Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Herman's family was not at home. He said they were on vacation. Herman cooked steak for Meng Qian and opened a bottle of red wine.

"I seldom cook, Mr. Meng, don't dislike me."

"Much better than what I did." Meng Qian swung the red wine in the glass, "Mr. Herman, for our long-awaited reunion."

Herman didn't speak, and took a sip with Meng Qian.

"I heard that Oracle's next-generation database has been developed under the leadership of Mr. Herman." Meng Qian put down his glass and asked.

"Mr. Meng placed an eyeliner in Oracle?" Herman asked in a calm tone.

"Just buy some innocuous information." Meng Qian also said in a very calm tone, cutting the steak while talking.

"The next generation of databases has really been developed."

"That's something to look forward to."

"The press conference will be developed soon, and Mr. Meng will see it soon."

"Will Mr. Herman attend the press conference?"

Herman paused for a moment with the hand that was cutting the steak, then took a sip of the wine glass alone, "I am no longer an employee of Oracle."

"That's right." Meng Qian nodded, "Will Mr. Herman accept our Dafeng Group's invitation to attend our press conference in six months?"

"The press conference in six months?" Herman looked up at Meng Qian with a hint of doubt on his face.

"Mr. Herman's non-compete agreement, isn't it six months?"

Herman restrained his expression, "Mr. Meng is really waiting for me?"

"As I said before, I am looking forward to Mr. Herman's coming to host our Dafeng Group's database conference. Mr. Herman has not given a clear response, so I can only wait." Meng Qian said while eating a piece Cut the beef.

"What is the purpose of Mr. Meng? Your database was developed by you, why should I host it? This is unfair to the core developers of Dafeng Group's database."

"Mr. Herman said exactly the opposite. It is precisely because I hope that the efforts of the employees of the Dafeng Group can get greater returns, so I want Mr. Herman to host our database conference.

Because I am not only interested in Mr. Herman's talent, but also Mr. Herman's industry influence.

Mr. Herman should be a legend in this industry. I will give Mr. Herman a push, and Mr. Herman will give Dafeng Group a push. It is good for everyone. "

"Mr. Meng speaks directly."

"I want to tell you that the reason I invited you is because of personal feelings, do you believe it?"

For the first time, Herman couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Meng, at the World Congress of Mathematicians, I really didn't want to embarrass you, but really questioned you."

Meng Qian also couldn't help laughing, and raised his glass to signal, "Mr. Herman is also very direct in speaking."

After the two had a sip of wine, Herman put away his smile again, "Mr. Meng estimates that facing Oracle's next-generation database, will Dafeng Group still have an advantage?"

"Mr. Herman should still remember the plan I showed you?" Meng Qian asked.

"Of course I remember." Herman subconsciously used of course, after all, the overlap rate between that plan and Herman's plan was too high.

"Although we haven't had the opportunity to invite Mr. Herman in the past few months, the conversation Mr. Herman had with our company employees in the R\u0026D center last time gave us a lot of inspiration. Based on Mr. Herman's suggestion, our The database also underwent a massive optimization."

Herman looked at Meng Qian, and saw an inexplicable confidence in his eyes, "When will Mr. Meng return to China?"

"It depends on Mr. Herman's arrangement and attitude first."

"I hope to see Dafeng Group's database launch at the end of the month, not six months later."

"What does Mr. Herman mean?" Meng Qian was naturally puzzled.

Herman found an agreement and put it in front of Meng Qian, "I am very clear about the gameplay of Oracle's press conference. Your product is really good, and it will be more beneficial for Dafeng Group to head-to-head, but I want to remind you that Oracle 10G, It will be more perfect than you can imagine."

Meng Qian looked at Herman's cancellation of the non-compete agreement, and couldn't help but find it interesting, "Mr. Herman, don't underestimate the database of Dafeng Group.

But if a press conference is developed at the end of the month, it may be a bit troublesome for Mr. Herman. "

"How to say? The competition agreement has been revoked, and I am now free."

Meng Qian thought for a while, "Is it convenient for Mr. Herman to come back to the company with me these two days? You can understand some things after reading it."

"Okay." Herman didn't write anything, he only cleaned up for one night, and returned to China with Meng Qian the next day. As for the visa and other things, he had already completed the visa, so it can be seen that he really resigned for the Dafeng Group.

Meng Qian was basically sure that Herman would come. If he just resigned from Oracle and went to a company like Microsoft, it really doesn’t make much sense, but Meng Qian should come to the United States. One thing, if you don't give respect to talents, how can you make them respect you? It's all about money.

Not everyone has money in their eyes.

The two discussed issues such as salary, benefits and positions on the plane. After arriving at the company, Herman went directly to the HR department to sign the contract.

Herman got the position of technical director in Dafeng Group, which is at the same level as Ding Mingyuan, but Herman's work will be more focused than Ding Mingyuan's. At least in the short term, his job is the database, and he will not be allowed to do other things.

After signing the contract and officially becoming employees of Dafeng Group, Meng Qian and Herman went straight to the R\u0026D center, and took Herman to understand the current situation of Dafeng Group's database.

After spending the night in the R\u0026D center, Herman already understood what Meng Qian was talking about.

"Actually, waiting for six months is just a protection for you." Meng Qian and Herman said while eating supper, "I can use this six months to have a round of friction with Oracle. With a development conference, some things may be unavoidable."

"It doesn't matter." Herman has already made a decision after thinking about it himself, "I have a clear conscience, so I don't care about these things. Since I am an employee of the Dafeng Group, what I care about is how to develop the database of the Dafeng Group."

On February 20, some western media started to build momentum. Oracle's latest database was called the next-generation application infrastructure software integration kit when it was advertised. It is not just an update of Oracle database, but an era of database.

In the media publicity, Oracle stated that the new data will break the limitations of traditional databases and push the database to a new level. According to the publicity, Oracle's new generation database will completely change everyone's usage habits and create a new era. era.

At the same time, with the hard work of the past ten years, thousands of employees have jointly developed and other gimmicks, and then some data will be released a little bit, and finally various Mi version shocking bodies will appear.

The whole publicity gives people the feeling that Oracle is going to guide the development of the industry.

In fact, the so-called revolution of ORACLE 10g is the addition of the grid computing function, which has indeed improved performance, but it is not really a database revolution, but that is what Oracle wants to say, and it was also promoted by Oracle in the past.

Oracle and Google, the two big companies in the United States, are not in vain. No matter how small the achievement of these two products can be promoted as a human revolution, most users don’t understand it anyway.

Just like Google boasted three times to achieve quantum supremacy, people believed it three times. The publicity strategy of these two companies is simply: first brag, then respect.

On February 26, U.S. time, Herman went to the conference hotel to check the results.

"Boss, I just confirmed a message." During the break, John came to Ellison with a sullen face.

"What's up?"

"Herman really went to Gale Group."

Ellison couldn't help frowning, "It's really disappointing, where is this guy's arrogance?"

John didn't know how to respond to this sentence, so he didn't respond, "There is one more thing."

"explain."

"Gale Group will hold a database conference at 10:00 a.m. on the 28th, China time."

"Database press conference? Ten o'clock in the morning on the 28th?" Ellison was a little too late to react, "Isn't that nine o'clock in the evening on the 27th, US time?"

"Yes, that is. Hold a press conference at the same time as me."