Chapter 556 Windows 1 is officially launched! Shock the world! !

Wang Lie was a little surprised when he saw his father trembling and Sir Yang coming out of the study.

Could it be that my father and Sir Yang have not reached an agreement on cooperation?

"Dr. Wang, I still admire you very much and hope to cooperate again if we have the opportunity."

Yang Ming said nothing more.

Wang Lie wanted to ask something else, but Wang asked him to leave.

Looking at the three people leaving, Yang Ming shook his head.

. . .

The next few days.

Yuan Tianfan and Langdon, in accordance with Yang Ming's request, talked for a long time with IBM, HP, Pingguo, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Hitachi, etc.

Finally concluded this cooperation.

Imperial Group has 200,000 office computers.

Among them, the order for 100,000 office computers was given to IBM.

The order for 50,000 office computers was given to Hewlett-Packard.

The order for 20,000 office computers was given to Pingguo Company.

The company's orders for 30,000 office computers were given to Fujitsu and the three Toyo companies.

In Yang Ming's view, there is endless money to be made in this world, so why not cooperate with other companies? What's more, the real purpose of what he did this time was to promote the Windows system and occupy the global operating system market.

From now on, it's very successful.

These computer companies all agreed, and they were very satisfied with the Windows system.

Even if there are no computer orders from Imperial Group, they are willing to purchase Windows systems as their company's operating system.

When Imperial Group signs contracts with these companies.

IBM and Hewlett-Packard's stocks immediately rose.

Pingguo Company has not yet been listed on the market, but now it has received an order for 20,000 office computers from the Imperial Group, which can also bring a lot of turnover and valuation.

In other words, Pingguo Company has not yet been listed, and now its valuation has risen again.

. . .

May 27, 1980.

9:00 am.

Silicon Valley.

Supercomputer software company conference room.

This time, a press conference on the launch of Windows 1 products was officially held.

People attending the product launch conference.

Including the supercomputer software company's general manager Yuan Tianfan, human resources director Langdon, financial director Navia, and software design director and product director Tim Patterson, as well as some major company leaders.

This time, reporters from Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and even many newspapers around the world were invited to the conference room.

The person in charge of hosting this Windows 1 product launch is none other than Tim Patterson.

When the product launch officially begins.

Tim Patterson formally introduced this supercomputer software company's first product to the reporters present.

Windows1, also called Windows1980.

This product basically meets the work needs of any worker. It is richer, simpler and easier to use than the WPS product of Wangjian Computer Company.

Compared with similar companies, it is more convenient for workers to use.

The most important thing about this product is its compatibility.

In other words, any computer company, including IBM computers, HP computers, Toyo computers, and even some miscellaneous brand computers, assembled computers, etc., can perform compatible installations.

There is no doubt that the launch of this computer operating software hosted by Tim Patterson shocked many reporters present.

For country M now, many people have to use computers for work.

Before this, it was really inconvenient. The reason why IBM computers were so huge before this has a lot to do with these.

Now the emergence of Windows system seems to solve many problems all at once.

"Mr. Patterson, don't you know the price of this software?"

a female reporter asked, picking up the microphone.

"99 US dollars. This set of operating software only costs 99 US dollars, the same price worldwide." Tim Patterson said.

$99?

It's not expensive and it's not cheap either.

Compared with computers that cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars each, a computer operating system that costs $99 is indeed not expensive.

In the following time, many reporters began to ask questions again.

Tim Patterson, Yuan Tianfan, Langdon and others all responded.

This new product launch.

Starting at 9:00 am and continuing until 11:30 am.

It can be said that this new product launch was very successful and immediately shocked many reporters.

When those reporters left, Yuan Tianfan went back to report to Yang Ming.

Connor Manor.

Yang Ming is still in the study.

The supercomputer software company was also created by him. He does not and cannot appear at product launches.

However, he knew that the press conference was already underway.

"Boss, I'm back."

Yuan Tianfan walked in from outside.

"Boss, this Windows 1 product launch was very successful and attracted the attention of all reporters present. Many reporters were very satisfied with this product, including the price."

"This is just the beginning. In the future, supercomputer software companies will become Fortune 500 companies in the world. As long as we do this software well, we can continue to gain wealth."

Compared to computer hardware, this Windows system is even more profitable.

This is also the reason why the market value of Microsoft has been getting higher and higher in history, and the reason why Bill Gates' wealth has been increasing.

Yuan Tianfan may not know what this means yet.

However, now Yuan Tianfan is temporarily in charge of the supercomputer software company, and the management of the supercomputer software company is solely responsible.

Yang Ming is already looking for candidates.

One is Jack Welch, now the vice chairman of General Electric Company of Country M.

Historically, he has been hailed as the most outstanding and number one professional manager in Country M.

It played a very important role in the development and strength of General Electric Company.

Now, as far as General Electric is concerned, it is already a large group company with a market value of over 10 billion. The other party is already the company's vice chairman. If nothing else happens, he will definitely be the chairman of General Electric in the future.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Yang Ming to recruit him from General Electric Company to a supercomputer software company.

For example, in terms of supercomputer software companies, Yang Ming knew that white people understood white people better. In other words, if they wanted to promote the Windows system of supercomputer software companies to the world, they would definitely have to re-employ white professional managers.

"I have sent people to meet with Jack Welch. If he is willing to serve as the general manager of the Super Computer Software Company, then you will be specifically responsible for the affairs of Future Capital Company."

Yuan Tianfan knows about Jack Welch. However, the other party is already the vice chairman of General Electric Company, so it may be difficult to find him.

In country M, it is normal for professional managers to change jobs.

I'm afraid that Yang Ming can't meet the other party's needs.

In addition to Jack Welch, Yang Ming also selected another candidate.

John Chambers.

In 1976, Chambers, who was thirty years old, came to California to start his own business with three diplomas: a bachelor's degree in business management, a bachelor's degree in law, and an MBA in finance and management.

First, he chose a consulting firm that acted as an agent for acquisitions and mergers. However, soon after he heard from a friend that IBM "sells" solutions, Chambers was very interested in the word "solutions" at the time, so he "confusedly" Enter IBM, the world's largest computer company.

He worked for IBM for seven years, first in sales for several years, and later as a marketing manager for IBM, which produced the world's first personal computer in 1981.

At that time, IBM computers were even on the cover of Time magazine, which was a great success for a while. However, due to the mistakes of high-level decision-makers, they did not pay attention to the opinions of consumers, and slowly gave up the PC market and turned to large computer equipment. Finally, IBM The dominance of PCs was quickly occupied by Compaq Computer, which came from behind.

Chambers said with emotion: "I learned a lot from this, and the most taboo thing is that as managers, we are getting further and further away from customers. They should know more than customers."

In 1983, Chambers was disappointed and ran to his second big employer, which was Wangpin Computer Company. He was responsible for sales in Asia and later became vice president. He worked here for 8 years, the first 6 and a half years. Under the leadership of Dr. Wang Yin, they work well together and both attach great importance to their relationships with customers.

Wang Bian himself was also very flexible, making different plans for different situations, which greatly benefited Chambers. However, with Wang Bian's retirement and his son Wang Lie taking office, the situation changed a lot.

In Chambers’ words: “Without customers, various interests cannot be taken care of well.”

Although Chambers was later promoted to the position of President of Country M of Wangyuan Computer Company, he had to complete the task of laying off 4,000 people first, which made Chambers extremely painful.

His experience of having to lay off employees also made him very painful mentally. Whenever he talks about this, he always has a very lonely expression: "They are all very good employees, and there is no need to make their lives chaotic."

After the latest layoffs, Chambers cut his salary to a symbolic dollar to keep several employees in their jobs.

He resigned immediately and stayed at home for two months until Cisco gave him the green light.

In the end, he joined Cisco, making Cisco one of the most important companies in the world, and Cisco made him what he was.

In other words, it's not that Chambers is incompetent, but that the company he met before or the boss didn't listen to his advice caused that.

As for Chambers, Yang Ming knew this person from Cisco, which appeared later in history.

Compared with Jack Welch, who is about to enter his peak period as a professional manager, Yang Ming feels that Chambers may be more suitable as the general manager of a supercomputer software company.

Chapter Six!

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