The Great Power of Times

Chapter 75: Transfer $1 million to use

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Li Zetian couldn't help laughing secretly. He was always copying Nintendo's products. I'm afraid it would be crying and fainting in the toilet. In fact, it really doesn't matter, because it won't take long, Sony will come to accompany you soon...

Li Zetian laughed, then left Sunbird and went to Apple!

As for the secret weapon he mentioned, when the hardware engineers come, they will naturally say it.

When he came to Apple, Li Zetian went to Tian Shuai's office.

"What is IBM's reaction now?" Li Zetian asked.

Tian Shuai poured Li Zetian a glass of water and replied: "It is said that Thomas Watson Jr. woke up from the hospital and opened his mouth to say that he wanted to enter the personal computer, but it was quickly rejected by the IBM board of directors." Mori family established)

"Uh, rejected?" Li Zetian wondered, he thought IBM would soon enter the personal computer industry!

"Yes,"

Tian Shuai explained, "Starting on January 17, 1969, IBM encountered the anti-monopoly law and began to be involved in a protracted lawsuit. Currently, IBM's computers occupy more than 67% of the global market share, if IBM at this time If you enter the personal computer industry, you will be suspected of continuing to monopolize, and the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a monopoly judgment against IBM!”

Speaking, Tian Shuai said with a smile: "Right now, IBM's real enemy is actually the Anti-Monopoly Law of the United States! In 1971, Wang An Computer Company launched the Wang An word processor, and Thomas Watson Jr. also saw the text. The huge market prospect of processing machines, but IBM was deeply restricted by the US "Anti-Monopoly Law" at that time, and could not carry out a comprehensive counterattack against Wang An, and could only stick to the lucrative mainframe and minicomputer fields. And this is the same! I don't think IBM will enter the personal computer business anytime soon unless they can get out of the Antitrust Act soon."

Turns out there is this one!

While Li Zetian was happy, he also had worries in his heart.

It is said that even IBM has been made so miserable by the "Anti-Monopoly Law" of the United States. How should I solve this problem in the future

Li Zetian shook his head, thinking in his heart, there must be a way for the car to the front of the mountain! When you have money, build a strong team of lawyers to solve this problem for yourself!

In addition, even if the company is split into two companies due to anti-monopoly laws, at most one company's shares are turned into two companies' shares.

Li Zetian took a sip of water and said: "While IBM has not yet escaped from the "Anti-Monopoly Law", Apple must seize the opportunity to grow rapidly! Recruit more outstanding talents to join our company and develop more advanced technologies. Maintain our leadership in personal computing!!!"

Tian Shuai nodded: "Don't worry, I know how to do it!"

"Um."

The Sunbird Company has become famous in the industry, and it is much easier for Li Zetian to poach people. A few days later, Li Zetian hired four more powerful hardware engineers from other companies.

He then called the four engineers into his office for a meeting to announce new projects to be developed.

"This time, we're going to do something very unique, it's called Game-Watch, a portable game console! Each console has a specific game that can be displayed on the LCD, please see my blueprint. !"

Having said that, Li Zetian sent a design drawing to the four of them.

The LCD is in the middle, the cross direction keys are on the left, and the A and B buttons are on the right. It is a very simple portable game console. Limited by current technology, only one game can be installed on each console, that is, one console can only play one game.

The Game-Watch was Nintendo's first-generation portable game console, with a total of 32 million units sold. The second generation is the very famous Gameboy, with a total sales of more than 200 million units. It is the best-selling electronic game console in the world. It can change the game card on the machine.

After reading the design drawings, the four hardware engineers were full of praise!

"Mr.li, once this little thing is made, it will definitely be popular all over the world!!!" one of the engineers said with oath.

"Hehe, I think so too," Li Zetian laughed, "so, please develop it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The four of them responded in unison.

With Game-Watch, Sunbird can go from a single game software development company to a gaming giant with a console platform! If third-party game developers want to land on Game-Watch, they must cooperate with Sunbird!

If Sunbird fails to acquire Atari, then when it develops its own home game console, it will be able to have a group of third-party game developers belonging to the Sunbird camp in advance!

Prepare everything with both hands, you can't go wrong anyway!

Li Zetian nodded, smiled slightly, and ordered them to do things! Afterwards, Li Zetian went to the patent office and applied for the patent of Game-Watch, especially the "cross direction control key", which is simply a patent killer!

Apple-ll sales began to plummet after a week.

However, this is normal, Apple-ll personal computers are still quite expensive, and low-income families will not buy Apple-lls. In addition, the United States is currently in a recession period, and many people's income has been greatly reduced. Apple's products are originally positioned as high-end products, so the number of users is naturally not many.

A month later, the total sales of Apple-ll personal computers reached 18,000 units, including 14,000 low-end and 4,000 high-end models, and sales reached 30 million US dollars. The sales after that will definitely not be comparable to the first month, but Li Zetian has already thought of a trick. He plans to wait for Apple-ll sales to be exhausted and start lowering the price, and then launch the Apple-ll-Plus enhanced version. These routines used by Apple in previous lives are naturally Use it decisively, and then make crazy Yankee money! !

Li Zetian estimated that Apple's sales this year is expected to exceed 200 million US dollars!

Of course, sales are not the same as making so much money, and you have to exclude all kinds of expenses such as hardware costs, distributor fees, taxes and so on. But Apple-ll's products are very profitable, accounting for almost 35% of the selling price. Thus, this month alone, Apple made at least $10 million.

In addition, Microsoft and Sunbird are also making a lot of money!

Microsoft's sales soared this month, selling nearly 8,000 copies of Excel for $200 each, or $1.6 million. In addition, there is the licensing fee for the Microsoft-DOS operating system. In order to occupy the market, the licensing fee is relatively cheap, at $50 per machine. This is not only for Apple-ll personal computers, but also for personal computers from other companies. The licensing fee around $1.5 million. There are also BASIC program licensing fees, which are about $600,000. As a result, Microsoft's sales this month reached $3.7 million, with a net profit of around $1.5 million.

In total, Sunbird sold more than 30,000 copies of the game this month, with sales reaching $3 million and a net profit of more than $2 million.

Although the company makes money, if it wants to grow the company quickly, the money must be invested immediately. For example, Apple wants to open a flagship store, engage in technology research and development, and advertise, etc. The money it makes will burn out quickly.

Even so, Li Zetian still transferred $1 million from Apple's account to his own personal account, because he is very poor now, he doesn't even have ten thousand dollars in his bank card, and he has neither a car nor a house, nor even himself. The staff are not as good!

Li Zetian often laughed at himself: "Alas, the big bosses of Apple and Microsoft are so miserable, I'm afraid no one will believe it when they say it..."

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