Our Rise Era

Chapter 242 [Wheat System]

2012 October.

[Takeaway Wars] The war has become increasingly intense. Takeaway websites are burning money like crazy. The battle for subsidies, advertising, offline promotion, and merchant contracts is as brutal as a bloodbath.

There are nearly 300 new food delivery websites emerging...

The aggressive telephone pole advertisements often show [XX takeaway] one second and are torn down and become [XX group takeaway] the next second.

Many celebrities and spokespersons were also invited to participate, shouting the slogan "One yuan for a proper meal, five yuan for a feast"...

……

Someone has made a special statistics, and found that this war cost nearly 11 billion RMB in November alone!

Money can no longer be called money at all!
As the [Takeaway War] becomes increasingly fierce, the flames of war burn through many cities in China...

The three major domestic electric vehicle brands, which focus on food delivery, have also joined a new round of fierce competition and launched a sales raid on Japanese electric vehicle brands!
In just half a month, nearly 30 electric vehicles for food delivery were sold!

……

“Are there no other brands?”

"There are only these three domestic electric vehicle brands. The prices of other Japanese brands cannot be lowered at all. Even if they can be lowered, it is useless... For the low-level deliverymen, the more complete the equipment, the lower the cost price, and the longer the battery life, the better... And the electric vehicles under Zhang Yang meet all the requirements! And..."

"What else?"

"There are a large number of domestic battery-powered bicycles in stock, and you can buy them and drive them immediately. For riders who are in urgent need of electric bicycles, this is like sending pillows when they are sleepy! Even if other Japanese electric bicycle manufacturers join the battle now, they will not be able to increase their production capacity all at once. At least, they can't do that in the remaining two months of 2012!"

"Damn it, I've become a worker for Zhang Yang!"

"Then will we still make up for the subsidy?"

"Make it up, damn Zhang Yang!"

"Row!"

"..."

Li Hong, the boss of Sodu who had just joined the battle, saw this scene and immediately became so angry that his face turned blue.

After fiercely cursing Zhang Yang's ancestors for eighteen generations...

Finally, he suppressed the anger in his heart, looked fiercely at the "Takeaway War" that had already become a dog-brained market, took a deep breath, and finally nodded.

Oh shit!

I have never been so cowardly!
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12 month 5 day.

The weather is getting cold.

The madness of the takeout market has not affected the Wheat Technology Department.

In the Wheat Technology system department headed by Thomson, everyone had an expression of urgency and depression on their faces.

Task stickers and project lists are hung on the task bar...

A mobile phone system may seem simple, but in fact, it is very complicated.

It requires more talent.

These people need to meet many conditions, including a deep understanding of basic knowledge such as data structure, algorithm, computer composition principle, network communication, etc. In addition, it is also essential to be familiar with the working principle of the operating system, such as process management, memory management, file system, device management, etc.

The development of mobile phone systems also needs to consider the limitations of hardware architectures, such as ARM, x86, etc., and optimize performance to improve system operating efficiency...

……

It can be not as good as the [Android] or [IOS] system, but it must not lag behind, or you can independently develop a system similar to [WEB OS].

In addition, the most important thing is that a successful mobile phone system is not only about system development, but also about ecological construction. Ecological construction includes the development and adaptation of application software, which requires a lot of time and resources. If there is not enough application software support, users will not use the system, which will lead to no manufacturer support, forming a vicious circle. In the end, the system developed with a lot of manpower and material resources is garbage...

but……

Fortunately.

At present, the Chinese market has not yet formed a situation where Android is the only dominant player...

The rules of the market have not yet been fully formulated by any one company.

Emerging systems...

As long as there are sales!
There is still a chance to succeed!
The ecological chain can also be reorganized from the cracks in this system war.

but……

But time is very tight.

The evening breeze blew against the windows.

Bring a little chill.

"Mr. Thomson, is our [Wheat System] ready?"

Thomson looked at Zhang Yang who pushed the door open.

His face was a bit complicated. "Mr. Zhang Yang, you have been asking me the same question every day since the 10th of last month. I really want to answer. We have already done it, but, in fact, we have only made a framework... Your requirements for our [Xiaomi System] are really too high. We cannot deviate too far from the Android system, but we must be independent and have our own highlights. How can we do this? In addition, you asked us to make a fingerprint adaptation system. As far as I know, the companies that control this technology in the market are only the leaders of the [Android] system and the technical department of [iPhone]..."

Two years ago, when the WebOS system was acquired by Android, Thomson came all the way to China to cooperate with Zhang Yang. He was ambitious.

But, two years later...

His ambitions were gradually crushed by the endless system development.

It stands to reason that with the development experience of the [webos] system, it is not difficult to make a system. In fact, their framework was completed a year ago. They even made a system similar to the [wheat system] based on the [Android system]...

but……

Zhang Yang made a request.

That is, when [Xiaomi 4] is released, it must be adapted to the black technology of [press-type fingerprint recognition technology]. In addition, there is also the AI ​​intelligent voice system.

……

Damn it!

For Thomson, each technology represents a historic breakthrough.

He brought his team to do this...

It's no less than asking Xiao Zuanfeng to defeat Sun Wukong...

Isn't this nonsense?

"The iPhone 5 series has just been released. I have a feeling that next year's iPhone 5S will be equipped with a fingerprint system function..." Zhang Yang faced Thomson's bitterness without any other expression on his face: "If we can take a step ahead and take out the [press-type fingerprint recognition technology], it will be a killer for the future of our [Wheat System]! No matter how much money you need, as long as you ask, I will send it to you..."

After hearing this, Thomson did not show any excitement on his face. Instead, he sighed and said, "Mr. Zhang Yang, let me tell you again, technology cannot be bought with money alone. Many core technologies are hidden in more core safes..."

"How long will it take us to break through?"

"We need people, more and more people, people who meet my requirements... However, ordinary college students can be found everywhere, but the real core R&D personnel have been snatched away by large companies. In this era, talent resources are also strategic resources..."

"..."

Zhang Yang was silent for a long time, then he took another look at the [Wheat Technology] that was being debugged: "Can't make a breakthrough?"

"Mr. Zhang Yang, let me tell you directly, unless we can acquire a fingerprint sensor manufacturer like Authentic, we can't make it... I say it again, I'm not Superman, I'm just a programmer. My limit is that I can only be responsible for the development and maintenance of the [Xiaomi System], as well as the development of simple AI voice systems in the future..."

"[Press-type fingerprint recognition technology] doesn't work, so what about the scratch-type one?"

"..."

Thomson was so devastated that he no longer wanted to talk to Zhang Yang.

Just sighing continuously, seeing that Zhang Yang still had no intention of leaving, Thomson was helpless: "Mr. Zhang Yang, let me say this. I promise that if there is a problem with the [Android system], we will promptly replace it with our own [Xiaomi system]. However, our [Xiaomi system] is still immature and has very limited competitiveness in the market. In other words, it is difficult for it to have any highlights and can only be used as a backup system. It is not two years ago now... We are too far behind!"

Zhang Yang nodded after listening.

Looking at Thomson's face full of despair, he finally stopped talking.

Instead, he patted Thomson on the shoulder and walked out of the office.

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After leaving Thomson's systems office.

Zhang Yang did not leave, but walked into Ding Ziqiang's system adaptation laboratory as usual.

After seeing Zhang Yang push the door, Ding Ziqiang spoke directly without even raising his head, even without Zhang Yang asking any questions.

"Mr. Zhang, the adaptation of the [Xiaomi System] to the hardware is still being debugged, and the AI ​​voice system cannot be installed. If we insist on adapting the [Xiaomi System] to our hardware, it will only crash..."

"Boss Ding, what level are we at now?"

"The MTK system of the Research and Development Department..."

"Half a year later, and you still only have the same system solution from four years ago?" Zhang Yang frowned when he heard this.

"Mr. Zhang, my Mr. Zhang, my big boss..."

When Ding Ziqiang looked up, his face was bloodshot: "We have been doing research and development, and we have also been working hard to design our own circuit chips, but, as I said, we can't do it..."

"There is still no clue about chip design?"

"Boss, how long have we just started? We have now reached the level of MTK, which is a big step forward and can support the sales of mobile phones in Africa... Also, boss, do you know what scenario we are simulating now?" Ding Ziqiang took a deep breath and sent a series of programming simulation videos on the computer to Zhang Yang.

"We simulated the scenario of a falling out with [Android]... After the falling out, even if we can use Qualcomm chips, we have to start from scratch to select other parts... Domestic semiconductor design plus the half-baked subsystem we just developed is just a pile of garbage... Of course the phone can be used... But, at most, it will have to be upgraded again in less than 5 months, otherwise it will be stuck and unusable, and the premise is that the system does not expand external apps..."

"You mean, our self-developed products are phones for the elderly? Even if Qualcomm chips can be used, they are still phones for the elderly?"

"System! System! I emphasize again, system! Chips can only make our communication, computing and storage better, but to adapt to the corresponding system, we also need our design technology and solutions... Chips are the most important, but for us, even if chips meet our needs, it is far from enough..."

"..."

Seeing Zhang Yang's silence, Ding Ziqiang suppressed his emotions a little: "Boss Zhang, why do you have to assume the extreme situation of falling out with Android? In the past few months, you seem a little impatient, which is not like you..."

"We don't have much time left." When Zhang Yang heard this, he looked out the window silently: "Well, tell me what you need, and I'll find a way to solve it."

"Well, I need so much."

"..."

(End of this chapter)