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Chapter 551 The Imperial Group ordered 20 office computers!Shocked the global computer company! !

May 1980.

It was first reported in Silicon Valley that Future Capital's parent company, Heung Kong Empire Group, will order 20 office computers from around the world.

20 office computers?

What is this concept?
At this time, computers in country M, especially PCs, cost from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars each.

In 1978, IBM computers were still relatively expensive. With the increase and competition of global computer companies, IBM computers have been equipped with a computer with a maximum of [-] to [-] US dollars, but now it has dropped a lot.

Even then, a one-time purchase of 20 computers is a huge order for a global computer company.

If calculated based on the price of a computer at US$5000, 20 computers would involve US$10 billion, which is definitely a large order.

The news had just come out and immediately shocked many computer companies around the world.

Imperial Group involves over one million employees and more than 20 managers. It is normal to order [-] computers now.

However, how could such a large order not attract the attention of others.

The IBM company in country M, including CEO Frank Carey, vice president John Opel, and the head of the sales department John Akers, immediately called a secret meeting.

At the meeting, they discussed that no matter what, they must win such a large order from the Imperial Group.

Now IBM has competitors in country M.

One is Hewlett-Packard.

One is the Wang Press computer of the Chinese Wang Press Company.

There are also some Toyo computer companies.

Hearing this news, these computer companies held meetings one after another, planning to fly to Xiangjiang to meet Sir Yang immediately.

After all, it may involve hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars in orders, and no computer company does not want to take it out.

Even Jobs, Woz, Markkula and others in Pingguo Company were shocked when they heard the news. They knew that the Imperial Group had actually been buying computers from IBM, and now they wanted to buy more computers.

In March 1980, Future Capital had bought a 30% stake in Pingguo Company. In addition to the high financing price given by Future Capital, Jobs also considered that the Empire Group might buy more computers for office work. .

If Pingguo Company can win the order of 20 computers, it will be of great benefit to Pingguo Company's turnover, profit, and even going public at the end of the year.

Jobs discussed with Woz, Markkula and others.

Jobs and Woz knew that Sir Yang was still living in the Connor Manor, and they felt that they could meet Sir Yang in person. It would be best if Sir Yang was willing to hand over the order to them.

Near the water tower first get the month.

Jobs is more aware of the importance of this matter.

1980 5 Month 15 Day.

Thursday.

in the afternoon.

Jobs, Woz drove to Conner Manor.

When they came over, Lin Dezhong led them in.

At this time, Yang Ming was playing tennis with Zhong Chuhong and Ah Zhu on the lawn.

In the San Francisco Bay Area in May, compared with March and April, the weather temperature has increased a lot, and it has fluctuated around 20 degrees Celsius.

"Young Master Yang, Mr. Jobs and Mr. Woz are here."

Yang Ming had already guessed that these two people must have arrived first, because they were the only ones who knew that he was already in Silicon Valley, not Xiangjiang.

When the two came over, Yang Ming handed the ball racket to Ah Zhu.

Then wash your hands, and Jobs, Woz sat down in the garden.

Lin Dezhong sent someone to bring afternoon tea.

After Yang Ming invited the two of them to drink afternoon tea first, because it was a business, they would not talk outside, but had to talk in the study.

"Sir Yang, I heard that your Imperial Group is going to order 20 office computers?"

Jobs asked directly.

"Yes, my company has actually purchased and popularized office computers all the time, from the earliest executives, to ordinary executives, to employees in various departments, and it will gradually be popularized in the future."

Yang Ming knows the importance of office computers.

Computers will definitely become more popular in the future.

Except for physical labor, employees like those sitting in the office are basically equipped with computers for office work.

Jobs and Woz were pleasantly surprised.

With so many companies and so many employees under the Empire Group, if they are all popularized, it will be really amazing, at least millions of computers will be involved, and billions of dollars will be involved.

Thinking of such a large order, Jobs and Woz are very excited.

"Sir Yang, now your Future Capital Company is already the major shareholder of Pingguo Company. I wonder if it is possible to hand over these orders to Pingguo Company?"

Yang Ming had already guessed that it would be like that.

Yang Ming said, "Mr. Jobs, Mr. Woz, in fact, there are additional conditions for my purchase of these office computers."

Additional conditions?

Historically, no matter what happened to Pingguo Company, Steve Jobs and Pingguo Company were unwilling to use the Windows system, nor did they want to use the Android system. They always used the iOS system developed by themselves.

According to Jobs, the operating system in the computer belongs to the soul, how could the soul be handed over to other companies?
Pingguo company rejected Microsoft, also rejected Google.

"Sir Yang, don't you know your additional conditions?"

"I founded a supercomputer software company in Silicon Valley. You should have heard of it. This company has recently successfully developed computer operating systems. That is to say, my office computers will use these operating systems."

operating system?

Jobs and Woz were surprised.

Jobs said: "Sir Yang, even in that case, we can sell you the Pingguo computer, as long as your company's R&D system is compatible, then there is no problem installing your own company's system."

Yang Ming shook his head.

"That's not what I'm talking about. If it's this, I don't need to do that. I'm the computer company that needs to cooperate with me, and all of them use this system."

Jobs and Woz had figured it out.

This is not an ordinary computer business at all.

This is clearly an exchange of interests.

In other words, Sir Yang used the computer order to exchange the operating system developed by his own company with the computer company.

Regardless of the operating system, if that's the case, doesn't that mean that in the future, all future computer systems will use the operating system developed by Sir Yang's company?
Neither Jobs nor Woz expected that to be the case.

In addition to attaching great importance to computer hardware, Jobs and Woz also attached great importance to computer software.

If that was the case, then they would not be able to agree to the additional conditions of Sir Yang's order, even if it was a super large order.

Yang Ming had already guessed that it would be like that.

If Jobs agrees, then the other party is not Jobs, let alone the Jobs in history.

In that case, Yang Ming's huge amount of financing for Pingguo Company would be meaningless.

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