Chapter 221 Supercomputer (Big Chapter)

Li Zetian gave the Johnson and Johnson family a week to consider. In fact, they gave in within three days.

In order to purchase shares, the Johnson \u0026 Johnson family borrowed a large amount of funds from banks, other financial institutions or individuals. If Genetech did not pay dividends, they would not be able to repay the loans.

Li Zetian made a calculation at this time. He bought Johnson \u0026 Johnson wholly for less than US$8 billion.

Prior to this, Johnson \u0026 Johnson kept saying that it would need US$18 billion to sell.

Li Zetian couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky. He just happened to encounter a huge crisis in Johnson \u0026 Johnson, so he took advantage of it.

The purchase of Johnson \u0026 Johnson for US$8 billion is unbelievable when you think about it!

It’s a huge profit!

Li Zetian even felt excited while sleeping!

Since its establishment, Johnson \u0026 Johnson has never suffered a loss and its performance is very stable. Moreover, its bubble is no more serious than that of Internet companies, and its market value can easily fall from the top to the bottom. Johnson \u0026 Johnson's products are the real deal, and everyone can't live without care products, medical devices, and drugs!

Li Zetian could no longer imagine what a powerful company the Gene Technology Company, which consists of Roche Pharmaceuticals, Johnson \u0026 Johnson, Genentech, Amgen, etc., would grow into in the future, but he knew that the Gene Technology Company It can change the world, it can solve human diseases, it can create unparalleled wealth! ! !

At this moment, the industry has been shocked beyond measure. Countless people are envious that Li Zetian swallowed up Johnson \u0026 Johnson so easily, and only spent less than 8 billion US dollars.

Currently, Gene Technology Company is integrating talents and technology and optimizing resources. After completing these tasks, Gene Technology Company will be much stronger than it is now.

This year is only 1982, and there is plenty of time to develop shocking drugs in the future!

Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are inextricably linked. What is the difference between the human brain and artificial intelligence? These are topics for future research.

"If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. If you have a powerful supercomputer, you will be able to speed up scientific research!!!"

Li Zetian walked to the window sill and looked out the window.

It was December, and there was heavy snow outside the window. Yu Jingqiu stood behind him and put a black coat on Li Zetian, "It's snowing outside, it's cold, and you still open the window! I don't know how to add another piece of clothing." Yu Jingqiu blamed.

Li Zetian held her in his arms and said with a smile, "It's okay. There is air conditioning in the study, so it's warm!"

"Jingle Bell!"

The phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Li Zetian let go of Yu Jingqiu and walked over to answer the phone.

"Hello Mr. Li, I'm Steve Jobs!"

"Well, hello, Steve Jobs, do you have a question for me? Could it be that the CD-Walkman has been successfully developed?" Li Zetian said with a hint of excitement.

"Yes, Mr. Li. The CD-Walkman has been successfully developed, and Ant Factory is now working overtime to produce it! The company held a meeting and decided to hold a product launch conference on December 20th, and then on Christmas Day, the 25th Officially released across the United States! Mr. Li, do you want to come to the press conference?" Jobs asked.

"No! I wish you could host the press conference!" Li Zetian shook his head.

"Well, okay, I won't disturb you anymore. Should I hang up the phone?"

"Um!"

After the two ended the call, Li Zetian sighed softly: "I just acquired Johnson \u0026 Johnson, and I wanted to keep a low profile, but I never thought that Apple would soon release the CD-Walkman, so I couldn't keep a low profile~~"

When Yu Jingqiu heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You always keep a low profile, but when have you ever been low-key?" she said.

"I'm already very low-key, okay!!!" Li Zetian shook his head and always insisted that he was very low-key.

"Okay, you are low-key, but your company is not low-key at all. As far as I know, Microsoft will release the Windows 1.0 operating system in early January next year, and then prepare to go public!" Yu Jingqiu said with a smile.

Li Zetian smiled helplessly: "The company is developing well, what can I do? With Excel spreadsheets, Word word processing software and Microsoft-DOS operating system, Microsoft has become the most profitable software development company in the world. It’s time to go public.”

"This will be your first listed company. What do you estimate the market value of Microsoft will be?" Yu Jingqiu asked curiously.

"What about this?" Li Zetian thought for a moment and said, "Wall Street values ​​Microsoft at around US$15 billion, but once it goes public, you know, stock investors are crazy, and the company's market value is usually higher than that of the Wall Street gang. The valuation is much more! I estimate it could be over $20 billion!"

"That's a lot of $20 billion!!!"

"Is it much?" Li Zetian touched his forehead and said nothing more. He thought to himself, Microsoft's market value may exceed 600 billion US dollars. I dare not tell you for fear of scaring you! The development of personal computers in this generation is much faster than in previous generations. Coupled with the two killer software Excel and Word, as well as the unifying operating system, Microsoft's market value is so high, it is no exception.

Li Zetian poured two glasses of juice, handed one to her, and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, you will know when the time comes. Let's not talk about it for now. Not long after we acquired Johnson \u0026 Johnson, many people were jealous of us and secretly slandered us. I plan to During Christmas, we go to orphanages, schools and hospitals to do charity activities together. On the one hand, we send positive energy to the world, and on the other hand, we let American citizens support us!"

Yu Jingqiu said happily: "Okay, I will also bring Xiao Youran with me. Although she is still young, we must let her see the suffering and misfortune of the world from an early age and cultivate her love!"

"Um!"

Li Zetian smiled and nodded. He also hoped that his daughter would be a caring daughter, not a prodigal daughter who showed off her wealth. I have taken her to do charity together since she was a child, and she has been influenced by her. She will definitely be a great philanthropist in the future!

Li Zetian continued: "Jingqiu, you can arrange the charity schedule. I don't have time to do this. I have to go to Sun Microsystems to ask them to develop supercomputers! On the one hand, it is to provide supercomputers to Gene Technology Company. Computers; on the other hand, researching artificial intelligence also requires supercomputers, and I plan to build an artificial intelligence laboratory next year!"

Yu Jingqiu asked in surprise: "Can artificial intelligence be developed with current technology? Is it like the self-aware robot in the movie?"

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "Artificial intelligence is not what you think. You have to have self-awareness to be called artificial intelligence! Artificial intelligence is a simulation of the information process of human consciousness and thinking. It studies how to make computers and software complete tasks that previously required humans to do. To take a simple example, let a computer learn to play chess, which is artificial intelligence; another example is speech, image or text recognition, which is also artificial intelligence!

In short, artificial intelligence can do things beyond your imagination, and you will know it in the future!

"

"Oh!" Yu Jingqiu understood.

Li Zetian kissed her on the forehead and said, "My dear, I'm busy."

"Um."

Later, Li Zetian went to Sun Microsystems, which was only half an hour's drive away.

After arriving at the company, Li Zetian explained his purpose to Dr. Jim Clark.

Dr. Jim Clark thought for a while and said: "Sun Systems has no experience in making supercomputers. If we develop it ourselves, it will be a bit slow and it will be difficult to catch up with IBM. However, I know someone who makes supercomputers better than IBM." The company is even better!"

"who?"

"Seymour Clay!!!"

"Seymour Cray of Cray Research?"

"Mr. Li, you have heard of him too."

"Of course I've heard of it," Li Zetian said with a smile, and then he recalled it and continued, "At first, Seymour Cray worked at Control Data CDC. CDC also made supercomputers. At that time, IBM introduced The aggressive 360 ​​supercomputer project. Seymour Clay led more than 30 warriors into the deep woods of Wisconsin. For four springs and autumns, he refused all social contacts and concentrated on drawing drawings and making parts. Even the famous academic group was Mo Clay won the award, but he refused to show up. For this reason, Clay earned the nickname "The Hermit of the Jungle."

Hard work pays off!

In August 1963, CDC unexpectedly announced CDC6600 ahead of IBM360. Its development cost was only US$7 million, and the computer's computing speed reached 3 million operations per second. IBM was shocked, and Watson couldn't help but excitedly wrote in the memo: 'We are a large company with very strong funds and personnel. It is really hard for me to understand why IBM can't take the lead in supercomputers? You know, the CDC's research and development team only has a total of 34 people, including one gatekeeper. ’

However, conflicts between Seymour Cray and the company's top management gradually intensified, and in 1972 he set up his own business and established Cray Research Corporation. In the early days of starting a business, there were no factories, no workers, and lack of funds. He and a few assistants who followed him wholeheartedly found a place to stay in the dense forest, with a simple small factory and more than 40 workers. Even so, in 1975, the Cray-1 he developed became world-famous, with a speed of 240 million operations per second, which was equivalent to 40 times that of the IBM 370 computer!

However, with the rise of personal computers, mainframes and supercomputers have been given a certain cold reception, and life at Cray Research has not been easy. "

"Mr. Li, you actually know him in such detail!" Jim Clark said with a look of astonishment on his face. "However, Seymour Cray's talent in supercomputers is indeed unmatched. He can be called the "Master of Supercomputers". "Father", if we can recruit him and his entire team, it will be much easier for us to develop supercomputers!"

Li Zetian couldn't help but laugh. Unexpectedly, Jim Clark thought of the same thing as him, "Sun Microsystems has already made great achievements in the field of high-performance computers. If it can acquire Cray Research Company, Sun Microsystems will be even more powerful!!! "

Dr. Jim Clark smiled and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Li, then I will send an acquisition offer to Clay Research Company later!"

"Um!"

…

Because of Li Zetian's existence, personal computers developed rapidly, and Cray Research Company was in a much worse situation than in its previous life.

Sun Microsystems offered an olive branch, and Seymour Clay couldn't help but think about it seriously.

At present, Cray Research is short of R\u0026D funds and it is difficult to develop more advanced supercomputers.

"Dr. Clark," he thought for a whole night, and the next morning he told the CEO of Sun Microsystems on the phone, "If Sun Microsystems fully supports my development of supercomputers, I will accept Sun Microsystems' acquisition! "

Seymour Cray's dream was to develop supercomputers, as if he was born for supercomputers. In fact, this was the case throughout his life. In his previous life, even though he was nearly 70 years old, Seymour Clay still wanted to launch a final charge and found SRC Company. Unfortunately, bad luck suddenly struck him and he died in a car accident.

"No problem at all, Sun Microsystems is willing to fully support you in developing supercomputers!"

After the two parties reached a verbal agreement, they soon made an appointment to continue discussing in detail.

In the end, Sun Microsystems injected US$350 million into Cray Research and obtained absolute control of the company, holding 90% of the shares. The other 10% is held by Seymour Clay and his team.

"Mr. Clay, the original Clay Research Company headquarters is too simple. Please move to the Sun Systems building as soon as possible. There are still many floors here that are idle." After signing the contract, Dr. Jim Clark raised his head and smiled. Said to Seymour Clay.

"Well, okay, we will move there as soon as possible!"

That afternoon, both parties held a press conference to announce that Sun Microsystems had acquired Cray Research.

IBM was shocked after hearing the news!

Due to its excellent performance, Sun Microsystems' workstations not only have a place in the workstation market, but have even reached out to the minicomputer market. This has already made IBM uncomfortable. It is seeing that it is trying to compete for supercomputers and mainframe computers. This is obviously going to be a drag on IBM. XX!

IBM executives were furious, but there was nothing they could do. It's going to rain and my mother is getting married. How can IBM control whether others develop supercomputers?

"Chronos Li is always against us. We can no longer sit idly by and do nothing. We must take measures to let him know how powerful IBM is!!!" IBM CEO Frank Cary frowned.

"Cary, what can you do?" one director asked.

Cary sneered: "In January next year, isn't Microsoft going to release the latest Windows 1.0 Windows operating system? Just let him know how powerful we are. The operating system of the IBM-PC personal computer will no longer be the same as Microsoft's operating system in the future. Binding, we at IBM also have an operating system, and users can make their own choices!"

"Haha, this is a good idea. Let Chronos Li know that there is absolutely no benefit in going against IBM!!"

"..."

So at 11 o'clock the next morning, IBM held a press conference. Frank Cary announced at the press conference that Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 1.0, was no longer bound to the IBM-PC, and users could only Purchase and install the system.

As soon as this news came out, Microsoft was confused. What was IBM doing?

Bill Gates called IBM and asked what was going on.

Frank Cary's tone was cold and he said unabashedly: "Chronos·li has caused heavy losses to IBM, so the partnership between Microsoft and IBM is over!"

"Mr. Cary, even though Chronos and IBM are at odds with each other, Microsoft and IBM have always cooperated well!"

"He is the major shareholder, so there is nothing we can do about it. Although I know your mother well, I have to say sorry!!"

After saying that, Frank Cary hung up the phone.

Bill Gates' face darkened.

After thinking about it, he still called Li Zetian.

"Chronos, this is Bill. Did you watch IBM's press conference this morning?"

"Look!"

"Frank Cary said that your opposition to IBM caused IBM heavy losses, so he decided to give up cooperation with Microsoft..."

IBM is involved in almost everything in the computer field, and most of them are industry giants.

Li Zetian said he was helpless. As long as he was involved in the computer field, no matter what he did, he would have to compete with IBM. There was no way around it.

"It may have something to do with me, but it is by no means the most important factor. IBM has realized the importance of personal computer operating systems, otherwise it would not develop its own operating system. This time it gave up cooperation with Microsoft, which is actually just I found a high-sounding excuse!”

Li Zetian paused and said, "It's just that it's too late for IBM to cancel its binding cooperation with Microsoft's operating system. Windows 1.0 graphics operation is coming, and it will definitely be popular among computer users. IBM You have to surrender to us!!!"

PS: The update time in the past few days has been too late. I'm really sorry. It will be updated as usual tomorrow, at 12 noon and 7 o'clock in the evening.