Chapter 477: Personal Computers and Game Consoles
PS: 6000 words big chapter for votes
......................................................
"Please rest assured, Mr. Berkovsky, our company will ship ......the goods as soon as possible," Long Xiaoxuan said with a smile.
"Well, then please, it's mainly wine, this has to be faster, our people can't do without wine......" Berkovsky said.
After sending this big customer out, Long Xiaoxuan jumped up all of a sudden.
"Great, what a big order! Hahahaha, I signed a list with a total amount of 1.8 million yuan in five days! The Internet is so easy to use! After these few businesses are done, you can pay off the entrepreneurial loan......" Long Xiaoxuan shouted and jumped with joy.
In the past few days, she has signed a lot of orders through the supply and demand information of the online community, several of which are large orders with an amount of more than 100,000 yuan. Moreover, she not only signed a large amount of purchase orders through the Internet, but also signed low-price sales orders from domestic farms, wineries and other units, and it is much cheaper to get goods from China than from Belarus. Just a few days of buying and selling, if the transaction is completed, she can earn about 200,000.
Her cousin Yi Xiaojie went crazy with her for a while, then rolled her eyes and said, "Cousin, in fact, you can pay it off a long time ago, our loan is only 50,000 yuan." ”
"Yes, I can pay it back, but after I pay it back, my funds will be tight. Isn't it due, and I won't pay the bills......" Long Xiaoxuan blushed and said with some embarrassment.
The "Student Entrepreneurship Loan" is a policy implemented in China since January 1, 1915, and is aimed at graduates of senior and intermediate schools. As long as they are at least 18 years old, have no criminal record, and have a certificate of good conduct issued by the school, they can apply for a "student business loan" from several designated banks. The amount ranges from a minimum of 500 yuan to a maximum of 50,000 yuan, and if the amount is less than 2,000 yuan, no collateral is required.
This is also one of the measures taken by President Wen to vigorously develop the domestic economy by taking advantage of the spring breeze of World War I. The interest rate of this kind of "student entrepreneurship loan" is very low, with a certain welfare nature, and it is completely to encourage the people to develop industries, especially if they are engaged in industrial and agricultural industries, the annual interest is only 1%. Long Xiaoxuan pulled her cousin up, and then the two sisters took out some ancestral jewelry as collateral without telling the family, and applied for a business loan with a maximum limit of 50,000 yuan.
Facts have proved that the two girls have succeeded in starting a business, and in the past year, they have earned 160,000 yuan by relying on the construction climax of Belarus. It's just that since the beginning of this year, more and more people have come from China to do business, and many of them are strong large merchants, and their sales are not as good as last year. If it weren't for this network, I'm afraid their profits this year would be far worse than last year.
Yi Xiaojie rolled her eyes and said, "Cousin, since this network is so easy to use, can we buy one and go home?"
"Buy an Internet?" Long Xiaoxuan's ears stood up suddenly.
Relying on the Internet in five days to earn more than the previous year's profits, to say that she is not interested is a lie.
"But, but, you need a computer to use the network......" Long Xiaoxuan thought about it, a little discouraged. "Then how can we afford a computer? One will cost tens of millions! Isn't Germany just asking us to buy one from China this year, and they spent 18 million yuan! 18 million yuan! They can buy a cruiser, and I remember that the heavy cruisers that our country sold to Siam last month were only 18.2 million yuan......
Yi Xiaojie thought for a while and said, "Cousin, you are confused! That's the price of selling to foreigners, foreign devils' money is not made in vain, just like what we sell to Maozi, it is not much more expensive than in China." I think if we Chinese buy it ourselves, it shouldn't be so expensive. Besides, the Germans bought a mainframe computer for research, and the computer on TV was the size of a bedroom. We don't need to buy that big, and we don't need to use it for research, as long as we can use a small computer with the Internet, I don't think this kind of computer will be so expensive......"
Long Xiaoxuan shook her head: "But, I've inquired, and now there doesn't seem to be a small computer like you said......
Yi Xiaojie laughed: "Hahaha, not now? What does it matter, there were no computers before." Qiankun Company is in business, so I don't believe they don't want to make money. Okay, let's contact Qiankun company directly to inquire about this kind of small computer, if not, we suggest that they make one. I believe it will be very marketable......"
Yi Xiaojie is different from Long Xiaoxuan, Long Xiaoxuan has received formal secondary professional education (technical secondary school) and is a graduate of Shanghai Commercial College majoring in foreign trade. Yi Xiaojie only completed nine years of compulsory education, and helped out in the quilt factory she opened, but when it comes to experience, Yi Meizi is much richer than Long Meizi.
"You're right, we're going to call Qiankun Computer right now, well, write them a letter of advice. Long Xiaoxuan snapped her fingers.
........................................................................
March 3, 2769 (1928), Hanjing, Qiankun Computer Company.
After attending the completion ceremony of the Yellow River project and the opening ceremony of the new river channel, Wen Desi went to the Qiankun Computer Company. Because there is an epoch-making product here - personal computers, that is, personal computers, PCs.
"Is this your personal computer?" asked Wen Deji as he circled around the display stand, interested.
"Yes, Mr. Wen, this is the first generation of personal computer we developed, we temporarily named it [ASUS], and now this is [ASUS Type 1]......" replied Liu Can, the leader of the personal computer project team.
"Hua ...... ASUS ...... Why is it called that? and what does this logo mean?" was a little speechless, and he was even more embarrassed when he saw the Apple logo on the computer and the surrounding area. Well, this apple is not the other apple, the pattern is still a little different, the apple in front of me is a complete fruit, with a fruit pedicle, and two leaves, not the rotten apple that was bitten.
If it weren't for the fact that Liu Can's kid was indeed a native of his own plane, Mr. Wen would definitely think that this guy had also crossed over. Qiankun Computer Company is actually a subordinate enterprise of the Computer Research Institute, it is a standard top-secret unit, and those who can be responsible for the project here are either biochemical people or have gone through various screenings, if Liu Can can even hide the thinking testing instruments and the means of various experts, then he will admit it even if he is a traverser.
"Asus, the fruit of Chinese wisdom is also ......," Liu Can pointed to the fruit and explained: "This apple is the fruit of Chinese wisdom! Moreover, the apple has the meaning of peace." In Greek mythology, it also represents beauty, uh, the story of that golden apple. In addition, Newton was smashed by an apple and invented the law of gravitation, which also represents scientific innovation. ”
Mr. Wen paused for a few seconds, gave him a thumbs up, and said sincerely: "Dr. Liu, you are so talented! Okay, this computer is called [ASUS Type 1]......"
However, the current shape of this personal computer does not look like the Asus of the original plane, nor does it look like the Apple of the original plane, but it is somewhat like the early personal computer of Apple's old rival IBM.
According to Liu Can's introduction, the [ASUS Type 1] uses the ultimate version of the 16-bit processor developed by the computer last year as the core composition. The processor is the fifth revision of the first generation of 16-bit chips developed in 1920 and integrates 180,000 transistors with a wide range of performance optimizations, including productivity. Much better than the later 80286, the Institute of Computer Science and several related research institutes have also redesigned a new set of production processes for this purpose. During this period of time, the total investment in the development of this chip alone reached 30 million Chinese yuan, or 15 million US dollars. Coupled with the development of related peripheral systems, the R&D investment cost of the entire [ASUS Type 1] computer project is as high as 40 million Chinese yuan, which is enough to buy a Li Jing-class battleship.
The design and configuration of this ASUS model are still very scientific and perfect, after all, Wen is always a traverser, and naturally there will be no detours. Its display is a 36cm cathode ray tube display (CRT display), of course, it is only a 65536-color spherical convex high-color version, and a 32-bit flat right-angle true color version is available, but it is too expensive, and only the most high-end computers are currently available.
As for liquid crystal displays (LCDs), in fact, the Semiconductor Research Institute has developed 256-color liquid crystal displays, but the prices are ridiculously high, reaching 4,000 yuan each, which is okay for research institutes and important military departments, but it is completely unacceptable for personal computers. And when it comes to visual effects, early liquid crystal displays are not as good as cathode ray tube displays. Moreover, the cathode ray tube display also has the advantages of large viewing angle, no dead pixels, high color reproduction, uniform chromaticity, adjustable multi-resolution mode, and extremely short response time. Of course, the most important thing is that the price of CRT monitors is much cheaper than LCD monitors.
ASUS Model 1 has two high-density floppy disk drives, the so-called high-density floppy disk is the original space-time 3. 5-inch floppy disk, called 90mm floppy disk, 2MB capacity. A low-density floppy disk of the propodium, i.e. 5. The 25-inch floppy disk was not put into use, but some samples were made as technical reserves, and it was directly put on the high-density floppy disk. There is also an 80MB capacity hard drive.
Then it comes with two independent memory modules, each 512KB, and a separate graphics card with 256KB of video memory, and the audio card and network card are built into the main version. The operating system is "Vena 03 type" window operating system, this thing because it uses a lot of programming concepts and skills in the 23rd century, it is very different from the products of the original time and space, it is not easy to compare, its interface is roughly similar to Windows95, but the performance is better than Windows95, and there is no inexplicable crash, the optimization effect for hardware is better, but the requirements for hardware are lower.
Standard peripherals such as keyboards and mice are available, as well as a variety of optional peripherals such as printers, scanners, fax machines, speakers, headsets, controllers, and photopens. In addition, its chassis is a more reasonable vertical case, and the optical drive is also available, but it is an optional peripheral, and now this thing is still relatively expensive, so it is not standard.
"Well, let's try it......" Wen Deji read everything, and his heart was quite satisfied. It's not easy, it's been more than 20 years, and I've finally entered the era of personal computers, and Mr. Wen has a feeling of tears in his eyes at this time.
Liu Can immediately turned on the machine and began to demonstrate skillfully. The "Vena 03" Windows operating system also refers to the experience of many later generations, and it comes with a lot of simple programs, such as calculators, clipboards and other accessories, as well as some small games such as minesweeper and solitaire.
Mr. Wen looked at it for a while, and then went up and operated it himself.
Liu Can took out another stack of "The Software Research Institute has compiled dozens of application software, finance, office, document and design, and of course, entertainment ......"
"Well, it's all good stuff......" Wen Deji looked at each of them, expressing his approval. This is for sure, these software are heavily based on later ideas and techniques, and their level of preparation is quite high, and if you exclude the hardware factor, their performance is better than similar software in the late 90s and even the early 21st century.
"And how much does this Asus 1 cost?" asked Wendehei.
Liu Can replied: "Well, if you calculate the mass production of 100,000 units, the cost of the standard configuration of the ASUS Model 1 is about 1,200 yuan. ”
"1200 yuan...... This is the price of a car, which is about the salary of an intermediate skilled worker in my country for a year, which is not cheap. Moreover, this is the cost price that does not take into account profits. ”
Liu Can hurriedly said: "Mr. Wen, if the output is large, this cost can be reduced a little......"
"If 1 million units are mass-produced, what will be the cost?"
"Mr. Wen, we have calculated that when the output reaches more than 600,000 units, it will reach the limit of economies of scale, and the cost at this time is about 900 Chinese yuan. It may be lower in the future, but it is impossible to estimate the ...... at this time."
"yes, I see. Wen Desi nodded quietly, this price is still a bit expensive, it is estimated that few people are willing to buy it, but this price is impossible to reduce again.
Seeing that the chief boss had no expression, Liu Can was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Wen, [ASUS Type 1] is a standard version of the personal computer, and we have also considered in advance that its price is not very popular. So, after we finished the [ASUS Model 1], we made a simplified version based on it. ”
Liu Can led Wen Desi to the display table next door and introduced: "This simple version of the personal computer simplifies a lot of configurations, such as the processor uses a lower grade, and there is no independent graphics card and memory module, so its functions are limited to simple work such as networking and word processing, and it is not enough to carry out more complex work such as design." Its cost price is 800 yuan, two-thirds of the [ASUS 1 type], we call it [ASUS 1 type lite]. ”
Seeing Wen Desi's expression of interest, Liu Can pointed to a device next to him and introduced: "In addition, there is this more simplified version, there is not even a monitor and speakers, and you can use a home TV as a display device." And its programs are all solidified to a special cassette, so there is no hard disk and no floppy disk, so that its own cost price can be further reduced to 300 yuan, of course, the cassette is more expensive. And its functions are much simpler, and the performance is greatly reduced, and many of the functions of the PC are not available. ”
When Wen Deji saw this machine, he was directly embarrassed. He immediately thought of the "learning machine", which was a unique thing in the 90s of the original time and space, well, it was the "little overlord who had endless fun!". Well, the machine in front of me is still a little different from the "Little Overlord", with an extra host box the size of a stationery box with a cassette slot on it, instead of being integrated with the keyboard like the "Little Overlord". There is only one handle, and Mr. Wen can't be sure if this weird-looking, joystick-like handle is a gamepad.
"......" Mr. Wen said that he was very embarrassed and speechless.
There are several project teams in the computer research institute, and he is more concerned about several other projects that are engaged in high-end goods, because the personal computer project team is all low-level goods, and the processors are two generations behind the most advanced ones, so he doesn't pay much attention to Liu Can's group, but just puts forward some requirements for them, and lets them play. The project team is full of young people, and none of them are over 30 years old, but I didn't expect this group of young people to have such a big brain.
Liu Can picked up a box of cassettes and said, "Mr. Wen, this program is all solidified into a special cassette, which you proposed on the plan of the game console. We thought about it for a while and felt that we could continue to deepen it, so we came up with such a thing. This kind of simple computer, we call it the "Rainbow One" ......"
"You guys are so witty!" Mr. Wen was stunned for a few seconds before holding back a sentence. And then he asked, "What about the consoles, how's it going?"
Now that personal computers can be produced, Mr. Wen will naturally not forget the "game console", which is a new industry that is super profitable. Game consoles are much simpler, so this project was also handed over to the PC project team. The plan proposed by Mr. Wen to them is to use the 8-bit processor as the core of the design, the blueprint, of course, it is the famous Nintendo red and white machine in the original time and space, and even the appearance has been copied.
"Of course it's done, Mr. Wen, we just finished the game console you said first, and we think we can expand it a little more, so we made the [Rainbow Type One] simple computer. Liu Can took Wen Deji to a display stand in the innermost.
"You see, this is the game console that you proposed, the ultimate version of the 62085 processor with the 8-bit processor of our computer. Because of its red and white appearance, we call it a red and white machine......"
This game console is indeed similar to the appearance of the red and white machine on the data, but the handle is somewhat different, not like the red and white machine, but closer to its old rival Sony's PS game console controller, because this kind of controller is better to use.
"You see, this is the game software cassette made by the colleagues of the software institute according to your requirements......" Liu Can pointed to a slip of cassette next to him.
If it is a player in later generations, these cassettes must be very familiar, like "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", "Leo Brothers" (is the magic version of "Mario Brothers", that is, mushroom picking), "Fighting Soul" (is the magic version of "Contra"), "Three Kingdoms", etc., oh, and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Xuanyuan Sword", that's right, the red and white version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Xuanyuan Sword", are you afraid?
Of course, some of these games have undergone magical changes, and Western-style fantasy backgrounds such as "Dragon Quest" have not been moved much, but some Chinese elements have been added. But those whose backgrounds do not affect the game, such as "Mario Bros. Brothers" and "Contra", not only have their names changed, but even the protagonists have been changed to Chinese characters. Among them, "Leo Brothers" also added a lot of Chinese elements, such as the boss Kuba Great Demon King at the end of the gate, which was renamed the Feather Demon King, and the image became a cartoonish tyrant, also known as Gan Tuan, which is the one with the stone stele. Naturally, these changes are also intended to match the cultural export.
Mr. Wen tried all these games himself, and said very happily: "Well, yes, that's what I want!
"Because it uses an old-fashioned processor and has a very single function, the price is much cheaper than a regular computer. The cost of the machine itself is only 80 yuan, the cost of the game software cassette is 5 to 7 yuan, and role-playing and strategic simulation games need to be stored and recorded, so there is an additional data storage system, which is more expensive......"
"Okay, you're doing a great job!" said Wen Deji to praise the project team.
Then he said: "I plan to split the computer-related industry into three independent enterprises, including chip factories, integrated circuit factories, processor factories, motherboards and other peripheral factories, integration factories, etc., to form a complete industrial chain and each is responsible for related tasks." The business of the Software Research Institute is likewise divided into three separate companies. It's about competing with each other to improve. 10% of the shares in these companies will be distributed to you researchers as a reward. ”
Three months later, the Qiankun Computer Company was reorganized and split into three computer companies: Qiankun, Taiji, and Heluo. The Software Research Institute has also established three software companies, namely Lenovo, Tongfang, and Unisplendour.
A month later, a new company called "Paradise Electronic Entertainment" was established in Shanghai, which was invested by Xingke Group and owned 80% of the shares. The local government owns 10% of the shares in the land, and the other 10% of the shares are distributed as rewards to the relevant researchers.
Half a year later, Paradise Entertainment began to sell a brand-new toy - Paradise Game Console, commonly known as Red and White Machine. A game console that can be operated on a TV. The price of this game console is 100 Chinese yuan, and it needs to be used by inserting a game cassette, and there are more than 30 kinds of game cassettes launched at the same time, and the price is 20 yuan to 30 yuan. Of course, this is the domestic selling price, and the foreign sales price is three times that of the domestic one.
As soon as this new toy was launched, it was sought after by players all over the world, and the stores where it was released were crowded with people. Of course, this price is relatively expensive, mainly because the great powers can accept this machine, even if it is a domestic selling price, 100 Chinese yuan is relative to the monthly income of a skilled worker. However, the incomes of the European and American powers are higher than those in China, and their purchasing power is higher than that of China due to years of accumulation and consumption habits, especially in the United States. Therefore, the sales of red and white machines in the United States are much higher than in China. As for the future development, we will have to wait and see.
..................................................................
PS: It's the end of the month, ask for tickets, ask for recommendations, ask for subscriptions, and ask for all kinds of ...... Such a thing. This kind of simple computer, we call it the "Rainbow One" ......"
"You guys are so witty!" Mr. Wen was stunned for a few seconds before holding back a sentence. And then he asked, "What about the consoles, how's it going?"
Now that personal computers can be produced, Mr. Wen will naturally not forget the "game console", which is a new industry that is super profitable. Game consoles are much simpler, so this project was also handed over to the PC project team. The plan proposed by Mr. Wen to them is to use the 8-bit processor as the core of the design, the blueprint, of course, it is the famous Nintendo red and white machine in the original time and space, and even the appearance has been copied.
"Of course it's done, Mr. Wen, we just finished the game console you said first, and we think we can expand it a little more, so we made the [Rainbow Type One] simple computer. Liu Can took Wen Deji to a display stand in the innermost.
"You see, this is the game console that you proposed, the ultimate version of the 62085 processor with the 8-bit processor of our computer. Because of its red and white appearance, we call it a red and white machine......"
This game console is indeed similar to the appearance of the red and white machine on the data, but the handle is somewhat different, not like the red and white machine, but closer to its old rival Sony's PS game console controller, because this kind of controller is better to use.
"You see, this is the game software cassette made by the colleagues of the software institute according to your requirements......" Liu Can pointed to a slip of cassette next to him.
If it is a player in later generations, these cassettes must be very familiar, like "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", "Leo Brothers" (is the magic version of "Mario Brothers", that is, mushroom picking), "Fighting Soul" (is the magic version of "Contra"), "Three Kingdoms", etc., oh, and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Xuanyuan Sword", that's right, the red and white version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Xuanyuan Sword", are you afraid?
Of course, some of these games have undergone magical changes, and Western-style fantasy backgrounds such as "Dragon Quest" have not been moved much, but some Chinese elements have been added. But those whose backgrounds do not affect the game, such as "Mario Bros. Brothers" and "Contra", not only have their names changed, but even the protagonists have been changed to Chinese characters. Among them, "Leo Brothers" also added a lot of Chinese elements, such as the boss Kuba Great Demon King at the end of the gate, which was renamed the Feather Demon King, and the image became a cartoonish tyrant, also known as Gan Tuan, which is the one with the stone stele. Naturally, these changes are also intended to match the cultural export.
Mr. Wen tried all these games himself, and said very happily: "Well, yes, that's what I want!
"Because it uses an old-fashioned processor and has a very single function, the price is much cheaper than a regular computer. The cost of the machine itself is only 80 yuan, the cost of the game software cassette is 5 to 7 yuan, and role-playing and strategic simulation games need to be stored and recorded, so there is an additional data storage system, which is more expensive......"
"Okay, you're doing a great job!" said Wen Deji to praise the project team.
Then he said: "I plan to split the computer-related industry into three independent enterprises, including chip factories, integrated circuit factories, processor factories, motherboards and other peripheral factories, integration factories, etc., to form a complete industrial chain and each is responsible for related tasks." The business of the Software Research Institute is likewise divided into three separate companies. It's about competing with each other to improve. 10% of the shares in these companies will be distributed to you researchers as a reward. ”
Three months later, the Qiankun Computer Company was reorganized and split into three computer companies: Qiankun, Taiji, and Heluo. The Software Research Institute has also established three software companies, namely Lenovo, Tongfang, and Unisplendour.
A month later, a new company called "Paradise Electronic Entertainment" was established in Shanghai, which was invested by Xingke Group and owned 80% of the shares. The local government owns 10% of the shares in the land, and the other 10% of the shares are distributed as rewards to the relevant researchers.
Half a year later, Paradise Entertainment began to sell a brand-new toy - Paradise Game Console, commonly known as Red and White Machine. A game console that can be operated on a TV. The price of this game console is 100 Chinese yuan, and it needs to be used by inserting a game cassette, and there are more than 30 kinds of game cassettes launched at the same time, and the price is 20 yuan to 30 yuan. Of course, this is the domestic selling price, and the foreign sales price is three times that of the domestic one.
As soon as this new toy was launched, it was sought after by players all over the world, and the stores where it was released were crowded with people. Of course, this price is relatively expensive, mainly because the great powers can accept this machine, even if it is a domestic selling price, 100 Chinese yuan is relative to the monthly income of a skilled worker. However, the incomes of the European and American powers are higher than those in China, and their purchasing power is higher than that of China due to years of accumulation and consumption habits, especially in the United States. Therefore, the sales of red and white machines in the United States are much higher than in China. As for the future development, we will have to wait and see.
..................................................................
PS: It's the end of the month, ask for tickets, ask for recommendations, ask for subscriptions, and ask for all kinds of ......