Chapter 444 New Mission
A few days later, Lin Siqiao received the award certificate, medal and US$80,000 prize money from the competition organizing committee.
And under the arrangement of the competition organizing committee, she and other winning contestants went to the company's headquarters for a visit and inspection.
This was one of the designated parts of the competition, and Lin Siqiao didn't have much to say, so he just followed along to broaden his horizons.
When I heard the head of the R&D center introduce it with pride.
The supercomputer in front of everyone has achieved data batch processing through vector technology. When its computing power reached the billion times mark, there was a burst of wows at the scene.
All kinds of praises and exclamations were heard everywhere, but Lin Siqiao just couldn't laugh.
Many people do not understand why China is so obsessed with the development of computers, especially supercomputers. That is because they do not understand how much humiliation the country has suffered along the way.
Just like this supercomputer in front of us, who would have thought that it is one of the prototypes of the "glass house" incident in the history of supercomputing in later generations?
At that time, in order to develop, the country had to speed up the research and development of second-generation weapons.
However, the entire research and development process was difficult because there were no supercomputers and much of the data could only be calculated by technicians on scratch paper day and night.
Out of desperation, the country could only make a request to China to purchase finished supercomputers, and Fang did agree to it in order to contain China.
However, just as the Chinese people were cheering for this event, the country put forward several conditions that would make Chinese researchers unforgettable for the rest of their lives.
The first was the supercomputers exported to China, which had their performance significantly reduced, with the amount of data crunching reduced from 100 million calculations per second to 4 million times.
Secondly, the use of computers is limited to geological exploration and is strictly prohibited in other fields.
The last rule is that after the computer lands in China, it must be operated in a transparent glass room, and the key to the room will be kept by Fang.
If China wants to use it, it needs to apply in advance and provide information, and the operation will be performed by its technical staff.
Although we knew that the other party had bad intentions, China at that time had no choice but to endure the humiliation when faced with such a technological blockade.
Finally, the two parties formally signed the contract in 1976. Although the contract was signed, the researchers and leaders never forgot the humiliation brought by the "glass house" incident.
Three years later, the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew across China. It was clearly pointed out that "to carry out the four modernizations well, we cannot do without giant computers", and this arduous task was given to the National University of Defense Technology.
The entire research and development process lasted five years, and finally in 1983, China had its own exascale mainframe computer - Galaxy One!
Later, we had Galaxy 2, 3, 4... By the time Galaxy 5 was successfully developed, its computing performance had reached the same level as that of the US.
When Lin Siqiao saw these in books before, he just felt proud.
But when she had the opportunity to retrace the path her ancestors had taken, Lin Siqiao finally realized how difficult life was for China at that time, and how hard it was to achieve happiness and well-being for future generations.
The two-day and one-night trip ended quickly. After understanding the relevant policies, Lin Siqiao formally contacted the head of the sales department the next day.
In this era, the export of super-large computers was strictly prohibited, but small computers could still be shipped back to China as long as the procedures were complete, but there would be some restrictions on quantity and models.
In other words, the products they can export are all obsolete ones. Lin Siqiao doesn't care about this. It is better to have an outdated model than to have no product at all.
According to existing policies, the export quantity of such electronic products shall not exceed 5 units.
After careful comparison, Lin Siqiao finally chose a 5100 small computer.
This is a portable computer that integrates a keyboard, storage system, and full-screen display. There are 12 models in total. Lin Siqiao chose the most expensive one, which costs about 20,000 US dollars each.
Model 5100
A few days later, the five computers were packed and sent on a flight to Beijing.
It was a long time later that Lin Siqiao found out that of the five computers, Peking University and Tsinghua University each received one, the remaining two went to the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the last one was sent to the National University of Defense Technology.
In fact, Lin Siqiao still has more than 20 days of vacation left, and she can definitely find time to return to China, but she is worried about things happening back home.
So, as soon as the competition was over, she flew to Hawaii.
Now that the spring plowing season is over, the planting task on the three islands is nearing completion.
Listening to Butler Bill's report and looking at the fruit trees all over the mountains, Lin Siqiao was filled with emotion and felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Lin Siqiao didn't stay in Hawaii for long. He took the earliest flight to Texas the next morning.
She had officially handed over the farm affairs to Li Jiachen in March.
During this period, in addition to taking care of farm matters, Li Jiachen also helped Lin Siqiao find several pieces of land according to her request.
She came here to sign the contract.
Lin Siqiao roughly calculated that she had spent a lot of money recently. She had invested more than 15 million US dollars in the land alone.
In addition, she also invested more than 20 million US dollars in the stock market three times. This time, she bought "blue chip stocks" with cheap valuations and stable returns.
Of course, Lin Siqiao is not only picky about stocks, but also very strict in choosing land.
Any land purchased now has some good stuff underneath, but the storage capacity is not that exaggerated.
Lin Siqiao did not expect that she did not acquire many houses and lands in the country, but instead she had unknowingly penetrated into the interior of the "enemy".
I just don't know if the country will vomit blood after knowing the truth?
Amidst the hustle and bustle, time has come to the end of the holiday.
At the end of April, Lin Siqiao returned to China. The day before she left, she sold all the stocks she had purchased before the New Year.
The profit is pretty good, almost doubled.
60% of the sale funds were used by Lin Siqiao to purchase a large amount of that magic stock.
right! This is the Berkshire Hathaway that later sold for more than US$600,000 per share.
Its current price is over US$40 per share.
In history, the price of this stock has been halved three times, in 1973, 2000, and 2007. No matter how much it falls in the future, it will never reach such a low price again.
Of the remaining 40 percent of funds, Lin Siqiao reserved 5 percent and handed it over to the embassy as dividends as previously agreed, and kept the remaining 35 percent as a reserve.
Just when Lin Siqiao was preparing to go to the embassy early the next morning, Ambassador Liao and Secretary Jin and his group came to her apartment that evening.
Seeing that they all had serious faces and looked stern, Lin Siqiao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Ambassador Liao, what happened?"
Ambassador Liao did not keep the question secret, but said solemnly, "Mr. Lin, you may have to work hard. You have to fly to the country."
"country?"
Ambassador Liao nodded, and then told the leader that he would be leaving the country next week.
Also accompanying them were the leader's wife and heads of various ministries.
This is the leader’s first visit abroad, and it is of great significance.
After hearing what Ambassador Liao said, Lin Siqiao's eyes suddenly became hot, and an indescribable excitement surged in his heart.
In fact, the person she wants to thank the most is this person.
If it weren't for him, the college entrance examination two years ago would not have existed. If it weren't for that college entrance examination, Lin Siqiao would never have been able to go to Shanghai, and would not have had the opportunity to go abroad and win glory for the country today.
But because of this college entrance examination, he was silent for two years.
Upon learning that there was an opportunity to serve as the leader's accompanying translator, Lin Siqiao accepted it without any hesitation.
But then she suddenly thought of another thing. Senior Sister Hua was in the country. She was fluent in French and familiar with the local situation.
Logically speaking, she is the most suitable candidate.
Lin Siqiao thought so and asked directly, but she didn't expect Ambassador Liao to look worried after hearing it.
"In fact, the original candidate was indeed Comrade Hua Chunqiu, but...but she had an accident a few days ago and is still in the hospital. Ambassador Dong has no choice but to ask you for help."
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