章節 782: Chapter 782: Starbucks
The complexity of operating systems nowadays is far less than in later eras. After all, the functions of computers are still relatively simple.
With Xia Yu's guidance and the full production efforts of the entire company, the efficiency is simply too fast.
In a previous life, Thyssen-Paterson spent just six weeks editing the QDOS system in his spare time. Although there were quite a few bugs, it was a good indication of the difficulty of creating an operating system.
With the combined efforts of the team, the *nix-DOS system from Seattle Computer Products was perfected at a rapid pace.
The reason it was named ***-DOS was because the English name of Seattle Computer Products was Seattle Computer Products, and the prefix of the initial letters of each word conformed to foreign naming conventions and was also very iconic.
If at the beginning, Xia Yu was still needed to be there to watch and guide, as time passed, the project team became more and more cooperative and their programming efficiency became higher and higher. In other words, when they encountered some difficulties, they would ask Xia Yu to give some pointers, so Xia Yu was actually the one who was the most idle in the whole project team.
It was indeed a bit depressing to stay in a confined space all day, so Xia Yu would go out for a walk from time to time to get some fresh air.
That afternoon, Xia Yu came out of the company and walked along the road. When he got tired, he wanted to find a place to rest.
After searching around, his eyes fell on a shop.
It was a coffee shop, and the logo was grey and a bit revealing.
It was a two-tailed mermaid, with no shell, and a bit of nudity. In the circular space around the outside, there was a line of English – Starbucks coffee.
The Chinese translation was – Starbucks coffee.
This logo is a bit different from the later green logo, but the basic subject is still similar.
Thinking about the future glory of Starbucks coffee, Xia Yu couldn't help crossing the road and entering the Starbucks coffee shop.
'Welcome, what kind of coffee do you need? Here is the catalogue,'
The plump middle-aged man in checked suspenders and jeans asked kindly, pointing to a sign on the table.
'Let me see!' Xia Yu said, and looked at the list.
'A latte!'
There weren't many varieties of coffee, just six in total. Xia Yu ordered a latte and sat directly on the high stool in front of the counter, planning to drink it at the counter.
'Okay, just a moment!'
the middle-aged fat man said, and quickly ground the coffee beans.
Xia Yu sat on the stool and casually surveyed the scene in the store.
There were only seven coffee drinkers in the store, including him, and at this time of day, business was just so-so.
The layout of the Starbucks coffee shop was definitely not as good as in later times, but you could also see that more care had been taken in the details.
'Sir, your coffee is ready! Enjoy!'
'Thanks!'
'It tastes very fragrant,'
Xia Yu took a deep breath and gave a pertinent evaluation, causing a smile to appear on the middle-aged fat man's face.
'Thank you for your recognition!'
Xia Yu sipped his coffee and saw that there were no new customers for the time being. The middle-aged fat man was wiping the washed cups and utensils with a towel, so Xia Yu struck up a casual conversation with him.
'Hey, manager, what's your name?'
'My name is Walker Sam, and you?'
'Hello Walker, I'm Xia Yu.'
'Xia Yu? Your name is very strange, it's hard to pronounce.'
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'Walker, can you tell me about your Starbucks coffee?'
'Of course, I know a lot about it, I was one of the first employees of Starbucks coffee.'
'And this store, the first Starbucks coffee store, I was just a waiter back then, and two years ago I was promoted to manager of the first store. Now, after nine years of development, our company has 13 coffee shops...'
It seems that every fat person is a chatterbox. Walker Sam talked incessantly about the history of Starbucks Coffee, and occasionally digressed from the topic to talk about his experiences.
Xia Yu remained patient and a good listener the whole time, smiling the whole time, and nodding occasionally, which greatly increased Walker Sam's desire to chat.
Luckily, just as Xia Yu's cup of coffee was about to run dry, the door opened and a middle-aged, fat couple walked in, and Walker Sam, with a face of regret, reluctantly ended the conversation.
Xia Yu couldn't help but wonder how boring it must be to be the manager of this shop.
'Manager Walker, I have to go, I'm in a hurry. The coffee was delicious, and your story was very interesting,'
Xia Yu got up and smiled.
'Mr. Xia, thank you for being my audience. Welcome back next time,' Walker Sam said to Xia Yu in his spare time, with a very warm attitude.
'Okay! Goodbye!'
'Goodbye!'
Waving at Walker Sam, Xia Yu pushed open the door and walked out.
He looked back at the grey mermaid logo on the sign, smiled, and left with the bodyguards who had been guarding the door.
After returning, Xia Yu immediately ordered his assistant to find a way to investigate Starbucks Coffee and acquire it.
At the same time, Xia Yu made a phone call to Korn Ferry International, asking Richard Ferry to help him recruit Howard Schultz, a man within Xerox Corporation.
Howard Schultz is the person who created the legend of Starbucks Coffee and gave it its soul.
It can be said that Howard Schultz is responsible for 80% of Starbucks' success, which is how important he is to Starbucks.
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Two days later, Xia Yu came out of the project team and met the executive recruited by Korn Ferry for Seattle Computer Products.
There were three candidates for the CEO interview: two men and one woman, all elites in the computer industry, with the lowest having the resume of an executive vice president of a company.
After a series of interviews, Xia Yu retained the thirty-two-year-old Buck Daniels, who was in his prime and still very agile in his thinking, to temporarily take on the role of CEO of the company. He would be under Xia Yu's scrutiny for the next month, and only if he passed would the word 'temporary' be removed.
After interviewing the candidates for the CEO position, Xia Yu met with a twenty-four-year-old young man who had been hired by Kuanghui International alone, Steve Ballmer.
This prodigy, who graduated from Harvard University with a degree in mathematics and from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business with a master's degree, is none other than the future CEO and president of Microsoft, as well as a billionaire worth tens of billions of dollars and owner of the NBA's Clippers.
However, Steve Ballmer's future achievements were all due to the outstanding contributions he made after joining Microsoft in 1980, for which he was awarded Microsoft stock.
At the time, he was just a young man who had graduated from university less than a year ago.
After stripping Steve Ballmer of his arrogance, Xia Yu appointed him as the company's executive vice president to assist Buck Daniels in managing the company.
Of course, he also had a one-month probation period, because Xia Yu was still not very confident.
Steve Ballmer's outstanding achievements in his previous life did not mean that he was currently capable of doing the job.
After all, potential is potential, and ability is ability.
But if Xia Yu doesn't recruit him, maybe in a few months Bill Gates will recruit him, and by then the uncertainty will be even greater. As long as trouble can be avoided with a little effort, Xia Yu will of course stop it and weaken Microsoft as much as possible.
Within three days after the interview, the two formally took up their positions, and Xia Yu's work pressure once again decreased, as he devoted all his energy to assisting in the development and improvement of the ***-DOS system.
Before he knew it, time had flown and it was June.
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