Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 162 Twenty Tons? (Fourth update, please subscribe and vote)
Li Song's eyelids twitched upon hearing this: "Do you have twenty tons?"

"Yes!!" Section Chief Zhou nodded.

"Ten tons it is!" Li Song asked casually. He felt that the cost of the second-hand platform would be more than enough to get another ten tons of gold later!
On secondhand platforms, it would sell for over a billion, nearly two billion US dollars.

In reality, I am already fully capable of recycling funds and still have room for maneuver.

When the motorcycles officially go on sale in August, that will be the time for the mainland factories to generate revenue.

Besides, with my current connections in mainland China, getting a loan is a piece of cake.

So Li Song added, "Let's leave the other ten tons of gold in the bank for now, and use it as collateral for loans to develop our domestic businesses!"

"Okay." Section Chief Zhou remained expressionless on the surface, but he was actually relieved, even though the higher authorities had not imposed any restrictions.

However, he was also afraid that Li Song would ask for too much. Ten tons was already a small amount. As for the other ten tons, it didn't matter, since it was in the bank anyway.

Li Song traveled from Guangzhou back to Hong Kong Island.

"Boss, Uncle Gao wrote a letter saying that he has made contact with the people in the south," Brother He said upon returning to Hong Kong.

"And here's some information from over there." Li Song received the letter from Brother He.

Li Song nodded and then opened the letter. His master's grandmaster had several disciples, but he could only contact the third disciple, who ran a boxing gym over there.

That is, the place where jade is produced. As for the other places, they are said to be developing in the neighboring Buddhist country, doing odd jobs.

The gray market in Southeast Asia has always been like that; the depictions of Southeast Asia in Hong Kong films only represent a part of the dark side.

There was another phone number over there. Li Song nodded and said, "Brother He, Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, you've all been out for a few months now. Starting next month, you can take turns going home for a month of paid leave. When you get back, don't mention anything about this place. If anyone asks, just say you're working as a security guard at the Yangcheng factory."

“Third Brother, Fourth Brother, your families also want you to come home and get married. You can decide for yourselves,” Li Song said.

"thank you boss."

"Yeah." Li Song nodded.

Then Li Song went back upstairs and found Alin wearing leggings, learning bodybuilding from the TV.

"Brother Song, you're back." When A-Lin saw Li Song return, she quickly ran up to him and then threw herself into his arms.

"Hmm, do you miss me?"

"I didn't want to! You came back and started causing me all this trouble. I don't have time to go shopping or meet up with my girlfriends," Arlene said, snuggling close to Li Song.

"Hehe, I'm back, just treat it like I'm going to work." Li Song chuckled, then picked up the lovely girl in his arms, because Ah Lin was dressed so sexily.

"No, you haven't showered yet."

"Perfect timing, let's do it together!" Li Song chuckled.

On Sunday, July 20, 1980, Li Song went to the magazine office as usual to tutor Amin in writing.

I'll continue writing when I get back in the afternoon.

The next day, Monday, Li Song arrived at Parkson Company.

"Boss, Jiahao arrived last Wednesday and is handling some formalities. The procedures for the security company are quite complicated, but as long as the money is in place, it's not a problem." Tian Jiahui hadn't been to Li Song's house recently, so he was taking a break.

"Yes, in addition, Baisheng Company also needs to send people to the BMW marine outboard motor manufacturing plant for logistics and to the finance department."

"We also need to strengthen the internal oversight system, setting up complaint boxes in the factory, such as near the toilets and green areas," Li Song said.

"okay, I get it."

"Furthermore, I'm promoting you to deputy general manager. You'll be in charge of operations while I'm away," Li Song continued. "Thank you, boss." Tian Jiahui was also very happy. He, a small lawyer, had become a deputy general manager. The future of Baisheng Company was limitless. Looking at the international patents Li Song had registered—cars, airplanes—he wouldn't be surprised if Li Song registered something else.

Li Song spent only one morning at Parkson Company, and at noon he treated his employees to a meal of braised pork rice.

I spent the afternoon at home continuing to write, trying to finish the two novels as soon as possible, and then establish a semiconductor research institute to promote semiconductors myself.

At that time, the West produced quite a few RISC chips, including Texas Instruments, Fairchild, Motorola, National Semiconductor, and Intel.

The ARM architecture was developed in the UK in the 90s.

Ultimately, chips with this architecture captured a large market share.

In the later intelligent era, the low power consumption of this architecture has become even more prominent.

Li Song experimented and found that he could design an ARM-based embedded chip, which is currently the latest technology, on a second-hand platform.

Li Song also offered a reward on a second-hand platform for some notes, which are about the development history of modern semiconductor chips.

Embedded chips are now used in CNC equipment, which is more advanced than traditional magnetic tape CNC machine tools.

Li Song decided that his first step would be to develop embedded chips, and the second step would be to apply them to some automated equipment, such as CNC machine tools, CNC machining centers, and automatic washing machines.

Li Song needs to cultivate his image and gain a certain reputation in the scientific community.

As for Western sanctions and bans, Li Song was not afraid at all. He felt that it would be enough for him to monopolize the mainland market.

At worst, the West will use Intel, and we'll use a different system.

That evening, Li Song called Lucas, who said he was going to the airport and would arrive in Hong Kong Island around noon on Tuesday.

On the morning of Tuesday, July 22, 1980 (the eleventh day of the sixth lunar month), Brother He drove with Third Brother He and Li Song to the Wonderful Magazine office.

"Boss, the Shanghai Film Studio will send two sample films of animated films on Wednesday. They've sent them ahead of schedule."

"I was thinking we should take a look at the sample footage first, and then ask Lucas to watch it together?" Liu Jiale quickly reported when he saw Li Song arrive.

"Okay, you decide."

"Lucas will rest today. He will visit our magazine office on Wednesday and then we will discuss comics."

"I'm going to check out the Golden Harvest film set on Thursday. Mr. Zou from Golden Harvest is treating us to dinner tonight."

"Friday is free for you to do as you please, but Lucas will be leaving on Saturday." Liu Jiale took out Lucas's schedule.

“Okay.” Li Song nodded.

"Also, Wang Jing has come up with a few scripts and wants us to invest." Liu Jiale picked up a few scripts and handed them to Li Song.

"Approximately how much investment is required?" Li Song asked.

"Personally, I think it should be under one million, since he's a novice," Liu Jiale said.

"You can decide what to do. Give the young man a chance," Li Song said.

"Yes, and his dad can also give him guidance from behind. I wouldn't feel at ease if he were on his own."

"Yeah." Li Song nodded.

Then Li Song looked at the magazine's recent summary. This month's magazine sold a total of 210 million copies, with 70 copies sold in Taiwan, 28 copies in Hong Kong, and the rest in Southeast Asian countries, etc.

With the time approaching, Li Song and Liu Jiale went to pick up Lucas.

(End of this chapter)