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Chapter 990 It's just about frequently changing locations to play ball, no problem.
To satisfy Wei Dong, the reminder was to use this kind of reporting to inspire the children's sense of honor and fighting spirit.

Look how sticky these two are!

When the two teams train and compete together, many staff members can be shared, including team doctors, cooks, and drivers.

What's more, the basketball team also brought a television reporting team.

Three or four people took on all the responsibilities, including photography, editing, hosting, and reporting.

This is a project team for the TV station's "short video" model. Originally, it was self-sufficient, but now that the sports channel is being established and launched, the boss's wife has been sending people to follow along since she went to Hawaii.

They followed the filming process closely every day, capturing various scenes.

Now that the boss has arrived, I'm naturally excited and have prepared a bunch of clips.

Wei Dong was both amused and exasperated to see Camp and Li Yue'e on various innocent dates, strolling through the streets and walking on the beach.

When his wife arrived, he naturally demanded that they prepare seafood barbecue, hot pot, and other delicacies that even a guy from the southwestern inland region could enjoy.

With about thirty people on both sides plus another ten or so, they were determined to create a lively party atmosphere.

The Olympics this year are in September, which is only about 100 days away.

Lu Bin, who participated in the previous Olympics, has become a senior coach. Combining the guidance from the Citizens coaching team, he has begun to fully enter the pre-competition state.

Avoid injury, refrain from eating or drinking unhealthy foods, and engage in physical conditioning training.

Many of the scientific details were things that Lu Bin and his colleagues had never heard of before.

Now Zhang Jinsong, Ma Jian, and the others are also crowding around Rang Weidong, playfully and excitedly showing off the various "travel" photos they have taken.

Most of them entered sports schools and sports teams from a young age, and were completely managed like soldiers, so they never enjoyed this kind of freedom.

For a guy in his early twenties, a regular, high-intensity workout is purely a release of energy, and he doesn't feel tired at all.

Then, in their spare time, they would play volleyball and ride jet skis on the beach, and go snorkeling, sea fishing, and hiking around Hawaii.

Having arrived in Los Angeles, Fan Bin, who was not very familiar with Hollywood but had obtained his driver's license, took everyone to rent a car and visit the surrounding canyon park, state park, zoo, and marina.

The freedom and ease of being a professional who can earn tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars a month.

Wei Dong was very satisfied with the review.

Lu Bin had also privately reported to him that among the three or four young coaches sent from the mainland, those with good professional skills were eager to try their luck outside, while those with good political qualities were not particularly strong in terms of professional skills.

So, to avoid any trouble, before leaving Hong Kong, he also chose to send someone back to Pengzhen West District to organize a local team.

After all, these few were registered with the Sports Commission to study in Hong Kong. If one of them is missing, the others will probably be recalled immediately.

This huge gap needs to be smoothed out one after another.

This year, Liu Xiaoyong and his team have increased the number of architects and civil engineers selected for the advanced training program in the United States to thirty, and there are even more mechanical engineers going to Detroit Chrysler for exchange programs.

Wei Dong repeatedly emphasized to the leaders not to care about the losses, that he would not punish anyone for them, and that selecting reliable people was simply to have more helpers at this stage. If they really ran away, so be it.

Liu Xiaoyong still wants to move all his manpower from Hong Kong, and have Xiao He, who almost ran away, come back one after another to give his testimony.

Look at him now, he's already a participant in the design of such a magnificent project as the HK Basketball Arena. There's absolutely no need for him to risk his life and flee if he stays in HK to work and live.

When they came across the yacht marina, Fan Bin pointed out that it was just next door, which immediately reminded Wei Dong to ask him to get a map.

"You could buy a small speedboat; I'd say it's faster than driving on the highway."

His wife peeked over and laughed, "You don't know as much about yachts as I do. It's tough for a small boat to run at 70 or 80 kilometers per hour, and it's too much trouble to leave a big boat here for maintenance. If you really think it's necessary to make a quick round trip, just find a small airport nearby and fly back."

Fan Bin quickly confirmed that there was a small airport about six or seven kilometers away, with a dense array of small planes.

It's all because the peak season has arrived in this surfing paradise, and it's so crowded that you can't find anywhere to stay.

Wei Dong could only lament that even 30 or 40 years later, this kind of development still hadn't caught up with the United States.

At this point, Lu Bin also lamented that during the last Olympics, they came to Los Angeles, but had absolutely no sense of direction, didn't know where to stay, and when they occasionally went out on the team bus, everywhere was crowded with people, much more than this...

Wei Dong suddenly realized what was happening and exchanged a glance with his wife.

Qin Yuye immediately understood and was even more pleased with this tacit understanding: "The Seoul Olympics will definitely be very crowded. Where will we stay then?"

Right? Since we're definitely going to cheer them on, and there will probably be quite a few people going, that means there will be trouble with food, drink, and other necessities.

Nanli's reputation isn't good right now, which makes Wei Dong think even worse.

Therefore, we need to prepare in advance: "It seems that the TV station has sent a group of people to make programs and inspect Olympic venues, so we can set up an office in advance."

Qin Yuye warned, "People from Nanli are very stubborn, which makes things very inconvenient."

Wei Dong had a solution: "Haha, they only respect the Chrysler people. They'll set up a branch office under the Chrysler name."

Qin Yuye chuckled and called his secretary to start discussing whether to seek assistance from a consulting firm in Detroit. Unexpectedly, they ended up using a small plane the very next day.

Originally, Wei Dong was extremely happy to start physical training and ball training with the basketball team in the morning.

During the break, I heard that a scout had his eye on Kemp, and knowing that he now holds Hong Kong citizenship and is considered an international player, they were actually encouraging him to participate in this year's draft.

Hardaway also has an audience, but he's an NCAA player, which is the standard NBA path. Running for the draft next year is the proper way to go.

So there are quite a few industry insiders crowding the sidelines to watch the HK team train, including Ma Jian and a few others who are getting a lot of attention, but the focus is mainly on sixteen-year-old Zhang Jinsong, whose potential is too great.

The other three are not particularly outstanding compared to Citibank's domestic players.

When Wei Dong asked Kemp for his opinion, the guy, knowing he'd be playing games all year round in North America, kept backing out.

"Can't I stay in Hong Kong to play? Boss, you said you'd always take me with you. I love Hong Kong..."

Wei Dong didn't even bother to say anything to him. You like Hong Kong, but what you really like is young couples hanging out together.

But whether it's the windsurfing team or the basketball team, everyone tacitly keeps an eye on the young couple, making sure they don't live together, at least not until before the Olympics when things get too heated and they end up burning out.

Both of them possess top-tier physical abilities; if the weakling comes on, it'll be a complete disaster.

So they were constantly interrupted, and someone was always following them to prevent them from doing anything inappropriate.

Just then, Yu Xiaoqiu brought over a mobile phone.

Lin Wangfu reported excitedly: "They have approved the inclusion of the optical drive in the new computer and are working on motherboard adjustments. The purchase price is $786, while the current market price is around $2,000, so this will definitely be the main selling point of this year's new computer."

The list that Wei Dong saw before leaving showed that the optical drive's factory cost was $280!

One unit alone can net you five hundred dollars!
The cheapest CD players nowadays, priced around $320, can certainly be made to cost around that level. The high price is only due to the limited production capacity and market prospects of optical drives.

Perhaps Philips can make a thousand dollars per optical drive used in those high-end computer rooms.

But we can't increase the quantity.

This is the wave that will make us rich.

As long as Apple computers drive the widespread adoption of optical drives.

Major brands will definitely follow suit and lower their costs.

But the richest first soup has already been taken by Creative CD-ROM drive.

In particular, there are fewer than twenty optical disc production lines in the world, and they are mostly used for CDs with essentially the same manufacturing process.

The entire production line in Pengzhen was dedicated to creating computer CDs.

Lin Wangfu proposed opening two more CD-ROM cables immediately?
"Order now, and the installation and testing will be completed right after the Apple event in June, at which point production will start to ramp up."

What Wei Dong was thinking about was: "The current production capacity is over a million discs per month. Have you ever thought about what kind of content we could use for if we set up two more production lines?"

The excited Po-zai immediately stammered: "Oh, really? It seems we don't have enough content to publish either. I'm a little overjoyed."

After all, Wei Dong frequently contacted He Yuzhu, Lao Huang, Yuan Xinzi, and even the software experts from Jinling Factory.

He was more familiar with it than Lin Wangfu, who was mainly in charge of hardware.

Software these days is so small; a few megabytes is considered large, and tens of megabytes are rare.

So a 600MB CD can hold a lot of things.

The "trial version" software given to Steve basically included all the files of various sizes produced by several software bases in China.

Moreover, Wei Dong's thinking is definitely more advanced: "If the optical drive becomes an instant hit, big manufacturers like Sony and Philips will definitely make it, and production lines will be set up to manufacture it. Can only Helan make it?"

Lin Wangfu suddenly realized: "That's right! The patent restrictions mainly apply to key components such as laser heads. In reality, these factories can mass-produce laser heads, not to mention optical disc production lines. Many factories in Japan can manufacture these, so prices will definitely drop significantly!"

So Wei Dong saw more: "It's not that we're saving on the price difference of the production lines, but there's no difference between two or three lines and one line. Once the optical drive market explodes, Japan and Europe might have dozens or hundreds of lines. A few lines will definitely be overwhelmed. We should see how to deal with the situation. We shouldn't try to grab the optical drive business at this time and take away all the business. Giving other big brands enough space will prevent them from squeezing us out."

Lin Wangfu nodded and said, "You always think long-term. I'll hurry up and stock up on some more laser heads. Even if they're more expensive, I can still guarantee production capacity. Yes, Steve pulled people together overnight to test our CD and CD drive. He picked out some software to do a special project. That's what you talked to him about."

So, as a boss, how could you possibly have that much free time to play ball?

The software is a matter for Kungfu Software Company; the major and minor shareholders discuss their interests.

It might just be another big profit.

So, still wanting more, I rented a business jet with about ten seats at the small airport and flew directly to Silicon Valley for a few thousand dollars.

The proprietress was just happy to change the place to play ball... oh, I mean, to change the place to go on a shopping spree? No problem.

(End of this chapter)