The Great Power of Times

Chapter 83: local area network

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After Li Zetian's meticulous analysis, it is not the best time to find a record company for cooperation. The product is convincing. Of course, on the other hand, it is also to prevent record companies from stealing their ideas. Therefore, Li Zetian decided to first find a way to acquire Dolby Laboratories, and then assist the Walkman department to develop the Walkman Walkman.

At present, other personal computer companies have not developed computers with expansion slots. Apple-ll personal computers are still popular, and with the increase of expansion cards and third-party software, the monthly sales are about 80-10,000. In this range, sales can be 10 to 20 million US dollars. In this way, the monthly net profit is almost four million US dollars. Of course, employee wages and new technology development will be huge expenses. Still, minus that, Apple would still be able to save more than $2 million, assuming, of course, that Apple doesn't go on to build flagship stores or expand retail stores...

Li Zetian felt that the expansion speed of flagship stores or retail stores does not need to be too fast. If the speed is too fast, it is easy to fall. The first is the pressure of the capital chain; the second is the lack of talent reserves; the last is the management confusion.

Building a good corporate image is not easy, but destroying it is easy.

Li Zetian sat on the sofa in the office, looking at the ceiling, lost in thought.

Apple does not have enough funds to acquire Dolby Laboratories for the time being, and it still owes a loan of 10 million US dollars to First Intercontinental Bank. For the present, it is financing in advance.

However, as soon as the idea of financing in advance came into being, Li Zetian suddenly hesitated again. After Apple developed the Walkman, and then raised the financing, its market value would definitely rise significantly, and then the financing would be able to raise more funds. It would be cheaper for the Rockefellers and other investors to raise money early...

"Damn, do you go to the bank to borrow money again?" Li Zetian laughed at himself, as if this was a good idea. Apple-ll is hot, and many banks are willing to lend to Apple. Besides, what big company has no debt

Li Zetian stood up, and suddenly he was refreshed. He was thinking about which bank to look for. After much deliberation, he decided to take care of the old customers and still borrowed from the First Intercontinental Bank. After all, the First Intercontinental Bank had loaned to Apple before. So that Apple can successfully launch Apple-ll.

In the evening of the same day, Li Zetian convened the board of directors to discuss the loan. Tian Shuai, Zhang Yan, Wozniak and Jobs agreed with him unanimously. The Walkman can be described as an epoch-making product. When the four of them first saw the design of the Walkman, they were all surprised!

Tian Shuai immediately concluded that the Walkman will become the third core product that can generate huge profits for Apple after the Apple-ll personal computer!

Jobs now admires Li Ze.

Apple-l, Apple-ll, Mac, Walkman, no matter which one made Jobs deeply shocked! He is now willing, and even works in Li Zetian's Apple company with a heart of admiration, even if he is driven away, he will not leave!

After the board was over, Li Zetian called Bill Gates' grandfather, Mr. Maxwell, the executive director of First Intercontinental Bank, and said that Apple wanted to continue to loan $10 million.

Maxwell hardly thought about it, and agreed without hesitation.

He said: "Chronos·li, is $10 million enough? If not, First Intercontinental Bank can provide Apple with $20 million or more!"

Li Zetian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. That's how banks are. The richer you are or the better you are, the more desperately they will give you loans. Even if you don't need them, they will recommend them to you...

"Thank you Mr. Maxwell for your kindness, $10 million is enough." Li Zetian smiled.

"Haha, that's enough..."

"Well, then I'll go to the bank tomorrow to go through the relevant procedures."

"Ok, no problem!"

Li Zetian ended the call, then he turned to look at Tian Shuai and said, "Tomorrow, we can make an acquisition offer to Dolby Laboratories!" When Li Zetian said this, he suddenly paused, and then continued, "This acquisition of Du The purpose of Dolby Laboratories is to obtain technology and controlling shares of the company. Dolby Laboratories is a company dedicated to technology development, focusing on patents and technology licensing. Therefore, the company's talents are the most important, especially the company founder. Dr. Dolby. If he wants to keep some of the shares, then as long as it doesn't affect our holdings, that's fine!"

"Okay, I see." Tian Shuai nodded.

In the evening, the setting sun dyed the sky red, as if covering the earth with a layer of golden gauze.

Li Zetian opened the hood of the Rolls-Royce Dangerous Road and was driving on the way home. The wind whistled in his ears, and the fragrance of flowers came from the suburban fields. The sunset was picturesque, and Li Zetian was in a very comfortable mood. He hummed a little tune while driving fast.

When he got home, Li Zetian made his own dinner, and then read the news, especially news related to the computer industry. Although Li Zetian came here in 2016, the butterfly effect may change many things. Therefore, by understanding current affairs and the current development of computers, he can handle any emergencies with ease.

At this time, a piece of news caught his attention.

Xerox's Metcalfe and his associates published an article titled: "Ethernet: A Famous Paper on Distributed Packet Switching for Local Area Networks." The article writes that while working at Xerox-PARC (Xerox PARC), Metcalfe invented Ethernet, a standard that allows computers to communicate with each other over short distances...

When Li Zetian saw this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

People who study computers must have a good understanding of Ethernet. Li Zetian vaguely remembers Metcalf. In his impression, he finally left Xerox and established 3Com, a manufacturer of computer network equipment. He started out with Ethernet adapters. It is also the first company in the world to commercialize a local area network. With an Ethernet adapter, the computer can be connected to the Ethernet to form a local area network, which is very useful for many enterprises. In addition, the game has also begun to change from a stand-alone game to a local area network game.

If Apple's computer has an Ethernet adapter installed, it must be another big selling point! Of course, this thing is also very expensive. When 3Com first launched the Ethernet adapter, it cost more than 900 US dollars. Obviously, the profit was extremely high. Due to the best-selling Ethernet adapters, 3Com has gradually become a large international company and is one of Cisco's strongest opponents!

However, the first and foremost prerequisite for commercialization of Ethernet adapters is that Ethernet becomes an industry standard.

Needless to say, Ethernet belongs to Xerox, which makes it an industry standard.

Xerox is a very powerful company in the United States. It invented many things such as graphical interfaces, copiers, laser printers, Ethernet, etc.

With the help of Metcalfe, in 1979, the Ethernet standard was jointly developed by Xerox, Intel and DEC, which established the most common communication protocol standard for LANs in the future.

The advantages of the cooperation between these three companies are obvious: Xerox provides technology, DEC has strong technical force, and is a strong supplier of Ethernet hardware, and Intel provides Ethernet chip components.

Li Zetian stared at the newspaper for a long time, and said in his heart, "How can I interfere with such an important thing?"

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