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

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Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "It takes ten years to sharpen a sword, and then you can take it out of its sheath and test its edge!"

"I have always believed that when a good product is launched on the market, you need to wait for the right time!"

"Now, the time should be almost here."

Lin Yutian said with emotion: "I have always thought that China's computer technology level is at least thirty years behind the Lizards, and it is likely that we will never catch up with them."

"Unexpectedly, Mr. Long suddenly came out with his own blockbuster product!"

"This product is already world-leading."

"How does Mr. Long plan to market and promote it?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Promote sales domestically first, and then expand overseas markets."

Lin Yutian shook his head and said: "The domestic market is still too small."

"The price of such a good product like yours must be very high. We in China cannot afford it for the time being."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Our products are indeed very good, but if you want to say that the price is high, that is not necessarily true."

“For domestic sales, our pricing will be more friendly to the people. The various configurations of Huaxing’s ordinary desktop computers for the general public will be several grades higher than the mainstream computers currently sold in the domestic market. However, our pricing will be It will cost four to five thousand yuan per unit."

Zhang Zhidong and Ma Huateng were very surprised when they heard this.

Ma Huateng whispered: "Is it so low?"

"Nowadays, I think the most common computer costs more than 10,000 yuan!"

"Moreover, this price is already considered a relatively fair price."

Zhang Zhipeng looked at Ma Huateng with a smile and said, "My goal is to make personal computers popular in Chinese cities as soon as possible and make them an essential appliance for every family!"

“Only in this way can we enter the information society in the future!”

Ma Huateng asked: "Mr. Long, what is the approximate configuration of the computer you just mentioned costing four to five thousand yuan?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "The memory should be at least 8M. The CPU performance will be two or three times higher than Intel 386. The hard disk storage capacity is 1G. It has an integrated graphics card and sound card, and a floppy drive and optical drive."

After hearing this configuration, Lin Yutian gasped.

"You only price four to five thousand for such a configuration?"

"Mr. Long! Our department just bought a high-performance computer not long ago. Do you know what its configuration is?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Tell me about it."

Lin Yutian said: "2M memory, 120M hard drive, Intel 286 CPU, Graphics ULTRA graphics card, 1X CD-ROM drive, 14-inch CRT monitor, 8-bit compatible sound card, and the DOS operating system..."

"Just such a configuration, more than 19800 units!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled. He knew that the computer with the configuration Lin Yutian just mentioned was a high-end computer in this era.

He smiled and said: "With such a computer, foreigners can probably earn us 1.5 yuan."

Lin Yutian said with emotion: "Mr. Long! How long will it take for your Huaxing computers to start going on sale?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "We will launch it in batches in January 1993 at the most."

Lin Yutian shook his head and said: "It's a bit too late. I hope you can mass-produce and launch it as soon as possible. By then, our Shenzhen University alone will be able to purchase more than 300 of your units!"

Zhang Zhipeng was a little moved after hearing this. Is Shenzhen University so rich? You can buy more than 300 computers at one time?

Is this to promote paperless office? Or do we need to replace the computers in the student computer room?

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Then just wait a moment! Don't be afraid of being late for a good meal, right?"

Lin Yutian shook his head and said: "Our school bought a batch of computers a few years ago, but they are almost useless now. Now we are in a hurry to upgrade them!"

"Because of this matter, a certain salesperson has been here many times. I hope to close the deal as soon as possible. But their price is still a bit too high."

"Moreover, the computer configuration is also too poor."

Zhang Zhipeng asked with a smile: "What price did they offer you?"

Lin Yutian said: "For the computer with the configuration just now, he offered a price of 16000 per computer."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head and said: "The price is really high. It makes me feel that selling computers is more profitable than robbing banks."

"Director Lin, you can handle this matter yourself. If you wait a few more months, the price you can buy for one unit now will be enough to buy three or four units, and the configuration will be even higher."

Lin Yutian said: "Then we can only wait."

"However, I'm a little worried now. If you don't have the conditions for mass production by then, I won't be able to explain it to the leader."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head and said: "If you are worried, you can pay a deposit first and let's sign an agreement!"

"If we fail to deliver on time, we will pay you a huge liquidated damages!"

Lin Yutian raised his eyebrows: "Can it really be booked in advance?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Of course!"

"Why don't we do door-to-door business?"

Lin Yutian thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Long, please wait a moment. I'll call our principal to report and see what he says."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "It seems that Director Lin is very trusted by your principal. You are actually responsible for such a large purchase of computers."

Lin Yutian waved his hand and said, "Isn't it because we are in the computer science department?"

"The principal thinks we know better, so we can rest assured on this matter."

Lin Yutian called the principal to report the situation.

Zhang Zhipeng and Qiu Bojun were listening nearby.

Listening to the conversation between Lin Yutian and the principal on the phone, Zhang Zhipeng could feel that the principal indeed trusted Lin Yutian.

There might be some connection between the two people. Maybe they came from the same school in the mainland? It's also possible.

Just like that, Zhang Zhipeng came here to recruit talents.

But he signed a sales contract in a daze.

In this contract, Shenzhen University plans to purchase 500 computers from Huaxing Computer Technology Company. The configurations are clearly listed, and the price of each computer is 4800 yuan.

It also stipulates that the delivery date is before January 1993, 1.

If delivery cannot be made by the due date, there will be a penalty of 1% of the total payment for one day of delay.

The recruitment of Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong also played a role.

Both of them expressed their strong intention to join Kingsoft Software Company.

Zhang Zhipeng initialed an employment agreement with them. When the two of them start internships in the second half of the semester, they will work at Kingsoft Software Company.

The salary during the internship period is 500 yuan per month.

The next day, Zhang Zhipeng and Qiu Bojun left Shenzhen and returned to Zhuhai together.

On the way, Qiu Bojun said to Zhang Zhipeng with a smile: "Mr. Long, I always feel that our price is a bit too low, right?"

"Actually, in the deal we signed with Shenzhen University, even if you priced 1 units per unit, they would still think it was a bargain."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly and said, "We have to take a long-term view!"

"Our cheapest computers have very low production costs. The total cost is only six to seven hundred yuan."

"We have made enough money. What we have to do now is to speed up the promotion of personal computers in the country!"

"Only when the price is close enough to the people, can people across the country afford computers more quickly."

"And if more people buy, then our sales will naturally increase. By then, we will make more money."

"The price is RMB 1 per unit, but we may only be able to sell 20 units a year."

"But what if the price is four to five thousand? Then it is possible to sell 200 million or even 400 million units a year! Do the math, which model makes more money?"

The price is 20, and 20 units are sold every year, which is only billion in sales.

But what if the price is 5 and 200 million units are sold every year? That’s 100 billion in sales! This is just a low-end computer. The high-end ones are priced a little higher and are aimed at high-end people. They can also seize the high-end market of foreign brands.

Qiu Bojun suddenly realized: "Buy volume and rely on mass production and sales to lower production costs, and then occupy more market shares and obtain more super profits!"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Yes! This is my plan!"

"In the next few years, the country will begin to rapidly promote office automation. However, the demand for centralized computers is estimated to exceed one to two million units each year!"

"We can definitely eat a large portion of this cake!"

"Do you know what the annual computer output capacity of the computer industrial park being built by Huaxing in Chang'an City is?"

"It's five million units!"

"If we don't do it, we'll do it. If we do, we'll do something big!"

"This is my idea!"

Qiu Bojun looked at Zhang Zhipeng and thought to himself: This Mr. Long seems to have calculated every step!

If his plan is fully realized, it will be amazing!

Huaxing Company will become the largest computer technology company in China!

And by that time, it seems that I have benefited quite a lot!

Because even if I only pay 5 yuan for pre-installed WPS on each computer, that’s tens of millions!

After returning to Zhuhai, Zhang Zhipeng had some communication with the team that wrote and produced graphic design, photo editing, 3D design and other software, and gave them some suggestions.

In fact, Lizufang Country now has a complete set of software for graphic design, picture editing, 3D design, etc.

Moreover, their software is already quite mature. However, Zhang Zhipeng still decided to start over and build his own software!

Not for anything else, just so that they won’t get stuck in the future!

In order to prevent being stuck by them, he had to have people make various low-level tools and software in advance.

Zhang Zhipeng stayed in Zhuhai for a week.

During this week, except for looking at Omen when he took a walk after dinner, he didn't even think about going to Omen to take a look.

That night, Zhang Zhipeng was busy in his office. Suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the door.

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself, it's already past 8 o'clock, who will come to find me?

Moreover, there are security personnel outside his door.

If the visitor fails to pass the security clearance, he probably won't even have a chance to knock on the door.

"come in!"

Zhang Zhipeng shouted.

The door was opened from the outside, and in came a person who surprised Zhang Zhipeng.

Rebus?

By the way, Zhang Zhipeng has never talked to Rebus alone.

He wasn't too cool with him.

He didn't expect that Rebus would take the initiative to come looking for him.

"Mr. Long, good evening! My name is Rebus, and I am our technical assistant to Mr. Qiu."

"WPS was rewritten using the JAVA language platform, and I also contributed a lot."

Rebus smiled and introduced himself.

Zhang Zhipeng knew that Rebus was also a good programmer.

He is also very knowledgable.

In his previous life, he was highly valued by Qiu Bojun. He worked in Qiu Bojun's company until he was the vice president, and then he started his own business. He eventually founded Damai Mobile and became a big boss in the mobile phone industry.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly and said: "I know you, you are a good programmer."

Rebus quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Long, for your affirmation."

"I came to you this time mainly to report my work to you. By the way, I also want to make some suggestions for the development of the company..."

Rebus began to talk incessantly.

The eloquence is quite good.

However, the speech was a bit grandiose.

Logic sometimes fails to be self-consistent.

Zhang Zhipeng remained patient and listened to Rebus.

He knew that Rebus wanted to get closer to him.

The meaning of getting closer is to continue to get opportunities for promotion.

In fact, Rebus had just graduated. He was deeply trusted by Qiu Bojun and was eager to stand out as soon as possible.

And if you want to get ahead, you must get the approval of your boss.

But what makes Rebus depressed is that although he is deeply trusted by Qiu Bojun, his real boss Long Changzhi has always ignored him.

This puzzled him a little.

He finally worked up the courage today, and then he ran over and showed up actively in front of his boss.

Zhang Zhipeng originally wanted to hear Rebus finish.

However, he found that once Rebus started talking, he simply couldn't stop.

I haven't stopped talking for ten minutes.

The point is: there is no nutrition in what he said.

Zhang Zhipeng didn't hear a few words of value.

This was a bit unbearable for him.

So, he coughed lightly and said, "Xiao Lei, you are very motivated and excellent, so work hard! The company will never treat every employee who works hard and dedicates poorly."

Rebus was a little confused.

He was talking enthusiastically.

Was interrupted by the boss.

It seems that my boss is a little uninterested.

What exactly did you do to make your boss unhappy?

Rebus was also very sensible. He quickly stood up with a smile and said, "Mr. Long, thank you for taking care of me. I will continue to work hard."

"Then I won't disturb you."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly, nodded and said, "Go ahead!"

Rebus leaves.

Zhang Zhipeng found that he was sweating on his forehead.

This was obviously because he was tired and embarrassed listening to Rebus talking, so he was sweating.

Zhang Zhipeng shook his head and left Rebus behind. What he was thinking about now was building China's own navigation system.

The navigation system is not a trivial matter. It will be 93 soon. The Galaxy cannot be repeated!

Therefore, he must find a way to develop the Beidou satellite navigation system as soon as possible!

Even if we get 3 navigation satellites and simply build a network first, that’s fine!

After the country's navigation system is established, it can be used for national defense, shipping, land freight, etc.

No longer have to worry about Robin closing it for you to use.

However, Zhang Zhipeng now has a problem: he does not have access to satellite navigation information, let alone physical navigation satellites.

Um! It seems that we still need to go to the capital to find some information, read it, and then learn from the experts who are engaged in satellite research.

Zhang Zhipeng is a man of action, so whatever he decides, he will do it immediately.

The next day, he called Zhao Bingkun to express his intention.

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "It seems that you are a man who accepts death!"

"I said before that we don't want to develop this satellite navigation system for the time being, because we don't have the technology, the cost is too high, and we can't do it for a while. In addition, the European continent is preparing to develop their Galileo system, and the European continent wants to invite us. attended."

"In this case, we all think that there is no need for us to develop our own navigation system!"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Director Zhao, Robin is not trustworthy. In Europe, he is actually the same as Robin! He must not be trustworthy either!"

"We have to see this clearly!"

"Don't look at the fact that Europe has invited us now."

"Once Robin expresses his disapproval, Oulu will definitely immediately say that he can't take us to play."

"I think we can't be naive any longer."

After Zhao Bingkun heard Zhang Zhipeng's words, he was silent for a moment and said: "Comrade Zhipeng, to tell you the truth, the country has no such plan for the time being. If this matter must be done, then we must convince the superiors and let them know that this matter Urgency.”

Zhang Zhipeng said: "I am willing to write to the leaders above."

"Director Zhao, are you willing to hand it over for me?"

Zhao Bingkun said: "Okay! No problem!"

"The premise is: this project cannot cost too much money."

"Robin's GPS cost tens of billions of dollars to build."

"And we simply can't afford that kind of investment."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Maybe we don't need so much money at all. We have a cost advantage."

"Director Zhao, I think we can't wait any longer, we must seize the time to do this!"

"After the satellite navigation system is completed, it will bring great help to our national defense!"

Zhao Bingkun said: "Then come to the capital tomorrow and write your love letter carefully, and I will hand it over to you."

"You, actually, you are now someone who can directly reach Tianting. The leaders above actually value you quite a lot."

So, early the next morning, Zhang Zhipeng said goodbye to Qiu Bojun and took a plane straight to the capital.

Of course, he was flying on a military plane and did not take the Minhang route at all. So there is no need to buy a plane ticket.

On the plane to Beijing, Zhang Zhipeng thought about it carefully and wrote a love letter to his superiors.

The advocates must immediately start building their own satellite navigation system.

If this system could be built one day earlier, it would play a huge role in all aspects of national defense, transportation and economic construction...

Anyway, he has made up his mind to build a domestic navigation system!

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