Chapter 36: The X Keyboard
After the acquisition, there is no difference between the high level and before the acquisition, but the faculty and staff walk a lot faster, but the teacher's voice is much louder, but the learning atmosphere of the students is much richer......
As soon as Zhou Shuo returned to school, he immediately plunged headlong into the software engineering of the computer interest group of the second high school. It's been a few days since school started, and he still handed over the task of substitute teaching to He Youyou. And I took the time to browse and revise the software code written by the students in the interest group.
"Principal Zhou, someone is looking for you!"
Zhou Shuo suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder, and when he turned around, he exclaimed in surprise: "Lao Liu, you're back!" ”
Behind Zhou Shuo stood a dusty man in sunglasses, carrying a wide travel bag in his hand. He smiled and took off his sunglasses, which turned out to be Liu Gang, a classmate who had been away for more than a month.
Liu Gang hugged him with a smile, looked around and said, "Zhou'er, even the computer room has been built, it's not bad!" ”
"Hehe, I'm ready for everything here, I just owe the east wind!" The two of them picked up a place to sit opposite each other, and Zhou Shuo asked impatiently, "Lao Liu, how are you doing?" ”
Liu Gang patted his travel bag and said proudly: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”
As he spoke, he opened his duffel bag and pulled out bags of plastic or metal components. Finally, he pulled out a rectangular wooden box from the bottom of his backpack. Open the lid of the box to reveal its contents.
I saw that the things in it were more than 40 centimeters long and more than 10 centimeters wide. The color is pure black, and it is divided into buttons, and the keys are painted with different English letters, which is actually a keyboard.
Zhou Shuo pressed it on it with his hand, the key travel was short, the force was even, and the feel was soft. Not only that, but this keyboard is much thinner and lighter than ordinary keyboards at this time, quiet and comfortable to hit, and the sound is light and soft. It feels like it is by no means comparable to the traditional crater architecture keyboard at this time, and it is obviously the X-architecture keyboard commonly used in later generations.
Zhou Shuo clapped his hands happily and said with a smile: "Not bad, really good." Compared with ordinary keyboards, it feels more comfortable and labor-saving, and can be used for a long time without fear of fatigue. I didn't expect that I just explained the principle, and you actually made it! ”
Liu Gang had a proud smile on his face, but he said, "Hey, what's so difficult about this." This X-architecture keyboard is actually similar to the scissor foot keyboard of a notebook, and you will understand it if you think about it. ”
Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed, and continued with a sigh: "The trouble is that the accessories are not easy to do, open a mold for thousands of yuan, an injection molding machine is tens of thousands, the kind of flexible silver paste film PCB you said is not available in China, I first ordered a batch of rigid boards to deal with." Wait for our products to be exported, and change to foreign exchange to buy American goods. ”
Zhou Shuo said with a smile: "It's okay, conductive rubber is a little more expensive, but our keyboard has no competitors, and we are not afraid of how much money it sells." By the way, you haven't forgotten about patents, have you? ”
"How can I forget this?" Liu Gang took out a stack of documents from his travel bag, handed him and said, "Well, including the film PCB keyboard, I have registered a total of thirteen patents. It's all up to you, and you'll apply for it one by one. I found a Hong Kong law firm to handle the patent in the United States, and now it has entered the patent protection period. ”
"Great!" Zhou Shuo took the patent document and looked at it, this was the proof that he grabbed the first pot of gold, how could he not pay attention to it.
After looking at it for a while, Zhou Shuo raised his head and asked again, "How is the funding situation?" ”
Liu Gang said solemnly: "The cost is not small, I ordered a batch of raw materials, plus the cost of purchasing equipment and applying for patents, a total of 178,000. I have all the invoices and contracts here. ”
As he spoke, Liu Gang took out another stack of documents and gave them to Zhou Shuo. He took it, flipped through it casually and said, "In this case, if we want to start production, we have to prepare the site and labor." In my opinion, for the time being, the keyboard factory will be hung under the school-run factory of a high post. The venue is the vacant classrooms in the school building. As for the workers, there are more than 100 students who graduated from the first high school in July, and it is difficult to find jobs now, and there must be many who have not yet found them. ”
He knocked on the table and thought about it, then said, "But this is not a long-term solution, the school is better to concentrate on teaching." I have to trouble you Lao Liu for this matter, I will pay another 400,000 yuan, do you see if you can find a place to set up a keyboard factory? ”
Liu Gang was taken aback when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Four hundred thousand? Zhou'er, it seems that you are really hairy. Now the market is full of factories that can't be opened, and the land is not worth much, so if you give 100,000 yuan, some people will come up and sell it. ”
Zhou Shuo said with a smile: "Then it's decided, it's up to you how to build this factory." It's built, how about you become the factory director? ”
"Uh-" Liu Gang asked suspiciously, "Why are you doing when I am the factory director?" ”
"I'm the principal!" Zhou Shuo patted the computer on the table and said with a wry smile: "It's a big mess in a high position, and I can't be busy running on both sides." Here at the keyboard factory, I can count on you! ”
Liu Gang said proudly when he heard this: "Success! I didn't say it, I became the director of this factory, you just see! ”
Sending Liu Gang away, Zhou Shuo sat down and thought about it. The question of graduates just mentioned reminded him that the students of the computer summer training course are not only students, but also many adults who want to learn a skill. Xiucheng now the computer job market is not large, that is, major enterprises and institutions can recruit typists and the like, if this group of people after learning to go out of the country to find a job, wouldn't it be a high brand?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this issue was worth paying attention to, and when he got out of class, he hurriedly found He Youyou.
"How's the teaching progressing now? Are there any students in the course who can keep up with the knowledge level of our interest group? ”
He Youyou nodded affirmatively and said, "There are a few of them, all of them are students who want to take the computer grade exam." They are highly motivated to learn and have a relatively comprehensive grasp of knowledge. ”
Zhou Shuo thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that all of these people won't be able to find jobs after taking the exam, you can help me ask them to see if they are willing to stay and take over the current work of the interest group." After all, you still have to focus on learning after the school starts, and we have to find a group of people to continue to write the software. ”
He Youyou nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask." ”
After a while, He Youyou walked back with a few people, she pointed to these people and said: "Teacher Zhou, these are the best students in our training class, I asked, they are all willing to stay as programmers." ”
Zhou Shuo stood up and looked at the few students behind her. He had some impressions of these people, after all, he had also brought this class at the beginning. He stretched out his hand and shook hands with each of them, and said with a smile: "We want to organize people to engage in computer program development, I wonder if you are interested?" ”
"Headmaster, you mean to write the kind of software we use like those programmers?" A student asked excitedly.
In the early 90s, writing software was still a high-end thing. In the eyes of the average person, the people who write software are the kind of scientists who wear white coats and work in research institutes. Or it is something that foreign high-tech talents in suits and leather shoes can only do in high-rise buildings with bright windows.
Zhou Shuo nodded and said, "We are mainly engaged in the writing of commercial software, of course, if there is an opportunity, we will also develop some application software." ”
A student with thick-rimmed glasses asked with some concern: "Aren't all those software made by foreigners, can we do it?" ”
Zhou Shuo smiled: "It's all one head and two eyes, what can we do for what others can do?" ”
The student in front of him stood up and said, "Hey, the principal is right. I see, no one lacks a string than the other, and we can do what others can do! Do you think so? ”
How can anyone who learns computers not want to make software? Thinking that they could also do such a high-tech thing, these students suddenly boiled.
"Headmaster, take us to do it!"
"Yes, even if we don't give money, we will do it with you!"
"Principal Zhou, I will hand over more than 100 catties to you, and I will never shake my eyebrows when I go up and down the knife mountain!"
Zhou Shuo hurriedly pressed his arm and suppressed their voices. Looking at these pairs of longing eyes, he couldn't help but be a little moved. In China in the nineties, knowledge was respected. Learning is not only about survival, but also about life.
As long as there is a glimmer of opportunity, the Chinese are always hesitant to use knowledge to change their destiny.
Zhou Shuo took the paper and pen from the side and said, "Okay, let's be quiet first." Let's register and be willing to work in program development, so you don't have to attend classes in the training class from today. You spend the rest of your days studying with your classmates in the interest group, and when they go back to school, you take their place and continue to develop. Salary, let's tentatively set 15,000 first, do you think about it? ”
"How much? One thousand and five?! ”
"Well, don't you? We follow the knowledge, it is good not to spend money, how can we get money again? ”
"Fifteen thousand is too much, if you want me to say that six hundred yuan on the market now is already a good job!"
Zhou Shuo sighed, thought about it and said, "Money must be given, but don't blame me for giving less in the future!" ”
When everyone heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and said: "Don't worry, the principal, you teach us knowledge and pay us salaries, if anyone is greedy, it is still a person!" ”
I hope so, Zhou Shuo thought silently in his heart.
Outside the computer room, the students who were moving freely suddenly heard a burst of enthusiastic cheers from inside. After a while, several students who had been at the top of their studies walked out of it. Curious people immediately gathered around and asked what was going on inside.
"What? Do you want to write software? One of the onlookers asked in surprise.
The student who had just come out of the computer room raised his head and said angrily: "That's not it, our principal said it himself." We won't be in class with you for the next few days, let's get familiar with it first, and when the students in the second high school start school, we'll take over their work! Haluha, maybe you'll use my software in the future! ”
When the students who stayed outside heard this, they all looked at these proud good students with envious and adoring eyes. I can't help but deeply regret why I didn't study hard when I was in class, otherwise wouldn't it be myself who is standing there smiling now?