Life 1984

Li Yunhai pretended to be surprised and asked: "Do you still want to be paid? I thought you were performing for free."

Wu Wenfang pursed her lips and said, "Should we perform on a voluntary basis? That, that's okay."

Li Yunhai patted her cute face and said, "I'm just kidding, your salary should be calculated based on the male actor's salary! How much is the male lead, so is the female lead. How much is the supporting male role, so is the female supporting role."

Wu Wenfang exclaimed: "That's great!"

They contacted Zhou Xingxing and others.

Zhou Xingxing's salary was 40.

The salary for several movies he made in the 80s was less than 10 yuan, and few of them could reach more than 10 yuan.

This time he offered a high price of 40, which is already extremely high.

After all, Zhou Xingxing in the 80s had yet to produce a high-grossing movie.

Lin Zhi and others were very puzzled, why did Li Yunhai also invest in movies?

The reason given by Li Yunhai was very convincing. He spent millions just for fun, mainly to promote his company. If a movie becomes popular and the number of viewers reaches tens or even hundreds of millions, a soft advertising line or soft implant in the movie can allow tens of millions of people to see Sihai Group's products.

If he asks MJ to advertise, it will cost him US$800 million, which will allow him to make a dozen low-budget movies.

Lin Zhi doesn't understand this either, so he can do whatever he wants.

Li Yunhai and his party spent a few days in Xiangjiang. Seeing that it was the end of the year and they had to prepare for the CES electronics show in January 1990, they returned home.

Chen Meilin told Guo Wanhua that she wanted to travel to the United States with Li Yunhai.

Guo Wanhua felt that asking for leave to go out for fun was not the way for students, so she blocked her daughter's travel plan and said she would take you on the trip after the holiday.

Of course Chen Meilin refused to give up, saying that it would only be a few days, and there would be weekends in between, so she wouldn't miss much homework, so she cried and shouted that she wanted to play.

Guo Wanhua couldn't resist her, so she had to agree.

Let us say that after Li Yunhai and the others returned to Huacheng, they stayed in Zhiyuan, spent two days walking around Huacheng, and inspected the Huacheng branch.

After Xizhou International Airport is completed and opened to traffic, traveling will become much more convenient.

It only takes more than an hour to take a flight from Huacheng back to Xizhou.

After returning to Xizhou, Li Yunhai started preparing for the CES exhibition.

The orders obtained at this dealer conference must also be arranged for production.

In the midst of my busy schedule, it was New Year's Day of 1990.

After New Year's Day, Sihai Group is about to participate in the CES electronics show.

The year 1990 was a special year worth remembering for my country's electronics industry.

Few people know that my country's electronics industry started in 1952, at the same time as Japan, and developed twenty years earlier than South Korea and Taiwan. After thirty years of hard work after the founding of the People's Republic of China, by 1980, the electronics industry system composed of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Beijing, Fuzhou, Jiaotong, and the Ministry of Electronics Industry was able to develop a full set of core equipment for chip production, such as step-by-step laser projection Photolithography machines, ion implanters, pattern generators, mask shrinking machines, single crystal furnaces, etc. are all made in China.

当时我国军用芯片制造精度能达到5微米左右，并向3微米演进。能够仿制英特尔8080芯片和16K/64K内存芯片。我国的各类卫星、战机航电系统、舰船电子设备、弹道导弹导航系统、防空导弹引导头、相控阵雷达阵面、鱼雷声纳，主要采用国产元器件。

The Moore's cycle of rapid upgrading in the electronics industry will cause laggards to be left further and further behind, making it difficult to catch up.

Fortunately, the emergence of Sihai Group has enabled domestic electronic products to keep pace with the world.

In 1990, my country began to relax access to electronic products, abolishing approval restrictions and significantly reducing tariffs.

The benefits of doing this are obvious.

A large number of foreign PC brands have entered our country, which will create healthy competition.

The price of electronic products will drop significantly.

There is no doubt that Sihai Group will also suffer a huge impact from foreign electronic products.

The problem of electronic components is not a problem of any company. It must rely on the strong power of the country to coordinate and solve it. This is a life-and-death contest between industrial systems. Otherwise, even if Intel was born and grew up in our country, it will never survive long, because the United States is the standard setter of the electronics industry and can easily strangle you to death.

On December 1986, 12, the former Computer Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Electronic Industry led the 12 computer development team to establish Great Wall Computer Company. In the following four years, under the protection of the import license system, Great Wall lived a very prosperous life. At that time, the price of IBM PCs in Zhongguancun was 0520 to 4 yuan. Great Wall 3CH sold for more than 5 yuan per unit. A total of more than 0520 units were sold, with revenue of several hundred million.

Sihai Group also rose rapidly during this period and made its first pot of gold.

Before 1990, Li Yunhai had completed the overall layout in the electronics industry.

This is also the underlying reason why he spared no effort and invested all the money he earned in research and development.

Because there is not much time left for Sihai Group!

Before 1990, this was my country's best opportunity to establish a localized computer industry chain. At this time, the gap between my country and Europe and the United States is not large. Once a positive cycle of investment profits is realized, my country's electronics industry will have the energy to catch up with the Moore cycle that occurs every two years. With domestic enterprises as the core of industrial upgrading, we will not be outshone by Europe and the United States, and even South Korea and Taiwan will dare to step on it.

The industrial investment window is fleeting!

You could catch up with an investment of 4 million yuan back then, but you may not be able to catch up even if you invest 40 trillion yuan 4 years later! If you make one wrong move, you will regret it for forty years.

Fortunately, Li Yunhai and his Sihai Group persevered!

Li Yunhai did not take a short-sighted view of the immediate interests, but gritted his teeth and invested, achieving great success.

Sihai Group's huge annual investment has caused domestic private capital to follow suit, and an industrial chain created by domestic capital has been completely preserved.

In the 20s, computers were the preserve of only a few people. Before 80, imported PCs required approval documents and were subject to high tariffs of 1990% to 200%. In 300, my country's computer sales were 1984 units, of which IBM accounted for the vast majority.

In 1989, my country's domestic PCs accounted for more than 67% of the domestic market share!

Since 1990, my country has gradually lowered tariffs and canceled approvals. IBM, AST, Compaq and other foreign brand PCs have entered our country in large numbers, and domestic brand computer companies have been greatly affected.

Li Yunhai knew that a fierce battle was inevitable.

This expedition to CES can also be said to be Sihai Group's most important expedition to foreign markets.

Foreign brands are coming to our country to harvest, and Sihai brands will also take the initiative to attack foreign markets.

Therefore, Li Yunhai attaches great importance to this CES electronics show.

Li Yunhai, who has not participated in the exhibition in person for many years, will personally take charge.

Shen Xiulan returns after giving birth and will also go with her.

Li Yunhai organized the most powerful sales camp and headed to Las Vegas with the company's best products.

After the X64 chip has been updated, its performance has achieved breakthroughs, but it has not yet reached Li Yunhai's ideal, so he does not plan to release it prematurely.

Li Yunhai led the crowd to fly to Xiangjiang, picked up Chen Meilin, and then headed to the casino.

Guo Wanhua did not go because she had to coordinate orders for import and export products.

Just like Linzhi wants to stay in Xizhou to take charge of the overall situation.

Ever since having An An, Guo Wanhua's entire state has changed dramatically.

She put all her focus outside of work on her youngest son.

Even Li Yunhai only has one symbol left for her: son and his father.

The group set off from Xiangjiang and took a flight to the United States.

On the flight, Li Yunhai and Chen Meilin sat together.

Chen Meilin's excitement was palpable.

"Meilin, have you never been to the United States before?" Li Yunhai asked her, because he felt that given her family's conditions, it should be very common for her to go abroad when she was a child.

"No!" Chen Meilin smiled brightly, showing her snow-white teeth, "My dad never takes me abroad to play. My mom took me to Japan and Singapore several times."

Li Yunhai said: "Remember, after arriving in the United States, all your actions must be under my command. The United States is very developed, but it is also very chaotic, and dangers are everywhere. Especially single women who go out of town can easily become criminals. Target."

"Brother, don't scare me, okay? So many people go to the United States every year, but they all disappear without seeing them!"

"Haha! You are a little girl and you are so beautiful, so that is different!"

"Okay, I'll just listen to you."

Shen Xiulan asked: "Do people in Xiangjiang also like to immigrate to the United States?"

Li Yunhai said: "Absolutely! People go to higher places. Now the economic center of the world is indeed in the United States, and even we have to go to the United States to make money!"

The flight was boring, but luckily there was a pistachio like Chen Meilin to chat with, which brought a lot of joy to Li Yunhai.

The journey went smoothly to the American casino.

Li Yunhai and others checked into the hotel.

At the 1990 CES electronics show, 1600 reporters attended the event, setting a new high. This brought CES unprecedented attention and became the number one event in the field of consumer electronics and the annual benchmark for the field of consumer electronics. CES has strong media focus and started in 1990.

Li Yunhai made arrangements here in advance and advertised on local TV stations and on the streets.

Posters of MJ and the alien computer were plastered all over the city's main streets.

The eye-catching LOGO and Chinese logo of Sihai Group have also become the most conspicuous scenery in this city.

The exhibition arrangement work has been completed by the branch company in the United States. Li Yunhai went to take a look.

The U.S. branch has a completely new look after last year's reorganization.

The new branch manager's name is Jack, a talented student at Harvard University.

Last year, the sales of Sihai Group's products in the United States increased significantly, especially the ink tank printer, which became one of the best-selling printers in the United States.

Consumables produced in my country have also become hot commodities in the United States.

Li Yunhai still firmly holds CCA's bargaining power in his own hands.

As long as he has the patent rights of raw materials, he can set the prices of these products and then control the selling price of CCA.

Jack led the employees of the branch to welcome the leaders from the headquarters and visited the CES booth.

That night, Li Yunhai had a dinner with everyone and delivered an impassioned speech, hoping that this CES show would achieve good results.

As usual, Li Yunhai set a goal for everyone: US$3 million!

Everyone feels that this goal is set a bit high.

But Li Yunhai feels that goals are meant to be chased and achieved!

If it is just for you to complete the task, then I will directly set a price of 1 million US dollars, which can definitely be completed, but what is the point?

Everyone listened and thought it made sense.

But everyone knows that even if the goal is not achieved, the boss will not hold him accountable.

This year’s exhibition model, Li Yunhai, still invited Chen Hong and several of her classmates to come.

After dinner, Chen Meilin made sure that Li Yunhai took her to visit the casino.

Li Yunhai made an agreement with her that she could only visit and not play.

Chen Meilin raised her little mouth and asked, "Can I just play for a while?"

Li Yunhai asked her how much money she had in her pocket.

Chen Meilin said she had brought 20,000 US dollars.

Li Yunhai said, this is all your money for a few days in the United States. If you lose all your money in the casino today, then you will have to stay at the exhibition or in a hotel every day for the next few days.

Chen Meilin stuck out her tongue and said with a smile, "Then I only take out a thousand dollars to play, is that good?" I won't play anymore if I lose all my money.

Li Yunhai then agreed to take her there.

Shen Xiulan and others had already seen the casino before, and they didn't have that much money to lose, so they didn't want to go there. They all went home to rest because they were tired from the journey.

Li Yunhai took Chen Meilin to a casino.

Chen Meilin first played the slot machine and won dozens of dollars. She was very happy and took Li Yunhai to the lobby to play.

She grew up in Xiangjiang and watched gambling movies such as God of Gamblers, so she has a great curiosity about gambling.

As a result, she won two thousand dollars as soon as she made the move.

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Meilin, you are lucky. If you win, just leave? Otherwise, you will lose all your money again."

"No, I still want to gamble! I'll leave after losing all the money anyway." Chen Meilin was in high spirits, so why was she willing to leave?

"Alas!" Li Yunhai shook his head. He didn't know why a female college student liked gambling so much.

In fact, Chen Meilin simply regarded gambling as playing and just wanted to have fun.

I don’t know if it was just luck, but Chen Meilin won thousands of dollars again!

"Brother, this casino is very easy to win! My thousand dollars is about to become ten thousand dollars." Chen Meilin happily hugged Li Yunhai and kissed him on the face.

Several Chinese gamblers nearby heard this and all looked sideways.

A middle-aged Chinese said: "Miss, I lost 30! How could it be as easy to win as you said?"

Chen Meilin chuckled.

She bet all her money again.

As a result, she won again and her assets increased to nearly 20,000 US dollars.

Li Yunhai was very surprised.

Shen Xiulan's gambling calculations were very good, but she still lost in the end, so she is unwilling to enter the casino now.

Unexpectedly, Chen Meilin’s gambling luck was even more outrageous!

Chen Meilin's morale is high, and her big eyes shine with the kind of brilliance only a gambler can have.

Li Yunhai thought to herself, it seems that if she doesn't lose the money, she doesn't believe that the casino is cheating people.

So she was allowed to continue betting.

Chen Meilin deserves to be from a wealthy family, and she is very generous when it comes to gambling. No matter how many chips she has in her hand, she is always a stud.

If you want to lose, lose everything. If you want to win, win happily.

When she pushed out all the chips again, Li Yunhai thought to herself that you must lose this time.

Li Yunhai always believes that all gambling is actually a scam.

The bookmaker may let you win some money first, but will eventually take it back.

After the cards were opened, Chen Meilin won again!

Li Yunhai clicked his tongue in surprise.

In this betting method, all the cards are controlled by the dealer, and there are electronic eyes to monitor, so ordinary people cannot cheat.

Chen Meilin is another female student. She has never been in a casino and is unlikely to be a cheater.

Is she so lucky?

Next, Chen Meilin won a few more, and the chips in her hand reached 12 US dollars!

Li Yunhai started to feel inexplicably excited along with her!

The feeling of winning money continuously can really make people lose themselves!

Li Yunhai persuaded her and said: "Meilin, a smart gambler will not win every last copper coin. You used a thousand dollars to win 12 dollars. This is already a miracle. Shall we go?"

Chen Meilin's face showed a charming look: "Brother, I'm very red now, why don't I just play for a while longer!"

Li Yunhai said: "Then don't bet all-in anymore, bet a little less."

Chen Meilin thought for a while and said: "I'll bet again! All in! If I lose this one, I will never play again. If I win, I will continue playing, how about it?"

Li Yunhai said: "Whatever you want! It's the money you won anyway, it doesn't matter if you lose."

Chen Meilin pushed all the money out again.

$12 may seem like a lot, but on a gambling table like this, it’s actually nothing.

Moreover, Chen Meilin won her slowly and slowly, so she didn't attract anyone's attention.

Li Yunhai saw that the middle-aged Chinese man who had just spoken had lost more than 30 US dollars!

I wonder if Chen Meilin’s gambling luck can continue?

Li Yunhai, like her, was also waiting for the cards to be opened with excitement.

"Lost again!" A middle-aged Chinese man sighed from beside him.

At the same time, Chen Meilin shouted: "Brother, I won! Do you think I am particularly lucky?"

Li Yunhai also found it incredible!

He has come to the casino so many times, and every time he comes, he goes to the casino to gamble, but every time he loses thousands of dollars. Just for fun.

Shen Xiulan, Chen Hong and others used to like to play, but they lost every time. They knew it was impossible to make money here, so they stopped playing.

If it weren't for Chen Meilin's desire to come and play today, Li Yunhai wouldn't have come.

What I didn't expect was that Chen Meilin's luck was so incredible?

Since her gambling luck was so good, Li Yunhai just let her play as she pleased.

With a cost of one thousand US dollars, Chen Meilin won hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Chen Meilin became more and more courageous, betting all her chips every time.

The character of a gambler is very strange. People nearby clearly saw that Chen Meilin had been winning, but they did not follow her.

They only trust their own judgment.

Half an hour later, the chips in Chen Meilin's hand became US$96.

Nearly a million dollars!

Li Yunhai was stunned!

Chen Meilin also felt that her luck could not last forever, so she decided to stop.

Just as they were about to leave, two casino staff members came over and stopped them. (End of chapter)