game trailblazer

Chapter 44 Mr. Fu's New Life
After returning to BJ, Zhang Lexing first arranged for Qiu Bojun to live in the Friendship Hotel, and even allocated a 386 computer from the office for him to use.A technician like him is actually easy to satisfy, as long as he has a computer and can immerse himself in the world of code.After Qiu Bojun made arrangements, Zhang Lexing approached Wan Lin to learn about the preparations for the software design competition.

"Boss, after the consultation some time ago, the schedule and competition content have been determined." Wan Lin held a document and flipped through it while saying: "This competition is divided into juvenile group (middle school students) and youth group (college students). Competitions and original software design competitions with no restrictions on participants. Knowledge competitions are a combination of computer knowledge quizzes and on-site programming competitions. Teams must be formed to participate in the competition. Each group has three members. The team with the highest score wins. Consisting of regional competitions and BJ finals. The original software design competition must be an original software design work independently completed by the participants. Participants can be individuals or teams. Those who have been released publicly or have received national or senior official awards, international competitions Rewarded works cannot be submitted for competition. At the end of the competition, Design Star Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, Best Creativity Award, Best User Interface Award, Best Algorithm Award, etc. will be awarded.

知识竞赛（全称中国计算机知识和程序设计竞赛，简称CCPC）的时间安排：87年3、4月份是分区赛，7月份是BJ总决赛。原创软件竞赛（全称中国原创软件设计大赛，简称COSC）安排：87年5月底前为软件征集时间，6、7月份为评价期。8月中旬为比赛最后的颁奖时间……”

After listening to what Wan Lin said, Zhang Lexing felt that the arrangement of the competition was fairly well-organized, and he could rest assured.Originally, according to Zhang Lexing's idea, as long as there is an original software competition, the redundant knowledge competition is purely for entertainment, but considering the current national conditions, we can only make some compromises.

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It has been a few days since I returned to BJ, Qiu Bojun is like a child who just got a new toy, soaking in front of the computer every day, experiencing the speed of the 386 computer, and even eating delicious food in the room.One day at breakfast time, Zhang Lexing knocked on Qiu Bojun's door and dragged him downstairs to have breakfast.

"Are you still used to it these few days?" Zhang Lexing asked while eating.

"Well, very good, very good." Qiu Bojun replied vaguely with his mouth full.

"Didn't you make a printer driver, have you ever thought about finding a company in Zhongguancun to sell it?"

"Oh, I almost forgot."

"I heard that Stone Company seems to be planning to promote a printer. It is estimated that it should be needed. You can try it. Software is also a commodity in the final analysis. It will not work if you just keep it at home for self-admiration. It can only be sold to users. Talents benefit, users can solve their own problems, and programmers will be more motivated to continue developing.”

"Sitong Company, I heard from BJ's classmates before that the scale is relatively large, and I will try it after dinner." Qiu Bojun seemed to be enlightened all of a sudden, "In addition, I have to find my own future. Hard work!"

After breakfast, Qiu Bojun took his floppy disk and went straight to Stone Company to sell his Xishan Super Text Printing System.It wasn't until before dinner that Qiu Bojun came back excitedly, judging from his expression, it was probably done.

"How is it, is it going well?"

"It went well. Stone really wants to promote a printer called OKI8320. I demonstrated the Xishan Super Text Printing System to them, and they were shocked. Finally, they paid 10 yuan for my print driver. I bought it, but I have to pay it in [-] months.”

"Congratulations, the first software sale has been completed, so congratulations."

"so far so good."

"What are your plans for the future?"

"I'm going to go to Zhongguancun to have a look. I saw something interesting in Stone today, maybe there will be better results in the future."

"what?"

"They call that thing MS-2400. It's a typewriter with a long screen, a Chinese typewriter. It's about this size." Qiu Bojun gestured with his hands.

"Oh, Chinese typewriter, it seems very interesting. Qiu Bojun, I have nothing to arrange for you, because I know that your interest is not in the operating system. Why don't you just go around Zhongguancun and wait for you to find yourself What you want to do, I will help you arrange other things, you just need to use your expertise, I am optimistic about your strength."

In fact, Zhang Lexing does not need to go to Qiu Bojun, because he already has a very mature word processing software. Although there is no Chinese version for the time being, he will eventually enter the Chinese market.The reason why I support Qiu Bojun is because of appreciation on the one hand, and to find an opponent for my office software on the other hand.Excessive monopoly is not conducive to development, and it is easy to be subject to policy intervention. It is good for everyone to have some competitors, especially if this competitor is also in the hands of Zhang Lexing.Of course, if Qiu Bojun's office software shows stronger strength, Zhang Lexing will not mind helping him on the horse.

For a period of time after that, Qiu Bojun stopped being obsessed with the computer, but went to Zhongguancun every day to look around or go to Stone Company to help out, and basically only came back to eat and sleep at night.During the period when Stone was helping, a company in Hong Kong brought a Chinese card developed by itself and installed it on the SuperPC sold by Stone.When Qiu Bojun passed by, he saw that the font was not very beautiful, so he modified it, and replaced all the logos in the Chinese card with four links. As a result, the Hong Kong boss was shocked when he demonstrated it the next day.Later, at an exhibition, a batch of SuperPC BIOS had problems and could not be started. The boss in Hong Kong was so anxious that he had no choice but to ask Bojun. As a result, it was fixed overnight.The boss in Hong Kong felt that Qiu Bojun was a talent, and began to try to recruit people, but unfortunately it was too late.

Of course, Zhang Lexing only found out about this later, because the day after the conversation with Qiu Bojun, Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin were already on the train to Fuzhou.This time, he didn't ask Wang Bin to find someone. Zhang Lexing still remembered where he was going.

Fuzhou No. [-] Middle School...

Relying on a pack of premium cigarettes to open the way, Zhang Lexing quickly found Yanshan Software.At that time, the full name of Yanshan Software was also called "Yanshan Software Technical Service Center", and its business location was in a small room on the left side of the school gate. The person in charge was Fu Zan, and he was the target of Zhang Lexing's trip.

Zhang Lexing pushed open the door, stood at the door and asked, "Which one is Mr. Fu Zan?"

"I'm Fu Zan, what do you want from me?" A man in his thirties who looked like a teacher stood up and said.

"Mr. Fu, is your software technology service center doing well?"

"Very good, now the business is getting bigger and bigger every year."

"Mr. Fu, for a school-run enterprise like this, I estimate that the annual income will not exceed [-], and the profit may only be a few thousand. If the current situation continues, there will be no great prospects in the future. You Have you considered changing it?"

"Change? To put it lightly, how to change, and what to change?"

"I have one thing here. You'll know it after you've seen it. Do you have a TV here?"

"There are electronic classrooms in the school, I can borrow one."

Soon an 18-inch color TV set was moved to the desk in the service center. Zhang Lexing took out a FC from his luggage, connected the wires, plugged in the cassette, and turned on the power.Soon, the word "Battle City" made up of bricks and game options appeared on the TV, and the attention of several other teachers in the service center was immediately attracted.Zhang Lexing picked up the handle and played a game alone, and then signaled Fu Zan to join in the game. After Reset, Zhang Lexing and Fu Zan began to defend their headquarters together, and looked for opportunities to destroy the enemy's tanks.At first, Fu Zan seemed very jerky in operation, let alone cooperate with Zhang Lexing.After practicing for a few rounds, Fu Zan's operation gradually became smoother, and he and Zhang Lexing also began to find some tacit understanding.Seeing Zhang Lexing and Fu Zan playing in full swing, the other teachers were also eager to try.Taking advantage of the change of control, Zhang Lexing started communicating with Fu Zan again.

"How about it, do you think it's fun?"

"It's really attractive. Do you mean I should do this?"

"Almost, but you can't do it in Yanshan Software."

"why?"

"School-run enterprises have no autonomy. If one day the school wants to adjust its operations, it can be closed with a notice. I don't want to have too many rights and interests disputes at that time."

"I still don't understand?"

"I'm planning to set up a FC game development company. I hope you can come and take charge. I can give you full power over personnel affairs. You can appoint and remove all personnel except financial personnel. If you are reluctant to part with Yanshan Software, you can also come here when you are free. Guide me."

"May I think about it?"

"Yes, here is my business card. I will stay in Fuzhou for a while, and I will come if I have nothing to do during the day." Zhang Lexing took out his business card and handed it over.

Fu Zan took the business card and looked at it for a while, then carefully put it in the drawer of his desk.

"If Yanshan Software wants to make this game product, I suggest starting with the Atari 2600 cartridge, which is easier."

"Atari 2600, I know that. I tested it the year before last. I'm familiar with the machine and the cassette. I'll go get it tomorrow and study it."

For the next few days, Zhang Lexing spent the day at Yanshan Software, and soon became familiar with everyone.While Fu Zan was researching how to modify the Atari 2600 cassette, Zhang Lexing helped him make a tool software that could read programs and data from the cassette.

For the first practice, Fu Zan chose a game called "Canal Wars". This is a vertical version of the game. The plane flies upwards in a narrow passage, and fails when it hits the walls on both sides. At the same time, there are fuel and time constraints.Fu Zan used the tool Zhang Lexing helped him to extract the program and data of "Canal Wars", rewritten the flight path and re-burned it. Unexpectedly, it succeeded at the first time. Fu Zan named the modified game "New Canal Great War".After making the shell and printing stickers by myself, "New Canal Wars" was launched. Although the appearance of the cassette is relatively rough, the new content has attracted many buyers.

After tasting the sweetness, Fu Zan's mind also changed, and finally agreed to Zhang Lexing's conditions, agreeing to be in charge of setting up a FC game development company in Fuzhou after the Chinese New Year, and Zhang Lexing also agreed that Fu Zan would come to Yanshan Software to guide him when he was free. Work at once.The two made an appointment that once Fu Zan found a suitable office space, Zhang Lexing would immediately send a batch of development equipment and arrange people to guide the game development work.

After Zhang Lexing left Fuzhou, Fu Zan made persistent efforts and burned several games of Yalida together to produce "Comprehensive Card for TV Game Shows". , now you can play several games by paying once, how convenient!The turnover of Yanshan Software also began to soar, and the income in just one month exceeded the previous year's results. Looking at the rapidly increasing numbers on the ledger, Mr. Fu couldn't help but feel happy.

(End of this chapter)