Du Qiu took Jiang You and others to the 18th floor. When he walked out of the elevator, he met Gao Mingda. He was originally the secretary of Chen Zhiyang, the executive vice president of Sanjiang University. He was poached by Du Qiu as a public relations manager in May. He was sent by Chen Dayou to Beijing to promote electronic tax calculation software in June. In September, Yang Fan recalled him to be responsible for the software park project. His career was ups and downs and he was nicknamed the "Firefighting Captain".

Gao Mingda has good abilities. Although he put out fires everywhere, he saved them very well. He completed his task successfully every time. Therefore, his status within the company gradually rose, from a marginal figure sent to the capital to a powerful figure who can be on par with Qin Mu.

"Mr. Du, you are back. When will you get home?"

"Last night." Du Qiu saw that in addition to the briefcase, he also held two drawing tubes in his hand, so he asked, "What are these drawings?"

"At noon today, the city leaders invited several experts from the China National Regulatory Institute to have dinner. There will be a symposium in the afternoon, and the planning drawings of the software park need to be used, so I'll come and get it." Gao Mingda has been a secretary for many years and often deals with officials. His words and deeds are more implicit. He first gave Dai Yi a wink and then said softly: "Mr. Du, can you delay a few minutes? I have to report to you something."

Dai Yi received a hint of eyes, but stood still. It was not until Du Qiu nodded that she smiled and greeted Jiang You and others, and took them to visit the planning map of the chip laboratory.

Gao Mingda looked at her back and sighed lightly with a little unnatural expression, and then reported: "Mr. Du, Director Feng of the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee asked me yesterday and asked if Snapdragon could give up the land of the second and third phases of the Software Park, and the city would replace it with other places."

Depend on!

I was exhausted for several months, and before I could eat a full meal, someone wanted to pick Snapdragon peaches?

A few months ago, Du Qiu used Bangalore, India as an example to convince the Yuncheng government to support Snapdragon to establish a software park mainly for foreign trade orders. At that time, he used his foresighted gold finger to select the address near the Majiaqiao Reservoir in the southwest of the city, because it will be the core area for provincial and municipal governments to focus on construction in 2002.

However, in 1995, Majiaqiao was surrounded by wasteland and nothing. Out of considerations such as paying attention to high-tech industries, boasting about investment and political achievements, and taking advantage of the Snapdragon east wind, the city generously approved 1,000 acres of land to build a software park, and only symbolically collected 500 yuan per acre, which was almost equivalent to free gifts.

At that time, no one, including Du Qiu himself, expected that after only half a year, a quota of a smart city experimental zone was created. According to the above requirements, Yuncheng had to plan a new administrative zone for experiments. The terrain on the north side was complex, there was too little space available, and the grain and vegetable production bases on the east side, and the demolition cost was too high, so they could only develop in the southwest and build a new zone there.

Majiaqiao Reservoir is only about 5 kilometers away from Yuncheng Economic and Technological Development Zone. The surrounding terrain is flat and open. Infrastructure such as transportation, hydropower, communications can be quickly built. It has mountains and water and beautiful environment, which is the most ideal choice. In this way, the 1,000 acres of land in Snapdragon has become a hot commodity 7 years in advance, with a value of at least hundreds of times, attracting the covetousness of many hungry wolves who heard the wind in advance.

"What else did Director Feng say?"

"I didn't say anything else, but..." Gao Mingda's acting skills are the best actor. He held his glasses and expressed his helpless and angry emotions just right, saying: "He brought me some news, saying that someone from the Provincial Forestry Bureau questioned the incomplete procedures for the acquisition and relocation of the Botanical Garden and needed re-approval."

Unlike the land that is almost for free in the Software Garden, the land in the Botanical Garden was bought by Snapdragon at the market price. It cost tens of millions of dollars. Du Qiu would never let go and asked with a sneer: "The Provincial Forestry Bureau is so poor that it can't be blamed and has no ability to compete with us for food. Which big man is behind the scenes?"

"Director Feng said it was related to a member of the Standing Committee of the province, but I cannot be sure yet." Gao Mingda was very cautious and did not give out the specific name, but just said: "I'll check it out first, and then report to Mr. Du."

"Does Yang Fan know about this?"

"I reported to Mr. Yang last night. His attitude was that if the city showed sincerity, the land of the Software Garden could be transferred, but the land of the Botanical Garden would never be allowed."

The software park can be built anywhere, but such a large piece of green space in the botanical garden is very rare in the city. Du Qiu nodded slightly and agreed: "Just do as Yang Fan said. You can contact the city first and see what they are doing."

"OK."

After Gao Mingda left, Du Qiu went to his lounge. Everything in the room remained the same, exactly the same as when he left in August. He had no intention of nostalgia, picked up the phone on the coffee table, dialed an international long distance to Chen Dayou, and scolded: "Brother Chen, are you crazy? It is impossible to design a brand new programming language in three months!"

"Who said it's impossible? Isn't the script designed by you in a month?" Chen Dayou seemed very proud and said with a smile: "You don't want to come to the United States to promote IPOS. I was forced to accept Microsoft's conditions."

"You are forced to make a yarn! You are bragging and blowing your skin to break, so I'm looking for me to help you." Du Qiu pulled the collar of the turtleneck with his hand, calmed his anxiety, and said: "Iscript is just a toy, and there were no competitors at that time. I can play whatever I want. Now Microsoft wants a high-level static programming language that can compete with Java. Java was designed by a group of great people in 4 years. You only give me 3 months and think I'm a Superman?"

"You go to the street to ask someone to ask if they think you are Superman." Chen Dayou was not angry when he was scolded. He was bewitched with high emotions: "Du Qiu, I have communicated with several investment banks. They all said that this is a major benefit. If you succeed in cooperation with Microsoft, the valuation of IPO may be worth 3 billion US dollars, which is 1 billion more than before, and 1 billion in three months! Is there any more profitable deal in the world than this? So even if you are not Superman, you must become Superman!"

"It's only 1 billion more? What investment bank you are looking for is too poor."

The document Dai Yi showed Du Qiu just now was a cooperation intention reached by Chen Dayou and Microsoft. The general content was iView. If I can jointly develop a programming language that can compete with Java before April 1, 1996, Microsoft will give up on ie and build an iView browser in Windows 95.

If this cooperation is really successful, then Microsoft will not only be a threat, but will become an excellent help, helping Snapdragon dominate the Internet in the next 10 years of web1.0 era. The strategic value is definitely not measured by just $1 billion. Therefore, although Du Qiu doesn't care much about the valuation of iPo, he cares about this cooperation very much and said: "IView is not your and my private company now. If I want me to work more, I have to add additional money."

"Okay, I will discuss with Draper and Masayoshi Son tomorrow and give you a whole super red envelope." Chen Dayou agreed and said, "What else do you need? Even if you mention it, I will do my best to help you."

"First, you have to make it clear to Microsoft that it is impossible to fully implement a programming language in three months. At most, you can only create a prototype. The level is about the same as the Java that was released in May this year. In other words, we are nearly a year behind Sun. However, if I can give me enough support, I will be confident that I will surpass them in full at the end of 1996."

"This is no problem. The java slogan is so loud that it is not useful. It is still far from practical. As long as you can take out something similar and then evolve quickly, Microsoft should be able to accept it. After all, our iView is best at hitting the target. What about the second one?"

"Second, go to Borland and dig Anders Helsberg over."

"Du Qiu, are you crazy? It's impossible to dig Anders Helsberg!" Chen Dayou was shocked and returned Du Qiu's words just now, saying: "Anders is the founder and technical core of Borland. Just like your status in Snapdragon, what should I use to dig?!"

"If you can't do this, I can't do it either."

In 1995, three new programming languages ​​were released, one was java created by Sun, one was the iscript plagiarized by Du Qiu, and the other was delphi released by Borland. Among these three, Java is the most famous, but the one that really makes a lot of money is delphi.

Borland was founded in 1983. It started with the sale of the turbo pascal compiler developed by the genius programmer Anders Helsberg. It was once the leader in the software development tools field. Its market value once reached more than 6 billion US dollars. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Microsoft entered this market. The two sides competed fiercely in the field of c/c++ compilers. As a result, Borland lost a lot and lost, and its stock price continued to plummet, falling from more than 80 US dollars in 1992 to less than 9 US dollars in 1994.

At this critical moment of life and death, Anders Helsberg stood up again and spent 6 months to develop Delphi. Delphi's development kit was released on Valentine's Day on February 14, 1995. By December, sales exceeded 500,000. This was astronomical for a newly emerging programming language. Its popularity is no worse than Microsoft's Windows 95. It directly brought Borland's company back to life and doubled its stock price.

If you use car analogy, Java is a Mercedes-Benz S-series concept car, noble and advanced, and it is highly anticipated as soon as it appears. It is highly anticipated, but it is still a long way from mass production. Delphi is the Toyota Corolla that has been mass-produced. It is cost-effective, affordable and fuel-efficient, and has a far-reaching sales. As for the iscript, it is probably a Chery QQ. It is small and cheap and has a bit of a copycat atmosphere. It is not popular among experts but is very popular among the entry-level group.

If singers are used for analogy, Anders Helsberg's position in the field of programming languages ​​is equivalent to Michael Jackson who just held the global tour of "Danger Journey". He is an epic superstar at the peak. IView is only equivalent to a second-rate record company that has just been established. If you want to poach him to join, it is no different from daydreaming.

"Du Qiu, Microsoft has dug Anders several times, and he is not tempted by an annual salary of millions of dollars. What should I use to dig? Can you change someone?"

The laptop Du Qiu carried while traveling through time stored a lot of C# and .net information. If he was given a year, he would be confident to create a programming language comparable to Java. However, three months were too short and he had no confidence. Therefore, he was determined to win the real creator of Anders, the real creator of C# and .net, so he leaked the secret: "Brother Chen, Anders had conflicts with the company's senior management and other team members in the subsequent R&D direction of Delphi. He was very unhappy in Borland, so you still have a chance to dig him."

"How do you know he's unhappy?"

"I had an email with Anders, who told me himself that he wanted to leave Borland."

"real?"

"real."

This is actually half true and half false...

When Du Qiu played "The Three Kingdoms", his favorite thing was to collect all military generals. After traveling through time, he simply started collecting celebrity collections in reality. It took him more than half a year to collect contact information of almost all the well-known IT technology giants in the 1990s. Anders, the top giants like Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, would definitely not let them go, and they had already hooked up, so they did communicate by email.

However, it is false to say that Anders wanted to leave Borland, because Anders was developing Delphi 2.0 at this time. Although he had differences with the senior management of Borland and other members of the team, he still maintained restraint. It was not until the conflict broke out when Delphi 3.0 was developed in February 1996 and he was kicked out of the R&D team. He was discouraged and was taken advantage of by Bill Gates, and personally took advantage of the situation to dig out Microsoft with an annual salary of $3 million plus tens of millions of stock options, and then developed C# and .net.

"Damn! You have Anders' email address but didn't tell me earlier that he is my idol. When I was learning programming, I used the turbo pascal he developed every day."

Turbo Pascal was still an introductory teaching tool for computer departments in many universities in China until the beginning of the 21st century, carrying the beautiful memories of countless old programmers. Anders naturally became the great god they admired. Du Qiu understood this feeling because the c# designed by Anders also cared for many of his beautiful memories. Therefore, he smiled and said, "That happens, when you go to dig him, you can help me get a signature photo."

"Take it down. He probably doesn't even have the interest to see me. Microsoft can't even dig up an annual salary of millions of dollars. What should I use to dig up?"

"Anders made tens of millions of assets with the share of turbo pascal and dlephi. He shouldn't care much about money. What he cares about is a platform for displaying his personal talents. You tell him that iView will tailor a R&D team according to his requirements, with no limit on the budget, let it play, and never interfere."

"Damn! What if he goes bankrupt by the company?" At this time, a charming voice from a woman came from the opposite side. Chen Dayou hurriedly said, "I'll try it first. Do you have any other requests? Hurry up and say, I've taken off my pants and am preparing to do business."

"There is another thing. I want Microsoft to provide several talents to come to Yuncheng to assist me. The specific list will be sent to you later."

"Okay, then I'll hang up first."

A beepy sound came from the other side of the phone. Du Qiu shook his head and smiled, put the phone back in place, got up and left the lounge, prepared to go to the bank, take out the laptop stored in the private vault, and then have a big fight!
Chapter completed!