Life 1984

Li Yunhai was surprised when he watched her finish a cocktail in one gulp.

"One more drink." She waved to the bartender.

The bartender mixed another margarita and placed it in front of her.

This time she didn't drink it all in one gulp, but drank it slowly.

Li Yunhai now knew that this beauty's name was Xiaosi, but he did not strike up a conversation with her. He just took out the money to pay for the bill, and then everyone drank their own drinks.

Xiaosi seemed to be waiting for someone, glancing at the exquisite watch on her wrist from time to time.

After a while, a young man wearing a white hat, white suit, and white leather shoes walked in. He glanced at the bar, came to the bar and sat down, put his hands on the bar, and looked at Xiaosi with a smile.

"Jackson!" Xiaosi showed a charming smile and hugged the man gently.

The man showed a bright smile.

As if he had discovered a new world, the bartender let out a long voice: "Jackson! It's really you!"

Jackson blinked at him and made a silence gesture to signal him to keep quiet, and then said to Xiaosi: "I'm sorry, I'm late, the plane is delayed. Maybe I can take you to school tomorrow?"

Xiaosi put her chin on her hand and said: "I'm not happy. I have too few friends. I only asked you to come over and accompany me. I didn't expect you to actually come over. I hope I didn't disturb your work?"

"There is no job that is more enjoyable than spending time with friends." Jackson shrugged his shoulders, "Although the night is already late, I think there is still time for us. Where should we go?"

Xiaosi stretched out her hand: "I have spent all my money, please lend me some first."

Jackson reached into his pocket and took out several thousand dollars: "Is that enough?"

Xiao Si only took out one of the coins and handed it to Li Yunhai: "Thank you."

Li Yunhai shook his hand and said, "I'll buy you a drink."

Xiaosi smiled brightly, revealing two rows of teeth that were whiter than her skin. She took back the money and waved to Li Yunhai: "Goodbye!"

Li Yunhai nodded slightly.

Xiao Si and Jackson left together, and Jackson also waved to Li Yunhai.

The bartender was extremely excited. Even though he had not drank any alcohol, his face was even redder than if he had been drinking. He said, "It's incredible. I actually met the King of Pop, Jackson!"

He greeted Li Yunhai: "Hey, do you know Jackson? Aren't you excited to see him?"

Li Yunhai shook his head. Although he recognized the iconic face, he was not star-struck.He is also not interested in foreign pop music.

He finished his glass of wine, got up and left, returning to the hotel room.

The next day, Li Yunhai did not negotiate with anyone from GCA, nor did he immediately leave for GCA to inspect.

The purchase order he wants to purchase has reached US$7.8 million, which is not a small amount of money in the United States.

Take the talented singer Jackson as an example. In his heyday, his annual income was only 5000 million to 7.8 million US dollars.It would take almost a golden decade to earn $[-] million.

This money is also Li Yunhai's entire net worth now. He used it to purchase a set of machines because he didn't want to be played as a fool by others.

The arrogance, rudeness and condescension of the GCA representatives made Li Yunhai feel that these people were not sincere in cooperating.

He doesn't care how bad the after-sales service in the United States is. After he paid the money, he must have corresponding after-sales service.

Li Yunhai decided to wait for a reply from Nikon before making a decision.

This meant he had to stay in New York for one more day.

Fortunately, New York is an international city worth visiting.

Li Yunhai and Gong Jie came to 82nd Street on Fifth Avenue to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which houses art and cultural relics from all over the world and has more than 300 million exhibits.

They came to the Asian Department and saw a dazzling array of rare cultural relics from ancient my country.

Gong Jie asked in surprise: "Why are there so many Chinese cultural relics?"

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly: "In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the vast majority of Chinese cultural relics were purchased from private individuals or antique dealers. Before 1949, my country's antique market was almost open to the international market. During the war, Many poor families were forced to sell their collections to make a living and sell them to Chinese or foreigners. At that time, Americans were rich and collected various cultural relics from all over the world for collection. Of course, some of them were stolen and sold."

Gong Jie let out a soft sigh.

The two spent most of the day in the metropolis. After coming out, they went to watch an opera performance on Broadway.

What they watched was the opera "Les Misérables", which was adapted from Hugo's novel of the same name. It was spectacular from beginning to end, with clear story telling, strong perspective, and sincere theme.It was a five-star performance, packed with power.

Gong Jie shed tears. She is a sentimental person, deeply affected by Fantine's tragic fate, and also lamented by Jean Valjean's wandering life.

"Is Jean Valjean's ending the fate of each of us?" Gong Jie asked Li Yunhai softly.

Li Yunhai shook his head gently, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, saying: "No, he lived a more exciting life. Although he suffered hardships, he also enjoyed the happiness of family. Although he died alone in the end, he still had his daughter. His son-in-law gave him a funeral. Perhaps the ending of more people is not as good as that of Jean Valjean."

Gong Jie wiped away her tears and said, "I suddenly want to have a child. I think Koset is so cute. I also want to have a daughter like this."

Li Yunhai said the key point: "First you have to find a man."

Gong Jie burst into tears and smiled: "Of course I know, I have to find a man first, and then I can have children——"

She felt that discussing this kind of issue with Li Yunhai was too private, and she couldn't help but blush.

The two returned to the Plaza Hotel.

Professor Ni reported to Li Yunhai that there was a reply from Dongyang.

Li Yunhai cheered up and asked him what the Dongyang side said?
Professor Ni said that Nikon is willing to sell a complete production line, including the most advanced stepper lithography machine and DRAM chip production line.

Li Yunhai asked, in addition to these, what other high and new technologies do we need to maintain our leading position in the chip industry?

Professor Ni was silent for a while and said that was too much. Semiconductor materials are also a field with very high technical barriers in the materials industry.

Semiconductor materials have a common characteristic, which is that they require very high purity.For example, the purity requirement of silicon as a raw material is 11N, which is 99.999999999%.A semiconductor factory requires a large amount of high-purity water for cleaning every day.The purity of water is also required to be above 6N.It should be pointed out that not every country has the ability to produce this kind of high-purity water.The field of semiconductor materials is very wide. For example, in the chip production process, an electronic chuck is required to transfer wafers.

The development of the precision chemical materials industry is also very important.

Some high-tech companies, after developing new technologies, deliberately do not apply for patents for the technologies they develop, but instead turn them into black boxes.It is difficult for late-developing countries to imitate other than research and development.

This is why, even if you can buy high-tech products and dismantle them, you may not be able to figure out what's going on.

Regarding this point, Li Yunhai expressed his understanding. In fact, he was doing the same.

In the field of CCA, Li Yunhai has developed several CCA formulas with different formulas, but he only used one to register a patent. He also made the others black box and will use them when needed in the future.

Professor Ni said that in addition to hardware, there is also software.Toyo has long attached great importance to manufacturing, but despised the development of the software industry, so Toyo's EDA software is not outstanding.All large companies in Japan have developed their own design software internally and regard it as their own competitiveness and are unwilling to disclose it to the outside world.

In this purchase, GCA not only sells hardware equipment to Li Yunhai, but also sells him a complete set of software.

Professor Ni said that Nikon also has its own EDA software, but it is definitely far behind GCA.

Li Yunhai asked, what is Nikon's quotation?
Professor Ni said that their offer is very cheap, only US$7 million, including a full set of hardware and software.

Li Yunhai thought to himself, this would save 0.8 million US dollars!
But Toyo's EDA software is a little worse.

There is another point worthy of Li Yunhai's attention.

It is the Japanese semiconductor industry that is being severely beaten by the Americans. Maybe in a few years, the Japanese semiconductor industry will collapse. If they want to buy subsequent upgraded products, they will still have to go back to the Americans.

However, it is also possible that the future chip industry pattern will be completely rewritten!

Both Nikon and GCA will withdraw from the stage of history.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest winner in the future will be Azimai Company.

So now it’s not a big problem who to buy from.

Li Yunhai asked Professor Ni, who should we turn to for procurement?
Professor Ni made an analysis and said that each of the two companies has its own advantages.Nikon's machines are more reliable and have good after-sales service, but their shortcoming is EDA software. GCA just doesn’t have after-sales service, and I guess they can’t provide after-sales service either.And I told you before that the yield rate of GCA's products is not high, and the failure rate is four times that of Toyo equipment.

Toyo's semiconductor equipment was actually synonymous with cheapness in the 50s, and its price was far lower than that of European and American products.But no matter how cheap the Toyo products are, they must strive to achieve the highest quality.They quickly occupied the global semiconductor market with high-quality and low-price products.

This is the low-price strategy adopted by others.

Nowadays, our country's products are also synonymous with low prices internationally.

It depends on whether we can seize the opportunity, win with quality and price, and seize the market.

After having the right to speak in the market, you can naturally increase the selling price and increase profits.

After Li Yunhai thought twice, he decided to cooperate with Nikon, which could save 8 million US dollars!
With this money left, how good would it be for him to use it to acquire stocks of American technology companies?
This year, Dell, like Sihai Group, was still in the development stage. It quickly opened up the US market with cheap assembly machines, making annual profits of more than 6000 million US dollars, and its annual growth rate reached 80%!

Dell will, like Sihai Group, plan to conduct an IPO in 1988.

Li Yunhai knows that the best time to buy American company stocks is next year.

The stock market crash in the United States will cause all stocks to plummet.

Li Yunhai only needs to leave a large amount of funds now and come to the United States next year to buy goods.

For stocks like Goldman Sachs and Microsoft, you can make money if you buy them.

Li Yunhai made a decision and said: "Professor Ni, let's go to Japan and find Nikon for cooperation."

Gong Jie asked: "We are in the United States, can we fly to Japan? Do we need to apply for a visa?"

Professor Ni smiled and said: "This is easy. We have a visa from the United States and an air ticket here - haven't you lost it? We can use these two to apply for a transit visa from Dongyang. Dongyang recognizes the visa of the United States and you can stay in Dongyang. Three days. If it exceeds three days, you must apply for a visa. With Nikon’s endorsement, we want to get a Toyo visa, which will definitely be no problem.”

Li Yunhai said that three days should be enough, so we should contact Nikon first. After we go there, we will inspect their machines and then sign a contract.

The three of them took action immediately.

Two days later, Li Yunhai and others went to Tokyo International Airport.

Before they came, they contacted Nikon, who valued this cooperation and sent a special car to greet them.

Nikon, whose full name is "Toyo Optical Co., Ltd. Nikon Co., Ltd.", is a well-known optical instrument manufacturer in Toyo, founded in 1917.It is a subsidiary of the Sanling Consortium.

The world probably knows Nikon because of their SLR cameras.In fact, in addition to cameras, Nikon also produces and sells various types of optical equipment, glasses, microscopes, measuring instruments and other high-quality optoelectronic products.

What many people don’t know is that in the 90s and [-]s, Nikon’s photolithography machines led the world’s technological progress for more than ten years.

If there were no restrictions, suppression, and exclusion from the United States, Nikon would be able to become the strongest semiconductor king in the future, and there would be no problem with Aramai.

But there can be no if, because in this world, the strong have the final say!

A flight from New York to Tokyo International Airport slowly lowered its altitude and landed at Haneda International Airport.

At the exit of the airport, a young woman, wearing a white-collar skirt and a women's suit, was holding a pick-up sign in one hand and eating a cone in the other.

She had shoulder-length hair tied into a loose ponytail, and the bangs on her forehead just covered her eyebrows.Big round eyes, bright smile, and black hair give people a pure and charming feeling.

Watching the passengers come out, she quickly raised the sign in her hand and quickly finished the cone in her hand. It was so cold that she stretched her tongue out from time to time to warm it up.

"Hey! Hello!" A steady male voice rang in her ear, "Is it Nikon Company here to pick me up?"

The Japanese girl swallowed the cone in her mouth, put down the sign, and smiled: "Hey! Hello, I am Michiko from Nikon Company. I am happy to serve you!"

What appeared in front of her eyes was a handsome face. He had a smooth and white face, showing an angular coldness; his deep black eyes were filled with a charming luster; his thick eyebrows and high bridge of nose were absolutely stunning. Beautiful lip shape exudes nobility and elegance.

"Are you Mr. Li Yunhai from Sihai Group?" Michiko showed her sweetest smile to greet this most precious guest, fearing that her smile was not sweet enough and would scare away this major customer with hundreds of millions of dollars.

"I'm Li Yunhai." Li Yunhai raised his hand.

Michiko thought he was going to shake hands, so she quickly put the cone wrapper in her pocket and stretched out her hand.

Li Yunhai took out his passport and handed it to Michiko to see.Michiko leaned over to take a look, then looked at Li Yunhai, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Li Yunhai, the company sent me to pick you up. Please follow me this way."

Li Yunhai stopped her: "Miss Michiko, please wait a moment."

"Nani?"

"Please show your valid ID. I have to make sure you are a Nikon employee. Sorry, we are new to your place, so we must be careful about everything."

"OK, got it!"

Michiko took something out of her pocket and put it in Li Yunhai's hand.

Li Yunhai opened his eyes wide and looked at the object in his hand: "Excuse me, what is this?"

Michiko took a look and realized that she was too impatient and put the cone wrapper in Li Yunhai's hand.

"I'm sorry!" Michiko's pretty face flushed, and she quickly took away the wrapping paper from Li Yunhai's hand, then took out one of her own badges and handed it over.

Li Yunhai glanced at her and then at her, full of doubts. Is this little confused person in front of him a staff member of Nikon Company?

He felt the enthusiasm of the Japanese people, which was completely different from the cold and arrogant Americans.Regardless of whether the other party was doing it out of social etiquette, at least it made him feel a little warm.

But is Nikon too perfunctory?Or is it too busy?Is this casual, sending out the most idle person in the office?
"Thank you!" Li Yunhai returned the badge to Michiko.

Michiko grinned: "This way, please!"

She quickened her steps to lead the way. When she passed a trash can, she ran over and threw the wrapping paper and the pick-up sign in her hand into the trash can.

Then, she ran over again. Her feet were small and her steps were small, like small steps. She ran fast, and the ponytail behind her head flicked.

She took Li Yunhai and the others to a business-brand seven-seater Coaster parked outside.

This kind of commercial vehicle has a large space and spacious seats, which is much more comfortable than taking a car.

There is a driver in the car.

Michiko asked Li Yunhai and the others to get into the car. She came up last and closed the door. After everyone was seated firmly, she told the driver to drive.

She sat next to Li Yunhai. After fastening her seat belt, she leaned over and helped Li Yunhai fasten his seat belt. There was no fragrance on her body, only a nice body fragrance.

This is the body odor of young girls, light and slightly sweet.

Li Yunhai said thank you.

Michiko always has a sweet smile on her face, as if she has nothing unhappy in this world.

The car entered downtown Tokyo.

Li Yunhai looked at the familiar street scene outside.

The streets in Japan in this era are very similar to those in mainland my country 20 years later.

Many scenes can also overlap with the Japanese movies and TV dramas I have watched.

Gong Jie came to Tokyo for the first time and asked, "Mr. Li, why are there so many Chinese characters here?"

"These are actually Japanese, and Japanese is derived from our Chinese characters, so you can see that there are many Chinese characters on their signs. If you buy a local newspaper and guess, you can probably understand [-] to [-]% of it."

"Really? That's interesting."

"If you put aside history, Japan is indeed an interesting place. But without the past, where would the present come from? A nation that forgets history is shameful."

"Makes sense."

Michiko can speak Japanese, English and Chinese.

But her Chinese was average, and she had just communicated with Li Yunhai in English.

She didn't understand the conversation between Li Yunhai and the others, but she kept smiling the whole time.

Li Yunhai glanced at her and pointed to the right side of his face with a smile.

Michiko's eyes widened and she looked at him in confusion.

Li Yunhai pointed to the right side of his face again and smiled.

Michiko's expression suddenly became shy.

Li Yunhai saw that she didn't understand and was about to explain.

But Michiko suddenly leaned over and kissed Li Yunhai's right cheek gently.

Li Yunhai was stunned!
Even if European and American women are so bold and open-minded, why are Eastern women so proactive and open-minded?

But he soon realized that the other party must have misunderstood him.

Fortunately, neither Gong Jie nor Professor Ni, who were sitting in the back, noticed the scene just now. They were both looking at the Dongyang street scene outside!

Li Yunhai pointed at Michiko's face and said, "You have something dirty here."

Michiko exclaimed softly, opened her bag, took out a makeup mirror and took a look, and sure enough she saw a little cream from the cone on her right cheek.

She was so shy that she took out a tissue, wiped it in the mirror, packed her things, and said to Li Yunhai: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I didn't mean it just now. I misunderstood what you meant."

Li Yunhai waved his hand, thinking that even if you misunderstood what I meant, would I kiss my face if I asked you to?

His mental evaluation of this little confused person became lower again.

The car drove quickly and stopped in front of a building.

Li Yunhai got out of the car, looked at the unique building in front of him, looked at the golden triangular tiles behind the sign, and asked: "Ms. Michiko, isn't this the headquarters of Nikon Company? Is this like a hotel?"

"Yes, this is Okura Hotel. It is one of the three major hotels in our country, together with the Empire and Akasaka New Otani, known as the Gosanjia, which is the three best hotels in our country. We have booked a room for you here. "

"Oh!"

Li Yunhai thought to himself, this Nikon company is not bad and has arranged everything.

This hotel was built in the 60s. In the lobby surrounded by wooden grilles of Hotel Okura, you can still feel the atmosphere of Tokyo in the 1960s in the changing scenery of wood, paper, chandeliers, and Japanese flower arrangements.

The partition wall adopts a four-sided petal structure, and there is a world map clock wall behind the front desk, showing the time in six regions of the world.

The "Kirikodama" hexagonal chandelier with crystal jade cut into linear shapes is dazzling.Light penetrates the leaf-shaped wooden lattice and large Japanese screens, illuminating the interior during the day and casting silhouettes at night.

It can be seen that the design of this hotel is unique. The designer treats the world with traditional Eastern aesthetics. The hotel itself is more like a museum, showing the ultimate artistic charm everywhere.

Gong Jie and Professor Ni were also attracted by the style of this hotel and couldn't help but look around.

After checking in, the hotel staff helped carry the luggage to the elevator.

The elevator girl in kimono, tall and beautiful, is a sight to behold.

This is indeed the most beautiful hotel in the East.

No wonder so many dignitaries from the business and political circles do not stay at the magnificent Akasaka Toyo State Guesthouse in Tokyo when they visit Tokyo, but choose to stay at this world-famous Okura Hotel.

Li Yunhai lived in a suite, while Gong Jie and Professor Ni lived in a double bed room.

Each of the three rooms has its own characteristics and is decorated in Japanese style.

After Michiko arranged for Li Yunhai and others to move in, she did not leave, but stood in Li Yunhai's living room.

Li Yunhai asked: "Miss Michiko, when will we go to Nikon Company?"

Michiko smiled and said: "Mr. Li, our President Yoshida told me that you have come a long way and are tired from the journey. Please rest here for one night. President Yoshida will come to meet you tomorrow."

"Okay!" Li Yunhai flew all the way here. After flying for 15 hours, he was indeed a little tired. It seemed like he didn't have to do anything on the plane, but it was actually very hard, so he said, "Then I'll take a rest. The jet lag is about to come back again." !trouble."

"Yes, hard work."

Michiko went to the bedroom to check attentively, making sure that the bedding and everything were brand new, and then invited Li Yunhai to come in and rest.

Li Yunhai yawned and went to bed.

Michiko bent towards him, turned off the lights in the room, closed the curtains, and retreated.

When I woke up, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon local time.

Li Yunhai smelled it, took some clothes and took a shower.

He changed his clothes and came to the living room, ready to call Lin Zhi to report that he was safe.

As soon as he entered the living room, he saw Michiko sitting on the sofa.

When she saw Li Yunhai coming out, she stood up with a smile and bent over: "Mr. Li, you're awake."

Li Yunhai asked in surprise: "I thought you were gone! You won't be sitting here all the time, right?"

"Yes, I have been waiting for Mr. Li." When Michiko smiled, her big eyes squinted like two crescent moons, and her long eyelashes were as beautiful as butterfly wings.

Li Yunhai walked to the phone and said, "You don't have to wait for me, you can go do your work!"

Michiko replied: "My job is to accompany Mr. Li and take care of Mr. Li's daily life in Japan. If Mr. Li feels that I am not taking good care of him, then I can leave and let someone else take care of him."

Li Yunhai was stunned, thinking that you guys are too thoughtful!I'm not used to it.

He picked up the phone and asked, "Can I make international long distance calls?"

Michiko replied respectfully: "Of course, please remember to add the area code for international long distance calls."

Li Yunhai nodded and called Lin Zhi.

The time difference between my country and Tokyo is one hour, which means that Tokyo is one hour ahead of my country.

Lin Zhi is still at work at this moment.

She received a call from Li Yunhai and happily asked him if he had arrived in Tokyo. She also asked if Tokyo was nice.
Li Yunhai said it was just so-so, that's all.

Lin Zhi pouted and said, "Look how much fun you guys have! After visiting New York, we went to Tokyo again! I'm the only one staying in Xizhou and can't go anywhere! Huh! I don't want to do that anymore!"

Li Yunhai laughed loudly and said, "Okay, don't be angry anymore. I will take you to travel around the world next time."

"My US visa has been approved."

"Okay, as long as you get approved for the first time, it will be much easier to renew in the future. I will take you to the United States next time!"

"Yunhai, let me tell you something. My dad will probably be transferred away!"

Li Yunhai felt nervous and asked, "Where will he be transferred?"

"I don't know yet. Anyway, I heard my parents talking about this. Maybe they want to be transferred to another province!"

"Transferred to another province?"

"Yes, aren't they, people with high-level positions, being transferred everywhere?"

"What about auntie? Are you going too?"

"I don't know now! The transfer order hasn't been issued yet, everything is just speculation."

Li Yunhai's heart sank suddenly, thinking that this was not good news! (End of chapter)