The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 249 Cheaper
This was an era when small vendors grew wildly. Banggeng was also lucky. He found a good market by pushing his tricycle, so he was able to make money.

His wontons were made by Sha Zhu himself, and they taste absolutely top-notch. So even if other people wanted to set up a snack stand next to his, they couldn't compete with his wontons.

Ever since Banggeng opened the wonton stall here, some people started setting up snack stalls far away from him, but theirs were not as popular as his, so others had long coveted this place.

That morning, people came to set up stalls and saw that no one was at Bang Geng's stall, so they thought they were going to copy it. So they simply moved over here, and you took some, I took some, and Bang Geng's good market was taken up. With the good market, and Bang Geng not being there today, everyone's business was exceptionally good.

The next day when Banggeng came to set up his stall, he found that his stall had been occupied by someone else. Isn't this going against the will of heaven? He was just being unruly by holding the iron bar that was used to connect the stove.

"Fuck it, I haven't been here for just one day and you guys dare to occupy my territory. Are you guys looking for death?"

People at this time are still relatively simple. This is a great place. You never know if something happens to someone, so it's normal for them not to come for a day.

Everyone felt that they were in the wrong, since Banggeng was the first to get here, so they gave the place back to him and said some apologies.

This made Bang Geng very proud. He thought that his words were still effective. Besides, people around him liked to eat his wontons, so his business was still good.

When he closed the stall at night, Qin Huairu asked anxiously, "Bang Geng, you took a day off yesterday, so your business won't be affected today, right?"

"What impact will it have? It's still as good as before." Bang Geng said arrogantly, "My cooking skills are here. Who can compare with me? If someone doesn't eat my wontons, then he is unlucky."

It is valuable for a person to know himself, but Banggeng does not have this value, so he is cheaper.

He has been constantly raising his self-awareness, thinking that he is the protagonist of this world, the protagonist selling wontons.

So he became lazy about setting up the stall. At first he would take one day off a month, then one day off every half month, then one day off a week, and after that he would fish for three days and rest for two days.

If this continues for a long time, it would be strange if his business could be good. If business is not good and he makes less money, he will turn his attention to raw materials. After all, reducing costs is a more obvious way to improve efficiency.

If they reduced costs, the wontons would taste bad. If the wontons tasted bad, people would stop patronizing them, and this formed a vicious cycle. That’s why Banggeng’s business never lasted more than two years.

Liu Hua made a prototype of a digital camera. Due to the raw materials, this digital camera could only hold twenty photos, but it was already amazing. Liu Hua also specially wrote an operating system so that photos could be deleted on the digital camera without the help of a computer. This was much more advanced than Kodak's first digital camera.

Moreover, Liu Hua specially created a detachable storage device, so once it is full, he can simply replace it with a new storage disk.

"It is indeed more convenient and not as easy to expose." Professor Li nodded: "But I think it has its own advantages compared to film cameras, and at this stage it is not as convenient as film cameras."

"That's for sure. It's a process of development. What did film cameras look like in the beginning?" Liu Hua gestured. "It was a big box half a person's height, and the film was also that big. After a while of development, it became what it is today. If our digital cameras continue to develop, they will be about the size of a cigarette box, and they can store hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of photos. It won't necessarily be a problem. At that time, which one do you think is better, a digital camera or a film camera?"

"Then it must be a digital camera." Professor Li agreed, "But I estimate that it will take at least 30 to 50 years of development to reach that level." Liu Hua was about to refute, but after thinking about it, he realized that in 2024, a kind of children's digital camera was already being sold on the Internet. It was about the size of a cigarette box. If you calculate it this way, it has been more than 40 years.

"Maybe. But if I want digital cameras to be in every household, maybe 20 years will be enough."

"Twenty years, so fast?"

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, in twenty years, at the beginning of the new century, digital cameras will probably be very popular."

Professor Li did not speak. He held the prototype and thought about it. After a while, he asked, "So what are you going to do with this prototype?"

"I plan to let the Seagull Factory produce some digital cameras first." Liu Hua said with a smile: "Let's make a voice first and do a great deed. The world's first commercial digital camera comes from our country."

Liu Hua contacted Director Sun of the Seagull Factory. After looking at the prototype, he was a little disgusted. After all, it could only store twenty photos. A roll of ordinary film could store at least twenty-four photos. The capacity of this digital camera was a bit appalling.

"There's nothing we can do." Liu Hua spread his hands. "Semiconductor hardware has only developed to this point in the world. Being able to store twenty photos is already quite impressive."

"You notified me to come here, but you said that it can be put into commercial operation and can be produced and sold."

Liu Hua nodded: "That's right. I let you produce it because I want you to take on a great cause. The world's first digital camera put into commercial operation is produced by you, Seagull. It will bring fame to the outside world and achievements to the inside world."

"That makes sense." Director Sun nodded. "But I guess the first batch won't produce much, and the best outcome is to make less loss. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Director Xu to explain this to his superiors."

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing; Jianghu is about human relations.

Liu Hua had just embezzled more than 600,000 yuan in research funds from others. If he caused them to lose money, or even lost their title as Director Xu, it would not be easy to find sponsorship in the future. After all, it had set a bad precedent.

Scratching his head, Liu Hua really couldn't think of any good idea for a moment.

Liu Hua tapped his forehead and waved his hand at Director Sun: "Go out and have a cigarette. I have to think of a way to fool Director Xu."

The two of them squatted at the door of the laboratory, smoking one cigarette after another. After finishing about half a pack of cigarettes, Director Sun stood up shakily: "I can't take it anymore. I feel a little dizzy. I can't think of anything in my mind. Do you have any ideas?"

Liu Hua crushed the cigarette butt and said uncertainly: "It seems that there is a trick, but I haven't grasped it. I seem to have thought of a good idea. However, how should I put it, it just hasn't materialized yet. Please give me some time."

(End of this chapter)