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"The Entrepreneurship History of Qiu Bojun, CEO of Jinshan Company"
Jinshan: Qiu Bojun
Qiu Bojun was born on November 26, 1964 in Xinchang County, Zhejiang . ?
In 1984, he graduated from the National University of Defense Technology of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was later assigned to an instrument factory of the Geophysical Exploration Bureau of the Ministry of Petroleum in Xushui County, Hebei Province; ?
In 1986, he graduated from the Instrument Factory He resigned from the factory and joined Beijing Stone Company. In 1987, he was transferred to Shenzhen Stone Company; in 1988, he joined Hong Kong Jinshan Company to engage in software development in Shenzhen; Go to Zhuhai and successfully develop the first set of word processing software WPS in China;?
In 1994, he independently established Zhuhai Jinshan Computer Company in Zhuhai and served as chairman and general manager. ?
The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. In the days when CCDOS Yan Yuanchao, Wubi Wang Yongmin, 2.13 Wu Xiaojun, and CCED Zhu Chongjun gradually disappeared from the front desk, Qiu Bojun was like an evergreen tree, constantly interpreting stories and legends that have been passed down for us - —The Pangu component failed in 1994. In 1995, China's first game software "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" was born. In 1996, the villa was sold to continue to develop WPS 97. In 1997, the glory of WPS was rebuilt.
The reason why Qiu Bojun has not failed for ten years is that he has been walking a different path from ordinary programmers. Most outstanding programmers have chosen to start their own business or start a partnership, while Qiu Bojun worked for large companies such as Sitong, Jinshan, and Founder as soon as he debuted. His experience in these companies gave Qiu Bojun great skills. The company’s vision and mind. This is the essential reason why Qiu Bojun is superior to programmers of his generation. ?
Debut?
Eleven years ago, what prompted Qiu Bojun to leave Xushui County, Hebei Province was a female student from Shenzhen University who came to their unit for an internship. Qiu Bojun, who fell in love with this female student, went to Shenzhen in October 1986. Qiu Bojun called this trip to Shenzhen a second opportunity in his life that cannot be missed. "I suddenly found that the world in Shenzhen is really beautiful, and everything is new. In Shenzhen, I heard for the first time that 'time is money, efficiency is life'. I like this fast pace." Shenzhen, which is full of waste and is in full swing, said For the 22-year-old Qiu Bojun, he is so attractive. This appeal prompted Qiu Bojun to decide to resign from his original unit immediately. "The unit won't let me resign, so I can't do anything about it. In order to get out as soon as possible, I left all my household registration and files behind. So what if I don't have these anymore! Leave him alone, let's get out first."? < /p>
On the way to Shenzhen, Qiu Bojun's stay in Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province and Beijing delayed his departure to Shenzhen. In the process of helping fellow villagers solve computer printing problems in Zhuoxian County, Qiu Bojun came up with the idea of improving the 24-dot matrix printing driver that only he could use into a universal Xishan text printing driver that supports multiple printers. In the computer room of his hometown, Qiu Bojun spent 9 nights and rewrote the original print driver along the original ideas.
Nine days later, Qiu Bojun rushed to Beijing with eight Xishan print driver floppy disks in his arms, planning to rush to Shenzhen from there.
Before leaving, Qiu Bojun, at the instigation of his classmates, went to Sitong to show them his print driver. Sitong happened to be promoting the OKI8320 printer at the time, and was lacking a good driver. In this way, the Xishan print driver was sold to Sitong at a price of 2,000 yuan, paid in 10 months, and "Sitong sold hundreds of sets for 500 yuan a set."?
Feeling that Qiu Bojun was a talented person, Sitong began to persuade Qiu Bojun to stay, "Come and work with us. When Shenzhen Sitong is established next year, I will definitely transfer you there." In this way, Qiu Bojun stayed at Sitong. He was a member of Sitong. For the first non-local employee recruited who had no housing in Beijing, Sitong rented a bed in Yibin Building for him. In Sitong, Qiu Bojun met the person who had the greatest influence on him during his growth - Hong Kong Jinshan boss Zhang Xuanlong. ?
At that time, Zhang Xuanlong was cooperating with Sitong to promote SUPER machines. There was a problem with the BIOS of a batch of machines and they could not be started. Qiu Bojun spent one night to correct it. "Hong Kong can't even solve this problem. From then on, Zhang Xuanlong started poaching me."?
Shenzhen Stone was established, and Beijing Stone did not agree to let Qiu Bojun go, but Qiu Bojun suggested doing it on PC The plan for a word processing software similar to MS2401 was rejected again. Therefore, Qiu Bojun wrote a resignation letter to Wan Runnan, the then president of Sitong. Wan Runnan quickly gave instructions: "The company is a start-up and talents are rare. I suggest Shen Guojun negotiate with Wang Yuqian to transfer to Shenzhen."?
Qiu Bojun finally came to Shenzhen, which he had longed for. When he first arrived in Shenzhen, Sitong asked him to be in charge of an operation department of the company. The person doing business with him happened to be Zhang Xuanlong's younger brother, Zhang Xiaolong. Even if he does business with his good friends, Qiu Bojun cannot make any money. Several years later, Qiu Bojun and Zhang Xiaolong mentioned that period of business life during a casual chat, and Zhang Xiaolong revealed how much he earned from those businesses. Qiu Bojun laughed and said, "No wonder I can't make any money, you have made all the money.
"Letting Qiu Bojun do business is like asking for a fish in a tree, but giving him an environment to concentrate on developing software is like a fish in water. At this time, Hong Kong Kingsoft Company agreed to provide conditions for him to concentrate on developing WPS. "No need for a good salary or a high position. This is enough. "?
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2 "The Entrepreneurship History of Qiu Bojun, CEO of Jinshan Company"
Qiu Bojun decided to go big. His goal was very clear. A Chinese card was used to install a font library and write a word processing system that could replace WordStar. This goal later became WPS. In order to achieve this goal, Qiu Bojun locked himself in Zhang Xuanlong from May 1988 to September 1989. I rented a room for him in Shenzhen and kept writing whenever I was awake. Whenever I felt sleepy, I would take a nap and eat instant noodles when I was hungry. During this period of one year and four months, I kept writing. I got sick three times, the first time was hepatitis, the second time the hepatitis recurred, the third time it recurred again, and I was hospitalized for one to two months each time. The second time the hepatitis relapsed was the most critical moment for software development, please help me. I moved the computer to the ward and continued writing. ?The pain of development is not due to illness or physical and mental exhaustion, but loneliness. “When I have a problem, I don’t know who to ask. When I solve the problem, there is no one to share my joy with. "In this loneliness, Qiu Bojun wrote hundreds of thousands of lines of WPS. When he finished writing the last line of the program, Qiu Bojun didn't feel anything. "After any product is successfully completed, there will be no feelings. The so-called feelings are all summarized later. "?
As the author, Qiu Bojun was numb, while Lei Jun, who was still in college, was shocked when he saw WPS, "I don't believe there is such a good software in China. At that time, I thought this software It must have been done in Hong Kong. "?
WPS did not advertise or judge any awards. It became popular just by word of mouth. Qiu Bojun's explanation of the reason was simple - "There is a shortage of this kind of thing in the market. . Later, Wangma 480 and Giant 6402 were imitations of WPS. Lei Jun’s explanation was, “WPS is very accurate in its positioning, it is word processing, not typesetting. At that time, making a layout was too complicated and users simply couldn’t accept it. "?
Survive in ten years?
WPS has begun to make money, with more than 30,000 sets per year, and the wholesale price of each set is more than 2,200 yuan. "But this is the company making money, to me He said, I didn’t make much money, I was just a part-time worker. At the beginning of development, we neither negotiated commissions nor shares with the company, nothing. It was my boss who was kind and gave me a little bonus. "? "If I had been thinking about how to make money from the beginning, I wouldn't be where I am today. Career has nothing to do with money. When you devote yourself to development, you have to do it even if no money is given to you. When developing, there is no thought at all about remuneration. Only when you have accomplished your career first can you be qualified to talk about remuneration. ”?
WPS, which had been singing triumphant songs all the way, encountered the challenge of Word in 1993. Qiu Bojun took the initiative to meet the challenge and made a product similar to the Office suite, called Pangu Component, which contains WPS, electronic watches and dictionaries?
Today, Qiu Bojun summarized the reasons for the failure of Pangu components into four points: 1. Pangu’s power was dispersed and it did not take advantage of WPS’s leading advantage in the word processing field at that time; 2. The appealing name of WPS was not used; third, Pangu itself was not perfect and did not achieve "what you see is what you get"; it was a complete copy of the DOS version; fourth, the newly independent Zhuhai Jinshan Company had no sales experience. It was just a development department, and when Pangu came out, he had to do everything from sales, publicity, and planning by himself, which was hard to cope with at the moment. "Pangu is the first software that Qiu Bojun made independently after Hong Kong Kingsoft was merged by Founder. Unfortunately, it lost the "bonus" given to Qiu Bojun by Zhang Xuanlong. Do you want to continue doing it? "What are you going to do if you don't do it? WPS contains my feelings. Of course it is irrational to act emotionally, but many decisions cannot be made rationally. Reasonable people don't perform miracles. "
When Pangu failed, someone advised Bojun to use his existing reputation to engage in system integration and do some projects. "You are famous, so it is relatively easy to pull off projects. "But Qiu Bojun insisted that WPS should not be given up. In 1995, before Microsoft poached Liao Hengyi, it first threw a hydrangea to Qiu Bojun. The reason for Qiu Bojun's refusal was: "First, Microsoft's attitude is more arrogant. It felt like I had to raise my head to see them. They said to me earnestly, 'Work hard, you will have a future with us.' ’ It’s hard for me to accept it; secondly, many friends advised me that this banner of yours cannot fall down. "? The reason that supports Qiu Bojun to continue is that he firmly believes that "what Word can do, I can do it too. "?
What Qiu Bojun didn't expect was that the development time of WPS97 would take so long, "Windows has many new things that we haven't become familiar with yet, and Microsoft has upgraded them again. A lot of technical information is also hard to find.
Microsoft controls Windows, and we have to start everything from scratch, which makes WPS97 difficult to produce. If WPS97 could be launched in 1995 and compete directly with Word6.0, Word6.0 would definitely be out of business. "?
As time goes by, funds and confidence will become problems. "The second half of 1996 was the most difficult time. Funds began to be tight, confidence was low, and the future felt relatively bleak. At that time, we vigorously promoted the game software and tested other markets, but we estimated that the game would not make much money. Now, I still feel that making games is not profitable. Foreign games make money because their main markets are abroad and there is little domestic investment, so they can make money. We also tested other markets but we didn't succeed, so we didn't say anything about it. "In 1996, the depressed Qiu Bojun was not as lonely as he was in the Shenzhen hotel in 1989. He found a place to vent his emotions - BBS. He wrote more than 300 letters to site friends a day. "It is important to cheer each other up. , I cheer for my men and myself. "?
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"We have never had a big income, and games are a drop in the bucket. At that time, no one had confidence in using the WPS project to attract funds. "At this moment, Qiu Bojun's deep love for WPS played a key role. Driven by this feeling, Qiu Bojun felt that it was a waste to live in the villa again, so he sold the villa for 2 million yuan, making WPS97 The development was sustained. It was this emotion that drove Qiu Bojun to lead the development team for four years, working 12 hours a day, 365 days a year, never stopping. "Word can be done by more than 200 people, and we only have one." With less than 10 people, there is no other way but to pay several times more labor and sweat than others. "
The past of the heroic era?
There is a joke that Wang Yongmin was eating in a hotel. Suddenly someone came up to him and asked him if he was Wang Ma? Wang Yongmin said: "I am Wang Yongmin. ", the man apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. ”?
Before 1994, the most famous people in China’s IT industry were not the presidents of Lenovo, Founder, and Great Wall, let alone the CEOs of IBM, HP, and Compaq, but the programmers who wrote on the cover of the programs. Big names - Qiu Bojun, Wu Xiaojun, Bao Yueqiao, Wang Zhidong, Wang Jiangmin, etc. When thousands of users start using these "signed articles" every day, they are full of admiration for these programmers?
It was a heroic era. A programmer could start a company and achieve his own career and reputation with his own martial arts secret book. To this day, some programmers still finish development every day. , they have the habit of removing the hard disk from the machine and taking it home. In their view, the source program is everything to them?
But at this time, the source program that the programmer takes home has become apparent. It’s not that important anymore. The heroic era of a single programmer conquering the world is gone forever. It is impossible for China to produce another Qiu Bojun, because there are no objective conditions for producing programming heroes. ?
Today's software is so huge that it requires the cooperation of a large number of programmers. If you want to sign in Word, you can't write hundreds of names on a full screen. Looking at it from today's perspective, one person is extremely talented. For a well-organized software factory, it is as tragic as Don Quixote riding a long and thin horse to charge at the windmill?
In the "small software" within the personal ability, the individual has great power. The legend is also facing its end. Because in the Internet era, no matter how small the software is, it must go through global competition to win Chinese users. Nowadays, Chinese users are no longer willing to use whatever they want. They have to install every software. Hard disk software is viewed with suspicion and negation. In addition, in this era of packaging and planning, there are too many examples of programmers who are proficient in loop statements. How do you understand "selling point" and "hype"?
In an era where heroes are destined to become a thing of the past, the new generation of programmers is destined not to aspire to legend. But even without the temptation of fame, those who really love programs are still there. If you are passionate about programming, you don’t have to worry about no one being willing to be a programmer anymore. When Chen Jiangning, the author of Tianhui, left Beijing sadly in 1996, he probably never thought about returning to Beijing, but in October this year, he finally couldn’t stand Hubei anymore. Xiaogan's loneliness returned to Beijing. Although Chen Jiangning knew that the opportunity to become famous might not come again, he still came back...
WPS97 was sold out in just over two months after its launch Thirteen thousand sets, such a good momentum even Qiu Bojun did not expect. “WPS97 does have many national characteristics.
In addition, WPS97 is small and simple, but Word is so huge that it is too difficult for non-computer professionals. I don't object to you using Word, but I also ask you to try WPS97. "?
"WPS97 is accepted by the market. Another important reason is that WPS has a user base of 20 million. Every original function key of WPS is its wealth. F8 is an analog display. You can use it. Don't bother using your mouse. A user base of 20 million is not only an advantage based on user habits, but also an emotional advantage. Many users wrote in and said, 'I got started with WPS, and I have a feeling for it; I started learning computers with WPS. I typed my graduation thesis using WPS; I met my wife during the training process of WPS. 'etc. "?
Now, Qiu Bojun's goal is as clear as when he wrote WPS1.0 - to surpass Word in market share. Qiu Bojun knows that achieving this goal will be very difficult: "Our competition with Microsoft It’s competition in the local Chinese market. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make money in the Chinese market. But for us, we must make money. If we don’t make money, we can’t survive. ”?
China’s No. 1 programmer?
In China, there are many better programmers than Qiu Bojun, but we are still willing to regard Qiu Bojun as China’s No. 1 programmer. Because:?
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First, as a programmer , no one is as influential as Qiu Bojun. There may be more people in China who know Qiu Bojun’s name than Gates’ name, so much so that CCTV’s “Eastern Space” wanted to mention Qiu Bojun on the day Gates came to China. Please go and talk "face to face" about national software and how WPS97 can fight against Word. In the eyes of many people, Qiu Bojun is a symbol of national software?
Second, WPS is the most popular software in China so far. One of the most popular software. As long as you have used computers for more than 3 years, it is almost impossible that you have not used WPS?
Qiu Bojun himself believes that there is no comparison between programs. In the end, everyone can realize the various functions. "There are two styles of programs, one is written in a standardized way and everyone can understand it; the other is non-standard, short and concise, and an application can be completed with a few instructions. speed. "Qiu Bojun believes that he belongs to the latter category. In Qiu Bojun's view, an excellent programmer must have at least the following qualities: First, he must be able to endure hardship. Staying up late, working overtime, and eating instant noodles are one kind of hardship; the other is The pain is that the salary of being a programmer in China is not very high. "Second, you must be talented. "In China, there are many talented programmers. "Third, it's faith. "Be able to persevere when you fail. For example, I have written a lot of failed software. "Fourth, you must love this line of work. "I am willing to write even if I don't have to pay. "Fifth, it is unity." Nowadays, the programs are very large, with CDs as units. Without the spirit of cooperation, one person cannot make any good software. We could be heroes on our own back then, but we can no longer do that. "Sixth, we must seize opportunities. "I caught up with the opportunity when computers had just entered China and everything was blank. ”?
Comparing these few points, how did Qiu Bojun become the number one programmer in China? ?
Qiu Bojun got a perfect score in mathematics in the college entrance examination, so his class teacher enrolled him In 1980, the Department of Systems Engineering and Mathematics of the National University of Defense Technology only admitted systems engineering majors. Systems engineering requires extensive use of computers. From then on, Qiu Bojun became inseparable from computers. He called this college entrance examination aspiration. Why did he have this first opportunity that he couldn't miss?
Qiu Bojun showed his talent in this area as soon as he came into contact with computers. In 1983, Qiu Bojun became the library of the National University of Defense Technology. Made a book borrowing and returning management system. This system consists of a Honeywell-DPS6 minicomputer and dozens of terminals. From design to development, Qiu Bojun completed it in two or three months in his spare time. The newspaper published the news that "a student Qiu Bojun successfully developed the library management system of the National University of Defense Technology", but Qiu Bojun did not remember what newspaper it was, "I didn't pay attention to this kind of thing at the time. "?
The library program was the first usable program written by Qiu Bojun. This program made Qiu Bojun earn more than 40 yuan.
In 1986, Qiu Bojun Bojun began to study the Chinese character system CCDOS at that time, found out its shortcomings, and used debug to make some small changes. At that time, the CCDOS Pinyin input method displayed a line of Chinese characters to be selected. When inputting Pinyin continuously, you had to wait for the next line. After finishing, the next line is displayed, which is extremely slow. Qiu Bojun's first change to CCDOS is: when inputting pinyin continuously, even if the candidate Chinese character corresponding to the first pinyin letter is not displayed, if the next line is received at this time. Pinyin letters, the line of words to be selected on the previous screen will no longer be displayed.
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This is Qiu Bojun's first in-depth contact with this PC. The analysis of CCDOS laid the foundation for him to write the low-level SPDOS of WPS in the future. ?
Qiu Bojun, who is a programmer himself, believes that programmers are the most difficult to manage. His rule of thumb is: give salespeople a higher salary and more bonuses, and everything will be easier to handle. It's not just about money for programmers. First, you must respect others, intellectuals all have a "bad temper"; second, you must give programmers an environment in which they can perform. Don't get too stuck. Developing a program is a creation, and you cannot force others to complete it within a certain number of days. Writing a program is the same as writing an article. If you open up your ideas, you won't be able to use them in a day; if you don't have inspiration, you may not be able to write them in a month. "We are exploring some experience, and we cannot copy foreign ones, because foreign countries can use advanced software engineering methods and invest hundreds of people in a product. But we can't, we can't afford to invest, and often one person does the work of several people. Some things There is no other way but streamlining. ”
Qiu Bojun is qualified to talk about programmer management because Zhuhai Jinshan’s programmer team is relatively stable and has not changed in four years as the core staff of WPS97. ?
Piracy is a robbery against programmers. Qiu Bojun believes that the biggest impact on China's software development is piracy. "Our country has formulated many preferential policies for the information industry, but these are of no concern to software companies. As long as the piracy problem is solved, all other problems will not be a problem. WPS sells 1 set of genuine copies and 10 sets of pirated copies. Suppose that among the 10 sets, there are less If you steal one set, 1:10 becomes 2:9. For pirates, missing one set means that my income has doubled. If I have doubled my income, I don’t need to waive anything at all. Tax."?
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Interview notes?
Gates On the day he came to Beijing on the 11th, Qiu Bojun was invited into the studio by CCTV's "Oriental Time and Space" to talk in the "Face to Face" column about why he wanted to short WPS97 and how to fight against Word. Qiu Bojun has become a figure who can compete with Gates. Qiu Bojun got off the plane from Zhuhai to Beijing and went straight to CCTV without eating. The interview took 5 hours for the 5-minute program. ?
WPS97 made its official debut. When holding a press conference at the Friendship Hotel, Qiu Bojun grew a beard. At that time, he was seeking the support of major ministries and commissions, and he inevitably had to deal with officials who believed that "no hair on their lips, no performance at all." This time on TV, Qiu Bojun wore a specially fitted Chinese tunic suit custom-made in Shanghai, which looked very Chinese. ?
The Guizhou TV Drama Production Center is also planning to shoot the TV series "The Legend of Qiu Bojun". Qiu Bojun requested that their script portray his self-reliant, intelligent and determined character. ?
According to Lei Jun's point of view, although there are many articles about Qiu Bojun, there are not yet satisfactory ones. Lei Jun said this probably because Lei Jun felt that his article was well written, but Lei Jun also said that he could not write about Qiu Bojun well because he was too familiar with Qiu Bojun. Lei Jun's theory is that in order to write about a person well, one must neither be unfamiliar with him nor be too familiar with him. If you are not familiar with it, you will not be able to write deeply; if you are too familiar with it, you will turn a blind eye and feel that there is nothing to write about. ?
My interview started at eight o'clock in the evening. I stayed at the Yanshan Hotel with Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun in the evening, because I had to get up early the next day to watch "Eastern Time and Space" at 7:20. In addition, during breakfast He also had to be interviewed by a reporter from China Daily, so we talked until 3 a.m. and then fell asleep. ?
In our eyes, Qiu Bojun is far more programmer than manager. ?
Qiu Bojun has been in charge of Jinshan Company alone for some time. It has been ten years since Zhang Xuanlong began to teach Qiu Bojun how to enter the so-called upper class society in 1987. Qiu Bojun has already understood the etiquette, habits, and even what clothes to wear on certain occasions. For example, he knows that when giving speeches in various places , I had to wear a Chinese tunic suit; I knew I had to stay at the Yanshan Hotel when I came to Beijing, and I also overcame the stage fright of blushing and being speechless when giving a speech. Now I am afraid that there will be few people and I will lose my energy when speaking?
But deep down. Mian Qiu Bojun is still a programmer, and to this day he has never stopped writing programs. When he encounters an application that can be implemented with a program, he will not look for ready-made software like most users do. Just write one yourself. “It’s so troublesome to look around! Might as well write one. "?
Qiu Bojun's way of thinking about problems is assembly. His speed at writing assembly on the machine without thinking made his subordinates admire him. Qiu Bojun thinks that programs written in assembly are very beautiful. . ?
Qiu Bojun likes to play games, so even though "Zhongguancun Revelation", "Civil Aviation of China", and "Swordsman Love" have not made much money, Qiu Bojun still insists on playing games. game software and will launch "Anti-Japanese" at the end of this year.
This is not the way businessmen do business, but the way programmers do business. ?
Qiu Bojun, who can use compilation superbly, does not know how to use Word. He thinks that the functions that need to be completed in word processing can be realized in WPS. "If any function cannot be realized, I will suggest that it be added. ?
This function."?
Qiu Bojun loves WPS like his twin children. If you speak ill of WPS in person, Qiu Bojun will definitely ask you angrily, "What's wrong with WPS? Okay?", the reason you gave is definitely not sufficient for Qiu Bojun to refute you.
When Qiu Bojun first learned that someone had stolen his version, he, like all programmers, was very happy that someone was using his stuff. ?
Qiu Bojun optimistically estimated that WPS has 20 million users. Qiu Bojun is proud that WPS supports a group of booksellers, a group of people who provide training courses, a group of typing ladies, and promotes the popularization of computers. ?
Qiu Bojun believes that many programmers of his generation did not switch to Windows in a timely manner. This is not because they are clinging to their old ways, but because developing programs on Windows is not something that one person can do. "The investment is much greater than that of DOS. Not many people have this kind of turning ability."
Qiu Bojun likes to read martial arts books, history books and social documentary works, but he is not interested in foreign literature. "Foreign masterpieces, including movies and music, do not resonate with people and cannot arouse people's excitement. I am a traditional nationalist and like Chinese national music, such as guzheng and guqin."
Shenzhen Stone was established, but Beijing Stone did not agree to let Qiu Bojun go, and Qiu Bojun's plan to make a word processing software similar to MS2401 on PC was rejected. Therefore, Qiu Bojun wrote a resignation letter to Wan Runnan, the then president of Sitong. Wan Runnan quickly gave instructions: "The company is a start-up and talents are rare. I suggest Shen Guojun negotiate with Wang Yuqian to transfer to Shenzhen."?
Qiu Bojun finally came to Shenzhen, which he had longed for. When he first arrived in Shenzhen, Sitong asked him to be in charge of an operation department of the company. The person doing business with him happened to be Zhang Xuanlong's younger brother, Zhang Xiaolong. Even if he does business with his good friends, Qiu Bojun cannot make any money. A few years later, Qiu Bojun and Zhang Xiaolong mentioned that period of business life during a casual chat, and Zhang Xiaolong revealed how much he earned from those businesses. Qiu Bojun laughed, "No wonder I can't make any money, you have made all the money." Letting Qiu Bojun do business is like asking for a fish in a tree, but giving him an environment to concentrate on developing software is like a fish in water. At this time, Hong Kong Kingsoft Company agreed to provide conditions for him to concentrate on developing WPS. "You don't need a good salary and a high position, this is enough."?
Qiu Bojun decided to go big. His goal was very clear: to make a Chinese card font library and write a word processing system that could replace WordStar. This goal became WPS. In order to achieve this goal, from May 1988 to September 1989, Qiu Bojun locked himself in a room rented for him in Shenzhen by Zhang Xuanlong, and wrote non-stop as long as he was awake. Whenever I feel sleepy, I take a nap and when I feel hungry, I eat instant noodles. During this period of one year and four months, Qiu Bojun fell ill three times. The first time was hepatitis, the second time hepatitis recurred, and the third time he relapsed again. Each time, he was hospitalized for one to two months. The second recurrence of hepatitis was the most critical moment for software development. Qiu Bojun moved the computer to the ward to continue writing. ?The pain of development is not illness or mental and physical exhaustion, but loneliness. "When you have a problem, you don't know who to ask. When you solve the problem, no one shares the joy." In this loneliness, Qiu Bojun wrote hundreds of thousands of lines of WPS. When he finished writing the last line of the program, Qiu Bojun Jun didn't feel anything, "Any product will not have any feelings after it is successfully completed. The so-called feelings are summarized later."?
As the author, Qiu Bojun was numb, but he was still Lei Jun, who was in college, was shocked when he saw WPS, "I don't believe there is such a good software in China. At that time, I thought this software must be made in Hong Kong."?
WPS does not advertise. There was no award for it, just based on word of mouth, it became popular. Qiu Bojun's explanation of the reason was simple - "There is a shortage of this kind of thing in the market. Later Wangma 480 and Giant 6402 were all imitations of WPS." Lei Jun's explanation was, "WPS's positioning is very accurate, that is, the word Processing, not typesetting. At that time, making a typesetting was too complicated and users simply couldn’t accept it.
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