After the ARM16 chip was developed, the development progress of the second-generation Star Computer in the United States was immediately doubled. According to Mark Hurd of the United States, at most a year and at least half a year, the second-generation star computer can be developed.

Knowing that the research and development time was not too long, Wu Ming was also relieved. From half a year to a year, he can still afford to wait.

At the same time, Wu Ming asked Charles Simeone about the development progress of Polaris software.

Compared with Star Computer, the development of Polaris Software is much easier. After all, Wu Ming doesn't know much about hardware, so Wu Ming can only tell the engineers of Star Computer about some general directions, and the specific research and development work can only be left to their own will.

The software aspect is different, Wu Ming was a programmer in his previous life and knows this aspect very well. Polaris' software is developed by Wu Ming, which is much stronger than other similar software.

What's more, there are so many opponents in the computer side, and they also have a first-mover advantage, and now the giant IBM has joined in. In the future, the competition is bound to be very fierce, and it is difficult to make too much profit.

The software is different, the industry has only been developing for a long time, but there is no giant with deep influence like IBM, everyone is fighting with their own strength. Moreover, software development requires much less capital than computer development, plus software can be sold across platforms. In the future, the majority of profits will be in the software.

Charles Simeone, on the other side, reported on the phone: "Recently, our Polaris software has developed very well, and now ordeasy is only behind ordStar and ordperfect, and has become the third word processing software."

Excel is second only to VisiCalc as the second largest spreadsheet software. And because VisiCorp does not launch VisiCalc for the CP/M platform, our company already has the lion's share of the CP/M spreadsheet software. On Apple computers, we are also catching up step by step, and I believe that sooner or later we will be able to surpass them and become the first!"

Both the ordeasy and Excel software are priced at $100, and it's been almost a year since they went on sale. Together, the two programs sold more than half a million copies and made a profit of $50 million.

"What is the current sales status of the Access database?" Wu Ming asked lightly.

There was a hearty laugh on the phone, "Very good, in fact, our Polaris now the biggest profit is the Access database." Because our Access database has a variety of basic functional modules such as finance, sales, warehouse, procurement, human resources, etc., and at the same time, we have also developed independent information processing systems for libraries, supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, schools, etc. Nowadays, many companies have given up buying small computers in favor of personal computers and our Access database management company's information. ”

Unlike ordeasy and Excel, Access has no rivals in the market. Oracle, the future database software giant, is still operating on small computers and mainframe computers at this time, and it is estimated that it will take some time to enter the microcomputer database market.

Some other software companies do not have the strength to develop database software, and some are worried that the funds will be trapped in the development of databases. After all, database software is still a new thing, and many people have little understanding of database software, so it is naturally very difficult to develop. They are not reborn like Wu Ming, and they can refer to future database software.

The Access database, which cost $600, has sold more than 100,000 copies and made $70 million.

"Very well, you have to continue this development trend and strive to become the hegemon of the software industry within two years. Wu Ming said brightly.

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September 9.

During this time, the "Global Chinese Rookie Singing Contest" has become a topic of discussion on the streets. Just a few days ago, the auditions were over. More than 2,000 people in Xiangjiang passed the audition, and more than 1,000 people in Wanwan passed the audition.

What is now underway is a month-long qualifier, which will select the best 300 players to participate in the next round of semi-finals, with 25 in each of the eight major regions and 50 in each of the two Wanwan regions.

At that time, the competition stage of these players will be transferred from the humble stage of each competition area to the gorgeous stage specially prepared by Star TV.

For a while, Star TV has relied on this program and "Millionaire" to tie with TVB's "Happy Tonight" in the two-hour time period from 9:30 to 11:30 in the evening, and the ratings of both sides are about 50%. However, Star TV has repeatedly gained the upper hand by relying on freshness.

Wu Ming and the people of Star TV were happy, and their opponent Wireless was naturally extremely unhappy. It is privately rumored that Shaw often holds meetings on wireless for a while, and is angry with his subordinates. Fang Yihua is even behind his back, often cursing Wu Ming and scolding Wu Ming for being a nouveau riche, only knowing how to use money to smash ratings and harm others and himself.

But after today, it won't be long before Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua will scold even more fiercely. Because today is the premiere day of DreamWorks' first film since its establishment, "Best Partner".

In the evening, Golden Harvest Cinema.

Wu Ming was very concerned about the release of DreamWorks' first film "Best Partner", so he brought Zhu Yin, Zhou Huimin and several other friends to participate in the premiere of "Best Partner" with Shi Nansheng, Mai Danxiong, Xu Ke and the crew.

When I came to the cinema, I saw the bosses of Golden Harvest, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, standing at the gate waiting. Seeing Wu Ming coming, the two immediately greeted him.

"Wu Sheng, meet for the first time, fortunately!

"Zou Sheng, He Sheng, I've admired it for a long time!"

After greeting each other, they walked to the cinema.

While walking, Zou Wenhuai looked at Wu Ming curiously and asked: "Recently, Star TV and newspapers and magazines under Xinghuo Group have been promoting "Best Partner", and they also said that this movie will break the box office record of Xiangjiang. I don't know how many layers of confidence Wu Sheng has?"

Half a year ago, after careful consideration, Zou Wenhuai agreed to Shi Nansheng's proposal, and Golden Harvest cooperated with DreamWorks to allow DreamWorks' films to be released in Golden Harvest Cinemas.

After that, he has been paying a lot of attention to Wu Ming, the owner of DreamWorks, and has also conducted a careful investigation of Wu Ming's past deeds.

He knew very well that he couldn't treat Wu Ming as a child, this was a prodigy who was really the same as Ganluo of the Qin Dynasty.

Recently, Wu Ming's media collectively boasted about Haikou, predicting that "Best Partner" will break the box office record of Hong Kong, and even break the super high box office of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Without Wu Ming's order, it would have been impossible for these media to collectively say such things.

So Zou Wenhuai was very puzzled by this. Could it be that Wu Ming is really so optimistic and sure about the movie "Best Partner"?