The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 106 Much better than the original

Of course, Zhang Zhipeng also knew that it might not be easy to recruit a strong man like Qiu Bojun.

Because, how much salary can you give someone to impress him?

Microsoft is looking down upon when it offers an annual salary of $70!

Qiu Bojun's annual income now reaches two to three million.

In today's era, an annual income of two to three million is already the income of a Zenith star!

After all, in this day and age, items worth ten thousand yuan are still a rarity.

In rural areas, whoever harvests a few hundred kilograms more wheat is celebrated.

A pound of wheat now only costs one or two cents.

In his previous life, probably in 1993, Qiu Bojun established Zhuhai Jinshan Computer Company.

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself, forget it, it’s better not to think about recruiting the other party.

It seems that I can’t afford to support this great god now.

However, his WPS software is really easy to use.

Zhang Zhipeng felt that maybe they could cooperate.

However, if Qiu Bojun's lion opens his mouth, then Zhang Zhipeng wouldn't mind building a new office software suite.

Qiu Bojun heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw that it was a young man.

This young man is very handsome and tall, with a bright smile on his face.

This smile filled his whole body with affinity.

Qiu Bojun smiled and nodded towards Zhang Zhipeng and said, "Do you know me?"

"This is quite unexpected."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Teacher Qiu is a very powerful programmer in China. I like your WPS very much."

Qiu Bojun smiled and said, "Thank you for your support!"

"which unit are you in?"

"I estimate that you must be using pirated software."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "It is indeed a pirated version, but I have also made considerable modifications to WPS. I have added some functions to it, and I feel it is a little easier to use than the original version."

When Qiu Bojun heard this, he immediately became interested: "Are you also a programmer?"

"You haven't said which unit you are from yet!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I am from NPU. I can barely do a little programming."

"Please, teacher, can you come to my room and have a chat?"

Qiu Bojun smiled and nodded and said, "There's nothing going on, so we can just chat."

"Haha! I still have a good impression of NPU!"

So, Qiu Bojun followed Zhang Zhipeng into his room.

Qiu Bojun is such a smart person. He soon felt that something was wrong.

Zhang Zhipeng seemed to have followers around him.

Moreover, those followers looked very capable.

Qiu Bojun thought to himself, this person seems to be no ordinary person!

Qiu Bojunke also graduated from the National University of Defense Technology, and he also has strong acumen.

"Please teacher, let me show you the WPS I modified. I wonder how many points you will give it, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng took out a laptop.

In this era, laptops have actually been around for a long time.

In 1985, Toshiba built the world's first laptop computer.

Later, all computer manufacturers around the world followed suit.

Laptops are starting to get smaller and more sophisticated.

Of course, today's laptops are also quite expensive and cannot be used by ordinary people.

Zhang Zhipeng's laptop was assembled by himself using parts provided by supporting companies, and it was considered a test product.

He plans to put desktops and laptops on the shelves together when Huaxing Computer goes into mass production in the near future.

The system currently used on his laptop is also modified win3.2.

Qiu Bojun's eyes were immediately attracted by this computer.

"Huaxing Computer?"

"I haven't heard of this brand yet."

Qiu Bojun said with a smile.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "It is our company's product. Do you want to experience it?"

Qiu Bojun was startled: "As far as I know, there is currently no domestic computer company that can produce laptops."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "It will be available soon. Teacher, would you like to take a look at my computer?"

Zhang Zhipeng extended the invitation again.

Qiu Bojun smiled and said, "Okay! I hope it won't disappoint me too much."

Qiu Bojun's words were a bit rude. Because he is an industry insider and he knows what domestic computers currently look like.

Qiu Bojun was sitting in front of the computer and pressed the power button.

The computer starts booting quickly.

The startup speed is very fast.

In just ten seconds, the computer was successfully booted and a visual interface appeared.

Qiu Bojun was stunned again.

He takes a closer look, I'll go! Is this still Microsoft's win3.2?

It doesn't look like much.

This computer has a full color screen, and the picture looks quite exquisite.

Qiu Bojun began to move the mouse quickly to check the computer.

The more he looked, the more surprised he became.

Because, he discovered that the configuration of this computer was astonishingly high!

Its memory is as high as 128M?

I am not wrong, right?

Today, the mainstream configuration of IBM computers is only a few MB!

64M memory has just been broken through by Sanxing...

The memory of this laptop has reached an astonishing 128M?

So magical.

Looking at the CPU again, it is clear that it is not from Intel.

But a CPU called Loongson?

Domestic CPU?

After testing it, we found that the performance of this CPU in all aspects is quite powerful, with the main frequency reaching over 1000 MHz. Much more powerful than Intel 486!

Qiu Bojun shook his head. He was a little doubtful, was he dreaming now?

"What's your surname, comrade? Is this computer really all made in China?"

Qiu Bojun finally couldn't help but asked.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "You can call me Long Changzhi!"

"This computer is indeed made of all domestic hardware!"

"No foreign hardware technology is used."

"Yes! This operating system is Microsoft's win3.2, but we have modified it so that it can run smoothly on our hardware."

"However, we are only using it temporarily for a transitional period."

"My goal is to create a domestic visual window operating system with all source codes completely created by myself."

Zhang Zhipeng introduced Qiu Bojun with a smile.

Qiu Bojun shook his head and said, "It seems that I am a little ignorant!"

"I really didn't expect that our national hardware would be so powerful."

"This is an internationally leading technical level!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "The reason why Teacher Qiu doesn't know is mainly because he has always kept it secret in the past."

"Our domestic chips have now achieved great breakthroughs."

"Next, we will develop our efforts in the field of civilian computers."

"I'm telling you all this because I actually want to cooperate with you. I just don't know if you have the intention to cooperate." Zhang Zhipeng didn't hide anything from Qiu Bojun.

Now that it has been decided to launch civilian products, the next series of patented technologies will be quickly registered at home and abroad.

And once a patent is registered, it’s actually impossible to hide it.

That's why Zhang Zhipeng introduced Qiu Bojun so calmly.

He also hoped to shock Qiu Bojun.

Then, seek cooperation with the other party.

But even so, he didn't know if he could succeed.

Qiu Bojun was indeed greatly shocked.

He originally thought that he knew everything about the development of the domestic electronic computer industry!

Unexpectedly, the technologies Zhang Zhipeng showed him today shocked him!

He smiled and asked: "I wonder what kind of cooperation Mr. Long wants to do?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I am willing to hire you as a partner of our company. I will give you some dividend shares appropriately, and you will lead our Huaxing Technology's software development business."

Qiu Bojun listened and said thoughtfully: "So, you want me to work for you?"

Qiu Bojun didn't want to work part-time.

Because working part-time has no meaning to him.

He wanted to start his own business.

WPS software is developing very well in China now.

In fact, he now plans to open his own company.

Currently he is working as a studio and already has some employees.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head and said: "Haha! How can you work for me?"

"We can cooperate in depth!"

"What is your current annual income approximately?"

Qiu Bojun said: "It's about two to three million every year. It's mainly obtained by selling software."

"Of course, I will also solve some software problems for some companies."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "How many copies of WPS genuine software can you sell every year?"

Qiu Bojun smiled and said, "The average is more than a thousand copies."

"This business is not easy to do. No one is willing to support the genuine version, and even state-owned units are using pirated versions. This really makes people feel helpless."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "If you are willing to cooperate with us, there is no need for you to work hard to sell software."

"If we launch our own domestic computers in the future, we can pre-install the WPS suite on it and pay you some copyright fees for each copy."

"If our computer sales can reach 100 million units, even if we only pay you 10 yuan per unit, it is still million. You will make this money very easily."

Qiu Bojun smiled and shook his head and said: "The annual computer sales in China are not even one million units."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "That's because computers in China are so expensive now that ordinary people can't afford them!"

"The largest personal computer market in China must be among ordinary users."

"With the development of the economy, the scale of this market will become larger and larger, and it is possible to sell tens of millions of units every year!"

Qiu Bojun nodded and said: "Personal computer sales are indeed increasing rapidly, but how easy is it to sell tens of millions of units every year?!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said, "If you don't believe it, we can make a bet!"

"Within ten years, the annual sales volume of our domestic computer market will exceed 10 million units!"

"And our Huaxing Computer will occupy at least 20% of the domestic market share!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with full confidence.

Because he knew that in his previous life, in 2004, the annual sales of domestic computers reached more than 1400 million units!

Qiu Bojun was a little unconvinced.

“What is your specific, actionable marketing plan?”

"Competition in the domestic computer market is already quite fierce now, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "I have only one marketing plan: high quality and low price strategy!"

"Our computer technology leads the world, but we will adopt a price strategy that is friendly to the people!"

"For example, our lowest-end computer hardware configurations will be much better than the so-called high-end machines currently on the market."

"However, our pricing is probably only one-third or even lower than those of high-end machines!"

"Teacher, do you think this kind of pricing will attract a large number of consumers to buy it?"

When Qiu Bojun heard this, he was very surprised: "Are your chip production costs very low?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "In fact, the production cost of the chip itself is not ridiculously high."

"The reason why our domestic computer assemblers have high purchasing prices is because they are being ripped off by foreign monopolies!"

"Teacher, please think about it, are the CPUs supplied by foreign monopoly companies to our domestic market at least one generation later than the latest foreign products?"

"They just use our country's market as their dumping ground and profit pool!"

"The main reason for the current situation is actually that our domestic chip technology is not very good, especially the CPU. In this case, it would be strange if they don't harvest us!"

Qiu Bojun nodded and said, "Mr. Long's analysis is right!"

"Let me take a closer look at your computer."

Qiu Bojun started looking at the applications on Zhang Zhipeng's laptop again.

He first opened his original WPS.

He was shocked when he saw it!

I go!

Is this still my original WPS?

It has completely changed!

There are many more functions in it, as well as forms, PPT production and other contents.

This software can already meet all the needs of office work.

Qiu Bojun felt that his face was a little hot, and he was a little ashamed.

He is known as China's number one programmer and is quite famous in China.

He also thinks very highly of himself.

He believes that if he is not the best programmer in the world, he is not far behind.

However, now, his original WPS software is surprisingly not as easy to use as the pirated versions made by others...

This...even if it is a new software, it is not an exaggeration.

However, his name Qiu Bojun is still written on the copyright page.

This shows that people respect their copyright.

Qiu Bojun sighed and said, "Mr. Long, who led the modification of this magically modified WPS software?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "It's me."

Qiu Bojun was surprised: "Are you still a programming expert?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "I know a little bit about programming, so I can't be considered a master."

Qiu Bojun shook his head: "My software is written in assembly. Even if you can see the source code, I guess you shouldn't be able to understand it, right?"

Software written in assembly language, let alone other programmers, may not be able to understand it.

Even an original programmer may not be able to understand the code he wrote after a while.

This is no joke, this is an indisputable fact.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I'm lucky, I can understand the code you wrote, and I can also make some modifications."

Qiu Bojun sighed and said, "Mr. Long, your programming talent should be much better than mine!"

"Your revised version of WPS is so good, it's much better than my original one."

Zhang Zhipeng waved his hand and said: "Ashamed, ashamed! No matter how much I change it, it will still be based on your original work."

Qiu Bojun tried to edit several files using WPS modified by Zhang Zhipeng.

He found that this modified version of WPS was really easy to use.

(End of this chapter)