Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 276 China's Computer Hegemony (Subscription Request)

"My God, is this your latest portable computer?"

Nelson, an Aramco businessman who was invited to the event, exclaimed in surprise after seeing the latest notebook computer developed by Shenzhou Computer Factory.

It really made him feel perfect, something that was impeccable; several computer companies in America also developed portable computers, but theirs were basically like a gasoline barrel, both in appearance and weight.

In comparison, judging from size alone, the computers developed and produced by China are so excellent that they are impeccable.

Everything is afraid of comparison. If Nelson were asked to use a portable computer developed in his own country, he would feel as uncomfortable as if he had eaten dog shit.

Not only Nelson, but also another Aramco businessman, Xiao Rizi, and the French buyer were all amazed by the notebook computers produced by Shenzhou Computer Factory.

A total of eight people came. After trying it one by one, they asked people from their own company to try it, and then they went to discuss it in a low voice.

They were specially selected by Zhou Fengnian because their companies had little R&D capabilities but wanted to expand and grow the market.

In other words, they are qualified "comprador" candidates. In order to make money, these people will definitely try every means to resell Shenzhou computers.

As for the development of computers in their own country, it means nothing in their eyes. If it can’t make them money, it’s just bullshit!
Nowadays, computer companies in the three countries of America, America and France have been squeezed hard by their own people through reselling, and have been labeled as "junk" openly or secretly.

Only the Shenzhou computers they sell are real computers.

After listening to the introduction by Xiao Hua and the technical staff, all the invited guests had a general idea in their minds, so they asked impatiently.

"Xiao, how much is this portable computer?"

Deputy Factory Director Xiao smiled and said, "After unanimous discussion between our factory and the higher-level leadership department, we decided that the export price would be two thousand dollars."

"Xiao, you are really God's messenger. I like this price. I want 15,000 units!"

I thought it was very expensive, but I didn't expect it to be so cheap. Even the junk produced by those computer companies in America cost around two thousand dollars.

Nelson, a computer merchant from Amei, could not wait to say that his sales channels could cover the seven more developed cities in eastern Amei, and that 15,000 units would definitely be sold out.

Even if you make 500 dollars after shipping one machine back, you will have nearly several million in profit.

Moreover, Shenzhou Computer has no worries about sales. The computer market has been growing. The market exceeded one billion US dollars a few years ago and has been rising steadily in recent years.

"Forget it, Xiao, I'll take 20,000 units."

With his company's sales, company executives, college students, and computer enthusiasts can easily consume 20,000 white laptops.

At that time, America was a major consumer of computers!

"Nelson, you are such a greedy hyena, Xiao, I can sign the purchase agreement immediately"

"Xiao Sang, we represent Zhuhua Company and also hope to purchase 8,000 units."

Deputy Director Xiao was suddenly surrounded. Although they were in the meeting room of the Foreign Trade Department, the other party bypassed the table and came directly to his side.

For the reselling capitalists, making money is the first priority. If they make money a few months late, they will lose a lot of money, so they all want the first batch of production.

Moreover, Amei has two other distributors. Although they are in different regions, they may still cross the line.

"Everyone, don't worry, our factory is already under expansion, and we guarantee that production efficiency and quality will be further improved."

Deputy Factory Director Xiao and a deputy director of the Foreign Trade Department persuaded the group of people to stop after some gentle persuasion.

Then they were guaranteed in the contract that they would get Shenzhou laptops, and only then did they sign the agreement one by one.

Only after confirming that the agreement had been signed and sending them away did Deputy Director Xiao and Deputy Director Zhang breathe a sigh of relief.

"Deputy Director Xiao, your factory's computers are really powerful. Foreigners are rushing to buy them. Even the CNC machine tools of the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory are not so eager for those foreigners to buy them."

Deputy Director Zhang praised with a smile.

However, there are differences between the two. Most of those who purchase CNC machine tools are representatives of the country, while this group of people are businessmen.

"It's because the factory's computers are good. If they weren't so good, how could these foreigners rush to buy them? These capitalists are the most picky!"

Deputy Factory Director Xiao smiled and said, "Then I'll take the copy back first. Deputy Director Zhang, we still need to report this matter to the leader, and we also need to prepare for the Canton Fair."

In addition to these actively invited foreign businessmen, another export channel is the Canton Fair.

They want to take over the markets of big countries, and they will not let go of the markets of small countries either.

Dozens or hundreds of units added together is not a small amount, and you can make a lot of money.

After Deputy Director Xiao left the Foreign Trade Department, he drove to the Fourth Machine Department. Not long after he reported his purpose, Zhou Fengnian's assistant Wang Mingjie came down to pick him up.

"Deputy Director Xiao, the leader is discussing with the director of another factory. Please wait a moment."

Wang Mingjie led the person to a waiting room and brought a cup of tea: "Leader, that's it. I'll report to you right away."

Deputy Director Xiao said politely, "Thank you for your help, Assistant Wang."

As a third-rank official in the prime minister's office, Xiao Hua did not show any displeasure just because Wang Mingjie's administrative rank was not as high as his.

After a while, Xiao Hua had just finished half of his tea when Wang Mingjie came to inform him.

After entering the office, Xiao Hua saw the table covered with design drawings and some inexplicable symbols, followed by the somewhat messy bookshelf.

When Zhou Fengnian saw the person coming, he said, "Please take a seat, Deputy Director Xiao, what's the good news?"

"Boss, you are really a master of calculation. Our factory has just signed this year's agreement with Nielsen and Odagiri, and we can now focus on the production of laptops."

After Xiao Hua finished speaking, he took out several copies of the agreement and contract and handed them over.

Zhou Fengnian took it and looked at it. There were eight purchase agreement contracts, with a total of 67,000 units sold, which was a good start.

There is also the Autumn Canton Fair. If I can sell two or three more units then, it will be another huge gain.

This is just a laptop computer. They will have the fourth generation of personal computers next, and they will be able to sell another batch then.

Almost one-third of the world's computer market is taken up by the Shenzhou Computer Factory.

Several computer companies in Ame have been clamoring about the China Threat Theory, saying that the most important computer market in their country will be occupied by China, which is a very dangerous thing for Ame.
However, Nelson and other "comprador" businessmen have also spoken out, mocking companies like IBM, saying that they want to use political means to force people to buy their computers because they don't have the ability to do so, which is impossible.

[Even if there is no Shenzhou computer, the smart Amis people will not choose 'garbage'! ]

Nelson bribed a newspaper to publish this sentence, which immediately resonated with most computer enthusiasts in America.

The prices are all about the same, so even if the Shenzhou Computer is a few hundred dollars more expensive, they are still happy to buy it.

Why spend money on junk?

In addition, Zhou Fengnian won the Turing Award and his speech at the American University sparked a wave of discussion, which made him quite popular. This made the people of American universities more receptive to Shenzhou computers. Whenever they were recommended, they would definitely recommend Shenzhou computers. If the people who asked about it could not buy it, they would also advise them to wait and not rush to buy the junk computers of IBM and other companies.

"Mingjie!"

Zhou Fengnian called Wang Mingjie in, handed him the export agreement and said, "Make a copy and save it in the archives, and then bring this copy here."

"I understand, Leader."

After Wang Mingjie left, Zhou Fengnian said to Xiao Hua, "Deputy Director Xiao, you have to hurry up with production. Go back and talk to Director Liang and Secretary Ge. The task ahead is not easy."

Zhou Fengnian gave a few commonplace reminders, saying that the Shenzhou Computer Factory was one of the few "golden chicken factories" in China that laid eggs, and its estimated output value next year should be more than 300 million US dollars.

It is getting higher every year. The world's top technology combined with low labor costs brings such terrifying benefits.

Zhou Fengnian didn't have much time, so after giving Xiao Hua some casual instructions for a while, he let Xiao Hua leave.

This news was quickly told to Gu Wenjie and other leaders of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. After hearing the news, almost everyone grinned with joy.

Apart from anything else, the Ministry of Machine Building can keep 20% of the laptop computers to fill the treasury.

Now the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building will have more financial resources next year!
There is also good news from the wireless communications factory, but they cannot hand over much funding to the ministry.

However, the wireless communication factory also saved the money to contribute to the old city. Public telephones were built on the main streets of each district, which also provided convenience to the general public.

Otherwise, how many telephone exchanges are there in the city? Less than four!

If you want to make a phone call, you have to run for a long time and queue up. Everyone should give a thumbs up to the wireless communication company for paying for the installation of public telephones.

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When the get off work day was over, Zhou Fengnian had almost finished dealing with all his work for the day, and the plan for building a government official website and the Internet construction plan were also almost complete.

So Zhou Fengnian packed up and decided to go home early today.

He remembered that his elder and second brothers said they would come to see him today, so he didn't get much rest the whole day. After a quick lunch at noon, he finished most of the day's work.

After leaving the office, Zhou Fengnian said hello to Wang Mingjie: "Mingjie, I'm going back first. Don't stay until late."

Wang Mingjie immediately said, "I understand, boss. I'll be off work after I'm done."

After going downstairs and finding Zhao Qiang, Zhou Fengnian took a car back.

At his level, he can already get a new house, even a two-story building.

However, Zhou Fengnian thought about it and refused. Nanluoguxiang was close to where he worked, and his family lived on the same street, so it was convenient to visit each other.

The two-story building is spacious, but there are no acquaintances around, so it must be uncomfortable.

Not long after, Zhou Fengnian returned home, just in time for dinner.

When Zhou Yan saw Zhou Fengnian coming back, she smiled and said, "It feels like I haven't had dinner with you for a long time. Go wash your hands and get ready."

"Don't we have breakfast together every day?"

Zhou Fengnian emphasized that he is not the kind of person who neglects his family when he is busy.

After he put away his briefcase and washed his hands, Gong Lin quickly brought him dinner. Their family's dinner was a standard four-course meal with one soup, not as exaggerated as that of the wireless communications factory.

Even if Zhou Xianyang is not there, there are still four people in Zhou Fengnian's family.

"Zhou Yiyi, your dad is back, why didn't you tell him?"

While eating, Zhou Yan suddenly spoke to her daughter in a somewhat unfriendly tone.

After hearing what her mother said, Zhou Yiyi buried her head in her bowl and didn't say a word.

Zhou Fengnian asked curiously: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Zhou Yan said unhappily, “Your favorite daughter has finished her exams, why don’t you ask about her results?

You always complain about your brother hanging around and not studying, why don't you say anything now?"

After being scolded, Zhou Yiyi still kept silent and lowered her head to eat. As for Zhou Linlin beside her, she was even more obedient, fearing that the anger would spread to her.

Although Zhou Linlin had just started elementary school, her mother had told her many times to study hard because of her older sister's problems.

"As for the results, let's talk about it after dinner. Let's eat peacefully first."

Zhou Fengnian hurriedly advised him, as he was afraid that he would lose his mood to eat after hearing the results.

After dinner, Zhou Fengnian asked his daughter for the test papers. He was given a headache when he saw the results. The total score of several subjects was not even as high as her mother's salary.

"My girl, no wonder your mother had to use her connections when you were in high school.

I have to tell you this. If you don’t study hard, you will have no hope of getting into university.”

Zhou Yiyi whispered, "I didn't want to go to college in the first place. Dad, please send me to the art troupe. I want to learn from Sister Bai."

"Sister Bai? Bai Qing'an, that girl, the art troupe is a hard place to be in, and the art troupe doesn't want people with particularly poor grades. They require both moral integrity and artistic excellence."

The latter sentence was what Zhou Fengnian lied to his own daughter, but her score was a bit embarrassing.

Zhou Fengnian was reluctant to let her take her mother's surname, so she had to change it to Zhou.

"You should improve your grades first. If you really want to join the art troupe, then come and find a place with passing scores. Otherwise, I won't help you find connections."

After talking with my daughter for a while, I finally persuaded her to give up the idea of ​​joining the art troupe in her first year of high school. She was too young and no one would want her.

Just after I finished talking with Zhou Yiyi, Zhou Weitian and others arrived.

After coming in, Zhou Weitian asked in surprise: "Third brother, you came back so early today, I thought I had to wait for you for a while."

"I know you guys are coming today, so you must come back early. Xianzhe and Xianrui are here too. They have been doing a good job recently. Their spirits are different from before."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, before they were admitted to university, the two boys walked with their backs bent and their heads lowered.

Now he has completely changed. He holds his head high wherever he goes, and the word "confidence" is almost written on his face.

However, after seeing Zhou Fengnian, the two nephews immediately grinned, and Zhou Xianzhe said, "It's not bad, Third Uncle. Now our business is catching up with my dad's."

Zhou Xianrui added: "We have surpassed my father. We are the second largest among the three businesses!"

(End of this chapter)