Rebirth of the Tech Madman

    Corina? Menzelpulos's courteous attitude later got a bigger surprise. Among the business guests she allowed Tang Huan to entertain, one of the business guests allowed her to secretly call her generosity and value for money. ⊙Four ⊙Five ⊙Chinese ⊙Text update is the fastest

In fact, Tang Huan called Sony and Philips people together mainly for this technology.

    As for inviting the fourth-generation president of Philips, Fritz Philips, it was just a test. I didn’t expect the other party to come from afar regardless of the 76-year-old age.

    The Philips family had a lot of heritage as early as the last century. Karl Marx’s mother was the aunt of Fritz Philips’ grandfather. After Marx was exiled to London, England, living in a difficult situation, he often borrowed money from the family's banker relatives to make ends meet.

Fritz Philips’ uncle Herald Philips and grandfather Frederick Philips founded Philips in 1891, and Herald Philips became the first president.

    Fritz? Philips’ father Anton? Philips joined Philips in 1912 and played an important role in its growth, and became the second president from 1922 to 1939.

After graduating from university, Fritz Philips joined the Philips company and was appointed as the vice president and member of the board of directors of Philips in 1935.

    In 1940, Anton Philips fled to the United States with some corporate capital after knowing exactly that the German Nazis would occupy the Netherlands.

    At that time, Philips had already transferred important production equipment, and the company’s executives and other family members had also evacuated from the Netherlands, while Fritz Philips made the opposite choice and stayed with more than 10,000 Philips employees. Netherlands.

    Through the efforts of Fritz Philips, the Philips company survived the war.

During the Nazi occupation, he successfully convinced the Germans that more than 300 Jews at work were necessary for production. Thus saving their lives.

    Because of the workers' strike in 1943, Fritz Philips was imprisoned in the Vecht concentration camp.

    It can be said that Fritz Philips is a very legendary figure when Tang Huan met him. Don't mention the curiosity in the heart. After all, it is impossible for words to record all history. The person concerned is the first information carrier.

    For a long time, Philips has been under the control of the Philips family, and Fritz Philips’ brother-in-law is the third president. He himself is the fourth president, and the fifth president is Fritz Philips' brother-in-law.

    This practice did not start to change until 1977, when the Nico Rodenberg who accompanied Fritz Philips took office.

     However, this first president from outside the Philips family did not perform well during his tenure. The home appliance industry such as video recorders has been at a disadvantage in the competition with Japanese companies such as Sony.

    Another Philips executive who was present, Wise Dirk, has a very rich resume. Developed business for Philips in the Far East for many years, and did not return to the Netherlands until 1979 to join the board of directors.

With an inexplicable smile in Tang Huan’s eyes, he said that the Philips company’s arrangement, he did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, that Nico Rodenberg and Wise Dirk showed up together.

You need to know that according to the historical trajectory, the latter will take over the position of president of the former next year and clean up the mess that has been smashed by Japanese companies.

    Fritz? Philips such a heavyweight, definitely can be regarded as a veteran to play the best, and immediately suppressed the momentum of Sony's Akio Morita and Norio Oga.

    When the invitation is issued. Tang Huan has already explained that this meeting at Chateau Margaux is more casual, so you don't need to be so nervous. Just treat you as I entertain you to relax and play.

     Therefore, including the Japanese who have always insisted on attending official activities in formal attire, everyone dressed casually, chatting and laughing together to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the Chateau Margaux.

    Such a poetic and picturesque arrangement, it really makes these business elites who are in the eyes of money refreshed and happy, one by one, their eyes, accents, and steps. Then they became soft and soothed.

    Added to the various wonderful introductions of the winery manager, everyone listened with great interest and nodded frequently, expressing their admiration.

    As one of the top five French wineries, the background of Château Margaux is naturally not clear with just a few words.

    For example, people such as winery managers, wine directors, etc., are all with a doctorate degree, and their professional standards have been recognized on the spot by such insightful celebrities as Tang Huan.

After cultivating his sentiment, Tang Huan, the convener, finally started to talk about the topic, which made both Philips and Sony suddenly tense from the relaxation just now.

    Tang Huan's use of the speed at which he accumulates wealth proved his precision of vision.

    Nowadays, the cd technology jointly developed by the two companies has been looked at by Tang Huan. Philips and Sony are both delighted with its potential value, and can't help but worry that their original technology will make wedding dresses for others.

Driven by such complex emotions, the senior leaders of both sides paid so much attention to this meeting. The heavyweights worked tirelessly and eagerly rushed to the small place like Chateau Margaux to be arty.

    In fact, cd technology research and development began as early as 1974. The original purpose was to provide a solution for storing digital signals in addition to the traditional compact discs that store analog signals. From-digital music discs, namely cd-da This naming can show this kind of application positioning.

Originally, Sony and Philips have made progress in this field one after another. You chased me, it was very lively, but the past is not forgotten, and the fierce video format war has left both sides feeling lingering, thinking that the two companies are converging. , It’s better to control this field together

    So they united in 1979 and jointly established a project team to promote technology research and development.

    Among them, Philips is the head, and Sony is headed by Toi Chu Doi.

    Finally in June 1980, the first version of the cd-da related specifications. It is formulated and released by Philips and the public.

    Because the cover of the specification file is red, it is commonly called the red book.

    The content is very detailed, such as the length of the playback time, Philips gave up its original idea of ​​60 minutes. I listened to Sony Oga Norio’s view that “The opera cannot be interrupted in the scene, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony must be included. If it’s not a media acceptable to users, it’s meaningless”. The 74-minute version of Ford Wangler commanded in 1951. Defined as 74 minutes and 42 seconds.

    This standard is not free, users must have a license issued by Philips, and each related order is priced at US$5,000.

The next job for Sony and Philips is to produce mature commercial cd players. Naturally, it is difficult for both parties.

    And Philips has a world record company like Polygram. It is completely foreseeable that a new cash cow will grow up.

    According to the plan, next year, that is, 1982, cd player, and supporting music albums. It is about to be fully introduced to the market.

     But now Tang Huan suddenly jumped out, saying that I have new ideas in this field, and definitely not just picking peaches with pleasure. Sit down and talk about it in detail. How about having fun with me?

    In this regard, Sony and Philips are inevitably a little depressed. A nouveau riche like you joins in the fun, really thinking that personal computers and video game consoles are omnipotent.

    Although there is some disdain in my heart, the two companies dare not neglect, because of the annual sales of the three Silicon Valley companies Philosophy, Fangyuan Computer, and ea under the name of Tang Huan. Like myself, they are all calculated in 100 million U.S. dollars. The limelight is in full swing. It is a posture that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

    Compared with Sony, who has a better understanding of Tang Huan's strength. Philips can experience the style of being king from the style of Fangyuan Computer in the markets of Western Europe. For example, its own companies are willingly purchasing Fangyuan computers on a large scale for office use.

    This trend is unstoppable, if you don’t follow up. Other peers who use this system will have the advantage of informatization.

    Due to fierce competition from Japan and the United States, Philips has been trying to deal with those departments and subsidiaries that are hopeless to turn around in recent years to control costs. However, it did not expect that now it has increased the purchase cost of Fangyuan Computer and Zheru Software.

    Everyone said that this system is worth the money, and Philips has also discovered its benefits. As a result, Tang Huan’s importance has naturally risen.

Philips, who is unfamiliar with Tang Huan, has the same positive attitude as Sony. In addition to recognizing Tang Huan’s strength, it is also worried about Sony’s unilateral defection. After all, the cooperation between the two parties on CD is entirely based on interests. Not very vigilant.

    Fritz? Philips has always been concerned about the failure of European companies in the face of competition from American and Japanese counterparts. After receiving the invitation of Tang Huan, a recent Silicon Valley gold digger, he did not hesitate. I promised to come over, in order to see what kind of rookie in the industry has emerged.

As a result, Fritz Philips’ first impression of Tang Huan was that this young man was not as superficial as the nouveau riche described by some media, and his social skills were brilliant.

    For example, during a small chat, Tang Huan mentioned football and scratched Fritz Philips.

You must know that in the original time and space, when Fritz Philips lived to be a hundred years old, he still went to watch the home game of his own PSV Eindhoven Football Club.

    Tang Huan made a good decision in the aspect of what he liked, and even the two had a good deal to find a time for Chelsea and PSV Eindhoven Football Club to play a friendly match.

    Fritz Philips saw the intimacy of Tang Huan and Norio Oga when they talked about music topics.

    Obviously, these off-market efforts are all preparing for the next negotiation.

    For this kind of long-sleeved dance and exquisiteness, Fritz Philips is not very surprised. At the age of 35, he chose to stay in the Netherlands and the German Nazis to survive when he chose to stay in the Netherlands and the German Nazis in order to preserve the foundation of the Philips company. skill.

    Fritz? Philips secretly sighed, this trip was worthwhile, and I saw this controversial figure with titles such as genius, nouveau riche, and marketing master who would not hesitate to go to battle in order to advertise.

    "In 1963, Philips launched the cassette tape, which was a great success. Later, this kind of tape was used in telephone answering machines and the mass storage devices of personal computers that emerged in the 1970s. It is really a remarkable innovation. ."

Hearing Tang Huan’s compliment, Fritz Philips nodded and smiled. The time when the cassette tape came out was just during his tenure as president.

    "Sony's success in video tapes also maximized the storage capacity of this carrier."

    Akio Morita leaned slightly to indicate that, for Sony’s success, he naturally had to do his part.

    Tang Huan drank the red wine in the crystal glass, then shook it, "Just like this glass can hold all kinds of wine, magnetic tape can record music, video, computer data through analog method, and provide digital The recording method of CD can also do this naturally. I am interested in these applications and want to use the existing architecture with Philips and Sony to jointly promote these standards."

    The Dutch and Japanese who were present all showed stunned expressions. It turned out that this billionaire had made this idea.

     Morita Akio smiled slightly, "Tang, I can ask, why are you so keen on CD?"

    "Because the cd adopts a digital method, the computer can directly perform operations such as reading." Tang Huan's finger slides on the wine glass to cooperate with the explanation, "traditional magnetic tape can only perform sequential operations, while cd provides random reading and writing. Ability."

    "Read and write?" Nico Rodenberg issued a question~www.readwn.com~ I heard it right. "

    "Of course. Just like tape, is it not normal to provide users with the function of directly writing the data they want to store on the CD?" Tang Huan asked rhetorically.

    "I understand Tang's ambitions." Akio Morita nodded, "CD can store 74 minutes of digital music, but I really can't form a specific concept of CDs used to store images and computer data."

    "The cd-da standard regulated by your Red Book does not provide data error correction and error detection functions, but it is needed when the cd is used for computer storage. Under this premise, the cd should be able to provide a capacity of about 700mb. The hard disk used by the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra is 10mb, which is equivalent to 70 hard disks. This cost difference, you must be clear." (To be continued.) xh118--46720++2799707-->