Rewrite the Technological Landscape

The fact that Meng Qian became the richest man exploded on the Internet in an instant. There is no way. Young people in this era are very sensitive to such things. Whether they worship Bill Gates abroad or a large number of college students in the 1990s regarded Shi Yuzhu as their life goal. It can be seen that young people have a high degree of longing for status.

Meng Qian became the richest man in China at the age of 22, which undoubtedly made him a myth in the hearts of young people in China, and this enthusiasm could not be suppressed at all.

In addition, as Xiao Bozhi said before, although Meng Qian advocates scientific research, he has high requirements for his own life. After making money in the past few years, Meng Qian bought a luxury house in Hangzhou and bought a few cars. There are many luxury cars and tens of thousands of sets of clothes at home. Meng Qian, who should reward himself, has never been stingy, but he is not as simple as some entrepreneurs who are worth tens of billions. Meng Qian's realm is not that high.

With the exposure of these news, the emotions of young people who are born to be useful, and the next richest man will be me exploded on a large scale.

I don't know why, ever since Meng Qian became the richest man, girls on the Internet said he was so handsome.

However, in the week after Meng Qian became the richest man, the market was not peaceful.

On November 2, Oracle suddenly said that it would launch a new generation of database in early 2004.

"How is Herman?" Meng Qian asked Ding Mingyuan who was sitting opposite him.

"It's still the same. It's like being beaten with chicken blood. I have almost slept here since I joined the company. The domestic employees are not as hard-working as him. I can't understand it." Ding Mingyuan made a puzzled expression, he Really puzzled, "But he really helped us a lot and attracted a team over.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Herman team helped us solve at least half of the previous database problems. I have to admit that the technical director from Oracle is really strong. "

"So, the stability and security of our products should have been greatly improved?"

"Yes, our previous products won in innovation but lost in foundation. Herman and some Silicon Valley employees who came to the company because of him helped us lay this foundation more solidly."

"I see, you go and call Herman over."

Ten minutes later, Herman sat across from Meng Qian. Herman looked more haggard than before but also more determined, "Oracle bone script will launch a new version so soon, you should know it too, right?"

"It's just to avoid our patents. The new version will not have too many breakthroughs."

"Are you so sure?"

"You are a technology developer yourself. You should be very clear that technological breakthroughs are not achieved by the accumulation of people, and sometimes even require some opportunities. Oracle, like most Silicon Valley companies, relies on its talent base and historical accumulation to push forward step by step. Yes, this kind of promotion is very slow. The so-called concentrated attack is just to set up a project for several known directions, and everyone will complete it as soon as possible, that's all.

I am very clear about Oracle's previous situation. It may be difficult for me to make a judgment on Oracle in a few years, but now Oracle will definitely not make a big breakthrough. "Herman looked very sure indeed.

Meng Qian thought for a few seconds, "If this is the case, our database can be regarded as a new version after being perfected during this period of time. From your understanding, is there any need for us to meet Oracle again?"

"That depends on your purpose."

"I just got the news that Oracle's performance has fallen by 10% in the past six months. Do you think our Dafeng Group may push Oracle into decline simply by relying on product advantages?"

"As long as we have sufficient product advantages, this is inevitable. There are many collapsed empires in history, and there is no such thing as standing still. Since this market is facing users, products are the most important thing, but we just want to destroy them. For a company like Oracle, if it only relies on products, then we may need more absolute product advantages."

"Then do you think it is possible for us to acquire Oracle?"

Herman shook his head without hesitation, "Impossible."

"Why?"

"Oracle's first customer was the CIA. Oracle's fortune was based on orders from the military. Oracle's promotion relied on subsequent transactions. It is absolutely impossible for Oracle to sell to a Chinese company. If Oracle really one day If the company can’t continue to operate, then I can basically confirm that the company that bought him is IBM.”

"And why?"

"IBM is one of the three old cooperative companies of the U.S. military. However, the emergence of Oracle has eroded IBM's orders in the military. balance.

But once there is a problem with Oracle, IBM will swallow it without hesitation, and if Oracle is really suppressed by our technology, then IBM and Microsoft will basically be affected by us, but for IBM, even if it loses The database and enterprise software market can still develop, not to mention that this is impossible, so the United States will also push IBM to acquire Oracle. "

Meng Qian turned the pen in his hand, "What do you think of IBM as a company?"

"You know how Gerstner turned the tide and helped IBM tide over the difficulties?"

"Of course I know that IBM is in crisis. Gerstner became the CEO of IBM in 1993 and spent five years making major reforms to IBM, which changed the fate of IBM."

Herman showed disdain, "As you said before, Silicon Valley likes to create gods. If IBM is as bad as they say, it can't be saved by reform. The key to IBM's ability to tide over the difficulties lies in its development process. The foundation laid down.

Why did Gerstner propose that IBM's performance soared after the market was the first? That's because the market that IBM has laid out is there. As long as the strategy is changed, the market will immediately become money. It's as simple as that. "

Meng Qian fell into deep thought and began to analyze various factors, "Herman, I will spend some time on database and enterprise software in the future. I want to realize the ideas I mentioned before as soon as possible. What do you think the company lacks now? ?”

"There is a shortage of people. If Dafeng Group really wants to crush Oracle, we need more people, especially more experienced people. We need to increase product coverage and expand the product experience base. Dafeng Group has been rushing forward, but On the stage of international competition, the foundation is still too thin.”

Meng Qian stopped the pen that had been spinning in his hand, "Do you think it is possible for Sun Microsystems to be acquired by us?"

"Sun? Their situation in the past two years is indeed a bit bad. They are a little too obsessed with fighting against Microsoft, and they are not lucky, rising in the era of information explosion.

If Dafeng Group wants to challenge the United States in terms of microcomputers and systems, then Sun Microsystems is an option that can be considered, provided that Dafeng Group should have more foundations in software and applications.

But there is another problem, the current Dafeng Group can't afford it at all, right? Although Sun Microsystems' performance has declined for several years in a row, its valuation is still much higher than that of Gale Group. "

"I was wondering if Sun Microsystems had a background as complex as Oracle's."

Herman tried hard to recall, "Sun Microsystems should not be that complicated. If the Gale Group has sufficient funds, it is not impossible to acquire it, but I know that there are many companies that are eyeing this company, including Oracle and IBM, especially IBM. In the field of microcomputers, IBM has always wanted to get back the missed years."

"I see, you go to work first."

After Herman left, Meng Qian spent a whole night in the office thinking about how to plan the next step.

On November 5th, Liang Zhiguo brought news to Meng Qian that ASML's immersion lithography machine came out, and Meng Qian was still calm, because everything has two sides after all. Without ASML, the advantage of Dafeng Group is that it is a dominant company, but the disadvantage is that it is too easy to attract sanctions from the United States.

With ASML now, the disadvantage is naturally that there is a strong competitor, but the advantage is that with ASML and the war, the Dafeng Group can farm better.

For Meng Qian, one of the most important things for him now is to develop the company as smoothly as possible until 2008. 2008 will be an extremely important year. If you can’t resist 2008 after a long time, it will be ridiculous .

On November 7, Meng Qian, who was in the R\u0026D center, was called out by Gu Junhui.

"What's wrong?" Meng Qian knew what was going on just by looking at his expression.

Gu Junhui's expression was serious, but only habitually serious, "The launch time of "World of Warcraft" has been set."

Meng Qian's expression changed slightly. The influence and status of "World of Warcraft" in the game industry needless to say. For too many people, it is a youth that is hard to get rid of. For Meng Qian, "World of Warcraft" is also his own youth. an important component of .

But this life.

Goodbye youth.