Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 650 The Next Outlet: Industrial Manufacturing

When Carter's figure reappeared at Yale's Phelps gate.
There is no romance of spring flowers blooming and facing the sea.Although the green onions of the elms are blooming, the greenery is somewhat monotonous. There are not many flowers in Yale
Carter, who only returned to campus in early April, undoubtedly missed many things:
Missed classwork, missed the first performance of "Butterfly Lovers" at Yale, and missed that very famous speech that mentioned a plan: the strategic defense plan for anti-ballistic missile defense system.

Common name: Star Wars!
"Alas, a new round of arms race is about to begin again! It is foreseeable that the next wave of large amounts of capital will be gathered in the manufacturing and defense industries."

"Do you think there is a possibility? This is just a word from the White House."

Watching the replay of President Reagan's speech on March 3 on TV, listening to Rick's judgment in his ears.Carter suddenly thought of a future rumor:

Legend has it that after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the CIA clearly mentioned in the declassified Cold War materials that the so-called "Star Wars Project" was a complete hoax! !
What laser weapons, space-based weapons, fake!It's all fake!
It is a strategic deception to coax Emperor "Yuhuang" to throw all the poor economic achievements of the Soviet Union on the military industry, and then use the economy to bring down the Soviet Union!

"So what if it's a hoax?"

Hearing this, Rick shrugged:

"Just as you've been following interest rates in the market, I care more about industry than finance!"

"None of us can deny that industry is the foundation of a strong country, and industrial output value is also the basis for you to play finance. Today's America is no longer what it used to be."

"You should have heard that any factory that can manufacture cars is capable of producing arms! And the auto industry we were once proud of is now left behind by Japan. You are the Georgia branch of the Automobile Workers Union Chairman, you must be aware of this."

"But you may not have noticed a statistic, just this year. The number of patent applications for Japanese automobiles has been equal to that of the United States! But their increase will be next year, and their patents will definitely surpass ours next year!"

"Except for the first time, Toyota's engine thermal efficiency has exceeded 40%. In addition to it, Honda, Nissan, and Mazda all have their own technological innovations and breakthroughs. In addition, at the Nuffield College of Oxford University, a doctoral student recently published a paper , in his research data, the average number of devices that can be controlled by Japanese auto industry workers has reached a staggering 7.4, which is much higher than the 2.5 of our American auto workers.”

"That is to say, on average, each worker in the Japanese auto industry can skillfully manipulate seven types of equipment and be competent for seven positions. In addition, in terms of production inventory, Japanese auto companies are also nearly 15 times lower than ours. This means that they More productive and less waste!"

"Workers who are more mature than us are catching up with and surpassing our technical reserves. Coupled with more efficient production management, even if the energy supply problem is solved, our American car companies may not be able to beat them if we really fight with swords and guns. !"

After talking about the problems in the automobile industry, Rick gave another example:
"In the semiconductor industry that you are more concerned about, South Korea and Japan are also biting us tightly. I remember you seem to have said that Fujitsu's memory production capacity and product quality are actually not inferior, and even better than ours in the United States! "

"The financial strength of the United States is based on our industrial strength and technological strength! The world needs American products and American technology, so that there will be a trade surplus and the dollar has hard currency value. At the same time, a large amount of funds, currency Converging to the United States, and giving birth to a strong financial power of the United States."

"Although high inflation hurts, it is only a superficial pain. It is not the core of our current problems in the United States. The root is that our hard power is declining. If Mr. Reagan wants the United States to stand up again, we must truly turn our Once the economic market is cured, he must develop industry, or create a fertile ground for industrial development!"

"So, the 'Star Wars' speech, is it true or not, does it matter?"

"Even if it is fake, if it wants to make it real, and if it wants to fool those Soviet spies, the United States has to invest a lot of money in the manufacturing industry, especially the defense industry, or the aerospace industry."

Carter understood what Rick meant, and immediately slapped his thigh:
"However, it is not certain whether these funds are used to develop new weapons! But, money and policies will definitely be tilted over, what do you mean?!"

"Yes, that's what I meant!"

As if meeting like-minded comrades, Rick smiled a little.It's just that in the next moment, this happy smile suddenly became a bit of a cunning, no, it should be called cunning:
"So I think your idea of ​​making computers is very good! You can start preparing for this project. Just wait for the policy to arrive, and we will start working on it right away! Aren't you short of funds recently? Hehehe, my family is here, how about it ?”

"Hey, you really know how to do it! You have said it all, don't be so anxious, why do I need your family's funds, besides, you are so confident? There are many companies in the market that make computer products, hundreds of them There are all of them. Moreover, these hundreds of computer manufacturers only have a market share of less than 24%.”

"The rest of the shares are all in the hands of IBM! They are the standard in this industry. If you want to invest, if you don't invest in IBM, why invest in me?"

Shaking his upturned Erlang legs, Carter's eyes suddenly narrowed.

Friendship is friendship, business is business.The power of the Rick family, to be honest, is of little help to computer manufacturing.Carter felt that the chips were not enough for pure capital investment!

Even because of Pepsi's affairs, my current funds are a little tight.But at this stage of development, money is no longer a very important thing.
Technology, resources, and network assistance are what Carter cares most about when choosing a partner.

"How do I listen, what you say is quite disgusting! IBM's current personal PC has completely abandoned the traditional self-developed software and hardware route. In 81, Estech disclosed all the information of IBM's personal PC technology department. , I haven’t heard of it.”

"It's a big deal to create your own brand, or if the new technical route is not done well, it's not a big deal. Just go back and make IBM compatible machines. Relatively speaking, the risk of this investment is still very low! As long as the cost you mentioned can be kept down, For the first-generation product, it is a good choice to directly make an IBM compatible machine."

"If you think about it, the brand efficiency is comparable to IBM's. It seems that the technical standards are similar, and the functions that can be achieved are also similar. But our products are cheap! This is easy to sell!"

"So, with such a good business, you should know that it's not about money anymore! To be honest, did your family ask you to tell me what you said today?"

(End of this chapter)