Chapter 778 Personal Computers and Home Game Consoles

After the meeting, Yang Wendong kept Wang Zhiqun and asked his secretary to make tea. Then he asked, "How is the research on Chinese character input method going?"

Across the sea, Apple has launched the world's first personal computer, which has greatly increased Jobs' fame. Personal computers will also enter the homes of wealthy Americans, and as time goes by, slowly spread to ordinary families.
It is of course still early in Asia, but computers are needed in commercial industries. Without their own input methods, they can only use English. This is not a big problem in the early stages, but it will definitely be restricted over time.

Therefore, Yang Wendong also eagerly hopes that the input method can be released as soon as possible, which will be of great help to himself and the Chinese community;

Not to mention the economic field, this fame alone is a huge honor for him.

Wang Zhiqun replied: "According to your request, the input method team has been constantly breaking down the radicals, but in order to match these radicals to the 26 keyboards of the computer and allow any Chinese character to be input, this will take some time to test and adjust."

"Well, okay, let them try to speed up a bit." Yang Wendong urged;
Historically, the Wubi input method was developed by one person in China in five years. Although my team now has more people, it may not be possible to double the time required to develop this method simply by having more people.

Unfortunately, although he had used Wubi in his previous life, after the advent of the Internet, Pinyin input method replaced Wubi, causing him to forget the root position of the characters;

Of course, given his status, it is not quite appropriate to say this, and it would be better to let his subordinates study it.

Wang Zhiqun said: "I see. We have actually matched more than half of the Chinese characters. It's just that it becomes more difficult as we go further because we also have to take into account the other Chinese characters that came before."

"Just deal with the common characters first. You can ignore the rare characters for now and deal with them later when you have time." Yang Wendong said after thinking for a while.

The number of Chinese characters is not much less than that of English, but there are only about 3,000 to 4,000 commonly used characters, which can be combined to form thousands of different phrases;

So English is generally easy first and difficult later, while Chinese is difficult first and easy later. Once you have mastered pinyin and common characters, you basically don't need to deliberately memorize new words when learning any professional knowledge. English is the opposite. You have to learn a lot of words no matter what major you study.
This is also the reason why the industrialization of the West cannot compete with that of the mainland. On the one hand, quality education has cultivated a large number of talents, and on the other hand, it is the characteristics of the Chinese language.
If a Chinese person wants to, he or she can roughly understand documents on fire protection, medicine, archaeology, law, etc., and can just ask if he or she does not understand something. But if an English-speaking group wants to learn these, it is like going to school again, and they need to learn thousands of complex new words.
The underlying logic of a language determines the height to which a country can develop.

Wang Zhiqun said: "I understand. We are also working towards this direction."

"Well, OK, tell me if there is any progress later." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said: "Come with me first, we will go to a place."

"Okay." Wang Zhiqun didn't think much about it;

The two soon came to a room on the next floor. Wang Zhiqun went in and saw a strange square box under a large number of monitors, with a keyboard in front of the box.

"Is this, an Apple personal computer?" Wang Zhiqun also had some understanding of what was happening on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Yang Wendong said: "Yes, Apple. I was one of the first to buy their products and I also invested in Apple. You should be able to guess what I want you to do, right?"

After meeting with Jobs and Wozniak at Apple, Yang Wendong arranged for Lin Youqiang to continue negotiations, and eventually he invested $10 to acquire 25% of the shares, and had the right to follow up in the next round of investment to ensure that his shares would not be diluted.

That is to say, Apple can find other people for the second and third rounds of venture capital, but it must have the right to invest together, at least to ensure that it can keep 25% of the shares after the investment;
This is also the operation of venture capital when the investor is extremely optimistic about the other party, so as to avoid excessive dilution of the shares by the invested company, which will lead to a reduction in the shareholding.
Wang Zhiqun replied: "Mr. Yang, do you want to do computer science yourself?"

"Yes, I am very optimistic about the future of this industry. The market size will not be smaller than that of color TVs." Yang Wendong said: "Although the competition is fierce, at least it is just beginning. We also have Best Buy, which is our advantage, so we must seize this opportunity as soon as possible."

Wang Zhiqun nodded and agreed: "Okay, I understand. I will set up a special department immediately, but I may need to borrow a few of these computers."

"No problem, you can take it and dismantle it." Yang Wendong said without any concern, "Don't worry about the funds and channels, I'm ready. Quality and technology are our weaknesses. If there is anything we lack, we can directly recruit people from the United States and Japan. Don't worry about the cost, just recruit people with all our strength."

Best Buy continued to expand despite losses. Now it has entered more than 100 cities in the United States, covering hundreds of millions of people. This is the most successful part of channel expansion, including after-sales service. Therefore, it has become a partner that many electronics companies want to cooperate with, which is a perfect solution to the pain points of many electronics companies.

As a sister company of Honor, there is almost no problem with channels and after-sales service. As long as the quality, technology and price are right, Best Buy will definitely promote it with all its strength.
This is also something that can be prepared in advance with the advantage of foresight + strong capital.

Wang Zhiqun smiled and said, "Okay, no problem. Over the years, we have trained a lot of electronic talents in Hong Kong. In addition, we also have a research and development center in Singapore, and they value talents more.

In terms of the industrial chain, we have no shortage of everything, including all kinds of displays and electronic components.”

"Well, so Hong Kong's advantages in the electronics industry must be maintained, but it is useless to produce low-end electronic watches and home appliances. We need to move to the forefront of technology." Yang Wendong nodded;

The development of Honor Electronics has also driven the development of Hong Kong's industrial chain, which in turn can nourish Honor, forming a balance;
Although it will move to the mainland sooner or later, it can at least bring prosperity to Hong Kong for more than ten or twenty years, which is actually enough. Even if the mainland makes macro-development plans in the future, it will not stop doing it just because an industry will decline in 15 years;

If we don't do it, then there will be nothing. If we do it, at least there will be huge wealth and a large number of jobs in the next ten years, and we may also leave something behind in the future.

Wang Zhiqun said, "Okay, no problem." Yang Wendong continued, "In addition to personal computers, I need you to work on another project, a home game console, which is to play arcade games at home."

In the late 70s, with the development of the Moore's Law in the electronics industry, many products appeared at about the same time, including personal computers and home game consoles, which are essentially the same, one for office use and the other for gaming.
Fortunately, Honor Electronics is now large enough and, like other large electronics companies, can progress multiple projects at the same time. Compared with Japanese electronics giants, the number of Honor's projects is actually very small.

"Home game consoles." Wang Zhiqun understood immediately. After thinking for a while, he asked cautiously, "Mr. Yang, if we do this, will our arcade industry collapse?"
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"Don't worry, it won't be that fast." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "First, our game can be put on arcade machines first. The lifespan of arcade machines is only about half a year. When the arcade machines are almost sold out, we can put them on home game consoles.

Second, it is not easy for home game consoles to become popular. It will take at least five years for many people to have one at home. It is still early.

Third, not every family will buy a game console. These families may still play arcade games. Although this will affect the market share, the total number of customers will still increase.

Besides, even if arcades fail, that will be a long time in the future, and we don’t make home game consoles. If other companies make home game consoles, then we will be doomed, right? "

The most taboo thing for technology companies is to not develop new-era products in order to protect the profits of existing products;

For example, Kodak developed digital cameras very early, RCA was the first to develop liquid crystal, Nokia refused to reform, and a large number of oil car companies refused to transform into electric cars in the future.
Of course, it may not be that they are unwilling, but that the old forces are too strong, hindering the company's transformation, etc.
After listening to this, Wang Zhiqun said, "Okay, I understand. Then I will also set up a department to make home game consoles."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Well, okay, there are some connections between the two projects, and we can communicate internally. If you have any difficulties, just tell me, and I will mobilize American resources to help you."

Computers and game consoles, one has a super large market and the other has super high profits. This can be said to be his path from a wealthy family in Hong Kong to a wealthy family in the world. Doing well in these two industries is enough to raise his global influence to a higher level.

Relatively speaking, although the former has a larger market, the competition is fierce; the latter has a smaller market, but the copyright protection is strong; the two can be said to be complementary.

No matter how many resources he uses, he needs to ensure that these two industries can proceed smoothly. Their importance is even higher than that of Hong Kong's real estate industry. Basically, as long as one has money and seizes the time, one can make a fortune in the latter, but the influence is far less.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yang, I will absolutely guarantee to complete your task," Wang Zhiqun also promised.

Yang Wendong said: "Okay, during this period, Honor Electronics' tasks have become increasingly heavy. If you need to recruit, contact international headhunters and do your best to recruit people.
Or you can go to Europe, America, Japan and other countries to set up research centers or expand the scale. In the future, I will have other projects for you, especially in the field of software. "

In the computer field, in addition to hardware, there is also more profitable software. Companies such as Microsoft and Oracle have become global leaders by relying on software, and their scale is even larger than hardware giants such as HP and Dell.
It may be difficult for him to participate in the operating system, but he still has a lot of opportunities in other software. Thanks to the popularization of global free trade and patent laws, once he succeeds, the benefits will be huge.

Wang Zhiqun laughed and said, "Haha, what I like most is being busy. The busier I am, the more sense of accomplishment I feel."

Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "Okay, don't complain that you're too busy when the time comes."

The advent of the electronic age will inevitably make Honor Electronics very busy, unlike Watsons and Changxing Industrial, which are only engaged in traditional fields;
The core of Changxing Group in the future must be Honor Electronics. If Honor Electronics can become a world-class electronics giant, it will be of great benefit to Hong Kong, a large number of Chinese people, and itself.

However, fortune and disaster go hand in hand. If a large Hong Kong company really develops into a huge scale, it will also have certain ZZ risks. So next, as the boss, I will need to seek certain protection in this regard.

On one hand, there is the mainland, on the other hand, there is the United Kingdom, and the other is the United States. All three are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. If we build good relations with these three countries, it should be safe within 15-20 years.
As for the future, under the butterfly effect, it is hard to say, everything can only be seen when the time comes;

As time goes by and the scale of his industry expands, his prophetic golden finger becomes less and less useful. He still needs to build up various international relationships like a normal enterprise in order to successfully develop into a giant.
After arranging everything, Yang Wendong also planned to take a break for a while;
In the past period of time, I was quite busy and didn’t spend much time with my family. Now that my wealth has reached the level it is today, many times, family is no longer as important as me.

In early September, the Yang family took their own private yacht to travel throughout Southeast Asia. Whenever they arrived at a seaside city or some beautiful place, they could go ashore to play;

Thanks to the launch of GPS satellites by the United States, large ships have begun to locate their positions relatively accurately. At the same time, there are weather satellites in the sky above Asia, and ships are also equipped with weather radars, which greatly reduces the risk of private yachts entering the deep sea.

At the same time, there will be two other smaller boats next to the ship to ensure any emergency.

This also allowed Yang Wendong to live at sea without any worries. After traveling around Southeast Asia, he also went to northern Australia. However, there were not many people here, and it was too far to go to the east, so he turned back.

However, he did not return to Hong Kong directly, but came to Taiwan.

With the development of Taiwan's economy, it has become a stronger economic region in Asia, and the restrictions on foreign investment have been reduced a lot. Therefore, several subsidiaries under Yang Wendong have also been invited by the Taiwan government to invest.

Naturally, subordinates also sent people to inspect different projects. The boss Yang Wendong did not participate in the details, but would also participate in the final decision. After all, he still held the financial power, and any major investment would require his permission.

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(End of this chapter)

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