Seeing Chen Bing’s determination to build a personal computer, Zhao Ping was actually a little confused.

Zhao Ping is essentially a conservative engineer. Even though he knows that the personal computer industry is developing rapidly, he has always been shocked by the technical difficulty of this field. He always feels that the people in Xiangjiang have not challenged this difficult background. To put it bluntly, that is

Lack of self-confidence.

However, during this period, the miracles created by Chen Bing also made Zhao Ping marvel at Chen Bing, making him subconsciously believe that Chen Bing has the ability to continue to create miracles. To a certain extent, Zhao Ping was actually impressed by Chen Bing, but as a

Professors and elders, he just refuses to admit it.

After struggling for a long time, Zhao Ping asked, "Chen Bing, you said you want to make a personal computer, do you have any specific plans?"

“I definitely don’t have a particularly detailed plan yet, but I’ve definitely thought about the general plan:

First, the personal computer industry is developing rapidly now, with the lighthouse countries leading the way. Our markets in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Baodao and other places are expected to explode soon.

I plan to start with distribution, opening my own stores in various places, and selling computers, printers and other related products from Lighthouse Country in these Chinese areas, so that I can first establish my own sales network with the help of Lighthouse Country products.

Second, although personal computers are system-level products, when broken down, many components have begun to be standardized. At present, the easiest entry point for us is actually the motherboard and software.

This can actually match the R&D plan of our game company. Although the computer company will become independent, the research teams of the two companies can still communicate with each other.

Third, the computer industry is a system-level product, and it is necessary to continuously optimize the matching between various components in order to give full play to system performance. This cannot be rushed, so I plan to use two years to develop a computer."<

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"Where's the budget? Have you thought about how much money you want to invest?"

"Twenty million US dollars will be invested in the research and development of our computers in two years. The subsequent plans will be decided based on the progress of computer development."

Chen Bing spoke very generally. IBM's PC architecture had not yet been launched at this time, and Chen Bing was not prepared to pretend to be a prophet and talk about the standard architecture of PC. However, during the actual development process, he would muffledly follow this architecture.

Execute to avoid detours.

In this era, personal computers have just emerged. The official name is microcomputer, or microcomputer for short. This name is derived from the classification of mainframe, medium-sized computer, and minicomputer.

Until IBM launched the PC architecture and became the industry standard, the industry's name will gradually be called "Personal pute personal computer".

At this time, the development motivation of the microcomputer industry was mainly towards the development of CPU functions. It already basically had the complete hardware architecture of later generations of personal computers. Only the last piece of the puzzle was left, which had not yet appeared. This piece of the puzzle was the hard disk.

It was not until 1983, when IBM launched the first PC model equipped with a hard disk, that the entire PC hardware architecture became truly complete.

It is with the hard disk that PCs have enough storage space and can be pre-installed to support various software, which reduces the difficulty of using PCs and makes PCs quickly become popular.

In the process of the rapid popularization of PCs, the most important role is the emergence of the window system. With the window system, users no longer need to learn computer languages ​​and can directly use various functional software. This can make PCs truly

into thousands of households.

Although many companies were already competing fiercely with Apple at this time, these early computer companies basically failed to seize the opportunity of industrial transformation. After a few years of glory, they were gradually eliminated or marginalized by the market.

In the PC era of the Lighthouse Country, the main PC manufacturers were IBM, HP, Compaq, and DELL. At this time, none of them had really come to an end. Chen Bing was also not in a hurry. Industrial competition is not about "running fast" and there is no need to rush.

of launched products.

In his previous life, Chen Bing has done an in-depth review of the rise of the PC industry, and he can be said to be well aware of the development trends of this industry.

Throughout the PC era, it is not PC manufacturers such as IBM that have truly established a monopoly advantage. Even after the new century, the PC industry has been reduced to a low-end assembly industry.

In the PC era, there are actually only two real winners. One is Intel, the leading manufacturer that has mastered the core hardware CPU, and the other is Microsoft, which has a monopoly on the operating system.

Chen Bing is preparing to launch his own computer in two years. In fact, he must seize the opportunity when the PC architecture market really explodes, and the first target that Chen Bing wants to really hit is Microsoft.

In this era, the lighthouse country can dominate the world by relying on military, technology and finance, and the PC industry will be the banner of the lighthouse country's technological hegemony in the future.

When Chen Bing came back from rebirth, he never thought about punching IBM or kicking Intel to become the overlord of the PC industry. He was going against the entire country of Lighthouse Country, and forcing the Lighthouse Country to use non-commercial power to kill itself.<

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IBM and Intel are already the flags of the technology industry in the lighthouse country. If you go up and cut down other people's flags casually, it would be strange if they don't fight for you.

But Microsoft is different. At this time, Microsoft is only a small software company. Although it has cooperated with IBM and has begun to hook up with Apple, it still has many competitors. Its status and importance have not yet emerged. It is just a member of many lighthouse countries.

A small bastard in a technology company.

As for the importance of the operating system, it has not been particularly reflected at this time. The entire PC industry has just emerged at this time. The scale of the entire industry is not large, and the future prospects are still not clear enough. It has not attracted the real attention of the national power of the lighthouse country.

, not to mention the operating system hidden within the PC industry.

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After Chen Bing came to Xiangjiang, he devoted all his efforts to launching games to earn capital, and immediately began to aggressively expand the PC industry. In fact, the real purpose was to secretly kill Microsoft before it grew up.

Chen Bing is a reborn person. He has been in the system in his previous life. Although he is engaged in business in this life, he will never make money as his only purpose.

Making money is very important. Those who hold infinite wealth but shout "I don't care about money" are simply treating others as fools.

But making money is definitely not the only thing, and Chen Bing definitely does not want to be a "pure businessman" like Li Bancheng.

For Chen Bing, making money is just a means and a way to control resources. Chen Bing's goal is more far-reaching. He wants to change the technological process in the next few decades.

Although Chen Bing is a reborn person, he is still an ordinary person and does not have the ability to fight against an industry or a country. However, Chen Bing can be a conspirator and at a critical moment, slightly reverse the course of history.

Chen Bing would not tell Zhao Ping his judgment on the future of the industry and the purpose of various industrial layouts, and Zhao Ping would not believe him if he told him. Therefore, Chen Bing could only talk about the framework in broad terms.

But this is enough for Zhao Ping. Chen Bing's plan is not radical. Entering the personal computer field from the distribution side sounds like a good business in itself, and it is in line with the business thinking habits of Xiangjiang people.

As for developing your own computer, the two-year R&D budget is only 20 million U.S. dollars. It is not a full-scale investment like throwing the pot away, which does not sound so scary.

Zhao Ping currently holds 5% of the shares of Hero Games. Based on the game company's annual profit of US$100 million, his wealth will reach US$10 million in the next two years.

If the planned shareholding ratio of the computer company remains unchanged, Zhao Ping only needs to spend $1 million of the $20 million in R&D expenses, which is only 10% of Zhao Ping's income from the game company.

After figuring out these elementary school mathematics, Zhao Ping let out a sigh of relief, secretly laughing at himself for being overly nervous, and once again showed the majesty of a professor, and his tone became firmer and firmer.

"Chen Bing, your plan is very good and very feasible. I will fully support you. I will definitely continue to participate in this computer company."

Seeing that Zhao Ping wanted to continue participating, Chen Bing turned to look at Li Shihao, "Ah Hao, where are you? Do you want to continue participating?"

Li Shihao had already thought about it and agreed very readily, "Brother Bing, I will definitely continue to participate. How can such an exciting thing be left out of me?"

"Since both Professor and Ahao are willing to participate, then the share structure of the computer company should be the same as that of the game company. We will keep the original shareholding ratio unchanged. Is there no problem?

In this way, registering a new computer company will be simple. It is better to use our original Cayman Hero Investment Company as a shareholder and wholly hold this computer company. The capital will be directly provided by the profits retained by Cayman Hero Investment Company.

We even skip the step of paying dividends first.”

After the two nodded in approval, the matter of investing in the personal computer industry was completely confirmed.

In fact, with the large profits earned by the game company, Chen Bing can invest in the personal computer field by himself. The $3 million invested by Zhao Ping and Li Shihao in the computer company is not important at all.

But Chen Bing can't do this. He must first seek the opinions of the two people. Whether they are willing to invest is not so important.

Chen Bing believes that in the future, the money that computer companies can earn and the social status they can gain will far exceed that of video game companies. If Chen Bing stays silent and works alone, he can completely monopolize this huge piece of cake.

But in this case, there is inevitably the suspicion of burning bridges. As the saying goes, everyone makes money. If Chen Bing wants to eat the cake alone, when the computer company makes money in the future, even if Zhao Ping and Li Shihao can't say anything on the surface, they will definitely feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

It will destroy the cooperative relationship between the three people.

Money is important, but for Chen Bing, the support that the Li and Zhao families can provide is more important. Even though he has completed the initial accumulation of capital, Chen Bing is still far from full-fledged.

After being tied to the interests of these two companies, not only can the two companies protect Chen Bing in Xiangjiang, but it will also be much easier to mobilize mainland resources in the future.

It is still in the early stages of reform in the Mainland, and there are still many debates and debates. The legal status of private enterprises is not completely clear. In 1982, the "Eight Kings" incident happened. At least until the old man inspected the special zone in 1984, Chen Bing could not be justified.

To invest in the mainland, you must borrow the names of two Hong Kong businessmen, Li and Zhao.

The game business is on the right track. After Chen Bing and other three shareholders completed negotiations with Apple and Atari, there is actually nothing important since the Lighthouse Country.

But since the three of them have agreed to enter the personal computer industry, they are not in a hurry to return to Hong Kong at this time. They just use the remaining winter vacation to visit many technology companies in the lighthouse country and establish preliminary business contacts.

Throughout February, the three of them have been visiting these technology companies in lighthouse countries.

Although the local market in Xiangjiang is not big, Xiangjiang is a free port and can radiate to the whole of Asia. The three of them used the name of computer companies to negotiate distribution business with these lighthouse country technology companies, which was quite popular, although it was impossible to establish in-depth cooperation immediately.

, but it has also reached many distribution agreements with these companies.

At the same time, Zhao Ping's personal connections were mobilized again and he began to look for computer-related talents. According to Chen Bing's plan, the research and development tasks in the next two years are still very heavy, and a complete software and hardware team needs to be formed.

The establishment of an R&D team is a long-term task. Now that Chen Bing has sufficient capital, he has directly planned two R&D centers, one in Silicon Valley, a lighthouse country, and one in Xiangjiang.

Before, Chen Bing came to Xiangjiang alone and was broke. To expand his team, he could only rely on the connections of the Li and Zhao families. As people become successful, it is easy to cause inbreeding and nepotism.

Now that Chen Bing has enough capital, he naturally needs to gradually standardize operations and get rid of this constraint. He can still continue to use the connections of the Li and Zhao families, but in addition to the connections of the Li and Zhao families, Chen Bing can also rely on the professional services of headhunters.

What Chen Bing needs most now is not the kind of genius-level R&D master, but a sufficient number of senior engineers. Whether it is hardware or software, Chen Bing knows the correct R&D path.

It is naturally best to have a master with outstanding technical ability. Without such a master, in the short term, Chen Bing himself and a group of senior engineers with executive capabilities will be enough to create competitive products.

Great talents are hard to find, but there is no shortage of senior engineers in the lighthouse country. With sufficient funds as a basis, computer companies can be established very efficiently.

Company registration, office location selection, and personnel recruitment are all transactional matters that do not require too much intervention from the three shareholders. After the instructions are issued, managers will naturally be responsible for implementation.

While the three people kept visiting the Lighthouse Company, the preparations for the establishment of the computer company were also carried out efficiently.

By late February, the R&D center of Lighthouse Country had set up a basic framework. Chen Bing discussed with the engineers at the Lighthouse Research Center for several days and made preliminary arrangements for the next research and development work. At the end of February, Chen Bing
Chapter completed!