Reborn since 1993

Chapter 339: People in fancy sedan chairs carry people

In the past, the Internet had flourished in various parts of the world, but in the end it mostly ended in a mess.

Especially the Internet bubble a few years later, Wall Street used the Internet to reap all the profits from the world. The Internet bubble caused 3.8 trillion US dollars to evaporate from the Nasdaq!

The storm that Soros, who will come to Asia starting next year, will stir up in Southeast Asia will cause the stock markets and foreign exchange of Siam, Korea, Singapore and Korea to suffer a total loss of more than 800 billion US dollars. This shows how much Wall Street and America have lost on the Nasdaq.

The Internet bubble was able to grow so big and be pushed so high, not only because of Wall Street's own investment, but also because of the Internet craze that attracted money from investment institutions in old Europe, the Middle East and even the world, which blew the balloon to the sky.

Finally, as the US dollar interest rate increased, Wall Street fled, the balloon burst, and Nasdaq's overseas investment institutions were cut clean.

That Internet bubble not only made a lot of money, but also made many places begin to fear the Internet. In many regions, the Internet industry is no longer just in a cold winter, but is being treated as a scam. The Internet suffered a devastating blow in the local area, and development opportunities were delayed.

Even the Internet companies that were established around the world at the same time as Silicon Valley suffered heavy losses and were almost wiped out.

On the contrary, it was the Internet companies in Silicon Valley, relying on the dollar support from Wall Street, that recovered first. They easily acquired those half-dying Internet companies overseas at bargain prices and transformed themselves into global Internet companies!
Dongling Hi-Tech will engage in the Internet, but it is more likely to reap the benefits first, or get a ticket to the Internet. Li Dongling does not want Dongling Hi-Tech to be the one that gets reaped!
He brought Gu Xiguang and a group of people from the Economic and Trade Commission and the Foreign Exchange Department who came to inspect, and entered the technical department of Tianya.com.

The current main personnel of Tianya.com's technical department, technical director Zhou Zhiyan, and technical consultants Zhu Chongjun, Wu Xiaojun, Wang Jiangmin and others were all present.

Li Dongling's gaze turned to a man in the technical department who was still a little thin, wearing a suit, a white shirt, and gold-rimmed glasses, looking like a senior white-collar worker.

"Brother, everything is ready!"

Zhou Hongyi, who was seen by Li Dongling, stood up and walked to Li Dongling, with a hint of excitement on his face.

Zhou Hongyi has not yet developed the habit of wearing that red battle robe and transforming himself into a red cannon. He graduated from Wuhan Jiaotong University as a graduate student this year and was brought to Yanjing by Guo Jingyun.

Now Zhou Hongyi serves as Guo Jingyun's deputy and is the director of Dongling Hi-Tech. As a graduate of Hanxi Jiaotong University, he is considered to have a good background in Dongling Hi-Tech. Guo Jingyun basically treats him as his right-hand man, just like Lei Jun in Kingsoft.

Zhou Hongyi is now at Tianya.com, not only helping with R&D, management, and operations, but also sometimes even recruiting, logistics, and other matters. By the end of the year, or next year at the latest, there will be no problem for him to take on the title of deputy manager of Tianya.com.

Since joining Tianya.com, Master Zhou has lived a very fulfilling life. His immediate superior and the boss of the company are both his fellow students from Wuhan Jiaotong University, so there is no such thing as constraints or sabotage.

In addition, Tianya.com is different from traditional companies. Basically, everyone can speak freely and any ideas proposed will be adopted as long as they are reasonable and appropriate.

Today, Master Zhou can't help but feel excited as he will be showcasing Tianya.com's first project in front of so many department and unit leaders.

"This is the technical department of Tianya.com. This is our technical director Zhou Zhiyan. We also have technical consultants such as Zhu Chongjun, Wu Xiaojun, and Wang Jiangmin. They are all the best technical personnel in Zhongguancun!
One of the projects we are currently developing at Tianya.com is a computer input method project!" Guo Jingyun said to the crowd.

"Input?"

"Same as Wangma's Wubi input method?"

Among the inspectors, the first reaction after hearing the word "input method" was the Wubi input method. After all, this computer input method is so famous that the official media called it the modern version of movable type printing.

Professor Wang, who invented the Wubi input method, has also been given the title of the contemporary Bi Sheng. Even people who are not familiar with computers know that the ability to input Chinese on a computer is inseparable from the contribution of Professor Wang.

"Professor Wang's Wubi input method is indeed of great significance to the domestic computer industry!"

Guo Jingyun glanced at Li Dongling and said, "However, technology is constantly improving. The threshold of the Wubi input method is too high for new computer users. Special training is required before they can use a computer!"

"Tianya.com has developed a new computer pinyin input method. We hope that this input method can be used by computer users without any barriers!"

As he spoke, at Guo Jingyun's signal, Zhou Hongyi sat in front of the computer, opened a document, and began typing using the Tianya input method. Gu Xiguang and others saw the pinyin that appeared on the computer, and they could understand it at a glance. Compared with Wubi, the pinyin input method was obviously something that anyone who had learned Chinese characters could use, and there was no threshold at all.

Seeing this input method, some older leaders from several departments and units were obviously interested. Now, domestic municipal governments, especially in Yanjing, have begun to promote computer office work, but for older people, it is not easy to learn how to operate a computer, let alone take out time to learn the Wubi input method. But if they don't learn it, they may not even be able to input on the computer, let alone work.

For them and countless novices who have just come into contact with computers, Tianya.com's Pinyin input method does not require the tedious Wubi typing. They can use it at a glance.

Zhou Hongyi typed about 180 words using the Pinyin input method. For a professional Wubi typist, this typing time is enough for them to type 300 to 400 words using Wubi.

But again, most people who use computers are not that concerned about typing efficiency. The advantage of using Pinyin is that there is no threshold and anyone who knows Chinese can use it. As for Wubi, if you don't know it, you can't type it. Which one would ordinary people choose?
"At present, we are optimizing and upgrading the accuracy of Tianya Input Method. In addition, we are preparing to develop and add security, keywords, key words, vocabulary and other functions to give users a better experience!" said Guo Jingyun.

"Xi Guang, our company should also purchase a batch of Tianya input methods to support domestic software!"

Gu Xiguang's old leader spoke at this time, and after he expressed his position, other departments and units present also expressed their views one after another.

Upon hearing this, Guo Jingyun's face showed joy. Tianya.com had suffered losses for so long since its establishment, but it was finally able to make a comeback.

Tianya Input Method will be divided into two versions. One is a version for the general public, which is provided to users free of charge. In fact, it does not collect much money from ordinary users. Just look at the Natural Code Input Method developed by Zhou Zhiliang, the number of pirated users is more than a hundred times that of the genuine version.

The other type is the enterprise version of the input method provided for companies and municipal agencies. They attach great importance to the security of the input method, but you need to spend money to purchase it.

The main source of income for Wangma, the company that holds the patent for the Wubi input method, is not from selling paid versions of the input method to ordinary users, but from purchases by municipal governments across the country, as well as orders from printing companies and other companies. Orders from municipal governments account for almost half of Wangma's revenue.

Not only the input method, but also Kingsoft's WPS was able to get back on its feet because it also received city government orders. The entire city government order accounted for a considerable share of Kingsoft's revenue, allowing Kingsoft to continue competing with Microsoft Office.

Tianya Input Method is not planning to compete with Wangma for business. As long as it can get a small portion of the profits from the city government's purchases, it will be enough to maintain the research and development of the Tianya Input Method team!

The only project that Tianya.com can show off now is the input method. As for Tianya Forum, it is still under development and testing. Besides, the people who came to inspect today may not be interested in Tianya Forum.

After inspecting Dongling Hi-Tech's Yanjing Company, personnel from many departments left, while Gu Xiguang and people who were close to Dongling Hi-Tech, such as the Economic and Trade Commission and Industrial Machinery, stayed in the conference room. Everyone present was considered "insiders", so the atmosphere was naturally much more relaxed.

"This is Engineer Wang Jizhi, former chief engineer of Sitong. It was Engineer Wang who single-handedly led the team to develop Sitong's typewriter project!"

"This time, Mr. Wang came here hoping to jointly develop a domestic printer project with Dongling Hi-Tech!"

After Li Dongling finished speaking, the conference room fell silent for a moment. Gu Xiguang was the first to speak, "Printer, is that the new project you mentioned the other day, Dongling?"

“Yes, it’s not just a printer project!”

Li Dongling said, "Dongling Hi-Tech is preparing to launch printers, as well as printer-related supporting facilities!"

“When developing domestic printers, we wanted to provide better services to domestic printer users and to enable the printer project to obtain a certain amount of cash flow.

Dongling Hi-Tech is preparing to open chain stores of graphic printing in major cities across China. In the future, the chain stores will cover major cities and even county-level areas across China!"

"For graphic printing stores, it is expected that each store will be equipped with different personnel and equipment according to the store's business. It is expected that there will be three to five people at the beginning. If the store adds other businesses such as advertising, stationery sales and photography, it will also be equipped with advertising department personnel, and the staff size may increase to more than 20 people!

Tanglin Hi-Tech's plan is to open more than 1,000 chain printing stores in China in the next five years. If there is demand, we may continue to add stores!"

Gu Xiguang was surprised, and then he couldn't help but look at his old leader. A thought came to both of their minds: how many jobs can this chain of printing stores provide?
(End of this chapter)