Chapter 76: Industry Tremors

During the May Day holiday, the entire staff at Dream Technology worked overtime, as there was a substantial amount of software and hardware to be supplied to two clients, accompanied by a significant workload of integrated testing.

Especially since the official signing of the 80 million big order with Huading Group, Dream Technology is set to work overtime to meet the deadline for the next two months.

These days, Yuan Minhua has been working extra hours, interviewing and recruiting on a large scale to increase the engineering team.

The control software for computer numerical control machining centers is undergoing replacement, involving not just a software switch, but also the replacement of the matching auxiliary hardware.

Consequently, the procurement department is also incredibly busy, placing orders with component manufacturers and requesting emergency supplies.

Thankfully, the advance payment from Xue Ningmei is timely; otherwise, Dream Technology would find itself in a tight spot.

To accelerate the software retrofitting and integration, Du Qiu has required that the integration and retrofitting segment must have video material, which could aid the users’ engineers in performing replacements independently, thereby alleviating the workload for Dream Technology.

The Heavenly System has already started to be expanded by Du Qiu into an industrial automation operating system, leading to the research and development department being split into software and hardware divisions.

The software engineers joining in succession are not only expanding on Du Qiu’s Heavenly System but are also starting the development of AR ancillary subsystems following the software framework laid out by Du Qiu.

Du Qiu hopes that in the future, through the AR subsystem, not only can the engineers of Dream Technology provide remote guidance to customers and complete the corresponding after-sales service.

But it will also enable customers to remotely instruct their downstream customers, thereby completing their after-sales service. Du Qiu believes that this supporting system will provide a significant boost to the sales of the Heavenly System.

While Dream Technology was fully committed to overtime work internally during the May Day holiday, the sales department in the capital sent good news again.

The Heavenly System made a stunning debut at the exhibition, shaking industry insiders.

Several industry media have reported on it successively.

“Emerging domestic CNC software beats the renowned Fa Ke System in a competitive showdown.” – Tang Country Transmission Network

“Domestic CNC software reaches a new peak!” – Tang Country Automation Network

“Heavenly System’s debut, the dawn of Tang Country’s industrial control software!” – Industrial Control Network

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Even the official media has voiced their support.

“Our country has reached the world’s top level in the field of CNC software!” – Science and Technology Daily

“The brain of Industry 4.0 is now in our hands!” – Workers’ Daily

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In the press releases from the official media, without exception, they all reported the scene where two well-known academicians, Xu Bingchang and Ding Youlun, personally observed the contest between the Heavenly System and the Fa Ke System at the exhibition.

They both gave extremely high evaluations of the Heavenly System.

As for the academicians’ endorsements, the reporters naturally took this at face value.

Although in recent years some so-called experts have somewhat diminished people’s admiration for them, the title of academician still commands respect.

Their opinions expressed in their fields of expertise are still convincing.

Many industry reporters have already turned to rush to Magic City, aiming for the creator of the software, Dr. Du Qiu.

Some reporters from Magic City’s industry media have also been calling Dream Technology to schedule an interview with Du Qiu.

Some eager reporters even went directly to Dream Technology to stake out, interviewing some employees first.

However, the entire surge of public opinion was limited to the industry; as for the outside world, it was surely swallowed up by the gossip of entertainment stars.

No one cares when an industrial software climbs to the top level in the world.

On the internet, on the websites of these industry media, very few comments are made in the comments section beneath the news.

Even if there are, they are mostly written in a mocking tone.

“Shocked to hear that Tang Country has produced another world-class software!”

“Astonishing! Tang Country’s CNC software climbs to the peak of the world!”

“I remember that Zhongbu Data’s software has already been able to compete with imported software in high-end fields. Is the Heavenly System even better than Zhongbu Data’s?”

“Comment above, I’ve never heard of Dream Technology, alas, even academicians have fallen these days.”

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Du Qiu doesn’t care much for the news reports.

In the days following May Day, Du Qiu’s experiments have finally come to a pause, and all that remains is to wait for the arrival of the high-speed separation machine rotor.

Thank goodness for the internet, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy to find suitable manufacturers.

That day, with a relaxed mindset and aiming to boost sales of the Heavenly System, he accepted an interview with the local Guangming Daily reporter, arranged by Yuan Minhua.

Just as the Guangming Daily reporter left, his mobile phone rang.

To his surprise, it was from Zhang Mingliu.

This May Day holiday, Zhang Mingliu took Xiao Yu back to her hometown.

Qin Yun cherishes working at Dream Technology. Although the company isn’t big, she wants to manage the funds well for Du Qiu.

Moreover, since overtime is the norm in Dream Technology’s start-up atmosphere, she finds it inconvenient to look after her daughter.

Zhang Mingliu, thus, let Xiao Yu go back to stay with her grandparents for a few years until she starts elementary school before returning to Magic City.

“Du Qiu, way to go, you’ve made it big!”

As soon as the call connected, Zhang Mingliu’s loud voice resounded.

“Reporter Zhang, are you also looking to interview me?” Du Qiu said with a laugh.

“Yes, as a news big V and an independent blogger, and also a special correspondent for the Evening News, I naturally have to report on someone like you who has boosted our Tang Country’s spirit. How about it? Can you arrange an exclusive interview?”

“The Evening News wouldn’t report on my kind of news, would it?”

“Who said that? The Evening News has already reprinted news about your company’s exhibition! I told the editor-in-chief that I could get an exclusive interview with you, and he was overjoyed.”

“Didn’t the Evening News used to be keen on entertainment news? When did they start reporting on us industrial folks?”

“Now they’re emphasizing the reporting of positive energy. How could they not report on news that’s covered by several major official media, and also concerning a company from Magic City?”

“That so? Then come to our company. I’m free right now.”

“Alright, I’ll wait for you.”

After hanging up, Du Qiu stepped out of his office and looked at the Siemens CNC machining center not far away in the workshop, thinking: With this head-to-head comparison, the latest report from Guangming Daily will definitely cause another stir in the industry.

The equipment had arrived during the May Day holiday, and Rein Leinar hurried to the company from the very beginning, carrying out the software retrofitting with the R&D staff.

When the reporter from Guangming Daily arrived that day, he was treated to a live demonstration of the machining accuracy of several routine parts before retrofitting, and how much progress was made in machining accuracy after the retrofit.

The entire process was recorded in full, and with Rein Leinar’s spirited explanation to the reporter, educating them on the pros and cons of Siemens and other famous brand CNC softwares, the reporter left immensely satisfied with this wealth of professional material.

Sun Hongming approached with a thin face full of smiles.

“President Du, Chen Tao sent a report that our Heavenly System has already signed letters of intent with 28 medium and high-end CNC machine tool manufacturers at the exhibition. Additionally, another 16 companies have signed equipment modification agreements with us. The total amount of the agreements has reached 30 million yuan. Coupled with the big order from Huading, we’re going to be quite busy for a while.”

“Great, the situation for the Heavenly System has opened up.”

Du Qiu was quite satisfied with these sales figures. In a country like Tang Country that values hardware over software, it was a significant achievement for an industrial CNC software to sign contracts worth this amount in just a few days, which was largely thanks to his mentor’s help.

Without the public praise of the two academicians, even if it had proved superior to the Fa Ke System at the exhibition, the impact would likely have been much less.

After all, Zhongbu Data had once done something similar, though they compared processing speeds.

When Zhang Mingliu arrived at the company in a hurry, having heard that the reporter from Guangming Daily had just finished their interview.

Immediately, he calls his editor-in-chief, “Chief, that’s the situation. Do you think we should rush this?”

“You must save space for us. I’ll wrap up the interview quickly and get the story out in tonight’s paper.”

“Yes, if Guangming Daily comes out tomorrow, we’ll just be eating their dust.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely file before the deadline so as not to affect tonight’s newspaper’s release.”

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