From the day he founded Xing Hai Technologies, Chen Jin had made a decision: no advanced technological products would be exported to other countries.
They would only serve their own people.
They would only bring convenience and benefits to their own people.
Foreigners … Haha, they could go play with their own mud.
Why did they have to do this?
Wasn't this a little too narrow-minded? Why not earn money when there was money?
In fact, Chen Jin was not being narrow-minded. He was just giving them a taste of their own medicine.
Money was a good thing. Why did foreign countries impose a strict embargo on Z country even if they did not want to earn money from many high-tech products?
Seeing that Z country had created something that broke the monopoly, foreign countries hurriedly announced the lifting of the embargo and sold their products at a steep price. They seemed to have found their conscience again.
In fact, they had never found their conscience. They wished that Z country was still in the Stone Age. They could not bear to see this ancient civilization be any better.
It was either black or white, a zero-sum game!
This was their deep-rooted mindset. They could not understand the meaning of "seeking common ground while reserving differences for mutual benefit and a win-win situation." It was futile no matter how many times they said it.
Moreover, technological hegemony was the last line of defense for the West to maintain prosperity, stability, and psychological superiority. If even their technological hegemony fell, their self-esteem, pride, and even arrogance would suffer a devastating blow!
They would defend this hegemony at all costs.
Naturally, Chen Jin would not export a strategic product like the Little Star learning machine to the West to strengthen their next generation and consolidate their technological hegemony.
Therefore, Chen Jin sent someone to the Ministry of Education and asked Minister Yuan to apply to the higher-ups to list the "Little Star learning machine" as a strategic prohibited item and prohibit its export to foreign countries.
But for some unknown reason, perhaps due to some misgivings, the higher-ups did not agree. They only allowed Xing Hai Technologies to respond flexibly.
Chen Jin shook his head. "They are throwing the blame entirely on us. They want us to deal with those jackals and tigers alone."
Speaking of which, what was Chen Jin afraid of? Xing Hai Technologies was completely developing within the borders of Z country. Foreign restrictions and sanctions would not affect Xing Hai Technologies in the slightest.
How could it be ruled by Long Arm?
Indeed.
Many of the patent authorizations purchased by Xing Hai Technologies originated from Western companies.
The database software, tools, and operating systems used were mostly from Western companies.
More than 90% of the ARM architecture, X86 architecture, and a large number of hardware patents used in chip development originated from the West.
Once foreign countries announced a complete embargo against Xing Hai Technologies, the above software, operating systems, and hardware patents could not be used or authorized.
In at most half a day, Xing Hai Technologies would be paralyzed.
Xing Hai Technologies could forcibly use these products and technologies. Anyway, there were a lot of pirated products on the market. It would not matter even if Western companies sued for infringement. This was within Z country's borders. Even if Western companies were in the right, the lawsuit would last for a year or two. At most, they could just compensate some money and continue using the products.
If the other party sued again, they would compensate a little more after a year or two. It was simply impossible to completely ban Xing Hai Technologies from using it.
However, Chen Jin was not so thick-skinned. He gave the employees of Xing Hai Technologies a year to come up with an independent operating system, an independent software ecosystem, and create an independent hardware system within a year. He did not even give the Western companies a chance to file a lawsuit.
One year?
Holy shit, how is this possible?
Of course it was possible.
Since the "internal beta version" of Work Assistant α was introduced to the company's programmers in October, the group of programmers almost flew into the sky.
…
Cheng Yuyang, male, 26 years old, a programmer with five years of programming experience.
It had been a year since he started working at Xing Hai Technologies.
However, his qualifications were average, and his skills were passable. In the professional skill evaluation, he only got the standard of an intermediate + + programmer, and his absolute salary was 16K.
Of course, because he often worked overtime, the actual salary he received was often above 20K or 22K.
In the month where he worked the craziest overtime, he got 27K.
The price he paid was that he lost five kilograms and had to take three days off.
His girlfriend of seven years complained to him again and again! Her heart ached as she wiped away her tears.
"Cheng Yuyang, you want money more than your life. Don't you want me anymore?
You said that if you want to buy a house in Shang Hai, you'll be able to save enough for the down payment in another three years. The problem is, can you persevere for three years?
I heard that the average retirement age of Hua Yao is 40. Xing Hai Technologies is not soft at all when it comes to squeezing its employees dry. Your body will be useless by the time you're 40!
Don't think about buying a house in Shang Hai anymore. You can't afford it! We'll go back to our hometown in a few more years. We'll go back to our city. The housing prices there are only one-tenth of what it is here. There are also programming jobs. Don't throw your life away here. "
His girlfriend hugged him as she spoke.
Cheng Yuyang tried his best to explain. He said that the extreme overtime only lasted for a short period of time. Usually, he would occasionally work overtime for an hour or two. The weekends were double days off. It was not as miserable as the Hua Yao employees.
Moreover, when his skills improved and he was promoted to a senior employee, his salary would increase by a large margin. Coupled with the year-end bonus, he might be able to save enough for the down payment of a house in Shang Hai in another two years.
He said to his girlfriend, Sun Haiyan, "Work for three years and save enough for the down payment of a house in Shang Hai. Do you think it's possible to work in other companies? It's tiring, but I can work until I'm 50 at Xing Hai Technologies! "
"Alright."
His girlfriend calmed down and nodded. But she emphasized, "You still have to take care of your body. Don't work too hard."
"I know."
Cheng Yuyang nodded.
Very soon.
After October.
Sun Haiyan suddenly realized that her boyfriend got off work earlier than usual. He got off work about an hour earlier than usual.
Another half a month later. Not only did her boyfriend get off work on time every day, but he also rode a shared bicycle to and from work. Although it took him 40 minutes to ride, he would always get back to the rented apartment half an hour earlier than her, who was stuck in traffic.
Then, he would buy groceries and cook. By the time she got back to the rented apartment, it would be almost time for dinner.
Her boyfriend cooked for her!
When it came to his free time on the weekends, her boyfriend almost never mentioned working overtime at the company. Instead, he brought her everywhere to play, go shopping, show off their love, and kill the single dogs.
One day, Sun Haiyan could not help but ask, "Yuyang, are you really not working overtime anymore? You'll definitely leave a bad impression in the eyes of your superiors. Your salary is also much lower than before. Have you thought it through and decided to balance your health and work? "
Cheng Yuyang smiled mysteriously. "I don't have to work overtime. The programmers in the operating system R&D department, including our superiors, get off work on time every day. No one works overtime. Our salary is no longer linked to the working hours, but to the amount of tasks completed. Generally, as long as we put in six hours of serious work every day, it's not a problem to get 1.5 times our salary. Those who are skilled can even get two times."
He could usually get about 1.8 times his salary.
"Six hours of serious work every day is enough?"
Sun Haiyan's eyes widened. "Can you complete the tasks in such a short amount of time? You guys are coding. Can you not code for 12 hours a day? "
"That's enough. How is six hours not enough? The company told us to keep it a secret, but I'll tell you a secret. The amount of code I type in six hours is more than what I typed in the past ten days! The more powerful big names type in a day, more than what they typed in the past month! "
"How is that possible?"
Sun Haiyan's jaw dropped. Her face was full of disbelief. "Do you guys have ten hands? How can you type so fast?"
"It's not that we type fast. It's just that the Work Assistant is too powerful. It increases the work efficiency of us programmers by at least ten times! For example, in the past, if I wanted to implement a module, I could only type it by hand. Now, as long as I follow the standard format and write down my own requirements, the Work Assistant will immediately write a complete module for me. Moreover, the code is refined, efficient, and of better quality than what I wrote myself.
"Moreover, the Work Assistant is still improving and upgrading. Its comprehension ability is getting stronger and stronger. Now, even if I don't follow the standard format and directly write down my own requirements, the Work Assistant can also write basic usable code. It can also program in multiple languages and has a conversion function. It can convert Java code into C + + or C + + code with similar functions. It also has a correction function. The error rate is extremely low, and the function is extremely powerful.
"With the Work Assistant, I basically don't have to personally type the code anymore. The code I write is garbage! The code that the Work Assistant gives is the real god-level code. Most of the problems that I encounter can be solved by the Work Assistant! Now, the programming department has almost become the most relaxed department in the company. The operating system that we are making will be able to come out with a usable version in at most three months to replace the operating system from overseas.
"Now, I finally understand some of the things that Chief Chen said. The significance of the Work Assistant is similar to the significance of the Little Star learning machine to the majority of students. It can make every student into a top student, and every programmer into a god-level programmer. The era of using knowledge and skills has arrived. The era of desperately learning knowledge has passed. In the future, our work will be like online games. You don't have to think about how the game skills are implemented. You just have to know how to use them.
In the future, as long as you are good at games, you will also be good at work. There is no difference between the two.
"This … is the future that Chief Chen described."
Cheng Yuyang crossed his arms and said. His eyes were shining, and his face was full of admiration.
With such a god-level tool, winning the so-called "war of the hairline" would be a piece of cake.
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