My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 757 Only Crushing Victory is the Way
After all, he was a complete novice who had lost all confidence even when filming TV dramas.

Stephen Chow definitely has no say on set now.

But if he's not the one ensuring the original flavor, then the resulting nonsensical comedy will definitely not be the same.

Qin Yuye made an overseas call to confirm immediately after landing.

But they never leave each other's side.

Because Lin Wangfu can now completely replace her translation and business skills, and also has a comprehensive technological advantage, as well as a better understanding between men in interpersonal relationships.

They rented three cars to pick them up from the airport, and once they landed, they put Liu Xiaoyong and his group on a domestic flight to Washington State University. They also provided two business assistants.

Liu Xiaoyong plans to set up an architectural design firm outside of Washington State University to facilitate future business correspondence, work exchanges, and academic interactions, gradually reducing his reliance on connections within Apple.

Then the Taoist priests got into the back carriage.

Once we were on the road, he provided a series of work arrangements: "The Apple product launch is the day after tomorrow. Steve has asked you several times when you will arrive. I always say you are at the product research center and I haven't mentioned any details about the sound card. After your long journey, we'll rest and then visit him."

This is especially commendable.

Even though it was a product he designed and developed, he managed to refrain from criticizing it, instead leaving the opportunity to let Wei Dong implement it in a way that would maximize profits.

Many people couldn't resist turning away at this point.

When faced with the lure of enormous wealth or success, what kind of partners are there?

Wei Dong was so pleased that he couldn't help but point at Qin Yuye, meaning, "Look at him, you can't suppress your inner performing spirit."

His wife was completely baffled by the fact that he was using a mobile phone to make calls.

However, Wei Dong didn't let Lin Wangfu hold back any longer: "Go pay him a visit now. How much merchandise did you bring?"

Lin Wangfu chuckled: "One container holds 200,000 boxes, including 150,000 external speakers and 50,000 internal speakers. There are also two containers of computer speakers, which we just applied for patents on, our patents."

Even while his wife was on the phone, she pouted, wondering why the two men were being so intimate!
However, the man on the other end of the phone was much more affectionate, repeatedly saying "okay, okay, no problem, I'll do whatever you say, Xingzai!"
Then he hurriedly hung up the phone.

This inexplicably exacerbated Qin Yuye's sense of loss.

He Yuzhu wouldn't have these inexplicable emotions.

He sat quietly next to Lin Wangfu the whole time, never trying to interrupt, only opening the charts when necessary.

Based on Lin Wangfu's experience and his interactions with Apple after arriving, the entire company has already highlighted the newly upgraded 386 chip + 20M hard drive as the core selling point of 87 MAC computers.

The current problem is that the 386 chip is still embroiled in copyright disputes with Intel, so AMD is doing wafer packaging in small, lab-scale factories with very low production volumes.

There are only about 100,000 pieces in stock.

The yield rate is even lower.

Lin Wangfu is already very familiar with the situation: "Our core key is to help Apple sell more computers. They must expand the production capacity of 386 chips as soon as possible. Right Bank is the only company in the world that can provide this kind of production capacity, but this is Intel's territory, so we can only push for the upgrading of the Pengzhen plant!"

The driver almost made Wei Dong let go of the car and applaud.

I'm happier with this kind of good partner than with any amount of money I've made.

His wife pouted.

When they arrived at Apple's headquarters several dozen kilometers later, she even tried to persuade her husband to change into a more formal suit.

Wei Dong didn't care at all: "We're all men, why bother with all this fancy stuff? Let's go, let's go..."

Following behind, Ada felt even more eager to jump up and kick those two lackeys away.

Therefore, many instances of empress dowagers disrupting the court originated from this.

Sure enough, upon seeing Wei Dong arrive looking travel-worn and disheveled, Steve became even more enthusiastic, giving him a deep hug first: "Thanks to your advice, I have full confidence in the 87 MAC!"

Wei Dong nodded and said, "Let's take a look at the goods first."

His tone was like that of a Golden Triangle trader.

The new product is currently classified as confidential. It is said that it has been packaged and shipped to various parts of the United States, but Apple personnel are guarding the boxes and preventing anyone from opening them.

The pure white chassis is exquisite and beautiful, and the fully transparent side panel makes it look even more impressive. It is based on last year's sea view house design, but with more design adjustments.

This part is currently being produced locally by Citibank. Once mass sales are confirmed, various templates and manufacturing processes will be outsourced to the Shanghai factory for production, significantly reducing costs.

The monitor is a 14-inch analog flat right-angle monitor made in Shanghai.

The keyboards and mice also feature more lightweight design details, and their agile and simple design is very valuable.

However, compared to the exterior, the internal improvements are the decisive changes.

We skipped IBM's current mainstream 286 chip and went straight to the 386 chip, then upgraded the memory from 1MB in last year's Mac computers to 4MB, plus a 20MB hard drive.

In addition to driving the price up to $4999, it also propelled computers into a world of color!

Only with sufficient computing power can images be displayed, supporting vibrant true colors, boasting a staggering 16 colors. This will leave everyone who opens one of the 87 Mac computers utterly amazed, confirming its immense popularity.

Because of images, the uses of computers expanded dramatically.

At least PowerPoint can load a lot of pictures, and Wei Dong is most familiar with the difference when explaining products to people using photo albums.

But looking at the room full of Apple executives who were probably already a bit tired of the sight, yet still full of smug and excited expressions, Steve's attention was entirely focused on Wei Dong's face.

Because he had nothing to get excited about.

What's so interesting about this? The old security guard with the missing hand could still operate the toll booth's computer with just one finger, and it was still a far cry from that 386 computer.

He was just confirming that the thing was indeed quite perfect, even a bit beyond his expectations, and he took a rather big step.

Is skipping 286 and completely dominating it really that effective?
He wouldn't have done this if it weren't to enable the Shenzhen wafer fab to produce 386 chips.

This could very well lead to the sound card feature not being released this season!
Right? It's already so amazing that it can crush all similar products. According to the capitalists' thinking, should we use it sparingly until the next season?
This steady, long-term approach is the secret to making money.

Even though Wei Dong had already prepared a backup plan, the sound card and speaker factories couldn't wait any longer, especially since they had also ordered a container ship.

So, looking at the seven or eight senior company executives in this conference room, Wei Dong nodded to Steve: "Could you ask the others to leave so you can take a look at our newly developed product alone?"

Steve's eyes immediately lit up, and he signaled to clear the area.

The others were somewhat unwilling, but they all had no choice but to leave.

As soon as Wei Dong raised his hand, Lin Wangfu took out a semi-transparent plastic box from his pocket, carefully opened it, and took out a yellow object that looked like a cassette tape.

He also picked out another piece for Steve to examine and play with.

I went around to the back of the computer that was shut down and plugged in the original printer port.

He Yuzhu also took out two white computer speakers, each about the size of a mineral water bottle, from his briefcase and skillfully plugged them into the power source and the 3.5mm headphone jack at the end of the cassette tape.

Insert a real memory card and power it on.

Steve, whose eyes were gradually widening, watched as Wei Dong operated the mouse, first running the sound card software on the memory card, and then selecting an audio file to play:
"Hello, this is MAC..."

The biggest difference between Lin Wangfu and all the other developers of computers with sound in this era is that he is a music enthusiast.

From the day he started making sound cards, his goal was to give computers audiophile-grade sound quality.

So all the other developers working in sync were just doing what they could do – make a sound, talk, and any electronic speaker would do.

The sound card chip he made has the ability to decode sound effects, and then it must be matched with this kind of active speaker to realize the sound quality.

This is actually similar to Steve Jobs' pursuit of perfection when making computers.

What we see now is this recording that Jiang Jialing had done with an HK radio announcer, with a full and pleasant sound quality.

The gentle symphony that followed brought tears to Steve's eyes!
The perfect multimedia computer!

Lin Wangfu controlled his equally surging emotions and quietly watched as Wei Dong reached out to turn off the audio file: "Do you know what the biggest use of this thing is?"

He then clicked on the folder labeled "SANGO" and opened the executable file.

When the game screen, originally designed with 256 colors, popped up, it was accompanied by a vast and magnificent background music!

An ordinary game can be instantly transformed into an immersive experience simply by adding background music.

When this still somewhat rough-around-the-edges strategy game, "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms," is played, it doesn't require grand visuals or animations, but it does have a dazzling array of sound effects.

Arrows shot out with a whoosh, swords and clubs flashed, and screams of agony filled the air as people fell from their horses.

The concept of multimedia computers truly stepped onto the historical stage from then on.

Qin Yuye was standing next to Steve, focused on her translation job, but she stumbled on the technical term "multimedia".

Lin Wangfu said softly, "Multimedia, this is the direction that Pete believes personal computers should fully cover in the future."

Wei Dong then launched into a long-winded explanation: "As far as we know, there are three different international companies and R&D teams that are launching various sound cards, with different focuses and functions, but none of them have fully launched and released them yet. Therefore, I think Apple should launch a super multimedia computer with full sound and visual appeal at this time!"

According to Lin Wangfu's understanding, only Da Ying has a team doing similar research and development, while the others are still in the laboratory stage.

After all, no one has yet realized the significance of computers making sounds.

But now Steve has seen it.

If he were a pure businessman, like Li Bancheng, he might hold on tight and wait until the next season to reap the rewards.

But he is also a perfectionist.

When Wei Dong closes the game and opens a PowerPoint file, displaying a document with accompanying music and charts...

He couldn't hold back any longer: "Alright! Let's all go together and completely crush all our competitors!"

(End of this chapter)