Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 430 United Front
Okay, Gu Weijun has another job, purchasing, and not only the pipes leading to the city's main sewers, but also the pipes in the building have to be replaced.
The workload is really too much, but fortunately everyone comes to help as soon as they have free time.

Gay men are responsible for the sewer network, and lesbians are responsible for cleaning the building.

After the sewer network is completed, the tap water inlet network, which used to be iron pipes, needs to be replaced, including the water tanks on the roof, which must all be replaced with stainless steel pipes.

It’s really cheap but not good. Who let Ambassador Huang take advantage of it and buy this hotel building to serve as the liaison office in the United States?
As the garbage was hauled away one by one, and after nearly half a year of hard work, the building formerly known as the Windsor Hotel finally looked like something.

On December 73, 12, the mission in the United States finally moved into its new home.

Although it is not perfect, the old furniture has not been replaced. After cleaning it, repair it and continue to use it; the mattress that has lost its elasticity has not been replaced, so you can sleep on a hard bed; the faded curtains have not been replaced, as long as they can be blocked.
The bottom two floors are what the missionaries actually use now, and because there are not that many people in the missions, they can have one room per person.

Gu Weijun finally has his own separate space, a house of about 30 square meters at the southernmost end of the first floor, with a separate bathroom.

On the night of moving in, Ambassador Huang very stylishly asked the comrades to buy various ingredients and have an open-air barbecue in the garden in front of the building.

I had plenty of food and clothing, and I baked whatever I wanted. I was also allowed to drink tonight and bought a few barrels of beer.

A golden kennel and a silver kennel are not as good as your own kennel, especially since this kennel also embodies the efforts of everyone in the mission. The comrades sang and danced that night to express their joy.

After moving into a new home, the mission in the United States became more active and strengthened its united front work for Chinese Americans in the United States.

Because Gu Weijun had a certain understanding of computers, Ambassador Huang gave him an important task to contact Wang An, the founder of Wang An Company.

Wang An Company was founded in 51 by Chinese scientist Wang An and is located in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The company went public in 67. The listing price of 12.5 US dollars actually rose to 40.5 US dollars that day. Mr. Wang An became a multi-millionaire in the United States overnight. The stock value exceeded 5000 million US dollars, and he immediately became the most famous Chinese in the United States. public figures.

Since Wang An Company launched its word processor last year, it has immediately become popular all over the United States and has become a must-have device in American offices.

The value of the stock rose wildly again, exceeding US$100 per share, and Wang An also became a billionaire under the American emperor! Although he is only a billionaire on paper!
After receiving this task, Gu Weijun had a headache. Why?

Later generations have heard about this company. Many news say that if Wang An Company had no strategic mistakes, Apple might not have anything to do with it?
But that was all, and I never understood it again, because this company went bankrupt in 90 and was swept into the garbage heap.

Taking the information collected by previous colleagues, the content is very small: Wang An, born in Shanghai, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 40, went to the United States to study at public expense in 45, graduated from Harvard with a PhD in 48, established Wang An Company in 51, and then He applied for a storage patent and sold it to IBM and made $50.
Although this Wang An is from Shanghai, graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied abroad at public expense, he now ignores the Liaison Office in the United States at all. His former colleagues contacted him several times but did not receive a reply from Wang An.

Every time, the secretary’s gentle and consistent reply: The chairman is busy recently, please make an appointment with the chairman.
Now that Ambassador Huang has given him this hard nut to crack, it will be hard for him to find a breakthrough even if he is so cold-hearted?
If someone doesn't answer the phone, what can you do?
Gu Weijun thought for a while, forget it, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. I will go to Massachusetts first, go directly to Wang An Company, go to the front desk to register first, and then wait a few days to see the effect.

Ambassador Huang was very satisfied with Gu Weijun's perseverance in work and directly approved his plan.

However, Gu Weijun did not act immediately. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know the enemy." Gu Weijun looked for computer news on the market. He cut out all the news about Wang An's company and made newspaper clippings. Then he went to the library in Washington to look for other newspapers. First, he found relevant news. After Wang An reported it, he recorded it.

This investigation revealed many details. It turned out that Wang An was actually forced to sell the computer storage patent to IBM. Prior to this, IBM shamelessly possessed this patent, and then claimed that it had a patent that was very similar to theirs, and refused to accept Wang An's request for IBM to stop infringement.

Wang An directly took IBM to court. This patent was applied for by Wang An in 49. IBM did not have relevant patents at that time.

IBM, as the blue giant of the American empire, is not afraid of you suing at all. I have the most powerful team of lawyers in the United States. I would rather pay legal fees than pay a dime to you, a yellow-skinned monkey. How much money can you afford to pay for legal fees? of?

As a result, Wang An was also a ruthless person. He studied the relevant laws like crazy when he couldn't afford a lawyer, and brought a fledgling and cheapest lawyer to defend himself.

This lawsuit lasted for two years, but it brought the name of Wang An's company to the forefront. While Wang An was fighting the lawsuit, it did not delay the company's development.

IBM then backed down and prepared to settle out of court, and Wang An asked for US$120 million.
IBM looked at it and decided to continue the lawsuit. It dragged on for another two years, and it was not until 56 that it finally reached a settlement and gave Wan'an US$50.

Wang An made harsh words after leaving the court: I must trample IBM under my feet!

Wang's Security Department invested all these 50 US dollars in the research and development of Wang An Company, and successfully launched the transistor computer in 64.
After seeing this information, Gu Weijun realized that all successful people are awesome, except himself.

With this information, Gu Weijun knew how to deal with Wang An, and flew to Massachusetts with Comrade Wang.

Massachusetts is just west of New York State, facing the Atlantic Ocean. Later generations may not have heard of this state, but they must have heard of Harvard and MIT. Yes, the word "Massachusetts" in MIT means "Massachusetts".

Gu Weijun and Comrade Wang flew to Boston Logan International Airport, rented a car after getting off, and drove straight to Lowell along Interstate 95.

Wang An Company is very famous in Lowell. There is a big sign at the entrance of the interstate highway, which is particularly eye-catching.

According to the Chinese understanding, Lowell cannot actually be called a city. It is at most a township, with a population of 7 to 8 people.

The architecture also conforms to the characteristics of a township. There are not even big hotels, only a few small hotels, small restaurants, gas stations, etc.

After Gu Weijun arrived in Lowell, he was not in a hurry to report to Wang Anhe Company. Instead, he first found a small hotel to stay in, and then arranged for Comrade Wang to go to the local library to find old newspapers and continue to search for information about Wang Anhe Company. material.

Gu Weijun, on the other hand, found a bar closest to Wang An's company and had a drink first.

As soon as the door was opened, the still-boiling bar paused for a few seconds. One was Gu Weijun's skin color, and the other was his clothes. They looked like suits but weren't.

Gu Weijun faced all kinds of eyes in the bar, went to the bar and snapped his fingers, "Hey, bring me a glass of local beer."

(End of this chapter)