Chapter 321
Although IBM will abandon the computer business that has been operating for decades in the future and focus on technology solutions, this is also the right choice, and the annual service fee earned is a lot of money.
The IBM staff who were sent out of the company by Zhang Zhonghua were stopped by a reporter when they left, and the boxes that were transported in before were too domineering to attract attention, so naturally someone notified the familiar note.
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Hong Kong Island Sing Tao Morning News, I want to ask what are the big boxes you just brought in?"
The reporter who stopped the IBM employee pulled out his press card and asked.
"The computer that has just been shipped in is our latest IBM product, which is a large industrial machine, and because of its large size, it uses several boxes."
IBM employees say that their company requires that they never forget to advertise their company's products, not to mention that this is a free newspaper advertisement.
"What kind of computer is that, and how much does it cost?"
The reporter who blocked the road continued to ask, as a notekeeper naturally knew what a computer was.
"That's the latest System370/168 series, it's the most advanced computer, and it's selling for $3 million."
Lars Dison proudly said that we at IBM are among the top companies in the world.
, one is $3 million? Are computers made of gold?
This CFC catering company is too rich, and the CFC boss Zhang Sheng is too arrogant, and he can't burn too much money.
"Thank you."
The reporter said sourly.
What he didn't know was that Zhang Zhonghua bought not one, but two computers for $3 million, and Zhang Zhonghua had already arranged for someone to take him north to Sijiu City.
Zhang Zhonghua doesn't know how this computer compares with the 109 machine? Even if you don't go to 109, it is the crystallization of IBM's technology, which can point out a lot of directions for computer discovery in the mainland.
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The next day, Zhang Zhonghua came to the company early, entered his computer room, and then locked the door.
Zhang Zhonghua sat in front of the monitor, preparing to develop the first software - Wubi input method, handwriting was too tired to develop typing software.
Why not develop a pinyin input method?
Pinyin input method in the absence of association input and memory function before,There is no way to compare with the Wubi input methodγ
The first Chinese input method in the computer was the Cangjie input method created by Zhu Bangfu in 1976, which was originally only available in Chinese traditional and originally known as "Shape and Meaning Word Method". Cangjie input method is used to solve the problem of computer processing of Chinese characters, including Chinese character input, glyph output, internal code storage, Chinese character sorting, etc.
Wubi font input method is a Chinese character input method invented by Wang Yongmin in August 1983. Wubi font encodes Chinese characters completely according to the characteristics of strokes and glyphs, which is a typical shape code input method. Wubi is one of the most commonly used Chinese character input methods in China and some Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and Malaysia.
"The king is next to the green head and the May Day, the Tushi is dry and ten inches of rain, and there is a leather bottom ,,, one or two"
Zhang Zhonghua wrote the root of the Wubi input method into the word of the notebook.
Subsequently, Zhang Zhonghua began to write programs on the IBM computer, and began to use the COBOL language to type code line by line, and the sound of typing on the keyboard soon came from the room.
With a total of 130 basic roots, it's easy to write code, and it's not challenging at all. As for basic, it is too low, far less widely used than cobol, and most of the programming in the future will also use cobol language, and you must be proficient as soon as possible.
Zhang Zhonghua kept typing on the keyboard excitedly, it's been five years, do you know how I have come over in the past five years? After five years, I can finally use the computer openly, and for a teenager who is addicted to the Internet, five years without a computer is enough to drive him crazy.
In the following time, Zhang Zhonghua once again experienced the waste of sleep and food a few months before the college entrance examination, forgetting that he was immersed in the joy of coding, and he didn't even hear a knock on the door.
This work is half a day, Zhang Zhonghua felt a little hungry and walked out of the room, although he was at work and not playing games, but it was really cool to use a computer, and he could not have a smartphone.
"Boss, you can come out, I knocked on your door at noon and you didn't respond."
The front desk of the group headquarters said cautiously to Zhang Zhonghua.
Are computers so obsessed, the boss is really a role model for us, and it's really a waste of sleep and food at work.
"I'm a bit busy writing code, does the company have anything to eat?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
"There's also lunch at noon, you can microwave it, or ask the restaurant in Central to bring a set menu."
Cheng Shihong said. It's almost tea time now, and I can't get enough of that thing, and the boss probably has to continue working.
"Then I'll be hot, there's nothing going on in the company, right?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
"Our company's purchase of computers is actually in the newspaper, and Sing Tao Daily is too boring, reporting everything."
Cheng Shihong handed over a newspaper, and then said to Zhang Zhonghua with a smile.
"Hong Kong Island is a small place, and those bad things day by day, it is not small news that I spent $3 million to buy a computer."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
"Well, indeed!"
Cheng Shihong asked curiously, and then Cheng Shihong went out to finish the meal for Zhang Zhonghua.
Zhang Zhonghua had a quick lunch, and then returned to the office to start operating the computer.
Zhang Zhonghua made unremitting efforts for several days and finally completed the development and packaging of the Wubi input method.
Looking at the packaged input method software as high as 500kb, Zhang Zhonghua felt so tired that he couldn't fit a tape.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhonghua was definitely the next to develop compression software, and the storage conditions for developing computers in the 60s were too backward.
"Friends come with good wine, enemies come with shotguns."
Zhang Zhonghua excitedly knocked down Chinese Traditional on the computer, what a commemorative thing, and since then he has been the first person in computer Chinese.
Later, after the computer enters the mainland in a large area, the traditional Wubi input method can be changed to simplified Chinese with a slight modification.
Zhang Zhonghua typed out the introduction of the CFC restaurant on the screen, connected to the IBM printer, and easily printed out the company introduction.
Zhang Zhonghua walked out of the office and handed the company introduction in his hand to Cheng Shihong, the girl at the front desk.
"How about a look?"
Zhang Zhonghua's heart is a pride, this is the world's first computer-printed Chinese, if it is auctioned in the future, it may be able to sell for a lot of money.
"Boss, isn't this the introduction of our restaurant? What's wrong? β
Cheng Shihong said wonderingly.
Zhang Zhonghua's triumphant face collapsed in an instant, why didn't he find out that this Cheng Shihong's observation ability was so poor before, will the chairman of my dignified Yuhuang Group give you an ordinary piece of paper?
"Don't you feel any difference?"
Zhang Zhonghua pointed to the content on the paper and said to Cheng Shihong.
"Different? Let me see! No, this text is not right, it doesn't look like it was typed by a typewriter, boss, it can't be printed out by a computer! β
Cheng Shihong picked up the company profile and studied it carefully, and immediately found the problem, so he immediately asked in surprise.
"Yes, the content on this paper is printed out by my computer, and recently I wrote a software with my computer, and now the computer can also use it to input Chinese."
Zhang Zhonghua said proudly to Cheng Shihong.
"Boss, you're amazing. What's the name of that software you invented? β
Cheng Shihong said excitedly.
"This name hasn't come up yet.,It can be called Wubi input method.,What prefix to add in front.γ
Zhang Zhonghua said to himself.
"Then the CFC input method will be available, and our CFC restaurant will be called."
Cheng Shihong said with a smile.
"Forget it,There's no need.,This will bring painful memories to countless people in the future.,Maybe it will affect our business.,I think it's just a panda input method.,Anyway, there's no foreigner use.γ
Zhang Zhonghua thought about it for a while, and finally made a decision.
"Okay, most of our logos are pandas."
After completing the panda input method, Zhang Zhonghua drove home, and he had to celebrate, which was invented by the big brother in the studio.
"Ah Hua, is your software finished?"
Lou Xiao'e saw Zhang Zhonghua who got off the car happily, so she walked away to greet him, Lou Xiao'e knew what she was busy with recently.
"It's done, this is the root list, and it's still very troublesome to memorize these to be able to type. I originally wanted to do Pinyin input method, but the computer memory is too small. β
Zhang Zhonghua handed the five-stroke root to Lou Xiao'e.
"What about your little computer?"
Lou Xiao'e remembered the computer that Zhang Zhonghua brought back from his smart activities, but he couldn't do anything, and couldn't help laughing.
Lou Xiao'e's words made Zhang Zhonghua also depressed, the computer can be plugged in a few rows of components to increase the memory, but if you want to upgrade to where you can barely use it, you can also buy half a computer.
"In two or three days, a batch of accessories will come, and then it will be installed."
Zhang Zhonghua chatted with Lou Xiao'e for a while, and the two walked into the villa together, at this time the chef had already prepared a table of dishes, and soon the house was lively.
Father Lou looked at a large table of dishes and asked:
"Ah Hua, why did you come back so early today and don't study computers in the company?"
"I'm going to finish writing the software I'm going to make, so I'll come back early today to rest and rest."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile, his face couldn't hide his happiness.
"Yes, yes, it's not very useful, but it's worth celebrating."
Lou Xiao'e said with a smile. The little broken computer in the villa next door to Erin can buy a house on Hong Kong Island, and there are not many people on Hong Kong Island who can afford your big computer.
"It's still good-looking TVB, the former ghostly call TV station is also going to say goodbye, every day some foreigner programs are annoying, and it's not interesting at all."
Lou Zhenhua looked at it and said.
"yes, that beautiful voice is really boring."
Lou's mother also said out loud.
"It's not easy for Mr. Li to win a TV license from several major consortia!"
Lou Zhenhua said with emotion.
"It is indeed very difficult, and it is not easy to compete with the British-funded consortium, the Southeast Asian consortium and the Hong Kong Island consortium for this license, but Li Xiaohe, Qi Dezun, Run Run Shaw and others are also well-known tycoons on Hong Kong Island."
Zhang Zhonghua exclaimed.
"Lee Hsiao-wo is the third son of Lee Hysan, and the Lee Hysan family is one of the four major families on Hong Kong Island; Qi Dezun is the Taipan King of Hutchison & Co.; Run Run Shaw is also a Southeast Asian film mogul. The three of them represent a strong tripartite force, and it is easy for them to win the TV license. β
Lou Xiao'e said.
However, among the four major families on Hong Kong Island, the Ho Kai Tung family, the Lee Hysan family, the Chow Wing Tai family, and the Lee Pei Choi family, these are Hong Kong Island people who also know.
And Uncle Six is still the longest-lived person on Hong Kong Island, it seems that he has lived to be 107 years old, and it is estimated that there are few tycoons who can break the record of Uncle Six in a short period of time.
Since 1985, through the Shaw Foundation, Sir Run Run Shaw has donated a huge amount of money to mainland education for the construction of education and teaching facilities, with a grant amount of nearly HK$4.75 billion, and the construction of 6,013 education projects of various kinds.
Over the years, it has donated more than HK$10 billion to social welfare and charity in the Mainland. In 1990, Huaxia named the discovered planet 2899 "Run Run Shaw". In 1991, the city of San Francisco designated September 8 as "Shaw Day" every year.
The most respected Hong Kong Island tycoon in the mainland is the first is Run Run Shaw, the second is Fok Ying-tung, and the third is the charter king, after all, the Shaw Teaching Building, the Shaw Experimental Building, the Shaw Library, etc. are all over China.
The first person to be spurned by the mainland and Hong Kong Island in the future will definitely be Li Chaoren, and this is also something that no one can surpass, and there is no one before or since.
"By the way, how is your company doing now?"
Lou Zhenhua asked.
"It's good, the restaurant is going well, Toei's Tojin and Kyoto have opened more than 200 stores, and now it has developed to Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya, and the stores in London, England are also close to 100, and they have begun to develop to other cities; Dongfang Electric's electric fans and humidifiers are selling well in the United States and Europe, and induction cookers are about to go on the market; The kitchen equipment has also been studied almost completely. β
When Zhang Zhonghua heard Lou Zhenhua's inquiry, he told him about the recent situation.
The speed of development of the two companies is good, it is really much easier for talents to develop, and Yuhuang Electric will definitely develop into a giant in the future, as for how long this giant can be supported, it depends on how Zhang Zhonghua plans the Yuhuang point shooting unit.
"That's good, when Britain is done, you can go all out into Europe Street."
Lou Zhenhua smiled and touched his beard. His Lou family and Zhang Zhonghua combined, not much more can be compared with the tycoons on Hong Kong Island.
"We make all the hard money, real money, the ugly old man's computer is only 3 million US dollars, that's powerful, faster than robbery."
Lou's mother said enviously.
"IBM is listed in the United States, and the market value is more than 190 billion US dollars, and the US government, scientific research institutions and universities do not know how much equipment to purchase every year, and people are playing high-tech." Father Lou said enviously.
"190 billion US dollars, so much, this one company is the top of the annual income of so many countries in Asia."
Lou's mother was secretly speechless.
"In the future, when Xiaobao grows up, he will let him learn computers, and then make a lot of money, especially the money of ugly people."
Lou Xiao'e quipped.
Isn't this nonsense, the next 20 years will be the world of computers, and then the world of the Internet, and the world of our He family.
However, learning IT is to be punished, Zhang Zhonghua looked at Lou Xiaobao who was playing with toys in the corner, and imagined what Lou Xiaobao would not look like in the future.
No, no, it's too scary to think about it.