that money, he would rather invest in other companies than make it cheaper for nothing. Larry Eli Mori.

"You did a very good job this time." Xu Guanwu said happily after hearing Paul's explanation, "I will reward you well. This year's year-end bonus will give you an extra 1000 million US dollars."

"Thank you boss, your generosity is bigger than the Pacific Ocean." Paul said happily, "It is the luckiest thing in my life to be able to serve such a generous boss like you."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard Paul's flattery, "By the way, you have made a lot of money following me in the past few years. Tell me honestly, did you secretly invest in any company with me?"

"No." Paul replied honestly, "All the money I've earned these years is the boss' salary and the dividends from my investment profits. I won't follow in the boss's footsteps to invest."

"Why?! Don't you know it will make money?" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise. He originally thought that Paul would follow his own reminder, besides helping the company invest, he would also follow up the investment in private.I didn't expect him to be so honest, it was completely beyond his expectation.

"As a professional investor, I need to maintain my own judgment. If I participate in the investment myself, it will affect my professional judgment. Moreover, if the company's money is lost by investing for the company, If I invest by myself, I will lose my own money. If the company loses the money, I will at most resign, but if my own money is lost, I may go bankrupt." Paul said honestly, "In fact, the boss, you may I don’t know. Everyone who works on Wall Street has had this experience. While helping clients with financial management, they see that the returns are good, and they will get involved. But it’s often because they are too deeply affected. Judgment, in the end I lost completely. I once lost all my savings because I invested with clients, so now I don’t dare to invest with my boss anymore. If I want to invest, I will choose to stagger the investment with the boss. It will not affect my judgment. Besides, you are so generous, my boss. My annual salary is more than ten million dollars, which is more than any investment, and the income is also stable. I have already passed Why do you have to make yourself suffer for the life of the Master and the Master?"

"Your words are sincere, and they sound like a warning." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile after hearing this, "For your honesty, I will reward you with another 1000 million US dollars. Work hard in the future and continue to work hard."

"Yes, boss!" Paul said with a happy smile.

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Come to the laboratory set up by the Stanley Angel Investment Fund, where the current projects are Ethernet research, game development, video compression, image compression, audio compression and other computer application research, in addition to the optical mouse , LCD screens, research on hardware items such as mobile computers, etc.

Xu Guanwu's investment in this laboratory is not less than the investment in GPS, genetic research, and information technology research in the Mainland.Originally, this kind of research and development may not be effective within a few years, because the directions that need to be tested are too complicated, and researchers often have to hit the wall countless times before they can finally find a suitable way forward.

But now thanks to the guidance of Xu Guanwu, they have pointed out a broad road for them, so their research speed is much faster than other laboratories. In fact, many research results have already applied for patents and are in the process of Convert to commercial applications.

For example, the small game configured on the Apple computer this time - Minesweeper!This game was once popular in the world with the help of WINDOWS, and it is known as the most played game in the world.This small game not only tests people's intelligence but also tests people's speed. It is an interesting and playable game.

In addition to minesweeping, there is also the famous Tetris, which was also the first small game that Xu Guanwu thought of.This game is more popular than minesweeper. It used to be popular all over China with its convenient operation, endless levels, increasingly difficult challenges and low price.

Back then, Xu Guanwu couldn't put it down because of this classic game, so when the software laboratory was established to develop game projects, Xu Guanwu also proposed this game.Through the efforts of programmers, Tetris has been successfully researched and will be carried on the latest Apple computer later.

(End of this chapter)