The Goddess Shines on America

　　 Six months ago, Redmond, on the edge of Seattle, ushered in a big taxpayer. The well-known Microsoft company in the IT industry moved its headquarters here and became another local **** after RB Nintendo Americas branch.

　　The height of the building selected by Mr. Gates is only a few floors, but the floor area is really large, and a large area of ​​open space is also reserved for greening. It is normal to want to come here. After all, for large companies in such small cities, there is really no need to build skyscrapers like Manhattan. With a resident population of less than 50,000 in Redmond, if Microsoft's headquarters is really a building of dozens of floors, it must be laughed at.

　　 One morning in mid-April, a bicycle drove slowly from a distance. The cyclist had a bright head full of joy, and he was more blessed. A discerning person can recognize it from a distance. Apart from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's executive vice president of sales support, who else has this style?

　　 "Oh, Steve, it's extra early today."

　　 Doorman Tom greeted him, but Ballmer's tight face showed that he was definitely going to work today with emotion. After hurriedly waving with Tom, he walked into the elevator quickly.

　　 The elevator door went straight to the top floor where the company executives were. When the ding sound sounded, Ballmer still strode out of the elevator.

　　 "Hey, Steve."

　　 At the time, the head of the technical department, Eric was standing in a clearing with coffee: "Bill is waiting for you in the office."

　　 "Thank you, Eric, and give me coffee."

　　 Picking up a large cup of Starbucks coffee, Ballmer drank two-thirds of the coffee left before Ballmer walked halfway through the corridor. After throwing the paper cup into the trash can, he pushed open the door of the chairman's office with his back and forth feet.

　　 "Steve, you can count it!"

　　 In the office, Gates and Paul Allen were discussing something. Seeing Ballmer enter the room, he immediately got up and said, "Did the results come out?"

Ballmer took out a stack of documents from his purse and slapped it on the coffee table. Then he lay down on the sofa and let out a long sigh: "I'm exhausted. There are too many scattered documents. I Stay up late until four o'clock in the morning to finish it, so please take a good look."

　　 No word was written on the cover of the document, but all three of them knew what it was.

　　 "Windows 1.0 Semi-annual Sales Performance Report".

　　 is highly classified.

　　 Time passed slowly in silence, only the ticking of the clock could be heard in the room, Ballmer was sleeping with his eyes closed, and Gates and Allen were reading the investigation report together. The brows of the two of them were frowning, but their expressions were very complicated, and there was obviously a sense of joy, but the worries between the brows were even more obvious, and a trace of fear was hidden in everyone's eyes.

　　 Fully half an hour later, when the document bottomed out, the two sighed simultaneously.

　　 "Great, great."

Allen patted his thighs and constantly shook his head: "This girl is really a complete genius. Although it has only been half a year, it is just half a year's work. The profit we get from this system is almost equal to the total profit of all the past years. Up!"

Gates patted the stack of A4 paper, which is neither thin nor thick, and his eyes are constantly flashing: "According to this result, we will be able to go public directly at the end of this year. At that time, everyone's shareholding ratio will be greatly changed. , And the number of orders will be more..."

　　 After a moment of silence, Gates said to Ballmer: "Call Eric in."

The technical director is here, and after he manages the door, Gates said: "Eric, the research report you did at that time stated that if you let the entire company's employees develop themselves and want to make windows 1.0, at least One year, right?"

Eric didn’t know what happened, but he had seen Ballmer’s emotions a long time ago. After thinking about it, he cautiously said: “Yes, but the number of programmers in the company has also increased. The same difficulty will definitely not take that long."

　　 Gates did not answer immediately, but silently pondered.

　　 On the time axis, it was approximately August 1983, to May, July, and August 1985.

　　 Without the appearance of Alice, the entire windows 1.0 from R&D to finished product would be such a cycle.

　　 In August 1983, when he was boasting about Haikou at the Las Vegas Computer Expo, in order to suppress another competitor, he vowed that Microsoft's new system would be released next spring.

　　 If Alice learned the news immediately from then, it would be eight months when she came to find herself in the spring of 1984.

　　 Eight months, how far was the company's progress at that time?

　　 They are fifty-five senior engineers, and the other party hadn't graduated from elementary school, and now they are only in seventh grade.

After thinking about it, Gates said: "Then Eric, you will do another feasibility analysis for me now. If the company currently has 67 engineers as the main force, not counting Miss Alice, the company will develop another...1.1 System, or 2.0 system, how long will it take?"

　　 Eric's eyebrows jumped vigorously.

　　 Even if he is a technical type, he is an executive anyway, and immediately guessed what Gates was thinking.

　　 "Well... it depends mainly on the degree of improvement."

Eric found a place to sit down and said, "I personally have thoughts about the next generation system. I think we may be able to use the speed of Intel’s latest processors to maximize system performance and increase processing speed. , Expanded memory, and communication capabilities between applications brought about by dynamic data exchange technology. If it is such an improvement..."

　　 He thought a little: "Small half a year?"

Allen raised his eyebrows: "Improvements in efficiency are not enough. After all, research institutes only account for a small part of the customer base. Our main buyers are major companies. For those people, excessive emphasis on computing power is It's useless, they don't do that kind of work."

　　 "So the efficiency has evolved, and the interface has been optimized again?"

　　 Eric thought again: "That will probably take eight to nine months. Two bosses, do we have a new job again?"

Gates smiled slightly: "Of course, now the IT industry is so fiercely competitive, but there is no room for us to relax. Just like Jobs, Apple's recent big moves are endless. If we don't keep up, the market will have to Taken away by someone else."

　　So, there is nothing to do with Eric. But after he left, all three people in the house sighed deeply.

As a senior at Gates University, Ballmer didn’t sit and leaned on the sofa. The first one smiled bitterly: “Eight to nine months, believe it or not, if you let Alice take action, you will save at least three minutes this time. of two."

　　 Alan nodded slowly, frowning: "Indeed, after all, she never told us about her R&D cycle. Even from the earliest, it has been so long..."

　　 "Moreover, she now has experience in developing 1.0. If she optimizes her old work, she probably won't be able to use it for two months."

　　 Gates leaned against the back of the sofa, his blond hair was obviously a little messy, he kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly, and did not stop holding his glasses.

　　 Allen watched the scene of his friend silently, without saying a word.

　　 He can obviously feel that since his old friend experienced the kidnapping incident by the drug dealer, his whole person has changed a lot. Of course, it is understandable to propose to relocate the company to the Seattle area. Whether it is the employee's hometown factor, the regional computer education potential factor, or the fuse of the drug dealer kidnapping case, it can be the reason for this decision.

　　 What made Allen noticed was the change in Gates' attitude towards Alice.

　　 I don’t know why. Whenever a member of the company mentioned that shareholder normally, Gates would have an expression of...similar to fear. As someone who has been with him since elementary school, no matter how well Gates hides this emotion, Allen can detect it~www.NovelMTL.com~ Then the problem comes.

　　 At that time, something special must have happened.

　　 Allen has carefully recalled the case many times, but he was not a police person after all. It happened to be when the company was negotiating technology shares with Alice. Of course, he did not have the energy to observe the details of the case, especially the specific details about the police.

　　 For example, the police's statements to reporters were very brief and idealistic; for example, the police seemed to have an expression of fear and doubts. Moreover, when Allen personally went to the police station to meet Gates, he obviously felt that the surrounding atmosphere was very tense, but it was not a normal tension, but a kind of panic-stricken tension, and they seemed to try to stay away from Allen. The tension in front of me makes me even more nervous...

　　 The situation at the time was really strange, and Allen clearly felt that while Gates kept saying "Let me rest" at the time, he was also that kind of nervous one.

　　 Is there any story he and Alice have to tell?

　　 or Alice has any ulterior secrets?

　　 Alan scratched his head and couldn't think of a reason. Although his IQ was very high, it was really difficult for him to guess what he wanted to guess when Gates, who was also a friend and a client, was silent.

　　 "Anyway, please do as much as possible."

　　 Gates, who didn't know what he was thinking, said firmly, "Don't let Alice be alone, just completely replace the company's technical department."

Allen looked into his eyes, concealing the doubts and worries in his heart, Le Haha nodded ~www.NovelMTL.com~Book friends are welcome to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www. NovelMTL.com~ For mobile phone users, please go to read.