Chapter 33 6. Ear seed

standard, going abroad, approval, radar The manufacture of Chinese typewriters has always haunted me. Once I saw a 40-character coordinate plotter (Ploter) in an advertisement, and I felt like a treasure.When I designed the Chinese character library, I once thought that the vector structure is actually the coordinate position, and when it is sent to the plotter, Chinese characters can be written immediately.Of course, this kind of calligraphy is not good-looking, and I thought that as long as I redesign a pen and use a program to control the brushwork, it will definitely meet the art of Chinese calligraphy.

The most advantageous thing is that the cost of this method is low, and it can be reduced to less than 30 dollars in mass production.I made it when I thought of it, and immediately asked Lin Jiaxun to use the structure of Hanka, add a keyboard and a plotter, and I used acrylic to mold the outer shell.In less than a week, we finished a small and exquisite Chinese typewriter. Although it is pieced together using off-the-shelf components, and the pen for writing is not ideal, but from all aspects, it is hard to put it down.I can write about five or six characters per second, and it is not difficult to speed up, but no one could type that fast at that time.As for the writing pen, it can also be changed, and it comes in a variety of colors and thicknesses.

This is just a sample for experimentation, I plan to design pens of various widths to write various fonts.Ready-made plotters have only forty columns, half the size of normal letter paper.I found the manufacturer, and they already have 80-way models.Under the control of the microcomputer, it is an out-and-out Chinese document system. I showed it to Zhuang Ling, who did a special interview for TTV.Later, the director of the industry bureau came to me and introduced the Bank of Communications to invest 5 million yuan to cooperate with our company in production.Everything is going well, but this is only a long shot for the future.At present, due to the poor financial situation of Lingyi Company and I don't want to borrow money, I have to take care of all aspects, which is very difficult.

At the end of 1982, the Information Policy Committee notified the industry to hold a Chinese coding conference.Representatives from more than 20 manufacturers attended the conference, and I was one of them.In the press, there are reporters from the Economic Daily and the Industrial and Commercial Daily. Unexpectedly, it was He Yici who presided over the meeting. I remember that at the Xitou meeting last time, he was very humble, thinking that he knew nothing about the emerging industry of information.Unexpectedly, after a few years, the tone has changed, as if the king is in the world.He said that in order to save the Chinese computer industry, he designed a set of Chinese codes, and asked everyone to recognize them as Chinese exchange codes and use them together.

When he explained the details, it turned out to be the incomplete set of Xitou marina, but now it has transformed into Shangfang's sword!In the venue, only me and the reporter from the Economic Daily were the last survivors.According to He Yici, this code is a masterpiece planned by a first-class expert in China under his auspices!If you are the vice chairman of the National Science Committee, you can cover your ears and steal your bell, and cover up the sky with one hand, I am really ashamed to be a Chinese! Xitou Pier is just a child's play, the result of entertainment where everyone makes ball soup.The meeting was noisy, there was no conclusion at all, and no one who attended the meeting endorsed it.I was one of those who participated in the whole process of the Xitou meeting. From the beginning to the end, everyone opposed the formulation of immature national standards.Because everyone has this consensus, few people take Xitou Wharf seriously.Of course, except for a few people with ulterior motives!Now, He Yici thinks that it is a magic weapon to enter the information industry, which is really chilling!

I immediately objected. There were only 13,000 characters in Xitouma, and there were 18,000 characters in the names of the National Taxation Bureau at that time, let alone the characters used in books.I think the Chinese exchange code should include all the characters used. As for how much each company uses, it should be determined by the computer company based on the scope of the application. Ho Yi-chi retorted that the establishment of the Chinese exchange code was to take into account the interests of the industry, and the lack of characters was due to technical difficulties.As for the problem of insufficient words, the country can legislate to limit the range of words used by the people.

I was shocked when I heard that!This is exactly the result I am most worried about. I have been fighting alone for many years, but where is He Yici hiding?Today, the Chinese market has become popular, so he came up with a sawing arrow method, cutting the feet to fit the shoes, in the name of enabling the industry to have business to do, but in his heart he wanted to cut off the lifeblood of Chinese culture. What is the difference between 13,000 characters and 8,000 characters?Isn't it the difference between one hundred steps and fifty steps?In the first year of the Republic of China, the national government announced the 8,000-character telegram code, which has already become the international Chinese communication standard.I have participated in many important coding conferences in China, and I know the whole story.Insufficient words are not the main reason. In fact, some people want to show their merits and strive for an authoritative position.

The earlier design of the plain code was ill-considered, and eight thousand characters were not enough, which led to all kinds of troubles today.But now that the technology has advanced and the equipment has been updated, it is clear that 60,000 to 70,000 characters can be incorporated into the system at the same time. Why not take advantage of the current planning and solve it completely at once?If you have a little brain, you can see that more than 10,000 words are definitely not enough. Once a large amount of data is archived, it will be extremely painful if you want to modify the standard.

This is not only true for laymen, but most of the people who are currently engaged in Chinese computer work have never been involved in the planning of Chinese systems, and have no understanding of text application and functional efficiency.Some people even think that if you put a few Chinese characters in the computer, it is considered a Chinese computer.Under this premise, for businessmen who sell computers, the less words used, the lower the cost, and the less trouble for programmers who design.So why not use eight thousand words?Simply, wouldn't it be easier to use English? Some misleading experts have also put forward some plausible theories, believing that fewer words can save transmission speed and take into account the ability to be compatible with English software.This theory is equivalent to saying: Because China has a large population, if there are fewer people, not only the transportation will be more convenient, but the standard of living of the people will also be improved, and we can even rival industrial countries.

This theory is 100% high-sounding, but it is also 100% inconsistent with reality.How can we change the fact that China has a large population?Ignore minorities?Or kill half of it? This kind of statement sounds ridiculous, so why is it not ridiculous to admit only 13,000 words?If we want to free China from poverty and ignorance, and make Chinese computers play their cultural benefits, is there no other way?Although the times are progressing, human nature remains. Ignorant and incompetent people who are eager for quick success will always try their best to seek huge profits for themselves, and then use grandiose rhetoric to cover up their selfishness.

The real Chinese computer users are household registration, land administration, fiscal and taxation agencies, and libraries, all of which require a complete Chinese character set.If this set of internal codes is unsuccessful, it will be fine, but it will be difficult to adapt to the market, and there will be opportunities for improvement sooner or later.If the state legislates to restrict the use of characters by the people, the result will inevitably be that after several generations, the Chinese will have no chance to understand the ancient characters used in history, and they will completely part ways with Chinese culture. Sure enough, in 1995, for the computerization of household administration, the Secretary of Household Affairs formulated another set of characters with 5,5196 characters.The result of the trial in Beibei and Gaozhou alone is less than 6,000 characters. In the future, another set of standards may be required for library computerization.Unfortunately, all the experts who talked so much back then have retired at this time. As a reclusive old man, I still want to be Mrs. Feng again. At that time, I unceremoniously accused He Yici in front of representatives of various computer companies and media reporters, saying: Doing so is a cultural sinner!If you say that you have technical difficulties, it means that you are not capable enough!I have proved that there are more than 30,000 characters in the Chinese card, and in addition, Acer's Tianlong, Shentong's Hantong, and Chengzhou's Cangjie all have 30,000 to 40,000 characters.If you don't know, you might as well ask them first!How can you bury your head in the sand and insist that it is technically impossible?Instead, set a standard of more than 10,000 characters?The more I talked, the angrier I became, and I completely forgot that I was a cultivator! You are a businessman, I never deal with businessmen!He Yici was also on fire. You are wrong, I am not a businessman!I engage in Chinese for the sake of culture, and the country wants me to give it to the country! He Yici waved his hands, put away the materials on the table, and said: I don't want to talk nonsense with you, I have an important meeting down below, so I'm leaving first. Guoyun has always wanted to smooth things over, but she can't get in the way.Seeing that He Yici was about to leave at this time, he had no choice but to accompany him out shyly.For a while, the scene was very tense, and no one spoke. There was silence at the venue, and Guoyun came back after a while, and asked me: Mr. Zhu, is it true that you said you would give it to the country? Absolutely true, several people present can testify that I only ask the government to solve the problem of Lingyi Company for me, and I can put all my heart and soul into establishing the Chinese system. Then Guoyun asked the manufacturers present for their opinions, and everyone supported a common and practical solution.In order to prove that it is indeed available, three engineers were dispatched on the spot: Shi Chongtang from Acer, David Liu from Shentong, and Wang An, whose name I can't remember.They will jointly evaluate on behalf of the manufacturers to decide the trade-offs. There are three parts to my technical plan. One is the Chinese character library, which can provide 30,000 to 40,000 characters in a space of 64KB (it can be expanded if there are more).And there are various font sizes and font types.The second is the Chinese system. In order to be compatible with English, Chinese must consider the arrangement of internal codes to achieve the highest efficiency.The third is the Chinese software. We have developed a set of comprehensive document, database and form processing programs on the Polaris system. After the evaluation, the three engineers unanimously agreed and suggested that the Capital Policy Council adopt it.On December 15th, under the guarantee of Guo Yun, the executive director of the Investment Strategy Association, and Huang Weide, the deputy executive director, it was confirmed that the technology transfer would be officially carried out after the Lunar New Year. This time I firmly believe that there will be no further changes. Everyone knows that the Information Policy Council is the government's computer management agency. The two responsible directors have assured me. Could it be wrong?Some colleagues in Lingyi Company were a little bit incomprehensible to my decision at the beginning.I explained my position to them. In front of the big self, the small self cannot be taken into account.In addition, Chinese requires a lot of special skills. In the future, their work will only become more important, rather than disbanded. After the lunar year, all the transfer materials are ready, Zero One has closed down, and everyone is waiting.Day by day, week by week, there was no movement at all, and it didn't look like anyone was interested in our technology.why?I really can't understand, this life is always like living in a nightmare! I called Huang Weide to the Capital Strategy Association, but every time he was not there, let alone Guoyun.I couldn't find the above person, so I had to find a few managers or engineers, but the result was that they were not there, or they didn't know what to ask. I remember that around April 3rd, a reporter from the Economic Daily who participated in the meeting called me and asked me how the Chinese technology transfer was going.I told him that there was no news, but he said that the result of his inquiry was that I was accused of being a Communist, so there might be something wrong with the transfer plan. I couldn’t help feeling disheartened when I heard that, I knew that once the Communist Party’s hat was put on, and I had planned to go back to the mainland, let’s not talk about culture, my life might be in danger. I was not engaged in Chinese computer work for the sake of fame and fortune, but to contribute to the salvation of Chinese culture.If the society affirms me, I am obliged to contribute more to the society, otherwise why bother to humiliate myself?Although I still have a lot of ideas about computer software and hardware, and they all have huge commercial interests.But in a place where the righteous are few, much profit can be great harm. Get out of this place of right and wrong!If the state has the way, it will be an official, and if there is no way, it will be hidden. The master has long seen clearly.Since someone sees me as a thorn in the side, why don't I back down a few steps? I thought of Yuan Shouqian, he used to be my father's subordinate, and when my father was there, he told me to call him for important matters.He is currently a high-ranking official and is involved in state affairs, so maybe he can find out some news.I always go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. When I called, Uncle Yuan said he was looking for me, but he didn't know my phone number or address. He confirmed that there was indeed such a small matter, and it is impossible to mention such a trivial matter to the National Security Council.In any case, the meeting of the science and technology group that day was chaired by the chairman of the National Security Council. During the meeting, it was discussed whether to accept my technology transfer. The chairman also had a report accusing me of being the Communist Party.The chairman said: Since this person is the Communist Party, what should we do if the Communist bandits also use this trick? There was a silence at the meeting, and after a while, a committee member (it is said to be Mr. Shen Junshan) said: We should consider whether this person’s technology is useful. If it is because the Communist Party uses his technology, we should not use it. .If the Communist Party decides to adopt the Three Principles of the People, do we have to give up? The following is gone, and Uncle Yuan didn't know what was going on in the audience. He just asked me cautiously: Are you a Communist Party? Uncle Yuan, my late father didn't want money, and I don't want money either, but I'm definitely not the Communist Party. This problem is very serious, I suggest you leave Taiwan! I couldn't take care of the typewriter, so I immediately arranged for the company's funeral. First, I asked if anyone voluntarily went into exile with me, but only Shen Honglian was willing.That's enough, in fact, only she can help me.Then I transferred all the equity to the employees, only to realize that the company's finances were almost empty due to technology transfer. I was busy arranging some business again, and at the same time I took time to go to Keelung Tianxian Temple to ask how my luck was recently. The great emperor said, "Let's go!"If a villain harms you, it will be too late! But the company has no income, so I still need to do some business.Even God said so, and I was in a hurry. No, the company has no problem, you go, the sooner the better! Where are you going?What I want to ask in my heart is whether I can go to the mainland, because only in the mainland can I learn Chinese. You know it yourself, go away! Then I can't come back after I leave? Who said that?I will definitely be back, don't worry! On April 20th, Shen Honglian and I hurriedly left Taiwan by plane, and arrived in Los Angeles, USA on the 21st, starting our eight-year exile. Lao Sun came to pick me up at the airport and asked us to stay at his house, but since my wife and children are also in Los Angeles, I declined. Lao Sun introduced me to an American lawyer. He has a Chinese name of Wan Peiding and he studied under Zhao Yuanren.He is very funny and enthusiastic. He helped me find partners and strategize.In addition, I met another Mr. Jiang Xiangjia, who was in his fifties at the time, a native of Sichuan, and used to be a military attache at the Chinese embassy in the United States. Lao Sun said he was Deng Xiaoping's cousin. Organizing the company is not a trivial matter. After waiting for more than a month, there has been no progress in all aspects.Shen Honglian decided to go back to Taiwan. I know she will have no problem going back, but it is hard to say whether she will come out again. Can I keep her?Even whether I can find opportunities for development is uncertain. The United States is no better than Taiwan. My life has been ruined. How can I drag her into the water?I booked her a flight for Saturday, and I also prepared for the worst.If she can't come out again, I will have to work hard on my own in the future, what can I do?Everything is God's will. On Friday morning, Mr. Jiang came with a Mr. Qian and said that an American company in San Francisco asked me to design Chinese radar.I have lost faith in what miracles can happen in one day.Once Shen Honglian leaves, I will support the main beam by myself, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it.Mr. Qian thought there was still one day anyway, and he volunteered to send us to San Francisco. If it didn’t work out, we could come back that day.If the negotiation is settled, wouldn't everyone be happy? So, driven by Mr. Qian, we rushed to San Francisco immediately to find the company.We had a good talk, the two of us have a monthly salary of 5,000, which is tax-free, and the check must be paid from overseas. Through the relationship of Mr. Jiang, this radar company sold a lot of navigation systems to the CCP. Of course, the premise is that it must be operated in Chinese.I know this is a difficult job, but I grit my teeth and move on. Mr. Jiang also came to San Francisco. He said that the Chinese government invited him and me to go back to China for sightseeing.I was flattered to hear that, but my job is not stable yet, I can't leave Shen Honglian alone in San Francisco.After hearing this, Mr. Jiang generously gave up his air ticket to Shen Honglian and asked us to go back and have a look. Rumors have it that the Taiwanese government has been spying on the Chinese embassy.I was afraid that after the exposure of going to the mainland, although I had nothing to fear, it would endanger Shen Honglian's relatives and friends in Taiwan and Lingyi's colleagues.When I went to apply for a visa, I specially bought a felt hat, wore black glasses, and sneaked in mysteriously. Although Shen Honglian was also nervous, she insisted on refusing to pretend.The Consul General at that time was Mr. Tang Shubei. He was very polite and immediately issued Taiwan compatriot certificates to us. It has been more than 30 years since I went to the country, and my accent has not changed. It is indescribable to return to the homeland I fled from in the past.We set off from San Francisco by plane on July 26, and arrived over Shanghai the next night.I looked down at the ground, and it was pitch black, with occasional lights, rarer than ships in the ocean. After the plane landed, we walked out of the cabin and passed the empty and not very open tarmac.Everyone filed and came to a small two-story building.The dim light and hot and humid air made me unable to believe that this is the largest city in Asia, Shanghai, let alone the long-famous Hongqiao Airport under my feet! I have always opposed material civilization, but what I saw made me wonder, is this China?Obviously, China is poor, but it is so poor that it is not much better than the city of St. Louis in Brazil!If the country is poor, the people must live in hardship. Although we usually see a lot of reports, there is always a distance from the personal experience. In the waiting room, there were several seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls in loose green military uniforms, chatting and laughing.I tried to strike up a conversation with them: Excuse me, are you soldiers? No, they laughed, and one said: We are customs officers. Ah, is Shanghai always this hot? It will be fine in a while, and the air conditioner has just been turned on.On the mainland, air-conditioning is called air-conditioning. Air conditioner just turned on?I didn't use my brain at all, and said it casually. To save electricity!How can I be like you?Are you American?Said a girl with an unhappy look. No, I'm Chinese, and it's the same when I'm at home. I turn off the air conditioner when I don't need it.I was trying to please her. I'm different, I don't have air conditioning in my house.The girl turned around and left after speaking. This kind of emotion seems to be seen everywhere, especially the sales lady in the store. Her late-night face is far uglier than the bus lady I saw in Taiwan in the 1950s. Once, Shen Honglian wanted to buy a dictionary and went to Xinhua Bookstore on Wangfu Street in Beijing to find it.The service girls sat behind the counter one by one, laughing at each other, no matter what the guests asked, they ignored them. Finally, Shen Honglian finally took a fancy to one and asked a lady how much it cost.After asking several times, she finally opened her mouth: how much is it?Can you afford it? What's the point?Doesn't the Communist Party's education emphasize serving the people?If it is said that a year and a half cannot change a person, I can believe it.However, communism has been practiced in mainland China for more than 30 years, which should help improve people's attitudes to some extent.What's more, Beijingers have always been famous for their hospitality and politeness, how could they become so surly? When we arrived in Beijing, the United Front Work Department entertained us to live in the Beijing Hotel, a large suite for each of us, which was very luxurious.I have always been used to being poor, so I feel uneasy about enjoying things like this, and because I have a small pocket, I pretend not to know about gifts and tips.And I have repeatedly stated that I most appreciate the custom of not giving gifts or giving tips in communism! The United Front Work Department also sent two officials to entertain us, one surnamed Lin and the other surnamed Wang.During more than half a month in the mainland, they have been with us from north to south, arranging the itinerary and contacting affairs, which is very hard.From many details, I have to sincerely admire their discipline and spirit of service. In Beijing, we visited the Forbidden City, the Ming Tombs, Fragrant Hills, Beihai, ate the famous Fangshan, and climbed the Great Wall, which is a hero.These scenes did not arouse much impact on me, because to understand an era, one must start with people.Although Beijing is full of people, it is not easy to read people's hearts. When I visited Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, I saw a note hanging in the cemetery. Everywhere I went, there were no exceptions.Those explanations are all stern words condemning the feudal monarchs for wasting the people and wasting money, wasting the people's fat and anointing, and built these worthless buildings.Yeah?If there were no such historical sites, everyone would eat fat and fat, and it would take tens of millions of years to turn into oil after death. What value would such Chinese people have?Where is the evidence for Chinese culture?What can Chinese people today be proud of?If you take pleasure in relegating your ancestors, you might as well think about your own future! One morning, Shen Honglian and I walked to the former imperial garden (now changed to the Workers' Labor Palace) next to the Forbidden City. I planned to learn about the people's way of life and ideas.The ticket is two cents RMB, and when you enter it, it is a huge garden.There are rockery and rocks, bonsai flowers and trees, and various buildings with carved beams and painted buildings.But at a glance, the ground is paved with loess and there is no grass growing, so you can't feel the greenery of the southern garden. It is rare to have so many flowers and trees in Beijing, where there is not much rainfall and a lot of wind and sand.The ground is very clean, it must be cleaned frequently, or everyone has a sense of public morality.There are people everywhere in the garden, most of them are old people.Some are practicing horse stance, some are doing Tai Chi, and some are half squatting and half sitting under a tree or in front of a wall, with their arms folded, as if they have a big tank in their arms. There are some long seats among the flowers, and many people are resting in groups of three or four.I especially want to know the content of their conversation, because this is the most real life. I also found an empty seat and sat down, surrounded by several old ladies.Most of the people stared blankly ahead, turned their heads occasionally, and chatted with the people next to them without saying a word, but they couldn't hear any theme. What does this mean?It could be a weak relationship, or a lack of confidence between people.I know that when people have nothing to talk to, it means that people have been isolated.For these elderly people, no matter how they look at it, they don't have much left. What does it mean if they are not interested in the things around them? After leaving Beijing, in order to enjoy the scenery of the motherland, we asked to take the train to go south.Passing through the Huaihe Plain, first went to Nanjing, and then crossed the river to Nantong to visit Shen Honglian's grandmother.Then go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and return to the United States via Shanghai. We sat on a soft sleeper, four people share one room, which is quite comfortable.As soon as the day dawned, I stared out of the window, and for several hours, I saw a boundless piece of greenery as far as I could see, which was not at all the desolate and dilapidated Huaihe Plain as I imagined in the past.At least, I believe that people's food and clothing should not be a myth. When we were in Nanjing, we stayed in a very large and quiet hotel, which was said to have been Wang Hongwen's mansion.After visiting various places, what impresses me the most is the tall plane trees on both sides of the main road in Nanjing.Because Shen Honglian is from Nantong, the United Front Work Department specially arranged a visit to Nantong in the itinerary.Nantong is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. After leaving Nanjing, you have to take a ferry to cross the river. We left the hotel at 8:00 pm. The weather was as hot as a stove (the weather report said it was 38 degrees Celsius, but it was actually 42 degrees Celsius. The government deliberately underreported it to avoid panic among the people).Lao Lin, who accompanied us, said with a smile that Nanjing is one of the three furnaces of the Yangtze River. What a wonder of the world!I saw that the shoulders of Nanjing Main Road were densely packed with sleeping people.From the hotel to the pier, the car drove for half an hour, and I never saw a vacant lot.Probably only the Chinese in the world have this kind of patience. Everyone actually neatly organized, like fleeing from a refugee, but also like camping. The whole city sleeps in the open air. As soon as we arrived at the pier, there were even more crowds. Those who watched the excitement and those who were waiting to board the boat were all crowded into a pile.No one knew who was going to do what, anyway, some people were going this way, and some people were going there, and everyone crowded around.At this time, I was already sweating, and there was a layer of fog on the glasses, and I was dizzy from the heat in the crowd. The head of the United Front Work Department in Nanjing also came. He was a gray-haired old man who looked very weak.I thought that the minister must be a high-ranking official, but they told me that in terms of establishment, all places are called ministries, and the heads are all ministers.Probably this is one of the spirits of communism. Nominally, there is no class distinction, but internal classes are distinct. The old minister led the way and was pushed back and forth.I saw some people bullying him, deliberately pushing him and hitting him, I couldn't help but get angry.Especially Shen Honglian, her chivalry was aroused again, as if a volcano was about to erupt.Regardless of being a guest, I hurriedly squeezed in front of the minister, intending to reason with those evil guests. Lao Lin followed me closely, seeing that my expression was not right, he quickly pulled me back and said: It's really too hot today, don't worry. But why don't they respect older people at all? well!There is no way!The cultural level is not enough, forgive them! The way to keep VIPs out of trouble in Taiwan is to take advantage of privileges, and any VIP has a fairly special treatment.As far as I know, there were not many high-tech experts who went to the mainland at that time, and I was considered the most important VIP.And the only preferential treatment for me was lodging, and because hotels were severely lacking, I often had to be arranged in some special guest houses. What can I complain about?Do you want a police car to clear the way?Bodyguards? Shen Honglian's family is very ordinary, living a well-to-do life, and has a small status in the local area.We stayed for one day, transferred to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and visited Lingering Garden and West Lake.Finally, I took a flight to Shanghai and returned to the United States on August 8th. Just after returning to RDI company, Mr. Jiang brought another invitation letter, asking me to attend the International Chinese Information Conference held in Beijing at the end of September.Mr. Jiang thinks that I should return to China to serve, and I agree.Especially Chinese computer technology is at a turning point. If you don't grasp the right direction, you will have to pay a heavy price in the future. Because of Mr. Jiang's relationship, Radar did not make things difficult for me to return to China for a meeting.It's just that Bill has a condition. If Dalu intends to cooperate with me, he will share half of the rights, and I readily agreed.Unexpectedly, Bill put forward another condition, asking me to go with his lawyer, and no matter any negotiation, the lawyer must be present! Mr. Jiang quietly said to me, why not promise him first, the mainland will arrange for me.Sure enough, as soon as we arrived at the airport in Beijing, while we were waiting for our luggage at the baggage clearance area, two strangers suddenly walked in front of us.One stopped in front of the lawyer, and the other led me to the special crossing, and I went out without even checking my luggage.American lawyers had no choice but to line up stupidly, at a loss.When I arrived in Beijing, the hotel where I stayed was also arranged separately, and everything was kept secret. Computers are called computers in mainland China, and they are managed by the Computer Administration of the Ministry of Machinery.As soon as I went, I arranged a one-week lecture to explain my Chinese system concept. I sent samples and blueprints of Chinese typewriters to the Computer Administration, hoping that they would mass-produce them to facilitate the application of Chinese.From their attitudes, I found some abnormal psychological phenomena. They repeatedly emphasized that in the 1950s, their electronic technology was obviously superior to that of Japan.Although they do not deny their current backwardness, they reveal complex emotions mixed with inferiority complex and pride. I was immediately aware that if I was not careful, the resentment that I was eager to hide might be exposed.However, this is not a bad thing. Only when people are not convinced can they realize their potential.At least, it's better than those engineers who sincerely believe that foreign moons are round! It's just that those who value technology must value profit, because technology is the crystallization of profit.It would be quite good for those who are eager for quick success and quick profits if they can clean up their own front door and stop caring about others.I don't blame them, but I can't help but express my opinion, and the result I expressed is similar to that in Taiwan.In Taiwan, some people reported that I was a Communist Party, but here they said it more implicitly, only thinking that I was fooled by the Kuomintang. What I am most concerned about is their national standard code, which only accepts six, seven, six or three characters.The national standard of China is plagiarized from Japan's industrial standard code (JIS Code)!If we talk about reciprocity, Japan absorbed some culture and Chinese from the Central Plains in the past, and now it makes sense to return things to their original owners.But even the Japanese know that it is difficult to standardize cultural characters. For industrial needs, more than 7,000 characters are collected as an industrial standard. The Chinese probably think that the Japanese are more intelligent, or that modern China only needs industry.Therefore, Japan's industrial standards have suddenly become China's national standards! I told them that there was no need to condescend like this, that even if they accepted 24,000 characters, they could manage to coexist with the English system.But at that time, no one could listen to it. The mentality of the engineers was the same as what I saw in Taiwan. I thought that 6,000 characters was too much, so much that they couldn't recognize it.Preferably like the English alphabet, twenty-six, the easiest to handle. Another misconception is that there are a large number of idle software engineers, and they are not allowed to fully understand the system concepts and do not develop system programs by themselves.However, the Sixth Institute of the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was launched to cooperate with the Fourth Ministry of Machinery to engage in various Sinicization programs. The so-called Sinicization is to change the English characters displayed in the original program into Chinese, nothing more.In terms of technology, it is still not as good as we modified other computers in Zero One to make them able to process Chinese.This kind of reluctance to study from scratch is definitely a dead end in the future. why?The value of software lies in the application of programming skills. If an engineer only looks at the appearance of the program and does not delve into its structural connotation, he will not get the essence of the technology.It is too easy to change the characters in the program to Chinese, but it is very difficult to develop software by ourselves.No one is unwilling to do easy things. In the end, apart from relying on plagiarism, the real skills of top-notch talents are wasted. Originally, I still had a glimmer of hope. If someone supported my views, I would stay and devote myself to giving what I have learned in my life to those who know people and make good use of it.Unfortunately, this little bit of humble hope will not work from Taiwan to the mainland.It seems that all those who engage in technology have to make a name for themselves.It has been the case since ancient times that literati look down on each other, as long as a slight modification is made, changing literati to peers will be vivid. One night, while I was resting at the hotel, the front desk called and said that a relative of mine had come to see me downstairs.I asked him to refuse on my behalf, because no one knew that I was here, let alone any relatives I knew.When I was in Beijing last time, a businessman from Hong Kong pretended to be my cousin and went to the Fourth Ministry of Machinery to do business.So when encountering these things, I would rather offend people than answer them. Unexpectedly, that relative was very persistent and came to my room, and the service staff couldn't stop me.I opened the door and saw a woman in her fifties and a gentleman standing next to the waiter.I have searched all over, but I still have no idea what kind of relative it is. The woman looked at my blank expression and said, "Are you Mr. Zhu?"I'm Xianfu, Jiang Xiangjia's cousin. Listening to her Sichuan dialect, I suddenly realized that she is Deng Xiaoping's younger sister!I hurriedly thanked the waiter, explained that they were indeed my relatives, and invited the two of them into the room at the same time. Mr. Jiang said that you are very patriotic and want to return to China to serve the motherland, so I came to see you. I dare not take it, I was inspired by Mr. Jiang. Where is the lover?How many dolls are there?After all, it is a woman who cares most about family affairs. Lover is in America and has a doll.The word "lover" is not easy to pronounce, so do as the Romans do when you enter the country. how old is the doll Sixteen years old, in high school. To be honest, I can't believe that this kind and amiable middle-aged woman in front of me is actually the sister of Deng Xiaoping, China's number one strongman!She was wearing a short gray jacket, black cloth trousers, short ear-length hair that looked like vermicelli in clear soup, and a pair of cloth shoes on her feet.Judging from her manner of speaking and the content of our conversation, she is completely a rustic countryman, and she is obsessed with family and family affection. She is an out-and-out traditional Chinese woman. She inquired about my life in detail, and since I haven't forgotten my Sichuan dialect, when talking about the past, it's really like a relative.We talked about it very late before she left.Before leaving, he repeatedly told her that he could find her if there was anything to do. The next day I told the reception staff of the United Front Work Department about this, and they shook their heads in disbelief, saying it must be a liar.Because in Deng Xiaoping's capacity, it is impossible for his sister to come out so casually. I don't think it's a liar, but I have doubts in my heart, how can Deng Xiaoping's sister be so plain?Anyone I have come into contact with in the past, as long as they have a three-point status, they must have a seven-point pomp.I believe that things of a feather flock together and people gather together.If she really is Deng Xiaoping's younger sister, then Deng Xiaoping is not only a political and military genius, but also a great man with noble moral character and outstanding ambition. People from the United Front Work Department inquired for a while, and came back to tell me that Deng Xianfu was really Deng Xiaoping's sister.Moreover, he joined the Communist Party in his early years, participated in the Long March, and made a lot of contributions.But by nature, he doesn't like to show his face, so the outside world doesn't know much about it.言下還很有些遺憾，錯過了見識這樣一位大人物的機會。 至於中文信息會議的過程，不外一些應酬文章，乏善可陳。我已事先講好，把座位安排在大陸各界專家這邊，上海科委的劉建民也在座，我們曾在美國見過。他大感詑異地問我，是什麼單位接待我的。我告訴他是統戰部，他立刻向大會抗議，因為他認為我是他邀請的客人。 我搞不清楚是怎麼回事，後來才知道，我的邀請函果真是上海科委所發的。領事館交給蔣先生，而蔣先生沒弄清楚就通知統戰部接待我。到了北京，統戰部又認為我是電腦專家，便把我帶到四機部的電子計算機局，成為局裡的貴賓。 原來不過是場誤會，我答應再去上海，也講學一個星期，這才把事情擺平。人生的機緣很難說，如果先去了上海，打字機可能付之生產了。緣在美國見面時，劉建民就看中了那部中文打字機，一聽說我送給四機部，他失望得只是說：可惜了！What a pity! 不會吧，我看他們也很重視。 你等著看吧，北京都是些做官的人，絕對看不出打字機的價值！ 我回到美國不久，突然有天半夜，電話聲響起，那一端竟是聯合報的記者！他開門見山的問我是否去了大陸，我承認是去開中文會議。他又問是否打算回大陸工作，我則老實告他，目前還沒有計劃。 過了幾天，台北公司的同仁寄來一份聯合報，上面報導了我去大陸的越洋專訪。同時又附上了一份舊的，那是在我離開台北的第二天，報上說我經營公司不當，欠了幾百萬的債務，最後只好一逃了之。我看了只覺得好笑，報紙的可信度不過如此，連當事人都搞不清楚，一般讀者到底能知道幾分真假是非呢？ 我開始在雷達公司上班，先把雷達的軟硬體作了一番通盤的認識，然後再來研究應該如何動手。一研究之下，發現問題說大不大，說小不小。因為操作時人所看到的訊息都在一個雷達繪圖裝置上，也就是一個專用的監視器，只要能將顯示的訊息改為中文，就一切都解決了。 難的是硬體及軟體都要能配合得恰到好處，所幸我早就想過這類問題，我的潛意識隨時隨地都在設法把看到的英文改成中文。 我先研究硬體，發現監視器中的英文字符是7*15大小，這樣兩個英文字的空間（15*15）剛好可以湊成一個中文。此外其英文字符貯存的方式，是以ASCII 順位連續燒在一片唯讀記憶體中。由於雷達專用術語不多，沈紅蓮負責將之譯成中文，而且限制在九十六個字以下。我只要再重燒一片中文字形，再將程式中的英文改成所譯的代碼即可。 但是為了找尋顯示英文字符的程式，花的功夫可就大了。程式部的經理自詡他們的說明文件準備得極為充分，所以程式一看就能瞭解。事實上完全不是那麼回事，在美國，軟體程式師流動性很大，那些程式早已換手多次。而幾位現職程式師，花了三天的時間，一直搞不清在那成疊的文件中，什麼是什麼。 我等不及了，決定從頭找起，我寫程式一向都要求精簡，沈紅蓮戲稱我為朱3K 。這是第一次接觸到美國人寫的應用程式，其臭其長幾乎嘆為觀止。當我告訴他們希望有一份列印出來的全部程式時，那位經理面有難色，問我說：什麼時候要？ 什麼時候都可以，但是為了爭取時間，當然越快越好。 快不起來，因為這個程式印一次要好幾天，要好幾箱列印紙。 a few days?程式倒底有多大？ 大概有兩三百萬個字元？ 兩三百萬？不是用組合語言寫的嗎？因為組合語言最精簡，我寫程式到今天，全部加起來還沒有寫到三萬個字元。 那麼只印控制監視器的那一段如何？ 怎麼印？天知道那段程式在哪裏！他不禁惱羞成怒，一肚子怨氣都傾了出來：你們中國人為什麼不用英文呢？我們做什麼，你們用什麼，省掉多少麻煩！ 最後只好由沈紅蓮與我自行動手，幸虧上次她為神通改寫中文字庫時，所用的系統就是眼前這一套。沈紅蓮一段一段有耐心地調出來，一段一段仔細地檢查。找了一個多星期，只把有可能的幾個檔印了出來。結果印出來的程式，幾乎有一個人高。 我一面檢查程式，一面感慨萬分。這種程式可以說完全是垃圾，既無章法又無結構，大量利用一種美國人最驕傲的巨集（MACRO）形式，無限量地浪費寶貴的時空資源。巨集形式原來是很好的構想，有些不斷重複的手續寫起來太繁瑣，利用巨集指令，程式師只要設計一次就可以隨時取用。可是把巨集用得恰當卻不容易，因為工作的重複並不表示每次作法完全一樣。懶人便用笨法，一次把要做的事都寫在一處，要用時順手就抓一個。 這事好有一比，人每天要出門，便設計一個程式專寫出門。但出門方向不一，沒關係，程式先出門辦完事，回來才發覺方向錯了。方向錯了又可以修正，於是又有一段修正程式如此類推。 程式師會說：你看我多聰明！所有的情況都考慮到了！ 只有一點他沒有考慮到，真要出門的人不必先出去再修正，他的方向早就決定了！ 我提出了中文化的工作進度，認為兩個人一個月可以完成。雷達公司內部開了一個協調會，沒有人相信。因為不相信，就都認為我不是個騙子就是外行。可是沒有中文不能交貨，騙子也好，真功夫也好，反正損失不大，試試看有什麼關係？ 關係在面子，因為硬體及軟體部門的經理都堅持說，天下不可能有這種技術，尤其中國人懂什麼？找中國人做有損尊嚴！ 他們開了一天會，我則在場外備詢。最後由於比爾的堅持（他的理由是：中國政府對我那般重視，絕對不可能是騙子），又為了交貨，不得不讓我試試。 硬體部門有位老技師，我曾經和他討論過，他知道這計劃行得通。公司很慷慨，連那老技師在內，三個人給了一個月的時間，一定要做出來。結果我們只用了十二天就完成，從此公司上上下下，人人對我們刮目相看。 人生的得失往往不是一時可以認知的，我從小就喜歡硬體的電子、機械，如果不是當年那位程式師把我氣得一佛出世，怎樣都不會改玩軟體。孰料軟體正適合我的創造力，無限的時空全都在思維邏輯的控制下。多年來的經驗証實我只要明確地知道自己在做什麼，也只要我有機會動手，從來沒有失敗的例子。 絕大多數的電腦從業者都只將電腦當作謀生的工具，我則不然，我一直在找尋一種理想的工具，以實現自己腦海中的構想。電腦之有價值就在於有了可以隨意控制的軟體，當然，電腦也有遺傳上的機能，再透過一定的手續，新的設計就成為它的經驗。這不正是人類進化的縮影嗎？然而上帝造世界尚且要七天，人改變程式卻只在須臾之間。 為此，我完全站在天的立場，來看待人的替代品電腦。我必須敬重電腦的尊嚴，寫程式要像藝術創作一般，精益求精！一旦精通了電腦的各種細節，不論要用電腦做什麼，只要做的人知道自己在做什麼，沒有做不到的！ 中文雷達成功了，比爾信心大增，表示要投資五十萬美金和我們合作中文電腦。我便將林嘉勳找來，打算以IBM PC 為基礎，完全利用軟體，將之設計成中文電腦。 此外，我看到雷達公司有一種船上用的衛星定位系統，可以改成汽車上用的地圖系統。比爾一聽，半響不吭一聲，過了一會，他才說他認為應該先做中文電腦。那位老技師後來偷偷告訴我，說比爾在硬體部成立了一個小組，專門研究汽車導航。 茜茜莉沈是Ether net 的設計人之一，與超大型積體電路（VLSI）之父卡維米德過從甚密。她知道中文的潛在市場，很想把中文系統放進一片超大型積體電路中，朋友介紹我與她見面，看看能不能夠合作。 這時，我正在與沈紅蓮兩個人，利用下班後的時間做中文的概念結構。我在巴西教音樂學院的同學中文時，就發現中文文字結構中，有一種字義的概念分類。人只要熟悉了其分類特性，就很容易瞭解中文的意義。事實上，倉頡輸入法是概念應用的另一個方向，而概念才是核心。 比如說，車是一種概念，由於車的用途很廣，人在陸上的行動都必須用到車。久而久之，車便自成一類，在車字之前加上動力或功能種類者，有戰車、火車、牛車、汽車等；在其後加上部件，則指屬於車之部位或結構的車頭、車輪、車軌、車廂等。從造字來說，把車字視作分類字首，則所有從車衍生之字，如輪、軏、輎、軹等都可以組合出來。 我在倉頡碼的設計中，已經有了概略的分類，至於細部的定義則一直沒有時間去做。現在正好利用時機，每天下了班回到公寓，便開始了分類的工作。 我用四個字元分別定義為四種形式，再以八種特徵做細部的描述。這樣一來，每個中文都可以用四字元或者三十二個位元來表達。 再以輪為例，已知其屬車部，是車之一種部件，第一字元定義其詞性及用法；第二字元指其位置在下接觸地面，能滾動，由軸與體接；第三字元定義其形狀，圓形，有內外結構，充氣；第四字元則說明其材料，性質等。 當文字與文字組合成詞組時，就根據一定的組合規律，查各字之間的交集，以得知所代表的涵意。如一個車輪指車之輪，因其交集為車及部件，但如一輪明月，其中輪與明無交集，但與月有交集，兩者皆為圓形，月與明有交集為光。是以我們知道此輪已非車輪，而為一種有光的圓形物。 我之所以要動手做概念結構，是受到日本第五代電腦計劃的衝擊。日本人是非常值得敬重的民族，因地緣的特性，日本人隨時隨地都心存危亡，力求自保。偏偏鄰國是個大而無當鬆鬆散散的古老民族，強盛的時候固是不可一世，羸弱的時候卻也亡不了。日本人永遠在危險的邊緣，所以必須隨時保持警覺。 一旦日本強大了，最安全之策自然是把中國大陸據為己有，才能一勞永逸，才有本錢效法中國人的大而化之。日本目前已經是超級經濟大國，假如第五代電腦的計劃能夠成功，中國必亡！只要瞭解什麼叫做第五代電腦，就知道為什麼中國危在眉睫。 在五○年代，當第一代計算機開始發展時，美國學者就提出人工智能的可行性。他們認為人的思維可以透過符號表達，而機器能應用符號，而且工作效率最高。只要能把人所瞭解的符號設計成為計算機能應用的形式，機器何嘗不能有人的智能？ 一代一代的研究下去，雖然很多人失敗了，但是計算機的功能卻突飛猛進。每次當一批研究的人放棄了多年的心血時，就有另一批人藉著新一代的計算機，又興緻勃勃地展開新的冒險。由第一代到第三代，一個一個希望幻滅了，他們並未絕望，只是認為當前計算機的容量及速度尚不夠，必須再提高千倍以上，當量變產生質變時，問題將迎刃而解。 日本在電子領域的成功全是靠美國人的發明，如果日本人創先開發出容量及速度都超過當前一千倍的積體電路，豈不是一種劃時代的發明？更何況果真量變產生了質變，日本也就有了人工智能的技術。 所謂人工智能的技術，是指將人的智能轉移到非人的機械上的一種技術。其中包括觀察、辨識、語言、記憶、思維、判斷、控制等項目。 以日本雄厚的生產實力，只要把人工智能的技術應用在軍事上，在他們現代化的流水生產線的一端輸入材料與能源，而輸出端則是千千萬萬整齊劃一、精神抖擻的鐵甲武士。這些武士心狠手辣，打不死，累不壞，只要原料無缺，就可以生生不息！果真這種鐵甲大軍臨境侵入，其後果不喻可知，人類文明亦將重寫了。 我不相信日本人能成功，但卻知道人工智能之到臨只是時間遲與早的問題。我由中國文字中已經看到了其可行性，難道別人就看不到嗎？日本人的計劃我詳細分析過，在自然語言及常識庫之間是一個大而無當不可能竟功的鬆散結構。除非自然語言即等於常識庫！而這種可能只有中文具備，但日本也用漢字，萬一日本人發現了呢？ 我做這種研究的心態之一，是想知道到底有無這種可能性？如果有的話，是不是能夠釜底抽薪，以為人類留一點後路。 由於茜茜莉沈與卡維米德對人工智能知之甚詳，我時常向他們討教，想多瞭解一點美國人的觀念。米德身材瘦長，人很風趣，談天說地頗有名士之風。但是他們所知的都只是硬體部分，我則認為硬體環境尚未成熟，未來變化的空間還很大。 米德聽了很不高興：你憑什麼說VLSI 還不夠成熟？你知道在每一平方英吋上有多少電晶體嗎？你知道晶圓最大的極限是多少嗎？我知道，他真把VLSI 當作他的兒子。 這都是技術問題，當上游技術改進後，情況還會變的。 What does it mean? 我是說每一次硬體的設計，都是將當時已有的技術用到極限，包括真空管及電晶體的設計在內。但是只要有更新的物質材料出現，就會有新的改變。 你認為硬體的進步永無止境嗎？ 當然不是，但是目前顯然還未到達極限。 美國人的度量很大，能容納不同的意見，如果他是中國人，恐怕再也不會理我了。 茜茜莉決定去大陸談合作，邀我參加，這當然是件好事。她介紹我去見她們幕後的投資人，一位艾森豪時代的國防部助理。 我一見他那種趾高氣昂的態度，心中就有些不快，既然要合作，總得像個朋友才是。茜茜莉和他談了一陣子，我很少開口，當然英語水準不夠是主因。 那位助理先生一直在觀察我，突然他問道：朱先生，你是美國人嗎？ no. 那你打算入美國籍了嗎？ No such plan.我答得很乾脆。 萬一有必要呢？ 我只做我的工作，沒有必要。 How could this be?茜茜莉，妳怎麼能讓他參加我們的計劃？ 事後茜茜莉對我大表不滿，她認為即使我不打算入美國籍也沒有必要承認。而我也說明，要我提供中文技術不是問題，但我絕對不會參加他們的計劃。後來，據我所知，他們的計劃因為中國拒絕了而不了了之。 這時IBM PC上市了，我用8088指令重新改寫原來的字庫。而且把字形放大縮小的技術也做了一番規劃，打算分幾個階段來發展。第一個階段只做兩種大小，即15*16與24*24，如果成功了，我就有把握使之放大及縮小成各種比例。再下去，我將知道有沒有可能再加上字體、字形及其他各種變化。 由於整天專心於文字與圖形的轉換，人間事常常難以顧及。 我們住在舊金山，常須回洛杉磯辦事，兩地之間走五號高速公路比較快，但路上往往是連續數十公里沒有一個轉彎。因為我心中有事，經常不知不覺開起快車來。為了避免被公路警察逮個正著，只要看到有飆車族，我立刻踏下油門，前呼後隨，風馳而去。飆車族都同病相憐，很能相互照應，在有警車巡邏之處，對面必有開來的同類，不停地閃著車燈，提出警告。 從經驗中我知道，夾雜在車隊的中間最為保險，車隊的頭尾最容易被攔截。人同此心，心同此理，所以車隊經常變換隊形，各人也須自求多福。 有一次我要回洛城，開了一部1985年勝利牌的白色敞蓬小跑車。那部車只要一踩油門，十秒鐘之內可以加速至七、八十哩。這部跑車是雷達公司的公產，因為目前沒人開，所以借給我代步。 車行在平坦而廣闊的高速公路上，與人生何異？望天地之悠悠，前無古人，實在寂寞不過。偶而也會遇上一兩部車子，相互角逐一番，但總是過不了多久就勞燕分飛。好在我的心中還有一條熱線，隨時隨地可以與古今大師閒話家常，討論人生。 突然，前面出現一個黑點，與我相距約有數公里距離。我立即一踩油門，小跑車如騰雲駕霧般，以每小時一百二十哩的速度向前衝去。人在車中，車在雲間，我見到了逍遙在雲中的莊子，正擬分享這種鐵鳥之夢，眼前的黑點漸漸長大 黑點變成了車子，車子的形狀也越來越清楚，車頂上有個東西很耀眼，是警車的閃光燈！Oops!這叫馬屁股上拍蒼蠅！what to do?還逃得掉嗎？ 我保持冷靜，下意識地繼續前行，直到接近了，保持著安全距離，亦步亦趨。 過了不久，那警車終於閃著燈號，叫我到路肩上停下。 你知不知道你開車的速度？那警官走到我的車旁，拿出罰單。 不知道，我只看到你的車子就追過來了。 你怎麼可以追警車呢？他又好氣又好笑地說。 路上實在太寂寞了，想找個伴。 一定是這句千古不變的真心話打動了他。他收起簿子，道聲下次小心，走了。