giants of the era

Chapter 159 Network (two chapters in one)

Except for the huge noise at the beginning of the recruitment, the Flamingo Company rarely made surprise moves after that. Everyone became busy and devoted themselves to game development.For game developers, being able to develop classic good games is their favorite thing to do!

As the founder of Flamingo and the chief designer of the game, Li Zetian also participated in the development of multiple projects of the company.

At the same time, Li Zetian is still thinking about Tian Shuai, Zhang Hao, Jobs, Wozniak and others, who are now kicked out of the company by Apple.

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"Mr. Tian, ​​Sony Group sincerely invites you to join us as the president of Sony Electronics America, and we don't hesitate to offer you a high salary of 100 million US dollars. I hope you will think carefully about it!" A middle-aged Asian man said. Went to Tian Shuai's house, said lobbyingly.

After Ichiro Yamada said this, he picked up his teacup and drank it leisurely. He was very sure in his heart that it was impossible for Shuai Tian not to be tempted by Sony's offer of such a good condition!

Tian Shuai frowned lightly and remained silent.

Indeed, the conditions offered by Sony were the best, but he was extremely unwilling to work for RB.

"Mr. Tian, ​​don't you agree to such a condition?"

Ichiro Yamada frowned, pushed the glasses frame, and said, "Sony is full of sincerity, and it is absolutely impossible for other companies to offer you such good conditions. Only a company like Sony with rich money and great importance to talents will Such a good offer. Moreover, if you join Sony, you will have plenty of opportunities for promotion in the future!"

"Drip drip!"

At this time, Tian Shuai's pager rang, and he looked at it, and there was a line written on it: "I am Chronos, and I have established a new company. Would you like to come over?"

Of course I would! ! !
Tian Shuai was overjoyed, put the pager back into his pocket calmly, and then refused to Ichiro Yamada: "Excuse me, Mr. Ichiro Yamada, I have found a new job!"

"Mr. Tian, ​​as far as I know, you did not agree to the invitation from other companies!!!" Yamada Ichiro frowned.

"Yes, I did not agree to any company's invitation before." Tian Shuai nodded with a smile.

"Could it be because of the pager text message just now?" Yamada Ichiro asked with a surprised expression.

Tian Shuai smiled and said nothing, expressing his acquiescence.What a genius Li Zetian is, Tian Shuai is naturally very clear.Therefore, when Li Zetian said that he established a new company and invited himself, Tian Shuai didn't need to ask what the company does, he had already agreed directly in his heart. Legendary company! ! !

Yamada Ichiro said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Tian, ​​Sony invited you over and over again, but you didn't agree. The other party just sent you a pager message, and you agreed?! This person has a lot of face!!!"

After saying this, Yamada Ichiro suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, and he said, "Could it be that Chronos Li sent you a message?"

Tian Shuai still smiled and said nothing, and Yamada Ichiro is not stupid, so how could he fail to guess.

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more, so Yamada Ichiro left.

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At the same time, Sony also sent people to dig Zhang Han.

As soon as the other party spoke, the angry Zhang Hao coldly refused: "Tell Sony that I won't work for RB!!!"

"Mr. Zhang, Sony's treatment is good, don't you think about it?!"

"Think about it, no matter how good the treatment is, I won't agree!"

At that moment, his pager rang.

When he saw that it was Li Zetian establishing a company and sending him an invitation message, Zhang Hao burst into laughter, then showed the pager to the other party, and said, "See, my boss has established a new company, and now call I went to help! If my boss hadn’t had a car accident, what would Sony be? The Walkman you developed also wants to seize the Walkman market? Moreover, I express my disdain for your Sony’s blatant plagiarism !Okay, you don’t need to talk nonsense, you can go!!”

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On the same day, Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Jobs, and Wozniak rushed to Li Zetian's house again.After Li Zetian woke up, they had already visited once. However, Li Zetian was relatively weak at that time, and he didn't think about how to arrange them, so he didn't talk too much with them.

At the end of July, the four arrived at Li Zetian's Beverly Hills villa.

Zhang Han was the first one to arrive here. As soon as they met, Zhang Han excitedly asked Li Zetian, "Chronos, what good thing did you design this time?!"

Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "Something that changes the world..."

Zhang Han was stunned for a moment, but didn't recover for a while.

"Mr. Li, what exactly did you design this time that can change the world?!" Zhang Han was full of curiosity.

Li Zetian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, let's go into the house and tell you all later! By the way, Tian Shuai, Jobs, and Wozniak are on the way and will be here soon."

"Oh fine."

Zhang Hao nodded helplessly. He knew that Li Zetian always liked to keep things secret, and he would not answer when asked.

Half an hour later, Tian Shuai, Zhang Han, Jobs, and Wozniak arrived.

Li Zetian led them to the small conference room in the villa. After everyone sat down, Li Zetian said, "I have asked Dongfang Yuqin to establish two companies for me, one company is called Yinhe Network Company, and the other is called Sun Computer. system company."

"It's the Milky Way again, and it's the Sun again, Mr. Li, the names of these two companies are very aggressive!!!" Zhang Hao laughed.

Li Zetian said with a smile: "Fame and arrogance are for people to remember easily, which is conducive to brand promotion."

Tian Shuai was puzzled and said, "Mr. Li, Sun Computer System Company should be developing computers. I'm a little confused about what this Yinhe Network Company is doing?"

Zhang Han, Jobs, and Wozniak also showed doubts on their faces.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "Xerox Corporation of the United States developed Ethernet, which is a kind of local area network. If several computers are connected through Ethernet, a local area network can be formed to realize communication between each other. , scientific research, office work, and even the game industry have brought great benefits! Take games for example. In the past, only one computer was used to play stand-alone games, but when connected to a LAN, multiple people can interact and play games together. That’s all. It can attract countless computer users. In addition, everyone should know the APA Internet Cafe, which is the most widely used network. Well-known universities and research institutes all over the world are connected through this network. Therefore, Ethernet and APA The combination of Pannet can connect a lot of computers together to form a larger network. If each computer wants to join this network, it must first install a network adapter, referred to as "network card". As you can imagine, If all computers are added to this network, how big is the market prospect of network cards?"

As soon as the words fell, the four people present couldn't help but move.

In fact, Li Zetian still has a lot to say, such as switches, routers and other things, the road needs to be taken step by step, and the food needs to be eaten bite by bite, so there is no rush.

Currently, the connections between computers do not have switches, but use something called a hub.The hub is like a big speaker, one person speaks, it is amplified for everyone to hear, and only one person can speak at the same time.The switch can also be used as a speaker, but it also has a function. If A wants to talk to B alone and does not want others to hear it, it can be done through the switch, but the hub cannot.And the hub shares the bandwidth, the number of people has to be divided by the number, and the switch has exclusive bandwidth for everyone.

The existence of hubs can promote the sales of network cards.But obviously, this thing has a lot of flaws, and it is inevitable to be replaced by switches and routers!
Jobs asked at this time: "Galaxy Networks develops network cards, but what about Sun Computer Systems? Is it also the same as Apple, which develops personal computers?"

Li Zetian shook his head, "Right now, personal computers are becoming popular, computer giants are launching products to seize the market, and the competition is fierce. We will focus on the places they ignore." Li Zetian paused, leaving everyone a short time to think, Then continued, "This target is a graphics workstation!!!"

"Graphics workstation?"

Everyone was a little surprised, they didn't expect Li Zetian to target this aspect. "Graphics workstation" is a general term for a high-end dedicated computer specialized in graphics, image (static), image (dynamic) and video work. Whether it is animation, data visualization processing or even CAD/CAM and EDA, the system is required to have a lot of Strong graphics processing capability.

Li Zetian said: "Graphics workstations are actually high-end microcomputers, which can be used for CAD parts design, animation production, print advertisement design, engineering analysis calculations, simulation simulations, etc. The market is huge, and the profits are more than personal computers. Right now There are personal computers for hundreds of dollars, and their profits have been suppressed very low. As a new company, Sun Computer Systems, in order to compete with other companies, naturally it is better to develop graphics workstations! As far as I know, there is no one The company has set its goal on the graphics workstation, and this is our opportunity! After the graphics workstation is developed, only one film special effects company (Industrial Light and Magic) under my name will need to purchase dozens of them, and I believe that the graphics workstation It is widely used in the field of film and television!"

When everyone heard the words, they felt that what Li Zetian said was very reasonable, and they couldn't help nodding their heads.In fact, the personal computer market is still quite profitable, but graphics workstations are more profitable.The Sun Computer System Company founded by Li Zetian is almost a reference to the previous Sun Company. Sun does not actually refer to the sun, but the acronym for Stanford-University-Network. This company started by developing graphics workstations, and later invented the Java language, creating a myth of more than 2000 billion US dollars. !
Of course, Li Zetian did not give up on personal computers completely. He still pays close attention to the development of Apple Inc., and waits for the day when it is about to go bankrupt, and then buys it. ! ! !
Li Zetian continued: "After developing graphics workstations, Sun Computer Systems has accumulated experience in developing high-performance computers, and then it can enter minicomputer servers. Relying on powerful graphics processing capabilities, it can even defeat DEC and IBM and become a minicomputer company. The king of the world!!!”

After finishing speaking, Li Zetian looked around among the four of them, and then asked, "Which company do you four plan to join?"

Zhang Han looked at Tian Shuai, the two of them had a close relationship.

Wozniak looked to Jobs, counting on him to make up his mind.

The four discussed in low voices.

In the end, Tian Shuai and Zhang Han were willing to join Galaxy Networks, while Jobs and Wozniak were willing to join Sun Computer Systems.

Li Zetian didn't treat them badly. Although he didn't directly give them shares, he promised to give each of them 5% stock options. As the company grows, it will naturally be honored.

After signing the contract, Li Zetian asked them to have dinner at home and stay overnight for a night of chatting.

For Sun Computer Systems, Li Zetian told them to develop a geometry generator, that is, a custom chip that can accelerate the establishment of models, and use hardware to accelerate the geometric transformation of graphics, which relieves the central processing unit of a large number of graphics. The burden of processing, providing dynamic graphics capabilities unmatched by other workstations!
As for Yinhe Network Company, Li Zetian had much more to say.

"Ethernet technology was invented by Xerox. However, Xerox obviously doesn't know how to make money from it. This is our opportunity! In addition, Ethernet has not yet formed a standard. We can cooperate with Xerox to become a standard Formulators and promoters, and then obtain free authorization from Xerox Corporation. Xerox Corporation provides technology, Intel Corporation produces related chips, and Galaxy Network Corporation produces "network cards". The three powerful alliances and joint promotion will definitely make Ethernet beat other LAN technologies , become the industry standard!" Li Zetian paused, and then said, "In addition, the TCP/IP protocol is under development, and we also want to participate in it and become one of the protocol standard setters!"

"Well, okay, we got it..." Tian Shuai and Zhang Han nodded.

Early the next morning, the four of them left the villa after breakfast and went back to their respective homes.A week later, go to the company to report.Both Galaxy Networks and Sun Computer Systems are in Los Angeles.

Li Zetian knew that from the moment he crossed, it caused a butterfly effect and changed the world.

Before creating Apple, it set off a frenzy of personal computers in advance.

Now that the Galaxy Network Company has been created, the Internet in this world will develop much faster than in the previous life.Network cards are just the first step for Galaxy Networks, routers and switches are next.In the early days of Internet development, many Internet service providers (ISPs) rented telephone lines from telephone companies to provide dial-up Internet services for Internet users.Traditional telephone exchanges cannot realize this function, and advanced program-controlled exchanges are required to manage telephone voice services and broadband services separately and in an orderly manner.

Now, more and more things are different from the previous life, but the general direction of development should not change. Li Zetian can still make the most correct choice based on the memory of his previous life.

PS: A little more tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)