After opening the Big Head Race option, Zhang Yi had originally only wanted to choose the cheapest entry-level scholar. But when he saw that among the Big Head Race scholars, an entry-level scholar with an IQ of 170 only cost 320 Scholar Coins to hire, while one with an IQ of 175 cost merely 340 Scholar Coins, he realized that the hiring prices of Big Head Race scholars were directly proportional to their IQs. The higher the IQ, the higher the price.
After giving it some thought, Zhang Yi ultimately spent 340 Scholar Coins to hire a Big Head Race scholar with an IQ as high as 175 through the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System.
This Big Head Race scholar was named Jia Qing. After being hired by Zhang Yi, he was soon transported by the system and appeared before him.
Although Zhang Yi had not had high expectations for the appearance of the Big Head Race when choosing whom to hire, he regretted his choice a little when he saw Jia Qing. The Big Head Race scholar standing before him looked far too strange. If he went out in the middle of the night, he would definitely scare a whole lot of people to death.
"Hello! My name is Jia Qing. I am a software engineer from the Big Head Race, proficient in Industrial Computer software, and I also have some knowledge of the Glass Chemical Industry. I hope we can work well together in the future!" Once the teleportation array disappeared, Jia Qing saw Zhang Yi and immediately identified him as his employer.
"Hello! I'm Zhang Yi. I hope we can get along well in the future. By the way, Jia Qing, what kind of software did you work with before? The software in our world is based on the binary language of computers, and since computers in this world were not first invented by our Hua Country,
even this binary-based language is not from Hua Country, but from other countries in this world. I wonder whether that will affect you?" Zhang Yi suddenly remembered that computer languages and algorithms differed greatly from world to world, so he asked.
"Boss! No problem. Binary algorithms are among the simplest computer algorithms, and also one of the most backward Computer Languages. Very few civilizations in the multiverse use such a language. Our Big Head Race civilization, for example, does not use binary Computer Language.
Instead, we use Octal Computer Language. Octal is far more difficult than binary, not merely by a little, so binary is not a problem for me. The hardest part is that the language used by these computers is not Multiverse Common Language,
which is what you call Chinese Language. So, Boss, you must first buy some language books for the country these computers belong to. Once I familiarize myself with that country's language, I can begin software programming." Jia Qing finished everything he had to say in one breath.
Just as Zhang Yi was about to speak, Jia Qing spoke again. "Boss! Can I sit down before we continue? Standing like this is rather tiring!"
"Mm! Then sit down first." Zhang Yi rolled his eyes speechlessly. At the same time, this gave him an even deeper understanding of the Big Head Race's physical constitution. As expected of a race in which practically everyone had a combat power below five.
"Of course, if you find it troublesome, Boss, we can directly use the multiverse's universal Computer Language. That way, I would not need to relearn another Computer Language, nor would I need to learn any language besides Common Language. You should know, Boss, that I am not a language expert.
Besides, Boss! Don't you think Common Language is superior?" Jia Qing added after sitting down.
"Jia Qing, I have no objections to what language we use, but we do not have Octal language programming here. Are you planning to develop one yourself? Also, can computers in our world even run Octal calculations? And even if they can use an Octal computing mechanism, how long would it take you to develop a complete Octal language?" Zhang Yi was speechless after hearing Jia Qing's words.
After all, changing the operating mechanism of computers was no simple matter. On top of that, the programming language would have to be changed from English to Chinese, so Zhang Yi was certain it could not be finished in a short time.
"Boss! You do not need to worry about that. In fact, when I came to this world, I had already considered that such a situation might arise, so I brought the Common Language programming software with me. As for whether your civilization's computers support Octal calculations, I cannot say for certain right now. I must see your civilization's computers before I can know." Jia Qing said.
"This is a personal computer from our civilization. Come take a look and see whether it can run Octal language." Zhang Yi pointed to the computer on his office desk and asked Jia Qing.
Jia Qing then walked over to Zhang Yi's desk and began examining the computer. Before long, the entire machine had gone from a single unit to individual components. Even the hard drive had been disassembled into parts, but after taking it apart, Jia Qing began reassembling it.
His reassembly speed was much slower, but before long, he had put the computer back together. It booted up without any issues, leaving Zhang Yi deeply impressed. This was not a simple teardown and reassembly—Jia Qing had completely disassembled every component inside! As expected of a scholar specializing in Industrial Computers. Though he was only a software scholar rather than a hardware scholar, he was clearly extremely proficient with hardware as well.
"Boss! I have examined it. The computers of your civilization are already a very advanced form of computer technology for your civilization's level. Even the computer hardware of our Big Head Race civilization cannot compare with the computers of your civilization. However, the language and algorithms your civilization uses are not very good.
As a result, the computer's performance cannot be fully utilized. If you use Common Language Computer Language and change the algorithms to Octal, then even without replacing any hardware, this computer's performance will improve dramatically. According to my estimate, after the change, this computer's performance can increase by at least ten times." After reassembling it, Jia Qing told Zhang Yi this.
After saying that, Zhang Yi saw Jia Qing take out something resembling a USB drive from who knew where and fiddle with it. Finally, he plugged it into the computer's UBS Interface. Zhang Yi guessed that this was probably a storage device used by the Big Head Race.
After doing that, Jia Qing restarted the computer once more and copied all the information from the storage device onto Zhang Yi's computer. Then he continued operating the computer. Zhang Yi could see that Jia Qing had completely entered work mode, and that this would not be finished anytime soon, so Zhang Yi entered the system again to search for other types of scholars he needed.
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