Chen Cun was a physicist, and he single-handedly set up the China Institute of Nuclear Fusion Plasma Physics, and he also led the construction of China's first tokmak device. In 1978, he and Chen Jingrun and less than 10 other scientific and technological personnel were exceptionally promoted from assistant researchers to researchers, and in the same year, they also participated in the first national science conference.

If he had followed the normal trajectory, Chen Cunxian would have become an academician and a leading figure in China's nuclear physics, but a trip to the United States in 1979 changed the trajectory of his life and set him on a different path.

In 1979, Chen Cunxian was invited to the United States to conduct a special investigation of nuclear fusion technology. What impressed him the most in the United States was not the high-rise buildings, not the highways, or even the most advanced laboratories, but the fact that American professors could be bosses and college students could start companies. There are thousands of these new technology companies in Silicon Valley, and their research results can be quickly turned into products and into productivity.

After returning to China, Chen Cun first put forward the "experiment of diffusion of scientific and technological achievements", explored a new way to accelerate the transformation of science and technology into productive forces, and established "China's Silicon Valley" in Zhongguancun. In December of that year, he, Ji Shiying, Cui Wendong and others led more than a dozen academic backbones of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to establish the "Advanced Technology Development Service Department of the Beiping Ionology Society", which is regarded as the first private scientific research institution in Chinese history and the predecessor of private science and technology enterprises, and he is also known as the first person in Zhongguancun.

In 1980, after the establishment of the Advanced Technology Development Service Department, Chen Cun first used the technology mastered by scientific and technological personnel to undertake the consulting, design, and development of high-tech products. In one year, the service department undertook 7 scientific research projects, helped Haiding District Labor Service Company to establish 3 technical service departments, an electronic device factory, and jointly held two technical training courses.

Xu Wangqiu knew about Chen Cunxian's deeds and knew that Chen Cunxian's company had held a technical training course, so he came to Chen Cunxian in the hope of cooperating with Chen Cunxian's company to help them recruit people, and to find researchers from the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to come to Xu Wangchuan for their computer class in the first half of the year.

Xu Wangqiu came to No. 6 Huayuan Road, and when he found Chen Cunxian, he was looking at the factory inside. Chen Cunxian had recently signed an agreement with the industrial company to attach the company to the industrial company, and now he works in the old factory of the industrial company.

Chen Cun first heard Xu Wangqiu and them looking for him, so he said, "Do you have something to do?"

Xu Wangchuan heard Chen Cun's Rongcheng accent first, and couldn't help asking, "Are you from Rongcheng?"

Chen Cunxian felt very cordial when he heard Xu Wangchuan's accent, and said with a smile: "I am from Rongcheng, and my accent is also from Rongcheng, we are fellow villagers." I don't know what you're looking for me?"

Xu Wangqiu explained: "That's right, my brother is the manager of the labor service company of Xiuying Studio. Now Xiuying Studio is preparing to open a computer company, and it needs to recruit some workers, and after these workers are recruited, they need to undergo special training. Xiuying Studio is a film studio, and I don't know much about computers, so I hope your company will help us recruit people. After these people are recruited, you also need to invite experts from the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to train them for half a year. ”

Chen Cunxian was surprised and said, "How could Xiuying Studio think of opening a computer company?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The combination of computer graphics technology and film can create amazing visual effects, and the combination of the two is an inevitable trend in the future development of the film industry. Last year, there was a movie in the United States called "Cyber World War", which had 20 minutes of computer-generated footage. Although the film failed at the box office, it revealed the great prospects of combining computer technology with film. Chinese films are already lagging behind the world, and if we don't catch up, we will be left far behind by others in the future. ”

Chen Cunxian was secretly surprised in his heart that Xiuying Studio would pay attention to the dynamics of cutting-edge technology, which was incredible, and said enthusiastically: "This is not the place to talk, let's go to the office to talk." With that, he took Xu Wangqiu and them to the office.

After entering the office, Chen Cun first beckoned Xu Wangqiu and them to sit down and poured them boiling water. Chen Cun first knew that Xu Wangqiu was here to talk to him about business, so he briefly introduced their company.

After chatting for a while, Chen Cun first asked, "Is your training in Beiping or in Rongcheng?"

Xu Wangqiu explained: "Although this company is a subsidiary of Xiuying Studio, it does not plan to open in Rongcheng, but in Beiping, and intends to open near Zhongguancun. We run a computer company, and we will definitely cooperate with the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it is more convenient to cooperate here. ”

Chen Cun nodded first and asked, "Computer is a big science, and there are too many things involved. The training must be focused, and it must be based on the specific situation of your company. What does your computer company do, is it graphics software?"

Xu Wangqiu shook his head and said, "The graphics software will be done in the future, but at present, we are preparing the hardware." The training is mainly on hardware, so that they can master the basic hardware knowledge and understand the disassembly of computer CPU, memory and other accessories. ”

Chen Cunxian smiled: "I didn't expect you to know a lot about computers!"

Xu Wangqiu explained: "My sister is from the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University, and I have heard a little about computers. ”

Chen Cun said directly: "Then come according to your requirements." ”

Xu Wangqiu asked: "Do you know Ni Guangnan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences?" He didn't feel strange when he saw Chen Cun shaking his head first, after all, there were more than 1,000 people in the computer, and Ni Guangnan was not a famous person. He said very seriously: "Ni Guangnan is a researcher at the Institute of Computer Science, and we must invite him during the training, which is very important to us." ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the previous Lianxiang, like other enterprises in Zhongguancun at that time, although it was known as a technology company, it was actually engaged in the business of the master, that is, roller skates, electronic watches and other things, and even the approval documents. It was Ni Guangnan and his Lianxiang Hanka who really put Lianxiang on the right path and embarked on the road of a technology company.

With Ni Guangnan's Hanka, the average revenue growth rate of Lianxiang in the first three years was 500%, creating a profit of more than 12 million yuan. During the 10-year life span of Lenovo Hanka, a total of 160,000 sets were sold, with profits and taxes exceeding 100 million yuan.

As long as Ni Guangnan and Hanka are dealt with, Xu Wangqiu and their computer company will basically become.

The so-called Hanka is actually a Chinese character processing system, similar to the input method, but the input method installed in special hardware, which is a special product under specific historical conditions. Because the computer configuration is very low now, the CPU frequency is only 4.77 MHz, and the memory is only 640KB, it will be very difficult to directly install the Chinese character processing system in the computer to process Chinese. Therefore, Ni Guangnan and the others developed the Hanka and installed the Chinese character processing system on special hardware, so that the processing of Chinese characters would not occupy the resources of the computer.

Xu Wangqiu knew that the Chinese Academy of Sciences had developed the LX-80 Chinese character schema microcomputer, which basically had the function of the later Hanka. After returning from abroad, Ni Guangnan believed that computers were the trend of the future, and that if the Chinese character processing function of the LX-80 was transplanted to the computer, it would be possible to turn a computer that could only process Western Chinese characters into a computer that could process Chinese characters, and it would be widely promoted in China. By the end of next year, Ni Guangnan will complete the transplant and develop the first generation of Hanka.

Chen Cun said in embarrassment: "Many of the researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are devoted to research and do not care about other things. I don't know what kind of person Ni Guangnan is. If he is such a person, it will be difficult to please. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and comforted: "Ni Guangnan is not the kind of scientist who doesn't listen to things outside the window and is dedicated to research. Like you, he wants to spread the word about his research. Our computer company will help him promote his research results, and he will definitely agree. However, he is not in China now, and is a visiting fellow at the National Research Institute of Canada, and will return in May. Our course is scheduled to start in early June and end in early December for a period of six months. By the time our training class started, Ni Guangnan should have returned. ”

Chen Cunxian said curiously, "How do you know this?" ”

The reason why Xu Wangqiu knows these is because two years before his rebirth, the Sino-US trade/1 Yi/1 war was in full swing, during which Lianxiang was violently attacked by netizens because of some of its small actions, and various pickpocketing articles circulated wildly on the Internet, among which the conflict between Liu Chuanzhi and Ni Guangnan was the focus of netizens. From these peeling articles, Xu Wangqiu knew the detailed process of Lianxiang's start, and also knew about Ni Guangnan and Hanka.

However, it was impossible for Xu Wangqiu to tell Chen Cunxian about this, and pushed the matter to the computer graphics expert who defended his thesis at the beginning: "I listened to Liu Quansheng, a graphics expert from the Institute of Computer Science. ”

Chen Cunxian did not delve into this issue: "We tried our best to invite, but if he didn't want to come, then we couldn't help it." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled: "You just do your best, if he really doesn't want to come, then it can only be forgotten." ”

Chen Cun has held two technical training courses and has more experience in training. He communicated with Xu Wangqiu in detail about the specific issues of training, such as the time when the training must be held. The computer institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has to go to work, and can only use their spare time to conduct training. Therefore, the training can only be held in the evening and on Sundays, which is similar to night school.

After chatting for nearly an hour, the training-related matters were finally finished, and the next step was the cost.

Chen Cunxian has been running a company for more than two years, but he hasn't actually done much business, and when it comes to money, he still seems a little embarrassed: "I don't know how much you can pay for that fee?" He explained: "You need a venue for training, and you must pay others for it, and you must also pay for the people you invite, otherwise others will definitely not come." ”

Xu Wangqiu said happily: "We will pay your company 50,000 yuan, and you will handle all the rest." ”

Chen Cunxian's service company only earns 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year, and the training courses they engage in are only a few thousand yuan.

Xu Wangqiu smiled faintly: "We are ready to pay you 50,000 yuan." You're responsible for helping us recruit and train. But we have one condition, just invite the researchers who come to the class, and the fee you pay them is twenty yuan per class, and there can be no deductions. ”

Chen Cun first calculated in his heart, Monday to Saturday, three classes a day, nine classes on Sunday, and 27 classes a week. Six months is counted as 24 weeks, which is 648 knots, which is 12,960 yuan. 50,000 yuan to remove the cost of classes, and then remove other related expenses, the service company should be able to earn 30,000 yuan. That's more than they've made in the last two years combined!

Chen Cunxian said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will definitely not deduct it." 20 yuan a class, nearly a third-level salary, the people in the computer institute know about it, I'm afraid they will rush to the class. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled, thinking that what we wanted was such an effect, which not only made a name for himself in the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but also attracted Ni Guangnan and them. When the training is over, we can work with Ni Guangnan and them to develop Hanka.