Chapter 550 Empire Group's Order for 200,000 Office Computers! Shocked

Chapter 550 Empire Group's order for 200,000 office computers! Shocked computer companies around the world!!

In May 1980.

Silicon Valley first reported that the parent company of Future Capital, Xiangjiang Empire Group, would order 200,000 office computers from around the world.

200,000 office computers?

What does this mean?

At this time, computers in the United States, especially PC computers, ranged from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

In 1978, the price of IBM computers was still relatively expensive. With the increase and competitiveness of computer companies around the world, the price of IBM computers has dropped significantly from 20,000 to 30,000 dollars for the highest configuration computers.

Even so, buying 200,000 computers at one time is a huge order for computer companies around the world.

If calculated based on the price of 5,000 dollars per computer, 200,000 computers would involve 1 billion dollars, which is definitely a huge order.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked many computer companies around the world.

Empire Group involves more than one million employees and more than 100,000 management staff. It is normal for it to order 200,000 computers now.

However, how could such a large order not attract the attention of others?

IBM in the United States, including CEO Frank Carey, Vice President John Oppel, and John Akers, head of the sales department, immediately convened a secret meeting.

At the meeting, they discussed that they must win such a large order from the Empire Group at all costs.

Now IBM has competitors in the United States.

One is HP.

Another is Wang An Computer of the Chinese Wang An Company.

There are also some computer companies in Japan.

Upon hearing the news, these computer companies held meetings and prepared to fly to Hong Kong to meet Sir Yang immediately.

After all, there may be orders involving hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, and no computer company would not want to take them out.

Even Jobs, Wozniak, Markkula and others in Pingguo Company were very shocked when they heard the news. They knew that the Empire Group had actually been buying computers from IBM, and now they were going to buy more computers.

In March 1980, Future Capital had already invested in Pingguo Company and bought 30% of the shares. In addition to the high financing price given by Future Capital, Jobs also considered that Empire Group might buy more computers for office use.

If Pingguo Company can win this order of 200,000 computers, it will be of great benefit to Pingguo Company's turnover, profit, and even listing at the end of the year.

After Jobs discussed with Wozniacki, Markkula and others.

Jobs and Wozniacki knew that Sir Yang still lived in Connor Manor. They thought they could meet Sir Yang in person. If Sir Yang was willing to give them this order, it would be the best.

The one who is close to the water gets the moon first.

Jobs knew the importance of this matter better.

May 15, 1980.

Thursday.

Afternoon.

Jobs and Wozniacki drove to Connor Manor.

When they came over, Lin Dezhong took them in.

At this time, Yang Ming was on the lawn, playing tennis with Zhong Chuhong and Ah Zhu.

Compared with March and April, the temperature in the San Francisco Bay Area in May has risen a lot, and it has fluctuated around 20 degrees Celsius.

"Young Master Yang, Mr. Jobs and Mr. Wozniacki are here."

Yang Ming had guessed that these two people must have arrived first, because only these two people knew that he was already in Silicon Valley, not in Hong Kong.

When the two came over, Yang Ming handed the ball racket to Ah Zhu.

After washing his hands, he sat down in the garden with Jobs and Wozniacki.

Lin Dezhong asked someone to bring afternoon tea.

After Yang Ming invited the two to drink afternoon tea first, because it was a serious matter, he would not talk outside, but in the study.

"Sir Yang, I heard that your Empire Group is going to order 200,000 office computers?"

Jobs asked directly.

"Yes, my company has actually been buying and popularizing office computers, from the earliest executives, to ordinary executives, to employees in various departments, and will gradually popularize them in the future."

Yang Ming knows the importance of office computers.

Computers will definitely be further popularized in the future.

Except for manual labor, those who sit in the office will basically be equipped with computers for work.

Jobs and Wozniak seemed very surprised when they heard it.

Empire Group has so many companies and so many employees. If all of them are popularized, it will be really amazing. It will involve at least millions of computers and billions of dollars.

Thinking of such a large order, Jobs and Wozniak are very excited.

"Sir Yang, now your Future Capital Company is already a major shareholder of Pingguo Company. I wonder if these orders can be handed over to Pingguo Company?"

Yang Ming had guessed that it would be like that.

Yang Ming said: "Mr. Jobs, Mr. Wozniak, in fact, I bought these office computers this time with additional conditions."

Additional conditions?

Historically, no matter what happened to Pingguo Company, Jobs and Pingguo Company were unwilling to use Windows system or Android system. They always used the iOS system developed by themselves.

In Jobs' view, the operating system in the computer belongs to the soul. How could the soul be handed over to other companies?

Pingguo Company rejected Microsoft and Google.

"Sir Yang, I don't know what your additional conditions are?"

"I founded a supercomputer software company in Silicon Valley, you should have heard of it. This company has recently successfully developed a computer operating system, which means that my office computers will use these operating systems."

Operating system?

Jobs and Wozniak were surprised.

Jobs said: "Sir Yang, even if that's the case, we can sell Pingguo computers to you. As long as your company's R&D system is compatible, there will be no problem installing your own company's system."

Yang Ming shook his head.

"That's not what I'm talking about. If that's the case, I don't have to do that. I need all the computer companies that cooperate with me to use this system."

Jobs and Wozniak already understood.

This is not an ordinary computer trading business at all.

This is clearly an exchange of interests.

That is to say, Sir Yang used computer orders to exchange the operating system developed by his own company with the computer company.

Regardless of the operating system, if that's really the case, doesn't it mean that in the future, all computer systems will use the operating system developed by Sir Yang's company?

Neither Jobs nor Wozniak expected that it would be like that.

In addition to attaching great importance to computer hardware, Jobs and Wozniak also attach great importance to computer software.

If that were the case, they would not be able to agree to the additional conditions of Sir Yang's order, even if it was a super large order.

Yang Ming had long guessed that it would be like that.

If Jobs agreed, then the other party would not be Jobs, let alone the Jobs in history.

In that case, Yang Ming's huge financing of Pingguo Company would not have much significance.

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