"Hey, classmate, are you there?"

"No."

"Have you ever seen a strange computer that has one or more wires than ordinary computers?"

"Oh my god, there are so many computer brands and they all look different. How do I know what that strange computer you are talking about is? As for how many wires are on the back of its butt, who cares?"

On York Street, an innocent passerby looked at the strong man who stopped him with a look of helplessness:

"Can I ask, what are you doing? You are the third person today who has stopped me to ask about that strange computer! With your aggressive looks, I thought..."

"Since you don't know, don't ask so many questions. Okay, let's go!"

Rick waved his hand and sent away the twenty-third lucky person randomly picked today.

How on earth should I find this damn thing?!

Rick almost yelled at Carter for his irresponsible behavior of running away after just saying a word. Originally, Rick didn't find this difficult because of his clear characteristics.

The difference is actually obvious when we find a computer in Yale's computer network that has one more cable to connect it to. However, after looking around Yale's computer room, Rick was unable to find that special computer.

Then there are only two situations: 1. Yale does not have that computer at all; 2. That computer should not be open to ordinary students.

The information obtained through the Army Intelligence and Security Command is that there is indeed a small academic exchange network at Yale University, and they even gave the name. Although Rick often complains that there are too many intelligence agencies in the United States, and they are not very reliable.

Spectrum, but not so far that we can’t even understand the situation in the country.

What's more, this ARPANET is still operated by the Communications Agency of the Department of Defense. Does the US military know if there is any data running on ARPANET?

So, based on this understanding, Rick set his goal on graduate school.

Among so many graduate students, there must be someone who has seen it in a certain laboratory or a certain computer room used for scientific research, right?

"Rick, I didn't find it. Over at Buckley's apartment, I knocked on the door of each dormitory and asked, and they all said they hadn't seen it."

"It's the same thing over at Nade, they all said they've never seen it."

"besides."

"Could that damn computer be invisible?!"

When the people who had dispersed to go to the graduate student apartment gathered back and heard the "good news" in their ears, Rick slapped the trunk of an elm tree on the side of the road:

"If the graduate students can't get through, the next step is to go to the professors. I'll go to each college and ask, even if I dig deep, I still have to find this thing!"

"Remember the characteristics, now, let's go!"

While everything was going on here at Yale University, far away in Bellevue, another corner of the United States. In Seattle, he visited Paul who had a successful surgery and was still recovering from treatment. After replenishing his energy, Carter rarely changed into a new suit.

Formal wear.

Attended Microsoft’s work meeting for the first time

“I saw a lot of new faces, which made me happy!”

In the past, Microsoft's small house was more like a company than a studio. With the influx of IBM orders, the office location was changed to a fairly good small office building. There is also a dedicated conference room!

Most of the technical backbones and managers who attended the meeting were familiar faces to Carter. Sitting in the main seat without hesitation, Carter was the first to show a smile. This smile was also the tone of this meeting.

.It can be regarded as giving everyone a peace of mind pill:

Don’t worry! I won’t be teasing or making fun of anyone in this meeting.

"When I come here this time, including calling you all, I mainly want to say the following things: First, from now on, I, Carter Black, will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Microsoft, Mr. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer

Mr., respectively serve as vice chairman, in charge of technology research and development and commercial administrative affairs."

"The second thing is that Mr. Paul Allen will leave us temporarily. You should all know the situation. Although the operation was successful, he also needs a period of time to recover. I hope that together we can create a new one, better than any before.

It’s time for a powerful Microsoft to welcome his return!”

"The third thing is the option incentive plan. From now on, Microsoft will use 40% of its net income to reward outstanding employees! Here is Mr. Paul Allen's informed consent. Mr. Gates should

There’s no problem, right?”

After raising the document he got from Paul and showing it to everyone, Carter smiled and turned to look at Gates on his left.

"Of course no problem!"

After the formal Q&A ended, a burst of cheers erupted in the conference room.

Even if you don't know how much extra income you can get, 40% of Microsoft's income is no longer a small number for an individual. Even if it is "averaged", the amount of money should be quite a lot!

Continuous applause announced the initial success of Microsoft's power transfer.

For most employees, they support whoever can bring benefits to them. This principle works everywhere. And the originally planned employee stock ownership plan, no, it should be said to be a dividend

The option plan was left to Carter to announce. There was no doubt that this had been planned long ago.

In return, Gates compromised a step and fulfilled himself. Carter was also polite and became much kinder:

"Okay! Everyone, don't be too happy! Running a company is not charity. It's not that easy to get the bonus from a capitalist like me!"

After the noise stopped, Carter stretched out his hand and pressed slightly:

"The specific KPI requirements for the technical team and technical staff are formulated by Mr. Bill Gates; the performance appraisal requirements for the marketing team and administrative personnel are handled by Mr. Steve Ballmer. The performance appraisal rules are the same as

The detailed rules of the option incentive plan, if nothing else, will be available to everyone next Monday!"

"If you have any objections, you can give the submissions to Ms. Anna. As you know, I may not be here often, but you can rest assured that I will read all submissions one by one. Of course, what do you have to say?

What you want to say to me can also be conveyed to me through Ms. Anna’s channels.”

"We talked about rewards, so let's take a look at the work. Leaders of each group, can you introduce to me the projects you are working on?"

"Our group is expanding the instruction set of MS-DOS. IBM has sent a letter informing them of the technical specifications of the next-generation personal PC, IBM XT. The more important point is that the new generation of IBM XT has updated a larger hard drive. 5M

The hard drive means that our MS-DOS also needs to be kept updated. In addition to hardware compatibility issues that need to be dealt with, the 5M hard drive also gives us more room to play!"

"As for the instruction set issue, thanks to the help of people across the ocean, we are making rapid progress. Our current focus is on hardware compatibility."

(End of chapter)


Chapter completed!