Life 1984

Chapter 562: The opponent is soft [Good luck during the Spring Festival]

If Shen Xiulan really gets pregnant again, things will be very troublesome.

Because she hasn't had a boyfriend at all during this period of time.

She, Lin Zhi and others have been living together and know each other's living conditions clearly.

How would Shen Xiulan introduce this child who fell out of thin air to outsiders? How should I explain it to my family?

When Li Yunhai was stunned, Shen Xiulan's clear voice came: "Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you scared?"

"Haha, I'm so happy!" Li Yunhai said with a smile, "Don't you go back to your parents' place to celebrate the New Year?"

"I was afraid that they would see the clues and it would be difficult to explain. I told them that I would have to work overtime during the Spring Festival, but they didn't say anything."

The TV at home interprets the joy and excitement of the Spring Festival Gala.

Several children were running around, shouting loudly.

"When is your sister getting married?" Li Yunhai asked, "Ling Zhi and her are sisters, let me ask, so we can get ready to have a wedding banquet."

Li Yunhai put down the phone and told Lin Zhi.

He used to tell people when he met that my eldest brother had no son to inherit his property, but if he had a son, he might be able to inherit his eldest brother's company in the future.

With a family like the Li family, it would be easy for the fourth child to find a wife.

Li Yunhai took his children outside the house and set off fireworks and firecrackers.

"That's fine. I'll go to Beijin with you then."

"Okay, let's go there on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Where will she get married?"

Li Yunhai used the lively show to cover up and whispered: "I have wronged you, Xiulan, I miss you."

"By the way, Ding Miao is also getting married. Do you have Ding Qiang's phone number? May I ask what age they are? If we are still at home, we can join in the fun. Miaomiao is a really nice kid. I treat her like a younger sister. Woolen cloth!"

"Mr. Li!" Ding Qiang said with a surprise smile, "I knew it was you when I saw the number. Oh, Mr. Li, happy New Year and happy New Year's Eve! I wish Mr. Li and his family all the best and peace every year!"

"Yunfang's wedding must be very lively."

Li Yunhai hummed.

What if Lin Zhi gave birth to a son this time?

He was thinking about Shen Xiulan's pregnancy and couldn't help but worry. Should he tell Lin Zhi about this?

"Who?" Lin Zhi asked.

"Well, when will you come back?"

The third child was very happy after giving birth to his son.

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "How about marrying so close? It's great. You can go back to your parents' home at any time."

After the third child made money, he came back and demolished the old mud house. He also spent money to buy some foundations from other people's houses nearby and rebuilt a brick house. The family of three celebrated the New Year in the new house.

"Yunfang got married on the sixth day of the lunar month. We will return to Xizhou on the seventh day of the lunar month."

"It's in the neighboring village, not far away."

Xiao Rui was too young and looked funny. Although she wanted to do something, she didn't dare to get close.

After the 90s, my country's program-controlled switches developed significantly, which greatly reduced the cost of initial telephone installation. Rich people in rural areas also began to follow the trend and install telephones.

"Okay. Goodbye then."

"It was also very lively when we got married!"

Ding Qiang's home does not have a telephone, but he has a pager.

"Shall we get married directly without getting engaged?"

Xiaoxi has grown up and wants to play with fireworks.

Later, Lin Zhi became pregnant again, and the third child did not dare to say this again.

After setting off the fireworks, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi went upstairs to sleep.

"Mr. Li and his wife are too polite. Miaomiao's wedding is scheduled to be held on the fourth day of the lunar month. They get married early so that they can go out and do things."

The fourth child did not go to college and was studying business outside. He has also reached the age of marriage.

"There is no need to get engaged, they are both old anyway."

Yingzi likes Xiaoxi very much and takes her to play together.

After Ding Qiang saw the pager, he found the phone as quickly as possible and called it back to Li Yunhai.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, the whole countryside resounded with the sound of fireworks and firecrackers.

"Xiulan." Li Yunhai said, "She asked me about Yunfang's marriage and asked us to call her together after we arrive in Xizhou. She is also going to Beijin."

Li Yunhai called Ding Qiang's pager and waited for his call back.

"Okay, see you on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."

Li Yunhai put down the microphone and returned to his seat.

Li Yunhai bought some sky cannons and butterfly cannons for her to play with.

Li Yunhai answered the phone and said with a smile: "Ding Qiang! Have a great New Year!"

Li Yunfang was considerate of her sister-in-law and took Xiaoxi and Xiaorui to bed.

The sound of firecrackers kept ringing in the village. As soon as they took a break here, they started ringing again on the other side of the mountain.

Lin Zhi couldn't sleep and chatted with Li Yunhai.

The two lamented that time flies by quickly, and Yunfang will get married in a blink of an eye.

Li Yunhai said: "Even if Yunfang marries to Beijin, she will still be working in the company, which is almost the same as if she is not married."

Lin Zhi said: "There is still a difference. During the New Year and holidays, she will go back to her husband's house, not her parents' house."

Li Yunhai was stunned and said, "Yes! That makes sense. Are you homesick?"

Lin Zhi said softly: "My home is here. After a woman gets married, she will be a guest when she returns to her parents' home. So if we women get divorced, we will become rootless duckweeds and wanderers without a home."

Li Yunhai said pitifully: "This will always be your home, and we will never divorce."

"This is what you said. What if I can't give birth to a son? You won't want me anymore, right?"

"How could it be? Don't think too much."

"I don't care, even if you don't want me anymore, I still think this is my home!"

"Fool! If you say this, the baby in your belly will hear it and think what kind of father I am!"

Lin Zhi had a big belly and turned her back to Li Yunhai.

The two of them pressed against each other closely, feeling each other's body temperature.

"Have you thought about it?"

"what?"

"What the hell!"

"Fortunately, I won't think about it if you don't mention it. It's really interesting when you mention it."

"I'll help you."

"No, just go to sleep! I can bear it."

"My mother told me that young men and women should be more affectionate when they are together, but I have been pregnant for so many years in order to have a child, which will alienate the relationship between husband and wife. So last time someone reported that you and Gong Li had an affair, my mother actually Believe it.”

Li Yunhai was silent for a moment and asked: "Mom doubts me and Gong Li? Then what did she tell you?"

"She didn't say anything. I'm pregnant. Do you think she can persuade me to divorce or something? Fortunately, this is a misunderstanding and nothing happened between you and Gong Li. Otherwise, then I really won't You know what to do."

"Then do you believe me?"

"Of course I believe you. At that time I was thinking, even if you really have a woman outside, I will not leave you. But I will find a way to disconnect you from that woman."

Li Yunhai hugged his wife tightly, thinking what a good woman she is!

Lin Zhi said: "Then tell me, do you think I'm stupid too? In order to have a son, I was so obsessed with procreation that I neglected to be with you and neglected my own re-education. Look, you and Xiu Master Lan is about to graduate, and I am still treading water without a plan or career of my own."

"Help me do things, it's also a career."

"No, what if we get divorced? If I don't have the shame to stay in the company any longer, then my career, no matter how long it has been running, will collapse overnight. So my so-called career is actually just a castle in the air. Once I lose my job , I will have nothing."

"That's good. I'll give you a few villas and houses in your name, and deposit 100 million in cash into your bank card. This way, even if something happens in the future, you'll be protected."

"It's not the money that matters to me."

“Isn’t the purpose of starting a business to make money?”

"You do not know me!"

"Well, I know, you want to have a job of your own, so how about I open a company for you? What kind of company do you want to have? You can just take care of it in your spare time."

"That's a company I started with your help. I'm useless without you. Well, I don't want to think about this for the time being. After I give birth to the child, I'll think about my future path!" Li Yunhai thought to himself, Tang It's not that Yuxia didn't tell her daughter nothing, she must have told her a lot of things, which was why Lin Zhi had so many emotions.

A woman's sense of security is a very complicated thing.

Lin Zhi now lives without a sense of security. This is Li Yunhai's dereliction of duty.

Li Yunhai feels that his wife should be given more security, not only in terms of material and money.

There was no talking all night until dawn.

It snowed all night, and the sky and earth were pure white.

The mountains and fields are covered with silver and covered with white snow. After the snow, the mountain village seems to have turned into a fairy tale world, which is so beautiful that it is intoxicating.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was an endless stream of people coming to Li's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Yingzi also took Xiaoxi to the village to pay New Year greetings. When she came back, several pockets were filled with candies.

Shao Yuqing and others came to Li's house again to pay New Year's greetings.

Yesterday was saying goodbye to the old, and today is welcoming the new.

"Do you think it's weird? It snowed so thickly yesterday, but the streets in the countryside were actually clean, and the snow was even swept away." As soon as Shao Yuqing came, he told Li Yunhai about this strange thing.

Lin Zhi smiled and said: "Are there sanitation workers in the countryside? They don't even have a day off on New Year's Day?"

After hearing this, Li Yunhai knew what was going on and smiled slightly.

While we were chatting, a voice came from outside: "Is Mr. Li at home?"

Li Yunhai and others felt strange.

In Shiban Village, no one calls Li Yunhai Mr. Li, not Boss Li, not Mr. Li. Those who are closer call him Yunhai.

Li Yunhai agreed: "Who?"

He walked out and saw a car with a Xizhou license plate parked at the door. A Chinese man and two foreign men and women with high noses and blue eyes walked in.

When the Chinese man wearing glasses saw Li Yunhai, he laughed loudly and said, "Hello, Mr. Li!"

Li Yunhai nodded and asked, "Who are you?"

The man with glasses smiled and said: "Mr. Li, we are from Compaq. This is Mr. Ken, the new boss of our company, and this is Mr. Ken's assistant, Miss Carter. My name is Lu Yong, and I am the Chinese manager of the company. .”

Although Li Yunhai had heard about Compaq a long time ago and knew that Compaq had built a factory in Xizhou, this was the first time he met Compaq's boss face to face.

Ken is in his forties, wearing a suit and leather jacket, and a long leather jacket. He is unsmiling and looks very cold.

Li Yunhai was very surprised. He didn't know why Manager Ken of Compaq came to visit him.

Ken shook hands with Li Yunhai, clasped his hands as a salute, and said in blunt Chinese: "Mr. Li, nice to meet you, and I wish you and your family a happy Spring Festival."

It's particularly funny to hear foreigners speak half-baked Mandarin.

Li Yunhai suppressed his laughter and said, "Mr. Ken, thank you for your blessing. Please come in."

The assistant named Carter took out a red envelope, handed it to Li Yunhai, and said, "Mr. Li, I wish you a happy New Year. This is a small gesture from our Mr. Ken."

Li Yunhai chuckled, thinking that these foreigners were very interesting, and they had learned how to give red envelopes.

Everyone came to the living room, and Li Yunhai invited them to sit down.

After a few pleasantries, Li Yunhai got straight to the point and asked them the purpose of their visit.

Ken said: "Mr. Li, we have wanted to visit you for a long time. Today is a good holiday, so we came."

New Year is the Chinese New Year, and foreigners do not celebrate the New Year.

Li Yunhai heard that because Compaq had too many orders, no one had a holiday during the Chinese New Year, only rotating holidays.

This makes their employees very unhappy.

It's surprising that people at Compaq can't even do as the Romans do.

Of course Li Yunhai would not believe that the people from Compaq were just here to pay New Year greetings.

As expected, the other party came to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

After a few words, Ken said: "Mr. Li, our two companies should cooperate."

Li Yunhai couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, and said: "Mr. Ken, although you have just taken office, you must have heard that we have discussed cooperation with your company a long time ago, but you rejected our proposal. "

Ken said: "Oh, yes, Mr. Li, I have heard about this. Unfortunately, I was not in Xizhou at the time and could not stop them from doing such stupid behavior. They did not do a good job, so the company sent I'll come over."

"So, Mr. Ken, how do you want to discuss cooperation with us?" Li Yunhai asked.

"We can reach a comprehensive cooperative relationship." Ken said, "I have learned about your chip, and I thought it was the best chip in the world, even better than the X86 architecture chip. We should purchase your chip and produce Come with a computer equipped with a Longteng chip."

This has always been the goal pursued by Li Yunhai.

Although Compaq will decline in the future, the next ten years will be Compaq Computer's most glorious moment.

Compaq Computer once rushed to the throne of the world's sales champion, and even dared to launch a charge against IBM, competing in the Central Plains to replace it.

Later, Compaq got hot-headed and was not satisfied with the sales of ordinary PCs. It acquired DEC, a company that made minicomputers and servers and had excellent technology.

But this acquisition failed, even dragging down Compaq.

DEC and Compaq's agents are two different models. DEC's agents look down on Compaq's agents, and Compaq's agents look down on DEC's agents. The front line of agents is quite confusing.

As a result, in the three years since Compaq acquired DEC, the sales team and sales channels had been tossing and turning. It was very difficult to digest and absorb the entire sales channel. In the end, it was a mess and had to be sold to HP.

Li Yunhai now needs to pay attention to methods when cooperating with Compaq.

The best way is to sell the lithography machine to Compaq, then give them the chip authorization and let them produce the chips themselves. Li Yunhai collects patent fees, earns money from selling machines, and secures profits for fishermen.

The second step is to sell chips to the other party. Place the order as much as the other party needs, and Sihai Group will be responsible for providing it. There is no risk in such cooperation.

There have been grievances and grievances between the two companies in the past, but they are all in the past tense.

There is no need for Li Yunhai to dwell on those conflicts.

What's more, people take the initiative to come to pay New Year's greetings and seek peace. This is Compaq's attitude.

Perhaps it was not until Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying decided to leave that Compaq realized that these people were unreliable.

Iron-clad battalions and flowing soldiers.

The Sihai Group is the camp in Xizhou, and the others come and go, just soldiers.

With the strength of Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying, there is no way to bring down Li Yunhai. Even if others come in the future, they will definitely not be able to defeat him.

Compaq made major mistakes in its strategy, and now it is turning around to make amends with Sihai Group.

The two companies are both competitors and partners.

With this consensus, the two sides have a basis for negotiation.

Li Yunhai is willing to cooperate with Compaq.

Ken immediately put forward conditions: "In Greater China, you can only cooperate with us. We are the only authorized manufacturer of your X64 chips. You cannot license it to other competitors."

Li Yunhai was stunned.

Ken said matter-of-factly: "Our computer sales are very large. If you have us as a licensee, it is enough to sell your chips. You don't need to establish more competitors."

Li Yunhai was silent.

For Compaq to be the sole licensee, the risks are high.

This means that the computers he has authorized before will not be sold in Greater China?

And the most important point is, what if Compaq, like Intel, does not fully promote computers with X64 chips? Then Sihai Group will be very passive.

Li Yunhai put forward his own opinion: "This won't work. I have authorized Intel and IBM to produce X64 chips. Their chips can be sold to any computer manufacturer in the world. These computer manufacturers can also sell in our country. So I cannot agree to your request. Compaq can cooperate with us, but it is only one of our licensees. How many chips you can sell depends on your ability."

Ken insisted on getting an exclusive licensee, and also said that he could sign a contract to sell how many X64 chips each year.

Li Yunhai asked: "How many X64 chips can you sell every year?"

Ken raised a finger and said, "10 pieces!"

Li Yunhai shook his head gently and rejected the proposal without hesitation.

Sihai Group's computer sales are now around 100 million units, and there will definitely be more in the future.

my country's PC market is growing at a geometric rate.

In the late 80s, our country sold only a few hundred thousand computers every year.

By the 90s, my country's computer sales increased rapidly, reaching millions of units every year.

Coupled with foreign markets, Li Yunhai is confident that Sihai Group's computer sales will exceed 2000 million units before 500, and will reach tens of millions of units later!

Li Yunhai did not like Ken's proposal of 10 chips per year.

Li Yunhai said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Mr. Ken, our cooperation can only be based on my requirements. I cannot agree to any of the proposals you mentioned."

Ken touched his chin, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)