Beyond Reproach

"This is our latest Fengyu 386 Computer. It has an Intel 80386 16MHz CPU, 640KB RAM, a 20MB Hard Drive, and a 1.2MB floppy drive.

"Most importantly, though, it comes preinstalled with Fengyu Chinese Character Processing Software. There's no need to add hardware to the computer to input, format, or print Chinese characters. It's an epoch-making innovation."

Great God Ni set up two brand-new computers in the First Branch Factory office and personally demonstrated an "epoch-making innovation" for everyone.

"Gasp, it's that advanced?"

"Fengyu Computer is a Chinese-character trademark! Is this our very own computer?"

Whether it was Lu Zhizhang or the "typist" Xiao Zhiyu, both were full of admiration as they stared at the two new computers.

But as Li Ye looked at the rather rudimentary Chinese character input interface before him, he could not help asking, "Who developed this software? They must be handsomely rewarded. High-tech enterprises have to value talent."

Great God Ni smiled. "It was developed jointly by me, two colleagues from the Computer Institute, and a technician from Fengyu Hong Kong. But the software's development concepts and design ideas all came from you, Li Ye. So the talent who should be handsomely rewarded is you!"

"..."

Li Ye paused slightly, then continued, "That technician from Hong Kong—is he a local? What's his name?"

Great God Ni smiled. "His name is He Zhiming. He's a master's student at the University of Hong Kong, but Fengyu Hong Kong has already signed him. He can start work this summer."

"Oh~"

Li Ye nodded gently and silently apologized three times to a genius programmer whose surname he sought.

According to another timeline, that genius would join Kingsoft Hong Kong in 1988, then use a 386 computer in a Pengcheng hotel to write WPS.

So when Li Ye heard that