Chapter 144

February 24, the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Qi Lei has been squatting under the imagination headquarters in Zhongguancun for two days against the dry cold wind in the capital.

He didn't have the contact information of Nan Guanghong, and he didn't dare to call imagination to scare the snake. You can only wait here in the stupidest way.

Anyway, he knows that even if Nan Guanghong leaves imagination, he will have to leave the headquarters, right?

……

Although the capital in 1999 is not as good as later generations, it has a prosperous appearance. The endless flow of traffic is relative to the towering skyscrapers of this era.

Qi Lei seems to be in a concrete forest. Described by the words of this era, it is a modern city.

On the contrary, Qi Lei, who came from a small place that no one knew, wrapped in a military coat bought from a roadside shop, was like a young migrant worker who had just entered the city, curled up and looked around with blank eyes.

In Zhongguancun, which can be said to be the forefront of domestic science and technology, it seems a little rustic and incompatible.

There are "elites" in a hurry. They carry expensive laptops and mobile phones that are difficult to see in small places. They shine in their eyes and talk about the future.

Meanwhile, Qi Lei was hit by someone. His big brother frowned and hurried on the road without saying a word.

Qi Lei wrapped his military coat and stamped his legs. He was almost clutching half a pancake fruit in his hand and standing a cardboard in front of him - a small worker, 30.

……

Nan Guanghong returned to Beijing from Harbin. He was not in a hurry to go to the headquarters, but closed his door at home to calm his mood.

His mind was full of the pain of failure and the harsh words of the young man in the north, and his heart cursed Qi Lei countless times.

After holding for two days, I finally regained my heavy heart and prepared to go to the headquarters.

After all, it's over. It's over.

In front of the headquarters, Nan Guanghong stood in the wind, looked up and imagined the headquarters building, and suddenly felt a kind of literary sadness.

Although he didn't write a poem, he mocked himself: should I look at the building and have red eyes?

Shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he had fun in bitterness.

Thinking, "Nan Lao!?"

"!!!" this frightened Nan Guanghong, and he was in no mood.

Look, where's the wild boy?

Out of courtesy: "are you..."

"Nan Lao, don't know?" the young man's voice jumped with joy, like seeing his relatives, "I!!"

"Me!"

Mr. Nan, have a good look. Well, it looks familiar.

Look again and say "!!!! aren't you

He recognized that this was not the rude little boss of Sanshi company?

"You!"

"Nanlao!" Qi Lei was so excited that he waited. I was almost a "Wangfu stone".

"Nan Lao, I've been waiting for you for two days! Find a place to talk? Talk?"

"Talk!"

Nan Guanghong's face was green: "

Angry at the same time, he was also curious. The heart said, where did the boy jump out?

……

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A quarter of an hour later, a business cafe in Zhongguancun.

This is a unique scenery in Zhongguancun. There are small shops on the street with quite emotional decoration.

But the young men and women who come here are not petty bourgeoisie, but it entrepreneurs with dreams.

They have just graduated from university. They are young and passionate. They have neither capital, office nor team. They only have enthusiasm and vision for the domestic IT industry.

So this is their best place to work.

Half a table, a notebook, is where the dream begins.

When Qi Lei and Nan Lao came in, there was a little commotion.

As entrepreneurs who have been wandering in Zhongguancun for many years and have failed to apply for jobs in major companies, nanguanghong is not a strange name, let alone a true face that no one has ever seen.

When I learned from the "peer" that it was nanguanghong, I naturally wanted to worship and watch. Some even came forward and asked Nanlao to sign as a souvenir.

In this regard, nanguanghong is actually not in the mood, but it is difficult to refuse.

Qi Lei waited quietly beside him. When Nanlao was not disturbed again, he found an empty corner to sit down and ordered two cups of Italian coffee.

Well, we specialize in Italian coffee. What we want is the excitement that is bitter to the bone.

Sitting opposite Nan Lao, they are silent.

At that time, those young people had gone through the passion and stopped disturbing. They were only curious. Who was the woodlouse in the military coat?

Especially one of the glasses men. If he remembered correctly, it was the man who hit him on the way here.

……

Others are looking at this side, and Nan Lao and Qi Lei are also looking at these young people.

Qi Lei even lamented that among those people, there might be the founder of a unicorn company in the future.

It is said that the executives of later big companies and the founders of game companies all went out of the entrepreneurial cafe.

Unfortunately, I don't know any of them, otherwise I can fool them back.

Then I thought, are Dongge and jackma mixing in ZhongGuanCun at this time?

If he could meet them, Qi Lei would definitely give them a vote.

Nanguanghong looked at the young people and sighed, "what a good young man! It's a pity that I'm old!"

Qi Lei took back his eyes and smiled calmly: "young people have the momentum of young people, and old people also have the actions of old people!"

Nanguanghong squinted at him, "come on, why did you suddenly appear here? Still dressed like this?"

Compared with the young people here, Qi Lei is the most successful one, because he has been a successful entrepreneur.

Qi Lei replied, "I took your next flight to the capital. I've been waiting for you for two days."

Nan Lao: "

"Wait for me?"

"Yes, waiting for you!"

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

Qi Lei thought, "can I leave a suspense?"

Nan Guanghong smiled bitterly. To tell the truth, he didn't want to talk to the young man. He was angry!

However, since he had come, and he was curious, what was the reason for the young man to catch up with the capital from longjiang province.

He joked, "what else do you want to say before you reveal the suspense?"

"Hoo..."

Qi Lei took a deep breath and straightened up, "first, I'm seventeen and still in high school."

“……”

“……”

“……”

Not only nanguanghong was stunned, but the "entrepreneurial pioneers" there were also sluggish.

Well, although it seems that they are still discussing the future and technology, but nanguanghong is sitting there. How can it be short of ears?

What, wait for you two days, sit down to the capital, and there are seventeen!?

That's a little interesting.

Nan Lao: "

Of course, Nan Guanghong knows that Qi Lei is not old, but he didn't expect to be so young.

Originally, he thought he would be at least 20 years old. Like Zhao Na, he was a university entrepreneur.

But now, what is it? senior high school student!?

Nan Guanghong stared round. "Seventeen?"

"Yes!" Qi Lei nodded seriously, "I think it's necessary to let you know this before we start talking."

"I'm very young, so it's easy to be despised and even misunderstood that I'm too young to succeed," he continued

"But in fact, my grandfather is an old Red Army. Some of my father, uncle and aunt are in politics and some are in business. My childhood family environment makes me a little more mature than normal children, and I get in touch with some new things and business behavior earlier."

"Therefore, I hope Nanlao will not treat me as a child in the next time. Otherwise, you may suffer."

Nan Guanghong: "..." I've met this wonderful flower for the first time in my 60s.

Melon eaters: "

Damn it, damn rich second generation!

……

Old Nan was stunned for a moment and returned to his mind. Looking up at the young people over there, he smiled bitterly, "they are not a few years older than you. This industry is your young people."

Qi Lei nodded, "you're right."

He continued, "there is another point."

"When you go to our company, even if I agree to your requirements and don't say those hurtful words, you have a great chance to be kicked out of imagination group, let alone realize your ambition!"

"Oh?" old Nan raised his eyebrows. "What do you say?"

Qi Lei, "in fact, your existence in imagination is no longer a struggle between technology and trade, but someone doesn't want the state-owned assets background to continue to dominate imagination."

Nan Lao: "!!!"

Now, he doesn't treat Qi Lei as a child at all.

No one dares to mention this factor, and few people know it.

Outsiders only imagine that it is a dispute between technology, industry and trade and trade, but in fact, as Qi Lei said.

Let's put it this way. Imagination group was founded in 1984. Its original company name was new technology development company of Institute of computing technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

It is an attempt by the Computer Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to turn technology to commercialization.

As a researcher of the computer research institute, Nan Lao presided over the research and development of "lx-80 associative Chinese character graphics microcomputer system", and was also invited to become the chief engineer of imagination.

Then, in 1988, Liu Jixiang, one of the early founders of imagination and the assistant researcher of the Planning Institute, took some people of the company and HK $300000 to Hong Kong to establish Hong Kong imagination and start trade.

This is the second attempt of imagination. Self-developed models and traders walk on two legs.

However, the performance of Beijing imagination in the following days was mediocre. On the contrary, Hong Kong imagination's trade direction was a great success and won a lot of profits for the company.

In 1997, that is, two years ago, the merger of Beijing imagination and Hong Kong imagination was tantamount to the merger of a trading company and a national prefix technology company, and disputes would inevitably arise.

Who has the final say, the contradiction that comes out is trade or technology.

Technology oriented, that is, Beijing imagination has the upper hand.

Trade is the main force of Hong Kong's imagination.

In this process, some of the elders of the Beijing company began to waver, including Zeng Shengting, director of the former computer research institute.

After all, over the past ten years, the Beijing company has made little achievements, while the Hong Kong company has made imagination the largest in China.

A small number of people led by Nan Guanghong insisted on their own views, but they also became a minority.

Therefore, there was a later situation and later results.

At this time node, the Institute was incorporated into imagination, with Liu Jixiang as the chairman of the joint board of directors and Zeng Shengting, the former director of the Institute, as the chairman.

Liu certainly won't let Nan Guanghong look up. Not at all.

While Nan Lao was meditating, Qi Lei continued, "Liu's goal is to go international. The background of the Institute is only a domestic pass for him, but a shackle for him to go international. Not only you, when he has a foundation in the world, he will eliminate the team supporting him now."

"Even if you win the experimental field of Sanshi company, most of them will not let you plant seeds smoothly. Therefore, you really don't have any hope."

Nan Guanghong: "

Qi Lei, "it's an inevitable choice to imagine going international and please Western technology. In other words, it's a foregone conclusion that trade, industry and technology are imagining, and you can't return to heaven!"

Nan Guanghong: "

Squinting at Qi Lei, "so, are you defending yourself?"

Qi Lei: "yes!"

"What's the point?"

Qi Lei suddenly bared his teeth and smiled, "in order to invite you out of your imagination, I have a good chance to start."

Nan Guanghong: "

Melon eaters: "

Qi Lei straightened up and finally said the most critical sentence: "Nan Lao, I officially invite you to join Sanshi. Please think it over carefully!"

Nan Guanghong: "!"

Nanguanghong is really stupid this time.

incorrect! I've lived for more than 60 years and finally opened my eyes.

He is so old that he has never seen such a coquettish operation?

(melon eater: we haven't seen it either.)

Invite people out of your imagination so that I can have a chance to start

Is this what people can say? What can be done?

The rich second generation is really not a good thing.

But Nan Lao stayed for a long time. He was speechless, then smiled, finally shook his head and finally said

"Boy, you can't afford me."

Looking at Qi Lei with a bitter smile, "do you know how much money it takes to raise a system development team? Your small company can't afford it."

To nanguanghong's surprise, Qi Lei didn't stem his neck to refute, but nodded, "I really can't afford it."

Nan Guanghong: "

Qi Lei, "to tell you the truth, I thought you had to stay in imagination for a year and a half. At that time, Sanshi company also completed the original accumulation. Even if there is no temptation in capital, you can't be unmoved by the huge scale of Internet cafe terminals."

"If I invite you then, there will be a great chance of success."

His face was bitter: "but I didn't expect you to be so angry? I quit now? Then I couldn't help it. I knew it was unlikely, but I had to give it a try, so I ran here!"

Nan Guanghong, "..." let Qi Lei say no again. The boy frankly made him speechless.

It seemed that he was infected by Qi Lei's talk and laughter, and jumped out for no reason, "what's the matter? I'll think about staying for half a year again?"

Qi Lei bared his teeth and smiled, "No. It's a little harder now. Don't worry about me. Don't you want it?"

Nan Guanghong: "......" it's shameless.

(the people who eat melons think so.)

Finally, Nan Guanghong said the truth: "those are not important. I'm talking about R & D costs. Can you afford it?"

Qi Lei, "I don't know, but I want to try!"

"Try? Not afraid of being dragged to death?"

"I'm afraid! But I still want to try!"

"To tell you the truth, you dare to try, but you don't have a good chance of success."

Qi Lei: "I still want to try!"

Nanguanghong was speechless again: "since you know that the opportunity is not big, why dare you try?"

Qi Lei gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time, "time is not with me! Or time is not with the country?"

Nan Guanghong was stunned and became serious, "go on!"

Qi Lei, "well, I lied to you that day. In fact, I don't think the number of domestic personal terminals can't catch up with the West. Moreover, on the contrary, this speed will be very fast!"

Nan Guanghong, "go on!"

"Maybe ten years later, we will be the world's largest consumer market for personal computers."

"This number will increase in geometric multiples. If we don't develop domestic systems and software while the consumer market is still in its infancy, there will be no chance. Sooner or later, it will be a big disaster!"

Nan Guanghong: "do you really think so?"

Qi Lei: "really!"

"Why?"

Qi Lei, "it's very simple. I just help people open Internet cafes. I signed more than 10000 computers in half a month. Half a month! 10000!"

"Isn't this quantity and time enough to explain the problem? Can't it prove the consumption desire of the market?"

Nan Guanghong nodded and paid more and more attention to Qi Lei's judgment.

However, he was still speechless, "but what are you doing as an Internet cafe and a maintenance system team? You may not make money."

Qi Lei doesn't talk about whether he makes money or not.

"Nan Lao, now only those who open Internet cafes can support the system team!"

"Go on!"

Qi Lei said, "Microsoft has gained momentum and its dominant position is unshakable. Think about it, who can make the system?"

"It is impossible for China to rely on the capital market to promote system R & D, which is unprofitable!"

"Software companies rely on windows for profit; those that are not profitable do not have the strength to develop systems."

"Internet companies haven't even found their own profit points, and they can't carry out system research and development."

"The state led, on the one hand, is not willing, and on the other hand, there is no experimental field."

"Only my Internet cafe company can provide both funds and experimental sites."

"Nan Lao!" speaking of this, Qi Lei was sincere and sincere. "Please believe me, believe a 17-year-old boss. No one will do it except me!"

Nanguanghong was silent and looked at Qi Lei in a daze. His eyes were shining and seemed to have a fire.

Neither of them noticed that the needle had fallen in the entrepreneurial cafe.

All the people, the excited young people, stared at the old and young in amazement.

Nan Guanghong, some people have seen it on TV.

However, who is that local bumpkin across the street!? How does it feel that none of his words are true?

……

Nanguanghong has to admit that what Qi Lei said is irrefutable. Apart from him, no one has both an experimental field and funds.

And Qi Lei's tone was very emotional. After changing the young people not far away, he was about to be moved by people's passion.

However, nanguanghong is no longer young. As an old man, he is more rational.

Looking at Qi Lei's eyes, he didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he finally believed the little young man's determination and courage.

It's just

"Boy, do you know how many lines of code an operating system has?"

This Qi Lei really can't say, "millions?"

"Millions?" Nan Guanghong smiled. "Take Windows 98 for example. It's estimated to be between 2000 and 35 million."

Qi Lei: "

"This is an extremely huge project, so big that you can't imagine."

"Moreover, this must be a bottomless pit. We are developers and have some late mover advantages, but we can't resist others' first mover advantages."

"To tell you the truth, in imagination, my team only has a preliminary framework idea, which is far from coming up with results!"

"Even if you start now, it will take at least two years."

Qi Lei frowned and suddenly said, "Nan Lao, I'll give you five years!"

In Qi Lei's memory, at least until 2004, the main personal computer market in China was Internet cafes. As long as it's an Internet cafe, it's controllable and you can wait.

Nan Guanghong, "..."

Suddenly he said, "OK, five years! It's done! And then?"

"The foreign market has matured. Let's play at home. Even so, you have to do it?"

"Boy, your company is doing well. Don't get involved in this muddy water."

Now it's just the opposite. Nanguanghong advised Qi Lei not to be impulsive.

The significance of domestic systems and software ecology is not in commercial profits. The system can be made. As long as you invest money and energy, there are foreigners to open the way. You can learn after you, even if it's almost no problem.

This thing is not difficult, not difficult.

The difficulty is, commercialization!

After all, the market is already owned by others. Even if you do better than others, someone may not be willing to pay.

Besides, this is the same truth as the mobile phone system ecology of later generations.

Hongmeng is a good thing, but no matter how good and advanced it is, it has the ability to apply the whole scene, but it is not forced to a dead end and still dare not take it out easily.

Why?

Because it's nothing to build a system. The difficulty is ecology. It's the millions of applications and application developers on Android.

You can't let these people follow your pace to adapt to a new development platform.

In the same way, the PC system ecology in 1999 is the same.

Microsoft has been working on this land for more than ten years, from DOS to windows

At present, except for an apple ecosystem, all supporting software companies are based on windows. Even if the domestic system is taken out, how can developers develop software based on your system?

If no one develops software to fill the ecosystem, the system can only be a reserve system.

Therefore, in Nan Lao's eyes, the strategic significance of the domestic system is greater than the commercial significance, or even there is no commercial significance.

This is also the reason why nanguanghong is imagining that it should not be called every day and that the earth is not working.

Including the original time track, he imagined that he had been advocating domestic systems and domestic chips, but there was no main reason for his achievements.

In Nan Guanghong's view, this kind of thing can only be done by imagination.

First, the volume is there. With billions of revenue a year, you can invest a little money.

Second, the sense of mission of its own state-owned assets background.

But imagination is unwilling to do it and bear this responsibility.

Those three stones

Such a small company managed by Internet cafes? The passion and dreams of a group of children.

What system do you do? Just make your little money.

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