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In the past 1987, China's GDP grew by more than 10 percent, national income by more than 10 percent, total industrial output by more than 17 percent, agriculture by nearly 6 percent, and the retail price index of goods by 7.3 percent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Overall, the momentum of overheating in the economy has been properly controlled,

At the same time, in the process of transitioning from a planned economy to a market economy, many problems have been encountered, especially the "dual-track price system" has aggravated contradictions and conflicts.

In this round of inflation cycle that began in 1986, the monthly CPI or consumer price index exceeded 5% in January 1987 and increased by 9.4% year-on-year in January 1988.

"1 pound of Moutai has jumped from 20 yuan per bottle to more than 300 yuan, Fenjiu has risen from 8 yuan to 40 yuan, Gujing Gongjiu has risen from 12 yuan to 70 yuan, and Chinese cigarettes have risen from 1.8 yuan per pack to more than 10 yuan." Zhuang Xingtai, who has traveled all over China because of the needs of his work, and then has seen a lot of things, said in detail to Tang Huan, who has completed his political tasks: "Nowadays, people are simply crazy, they buy things when they see them, whether they need them or not, and they don't care about the quality. Sweaters and pants were snapped up in the summer, and some people even bought 500 boxes of matches in one go. ”

"There is no ready-made example of reform and opening up that can be copied, and there is always an unavoidable ...... during the labor pains," Tang Huan sighed with a sigh.

"It won't be a big problem, will it?" Zhuang Xingtai asked worriedly. He and his wife have been living and working in the mainland for many years, and even their children were born here.

"No big deal. Look, as soon as the bank implements value preservation and savings, the atmosphere will immediately ease. Tang Huanyi waved his hand happily.

At this time, the brother-in-law Meng Qingguan walked in and handed Tang Huan an antique wooden box, "I'll give it to you." ”

Tang Huan opened it and saw a pair of high-quality Hetian jade hand ornaments on the silk, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Why did you spend so much effort to give me such a delicate thing for no reason?" ”

Meng Qingguan smiled slightly, "Everyone can see that you are a big fire in summer, and you have a good jade, take care of it." ”

Tang Huan gently buttoned the box and muttered, "It's better to find me two walnuts and fiddle with them in your hand." ”

"It's a little thing, I'll find it for you." Meng Qingguan immediately made a phone call, and then asked with concern, "It's only been a few days, why did you leave so quickly?" ”

Tang Huan stretched his waist and replied, "I'm working efficiently, and everything that should be done has been done." In addition, there is a very important product launch event waiting to be attended in the United States. ”

"You have lived a fulfilling life, and I am idle now, so as not to get involved with the 'official_pour' that everyone shouts and beats like a rat crossing the street." Meng Qingguan complained a little uncomfortably.

"You can go out and walk around." Tang Huan casually suggested: "Go to the United States to visit my little cousin, and then go to Uncle Funan's to visit the door." ”

"It's not good to go too far, the old people in the family are old, and your uncle is working in the Special Economic Zone, so I have to stay at home and wait for dispatch at any time." Meng Qingguan shook his head, and asked curiously in a low voice, "When I entered the study yesterday, I happened to hear you say to the old man that the Soviet Union's luck is over, and China's counterbalance value in the United States will be reduced. Really? ”

"This time, I took the opportunity of cooperation in the Arctic scientific expedition program, and I traveled to European countries for more than two months, especially in the Soviet Union for a long time, and I came to this conclusion after seeing and hearing it with my own eyes." Tang Huan replied leisurely: "Can you imagine that the people of the big cities, the only superpowers in the world, would spend two hours a day waiting in long queues to purchase edible goods such as cheese and butter? ”

"The huge amount of money needed to deal with the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident has exacerbated the already difficult economy of the Soviet Union, and even affected public prestige; The elite ruling strata of the Soviet Union had a secret plot for their own small interest groups; The troops withdrawn from Afghanistan, in order to clear Gerbachev from responsibility, did not do any face-saving projects for fear of avoiding the need to meet and express condolences, and one can imagine how chilling the middle and lower strata of the army were. ”

"Countless factors add up, and they are described as undercurrents and dangers, and they are not necessarily subtle."

"Are you too sensitive, this is politics, not a shopping mall." Meng Qingguan touched the top of the head, where the middle-aged hair began to thin, and muttered.

"Politics? Mall? Is the line so clear? Tang Huan smiled dumbly, "My little brother-in-law, why are some models allowed to be sold to the Soviet Union for the high-tech crystallization of the Fangyuan personal computer that you take for granted in your eyes?" Because it invisibly facilitates the publication of words, enhances the freedom of speech, and becomes another means of attack. Sister-in-law, don't make excuses for being lazy, go out and walk around. ”

Meng Qingguan snorted, "Let's wait until I practice my English again, it feels very inconvenient to go out before." ”

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According to the original plan, after Tang Huan's trip to Europe, he returned to the United States to release Studios 1988, and then started his trip to Asia; However, I changed my plan at the moment, took a trip to China in advance, and witnessed the rush of private buying under inflation this summer, so I couldn't help but be a little nervous about the schedule.

By the time Tang Huan returned to San Francisco, it was already Sunday, August 7, and tomorrow would be the official release of Studios 1988, which had been postponed once.

Although the schedule is a bit rushed, fortunately, the key things are all in Tang Huan's mind, and he only needs to spend a little time to make up for some sporadic additional information.

In the next few days, the long-awaited Studios 1988 was finally released at the San Francisco Municipal Auditorium.

This also means that following the OEM channel opened more than three months ago, ordinary users can finally easily get this product from the retail channel, at a cost ranging from $149 to $299 according to the functional needs, and make their fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer or fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer-MMX, provide a new generation of graphical user interface experience.

More than 6,000 people attended, which showed the grand occasion of the press conference. In addition to the indispensable media, regardless of whether they belong to the Fangyuan computer ecosystem or not, they have sent personnel to conduct a close evaluation at the first time.

In fact, with the convening of the Zheru Developer Conference in April this year, and the millions of shipments of the 4th Generation Fangyuan PC and the 4th Generation Fangyuan PC-MMX in recent months, and their compatible devices, Studios1988 is no secret to anyone who cares.

Undisputedly, the known commercial GUI operating systems, including Apple's mac_system, Microsoft's Windows, NextStep, Digital Research's G.E.M., quarterdeck_office_systems's DesqView/X, etc., are dwarfed by Studios 1988.

The excellence and success of studios has made it a template for the industry to study and emulate. And a new patch added by Studios1988 in the past three months has made everyone have to think about it.

Gain, the two major series of CISC microprocessors used in personal computers at this stage - Motorola MC68000 family and Intel X86 family - have reached the threshold of upgrading. Samples of the latest generation of microprocessors MC68040 and Intel80486 have been sent to important companies in the industry such as Zheru, Fangyuan, IBM, Microsoft, Compaq, Apple, etc., and this STUDIOS1988 press conference, it is said that there will be a blow-out demonstration.

Tang Huan, who was in high spirits, walked on the stage and announced the official global release of Studios1988 and introduced the features of Studios1988 in accordance with the established process. Therefore, I specially coordinated two prototypes of Fangyuan personal computers that are still in the research and development stage, running studios1988, so that friends can try it, which can be regarded as an exchange and discussion of industry trends. ”

As soon as he heard this, the people who came to spy on business intelligence were all in high spirits, but then he couldn't help but scold himself, Tang Huan's approachability on the surface was purely a gimmick - the two prototypes of the MC68040 and Intel80486 models were strictly guarded, and the degree of strict defense was simply outrageous.

The so-called demonstration, only one of the prototypes can be used at the same time, and the selected candidates are limited to media reporters, and they are also supervised by the staff to not take pictures on the spot, especially the experience time is until 11:45.

In such a harsh situation, many professionals with ulterior purposes, including Gates, can only watch from afar, not to play closely, not to mention how anxious.

Even so, some information can be determined on the spot.

For example, Jean-Louis Garcy, who took over the Mac division and was promoted to head of development after Steve Jobs was squeezed out of Apple in 1985, was able to determine that the CPU in the prototype of the VCD of this summer's hit movie "Die Hard" was the MC68040 - both the operating system Studios 1988 and the third-party software Dr. Norton's system information interface clearly showed this.

Over there, Rod Kenyon, CEO of Compaq, the largest IBM compatible machine manufacturer, also frowned and came to a similar conclusion - Fangyuan's prototype seems to make Intel80486 work quite well, whether it is the traditional Zheru office software, or the emerging multimedia playback software Xingplay, all run very smoothly.

You must know that these trump card applications, which have been mainstream or are being pushed, consume significant hardware resources when they are transferred to memory for CPU execution, which can be described as a comprehensive test of the entire system.

Judging from the stable state of the prototype operation, the research and development progress of the next generation of Fangyuan personal computers is obviously much faster than that of its own side - its own paqdeskpro486 cannot make Windows2 start normally.

"The situation is not good, the IBM compatible machine is in the middle of the gap to survive, falling behind, if Fangyuan Computer Company takes the lead in launching the Intel80486 model of personal computers, it will be even more passive." Rod Kenyon couldn't help but lament in his heart.

It's also ironic to say, according to the different microprocessors used, Fangyuan personal computers are mainly divided into two branches-Motorola series and Intel series, which can be described as a two-front battle, but the most representative products of the two factions-Apple computer and IBM-PC, are falling behind, evil sect?

Fortunately, Rod Kenyon also confirmed a gain, that is, the actual performance of the Intel80486.

According to Intel's technical specifications, from a software point of view, the instruction set of Intel80486 is very similar to Intel80386, with only a small number of new instructions; But from a hardware point of view, the structure of Intel80486 has a big breakthrough. It moves the cache inside the CPU and, in particular, integrates a floating-point processor. Under ideal conditions, the core of the Intel80486 is capable of processing one instruction in a single time period, providing approximately twice the performance of the Intel80386 at the same clock frequency.

Of course, in practice, it is impossible for the new generation of CPUs to increase their performance by 100% compared to the previous generation of CPUs. However, judging from the performance of the Fangyuan prototype, it is still very possible to achieve an increase of 20%.

Thinking of this, Rod Kenyon glanced at Gates, who was also carefully observing the prototype not far away, and thought to himself: "This also requires Microsoft to be able to do something in terms of operating systems, and the current Windows really dare not compliment." ”

At this time, Gates, who was staring at the prototype display without blinking, was both excited and frightened - the powerful functions of Studios 1988 convinced him that in the future, the main battlefield of the IT industry would shift to the software field, and in this way, he would have to compete head-on with Tang Huan's Zheru. (To be continued.) )