Chapter 16: The Fate of the MBA

Speaking of cloud operating system, in Zhang Lexing's cognition, it should be an operating system that integrates parallel computing and distributed computing, in fact, Zhang Lexing had already moved the idea of development at this time last year, because he met a wonderful person.

This wonderful person is named Michael Mahon, born in the hardware design department of Atari game consoles, but he is an Apple II fanatic, after leaving Atari, he came to Zhang Lexing's Blue Dragon Studio to engage in game hardware research and development, and has not given up his infatuation. Last year, Zhang Lexing came to Michael's house for a party and stumbled upon a strange thing he was hiding, a strange machine assembled from eight Apple IIs that Michael called the "Super Apple".

Of course, Zhang Lexing has to study such an interesting thing carefully, and Michael is also very happy that someone is willing to listen to his show, and under his introduction, Zhang Lexing gradually figured out the details of this "Super Apple". Michael didn't think about making such a thing at first, but after a few years of collecting and some luck, he actually saved eleven or two Apple IIs. One day, Michael had a whim, the PC was claimed to be several times faster than the Apple II, and if he got a few more Apple IIs running at the same time, he might be able to catch up with the speed of the PC.

Michael was a man who wanted to do it, and soon got some wood to build a case for his envisioned "Super Apple", then took the motherboard out of the pile of Apple II he collected to experiment, and after paying the price of burning two motherboards, Michael's "Super Apple" was finally completed. In order to make the "Super Apple" play its real performance, Michael also designed an operating system that supports parallel computing.

The "Super Apple" is not as fast as Michael imagined, but Zhang Lexing understands that this is mainly due to the slow speed of the homemade simple network card responsible for communication between Apple II motherboards. The so-called "Super Apple" has no practical value from the perspective of computer performance, but Zhang Lexing sees the prototype of the future cloud operating system.

At that time, the research on parallel computing operating systems did not start immediately, because Zhang Lexing was going to return to China, and he lacked the necessary hardware foundation. Now that the computing cloud has seen hope, Zhang Lexing can't help but be tempted, so he shoehorned a parallel operating system research project into the research institute of VisualSystem, and also pulled Michael Mahon into the research group, looking forward to bringing a surprise to himself in the near future.

After tinkering with his cloud plan, Zhang Lexing received another call from Beijing. On the phone, Wan Lin, director of the public relations department of Glorious Sun Software, brought good news that Zhang Lexing had applied for a year and the FC patent was finally going to be approved. This can be regarded as good news, Zhang Lexing has long wanted to control the counterfeit products of the FC game console, but he has never had a name, and this time it is finally no problem. Zhang Lexing won the FC patent not to dominate the domestic game console market, but to read a video game magazine that year, "...... Almost all of the electronics giants are embroiled in this next-gen war, wanting to slice as much of the pie as possible in the mouth-watering gaming market...... The video game industry on the mainland is still a backwater, and it is constantly changing to meet the changes. Appliance manufacturers are scrambling to produce color TVs that are already saturated in the market, refrigerators that are piled up, washing machines that can't wash clothes, and food grinders that make even a small profit, but none of them are willing to invest money in video games, whose profits have surpassed those of the American film industry and the Japanese automobile industry...... How much money do mainland game manufacturers make from game fans?...... Money earned from game fans through piracy...... Hardly a penny was spent on the development of China's own video game show ......", Zhang Lexing did not want this situation to happen again, since he was not willing to take the initiative to pay money, so he had to use the banner of patents to force the manufacturers of pirated FC to pay some blood, in Zhang Lexing's plan, this money will be invested in promoting the development of FC Chinese games.

The idea is good, but the most important thing at the moment is to hurry back to China to get the patent certificate. Fortunately, KylinWindows2.0 has been on the market for more than a week, and the market response is quite good, Zhang Lexing also has one less thing to worry about, just to give himself a vacation, by the way. After arranging the work at hand and saying goodbye to Yang Xinxin again, Zhang Lexing boarded a flight from San Francisco to Beijing.

It was already very cold in Beijing in early December, and when the plane came to Beijing, Zhang Lexing learned from the on-board radio that there was a light snow near the airport, but fortunately, the amount was not large, and it did not have much impact on the take-off and landing of flights for the time being. Passing through the passenger passage with a hint of cold, Zhang Lexing dragged his luggage to the warm waiting hall, looked up at the clock, just arrived at half past three in the afternoon, considering that he would need to take a taxi later, Zhang Lexing bought a newspaper of the day, planning to kill time on the road. As soon as he walked out of the airport gate, a cold air came to his face, and Zhang Lexing hurriedly found a taxi and got in with his luggage. The road was a little slippery after the snow, and the driver drove cautiously, not bothering to talk to the passengers, Zhang Lexing just used the time to read the newspaper he had just bought.

This is a copy of the "China Youth Daily" of the day, Zhang Lexing opened the front page, and the huge headline "Memorandum of Destiny - An Analysis of the Situation of 38 MBAs" immediately attracted his attention. MBA, for the current China, it is as precious as a panda, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but take the newspaper and read it carefully.

"In April 1984, the U.S. and Chinese governments reached an agreement to train an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) for the People's Republic of China. In July, enrollment was rolled out across the country...... The 440 people were once again screened by rigorous examinations, leaving only 40 people to enter the starting line of MBA studies. …… In September 1986, 39 students completed their studies and went to the United States for internships,...... In December of the same year, 38 people who received MBA degrees returned to China and joined the tide of China's reforms......

However, in September 1987, China Youth Daily received a distress signal from MBA.

The cry for help sighed:

- We, 38 EMAs, are young but useless. There is no way to serve the country, and I am distressed.

-- In order to train us, the country spent millions of dollars, and we have gone through hardships. However, there is a complete disconnect between cultivation and use.

-- We suspect that the state has spent a lot of money to set up this "national talent training program" for what purpose?

- We don't understand, why do we have to make such a futile effort?

The painful cry for help shook the newspaper office, and six reporters rushed to travel more than a dozen provinces, traveling thousands of miles, tracking down one call for help after another......"

After reading this report, Zhang Lexing was surprised to find that most of the MBAs that the country spent a lot of money and individuals went through a lot of hardships were actually such a fate. In foreign countries, these people will definitely work in the front line of enterprise management, and after returning to China, some will become postmen for foreign experts, some will become superfluous clerks, some will become foreign language interpreters, and some will even become "unemployed" idlers. Under their guidance, MBAs have become seeds, waiting to sprout in the soil of the masses, climbing the ladder, hoping to be entrusted with important responsibilities after the age of 50, storing knowledge, and looking forward to being able to use them one day.

Zhang Lexing couldn't help but feel sorry for this group of MBAs in his heart, these poor people are really a pearl. But after thinking about it, this is also a good opportunity for myself, after all, the future domestic career still needs a lot of people who really understand business management, this batch of MBAs can be said to be a good candidate at present, I believe that after proper exercise, it will be able to become a help in the future.

Zhang Lexing read the report carefully several times, but unfortunately he didn't find any way to contact these MBAs, and it is estimated that this is also a deal made by the newspaper in order to protect them. There are two ways in front of Zhang Lexing: one is to send a telegram to the newspaper to ask about the situation of the MBA, but it is estimated that the effect is not ideal, and the MBAs can not go if they want to; Speaking of relationships, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but think of Wang Bin, who he met last year, the young man is a good person, and the relationship is also very wide.

The taxi slowly stopped in front of the office building of Rising Sun Software in Zhongguancun, Zhang Lexing hurriedly took a handful of money and stuffed it to the driver, took the luggage, and hurriedly ran to Wan Lin's office. When Zhang Lexing pushed the door in, Wan Lin was looking at the information on the side of the sofa, and looking at the expression, it was estimated that she was having a headache for next year's software competition.

Putting the suitcase on the sofa, ignoring Wan Lin's surprise, Zhang Lexing asked anxiously, "Do you have Wang Bin's phone here?"

"Yes. Boss, you seem to be a little tired, do you want to take a break first?" Wan Lin asked with some concern.

"It's okay, I'm in a hurry to find him, give me the number first. ”

Wan Lin nodded, got up and walked to the desk, took a small notebook from the desk and handed it to me.

"Boss, I'll write it down on the last page, you take a look. ”

"Thank you. I took the notebook and flipped to the back and started dialing according to the number on it.

The phone was quickly connected, and a familiar voice came from the receiver, "Hey, who are you looking for?"

"Wang Bin, I'm Zhang Lexing, I just came from the airport. ”

"Haha, I figured you should come, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly. ”

"It's not easy to come back, find a place to have a meal together?"

"Is there anything you want to help with?"

"Hehe, I don't have many friends in China, so I'm familiar with you. ”

"Okay, I knew it wasn't easy to eat your meal. ”

……

Zhang Lexing is not too familiar with Beijing, and said that finding a place to eat can only rely on Wang Bin, a local snake. After waiting in the office for a while, there was the sound of a car horn coming from behind, Zhang Lexing pushed open the window and looked downstairs, Wang Bin came.

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