Three days later, the family arrived in Los Angeles. Lin Guodong and Sun Mingren greeted them at the airport, and then the three of them lived in Chinatown.
Liu Donglai and Xu Wenxiu were very worried before, fearing that they did not understand English. How could they live abroad if they did not understand the language? However, when they arrived in Chinatown, they discovered that most people around them did not understand English, even some who had lived in the United States for ten years.
It’s surprising that Chinese people can only speak the simplest English such as “hello” and “sorry”.
Sun Hu and his wife also followed Liu Lang to China Town. They held diplomatic passports, but according to convention, diplomats can also rent their own houses, so the two rented a small house in China Town.
, not far from where Liu Lang lives, but this is also a temporary residence. If Liu Lang is admitted to Stanford, they will live near the university.
Sun Hu and his wife are about the same age as Liu Donglai and his wife, and their children are the same age as Liu Lang. They were very frightened when they first arrived in a strange environment and rarely spoke outside.
Except for Liu Lang, they were all very uncomfortable adapting to the new life. Fortunately, they were surrounded by Chinese people. Even if they all spoke dialects, most of them sounded very troublesome, but at least the words were the same. In more than ten days,
The surrounding neighbors are familiar with the two families, and sometimes I will call them when I go shopping in nearby blocks.
During this period, Liu Lang stayed in Los Angeles, and sometimes he would go to Industrial Light and Magic to guide each other's design. All kinds of novel images appeared in his paintings, and every time he made people like Lucas shout "God"
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Liu Lang has begun to tell the story of Toy Story. The humorous and interesting story paired with the image of "Buzz" immediately attracted everyone's attention. Many people thought that this story should be made into a movie, and Lucas agreed.
, but it can’t be done yet. First of all, there is no money. Without money, nothing can be done. Secondly, Liu Lang feels that the current industrial light and magic still lacks sufficient technology, that is, computer special effects have not been truly realized. Without computer special effects, it would be impossible to do anything.
You can't achieve the same effect as in your previous life.
Industrial Light & Magic's technicians actually don't know much about computer special effects, so they didn't understand what Liu Lang said. However, this lack of understanding soon became no longer a problem, because in mid-May, the computer industry in the United States detonated two bombs at the same time.
Big bomb.
The first bomb was that Wanan Company held a new product launch conference and announced the world's first high-resolution image processing program. More than a dozen media broadcast the conference live.
At the press conference, Wan'an Company demonstrated the photoshop1 image processing system. On three computers were Wan'an Company's logo, the scenery of Mount McKee, and three pictures of popular movie stars, each of which was as clear as a photo.
"The photoshop1 system has a powerful image resolution function, and with our latest generation "Fenli" chip, it will show the whole world on this small computer... Our Wan'an company has always been at the forefront of the times and is committed to serving people
Provide a better life in the future, with photoshop2, pho
With the continuous introduction of the toshop3 program, image processing will become very simple. Engineers no longer need to do those useless tasks. They only need to input the images into the computer to do random processing, such as moving Maiji Mountain to the moon, such as
Take a photo with Marilyn Monroe, it will be so easy, all you need is this little computer."
Wan Lie was the host of this press conference and spoke eloquently in front of more than a dozen media outlets.
Wanan Company's new generation of computers immediately caused a sensation. Everyone was fascinated by the high-resolution programs and chips. However, what disappointed them was that only 200 units of this computer will be sold each month this year.
The price of the computer is US$3,800, which is only US$500 more than the previous computer. However, this month's 200 computers were immediately booked by several companies.
That is to say, on the second day after Wan'an Company held a press conference, IBM also held a new product press conference. A computer whose appearance was more than doubled was displayed to the eyes of the world. This computer was named "Microcomputer"
The computer is similar to the Apple computer a few years ago. The only difference is that the price of this computer is US$2,500, which is a full US$1,800 cheaper than the Apple computer.
"The Micronizer is made with brand-new technology. It has a strong heart under its simple and smooth appearance, but this is not the key. Its price can be accepted by anyone. We at IBM will continue to reduce costs.
At the end of the year, we will also launch a new generation of powerful computers, and their prices will make everyone feel excited... In the future, computers will no longer be synonymous with bloated and expensive, but will be used by thousands of households.
Everyone can use it to handle everyday tasks easily.”
The president of IBM personally hosted the press conference.
A computer costs two thousand five hundred dollars, and the computer is very small, small enough for one person to hold it. The price and appearance are enough to make ordinary families excited.
"Wow, has it started yet?"
Liu Lang saw the press conferences of the two companies on TV. What surprised him was that Wan'an Company was also standing on the cusp of the new era, not by relying on personal computers, but by relying on the new programs it developed.
On the other hand, IBM, similar to its previous experience, will lead the way in gradually becoming the mainstream of personal computers.
However, in normal development, IBM is not the protagonist. The real protagonists are Intel and Microsoft. Intel's chips will soon adapt to personal computers, and those people are super capable, and chips with powerful functions are emerging one after another.
In the era of personal computers, it is like a duck in water.
Microsoft had also gone public at this time, and its main business was programming for large companies. However, these programs were very mediocre and far from powerful. The market value was only a few hundred million US dollars, which was not the same as the market value of hundreds of billions twenty years later.
And words.
However, in the next few years, Microsoft and Intel joined forces. As the saying goes, "two swords combined are invincible." The Wan'an Company was completely destroyed. IBM withdrew from the software industry and concentrated on developing hardware. The two world's computer giants
They were all beaten to the ground.
Normal history is like this. Now there are some deviations. Wan'an Company jumped out and is now ahead of Microsoft in terms of software. But this does not mean that Microsoft is doomed. Being the most famous dropout from Stanford University is not a vegetarian.
Yes, his talent is enough for Microsoft to take advantage of it.
So the key lies in Wanan Company's next research and development. As long as they continuously launch new products, they can seize the market. The future era is still uncertain.
The two computer giants released their respective products, which immediately caused a big shock in the industry. Just a few days later, Liu Lang saw a group of people talking about it at Industrial Light and Magic.
They were all discussing the computer from Wanan Company that can display high-definition pictures.
"Boss, you must buy a Wan'an computer. Isn't that the equipment we need?"
A man shouted at Lucas.
This man's name was Edward Cattermole. After several contacts, he left a deep impression on Liu Lang. He graduated from California Institute of Technology and majored in computer science. Now he is mainly responsible for image processing work, which can be said to be an industrial one.
The core technical personnel of Light and Magic.
"Mr. Edward, you are right, the era of computer-generated special effects has arrived!"
Liu Lang, Lin Guodong and Sun Hu walked in.
"Boss, have you seen it? Even the boss said so, you must buy one, no, you must buy two!"