Guo Junru did not speak German well, and in order to show respect, he could not speak Mandarin in front of Dr. Klinsmann and Professor Asholm, so he said in fluent English: "Dr. You, I'm sorry, I should have gone to North Rhine-Westphalia to see you, but I have to go back to Hong Kong early tomorrow morning, and I really can't spare time, so I can only ask my second sister to ask you to take a trip." ”

As if worried that he would speak too quickly and that people would not understand him, Professor Asaume added in German: "Zhang has been away from home for more than a year, and his mother misses him very much, so he must rush back as soon as the matter is done." ”

"I know that Zhang Lin said that if it weren't for the investigation made up by the United States, Mr. Zhang would have conducted a scientific expedition in the Arctic by now."

Seeing Dr. Klinsmann glaring at him, he realized that he was too unfriendly, and said with embarrassment: "Dr. You, I know that you are a little nervous, in fact, I am also a little nervous, after all, I am only two sisters. ”

To his surprise, You Shaojun suddenly raised his head and said, "Mr. Zhang, people are valuable in self-knowledge, and I know that I am not suitable for Zhang Lin." Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know the height of the sky, let alone do that kind of entangled thing, for her lifelong happiness, for your family harmony, she and I can only be ordinary friends. ”

It's a bit interesting, and he glanced sideways at the second sister who was looking over here, and asked quietly, "Dr. You, do you think you can't give my second sister happiness?" ”

You Shaojun sighed secretly, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, do you still need to ask?" She is the daughter of a wealthy family, I am just a small teaching assistant, the gap is too big, we are completely people from the two worlds. ”

Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts. To make sure nothing goes wrong. As early as three months ago. The charter asked Li Xiaoshan, president of the Chinese company, and Cao Xuyang, president of NB Technology, to privately investigate his family situation.

The result did not disappoint him, You Shaojun's family background is innocent, he has always been excellent in character and learning from elementary school to university, and more importantly, he has not fallen in love or married in China, and he has not done the kind of thing of abandoning his wife and children as soon as he goes abroad. As for not returning to China to serve after completing his studies, it is due to the general environment.

The charter nodded noncommittally, and said, "My second sister will be sad." ”

"I'm sorry, if I had known that she was your sister. Surely this will not happen, in fact we are innocent and nothing has happened. You Shaojun gritted his teeth, and then said: "Mr. Zhang, long pain is better than short pain, in fact, I came today to hope that you can ...... Able to ......"

"Can you comfort her when she's sad?"

"Hmm."

"She has family by her side to comfort her, what about you, who comforts you, or you don't feel sad at all?"

You Shaojun's eyes flashed with a look of pain, and he shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhang." It doesn't matter if I'm sad or not, the important thing is that I'm here. With what I want to say, I can go back to work with peace of mind, and if necessary, I can even find a new job. ”

"Didn't my sister tell you about my family?

"As I said, Mr. Zhang, I know that you will not object, and my aunt will not object, but this cannot be a reason for me to be selfish."

Dr. Klinsmann was completely convinced, and coldly came out: "RWTH Aachen University's graduate education is too much of a failure." ”

Professor Asaume obviously stood on Zhang Lin's side, patted You Shaojun's arm, and said earnestly: "Young man, it is your right to pursue happiness, don't pay attention to those messy traditions, Linlin is a good girl, worthy of your love, don't do stupid things because of this or that concern." ”

This kid has a pretty tough temper.

Looking at the charter's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Guo Junru almost burst out laughing, put down the cup and said, "Dr. You, I think you should have a good talk with Zhang Lin, because this is a matter between the two of you." In addition, today is just a gathering of friends, not a blind date. ”

"But ......"

The charter was angry and funny, took a bite of the barbecue, and said while eating: "It's nothing, as Professor Guo said, this is a matter between you and my sister, and you can handle it yourself." ”

Zhang Lin didn't know why, she thought that they were talking very speculatively, and under the ridicule of Shen Xinru and Yi Wanyi, she was so embarrassed that she blushed with shame, and she was embarrassed to hold Xia Yao's arm and lean towards them.

It's better to go with the flow than anything else, Professor Asaume diverted the topic and asked with a casual smile: "Zhang, I heard that your operating system is getting into trouble in the United States?" ”

The charter said lightly: "In this year's business, if you don't fight a few lawsuits, you don't have a few defendants, and you are embarrassed to go out to meet people." What's more, they only said a few cruel words, and they didn't really send us to court, which is not a trouble. ”

"What if UNIX does file a lawsuit?"

"Then accompany me to the end."

After coming up with an operating system in such a short period of time, Dr. Klinsmann also thought there was a problem in this, and couldn't help asking: "Zhang, are you sure that the Hong Kong NB Lab can win the lawsuit?" ”

"There's no doubt about it."

Chartered sat up straight and patiently explained, "Frankly, we have a bit of a reputation for launching the NB-Linux operating system, because the kernel of the system was written by Linus Tovaz at the university last year, not developed by us. In addition, many GNU programs are used, including shells, tools, libraries, compilers, etc., as well as Windows X.

We've just solved some intolerable flaws such as boot managers and hard disk space that can't recognize 1024 cylinders, and developed several apps like mini-games, children's educational software, and scientific tools. It is not something to be proud of. But it has nothing to do with infringement, after all, the source code of the system kernel was written by Linus Tovaz, and we have enough evidence to prove that their accusations are untenable. ”

Bai was worried, and Dr. Klinsmann laughed and said, "Richard Stallman is committed to the free software movement, and as long as you don't make a profit from it, he won't accuse you." ”

"But he may have doubts about the naming rights of the operating system."

The charter smiled, and continued: "This time in the United States, I negotiated with GNU and Windows X on naming rights, and promised to provide no less than $5 million a year to the 'Freedom Foundation' in exchange for his promise to give up his naming rights claim. And they also want NB-Linux to be promoted. So we had a good conversation. ”

You Shaojun came out with a ghost: "Our university has a very high evaluation of NB-Linux. Everyone agrees that it is reliable, stable, powerful, and fun. ”

This is the real Dr. You. The charter stared into his eyes and said with a smirk: "Xie Lu Xie, I will pass on your evaluation to Mr. Linus Tovaz, he will be very happy. ”

Professor Asaume is not a businessman, and wondering how much the agreement between the Constitution and Richard Stallman, the leader of the free software movement, means to NB Electric and NB Labs, and he can't help but ask, "$5 million a year?" ”

"At this stage, it is 5 million per year, and it will be increased one after another when the group's funds are abundant in the future."

"Is this necessary?"

"Very necessary!"

The charter and Guo Junru glanced at each other. "This time in the United States, I also went to major companies such as IBM, Intel and Texas Instruments to communicate about the application of the 'giant magnetoresistance effect' in computer storage technology, and helped NB computers to obtain the most preferential purchase price and the most priority delivery period.

People are so good at talking about why they are because they fancy the promotion potential of the NB-Linux operating system. With these two commitments, we will optimize and adjust the logistics, capital flow and information flow of NB computers, and greatly shorten the product inventory time, so that our computer business will be more competitive. ”

Looking at Professor Asaum as if he didn't understand, Guo Junru explained: "Professor, electronics. In particular, the price of semiconductor accessories such as computer processors and motherboards fluctuates greatly. Like what. For the same computer, the opponent's inventory is 3 months ago, and ours is the inventory of the current month, then the cost of just one component will be at least 100 marks lower than the opponent, so that we can get a huge cost advantage. ”

To You Shaojun's emotion, the charter actually shook his head and sighed: "I believe that NB Computer will become a successful commercial enterprise, but as a technology company, it is really not a success." It is nothing more than an optimized assembly plant, with almost no technical content to speak of, which is our shortcoming, and there is almost no hope of making up for it. ”

None of the core components of the NB computer are their own.

Dr. Klinsmann could understand his feelings, put down the wine bottle and comforted: "Zhang, after all, personal strength is limited, you can't do everything you want to do, such as NB computer, you at least have a monitor and operating system, how many times stronger than those computer companies that don't know nothing." ”

"Yes, AST is hot, and it is known as the 'No. 1 market share' in China, but what do they have?"

Guo Junru paused and continued: "There is also a 'rhapsody' computer, it is said that there is a rhapsody 1+1 now, to put it bluntly, I am still acting for AST, and the same is true for Zhengfang Group, I have been to Zhongguancun during the Spring Festival, and almost all of them are selling AST." In contrast, we can rightly claim to be high-tech. ”

Speaking of these, the charter suddenly came to the spirit, and said with disdain: "AST's good days in China are over, and as for Ecstasy 1+1, I really don't regard them as competitors." ”

Professor Asaume asked with interest: "Zhang, what does 1+1 mean, buy one and get one free?" ”

The charter was cold for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said with a wry smile: "It may be a brand, or it may represent some special meaning, after all, this is just launched by a computer company in China, I have only heard of it, but I have not seen it." ”

"I've heard a few."

You Shaojun took over the conversation and said with great interest: "This may be a vague propaganda concept, because their executives have different interpretations of 1+1, one executive said that 1+1 computer is educational computer + home computer, one executive said that 1+1 means Goldbach conjecture, some people say that 1+1 means a series of brand-name products and a famous brand, some people say that it means first-class products + first-class service, and some people say that 1+1 is simple and easy to learn." ”

Professor Asaume was so impressed that he exclaimed, "How creative! There can be different explanations for different groups of people, I like the last one, if I am a parent and want to buy a computer for my child, I will definitely choose to buy a simple and easy-to-learn 1+1. ”

Dr. Klinsmann was convinced, and reminded with a serious face: "Zhang, don't underestimate your competitors, unless you can come up with a better idea than 1+1." (To be continued......)