The electronics exhibition lasted for seven days and attracted people from many countries to watch.

Li Weiguo is a native of Shanghai, a professor of electronic engineering at Jiaotong University, who studied abroad in his early years, so he can speak some English, which is extremely rare in the mainland that has just been reformed and opened up, especially since he is still a university professor.

Relying on his foreign language skills, Li Weiguo obtained the opportunity to go abroad to be the envy of his colleagues, and this time, he was ordered to accompany the director of the Shanghai Municipal Electronic Industry Bureau to the United States for an accompanying inspection.

"There are so many companies in the United States, they are really rich!" Director Shen couldn't help but sigh.

"Director, the main thing is that we don't have foreign exchange. One of the people next to him also said, he is Wang Liqin, the director of the first electronics factory in Shanghai, and this time he came to the United States to promote his company to expand the American market and earn some foreign exchange for the country.

The electronics exhibition is not only electronic products, some parts can also participate, such as: diodes, chips, memory, capacitors, inductors, etc., but when they asked the price of the exhibition hall a few days ago, they couldn't help but refund, and the exhibition cost of a few days actually exceeded the round-trip air tickets of several of them.

"If you don't have foreign exchange, you have to find a way, so let's open your eyes this time, Professor Li, you have to write down the names of all the companies here. Director Shen said.

"No problem. Li Weiguo agreed, after all, the information in the mainland is relatively closed, the world's top companies may know, but more sub-level companies have never heard of it, and the purpose of writing down these companies is to understand the names and information of many companies around the world, so that in the future, there will be opportunities to seek cooperation.

"Hey, this company has Chinese here!" Wang Liqin said, pointing to an exhibition hall on the right.

Director Shen looked in the direction, in the center of the exhibition, a luxuriously decorated exhibition hall, there seemed to be a lot of people watching inside, and in the corner of the northeast, a Chinese character plate book was hung up.

A few people walked to the side to take a look: Wubi input method!

"Input method?" Li Weiguo's heart moved, although it is written in traditional characters, but in the whole world of Chinese characters, it is the most troublesome thing to input into the computer, whether it is simplified or traditional.

"Which company is this?" asked Director Shen.

Li Weiguo was just about to answer, but Wang Liqin next to him hurriedly said: "Director, this is Midea Company, the largest electronics company in Xiangjiang, and it is said that its assets exceed 1 billion US dollars!"

"Midea company, I've heard the name of this company. Director Shen nodded and asked, "What's going on with these five input methods?"

Li Weiguo shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'll ask." ”

"Hello!" a female employee in a suit and leather shoes walked over, she seemed to have guessed that these people were Chinese, after all, it was impossible for Japanese and South Koreans to be interested in Wubi input method, and these people couldn't read the brand.

Li Weiguo frowned when he heard that the other party was speaking Cantonese, in the past two years of reform and opening up, Shanghai can often hear Xiangjiang songs, he can hear it in Cantonese, but he can't speak.

The female employee understood and said in Hokkien dialect: "Who are you?"

"We are mainlanders. After hearing the other party's words, Li Weiguo replied that although Mandarin and Hokkien are not exactly the same, it is much better than speaking with chickens and ducks in Cantonese, and there is no problem with normal communication.

"Oh, please come in, my name is Cai Jing, and I am from Taipei. Cai Jing politely invited in and said: "This is a piece of Chinese character input method that our company has just developed and matured, and a few people are the first to come forward to pay attention." ”

Li Weiguo asked: "What logic is this input method based on?"

Cai Jing said: "Roots, our company divides all Chinese characters into more than 100 different roots, which are placed on top of 26 keyboard letters. ”

"That's it!" Li Weiguo was quite disappointed, in fact, as a professor of electronics at Shanghai Jiaotong University, he had also been to the capital several times, and a group of top experts had countless meetings on the input of Chinese characters, and also participated in the research and development of new input methods, but the efficiency was still too low, and they had also studied the root input method, but the effect was not good.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "A few people can see the effect, I'll demonstrate it now." ”

"Thank you. Although he didn't have much hope, Li Weiguo still said politely.

Cai Jing took out a page of newspaper, sat down in front of an Honor 1 series computer, prepared for a while, and chose an article to fight.

"Bang Bang ......"

The fingers beat rapidly, and the Chinese characters were quickly typed into the computer, and Li Weiguo couldn't say a word when he saw this speed!

After a while, Cai Jing finished typing an article, stood up and smiled: "I'm sorry, I haven't operated the computer for several days, and my hand speed is a little slower." ”

Li Weiguo anxiously asked: "How many words can this input method enter in a minute?"

Cai Jing replied: "It depends on the individual, if a skilled person can input more than 60-80 Chinese characters in a minute, but this requires a lot of practice, ordinary people after a month of training, thirty or forty characters a word is not a problem, but it should be taken into account that occasionally there will be mistakes, which will also delay time." ”

"30, that's enough. Li Weiguo suppressed his excitement, in order to prevent the essence of Chinese culture from being eliminated by the computer, they didn't know how much effort they spent but did not succeed, but at this moment in the United States, they actually found a way to quickly input Chinese characters.

Director Shen also knew the significance of this incident, which was enough to affect the "national fortune" to a certain extent, but he obviously thought of another question, so he asked: "Miss Cai, I don't know if there is a simplified Chinese version?"

Cai Jing nodded and said, "Yes, but the software is still in the Xiangjiang headquarters." ”

Li Weiguo asked: "Miss Cai, I don't know if you can show us the logical control of this input method." ”

"Sorry, this is a company secret and I have no right to divulge it. Cai Jing refused.

"Then I wonder when this software will be on the market?" asked Li Weiguo.

Cai Jing said: "The floppy disk of the Wubi input method will not be on the market for the time being, but as long as you buy our Honor series computers, each Honor series computer is equipped with a program of the Wubi input method." ”

"Then if I buy this computer, the logic of these five input methods has to tell us, right?" Li Weiguo asked again, this kind of input method can be copied as long as you know the logic, and it is impossible to keep it secret.

Cai Jing nodded: "Of course, our company's Glory series of computers will be launched globally on November 1, and at that time, the logic of the Wubi input method will be attached to the product." ”

Li Weiguo was overjoyed, but he didn't show it, and said, "Okay, thank you, Miss Cai!"

At the suggestion of Li Weiguo, Director Shen and the two also thanked each other and left, and after walking out of the Midea exhibition hall, Li Weiguo said: "Director, this matter is not trivial, we must immediately notify the country, let them buy the company's computer as soon as possible, and we must obtain the core logic of this input method." ”

Director Shen nodded and said: "Of course I know this, but the problem is not so simple, you also heard it just now, this Midea company has also developed a simplified version of the input method, but this simplified Chinese character is only useful in the mainland, obviously, the other party already has some plans, and considering the sensitivity of the Xiangjiang issue, this matter is not necessarily easy to deal with." ”

"What then?" asked Li Weiguo.

Director Shen thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's notify the ministry first, let them worry about this kind of thing!"