Although they came to ask Xia Xiaolan to "beg for money", there is a difference between soliciting investment and begging.
Begging is taking other people's things for nothing, while investing means paying off.
The two had Xia Xiaolan's contact information, they found out the address of Wen's house, and they came from New York by car, but they were embarrassed to come to disturb them, so they squatted outside and waited.
However, Xia Xiaolan came back by car today, and Professor Wen's house looked really good, both Xu Jing and Ma Hai were in high spirits¡ªXia Xiaolan is really rich, as long as they can persuade each other to invest, the project will be saved!
These two people are embarrassed, Xia Xiaolan thought for a while:
"Let's go, find a place to sit down and talk slowly."
There's a coffee shop in Ithaca, so at least it's a place to talk.
The new car that Xia Xiaolan brought up today was the first time that Xu Jing and Ma Hai were on board. Du Zhaohui had a lot of opinions on this point. He still had to figure out the origins of these two people. Xia Xiaolan didn't ask him to come with him, but he still had the cheek to follow.
Xia Xiaolan didn't stop her either. Opportunities to make money are everywhere. Xu Jing and Ma Hai came here on their own initiative. She hasn't analyzed whether it is reliable or not. She is not afraid of being intercepted by Du Zhaohui Maybe Xu Jing and Ma Hai Ma Hai's so-called "investment" far exceeded Xia Xiaolan's budget, and Xia Xiaolan wouldn't mind if Du Zhaohui wanted to do it himself.
When we arrived at the cafe, Ma Hai, who was still extroverted, broke the embarrassment:
"Student Xia, you said at the party that day that Lao Xu could talk to you when he was sober, does that still count?"
Xia Xiaolan was speechless, "Senior Brother Ma Hai, if it doesn't count, what do you and I come to the coffee shop for? Tell me, what are you and Senior Brother Xu Jing doing, where have you progressed, and how much investment do you need now? Only by knowing the direction can we decide the next step.¡±
The next step is whether to invest or not, and how much to invest.
The two of them couldn't figure out who Du Zhaohui was, but he didn't say a word, and he didn't look like he was short of money by his clothes. Didn't some people say that a rich man's friend is still a rich man? People can listen to it - if it's not cheating bah bah bah, I'm wrong, if it doesn't get Xia Xiaolan to invest, it's the same if this young man is interested.
"It's like this. Have you ever heard of something called an electronic dictionary? You can look up its meaning by typing in a word, and you can switch between two languages ??freely. You can think of it as a kind of microcomputer"
Xia Xiaolan is a student of architecture, and Ma Hai was afraid that she might not understand, so he tried to explain it as simple as possible.
Electronic dictionary!
Of course Xia Xiaolan knew about this.
The first time she saw the real thing in her previous life was around 1994. It was used by her classmates to learn English. At that time, it cost several hundred yuan each. Xia Xiaolan, a poor person who worked part-time to save her tuition, naturally couldn't afford it.
Gradually, more and more students around me use electronic dictionaries. She doesn¡¯t know whether it will help her improve her English performance. Several brands, such as Wenquxing, Noah¡¯s Boat, and Backgammon, are making electronic dictionaries. The students¡¯ money is really good. !
Xia Xiaolan became a little interested and sat up straight:
"You two made an electronic dictionary?!"
She is a little skeptical.
This thing should not have been invented by the Chinese, including pagers, mobile phones, and mobile phones. These electronic and communication products were all brought to China from abroad. In the first few years, the pager could only display the phone number. Later, a local company in Huaguo came up with a Chinese character display. With this thing, you can see other people¡¯s calls and messages, and you can also see weather notifications, stock information, etc. It is considered to have entered thousands of households.
There was doubt in Xia Xiaolan's voice, Xu Jing blushed slightly:
"No, we didn't invent it, but Ma Hai and I think this thing has something to do, and we want to make it into an English-Chinese version"
Xia Xiaolan couldn't help but look at Xu Jing more.
"Senior Brother Xu, you have a lot of ideas. Let's talk about it carefully. Can you and Brother Ma make this thing bypass other people's patents?"
If it can be bypassed, it is called independent research and development after being inspired.
It cannot be bypassed, it is called a copycat.
However, many domestic technologies come from this way. If there is no copycat, how can Huaguo start talking about it? It is the way for many brands to survive by copying the foundation first and then developing independently.
Xia Xiaolan actually understood quite well, Xu Jing and Ma Hai were very surprised.
Xu Jing spoke more cautiously:
"It doesn't matter if you want to say how powerful this thing is. Let me briefly tell you about the composition of this electronic dictionary system. It needs three parts: one isStorage, to record the content and information of the dictionary; the second is to operate the equipment, to treat the stored information as a text, and a machine is needed to read the text, right? This is why Ma Hai said that it is a microcomputer, which requires software to run when it comes to browsing and retrieval. Operating devices generally include reading devices, output devices, and input devices; the third is to control the external"
Xia Xiaolan did not interrupt Xu Jing's words.
These things were told to laymen in 1986, and most laymen would be confused, such as Du Zhaohui who was on the side.
In 1986, many people did not understand computers. Now many people understand personal computers as expensive typewriters and game consoles!
? Electronic and digital products are becoming more and more popular in later generations, and they are being updated every year to introduce new ones. Non-computer professionals can also say a thing or two about these common senses.
So Du Zhaohui couldn't understand, but Xia Xiaolan could.
After Xu Jing finished speaking, Xia Xiaolan asked him:
"You want to make an English-Chinese version of the electronic dictionary, but you are still dissatisfied with the retrieval speed and storage space of the existing version. These things all want to be upgraded. Of course, you can't just rely on the two of you to terminate the contract. These things must be entrusted to a company with technology. produced, and your biggest problem is no money?"
"But we've written better software to run it¡ª"
Ma Hai couldn't help but argue.
Xia Xiaolan smiled, "Software? If the hardware can't keep up, the software is useless, not to mention whether the software is good or not, I haven't seen it with my own eyes."
Xu Jing and Ma Hai's approach is correct.
There will really be a market for an English-Chinese two-way electronic dictionary. Why do Chinese people have to learn English for many years?
Earning money from students is always easy. Parents in Huaguo have never been stingy about spending money on education. Although Xia Xiaolan thinks that electronic dictionaries may not be useful, it is better than selling game consoles in the name of learning machines!
If Xu Jing and Ma Hai told her today that they found out that Nintendo's game consoles could be copied and made for her the "Little Overlord" game console that will rule the elementary and middle school students in China for many years, Xia Xiaolan might turn around and leave. ¡ª¡ªNow she feels that she can be rescued, but Ma Hai and Xu Jing don't know her well, thinking that Xia Xiaolan's words mean rejection, Xu Jing anxiously pushes the information she brought to Xia Xiaolan:
"Student Xia, can't you learn more about it? You can also follow us to New York to see, in our residence, there are samples that we assembled ourselves!" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com