1376: Have You Heard of Electronic Dictionaries? (1 More)

Xu Jing and Ma Hai are not beggars.

Although they came to ask Xia Xiaolan to "beg for money", there is a difference between asking for investment and begging.

Begging is taking other people's things for nothing, and investing means having a return.

The two had Xia Xiaolan's contact information, and they found out the address of Wen's family.

Xia Xiaolan was driving back today, and Professor Wen's house looked really good. Xu Jing and Ma Hai were both in high spirits - Xia Xiaolan was really rich, as long as they could persuade the other party to invest, the project would be saved!

The two were embarrassed, Xia Xiaolan thought about it:

"Come on, find a place to sit down and talk slowly."

There's a coffee shop in Ithaca town, that's at least a place to talk.

The new car that Xia Xiaolan brought up today was Xu Jing and Ma Hai for the first time. Du Zhaohui was very opinionated on this point. He still had to figure out the origins of these two people, Xia Xiaolan didn't greet him, he still followed up cheekily.

Xia Xiaolan didn't stop her. There are opportunities to make money everywhere. Xu Jing and Ma Hai came to the door on their own initiative. She hasn't analyzed whether they are reliable or not, and she is not afraid of being intercepted by Du Zhaohui... Maybe Xu Jinghe Ma Hai's so-called "investment" far exceeded Xia Xiaolan's budget. If Du Zhaohui wanted to do it himself, Xia Xiaolan would not mind.

At the cafe, Ma Hai, who was still outgoing, broke the embarrassment:

"Student Xia, that day you said at the party that Lao Xu can talk to you when he is awake, is that still considered?"

Xia Xiaolan was speechless, "Senior Brother Ma Hai, if you don't mind, what are you and me doing in the cafe? Tell me, what are you and Brother Xu Jing doing? How far are you going? How much investment is needed now? Only knowing the location can decide the next step.”

The next step is to vote or not, and how much to vote.

The two of them couldn't figure out who Du Zhaohui was, but this man was silent next to him. He didn't look like he was short of money because of his clothes. Didn't someone say that a rich man's friend is still a rich man? Ma Haiba doesn't need one more potential investment. People can listen to it—in case I didn't cheat... Bah, bah, I'm wrong, and in case Xia Xiaolan was not brought in to invest, it is the same for this young man's interest.

"That's it, have you ever heard of something called an electronic dictionary? You can look up its meaning by typing in a word, and switch between two languages ​​freely. You can think of it as a kind of microcomputer..."

Xia Xiaolan studied architecture, Ma Hai was afraid that she would not understand, and wanted to make the explanation as simple as possible.

Electronic dictionary!

Of course Xia Xiaolan knew about this thing.

In her last life, the first time she saw the real thing was around 1994. The classmates used it to learn English. At that time, it cost hundreds of yuan each. Xia Xiaolan, a poor man who worked and saved tuition by himself, naturally couldn't afford it.

Slowly, more and more students use electronic dictionaries around her. She doesn't know whether it will help her English performance. Wenquxing, Noahzhou, and Bubugao are all making electronic dictionaries. Students' money is really good. !

Xia Xiaolan became somewhat interested and sat up straight:

"You two made an electronic dictionary?!"

She is a little skeptical.

This thing should not have been invented by Chinese people, including pagers, big brothers and mobile phones. These electronic and communication products were all spread to China from abroad. In the first few years, pagers could only display phone numbers. Later, a local company in China developed a Chinese character display. This thing can see other people's incoming calls and messages, as well as what weather feeds, stock information, etc. It's like entering 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 felt that this thing had something to do with it, and wanted to make it into an English-Chinese version..."

Xia Xiaolan couldn't help but glance at Xu Jing.

"Senior Brother Xu, you have a lot of ideas. Come and talk about it carefully. Can you and Brother Ma make this thing bypass other people's patents?"

Being able to bypass it is called independent research and development after being inspired.

Can not be bypassed, it is called a cottage.

However, many domestic technologies come from this way. If there is no copycat, how can we start manufacturing in China? First build the foundation of the cottage, and then independently develop it. This is the way of survival for many brands.

Xia Xiaolan actually understood quite well, Xu Jing and Ma Hai were surprised.

Xu Jing spoke more cautiously:

"You don't want to say how powerful this thing is. I will briefly tell you the composition of this electronic dictionary system. It needs three parts: one is to store, record the content and information of the dictionary; the second is to run the equipment, put The stored information is regarded as a text, and a machine is needed to read the text, right? This is why Ma Hai said that it is a microcomputer, and software is required to run when it comes to browsing and retrieval. The operating equipment generally includes reading equipment, output equipment, input equipment; 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 at a loss, such as Du Zhaohui on the side.

In 1986, many people did not understand computers. Now many people understand personal computers as expensive typewriters and game consoles!

In later generations, electronic and digital products are becoming more and more popular, and they are being updated every year. Non-computer professionals can also say something about these common sense.

So Du Zhaohui didn't understand, but Xia Xiaolan understood.

After Xu Jing finished speaking, Xia Xiaolan asked him:

"You want to make an English-Chinese version of the electronic dictionary, and also check the existing version.

Dissatisfied with the speed and storage space, these things want to be upgraded. Of course, you can't just cancel the contract. These things are to be produced by a company with technology, and your biggest problem is that you don't have money? "

"But we made better software to run—"

Ma Hai couldn't help but defend.

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 are on the right track.

There will be a market for an English-Chinese two-way version of the electronic dictionary. Who told Chinese people to have to learn English for many years?

It is always easy to make money from students. The parents of Huaguo have never been stingy with their investment in education. Although Xia Xiaolan thinks that electronic dictionaries are not necessarily useful, it is always 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 console could be copied, and gave her the "Little Overlord" game console that would dominate primary and middle school students in China for many years, Xia Xiaolan might turn around and leave. ——Now she feels that she can be rescued, but Ma Hai and Xu Jing don’t know her well, thinking that what Xia Xiaolan said means rejection, Xu Jing hurriedly pushed the information he brought to Xia Xiaolan:

"Student Xia, can't you learn more? You can also follow us to New York to see. At our residence, we have samples assembled by ourselves!"