Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 286 Virus
At this time, even Zhao Ye was shocked by the madness of the Internet bubble.

He had experienced this in his previous life, but he was only a university teacher at the time, with limited vision and little understanding of the Internet bubble. However, the Internet bubble at that time would never be as crazy as it is now.

Zhao Ye frowned slightly and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "The market value of Wujiang Portal has soared to 5000 billion U.S. dollars, which is unbelievable! Moreover, the craziest thing is that in this half year alone, the website The market value of the company has increased by US$3000 billion, which is really scary!”

After a pause, he sighed, "Once the bubble bursts, it will be like an avalanche, and the entire industry will suffer a huge blow..."

"The Internet winter in the next two years will definitely be difficult~"

While sorting out the information, Liu Yinyin smiled and said: "Director Zhao, it's hard for them too. Our company still has a large amount of funds in its account, which is enough to maintain the company's normal operations!"

"Yeah." Zhao Ye smiled and nodded.

"Director Zhao, our group has not yet developed a travel website. There are many such websites on the Internet, such as Ctrip, Priceline, tripadvisor, etc. By then, when the Internet winter comes, we can take the opportunity to acquire them!"

"Well, yes, I have this plan too. By the way, since the group company is preparing to enter the tourism industry, the domestic transportation conditions must be strengthened again. Please inform Shi Yuanzhou and ask Wujiang Transportation Company to increase investment in this area."

"Okay, Director Zhao."

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As the saying goes, "If you want to be rich, build roads first."

The country attaches great importance to infrastructure construction in the transportation industry.

Wujiang Group has also been investing in highways and subways, which can not only make money but also speed up domestic transportation construction.

The country has excess money that can be invested in other areas, such as accelerating the research and development of high-speed rail and subway, the construction of national highways, bridges, tunnels...

At present, the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is still relatively obvious.

There are not many people who can afford cars, which is equivalent to the level in 2004. Among them, there are 1365 million private cars, and the number of sedans among private cars is 600 million.

In addition, domestic train speeds are relatively slow and the number of trains is limited. Therefore, long-distance buses and short-distance buses still have a huge market.

It was around 10 a.m. the next day.

Zhao Ye and his team showed up at the Tiangong Benz factory to inspect the situation.

Tiangong Benz Factory mainly produces: Mercedes-Benz cars, Mercedes-Benz trucks and Mercedes-Benz buses, with an annual output of up to 500 million vehicles.

Its largest user is also Wujiang Group.

Lalamove Logistics Company, a subsidiary of Wujiang Group, has purchased 40 Mercedes-Benz trucks so far.

Mercedes-Benz trucks with the "Lalamove" logo can be seen everywhere across the country shuttling in the streets and alleys of cities.

E-commerce logistics, intra-city/cross-city freight, moving, LTL, car rental and sales, etc... are all the business scope of Lalamove.

Different from previous generations of Lalamove, which integrated social transportation resources through a sharing model and completed massive transportation capacity reserves, Lalamove in this generation relies entirely on the extremely abundant funds provided by Wujiang Group for development.

All truck drivers are regular employees of Lalamove.

In order to recruit more truck drivers, Lalamove has even built Lalamove truck training schools in every city to teach people how to drive trucks.

"Dr. Zhao, the model categories of Mercedes-Benz trucks can be divided into six series: ACTROS, ATEGO, AXO, Econic, Unimog, and Zetros.

What we're looking at now is the Actros truck line. "

At this time, the person in charge of the factory pointed to the current production line and introduced it to Zhao Ye.

"Actros is one of the more common Mercedes-Benz trucks in China. It uses a two-axle fixed chassis and has a load capacity of 3 to 5 tons. This series is powered by a supercharged, built-in water-cooled diesel engine manufactured by Mercedes-Benz itself. It’s 150 to 326 horsepower!”

Zhao Ye nodded and immediately asked: "How many units of this car have been sold in China so far?"

The person in charge answered without thinking: "55. However, nearly 30 Actros were bought by Lalamove."

Zhao Ye took a look at this Mercedes-Benz Actros. It looked very beautiful. The front face of the vehicle was divided into several obvious sections by straight lines. The full lines looked powerful and masculine.

"Let's go and take a look at the Mercedes-Benz bus." Zhao Ye greeted everyone.

The better the sales of Mercedes-Benz buses, the more favorable it will be for domestic tourists to travel in the future.

Not long after, everyone arrived at another large workshop.

According to the person in charge of the factory, Mercedes-Benz has several types of passenger cars. The more popular one is a light passenger car, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, which has 17 seats.

The Mercedes-Benz bus has more than 20 seats.

However, Mercedes-Benz buses are relatively expensive and their domestic sales are relatively low.

Moreover, there are other cheaper buses in the country. Many bus companies naturally choose cheaper buses in order to save costs.

After Zhao Ye learned about it, he understood it very much.

"Director Zhao, are you going to visit the production line of Mercedes-Benz cars next?" the person in charge of the factory asked.

"it is good."

Zhao Ye spent this morning at the Tiangong Benz factory.

Returning to the group company in the afternoon, Zhao Ye planned to let Tiangong Technology Company launch a high-quality and low-price bus.

Although Mercedes-Benz buses are of high quality, they are too expensive and cannot be afforded.

On the contrary, cheaper buses are more popular among users.

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Zhao Ye then called Zhou Huicheng, CEO of Tiangong Technology, to express his feelings.

After listening, Zhou Huicheng replied: "Director Zhao, I have had this idea for a long time! Mercedes-Benz buses have not opened up the domestic market very much. Many customers responded, mainly because Mercedes-Benz buses are too expensive. They hope that we can launch a A high-quality and low-priced bus. As for the price, it is best to be within 40 RMB!”

Zhao Ye frowned and said, "Can 40 yuan be enough to build a bus?"

Zhou Huicheng nodded: "Yes! We have calculated that if it is a bus independently developed by us and the domestic production rate is relatively high, the cost will not exceed 30 yuan! If it is sold for 40 yuan by then, there will still be a lot of profit margin!"

Tiangong Technology has already deployed many 4S stores in China. It sells its own products by itself. There is no middleman to make the difference, and the profit is relatively high.

Therefore, even if the profit is only 1, it can be done.

Furthermore, it can be regarded as a technical reserve so that more advanced buses can be developed in the future.

In Zhou Huicheng's view, Mercedes-Benz is a foreign brand after all. For every Mercedes-Benz sold, Tiangong Technology will also give Mercedes-Benz a share.

It's better to create your own private label.

Since Mercedes-Benz buses are not adapted to China's climate, an opportunity has come for Tiangong Technology Company.

After several years of study, Tiangong Technology Company has already mastered the manufacturing process of Mercedes-Benz buses, but some configurations, such as the engine, are manufactured by Mercedes-Benz itself and are relatively high-end.But Tiangong Technology has a substitute, which can use its own developed engine. Although it is not as good as the Mercedes-Benz engine, it is still relatively advanced.

"That's good, I hope our independently developed bus can be launched as soon as possible!!!" Zhao Ye said loudly.

"No problem, Director Zhao, don't worry, we are full of confidence in building this bus!" Zhou Huicheng said with a confident smile.

"Well, that's it, I'm hanging up the phone."

Tiangong Technology Company has been deeply involved in the automotive industry for many years, and its strength cannot be underestimated.

Zhao Ye naturally believed in Zhou Huicheng and others.

"Wait a minute, Director Zhao!"

"Is something wrong?" Zhao Ye asked.

"Yes, Director Zhao."

"What's the matter, tell me."

"That's right, Director Zhao, the military hopes that we can develop a powerful off-road vehicle. If we develop it independently, it will take a long time, so what I thought of was to acquire the Hummer Company." Zhou Huicheng said.

Zhao Ye was slightly surprised, "Hummer, I know, but this is an American company. Do you think it can be acquired?"

"Well, I think it's possible!" Zhou Huicheng nodded seriously and replied.

"Tell me the reason!" Zhao Ye frowned slightly, "You know, Hummer is a company that provides off-road vehicles to the US military!"

"Director Zhao, Hummer produces military vehicles and civilian off-road vehicles. What we are purchasing are civilian off-road vehicles!" Zhou Huicheng explained, "In recent years, Hummer off-road vehicles have not been very popular in the market. Hummer has been unable to make ends meet and has suffered a huge loss. Seriously. Our purpose in acquiring Hummer is to carry out secondary development based on it, and we will definitely be able to develop a military off-road vehicle that satisfies the domestic military as quickly as possible!"

After hearing this, Zhao Ye thought for a moment and felt that what Zhou Huicheng said made some sense. Hummer is the most famous off-road vehicle brand in the world, and it ranks first in the world in terms of technology. Even the civilian version of the off-road vehicle uses very advanced technology.

It’s just that I don’t know if the acquisition can be successful.

"Okay, you can send someone to try to acquire Hummer!" Zhao Ye said.

"Okay, Director Zhao!" Zhou Huicheng said with excitement. With Zhao Ye's approval, he can go all out to acquire Hummer Company - it would be great if Hummer is also owned by Tiangong Technology!he thought.

A few days later, Zhou Huicheng began to form a team to go to the United States to acquire Hummer.

In fact, the major shareholders of Hummer Company are eager to sell to Tiangong Technology and make a fortune.

However, the U.S. Congress and the military may not agree easily.

……

Zhao Ye actually doesn't have high hopes for acquiring Hummer, but he just wants to let them try. If they fail, they can strengthen their determination to develop independently.

As the manager of the group, Zhao Ye is relatively tolerant and open to his subordinates, and is willing to let them do many things.

as predicted.

The acquisition of Hummer quickly encountered obstacles.

However, Tiangong Technology Company has reached an acquisition intention with Hummer's shareholders, and now the two parties have decided to join forces and jointly petition Congress to approve the acquisition.

This may take some time to see results.

In a blink of an eye, the year 2000 is here.

Zhao Ye and the heads of major Internet companies under the Wujiang Group began to become nervous.

But at the same time there is a glimmer of hope.

However, just after 2000, the Millennium Bug problem suddenly broke out in computers all over the world.

Zhao Ye was also a little negligent and forgot about this.

He only reacted when his subordinates came down to report to him.

"Director Zhao, many people's computers around the world are down, just for individuals. For some companies, especially the Internet, this is a big blow. This may cause the Internet bubble to burst!" Wujiang Portal CEO Tang Letong hurried to Zhao Ye's office with a worried look on his face.

"Is there something wrong with the Borderless Portal?"

"Yes, Director Zhao, the server crashed. After our adjustments, it ran normally. However, the website has been out of service for about half an hour, which affects the user experience!"

Zhao Ye said: "It doesn't matter, it's a trivial matter. Please come forward and explain it. Users will understand and be considerate!"

"Okay, Director Zhao!"

Zhao Ye sent Tang Letong to the door and couldn't help but sigh.

There are too many things to do, and some things are always forgotten.

The millennium bug, also known as the "Computer Year 2000 Problem" and "Computer Millennium Bug Problem", refers to the fact that in some intelligent systems that use computer programs (including computer systems, automatic control chips, etc.), due to the year Only two decimal digits are used to represent the date. When the date is transferred from December 1999, 12 to January 31, 2000, the computer operating system mistakenly thinks that it is January 1, 1, thus giving the system a system for calculating the year and date. Bring destruction and cause technical, political, economic and legal problems.

Zhao Ye quickly asked his secretary Liu Yinyin to notify everyone of the meeting.

That afternoon, in the large conference room.

Zhao Ye discusses solutions to the "Millennium Bug" problem.

The impact of the millennium bug was huge.From computer systems including PC BIOS and microcode to operating systems, database software, commercial software and application systems, to telephone program-controlled switches, bank ATMs, security systems, factory automation systems, etc. related to computers and automatic control, Even a large number of electronic appliances, mechanical equipment and control systems that use embedded chip technology may be attacked by the "Millennium Bug".

At this moment, the outside world.

Governments around the world have come forward to fight the "Millennium Bug" with all their strength. TV stations and newspapers have followed up and reported on it. The momentum is so huge that people can't help but be shocked.

For a time, the "Millennium Bug" caused a huge sensation on the Internet!

This comes at a time when many people are wondering whether the "Millennium Bug" problem has been exaggerated.

"My computer is fine. There should be nothing wrong with it. It's such a waste of time and resources!"

"It's just an issue with the wrong time display. Do you need to make such a fuss?! I'm using a Windows system, and the time in the lower right corner of my computer is never right, but it never affects my gaming..."

"Yeah, is the Y[-]K problem really that serious? I don't think so either!"

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Just when everyone thought that the "Millennium Bug" was no big deal, the West African country The Gambia became the first country in the world to be seriously affected by the Millennium Bug. In addition to power supply interruptions in many places, it is expected that in the next few months, sea and air transportation, finance and government will Services have also been greatly affected, with the Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue and Customs being unable to operate.

As soon as the news came out, everyone exclaimed.

Immediately, on the Internet and on television, experts and professors explained the dangers of the "Millennium Bug" to the public.

(End of this chapter)