In the data processing center of the 'Holy Light' headquarters, more than 20 servers of different brands are placed on sturdy cabinet racks. There are many brands such as Sun, IBM, Compaq, etc., which looks messy.
Due to Moore's Law, chip computing capabilities have exploded. These servers are comparable in performance to the mainframes of the 1980s.
However, due to the lack of linking means, these servers can only operate independently and cannot form a joint force. The operating systems they use are different and cannot be unified at all.
More than 30 people crowded into the data center of more than 100 square meters. They all came to visit the Holy Light through the relationship between Chen Mu and Xiao Jinlang.
Before everyone came here, they all knew that Holy Light had smuggled a lot of good things from abroad. But without visiting on the spot, it would be hard to imagine that this rapidly growing private company even used the latest servers from abroad as decoration.
Such a high-performance server is only used to calculate cylinders and crankshafts of ordinary engines, which is really wasteful.
The visitors talked in low voices, and Zhou Qingfeng, as the landlord, accompanied him personally.
An older researcher whispered to him: "Mr. Zhou, will this server be sold? Some of our research projects have a large amount of calculations, and we have been short of computing power."
For some scientific research, the lack of computing power is very difficult. For example, finite element calculations use mathematical successive approximation methods to simulate real physical systems.
This method simplifies complex problems, but the amount of calculations is extremely exaggerated, and it is impossible to do it by humans. And computers also have a huge demand for computing power.
The same calculation example would only take a million years by humans, a hundred years by an ordinary computer, a year by a better computer, and maybe a few minutes by a supercomputer.
In order to obtain accurate results, it is necessary to increase the number of operations. The amount of operations that can be performed increases, and researchers are afraid that they will have to wait for the results all their lives.
Similarly, high-performance computers are embargoed domestically, so you can't buy them even if you want to. Even if you can buy them, their use is restricted, which is quite frustrating.
The elderly researcher spoke up, and the thirty or so visitors in the computer room all pricked up their ears. Most of the people here have requirements for computing power.
"Mr. Zhou, set a price and we'll apply for the fee from our superiors." The old researcher even asked with a bit of flattery. After all, having a good piece of equipment is equivalent to increasing the lives of many researchers.
Zhou Qingfeng spread his hands, "Why don't you just come to my place and use it? It's free, you don't have to spend a penny."
Ah..., can it be used for free?
There was a commotion in the computer room. The old researcher was very happy and said, "I'm so sorry. We have a lot of topics and it disturbs your company's work."
Zhou Qingfeng didn't care, "Twenty servers are not enough, so I will get fifty. If fifty are not enough, then I will get a hundred."
Ordinary servers are not fast enough, so I will get a supercomputer. 'Holy Light' always has a way to meet everyone's needs. As long as you also meet my needs."
Sure enough, it's not really free.
Everyone was waiting for Zhou Qingfeng to make a price. After all, high-end servers were not available anywhere else. Even if the 'Holy Light' came to kill them with a knife, they would admit it.
After all, money can be earned, but time and efficiency cannot.
"Before I make my request, I would like to introduce someone to you." Behind Zhou Qingfeng stood a fat foreigner. This man had a big belly and looked like a straw bag.
"This Karl comes from Marx's hometown. Let me introduce his experience. When he was fifteen years old, Mr. Karl was a small gangster. He was arrested for taking drugs, stealing and fighting, and spent four years in prison.
When he was released from prison at the age of nineteen, he only had a junior high school education. In order to make a living, he joined a local small business and received vocational education while working.
It took Carl three years to obtain a technician certificate and the opportunity to enter a junior college to continue his studies. It took him another two years to complete intermediate and advanced vocational skills studies.
After completing vocational education, Carl was twenty-four years old. He decided to continue his studies and was admitted to the famous Humboldt University in Germany to study mechanical manufacturing.
At the age of thirty, Mr. Carl also obtained a master's degree in vocational education. Since then, he has worked in many companies and came to China four years ago to become a business agent.
From a gangster who was abandoned by society to a professional with extraordinary talents. This is a very good inspirational story. Carl, am I right?"
Zhou Qingfeng turned around, and Karl, a chubby German, laughed behind him and said in less than standard Chinese: "Your Excellency, you missed something.
When I was thirty years old, I got married to a fierce woman, had three children with her, and incurred a large amount of debt.
I am very happy to work for you, it will be very helpful to solve my debt."
This story sounded good, and everyone in the computer room laughed.
Zhou Qingfeng slowly added, "The monthly salary I give Mr. Carl is 100,000 Hong Kong dollars."
Ga...
Everyone's laughter suddenly stopped, as if someone was grabbing their throats. A pair of eyes widened, as if this could improve their hearing.
What was that sentence just now?
One hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Monthly salary!
Stop right?
This money is enough to hire more than 30 people in the computer room to work hard for half a year.
Zhou Qingfeng continued: "I am very rich, very rich. I can earn at least 50 million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange and 150 million Hong Kong dollars in domestic profits every month.
You don’t have to doubt my ability to make a profit, let alone worry about anyone blocking me. All those who stand in the way of my making a fortune have been killed by me.
Just because I have money, I can afford to hire Carl. At the same time, I also have money to invest in the future. But there are some things that can't be solved by just spending money, so it's really difficult.
For example, education, especially vocational education.”
Zhou Qingfeng bought more than a dozen large and small state-owned enterprises in Tianyang City. Not only did he buy their personnel and land, he also bought many supporting units.
Such as school.
If the state-owned enterprises have money, the supporting schools will be better than those run by local governments. But if they have no money, they will not be as stable as public schools.
Ordinary kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, and the 'Holy Light' Group can all be contracted. After all, employees within the group also need to provide education for their children.
While employees in other units are running around for their children’s degrees, employees at ‘Holy Light’ don’t need to think about this aspect at all.
But the technical school in the state-owned enterprise education system is a troublesome unit. It is supposed to be a training base for reserve employees, but it has become a place for dawdling.
Many children of state-owned enterprise employees go to technical schools just for a formality. They don't need to worry about their jobs at all, they just wait to take over.
Without pressure, there is no motivation.
Domestic vocational education is simply a garbage shelter.
Zhou Qingfeng once wanted to close the factory-run technical school of Tianyang Machinery Factory, because there were young people of 17 or 18 who wandered around all day long, and there was no point in opening a school.
When Professor Zheng persuaded Zhou Qingfeng, it was not that the technical school was not good, but that the technical school was not run well.
Foreign vocational education provides strong talent support for the manufacturing industry, but domestic technical school education is as bad as mud. Regardless of the number of students, teachers, and employment, they are the worst.
However, economic development urgently needs enough high-level skilled workers.
So Zhou Qingfeng recruits externally. The monthly salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars sounds exaggerated, but what he wants is to attract attention. Tell talented people that they can make a lot of money working for the "Holy Light" in Tianyang.
That's how Watanabe and Carl came about.
Watanabe's management requires carefulness, but Carl's professional education cannot rely solely on carefulness.
The German said frankly to Zhou Qingfeng, "Providing vocational education is different from general education. It requires professional teachers, the same investment as general education, and sufficient internship opportunities."
so.....
Zhou Qingfeng turned his attention to the inspection visitors from different domestic units in the computer room.