The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 309 Liu Xiaoli is pregnant again, starting anew
In February 1987, at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, James Addison, Kiichi Miyazawa, Gerhard Stolt, and others gathered to discuss one matter:

Joint measures should be taken to strengthen close coordination and cooperation in both domestic macroeconomic policies and foreign exchange market intervention in order to prevent the decline of the US dollar and maintain the basic stability of the US dollar exchange rate.

This is the famous Louvre Accord.

This agreement was specifically renegotiated to consolidate the achievements of the Plaza Accord.

In addition to the ministers from the three countries mentioned above, there are also Great Britain, France, Canada, and Italy, collectively known as the G7.
So why is it necessary to sign such an agreement again?
Because of the Plaza Hotel agreement, despite the significant depreciation of the dollar against non-dollar currencies such as the yen, Reagan and his colleagues did not take effective measures to improve the fiscal situation of the United States itself.

Meanwhile, due to the 'J-curve effect' of currency devaluation, the US trade deficit not only failed to narrow in the two years following the Plaza Accord, but continued to worsen.

In 1987, the United States trade deficit reached $1,681, accounting for 3.6 percent of GDP.

Therefore, after seeing this situation, Reagan and his team hurriedly sent Treasury Secretary James Addison to the Louvre to supplement an agreement with Kiichi Miyazawa and others.

Inside Wang Duoyu's study in the old campus of Harbin Institute of Technology, in the faculty villa area of ​​Harbin, the "Ice City".

The Spring Festival has just passed, and the Lantern Festival has not yet arrived.

Zheng Baoyin, Wang Jianchao, Xue Lisheng, and others were sitting in the study, each with a document in hand, all of which were news reports related to the Louvre Agreement.

Yes, it must be a report that has been translated into Chinese, not a foreign language report.

"Ninth Brother, after the Louvre Agreement, does it mean that the US dollar will continue to depreciate?"

Wang Meili put on her glasses and asked with a serious expression.

Although many of the people in the study were her relatives, she dared not make any jokes at this moment.

Because we are at work and in a meeting, we must be serious.

"That's a good question, so what do you think?"

Before Wang Meili could answer her ninth brother's question, her older sister had already spoken first:
"Of course it will continue to depreciate, but I wonder how much it will depreciate this time."

Xue Lisheng frowned and asked doubtfully, "This time, the dollar's depreciation is unlikely to be as crazy as before, right?"

"What do you guys think?" Wang Duoyu asked with a smile.

Zheng Baoyin and others expressed their opinions. Some believed that the currency would definitely depreciate wildly again, and the reason was simple: Americans are very greedy.

Those who hold this view are Wang Jianchao, Zheng Baoyin, Qu Haiping and others who have lived in the United States for many years.

Because they believe they know the United States very well, and given the nature of Americans, they will definitely allow the dollar to continue to depreciate, and the depreciation will not be less severe than last year.

Another viewpoint is that the price will most likely only drop slightly, but not by much.

Wen Shixuan and several others shared this view because they believed that Japan was not stupid and would not allow the dollar to depreciate so much indefinitely.

Most importantly, the depreciation of the US dollar also requires people like Kiichi Miyazawa to sell more US dollar assets and US Treasury bonds, right?
But it's impossible to sell them all off.

Even if they were to sell off their shares, there would still need to be someone willing to take them on.

After they had finished arguing, Wang Duoyu finally spoke:
"Very good. Your points and reasons are all excellent, which shows that you have thought about it."

"But none of you understand one thing: there is a warning line for dollar depreciation, because once it exceeds that level, it could very well damage the dollar system."

"Furthermore, you may not have noticed, but the current situation is that Europe has risen, and they want to unite."

The euro was proposed in 1992, but in fact, all of this can be traced back to earlier times.

Back in 1979, thanks to the advocacy and efforts of France and Germany, the European Monetary System was successfully established and officially put into operation, giving birth to the then European monetary unit, the 'Écumen'.

Last year, in 1986, the European Community signed the Single European Instrument, proposing the establishment of a single market no later than 1993.

All these signs have contributed to the formal birth of the Euro.

Will the United States stand idly by?

of course not!

A fragmented Europe is more in line with American interests.

Furthermore, Germany nowadays earns a huge amount of money from the United States every year, making it just as despicable as Japan.

Against this backdrop, there is bound to be a warning line for the depreciation of the US dollar.

"Uncle Jiu, what should we do next?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianchao frowned and asked, his expression thoughtful.

His question is one that everyone is pondering.

For the past few months, they have been waiting for Wang Duoyu's orders.

Because back in September of last year, when Wang Jianda and his team were releasing sturgeon fry into the lake in front of the Want Want Group headquarters, Wang Duoyu had told Zheng Baoyin and the others to be prepared.

Since so much newspaper information has already been collected, wasn't all of this preparation for this very day?

"Don't do anything, just follow the action strategy we arranged before," Wang Duoyu said, shaking his head.

In fact, today's reunion was just a routine meeting after the Spring Festival, before they set off.

Everything that needed to be arranged had already been arranged long ago.

"Okay, Uncle, if you have no other instructions, then we'll proceed according to your original plan."

Zheng Baoyin immediately said.

Wang Duoyu nodded, ending today's meeting.

Everyone left the study, and the living room became exceptionally lively.

Half an hour later, at the villa entrance, Wang Duoyu watched Zheng Baoyin, Xue Lisheng, Wang Jianchao and others leave, and only after a long while did he turn around and go back to his room.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoli suddenly moved closer to him and said:

"Duoyu, I've been going to the toilet a lot lately. Do you think I have frequent urination?"

Why did Liu Xiaoli ask him that?
At this point, Wang Duoyu was already considered a qualified doctor, only lacking experience.

Last year, Wang Duoyu had already taken the initiative to learn medicine, spending more than half a year reading most of the medical books.

Then last winter, he spent two hours every day 'interning' at the Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Institute of Technology to gain experience.

Reading medical books and actually treating patients are two completely different things.

However, Wang Duoyu doesn't necessarily need to learn all the medical skills. He only needs to have a basic foundation, just like those students who have studied in university for about eight years. After learning the knowledge, he can slowly accumulate experience.

Moreover, he is only more interested in the three major subjects of gynecology, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics.

He had already learned how to take a pulse, but it would be quite difficult to diagnose many hidden illnesses just by taking a pulse.

"Let me take your pulse," Wang Duoyu said immediately.

Seeing this, Wang Junhong and his friends, all the little brats, ran over, just to join in the fun.

And there she was, even Wang Duoyu's eighth sister came over with a smile:

"Ninth Brother, it looks like it won't be long before you become a real doctor."

His family knew that he had read many medical books and had also interned at the affiliated hospital. Although it was a bit of a frivolous thing for him, he did learn a lot.

Wang Duoyu, who was taking Liu Xiaoli's pulse, ignored his eighth sister and focused on feeling Liu Xiaoli's pulse.

Ok?
Is this a sign of pregnancy?

There's a saying: "What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand."

Last winter, when he was interning at the hospital, he put in a lot of hard work and studied pulse diagnosis seriously for several months.

When he came back, he even took the pulses of Liu Xiaoli and the others, including little Wang Junkang.

Because he focuses on pregnancy, Wang Duoyu is quite knowledgeable about it.

Based on my current feelings, it seems like I'm pregnant.

"Xiaoli, you're probably pregnant."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room was astonished: Is this true?
Liu Xiaoli trembled, looking at Wang Duoyu with great surprise: "Is this true?"

Her health wasn't very good; Wang Junkang even miscarried at the end of March last year.

So she weaned Wang Junkang at the end of November, and continued to feed him milk after weaning, so the little guy never lacked nutrition.

Originally, after weaning, Liu Xiaoli planned to take time to recuperate, but she never expected that she would get pregnant again so soon.

"Yes, Ninth Brother, please don't misdiagnose us and make us happy for nothing." Wang Meili and the others were also surprised, but they didn't really trust Wang Duoyu's medical skills, so they couldn't help but say something.

“Of course it’s true!” Wang Duoyu continued.

“Let’s go, Xiaoli, I’ll take you to the affiliated hospital for a checkup. I’m sure my diagnosis of your pulse is correct; you must be pregnant.”

"Ninth Brother, can you be sure how many weeks?"

His eighth sister, Wang Meifeng, suddenly interjected.

This statement was echoed by Wang Meili and others, who were all eager to know the exact number of weeks.

Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes:
"You don't really think I'm an old doctor, do you? I've only been interning for a few months."

Although he considered himself exceptionally intelligent, medicine is not like mathematics; it relies more on experience than on theoretical knowledge.

If it were really that simple, there would be countless miracle doctors in the world.

Upon hearing this, Wang Meili and the others said nothing more, and at this moment, Wang Duoyu had already taken Liu Xiaoli out.

The little kids all wanted to follow, getting on the bus right behind them, but Wang Duoyu told them not to make a lot of noise.

They arrived at the hospital quickly, and Liu Xiaoli immediately went for various examinations.

The test results came out very quickly, within half an hour.

Liu Xiaoli is indeed pregnant, and is currently more than seven weeks along.

Today is February 4th, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. According to this timeline, Liu Xiaoli should not have had her period since her last period in December.

Why didn't she suspect she was pregnant?

After all, she hasn't had her period for more than seven weeks, which is definitely not scientifically sound.

It's quite simple. It's not that she didn't have suspicions, but because there was Wang Duoyu, this 'fake doctor,' in the family, who would take Liu Xiaoli's pulse almost every week, and because she was already taking care of her health and her period was always quite irregular, she didn't suspect anything.

As for Wang Duoyu, his skills are not up to par. With a pregnancy of more than four weeks, his pulse diagnosis skills are not good enough to make a diagnosis.

"That's great! Xiaoli, you're definitely having a daughter this time!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Meili and Wang Meihe cheered.

Because Liu Xiaoli has mentioned more than once that she wants a daughter.

The first child was Wang Jun'an, the second was Wang Jun'kang, both of whom were sons. With the addition of the little rascal Wang Jun'hong, there were three sons in the family.

The yang is overwhelmingly dominant and the yin is weak!
So I need a daughter to balance things out.

If possible, two daughters would be even better.

"Doctor, am I having twins this time?"

Liu Xiaoli smiled, then looked at the doctor and asked nervously.

Wang Duoyu chimed in from the side:

"The embryo in your belly is now over seven weeks old, which is enough to determine if it's twins, and the result is clear: no!"

what?
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli lowered her head in disappointment.

Twins are a matter of probability; it's not that easy to get them.

Even in such a large family as the Wang family, the probability of twins is not high. Only Wang Meihe and Wang Meili are twins; the others are singletons.

Regardless of whether it's twins or not, the most important thing now is that Liu Xiaoli is pregnant, so she should prepare for childbirth properly.

Based on previous experience, Wang Duoyu will stay by Liu Xiaoli's side as much as possible until she gives birth.

In particular, we must discipline Wang Junhong and his two nephews well, and absolutely prevent them from making Liu Xiaoli angry again.

The reason Wang Junkang miscarried last year was because of the anger caused by that little guy, Wang Junhong.

So we have to discipline them properly this year.

Ding Ding!

Just then, Wang Duoyu's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Liu Deben calling.

"Duoyu, the music player you mentioned before has been produced."

"Okay, I'll be in your office in an hour!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu was overjoyed.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli and the others told him to go ahead and do his work, as they could handle things themselves.

"Okay, then I'll go home for lunch." Wang Duoyu nodded, then pulled the two little ones, Wang Junhong and Wang Junan, aside and solemnly instructed them:

“You two brothers, listen up, especially you, eldest. From this moment on, if you ever make your mother angry even once, I'll get home and whip you with a belt, then send you to the hospital.”

what?
Whip him with a belt, then send him to the hospital?
Almost instantly, Wang Junhong thought of last year when he stayed at Peking Union Medical College Hospital for almost half a month. At that time, his buttocks were red and swollen, and he could neither sit nor lie down to sleep, and he was in excruciating pain.

So now, hearing his father's words, his buttocks immediately started to ache slightly.

"Okay, Dad, I understand. I promise I won't make Mom angry!" Wang Junhong hurriedly swore.

His younger brother also echoed his words, repeating what he had said.

Although the two brothers were mischievous, they knew they couldn't afford the consequences of angering their mother, so they listened to their father's words.

After giving the two little ones some instructions, Wang Duoyu left the affiliated hospital.

Wang Duoyu has a lot of headaches dealing with his two unruly children.

Perhaps after this fall, I can finally be free once I send the little one to school.

In fact, Wang Duoyu had said before that he would send Wang Junhong to study at the Harbin Institute of Technology Affiliated Primary School last September, but it didn't happen.

Sending the little guy to preschool is like a game-changer.

Not only could he not play with those little kids, but he was also academically inferior, to the point that even the teachers couldn't teach him.

If he weren't so short, he might be a teacher.

Harbin Institute of Technology, Weizigou Campus: Administration Building, Secretary's Office.

After Wang Duoyu entered, he saw school leaders such as Liu Deben, Lü Gongliang, and Han Jue, as well as Chen Baoxi, Yin Wenjie, Niu Ruishan, and several technical experts.

"Professor Wang, you've finally arrived! Take a look, is this the music player you wanted?"

One of the technical experts was overjoyed when he saw Wang Duoyu enter and asked him a question.

Following the direction of the other person's finger, Wang Duoyu saw a small component in front of Liu Deben and the others, which was none other than the MP3 music player he had been longing for.

This music player is completely different from CD players. It is a truly modern technological product and is definitely a favorite portable music player for many young people.

In 1984, Sony pioneered the portable CD player and invented the CDWalkman.

After its release, this product immediately sparked a global craze, and the Sony Walkman sold more than 30 million units worldwide in a very short period of time.

In January of this year, Nielsen, an American business research company, announced that Sony's Walkman had sold more than 150 million units worldwide.

This data is crazy enough, isn't it?

From its release in 1984 to January 1987, in less than three years, it sold 150 million units worldwide, which is simply insane.

Of course, this data also shows why the Louvre Accord was needed after the Plaza Accord.

The Sony Walkman is just a microcosm of the trade deficit between Japan and the United States.

The CD Walkman D50 was initially priced at 49,800 yen. Based on the 1984 exchange rate of 260 yen to the dollar, that's approximately $191. With 150 million units sold, that translates to $28.6 billion in revenue.

Therefore, you shouldn't underestimate this small device; it can be very profitable.

Two years ago, in 1985, the total revenue of companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology was US$27.2 billion.

Even so, the annual revenue of so many companies cannot match the revenue of a single Sony Walkman player. That's the difference.

"I'll give it a try first!"

Wang Duoyu smiled and then began the test.

The reason why the MP3 product was able to appear at this time is because it was the culmination of years of hard work and accumulation.

From a technical perspective, the main components of an MP3 music player include memory, microprocessor, digital signal processor, digital-to-analog converter, amplifier, display screen, playback controls, audio port, and power supply.

Let's start with the memory, the most important component. It also requires built-in storage media such as flash memory, memory sticks, data storage cards for portable electronic devices, and smart media cards.

Harbin Institute of Technology has already accumulated flash memory and other related storage technologies, so solving the storage problem of MP3 music players becomes very simple.

As for microprocessors, that's something Harbin Institute of Technology excels at.

Whether it's the Powerbook personal laptop from Excellence Technology or a supercomputer like the Nebula supercomputer, they all rely on processors.

Digital signal processors (DSPs) are responsible for processing audio data, including decompressing MP3 files, applying sound effects, and setting equalizers.

Speaking of the display screen, this is an LCD display screen.

The advantages of LCD screens are their small size, light weight, low power consumption, and ability to be made thin, making them the best choice for displays of devices such as laptops, desktop monitors, tablets, MP3 players, MP4 players, and MP5 players.

Several years ago, Harbin Institute of Technology had already developed various types and sizes of LCD displays, solving the display problem for products such as Powerbook personal laptops and PHS mobile phones.

Aside from the LCD screen, the remaining playback controls, audio ports, and power supply are all very easy issues to resolve.

The technology behind the playback control is quite simple, and it didn't take up much of the developers' time.

The audio port is used to connect headphones or external speakers to output audio signals.

This is also very simple. Because the first generation of MP3 players did not have built-in speakers, they could only connect to headphones or connect to a dedicated speaker via a data cable. Otherwise, they could not play music.

The final power supply is another strength of Harbin Institute of Technology.

The battery research institute under Diaopai Company has more than 1,000 researchers and submits more than 100 battery-related research projects every year.

They have applied for more than 500 patents, forming their own technological patent barriers.

Despite being an early MP3 player, it was powered not by a battery, but by a rechargeable battery that could be charged and provided over ten hours of music playback on a full charge.

Wang Duoyu put on his headphones, turned on his MP3 player, and the first song quickly appeared.

After pressing the play button, Wang Duoyu listened carefully.

A little over a minute later, Wang Duoyu put down his MP3 player and looked at Yin Wenjie and the others, saying:
"This music player is already perfect, achieving the ultimate in both sound quality and portability, but there are still a few major issues."

Upon hearing Wang Duoyu's words, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

The MP3 music player is perfect, but Wang Duoyu always manages to find problems, which always leaves everyone quite frustrated.

So every time Wang Duoyu said there were still problems, everyone would be on tenterhooks, fearing that Wang Duoyu would come up with a lot of very difficult technical problems.

"First, could you please check if this MP3 player can be set to resume playback at the point it stopped playing before each reboot, instead of restarting every time it's turned on again?"

Wang Duoyu offered his ideas in a very targeted manner.

Although this was the first generation of MP3 players, its memory capacity had already reached 256MB. However, there weren't many audio files available at that time, unlike in Wang Duoyu's previous life where there were different quality versions of music, such as lossless audio. This meant that downloading these audio files would take up a lot of memory.

This MP3 music file can only be downloaded from a computer; it cannot be copied from other sources.

However, it is obvious that once downloaded and copied, the music in the MP3 file can be played on a loop as long as it is not deleted.

With 256MB of memory, it can hold at least one hundred songs.

It sounds like there are more than a hundred songs, which is a lot. In fact, if we calculate based on an average of three and a half minutes per song, then a hundred songs would take 350 minutes to listen to, so it is indeed a lot.

It can be listened to for almost six hours!

If every time you turn the device off and on, you have to start all over again, it will cause a lot of trouble for consumers. After all, it is really troublesome to have to readjust the song progress every time you turn it on.

"Secondly, I'd like to make some adjustments, such as adding a feature to quickly adjust the song list."

Regarding this, Wang Duoyu also hopes that the software department can resolve this issue quickly.

The reason is simple: Wang Duoyu had already tested it himself. He wanted to listen to the eighty-seventh song, but he couldn't quickly switch to it.

Without a doubt, this kind of experience is very unpleasant.

"Thirdly, regarding the headphones that come with the MP3 player, they're not quite good enough. I know this might be related to the audio file itself, but the headphones are equally important."

Both the hardware and software technologies were mentioned. Wang Duoyu truly strives for excellence in the technology and craftsmanship of these products, hoping to achieve perfection.

Upon hearing this, Yin Wenjie and the others all wore bitter expressions; these technologies were indeed not so easy to implement.

Especially for headphones, technological breakthroughs are not easy.

Wang Duoyu didn't care about any of that. Since he had brought it up, he must be certain that these technologies could be broken through.

If wireless Bluetooth earphones could be developed in a previous life, what about other things?

Therefore, improving the headphones is inevitable, because once MP3 players are launched on the market, they will definitely attract strong attention from other competitors or investors.

Twenty minutes later, the discussion about improving MP3 technology finally came to an end.

All of these technologies will be incorporated into the second-generation MP3 player, rather than the current first-generation MP3 player.

"The MP3 player has been developed. We'll start production based on this model and stock up on five million units initially."

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"This product will be launched on May 1st this year."

This MP3 player wasn't developed by Zhuoyue Technology; it's a hodgepodge. After all, the battery is from Diaopai Company, the core technology of the microprocessor was developed by the Dawning supercomputing project, and the memory is from Huashun Company.

However, this product was ultimately placed under Excellence Technology and sold under the Excellence Technology name.

Some people are bound to be unhappy about this, but Wang Duoyu won't go through with the coordination. That's when Liu Deben and the others need to help.

In any case, Wang Duoyu only sets the direction and solves some technical problems, but he won't interfere with these details.

After discussing MP3s, Liu Deben brought up the topic of the display screen.

"Duoyu, Harbin Institute of Technology's display screen technology is quite mature now. Shouldn't we also get involved in the production and sales of televisions?"

Wang Duoyu heard this and pondered for a moment before saying:
"Sure, now that the Louvre agreement has been signed, we can increase our export share."

Since the Plaza Accord, the global landscape has begun to change.

A few years ago, Reagan proposed the Star Wars program, and now the Russian Empire has been dragged into a quagmire.

It can be said that, apart from a minor incident in China, the current global context has not changed much.

Despite the significant changes that have occurred in the global mathematics community due to Wang Duoyu.

However, Wang Duoyu's published mathematical papers are mostly at the forefront of basic mathematics, and their impact on the present is not that significant.

In other words, only a small part of the theory, such as Fermat's Last Theorem, can influence these aspects of cryptography.

However, this field has a negligible impact on the global landscape.

Furthermore, the proof of the Collatz conjecture has applications in number theory, computer science, and combinatorics, primarily impacting fundamental mathematics. Its influence in other areas is minimal.

Therefore, the historical context has not changed much.

It is basically foreseeable that in the next few years, the global landscape will continue to advance steadily, just as it did in the original timeline.

However, Wang Duoyu also needs to be mindful of one thing: with the export of products such as MP3 players, Powerbook personal laptops, and Xingyue supercomputers, as well as the related subsidiaries established by Want Want Group, the export share of domestic products will continue to grow.

Even if Want Want Group starts to intentionally conceal things, such as Pandora, it is a genuine American luxury brand.

But nobody's stupid. In order to avoid taxes, Pandora didn't receive any taxes in the US at all; it was all cleverly avoided.

Although such methods are commonplace in the United States, over time everyone can see through them.

The volume of products exported from China will gradually become much larger.

So, once we enter the 1990s, many unexpected things may happen.

Wang Duoyu had to be on guard, but he didn't know what to do.

As the saying goes, when soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it; when a car reaches the mountain, there will always be a way; when a boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten itself.

He won't worry about things that haven't happened yet; he'll just focus on doing his own thing instead of worrying too much about these things.

With so many Powerbook laptops already sold and hundreds of StarMoon supercomputers already sold, MP3 players will definitely be released soon as well.

There will be more products to be sold in the future, rather than choosing not to export them because of fear or worry about things that haven't happened yet.

That's definitely not the case.

Liu Deben nodded upon hearing this.

"Indeed, our current television technology should surpass that of Japanese companies like Toshiba. The displays used in Powerbook computers are best-sellers worldwide, so there's no reason why televisions shouldn't be."

"In that case, let's leave it to them."

Just as Liu Deben mentioned having Dolphin Games Company produce and sell television sets, Wang Duoyu suddenly interrupted:

"Let's set up a separate company to operate the television sets, instead of having it with Dolphin Games."

Everyone was taken aback by these words.

Before Liu Deben could speak, Yin Wenjie preemptively asked, "Professor Wang, why?"

Yes, Dolphin Games has the most patented display technology, which other companies like Huashun can't even come close to.

Whether it's LCD monitors, LED monitors, or even cathode ray tubes (CRTs), the mainstream display technology in the world today, Dolphin Games has a large number of patented technologies.

why?
Because Dolphin Games is the richest company.

This company has consistently accounted for a significant portion of the company's revenue over the past few years.

Taking last year, 1986, as an example, it broke through the $10 billion revenue mark for the first time, reaching a total revenue of $12.39 billion.

In 1985, the year before last, Dolphin Games' annual revenue was only US$9.25 billion.

Such a growth rate is undoubtedly extraordinary.

Dolphin Games has money, so naturally they can do whatever they want.

Therefore, this company also has the most researchers, with more than a thousand domestic and foreign graduates with master's degrees or above joining the company almost every year.

With money and manpower, it's easy to acquire a lot of technical skills.

The television set was originally a "killer app" prepared by Dolphin Games, so how could Yin Wenjie give it up so easily?

It's worth noting that Japan's television production value exceeded 20 billion US dollars last year.

With its global distribution channels, new technological products, and low production costs, Dolphin Games is sure to carve out a significant share of the market from giants like Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sony.

Under such circumstances, why would Wang Duoyu ask Dolphin Games to give up such a core product?
"Yeah, Duoyu, there's no need to split it up anymore, right?"

Lü Gongliang echoed:
"Dolphin Games is a company that produces games, and it also produces electronic products and televisions. There's no conflict, right?"

Liu Deben didn't say anything, but Han Jue and Fang Guangchao chimed in.

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu didn't rush to speak, but looked at Yin Wenjie and said with a smile:

"Wenjie, tell me your thoughts."

Upon hearing this, the latter immediately explained his reasons.

Simply put, the television was originally a product of Dolphin Games, and they put a lot of effort into it.

Also, the Dolphin brand is already very good, so there's no need to create a new brand to promote it.

"That's right, you're absolutely right!" Wang Duoyu nodded with a smile after listening.
"A separation is definitely necessary. Dolphin Games is ultimately a game brand. In foreign countries, some media outlets have already referred to games as 'electronic opium.' Therefore, game products and television products are ultimately two different fields."

Yin Wenjie's heart sank, and his expression immediately turned ugly.

He knew that once Wang Duoyu made a decision, there was almost no chance of changing it.

Having served as the head of Dolphin Games for so many years, Yin Wenjie believes that he has worked diligently and conscientiously, leading Dolphin Games to become the world's number one in the gaming industry.

However, just as Yin Wenjie was about to speak, Wang Duoyu changed the subject and said:
"Dolphin Games isn't suited for manufacturing and selling televisions, so let's upgrade it and transform Dolphin Games into Dolphin Group."

Grouping is an inevitable path.

Dolphin game consoles and Dolphin TVs will be the two most important hardware products of this group at present, while the software products are games such as "Sky Wars" and "Chinese Blocks".

Yin Wenjie was immediately astonished, but then overjoyed.

These ups and downs really left him speechless.

Liu Deben, Lü Gongliang, Han Jue and others were also very surprised, while Niu Ruishan, Chen Baoxi and others were also surprised, but did not have much of an opinion.

Because whether or not the television products are spun off from Dolphin Games, or whether or not they are upgraded to Dolphin Group, it has little to do with them.

"Thank you, Professor Wang!"

Upon hearing Yin Wenjie's words, Wang Duoyu smiled and said:

"Don't thank me yet. After the upgrade to Dolphin Group, you will be even busier, and I expect you to do a good job in marketing these products. I hope that Dolphin Group can break through 20 billion US dollars in annual revenue as soon as possible."

Yin Wenjie immediately replied solemnly, "Okay, Professor Wang, I understand. I will definitely try my best."

Wang Duoyu didn't continue the topic, but instead looked at Liu Deben and the others and started talking about other things.

First, there's the Louvre Agreement and Lotte Group's actions in the foreign exchange market.

However, the Lotte Group's affairs are kept highly confidential at Harbin Institute of Technology, so Yin Wenjie and his group need to leave.

After they left, Wang Duoyu, Liu Deben, and Lü Gongliang began to discuss this topic.

"Old Liu, is Lotte Group going back to its old ways again, like it did at the end of the year before last, paying lip service while secretly disobeying orders?"

Upon hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Liu Deben and the others shook their heads, both amused and exasperated.

How could they possibly dare to do that again?
Following the Plaza Accord of 1985, Lotte Group earned a total of US$6.8 billion in the last few months of the year.

To be honest, this is a lot of money.

However, companies such as Yuexiu Property, Shanghai Chengtou, and CITIC Securities have collectively earned over 10 billion US dollars.

But Lotte Group planned so many years in advance and invested so much money, yet it only made 6.8 billion US dollars. It just doesn't make sense.

Meanwhile, what they were completely unaware of was that Wang Duoyu had established Maple Leaf Holdings overseas, a company that made nearly 20 billion US dollars in profit during those few months.

If the foreign exchange department and other relevant departments find out about this, they will probably regret it even more.

This Louvre Agreement is an absolutely fantastic opportunity that they certainly won't miss.

The dollar must depreciate, but this time, everyone must be even more cautious.

So how could they possibly be outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant?
Upon hearing Liu Deben's words, Wang Duoyu nodded slightly and said:
"That's good. If they remain obstinate, then I won't concern myself with the future of the Lotte Group."

Lu Gongliang and Liu Deben exchanged a glance and remained silent in support of the leaders in Beijing.

Well, there's really nothing more to say about this.

Someone has to take responsibility for Lotte Group's previous setbacks.

"Old Liu, Old Lü, let's talk about what will happen in the second half of this year. Lotte Group is being watched by the leaders in Beijing, so it's not good to say anything. But we can start from scratch now."

Starting from scratch?

What else is happening in the second half of the year?
(End of this chapter)