Life 1984

Li Yunhai called Professor Ni and told him about the client's computer crashing for no reason.

Professor Ni was also confused. He had done many tests before, and he was certain that there was no problem with the Longteng chip, and there was no compatibility or conflict with other installed hardware.

The most important things in a computer are the CPU, motherboard and memory, and Sihai Group happens to be able to produce these three products. The most important accessories are produced in-house, which can guarantee absolute compatibility.

If it's not a hardware problem, is it a system and software problem?

At the beginning of the development of the Longteng chip, Li Yunhai issued an order that it must be compatible with mainstream systems on the market!

An incompatible product is destined to not go far or fly high.

Therefore, Longteng chips and Microsoft systems are absolutely compatible.

However, repeated crashes made Li Yunhai and Professor Ni anxious.

This is a technical matter that can only be left to Professor Ni to solve.

Professor Ni was in Huacheng, with only a few people who knew the technology around him, so he notified the Xizhou headquarters overnight to arrange for people to conduct compatibility testing on the chip and other hardware and software.

Ji Wenshu reminded us that the scope of testing can be expanded.

Because there are many games, software, and other installed accessories on the market.

Maybe it's an incompatibility caused by a certain software?

Li Yunhai thought of something and called Zhao Jinping again, asking Zhao Jinping to contact the customer and ask them what software was installed in the computer that crashed, which software was used when the computer crashed, and then use these software to do compatibility tests.

Zhao Jinping agreed. He contacted the customer and asked about the software they were using at the time and what software was installed on the computer. Then he directly told Professor Ni and arranged for technicians to conduct testing.

The launch of a new chip will definitely face more doubts.

Even if it is finally found out that the problem is not with the Longteng chip, others will still assume that there is a problem with the chip.

Once this preconception becomes inertia, consumers' tolerance for Longteng chips will be reduced to the lowest level, and it will be equated with low-end and unstable chips in the future.

Once this stereotype is formed, it will be difficult for Sihai Group to reverse it no matter how much money it spends.

Therefore, Li Yunhai must solve the crash problem as soon as possible and find the culprit.

He made several calls in succession, paid the public phone bill, bought a pack of cigarettes, and returned to the tea restaurant.

Chen Meilin and Wu Wenfang didn't know what they were chatting about. They touched their heads, whispered, and laughed wildly from time to time.

Li Yunhai sat down, took out a cigarette, smoked slowly, and thought about his thoughts.

Chen Meilin asked: "Brother, are you okay? We've finished eating, why don't we leave?"

Li Yunhai yelled, called the waiter to pay the bill, and took them away.

Pretending to be worried, he sent Chen Meilin and Wu Wenfang to Guo's house and then went directly to the Oriental Hotel.

Professor Ni has been coordinating all aspects of testing.

The strange thing is that all the tests done by Sihai Group themselves showed no problems.

The high-intensity testing done at Shi's company has lasted for so many days, and there has been no crash.

Li Yunhai thought to himself, could it be a problem with the yield rate?

Any product is manufactured by machine, and there will always be errors. It is impossible to achieve a 100% failure-free rate. There is a saying about the yield rate of electronic products.

The yield rate refers to the proportion of the number of qualified products produced to the total production quantity during the production process, usually expressed as a percentage. Theoretically, the yield rate can only be close to 100%, but it is impossible to reach 100%.

Sihai Group's products, especially the newly launched chips, will be tested before they are officially installed to ensure that no problems will occur.

Li Yunhai understands one truth better than anyone else. It is extremely difficult to build a brand, but to destroy a brand, all it takes is quality control to be out of control.

However, Zhao Jinping reported that more than a dozen computers ordered by customers had crashed in succession. This probability is too high. Even if there is a yield problem, it is impossible for all unqualified chips to be shipped to this customer, right?

Testing takes time, and there is no point in rushing it now.

Li Yunhai discussed with Professor Ni for two hours, but couldn't figure it out. Seeing that it was too late and he had to attend the Canton Fair tomorrow, he said goodbye and went home.

On the way home, Li Yunhai was sitting in the back seat of the car when he suddenly saw a familiar figure on the street.

The woman riding the bicycle has a slender figure, long hair, and beautiful and elegant pedaling movements.

The car quickly passed by the bicycle, leaving her far behind.

There is a red light ahead.

Zhuang Yong stopped the car.

The bicycle caught up and stopped next to the car. The woman was slender and put her feet on the ground. She brushed her black hair with both hands. The night wind blew up her long hair, revealing her delicate waist.

She turned her head and glanced at the car inadvertently.

Unfortunately, it was night and the street lights on the road were too dim. She did not see Li Yunhai sitting in the car.

Li Yunhai was about to say hello to her, but a green light came on in front of him.

Zhuang Yong started the car and soon opened a gap with the bicycle.

Back home, Su Hong and Shen Xiulan had already gone to bed.

Shen Xiulan was very good and slept in Li Yunhai's master bedroom.

Li Yunhai took a shower and went to bed, waking up Shen Xiulan.

Shen Xiulan turned around and hugged him.

Li Yunhai kissed her face.

The two of them started loving each other without saying a word.

The next day, Li Yunhai kept paying attention to the test results, and asked Zhao Jinping to communicate with the customer and ask them not to return the goods first. We are trying our best to find the cause of the accident.

Zhao Jinping said that we had contacted him last night, and the other party only gave us three days. If the reason cannot be found within three days, they will determine that the Longteng chip is defective and must return it.

Li Yunhai frowned and was helpless about this.

If the Longteng chip is really defective, it will be a devastating blow to Sihai Group!

Sihai Group has decoupled from Intel and abolished all cooperation.

If there is a problem with the Longteng chip, it means that Sihai Group will have no core available!

Sihai Group will be forced to give up the computer business, and its annual revenue will be cut in half.

At this moment, Li Yunhai truly understood the pain of being in the cold at a high place, and the difficulty of walking on thin ice!

No wonder even a company as big as Intel almost went bankrupt due to poor management in the 80s!

The bigger the company, the more it makes a mistake, the more serious it will be!

Li Yunhai suddenly thought of something and asked Zhao Jinping to find the computer that crashed last time.

Because the computer had a malfunction, it was put away and left idle.

Li Yunhai asked someone to install the computer, turn it on, and asked, "Has the software inside been touched?"

Zhao Jinping replied: "It hasn't been touched."

Li Yunhai nodded and checked the software and games installed on the computer.

Because this is a computer for display, there are a lot of software and games installed in it.

"Mr. Zhao, do you have a list of software and games installed by customers? Show me." Li Yunhai asked.

"Yes, Mr. Li." Zhao Jinping took out a piece of paper and handed it to Li Yunhai, "I have written it all down on this paper."

Li Yunhai compared the software and games on the paper with the programs installed on the computer.

"Excluding commonly used software, there are three games that are the same." Li Yunhai made a comparison and said, "These commonly used software are not compatible. I speculate that these three games are the most likely to cause problems."

Zhao Jinping didn't know much about technical matters, so he asked: "Mr. Li, can the game still freeze?"

"Playing games is the easiest way to crash!" Li Yunhai said calmly, "Because games take up too many system resources and have high requirements on computer hardware. Some game developers are eager for success and do not do too many hardware tests. There will inevitably be incompatibilities.”

He pondered for a moment and said, "Notify the test team immediately and ask them to install these three games and see how it goes."

Zhao Jinping immediately went to call to inform.

Shen Xiulan saw it from the side and said: "Yunhai, I remember, the last time this computer crashed, the customer started a game, and it crashed not long after playing."

Li Yunhai asked: "Do you still remember which game the customer was playing?"

"It seems like this." Shen Xiulan pointed to an icon on the desktop and said, "I'm not sure."

Li Yunhai started the game.

This game is not very popular in China, and there is no Chinese version.

In order to test the performance of the computer, Sihai Group installed as many games as possible, and most of them were new games.

Li Yunhai logged into the game and started playing. He had just been playing for more than ten minutes when the computer screen suddenly went black and two beeps came from the console.

Crash!

Li Yunhai restarted the computer.

After the computer self-tested, it successfully entered the system.

He turned on the game test again.

This time I played for a longer time, but after half an hour, it crashed again.

Li Yunhai has almost determined that this game is the cause of the problem.

But he cannot make the final judgment based only on his own testing.

In the afternoon, feedback came from the test team. The crash events caused by this game occurred continuously, but the crash time was different each time. Sometimes it would crash after playing for a few minutes, and sometimes it would crash after playing for several hours. A crash occurred.

The crux of the problem has been found, and the next step is to conduct a test, which is to play the game with a computer equipped with an Intel chip to see if it will crash.

If the Intel chip does not work, it means that the Dragon chip is not compatible with the game.

After many tests, the Intel 486 chip will still freeze when playing this game.

This proves that the computer crash has nothing to do with the chip, but a problem with the game itself.

Li Yunhai and his team worked hard for most of the day and finally found the problem, but it was beyond his ability to solve the problem. He either did not play the game or hoped that the game would fix the bug.

After Zhao Jinping got the test report, he faxed it to the customer who wanted to return the product that night, and called him to explain the situation.

The customer was reasonable and said that since it has nothing to do with your chip, we will not return it and our cooperation will continue.

When the news came, Li Yunhai and others breathed a long sigh of relief.

The troublesome matter was finally resolved satisfactorily.

During dinner in the evening, Li Yunhai was in a bad mood and didn't eat much.

Now that the matter was settled, he was in a cheerful mood, but suddenly felt a little hungry and wanted to invite Shen Xiulan out for a late-night snack.

Shen Xiulan said she was too tired and didn't want to move.

It happened that Chen Meilin and Wu Wenfang came over to see Li Yunhai, and they made an appointment to hang out.

When he came to the Lighting Night Market Street, Li Yunhai found a supper restaurant and ordered a lot of barbecue and seafood.

Chen Meilin will return to Xiangjiang tomorrow, and she doesn't know when she will see her again. Her words reveal her reluctance to leave Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai only regarded her as a young girl who valued love and justice, patted the back of her hand, and said warmly: "We will always meet again. Your task now is to study hard. And the movie you invested in , you don’t invest too much time, after choosing the director, let the director do the hard work.”

Chen Meilin smiled sweetly and said: "Brother, I understand! Then when will you come to Xiangjiang to see me?"

"I'll go when I have time."

"When are you free? You have to tell me a date so that I can look forward to your arrival."

Wu Wenfang gnawed on barbecue chicken wings and said with a smile: "I must wait until the dealer meeting at the end of the year, right?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "You don't know yet, right? Our dealer conference has been cancelled. From now on, we will hold a press conference in spring and autumn every year, and the dealer conference will no longer be held."

Chen Meilin groaned: "Then will you come to Xiangjiang this year?"

Li Yunhai thought for a while and said, "Maybe I will go there! I will contact you then."

Wu Wenfang asked: "Are the press conferences in the spring and autumn seasons all held in the mainland?"

Li Yunhai nodded and said: "For the time being, it will be held in the mainland."

Wu Wenfang said very disappointedly: "Then I won't be able to see your press conference, nor will I be able to see the celebrities you invited."

Li Yunhai said: "You are a big star yourself, why are you so star-chasing?"

Wu Wenfang said: "How can I be considered a big star? I haven't even won a decent award."

Chen Meilin said: "Sister Wenfang, for the movie we are shooting this time, you should act with your heart and work hard to win a big award!"

After supper, Li Yunhai went shopping with them.

In the afternoon of the next day, Wu Wenfang and Chen Meilin left Huacheng.

The Canton Fair soon came to an end.

Sihai Group has not received any large orders, and its daily turnover is around 10 to 20 million.

At the end of the Canton Fair, Sihai Group received a total of US$3.5 million in orders!

You can't make a fortune, but it's better than stability.

After the end, Li Yunhai, Shi Wentao and others gathered to thank him for his support.

This computer test was conducted at Shi's company and lasted for 12 days. Li Yunhai was very satisfied with the final result.

The dinner was held at Panxi Restaurant.

Li Yunhai didn't want to get drunk, so he only invited a few friends. Everyone drank casually and didn't persuade each other to drink.

When it comes to developing the chip market, Shi Wentao said: "Mr. Li, the chip market is huge, but you can't sell many chips if you are so small. You have to cooperate with international manufacturers, such as IBM, Compaq, HP, and AST." Wait for brands. As long as you find a few factories to cooperate, the sales of chips will increase immediately. Annual sales of millions of chips will not be a problem."

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly: "Mr. Shi, why don't I know? I think so too! But look, which big company will cooperate with us? IBM, Intel, and Microsoft are three sworn friends. , it is impossible for IBM to cooperate with us. It is a no-brainer."

Shi Wentao said: "It's just a community of interests. If you can propose greater interests, I believe their alliance will collapse. Even if IBM doesn't cooperate with you, you still have other companies to fight for. Compaq is as big as Company, you can give it a try. Didn’t they build a factory in Xizhou? This is a good opportunity. It is also beneficial to them to purchase chips nearby. "

Li Yunhai couldn't help but feel a headache when he mentioned Compaq.

He and Compaq's senior management have never met face to face, but they have already passed several tricks!

Although there is no formal enmity between the two companies, they have fought openly and covertly on several matters, especially the last provincial purchase order. The two companies fought together. As a result, Li Yunhai was superior and successfully intercepted the order. . Although Compaq didn't even say a word, they definitely had big opinions, but they were too stuffy to express them.

The current situation in Xizhou is also very subtle.

Sihai Park and Economic Development Zone are in a competitive relationship.

At this time, let Li Yunhai approach Compaq to discuss cooperation?

Wouldn't that mean seeking skin from a tiger?

As for other major manufacturers, Li Yunhai estimates that the chances of success are not high.

The AST factory does not deserve too much attention.

HP can strive for it. Even if it cannot become their only supplier of chips, it is still possible to become their only second or third supplier.

What Li Yunhai wants to win most is Dell.

Dell's business model is completely different from traditional computer companies. It makes customized machines, focuses on after-sales service, and cares about every penny of profit.

Longteng chips have a huge price/performance ratio.

And the future development prospects of this company are very promising!

If Li Yunhai can win Dell's cooperation, then Longteng chips will hopefully take off!

Li Yunhai asked: "Mr. Shi, can you see if you can win cooperation with the computer dealers in Taiwan? The old brand MSI and the newly established Asus are both good."

Shi Wentao said: "To tell you the truth, I have contacted these manufacturers. I am more anxious than you and I am eager to win the chip market in Taiwan. However, they are still considering it and have not replied to me yet. Don’t worry, leave the Taiwan market to me!”

Li Yunhai picked up the glass, clinked it with him, and said, "Everything is in a glass of wine!"

The two toasted and drank together.

After dinner, Li Yunhai took the car home.

As he passed the familiar road, he looked out the car window and saw the familiar figure again.

She was wearing it on her bicycle, and her skirt and hair were dancing in the evening breeze. She stood tall and straight, looking straight ahead.

At the crossroads again.

The red light comes on.

The car stopped.

The bicycle she was riding also parked nearby.

At this moment, a truck came from behind. I don’t know if it was a blind spot or if the driver was distracted and hit the bicycle directly.

The driver of the truck hit the brakes but still hit the bike.

The woman and the bicycle fell heavily to the ground.

Li Yunhai quickly got out of the car and ran to the woman's side as fast as flying. (End of chapter)