"I just happened to be passing by and saw you guys fiddling with this, so I came over out of curiosity. It's alright, you can continue your research," Xing Baohua said with a slight smile.
"Everyone who sees this gets a share, so come up with fifty yuan first," the student said. It wasn't exactly extortion on Xing Baohua; after all, he'd asked him to join in the fun. With so many people contributing, each additional person meant a smaller share for everyone.
Perhaps they saw that Xing Baohua had a cell phone and assumed he had some money, which is why they made that request.
Xing Baohua didn't care about the small amount of money. He took out a handful of ten-yuan notes from his pocket, counted out five bills, and gave them to the other party.
The students were envious of his generosity in giving money, especially since he was carrying a wad of cash around. Who carries that much money around all the time?
As Xing Baohua was paying, Chen Shuoyue glanced up at them and continued rubbing the CPU with great focus.
After waiting a few more minutes, Chen Shuoyue felt that the grinding was almost done, so he placed it on the microscope for careful observation. No one dared to disturb him and just watched him stare at the microscope.
Another ten minutes or so passed before Chen Shuoguo smiled and looked up, saying, "It really is a CPU failure. The transistors inside a CPU are composed of multiple regions, and there are also redundant regions. Once a transistor in one region fails, the transistors in the redundant regions will take over the work. But this CPU has already used all the redundant transistors, yet some still failed, which is the direct cause of the slow performance."
"Is it caused by aging?" one of the students asked.
"No, it must be a problem with the manufacturing process. Logically speaking, the manufacturing process for the 286 chip is very mature, so it's impossible to sell this kind of product," Chen Shuoyue said, tilting her head back as if she was thinking.
"So you've found the root cause of the problem with all the computers in our school's computer lab—it's a CPU issue? Can you help us compile a data set? We'll go to the department head to explain the situation, and then report it to the manufacturer to get a new batch of CPUs."
Chen Shuoguo said, "I won't get involved in your affairs. You can look at it yourselves and write the report!"
Xing Baohua looked at Chen Shuoguo, who had a slight smile on his lips, and he smiled too. He had been looking at things under a microscope, so he must have seen the marks inside, but he didn't say it aloud; instead, he wore a slightly proud smile.
"Chen, can we talk?" Xing Baohua noticed that while the other students were gathered around the microscope, Chen Shuoyue stood up. Xing Baohua stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said.
The other person looked Xing Baohua up and down and asked, "Just say what you want to say, I have to go eat later."
“I’ll treat you!” Xing Baohua said.
"This isn't a good idea!" he said, looking at the large group of students, including his classmates.
"Did you see one?"
"Ah..." Chen Shuoyue's eyes widened, and then her eyeballs rolled around in their sockets.
He asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"
"It's getting late, and my partner is waiting for me downstairs for dinner. Tell your classmate that we can talk about 'what if' alone!"
"Are you someone who thinks about something?"
"No, I'm from Da Mi!"
Chen Shuoyue slapped her thigh and immediately said, "I knew it! It was produced by those six machines!"
Xing Baohua first looked around at the people, and indeed not many were paying attention to their conversation. He nodded slightly and said, "Here's twenty yuan. Let them go eat by themselves. We'll go out to eat and chat while we eat."
Xing Baohua pulled Chen Shuoyue away, leaving a group of bewildered classmates behind. Weren't they supposed to be treating everyone to dinner? How did it turn into the guests paying twenty yuan to treat them?
Chen Shuoyue got into Xing Baohua's car and was slightly taken aback when she saw a pretty girl inside. Xing Baohua introduced her as his girlfriend.
Su Ya generously shook hands with Chen Shuoyue and greeted her.
The back seat of the Santana is indeed a bit cramped for three people; I should have just taken the Bentley.
Xing Baohua, being so big, was indeed feeling a bit cramped being squeezed in the middle, so he told the driver to just find a restaurant outside the school gate for a meal.
On the way, Xing Baohua asked, "The classmate who introduced you to this school said you're a junior?"
“Yes!” Chen Shuoyue replied.
"Are you already in your third year of university and starting your internship?" Xing Baohua asked tentatively.
"No, it has to be after senior year, but our college's internship program targets military enterprises," Chen Shuoyue said.
What are your thoughts on rice?
"A good national enterprise, but it's taking too big a step."
Xing Baohua smiled and said, "It can't be too small! Please keep the CPU matter a secret."
"You look quite young, and you've already started working at the rice company. You're driving a car, so you must be a key employee, right?" Chen Shuoyue asked.
"I created this rice. This car isn't mine. I'll have them get me a different car later; it's really uncomfortable to ride in."
After hearing Xing Baohua say that he was the one who founded the rice business, Chen Shuoyue tilted her head and looked at him a few more times.
You're kidding me! How old are you?
"We'll talk about that later. You'll know whether you believe it or not later. We've arrived, let's have something to eat first." After the car came to a stop, Xing Baohua gestured for the other person to get out.
As soon as Chen Shuoyue opened the car door, the guard in front of her opened it.
It was during dinner that we started talking about how those students came up with the idea of conducting hardware inspections and even crowdfunding for the hardware.
"Based on what I've heard, many companies are saying that a certain brand of machine is slow and laggy. After the technicians checked it and found no problem, they shifted the blame to the user, saying it was caused by improper use."
I also found one at our school and tested it myself, so I suspected it was a hardware problem. Since my fellow townsman is the vice president of the computer science student union here, I borrowed their computer to do a small experiment.
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