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Chapter 136: A Trip to Yanjing! Huaxia Software Group! (Part 4 of 3)
Yu Sen finished his wolfberry tea, stretched his Majin Buu-like body, and said, "Let's go."

After walking out of the science and technology building, Cheng Yi immediately took a taxi and rushed to Handong International Airport with Yu Sen.

In his previous life, Cheng Yi went to Yanjing for the first time in 2008.

At that time, Yanjing was already a bustling city with tall buildings. However, the Yanjing of today is not as prosperous as it was in the past. The Santana and Xiali cars on the road give people a sense of the times.

Yu Sen and Cheng Yi got off the taxi and came to the downstairs of China Software Group.

China Software Group is located in Zhongguancun. It is a low building with only four floors, with a sign of China Software Group hanging on it.

The previous development of the C-OS operating system has already damaged the vitality of China Software Group. Now the entire group is making every effort to conquer chips and new operating systems. Everyone is moving in a hurry and dares not stop for a moment.

In the past, China Software Group, as the strongest professional team, had produced many very decent programmers and made a great name for itself in China's IT field.

Yu Sen was also a member of China Software Group in his early years and was very familiar with the internal environment of China Software Group. He took Cheng Yi and turned left and right and came to a reception room on the far right of the third floor.

There was no one in the reception room. There was only a simple table and a few plastic chairs, which looked empty.

Cheng Yi looked down at the time. It was 4 p.m., 20 minutes before their agreed time. He walked to the window, looked at the scene outside, and said, "Teacher Yu, your company's headquarters is not far from here, right?"

"It's not far. When I'm done, I'll take you there to see it." Yu Sen said with a smile.

"Forget it." Cheng Yi shook his head and laughed, "As an internet cafe owner, it's easy for people to laugh at me if I go to Zhongguancun, hahahaha."

After hearing what Cheng Yi said, Yu Sen didn't force him. Indeed, if he took Cheng Yi there now, he would inevitably feel embarrassed once he introduced him to his friends.

In the eyes of the Zhongguancun elites, Internet cafes = low-level, and Internet cafe practitioners = idle thugs.

Cheng Yi didn't want to go, not because he was afraid of his embarrassing identity, but because sooner or later, he would become enemies with the big guys in Zhongguancun. If that was the case, there was no need to waste any feelings, and it might also make Yu Sen unpopular.

It was already very good that Yu Sen was his consultant. The consultant's identity was hidden. Even if he exposed the truth, no one would know who the consultant of Momo Internet Cafe Group was.

After all, almost any large-scale group company has an expert advisory group, but the list of the expert advisory group will never be made public.

Yu Sen walked up to Cheng Yi and said, "Actually, I still hope you can develop in Zhongguancun. The opportunities in Zhongguancun are unprecedented. An IT group comparable to Microsoft will definitely be born here."

Yu Sen’s words made Cheng Yi sigh secretly.

There have indeed been powerful Internet companies here, but there has never been a cutting-edge R&D group like Microsoft Group.

It’s not that these Internet companies are not working hard enough, but on the road of IT, if you slow down a step, you will keep slowing down and will never be able to overtake others.

The so-called overtaking on a curve is just a concept.

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "Compared to the grandeur of Zhongguancun, I still prefer the messy atmosphere of Internet cafes. Now is the era when many Internet giants are rising, and heroes are more likely to emerge from the market."

"You are comparing yourself to a hero, hahaha." Yu Sen laughed.

"Who is calling himself a hero?" At this time, a deep voice came from the door.

Cheng Yi turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit looking at them with a smile.

"My old Liu, I miss you so much." Yu Sen immediately went up to him, and no matter how the middle-aged man refused, he gave him a big hug.

After Yu Sen hugged the middle-aged man, he immediately said to Cheng Yi, "Cheng Yi, let me solemnly introduce you. This is Liu Guiwu, the chief engineer and deputy general manager of Huaxia Software Group. Mr. Liu."

"Hello, Mr. Liu, I am Cheng Yi." Cheng Yi immediately walked over and shook hands with Liu Guiwu.

Liu Guiwu looked at Cheng Yi and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that President Cheng is so young."

"Don't underestimate Cheng Yi just because he's young. He's definitely a rare talent. I'm very optimistic about him." Yu Sen was working on the project nearby.

Liu Guiwu looked at Yu Sen with a half-smile and said, "Yu Sen, you didn't trick him into buying this system, did you?"

"How is that possible? I could do such a thing?" Yu Sen suddenly became furious and said, "I didn't even mention it on my own initiative."

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, I took the initiative to buy this system. I run an Internet cafe and have always been interested in systems."

"You run an Internet cafe?" Liu Guiwu was stunned.

After all, Yu Sen is the deputy chief engineer of Volkswagen Software Group and the vice president of Zhongguancun Tianxing Training School. How could he be hanging out with a guy who runs an Internet cafe?
Liu Guiwu wondered if he had entered the room in the wrong way and had walked into the wrong door?

This has nothing to do with me.

Liu Guiwu said, "You run an Internet cafe, do you also need a computer system?"

Liu Guiwu turned his head and glanced at Yu Sen, his eyes filled with reproach. Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Of course a small internet cafe doesn't need it, but my goal is not a small internet cafe with a few hundred computers."

"Oh?" Liu Guiwu asked doubtfully, "Then I'm curious, how big an internet cafe would need to be to use the system?"

Cheng Yi said: "One million units, do you think it can be put into the system?"

Liu Guiwu was slightly stunned, then burst into laughter.

This joke was the funniest joke he had heard this century.

How much is one million computers? Ten billion?

This guy is really bold.

Liu Guiwu glanced at Yu Sen and frowned. "Yu Sen, I don't think this system is suitable for him. Let him think about it again. I have a meeting here, so I won't chat with you for now. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

Liu Guiwu suddenly lost the desire to continue the conversation.

This C-OS system is like their child, and he doesn't want to hand it over to a young man who looks obviously unreliable.

Seeing Liu Guiwu about to leave, Cheng Yi said, "You may think I'm fanciful, but the system you are building now is even more fanciful than my one million computers."

When Yu Sen heard Cheng Yi say this, his heart skipped a beat.

He didn't expect Cheng Yi's words to be so intense. Before he could say anything to smooth things over, Liu Guiwu stopped, slowly turned around, looked at Cheng Yi and said, "What did you just say?"

"I say that the domestic operating system you are developing now is useless." Cheng Yi repeated.

"You are so young, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly in front of me?" Liu Guiwu was a little annoyed.

The operating system they are developing is their group's biggest strategy and greatest hope. It is a cross-century product that has been anticipated by millions of people. How can they allow it to be slandered?
Even though Cheng Yi was an ignorant young man, he couldn't accept it.

Cheng Yi said, "Successfully developing a domestic operating system is only the first step. I admit that you have China's top technical team, but what good will it do once it's produced? How will you promote it? How will you get users to accept it? With so many software developers, how will you negotiate with them?"

"Let me give you a very realistic example. Is Lianxiang Computer Group, the largest computer company in China, willing to install your system? If even Lianxiang Computer Group isn't willing to install it, how can you let ordinary users install it? To put it bluntly, they don't owe you anything. A mere patriotic slogan alone won't get them to hand over a computer worth thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan for you to test."

Cheng Yi's words were like a needle, piercing directly into Liu Guiwu's heart.

Liu Guiwu's face turned ugly. He glared at Cheng Yi, but didn't know how to refute.

Indeed, they had talked to many computer companies and received the same answer: this operating system was unstable and would affect the sales of their computer products.

"Let me be more direct. Take my internet cafe as an example. Even if you force me to install a Chinese operating system, I will still switch to a pirated system. My internet cafe is a place of business, not your testing ground. I can't risk losing users by using your new system. The fertile ground for system development disappeared after 1995."

Yu Sen said anxiously, "Cheng Yi, stop talking. We are here to discuss cooperation. Mr. Liu is my elder brother. Please respect him."

Cheng Yi's attitude immediately improved. He said, "Mr. Liu, I don't mean to disrespect you, but the Internet is the Internet, and the IT industry is the IT industry. This industry, like computers, is impersonal. You've already lost the initiative. New software is emerging in an endless stream, and our domestic software development speed is less than one-fiftieth of that of overseas software. Do you think overseas software will be compatible with your system?"

"I can actually say nice things, too. If you like to hear them, I can flatter you all day long, but what's the point? You're Teacher Yu's friend, so there are many things I can't hide from you."

After that, Cheng Yi took out a USB flash drive, handed it to Liu Guiwu, and said, "This is a pirated operating system that I modified. You can take a look at it and maybe you will understand what I mean. Of course, you can also turn around and leave and choose to ignore it."

Liu Guiwu calmed down at this point. He took the USB drive and frowned, "You can also modify the system?"

"I've learned some by myself, but it can only be considered as the basics." Cheng Yi responded with a smile.

Liu Guiwu walked to the office next door and took out a laptop. He silently plugged the USB drive into the laptop and read the data from the USB drive.

He initially held a contemptuous attitude, after all, Cheng Yi was too young.

But as he looked at it, his expression changed completely.

Seeing Liu Guiwu's expression change, Yu Sen's originally worried expression gradually disappeared, replaced by a hint of pride.

If Liu Guiwu wasn't in a bad mood, he would have said proudly, "Haha, what do you think? He's my student."

Liu Guiwu carefully read Cheng Yi's genius system twice, then looked up at Cheng Yi and exclaimed, "You, you, how did you come up with this modification? There are so many details. Without more than ten years of immersion, it is impossible to thoroughly understand all these aspects of the operating system! Did you really modify this?"

"Yes." Cheng Yi nodded.

"Old Liu, how is my student?" Yu Sen couldn't help but ask.

"What the hell..." Liu Guiwu's eyes widened and he sighed, "What a talent."

(End of this chapter)