Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 104 Relax 1 go to treasure hunt

According to Tang Huan’s prediction, the delaying effect of “Tennis for Two” is limited, and it will soon be disapproved by the judge as in previous lives.

But the dramatic thing is that it is precisely this trick he is least optimistic about, which plunges the lawsuit into endless disputes over whether the patent is valid and whether it should belong to the public domain, and it breaks away from the script originally set by director Tang Da.

At the beginning, Tang Huan was very surprised, how did the situation turn out to be like this, and then he gradually figured out some of the mysteries.

First of all, unlike the original Nintendo in 1985, EA is a local American company that provides employment opportunities in a down-to-earth manner. Naturally, it will not cause people who are dissatisfied with Japanese tyrants to make money. Everyone should be equal. Many.

Secondly, there are signs that Warner behind Atari and Mattel behind Intellivision have used public relations to influence the direction of public opinion.

The psychology of these guys is not difficult to guess. At first, they thought that the Xiaobawang game console was destined to be doomed, so they naturally stood by and watched the fun.

But when EA came up with “Twin Tennis”, which seemed to be quite tenable counter-proof evidence, smart businessmen could not ignore it.

Because it is very obvious that after Milova has cleaned up the new and emerging Xiaobawang, other manufacturers are the next targets. No one wants to be slaughtered. Especially Mattel, the trial sales of Intellivision, which he has just developed at a high price, are doing well. The mind to clear the obstacle of Mirova naturally is even more urgent.

So just like that, Milova committed the anger, and everyone secretly laid down black hands.

After confirming this conclusion through various channels, Tang Huan couldn’t help but sweat once. In the face of sufficient benefits, there really is no permanent enemy. Not long ago, the opponents who had been beaten by the battle during the Christmas sales season had a tacit understanding. Launched a joint encirclement and suppression operation.

With this trend, Tang Huan even let go of Hawkins.

This time when he returned to the United States, Tang Huan was temporarily chained. In addition to the official lawsuit, the personal reasons were more important.

Deng Lijun’s expected delivery date is approaching, and her aunt Tang Yun gave the order. Although Tang Huan could not always move forward with Deng’s mother’s caring care, she was not allowed to leave the United States and was ready to follow along.

Very strange, Tang Huan has no restless ecstasy for the upcoming new life, which is just ordinary happiness, and his work has not fallen, especially for all the research and development projects of Zheru, he personally asked them in different ways.

It is worth mentioning that as a result of visiting PARC, samples of the mechanical mouse have been made.

With Tang Huan’s guidance, this input device is much more practical. It adopts the two-button style that was most popular in the 1980s in the original time and space. After connecting through an expansion card and loading an extra delicate driver, it can control the screen. In particular, in Zheru’s software products, with mature menu technology, the user experience has risen to a new level.

In the past life, because of the eye-catching MAC, the one-button mouse became a symbol, which made many people mistakenly think that Steve Jobs invented the mouse, but in fact, there are already in the Lisa computer released by Apple. In addition to the graphical user interface and the mouse, its inventor is another person.

This inventor is Douglas Carl Engelbart, born in 1925. He received the attention and funding of ARPA, the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the US Department of Defense, during his work at the Stanford Research Institute in 1957, and led the team to develop some computer interfaces. Elements, such as screen bitmaps, mouse, hypertext, collaboration tools, and graphical user interfaces, etc., the final result constitutes the NLS system, and in 1968 successfully carried out a display activity called “Mother of Innovation” in Brooks Hall, San Francisco ,.

In 1969, the U.S. Congress passed the Mansfield Amendment, requiring the Department of Defense to only provide support to projects that “directly have an obvious relationship with specific military functions or operations.”

Under this situation, Engelbart’s funding quickly reduced, and the management of the Stanford Research Institute no longer supported his research and development.

After 　　, because of ideological differences, the technical team split, many researchers switched to Xerox’s PARC, and human-computer interaction technologies such as graphical user interfaces followed.

In 1977, the Stanford Research Institute sold the computer system developed by the Engelbart group to Tymshare, and Engelbart also left the Stanford Research Institute.

There is no doubt that Engelbart’s research direction is correct, but it is too advanced. It will not be recognized as a pioneer until many years later. Naturally, he has not lived a life of a wealthy man by secular standards.

The mouse invented by Engelbart, whose patent was applied for in 1967 and was approved in 1970, is a wooden shell with two metal wheels underneath.

Tang Huan sat in front of the demonstration system, while moving the mouse designed according to his requirements, while observing the screen, he was quite satisfied.

“Haven’t it been calculated, what is the cost of this mouse?” Tang Huan asked casually.

“At around US$60, Xerox’s three-button mouse is complicated in structure and not smooth enough to move. Each one costs US$300. In comparison, our product is still very advantageous.” The project leader looked at the notebook, detailed I introduced it.

When Tang Huan heard this, he couldn’t help frowning. If he remembers correctly, Jobs’s cost standard is 15 US dollars. This gap is too big, and users are estimated to be difficult to accept, but his staff are indeed very hardworking. , You can’t deny it with a stick.

“We will optimize it further.” Seeing that Tang Huan did not make a statement, his subordinates quickly added: “The owner of the mouse patent is the Stanford Research Institute. We have obtained the authorization and spent $10,000.”

Tang Huan nodded, saying that the price was still good, three-quarters less than Apple in the previous life.

“The Stanford Research Institute did not take this patent seriously and asked if we were willing to accept the assignment. The price was 100,000 US dollars. However, considering that the patent had been so long and had to pay annual maintenance fees, it was not worth it, so we did not agree.”

Listening to his subordinates telling a joke, Tang Huan shook his head speechlessly, not having eyesight is really deadly. The mouse is an indispensable input device in the future. Although you can’t make much money, you can buy it and store the traces of history. Yes, this is also part of corporate culture and soft power.

“Contact the Stanford Research Institute immediately, we bought this patent.” Tang Huan gave the order.

Seeing a puzzled look on his subordinates, Tang Huan explained with a smile, “Since Steve Jobs visited PARC, he has been keen on the development of graphical user interfaces. Why is there less mouse? I want to see him asking me and Looks desperate.”

The subordinates understood, and quickly nodded in agreement, but they were muttering in their heart, the boss is really willful, and he doesn’t even consider whether it is cost-effective, but this trick is interesting.

Compared with Tang Huan’s occasional evil taste, there are other people who are really rich and willful, such as Christina, the queen of ships.

This eldest daughter came directly to Cupertino when she came back from Greece. The philosophers in the office building clearly felt the compelling nobility cultivated by enjoying countless wealth from childhood to adulthood. Bend and avoided, Tang Huan was speechless when the princess looked at it.

“My dear, you never took a vacation. Why don’t you go to Florida together, visit my fleet, dive for treasure by the way, and relax.” Christina hugged Tang Huan’s arm without any suspicion and rubbed against her full chest. It’s a rub.

In the original time and space, on January 21, 1980, the value of silver futures rose to its highest price in history-$50.35 per ounce. In just 12 months, the price of silver has risen 8 times; if counting from 10 years ago, the price of silver has risen 25 times.

In this time and space, the appalling bull market manipulated by the Hunter family is also thrilling.

According to Tang Huan’s instructions, during the safe time before the Hunter family played and crippled herself, Christina happily played once in the futures market and made a small profit. After she quit before Christmas last year, Soon, even the millions of dollars were invested into EA company profitably.

Tang Huan’s magic, in addition to making the female ship king unable to bear the shelf of a wealthy daughter, also made her spend all her heart to please her. The whimsical spending of tens of millions of dollars on a private jet as a gift is the most obvious example. .

Seeing the world-famous billionaire women in front of their bosses, the gossip fire in the hearts of the philosophers employees can no longer be restrained flaring up, although they dare not whisper to each other but Exchange of intelligence with each other’s eyes, for a time, it can be said to be unlimited.

After feeling the atmosphere is different, Tang Huan quickly pulled Christina into his office.

“I have already agreed. Of course, what you say counts, but why did you come to such a small place yourself.” Tang Huan asked dumbfoundingly.

“I haven’t been here before, this time I will stop by.” Christina looked at the layout of the office curiously. After seeing some calligraphy banners written by Tang Huan in order to adjust the boring technical work, her face was full. Admiringly admired, “Tang, you are so versatile.”

Tang Huan stroked his forehead, and said in his heart how you, a foreign girl, can understand the mystery of my Chinese calligraphy. The signs of flattery are too obvious, but this kind of flattery makes him very comfortable.

“How are the preparations for you.” Tang Huan asked.

Christina half-lied on the desk regardless of her image, and reported excitedly, “The best diving equipment, the most advanced detection equipment, satellite phones, and GPS are all in place. I have never played like this before, think I want to be exciting, I can’t wait.”

Tang Huan nodded, saying that he is really rich and easy to do things. The satellite phone service provider Inmarsat, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, was only established in 1979. The implementation of GPS has just entered the second stage, and it has not yet been opened for civilian use. It’s all done.

Glancing along the girl’s neckline, Tang Huan took a sip from the teacup, and then met the expectant gaze of the other party and said, “Since everything is in place, relax and go hunt for treasure.”