sbdcsierra Chapter 439 Zhuang Wenbin's Next Focus
Chapter 439 Zhuang Wenbin's Next Focus
"Tongwei, our responsibilities will be even greater from now on!"
After saying goodbye to his superiors, Zhuang Wenbin sighed.
Making their computer platform the third largest in the world is an extremely challenging task.
"Yes, Wenbin! However, this important task still mainly needs to be shouldered by you."
My suggestion to the leadership to develop chips and operating systems stemmed mainly from my distress that no one in our country had been able to do so.
Of course, it's not that people in our country don't work hard, but rather that we face too many difficulties.
Without the support of our leaders, it would have taken us at least two or three more years to get them done.
Now that we've got them working, and we're just a little more polishing them to make them usable, my wish has been fulfilled.
"As the company grows, I hope you will continue to support me and invest in me."
Qi Tongwei said.
After all, he is a state cadre, and his main responsibility is to lead the people to a better life.
It's impossible to focus all your energy on the company all the time.
"Of course, after all, you laid the foundation for the company."
Please provide more guidance on the company's development.
Zhuang Wenbin said.
Qi Tongwei had a very forward-looking vision and a very accurate assessment of the economic situation.
He was very impressed that the company had turned a $1.09 million investment into a $3.76 million profit in just one year.
With Qi Tongwei's guidance, the company will develop even better.
He will definitely help Qi Tongwei if he needs investment in the future.
"Seriously, you're really generous, donating nearly fifty million US dollars like that!"
Zhuang Wenbin said.
What impressed him most was that Qi Tongwei had actually contributed all of his nearly 50 million US dollars that he had earned in the past.
Keep in mind that in those days, the salary of a state cadre was only four or five hundred yuan a month, and even Qi Tongwei, the county magistrate, only earned six or seven hundred yuan a month.
$4967.7 million is equivalent to Qi Tongwei's annual salary.
"I'm doing this to protect myself."
If this money isn't contributed, it could continue to make money on the Hong Kong stock market, turning into hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollars.
At that time, someone will definitely be watching me.
What if my boss dies one day? Wouldn't I be in danger?
If I contribute this money to the country's research and development of independent chips and operating systems, the leaders will recognize my abilities even more.
After all, I'm contributing to the national strategy.
"When the time comes, if the boss says a few good words about me to other leaders, my future career will be much smoother."
Qi Tongwei said.
He has royalties, eight courtyard houses in Beijing, and rent from ten buildings in Beijing, so he has no worries about money.
Contributing the money he earns from the Hong Kong stock market to national strategy can make his assets in Beijing safer.
"You have a strong sense of crisis, and doing this is indeed the best course of action. With the leader's approval, you will be much safer in the future."
Zhuang Wenbin said.
A leader's influence is second only to that of an instructor; their approval is a very strong shield.
"By the way, what should we do next?"
Zhuang Wenbin asked.
Although Qi Tongwei just said a lot to the leaders, many things will take some time to arrive.
"First, complete the remaining work according to the plan."
What we have developed now is just one set, an engineering prototype that has "completed all the pre-runs and is ready for scaling up at any time".
While it's much better than the lab prototype, it's still a long way from retail.
By September of next year (96), a truly usable commercial computer platform will be developed.
Our primary task is to pre-install office software, browsers, media players, financial software, medical software, database software, CAD/CAE/CAPP software, DCS/PLC configuration software, ERP software, PMS software, etc., on the operating system, using both CD and Flash media.
For the browser, we ported Navigator; for all other software, we partnered with domestic companies and purchased their source code.
Both office software WPS and CCED are pre-installed.
To ensure usability across most professional fields, once our official computer platform is developed, we can quickly penetrate these markets.
Then, create an app store and put all the apps on the app store.
Aside from the pre-installed software, you can download other software from the app store.
Whether software is paid or free is entirely up to the manufacturer. Apart from browsers, office software, and media players, all pre-installed software is based on subscription and revenue sharing, rather than a one-time purchase.
Paid software also uses a subscription model with revenue sharing, rather than a one-time purchase.
All software uses "serial number cloud activation," and the UUID is hardcoded in the motherboard BMC, so ghost cloning cannot run, thus blocking piracy at its root.
At the same time, we need to implement error prevention measures.
By incorporating a combination of mechanical error prevention, electrical error prevention, and BIOS whitelisting into the PCB and socket, the x86 chip can be inserted but will not power on.
In other words, the mechanical layer first makes the pins mismatch, the electrical layer makes the power timing mismatch, and the firmware layer uses a BIOS whitelist plus a one-time fuse.
Legally, patents can be used to turn compatibility into infringement.
We have compiled the entire method of "displacement notch + short needle detection + PWRGOOD delay" into three defense patent registrations.
The instruction manual states: "This motherboard only supports the X-CPU series. Installing a non-specified processor will prevent the system from booting and will void the warranty."
On-site demonstration by the dealer.
This way, we don't have to worry about users using other CPUs instead of ours.
The BIOS whitelist locks the hard drive boot order, allowing it to only recognize our operating system partition. Installing other operating systems will prevent them from booting.
We ported popular games like "Red Alert" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to reduce the urge to switch systems, and collaborated with domestic game companies to develop games.
In addition, we developed chat software and our own browser, with the chat software modeled after ICQ.
If the budget needs to be increased, then we should increase it. Next year, we can increase it by two or three hundred million US dollars.
We collaborate with universities to write textbooks such as "Fundamentals of Computer Culture," "Computer Software Development," and "Computer CPU Development," using our operating system as the textbook; and "Computer Software Development," using our instruction set architecture chips as the textbook.
We will also conduct relevant courses and provide them with a batch of equipment to set up multimedia classrooms.
Invite them to work together on browser and chat software.
We will continue to collaborate with universities and research institutions that cooperate with us to upgrade and iterate chips and operating systems.
The other issue is how to make our PC platform the world's third largest platform, which we'll discuss later.
Qi Tongwei outlined the tasks that needed to be done in the near future.
"Ok!"
Zhuang Wenbin said.
"By the way, we can now import a laptop screen production line."
After importing the technology, we simultaneously produced the screens and researched domestic alternatives, bringing together the universities and research institutions that cooperated with us.
Laptop screen technology is very important; desktop monitors and TVs will all move in this direction in the future.
The market outlook is excellent.
Qi Tongwei said.
"Ok!"
Zhuang Wenbin nodded.