Volume 3: My days in a college fraternity Chapter 94 The Eve of Deployment
"Charles rejected you, so are you in a bad mood?" Holly came over, handed Tommy Hawke a cup of coffee, and then sat down next to him. The two of them looked at the quiet night scene outside through the garage door.
After Jason finished the homework assigned by his teacher in the garage, he fell asleep on the table with half a French fry in his mouth.
"There are some, but not because of Charles. He struggled for two days and finally said sorry to me because he was going to study for a master's degree in applied economics at Yale, then a doctorate in political science at Harvard, and finally join the Center for International Peace in Washington, which is a think tank. His dream is to teach the president how not to be an idiot and prevent the United States from experiencing another crisis like the Great Depression. His grandmother is said to have died in a robbery by unemployed people at the time, so there is a chance for him to become a national policy adviser to a certain president, and he is willing to work hard for it." Tommy said, holding a cup of coffee and looking at the night outside.
He once tried to invite Charles Salmon, the chairman of his own SSD and a senior who was about to graduate, to join his small company, but Charles unfortunately rejected him because he had already planned his career life.
"Charles is undoubtedly the type of person who will become a big shot ." Holly nodded in agreement after listening to Tommy's words and said, "He will definitely succeed. After all, even though we know that he has dated and slept with five or six girls from BDP, his girlfriend still accompanies him to attend social events with a smile on her face. This shows his ability."
Charles studied sociology at Stanford, which is called economics and social science. Most of the time, Charles is like all his brothers in SSD, childish and idiotic. For example, after losing a game, he admitted defeat and ran to the statue of the founder of Stanford University. What's even more bizarre is not the punishment, but the game. It was a defecation competition for SSD idiots. They took laxatives and endured for a long time before ejaculating because they were curious about which one could spray farther...
Who could have imagined that a national policy adviser to a future US president might actually do such a thing when he was in college?
But the difference between him and a real idiot is that he can complete his studies and manage the fraternity in very little time. He is energetic and has amazing self-control. He can resist temptation and stay aloof at an absolutely tempting party just to ensure that SSD always has someone sober enough to deal with unexpected events. He always knows what to do and what not to do. He can handle all the matters he is responsible for, and it seems that no trouble can bother him.
This kind of person will succeed in whatever he does, and he is also the fraternity member that Tommy Hawke most wants to invite to join after he founded the company. This guy is definitely the best person to manage the company. As long as he is there, Tommy can easily go to school, pick up girls, and have parties.
However, even after he told Charles openly about his plans, the company's prospects and the promised 30% shares, Charles still decided to strive for the rest of his life to become the President's national policy adviser, because that was his original intention for choosing to study sociology and it was also his dream.
"The main reason why I'm in a bad mood is Lotus." Tommy turned his head to look at Holly Keener beside him: "It's been a week, and the other party didn't even call me. That was a special edition I prepared specifically to pay tribute to Mickey Kapoor."
Holly stared into Tommy's dark eyes: "What does that mean?"
"It means Lotus has a strong enough professional manager who can suppress Mickey Kapur 's curiosity about me. Otherwise, think about it, this software has not been released to the public yet. Mickey could have called me after seeing the software to talk to me and see if there is a chance to spend a small amount of money to buy me, a programmer who looks like his believer, and my software together. But he didn't do that. After sending a lawyer's letter, he kept silent. This is a purely commercial means, which means they want to bite us into pieces and eat us into their stomachs." Tommy retracted his gaze, lowered his head to drink a sip of coffee, and said unhappily:
"Why didn't I choose Wicresoft? Of course, it was because I leaked the information to Wicresoft. Wicresoft used this method, a lawyer's letter, and then waited for me to sell the software before giving me a fatal blow. I thought Lotus had been established for a year and a half, and they hadn't become a capitalist so quickly, and there were still opportunities for me to take advantage of. It's a pity, otherwise a phone call or a meeting from the other party would be of great help to our Actor."
In his imagination, although Lotus made a big splash, it had only been in operation for a short time, and the company's senior management should still be filled with a large number of nerdy programmers. As long as they see his software, it will definitely arouse their curiosity, and they will want to come and talk to him. Then he can take advantage of the situation to stir up public opinion and accuse Lotus of being hypocritical and talking about cooperation on the surface, but will sue him and close down if the talks fail.
"I guess if they buy the new edition of 'Pleasure Seekers' that came out this week, they will be even less likely to consider cooperation and acquisition. Tommy, the magazine put our ad between the two ads, 'Sweetheart Girls' door-to-door service at any time' and 'Cupid Entertainment Company's recruitment of female public relations'. It's a really good position. Our ad is like psoriasis, just covering the breasts of the girl on the cover." Holly lowered her head and said in a weak voice:
"So Lotus ignored you and is going to proceed according to your original plan? Sell it to the consulting prostitute?"
"Of course, they suppressed their curiosity, isn't it just waiting for us to officially release the product and give us a thundering blow? By then, for Actor, no matter human or animal, will survive." Tommy Hawke drank the coffee in the cup and looked up at the darkness outside:
"If we don't sell, how can they do anything to us? If we don't do anything, how can we let those companies know that our software is more efficient? If we don't do anything, how can we get investment? If we don't do anything, how can we incite employed women in California to greet the relatives of the founders of Lotus? Initiate boycotts in the name of various women? Give capitalists an excuse to support women in a legitimate way, abandon the inefficient Lotus, and force their subordinates to use our OSS. If they don't know how to use it, they can justifiably fire them and replace them with cheaper women."
At this moment, Tommy Hawke almost glowed in Holly's eyes. This guy, who was the same age as her, asked her the question calmly with a tired but confident smile on his face.
What a born bastard from the country, no one in the software industry has ever done this. Nowadays, the founders of large and small software companies are all nerds who are obsessed with technology, but this guy is different. The core function of his software is plagiarism, and he just made the ultimate user experience. This is not worth mentioning in the eyes of orthodox programmers who like to change the world with creativity. But now, he is going to use this plagiarized software, combined with a series of methods that Holly has never heard of, to seize the industry market.
To her, the workload she and Jason White did was actually much greater than that of Tommy. Jason was busy compiling training guides, while she was busy using her female advantage to try to contact various media entrenched in Silicon Valley. If it weren't for the gigolos and money waiting for her ahead, if it weren't for Tommy's plan that made her feel that the company had development potential, she would have given up and left long ago. She was only nineteen years old, but she had to let this bastard teach her how to dress maturely and sexy, be generous and cheerful, chat with those writers in a charming manner, and break some computer industry news to them to maintain relationships.
But as long as Tommy Hawke still knows how to plan the development of this company, that is enough. She is very worried that Lotus's reaction will catch Tommy off guard, because Tommy is the initiator of this company, and she and Jason are just the implementers of Tommy's will. Now Tommy tells him that whether the other party responds or not, they can proceed according to the original plan, and he is confident. This feeling makes her feel at ease.
"At one point just now, I was actually a little jealous of Renee." Holly stared at Tommy's profile and said with a smile, "Men are more attractive when they focus on their careers."
Tommy ignored Holly's compliment: "That manager is already very smart, he made the right decision, but I have read one more science fiction novel than him, which proposed a very interesting Dark Forest Law."
"What kind of law is that?" Holly felt relieved when she heard that there was no fluctuation in Tommy's voice, and asked curiously.
"It's a cruel law that once you know it, you'll never want to look up at the night sky again. At this moment, the American software industry is just like the universe in that story. There is only the lowest level of goodwill between each other. Any communication may expose one's weaknesses and be exploited by the other side. We Actors are to the software industry just like the tiny humans on Earth in that story." Tommy put down his coffee cup, took out a cigarette, lit it and said.
Holly shrugged. "Small, so I have a question. There don't seem to be many women participating in our training, plus the members of the Stanford promotion association. And they are far away in California. I mean, Lotus is in Massachusetts, which is very close to your hometown. How did it become a trend?"
Tommy stood up and walked out the door. "I'm going back to the dormitory now. I still have some homework to finish. See you tomorrow. Oh, and cover Jason with a blanket or something to prevent him from catching a cold. The company cannot and will not allow sick people right now."
"You haven't answered my question yet." Holly asked regretfully.
"Guess why I spent so much time doing all kinds of stupid things to join SSD? Just to go to parties every week and date a girl?" Tommy Hawke, standing in the night, turned his head and looked at Holly, who was surrounded by warm lights:
"Every university has a women's organization, and every university has an SSD. That means every university can have an SSD training classroom to help women who want to find jobs. My proposal has been sent to the SSD national headquarters. Otherwise, why do you think the calm and rational Charles would hesitate for two days before rejecting an invitation from a small startup company with a look of regret on his face?"
