Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 524 Hong Kong-funded company
"This..." Li Jiang froze for a moment after hearing the words, wanted to laugh but held back out of politeness.

"Continue." Duan Yun signaled Li Jiang to continue unpacking the cartons.

The next moment, Li Jiang opened the two boxes, revealing important components such as the main unit of the display and the keyboard.

Compared with the vertical independent chassis commonly used in later generations, this IBM chassis is placed under the monitor, and the keyboard is also large, giving people a heavy feeling in design.

"This is the XT5160 microcomputer produced by IBM in the United States. It is an upgraded model of the world's first IBM PC1. The CPU uses an 5150 black processor, the memory is 8088k, the hard disk is 640 m, and the graphics card is an 10-bit cca card. Operating system cc-DOS8..." Li Jiang carefully explained to Duan Yun after placing the main components of these computers neatly on the coffee table.

"Okay, you don't need to tell me such details, you assemble this computer for me first, and let me have a look after it starts up." Duan Yun interrupted Li Jiang's words.

"Okay." Li Jiang nodded, and then skillfully assembled the computer.

Li Jiang assembled the computer in less than 5 minutes.

After turning on the power, Li Jiang pressed the start button, and the screen quickly switched to the black and white DOS system.

"This is currently the most advanced personal computer in the United States. It has many functions. Compared with the first-generation product, this 1 computer uses DOS5160. Let me show you its basic functions..." Li Jiang As he spoke, he sat in front of the computer and tapped the keyboard a few times.

"I'll try it myself." Duan Yun signaled Li Jiang to leave, and he wanted to operate the computer himself.

"If you want to use this kind of computer, you need special training. It is very difficult to get started without a few months and half a year of study..." Li Jiang said with a smile, but when he saw Duan Yun sitting in front of and behind the computer, his face was pale. There was a flash of disdain.

From Li Jiang’s point of view, the people who come to his company to buy computers are some purchasing personnel from the company. They only have a general understanding of computers, but few of them really understand how to operate them. They buy them back and put them in the unit to train employees. , and this computer uses a different system from the 5150 sold in the past, and many operation instructions need to be relearned, and most people do not have this technology.

However, when you saw Duan Yun put his hands on the keyboard and typed out a series of DOS commands quickly and skillfully, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

As soon as the expert makes a move, there is only no.

In Duan Yun’s previous life, he spent half his life dealing with computers. Whether it was in college, a few years as a technician in a factory, or later as a postgraduate doctor, computers were the tools he used the most, so for this kind of DOS The system, it can be said, is so familiar that it enters instructions and operates the speed of the system.Li Jiang, who has studied computers for a whole year, felt a little unbelievable.

In fact, for Duan Yun, the main purpose of buying this computer is to write some assembly language, develop BIOS machine, ISA version card development, and process some financial technical data in the factory and account data of his own workshop.

In addition, the most important use is to make the software program system of the CNC equipment in the factory.

"This... Boss, what do you do?" A few minutes later, Li Jiang asked Duan Yun in a somewhat respectful tone.

"My eldest brother is the manager of the gear factory, and he is also a college student." Gao Lei said proudly.

"He's already a college student manager at such a young age, amazing, really young and promising." Li Jiang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Duan Yun with more admiration.

"By the way, does your company sell printers?" Duan Yun ignored Li Jiang's compliment and asked directly.

"We have a Toshiba 3070 printer produced by Japan's Toshiba Corporation here. It is a 24-pin printer and the price is 6000 yuan..." Li Jiang said.

"Is it in stock?" Duan Yun asked.

"This is the same as the computer, and it still needs to be booked in advance..." Li Jiang said with a slight frown.

"Book in advance? Do you need to book in advance to buy anything here?" Duan Yun asked.

"I'm really sorry, it's like this, our company boss is from Hong Kong, and we don't have a local warehouse in Xiamen, so when a customer buys a large item, we need to contact the headquarters in Hong Kong, and their warehouse will deliver the goods, so It needs to be booked in advance." Li Jiang said apologetically.

"It turns out that this is a company registered in Hong Kong."

Hearing this, Duan Yun understood completely.

The southeast coast has always had a glorious tradition and a long history of fighting smuggling.

Since this region faces Taiwan and is close to Hong Kong and Macao, there are many overseas Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Since the early 80s, the international and domestic environment has changed, and smuggling has been rampant along the long coastline along the southeast coast.

Although the state launched a heavy blow to combat smuggling and the effect was obvious, in fact, another legal smuggling activity emerged from the early 80s to 87. During this period, the three provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang adopted special flexibility in economic and foreign trade. Measures, special economic zones have been established in three provinces one after another, especially during the development of Fujian's trade space with Taiwan, some special foreign trade companies also appeared in Xiamen. They colluded to wantonly smuggle imported high-end durable consumer goods and raw materials in short supply.

Due to the banner of foreign trade with Taiwan, there are many preferential policies, such as tax exemptions, which can be used. This foreign trade company should use various means to evade taxes and import some foreign products in the name of Hong Kong investment. electrical equipment.

But in any case, this company is still legal and can issue invoices, and Duan Yun has no problem buying computers from here.

"... Let's talk about the printer later, okay, let's get this computer done first." Duan Yun said.

(End of this chapter)