Chapter 416 (1/2)
When he came to the computer room in the villa, Simon chose a computer with moderate configuration, opened it and put the floppy disk of ICAM into the floppy drive.
C girl sat down beside her and said, ”I've built the official website of Tinkerbell, where I can download a simplified version of Photoshop software for image browsing and processing.”
In front of Simon's eyes is a Compaq computer with windows 3.0 system. Besides the simplest drawing software, there is no special image browsing tool.
In fact, many of the functions that became common later are not available on the Current Windows operating system.
Like the start button.
Simon once thought about whether to make a ”start” button software ahead of time, sell it to Damen, and then exchange some Microsoft shares. He thought about it or not.
It already owns 20% of Microsoft's shares, which is basically its own company. Plug in tool software and system integration functions are different after all. Doing so may interfere with the overall architecture of Windows operating system, and the gain is not worth the loss.
After asking for Tinkerbell's website address, Simon quickly downloaded and installed the easy version of Photoshop and opened the floppy disk of the photo just taken in the gym.
In addition to image browsing, this simple version of Photoshop also provides basic functions such as image clipping, brightness adjustment and text addition, which is similar to the functions of Simon's smart phone, but there are no further beautification filters for the time being.
The 100 megapixel 320 * 320 resolution image occupies about a quarter of the layout of Simon's 17 inch 800 * 600 resolution display.
According to Simon's later standards, both the monitor and the picture are rough.
However, only in igritte blog published pictures, the current computer configuration has more than enough, image quality is also pretty good.
Although Simon invited a large number of celebrities to igritte blog, he did not have a certified personal account.
Of course, there must be trumpets.
Logging into his vest on igritte's blog, Simon was about to try to send a picture. He thought it was a picture of girl C. when he realized that it was not right, he blacked the picture completely with a paint bucket, typed a big word ”dark” in the middle, and then uploaded it.
There was an inexplicable blog post on the vest account soon.
Claire next to him was just funny.
The name of the boss's vest is ”psychic Simon.”.
It's also stated in my profile that I will undertake all kinds of psychic ghost hunting tasks, and charge $1000 each time. Please don't disturb me.
Looking further down, the previous blog articles are basically all kinds of content related to ghosts and spirits, very professional appearance.
Simon didn't explain that this account was created by himself and Janet. In private, Janet was playing tricks, and even teased the guy who sent a private letter to consult.
After blogging, Simon didn't care that C girl found this trivial matter, but said: ”the effect is pretty good, you should also find that the image content will be one of the key business areas of igrit portal in the future. In fact, igrit blog can open the photo album function at any time, but it is not implemented for the time being due to the lack of content sources. So, C, what are you going to do next? ”
Claire withdrew his thoughts from Simon's blog vest and said: ”the first 1000 cameras are mainly used to collect user experience data, so as to improve or solve the possible problems. This is a new product after all. Although Neil has done a lot of tests in the laboratory, he can't guarantee the perfection of the machine. ”
Simon nodded slightly, thought about it, and quickly said, ”well, I'll arrange for igritte to buy all the first 1000 ICAMs, and then arrange a free trial activity among blog users. The trial reports regularly fed back by 1000 active blog users should be enough for you to improve.”
That's exactly what Claire thought.
Since her boss offered, she agreed immediately.
In fact, the cost of 1000 ICAMs is only 320000 US dollars, which is not worth mentioning compared with the tens of millions of US dollars of marketing promotion cost that igrit portal has to invest every month.
Simon noticed girl C's expression and laughed.
As long as ICAM is popularized, it is absolutely beneficial to enrich the content of the current Internet platform.
Therefore, this project is what Simon intends to focus on.
Claire is not eager for quick success and instant benefit, but Simon doesn't plan to go step by step. Then he adds a fire: ”however, 1000 units are too few after all. In this way, I will help you to get a loan of 5 million US dollars, completely build the framework of Tinkerbell company, and then produce 10000 ICAM units as soon as possible. Of course, you need to find your own way to sell this time. ”
C girl smell speech, Mou son immediately light up, the body also can't help but toward Simon side get get get get.There is a very want to embrace their own boss kiss the idea.
Claire is not as confident as Simon is about ICAM. However, the $1 million investment in this project is not enough in her opinion.
However, in the first investment, the vase fund took 50% of the shares. She and her other partner, Neil Brantley, each had only 25%. If more money is required, her equity will be further diluted. Not only that, but also her share in the vase fund will be greatly reduced.
If the project fails, she's not sure she can continue with other investments.
Now, Simon's understated $5 million loan immediately met all her needs.
The amount of vase fund will not be reduced, and its equity will not be diluted. It can also start to put Tinkerbell on the right track immediately.
You know, this $5 million is not only to build the framework of Tinkerbell company, but also to regenerate 10000 ICAMs.
The most important thing is the enterprise operation experience that can be brought to her in this process.
Through the next 10000 ICAM units' experience in components procurement, machine assembly, advertising and marketing, and even product sales, Claire can basically understand the various skills needed to run such a company.
Apple was founded in 1976 and has been developing rapidly.
However, as a super giant in the computer industry, IBM, which has a deep foundation, did not successfully enter the PC field until the 1980s. Other companies such as Compaq and Dell have lagged behind. The biggest reason for this is that Apple has mastered all kinds of experience in running a personal computer company in advance.
One step ahead, one step ahead.
In the field of digital cameras, whether Japanese manufacturers such as Sony and Panasonic or local giants such as Kodak, their technology accumulation is much better than Tinkerbell, who is just a grassroots team.
Neil Brantley once spent a lot of spare time and busy in recent months to build this ICAM. Sony and other manufacturers may be able to develop a prototype in a month.
However, as long as Tinkerbell takes the lead in this field, once the card camera rises, it can also face the competition of traditional camera manufacturers without fear.
Of course, the problem now is to take more steps as early as possible.
That's another benefit of Simon's $5 million loan.
Claire could not help thinking that if the project was not successful, she might not be able to pay back the $5 million loan.
Yeah.
Anyway, there's a boss.
Five million dollars is nothing to this young man.
Even if
If it's a big deal, I'll sell myself to pay the debt and work for him for a few more years.
Simon looked at the C girl's eyes and water flowing. He knocked on the table with a smile and said, ”I want to add that the 5 million loan is only for you from the bank with interest. Next, you can only pay it yourself.”