The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 235 Returning to the old business
Digital cameras are a very profitable thing, and the key is that they are monopolized by Japanese companies. There is a joke that goes, "Smoothing this thing can ruin your life, and a SLR camera can make you poor for three generations."

From this we can see to what extent these guys from Xiao Dongyang have raised the price of digital cameras. If one person plays with a SLR, it will bring harm to three generations.

Our country is not without good camera factories. The Seagull cameras from the 1960s to the 1980s produced a series of cameras and professional SLR cameras that were even sold well both at home and abroad.

Of course Liu Hua didn’t understand the mechanism of the digital camera now, so he could only ask for help from the system. Fortunately, the personal computer had already fed back 50,000 points, so Liu Hua’s ammunition depot was sufficient.

I exchanged five thousand points for digital camera technology. It seemed a bit unbelievable at the time. This thing is almost as important as aircraft parts.

After careful research, I realized that the lens technology was more expensive. This lens polishing technology is not only used in digital cameras, but also in sniper scopes, or satellite and aircraft reconnaissance.

Our country has always been lagging behind in this area. With these materials, we can make rapid progress in the field of lenses. Moreover, when the era of smart phones comes, if Seagull can continue to work hard on lens research, then by then it will have overthrown Sony.

Liu Hua and the Department of Physics began to research digital cameras. Fortunately, it was Huaqing University, and the professors there were all first-class.

The Semiconductor Department where Liu Hua works currently has the most funding. Firstly, it receives a lot of state funding, and also because of tangible results, it has earned a lot of foreign exchange for the country.

The second reason is the sponsorship from Factory 798. The personal computers produced by Factory 798 are still selling very well. In addition to a large number of orders from major domestic universities and research institutes, the market has also been opened up overseas.

The American foreign affairs officer bought one of our computers. He was so amazed by the visual graphics operation that he thought it was a miracle.

It happened that his term of office had come to an end, so he took his computer back home. At that time, computer development in the United States was also in full swing.

This foreign affairs officer felt that he would never be able to get promoted in his lifetime and had no hope, so he simply gave up politics and went into business. After all, he was a businessman himself.

Don't be surprised that a good foreign affairs officer could be a businessman. This is a very normal operation in America. There was once a bra factory owner who sponsored a sum of money to the president during the presidential election. So after the president was elected, he sent him to Sri Lanka as ambassador. Before that, the owner didn't even know what Sri Lanka was or where it was.

Before becoming a foreign affairs officer, he was not a very successful businessman. He became a foreign affairs officer because of an accidental speculation.

Now he is ready to go back to his old job and continue doing business, but he can't think of a good project for a while. Fortunately, when he was sorting out the things he brought back from the flower grower at home, he saw the computer.

There was a great project right in front of me, but I actually ignored it. This personal computer is better than the personal computers in the United States. At least it is much easier to operate.

Therefore, he used the little capital he had to open up a trade route to the flower-growing country, then quickly applied for a visa and returned to the capital where he used to work.

As a foreign affairs officer who changed his career path, he actually didn't know much about flower growing. Although he bought the computer at the Friendship Store, he didn't know where the computer was produced.

He could only ask around at the Friendship Store, which even attracted the attention of relevant departments. After all, his identity was somewhat sensitive. However, after understanding, he knew that he wanted to do trade business. Finally, the manager of the Friendship Store came forward and sent this former foreign affairs staff member to Factory 798. Of course, all this was completely the intention of the above.

Before this, the technological content of our country's exports has always been low. PLC components are considered to have a relatively high technological content, but due to the scale of production, their market share in the world is not high.

Now, if our computers can be exported to the United States and occupy a certain market share, it will definitely be an exciting event.

The most important thing is that all things related to this personal computer that can be patented should be patented.

Today's Americans still have some dignity and will not steal other people's patents or refuse to acknowledge other people's patents. Only when they start to decline and have to rob Peter to pay Paul, will they do such shameless things. Therefore, the saying of our ancestors is still very correct: "When the granary is full, one will know etiquette."

Although this American's previous career was not very successful, he still has some wealth. The sales amount of our computers in China is 3,400 yuan. Taking the exchange rate into account, we give him 1,500 US dollars per computer.

Adding shipping costs and tariffs, this guy sold each unit for nearly four thousand dollars after returning home. Some of them were indeed difficult to sell at the beginning, because personal computers on the market generally cost between fifteen hundred and two thousand dollars.

This guy ordered a thousand units at one time, which cost millions of dollars, and part of it was a loan, which made him very worried.

But coincidentally, one of his friends worked at a newspaper, and after trying out the graphical operating system of this computer, he immediately praised it highly.

There is no computer with a graphical operating interface in the entire American market now. The most common one, such as General Electric computers, uses the MSDOS operating system, which is simply inferior to Liu Hua's Hongqi graphical operating interface system.

So his friend published a report praising the convenience of Patriot computers, which soon caused a sensation among computer enthusiasts.

Soon, a professional computer magazine quoted this report, so the businessman returned to the flower-growing country again after a month and a half.

This time, a direct order for 798 personal computers made Factory very happy. Last time, it only earned a million dollars, but this time it made tens of millions of dollars.

Just think about it, at that time, which factory in the country could earn foreign exchange? A single order could reach tens of millions of dollars, and this million-dollar order only lasted for a month and a half. At this rate, the order amount could reach at least 20 to 30 million dollars within a year.

The director of Factory 798 was calculating the profits and feeling very happy. He thought that if he could get a few more orders like this, his future would be guaranteed.

Write a report, apply to your superiors, sponsor more funds for Liu Hua's laboratory, let the kids in your own laboratory pay more attention, upgrade the computers as soon as possible, make money from foreigners, you have to keep up with the times.

(End of this chapter)