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Chapter 153 The Money Tree Is About to Be Born

When Wang Lie left, his face turned pale from fright.Although he is ignorant, he also knows what Microsoft's release of Word word processing software means to Wang An's company, and he can't help but feel scared in his heart.He followed the ambulance all the way to the hospital in fear, in case something happened to his father, the sky would collapse...

"Doctor, how is my dad?"

"Don't worry, it's just passed out, nothing serious."

Wang Lie breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the news that Wang An was stunned at the Microsoft product launch event quickly spread.

The noon news of the major TV stations reported this incident one after another, and the stock price of Wang An Computer Company plummeted all the way, with a tendency of plummeting!
In the hospital, Wang An just woke up and asked about the company's situation, but Wang Lie hesitated and couldn't speak.

"How much has the company's stock price dropped!!" Wang An yelled at Wang Lie.

"So far, the stock price has fallen by at least 4 dollars!" Wang Lie said out of fear of his father's reprimand.

"No, I want to return to the company immediately to stabilize morale!" Wang An said, standing up from the bed.

"Dad, the doctor said it's best for you to rest in the hospital for a day or two..." Wang Lie stopped him from getting out of bed.

"Go away! If I don't go back to Wang An Computer Company, the stock price will continue to fall!"

Wang Lie couldn't stop him, and he didn't want to stop him either.

The stock price of Wang An Computer Company continued to plummet, and his family wealth shrank significantly.

On the other hand, Li Zetian also sent someone to keep an eye on Wang An's physical condition. He just made an accidental mistake. He didn't expect Wang An to be stunned at all. Thinking about it, Wang An has been so smooth all these years, because he has won the computer giant IBM many times, and he is a bit carried away. , I never expected that I would fall a big somersault on this young man in his early twenties. I was very upset and had a stagnation. As a result, the moment the Word word processing software appeared, it finally broke out, causing him to faint.

"It's good that people are fine. Although it is said that shopping malls are like battlefields, I'm not despicable enough to intentionally kill people. What's more, Microsoft faces many enemies, and Wang An Computer Company is not the most powerful player in it." ! Our goal is to defeat all opponents!"

In the office of Microsoft Corporation, Li Zetian said to Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Gary Kildare and others, "Word software will be very popular no matter what. The company will be very busy in the next period of time. Everyone effort!"

"En!" Everyone nodded in unison.

Now, Microsoft has four popular products, the first is naturally the Microsoft-DOS operating system, the second is the Excel spreadsheet, the third is the Word word processing software, and the fourth is the BASIC language.With these four products, Microsoft is already a world-class software company!

On the day the Word conference ended, Wall Street valued Microsoft at $20 billion!
Of course, in Li Zetian's view, this valuation is very low, because people generally value hardware, and software is often only an incidental product.

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Wang An is not dead, but his health is not as good as before. It seems that he may "take over" in advance.

Wang An's prestige in the United States is still great. After he was discharged from the hospital, the stock price of Wang An Computer Company was curbed. Although it was still falling, it was not as sharp as before. However, the company's market value has fallen below 50 billion US dollars.At this time, many people in the company made suggestions to develop personal computers.Regarding this, Wang An was a little hesitant. Developing a personal computer was tantamount to giving up the company's most profitable product—Wang An word processor.

"Personal computers are indeed a development trend, but the market is not big enough. Wait a little longer...Wang An word processor still has a lot of room for development, especially in Asia and Europe, which should be the markets we urgently need to develop!"

When Wang An said this, his tone was very confident.Yes, he admitted that personal computers were promising, but the market was small, so he didn't bother to enter.When the market gets bigger, he believes that as long as Wang An Computer Company launches a personal computer, it will definitely get a piece of the pie, and this extremely powerful, or somewhat blind self-confidence has always been derived from his decades of success!
Obviously, Wang An in his later years has been dazzled by the victory, and has become arrogant and defiant.

When he decided that Wang An Computer Company would enter the personal computer market, it was too late.

After the Word software was released, it was sold in major shopping malls, and there was an endless stream of users who came to buy it.When major printer manufacturers promote their products, they also promote Word software, which makes it easier to sell.

A week later, Word had sold more than 6 copies, selling for $200 on its own.The price is really not expensive.You know, the first Windows version of Word was released in 1989, and the price was $500.Now it is just a common version, Microsoft will also develop professional version, small business version, home and student version, etc. The prices are naturally different. The same goes for Excel spreadsheets.

The popularity of Word word processing software has naturally also driven the sales of Excel spreadsheets, with 3.5 copies sold within a week.

It is extremely rare for a software company that can make as much money as Microsoft at present. Excel and Word just solve the office needs of enterprises, and most of the personal computer users are just these white-collar workers sitting in the office.

One month later, Li Zetian saw that Wang An Computer Company had no attitude towards transformation at all, but instead stepped up the development and promotion of word processors, striving to open up overseas markets in the United States, and he knew that Wang An Computer Company was completely hopeless.

"In this era, the Chinese still rely on me to support the sky!!!"

After Li Zetian returned to the villa, he began to learn about robots and artificial intelligence. People have to find a goal for themselves. Li Zetian hopes to make a major breakthrough and contribution in this area.In his previous life, he was only in his early 20s, and he didn't have time to learn many things, such as electronic engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence and other knowledge.Otherwise, when he developed the first-generation personal computer Apple-l, why did he have to ask a technical master like Wozniak to help him...

RB has eight of the top ten robotics patent companies in the world! ! !
If the robot has a very powerful artificial intelligence, then wouldn't RB be a bunker? !
What kind of horror would it be if the whole world was filled with RB robots with artificial intelligence?Li Zetian couldn't imagine it.

"You are studying and researching here alone, why don't you invite those skilled people to study together?" Yu Jingqiu made a cup of Blue Mountain coffee for Li Zetian and put it on his desk.

"Don't worry, I have to find out myself before I invite them in. I don't remember who said, 'Don't go into a field that you don't know!' In terms of robotics and artificial intelligence, I really do I am not familiar with it, and it may cost a huge amount of R&D funds in this area, so I must be cautious."

"Well, what you said makes sense. Oh, by the way, Nolan Bushnell just called to say that the Atari 2600 has been developed. A press conference will be held at the end of May and it will be released globally on June 5."

Li Zetian was overjoyed when he heard the words, took a sip of coffee, and said with a smile, "Hehe, our money tree has finally been born!"

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