Chapter 1200 Seeking Diversified Development 4
Prince Sultan was still very satisfied with his nephew's performance. He learns with an open mind, asks patiently for advice, and never expresses random opinions. Moreover, he does not pursue a luxurious life like other royal children. It can be regarded as a breath of fresh air in the royal family and is worth cultivating. Perhaps it has something to do with his maternal background; the child of a servant may have learned to cherish the hard-won life from an early age.
The assistant said very seriously: "Uncle Wang, I went to the factories in Saudi Arabia to do relevant research before; but I found that in front of the Heiyun Group, it was nothing at all. But what makes me wonder is why the Heiyun Group has no production Low-end personal desktop computers. There are many such products in Saudi Arabia, all produced by Apple in the United States or Japanese manufacturers."
After hearing this, Prince Sultan felt that this might be an opportunity; no one in Heiyun Group produced it, but Saudi Arabia could produce ordinary desktop personal computers. And there is no need to worry about technology, Heiyun can even produce laptops; it should be easy to produce desktop computers with simpler technology.
If Saudi Arabia wants to pursue industrial development, it must proceed from the actual situation. We must start with the basics. Rome could not be built in a day.
Prince Sultan nodded in agreement, but said nothing more. I won’t talk about it until I visit it, but the suggestion to produce ordinary desktop personal computers is very good and very much in line with Saudi Arabia’s national conditions.
Computers are becoming an increasingly important part of work, even becoming indispensable. If any country wants to achieve industrial development, it must work hard on basic education. Saudi Arabia lacked too much before. If it does not catch up, it will be more difficult to catch up with developed countries and regions.
Currently, no country in the Arab region of the Middle East is capable of producing personal computers; if Saudi products are qualified and popularized in the Middle East alone, sales will be considerable.
Several people have tried out the laptops that just came off the production line; it can be said that every time Heiyun products are upgraded, they can bring surprises to people. This time was no exception. The Saudi staff looked very jealous.
Prince Sultan said with a smile: "When I leave later, let's buy some of the products you like and bring them back. I will personally pay for them as a benefit to you."
Although most of them are members of the royal family, they are not short of money. But who wouldn’t want to save some money when they can.
The staff at Heiyun feel that the Saudis are really rich and this title is very appropriate. Heiyun employees can purchase products internally every year; however, each person is limited to one unit, and the price must be controlled within $10,000. It's half the normal price, and it's considered a benefit to employees.
There are more than a dozen people coming to visit, which is a big expense. Unexpectedly, the old man in front of me would give it away as soon as he said so. It gives people the feeling that they don't care about money at all. In this regard, they are much more high-profile than the boss.
Soon several people came to the small server production line; seeing the small servers strengthened Prince Sultan's confidence in producing personal desktop computers in Saudi Arabia. It's not that Heiyun Group doesn't have technical strength and production capabilities, it's just that it doesn't bother to produce low-end products.
Saudi Arabia can completely purchase technology and production lines, and then assemble and produce them within the country; this is also a huge progress in Saudi Arabia's digital field.
Seeing industrial computers, the Saudi tycoons were completely shocked. It turns out that industrial computers are produced this way, no wonder they are so expensive. A production workshop alone cannot be built in an ordinary factory. Out of curiosity, Prince Sultan wanted to experience it. Furujo Jiro asked someone to bring electrostatic dust-proof clothing and began to put it on the prince.
Although it was very troublesome, we also knew that this was a necessary step to enter the workshop, so the people from Saudi Arabia were very cooperative. The dustproof level of the equipment here is very high. If their visit affects other people's normal work, it really shouldn't be done.
Seeing the meticulous work of the engineers, Prince Sultan understood that Saudi Arabia still has a long way to go. You can buy technology and equipment by spending money; but the cost of training engineering and technical personnel is definitely not low. Without the help of big companies, it would probably be difficult for the Saudi royal family alone.
Although they have money, they may give them more salary. But when working in Saudi Arabia, you may lose your job at any time; after all, the product is immature, and even if the salary is high, you can only get it for a few months. And as far as he knows, the salaries in these high-tech companies are not low at all. Take Heiyun Group as an example. The salaries of many engineers are even higher than people realize. Otherwise, it would be impossible to retain top talents.
Why is Bao Zixuan so confident and investing so much in research and development? Because he knows that the products developed by Heiyun Group will never be manufactured by other companies in a short time; this is his confidence.
Saudi Arabia can work on products that Heiyun Group doesn't like. Just because Bao Zixuan doesn't like them doesn't mean there is no market. And any high-end product needs to start from the basics, and you will have to have a good chat with him later.
The engineer began to introduce the product to the delegation. Fortunately, Saudi Arabia had purchased industrial computers before, so it knew a lot about it. It's just that product performance is constantly improving. Other than this, there is nothing surprising.
Looking at the industrial computer production workshop, it seems that there are more sophisticated products being produced inside. Prince Sultan knew that this must be something even more extraordinary. Anyone who may have come into contact with the core secrets of the Heiyun Group will be curious; after all, it may represent the future.
Prince Sultan: "What's inside? Can we go in and have a look."
This request is a bit excessive, but who made Bao Zixuan say it so satisfactorily before. At this time, Furujo Jiro was also a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, it didn't matter. With the technical level of the Saudis, he wants to develop a supercomputer; he may not be able to see it in his lifetime. Moreover, supercomputer clusters also need customers. Isn’t a tycoon like Saudi Arabia just the right one?
Furujo Jiro: "The boss has told you that Heiyun Group has no restrictions on you and you can visit anywhere. But there are core secrets inside. I hope you will see what you see inside; don't be surprised and keep it secret."
The request was reasonable. Prince Sultan said to the people below: "After entering, any product I see will be rotten in my stomach. If I knew who disclosed it to the outside world, then in order to explain to customers, I would not speak like today. .”
There are unknown numbers of American spies in Saudi Arabia, and this kind of assurance is of little use at all. But seeing the old man attaching so much importance to it, Furujo Jiro didn't say anything more.
The core secrets of the Heiyun Group are all in the Weasel Factory; as for other places, there is nothing to visit. Moreover, all electronic equipment has been confiscated before entering the dust-proof workshop, so there won't be any major problems.
The group of people walked toward the interior, passed two more doors, and saw cabinets placed on the ground. Engineers are adjusting the data, but the large screen that appears in front subverts previous perceptions. I have never seen such a large LED screen. It is said to be the largest in the world, so there is probably no problem.
Seeing the rows of data, the Saudi tycoons don’t know what to do. Could it be that all these cabinets are the hardware of this computer? It is simply unimaginable how much calculations are required in total.
Jiro Furujo: "In order to meet the needs of the future Internet, Heiyun Group has successfully developed a supercomputer cluster. There are two auxiliary root servers in Asia, one of which is in Japan and the other is at Yulin Institute of Technology."
"Supercomputer clusters can seize more Internet resources. For this reason, Heiyun Group has spent huge sums of money to build them. It also provides network services to thousands of customers."
This is the first time I have seen such a large computer.
Some people who have come to Saudi Arabia know a little bit about it, but they have never seen such a large server. I came to Heiyun Group today just to see the computer workshop; it was already a worthwhile trip. I really felt like I was a frog in a well before.
Prince Sultan: "Mr. Gucheng, I know a little bit about the Internet. I just don't know how fast this supercomputer cluster can achieve and what its price is."
This is a business coming to your door, so you really can’t look at Saudi Arabia through ordinary people’s eyes.
Jiro Furujo: "The computing power of this supercomputer group can easily reach 100 million operations per second; the research and development cost alone has exceeded US$500 million; as for the specific selling price, a meeting will be held to decide. After all, unless this product is Projects that require large-scale computing such as manufacturing nuclear weapons or launching rockets; and then making the root server of the Internet, otherwise it is really not of much use."
Prince Sultan was very interested in hearing about data calculations that could be used to build nuclear weapons and launch rockets. Why is Saudi Arabia not tough enough in the international arena? Isn’t it because it doesn’t have the weapons and equipment to scare its opponents? Maybe you can consider it, but you have to go back and discuss it with the king and the crown prince; it's not too late to make a final decision.