After Li Zetian hung up the phone, he dialed Yu Jingqiu's BP machine. In the 1970s, the pager communication business began to become popular and spread around the world. However, the price was very expensive, Li Zetian was not willing to buy it, but Yu Jingqiu was equipped with a Motorola pager.
After a while, Yu Jingqiu called him back.
Li Zetian told her the good news that Apple-l was going to be on the cover of "Popular Electronics".
Yu Jingqiu was very happy when she heard the words and said: "That's great, the circulation of "Popular Electronics" is hundreds of thousands, and many computer enthusiasts are loyal fans of the magazine, I think Apple-l personally Computers will take America by storm!"
"Yes, we are about to succeed!"
"Congratulations, Zetian!"
"You should say, congratulations to us!!! You are one of us too!"
"Yes, congratulations to us!" Yu Jingqiu smiled.
"By the way, I have one more thing to ask. I heard Chen Ruoxi say, does your father know about the two of us?"
Yu Jingqiu was silent for a while and replied, "Yes!"
"Uncle, is he against it?"
"Yes! But he doesn't know you at all. If he knew you were so good, he would have liked you very much!"
"Oh, of course!"
Li Zetian continued to chat for a while, then hung up the phone.
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On September 24, Solomon called to say that Popular Electronics magazine had decided to feature the Apple-l on its cover on October 1.
When Li Zetian heard the words, he was immediately full of motivation and passion, his career was about to take off, and the era that belonged to me, Li Zetian, was coming! ! !
Banking giant JK · Morgan created the Morgan era!
Oil giant John Rockefeller created the Rockefeller era!
And I, a Chinese from China, will create the age of Li Zetian that belongs to technology!
Tremble, this time, here I come! ! ! !
Li Zetian felt as if the blood in his body was burning!
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zetian went to Intel to discuss the most important accessories business - Intel8080 microprocessor!
Intel was founded in 1968 and manufactured the first processor 4004 in 1971. However, the company's main business is the development of SRAM and DRAM memory chips. Although three microprocessors, 4004, 8008, and 8080, have been released successively in recent years, the market response has been flat, and Intel has not paid much attention to the microprocessor department. Even in the early 1980s, Intel's main business was still memory chips.
At this moment, when the people from Intel heard that Li Zetian was going to order 1,000 8080 microprocessors, they went crazy with excitement, like a chicken blood.
Carlos Stephen, the project leader, said: "Mr.li, are you sure you want an order of 1,000 yuan?"
"Of course, but you have to make huge concessions on this price!"
"Of course there is no problem. For large customers, we at Intel have always been willing to offer very favorable prices! The original price of the 8080 microprocessor is $359, and we can reduce the price to $150!!!"
"$60 a piece, if it doesn't work, then I'll go to Motorola, their company's chips are also very good!" Li Zetian said lightly.
"What? $60? Mr.li, you haggled too much!" Carlos Stephen was stunned.
"First of all, even if you sell it for $60, I believe you will make some money; secondly, your company's Intel8080 microprocessor has a very low market share, it is better to sell it to me than to store it in a warehouse; lastly, and the most important point , I bought Intel8080, which can open up the popularity of your products!!!"
"Mr.li, what are your company's products?"
"Personal computer! I brought one here, and if you want to see it, I can show it to you!"
The head of Intel's microprocessor project nodded and said, "I'm curious what kind of computer is a personal computer, and it can open up awareness for our 8080 processor!"
"Then please wait and see! Zhang Yan!!!"
Li Zetian shouted to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan nodded, went to the trunk of the car and carried Apple-l over.
Just as Zhang Yan was assembling Apple-1, more and more employees from Intel Corporation came to watch.
This time Apple-l did not drop the chain, and it turned on normally!
Afterwards, Zhang Yan also wrote some small programs in BASIC language on it, and the friends of Intel were all stunned!
Although the Intel8080 microprocessor was developed by their company, they do not know how to commercialize it.
"Is this computer using our Intel 8080 microprocessor?" Carlos Stephen asked in surprise!
"That's right, it's the Intel8080 microprocessor! However, we still have the option to use Motorola's processors! So, if we can't negotiate a partnership with Intel today, we'll go to Motorola right away. In addition, a friendly reminder , this product is called the Apple-l model personal computer, and it will be on the cover of "Popular Electronics" on October 1st! I think, what this means, Mr. Carlos Stephen should know!"
Carlos Stephen was very nervous, such a great product, and it was also on the "Popular Electronics", there is no doubt that Apple-l will be popular in the United States, no, it should be popular all over the world, if you say, Apple-l l The Intel 8080 microprocessor is used, which will undoubtedly make the 8080 microprocessor the research object of everyone, and its popularity will increase greatly. At that time, the orders must be endless! ! !
"Mr.li, let's have a good talk. The price is easy to negotiate! However, $60 is really too low, and we, Intel, can't make any money at all! How about $70?"
Li Zetian shook his head, "Mr. Carlos Stephen, I'm afraid I have to go to Motorola to see who offers more favorable terms!"
Having said that, Li Zetian stood up from the chair and made a gesture to leave.
In fact, Apple has never used Motorola's microprocessor for development, and Motorola's 6800 is much worse than Intel's 8080, which Li Zetian looked down on.
Seeing that Li Zetian was leaving, Carlos Stephen was anxious, thinking that even if he didn't make money, he would have to get an order from Apple. First, he would fight against Motorola, a competitor, and secondly, to expand the popularity of the 8080 processor, from other manufacturers. Make money there! ! !
"Mr.li, please stay!!! We agree to the price of $60!!!"
Li Zetian was secretly happy, so he sat back in the chair again.
"Mr. Carlos Stephen, in addition to an 8080 processor for $60, Intel must also ensure that it will give priority to Apple's orders. Once Apple-l is popular, 1000 processors will not be enough!!!"
"No problem, Mr.li, we can fulfill all of your requests!"
"Okay, since that's the case, let's sign the contract now!!!" Li Zetian said with a smile, he was actually still calculating, sign the contract first, so as not to dream too much at night, Intel's microprocessor production line is very small, the output is limited, 1000 pieces The 8080 microprocessor is enough for Intel to produce it for a while, and it may not be easy for MITS to get the 8080 microprocessor in a short time...
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