Chapter 173: Buy One Get Three, All-Star Lineup

Whether technology is important or creativity is important—different periods have different insights. For the internet industry, creativity is actually the most important thing in this period!

Zhou Zhinong listened to Li Dongling's words in a daze. He had been trapped in the quagmire of the Natural Code input method before, with only this input method in his eyes, and nothing else, or rather, he couldn't see the future of input methods at all.

But now, Li Dongling pointed out another path for him, especially intelligent input methods, voice input methods, etc., as well as functions like turning input text into language and automatic translation, which made Zhou Zhinong's heart tremble.

Not to mention whether these functions could be realized, at least a new direction for input methods appeared before him. This was a path that had never appeared before!

Guo Jingyun also understood technology, but he was still surprised by Li Dongling's mention of these input method paths. He had never thought that just an input method could play so many tricks.

As for whether these input methods had a chance and could be developed, Guo Jingyun only looked at Zhou Zhinong's expression and understood the gold content of Li Dongling's words.

For a big-name technician, they have always been very confident in their technology. When hearing a new project, what they think of is not worry, but joy at seeing the hunt, turning a creative idea into lines of code, then running the program through a computer, and finally having it used by tens of thousands of users. That sense of achievement, for technical personnel, is like the top-level symphony conductor conducting a team to play a top-level piece of music in front of the audience!

At this moment, Zhou Zhinong had already thrown the Natural Code matter to the back of his mind and couldn't help but ask Li Dongling, "Li Zong, what do you mean by the internet intelligent input method you just mentioned?!"

Guo Jingyun was also looking at Li Dongling at this moment. Although he was Li Dongling's senior in name, Li Dongling's name was much louder than his at Hanxi Jiaoda. Many young people at Hanxi Jiaoda and other universities regarded Li Dongling as a new generation of technology idol.

Although Dongling Gao Ke hadn't been established for a long time, its development speed was rapid. When countless brands in the country had already knelt to foreign companies, and even public opinion appeared that domestic economy, culture, technology, and other industries were not as good as foreign ones, and countless people were pessimistic and desperate, the appearance of Dongling Gao Ke was definitely a shot in the arm for the domestic technology industry.

There were countless people studying Dongling Gao Ke now, and even more people praising Dongling Gao Ke. But the discussion about why Dongling Gao Ke could defeat giant companies overseas was endless. But looking at Li Dongling before him now, Guo Jingyun vaguely understood where the biggest difference between Dongling Gao Ke and those domestic companies was!

Li Dongling thought for a while, his gaze looking at Zhou Zhinong. "No matter what software it is, it is for better use by users, and it can provide convenience for more users. Technology is provided for users!"

In an instant, Zhou Zhinong felt his whole body boiling with blood. He had the feeling he had when he first entered the software industry. Li Dongling's big cake, paired with the poisonous chicken soup, had such a strong aftereffect that it made Zhou Zhinong feel that if he didn't develop all the functions Li Dongling proposed, he would simply be ashamed of Li Dongling's expectations for him, and it would be a huge loss for the technology industry...

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Zhou Zhinong had that scene in his mind, and his body couldn't help but stiffen. How fast can Natural Code blind typing be? No matter how fast, it's still hand-typed. Few people can type out a "Tengwang Ge Xu" without missing a word. And if they could develop this input method required by Li Dongling, they wouldn't necessarily have to write long articles, but they could save users from knowing how much trouble.

Li Dongling looked at Zhou Zhinong. "Input method is the bridge connecting users to computers and other electronic products. It will exist forever, but it cannot follow the beaten path!"

"Now, whether it's the Wubi input method or other input methods, they are all single-character inputs and cannot produce associated words. If you can introduce a search system and upgrade it with the help of the internet, just like 'Tengwang Ge Xu', if you type out..."

Zhou Zhinong felt that a new world had opened its gate to him. For a big-name technician like him, what he feared most was not that technology couldn't meet product requirements, but that he would have a headache for product functions!

"Input method is not just an input method!"

"Old Zhou," Li Dongling put his hand on Zhou Zhinong's shoulder. "Dongling Gao Ke needs you!"

Guo Jingyun was stunned. He didn't expect that an input method could have so many doorways and sayings, and it even made him feel that he couldn't climb high. If Zhou Zhinong really got these things out, wouldn't this input method project be more valuable than Tianya Net?!

"The emergence of the internet and other new technologies means that the functional requirements of future input methods will become more and more. Language translation, recording, automatic voice customer service, internet telephone, etc., all need the support of input methods. You can also hardware-ize input methods and launch products like recording pens and translation machines!"

"Or, the user types the first few characters of an idiom or a slang, and the input method automatically completes the remaining idiom!"

"I... I will do my best!" Zhou Zhinong said to Li Dongling with a flushed face.

Guo Jingyun took in this scene. He felt that not to mention Zhou Zhinong, even if it were him, he couldn't withstand this set of combos. He now felt excited in his heart, wishing he could find a computer and start typing code!

Coughing, Guo Jingyun said to Li Dongling, "Li Zong, now Old Zhou is still in a lawsuit with Chaoxiang Company over the copyright of Natural Code!"

"Let Dongling Gao Ke's Legal Department take over this lawsuit!"

Li Dongling said directly to Zhou Zhinong. "If the lawsuit is won, the copyright and patents of Natural Code can be retained by you. If you are willing, the agency rights can be handed over to Tianya Net, and Tianya Net will be responsible for operating the Natural Code input method. Of course, Tianya Net can also give you an appropriate authorization fee..."

"I am willing!"

Before Li Dongling finished speaking, Zhou Zhinong said, "As long as I can get back the copyright of Natural Code, Tianya Net will be responsible for operating it. As long as it lives, that's enough!"

To tell the truth, Zhou Zhinong was already itching to go to the computer and start developing the new functions of the input method. The attraction of Natural Code to him was already not that great, and Zhou Zhinong was even afraid that Natural Code would delay his speed of typing code...

Although he drew a big cake and brewed a bowl of poisonous chicken soup, after all, he was a guest from afar, so Li Dongling didn't let Zhou Zhinong really go to type code, but dragged Zhou Zhinong to have a meal at the restaurant of the Yuhe Leisure Resort.

The restaurant of the Yuhe Leisure Resort was divided into three floors. The higher you go, the more "luxurious" the decoration.

Quite a few young male and female employees of Dongling Gao Ke dragged their boyfriends and girlfriends to dine on the third floor. Although a meal cost over a hundred yuan, the decoration here was not weaker than restaurants like Taisheng Garden and Zhizhen Garden in Shanghai, and because it was a modern design, it felt even more "luxurious," but the price was less than one-tenth of the latter.

So a meal of over a hundred yuan was quite expensive in Pingyang and even the provincial capital of Hanxi, but there were still quite a few people coming to the third floor to dine. Many men and women in Pingyang and even the provincial capital of Hanxi regarded this place as a "check-in holy place" of this era!

Of course, the resort's restaurant didn't let them come for nothing. After dining, the restaurant would give the diners a gift, either wine or souvenirs. In addition, they could take a few photos for free and mail them through postal express.

As the saying goes, if you can't show off, then the money is wasted. The restaurant of the Yuhe Leisure Resort never let people who came here to eat leave this regret. With photos as proof, they could fiercely gain face in front of relatives, friends, and colleagues!

Li Dongling, Guo Jingyun, and Zhou Zhinong were dining on the third floor of the resort restaurant, but when eating, Zhou Zhinong had no appetite to taste how the food was.

After picking at a few bites of food, Zhou Zhinong had no intention of eating anymore and said to Li Dongling, "Li Zong, according to the requirements you put forward, the technology and functional requirements of the Tianya Net input method project are very high. If only I lead the team, I'm afraid the R&D speed will be very slow. I hope to have a few more people to help!"

Li Dongling put down his chopsticks, pondered for a while, and smiled at Zhou Zhinong. "It seems you already have suitable candidates?!"

"There are a few candidates. I want to invite the founder of ED, Zhu Chongjun, who developed Chinese text editing software, as well as Wu Xiaojun of the Chinese character system, and another person, Wang Jiangmin, to help!"

Listening to these names in Zhou Zhinong's mouth, Li Dongling and Guo Jingyun couldn't help but be shocked. Among these people in Zhou Zhinong's mouth, except for Wang Jiangmin who was not very famous now, all computer users in his past life had definitely heard his name, and even used his products. The antivirus software Jiangmin Antivirus, which was once mythically promoted by domestic media, was developed by him!

And Zhu Chongjun was one of the "Three Gentlemen of Zhongguancun" who was as famous as Boss Qiu. One could imagine how high his Jianghu and status in the programmer industry were. Another one, Wu Xiaojun, was also one of the five great programmers in the mainland who was as famous as Zhou Zhinong.

These few people, plus Zhou Zhinong, were all idol-level figures in the programmer industry now. After their generation, there were almost no idol-level big-name figures in the domestic programmer industry.

If Zhou Zhinong and these three people were all pulled to Tianya Net, then Tianya Net's technical team would be almost an all-star lineup. Whether they would be surpassed in the future was unknown, but if this news spread now, it would definitely make Zhongguancun and the software industry explode! ===== CHAPTER 174 =====