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Rebirth capital madman - Chapter 89

Published at 17th of March 2022 07:34:30 PM


Chapter 89

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Gao Xian has his own car again, and the convenience comes with it.

A PDP-11 promised by Ken Olsen has arrived at the Xiangjiang Office of the data equipment company.

Gao Xian, who was informed, immediately drove to sign a cooperation agreement, and then guided the staff of the Xiangjiang Office of the data equipment company to transport the PDP-11 to the office specially arranged by the Far East Exchange.

When the engineers of the data equipment company installed the PDP-11, Gao Xian observed it carefully and found that a series of links, including cable connection, were very simple. He learned it almost once.

This ease of use is believed to be specially optimized and designed by the data equipment company.

What does the PDP-11, which did not withdraw from the market until 1997, look like?

The English name of the minicomputer is minicomputer, which translates directly into mini computer.

It is not difficult to see that the name of the minicomputer vividly describes that it is really small.

From the perspective of the personal computer era, the PDP-11, which integrates the host and display, is not much bigger than a server. The real components that occupy the place are input and output devices such as tape drives and paper tape drives.

Although IBM invented the eight inch floppy disk last year, it is obvious that the PDP-11 cannot be equipped with such advanced external equipment.

What Gao Xian really cares about is whether the supporting software system of PDP-11 is complete.

After the three elements of operating system, assembly language directly facing the underlying hardware and COBOL, a high-level programming language specially meeting business needs, were confirmed in place one by one, Gao Xian was relieved to sign the last cooperation document with the data equipment company.

Gaoxian's programming technology is certainly not multi-disciplinary, that is, the basis of C language in college. In addition, he often uses office software such as spreadsheets after work to practice the script language skills.

Fortunately, the PDP-11 specially designated by Gao Xian is so classic that, just as many old models of video game consoles are made into virtual machines that can run on the personal computer platform by the free software community, the gadget also has a PDP-11 virtual machine for research purposes, and gives the COBOL implementation code.

Therefore, the specific work content of Gaoxian is to input Cobol code into PDP-11 through paper tape; Next, solve various predictable and inevitable bugs.

After all, PDP-11 was released by Ken Olsen in advance, and there are still some problems to be solved in the product.

At the same time, the nearly 30-year life cycle of PDP-11 is too long. The PDP-11 virtual machine used in the small equipment may not be 100% compatible with the current ancestor PDP-11.

You don't have to think about it. Such work is quite boring and very tiring.

At this time, Zhou Wenyao, a professional assistant recruited by Gao Xian, showed important value.

As a young man who is about to step out of the University and move into the society, Zhou Wenyao is full of longing and energy. He does not refuse the work arranged by Gao Xian lazily, and the intensity of overtime is no less than that of Gao Xian.

In this way, the development of computer system applicable to Xiangjiang securities industry goes hand in hand with the construction of Huanyu electronics factory and the production and sales of Huanyu 8800. It can almost be seen that the results are waving in front.

It is estimated that Gao Xian spelled too hard, so that Li Fuzhao called him to the office worried and specially reminded him not to be tired. This year's work of the Far East Exchange is just the beginning.

Gao Xian doesn't have any worries. He can't do anything for money. His current state is that the "sense of gain" conquers everything.

When Gao Xian reached for the two achievements in front of him, his previous arrangement blossomed and fruited unexpectedly and fell on his head.

An Zijie, founder of Nanlian industry and chairman of Xiangjiang cotton textile industry association, suddenly came to invite him to dinner in person.

At first, Gao Xian was a little confused, so he politely said, "boss an, why do you work so hard in your busy schedule? If you have anything, just call and order."

An Zijie said solemnly, "Mr. Gao, this time I'm not inviting you to dinner alone, but the whole Xiangjiang cotton textile industry association."

As soon as Gao Xian's mind turned, he guessed that it might be the analysis report on the potential crisis of Xiangjiang textile industry he had previously given to an Zijie.

Thinking of this, Gao Xian said tentatively, "boss an, in the United States, have you made a possible investigation into the implementation of the import quota system for Asian textiles?"

An Zijie nodded solemnly. "Not only in the United States, but also in South Korea, I asked someone to inquire about it. The situation was as analyzed by Mr. Gao."

The virtue of the United States in international trade is well known. If you turn your face and don't recognize people, you will turn your face and don't recognize people, whether you are an ally or an opponent.

In recent years, the export of Asian textiles with high quality and low price to the United States has increased rapidly. Therefore, the United States is ready to lift the table and implement the import quota system for Asian textiles.

For this situation, Xiangjiang side can only say ignorant, while South Korea, another major exporter, wisely knows before the golden wind moves.

For example, Daewoo Group in South Korea, which went bankrupt under the impact of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, spent all its funds in 1968 to transport a large number of textiles to the warehouses rented by its U.S. subsidiary, resulting in a sharp increase in export volume by five times, directly jumping to the first place among Asian textile export enterprises to the United States.

We should know that the so-called textile import quota system in the United States is to distribute the quota among export enterprises according to the actual export volume before the implementation of the quota.

South Korea's Daewoo increased its exports to the United States at no cost, which is precisely aimed at this rule of the game.

It's like two people walking in the forest meet a bear, and one person bows his head and ties his shoelaces, ready to run faster than his companions. One hundred percent of his friends will not die.

According to Gao Xian's analysis, if Daewoo's scheme succeeds, South Korea will get more than 30% of the quota, and then make a lot of money; In contrast, textile companies in Xiangjiang will lose market share in the United States and suffer losses.

An Zijie was shocked after investigating according to Gao Xian's analysis report; Naturally, the gratitude to Gao Xian, let alone how continuous.

Therefore, before getting off the bus, an Zijie said to Gao Xian, "Mr. Gao, I'm going to recommend you to your peers as the director of Xiangjiang cotton textile industry association. What do you think?"

Gao Xian scratched his head in embarrassment. "I'm afraid I have shallow qualifications and can't be an important task."

An Zijie waved firmly, "as long as you don't refuse."

When Gao Xian followed an Zijie into the hall of Xiangjiang cotton textile industry association, Zhou Wenxuan, Tang Xiangqian, Chen Tinghua and other tycoons of Xiangjiang textile industry stood up and applauded warmly.

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