Although IBM will abandon the computer business that it has been operating for decades and focus on technical solutions in the future, this is also the right choice because there is no other way. The service fees earned every year alone are a large amount of money.
The IBM staff who were sent out of the company by Zhang Zhonghua were stopped by a reporter when they were leaving. The few boxes that had been transported in were too domineering and attracted attention, so naturally someone notified a familiar reporter.
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Hong Kong's Sing Tao Morning News. I would like to ask what's in those big boxes you just transported in?"
The reporter who stopped the IBM employee took out his press card and asked.
"The computer that was just shipped in is our latest product computer from IBM. It is a large industrial machine. Because it is relatively large, it uses several boxes."
An IBM employee said that their company requires that they not forget to advertise their company's products at all times, not to mention that this is free newspaper advertising.
"What model of computer is that and how much does it cost?"
The reporter who blocked the road continued to ask. As a reporter, he naturally knew what a computer was.
"That is the latest system370/168 series, the most advanced computer, priced at US$3 million."
Lars Dison proudly introduced that IBM is one of the top companies in the world.
Damn it, just $3 million for one? Are computers made of gold?
This CFC catering company is too rich, and CFC boss Zhang Sheng is too arrogant. He can't afford to spend too much money.
"Thanks."
The reporter said sourly.
What he didn't know was that Zhang Zhonghua bought not one, but two computers for US$3 million each. Zhang Zhonghua had already arranged for someone to take the other computer to Sijiucheng north.
Zhang Zhonghua wonders how this computer compares with the 109 machine? Even if you don't go to the 109 machine, it is still the crystallization of IBM's technology and can point out many 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 was sitting in front of the monitor, preparing to develop his first software - Wubi input method. He was too tired to write by hand and had to develop typing software.
Why not develop Pinyin input method?
Before the Pinyin input method had associative input and memory functions, there was no way to compare with the Wubi input method.
The first Chinese input method in computers was the Cangjie input method created by Zhu Bangfu in 1976. Initially, it only had a Traditional Chinese version, and its original name was "Xingyi jizi method". The Cangjie input method was used to solve the problem of computer processing of Chinese characters, including Chinese characters.
Input, font 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 based on stroke and glyph characteristics, and is a typical graphical code input method. Wubi is a Chinese character input method used in China and some Southeast Asian countries such as
One of the most commonly used Chinese character input methods in Singapore, Malaysia and other countries.
"The king next to the king has a green head and holds the word "五一", and the local scholar has two stems and ten inches of rain. One and two also have the word "ge" on the bottom,,,"
Zhang Zhonghua wrote the root words of the Wubi input method into the word in his notebook.
Later, Zhang Zhonghua started writing programs on the IBM computer and began typing code line by line using the cobol language. The sound of typing on the keyboard soon came from the room.
There are a total of 130 basic radicals. It is very easy to write code and not challenging at all. As for basic, it is too low and is far less widely used than cobol. In the future, most programming will also use cobol language, and you must master it as soon as possible.
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Zhang Zhonghua kept typing on the keyboard excitedly. It has been five years. Do you know how I got through these five years? After five years, I can finally use the computer openly. For an Internet-addicted teenager, five years has passed.
Not using a computer for years is enough to drive me crazy.
In the following time, Zhang Zhonghua once again experienced the same sleepless nights and food-lessons as he did in the months before the college entrance examination. He forgot that he was immersed in the joy of coding and did not even hear the knock on the door.
This work lasted half a day before Zhang Zhonghua felt a little hungry and walked out of the room. Although he was working and not playing games, it was really fun to use the computer without a smartphone.
"Boss, are you out now? I knocked on your door at noon but you didn't respond."
The receptionist at the left-behind group headquarters said to Zhang Zhonghua cautiously.
Are you so obsessed with computers? The boss is really a role model for us. He spends so much time at work that he forgets to eat and sleep.
"I'm a little busy writing code. Is there food in the company?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
"And for lunch, you can heat it up in the microwave, or ask the restaurant in Central to deliver a set meal."
Cheng Shihong said. It's almost tea time now, and I can't get enough of that stuff. The boss probably has to continue working.
"Then I'll be cool. Is there nothing going on in the company?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked.
"Our company's computer purchase was actually published in the newspapers. Sing Tao Daily is too boring. It reports on everything."
Cheng Shihong handed over a newspaper, and then said to Zhang Zhonghua with a smile.
"Hong Kong Island is a tiny place, and with all the nonsense that happens every day, it's not a big news that I spent US$3 million to buy a computer."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile.
"Well, it is indeed!"
Cheng Shihong asked curiously, and then Cheng Shihong went out to heat Zhang Zhonghua's meal.
Zhang Zhonghua had a quick lunch and then returned to the office to start operating the computer.
Zhang Zhonghua worked tirelessly for several days and finally developed and packaged the Wubi input method.
Seeing that the packaged input method software was as high as 500kb, Zhang Zhonghua felt so tired that it could not fit on one tape.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhonghua would definitely develop compression software next. The development of computer storage conditions in the 1960s was too backward.
"When friends come, there is wine; when enemies come, there are shotguns."
Zhang Zhonghua excitedly typed Traditional Chinese on the computer. What a memorable event. From then on, he became the first person to speak Chinese on computers.
When computers enter the Mainland on a large scale in the future, the Traditional Chinese Wubi input method can be changed to Simplified Chinese with slight modifications.
Zhang Zhonghua typed out the introduction of CFC Restaurant on the screen, connected it to an 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 the girl at the front desk, Cheng Shihong.
"Let's see how it goes?"
Zhang Zhonghua felt very proud in his heart. This was the first Chinese printed by a computer in the world. If it were put on auction in the future, it might fetch a lot of money.
"Boss, isn't this the introduction to our restaurant? What's wrong?"
Cheng Shihong said in confusion.
Zhang Zhonghua's smug face fell instantly. Why didn't he realize that Cheng Shihong's observation skills were so poor before? Will I, the chairman of the 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.
"It's different? Let me see! No, this text is wrong. It doesn't look like it was typed by a typewriter. Boss, this can't be printed by a computer, right?"
Cheng Shihong picked up the company profile and studied it carefully, and immediately discovered the problem, so she immediately asked in surprise.
"Yes, the content on this paper is exactly what my computer printed. I recently used the computer to write a software, and now the computer can also be used to input Chinese."
Zhang Zhonghua said to Cheng Shihong proudly.
"Boss, you are so awesome. What is the name of the software you invented?"
Cheng Shihong said excitedly.
"The name hasn't been chosen yet. It can be called Wubi input method. What prefix should I add in front of it?"
Zhang Zhonghua said to himself.
"Then just use the cfc input method, which will correspond to our cfc restaurant's remote call."
Cheng Shihong said with a smile.
"Forget it, there's no need. This will bring painful memories to countless people in the future, and it may affect our business. I think we'll just use the Panda input method. Anyway, foreigners won't use it."
Zhang Zhonghua thought about it and finally made the decision.
"That's okay, we use pandas for most of our logos."
After completing the Panda Input Method, Zhang Zhonghua drove home and had to celebrate properly. This was invented by the studio brother.
"Ahua, is your software finished?"
When Lou Xiao'e saw Zhang Zhonghua getting out of the car with great joy, she walked away to say hello to him. Lou Xiao'e knew what he was busy with recently.
"It's done. This is the root table. It's still very troublesome to memorize these before typing. I originally wanted to use the pinyin input method, but the computer memory is too small."
Zhang Zhonghua handed the Wubi root to Lou Xiao'e.
"What do you do with that little computer of yours?"
Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but laugh out loud when she thought of the computer that Zhang Zhonghua brought back from an activity but couldn't do anything.
Lou Xiao'e's words made Zhang Zhonghua very depressed. A computer can be plugged in with several rows of components to increase memory, but if you want to upgrade it to something barely usable, you can buy half a computer.
"A batch of accessories will arrive in two or three days. Just install them then."
Zhang Zhonghua chatted with Lou Xiao'e for a while, and then they walked into the villa together. At this time, the chef had prepared a table of dishes, and soon the house became lively.
Father Lou looked at a large table of dishes and asked:
"Ahua, why did you come back so early today? Aren't you studying computers in the company?"
"I have finished writing the software I want to create, so I will come back early to rest today."
Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile, unable to hide the happiness on his face.
"Okay, not bad. Even though it's not very useful, it's worth celebrating."
Lou Xiao'e said with a smile. The small broken computer in the villa next to Irene can buy a house on Hong Kong Island. Not many people in Hong Kong can afford your big computer.
"TVB is still a good TV station to watch. The old TV station that was called "Husheng" is also going to say goodbye. Every day there are foreigners' programs that are annoying to death and have no meaning at all."
Lou Zhenhua looked at it and said.
"Yeah, that beautiful voice is really boring."
Lou's mother also spoke out.
"It's not easy for Mr. Lee to win the TV license from several major consortiums!"
Lou Zhenhua said with emotion.
"It is indeed very difficult. It is not easy to compete with British-funded consortiums, Southeast Asian consortiums and Hong Kong Island consortiums for this license. However, Li Xiaohe, Qi Dezun, Run Run Shaw and others are also well-known tycoons in Hong Kong Island."
Zhang Zhonghua praised.
"Li Xiaohe is the third son of Li Hysan. The Li Hysan family is one of the four major families in Hong Kong; Qi Dezun is the head of Hutchison Company; Run Run Shaw is also a film tycoon in Southeast Asia. The three of them represent a strong tripartite force.
, it will be easy for them to obtain the TV license."
Lou Xiao'e said.
However, among the four major families in Hong Kong, the Ho Kai Tung family, the Lee Hysan family, the Zhou Yongtai family, and the Li Peicai family are known to all Hong Kong Islanders.
Moreover, Uncle Liu is still the oldest person in Hong Kong Island. He seems to have lived for 107 years. It is estimated that not many tycoons can break Uncle Liu's record in a short time.
Since 1985, Run Run Shaw has donated huge sums of money to mainland education through the Shaw Foundation in successive years to build educational and teaching facilities, with a grant amount of nearly HK$4.75 billion and the construction of 6,013 educational projects of various types.
Over the years, it has donated more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars to the mainland for social welfare. In 1990, China named the planet No. 2899 discovered by China as "Run Run Shaw". In 1991, the city of San Francisco in the United States designated September 8 every year as "Run Run Shaw".
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Among the most respected Hong Kong tycoons in the mainland, 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, Shaw Laboratory Building, Shaw Library, etc. are all over China.
In the future, the first person to be spurned by the mainland and Hong Kong Island will definitely be Li Chaoren. This person cannot be surpassed by anyone before or since.
"By the way, how is your company developing now?"
Lou Zhenhua asked.
"It's very good. The non-standard restaurant business is going well. There are more than 200 stores in Tojin and Kyoto in Japan. Now they have expanded to Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya. There are also close to 100 stores in London, UK, and they are starting to develop to other cities.
; Dongfang Electric’s fans and humidifiers are selling well in the United States and Europe, and the induction cooker is about to be launched; the kitchen equipment is also almost fully researched.”
Upon hearing Lou Zhenhua's inquiry, Zhang Zhonghua explained the recent situation in detail.
Both companies are developing at a good speed. It is much easier for talented people to develop. Yuhuang Electric will definitely develop into a giant in the future. As for how long this giant can sustain, it depends on how Zhang Zhonghua plans Yuhuang's shooting units.
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"That's good. Once the UK is done, we can fully enter the European Street."
Lou Zhenhua smiled and touched his beard. Together, his Lou family and Zhang Zhonghua can compare with the tycoons of Hong Kong Island.
"What we earn is hard-earned money, real money. Chou Guo Lao's computer only costs 3 million US dollars. That's amazing. It's faster than robbery."
Lou's mother said enviously.
"IBM is listed in the United States, and its market value is more than 190 billion U.S. dollars. Every year, the U.S. government, scientific research institutions and universities purchase countless equipment. They are playing with high technology." Lou's father said enviously.
"190 billion U.S. dollars, that's so much. This one company can equal the annual income of many countries in Asia."
Lou's mother was speechless secretly.
"When Xiaobao grows up, let him learn computers and make a lot of money, especially money from ugly people."
Lou Xiao'e joked.
Isn’t this nonsense? In the next twenty years or so, the world will be dominated by computers, and after that, it will be dominated by the Internet, and it will also be the world of our He family.
However, learning IT will lead to retribution. Zhang Zhonghua looked at Lou Xiaobao playing with toys in the corner and imagined what Lou Xiaobao would be like in the future.
No, no, it’s too scary, I don’t dare think about it.
