1991 Starting from the core

"Mr. Davidson, welcome to the provincial capital."

Su Yuanshan just greeted Claude, Howard and others with his eyes, and first took the initiative to greet Qin Si and Bob Davidson.

"I've wanted to come to this beautiful continent for a long time, and I also want to witness the miracle of Yuanxin with my own eyes." Davidson smiled happily, and after greeting Su Yuanshan, Zhou Xiaohui led him to the commercial vehicle aside.

Su Yuanshan shook hands with Qin Si again and joked: "Sister Qin Si, welcome to the provincial capital to guide the work."

"..." Qin Si, who has always maintained the temperament of an elite female boss, was suddenly teased by Su Yuanshan, and she was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

In fact, she and Su Yuanshan were not familiar with each other at the beginning, and her understanding of Su Yuanshan was slowly established through talents such as Xi Xiaoding and Yang Yiwen. Then the communication with Su Yuanshan was more about work - and then she was impressed by Su Yuanshan's keen insight.

To be honest, she was still a little nervous when facing Su Yuanshan.

"Haha, I'm here to repay my work with you, the boss." Qin Si smiled and slowly relaxed. He looked back at the group of technical men who were chatting over there and said with a smile, "I'd better go and chat with Bob first." sentence."

"It's okay, let's go together and let them chat first."

There were all technical experts from the corresponding team. Su Yuanshan just said hello and left Xi Xiaoding in charge. He came here mainly to pick up Qin Si and Davidson.

After chatting along the way, several commercial vehicles quickly arrived at the science and technology park. Chen Jing, who had already received the news, also waited for a long time with Liu Hongyan from the administration department. After a simple welcome ceremony at the door, Liu Hongyan arranged for these people to settle in the internal hotel that Yuanxin put into use last month.

This hotel was newly built after the planning was changed midway. Compared with ordinary serviced apartments, it is more similar to an ordinary residence. The largest one even has three bedrooms and one living room.

This kind of planning not only facilitates the reception of visiting guests, but also facilitates employees returning from other places and family members who come to visit.

After the arrangements were completed, all that was left was for each team to contact themselves - because of work exchanges, many of them were already familiar with each other like old friends.

When they come to Yuanxin, these people come to visit their friends on vacation and talk about work.

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After dinner, Su Yuanshan took Bob Davidson and Qin Si to visit Yuanxin.

This was also the first time Qin Si came to Yuanxin in so many years. He took out a camera and took pictures all the way.

"Mr. Su, I have always had a question: why did Yuanxin give up its software business?"

Bob Davidson asked the question on his mind.

"Because we are a professional semiconductor company." Su Yuanshan replied without thinking about it: "The previous EDA also belonged to the semiconductor industry. So...it's not that we gave up, but that we never considered getting involved. .”

"Oh!" Davidson nodded, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he didn't quite believe it. In other words, no satisfactory answer was obtained.

Since cooperating with Xinghai, Davidson has seriously understood Su Yuanshan, his Xinghai and the distant core of the mainland. From Qin Si's words, he learned that Su Yuanshan's strongest point was his vision. Therefore, as a keen software publisher, he wanted to hear Su Yuanshan's true views on the future development of the software industry.

Su Yuanshan smiled, thought for a while and then said: "It is not accurate to say that Yuanxin has given up on the software industry. After all, we have an Internet division, and we have also launched EM and Foxmail clients. These are software category."

"The Internet will develop far faster than we feel, so traditional software distribution will be impacted, even devastatingly."

Davidson nodded heavily, uncontrollable worry rising in his eyes.

This was also the reason why he had to come to Yuanxin - because his intuition told him that he might get the answer here at Yuanxin and Su Yuanshan, who was known as the most forward-looking person.

Su Yuanshan paused and said: "In the future, perhaps only operating systems and tool application software will take the traditional distribution route. But with the acceleration of network construction, these will gradually become digital. For example, a 100M software It seems big now, right? But the LAN has already achieved a transmission rate of 10MB, which means that it only takes ten seconds to complete the software transmission. ADSL has also been successful in the laboratory, and the next step will be It's optical fiber - in short, through technology, we can definitely predict that all software can be downloaded and spread through the Internet in the future."

"Just like we know that one day Moore's Law will reach its end, and the fab process will reach its limit at the nanoscale. It's just a matter of whether this day comes sooner or later."

At this time, Qin Si put away the camera and added with a smile: "No one dares to bet that this day will not come."

Davidson sighed softly, deeply impressed by this young man: "Yes, that's why I considered focusing on Custom."

Davidson said while looking at Su Yuanshan: "But now it seems that the game is also facing the same situation."

"Yes, that's not right either." Su Yuanshan smiled. He knew he had to cheer up this partner. Historically, Davidson Software Company was famous for buying Blizzard, but that's about it. This company was started by a husband and wife. For enterprises, if it is said that a small rich man is the best, that is fine, but if you want to make a career, you really need to encourage him.

After getting in touch with Qin Si and Yang Yiwen, they both agreed that Bob Davidson actually had "enterprising spirit" and ability, and he was not young at all. That's why Su Yuanshan finally made up his mind to invite him to the country - according to the original plan, he planned to use Davidson Company as disposable chopsticks and throw them away after use.

People are different. Not everyone has the indomitable spirit and courage. Sometimes, a person's career is just a step or a thought away.

"The PC gaming industry is no different than traditional software. It is a market with a very clear target group. At the same time, compared to game consoles, it is also a market that is emerging rapidly. When a market is emerging, what is the most profitable and the most important thing to get involved in first? ?”

"What is it?" Davidson and Qin Si asked at the same time.

"platform."

"The platform is similar to the boss of a shopping mall. It is a bridge connecting game manufacturers and player groups." Su Yuanshan squinted, looked at the gradually setting skylight, and said softly: "If you still don't understand, just look at Nintendo and Sony."

Davidson immediately woke up, and then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Then traditional software can also be made into a platform!"

"I think too much. The market for traditional software is too big. Except those who play with operating systems... who can play?"

Su Yuanshan glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's better to concentrate on playing games. There is a future."