Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 637 Important Orders in Two Domains

The chairman of the Committee of [-] is a Chinese female elite——Yang Xuelan, the vice president of Gray Advertising Company. This candidate also reflects the network background of the organizer Tang Huan.

Yang Xuelan, who just turned 50 this year, is from a well-known family. Her mother, Yan Youyun, was the first female graduate of Fudan University.His father is Yan Zijun, a famous industrialist, and his two elder sisters, Yan Caiyun and Yan Lianyun, are collectively called the "Three Yan Sisters".

Yan Youyun's first husband was Yang Guangyu, a Ph.D. in the United States and a professor at Tsinghua University. He later entered the diplomatic field and served as Consul General in the Philippines in 1938. He was arrested after the Japanese army captured Manila in 1942. On April 4 of the same year, he and other Seven diplomats were killed by the Japanese army together.

After the Pacific War, Yan Youyun and her three daughters, Yang Leimeng, Yang Xuelan, and Yang Yanen, went to New York to settle in the United States, and soon worked as a protocol officer at the United Nations until she retired after the end of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1959.

In September of that year, Yan Youyun married Gu Weijun, who was a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.This person's background is naturally bigger, he is a famous diplomat in Chinese history, and any textbook must mention it.

In 1919 after the end of World War I, Gu Weijun participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the Chinese delegation.

As we all know, at the meeting, the Japanese government demanded, as a victorious country, to take over all the rights and interests of the defeated Germany in Shandong, China.

For this reason, Gu Weijun prepared the "Shandong Issues Discussion Post", arguing that China cannot abandon Shandong, the birthplace of Confucius, just as Christians cannot abandon the holy land of Jerusalem, which immediately shocked European and American representatives, reversed the situation of public opinion, and won To the superficial sympathy of the great powers.

However, in the final analysis, the international political game must return to Power.

Since Italy withdrew from the Paris Peace Conference, Britain, France and the United States were afraid that Japan's withdrawal would threaten the effectiveness of the peace treaty and cause the peace conference to abort, so they transferred Germany's colonial rights in Shandong to Japan to win over the other side.

At that time, Lu Zhengxiang, head of the Chinese delegation, had already left Paris.Gu Weijun actually took over the duties of the head of the group temporarily.Under his auspices, the Chinese delegation refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

Gu Weijun, who never flinched at the Paris Peace Conference, fought dozens of rounds with Japanese representative Makino, making him overwhelmed and unable to parry.It shocked the participants, and won the appreciation of American President Woodrow Wilson among the three giants of the Paris Peace Conference. Even French Prime Minister Clemenceau and British Prime Minister Lloyd George admired it very much.

Clemenceau wrote in his memoirs: "Gu Weijun is like a civet playing with Japan, showing his escapement skills."

Since then, Gu Weijun has won the reputation of "China's No. [-] Diplomat" and has been praised by international public opinion.

Because he had served the Beiyang government for a long time and held an important position, Gu Weijun was wanted when the Nationalist government won. After Zhang Xueliang's mediation, he joined the Nationalist government and returned to the diplomatic circle.

After the "September 1931th" Incident in [-], Gu Weijun was appointed by the Chinese government to join the Lytton investigation team of the League of Nations.Fearing Japan's obstruction and even threats to his life, he persisted in entering Northeast China for on-the-spot investigations and carried out a lot of work independently. He submitted a long memorandum to the investigation team exposing Japan's aggression, exerted influence on the investigation team, and fought for China's interests.

During the following period before and after World War II, Gu Weijun served as the ambassador to the United States for a long time and continued to exert his influence until he retired from the post of ambassador in 1956 and transferred to the Hague International Court of Justice as a judge and vice president.He completely retired in 1967 and went to settle in the United States.

Gu Weijun, who had a wonderful life, passed away last year in 1985. Li Luye, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, also went to the Campbell Funeral Home on Mcson Avenue to express his condolences.

Gu Weijun died at the age of 97.The reason why he can live a long and healthy life is largely due to the careful care of Yan Youyun, who is 17 years younger than him.

It is also because of this that Gu Weijun was able to dictate a total of 13 volumes and a total of more than 600 million words in "Gu Weijun's Memoirs" in his later years, which has become an important material for the study of China's modern diplomatic history.

In addition, although his personal letters and documents have not been published, they are entrusted to Columbia University for safekeeping, and researchers need special applications to read them.

It is not difficult to see from this that as long as the influence reaches a certain height, it is natural to walk among all parties calmly, and even continue to exert influence behind the scenes.

Under the influence of this family environment, it is not surprising that Yang Xuelan became a Chinese elite who stood out in the United States and entered the Committee of [-].

You know, since 1983, General Motors of the United States has noticed Yang Xuelan because of a successful advertisement, and has been diligently poaching talents and has not given up the plan until now.

Tang Huan brought these Chinese elites together in order to share the resources inherited from the previous generation or the struggle of this generation, and echo each other—smart people always find ways to add value to themselves.

For this matter, Tang Huan barely moved his home after arriving in New York. Even the matters that should have been handled in Silicon Valley were temporarily moved to the eastern United States.

Fangyuan Computer Company is currently pursuing a series of large orders in the financial field.With the further maturity of computer information technology, stock trading systems such as NASDAQ and futures trading systems are undergoing upgrades in hardware and software.

"Who is staring at this cake right now?" Tang Huan shook the document.

"IBM, DEC, and HP are all on the list." John Chambers replied in a deep voice, "The strongest competitor is DEC, whose VAX minicomputer is very popular in the enterprise market; The computer market has been bruised by us, but it still has unique advantages in the high-end application field; HP is sandwiched in the middle, seemingly inconspicuous, but it is even more dangerous.”

After listening to the other party's analysis for a while, Tang Huan nodded in agreement. It has to be said that these established computer companies are doing quite well thanks to the special laws of the enterprise market.

Fighting in the enterprise market does not depend solely on the latest and strongest hardware. The decisive factor here is the accounting in the application solution. It is difficult for outsiders to understand its complexity. The main reason why Fangyuan Computer Company, which has killed the Quartet in the computer field, can only be steady in the field of enterprise-level applications.

Let’s take DEC as an example. The operating system UNIX and programming language C were developed on its minicomputer PDP11. It can be seen that the application range of these products has brought about user operating habits, old version software and data migration, etc. Cost considerations are the key points for corporate decision makers to think about.

It needs to be pointed out that the piece of cake that several giants in the industry are desperately fighting for belongs to the application field of data processing. Its history almost begins with the invention of computers, and established computer companies have a first-mover advantage in the era.

In addition, application fields such as graphics and image processing are relatively new categories. Everyone is almost on the same starting line, and even some capital is very limited, which is suitable for latecomers like Fangyuan Computer Company to seize.

The fact is also the same. Fangyuan graphics workstations currently occupy more than [-]% of the market share, and the rest is divided among emerging computer companies such as Silicon Valley Graphics and Sun Microsystems.

"From these successful experiences, in addition to competing with established computer companies for traditional IT application orders such as data processing, we should pay more attention to data mining and develop new application fields such as graphics and image processing. As long as we get such market darlings , we newcomers can continue to move forward in the cracks of the old people." Tang Huan gave his subordinates a high-level analysis.

"No matter how fiercely everyone fights for these orders in the financial field, there are generally not many unexpected variables. On the NASA side, because of the recent Challenger space shuttle crash, activities have fallen into a low ebb. I'm afraid the order I placed will be delayed or even cancelled." John Chambers put this situation beyond his control in front of the big boss with some anxiety.

Just at the end of January, President Reagan personally presented the US National Technology Award and the US National Science Award. During the period of affirming technology and science at the national level, the space shuttle that brought together many research results had an accident.

A major feature of the space shuttle is its reusable spacecraft. From this point of view, it may be described as "I often walk by the river, and I can't have wet shoes", which can explain the proportion of man-made accidents in the accident.

Since its first flight on April 1983, 4, the Challenger space shuttle has been used very frequently, traveling between space and the earth three times a year.

In the seventh space mission carried out on April 1985 last year in 4, Wang Ganjun, who participated in it, became the first Chinese to go into space.

This time when the accident happened this year, it was already the tenth mission of the Challenger space shuttle. As a result, amidst the attention of the live TV broadcast and live viewing, it exploded and disintegrated and crashed 73 seconds after liftoff.All seven astronauts on board died.

Bureaucracy exists everywhere, and here in the United States, NASA is the most obvious example.Prior to this Space Shuttle Challenger launch, there were good reasons for a launch pause, but they were ignored.

Of course, all the conclusions have to wait for the final conclusion of the Presidential Investigation Committee.And NASA, which spends money like water, will inevitably have to keep a low profile during this period.

Tang Huan was not as pessimistic as John Chambers, he said slowly: "Two salesmen went to an island country to sell shoes, only to find that the people there were barefoot, so the first salesman turned around without saying a word. Just leave, while the second person stays, explains the benefits of wearing shoes to the locals, and then monopolizes the market and makes a lot of money.”

"Because of the Challenger space shuttle accident, NASA must have been severely hit, and many activities had to be temporarily put on hold, which affected the demand for computers; but it must be noted that the development of the aerospace industry It's not going to stop and wait for someone, and NASA will soon have to get back to the current rhythm of work."

"At this low ebb stage, so many people in NASA can't just sit idle, they have to do something, don't they?"

Speaking of this, Tang Huan suddenly changed the subject and asked: "If I remember correctly, the game entertainment room in Silicon Valley has already been equipped with a game called "Flight Simulator" that is still in the internal testing stage. , have you ever played?"

John Chambers shook his head in confusion, not understanding why Tang Huan asked this question.

"The origin of this game is a bit complicated. The development is not done by EA alone, but part of the results of the simulated flight cabin project in the Zheru R&D Center. As you know, with the maturity and popularization of 2D graphics acceleration technology, in micro On the computer platform, there will always be some unexpected and eye-catching development results.”

John Chambers suddenly came to his senses, "You mean, just like the current scientific research on genes uses our simulation software extensively, let NASA increase the proportion of computer simulation, and then let our products Not only will I not be left out in the cold, but I will be more relied upon.”

Tang Huan clapped his hands in relief and laughed, "Whether you can turn this crisis into a business opportunity depends on your specific execution capabilities."

"I knew that you could find the answer to the question here." John Chambers excitedly drew a few strokes on the memo, and then continued: "There is another small trouble, and I am considering whether to suppress it directly , I don’t need to put it in front of you, that is, John Sculley of Apple Inc. started to imitate us in terms of operation, for example, let the newly designed new generation of MAC enter the field of desktop publishing applications. Especially the supporting laser The printer is simply our product with a different label.”

"Does it have software support?" Tang Huan snorted disdainfully, "Compared to the large number of applications on the Apple II platform, the new generation of MAC has increased the memory from 128KB to 512KB, which has solved the problem of performance. Bottleneck problem, and even a mechanism to connect hard drives, but the entire platform is still a wasteland. By the way, didn’t Microsoft develop a new set of spreadsheet software Excel for MAC, and how effective is it?”

"Different from the previous MultiPlan, Excel has been comprehensively designed, implemented and optimized from the bottom of the program, and the effect is good. It can be regarded as the number one software on the MAC platform."

(End of this chapter)