Reborn in the red age

Chapter 227 Dispute with Professor Wang over R&D

Faced with Old Man Wang's unkind gaze, Li Qingfeng looked at Old Man Wang honestly.

After the two looked at each other for a while, Old Man Wang was the first to lose.

Old Man Wang cleared his throat awkwardly, put on a kind smile, and said softly: "Qingfeng, it doesn't matter if you don't understand industrial software. Come on, this is the software manual that comes with the imported IBM mainframe computer. What I’m talking about is CAD computer drawing software, you can take it and have a look.”

"I don't see what this thing is for. This thing is not something we major in computer science. It spans too many disciplines. It requires a large-scale unified organization of the school and the participation of professors from various disciplines. It also requires strong support and funding from the state." "Develop this kind of software." Li Qingfeng knew what industrial software was all about. It was not a project that he could undertake now. He waved his hand and refused to accept the instruction manual at all.

Industrial software is not application software. The technical threshold is too high. It is the crystallization of physics, chemistry, mechanics, engineering, mathematics, computer science and other disciplines. In addition, it also requires a high industrial foundation.

Among them, CAE software (computer-aided engineering) is the entire core. It involves the entire basic discipline. Each functional block in it is a complete discipline, such as material constitutive relations, plastic mechanics, nonlinear contact, composite materials, explosion mechanics, and heat conduction. Thermal radiation, and a series of subject names that sound confusing.

Industrial software is also a project strongly supported by the government in the United States. If you want to make industrial software in China, if you don’t have strong support from the state for unified deployment, you should just go to sleep, and you will have everything in your dreams.

I have to admit that the United States does have talented people. In the high-tech field, what they do is the foundation. Others can only make their own products based on the foundation established by the United States. Once the critical moment comes and the United States removes the ladder, you will Catch him blind immediately, this is the power of America.

Old Man Wang was not embarrassed when he was pushed back and said seductively? "You don't want to do research? Now the country has a lot of support for industrial software. If our school is the first to develop this software, think about what an honor it will be."

"I don't want to study at all." Qingfeng Li refused without hesitation.

Old Man Wang slapped the user manual on the table and said in a tone of hatred: "Confused, short-sighted, industrial software is the most important weapon of the country. In the future, every factory in the world will use industrial software. Our country is in the field of industrial software." It’s already a very late start, now is the time to invest heavily, we can’t let Westerners get in the way of our software.”

"Professor Wang's industrial software is now being developed by many universities. Not to mention Wudaokou next door to us, Hangyuan and other schools are doing it. In this regard, their comprehensive strength is indeed stronger than ours. We don't have it." We must rush to do this project." Facing the angry little old man, Li Qingfeng sighed and explained helplessly.

The current situation in China is that political factors account for too much in scientific research. As long as there is a project supported by the state, as long as the unit can get involved, regardless of whether it has the strength or not, the project must be launched and implemented first.

This method of casting a wide net cannot be said to be wrong, but it is quite impetuous now. If we cannot see results in the short term, there will be no subsequent capital investment.

Every time, swarms of swarms work on similar projects, and the resources invested in the projects are wasted, and no results are produced. After all the money is spent, the leaders slap their butts and leave, leaving everything in a mess.

The older Mr. Wang gets, the more stubborn he becomes, especially when it comes to scientific research. He frowned and retorted: "We don't care about other people. When doing projects, we have to cast a wide net. Especially for this kind of key project, if there are more people doing research, there will always be problems." With this technological breakthrough, what if we catch the fish as soon as we put the net down?”

"Your statement does make some sense, but compared to our school, I believe that Wudaokou and Hangyuan next door can catch fish," Qingfeng Li shrugged and said calmly.

"You, you are trying to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Why do I have a student like you?"

Old Man Wang was furious at Qingfeng Li's disparaging remarks about his school. He snorted and turned away from Qingfeng Li, minding his own business and looking at the information on the table.

Qingfeng Li smiled at the stubborn old man and did not continue to argue with Old Man Wang. Instead, he turned to chat with other professors.

Regarding industrial software, Li Qingfeng, a later generation, naturally knows its importance. To put it bluntly, industrial software is as important as chips. It is the most important field that is choked by the West. 95% of the industrial software on the market is controlled by foreign capital. .

For example, if there is no industrial software, it is equivalent to a computer without an operating system. If a foreign country imposes a blockade on domestic industrial software, the domestic manufacturing industry will be stunned immediately.

Later generations will say that chips are important, but most people don't know that if the West bans all industrial software in the country, even if ASML gives the country a few lithography machines for free, it still won't be able to produce chips.

The reason why Qingfeng Li does not want to enter this field now is mainly because various universities and research institutes are engaged in industrial software. The software produced by some units is still good. There is a gap with the international market, but there is no hope of catching up. Now that there is no talent, Li Qingfeng will have no advantage even if he ends up studying industrial software. It is better to be lazy and let the country come forward and lead major universities to do it first.

In the 1990s, when the concept that it was better to buy than to build emerged, and the state reduced capital investment, Qingfeng Li started to integrate resources. By then, the talents and the market were available, but even with large sums of money, he still couldn't make it work.

It is not profitable to make this thing in China. We can only lose money to do this thing to prevent Western countries from getting stuck in industrial software.

There is no other reason. China attaches great importance to hardware but not to software, and no one is willing to spend money on software.

Didn’t you see that almost all of the hundreds of millions of desktop computers across the country are equipped with Windows systems? How many of them actually pay for it?

Industrial software costs 2020 genuine copies and pirated copies. Until , except for listed companies or important projects that require the stable operation of software, other companies will still use pirated software.

Even the Intellectual Property Office is rushing to use pirated software. The domestic market environment is so difficult. Apart from the government spending money to support it, not many people in the private sector are willing to do this project.

When he thought about entering the 1990s, Qingfeng Li was troubled. It would cost a lot of money to develop chips. Although industrial software did not cost as much as chips, it was still not a small amount. If he wanted to achieve certain results, he did not have to use billions as the unit. It is simply impossible to get US dollars.

It is absolutely true that scientific research is a waste of money.

After the meal he ordered outside at noon was delivered, Qingfeng Li didn't see Wang Huiyu who had invited him to breakfast in the morning, so he asked someone to call him.

After Wang Huiyu arrived, Li Qingfeng had lunch with these students.

"Come on, classmate Wang Huiyu, you treat me to breakfast this morning, and I'll give you an extra piece of braised pork." Li Qingfeng smiled and handed a lunch box full of braised pork to Wang Huiyu.

Wang Huiyu, who was swallowing his saliva from the opened lunch box, quickly waved his hands and refused after hearing Qingfeng Li's words: "No, Teacher Li, a stir-fried cabbage meal in the morning is nothing. The lunch you gave me is already very rich. No need for more." Give me braised pork alone”

"You're welcome. The meals in the institute are provided by Xiangjiang Company for free. I'm borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. Just take them and eat them. If there's not enough, there will be more." Li Qingfeng didn't care whether she wanted it or not, and directly put the lunch box on Wang Huiyu's table. .

Li Qingfeng is not lying. Lemon Technology's two research institutes at Peking University provide three meals for free. Since employees in Xiangjiang do not have food rations, all expenses are paid in Hong Kong dollars. According to the exchange rate, the food standard is four yuan per person per day. .

It's true that you can't get much for 4 yuan in Xiangjiang, but the standard of food for 4 yuan in the mainland is as high as heaven, and the combination of meat and vegetables is very balanced.

In addition to the three meals a day, there are fruits, snacks, coffee and soda. They are all piled up in the classroom. You can get them by yourself if you want to eat or drink. The welfare package is as full as possible.

Liu Guangmin, who was eating ravenously on the side, heard what Qingfeng Li said. He raised his head from the lunch box and moved his stool to get closer to Qingfeng Li. After observing the surroundings and confirming that there were no people from Xiangjiang, he whispered excitedly: "Teacher, I see there is still a lot of rice left in the bucket. Since the money is paid by people from Xiangjiang, can I take away the remaining rice later?"

"Of course, the leftover food will be packed away every day. You can take it if you want, as long as you don't give the bucket to others to move away. No one cares about this thing. Not only the leftover food can be taken away, but also the food in the tea room next door. Sodas, snacks, fruits, etc., you can take some with you when you go back." Qingfeng smiled and nodded, indicating that he could take it as he pleased.

When they heard that they could not only take food, but also other things, Liu Guangmin and the other three men's eyes flashed green, and they wanted to finish the food in the lunch box immediately, grab the things and leave.

The girls are thin-skinned, looking like they want it but are embarrassed to ask.

After lunch, Qingfeng Li told them his work hours in the afternoon, and asked Liu Guangmin to remember to give a portion of the leftovers to the girls, and then went to his computer to get busy.

Liu Guangmin's face is as thick as Li Qingfeng's. After making sure that everyone was full at noon, he packed up all the leftovers in the bucket and took them away. When he went to work in the afternoon, he just carried a shoulder bag. .

Li Qingfeng looked at Liu Guangmin who came to work carrying a satchel and shook his head with a smile. This kid is good and will not suffer any loss wherever he goes.

Qingfeng Li stayed in the research institute for the whole day, developing the Windows 2.0 system with the software engineers of Lemon Technology. He did not leave the research institute with the people in the institute until it was time to get off work.

(End of this chapter)