Before we knew it, it was 1997.
The streets were filled with joyous news.
Nine years have passed, and the world has changed a lot, yet it feels like it was just yesterday.
Unlike my previous life.
Thanks to Wang Shouren's reminder and a series of maneuvers, China benefited more from the fall of its former leader than it had in its previous life. With more spoils came challenges. From the 1990s onward, China had no shortage of private foreign exchange reserves; the key question was how to spend them.
Some things are not easy to buy.
Although the higher-ups secretly purchased a lot of things.
However, the market doesn't lie.
More and more international markets are being seized.
The term "cheap labor" is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
For some products, especially those with relatively low technological barriers, the profit margin eventually hovers around 20%, with labor costs accounting for the majority. Selling goods internationally at domestic worker wage standards would be a devastating blow, and similarly, it would be an extremely severe blow to other countries as well.
This led the US to set its sights on China, preparing to impose sanctions. However, China's cunning tactics continued unabated. Because China hadn't joined the WTO, many of its products were sourced from Hong Kong, sold through companies operating there, and then resold under Hong Kong's name. This taught the US a lesson, because sometimes their sanctions weren't directed at China at all, but rather at these middlemen, who often possessed considerable resources, and some even had connections to US domestic interests.
For example, Wang Shouren's "Dayun" automobiles gave 20% to the shipping magnate, and a large portion of that went into the pockets of a governor or a member of parliament.
The United States is essentially a conglomerate comprised of countless small companies; expecting them to unite is utterly impossible. The more it is suppressed, the more problems arise. Meanwhile, the government's strategy of attracting foreign investment began to take effect, as foreign capital in China had lower costs and possessed a certain level of competitiveness. And so, the title of "world factory" gradually began to emerge on the international stage.
Let's talk about the development of the royal family in the United States.
The "Wang An Computer" in the original timeline did not go bankrupt.
Still following Microsoft, dividing the market, or rather, even surpassing it, the board member of "Wang Laboratories" was not Wang An's son, but Wang Shouren's son, Wang Siren. Wang An's son's request was simple: he wanted a laboratory of his own, exactly the same as Wang Ruiming's request. Just like Wang Shouren.
Wang Siren has a very deep understanding of technology.
Wang Laboratories is, in essence, a high-tech company.
However, it seems that the United States has its eye on this company because its leader is not American.
This is not good news for them.
But when those politicians tried to take action against Wang Laboratories, they realized something was wrong. They felt that some unseen force was preventing them, and their investigations yielded nothing.
Public opinion always seems to deliver a blow just when they're about to attack Wang Laboratories.
The educational environment in the United States has resulted in 80% or more of the population having a very shallow understanding of the world; they are content with just being happy. They only believe what they want to believe.
With a little guidance, it's almost like when Wang Shouren was selling cars back then.
After a few attempts, they gave up on any underhanded tactics. After all, this high-tech company wasn't just based in the United States. If they really drove the company away, who knew who would suffer the consequences? Wang An's personal computers were sold all over the world, and they even had factories and laboratories in China.
If the company were to relocate like that, everything would be ruined; no one could afford such a thing.
The only way to seize it was through capital, but the upper echelons of Wang Laboratories were like an iron barrel; no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't break in.
The Wang family had managed to establish themselves in the United States, and the value of Wang Laboratories was rising day by day. When Wang An left, he smiled and held Wang Shouren's hand, laughing three times: "Hahaha, I've finally expanded my territory! It was worth it!"
After saying that, he passed away.
The old man's life has been worthwhile.
Wang Shouren's two sons each had their own ambitions. Among them, Wang Siren was the most troubled. Originally, he planned to make a game, but after much effort, his mother eventually put him in charge of the family company. After several years of training, she finally let him go, but unexpectedly, upon arriving in the United States and seeing his father's company, he learned that Wang An had connections with his family.
They excitedly ran over to the other person's territory to ask all sorts of questions.
His only concern was whether the computer could support the epic game he envisioned.
At that time, Wang An, for reasons unknown, tried to persuade Wang Siren, telling him that it wasn't possible at the moment, technically impossible. He said if Wang Siren really wanted to develop it, it would take many years. Instead, he suggested Wang Siren come to their company and help develop the project, then his game could be developed, and the company would establish a dedicated game department.
You know what, back then, Wang An really had that kind of confidence. You could say that in that year, 80% of the people who had dinner that night would choose to graduate and work for Wang An's company. The rest would either go to IBM or something else.
After thinking it over, Wang Siren decided that if he was going to do something, he should do it to the best of his ability; everything else was secondary. So he agreed, and that's how he got on that pirate ship. For the past ten years or so, he'd been dealing with attacks from all sides, his mind racing. Fortunately, with Wang Shouren secretly helping him from behind, he managed to barely hold on.
After securing a place for themselves.
With both sides working together from within and without, the bald eagle's strategy towards the rabbit has shifted somewhat.
In the original timeline, China joined the WTO in 2001; in this world, it successfully joined in 1997. Don't underestimate this four-year early achievement; its impact on the country was enormous. Thanks to Wang Shouren's success, China now values technology much more than in his previous life, and many high-tech products have their own patents.
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