Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 104 Relax and Go Treasure Hunting
According to Tang Huan's prediction, "Double Tennis" has a limited delaying effect, and will soon be disapproved by judges like in previous lives.

But the dramatic thing is that it is precisely this move that he is least optimistic about, which plunges the lawsuit into endless debates about whether the patent is valid and whether it should belong to the public domain, and deviates from the original script set by Director Tang.

At the beginning, Tang Huan was very surprised, why the situation turned out like this, and then gradually figured out some of the mysteries.

First of all, unlike Nintendo in the original time and space of 1985, EA is a local company in the United States and provides employment opportunities in a down-to-earth manner. Naturally, it will not arouse the hatred of those who are dissatisfied with the arrogance of RB to make money. Everyone must have equal status. Much.

Secondly, there are signs that Warner behind Atari and Mattel behind Intellivision have used public relations to influence public opinion.

The psychology of these guys is not difficult to guess. At first they thought that the Little Overlord game machine was doomed, so they naturally stood by and gloated and watched the fun.

But when EA came up with "Double Tennis", which seemed to be quite tenable counter evidence, smart businessmen couldn't ignore it.

Because it is very obvious that after Mi Luohua has finished cleaning up the young bully that has just emerged, other manufacturers are the next target, and no one wants to be slaughtered, especially Mattel, which has just spent a lot of money to develop the Intellivision trial sales. Naturally, the desire to remove the obstacle of Mi Luohua is more urgent.

So just like that, Mi Luohua was outraged by the public, and everyone secretly took action.

After confirming this conclusion through various channels, Tang Huan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. In the face of enough interests, there really is no eternal enemy. Not long ago, the opponent who had been battling bloody heads because of the peak Christmas sales season had a tacit understanding. A joint encirclement and suppression operation was launched.

With this general trend, Tang Huan let Hawkins do what he wanted.

When he returned to the United States this time, Tang Huan was temporarily tied up. Apart from the official lawsuit, personal reasons were more important.

Deng Lijun's due date was approaching, and her aunt Tang Yun issued an order. Although Tang Huan had no choice but to move forward with Deng's mother's careful care, she was not allowed to leave the United States and was prepared to come whenever the news came.

It is strange that Tang Huan is not restless and ecstatic about the new life that is coming, but is just ordinary happy. His work has not fallen behind, especially all Zheru's research and development projects. He has personally participated in them in different forms.

It is worth mentioning that as a result of visiting PARC, a sample of the mechanical mouse has been made.

With Tang Huan's guidance, this input device is much more practical. It adopts the most popular two-button style in the 1980s in the original time and space. After connecting through an expansion card and loading an additional delicate driver, it can control the screen cursor, especially in Zheru's software products, with the mature menu technology, the user experience has risen to a new level.

In the previous life, because of the eye-catching MAC, the single-button mouse also became a symbol. This made many people mistakenly believe that Jobs invented the mouse, but in fact, it was already included in the Lisa computer released by Apple. The graphical user interface and the mouse were invented by someone else.

The inventor was Douglas Carl Engelbart, who was born in 1925. When he entered the Stanford Research Institute in 1957, he received the attention and funding of ARPA (the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the US Department of Defense), and led the team to develop some computer interfaces. elements, such as screen bitmaps, mouse, hypertext, collaboration tools, and graphical user interfaces, etc., the final result constituted the NLS system, which was successfully exhibited at Brooks Hall in San Francisco in 1968 as the "Mother of Innovation" ,.

In 1969, the U.S. Congress passed the Mansfield Amendment, requiring the Department of Defense to provide support only to those programs that have a "direct and demonstrable relationship to specific military functions or operations."

In this situation, Engelbart's funding was rapidly reduced, and the management of the Stanford Research Institute no longer supported his research and development.

Later, due to differences in ideas and concepts, the technical team split, and many researchers switched to Xerox's PARC, and human-computer interaction technologies such as graphical user interfaces followed suit.

In 1977, Stanford Research Institute sold the computer system developed by Engelbart's group to Tymshare, and Engelbart also left Stanford Research Institute.

There is no doubt that Engelbart's research is in the right direction, but it is too far ahead. It will be many years later that he will be recognized as a pioneer. Naturally, he did not live a rich life by secular standards.

The mouse invented by Engelbart was patented in 1967 and approved in 1970. It has a wooden shell with two metal wheels underneath.

Sitting in front of the demonstration system, Tang Huan moved the mouse designed according to his own requirements while observing the screen, and he was quite satisfied.

"Have you calculated how much each mouse like this costs?" Tang Huan asked casually.

"At about US$60, Xerox's three-button mouse has a complex structure and is not smooth enough to move. Each mouse costs US$300. In comparison, our product is still very advantageous." The project leader looked at the notebook and detailed introduced.

When Tang Huan heard this, he couldn't help frowning. If I remember correctly, the cost standard given by Jobs is 15 US dollars. This gap is too big, and it may be difficult for users to accept it. , cannot be negated with a single blow.

"We will optimize it further." Seeing that Tang Huan didn't make a statement, his subordinates quickly added: "The owner of the mouse patent is the Stanford Research Institute. We have already obtained the authorization and spent 1 US dollars."

Tang Huan nodded, thinking that the price is still good, three-quarters less than that of Apple in the previous life.

"Stanford Research Institute does not attach importance to this patent, and asked us if we would accept the transfer, and offered us $10. However, considering that the patent has passed for so long and an annual maintenance fee is required, it is not worth it, so we did not agree."

Listening to his subordinates narrating it like a joke, Tang Huan shook his head speechlessly. Having no vision really kills people. The mouse is an indispensable input device in the future. Although you can't make much money, buying it will keep the traces of history. Yes, this is also part of corporate culture and soft power.

"Contact the Stanford Research Institute immediately, we have bought this patent." Tang Huan ordered.

Seeing the puzzled expression on the subordinate's face, Tang Huan explained with a smile, "Ever since Jobs visited PARC, he has been keen on the research and development of the graphical user interface. Looks pissed off."

Only then did the subordinates understand, and quickly nodded in agreement, but they were muttering in their hearts, the boss is really self-willed, he doesn't even consider whether it is cost-effective, but this trick is interesting.

Compared with Tang Huan's occasional bad taste, there are other people who are really rich and self-willed, such as the ship queen Christina.

This young lady came directly to Cupertino right after she came back from Greece. The philosophical employees in the office building clearly felt the compelling aura cultivated by enjoying countless wealth since they were young, and couldn't help cheering. Bending to avoid it, Tang Huan was speechless after seeing that princess look.

"Honey, you haven't been on vacation, why don't you go to Florida together, visit my fleet, dive for treasure, and relax." Christina hugged Tang Huan's arm without hesitation.

原本时空当中的1980年1月21日，白银的期货价值涨到了它的历史最高价——每盎司50.35美元。在短短12个月里，银价上涨了8倍；如果从10年前算起，银价上涨了25倍。

In this time and space, the appalling bull market manipulated by the Hunter family is also unfolding in a thrilling manner.

According to Tang Huan's instructions, during the safe time before the Hunter family crashed and disabled herself, Christina happily played in the futures market once and made a small profit. After quitting before Christmas last year, The millions of dollars were invested in EA with profit.

Tang Huan's magic, in addition to making the queen of the ship lose the airs of a wealthy daughter, it also made her spend all her energy to please her. The most obvious example is spending tens of millions of dollars to buy a private jet as a gift. .

Seeing the world-famous billionaire female tycoon in front of her boss, the fire of gossip in the hearts of Zheru employees can no longer be suppressed. Although they dare not whisper to each other, they exchange information with each other's eyes , for a while, it can be called unlimited love.

Feeling the change in the atmosphere, Tang Huan hurriedly dragged Christina into his office.

"I've already agreed, of course I mean what I say, but why did you come to such a small place yourself?" Tang Huan asked dumbfounded.

"I haven't been here before, so I just stopped by to visit this time." Christina looked at the layout of the office curiously. After seeing some calligraphy banners written by Tang Huan to adjust the boring technical work, her face was full. Admiringly praised, "Don, you are so versatile."

Tang Huan stroked his forehead, thinking that a foreign girl like you, how can you understand the mystery of my Chinese calligraphy, and the signs of flattery are too obvious, but this kind of flattery makes me feel very comfortable.

"How about the preparations I asked you to do?" Tang Huan asked.

Regardless of her image, Christina half-slumped down on her desk and reported excitedly, "The best diving equipment, the most advanced detection equipment, satellite phones, and that GPS are all in place. I have never done anything like this before. I want to It’s exciting to think about it, I can’t wait any longer.”

Tang Huan nodded, thinking that it is really easy to do things with money. The satellite phone service provider Inmarsat, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, was only established in 1979. The implementation of GPS has just entered the second stage, and it has not yet been opened for civilian use. It's all done.

Tang Huan picked up the teacup and took a sip, then met the other party's expectant eyes and said:
"Now that everything is ready, let's relax and go treasure hunting."

(End of this chapter)