No. 098In this world, there is no perfect program, only bugs that you are not willing to eliminate

Zheng Lixin continued: "I was born in the 60s after the explosion of the hydrogen bomb, and my childhood was at the peak of the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. If others are strong and you are weak, you say you want peace, why should you give you peace; You say that you want to reform and open up, and others can obviously grab it, so why do business with you? Just like Iraq in the Middle East, what a rich country, in just a few dozen days, it has become a pile of rubble. ”

"Force is the guarantee of peace, and security is the foundation of development. In the era of nuclear deterrence, if you want to defend your home and country, you must develop nuclear weapons; If you want to develop nuclear weapons, you must develop a supercomputer. My grandfather worked with the Fathers of the Two Bombs and clearly understood the importance and necessity of computers. In particular, because the US Congress refused to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, China's National People's Congress could only refuse to approve it. In this context, the importance of supercomputers has become more and more prominent, and both American supercomputers and China's supercomputers are responsible for simulating nuclear tests. It can be said that supercomputers are an important part of ensuring that our country will not be left to the mercy of others. ”

"It is my responsibility and obligation to defend my home and country."

Zheng Lixin's remarks only show his determination to the cause of supercomputers.

Zheng Lixin knew that Wei Dongsheng wanted to know more about why he contacted Qian Depei, and the topic immediately returned to the main topic: "I really don't understand the difference between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, after all, I am just a researcher." It's just scolding Lenovo, and I'm just complaining, and I can't come up with a good solution at all. ”

"Some people say that only state-owned enterprises are willing to lose money to invest in basic research and development. That's right, and it's not true. Yes, it is because state-owned enterprises are state-owned enterprises after all, and if the state issues a task, it must definitely carry it out; It is not right to say that it is because state-owned enterprises are also enterprises after all, and their daily operations, like private enterprises, are actually seeking more market profits. In fact, Sugon is more willing to take into account market profitability than to develop basic science at a loss. The reason why the Dawning 4000A project was established is not only supported by national funding for scientific research, but also to compete with Lenovo in the market. ”

"Personally, I don't care about the superficial content of state-owned enterprises or private enterprises, and I prefer to see through its essence. Taking Cambrian 2004 as an example, all technical personnel are Chinese people, and all core technologies are in the hands of our Chinese people, is there a difference between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises? If war really breaks out, the Wisdom Universe Information Industry Company will definitely become an arsenal in an instant. If the name of a state-owned enterprise is hung, but the R&D center is located abroad, and the core technology is not sent to China, and the researchers are also from the local country and the multinational coalition army, it will inevitably become another arsenal during the war. ”

Zheng Lixin made his position clear.

Wei Dongsheng understood Zheng Lixin's intentions, and he also understood the ridiculousness of low-key thinking.

Whether it is the first in the world or the first in China, Cambrian 2004 is destined not to be ignored. Moreover, the significance of Cambrian 2004 is not only a 10 trillion supercomputer, but also the starting ticket to the era of supercomputer heterogeneity. The importance of Cambrian 2004 can be clearly felt even by Zheng Lixin, not to mention other experts in the industry?

Wei Dongsheng wants to keep a low profile, which is purely an unrealistic fantasy.

Wei Dongsheng sighed.

The reason for this misunderstanding is that Wei Dongsheng's thinking is flawed.

First of all, although Wei Dong had his own industry in his previous life, his vision was limited to a certain field and industry, and he lacked the experience of thinking about the overall situation from a national macro perspective. When Wei Dongsheng prepared Cambrian 2004, he took into account the importance of the national level and how to cooperate with the national strategy in the future, but ignored that this attention is not a linear attention, but an uncontrolled scattering effect.

It affects every aspect.

Secondly, there are the limitations of the times. Wei Dongsheng had no intersection with the supercomputer industry in his previous life, and he did not know the history of supercomputers. Soon after Wei Dongsheng graduated, he witnessed the birth of "Tianhe-1". From "Tianhe-1" to "Tianhe-2", and then to "Sunway Taihu Light", Wei Dongsheng has become accustomed to Huaguo's supercomputer ranking first in the world.

Wei Dongsheng ignored that it was 2004, not 2010, and not 2017.

In 2004, the 863 Program invested only 150 million yuan in research and development of high-performance computers.

In 2004, China's GDP of 1.3 billion people ranked seventh in the world, and the people are still debating whether it will have a chance to match Japan's by 2050. From 2004 to 2017, the historical span was only 13 years, but the national mentality has changed dramatically. Wei Dongsheng examined the value of Cambrian 2004 with the mentality of later generations, and naturally seriously misjudged the value of Cambrian 2004 in 2004, and then underestimated its impact on researchers such as Xiao Lei and Zheng Lixin.

However, Wei Dongsheng did not have time to regret it.

Regretting why there was nothing to do before, it has never been Wei Dongsheng's character.

It is not too late to make amends, which is Wei Dongsheng's mode of thinking.

Perhaps, this is Wei Dongsheng's habit as a programmer. It's normal for all kinds of weird bugs to appear in the program, and the only way to expect a perfect bug-free program is to let it stay in the imagination forever. In the face of bugs, the most appropriate way is not to pat your head and regret being depressed, but to check the cause of the bug as soon as possible and fix it.

In this world, there is no perfect program, only bugs that you don't want to troubleshoot.

Realizing the mistake, Wei Dongsheng immediately set about fixing it.

Wei Dongsheng revised the original low-key plan on the spot, and discussed a new plan with Zheng Lixin: "You contacted Qian Depei for the purpose of ......?" ”

Zheng Lixin: "I asked him if Cambrian 2004 or the Wisdom Universe Information Industry Company could be included in the 863 plan as soon as possible, and if so, how to operate; If not, how to improve. The information in the email briefly explains the implementation idea of heterogeneous supercomputers, and helps prove that Cambrian 2004A is not a scientific research scam. ”

Wei Dongsheng asked tentatively: "Do you think that Wisdom Universe, as a private company, has any hope of integrating into the 863 plan at this stage?" ”

Zheng Lixin: "The state has never excluded private enterprises from participating in the 863 Plan. The 863 project wants results, and only results. As I said earlier, as long as the core technology and researchers are in China, the intelligent universe is already a national strategic asset. As for whether the private company is private or not, it doesn't matter. If necessary, the state will inject capital into the smart universe with policies and fixed assets, and the smart universe can be transformed into a state-owned enterprise at any time. The 863 plan focuses on the results of the national strategic level, which can drive investment from local governments and private enterprises, and can reduce the pressure on scientific research funding. ”

"The reason for this is that the vast majority of private companies are more profit-seeking than state-owned enterprises, lacking sufficient technical background and unwilling to invest in R&D with a longer cycle. Occasionally, the project is also very likely to be colluded between the government and businessmen to cash out the state's scientific research funds and policy support. Except for the intelligent universe, there are few companies that are willing to invest at a loss in supercomputers with extremely high thresholds but low profits. ”

Wei Dongsheng smiled: "The wisdom universe is also profitable. ”

Zheng Lixin: "Participating in the 863 plan does not conflict with the pursuit of profits. ”

Wei Dongsheng believed in action more than words, and encouraged Zheng Lixin to say: "Go and operate." If you need PR funds, come back to me for reimbursement. ”

As mentioned earlier, Wei Dongsheng does not exclude cooperation with the state and integration into the 863 program in the information field, which has absolutely advantages and disadvantages. In fact, Wei Dongsheng's future plan for intelligent cosmic information has accumulated enough prestige in the past few years, and he will also try to apply for projects to participate in the 11th Five-Year National High-tech Research and Development Plan. Zheng Lixin's spontaneous efforts have only shortened the time to accumulate prestige: success, it is a good thing; If it fails, wait two more years.

Correcting the misjudgment of the mentality of later generations, Wei Dongsheng has already broadly understood Zheng Lixin's thoughts.

The state is not a corporation.

The key to governing a company is to choose the direction of operation and improve the ability to execute, and the declining company is missing one of them. Governing the country is completely different, because the direction of the country's business is full of uncertainties, for example, some areas have enough food and clothing, and want a good living environment with blue skies and white clouds; Others have clean rivers with blue skies and white clouds, but suffer from economic poverty and population loss. In the country's policy, there has never been a top-down coercive order, and every "top" is actually the spokesperson for the interests of all parties. Therefore, the state is a collection of multiple forces, and every policy is the product of a compromise of the interests of all parties.

The same is true of Project 863, which is not someone's idea of patting their heads, but the result of the collective appeal of the people.

Zheng Lixin was born in the world of scientific research, and he has heard of and seen collusion between officials and businessmen, but he has no way or confidence to curb this phenomenon. Zheng Lixin then proceeded from scientific research ideas, integrated Cambrian 2004 into the 863 Project, tied it to national interests, and established vague connections with dozens of units, so as to repel those greedy speculators.

Wei Dongsheng is actually not optimistic about Zheng Lixin's idea.

Still, something is better than nothing.

Wei Dongsheng is also willing to integrate into the 863 Program, and then drive the comprehensive rise of Huaguo's information field.

Before you run a project, you need to prove yourself first. Cambrian 2004A's 11.6 trillion results, it is impossible for Zhiyu to say that it has been achieved, and others must believe it. Cambrian 2004A wants to go to the supercomputer Top_500, and it needs to be inspected by relevant personnel; Cambrian 2004A and Cambrian 2004 projects need to be more rigorously tested if they want to be integrated into the 863 project. For example, Sugon 4000A, as the latest achievement of the 863 Program, has been pre-included in the Top_500, and it must also pass the appraisal and acceptance procedures of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

In the following days, Wei Dongsheng gave up his unrealistic low-key thinking and let Xiao Lei and Zheng Lixin operate.

During this period, good news came from other business directions one after another.