Reborn in the red age

"Ouch, my old waist"

Li Qingfeng lay on the kang and groaned in pain. Who would have thought that when he went out to buy some cabbage, he would become a disabled person. He was in pain, could not stand upright, and needed to be helped home.

Hu Jiabao, who came back from medical school at noon, took a bottle of ice water from outside and used it to apply cold compress to Qingfeng Li's sprained area. He curiously asked about the reason for twisting his waist: "How can I twist my waist just by buying a cabbage on the street?" "

"Oh, don't mention it. The main reason is that the salesperson at the cabbage stall didn't say hello in advance and just put the sack full of cabbage on my shoulder. I didn't pay attention for a moment, and then I got the idea." How could Qingfeng Li admit that his health was not good? Facing Hu Jiabao's inquiry, he immediately started to blame.

"Come on, how much can a sack of cabbage weigh? If you are old, don't exercise, and are not in good health, you have to admit it and don't blame others."

As soon as Hu Jiabao said that he was older, Li Qingfeng immediately started to retort: ​​"Are you kidding? What do you mean I'm older? I'm not even thirty this year, but I'm still a strong young man. Hiss~ It hurts."

He was very excited and twisted a lot. He suddenly pulled the place where he had twisted it, and Qingfeng Li gasped in pain.

Worried that Qingfeng Li would cause secondary damage to the injured area, Hu Jiabao could only follow Qingfeng Li's words and said that Qingfeng Li's current body was as good as that of a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, and he had a good waist.

After telling Qingfeng Li to rest well at home and not to disturb his father in the first year of junior high school, Hu Jiabao went out to call a public phone and helped Qingfeng Li apply for leave from school.

The news of Qingfeng Li's sprain spread quickly. Starting from the afternoon, people came to visit Qingfeng Li's house in an endless stream, and they all came empty-handed. The table was filled with fruits and various kinds of food.

Fruits are all shipped from the south, and can only be sold in Friendship Stores. That is to say, there is a research institute at Peking University where they can work part-time and there is no shortage of foreign exchange. Otherwise, they would probably have to collect a lot of canned fruits today.

On the first day of junior high school, this little glutton was like a mouse falling into a rice vat. When Hu Jiabao was not paying attention when entertaining guests, he would secretly take a few fruits or eat food to hide and eat.

What I ate made my juices flow everywhere, and it was everywhere on my face and clothes.

On the first day of the junior high school, he happily ran to Qingfeng Li, raised his innocent little face and said happily: "Dad, Dad, it's great that you are injured. How about you get injured every day from now on?"

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This is really a filial son, he is so filial that he makes everyone laugh. Qingfeng Li's nose was so angry that Chu Yi was so angry that it was inconvenient to get out of bed now, otherwise he would have to give Chu Yi's little butt a couple of strokes.

In the first grade of junior high school, his stomach and intestines were not yet fully developed. He ate haisei in the afternoon and felt very good. In the evening, he had diarrhea and had it all in his trouser pockets. He was so angry that he locked up all the food in the house with three pairs of trousers and one sheet. got up.

After lying at home for two days, Ma Wenhui came to visit after receiving the news that Qingfeng Li was injured.

"Ouch, Li Laosan, how did you do this? I heard that you twisted your waist while carrying cabbage?" Ma Wenhui came in from outside, first snatched the Guoguang apple from the first grade of junior high school, and then moved it He sat down on a stool at the end of the kang and looked at Qingfeng Li with a smile.

Glancing at the first grader of junior high school who was holding Ma Wenhui under her arm and preparing to burst into tears, Li Qingfeng said speechlessly: "Put my daughter down quickly. If this girl cries, will you comfort her?"

Ma Wenhui glanced at Li Qingfeng with disdain, put Chu Yi on her lap, and stuffed the apple that she had snatched from Chu Yi's hand into Chu Yi's hand. The crying Chu Yi immediately broke down in tears and smiled, not disgusting at all. My own apple was bitten by someone, so I happily held the big apple and gnawed it hard.

Looking at the happy first grader, Ma Wenhui glanced at Li Qingfeng proudly: "Look, your girl is easy to coax, just give her some food to coax her off."

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Sitting up from the bed, he snatched the girl from Ma Wenhui's clutches and put her on the kang. Looking at the empty hands when the other party came over, Li Qingfeng said angrily: "You just come to see the patient with empty hands?"

"No way, I'm the kind of person who doesn't pay attention to details. I brought you a big gift this time." Ma Wenhui said, taking out one or two boxes from her bag and shaking them at Qingfeng Li: "This is a gift I spent a lot of money to give to you and Jiabao. It costs several thousand yuan."

Taking the box from Ma Wenhui's hand, Li Qingfeng opened the package and took a look, my dear, this isn't a BP machine.

This thing started to be used in the Magic City in 83. In 84, the paging station was also opened in the Special Economic Zone. The first paging station - No. 85 - was opened in Sijiucheng in November 126.

Ma Wenhui complained about the high price of BP machines: "Paging machines, these are high-tech good things. Didn't the paging station open a few days ago, so I went to buy a few. This thing is really not cheap. One machine can cost a lot of money." More than a thousand yuan, and a monthly usage fee of more than ten yuan."

After complaining about the price, Ma Wenhui called Hu Jiabao and planned to explain to them the specific operation methods of the BP machine.

The two pagers Ma Wenhui sent over are second-generation machines. The first-generation machines used in Magic City did not have a display screen. Only by calling the paging station and reporting their pager number and password can they know the other party’s phone number or hear a message.

The second-generation machine is a digital machine. This BP machine can receive a string of numbers. When the owner purchases the phone, a code booklet will be included with it. After the owner receives the number, he can decrypt it according to the code booklet.

No matter what period of time, ordinary people are very creative, and many digital homophonics of later generations were created in the era of digital computers.

For example: I swear (584), I will love you forever (12234), I will love you forever (5201314).

This thing was indeed a relatively convenient thing before the birth of mobile phones. Hu Jiabao liked it very much. After learning it from Ma Wenhui seriously, he happily put it away.

Qingfeng Li had no interest in this thing. After understanding how to use it, he put it away and asked Ma Wenhui about her business: "How is your business? I heard that you are planning to open a store in Shanghai. ?”

"Your news is a little delayed. The store in Shanghai has started to be renovated. I just came back from Shanghai." When talking about her store, Ma Wenhui danced excitedly.

"As soon as the TV series "Shanghai Beach" aired and the news spread that my brand was endorsed by Xu Wenqiang and Feng Chengcheng, the business in the store was so good that I sold out all my inventory in one day and put the models in my store on All the clothes were bought.”

"Especially Xu Wenqiang's outfits, which were rushed to production, were so popular that a truckload of goods was pulled out of the factory and sold out in less than two days."

Speaking of this, Ma Wenhui showed a look of regret on her face: "It's a pity that this drama tells the story of the old society, not a modern drama. Feng Chengcheng's clothes are all cheongsam and so on, which makes me earn less." "Money" "Okay, don't worry about Shu. With Xu Wenqiang, you can make a lot of money. Don't even think about Feng Chengcheng," Hu Jiabao joked with a smile.

In the evening, Hu Jiabao went out to pack a table of food for Ma Wenhui. When Ma Wenhui learned that Hu Jiabao was pregnant with her second child and was suspended from the hospital, she immediately began to persuade Hu Jiabao to join the sea and start a clothing business with her.

Hu Jiabao's ambition was not here. She was a woman who aspired to become a famous doctor. When Ma Wenhui persuaded her to go into the sea, she just smiled slightly and did not answer her words at all.

"When are you going to solve your personal problem? Another year will pass soon. How about the student from Qingfeng last time? Is there any result?"

As we chatted, the topic turned to Ma Wenhui. Ma Wenhui was getting older and older, and she was still single. As a good best friend who was not a plastic best friend, Hu Jiabao also saw it and was anxious in his heart. Every time they met, We all need to talk about this.

Mentioning this matter, Ma Wenhui put down her wine glass and said depressedly: "Hey, don't mention it, that guy won't accept the invitation at all. Every time I want to invite him to dinner, he avoids me. We don't stick to each other. If he comes and goes, I won’t contact him anymore.”

Hearing this, Hu Jiabao and his wife looked at each other and didn't know how to answer the question for a while.

After a long while, Hu Jiabao said helplessly: "How about you just find a job to make ends meet. There is only so much time in your life, and it will pass as soon as you close your eyes."

"I also want to find someone to work with. At least I want to find someone I can get along with." Ma Wenhui curled her lips and said resentfully.

On this issue, Li Qingfeng consciously did not get involved. After eating, he silently led Chu Yi, who was also full, to leave the dining table and go to the study, leaving space for their two best friends.

That night, Ma Wenhui and the others came to talk all night. Ma Wenhui stayed at night, occupied Qingfeng Li's place, and kicked Li Qingfeng into the second bedroom alone.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Qingfeng, whose back injury was greatly relieved, came to say goodbye to Mrs. Hu Jiabao and drove to school.

According to Qingfeng Li's temperament, it would be impossible for him to go to work unless he recovers from this injury. However, he received news in the morning that Qingfeng Li had to go to school to work even though he was sick.

"So, this is the DVD player you developed?"

In the Institute of Microelectronics, Li Qingfeng looked at the VCD he had just brought back from the United States this morning and used a tattered and cracked laser disc player to modify it, and he uttered a torture from the depths of his soul.

Wu Likun, director of the Institute of Microelectronics, said proudly: "Yes, it was successfully developed in the United States a week ago, and all tests have met the standards."

"Then why not make a shell? This is somewhat unsuitable for the table, right?" Li Qingfeng pointed at the bumpy, battle-damaged shell and said speechlessly.

Seeing the hole pointed by Li Qingfeng, Director Wu smiled awkwardly: "It was a suggestion from the old comrades in the institute. They felt that customizing the shell before it was put into production would not only be expensive, but would also easily lead to financial losses." It was a waste, so I picked up a broken laser disc player from the trash and modified it.”

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The old comrades Director Wu refers to are all old research institutes recruited from various research institutes in the country. They used to be hungry for scientific research and often faced the problem of insufficient funds. They were really afraid of poverty.

Even in places like Qingfeng Li Microelectronics Research Institute, which has abundant funds, it still maintains its previous habit of sparing as much as possible on scientific research and striving to spend every penny wisely.

This idea is good, but Qingfeng Li doesn't advocate it. He didn't say anything this time. He nodded and signaled to start the demonstration.

Director Wu waved his hand, and his assistant immediately took out the CD that had been copied and put it into the disc compartment. Soon a picture appeared on the TV. It was an American movie. The definition was just like that and the picture quality was average. , which is not much different from the effect of video tapes these days.

But that's enough. VHS video tape recorders have only emerged a few years ago and have not yet captured all the global market share. VCD came out seven or eight years in advance, so it can still compete with VCRs in the market.

When VCD was successfully developed in later generations, home audio and video equipment was already dominated by video tapes. With comparable performance, VCD did not arouse the interest of foreigners, so naturally there was not much international market.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Li Qingfeng signaled the video player to pause, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Director Wu: "Not bad, the stuff is okay. Although it is not as good as the picture quality of the laser disc player, but compared with the video recorder, it is still good." It’s capable of fighting, how much does it cost?”

"The production of this DVD player is not difficult. Some parts can be produced domestically. We have calculated the cost. The domestic production cost of a machine is about 4 yuan. The cost of decoding chips and some parts that cannot be produced domestically is about 200 yuan. It’s about US dollars, and the total cost is yuan plus US dollars.”

Based on the current exchange rate of US dollar = 1 yuan, Li Qingfeng made a simple estimate. The cost of this machine is about one thousand yuan, which is about US$2.9367 when converted into US dollars. The cost of the product is not high. It can be said to be a very cheap product.

After Qingfeng Li nodded and agreed to start production, all the engineers present flushed with excitement.

In the VCD feasibility report of the Modern Television Technology Research Institute of Hui Province in later generations, there was a description: This is the only opportunity for China to take the lead in the field of consumer electronics at the end of this century.

Wanyan, the world's first VCD manufacturer, was indeed at the forefront of technology at the time. Unfortunately, the key core technologies of VCD were not in Wanyan's hands, and there was no registered patent, so it was a waste of time for others to marry. Clothes.

Wanyan has created a tens of billions market, allowing countless people to enjoy the charm of film and television culture.

However, such a brilliant achievement was eliminated by domestic and foreign competitors in just a few years, leaving the domestic VCD industry in decline and trouble.

Later VCD companies had no problem selling domestically, but after their products were exported, they were patented by companies in the United States and Japan.

The profit of a machine is 100 yuan, of which 90 yuan has to be paid to foreign companies in high patent fees. The profit of a machine is only 10 yuan.

In this world, all the core technologies of VCD are in the hands of Qingfeng Li, and China's only opportunity in the field of consumer electronics will turn from theory into reality. (End of chapter)