Life 1984

The National Day opening ceremony of Sihai Center was very successful, lively and grand without losing attention.

CCTV and other major media reported on the celebration.

To Li Yunhai's surprise, Compaq's investment news was not reported after the National Day.

Later he learned that Compaq's request was too excessive and Xizhou did not agree, which meant the negotiation collapsed. I heard that the two sides will hold two negotiations next.

Not surprisingly, Sihai Group made the headlines in all news media on National Day.

It is not difficult for an attentive person to find that in this grand celebration, leaders of relevant ministries and commissions such as the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Environmental Protection Commission were present.

Comrade Lin Zhenbang, who used to work in the province and now works in the Supreme People's Court, was also present.

Attended by the province were Tang Yuxia and other deputy directors.

Director Zhao and others from the city were present.

The only people who were not present were Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying.

Because Compaq's investment has not been negotiated, there are no relevant news reports, so many people are talking about it. People who don't know the truth think that Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying have been marginalized, even for such an important event. Neither of them was invited to attend.

There is no airtight wall in the circle, and these rumors quickly reached the ears of Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying.

After hearing this, the two of them could not say anything except being stunned and smiling bitterly.

Because of their coquettish actions, they directly offended several leaders from Beijing.

Although they found Lin Zhenbang and others afterwards and explained the situation at that time, the leaders in Jingli obviously did not appreciate it, which was evident from their polite and cold attitude.

Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying originally wanted to give Li Yunhai a slap in the face, but in the end they were severely counter-educated.

After this incident, the invisible gap between the two parties became deeper and deeper, to the point where it was almost impossible to resolve.

After the National Day, Sihai Group was busy participating in the Canton Fair.

Li Yunhai missed several Canton Fairs because he was busy.

But this time the group launched several new products, and he discussed with Linzhi and wanted to lead the team in person.

Lin Zhi was diagnosed with pregnancy this time, and she had a daughter to take care of at home, so she didn't want to join in the fun.

Her biggest hope and effort now is to give birth to a son so that he can inherit Li Yunhai's billions of wealth.

Even Tang Yuxia, who has always been open-minded, has talked to her daughter more than once, saying that you and Yunhai are not in the system. You can have more children, and the most important thing is to pay social support fees. This is also within the scope of the policy. With your Conditions, even if fines are hundreds of thousands or millions, are not a problem.

Although Tang Yuxia did not explicitly ask Lin Zhi to have a son, that was clearly what she meant.

Of course Lin Zhi understood.

In the system, no matter how high your rank is, you cannot pass it on to your children.

Regardless of whether a child is promising or not, he must start from the grassroots level one step at a time. Which step he can achieve depends entirely on his personal talents and circumstances. After his parents retire, the help they can give is very limited. , and then you can only rely on your own efforts.

But Li Yunhai's wealth empire is different. It not only needs a smart and powerful heir, but also a son to inherit it.

Lin Zhi has always been open-minded, but after having a daughter, she fully wanted a son.

Especially after her love rival Shen Xiulan gave birth to a son, Lin Zhi's thoughts became even more focused on this aspect.

For her, all matters now are not as important as protecting and raising the baby.

She has the kind of physique that is relatively difficult to conceive, unlike some women who are sure to get pregnant every time. She especially cherishes the second child she finally got pregnant with.

She didn't know where she heard it, saying that the more contact with male dolls, the higher the chance of having a son, so she and Shen Xiulan have been together every night recently, of course to get a taste of Li Yanjin's boyish vibe.

How does Shen Xiulan know this? But she also likes dating Lin Zhi. Because only by getting along with Lin Zhi could she legitimately walk into Li Yunhai's house.

Of course, Li Yunhai hopes that the two women can communicate together frequently.

After Zhu Lin and Gong Jie finished confinement, Li Yunhai did not let them work, but continued to let them recuperate and take good care of the baby.

Since Lin Zhi had long guessed that Zhu and Gong's children were both illegitimate, and knew that these two women were not short of money, he didn't care whether they worked or not, and would get together to talk about parenting when they had time.

After Shen Xiuling started working, she temporarily lived with her sister and could take care of Li Yanjin when she had time.

Shen Xiulan will definitely go to this Canton Fair.

Schumann, a graduate student recruited by Peking University, has good foreign language and sales skills. He will also represent the Human Resources Department at the exhibition this time.

In addition, Li Yunhai wanted to improve his sister's communication skills, so he also put her on the list.

People like Guo Wanhua, Professor Ni, Lin Xiaofeng, David and others are all old members of the exhibition.

Li Yunhai's secretary, Su Hong still goes on business trips with him.

Guo Wanhua has stayed at the headquarters since she came to Xizhou to attend the celebration.

Li Yunhai was busy with the Canton Fair and taking care of his pregnant wife, so he didn't have much time to spend with Guo Wanhua.

Chen Meilin got her wish and was admitted to the University of Hong Kong, majoring in finance.

Guo Wanhua has now entered a state of life with low desires, and she and Li Yunhai no longer talk about romance.

If it weren't for the child Guo Zhian, Li Yunhai would even suspect that everything that happened between him and Guo Wanhua was just a beautiful and confusing erotic dream.

During the National Day, Lin Zhenbang returned to Xizhou to stay for a few days. At the same time, he arranged for Liu Lu's relatives to meet with their relatives at home, and then went back to Beijing to work together.

On the 10th, Li Yunhai inspected work at the Research Institute building.

The research on photolithography machines has entered a substantial stage, and most parts can be domestically produced.

But in terms of optics, there are still several technologies that need to be broken through.

Michiko and three engineers from Toyo have been stationed in Xizhou to help the Research Institute research these technologies.

Dongyang engineers suggested to Li Yunhai that the development of these optical technologies is more time-consuming and laborious, mainly because the barriers to patent technology are somewhat high, so it is better to find foreign optical instrument companies to purchase patents or license them.

Of course, Li Yunhai also knows the simplest and most direct solution to purchasing patents.

But who will sell these important patents to you?

So he decided to develop it himself.

Professor Ni suggested that the domestically produced Seagull camera has good optical performance, and perhaps we can cooperate with them.

Li Yunhai thinks this is a feasible way.

Seagull Camera is a brand of Shanghai Camera Factory. This factory has 40 years of R&D and manufacturing technology. In 1989, the new digital camera produced by Seagull Company, the DF-300 camera, passed the localization and production appraisal and acceptance meeting, and its domestic sales volume It has performed well and is also one of the main products for our country to earn foreign exchange abroad.

Unfortunately, under the impact of the digital wave and market competition, Seagull cameras were completely discontinued after 14 years.

In the glorious era of twin-lens reflex cameras, the Shanghai Seagull Camera Factory had more than 5000 employees and once created an astronomical figure of 43 units of one model, making the fully mechanical 4A Seagull camera account for more than half of the country's total camera sales.

Li Yunhai got in touch with the Shanghai Camera Factory and reported to the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, requesting to promote cooperation between the two parties.

The leaders of the ministry attach great importance to this cooperation.

State-owned enterprises were forced to stop the research and development of new lithography machines due to financial difficulties. However, the state knows the great strategic significance of lithography machines, so it pays special attention to the development of lithography machines of Sihai Group.

To this end, relevant departments have promoted cooperation between Shanghai Camera Factory and Sihai Group.

Research on optics has also made great progress.

Sihai Group has developed its own photolithography machine, which is just around the corner.

At the same time, the Research Institute produced the second-generation product of the X64 chip, whose performance reached the level of the Intel 386. However, during the compatibility test, it was found that there were still many flaws that needed improvement.

Li Yunhai asked Professor Ni to continue research and release it after reaching the 486 level.

This is the real trump card of Sihai Group. It strives for perfection. It cannot sell a semi-finished product, otherwise it will still be its own brand name.

The X64 chip has always been developed in secrecy and has never been publicized to the outside world. Even within the group, not many people know about this project.

For Michiko and other Japanese people, Li Yunhai required strict confidentiality and absolutely could not reveal a single word.

After the Research Institute moved into the new building, each scientific research project was carried out on different floors and was responsible for different project teams.

The first group of doctoral students to enter Sihai Research Institute received promotions and salary increases, and became leaders of the project team.

For example, Ji Wenshu became the vice president of the Research Institute because of his outstanding performance, and was Professor Ni's most effective deputy. Many important scientific research projects are presided over by Ji Wenshu.

On this day, Li Yunhai came out from the scientific research institute for inspection and returned to the office.

When passing the secretary room, Lin Xin stood up and said, "Mr. Li, Leader Huang came just now. I said you would be back soon. He said he was willing to wait, and I took him to rest in the reception room next door."

"Huang Ying?" Li Yunhai asked.

"Yes."

"Ask him to come - no, I'll go see him."

Li Yunhai came to the reception room next door. When he opened the door, he saw Huang Ying and his secretary sitting inside.

Huang Ying was smoking, and the room was filled with smoke.

Li Yunhai laughed and said: "Hello, Leader Huang, you are welcome to come to our company to inspect our work. You are such a busy man, and you can't even invite me here at ordinary times!"

Huang Ying put down Erlang's legs, extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, stood up, shook hands with Li Yunhai, and said, "Mr. Li is a busy man. It's hard for me to even meet you!"

Li Yunhai smiled and invited him to come to the office and said, "In addition to going to the workshop, I am always at the scientific research institute."

The two came to the office and sat down on the large sofa for guests.

Su Hong brought tea in, put a cup in front of Huang Ying, and smiled slightly: "Leader Huang, please have some tea."

Huang Ying nodded and said: "This is my first time coming to Sihai Center. Mr. Li's office is spacious and bright. It is more grand and luxurious than mine! Not bad, very good!"

Li Yunhai handed over a cigarette and said: "We businessmen like to pay attention to the pomp and circumstance. We usually receive guests from all over the world, and we also appear to have strong financial resources. Unlike you as leaders, you have to care about issues such as specifications and area. In fact, I think, leaders have a lot to do and work for the people every day, and they have to receive many important guests every day, so your office should be more generous and spacious, so that it can be more convenient for the people to do things!"

Huang Ying took the cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Li Yunhai took out his foreign lighter and made a crisp sound. The flame was high and red, and he helped Huang Ying light the cigarette in his mouth.

Huang Ying smiled and said, "This lighter is pretty good."

Li Yunhai said: "A friend gave it to me. It's made in America. Just like a car, I need to refuel. It's very troublesome. Fortunately, I have a secretary to help me with these trivial tasks, otherwise I wouldn't be used to it."

Huang Ying said: "It's true. Matches are very convenient and cheap."

Li Yunhai knew that Huang Ying was definitely not here just for chatting.

Sure enough, after a few words of greeting, Huang Ying said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, there is something that I am very embarrassed about, but I have to come to discuss it with you."

Li Yunhai leaned comfortably on the sofa, took out a cigarette and put it into his mouth.

Su Hong helped him light the fire.

Li Yunhai blew out a puff of smoke and waved his hand towards Su Hong.

Su Hong understood, turned around and left, closing the door behind her.

Li Yunhai then said: "What instructions does Leader Huang have? Just write me a document, or ask the secretary to call me. Why do you have to do so personally?"

Huang Ying frowned and said: "Mr. Li, this matter has made it extremely difficult for me and our city. We had a round of negotiations with Compaq before, and the other party made a request, that is, the provincial government department, We all need to purchase their products.”

Li Yunhai raised his handsome eyebrows slightly, thinking, so that's it!

No wonder even Huang Ying, who had always been arrogant, lowered his dignity and condescended to come to talk to him.

Although there is no explicit regulation in the province, no matter which unit in the province purchases office equipment, it must buy products from Sihai Group.

This is also the result of Sihai Group taking root in the province for six years.

The sales volume of Sihai Group's products in this province is significantly higher than that in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The next few years will be the golden sales period for office equipment, especially computers, which will see a rapid rise.

If the province really directs Compaq Computer to be the only company to purchase products, then Sihai Computer will have to stop.

Li Yunhai's heart was in turmoil, but his face remained calm and he said calmly: "Such an unreasonable request, I'm sure the province will reject it."

Huang Ying was startled. This sentence showed Li Yunhai's superb conversation skills.

"Mr. Li, Compaq's request is indeed a bit unreasonable. However, you also know that our province is poor and poor. Since the reform and opening up, the development of our province has been lagging behind. Now it is difficult for a large company like Compaq to invest. , of course we must seize the opportunity. Don’t you think so?”

"Is it appropriate for us to discuss this matter here? Shouldn't this be discussed at the provincial department meeting?"

"Huh? Yes, of course this is a provincial matter. However, because Sihai Group is the pride of our Xizhou, of course we must seek Mr. Li's opinion before agreeing."

"Leader Huang, since you have asked me, let me ask you, do you know that if the province agrees to Compaq's request, what will happen to our Sihai Group's products? Together with them, we will become a competitor in procurement. What about the products? Or will they no longer be the object of government procurement?”

"Mr. Li, I am here to discuss with you. You see, Compaq's main product is computers, and your company's product line is very rich. The purchase list of computers is given to Compaq. Of course, the procurement of other office equipment is still based on your Sihai Group."

"Is this your personal opinion? Or is it the provincial decision?"

"The province also means the same thing."

"Has the meeting already been held? If it is a resolution, please give me the document. I have no objection. But if this is just your personal opinion, then I can only say sorry, I object!"

"Mr. Li, it's useless for you to object! You don't have the final say on this matter."

"I understand, this is a big matter, and it's not you and I who have the final say here. So I asked you at the beginning, does it make sense for us to talk about this matter here? Will it work?"

"No, Mr. Li, if you can agree, then I will submit it to save time, and I can bring it up at the next meeting."

"I'm not a fool. Why would I agree to such an unreasonable request? Now it's a market economy, why do you still want to make plans?"

"Mr. Li, don't get me wrong. We are doing this to retain Compaq's investment."

"How big is Compaq's investment?"

"The initial intention is US$2 million. Mr. Li, this is a huge investment!"

"Haha, 2 million US dollars! Yes, almost 10 billion yuan, which is indeed a large investment."

"Yes, Mr. Li, you are a general person, right? I think you will support our work."

"Leader Huang, do you know how much investment our Sihai Group has in Xizhou?"

"This? Well, I haven't counted this yet."

"Leader Huang, let me tell you this, our total investment in this Sihai Center has reached 15 billion yuan. Our factory investment is even greater. Not long ago, we purchased a photolithography machine from Toyo, and other Not counting, only counting photolithography machines and memory production lines, the investment in these workshops is 70 billion yuan."

"Such a big investment? Mr. Li, your business is doing well!"

"It's just average, not as good as Compaq."

"Mr. Li, you are kidding. Sihai Group has indeed done a good job, and we have all seen it. As a company as big as yours, there is no need to compete with Compaq for small profits."

"Leader Huang, I also have a difficult matter here, and I would like your help to make a decision."

"Mr. Li is so wise, what else do you want to ask me about?"

"Before the National Day, I went to Beijin on a business trip. The leader there met me and said that Sihai Group is so big and has developed so well, why should it be placed in such a backward area as Xizhou. I said that I am from Meishan and I want to develop. The economy of my hometown. The leader said that it was a good thing that I had feelings, but he still hoped that I could move the headquarters to Zhongguancun and move all the factories there. At the same time, he provided me with five-year tax exemption, government procurement, free land, etc. Discount. When I heard it, it was much better than what I had in Xizhou!"

Huang Ying was stunned.

Li Yunhai knocked the ashes from his cigarette and smiled slightly: "Leader Huang, after I came back, I thought about it and couldn't decide. Do you think I should abandon the headquarters and all the factories just for the preferential policies that Beijin gave me? All move to Beijin? You are my parent, please help me make this decision, how about it?" (End of Chapter)