Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 406 Money is the most fundamental problem one
Young people in the 90s have a very deep impression, that is, the rapid development of computer technology.

From 286, 386, 486, 586 to the Pentium in 94, the replacement of computer chips is very fast.

Not only computer chips, but other corresponding devices are also developing rapidly. The CDs played on VCD players were first used on computers. A CD can store hundreds of megabytes of data, which is much larger than a floppy disk in a floppy drive, which is only 1.44 megabytes.

Therefore, the appearance of CD-ROM and CD-ROM made floppy drive and floppy disk gradually lose the market. Although they are still in large-scale use, they are still gradually losing the market.

Goncharova called Wang Weidong at night.

"Have you returned to the United States from Europe?" Wang Weidong asked.

"It's been a long time since I came back. I stayed in Germany for half a month. I was a reporter there for four or five years in the 80s, so I miss it very much." Goncharova replied.

"Yes, you were originally a member of Big Brother." Wang Weidong said.

"I remember you told me before that you can use floppy drives on your computer learning machines." Goncharova said.

"Yes, with a floppy drive, the computer learning machine can store data and edited software programs." Wang Weidong replied.

"Verton, I can buy a batch of floppy drives at a very low price in the United States, do you want it?" Goncharova asked.

"What price?" Wang Weidong asked back.

"Ten dollars per floppy drive," Goncharova replied.

Buying a floppy drive for ten dollars, the cost of shipping plus import duties, the final cost of fifteen dollars should be enough.

"I want, and the more the better!" Wang Weidong replied.

"I can still get used softkeys and other original computer parts here," Goncharova said.

"I know that the replacement of computers in the United States is very fast, and the obsolete things become electronic waste. Now some people here have begun to ship those things back to China, and re-sell them after a little sorting. But our computer learning machine You can't use second-hand things," Wang Weidong said.

In the end, the two agreed that Wang Weidong entrusted Goncharova to buy 10 floppy drives at a low price in the United States.

Even if these floppy drives cannot be fully used in computer learning computers, they will not lose money even if they are sold as computer originals.

Wang Weidong came to the computer learning machine factory to prepare and Shi Mingchuan, who was in charge of technology, discussed with his four students to develop a computer learning machine integrated with a floppy drive.

After Wang Weidong explained his intention, Shi Ming said: "This kind of computer learning machine has already been produced in factories, and it is not difficult, but the price is a bit more expensive, which is about 500 yuan higher than the price of computer learning machines without floppy drives. "

"The price of the batch of floppy drives we imported is very cheap. I estimate that 300 yuan more than the computer learning machines without integrated floppy drives is enough." Wang Weidong said.

Now you are starting to design and prepare. It will take a long time for the floppy drive to arrive by sea. We will strive to start production after it arrives. "Wang Weidong said.

Wang Weidong was about to go out to Ou Xiaojun's office but was stopped by Shi Mingchuan.

"Weidong, I have something to tell you. I want to ask you for three or four days' leave." Shi Mingchuan said.

"What's the matter?" Wang Weidong asked.

Shi Mingchuan replied with a bit of embarrassment: "Nowadays the computer learning machine factory has very few technical things and is very free, so we took on a batch of private jobs. I took four students to brush the motherboard for a boss who sold original computer parts. bios."

Foreign computers are updated very quickly, and now they are basically above 486, and 286 is also very common in China.

One reason is economic reasons. After all, computers above 486 are more expensive. Another reason is that according to the Paris Agreement, Western countries have restrictions on exporting high-tech products to China, so the latest computer components and complete machines enter China. There is a time difference with Western countries.

A month ago, Intel Corporation announced that it would stop the production of 286 motherboard chips. This incident quickly affected China. Now the price of 286 motherboards in the Chinese market has risen from 600 yuan to more than 700 yuan, and it is even rising.

A boss who sells original computer parts in Fushan got 500 Mercedes-Benz motherboards through some channels, but these motherboards were originally used in foreign countries, so the bios storing 128k information on the motherboard is very different from the motherboard used in China. Different, you cannot install and use software and operating systems with Chinese characters.

The boss secretly found Shi Mingchuan of the computer learning machine factory, hoping that he could help solve this problem.

This problem is very simple for Shi Mingchuan, that is to remove the bios that stores 128k data on the motherboard and reflash it.

The boss was very happy, and promised Shi Mingchuan that he would give Shi Mingchuan and them 40 yuan for flashing a motherboard.

500 motherboards is 2 yuan!
With four students, Shi Mingchuan could finish this job in three or four days and earn a quick sum of money.

After listening to Shi Mingchuan's explanation, Wang Weidong nodded and said: "Yes, but in three days you will start designing a computer learning machine with an integrated floppy drive. Come up with the product diagram as soon as possible, and then I will entrust an outside factory to produce the case keyboard, etc. other components.

Shi Mingchuan said that they made 2 yuan in just three or four days, but the boss who bought 500 motherboards from illegal channels began to lose money after selling 100 motherboards at a high price, because within a few days Today, Intel Corporation announced that in order to meet the huge demand of the Chinese market, the company decided to re-invest in chip factories in Southeast Asia to produce 286 chips.

This news immediately caused the price of 286 motherboards in the Chinese market to avalanche.

Wang Weidong walked into Ou Xiaojun's office and told Ou Xiaojun about the decision to import a batch of cheap floppy drives from the United States.

"If all the costs are included, 10 floppy drives will cost nearly 500 million. It costs money to build a building, and it also costs money to purchase and produce original components. It's really a headache." Ou Xiaojun said.

"That's three or four months. When this time passes, we will recover." Wang Weidong said.

Song Yu is currently in the capital mainly doing loan business.Judging from Song Yu's phone call to explain the situation, Wang Weidong felt that it should be no problem to borrow 2000 million to buy land and start building design.

"I came to you today to discuss one thing. Can we introduce a policy to explain to workers that if they are willing to deposit their wages in the factory, the factory can pay them 10% interest by the end of the year. Of course, this is voluntary. Yes, you can save or not, if you want to withdraw the money in the middle of the deposit, we can also pay them the interest of the current deposit in the bank." Wang Weidong said.

The monthly salary of more than 3000 workers in the three factories is more than 150 million.If workers can be allowed to keep half of their wages in the factory, the factory can use 800 million yuan before the end of the year, which can solve a big problem.

"You can try it, but I think the effect may not be good. Not many workers are willing to keep their wages in the factory." Ou Xiaojun said.

(End of this chapter)