"Hello Mr. Ning, I am Li Xin from the product department. ”

Li Xin walked to the desk and stood still, politely introducing himself.

"Sit. ”

Ning Yan made a gesture.

Li Xin sat down at this time, knowing how to advance and retreat.

Strictly speaking, the strength shown by Ning Yan in the regular meeting just now made the senior management of Tiansong Company muttered in their hearts.

It's not that Ning Yan is too young, he can command blindly, he will be unreliable, he will be eager for quick success, he will not understand anything, he will do things casually, etc.

Instead, I was thinking that such a young rich second generation was really strong.

Will least like to be perfunctory.

I also hate being challenged to authority.

I'm afraid that I will have to be careful in the future.

Li Xin is one of them, he entered the company relatively late, was not rewarded with share dividends, took a good salary in the industry, plus a sudden salary increase, he is more willing to serve carefully.

After all, he is not young, and he is not the master who feeds the whole family without hunger.

There is pressure from all aspects of life, and I know that I am content and know how to advance and retreat.

"Briefly talk about the company's current main products. Ning Yan looked at Li Xin and made a gesture.

As the head of the product department, Li Xin naturally has to know these data well.

Listening to Ning Yan's question, Li Xin was not surprised at all, and introduced it very slowly: "At present, the company's main product is storage architecture, which uses OEM hardware combined with semi-independent research and development of software products, occupying a certain market share in the industry and is the company's main revenue point." ”

"The main customer groups are the military industry and finance. ”

"Others, not strictly speaking, are stand-alone products, but add-on advanced software based on the storage architecture. ”

“......”

Li Xin's introduction is very simple, and the words used are as easy to understand as possible.

also took care of Ning Yan's feelings.

But......

Ning Yan basically understands.

After all, the starting point is to pull the network cable, and the understanding of related industries is natural.

Ning Yan pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the self-developed software completely independent and localized?"

"Uh...... This, Mr. Ning, how to say it, can't be completely counted, because our country doesn't have its own operating system......"

Li Xin was about to explain better, when he heard Ning Yan say, "Is it developed on which open source system?"

"Uh...... It's not all, it's a Unix commercial system, and we have made our own tailoring, using the big frame ......," Li Xin continued.

As soon as he heard these words, Ning Yan basically understood.

It should be said that it is because he has worked in this industry for several years, so he understands the basic operations of some manufacturers.

Strictly speaking, the overall environment does not respect intellectual property rights enough.

Or rather, the cost is relatively low.

It's like some trademark dealers.

A more representative sentence is that as soon as foreign countries open source, domestic will be independent!

Coupled with the usual exaggerated methods like selling melons, I talk too much, and sometimes I even believe in myself.

If it weren't for Ning Yan's words, Li Xin would probably have believed it.

But this matter really has to be divided into two, and the composition of the illegal operation will not be very high, even if there is news circulating in the end, tearing the face or something, there is a high probability that it will not affect an unlisted company like Tiansong.

At best, there will be a fee in the end, and it may be symbolic.

Software is the worst thing to fix.

As a personal example, basically many people have used or are using pirated versions of Windows, including internal ......

Ning Yan didn't bother to get entangled, and directly asked what he wanted to ask: "In your opinion, does the company have any projects that have been stranded due to funding or risks that have been effective in the short term?"

The question is very deep.

Ning Yan's meaning was expressed very clearly.

What he wants to know is also very simple, does this company have any projects that may lose a lot of money in the short term.

Li Xin: "......"

After a long moment, he replied, "There should be, but from my point of view, it's hard to know if it's short-term enough." ”

"Specifically, there was a project in which the R&D department carried out a relatively in-depth R&D process, but was stranded due to risks and funding issues, and combined with the storage architecture to expand the autonomous distributed database. ”①

“......”

When it comes to fully professional fields, Ning Yan doesn't know much about it.

But Li Xin's explanation is still very popular.

To sum up, the upfront R&D investment of this thing is enough, and the reason why it is stranded.

One is because the above is not optimistic.

The second is because of the delay in the main business.

The third is to continue to invest in large quantities.

Fourth, it is troublesome to promote.

Fifth......

Summary: It costs money, time and manpower, and it may not be able to become a hen that lays eggs.

After much consideration, the development process was finally stopped.

According to Li Xin, this is the fastest project that is likely to bear fruit, and the foundation is completely different from the past.

Ning Yan hummed, indicating that he understood.

After Li Xin left, the head of the R&D department walked into the office.

Ning Yan basically didn't give people a chance, and asked directly: "How is the company's R&D capabilities, and does it have the ability to redevelop new projects?" ”

Lin Jing, who didn't even sit down steadily, almost stood up in fright when he heard this.

Is this the new CEO?

It's so bullish as soon as it comes up?

Oh my god?!

Excessive, right?!

Directly about to launch a new project?!

Lin Jing was a little uncomfortable with three consecutive questions, opened his mouth, and finally replied: "If you are completely idle, you will have enough manpower to develop new projects." ”

"However, at present, our main business, the storage architecture, still requires long-term R&D investment to make the version more stable and the compatibility better. ”

“......”

Although Lin Jing is the head of the R&D team, he is more of a leader of the R&D team for R&D.

My technical skills are also very good.

So it's more pragmatic.

The meaning is very simple, because it is based on a semi-open source operating system for secondary tailoring, the overall framework is the same as the original, and there are many problems at the bottom of the system.

What's more, some of them are original faults in the system, which belong to the modules that cannot be saved.

The R&D team of Tiansong Company is more concerned with repairing these problems.

And then......

Stepping on a horse is like a rumor on the Internet, and the programmer's life is to create new bugs.

IN SOME CASES, A NEW BUG APPEARS IN A VERSION THAT HAS BEEN PATCHED FOR A LEGACY BUG.

It's just another three years of sewing and mending.

Ning Yan thought for a while and said, "I heard Li Xin say that the research and development of distributed databases has been stranded, if the research and development is restarted, how long will it take?"

"Ideally, the first version would only take a week. ”

"The next step is nothing more than a matter of testing and rollout, but there is no advantage in terms of functionality and performance. ”

Lin Jing replied.

“......”

At this point, Ning Yan basically had a bottom in his heart and a complete plan......

(1): This story is purely fictional, and if there are similarities, it is a coincidence.

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Broken bowls.

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