Siheyuan starts from the stationmaster

In the 20s and 70s, the research on Chinese character processing and character recognition was carried out, and the application of association function in Chinese character input was proposed and realized for the first time.

Ni Guangnan, born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on August 1939, 8, is a computer expert, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1961, after graduating from Nanjing Institute of Technology, Ni Guangnan was assigned to work in the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since then, he has been engaged in research and development in the field of computers.

Ni Guangnan, as an early scientific researcher of the Computing Institute, experienced the process of my country's computer from scratch, and as the leader of the external equipment plug-in team, he participated in the development of my country's first self-designed electronic tube computer - 119 machine, which was successfully developed and won a national award. Technology Conference Award;
In 1968, Ni Guangnan participated in the development of the earliest Chinese character display in my country - the 717 machine display. In 1974, in his academic report in the lecture hall of the Institute of Computing, he proposed the associative input method for the first time, that is, the computer-assisted Chinese character input by using contextual association.

From August 1981 to 8, he was invited to work at the National Research Institute of Canada (NRC) as a Visiting Researcher (VRO). In May 1983, he gave up the opportunity to work in Canada with a high salary and returned to China.

Before he returned to China, he spent several thousand Canadian dollars to buy key equipment enough to develop several Chinese character microcomputer prototypes, and brought them back to China, including Z80 CPU, SRAM, DRAM, interface and other VLSI chips and C compiler, etc., and devoted himself to Chinese character development. Industrialization of processing technology.

At the beginning of 1984, organized a research group to develop the second product of Chinese character processing, that is, "LX-80 associative Chinese character graphics microcomputer system"; in August, the business department of the computing institute signed a cooperation agreement with AVIC Pengcheng Industrial and Trade Center. Ni Guangnan The research group carried out the development work of transplanting LX-8 to PC to become a Lenovo Chinese card, and Xintong Company also provided support for this;
In November, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to establish the "New Technology Development Company of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences" (referred to as "Institute of Computing Technology", the predecessor of Lenovo Group) owned by the whole people. Ni Guangnan was invited to serve as the company's chief engineer in December. All Hanka technology has been brought into the company.

In 1985, the first Lenovo Chinese card suitable for personal computers was put on the market. On November 1989, 11, the Computing Institute was renamed Lenovo Group Corporation, and Ni Guangnan served as the director and chief engineer of the company.

In 1990, Ni Guangnan presided over the development of Lenovo series microcomputers with self-designed motherboards, which established the company's main business.

In 1994, Ni Guangnan was selected as the first batch of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, which belongs to the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering (Computer Application Technology).

Ni Guangnan participated in the development of China's first electronic tube computer (119 machines).In the 70s and [-]s, the research on Chinese character processing and character recognition was carried out, and the associative function was applied in Chinese character input.

During his tenure as chief engineer of the Computing Institute Company/Lenovo Group, he presided over the development of the Lenovo Chinese character system and Lenovo series microcomputers, and won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1988 and 1992, respectively.Although Ni Guangnan has made remarkable achievements in his work, the computer industry of the whole country is still far behind the contemporary United States and Japan.

Now when Bai Zirui finds Ni Guangnan, of course he will flap his butterfly wings and make some changes.According to the development of the historical trajectory of the previous life, Ni Guangnan was invited to work at the National Research Institute of Canada (NRC) in August 1981 as a visiting researcher (NRC).

The annual salary is 4.3 Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to 70 times the domestic salary according to the official exchange rate, and belongs to 5% of the high-income group in Canada.After Bai Zirui met Ni Guangnan, who was in his prime as a technician, the two chatted for a few minutes.

Bai Zirui introduced his identity, and felt that there was no need to waste time in the process of finding out the truth. Ni Guangnan's qualifications and strength were genuine.

Bai Zirui said bluntly: "Professor Ni, our company is going to enter the personal computer industry in the next step. I am here to invite Professor Ni to participate in this grand event and join our company to jointly develop Chinese computers."

Ni Guangnan pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, Bai Sheng, for your consideration, but I am a civil servant and cannot accept private invitations to work abroad."

Bai Zirui smiled and said: "Professor Ni, this statement is wrong! I am an overseas student from the mainland to Xiangjiang. I have made some achievements in starting a business in Xiangjiang, so that I can repay the country better in the future. Xiangjiang has been an inseparable territory of China since ancient times. , will definitely return to the embrace of the motherland in the future, why come abroad to talk about it!"

Ni Guangnan said: "Bai Sheng, what you said is very true. It's because I don't have enough ideological awareness. You are laughing at me."

Bai Zirui said: "Professor Ni, you are now working at the National Research Institute of Canada (NRC), and you should know that the world's technology is developing rapidly, especially the computer industry. It is far behind Europe, America and Japan, so I implore Professor Ni to come to Xiangjiang to jointly develop Chinese computers in our country."

Ni Guangnan said: "Bai Sheng, please allow me to think about it for a while, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

Bai Zirui shook hands with him and said goodbye, "I'm waiting for Professor Ni's good news in Xiangjiang."

After meeting with Ni Guangnan, Bai Zirui stayed in Canada for two days to investigate the Canadian arcade game market.Speaking of foreign game markets, we first think of countries such as Europe, America, and Japan, but the Canadian game market in the northern part of North America should not be underestimated.

Bai Zirui read a piece of news in his previous life. According to the statistics of NPD Group: Canada has a population of about 3300 million, the highest retail sales of Canadian game stores is 7.96 million US dollars (9.33 million Canadian dollars), and the annual investment per person in games is about 24.10 US dollars (28.27 Canadian dollars), while the United States is 41.50 US dollars, so Canada is also a foreign game market that cannot be ignored.

Bai Zirui and Yang Dezhi signed an agency agreement for arcade machines in Canada. The contract orders reached 10000 arcade machines, including 7000 sets of "Tank War", 3000 sets of Great Wall Cubes, and 2 sets of Great Wall Cubes handhelds. The total contract amount: 735 , $[-] million.

After the contract was signed, Bai Zirui arranged for people to airlift 200 arcade machines to Canada, 100 units each for "Tank War" and Great Wall Cube, and the subsequent arcade machines had to be shipped by sea. Bai Zirui arranged for the game company to help with all the air and sea freight. paid.

Bai Zirui faced the final exam when he returned to Xiangjiang after finishing his work in Canada. Bai Zirui was busy with the affairs of the two companies this semester. If he really took the exam, he would definitely fail. After all, academic performance is directly proportional to time investment.

Bai Zirui's purpose of entering Xiangjiang University to study abroad was not to become an outstanding graduate, but more to use the platform of the university to build contacts for the company's future development.

Bai Zirui directly approached Shen Haipeng, the vice dean in charge of international student management at the School of Economics and Business Administration of Xiangjiang University. Bai Zirui came to Shen Haipeng's office and knocked on the door, and entered his office after getting permission.