While the newcomers to the creative workshop were busy training, Zhang Lexing had quietly left the company and headed for San Jose, California. After all, the entire training period is as long as three months, and he can't do any projects for the time being, and staying doesn't play a big role, so Zhang Lexing just went to take a look in the first few days of the training, and then temporarily entrusted the company's affairs to Chu Jing, and even Ma Guanghai didn't bring it (the visa was not done), and flew directly from Beijing to the United States.

Yang Xinxin, who came to San Francisco International Airport to pick up the airport this time, scolded as soon as she met: "Okay, you kid, your wings are so hard that you don't even pay attention to your sister, and you don't even tell me when something so big happens." ”

Zhang Lexing knew that it must have been the incident in Hong Kong, so he quickly apologized again and again, after all, it was his fault to conceal this matter, although he was also kind, but from Yang Xinxin's point of view, it seemed a little angry. After coaxing for a while, Yang Xinxin's face was much better.

"Brother, for the sake of you coming back early this time, I will forgive you for the time being, but there will be no next time, and you can't wander around like this alone, I don't want any accidents to happen again." As she spoke, Yang Xinxin's eyes were a little moist.

Zhang Lexing had no choice but to quickly express his determination: "Sister Xin, I will definitely be careful in the future, there will definitely be no next time." ”

Leaving the airport, Yang Xinxin led Zhang Lexing back to the villa to rest first, accompanied by as many as ten bodyguards, a total of three cars drove before and after, the battle was much bigger than before, it seems that the incident in Hong Kong stimulated her a lot. After returning to her villa, Yang Xinxin's mood seemed to be much better, and there was a lot more smile on her face, Zhang Lexing thought it was because he came back early, but later learned that it was not entirely his own credit.

After drinking some water and resting for a while, Yang Xinxin couldn't help but start showing off her gains during this time. Two months ago, when Zhang Lexing was still in China, Yang Xinxin spent $1.3 million to invest in a small pen portable computer company, although the company had just started and had few employees, but their pursuit of the concept of "lightweight, convenient and humanized" was very appetizing to Yang Xinxin.

"Jeff, they're still very efficient, you see this is their new product." Yang Xinxin took out a portable computer from the drawer to show off.

Zhang Lexing stretched out a hand to pick it up, his hand sank and almost didn't fall off, it seems that this portable computer is really not light, it is estimated that it is not easy to hold it with one hand, so he quickly added another hand and carefully put the portable computer on the table next to him. After putting away the portable computer, Zhang Lexing leaned down and took a closer look, this thing looks pretty good, it looks like that, but the size is a little bigger. In the middle of the pen computer is a relatively large screen, and below it are several embossed words "PalmZoomer" full of metallic texture.

This Palm is the same as a certain handheld computer brand in Zhang Lexing's memory, and I don't know if it's one, so let's try it first. Turning on the power, Zhang Lexing took out his pointing pen and prepared to try it out. As a result, it took almost 5 minutes to complete the boot process, and the welcome screen finally came out, but it was quite a bit of Vista's startup speed. The list of functions that appear on the operation interface is quite rich,Schedule management、Phone number book、A lot of notepads or something,Zhang Lexing clicked on the notepad casually and planned to try it,I didn't expect to wait for another 2 minutes before the screen came out。 Finally the notepad came out, Zhang Lexing took a pen and wrote a word in the writing area, but there was no reaction on the notepad, oh, by the way, this thing is not possible to support Chinese, Zhang Lexing wrote a letter casually, still no response, is it too grassy, Zhang Lexing had to write a letter "A" again carefully stroke by stroke, this time the notepad finally came out.

"Oh my God, this thing is too slow, if this is the effect, it won't be of much use to buy it back." After trying it for a while, Zhang Lexing gave this machine a bad review, who made this thing not as easy to use as his handwritten mobile phone back then.

Yang Xinxin still trusts Zhang Lexing's vision in this regard, and she asked with a frustrated face: "Then won't my investment be wasted!" ”

"Okay, who let my sister pay the money, I won't help you, who will help you." In fact, Zhang Lexing really has a good idea of this kind of portable computer, after all, he can play with the handheld computer for a long time in his previous life, and it is much more advanced than the current thing.

"I have some good suggestions, why don't you bring the person in charge of this company and talk to them." Zhang Lexing said with a smile: "My fee is very low, just give 20% of the shares OK!" ”

"Cut! Don't play tricks, tell me honestly. Yang Xinxin deliberately said with a straight face, but couldn't help laughing.

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Two days later, Yang Xinxin really brought in Jeff Hawkins, the designer of this pen portable computer, along with his partner Donna Dubinsky, and the conversation took place in a coffee house not far from the company, and the atmosphere was not too serious.

"Jeff, you guys have a lot of ideas for your product, but I don't think it's practical enough after trying it out. I have a few opinions, the first of which is that your machine handwriting recognition ability is too poor, and it is not recognizable if it is scribbled a little, I suggest that you change your thinking, change the current machine to adapt to people to adapt to the machine, and design a special input method, which can effectively improve the input efficiency; Second, your machine has too many functions, it is recommended to streamline it appropriately, otherwise the speed of operation will be too slow; Thirdly, your machine is too big and a bit heavy, so it is recommended to be more streamlined and streamlined, and it would be perfect if it could fit into your shirt pocket; Fourth, I suggest that you consider the function of exchanging data online with the computer, and it is best to make a special online button, so that the user will be easier to operate. Zhang Lexing said the ideas related to the handheld computer design that he had thought about in the past two days, which was not original, but just copied the ideas of "predecessors".

Zhang Lexing said several suggestions in one breath, which made Jeff and Donna fall into deep thought at once, it seems that hearing so many at once is a bit indigestible, but Zhang Lexing believes that they will accept it, after all, these are all "predecessors" have verified good designs.

"Mr. Zhang, these suggestions you put forward are very insightful, we may have ignored them a little, but these have not yet been tested by the market, and we hope to try it gradually, otherwise the company may have problems with funds." Jeff said, coming to his senses.

This Jeff is quite cautious, but unfortunately Zhang Lexing can't tell him that these proposals are the results of market testing, and he only hopes that his suggestions can make them take fewer detours and make Yang Xinxin's investment money early.

Sending off Jeff and Donna, Yang Xinxin didn't leave in a hurry, called the waiter, and refilled Zhang Lexing and her cup with coffee, seeing that this posture seemed to be still talking.

"Brother, I heard that you have set up a Kingsoft General Company in China, and it seems that it also makes word processing software." Yang Xinxin picked two pieces of sugar with a spoon and put them into the coffee, and then slowly stirred them with a spoon.

Zhang Lexing took a sip of coffee directly, it was really bitter, so he picked a piece of sugar and put it in the cup, and said while stirring: "There is such a company, but the scale is a little smaller." ”

"Brother, I don't quite understand what you think, our own company is not also making office software, why did you start a new business."

"Sister Xin, I actually consider the two issues of monopoly and self-motivation. Don't you think that if you have a competitor around, those developers will be much more motivated, and if you have a competitor around, it is not easy to be called a monopoly. So, you don't have to worry about it at all. ”

"It's not for nothing that you say that."

"Don't worry, Sister Xin, we're a family."

"By the way, brother, do you have any new ideas for the future development of the company? I have always admired your vision of investment and company strategic development, and there are few times when you are wrong over the years, what can you tell my sister about. ”

"Sister Xin, I have some ideas, but let me understand the current situation of the company first, so that it will be targeted."

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As Yang Xinxin went to the headquarters of VisualSystem and its research institute, Zhang Lexing found a lot of good things, such as Web, FTP and other server software for Internet business running under KylinServer (server operating system). Chen Shiqing's supercomputing system company completed its own supercomputer development program and helped VisualSystem build two sets of high-performance computers (said to have a peak computing speed of 1.02 TeraFLOPS), etc., and it seems that everyone has not ignored the imminent rapid development of the Internet, and VisualSystem will not have to worry about lack of computing power in the future. When visiting the research institute, Zhang Lexing also noticed a strange thing, many employees who originally belonged to the operating system division were transferred to the research institute, and a special operating system research institute was also established, including the company's chief scientist Bill Joy.

"Sister Xin, why did you transfer so many people from the operating system division to the business department, it won't affect the work over there."

"Brother, this is also something that can't be helped, I recently received a rumor that VisualSystem will definitely go public in the near future. In order to maintain our original decision to absolutely master the operating system, I can only transfer some personnel from the operating system division, and plan to gradually separate the research institute from VisualSystem, so that in the future, after the company goes public, we can continue to master the core part of the operating system through the research institute. ”

"Sister Xin, how long is it left?"

"It's estimated that it will only be two or three years."

Zhang Lexing actually knows that many companies in the United States have developed to a certain extent, even if they are unwilling to go public, there will be all kinds of people to persuade you to go public, which is also a way to maintain the continued prosperity of the stock market, and I didn't expect it to be my turn so soon. As for how to deal with it, Zhang Lexing is not too worried, Yang Xinxin is much stronger than him in this regard, anyway, everyone has already discussed, its research institute must be directly in the hands, and the core part of the operating system, there is no need to grasp the other parts so tightly, and the appropriate listing is a good channel to replenish funds.

The day after visiting the company and the research institute, Zhang Lexing came to Yang Xinxin's office to discuss with her about the company's future development plans.

"Sister Xin, our strategy was to become the world's largest operating system provider, and now we have basically achieved this goal, but we still need to continue to work hard in the future, I hope that in the future, wherever we need an operating system, we can run our VisualSystem operating system, whether it is a PC, a game console, a portable computer or any other device."

"Brother, you don't need to worry about this, I've already worked hard in this direction."

"Sister Xin, we will also become the world's largest supplier in terms of office software and database, and I believe that these two are hot spots in the future."

"In terms of office software, our VisualOffice has met your requirements, as for the database, the Oracle company in which you originally participated has been taken by us and has become our holding subsidiary.

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"Sister Xin, in addition to the above traditional software industries, I think we also need to properly explore new markets. For example, in the emerging Internet market, the server software used for Internet business, such as Web and FTP, which has been researched by our company, can play a great role. ”

"You mean we're going to sell software like this in the future?"

"It's not a sale, it's free."

"It's free, so how can we recover the R&D costs." Yang Xinxin stood up anxiously.

"Sister Xin, don't worry." Zhang Lexing motioned for Yang Xinxin to sit down first, and then continued: "We can set up a new company to be responsible for the Internet business. Internet software can be provided free of charge, but there is an additional service fee for technical support, which can be charged annually. ”

Yang Xinxin thought for a while, nodded and said: "What you said also has some truth, so that our Internet software will definitely be able to seize a considerable market share." ”

"Yes, the focus here is on the corporate market. In addition, there are other ways to make money with Internet software, such as we can make an e-mail system, let it be put on the Internet for free for users to use, and then make money through the advertising space of the e-mail system. In fact, this is only a small head, and if we have enough Internet users in the future, it will be much more convenient to develop any business in the future. ”

"Brother, I don't know how you came up with what you said, sometimes I want to open your head to see what is different from others."

"Oops, kind of said it." Zhang Lexing muttered in his heart. I was happy to say it, but I didn't expect it to be pulled into the Internet era in the future, which is a bit difficult for Yang Xinxin to understand, but fortunately, she trusts herself very much, although sometimes she can't understand it, but she can always find a way to implement it.

Since everything has been said, Zhang Lexing simply revealed in advance: "Sister Xin, there is another development direction, enterprise IT services." We can set up a new company that specializes in this, and through this company, we can integrate our own software products and services and package them into new products that are suitable for different businesses, in short, putting the customer first. ”

"It is indeed difficult for enterprises to select various IT products on the market piecemeal to combine them by themselves, and this aspect is indeed very interesting."

"Sister Xin, can the company find the right person to do this work now?"

"Don't worry here, with my Yang Xinxin's eyes, are you still afraid that no one will use it."

In this way, Zhang Lexing is relieved, if there is really no one available, he still plans to recommend Louis Gerstner, but now that Yang Xinxin is sure, he has to cheap IBM.

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