Reborn Tycoon Rise

The electronics exhibition lasted for seven days, attracting people from many countries to watch.

Li Weiguo is a native of Shanghai and a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering of Jiaotong University. He studied abroad in his early years, so he can speak some English. This is extremely rare in the mainland that has just reformed and opened up, especially since he is still a university professor.

Relying on his foreign language skills, Li Weiguo got the opportunity to study abroad, which was extremely enviable by his colleagues. This time, he was ordered to accompany the director of the Shanghai Electronics Industry Bureau to the United States for an accompanying inspection.

"There are so many companies in the United States, and they are so rich!" Director Shen couldn't help but sigh.

"Director, the main reason is that we don't have foreign exchange." A person next to him also said. He is Wang Liqin, the director of Shanghai No. 1 Electronics Factory. He came to the United States this time to expand his company into the American market and earn some foreign exchange for the country. .

Electronics exhibitions are not just about finished electronic products, but also some parts and components, such as diodes, chips, memory, capacitors, inductors, etc. However, when they asked about the price in the exhibition hall a few days ago, they couldn't help but back down. The cost of the three-day exhibition actually exceeded the round-trip air tickets for several of them.

"If you don't have foreign exchange, you have to find a way. Let's treat this visit as an eye-opener. Professor Li, thank you for writing down the names of all the companies here." Director Shen said.

"No problem." Li Weiguo agreed. After all, information in the mainland is relatively closed. The top international companies may know it, but more sub-tier companies have never heard of it. The purpose of writing down these companies is to understand the names of many companies around the world. and information, so that we can have opportunities to seek cooperation in the future.

"Hey, this company has Chinese here!" Wang Liqin said, pointing to an exhibition hall on the right.

Director Shen looked along the direction. In the center of the exhibition, there was a luxuriously decorated exhibition hall. There seemed to be many people watching inside. In the northeast corner, a Chinese character signboard was hung up.

Several people walked to the side and took a look: Wubi input method!

"Input method?" Li Weiguo's heart moved. Although it was written in traditional Chinese characters, in the entire world of Chinese characters, inputting them into a computer is the most troublesome thing, whether it is simplified or traditional.

"Which company is this?" Director Shen asked.

Just as Li Weiguo was about to answer, Wang Liqin next to him rushed to say: "Director, this is Midea Company, the largest electronics company in Hong Kong, with assets said to exceed US$1 billion!"

"Midea Company, I've heard the name of this company." Director Shen nodded and asked, "What's going on with this Wubi input method?"

Li Weiguo shook his head and said, "I don't know. I'll ask."

"Hello!" A female employee in a suit and leather shoes came over. She seemed to have guessed that these people were Chinese. After all, they couldn't be Japanese or Korean who were interested in the Wubi input method, and these people couldn't understand the brand.

Li Weiguo frowned when he heard that the other party was speaking Cantonese. In the past two years of reform and opening up, Xiangjiang songs can often be heard in Shanghai. He could tell that they were in Cantonese, but he couldn't speak it.

The female employee understood and said in Minnan dialect: "Where are you from?"

"We are from the mainland." Li Weiguo replied after hearing the other party's words. Although Mandarin is not exactly the same as Hokkien, it is much better than speaking with Cantonese. Normal communication is no problem.

"Oh, please come in. My name is Cai Jing. I'm from Taipei, Taiwan." Cai Jing politely invited her in and said, "This is a Chinese character input method that our company has just developed and matured. You are the first to come in." People who come to pay attention.”

Li Weiguo asked: "What logic is this input method based on?"

Cai Jing said: "Roots, our company divides all Chinese characters into more than a hundred different roots, which are placed on 26 keyboard letters."

"That's it!" Li Weiguo was quite disappointed. In fact, as an electronics professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he had gone to the capital several times and held numerous meetings with a group of top experts on inputting Chinese characters, and also participated in new input methods. They have also researched the word root input method, but the effect is not good.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "You guys can take a look at the effect. I will demonstrate it now."

"Thank you." Although he didn't have high hopes, Li Weiguo said politely.

Cai Jing took out a page of newspaper, sat down in front of an Honor 1 series computer, prepared for a while, selected an article and started typing.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."

His fingers were beating rapidly, and Chinese characters were entered into the computer one by one. Li Weiguo was so shocked when he saw the speed that he couldn't even say a word!

After a while, Cai Jing finished typing an article, stood up and said with a smile: "Sorry, I haven't operated the computer for a few days, so my hand speed is a bit slow."

Li Weiguo asked anxiously: "How many words can this input method input in one minute?"

Cai Jing replied: "It depends on the individual. If a skilled person can input more than 60-80 Chinese characters a minute, but this requires a lot of practice. For ordinary people, after a month of training, it is not a problem to input thirty or forty characters per word. But you have to take into account that you may occasionally make mistakes, which will also delay your time.”

"30, that's enough." Li Weiguo suppressed his excitement. In order to prevent the Chinese characters, the essence of Chinese culture, from being eliminated by the computer, they spent a lot of effort without success. Now in the United States, they actually discovered A way to quickly input Chinese characters.

Director Shen also knew the significance of this matter, which was enough to affect the "national destiny" to a certain extent, but he obviously thought of another question, so he asked: "Miss Cai, is there a simplified Chinese version?"

Cai Jing nodded and said, "Yes, but the software is still at the Xiangjiang headquarters."

Li Weiguo asked: "Ms. Cai, I wonder if you can show us the logic control of this input method."

"Sorry, this is a company secret and I have no right to disclose it." Cai Jing refused.

"Then I wonder when this software will be available on the market?" Li Weiguo asked.

Cai Jing said: "The Wubi input method floppy disk will not be on the market for the time being, but as long as you purchase our Honor series computer, each Honor series computer is equipped with the Wubi input method program."

"Then if I buy this computer, the logic of the Wubi input method must be told to us, right?" Li Weiguo asked again. In fact, as long as the logic of this input method is known, it can be copied. It is impossible to keep it secret.

Cai Jing nodded and said: "Of course, our company's Honor series computers will be launched globally on November 1st. By then, the logic of the Wubi input method will be included in the products."

Li Weiguo was overjoyed, but did not show it, and said, "Okay, thank you, Miss Cai!"

At Li Weiguo's signal, Director Shen and Director Shen also thanked each other and left. After walking out of Midea's exhibition hall, Li Weiguo said: "Director, this matter is not trivial. We must notify the country immediately and let them purchase computers from this company as soon as possible. You must get the core logic of this input method.”

Director Shen nodded and said: "Of course I know this, but the problem is not that simple. You just heard that this Midea company has also developed a simplified version of the input method, but this simplified character is only available in the mainland. Obviously, the other party already has What are the plans? Considering the sensitivity of the Hong Kong issue, this matter may not be easy to handle."

"What should we do?" Li Weiguo asked.

Director Shen thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's inform the department first. Let them worry about this kind of thing!"