Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 328 Computer Development Progress

In his previous life, before traveling through time, Lu Shaohua was a technician in an Internet cafe. Except for eight hours of sleeping, he spent the rest of the 24 hours in front of the computer. He developed a special feeling for computers and knew what role this high-tech product would play in the future progress of society, so he wanted to work hard to develop this field.

Of course, Lu Shaohua is now a businessman, and his starting point is to make money. The computer industry plays an indispensable role in life and other aspects. It is for this reason that the computer market will shine in the next few years.

The fact that it can shine brightly proves that the market is huge. Lu Shaohua also wants to have a piece of this big global pie, and a big piece at that. To get a big piece of the pie, Lu Shaohua has to face the United States, the overlord of the world, because whether in the present era or in the 21st century, the computer field is firmly occupied by several American computer manufacturers.

If you want to grab a piece of meat from others, you must first make your product better than others. In the computer industry, what does it take to be better than others? It is undoubtedly the configuration. Only when the configuration is better than others can it be welcomed by consumers.

Of course, it is not enough to occupy the market by simply having better configuration than others. The key is quality. As long as you are a normal person, you want to buy a durable product to use, and durability involves quality issues. If a new product breaks down within three days after purchase, who would be willing to buy it?

In the final analysis, there are two important factors in the computer field. The first is that the configuration must be developed higher than others, and the second is quality. These two factors are also what Lu Shaohua requires. Only when these two factors are completed, Lu Shaohua will let Shenzhen develop finished products and then promote them to the market.

The inappropriateness of the times has restricted the pace of human development. Now is the early 1990s, and the scientific and technological strength is limited. It is impossible to produce something that will only be available in the 21st century. That would be too unrealistic. Fortunately, Lu Shaohua still knows how to adapt to this issue and set up a point for the technical talents from the Soviet Union.

The point is that the developed configuration must be higher than the configuration of computers currently on the market. As for how much higher it should be, Lu Shaohua did not have any requirements. Even a little bit higher is fine. Yes, just a little bit higher will be fine. Don't underestimate this "little bit". In terms of computer hardware, a little bit higher means being at the leading level.

In developing the computer project, Lu Shaohua took a slow approach, just like building a tall building, first lay a solid foundation, and then build it up little by little. And that "a little bit higher" is the foundation that Lu Shaohua laid for the tall building. After the foundation is laid, Lu Shaohua will let the technical staff continue to research and develop, moving towards high configuration.

But then again, even if Lu Shaohua took a slow-paced attitude, he was still very eager in his heart, because time is money, and the sooner the product is developed, the sooner the market can be captured, and the sooner the market can be captured, the sooner Lu Shaohua can create a lot of wealth.

Creating wealth is one thing, and racing against time is another. You must know that computer hardware will be updated and replaced extremely quickly in the next few years. If you don't seize the opportunity before it develops to that level in these years, all of Lu Shaohua's plans will be shelved.

So, when it comes to the computer project, Lu Shaohua is extremely conflicted. On the one hand, he wants to develop it quickly, but on the other hand, he wants to take it slowly and avoid making fatal mistakes, because once a fatal mistake occurs, everything will be delayed again.

I still remember that in the early days of the construction of the Bao'an base, the two projects that Lu Shaohua paid the most attention to were computers and cars. Now the cars have been produced, but there has been no progress on computers. This cannot be blamed on the people from the Soviet Union for not working hard, but the technological content of computers and cars is not at the same level.

Of course, it cannot be said that automobiles do not have much support content, but with Lu Shaohua's current strength, there is not much technological content. If it were someone else, and they were asked to produce cars, it would not be easy to produce them without a period of time and a lot of manpower and material resources.

Fortunately, the car has now been launched on the market and has gained a certain influence in Southeast Asia. At this moment, Lu Shaohua dares to pat his chest and say to the outside world that it is only a matter of time before Phoenix Automobile leads the future trend of the times.

The reason why Lu Shaohua is so confident in saying this comes from the quality of his company's products. It is quality. This can be seen from the fact that Xiang Huaqiang and others are competing to order cars from Lu Shaohua. If the quality is not good, Xiang Huaqiang, the gangster boss, will not buy Phoenix cars. After all, this is related to his life safety!

The automobile industry is slowly getting on track as Lu Shaohua had envisioned, but what about computers? What about the progress of the computer industry, which occupies a large proportion in Lu Shaohua's heart?

The answer obviously disappointed Lu Shaohua. Between the two major projects of automobiles and computers, Lu Shaohua valued the computer field more and invested much more manpower and material resources than the automobile field. But now, the car has come out, but there is no movement on the computer. How can Lu Shaohua accept this?

After taking a long breath, Lu Shaohua asked Chu Lei on the other end of the phone with a nervous heart, "How is the progress of the computer project?"

"Yeah!" Chu Lei on the other end of the phone heard the word "eager" from Lu Shaohua's tone, but what could he do? After all, developing a computer is not something that can be completed in a day or two. It takes a long time to accumulate experience. He said helplessly. "The progress is average."

Hearing this, Lu Shaohua, who was holding the receiver, showed a helpless look, took another breath, and was about to tell Chu Lei to take it slow, but unexpectedly Chu Lei interrupted him again.

"But there seems to be new results recently." Chu Lei's voice came through the receiver.

"Oh? What achievements have been made in that area?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"It's the CPU chip." Chu Lei paused and continued, "You know, I don't understand these things, but I heard from the research laboratory that they have made significant progress."

There is progress in chip research? What does this mean? Lu Shaohua knows it all. At this moment, his dead heart seemed to regain its vitality. Lu Shaohua was ecstatic. The CPU chip in the computer has always been a hurdle for the entire project. Now, according to Chu Lei's words, it seems that this hurdle has been overcome, which means that success is not far away.

To give a simple example, the CPU chip in a computer is the brain of the entire computer, and all the calculations are done in it. As long as the brain is built, it will be much easier to develop other components.

"Why didn't you tell me this news earlier?" Lu Shaohua asked.

But as soon as the words came out, Lu Shaohua suddenly felt a little awkward. Chu Lei was a management talent and knew nothing about the computer field. How could he know that overcoming the difficulties of CPU chips meant success was not far away.

"Haha! I'm just too excited." Lu Shaohua smiled embarrassedly, and then continued, "Let's put it this way, as long as the CPU is developed, it won't be long before we can produce our own computers."

Lu Shaohua's explanation was very simple, and even Chu Lei, who knew nothing about computers, understood it immediately.

"Really?" Chu Lei asked excitedly.

Chu Lei manages the entire base in Shenzhen. Lu Shaohua has high hopes for the computer project, but Chu Lei also has high hopes. After all, as the head of the family, he knows that a lot of manpower and material resources have been invested in the research and development of computers.

"It's true. How about this, ask me in detail whether we have overcome the difficulties." In addition to answering the questions asked by Chu Lei, Lu Shaohua also assigned a new task.

"Well, I'll ask right away. Oh! That's not right..." Chu Lei's voice became smaller and smaller, until he stopped halfway through his words and did not continue.

"What's wrong?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"Oh! It's nothing. I heard that everyone in the laboratory has gone back to the laboratory, and three meals a day are delivered to them. It is probably impossible to understand the situation. Oh! You know, the tempers of those technical talents are different from ordinary people." Chu Lei said with some embarrassment.

Chu Lei is the head of the base, but sometimes he feels embarrassed when facing those technical talents, because not every technical talent has the same personality as ordinary people. They don’t care who you are. If you disturb their research, they will just turn their backs on you. This kind of thing happens frequently, and Chu Lei has encountered it too. That’s why he feels embarrassed.

Lu Shaohua understood the mentality of a scientific and technological worker, and he could understand even more if his personality was a little eccentric. After all, it was normal for a person to be very focused on doing something and suddenly be interrupted, which made people feel unhappy. Not to mention others, even Lu Shaohua felt the same way.

"Well, that's it!" At this point, Lu Shaohua paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about something, and then continued, "Don't worry about it for now. I believe that if there is a result over there, you will receive the news as soon as possible. When you receive the news, call me as soon as possible to inform me."

Chu Lei now knows the importance of CPU chips to computers. Without Lu Shaohua's instructions, he knows to inform Lu Shaohua as soon as he gets the news.

"I will." Chu Lei said seriously.

But it was just what he said. Chu Lei remembered the last time he told Lu Shaohua the good news. He was so happy that he called Lu Shaohua early in the morning. As a result, Lu Shaohua's tone was very abnormal and he might have gone berserk. Chu Lei was worried about this.

Lu Shaohua naturally couldn't see Chu Lei's remaining concerns through the phone, and thought Chu Lei would tell him the news as soon as possible! However, whether it was the first time or the second time was not important. The important thing was that once it succeeded, Lu Shaohua would receive the news.

Lu Shaohua was naturally happy about the good news about the computer project, but he was not the kind of person who could not calm down. It didn't take long for him to suppress the excitement in his heart, calm down, and start to understand other situations of the base.

Chu Lei was undoubtedly the one who had the most say in matters concerning the base. He reported all the information to Lu Shaohua one by one. Only after he had finished speaking in general did Chu Lei hang up the phone.

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