It was late at night, the lights were still bright, and the interns came and went, and there had been several rounds of changes. Wild Sand Literature Network

Zhong Yuemin is writing a book at the desk, changing the English version of the robot WALL-E to Chinese, and the expression is indeed much smoother, but he has a problem, he has no restraint in writing, resulting in more and more dramas, and the pen has sucked ink several times.

"Min, why haven't you gone back to sleep yet?" Jane had just finished her work, and seeing that Zhong Yuemin hadn't left yet, she said with concern.

"Writing this damn thing. Zhong Yuemin threw the pen and paper, "If only I could edit Chinese on the computer." ”

"Chinese?" Jane looked ghostly, "So how big of a keyboard do you need to put all the Chinese characters on?"

"Haha!" Zhong Yuemin almost laughed, "Why do you think so?"

Jane picked up Zhong Yuemin's manuscript, "You see, Chinese characters are all squares one by one, of course you need a button and a Chinese character, otherwise how can you display it on the computer?"

"This kind of thing has really happened in Chinese history, but it is the movable type printing plate used by ancient people. Zhong Yuemin explained to her: "Besides, there are more than 3,000 commonly used Chinese characters, how big a keyboard do you have to use to fit them? Not to mention that there are as many as 100,000 Chinese characters." ”

"Oh my God, why don't you use your alphabet?" said Jane, her scalp tingling.

"When we use Chinese characters, other countries in the world are still using knots to keep records!" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "Why do you ask us to use alphabet Chinese characters instead?"

"But then you won't be able to enter the computer age! You will never be able to use Chinese computers!"

"Who said that?" Zhong Yuemin casually wrote a few words on the paper and marked them with pinyin, "This is the Roman alphabet, you can spell it out." ”

"n-i,ni,h-a-o,hao, hello?" is a little rusty, and the final pronunciation is not entirely correct, after all, pinyin is based on the Roman alphabet, not exactly the same.

"Hello means hello. Zhong Yuemin said.

"Hello?" said Jane again in a crooked tone, still amused.

"All Chinese characters can be pronounced with such letters, so we don't need a keyboard as big as a desk at all, and we can use this keyboard to type all Chinese characters on the computer. Zhong Yuemin said: "The only thing missing now is a Chinese character editor." ”

"Wow, that's really cool! If it is developed, it will be the world's first computer that can input Chinese!" Jane is interested in almost everything that is innovative, and she is especially interested in creating firsts.

"It should be. Zhong Yuemin thought about it, at this time, Wang Yongmin, who was far away in China, should not have created the Wubi input method.

However, MIT's Samuel Hawks Caldwell invented the Sinotype Chinese character input method in '59, which is based on the law of Chinese character strokes. Zhong Yuemin said, "But unfortunately, he passed away before he could perfect this input method." ”

"What a pity!" Jane said softly, "can we try?"

"Of course, but the premise is that the Windows system is developed and our WALL-E 1 is launched as soon as possible!"

"Oh my God! I've never met a boss like you!

WALL-E is actually a computer that Zhong Yuemin and Johnny cobbled together, except for a stand-alone keyboard, mouse, and Windows system, all other parts can be found on the market.

As an enthusiast, of course, it's okay to save like this, and everyone has to praise the strong hands-on ability, but if you want to produce it in large quantities and sell it as a commodity, it's far from it.

Johnny was in charge of this matter, but the finished product that came out made Zhong Yuemin not satisfied at all.

"This is the Wall-E you want to sell to someone else?" Zhong Yuemin looked at the dumbfounded and unaesthetic Wall-E computer in front of him, and complained powerlessly, "The TV with a wooden shell, the host with the circuit board exposed, and this black mouse?"

"Well, it's a little ugly, but it's already the best part I can find!" Johnny was also very aggrieved, Zhong Yuemin kept emphasizing to him to ensure the quality of the parts, but he worked hard to find the baby but couldn't get it.

"Then what is your cost for this machine?" Zhong Yuemin asked as he picked up the purchase price list.

"The cost of a single machine is more than $6,000, and if you buy it in large quantities, it can be pressed to more than $4,000." I've already negotiated with the supplier!"

"And how much are you going to sell?"

"Five, no, six thousand dollars!" John hesitated to set a price.

"If you set it for $6,000, can you afford it?" Zhong Yuemin asked rhetorically.

"Can't afford it. Johnny shook his head.

Zhong Yuemin sat down and asked, "Then why do we want to build a personal computer that we can't even afford ourselves? Have you forgotten our joy at seeing the ultra-low price of Apple computers?"

"No, but it's really hard for us to bring the cost down!Wall-E is definitely the best personal computer, and it's worth the price!" argues Johnny.

"But no one will buy it. Zhong Yuemin poured a scoop of cold water on him, "The WALL-E computer can't be shipped, which means that we have no income, and the company can't hold on without revenue, and in the end, you can't realize your dream of defeating your father, and then go back to Detroit in disgrace, admit that you are worse than him, and then obediently take over your father's business."

"No! no!" Zhong Yuemin's poisonous tongue made Johnny fall into a collapse, "I must make a career!

"Take the Yellow Pages, grab the map, take the WALL-E, drive your car, visit all the parts suppliers, and tell them that we will ship 1 million WALL-E computers in the next three years! Let them provide the best quality products and quote the lowest prices!" Zhong Yuemin almost roared, "If you can't reduce the cost to $2,000, you won't come back!"

Johnny was shocked for a long time and didn't speak, "The cost is half what it is now?"

"The price of WALL-E is 2999 US dollars, and the cost below 2000, you have to do it!" Zhong Yuemin said when he went out: "Call me every day and report the results of the negotiation!"

Not only did Johnny have a problem, but Mike also had a problem, and the biggest problem was that he couldn't find a qualified assembler!

"Has your ad been sent out?" Zhong Yuemin asked, looking at Mike's work.

"It's been sent!" McDow, "but our company has no reputation, the workers in Pittsburgh don't believe we can work long, and most of them are hard-working steelworkers, and there are too few people who know how to assemble electronics." ”

Zhong Yuemin closed his eyes and rubbed his sun, "How many processes are there in the WALL-E assembly?"

"There are about 100 or more processes, not including parts that have already been assembled by the supplier. ”

Zhong Yuemin thought of Foxconn's assembly line, "disassemble all the processes, each worker only does one process, only install integrated circuits for integrated circuits, and only be responsible for screwing screws, and every action must be standardized, no more and no less! Let anyone, as long as he is not a fool, get started after our one-hour training!"

"Master, are you saying that you will assemble the computer according to the assembly line of a Ford car?"

"Yes, it's all assembly, it's nothing different!" Zhong Yuemin nodded, "Mike, you are responsible for compiling the assembly manual, and then recruit students, women, and laid-off workers, as long as their hands and feet are sound and their brains are not stupid, and then train them!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Min, your temper has deteriorated a lot recently, and you are angry with everyone, and everyone is a little afraid of you. Jian Duan gave Zhong Yuemin a glass of ice cola, "Have a drink and relax." ”

Zhong Yuemin wiped his face, "Don't worry, we don't have much time, Apple and Microsoft are also developing computer cāo) as a system, if we can't rush to put Wali on the market, we really have no hope." ”

"But we're already doing fast! I've never seen a company with an intern working so hard!" Jane reassured, "We're going to win!"

"Thank you, but we might have to go faster!" Zhong Yuemin poured Coke into his stomach in one breath, "I will keep 10% of the equity as an option pool for all employees, and once the WALL-1 is successfully shipped, I will distribute these options to everyone!"

"Wow, do I have a share of that?"

"Of course, everyone has a share, and by the end of 1980, when the company is profitable, I will give everyone dividends!" Zhong Yuemin affirmed.

"Oh my God! I'm going to tell everyone the news! Let them roll up their sleeves and get going!" shouted Jane and ran out of the office.

Zhong Yuemin smiled a little dumbly.

"Ding Ding Ding"

"Hello, this is WALL-E Computer Systems Ltd. Zhong Yuemin was busy designing the new appearance of Wali 1 with one hand, and then answered the phone with the other, "Huh, Cui Yang, don't worry, speak slowly?"

Cui Yang's voice on the other end of the phone trembled a little, "Yuemin, the price of silver has risen, it's crazy!"

Cui Yang didn't mention this stubble, Zhong Yuemin forgot a little, "How much?"

"It's about to break fifty!" Cui Yang suppressed his voice and said, "What should we do?

Zhong Yuemin thought for a while, "Then you can throw it away, it has increased eightfold, which is not bad, let's not be greedy." ”

"Okay, good!" Cui Yang on the other end of the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "Then I'll hang up early tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, let's do it. Zhong Yuemin agreed: "I'm still busy, I'll hang up first if there's nothing to do?"

"It's okay," Cui Yang's tone was a little lost, "Don't delay your work, I'm on vacation to see you." ”

"If you're busy, don't come. Zhong Yuemin hung up the phone after speaking, not because he was indifferent, but because he tried his best to avoid a situation like last time, the little monk who was hungry and thirsty all year round, he didn't dare to test it at all.

Zhong Yuemin is designing a new shape for Wall-E, because of the limitations of hardware and integrated circuit technology, the current computer monitor can only drag a big head like a TV, so he can only find a way to make it look better.

Zhong Yuemin started the design from the keyboard, designed all the keycaps into the garden, colleagues increased the key travel, so that there will be a clear feel when typing, and it will make a crisp sound, and the shape of the entire keyboard is highlighted and rounded, and two support feet are installed at the bottom, so that the entire keyboard and the table are at an angle of six degrees, which is most in line with human engineering mechanics.

After the style of the keyboard is fixed, the mouse, console, and monitor are all designed in a rounded direction, and all the edges and corners are designed to be comfortable curves, so you can imagine that after the real physical production, it will definitely be particularly eye-catching.

Just as Zhong Yuemin was excited to determine the shape design of the Wall-1, the phone rang again.

"Min, I need your help!" Johnson's loud voice, Bī) Zhong Yuemin took the phone away from his ear.

"What the hell is going on?"

"I'm in Silicon Valley, California, and today I'm negotiating with Intel's Gordon Moore, and he doesn't want to let go at all, and even calls me a liar!" Johnny said with great displeasure.

Zhong Yuemin asked, "Why?"

"I told them we were going to ship a million WALL-E computers in the next three years, and he had the security guard out!"

"Is everything else done?"

"Most of them have been done, but Intel is the most difficult!" Johnny wondered, "Min, why do we have to choose them? There are better suppliers to choose from!"

"But they are the most suitable one!" Zhong Yuemin said, "You are waiting for me in Silicon Valley, I will go over tomorrow, I will go to meet this Intel!"

At this time, Intel had just been established for 12 years and was far from entering the stage of rapid development, but with the popularization of personal computers, Intel will gradually grow into a giant in the semiconductor industry, providing building modules for all computer companies.

As soon as Zhong Yuemin looked up, he found that the sky was almost dawn, and it was another busy night.

He was just about to leave the office, only to find that several computers were still on.

"Peter?" Zhong Yuemin pushed Peter Parker, who was sleeping in front of the computer, "Why are you asleep here?"

"Sir?" Peter hurriedly put on his glasses, "I was doing the test, waiting for the results, but I fell asleep." ”

"What's the result?" Zhong Yuemin glanced at the screen, "Is it okay for the system to be stable?"

"At present, stability is okay, but the internal modules of the system conflict in some cases, and I am looking for a mechanism for the conflict. Peter tugged at his glasses, "I'm sure we'll figure out why in two days." ”

"Ok, come on!" Zhong Yuemin patted him on the shoulder, "Tell me as soon as you have good news!"

"Sir, the WALL-E computer is sure to make a splash!" Peter said suddenly, "I can't get excited at the thought of this great work having my creations in it!"

"I also believe that WALL-E is worthy of your pride!"