Training the Heavens

Chapter 141 Pack it up and take it away
In Beijing, Duan Yongping is now struggling with what he should do.

He was a gifted boy. In the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, he was only sixteen years old, but he decided to take the college entrance examination and was successfully admitted to the Radio Department of Zhejiang University. After graduation, he was assigned to the domestic industry leader - Beijing Electron Tube Factory.

This experience is exactly the same as Song Yunhui in "The Great River". He joined a large state-owned factory, had good salary and benefits, and high social status. Most people would definitely be satisfied with that, but Duan Yongping is not like that.

Although this iron rice bowl could ensure his food and clothing security in the short term, he found it boring because semiconductor integrated circuit technology was gradually replacing outdated vacuum tubes, and he was unwilling to waste time in an industry with no future.

After two years, he decided to continue his studies and was admitted to the Renmin University of China to pursue a master's degree in econometrics. Perhaps he was not that interested in this subject, and his learning progress could not keep up. He failed the graduation thesis defense this year and did not get his degree certificate.

Without a degree, it would be difficult to get a good job. Duan Yonghua also saw that the craze for getting rich had spread across the country and that people gradually accepted wealth. So he wondered whether he should go to the south to try his luck and make a lot of money with his skills.

At this time, Gao Jialin came to Duan Yongping and quickly gained his trust. Duan Yongping asked Gao Jialin for some advice. Gao Jialin said without hesitation, "Accepting the assignment to the unit now is no different from when you were at the Beijing Electronic Tube Factory. You still have to work hard to gain experience."

"It's such a waste of my youth to spend it on this. I'd rather go south and try my luck. I've been to Guangdong several times and it's truly a place teeming with life. When I think back on it now, I can still vividly remember the feeling of everything flourishing."

"Besides, the electronics industry there is quite developed, with state-owned and private factories everywhere. With your technical skills, you'll probably be able to become the main person in charge there very quickly."

"First, train for a few years, and once you're familiar with the industry, you can start your own business. If you have such an idea in the future, I can provide the funds, and we can open an electronics factory together."

Jiang Wanmeng is only a technical talent, while Duan Yongping is more comprehensive, proficient in technology, management, and investment. If Gao Jialin can bring him under his command, it will be much easier for him to start a business in the future.

At that time, they will join forces, Jiang Wanmeng will be responsible for technology, and Duan Yongping will be responsible for management. With the combined strength of these two, plus Gao Jialin's funds and foresight, their VCD will surely sweep the country.

Duan Yongping didn't understand why Gao Jialin was so optimistic about him, but he still accepted Gao Jialin's kindness. He took the soft sleeper ticket that Gao Jialin helped him buy and the money Gao Jialin donated, and boarded the train heading south.

Arriving in Zhongshan, we found a company called Yihua as Gao Jialin had suggested. We mentioned Gao Jialin's name and were immediately warmly received. "Reporter Gao came to interview our factory last year and even got our company's name published in the newspaper. We will definitely make use of the people he introduced us to."

After examining Duan Yongping's skills, Yihua's general manager, Chen Jianren, immediately appointed him the director of a small electronics factory under the company. "This factory is in a very bad state right now. The product qualification rate has been unable to improve. If you can save this factory, the company will definitely reward you handsomely. Of course, you can also stay at the headquarters. I will find you a suitable position."

Duan Yongping thought about it and decided to give it a try. He knew going to headquarters would mean he would have to work his way up the ladder, while success at the electronics factory would be a major achievement. So he decided to join the electronics factory called "Rihua." Upon entering, he found the situation quite bleak. It was just a basic assembly plant, one of many similar enterprises in Zhongshan. It lacked core competitiveness, and its management was lax. Without drastic reforms, it was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Duan Yongping did not rush to start. He first mingled with the workers, worked with them on the assembly line, understood their ideas, and used his time after get off work to study the trends in the electronics industry, trying to find a way out for the factory.

At that time, Gao Jialin happened to be in Guangdong for an interview, so he found an opportunity to meet with Duan Yongping. After listening to Duan Yongping talk about the difficulties he encountered, Gao Jialin took out a pile of information and said, "It just so happens that I have compiled some information on the current development of the domestic electronics industry. It also includes some information on the electronics industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States. You can refer to it and it may inspire you."

"These materials are so valuable." Duan Yongping accepted them with profuse gratitude.

After going back and studying it carefully, he actually found a way out. He discovered that the information Gao Jialin gave him used a lot of data and a large amount of space to introduce the Japanese game console industry, especially the situation of cartridge-type electronic game consoles, and believed that this product would also usher in an explosion in China in the future.

Duan Yongping immediately became interested. He quickly bought several game consoles available on the market, disassembled and cracked them using his own skills, and found that the cost of this thing was not high. He was also confident that he could lower the price so that domestic consumers could afford it.

But wouldn't making a game console resent parents? Would it lead to policy suppression? Confused by this, Duan Yongping called Gao Jialin again. Gao Jialin offered him an idea: "Change the name. Don't call it a game console. Call it a learning machine. Add some simple typing games. When promoting it, tell parents that they can learn computer skills using it. That way, there will be fewer objections."

"Good idea!" Duan Yongping slapped his thigh excitedly, and he admired Gao Jialin more and more. Not only was he familiar with industry development, but he was also much more sensitive to relevant policies than himself. If he worked under him in the future, he would definitely have great potential.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Jialin did not feel sorry for the money he could have earned, because the market for learning machines would not grow bigger in a few years, and Rihua would not make much money if it started now.

Let Duan Yongping do it first, and then slowly find talents such as Huang Yihe, Chen Mingyong, Shen Wei, Jin Zhijiang, etc., and introduce them here to train together. By the time they are trained, Gao Jialin should also resign.

It would be a good opportunity to pack them all up and take them away, and then reunite with Jiang Wanmeng and other talented people, so that the skeleton of a large electronics factory can be built, which will shock the whole of China in the first year.

With such beautiful expectations, Gao Jialin kept running around for the next two years, writing in-depth articles for Xinhua News Agency and recruiting talents everywhere just like playing the Three Kingdoms game.

Before we knew it, it was time for Chen Hong to graduate.

(End of this chapter)