Five boys at Blue Point Linux create myths.

Heroes come out of youth since ancient times

Deng Yu, general manager of Blue Point Company, Liao Shengmiao, technical director, and Li Ling, manager of R&D department are three computer wizards. They come from different cities, have different personalities, but have the same dream. The soul figure among them is Deng Yu, who is the youngest, with the shallowest education, but the most legendary.

Deng Yu is tall, thin and capable, and does not like to talk. He's a bit like an expert in Jianghu under Gu Long's pen. 1988 13-year-old Deng Yu moved from Nanchang to Shenzhen with his parents. At school, he began to contact computers, learn the BASIC language, and input game programs from books into computers. 1994, Deng Yu, who graduated from high school, and several friends rented a shop in SEG electronic market, assembled and sold compatible computers, and learned many software applications from scratch. 1Feb. 995, Deng Yu was tired of staying in Shenzhen, so he went to Hangzhou to do electrical business and bought some books on computer programming to teach himself. At the end of this year, the Internet appeared in China, and he immediately applied for an account in Hangzhou Telecommunications Bureau, becoming the first batch of "new and new people" in China.

At this time, Hangzhou Xunye Company was recruiting, and Deng Yu made a resume with a text file that few people could understand at that time and took it to the interview. The general manager thought he was very spiritual, even though he only had a high school education, he accepted him as an exception. In the communication company, Deng Yu really came into contact with the cutting-edge technology of the network. He began to write programs and make home pages, and his "skill" was constantly enhanced, and his position was also promoted to assistant manager of the technical department.

From 65438 to 0997, Deng Yu returned to Shenzhen and joined Long Mai Company under Shenzhen Data Bureau. In Long Mai, Deng Yu was in charge of network planning, implementation and debugging, and his skills were further improved through diligent study.

During the period of 1998, when Deng Yu was studying LINUX (a free operating system) in Shenzhen Long Mai Company, he met Liao Shengmiao, a "programming prodigal son" specializing in LINUX in Shenzhen World Wide Web, on the LINUX version of BBS (bulletin board system) in Shenzhen. The two of them had the intention of getting to know each other late.

Liao Shengmiao, a farmer's child in Datian County, Fujian Province, was admitted to the Department of Electronic Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University from 65438 to 0988. When he was a student, he could download and use some encryption and compression programs. 1992 After graduation, Liao Shengmiao lived a wandering life as a "programming prodigal son": he first went back to Fuzhou to work in a computer company, then went to Guangzhou and changed companies. At the end of 1993, he went to Shenzhen and joined Roy company. 1997 and went to Shenzhen World Wide Web. His programming skills.

1999 Late at night at the beginning of the year, Deng Yu was lucky enough to meet Li Ling in Haikou on the BBS of Netease. In fact, Li Ling often goes to Deng Yu's "network studio" to download the required software, and he has long heard of Deng Yu's name. Two people one-on-one "quietly" chat, unconsciously talked about the Oriental Baidu. From that night on, Deng Yu and Li Ling became best friends, and of course, Liao Shengmiao, who became the "iron triangle".

Li Ling, a native of Hubei Province, 199 1 graduated from the computer department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and obtained the certificate of senior programmer during his school days. After graduation, I taught computer courses at Hainan University of Tropical Agriculture, and then moved to Hainan Provincial Data Bureau to host a chat room.

Since knowing Deng Yu and Liao Shengmiao, Li Ling's inner enthusiasm has sprouted. 1in the spring of 999, he quit his job, bought a plane ticket with a backpack and flew to Shenzhen. At Huangtian International Airport, he called Deng Yu: "I have arrived in Shenzhen." Deng Yu immediately greeted Liao Shengmiao and took a taxi to the airport to meet the distant visitors.

After dinner, the three men went to the bar to drink and chat until the bar closed. I had no place to go, so I bought a bunch of drinks and sat on the bench at the junction of Zhenxing Road and Fahua Road. I continued to talk about technology and ambition until the sanitation workers who came early began to clean the market. ...

Just as the three computer experts were gearing up to do something big for each other, Deng Yu, who was clear-headed and far-sighted, thought that they were all technical talents, and it was no problem to engage in technology development, but technology alone was not enough for the success of a project. To market, there must be a complete set of operation procedures, and they need a person who commercializes and marketizes technology. Deng Yu chose his colleague Kang Zhe, who is the planning manager of Shengrun.

The heroic dream of five boys

Kang Zhe is from Fucheng, Chaozhou, Guangdong. 1990 was admitted to the journalism department of Wuhan University. She won the first prize of the peach powder new seedling award when she was an intern in the domestic political department of Economic Daily, and successfully entered the Economic Daily after graduation. A year later, he jumped ship and went to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily. Being fond of playing computer, he handed a "business plan" to his boss. He has run four editions of Computer Age by himself, collecting, writing, typesetting and proofreading all by himself, making this edition colorful. The advertising volume of this edition has also increased by 10 times.

1999 In March, 28-year-old Kang Zhe resigned from Shenzhen Special Zone Daily and joined Shengrun Network System Company. Shengrun Company is one of the first Internet companies in China to get venture capital from Silicon Valley, with eight people expanding rapidly. Kang Zhe wants to see with his own eyes how a concept operates, develops and grows to the whole process of listing. It was here that he met Deng Yu, a small and quiet computer wizard, leading a group of college students and graduate students without a college degree.

On April 28th, 1999, Kang Zhe, Deng Yu, Liao Shengmiao and Li Lingju gathered in Shenzhen Mingdian Cafe, and began to seriously plan the establishment of "Xinkesi" company. On this day, Kang Zhe also called his good friend, Ceng Ying, who graduated from university of international business and economics, Beijing, majoring in accounting, to make this calm, steady and cautious financial expert their big housekeeper. Five young people sat around enthusiastically, and a promising career unfolded before them.

Kang Zhe spread out a white napkin and said, "This is a blank sheet of paper. We will start using ink today. Today, whether we can paint a wonderful blueprint is very important. "

Five young people rented an office less than 30 square meters in Shenzhen SEG Science and Technology Park and started their hard work. It's very hot in Shenzhen in summer. Liao Shengmiao and Li Ling, who resigned, sweated in front of the computer every day and worked day and night.

1In late July, 1999, the first preparatory meeting of the company was held at the dining table of Jiangnan Restaurant in Shenzhen. At that time, the restaurant was full of red lanterns and everyone was beaming. Everyone said happily, "This is a good sign!" At this meeting, the company's business plan and long-term planning, including the company's framework, shares held by everyone, rules and regulations, etc. , have made up their minds and laid a solid foundation for future career development.

According to this plan, the division of labor of the five people is as follows: Kang Zhe is the chairman, responsible for the commercial planning and packaging of Blue Point; Deng Yu became the general manager and presided over the overall work; Liao Shengmiao is the technical director; Li Ling is the manager of R&D department, who is responsible for technology development; Ceng Ying is the chief financial officer. Interestingly, they also established two principles: First, as founders and shareholders, when more powerful people join, they will always be ready to quit and cannot be a stumbling block to the development of enterprises. Second, we should completely exclude non-commercial things, and personal things should not affect the development of enterprises. Because in character, these five young people have their own characteristics and distinct personalities: Deng Yu is calm and steady; Kang Zhe is full of passion; Li Ling is romantic and unruly; Liao shengmiao is lonely and unpredictable; Ceng Ying is modest and prudent. Now when they are fighting for the same goal, they have institutional guarantee as the premise, which largely avoids conflicts that are easy to occur because of different personalities. The establishment of this system is necessary and reflects the connotation of a modern enterprise.

On September 7th, five of them raised 200,000 yuan by themselves and registered Shenzhen Xinkesi Company (later renamed Blue Point Software Technology Co., Ltd. on February 6th+8th, 2000). Blue dot's goal is clear: go public in the United States!

Don't experience wind and rain

How can I see the rainbow?

1 99965438+1October1,BluePoint released the LINUX 1.0 RC version, which caused a sensation in the IT industry and was therefore listed as one of the recommended projects of 1 1 by the Shenzhen Municipal Government.

"Blue Point" is full of ambition, but the blow comes one after another. At this point, new competitors are constantly emerging. The "Great Wall" and "TCL" computers originally intended to cooperate were "robbed" by TURBO, an American software company of the same type. There is no investment and no income, which can't help but make the boys in Blue Point feel anxious. However, they encourage each other and are full of confidence in the future.

At this moment, a vice president of Torlins Asia-Pacific Company made a special trip to Blue Point on his way to Hong Kong via Shenzhen. Deng Yu, they found that the newcomers were not good: Torlings had the idea of buying blue dots!

Deng Yu said haughtily, "Our technicians are different from those programmers in Beijing Net. We are not people who want to get a high salary and get a little share. "

Vice President Torlings left a message when he left: "If you agree to buy, there will be a more reasonable price. After half a year, it is hard to say. "

The boys in Blue Dot didn't give in. They firmly believe in their own strength and insist on doing research and development. 1999165438+10, the blue dot technology made a breakthrough, which met the technical requirements of Great Wall and TCL. They abandoned Torlings without hesitation and chose Blue Dot. 165438+1October 24th, Bluepoint fully pre-installed Bluepoint LINUX on the computers of Great Wall Company's main products "Hurricane 699" series and "Juyi" series. On February 8th, 65438, Bluepoint formed a strategic partnership with TCL Zhifu Computer Co., Ltd., and fully pre-installed Bluepoint LINUX on its main products, which were wonderful 600, 6 10 and 7 18 series computers respectively. Coupled with the successful cooperation with Xiamen Sambo, the largest PC exporter in China, the monthly shipment of Blue Point reached10.5 million units, making it the largest LINUX supplier in China, accounting for more than 80% of the domestic market. Blue Point began to make a profit, and they made a beautiful turnaround.

With this foundation, next, the boys in Blue Point began to sprint to their own goal: to go public in the United States! They adopt the strategy of reverse merger and acquisition, that is, looking for a listed shell company (MAS, a licensed company in the American OTCBB stock market), which will issue shares to Blue Point directionally, and the stock circulation is much larger than the shares owned by the shell company itself. In this way, the shell company acquired Blue Point in name, but actually Blue Point transformed itself into a foreign-funded company, and at the same time controlled 80% of the shares in the merged company. This is a clever way to get the maximum benefit at the least cost. On March 7th, 2000, Blue Dot was successfully listed on the American OTCBB market with the stock code "BLPT".

On the first day of listing, when the other side of the ocean opened, it was already late at night in Shenzhen. The five boys in Blue Point held their breath and stared at the computer screen unblinkingly, only to see the screen constantly refreshing. Every time it is refreshed, the share price of BLPT jumps once, 6 dollars, 12 dollars, 20 dollars ... Finally, BLPT stubbornly rushed from 4 dollars to 22 dollars! In other words, its share price soared by 400% in one day. This means that the market value of Blue Dot reached 400 million dollars overnight! This also means that, just like the legend, these five boys became billionaires overnight! Although this wealth cannot be withdrawn, it is only paper money.

The boys in Blue Point can't control it any more. After turning off the computer, they all returned to SEG Science Park from their respective residences and met in a pub downstairs. They drank glasses, hugged each other, laughed and cried, for their dreams and for their efforts. Drunk, they took to the streets again, singing and dancing. The night wind blew their hair and skirts, and their youth flew against the wind. ...

However, the weather is unpredictable. A month later, the Nasdaq stock market crash swept the world suddenly broke out, and the share prices of online stocks including China Sina and Sohu fell sharply. Blue Point's share price has not been spared, once falling by 90%.

It goes without saying that this is a disaster. This disaster is global. However, the boy in Blue Dot was calm and didn't lose his temper. Because it was listed one month before the stock market crash, Blue Point has obtained the funds needed for enterprise development from the capital market, so this stock market crash has little impact on Blue Point. However, this stock market crash is a wake-up call for the IT economy that is expanding and prone to bubbles, and it also brings enlightenment to Blue Point. Speculation can not bring long-term glory, only innovation and strength, only down-to-earth occupation of the market can be invincible.

In May, 2000, Bluepoint Software (Beijing) R&D Center was established. This R&D center in New Century Hotel has gathered more than 20 technical experts from Peking University, Tsinghua University and other universities. The research direction of technology is embedded system and MIMU GUL (user interface interface), and the eyes are fixed on the field of information appliances related to ordinary people's daily life. Blue Point Software Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. moved to Shennan Middle Road Electronic Technology Building one after another, with more than 50 employees.

On August 18, Blue Dot 2.0 Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition and "Blue Dot Embedding" were released in Beijing. In the same month, Bluepoint LINUX products won the "Reader's Preferred Brand Award" and the "First Brand Award for LINUX Operating System Market Share" in the reader survey of Computer News. ...

How can I see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain? The boys in Blue Point are braving the wind and waves to realize their heroic dreams. ...