Life 1984

Chapter 563

Li Yunhai's tough attitude made Ken very angry.

Ken represented Compaq. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he personally went to Li Yunhai's house in the countryside to negotiate, but was rejected by Li Yunhai! The problem is that although he is angry, he cannot lose his temper.

Although the X64 chip is a new product that has just been released, it has attracted the attention of major chip manufacturers around the world and has also been sought after by consumers.

Many old customers of Compaq called to ask if they had X64 computers, but the factory couldn't produce them. They ordered X64 chips from Intel, and they started to raise prices, which were more than a hundred dollars more expensive than X86 chips.

The chips sold by Sihai Group are very cheap, cheaper than X86 chips.

If you buy your own photolithography machine for production, the price will be even lower.

After careful consideration, Compaq decided to cooperate with Sihai Group, and it couldn't wait to reach a cooperative relationship.

At the just past CES exhibition, Sihai Group was very successful, leading the trend of the 1992 CES exhibition, and also letting Sihai lithography machines and X86 chips steal the spotlight.

After Li Yunfang's article on the Antarctic expedition was published, the X86 chip received more international attention, and more and more people knew and liked this chip.

"Isn't it in stock?" Ken asked, "Do we still have to wait for production? How long do we have to wait? It's best to have it in stock. I need it in the next two days."

Shen Xiulan said: "Twenty million US dollars, they can't have cash, right?"

Ken said: "No, Mr. Li, we have customers who have designated to purchase computers with X64 chips. The Spring Festival is your Spring Festival, you have a holiday, we Westerners don't have a holiday. Businessmen, of course, must put the contract first."

Ken said: "We will pay immediately after we return to Xizhou."

Li Yunhai was stunned for a moment, thinking that he hadn't thought of this problem just now.

He thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's sign a purchase and supply contract here. After you place the order, I will notify the headquarters to arrange production for you."

Lin Zhi said: "In this case, our chips have been selling very well recently."

Shen Xiulan said: "The bank will definitely not be able to work until after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. What if their money does not come through? Will the goods be shipped?"

Li Yunhai said: "If the money is not received, we will definitely not be able to deliver the goods. If they cannot remit the payment, they will definitely contact us. You can communicate with them."

Shen Xiulan said: "Three days? The money may not arrive! Banks are closed now."

Shen Xiulan said: "I am also on vacation, how can I communicate with them? Let me contact the people on duty in the finance department and let them communicate. I have a way to complete the payment transaction through the overseas branch?"

After Ken got the contract, he said goodbye and left.

Lin Zhi said: "In recent years, we have invested heavily in lithography machines and chips, and it's time for us to make some money!"

If the other party must purchase chips, then Li Yunhai must stick to his own bottom line and act according to his own rules.

Li Yunhai made a call to the Xizhou headquarters. Although it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were people on duty in the company.

He called Shen Xiulan and said: "Compaq has signed a purchase contract with us, requiring 20,000 chips within three days. Please note that we will not ship the goods until their payment is received."

Li Yunhai thinks so. His company's current chip production capacity is certain. In order to complete the orders at CES, he has to expand the factory. However, expanding the factory takes time, and there are certain risks. If there are orders this year, it does not mean that there will be orders next year. There is an order.

The vice president on duty today happens to be Jiang Zhijun. He is in charge of production and knows the company's inventory and output very well.

The global demand for X86 chips has suddenly expanded a lot.

The negotiations reached a deadlock for a while.

So he would rather Compaq purchase photolithography machines to produce chips.

When Li Yunhai saw that Lin Zhi was not in the living room, he laughed softly: "You missed me, right?"

After Li Yunhai asked about the situation, he said to Ken: "I know you are anxious, I can coordinate a batch of goods and give it to you in three days. By the way, Mr. Ken, our company has regulations, no matter who purchases our products , you must pay first before delivering the goods. You must transfer the money to our company account first, and then we will arrange delivery."

Li Yunhai muttered: "This is indeed a troublesome matter!"

Li Yunhai nodded: "Then there is no problem."

Li Yunhai thought to himself, no wonder you braved the wind and snow to come from Xizhou to negotiate with me. It turned out that you were waiting to be used!

Ken asked: "Mr. Li, we want to get your company's chips as soon as possible. Can we sign the contract today? You can provide us with chips tomorrow."

"How many chips do you need?" Li Yunhai asked.

In the past, people from Sihai Group came to sell products, but people from Compaq refused. Now they came to ask for cooperation, but Li Yunhai refused.

In the end, Ken had to compromise and cooperate according to Li Yunhai's rules and purchase chips from Sihai Group.

Compaq's customers come to the manufacturer to ask for goods, but the company cannot provide them, so these customers can only find other dealers to get the goods.

Li Yunhai smiled and said yes.

Shen Xiulan said: "Well, when will you come back?"

In order to keep old customers, Ken, with the company's mission in mind, couldn't even wait for the Spring Festival, so he came to this small ravine to discuss business with Li Yunhai.

There was a computer and a printer at home, so Li Yunhai printed out a contract and signed it with Ken.

"So anxious?" Li Yunhai asked, "Can we sign the contract after our vacation is over and we return to Xizhou?"

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, you can figure it out. After the payment from Compaq arrives, please remember to notify me as soon as possible so that I can arrange delivery."

Ken said: "Give us 20,000 chips first, do you have them?"

Li Yunhai said: "We received a lot of orders at CES, so many that we need to expand our factory."

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Probably yes, otherwise they wouldn't come to us to get the goods."

Lin Zhi said to Li Yunhai: "Do you think they were really forced by their customers?"

Shen Xiulan said quietly: "It's just a bit boring."

"Xiaoling didn't accompany you?"

"She took Xiao Jin home, and I lived alone in the villa."

"Going out for a walk?"

"No one is with me! I'm just too lazy to move around."

"Then let's go for a walk in the park and relax?"

"I don't want to go, I just want to stay at home and eat. I can eat very well now. Let me tell you, I am definitely pregnant."

"When I return to Xizhou, I will take you to the hospital for a check-up."

"Hey, you dare to take me to the hospital? Aren't you afraid that others will recognize you? When people ask you if you are the father of the child, let me see how you answer!"

At this time, Lin Zhi's voice suddenly came to Li Yunhai's ears: "Who is sick? Want to go to the hospital?"

Li Yunhai was startled, looked back at Lin Zhi, waved his hand, indicating that we would talk later.

Shen Xiulan also heard Lin Zhi's voice and snorted hatefully: "Look at how dare you talk nonsense! Be careful you can't go back to Xizhou!"

Li Yunhai smiled awkwardly and said, "The payment for Compaq's goods will be left to you. Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yunhai said to Lin Zhi: "I told Xiulan to pay attention to Compaq's payment. She said that banks are not open these days, so how can people pay?"

Lin Zhi exclaimed: "Yeah! Why didn't we think of this just now? What should we do? It's true that you said the people at Compaq are on holiday, but they still rush to come to us to get the goods these days! Do you think they are so full that they have nothing to do?"

Li Yunhai said: "Foreigners don't celebrate the Spring Festival! Their thinking is definitely different from ours."

Lin Zhi said: "What should we do now?"

Li Yunhai said: "Xiulan thought of a solution and asked the overseas branch to complete the collection."

Lin Zhi exclaimed: "So, Xiulan is not feeling well? Do you want to take her to the hospital?" Li Yunhai went around in such a big circle, but he still didn't get rid of Lin Zhi's thoughts. He still turned around and had to bite the bullet. He smiled and said, "Xiulan said she was not feeling well, so I said casually that when I returned to Xizhou, I would take her to the hospital for a checkup."

Lin Zhi said: "She is so young, what's wrong with her? It's just bloating from eating too much, right? Now that her life is better, she can eat as much fish and meat as she wants. She must have eaten too much!"

Li Yunhai laughed loudly: "Who knows about her! Let's go out for a walk?"

Lin Zhi hummed.

Li Yunhai took her and her children to visit relatives' homes to pay New Year greetings.

No matter whose house they go to, they will be treated as honored guests.

There are many people to move around, and each family will only sit for a few minutes and then leave.

Because I have children by my side, no matter where I go, I will receive red envelopes.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi went out for a walk and did not prepare any red envelopes, which was a mistake.

Fortunately, Li Yunhai had plenty of money in his wallet. Whenever others gave red envelopes to their children, he would give hundreds of dollars to the elders or children of the family as a return gift.

They came to Peng Dianzi's house.

Peng Dianzi's house is neat and tidy, which shows that Zhang Guifen is a very good housekeeper. After they got married, they did not have any more children. Peng Dianzi treated Zhang Guifen's children as his own, and the money he earned was used to supplement the family's income.

A half-way family who struggled to make ends meet lived a prosperous life.

Li Yunhai gave each child two hundred yuan.

Zhang Guifen took the children and asked them to kowtow to Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai kept saying that he didn't dare to take it seriously. In what age are you still asking your children to kowtow?

After walking out of Peng's house, Lin Zhi whispered: "Do you think Uncle Peng is too stupid? If he marries a wife but doesn't have a child, wouldn't it be in vain to raise other people's children if he goes on like this? When the children grow up in the future, , If you don’t support him in old age, what should you do?”

Li Yunhai said: "Isn't that true? People's hearts are made of flesh. Uncle Peng is good to the children. How can the children not remember his kindness?"

Lin Zhi said: "I have seen this kind of thing a lot. Human nature is selfish, and one's own children may not be filial, let alone other people's children. Uncle Peng gave all the money he earned to Aunt Zhang for safekeeping, and spent it all It will be very difficult for them when they are old and have no pension.”

Li Yunhai didn't know what to say for a moment.

It’s hard to get old, but you don’t know how hard it is until you get older.

Everyone can see how miserable the five-guarantee households in the village are.

But this was Peng Dianzi's family matter, and Li Yunhai couldn't say much because they were not close to each other.

Another day slipped away quietly.

The New Year passes very quickly. I still look forward to celebrating the New Year at first, but it passes in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of Ding Miao's wedding, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi drove to Shuangxi Township.

The two villages are very close to each other and they will arrive soon.

When they arrived at Ding's house, they found that there was no festive atmosphere at all.

Lin Zhi said: "Don't you need to prepare anything when you marry a girl in the village?"

Li Yunhai also felt strange and said: "Usually everything is prepared. At least relatives and friends will come, and the villagers will also come for the morning banquet."

Stop the car in front of Ding's house.

Ding Qiang heard the sound of the car and rushed out of the house. He patted his head with an ouch, bowed to Li Yunhai and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I forgot to inform you! I'm sorry! My sister's The wedding is cancelled.”

Li Yunhai asked: "Has the wedding been postponed?"

"It's not postponed, it's canceled." Ding Qiang smiled bitterly, "We were busy working on this! We forgot to tell you."

Li Yunhai asked: "What's going on? What happened?"

Ding Qiang shook his head and said: "The two parties had already reached an agreement. The man would give a gift of three thousand yuan, and then buy three gold coins and two new sets of clothes. But the other party regretted it and said that he could only give a gift of one thousand yuan. He also said that other people don’t need to give betrothal gifts when they get married, but my family is selling their daughter! When Miao Miao heard this, she became angry and said that we don’t care about your betrothal gifts. Besides, our family will buy furniture to spend on the betrothal gifts you gave. ! So the marriage fell through."

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi looked at each other speechlessly.

Ding Qiang invited them to sit at home.

This is a very ordinary old mud brick house, and the furnishings in the house are relatively shabby.

Li Yunhai was surprised.

Ding Qiang has a formal job in Xizhou, and with the extra money he earns from running long distances, he should make a lot of money every year. Why doesn't he engage in construction at home?

"Miao Miao! Miao Miao!" Ding Qiang shouted into the back room, "Mr. Li and his wife are here!"

Ding Miao came out of the back room. It could be seen that she had cried and her eyes were red and swollen.

"Mr. Li! Sister Lin Zhi!" Ding Miao forced a smile, "I'm telling you a joke."

Lin Zhi took her hand and asked, "How did you meet him?"

Ding Miao blushed and said: "We met on a blind date when we went home for the New Year last year. I exchanged letters with him for a year and talked through a matchmaker before we set the wedding date. Who knew this would happen? My family even The dowry has been prepared for me. A large color TV costs 1800 yuan, as well as other furniture and quilts. The total amount of money sent by my family exceeds 3000 yuan! Why do you think their family is so small? "

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "That's because his family is not blessed to have a good woman like you! If you don't get married, you'd better come to my house and work for me. I'm about to give birth to my third child, so I really can't bear to leave you."

When Ding Miao's family heard that the guests were Li Yunhai and his wife, they were all surprised and invited them to take a seat.

Li Yunhai asked Ding Qiang: "You have made a lot of money outside these years, right? Why hasn't your house been renovated yet?"

Ding Qiang smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Li, you see that I am very busy, and I seem to have made a lot of money, but my family expenses are also high, and I haven't saved much money throughout the year. I help people carry goods, and the money I earn You have to share it equally with the colleagues who are riding with you, and besides, making extra money like this doesn’t happen every day.”

"Ahem!" Mother Ding said weakly, "It's all my fault. I'm a drug addict. All the money Xiaoqiang earned outside was spent on my medical treatment and medicine."

Li Yunhai snorted and said: "Ding Qiang, I always thought that your job was quite profitable, so I didn't look for you. In fact, I have been thinking about finding another driver, and Zhuang Yong would drive for me instead. You If you are willing, come here and work with me? Of course, if you are reluctant to part with this iron rice bowl job, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Ding Qiang straightened his waist and said: "Mr. Li, to be honest, I have long wanted to resign and go to work, but I don't know what kind of job I can do. With this salary in the unit, I will die. What a coward! Watching other people build and buy new houses makes me very eager and greedy! Mr. Li, if you don’t dislike it, I will work with you from now on!”

Li Yunhai patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, I trust your skills. Come and help me. The salary will be the same as Zhuang Yong."

Ding Qiang knew that Zhuang Yong had been with Li Yunhai for many years. He was both a driver and a bodyguard. His salary was extremely high, even compared with the salary in Xiangjiang.

And as soon as Ding Qiang came to help Li Yunhai, he was on par with Zhuang Yong. Needless to say, the treatment was so good.

"Mr. Li, thank you! I will work hard. Alas, I am stupid when you think about it. I have known you a long time ago and watched you become prosperous. However, I was too stupid to resign and wasted so many years." Ding Qiang sighed.

Li Yunhai said: "It's not too late now."

While they were chatting, a shout suddenly came from outside: "Ding, get out! Why do you want to break off the engagement?"

Ding Qiang picked up a pole, rushed to the door in a few steps, blocked the intruders, and roared loudly: "What are you doing? Why did we break off the engagement? Don't you know? You can't bear to give me a gift of 3,000 yuan. What are you thinking?" Isn't it okay to steal a wife? Our rule in Shuangxi Township is a gift of three thousand yuan! If you find it too expensive, get out!"

Li Yunhai walked to the door and took a look. He saw several men and women coming outside, standing outside the door with their arms akimbo, pointing at the Ding family and cursing.

These people were the family members of the man whose engagement was annulled by Ding Miao. They felt humiliated and ran out to make trouble. They called the nearby villagers to come and watch, and scolded the Ding family, saying that the Ding family only wanted money and would sell their daughters. He also said that their rule is a gift of one thousand yuan!

During the first month of the year, there were many people in the village, and soon hundreds of people gathered to watch the fun.

Ding Miao was so angry that she cried loudly.

Lin Zhi took Ding Miao into the inner room and comforted her not to be angry with these indifferent people.

Ding Miao choked up and said: "Sister Lin Zhi, it doesn't really matter whether I want a bride price or not. The furniture we gave away is more than the bride price. I can't see them not paying attention to people so much! If I get married, I can still have a good life in the future. Really? I really envy you. When you got married, how much gift did Mr. Li give you? He was so kind to you!"

Lin Zhi thought to herself, if you compete with me, you will never even think about it in this life.

She couldn't say these words, so she just comforted Ding Miao and said, "Then find a better one."

There were crackling and shouting sounds from outside!

Ding Miao was shocked: "Sister Lin Zhi, there's a fight outside!"

(End of this chapter)