In order to maintain the advantages of the thor2 computer, Ye Jin specializes in central operation, allowing Microsoft to take over the visualc software development business.

Visicalc software was jointly developed by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankstein, a master of business administration at Harvard University. Later, they established personal software, which is specifically used to sell Visicalc software, mainly based on authorization.

For every computer sold, they cost one hundred dollars.

In February, cus computer contacted them and was preparing to acquire the visualc software. After three months of negotiations, cus computer acquired the visualc software for a sky-high price of 10 million US dollars.

Originally, cus computer wanted to recruit Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankenstein to continue to develop and improve visualc software.

After all, this software is now considered advanced, but in fact it still has many shortcomings. For example, there are fewer functions, inadequate performance, complicated operation, etc.

But it was the first time Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankenstein saw such a large sum of money. Ten million dollars, half of each person, was enough for them to achieve financial freedom. Therefore, they were unwilling to work for others, so they refused to invite cus computers and decided to continue their own business.

Visicalc software became an orphan without a boss and had to be raised to continue to grow. So Ye Jin thought of Microsoft.

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After Ye Jin acquired a stake in Microsoft and proposed three suggestions to Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop visual systems, standard systems and office software, Microsoft has been working in these three directions.

However, software development and hardware development are not something that can be achieved overnight, and they all require time and effort. Until now, Microsoft has not made much progress in these three aspects.

Therefore, Ye Jin wanted to hand over the visualc software to them for development. In this way, mutual benefit and win-win results can be achieved.

If the cus computer wants to maintain its leading edge, the visualc software it is equipped with must constantly enrich its functions and be stronger than all office software on the market.

Microsoft can also accumulate relevant software experience by developing visualc software, which will help it independently develop software in the future.

Moreover, developing software can also make money. Microsoft now mainly sells basic licenses for a living. Although this business also makes money, it does not make much money. This also makes Microsoft unable to develop significantly, and its employees are less than 30.

In the field of software development, even a master can reach tens of thousands of talents.

For example, Linus Torvaz, not to mention how awesome the Linux system he developed is, the distributed version control system of git alone is a powerful weapon in the software development industry. This software was developed by Linus in two weeks, and even Microsoft abandoned its own VSS development and instead developed software in git.

But in fact, software development still adopts human-season tactics. Internet companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have thousands of programmers constantly typing and debugging code.

Therefore, if Microsoft wants to develop, it must expand, and if it wants to expand, it must make greater profits. The next step to develop a visicalc software project will be of great benefit to its revenue and expand its business.

And in fact, the same is true.

After Microsoft took over the development of Visicalc software, its revenue increased significantly. The cus computer and Microsoft cooperated in the form of share-sharing. For every thor2 computer sold, Microsoft can draw a commission of twenty dollars from it.

With this alone, Microsoft's monthly revenue increased by $6 million, which is higher than its revenue in the previous year. Such high revenue also supports Microsoft's rapid development.

By the end of 1979, the company, which originally had less than 30 people, had expanded to a huge number of 100 people, becoming a well-known software company.

With Microsoft's strong software development capabilities, the performance and functions of visualc software are gradually increasing. Not only is the running speed faster and more stable, but a variety of new functions such as table computing, drawing and data calculation have been gradually added, which greatly enhances its data processing capabilities.

This also makes the thor2 computer equipped with visualc software more powerful and more practical, making it more popular among the public.

By the end of 1979, 800,000 thor2 computers had sold, and the sales volume exceeded that of Apple's 2 computers throughout the year, becoming the best-selling computer in the world today.

The cus brand has also become a well-known brand in the IT industry, and its popularity ranks directly at Apple Computer.

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As the so-called "tree" attracts wind. After cus computer became famous with the thor2 computer, the media noticed that the boss of cus computer was Ye Jin for the first time.

For a time, the news that [Hollywood boss was originally an IT tycoon] was quickly appealed to the media and attracted great attention.

On the one hand, Fox Group, led by Ye Jin, has been developing vigorously in the past two years, which has led to his status in the entertainment industry, his influence is getting bigger and bigger, and his popularity is getting higher and higher. His news is naturally more eye-catching.

On the one hand, high-tech industries are now becoming more and more prosperous. With the outbreak of the oil crisis in 1974, traditional industries suffered a severe impact. Costs rose, sales fell, profits decreased, and life was not easy for each.

In comparison, the high-tech industry is booming. Semiconductors, computers, software, information, communications... are more popular than each, more profit than each, and more money than each.

Capital is profit-seeking. Seeing that high-tech industries are so developed, they naturally pour in. The media is the mouthpiece of capital, and it naturally follows wherever capital goes. Therefore, the public opinion of the high-tech industries has become increasingly popular in the past two years.

Those elites in the IT industry often appear on the media and become the favorites of public opinion.

For example, Wang An, the pioneer of Wang's computer, has been on the cover of "People" magazine. Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple computer, was named the most tasteful boss by "Happiness" magazine.

Now, Ye Jin has also jumped from a movie tycoon to an elite in the IT industry.

The cus computers he invested in total sold 800,000 units in 1979, with revenue of up to 830 million US dollars, which even exceeded that of Fox Group. It is really admirable that Ye Jin can achieve such success in his side business.

After the media investigation, the information released was even more amazing.

Before Ye Jin invested in cus computers, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. It was Ye Jin who acquired it and invested in and developed new products. And it was Ye Jin's customized sales strategy that made cus computers so popular after they went public.

In this way, the fact that cus computers can achieve today's results is entirely due to Ye Jin.

Ye Jin is not only a movie, a TV series, a variety show, a script writing, a singing and a kung fu, but now he is so proficient in the research and development of high-tech products and marketing.

For a moment, the media began to wonder what else Ye Jin could do.
Chapter completed!