Du Qiu took Jiang You and others up to the 18th floor, and met Gao Mingda when he walked out of the elevator, he was originally the secretary of Chen Zhiyang, the executive vice president of Sanjiang University, and was poached by Du Qiu as a public relations manager in May, and was sent by Chen Dayou to the capital to sell electronic tax calculation software in June, and was called back by Yang Fan in September to be in charge of the software park project.

Gao Mingda's ability is good, although he fights fires everywhere, he saves vividly, and he successfully completes the task every time, so his status within the company has gradually risen, and he has changed from a marginal figure in the capital to a real power figure who can sit on an equal footing with Qin Mu.

"Mr. Du, you're back, when will you get home?"

"Yesterday night. Du Qiu saw that in addition to the briefcase, he was also holding two drawing tubes in his hand, so he asked, "What are these drawings?"

"At noon today, the city leaders invited several experts from the Central Academy of Planning to dinner, and there will be a symposium in the afternoon, and the planning drawings of the software park need to be used, so I came over to get it. Gao Mingda has been a secretary for many years, and often deals with officials, his words and deeds are more subtle, he first gave Dai Yi a look, and then said softly: "Mr. Du, can you delay for a few minutes? I have something to report to you." ”

Dai Yi received the hint from his eyes, but stood still until Du Qiu nodded, then he smiled and greeted Jiang You and the others, and took them to visit the planning map of the chip laboratory.

Gao Mingda looked at her back, sighed a little unnaturally, and then reported: "Mr. Du, yesterday Director Feng of the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee asked me and asked Snapdragon if he could give up the land in the second and third phases of the software park, and replace it with land in other places in the city. ”

Depend on!

I've been tossing and turning for months, and before I can eat a full meal, someone wants to pick Snapdragon peaches?

A few months ago, Du Qiu used Bangalore, India, as an example, to persuade the Yuncheng government to support Snapdragon to set up a software park focused on foreign trade orders, and he chose the location near the Majiaqiao Reservoir in the southwest of the city, because it will be the core area of the provincial and municipal governments after 2002.

But in 1995, Majiaqiao was surrounded by wasteland, nothing, out of the importance of high-tech industries, boasting of investment achievements and borrowing Snapdragon's east wind and other factors, the city at that time waved a big pen, very bold approval of 1,000 acres of land to build a software park, each acre of land only symbolically received 500 yuan, almost equivalent to free gifts.

At that time, including Du Qiu himself, no one thought that only half a year later, actually tossed out a smart city pilot area, according to the requirements above, Yuncheng to plan a new administrative area to do the test, the north terrain is complex, the available space is too little, the east is the grain and vegetable production base, the cost of demolition is too high, so it can only develop in the southwest direction, and build a new area there.

Majiaqiao Reservoir is only about 5 kilometers away from Yuncheng Economic and Technological Development Zone, the surrounding terrain is flat and open, transportation, hydropower, communications and other infrastructure can be quickly built, and there are mountains and rivers, beautiful environment, is the most ideal choice, in this way, the 1000 acres of land in the hands of Snapdragon has become fragrant and sweet 7 years in advance, with an increase of at least 100 times, attracting many hungry wolves who hear the wind in advance, it is not surprising.

"What else did Director Feng say?"

"I didn't say anything else, but ......" Gao Mingda's acting skills can be called the actor, he helped his glasses legs, and just rightly expressed his helpless and angry emotions, and said: "He mentioned a piece of gossip to me, saying that someone from the Provincial Forestry Bureau questioned the incomplete acquisition and relocation procedures of the botanical garden and needed to be re-approved." ”

Unlike the land that was almost given away for nothing in the Software Garden, the land in the Botanical Garden was bought by Snapdragon at the market price, and tens of millions of dollars were spent before and after, Du Qiu would never let go, and asked with a sneer: "The Provincial Forestry Bureau is too poor to open the pot, and it is not capable of grabbing food with us, which big man is behind it?"

"Director Feng said that it is related to a member of the provincial Standing Committee, but I am not sure yet. Gao Mingda was very cautious and did not say his specific name, but said: "I'll check it out first, and then report to Mr. Du." ”

"Does Yang Fan know about this?"

"I reported to Mr. Yang last night, and his attitude was that if the city showed sincerity, the land of the software park could be transferred, but the land of the botanical garden could not be transferred. ”

The software garden can be built anywhere, but a large piece of green space like the botanical garden is very rare in the city, Du Qiu bowed slightly, and agreed: "Just do what Yang Fan said, you first contact the city to see what the conditions for them to open." ”

"Okay. ”

After Gao Mingda left, Du Qiu went to his lounge, everything in the room remained the same, exactly the same as when he left in August, he had no intention of nostalgia, picked up the phone on the coffee table, dialed an international call to Chen Dayou, and scolded: "Brother Chen, are you crazy? It is impossible to design a new programming language in 3 months!"

"Who's to say it's impossible? iScript isn't what you designed in a month. Chen Dayou seemed very proud, and said with a smile: "You don't want to come to the United States to promote the IPO, and I was forced to accept Microsoft's conditions." ”

"You're being forced to make a yarn! You're bragging about blowing your skin, and you're looking for me to help. Du Qiu pulled the collar of the turtleneck with his hand, calmed his anxious mood, and then said: "iScript is just a toy, there were no competitors at that time, I can play how I want, now Microsoft wants a high-level static programming language that can compete with Java, Java is designed by a group of cattle people in 4 years, you only give me 3 months, when I am Superman?"

"You go down the street and ask any random person to see if they think you're Superman. Chen Dayou was not angry when he was scolded, and said with a high emotion: "Du Qiu, I have communicated with several investment banks, and they all say that this is a major benefit, if the cooperation with Microsoft is successful, the IPO valuation may be 3 billion US dollars, 1 billion more than before, 1 billion in 3 months! Is there a more profitable business in the world? So even if you are not a superman, you must become a superman!"

"It's only 1 billion more? What kind of investment bank are you looking for, the vision is too poor. ”

The document that Dai Yi showed Du Qiu just now is a cooperation intention reached between Chen Dayou and Microsoft, and the general content is that if iView can jointly develop a programming language that can compete with Java before April 1, 1996, then Microsoft will give up IE and build the iView browser in Windows 95.

If this cooperation can really succeed, then Microsoft is not only no longer a threat, but has become an excellent help, helping Snapdragon to dominate the Internet in the next 10 years in the web 1.0 era, and the strategic value is definitely not measurable by 1 billion US dollars, so although Du Qiu is not very concerned about the IPO valuation, he is very concerned about this cooperation, saying: "iView is not your and my private company now, if you want me to work more, you have to add additional money." ”

"Okay, I'll discuss with Draper and Son Masayoshi tomorrow and give you the whole super red envelope. Chen Dayou agreed and said, "What else do you need?" ”

"First, you have to make it clear to Microsoft that it is impossible to fully implement a programming language in 3 months, at most you can only make a prototype, the level is about the same as Java when it was first released in May this year, in other words, we are nearly a year behind SUN, but if you can give me enough support, I am confident that we will surpass them by the end of 1996. ”

"That's no problem, the Java slogan is loud, in fact, it's useless, it's far from practical, as long as you can come up with something similar, and then evolve quickly, Microsoft should be able to accept it, after all, we iView are the best at preemptiveness. And second?"

"Second, you go to Borland and dig up Anders-Halesberg. ”

"Du Qiu, are you crazy, isn't it?It's impossible to dig Anders-Halesberg!" Chen Dayou was startled, returned Du Qiu's words just now, and said: "Anders is the founder and technical core of Borland, and your status is the same as that of Snapdragon, what should I dig for?!"

"If you can't do this, then I can't do it. ”

In 1995, a total of three new programming languages were launched, one was Java made by SUN, one was iScript plagiarized by Du Qiu, and the other was Delphi released by Borland.

Founded in 1983, Borland started by selling the Turbo Pascal compiler developed by the genius programmer Anders Halesberg, and was once a leader in the field of software development tools, with a market value of more than $6 billion, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, Microsoft entered the market, and the two sides were in C/C++Fierce competition in the compiler space led to Borland's loss, and the stock price continued to plummet, from more than $80 in 1992 to less than $9 in 1994.

At this critical moment of life and death, Anders Helesberg stood up again and developed Delphi in 6 months, Delphi's development kit was released on Valentine's Day on February 14, 1995, and sales exceeded 500,000 by December, which is astronomical for a programming language that has just appeared, and the limelight is not inferior to Microsoft's Windows 95, which directly brought Borland back to life, and the stock price has doubled.

If you use a car analogy, Java is a Mercedes-Benz S series concept car, noble and advanced, as soon as it appeared, it was highly anticipated, but there is still a distance from mass production, Delphi is a Toyota Corolla that has been mass-produced, cost-effective, affordable and easy to use and fuel-efficient, sales are far ahead, as for iScript, it probably belongs to Chery QQ, small and cheap plus a little cottage atmosphere, not treated by masters but very popular with the entry group.

And if you use a singer as an analogy, Anders Hailsberg's status in the field of programming languages is equivalent to Michael Jackson, who just held the "Dangerous Journey" world tour, and belongs to an epic superstar who is at his peak, and iView is only equivalent to a second-rate record company that has just been established, and trying to poach him to join is no different from daydreaming.

"Du Qiu, Microsoft has dug Anders several times, and he is not impressed with an annual salary of millions of dollars, what should I use to dig it?

If he is given a year, he is confident that he will be able to come up with a programming language comparable to Java, but three months is too short, and he has no confidence, so he is determined to get Anders, the real creator of C# and .net, so he leaked the heavenly opportunity: " Brother Chen, Anders has conflicts with the company's senior management and other team members in the follow-up research and development direction of Delphi, and he is very unhappy in Borland, so you can still have a chance to poach him. ”

"How do you know he's unhappy?"

"I spoke to Anders by email, and he told me about it himself, saying he wanted to leave Borland. ”

"Really?"

"Really. ”

This is actually a half-truth......

When Du Qiu played "Three Kingdoms", his favorite thing to do was to collect all the generals, and after crossing over, he simply played celebrity collection in reality, and spent more than half a year collecting the contact information of almost all the well-known IT technology bulls in the 90s.

However, it is false to say that Anders wanted to leave Borland, because Anders was working on Delphi 2.0 at this time, and although he had disagreements with Borland executives and other team members, he still maintained restraint until February 1996, when he developed Delphi In 3.0, the contradiction completely broke out, he was kicked out of the R&D team, and in frustration, Bill Gates took advantage of the situation and personally poached Microsoft with an annual salary of $3 million plus tens of millions of stock options, and then developed C# and .net.

"Damn, you have Anders' email address and didn't tell me sooner, he's my idol, and when I was learning to code, I used the Turbo Pascal he developed every day. ”

Until the beginning of the 21st century, Turbo Pascal is still an introductory teaching tool for computer science departments in many universities in China, carrying the good memories of countless old programmers, Anders has naturally become a god they admire in their hearts, Du Qiu understands this mood, because Anders presided over the design of C#, which also carries a lot of his good memories, so he said with a smile: "That's right, when you go to dig him, by the way, help me get a signed photo." ”

"Pull it down, he probably doesn't even have the interest to see me, Microsoft's million-dollar annual salary can't be dug up, what can I dig it for?"

"Anders has earned tens of millions of assets from the share of Turbo Pascal and Dlephi, he shouldn't care much about money, he cares about the platform to display his talents, you tell him, iView will tailor a R&D team according to his requirements, with an unlimited budget, let it play, and never interfere. ”

"Damn! What if he goes bankrupt?" At this time, a woman's coquettish voice faintly came from the opposite side, and Chen Dayou hurriedly said: "I'll try it first, do you have any other requirements?" ”

"There is another one, I want Microsoft to provide a few talents to assist me in Cloud City, and the specific list will be sent to you later. ”

"Okay, then I'll hang up first. ”

There was a busy sound on the other side of the phone, Du Qiu shook his head and smiled, put the phone back in its place, got up and left the lounge, ready to go to the bank, take out the laptop stored in the private vault, and do a big job!