game trailblazer

Chapter 45 The new atmosphere of Zhongguancun

When Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin returned to BJ, the time has come to 87 years.It was only two months before the regional competition. The software design competition organizing committee was busy contacting experts, organizing test questions, and preparing equipment. Wan Lin and the others were so busy every day that they barely touched the ground.

During the period when Zhang Lexing left BJ, the most important event that happened in the village was the establishment of China’s national team for the development of the computer industry—Great Wall Company. Microcomputer development team, and the main product is of course the famous Great Wall 0520CH in China.

Zhang Lexing also received a surprise.Not long ago, Yan Yuanchao came to the office and expressed his agreement to Zhang Lexing's invitation, and also wanted to bring a student surnamed Yao over. Although he didn't know what prompted him to make the decision, he was very happy to be able to come to Zhang Lexing.

After returning to BJ, happy events can be said to be one after another. First, Dr. Ye came to BJ as scheduled, and planned to restart the "software development plan" according to the agreement with Zhang Lexing.Immediately afterwards, on January 1, the State Council issued the "Several Regulations of the State Council on Further Promoting the Reform of the Science and Technology System", which further liberalized scientific research institutions and relaxed the management of scientific and technological personnel. From then on, scientific and technological personnel can begin to flow.Now, the short-term and long-term talent reserves of Zhang Lexing's company are no longer a problem.

After the Spring Festival, Rising Sun System Software Development Co., Ltd. (Rising Sun Software) was formally established with a registered capital of 2000 million RMB. Zhang Lexing accounted for 90% of the shares, and 10% of the shares were allocated to the first batch of participating teams Yan Yuanchao and Dr. Ye.Under Zhang Lexing's communication, VisualSystem's China office was merged into the new company, and Wan Lin became the person in charge of Sunrise Software's public relations department and continued to host the software design competition.The CEO of Rising Sun Software is a Hong Kong native named Feng Xingjun who was recruited in Hong Kong with the help of Mr. Yang. It is said that the performance was quite good when he worked in CV company.

The first major event after the establishment of Rising Sun Software was to sign a long-term licensing agreement with VisualSystem, responsible for the localization of VisualSystem's entire operating system in China.Immediately afterwards, taking advantage of the new regulations of the State Council, the scientific research personnel were unbound, and technical personnel were widely recruited to strengthen their own technical strength. Soon, a development team of about 30 people led by Yan Yuanchao began to take shape.

After the personnel problem was solved, Rising Sun Software launched the first project - the Chinese culture work of Kylin3.0.In fact, there have been various Chinese versions in the previous version of Kylin, but due to the different processing methods, it brings convenience to the Chinese region and also brings some compatibility problems. This Kylin3.0 Chinese culture project The main goal is to create a Chinese standard to avoid compatibility problems.

And Dr. Ye also began to make use of the old relationship in the past. On the one hand, he brought back some members who had participated in the previous training to join Rising Sun Software or become teachers of software training; on the other hand, he negotiated with relevant state departments to establish Regarding the matter of the software training institution, this is the boost engine for the future development of Zhang Lexing Company.

At the end of February, good news came from Fuzhou. Fu Zan had found a suitable office space. Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin boarded the train to Fuzhou again.

As soon as he got off the train, Zhang Lexing went outside the station to find a public phone, called Fu Zan, and made an appointment to meet at the newly found office.When I came to Fuzhou last year, I rarely saw taxis. This time, I was lucky. There were many taxis waiting for passengers not far from the train station.Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin picked a better-looking car and got in it. After explaining their destination, the driver quickly started the car and sped away along the road.The driver brother is very talkative, and he keeps talking along the way, either about the local customs of Fuzhou, or some local anecdotes, which makes the journey not feel too boring.

However, this road is really quite far. It took about half an hour to drive. After passing the Minjiang River, it took about ten minutes to drive east and west.In the car, I saw Fu Zan waiting in front of a small building next to him. Zhang Lexing took out seven or eight "Great Unity" cards and stuffed them to the driver, took his briefcase and got out of the car with Wang Bin.

Seeing Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin get out of the car, Fu Zan hurried over to say hello, Zhang Lexing nodded in response, and stood on the sidewalk to look at the surrounding environment without rushing over.According to the driver, next to this place is Cangshan District Civil Affairs Bureau, and behind it is Yantaishan Park, a famous scenic spot in Fuzhou.The environment of the park is quiet and pleasant, and there are many bungalows on the mountain. The driver strongly recommends Zhang Lexing to go hiking when he has time.

After briefly looking at the surrounding situation, the three of us walked into the house together.After turning around, Zhang Lexing was quite satisfied with the place.The house has two floors, the first floor can be used as a retail store, and the second floor can be used as a development department. Although the area is not large, it is still enough for the initial office space. After the company grows, it can be changed to a new place.

"Old Fu, are you recruiting?"

"I just found a good place, and I haven't started yet."

"Hurry up, if you have someone, you can use the tank game to practice your hands first. I have a lot of things to do, and it is difficult to come here often. I leave all the things here to you. Remember to let me know if you have any results. But there is one thing You have to remember, I don’t care what happens to Atari’s cassettes, but the FC cassettes cannot be sold directly in China, at least not in the short term. There is still not enough consumer groups, and the export market is bigger. As for the export channels Well, you don’t need to worry, I’ve already made arrangements. After a while, I’ll arrange for someone to come over and deal with the export of products. Old Fu, you just need to do a good job in this technical aspect.”

"Lexing, well, I have a high school classmate who is proficient in programming, can I ask him?"

"Okay, as long as it's suitable, it's better to know the basics."

"However..." Fu Zan was hesitant to speak, "His legs and feet are a bit inconvenient."

"As long as his programming skills meet the requirements, no problem, I don't mind."

"Thank you, thank you." Fu Zan was a little excited.

"Do your classmates live far away?"

"It's not too far away. I guarantee that I can go to work normally, and I will never delay work."

"That's not what it means, don't get me wrong. I mean if your classmate is not convenient to come to the company, you can equip him with a computer at home, or find a driver who drives him to and from get off work every day, and the company will pay for it."

"Le Xing, I really don't know what to say, I..."

"You don't need to thank me, as long as the company is done well, the days to come will get better and better."

"Le... Boss, the company hasn't been registered yet because I haven't figured out what name to use. Do you have any comments?"

"It's better to call it Tianzhiyuan, Tianzhiyuan entertainment software development company."

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At the beginning of March, Tianzhiyuan Entertainment Software Development Company with a registered capital of 3 million yuan was formally established. Several sets of FC development tools and development materials from the United States also arrived in Fuzhou via Hong Kong, and relevant personnel were gradually in place. Tianzhiyuan began to operate .

After the affairs in Fuzhou were properly arranged, Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin boarded the train back to BJ.Nothing happened all the way. By the time Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin returned to BJ, the CCPC divisional competition had already begun.A total of 24 divisions are set up in this competition across the country, and the top two in each division will participate in the finals held in BJ.

According to the administrative divisions of the BJ competition area, each jurisdiction will hold a preliminary competition first. The top two and the four No.3 teams with the best results in each jurisdiction's preliminary competition will enter the semi-finals, and finally determine the places to participate in the finals.In order not to affect the daily teaching of the school, the competition is scheduled to be held every Sunday.Due to the attention of the leaders, there will be a TV broadcast after the game enters the semi-finals.It happened to be Saturday when Zhang Lexing and Wang Bin came back, just in time to watch the first game of the rematch the next day.

On Sunday morning, after breakfast, Zhang Lexing went back to the guest room and turned on the TV, which was switched to CCTV, when the game was about to start.According to the process, before the start of the competition, a brief introduction was given to the 24 teams participating in the semi-finals, and then the advertisements of the three companies that sponsored the competition were inserted, and then the screen switched to the competition scene. Li Xiaobing also came to the stage to host.

After the host introduced the contestants and the on-site judges, they soon entered the formal competition.Starting from the semi-finals, in order to increase the confrontation, the on-site competition adopts the answering method.

"In what year was the first computer born in our country?"

"Jingle Bell……!"

"BJ No. [-] players, please answer."

"April 1958, 8."

"Congratulations, you got the answer right. Please add 10 points to the BJ No. 1958 middle school players. The first computer in our country was a vacuum tube computer successfully developed on August 8, 1."

"Next question, contestants please pay attention. What is assembly language?"

……

After several fierce competitions, the top two were finally determined. The High School Affiliated to Peking University and BJ No. 7 Middle School became the representatives of the youth group in the BJ area, while Peking University and Tsinghua University became the representatives of the youth group in the BJ area. Both will enter the finals in July.

Zhang Lexing was tired of watching this kind of live question-and-answer competition for a long time, and basically didn't arouse much interest, especially at this time, the atmosphere of the competition was quite serious, and it was not as entertaining as it was after the new century. If it wasn't for his own company It is estimated that Zhang Lexing will not even watch the first game in the competition.After barely watching the game for a long time, Zhang Lexing couldn't take it anymore. When he came to the corridor, he happened to meet Qiu Bojun who came from Zhongguancun Club.It looks like Qiu Bojun has been busy for another day today, his face is hard to hide the tiredness, but there is an inexplicable excitement, it seems that good things are coming.

"I beg you Bojun, you just came back, you haven't eaten yet, let's go together?"

"Okay, I happen to have something I want to discuss with you."

In the hotel restaurant...

Zhang Lexing chose a secluded table and ordered a few dishes. Considering Qiu Bojun's habit, he served a pot of good tea without asking for wine.After a few mouthfuls of food, the conversation started.

"You look very happy today, is there something good?"

"It's also a good thing, I have found my future goal."

"Oh, what is it?"

"I think the current Chinese typewriter screen is too small, it is too inconvenient to write articles, and it is very difficult to add some functions. If a word processing software with similar functions can be made on the computer, these two problems will be solved. can be resolved very well.”

"Your idea is very good. Similar software has already appeared in the West, such as WordStar, which was very popular in the past, but do you think you are sure to make it?"

"I have thought about this issue during this period of time, and have also analyzed and studied WordStar. I believe I can complete this task." Qiu Bojun replied confidently.

"It's good to have confidence." Zhang Lexing felt that Qiu Bojun was fully prepared this time, "Have you told anyone else about this idea?"

"I mentioned it to Mr. Wan of Stone, but they were not interested."

"You are looking for the wrong person. If the software you made is successful, how can they sell their Chinese typewriters?" Zhang Lexing said with a smile.

After hearing this, Qiu Bojun also burst into laughter.

"I really support your idea. Let me provide you with the development conditions. You make the software first. Then we will establish a joint venture company, and this company will be responsible for the sales of your word processing software."

"Thank you for supporting me!" Qiu Bojun was very excited.

"I've gotten to know you a little bit during this time. What you need is a quiet environment when you're doing development. I plan to arrange for you to do development in the current room. The 386 computer will continue to be used by you. If you still need You can find Wan Lin from Rising Sun Software for anything, and I will explain to her."

"I will definitely make this software the best!"

"By the way, what is the name of your software?"

"I didn't expect it to be too good, so I just called it by its real name—WPS."

Zhang Lexing sighed in his heart: "What should come will always come."

(End of this chapter)