In the following days, Zhang Lexing decided to stay in VisualSystem honestly, on the one hand, because he had already had two good gains, and it was time to let go of the people below to run by himself, on the other hand, Zhang Lexing couldn't think of any suitable investment projects for the time being, so he simply stayed in the nest and paid attention to the company's development by the way. Of course, Zhang Lexing is still very concerned about the investment projects of the Red River Fund, and he also specially explained to his investment managers that all rejected projects must send a copy of the information, and he also wants to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net.

After coming back, Zhang Lexing first rested at home for a day, and the next day he still came to the company, sneaked to the operating system development team and Joey to discuss the future development of the operating system, and encouraged the members of the development team by the way when he left. Leaving the operating system development team, Zhang Lexing was about to go back to his office to take a rest, but he didn't expect to be caught by Yang Xinxin, who was walking towards him. Fortunately, Zhang Lexing also wanted to discuss with Yang Xinxin, so he invited Dr. Shangyu by the way, and the three of them rushed into the small conference room and began to plot.

"Tell me about it, if I hadn't been on a business trip, I wouldn't have let you stay until today. As soon as she sat down, Yang Xinxin couldn't wait to speak.

"It's fine, but it's just an investment in two small companies. Zhang Lexing was modest, but in fact, he was very proud, since someone was willing to listen to his show, it was natural that the investment experience of 1510 some time ago was told.

"The development prospects of these two companies should be not bad, and if it is not enough, we must study and study more projects in the future to see clearly. Dr. Yu seems to be a little worried about these two investments, but it can be seen that he is also concerned about Zhang Lexing.

But Yang Xinxin was not so polite, she pouted: "I don't know what is good about these two companies." ”

In the opinion of Dr. Yu and Yang Xinxin, Zhang Lexing's investment is a little too impulsive, that Adobe doesn't know what it can do, and another RSI company is even worse, the financial chaos is a mess, and they don't know whether to collect the return of investment. Zhang Lexing knew that the two of them were actually well-intentioned, and he was worried that he would lose money if he invested indiscriminately, but Zhang Lexing still knew more about the future of these two companies, and of course he was full of confidence, but unfortunately this reason could not be said, so he had to change the topic.

"Sister Xin, what are you busy with this business trip?" Zhang Lexing turned his target to Yang Xinxin.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that there are two small companies in Auckland that have written some interesting programs, and I'll take someone to check them out. Yang Xinxin said very plainly, but the smile on her face showed that this harvest was definitely not small.

Yang Xinxin is a high-achieving student who graduated from a prestigious school, but she doesn't know anything about computers, which is a fashionable thing, and it can be said that she is the second computer novice in our company after the janitor, but this has not prevented her from keenly discovering the important role of software in computers. With the gradual popularity of the Kylin system, Yang Xinxin also figured out a set of means to quickly enhance the competitiveness of the company's products, that is, to use the company's reserve cash to acquire some mature code. Thanks to the popularity of microcomputers, there were many small software companies in the United States at this time, and there were many individual programmers who worked alone, many of whom simply embarked on the path of programming out of their love for computers, and they did not have a clear business goal, and many of them did not even know the true value of the code in their hands. In this case, some people hand over their works in a daze, and as a result, they have achieved the rapid growth of others, but they have become food for others.

"You should confiscate other people's money. Zhang Lexing asked weakly.

"Am I such a conscienceless person!" Yang Xinxin glared at Zhang Lexing fiercely, and then said: "Actually, the people in those two companies are quite simple, and they haven't figured out how to make money before they learn to open a company to write software. ”

"Yes, it's too simple, it's like Gates I met back then, not only did I pay for it, but I didn't even own the software I wrote, so I can't compare. Dr. Yu also answered, sounding quite exclamating.

When it comes to software development, Zhang Lexing remembered his own affairs: "Buying from outside like this is a way, but our own technical strength is more important, in addition to the developers in the company, I think it is also time to consider setting up a special R&D institution to conduct research." It doesn't need to be very big at first, you can start with the application technology related to the operating system. I believe that with the future development of the company, the gradual enhancement of R&D strength will bring greater space for development. ”

"What you said makes a lot of sense, but I don't know if the company has the conditions to do this now. Xin'er, how is the company's financial situation now?" Dr. Yu asked Yang Xinxin.

Yang Xinxin picked up her own notepad and flipped through it, and said, "Uncle Yu, according to the financial statements of the past few months, we now have monthly sales of more than $6 million, and we still have cash reserves of $29.5 million on hand. At present, the company mainly has two development projects of operating system and office software, and if there are no new projects in the near future, we can come up with about 16 million US dollars under the premise of ensuring the normal development of the two projects and the company's daily operations. However, if it is used for research institutes, this money is not much, I don't know if it is enough. ”

"Almost, I can personally contribute 14 million US dollars, and we will work together to build an applied technology research institute. You can do some research on operating systems and office software first, and then slowly expand more research directions later. Zhang Lexing feels that money should not be a problem, and it is more important to make his products more competitive.

"Another point, I hope that after the establishment of the institute, I can do some research on graphics operating systems. Zhang Lexing remembered that there is a very important research direction in terms of operating systems, and in another seven or eight years, the graphics operating system should become popular rapidly, especially since Microsoft's Windows95, the graphics operating system has completely changed everyone's habits of using computers. The graphics operating system can be said to be a big gold mine in the future, and Zhang Lexing will naturally not give up.

"What does a graphics operating system look like?" Yang Xinxin looked confused.

"I've heard that Xerox's research institute seems to have studied this. "Dr. Yu is in a much better situation, after all, he is still more well-informed.

"That's right, I've heard that Xerox did this research, and last year they also launched a finished product called Xerox 8010Star. It's interesting to see if you're interested in going to where I live. Zhang Lexing actually heard about this from Wallock, and of course he was very interested in understanding the future of the graphics operating system, so he immediately found someone to order a set of TheXeroxStar, wanting to see how Xerox produced it, and he had studied it for a day when he was resting at home yesterday, and it was really very distinctive.

Hearing that there was such a thing, Yang Xinxin and Dr. Yu couldn't sit still, and the three of them skipped work together to go to Zhang Lexing's place to open their eyes. Zhang Lexing's small villa is not too far from the company, and it takes only fifteen minutes to drive, Yang Xinxin is familiar with this place, because she also lives in this house, but Yang Xinxin lives on the second floor, and Zhang Lexing lives on the first floor. The reason for this situation is the result of Yang Xinxin's insistence, her excuse is that Zhang Lexing is still a minor, and it is not okay for no one to care, but Zhang Lexing feels that it is not so simple.

Yang Xinxin's driving skills are good, and the three of them came to a small villa smoothly. The three of them walked into the downstairs reception room, where the Xerox 8010Star was on a desk. This is a fully integrated computer,The processor is actually AMD,The memory is relatively large384KB(Of course, if you want, you can expand to1.5MB),In addition, it is equipped with a relatively rare hard disk,The maximum capacity is40MB,This hard disk is pitifully small in Zhang Lexing's opinion,It's not as big as the USB flash drive he used,But at this time, the hard disk is still a very fashionable thing。 The main chassis of the computer is relatively large, and it also has scroll wheels, so it can only be placed under the desk, and the more eye-catching thing on the case is the 8-inch floppy drive. The 17-inch monitor stands out on the desk, which is quite large these days, especially when compared to the Apple II or PC. The keyboard is customized by Xerox, but the keys in the middle part are still similar, and the more special is a part on the right side of the keyboard - the mouse, which is basically rare at this time, and even the vast majority of people have never even heard of it.

Zhang Lexing came to the table and turned on the power of the computer, and soon the graphical operation interface of the 8010Star appeared on the monitor. The special shape and unique operation interface quickly aroused the interest of Dr. Yu and Yang Xinxin. Dr. Yu reached out and pressed the keyboard a few times, and was even more surprised to find that the interface hadn't changed as he had expected. On the other side, Yang Xiaobai was interested in a square-headed square-brain thing next to the keyboard, reached out and touched it, but unexpectedly found that the arrow on the monitor had moved, and Yang Xiaobai, who was encouraged, made persistent efforts and put his whole hand up, with two fingers just on the two buttons on the square, and it didn't take long for Yang Xiaobai to find that he could actually use the computer.

"Is this really a computer? I think it's easy to use!" Yang Xinxin, who felt completely out of her identity as a novice, shouted happily.

Dr. Yu also saw a lot of things from it, and said with emotion: "This is really much better than that command-line operating system, if VideoBrain (Dr. Yu used the home computer back then) used this kind of operating system, it must have entered thousands of households a long time ago." ”

"I was also very touched by it, for home users, or many potential computer users, a simple and easy-to-use operating system is important for them, and that kind of command line is not a problem for software designers and computer players, but it is still too complicated for ordinary home users and business users. So I'm just wondering, can our company also make such an operating system?" Zhang Lexing also said with emotion, but his expression was more deliberate, because he who had seen a real graphical operating system could not be affected by such a simple interface.

Relying on the shock brought by Xerox 8010Star, Zhang Lexing's planned research institute was soon established with the help of Yang Xinxin and Dr. Yu, and the institute's first research project was a graphical operating system. It was only at this time that Yang Xinxin and Dr. Yu knew that Zhang Lexing had spent nearly $100,000 to buy the Xerox 8010Star, but this also made them no longer worry about the impact of the Xerox 8010Star.

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