Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 353 Computer Operating System

The person had been picked up, and Lu Shaohua didn't want to be watched as if he was a monster, so he chatted with them for a few words, and then led them to leave Luohu and head towards Baoan. Yes, they were heading towards Baoan. Lu Shaohua originally wanted to let the eight of them take a break first, but they didn't want to rest and said they wanted to go for a tour directly. Lu Shaohua had no choice but to lead the way to the base.

Arriving at the base, needless to say, we went straight to the tour, and like yesterday, Chu Lei led the introduction. The first part of the tour was also the same as yesterday, first the main building of the car, and then the production workshop at the back.

Although Ho Ying-tung and Li Jiacheng had already visited the main building, it did not seem a big deal to revisit it, so they toured the main building again with great interest, and then followed the team to visit the production workshop.

The team spent the entire morning in the car production workshop. It was not until almost noon that they visited every angle of the car workshop. They left the workshop reluctantly and went to the canteen in the base to eat something to fill their stomachs.

I don’t know if it was because the base was so attractive to them or what, but the team didn’t look tired at all. On the contrary, they were full of energy. After lunch, they started to visit other production workshops.

All the workshops of beverages, computers, electronics, etc. have left footprints of the senior executives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. In particular, the main computer building was the last stop of the group's visit. It is also the top technology in the products developed by the Phoenix base. The group did not miss any corner and visited it carefully.

During this time, according to Chu Lei's introduction, Lu Shaohua also learned a good news, that is, the CPU chip is close to completion. Of course, it is only close, not completely completed, and is still being debugged.

Lu Shaohua was very happy about this and told Chu Lei to ask the technicians to work harder and develop it as soon as possible. You know, Lu Shaohua just received news of a breakthrough some time ago, but he didn't expect that it is almost completed now, which proves that the level has been successfully broken through and success is not far away.

Computers have always been something Lu Shaohua was looking forward to. He hoped that Phoenix-branded computers could come out one day earlier, so that the world would know that Phoenix Group has the ability to produce computers. This was not to show off, but to let people know the strength of Phoenix Group.

Now, the CPU chip has come out, and the next thing to be left is the motherboard and the hard drive. In Lu Shaohua's opinion, there is no problem with the motherboard at all, and the problem lies in the hard drive. After all, the difficulty of hard drive technology is second only to that of CPU, so the next thing is the development progress of the hard drive.

The progress of the hard drive became a problem of concern for Lu Shaohua, but this worry did not last long, because when everyone visited the laboratory where the hard drive was developed, Chu Lei told another good news, that is, the development progress of the hard drive was nearing completion.

Happy, in addition to being happy and excited, Lu Shaohua was also excited. He was too excited, and his excitement was no less than when he made more than 89 billion US dollars in the Japanese stock market crash in . At the same time, deep in Lu Shaohua's heart, he couldn't help but feel angry, that is, why didn't Chu Lei tell him earlier.

"Hmph! I'll deal with you later." Lu Shaohua thought secretly in his heart.

Deal with Chu Lei? Yes, Lu Shaohua planned to deal with Chu Lei. Who made him keep it a secret and wait until now to let him know the progress of the computer development?

He shook his head. Now was not the time to think about how to deal with Chu Lei. The most important thing for him now was to think about how to make subsequent plans. After all, the overall progress of computer development was nearing completion. At the current speed, the finished product could be produced in a few months.

After the finished product is manufactured, there will be a lot of things to do next, such as how to promote it and enter the market smoothly. These are all headaches and Lu Shaohua cannot help but think about them. What's more, Lu Shaohua has a more important plan that needs to be launched to cooperate with the future development of Phoenix Computer.

Following behind everyone absentmindedly, Lu Shaohua focused all his attention on the computer, not paying attention to the location of the computer main building. Unconsciously, Chu Lei had led everyone to visit the computer main building, and so far, the places that could be visited in the entire Phoenix base had come to an end.

"Haha! I think you are all tired. Let's go to the main building and rest for a while." Chu Lei said loudly with a smile.

This proposal was approved by everyone, and it also brought Lu Shaohua, who was deep in thought, back to reality. Seeing that he had finished the tour, Lu Shaohua said, "Well, let's take a rest first, and then it's almost time to eat."

"Well, we've been visiting for a whole day, and we need to take a break. After all, we have to fly to Beijing tomorrow," said Ho Ying-tung.

"Haha, you're right. Even though I didn't do any work, I was still quite tired." Li Jiacheng said with emotion.

Needless to say, everyone else agreed with Li Jiacheng and nodded.

Seeing this, the clever Chu Lei naturally knew what to do. He walked in front to lead the way, went downstairs, and walked towards the main building of the base.

In the reception room on the fifteenth floor of the main building, Huo Yingdong led the other nine directors of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to chat about the topics of today's visit. As for Lu Shaohua and Chu Lei, they were no longer in the reception room. They were now staying in Chu Lei's office.

"Brother Lei, why didn't he tell me the news about the progress of computer development earlier?" Lu Shaohua asked.

This was the first sentence Lu Shaohua said when he entered the room, and it was also a question to Chu Lei.

"..." Chu Lei smiled bitterly. He didn't know how to answer Lu Shaohua's question. He hesitated for a long time before saying helplessly, "I only learned about this news this morning, and you guys were going to visit in the morning. I wanted to tell you before you arrived, but then I forgot."

What Chu Lei said was true. He did learn the news when he just came to work in the morning, and he did not intentionally hide it from Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua looked at Chu Lei deeply, as if he was trying to tell the truth from Chu Lei's expression. However, he was disappointed. Chu Lei's expression did not change at all from beginning to end, and he looked helpless.

"Really? You didn't lie to me?" Lu Shaohua asked without any effort.

"Really." Chu Lei said firmly.

"Well, forget it." Lu Shaohua felt better, knowing that Chu Lei had not lied to him, and changed the subject, asking, "Have you asked those technicians when the development will be successful?"

"After I got the news, I called a brief meeting with the heads of various development departments. According to them, the CPU will be finished within two months, the hard disk will be slower, taking two and a half to three months, and the motherboard will be faster, within a month." Chu Lei added, "This is the worst-case estimate. If it is the normal speed, it may be faster."

Lu Shaohua did not answer Chu Lei's question immediately. He fell into deep thought and muttered to himself, "The slowest is three months? It's September now, and three months later it will be almost 93."

"Well, conservatively speaking, our computers will be available on the market in 93," Lu Shaohua asked.

"Yes, but! If we want to start formal production, we need to set up the production line and train the workers, which may delay the start of production for a long time. I calculated that it will be around the middle of next year," said Chu Lei.

"Okay, that's it. You have to coordinate all aspects and avoid any mistakes." Lu Shaohua gave the final order.

"I will." Chu Lei said seriously.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, very satisfied with Chu Lei's performance, and then waved his hand, indicating that the computer hardware had come to an end and a new topic had begun. "Our computer has been successfully developed, so the next step is the computer software."

After a pause, Lu Shaohua did not wait for Chu Lei to speak and continued, "In terms of computer software, I plan to set up a new company to develop it, especially the computer operating system. We must develop it."

"Operating system?" Chu Lei frowned. He didn't expect that Lu Shaohua would actually develop an operating system for computers. You know, there are only a few computer operating systems now, and there is no reference to compare with. It is extremely troublesome to develop one!

Lu Shaohua didn't know that Chu Lei's mind was so complicated, but it didn't matter. What mattered was what Lu Shaohua was going to say next. "You came back from the United States, so you should know that there is a company called 'Microsoft', right?"

"I know. That company is writing operating systems for IBM." Chu Lei said without even thinking.

"Yes, that's right. That company has always been in cooperation with IBM, and it has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. As early as 85, I sent someone to buy some shares of this company. I am now the second largest shareholder of these companies." After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued. "But these are not important. What's important is that I will find a way to get the operating system that Microsoft is developing for your reference, and your task is to recruit talents and prepare to enter the operating system market."

Yes, Lu Shaohua wanted to give Chu Lei the secrets of Microsoft's operating system for reference. As for the means he used, he certainly did not rely on his status as a shareholder, but used more shady means to steal.

Chu Lei looked at Lu Shaohua in disbelief, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then said, "No problem, I will find a way to recruit some talents."

"Well, let's do this as soon as possible. In addition, I will also find a way to get a few computer experts here and let them participate in the development." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

Lu Shaohua had already made up his mind to develop his own computer operating system not long after he was reborn. Since he was prepared, it was impossible for him not to recruit talents in the computer field when the Soviet Union collapsed.

The answer is obviously that they did, but Lu Shaohua did not place the computer talents in China, but placed them in Africa, because they also needed talents who understand computers. It was precisely because of the need there that Lu Shaohua said he could provide several computer experts to Chu Lei.

"Well, I will start tomorrow and register the company first." Chu Lei replied.

"Ah."

Just like that, Phoenix Computer Software Company was established in a few words between Lu Shaohua and Chu Lei. However, Chu Lei didn't know that their few words today would create the absolute overlord of the future computer operating system...