Chapter 43, Agreed on a trip to Microsoft
Alice has been estimating the time, and she knows that she should be receiving a call from Albuquerque. So, although it is Wednesday, she is still staying in her bedroom at home, rather than going to school obediently.
Recalling memories of previous lives, Alice actually discovered a historical turning point, that is, Microsoft did not move to Craymond, Washington in 1978, but still stayed in New Mexico until now.
Of course, this matter itself doesn’t matter. What does it have to do with itself now? But since a small turning point has already appeared, will history undergo some huge changes?
Alice dared not deny that this situation would not happen, so since she finally wants to become active now, and Microsoft has been promoting their operating system for two months, it is reasonable to develop Windows 1.0 instead of Gates.
It's a very simple thing.
Learn to program, learn the basics of computer knowledge, and then write code.
Since there is no comparison object of the same level, Alice is not sure whether other people's brains have been developed to 20%, can they do what she can do? Anyway, Alice herself thinks it is too easy for her to develop Windows 1.0 alone.
"Alice? Alice!"
Just as Alice was in a daze in her bedroom, Sophie's shout came downstairs: "After the phone call, there is a gentleman named Gates looking for you!"
"Here you come!"
Waiting for a while! He heard the phone call finally, Alice rushed down the stairs quickly. Sophie was standing at the entrance of the stairs and holding the phone, looking at her with bright eyes: "Alice, my baby, what earth-shaking thing have you done? Why did you attract all the Bill Gates from Microsoft?"
Of course Sophie knew who Bill Gates was. After all, the dozens of "Popular Electronics" that Alice had accumulated in her bedroom were not decorations, and it was almost a must-read publication for the whole family. So when she received a call and learned that Gates, who claimed to be Microsoft CEO, wanted to contact her daughter, Sophie was both surprised and somewhat understandable.
Yes, it is understandable. After all, her daughter is named Alice, and she has brought her countless surprises since she was a child.
"Oh, let me explain this to you later. Mom, give me the phone first!"
Alice quickly answered the phone, but just as she was about to speak excitedly, her color changed, her face was full of seriousness, and she deliberately coughed.
So, under Sophie's happy gaze, after completely covering up her excitement, Alice said to the phone seriously: "Hello, I'm Alice-Wang."
Opposite the phone, Gates's heart finally fell, but suddenly hung high.
"Bill?"
In the Microsoft company building, in the CEO's office, Paul Allen stood beside Gates and saw that he looked wrong: "Have you contacted the other party?"
Gates made a shush gesture.
"Hello, female... s., I am the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates. This morning, our company received a very magical package. Did you send it?"
The hanging heart fell because when Gates heard the person who answered the phone, he was finally sure there was a real person. He suddenly hung up high again because he realized at the same time that the "lady" who called seemed to be not old.
"Ah~ Hello, Mr. Capsule, how about the windows I invented myself? Doesn't it feel very cool and great? It's definitely awesome to you now have ten unformed versions?"
One sentence after another, the little girl's voice kept rushing into her ears. When the words fell, Gates rubbed her temples hard and rationally chose not to question the other party's age: "Then Miss Wang, you completed this operating system, right? Is it true that you gave it to us to seek commercial cooperation?"
Long before the phone call was hung up, Gates had basically confirmed the other party's purpose. After all, this was a period of great development in the computer industry. Many companies and individuals were studying computer technology, but not everyone had the ability to use technology for practice, and cooperation was taken for granted.
Not to mention this year, in the nine years since Microsoft was established, Gates has long used various means to recruit many talents to join, and most of them have entered the company with ready-made technology. Except for Ballmer, who is only a sales manager, everyone else is an excellent engineer and holds technical executive positions.
Therefore, Alice's actions themselves were not beyond her expectations, but her "vote forbidden" was really amazing.
And she finally explained in the article that she wanted to cooperate with Microsoft in the name of "Cisco Systems", rather than proving her technology with this product to join the company.
"That's right, it's just that I've completed. Let's talk about the cooperation later. I'll collect user experience data first. Oh, Mr. Bottle Cap, how are you using this system? How many stars do you want to get?"
Gates rubbed his temples again, and he already understood that the person who answered the phone must be just a little girl.
Aside him, Allen was frowning and looking at his good buddy. After all, Gates looked very bad now. He looked like he had a typical headache, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and had to die at any time. It was so worrying.
"It's indeed very outstanding, the very advanced graphical user interface is even more rigorous than Apple's current type. Ms. Wang, it's important. I want to confirm again. Did you really develop this system? Did you develop it alone?"
Opposite the phone, Sophie and basically understood what was going on, silently grimaced Alice, and quietly left the corridor.
"It's me, I'm me, and it's right to be alone."
Alice leaned her back against the wall and hung up the phone comfortably. Of course she understood why Gates asked this question twice in a row. Although her Cup was a bit advanced, of course, she could not have voiced until menopause.
"I know you're all scared, so that's fine. I'll have a long rest time in a few days. Next Saturday, I'll go to Albuquerque in person next Saturday. Then we'll meet and talk, how about that?"
Gates looked at the calendar and it took ten days from today to next Saturday, which was exactly July. Now, everyone in the company is not confused by the sudden emergence of the operating system. Wait for another ten days, God knows how much work will be delayed!
"Miss Wang, are you sure it's next Saturday? Can you change it to now? Or this Saturday? Can you leave your address? If it's not convenient for you to come to Albuquerque immediately, I can go to Los Angeles."
"Oh, that's not possible. As of Friday, I'm not available, and I won't be busy with any work this Saturday. Let's wait until next Saturday. Mr. Gates, you don't have to be so anxious. I haven't mailed this tape to a second computer company. Anyway, if you want to develop it yourself, it may not be able to produce results at the end of the year? What is a week?"
With Alice's words, Gates calmed down a little. Indeed, he was too anxious. After all, as early as the promotional end of last year, Microsoft had no operating system products at all. Although it would launch products this spring, they knew in their hearts that it might not be able to complete by the end of the year. Although it is June, he has already foreseen that the tickets will be delayed for the New Year.
If this Miss Wang really plans to cooperate with Microsoft with her products, waiting for the last week is really nothing.
But Gates still refused to give up. After all, he wanted to meet this magical Alice too much: "Is this weekend not OK? Miss Wang, this is a legal holiday. Can't you take an hour of time?"
Gates knew that he had committed a big taboo. This anxious mentality was very unfavorable to business negotiations, but he really couldn't help it!
"Well……"
Alice stood against the corner of the corridor and touched her nose: "But I made an appointment to go to New York with my good sister this weekend. The most taboo thing about being a human is to break your promise. Mr. Gates, right?"
Gates suddenly became mute.
Traveling with good sisters??
I called my door to ask for cooperation, but the other party actually came up with such a reason and said there was no time?
"But, but Miss Wang..."
"Oh, don't worry!"
Opposite the phone, Alice waved her hands, her face full of impatient expressions, but if someone looked closely, she would find that her blue eyes were full of mischief.
"I've said it all. I only gave this tape to you Microsoft. Without my help, you may not be able to develop something at the end of the year. What's the point of waiting for an extra week or two? Men, be patient when facing women, Mr. Gates."
After saying that, Alice hung up the phone.
Gates couldn't recover after listening to the beeping sound that suddenly came to his ears.
He was completely choked.
I have seen a willful person, but today this seemingly young girl really opened his eyes.
However, Gates has to admit that the other party made a lot of sense. According to Microsoft's current progress, it is not even 40% possible to compile Windows 1.0 at the end of the year. Waiting for two more weeks is really nothing from the perspective of corporate development.
But he is really anxious!
"Paul, we still have a week left. Although the other party said that this was just a trial version, hurry up and let the technical team seize the time to study it clearly. I will go to Los Angeles next Saturday to meet with the other party. The higher the level of mastery of the product, the better it will be for me, and faster!"
Chapter completed!