Chapter 16: CH: 15 Established Microsoft
15 Established Microsoft
1 week later.
The Microsoft mainframe is already set and all the employees are ready to work. All contracts were signed in close watch on a personal layer Henry hired. All the contracts included non-competes, non-disclosure many other terms in the contracts.
And not a single employee showed any hesitation when they signed their contracts as Henry was paying double of what the market was paying.
The contract outlined strict breach conditions, with severe penalties ranging from 10 to 20 years of imprisonment for any party found guilty of violating even a single term.
Henry held all the cards, there are legal contracts, he holds the tech, the people, the lead. He was giving massive salaries, there were also performance based bonuses.
Henry rented a 5 story building in Silicon Valley for 1 year just for $100,000. This building was just temporary headquarters as Henry believes after 1 year, Microsoft will be soaring the skies under his guidance. So this building was just temporary as later Microsoft will build its own headquarters.
The construction work would be carried out by his own company, which he planned to establish in the future. His vision included patenting a new and improved method for creating concrete, possibly incorporating elements like spider webs, although that was a plan for later. For now, his focus was on laying the groundwork for the establishment of some of the most important companies.
After everything is ready and all the employees have been ready, Henry then gathers all the employees in a hall as he wants to speak to them.
"Hello everyone, my name is Henry William. I am your Chairman, Chief Engineer, and the owner of this company. You may already know me as the developer of the recently popular Microsoft Basic Language. You are all the first employees of Microsoft, and I see you as the pioneers of our future success.
I've decided to allocate 2% of the company's profits to be shared among all hardworking employees in addition to your generous salaries. This will be in the form of dividends, providing an opportunity for each of you to benefit directly from the company's growth.
Remember, the success of Microsoft depends on each and every one of us. Let's work hard together to make Microsoft bigger, and in turn, increase the dividends for all of us. Thank you."
Henry then gave a speech to encourage the employees and decided to take 2% company shares in the name of employees who were working hard. Of course it was written in the official papers that he was still the owner of those shares!!!
Henry did not need a speech about an imaginary thing, instead, he takes direct reward as it's more real compared to the imaginary thing. In this way, if everyone wants to make their dividend bigger, they must work hard to expand Microsoft as it is linked to their benefit. In this way, a virtuous circle is formed.
After all the employees heard that, they feel excited as they can see the Microsoft prospect too just from how their chairman developed something like Microsoft BASIC language.
In this way, Microsoft officially started. Henry begins to teach Microsoft BASIC language to the engineer as Henry wants to cultivate them so they do not need Henry in the future about small things like subsequent updates and bug fix. Microsoft BASIC is pretty easy to master, so in just 1 week, all the engineers have mastered it.
After the engineer mastered the Microsoft BASIC language, Henry then began to develop the MS-DOS Microsoft version with the engineer. Because there was Henry, everything went smooth as Henry himself is CEO of Microsoft in the future, so he is basically familiar with things Microsoft developed.
The team builds the MS-DOS all the way, but the time now is 24 December, Christmas is coming. Henry did not force the engineer to work at Christmas as he himself needs a holiday too. Henry basically just keeps developing something like Microsoft BASIC language and lately Microsoft MS-DOS version, so he really doesn't have time for a holiday.
Now that Christmas is coming, Henry plans to relax until the new year is over. So the MS-DOS project is temporarily on hold and all Microsoft employees are given holidays until 2 January.
Henry plans to go to Harvard as he misses Susan and sees Bill's condition as until now, he still hasn't shown his face here.
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25 December 1973.
Harvard's atmosphere is warm even though all around is snow. Because it is Christmas, there are only a few people left here. Henry wore a thick sweater as he made his way to the boy dormitory. Bill told him that he is in Dormitory now, so he plans to visit Bill first as Susan is now still outside.
Henry then came to the room and saw how the room was different from his memory. Now it's full of various papers and computers. Henry then saw Bill typing on a computer and there is a bearded man beside him. Henry already knows who that bearded man is as he is one of Microsoft founders.
The two people still haven't noticed Henry's arrival as they are too busy with their stuff. Henry then decided to remind them.
"EHMMMMM." Henry clears his throat to remind them.
Hearing someone in the room, the two-man immediately turned their back to find out who it was. Henry then laughs as he feels these two people are too immersed as they didn't even notice him.
Bill then comes over and gives Henry a tight hug while he introduces the bearded man.
Henry is no stranger to this person. Paul Allen is the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, and his computer skills are not inferior to Bill. He and Bill Gates are two of the most famous computer prodigies in Seattle. They are also students at Lakeside School, however, Paul Allen is older as he is in the upper grades, while Bill Gates is in the lower grades.
In the past, when even the prototype of the Altair 8800 microcomputer was not available, he developed Microsoft BASIC language with Bill. With only one Intel-8080 processor manual, Paul Allen used the PDP-10 computer produced by DEC to imitate the Intel-8080 integrated block to develop the Microsoft BASIC language.
It was almost impossible for engineers to do this, but Allen accepted the challenge. Eight weeks later, a set of Microsoft BASIC languages was successfully developed. Since then, Microsoft has begun to appear on the scene, rolling all the way, becoming a nightmare for countless software companies!
After introducing and shaking hands with Paul Allen, Henry decided to invite Paul Allen as his talent is no less than Bill when it comes to technology. Paul Allen gladly accepted the invitation as he was too obsessed with the future of computers. When Paul heard Henry was one who developed Microsoft BASIC language, he agreed with no hesitation as he felt Microsoft development prospects were broad.
Henry then chatted with two people about various things for 1 hour. Henry then learned Bill Gates and Paul Allen are trying to develop something similar to Microsoft BASIC he invented.
Henry just laughs as he feels this is funny as originally Microsoft BASIC was a Bill Gates and Paul Allen's invention. After that, Henry decides to leave as he feels Susan has already come back to her dormitory.
Henry then makes his way to the girls dormitory. Susan already told him that her dorm mate has left for Christmas and will not come back until next year. After Henry opened the Susan dorm door, he was immediately welcomed by a passionate kiss from Susan.
Henry was surprised as he doesn't expect this, but he quickly responds to her kiss with the same passion as her as he closes the door and locks it. Just safety measures as no men should ever lay their eyes on the naked form of his women.
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