The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 261 Author: Li Mu
I thought it would take some time, but I didn't expect it to be completed in an instant.

Facing his doubts, Li Mu smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the hard work of the professors. I, the team leader, only come here once every few days."

"You can't say that. Without the content framework and guidance provided by Consultant Li, we wouldn't be able to achieve it so quickly no matter how long we persevere." The bald professor immediately stood up and refuted.

Other experts and professors also echoed the comments.

Seeing this, He Baiyi smiled and said:

"Everyone has made contributions, no matter how big or small."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Now that we have the teaching materials, we will start the pilot teaching soon."

"Since we are going to teach, we definitely need teachers and professors. There are not many people in our country who understand software engineering, so we still need you to contribute more!"

"Leader, please tell me what you think. I will fully cooperate with you." Li Mu said immediately.

He had indeed considered the teacher's problem, but he would definitely wait for a plan to be proposed by his superiors before he could give his opinion. There was no need for him to always be ahead of others and seek the limelight.

He Baiyi smiled and said, "At present, our pilot plan will be carried out in three universities, namely Beijing Institute of Technology, Wudaokou Institute of Technology and Beijing University, as well as several technical colleges, as you said before."

"The number of students scheduled to be enrolled will be more than 300 and no more than 500."

"In one year at the earliest and two years at the latest, a professional talent training system for software engineering can be initially formed. What do you think of this arrangement?"

After he finished speaking, he waited for Li Mu's opinion.

There were basically no major changes to the plan, except for some time requirements.

To be honest, it is somewhat unrealistic to want to form a professional talent training system for software engineering in just one or two years.

After all, not only students need training, but teachers also need training.

After listening to this, Li Mu hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have no objection, but I have a small suggestion. I want to publish the news about the country's development of software engineering in the newspaper."

"Although there is still some time before the college entrance examination, we can first popularize the concept of software engineering to students and even publish some magazines on software design."

"That's a good idea!" He Baiyi was enlightened after hearing the idea, and then said, "Then when the magazine is launched, you have to contribute an article."

"No problem." Li Mu agreed straightforwardly.

The content of the magazine is basically popular science-oriented, so it is not difficult to write and it doesn’t matter if you agree to it.

Afterwards, He Baiyi discussed some follow-up matters with him, and ended the conversation only after the secretary came to report that the presidents and deans of various colleges and universities had arrived.

Originally, Li Mu felt that he was not needed for the remaining matters and was ready to leave.

But He Baiyi insisted that he attend the meeting. Thinking that as the head of the editing team, it would be unreasonable for him not to attend, he simply agreed.

……

The meeting went smoothly.

Designing software engineering major and vigorously developing software design are major national policies and the consensus of all people.

Under this tone, the meeting conducted in-depth discussions on issues such as how to carry out the work, how to carry out the work, and to what extent the work should be carried out.

Even issues such as welfare benefits are taken into consideration.

Currently, software engineering graduates can only be assigned to three places: the Semiconductor Research Institute, the Institute of Computing Technology, and the Semiconductor Group.

The maximum capacity is estimated to be around 500 people.

However, Li Mu said that they could recruit students with confidence.

The talent gap they need will only get bigger and bigger, and after the first batch of software engineering students graduate, they may not be able to meet this demand.

……

Soon after the meeting, a plan titled "The Ministry of Culture, Education and Sports' Plan for Piloting Software Engineering Programs in Limited Universities in Kyoto" was sent to the higher authorities.

The plan was approved before even the day was up.

Radio, newspapers, news, all media immediately began to follow up with reports and promote the software engineering major to the people of the whole country.

Although it is not on the front page every day, it is also in a very prominent column.

A number of experts and professors came forward to be interviewed:

"Software engineering is an important area of ​​future technological development in our country. Its progress is related to the progress of the overall technological level..."

"Not only computers, but also aerospace, mechanical engineering, medicine and agriculture, many fields can benefit from software engineering and achieve a big step forward..."

"Our country has already achieved a cliff-like lead in software engineering. Whether it is Big Brother or Emperor M, it is impossible to surpass us in the short term, but we must also be prepared for danger in times of peace. The country has established the software engineering major to make this leading position more stable..."

……

Although these experts and professors interviewed may not have a deep understanding of software engineering, they obviously see its future prospects.

With their endorsement, a craze for learning software engineering knowledge soon emerged in schools across the country.

In response to this trend, the magazine "Software Engineering" edited by People's Daily Publishing House was soon published and distributed nationwide. The first edition began with "What is Software Engineering" written by Li Mu.

……

A high school somewhere in the southwest of Xia Country.

Xiao Lin is a senior high school teacher. When he saw the newspaper report that the country was about to establish a software engineering major, he knew that this major would become an important pillar of the country's future development.

Students were also curious about software engineering and would come to him to ask questions from time to time.

But as a teacher in a small place, he didn't know anything about software engineering, so he was often asked questions and couldn't answer them.

He went to libraries and bookstores, but couldn't find much useful information.

Just when he was about to call his superiors to ask about it, he passed by the place where he often bought magazines and suddenly saw the familiar four big words "Software Engineering".

The moment he saw these words, he immediately stopped and walked forward to pick up the magazine.

When I opened the book, I saw that the preface was an article introducing software engineering.

The number of words is not too many, only a few thousand, but it succinctly introduces the concept and meaning of software engineering to people, and emphasizes why it is so valued by the country and what kind of applications it will have in the future.

Xiao Lin took the book in his hand as if it were a treasure. He quickly took out all the money he had and bought five books in one go, then ran back to school quickly.

He rushed into the classroom holding five magazines in his hands and shouted, "Students, come here quickly, let's learn together what software engineering is!"

…Such scenes are happening in schools across the country.

Especially since the author of the opening chapter was Li Mu, the only winner of the National Highest Science and Technology Award, it made everyone extremely curious.

It didn't take long for a wave of software engineering topics to sweep the country. Discussions and exchanges were held everywhere, and the first edition of Software Engineering magazine was discussed over and over again.

In terms of enrollment promotion alone, the effect is as good as it can be. He Baiyi is even a little worried that the number of people who register after the college entrance examination this year will exceed the syllabus.

But Li Mu still said the same thing, use as many as possible, there will definitely be no waste.

……

The news that Xia Guo had established a software engineering major in its university soon reached Big Brother's intelligence agency.

Upon receiving the news, the intelligence chief immediately went to the National Academy of Sciences to find the president.

The latter was also surprised after hearing this, and immediately convened domestic experts and professors in semiconductor and computing technology to discuss the matter.

At the meeting, the intelligence chief said directly: "Don't worry about the authenticity. Xia Country's propaganda is so intensive that it can't be a cover for us."

He said this rather impolitely, looking towards the president of the National Academy of Sciences.

After all, they suffered a loss in the integrated circuit market. If the other party had not guaranteed that Xia Country could not have this technology, he would not have been so negligent.

"Ahem, we do have to admit that Xia Country is already ahead of us in semiconductors and even in computing technology." The president of the National Academy of Sciences coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, then said.

At this time, he did not dare to easily assert that it was simply unrealistic for Xia Guo to engage in software engineering.

After Xia Guo completed the technology transaction with them, they obtained a lot of information on integrated circuits, and its level of development can be said to have caught up with their level.

To put it bluntly, even their most advanced transistor computers can only achieve less than half of the theoretical computing power of small- and medium-scale integrated circuit computers.

Upon seeing this, the intelligence chief humphed softly and did not make things difficult for them. Instead, he handed the magazine sent from Xia Country to everyone for them to circulate.

After reading it, everyone fell silent.

After a long while, a prestigious old expert said first: "If software engineering is really as described above and has the ability to be applied in the entire industry, then we must keep up with the pace!"

"Although I don't want to admit it, Xia Country has surpassed us by a lot in this regard!"

"We have fallen behind by more than one step in integrated circuit computers, and we must not fall behind in software engineering any further!"

"That's right, we must also study software engineering, otherwise it will be more difficult to catch up with Xia Country in the future." Other experts and professors also spoke up.

But many people's faces inevitably look a little strange.

It is really hard to accept that the little brother who used to follow behind you suddenly jumped in front of you.

However hard it was to accept, as scientists, they also knew that the software engineering concept proposed by Xia Guo would definitely be an important area of ​​future technological development. Once they fell behind, they would be restricted at every step.

And just to maintain their status as the big brother, they must catch up with Xia Guo.

When everyone was discussing this heatedly, the president of the National Academy of Sciences suddenly interrupted and said, "Everyone, stop for a moment and listen to me first."

“Study software engineering, that’s for sure.”

"But have you ever considered that we were all told what software engineering is by Xia Guo, so how should we study it?"

These words instantly cleared up the noisy voices in the huge conference room.

Yes, even the concepts are told to them by others, how can they do research?

Moreover, the prerequisite for software engineering is integrated circuit computers. Although they have obtained the information on small and medium-scale integrated circuits, it will take at least more than a year to develop a computer.

What should I do for such a long time? Just stand and watch?

Everyone was silent for a long time.

It was the old expert who broke the strange atmosphere and said, "I think we need to send someone to learn from them."

"It's not just software engineering and computers, but also J language. To some extent, the latter is even more important than the former two because it is the foundation of software."

"Oh, and the author of this article is also called Li Mu. I think we should do a thorough investigation. He won the only first prize in Xia Country's highest science and technology award, and he was able to write such a meaningful article. It must be extraordinary."

A number of experts and professors expressed their support for his views.

It would be impossible to do it by myself. Not to mention catching up with Xia Guo, I'm afraid I can't even catch up with other people's taillights.

Only by sending people there to study and communicate can we have the opportunity to obtain their core technology.

Of course, Xia State would not let them take advantage of this for nothing, and they would definitely have to pay a considerable price in other aspects.

The president of the National Academy of Sciences looked at everyone, nodded helplessly, and agreed to this approach.

As for the matter about Li Mu, neither he nor the director of intelligence had much doubt - it was just a smokescreen released by Xia Guo. Even if it was really written by Li Mu himself, it could not prove that he was the "Hetu".

What's more, the Intelligence Bureau has already found some clues about the "River Map".

……

Unlike Big Brother, Emperor M scoffed at the news that Xia State had established a software engineering project, and even began to suspect that this was a smokescreen jointly created by Xia State and Big Brother.

This kind of thing is indeed possible.

Now both sides are engaged in an arms race, competing for the position of hegemony, and they must suppress the other side no matter what.

As for the previous news that Xia Country was ahead of them in semiconductor research, although it has been confirmed, many scientists in the M Empire still believe that even if Xia Country is ahead, it will not be by much.

Scientific development must follow objective laws. Xia Country was lagging far behind them more than a year ago, but now it is suddenly ahead, and ahead by such a huge amount. There must be a problem.

Of course, American scientists are more supportive of the field of software engineering.

They are not stupid. Even though their computers are not yet capable of developing software, they can see the potential.

However, many people still look down on the J language for implementing software design out of discrimination and prejudice. They think that a country like Xia, where even its computer language used to be at the stage of assembly language and machine language, cannot possibly come up with any high-level language.

——Even if they really develop it, they won’t use it.

How could the great Emperor M learn from a backward country, especially when that country was in a hostile relationship with them?

Therefore, the response made by the senior management of Emperor M was to set up an "Advanced Language Development Team" to come up with a better computer language!

(End of this chapter)