game trailblazer

Chapter 35 Comdex Exhibition
Las Vegas is located on the edge of the desert in the southeastern corner of Nevada, in a valley surrounded by desolate deserts and semi-deserts.This is a city that developed because of the Hoover Dam and flourished because of the gambling industry. At that time, it was still the "Sin City" that was ridiculed by people.

The surroundings of the city are flat and uninhabited. When Zhang Lexing flew over Las Vegas at dusk, he could clearly distinguish the pattern of the city from the plane.As the plane landed, the sky was getting later and later, and gradually the bright streets on the ground, attractive advertisements and building shapes projected by scenic lights could be seen.These brilliantly lit scenes formed a group of colorful and wonderful patterns, as if a huge brooch with a novel style was pinned on the dark land of Nevada, shining brightly and dazzingly.

As soon as he got off the plane, Zhang Lexing felt a chill, which made him a little uncomfortable who was used to the gentleness of San Jose.Passing through the terminal building, Zhang Lexing and his entourage boarded the pre-booked car and drove towards the bustling Las Vegas Strip.More than ten minutes later, the car arrived at the Sahara Casino Hotel where they were going to stay.

The Sahara Casino Hotel is a Moroccan-themed hotel in North Africa. The whole hotel is full of Moroccan style, even the place where you get on and off the bus outside the hotel gate is no exception.The Sahara Casino Hotel is not very famous in Las Vegas. Zhang Lexing chose this hotel because some well-known hotels he knows (such as Treasure Island, MGM, etc.) are not even construction sites yet. Of course, the more important thing is that the venue of this autumn Comdex exhibition is relatively close to this hotel.

The nightlife in Las Vegas is rich and colorful, and the casino is always the place with the most people. However, the main purpose of Zhang Lexing’s visit this time is to watch the exhibition, so he only played a few slot machines in the hotel’s casino to try his luck. Then I went to bed early to rest.

The next day, Zhang Lexing got up early, and after eating the breakfast delivered to the guest room, he moved a chair and sat on the balcony for a rest.Las Vegas in the morning light is cold and windy. Although the sun has risen from the east, it doesn't bring much heat. It just coats the buildings in the distance with a layer of gold.

After posting for a while, the opening time of the exhibition is coming soon.Zhang Lexing got up and went back to the room, changed his clothes, and then went downstairs to the exhibition center.After walking for more than ten minutes, the autumn Comdex exhibition site arrived.After hanging up his own sign, Zhang Lexing stepped into the exhibition hall and began to visit.

In recent years, with the gradual expansion of the influence of the Comdex exhibition, the scale of the exhibition has also become larger and larger. Not only the number of exhibitors has increased year by year, but the exhibition area has also expanded accordingly.This year is no exception. Due to the large number of exhibitors, the exhibition is specially divided into three areas. In order to prevent visitors from getting lost, a map of the exhibition area is provided free of charge at the entrance of the exhibition.Zhang Lexing had such a copy in his hand. After studying it clearly, he began to look around while walking along the passage.Along the way, Zhang Lexing really saw a lot of interesting things, such as the processor chip exhibited by Intel - the latest 386 processor, the improved Macintosh computer exhibited by Apple, etc., the most impressive What surprised Zhang Lexing was that a small Hong Kong company exhibited an LCD computer based on the 8088 processor. Of course, this thing is mainly used for word processing.

When he was in Zone C, Zhang Lexing accidentally found that there was a booth with the words "Great Wall 0520CH Chinese Computer..." written in both Chinese and English on a banner, and the Chinese was in simplified characters, which made him feel very friendly. .Many interested visitors had already gathered in front of the booth. Zhang Lexing went up and wanted to know more about it. When the staff saw a new visitor coming, they immediately handed over the materials enthusiastically and began to introduce them on the exhibition table. that computer.

“我们的长城0520CH是基于8088处理器的计算机，通过我们研究的汉字显示处理卡能实现640×480的分辨率、25行汉字显示，并且支持汉字和图形叠加显示……”工作人员滔滔不绝的用英语介绍道。

"It seems to be good. I wonder if your researchers have come?" Zhang Lexing asked in Chinese.

"Gong Zhao over there has participated in research work. Do you have something to do? Do you want me to call?" Hearing the familiar language, the staff became more friendly.

"Forget it, Mr. Zhao is busy, so I won't bother you." Zhang Lexing declined the staff's kindness.In fact, Zhang Lexing was not really interested in this "ancient" Great Wall 0520CH. He actually wanted to get acquainted with Yan Yuanchao, who was researching the Chinese character display processing card. Since he didn't come this time, of course he was not interested in chatting with others.

The moody Zhang Lexing was about to leave when he suddenly found several Asian-looking men watching carefully beside the Great Wall 0520CH computer that had been disembowelled on the table. I went there, drawing something on a notebook from time to time.

Zhang Lexing walked over curiously, maybe sensing someone approaching, someone in the group turned around to look, with a disdainful expression on their face, and muttered "Baga", although the voice was small, it was still impressive. Zhang Lexing heard it clearly.

"No wonder, it turned out to be little RB." Zhang Lexing understood what these people were doing.RB people have long been familiar with stealing technology from other countries, and this also has a long historical tradition for them.As early as the Tang Dynasty, under the banner of sending Tang envoys, I learned a lot from China. At that time, it was still called learning, but in modern times, it began to intensify. Not only did I steal a lot of long-standing formulas and crafts from China. Yes, and after a little research, it turned out to be RB's patent. Even the original owner of the formula and process had to pay the patent fee to RB if he wanted to export the product. This shows the means of RB.

The few RB people in front of me are lying here, obviously doing their work with a long tradition. Zhang Lexing is very angry, but unfortunately the consequences are hard to say. After all, the Great Wall 0520CH is not Zhang Lexing’s stuff. Zhang Lexing really wanted to drive these RBs away, but he could only communicate with the staff first.

"Why don't you stop them and let them just look at it casually!" Zhang Lexing was very anxious.

"Why stop it? We came out this time with the purpose of learning advanced technology. Isn't it normal to have some technical exchanges with each other?" The staff in front of him seemed a little dazed.

"But look at these guys who are patronizing and drawing your circuits. It doesn't seem like they are here to communicate, they are simply spying on other people's technical secrets!" Zhang Lexing was a little angry.

"That's up to our leaders." The tone of the staff seemed unhappy.

Zhang Lexing was speechless, he really didn't have a long memory if he didn't experience some painful lessons, it seems that he had to find another way to get rid of these RB people.Zhang Lexing thought about it for a while, and when he was about to warn the RB people, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Your actions infringe on other people's patented technology, get out!" A middle-aged man with gray hair yelled at the group of RB people.

The RB people still wanted to distinguish a few words, but found that other people around them were not looking at them well, so they had to pack up their things and leave in a hurry.

"Ms. Ye, hello!" A young man in the booth came over and said hello.

"Xiao Zhao, why are you here?" The gray-haired middle-aged man replied, and then the two began to chat.

Now that the matter was over, Zhang Lexing also turned around to continue his visit. He had just taken two steps when a voice came from behind, "Sir, please stay."

Turning around, Zhang Lexing found that he was greeted by the gray-haired middle-aged man called Teacher Ye just now.

"What advice do you have?" Zhang Lexing asked.

"I don't dare to do it. Ye Zuyao, may I ask your surname?" the middle-aged man replied.

Ye Zuyao is the third son of Ye Peigao, a famous anti-Japanese general (participated in many famous battles, such as the Songhu Anti-Japanese War and the Western Yunnan Anti-Japanese War). His ancestral home is Wenchang, Hainan. I don't know what it is for.With the conversation between the three, Zhang Lexing slowly learned something.

Three years ago, Ye Zuyao returned to the mainland with his own "software engineering" theory, ready to serve the motherland. With the support of the national leaders, he became an advisor to the China Computer Leading Group.At the same time, a special competent authority for software, the China Software Technology Development Center of the State Science and Technology Commission, was established, and a huge "software development plan" was formulated according to Ye Zuyao's proposal.

This plan consists of the following parts: First, entrust BJ University and Shanghai Fudan University to train 50 software graduate students from fresh graduates each year, select American textbooks, and hire professors from American universities and senior technical personnel from some famous American companies to teach; Second, a large-scale "software factory" is planned to be built in BJ and Shanghai; third, 16 colleges and universities are called to tackle the national project "C software engineering environment" to develop China's own software development tools and so on.

The scale of the plan is huge, and the prospect of the goal is lofty. Unfortunately, when it is actually implemented, due to political and other reasons, there are many difficulties and the progress of the plan is slow.In the first half of this year, due to the replacement of the leaders of the Science and Technology Commission and the ineffectiveness of the plan, the "software development plan" began to receive cold reception, and Ye Zuyao could only return to the United States sadly.

"Dr. Ye, actually, I think if this plan can be persisted, it should be able to achieve great results." Zhang Lexing did not expect that China's starting point was earlier than that of India, but it is a pity that it did not persist. Otherwise, China might have a stronger software industry. .

"There is no way now, the domestic support in this area is too weak. The previous software development plan is now only left with a C software engineering environment, and the whole plan can be said to have failed." Dr. Ye's face is full. Regretful look.

"Dr. Ye, in fact, there is still a way. Although there is no support from the state, if there are companies willing to support it!"

"Enterprise support? Where is the enterprise willing to support such a slow-moving thing?"

"After a while, I want to go back to China to develop my career, but there is a lack of software talents in China, so I am very interested in your software development plan, Dr. Ye, and hope to train more software development talents through the software development plan. Dr. Ye wonders if you would like to When the time is right, return to China to restart the software development plan, I really need someone who is good at software engineering like you to help."

Perhaps Dr. Ye Zuyao's ambition was not completely annihilated. After careful consideration for a while, he finally nodded and agreed to Zhang Lexing's request.In Zhang Lexing's mind, this is probably the biggest achievement of this exhibition.

(End of this chapter)