Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

No matter what the Zheng family thinks, it has nothing to do with Bao Zixuan. Now he has to go to the company to see the computer development situation, and then he will leave for New York to attend Phil Hawkins' wedding early the next morning. As the best man, he had to arrive early.

At 5:08 pm on April 4th, U.S. time, Bao Zixuan and the others returned to Boston after traveling more than 10,000 kilometers. It's very late now, and I'm going to get off the plane and go back to the company directly.

When the security personnel of the American Black Cloud Company saw the two Knight XVs, they seemed to have returned to their prosperous days in the army. This is more domineering and powerful than the armored vehicles they drove during military confrontations. This is really produced by our company, this is the first feeling of many people.

There are many private modified car clubs in the United States, and Black Cloud Knight XV can only appear in the public eye as a modified car now. Without being tested by the Automobile Association, you cannot apply for a production license for mass production models.

Fortunately, company employees had already arranged for the temporary status of these two cars to be processed before arriving. Otherwise, on the way back to the company from the airport, you would have to ask a transport truck to tow them back; let alone drive them to New York to attend the wedding.

On the way from the airport to the company, no matter who sees the Cavalier XV, they will look sideways and at the same time stay away from a distance. Looking at the size, they know that their car will definitely suffer after the collision.

After returning to the company, the security guard still refused to get out of the car. Any man would love a car of this size.

At this time, Hashimoto Hiroshi and several engineers were waiting for Bao Zixuan at the company. He was going to New York to attend the wedding tomorrow. Tonight he wanted to hear about the research and development status of the Heiyun computer project. In fact, Bao Zixuan didn't want to work so hard. However, the construction speed of Xiangjiang Heiyun production workshop is getting faster and faster, and the current production capacity and sales can still match. If no new products are introduced to the market by the end of the year, we will face serious overcapacity, and we will be the only one to be embarrassed.

Bao Zixuan went back to his room to wash up briefly and then went to the conference room. He knew that he did not have much time at MIT. If he did not use the last limited time to develop some leading-edge technologies, it would be very difficult to return to Xiangjiang where there was a shortage of engineering talents. It is difficult to make a big breakthrough again, and even if there is, it will require double or even several times more investment than now.

After Bao Zixuan got to his seat, he saw Hiroshi Hashimoto and the four engineers below. These are top students who graduated from MIT with Ph.D. degrees in electronic technology and computer science. To be honest, it is indeed difficult for Hashimoto Hiroshi to manage this team, but now Heiyun Group has no available talents, so it can only use Hashimoto Hiroshi to take the lead.

Hashimoto Hiroshi: "Your Excellency, President, we have mapped out a prototype of the portable computer. According to our calculations, it can barely meet your requirements. It is only 20% better than the second-generation Apple computer currently on the market, but our cost It is four times that of the other party. It has no commercial value at all."

Bao Zixuan: "Don't think about commercial development right now. We just want to develop portable computers first. If the cost is too high, we will only sell them to high-end customers."

"I just want to know when the product can be put in front of me, and when the software can be written. How is the integration of the window interface I gave you last time."

Heiyun Software used Bao Zixuan's creativity to apply for a patent for the window interface in advance. In the future, Microsoft will have to pay patent fees if it wants to use it.

At this time, a software engineer said: "Because the boss provided us with a reference for the Windows operating system, the software has basically met the practical requirements. We are just still looking for possible loopholes in the system. When we tested on Apple 2nd generation computers, The computing fluency of their existing system has been improved by 20%, and when tested on an IBM minicomputer, it can be improved by 35% compared to their existing system."

Bao Zixuan was very satisfied with the results of the software writing. After all, he had provided a lot of basic code, and also had the window interface as a killer. In the early days of home computers, he could defeat his opponents.

Bao Zixuan: "Thank you for your hard work. Our factory in Xiangjiang is about to be expanded. Can we reach the maximum production capacity? Your computer company plays a very important role in it. In my opinion, all products may be They have been eliminated, but computers can still be used for hundreds of years, but they are just more advanced and cheaper than today."

Hashimoto Hiroshi: "We are on the machine and will produce it if the test goes well."

Bao Zixuan also knew whether it was right to develop a laptop seven years in advance, which went against the natural development of technology; but there was nothing he could do about it. It is very simple to study ordinary personal computers, but that will defeat Apple in the market.

If it develops data workstations, it will steal IBM's job. Although Big Blue is currently facing an antitrust investigation, it is not something that the current Heiyun can bear to start a fire.

Bao Zixuan: "Have you measured the weight and size of the prototype, what is the battery life, and whether it can meet portable standards."

Hiroshi Hashimoto: "Due to the large amount of titanium alloy material used, the weight of the prototype is about 2.5 to 2.8 kilograms, and the dimensions are 40 cm wide, 25 cm high, and 3.5 cm thick. It uses Philips' most advanced battery technology combined with our software With the battery tuning technology, the normal charging time is 2.5 hours. If the computing power reaches the peak, the charging time can be 1.3 hours. However, the cost of each battery is 80 US dollars."

Bao Zixuan: "Do you still have any technical issues that need to be solved or discussed urgently?"

The hardware engineer said: "Boss, the performance of our current chip is very unstable, and crashes often occur. However, this is not only determined by the performance of the chip itself, but also because we do not have a good cooling system, which makes the chip reach It will generate heat after the peak. Due to the high temperature generated by the overheating of the chip, the motherboard, hard disk, and memory will also overheat, causing the computer to freeze and the system to collapse."

"This is a problem that must be solved, otherwise our portable computers will only work normally for no more than 20 minutes each time they are produced. This will greatly reduce the user experience for customers."

Hearing this, Bao Zixuan finally thought of a question, how could he forget the exhaust refrigeration system. So I picked up the pen and paper in my hand and started drawing. After a while, I drew an exhaust fan on the bottom of the portable computer.

Bao Zixuan took the paper and said: "We can add a brushless motor exhaust system here, which can alleviate the impact of the high temperature generated by the chip on the computer. Then the lower part of the computer, which is the host part, will be replaced with a hollow shape structure so that the heat can escape.”

From 7 pm to 2:30 am, several engineers from Heiyun Computer Company continued to improve the design plan under Bao Zixuan's suggestions, and all the unreasonable designs in the early stage were overturned.

Finally, when everyone presented the newly designed plan in the form of drawings, all the engineers were impressed by the new design plan.

The product made according to the current drawings must be better than the initial version in terms of appearance, performance, and rationality. The boss’s reputation at MIT is really not for nothing, he earned it through his own strength.

They have been discussing for almost three months and have just finalized the performance of the product's components. However, the appearance and overall combination have not met the ideal requirements.

The thinking of science and engineering talents is relatively simple. Everyone will admire and trust whoever has strong abilities. And willing to use him as the core. Bao Zixuan now wants to keep all the high-end talents here in Heiyun Group, and even bring them all to Xiangjiang if possible.