this man is not calm

Chapter 403 Getting Closer
I talked a lot with Professor Deng. The meeting lasted more than two hours and benefited a lot from a large group of employees in the company who were working hard to implement the data center.

After the meeting, Jin Shang sent a car to take Professor Deng Zhongliang back. Most of the participants also left, leaving only a few people waiting for the boss's orders.

"The opinions of the experts are indeed thought-provoking, but...some things cannot be believed blindly."

Since everyone present is a family, Jin Shang will not say any nonsense.

"Professor Deng is really capable, but he is also very selfish. He is not as honest as Professor Zhang Shude. He is just taking consulting and agency fees and acting as a technical resource broker, but he is not satisfied and seems to want to gain more control and gain more benefits."

The words spoken publicly during the meeting were indeed insightful and will be of great help to the future development of Jinxi Culture.

However, telling the truth and saying nice things does not mean that Professor Deng Zhongliang is of the same mind as Jin Shang.

He is not a scientific scholar, but a technical businessman with profound knowledge and rich experience.

Not long after the communication, Jin Shang was convinced that this person could not be fully trusted like Dean Gong Lin and Professor Zhang Shude, but that did not mean he was not useful. As long as the money was in place and proper precautions were taken, he would get the due reward.

"Professor Zhang is an expert in chemical materials, energy storage batteries, and product design, but he is not an expert in electricity. In contrast, Professor Deng Zhongliang, who seems to be very assertive and persuasive, is not so honest. We have very few technical and personnel reserves in high-end UPS and inverters, distributed power sources, applying for subsidies, and finding professional talents. If we really want to fully advance, we will rely too much on him."

"Should we reject him or look for other experts in the industry?"

From Jin Shang's words, Yang Qi could tell that Jin Shang was dissatisfied with the professor from his alma mater. He didn't show it in person, but his tone was not so polite in private.

"No need to refuse. I'll give you the money and the goods. But... I won't have any favors. I know some people in my alma mater in the fields of architecture and urban planning, electronic information, chemical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics. I'm a little familiar with them and they're easier to talk to. As for electricity..."

Shaking his head regretfully, Jin Shang was too lazy to say too many bad things behind his back.

Yang Qi, who was older and more knowledgeable, understood it.

"Whether on campus or off campus, electricity, energy, mining, metallurgy, etc. are all relatively closed fields. Mr. Jin is too young, and the company he founded is only two or three years old. It is not a good idea for him to rashly get involved in such industries too deeply."

"I know! Some things can be passively endured or done out of necessity. The Xingdao Haihua chemical park and the satellite factory plan around the Bohai Sea can be considered a resource exchange."

If I had to describe it in one word, it would be "a pledge of allegiance".

In this life, Jin Shang is a native of Beijing and has an extraordinary family background, but he is just a young man after all. It is still unknown how many people will recognize him outside the capital.

Spending billions of real money to build a factory not only proves the strength of the "Jinxi Group", but also builds good relations with the local government, which is a win-win situation.

But it is extremely difficult to accomplish anything big in the capital city.

It was very difficult for my second uncle Mei Yingnian, a well-known "North Sea Shipping King" who had been famous for many years, to get a share of the Beijing real estate market. After years of planning, he finally managed to gain a foothold with the support of Jin Shang, a declining "old man" in western Beijing, and was then accepted by the local business circle.

"The so-called new technologies and new directions that are touted are all true, but when to implement, how to implement, and how much to invest cannot be left to chance. In addition, I was indeed careless about the scale of this super data center, but the arrow is on the string and has to be launched. It is too late to withdraw it. Modifications will only show weakness, interrupt the original plan, and cause more problems."

Considering the current scale of Jinxi Culture's online business, even though each one is not very large, when added together it is quite terrifying. If their data are not integrated and left to fight on their own, the loss will be too great.

only……

"The biggest problem is still the power consumption. Let alone 50 megawatts, the first phase of 10 megawatts is quite astonishing. If we rely entirely on the city power, we will probably suffer."

This is like an old-fashioned household circuit that was originally only used for lighting, television, electric fans, rice cookers and electric irons, but is suddenly connected to several large three-horsepower air conditioners. Not to mention starting and shutting down, even a slight fluctuation in power consumption may cause internal and external risks. Voltage instability and frequent tripping are the least of the problems. Electrical appliance damage, line fire and even power transformer accidents are all possible.

A small boat could be loaded with scattered rice, flour, grain, oil, broken minerals, pigs, cats, dogs, wood, groceries, etc. As long as it was properly mixed and the balance was maintained, there would be no problem. But if a huge African elephant was driven onto the boat, the situation would be hard to say.

To put it bluntly, Jin Shang's cognition was biased. Using the power load 20 years later to measure the current situation in 1997, the result obtained was also problematic.

In the era of artificial intelligence, the power supply of the Three Gorges Project is only equivalent to about 3% of the national total, and at the lowest it is only more than 1%. But at the end of the 20th century, the power generation of the Three Gorges hydropower project could meet the electricity needs of most of the south.

The energy supply base is so far apart, it's not even on the same level.

In 2023, Northern Virginia data centers consumed a total of 2,552 megawatts of electricity, Dallas data centers consumed 654 megawatts, and Silicon Valley consumed just over 600 megawatts; in Asia, Beijing is the only region where data centers consume a total of more than 1,000 megawatts, close to 1,800 megawatts.

The above scale was achieved only when IT technology had reached its peak and Moore's Law was about to become invalid. In the summer of 1997, a data center with a power consumption of 50 megawatts was astonishing.

With the current power supply level in Beijing, it is really too difficult.

Unless you build a data center in an energy-rich city in the north or west, the area is vast and sparsely populated, electricity is cheap, and there is no supply of data centers, so there are not many places available.

But the infrastructure there is not in place. Not to mention the difficulty in getting the three connections and one leveling, it is hard to find talent. Building a data center in a place where there is no high-speed network is probably a brain disease.

Why would Jin Shang prefer to build a super-large data center near Beijing where costs are high?

Isn’t it because the infrastructure here is the most complete?

But if this is the case, we have to consider the practical issues.

The city electricity must be used, it is cheap, large in quantity, convenient and fast, but it cannot be completely relied on, so the inverter, UPS, and distributed power supply must be used. Even if Jin Shang knows that Professor Deng Zhongliang has an interest in it, he has to accept it. Time waits for no one, it is not cost-effective to delay it, and there is no guarantee that there will be more troubles in the future.

"Finally, the company's talent reserve plan also needs to be adjusted. We used to focus on IT talents, but now it seems that there are still many gaps. In the future, I will recruit some external aid from sister companies to help. There are still some knowledgeable people in marine turbine electrical appliances and planetary intelligent manufacturing. It is difficult to design and carry out projects independently, but it is okay to lend a hand and check. By the way..."

As he spoke, Jin Shang turned his gaze towards Huang Yiyi.

"The autumn recruitment in September and October is coming soon. The recruitment brochure should be revised. Graduates of electrical and electrical equipment, mechanical engineering, refrigeration and air conditioning, instrumentation, etc. should pay more attention. For specific requirements, go to the grassroots employers to collect statistics and report them to me."

"learn!"

Huang Yiyi wrote down Jin Shang's request and carried it out without much effort.

"That's it. Let's adjourn the meeting. Director Yang, please stay. I have something to ask you."

A few minutes later, Jin Shang led Yang Qi to the reception room in the side hall.

"It's been a while since I last asked about the Bai Ze 98 system that will be released next year. How is the testing going? Will it be able to go online on time?"

"It's not a big problem. The core system itself is already very complete. It's just that cross-platform applications, compatibility with old versions and third-party interfaces still need time to debug."

"Ok!"

After talking so much today, Jin Shang, who was a little thirsty, drank a few sips of tea to moisten his throat, then nodded slowly,
"For hardware development, the company is currently adhering to the strategy of following, not striving to be the first, but only imitating the mature product routes that have been tested by the market, and giving full play to the latecomer advantage. There is not much pressure in this regard, just follow the general direction of the policy. In terms of software, we need to pay special attention, be market- and user-oriented, and popularize it as the principle to gain the maximum recognition of netizens. The operating system is the basis of all assumptions, Mercury mobile phones, Venus game consoles, tablet computers, assembled trendy computers, Internet cafe alliances, e-commerce platforms, entertainment audio and video, and even the head office's decision-making revolves around it, so don't let it down..."

So much money was spent, so many relationships were wasted, and so many connections were established just to build a data center. Even some small hardware manufacturers and engineering software service providers were acquired to safeguard the core strategy. If the key to the application end - the operating system - is not good, the losses will be huge.

"The market share of commercial office customers needs to be maintained. We don't need to see a sharp increase, but it's good enough that it doesn't shrink. For games and animations, entertainment and audio-visual, social networks, e-commerce, news and information, etc., new customers, new demands, and new markets are all God-given opportunities."

The number of registered users of Fetion, Jinxi Chat's direct competitor, increased to 2.8 million, and then the growth rate began to decline. In contrast, the number of registered users of Jinxi Chat was just over 900,000, less than one million, which is really miserable.

But this is not because Jinxi Chat is not doing well, but because the number of mobile phone users converted by Fetion is too large. Even though Jinxi Chat has soared at a growth rate of over 60%, and has risen a lot in the past six months with the accelerated expansion of Internet cafes, the reality is that the total number of registrations is far behind.

Even so, the number of active users of Jinxi Chat has reached more than 80% of Fetion, proving that the product's user stickiness is still very good.

Jinxi Culture has no way to attract mobile phone users and can only advertise among Xiaolingtong users. However, the citizens who would rather endure the much worse call quality and use Xiaolingtong are basically young people with limited financial resources. Very few of them have money to buy computers or engage in online social networking. They can only wait until they make money in the future and have the hope to consume.

How to increase the number of users and adding new Internet-connected computers is the key. There is no need to worry too much about the Internet cafe channel. Personal home computers, installed broadband, and the white-collar market are the main battlefields.

With the operating system as a powerful weapon, we can protect all the applications under Jinxi Culture through pre-installation and exclusive competition.

Although Fetion's growth rate has slowed down, how can it possibly gain the upper hand when competing in the other party's area of ​​expertise?

Jin Shang is not stupid, how could he not think of other tricks?
The competition among software applications ultimately comes down to the fight for control over the user's computer desktop.

The dispute between Fetion and Jinxi Chat is only one aspect. Browsers, anti-virus software, email, etc., which one does not require operating system support?
The protracted war has just begun to warm up, and it is still too early to determine the winner.

The Bai Ze 98 system is an important part of overtaking on the curve. Jin Xi Culture excels in cross-track dimensionality reduction attacks, and what matters is comprehensive strength. If they really have to compete honestly and head-on, Jin Shang is really not sure.

At this time, Fetion, with its reinforced concrete backstage, was so terrifying that as long as it did not make any mistakes, no one would find any chance to defeat it.

There are also many strong competitors in other sub-sectors.

Only Jinxi Music, Jinxi Games, etc. seem to have no decent rivals, and Jinxi Video is so inferior that there is not even anyone to compete with it.

After chatting with Yang Qi for a while and explaining some precautions, I finally got the important things done.
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After handling some official business and taking a short break, it was time to get off work. After another delay, my girlfriend Li Xuan finished her work for the day. The two of us ordered some snacks outside and walked around for a while before we found a newly opened 3DIMAX cinema. After picking up the tickets at the self-service machine using the SMS code, we walked into the theater.

"No wonder you want to make a special movie ticket system and customize the machine, just to promote the integration of online and offline business? It seems that this aspect will be separated and operated independently in the future..."

"Yes! The future market is worth looking forward to. It is also an important part of the company's cultural industry. Discount tickets, ticket subsidies, third-party reviews and so on are secondary. I have made great efforts to promote online booking of movie tickets, spent a lot of money to upgrade and renovate theaters, promote digital projectors, and even advocated the establishment of a theater alliance. Isn't it just to gain the dominant position? Moreover, there is a purpose that cannot be said in public..."

"what?"

"Put an end to fraud, stealing box office and lip service!"

Good movies have high box office?

Do not be silly!
Until the first decade of the 21st century, when digital projectors were not fully popularized and online ticket booking was not yet widespread, all kinds of outrageous operations were unimaginable to later generations. Using the ticket for movie A to watch movie B had become blatant, and the smaller the place, the more rampant it was.

Later we played things like "Ghost Soldiers Borrowing the Road" and "Single-Player Locking the Field", which were too childish.

The Internet is changing the world, and movie theaters are a typical example.

(End of this chapter)