Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 295 Star Sea 1993
After his speech at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Masato Takeshita finally had some time to himself.

He hurriedly took the high-end vehicle provided by the group and headed to the operating system development center in Suzhou.

"Turn on a computer for me so I can try out the new operating system."

The young man was a little impatient and wanted to try it out immediately after arriving at the R&D center.

"These are all OK. They have been installed with the new system we developed."

Masaharu Nishimura, the head of the R&D center, immediately went out of his way to find a suitable computer.

He wants to improve so much.

“Thump, thump, thump…thump, thump.”

After the computer was turned on, a series of pleasant ringing sounds came out, and then the Xinghai 93 operating system was launched.

"Very good, that's it."

Masato Takeshita looked at the start button in the lower left corner and the time and other icons in the lower right corner, and was deeply moved.

Our own laboratory finally reproduced the future operating system two years ahead of schedule.

"The mouse operation is also relatively sensitive, and you can open the required function by double-clicking."

The young man casually double-clicked to open the application on his desktop, then closed it with a smile. After repeating this several times without encountering any bugs, he gave a thumbs-up to the person in charge behind him.

“It’s been a great experience so far, and everyone has been really great.”

"No, this is all thanks to the president. We are just simply replicating it."

The overall framework of the Xinghai operating system was almost entirely proposed by young people.

But even so, it is already very impressive that the R&D center can realize the various functions proposed by the young people in a short period of time.

If it were an ordinary team, just opening the application by double-clicking would require a long period of research and development.

"Don't be so polite, you all deserve the praise."

After saying that, the young man skillfully opened the start button and restarted the computer first. After finding that there was no problem, he familiarized himself with the other sections in the start button.

For example, the control panel, and the classic minesweeper and card games inside.

Yes, the young man not only asked the R&D center to copy the Windows 95 operating system, but also the games inside it.

In this way, even a novice user who knows nothing can become familiar with the computer by playing small games.

"Well, it still has the familiar taste, the damn luck game."

Masato Takeshita looked at the explosion scene and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

New players might think of Minesweeper as a game of luck. After a bit of practice, they'll start to think of it as a game of numbers with patterns. And once they've mastered it, they'll start to think of it as a game of luck again.

Minesweeper is like this, it has both luck and rules. Once you master the rules of the game, the main test is luck.

The young man started a new game and quickly passed the level, then opened Spider Solitaire again.

This game is more complicated than Minesweeper, but not that difficult. It is a very interesting puzzle game.

After playing the game for a while, the young man began to become familiar with more applications.

For example, the control panel, as well as drawing, table and other tools provided by the system.

More than two hours later, just when the young man wanted to praise again.

The computer crashed.

"Um, is this common?"

"No, not that often. It only happens occasionally."

The person in charge was a little panicked and hurriedly made explanations.

"That's it."

Masato Takeshita nodded in understanding, then said in a nonchalant voice: "We should try to reduce the number of system crashes as much as possible, so as to greatly improve the user experience."

Computer operating system freeze is a chronic disease that has no cure at all.

Young people do not ask for its elimination, but only want to minimize such situations.

"Yes, I understand. The center is already being perfected, and it may take some time."

Masato Takeshita waved his hand and said in a relaxed tone: "Don't be nervous. I know that some problems are unsolvable. I won't ask the center to eliminate the crash problem, but I hope to reduce it."

Everything requires trade-offs. If you want the operating system to not crash, you need to compromise on many functions.

Compared to crashes, these functions are more important.

Of course, Xinghai OS can also learn from the future mobile OS model, turning a simple one-time deal into a continuously updated business.

In fact, PC operating systems and mobile operating systems are very similar to stand-alone games and online games.

The PC operating system is a stand-alone game, which will be sold directly to everyone after the entire production is completed.

Mobile operating systems are like online games, where bugs are fixed when they are discovered and updates are made from time to time.

Both modes have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the current one is obviously more suitable for stand-alone mode.

Because many people's computers are not connected to the Internet at all, and even if they are connected, the speed is very slow. If you use the online game mode, an update may take several days.

After a few updates, users will definitely be lost on a large scale.

"Yes, please rest assured, President, the frequency of system crashes will definitely be reduced."

Faced with the problem of frequent computer crashes, there are always people in the center trying to solve it.

Sadly, not much progress has been made.

But overall, there has been a lot of progress.

At least the number of crashes has decreased, but the time required for each crash has increased.

Now the computer only crashes once every 26 hours.

"Ah That's good."

Masato Takeshita nodded slightly, then changed the subject and asked.

"When will the center officially start cooperation with the software company?"

A desktop operating system without software is just a bunch of crap, and basically no one will buy it. Only when the two work together can they be invincible.

"President, when do you think it would be a good time?"

The development of the operating system is strictly confidential, so there has been no external cooperation.

Masaharu Nishimura knew that this was inappropriate, but it was an order given by the young man.

"Let's start now, but still keep confidentiality in mind."

"Hey, please rest assured, President."

Nishimura Masaharu was very happy, it was finally time to show his talents. Before, he had been doing closed research and development, which was like walking in the dark under a brocade robe.

Now we can finally show our research and development results in front of our colleagues.

After inspecting the Xinghai PC operating system R&D center, Masato Takeshita and Masaharu Nishimura came to the capital.

The headquarters of Xinghai Group China Software Company is located here, near Zhongguancun, China's future Silicon Valley.

The young man looked at the familiar young face in front of him, pretending to smile casually and asked, "President Zhang, Qiu Ke, who is this young man?"

Xinghai Group China Software Company is the former Kingsoft Software.

Before the acquisition by Xinghai Group, the company was operating in a very chaotic manner.

Although Zhang Xuanlong provided financial support, he did not care about the business at all. Qiu Bojun, who was in charge of management, had a programmer's mindset and had no business management skills at all. As a result, the company was in a mess, and it was unclear who owned the shares.

But to be honest, it is this kind of chaos that makes people envy.

Because Zhang Xuanlong and Qiu Bojun have the purest friendship, such a bizarre scene can occur.

Smart investors don’t care about equity, they just want their friends to realize their dream of software development. The programmers in charge of R&D don’t care about these things either, they just want to develop the domestic software business.

It was not until the company was acquired by Xinghai Group that the two began to sort out their rights and responsibilities.

However, since then, Zhang Xuanlong has been in charge of the company as president, while Qiu Bojun has been doing his job honestly, that is, serving as the chief scientist of the software company, responsible for software research and development.

He has no talent as a business operator, so it would be better for him not to do this kind of work.

In his previous life, he was only the boss in name only. The specific management work was entirely up to Lei Jun.

In response to the president's question, Qiu Bojun said casually: "This is a talent I poached from another company. He is currently serving as the deputy manager of the company."

"Lei Jun, come and say hello to President Takeshita."

Lei Jun was not as careless as Qiu Bojun. He quickly bowed respectfully and said, "Hello, President. I am Lei Jun."

"Hello, Manager Lei. You don't have to be so polite. It seems that both Mr. Zhang and Qiu Ke value you very much."

"That's right, Lei Jun is a great talent, and the company will be handed over to him sooner or later."

Zhang Xuanlong suddenly interrupted, his face full of praise for Lei Jun.

"That's right, the person I dug up personally, how could he be an ordinary person?"

Qiu Bojun was very proud and patted Lei Jun on the shoulder with a laugh.

"Mr. Zhang, you are too polite. I still have a lot to learn."

Speaking of which, Lei Jun and Mahua Teng should be the same kind of people.

It's just that Mahua Teng was luckier. His QQ, which he built without any hesitation, is one of the ultimate tracks of the Internet.

Lei Jun's situation is even more difficult. A software company in its early stages does not have much development prospects in China.

The reason why Kingsoft was able to go public in the past was entirely due to the power of online games.

As for Joyo.com, which he founded later, it happened to be the time when the Internet bubble burst, and he could not raise any money at all.

In desperation, I had no choice but to sell it.

Fortunately, he discovered the smartphone industry in the future, which enabled him to become a leader in China's business again.

It can be said that Lei Jun's journey has become even more difficult.

After a brief chat, Masato Takeshita finally talked about the purpose.

"The company has developed a new operating system and hopes there will be enough compatible software."

Then he turned his head and ordered, "Director Nishimura, take out the CD containing the operating system and give it to Mr. Zhang and the others."

"Hi!"

Masaharu Nishimura immediately did as he was told and then respectfully handed it to Zhang Xuanlong and the other two.

"The company's new operating system. No wonder they asked us to create so many software and gave us newly developed computers. It turns out they were all supporting facilities."

Zhang Xuanlong was thinking secretly in his heart, but his body was not idle either.

He took the CD and said with a smile: "Then I'd like to try it out. I wonder how the company's new system works?"

"Don't worry, it will definitely work."

Hearing the president say this, Qiu Bojun's eyes lit up.

"Give Junzi and me one too. The group has actually developed a new operating system."

As a software person, I am no stranger to operating systems. This is the crown of the software field, and everyone hopes to have it.

"These are all, please feel free to use them. However, you need to sign a confidentiality agreement, please forgive me."

"It's natural, we know."

Qiu Bojun didn't care about these at all, he just wanted to see his own operating system as soon as possible.

It would be even better if I could participate in it in the future.

The upload of the operating system was very slow and took more than an hour to complete.

"Hey, is this our operating system? It's even better than Microsoft's?"

Qiu Bojun was surprised. Is such a simple and convenient system really their own product?
"Of course. If we want to do it, we must be the first in the market."

"This is great. Our system will definitely be a big hit. Even a computer novice like me can quickly get started."

As an ordinary person who knows basically nothing about software development, Zhang Xuanlong feels even more deeply than Qiu Bojun.

Because of the simple and clear desktop layout, he quickly learned how to operate it.

Masato Takeshita said again: "The goal is to allow novice players to learn quickly, so that more users can support it."

The simpler the operation, the easier it is to win the favor of users. This is the eternal and unchanging underlying law of the world.

Then the young man looked at Lei Jun again, "Manager Lei, how do you feel?"

"It is very simple and clear, and full of graphical beauty. If I were a customer, I would definitely choose our company's operating system first."

“Well, this is also the dream of the entire group.”

While Chinese companies are busy optimizing their software, Japan is also busy. Furthermore, there is also a new company called Xinghai Electronics on the Japanese side.

The new computers it develops are also being optimized to match the new operating system.

In fact, young people would rather follow Apple's path, that is, to sell the operating system and the computer together. This will reduce the influence of the new operating system and reduce the pressure from the United States.

But thinking of the greed of the US government, the young man rejected the plan.

Because he was worried that if he directly followed Apple's development path, the US government would come up with even more unacceptable conditions.

It would be better to start with open source, and then if the US reacts strongly, we can use the closed source route as a condition in exchange for their understanding.

Of course, closed source is for developed countries. Developing countries such as China, Southeast Asia, and Latin America naturally take the open source route.

The closed-source approach in these places will not work in the short term, and open source is necessary.

Just as the Xinghai Group was busy laying out its computer industry, the internal conflicts within the Takeshita faction reached their peak.

Ichiro Ozawa joined forces with opposition parties to vote no confidence in the prime minister, and the Miyazawa cabinet collapsed.

This is the first time since the founding of the Liberal Democratic Party that a member has voted no confidence in his own prime minister. It is a groundbreaking event.

Such a decisive approach naturally made it impossible for Ichiro Ozawa to gain a foothold in the Liberal Democratic Party.

However, he was well prepared and soon left the Takeshita Faction and even the Liberal Democratic Party with his men.

Noboru Takeshita was so angry that he was hospitalized, and the entire Liberal Democratic Party was in panic.

Even Keizo Obuchi had the idea of becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

You have to know that if you hold this position, there is no possibility of becoming prime minister, which shows the extent of the chaos within the Liberal Democratic Party.

"As expected of the political saboteurs. If he doesn't strike, it's fine, but when he does, it's amazing."

Ichiro Ozawa, a favorite disciple of General Tanaka, was well versed in political offense and defense. He not only brought down Kiichi Miyazawa in one fell swoop, but also united the parties opposed to the Liberal Democratic Party to form a coalition government.

At this point, the choice of prime minister was out of the control of the Liberal Democratic Party, and the new party leader Morihiro Hosokawa became the new prime minister of Japan.

(End of this chapter)