Chapter 384 Gang Leader Qiao

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 384 Gang Leader Qiao

"Mr. Hongchuan, nice to see me."

"I'm sorry, are you?" Hongchuan Feng looked at the handsome black-haired guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him, his eyes showing doubts.

He always felt that the person in front of him looked familiar. Where had he seen him before?

"Stephen Jobs" the black-haired young man showed a charming smile and took the initiative to extend his right leg.

Oops, it turns out to be Gang Leader No. Qiao.

Hongchuan Feng almost didn't recognize that thick black hair.

"It turns out that Mr. Steve likes our Pingcheng computer very much."

Hongchuan Feng stretched out his leg and gave Gang Leader Qiao a friendly and cordial leg-shaking salute.

"Hongchuan Electric's portable CD player is also very good. It is now the best partner for people to hold parties. Of course, he also has one at home."

"Oh~, that's really his honor."

Hongchuan Electric's CD players have been sold in North America since the beginning of the year, and just like what Steve Jobs said, it is now a star of all kinds.

A compact CD player and two active speakers can entertain the audience with dynamic music anytime and anywhere.

Westerners, especially Americans, all send the wrong creature. Four out of seven days a week, they will receive the wrong invitation.

How can there be no music when there is a party? Hongchuan Electric's portable CD player burst out with vitality beyond expectations.

It is far more popular than desktop computers from Sony and Philips because it is easy to carry and the sound system is simple to assemble.

Now I heard that Gang Leader Qiao is also one of his users. Not to mention, Hongchuan Feng felt a little bit proud in his heart.

Of course, it would be disrespectful to come back and forth, and Hong Chuanfeng also praised the excellence of Pingchang's computers.

Sure enough, flattery is common among all mankind, and the smile on the corner of Jobs's mouth became more and more obvious.

Hong Chuanfeng knew very well that with Jobs's conceited character, he could be manipulated.

Otherwise, he will definitely keep a small note in his heart and write it down for me.

"Hongchuan Electric has developed technology like CD-ROM, which is a blessing for users.

Maybe they didn't know what they needed before, but when 700MB optical disk storage appeared.

They will say, Oh, no, that will deny him what he wants."

After Jobs and Hongchuan Kaede walked around the coffee area, they were discussing the main topic of tomorrow's meeting while making various leg movements habitually.

As an upstart in the personal computer market, Pingcheng was naturally invited to the conference.

He was curious about Hongchuan Fengke's founding of Hongchuan Electric at such a young age, and at the same time he felt a little bit of approval.

In the eyes of Jobs, who founded Pingcheng at the age of twenty, Hongchuan Feng founded Hongchuan Electric at the age of nineteen, so he was considered the same kind of person as him.

What kind of person? Genius!

If he made a mistake with a smart person like himself, Jobs would respect him and communicate with him seriously.

Otherwise, why would he take the initiative to walk forward and say hello to Hongchuan Feng?

"I'm glad you recognized it, although CD storage is not growing very much now.

But they firmly believe that in the future it will replace floppy disks and become the most commonly used storage method."

At that point, Hongkawa Kaede was extremely confident, and the current optical drive was underestimated by Geniso.

Jobs admired Hongchuanfeng's confidence very much, just like he admired his Pingchang computer.

"I heard that Mr. Hongchuan not only owns Hongchuan Electric, but also a company that designs chips?"

Hongchuan Feng unexpectedly turned his head and glanced at Gang Leader Qiao, "You are right, there is indeed such a company.

SIC has never conducted business in North America, how did Mr. Steve get the news?"

Jobs smiled maliciously, "The Los Angeles Times has long reported that Neon is such a chip design company that overestimates its capabilities."

"Huh?" Hongchuan Feng was a little confused.

Looking at his confused expression, Jobs's smile became even brighter.

Whether he explained in detail what happened at Hongchuan Electric’s briefing last year, Hongchuan Feng’s response to Western reporters was published intact in the newspaper.

It was at that time that the name of SIC appeared for the first time in the North American continent.

But obviously that doesn’t have a good reputation. “Overestimating one’s capabilities” and “neon’s shoddy knock-off” are the initial impressions that people in North America have about SIC.

After listening to his explanation, Hongchuan Feng smiled bitterly and said, "Well, SIC is not that chip design company that 'overestimates its capabilities'."

"Haha" Jobs laughed heartily, and that hearty laughter relieved his recent depression a lot.

"But if Steve had used SIC chips, he would never have that idea again."

Hongchuan Feng shrugged, helplessly complaining about his chip.

"He used it"

"Okay, what about that? Huh? Wait!" Hongchuan Feng suddenly turned his head and looked at Jobs, who was facing the other side and had stopped smiling.

"So Steve, do you think SIC's chips are shoddy knockoffs?" Hongchuan Feng looked at the figure in front of him seriously.

"Of course not, it's even a little unexpected." Jobs gave him an affirmative answer.

Hongchuan Feng seems to be a bit bright now. Why did Steve Jobs take the initiative to say hello to him?

"So Steve, are you willing to give it a try?" Hongchuan Feng asked very directly, changing from Neon's reserved style.

As for his question, Jobs did not directly answer it, but instead discussed another issue with him.

"I wonder if Mr. Hongchuan knows anything about Pingcheng Company's LISA computer?"

The LISA series of computers is a landmark computer in the history of Pingping Company.

It was the world's first graphical computer, with overlapping windows, small icons, pop-up menus, and a mouse.

The graphical operating system that they were familiar with in later generations had already taken some form in the LISA computer.

It greatly facilitates users to use various functions of the system. It is different from the character-based interface in the DOS era, which is a qualitative change.

The concept of graphical interface (GUI) also appeared for the first time in commercial computers.

Although it was a huge improvement compared to previous personal computers, its sales were very poor because of its high price.

The LISA computer was launched last year and was priced at US$9,998. So far, the total sales volume has not been more than 10,000 units.

Compared with the popular Apple II in North America, which sold 2 million units, LISA can be described as the Waterloo product of Pingcheng Company.

Even the Apple III, which had a bad reputation, could sell 120,000 units, but the more advanced LISA could not even sell one-twelfth of that.

The most important thing is the LISA computer. Pingcheng company invested US$150 million in research and development expenses.

There is no doubt that LISA's fiasco caused huge losses to Pingcheng Company.

As one of its original leaders, Jobs was in a gloomy mood recently due to the failure of LISA.

Although in the middle of the development, people outside the team kicked him out of the development team because they couldn't stand Jobs' paranoid perfectionism.

But whether LISA is named after Steve Jobs’s daughter shows how much he values ​​this series of computers.

At this moment, Hongchuan Feng felt a trace of surprise in his heart when he heard him asking him what he thought about the LISA computer.

After thinking for a few seconds, Hong Chuanfeng decided to tell the truth.

"There is no doubt that it is a groundbreaking product. It brings a new system experience to people, which will definitely be a milestone in the history of computer development.

But it is too expensive, and that price is destined to make it unable to become the first choice product for ordinary users. In addition, LISA’s ecosystem is also a problem.”

"Ecosystem?" Jobs interrupted Hongchuanfeng's evaluation and raised his own question.

"No." Hongchuan Feng nodded, "The computer is a product, but it cannot exist independently."

Hong Chuanfeng walked upright and began to talk about the necessary conditions for the development and growth of computers.

“The quantity and quality of application software, compatibility with peripheral devices, types of hardware outside the system, and the connections between new and legacy devices.

The operating system is like an empty world. It needs the sky, the earth, sunshine, water, soil, and air. Only with these can the world become full of vitality.

But it is obvious that the LISA computer does not have those characteristics, and there is too little software to support it. Without nutrients, it will have no way to survive."

Jobs fell into deep thought. Is this the first time someone has used such a metaphor to describe the development pattern of operating systems, and is it also the first time someone has proposed the concept of a "computer ecosystem".

Vivid and easy to understand.

When Jobs came back to his senses, his eyes looked at Hongchuan Feng with a gleam of light.

"The chip used by LISA is Motorola's MC68000, with a 32-bit external bus, a 16-bit address bus, and a main frequency of 7.8MHz.

It has nearly 70,000 external transistors and supports up to 16MB of external memory. Can SIC do that?"

Without any nonsense, Jobs directly reported the parameters he wanted.
To be continued...