Chapter 260 [Extra: Chaos at the Beginning of the Century]
When we are in the perspective of an observer, we can always make a decision easily. Grandpa Jiang is an independent individual. He has his own ideas and needs. He wants to stay in his hometown, so just let him stay.
But when Jiang Ning herself was the person involved, she understood all the principles, but she just couldn't make a decision.
Her mind was always haunted by the shadow of Grandpa Jiang's death in her previous life. According to the time calculation, Grandpa Jiang died in his previous life in September next year.
In fact, Jiang Ning knew that she was a little too nervous and controlling towards Grandpa Jiang. She also knew that every year Grandpa Jiang wanted to go home very much and wanted to stay in his hometown for a few more days, but she always rushed back at the latest time and left after the third day of the New Year.
But Grandpa Jiang never said anything. Whenever his granddaughter said she was going back to school, Grandpa Jiang would happily follow her, even though when he returned to Shanghai, he was faced with an empty campus and deserted streets. In Jiang Ning's villa of thousands of square meters, there were only him and Jiang Bai. The shop had been open for more than ten days, and it was not until school was about to start that customers began to come.
But Grandpa Jiang just accepted all this silently and never mentioned once that he wanted to stay in his hometown for a few more days.
He just didn't want to cause trouble for his grandchildren.
Isn't this just Jiang Ning's selfishness as he only thinks about himself and never considers Grandpa Jiang's feelings?
Doesn’t Jiang Ning understand this?
She knew it, and she was only relying on her grandfather's love for her.
All along, it was Grandpa Jiang who accommodated her emotions, rather than her taking care of Grandpa Jiang's emotions.
Grandpa Jiang's life was a life of compromise.
'One step back, the sky is wide open; be patient, the sea will be peaceful' runs through his entire life.
He has become accustomed to giving in and compromising with everyone.
He always retreated quietly and endured quietly, and never asked others: "Why don't you retreat? Why don't you endure?"
It was precisely because he understood that Jiang Ning remained silent after Grandpa Jiang proposed this idea and request.
She neither adopted a tough attitude nor used a combination of hard and soft tactics, acting like a spoiled child and crying to take advantage of Grandpa Jiang's love for her to make him compromise, nor did she immediately agree and say, "Okay, you stay and I'll go."
She was silent for a while, then said calmly, "Well, let me think about it."
She needs to work on herself to convince herself.
For example, if Grandpa Jiang’s mountain patrol job is given to Uncle Jiang, he no longer needs to patrol the mountains. The probability of an accident will be very small, so there is no need to worry.
For example, she rented the house to her uncle and aunt, and with her uncle and aunt living with her grandfather, it would not be like in her previous life, when after her grandfather fell down, there was no one around and no one could help him.
For example, there are many tourists in his hometown now. As long as Grandpa Jiang doesn’t go to the mountains and just walks around the village, even if he falls, he will be discovered immediately by tourists or villagers. The situation like in his previous life will not happen again.
Jiang Ning understood the truth, but she still wanted to tie Grandpa Jiang to her side and keep an eye on his health at all times so that she could feel at ease.
Seeing his granddaughter in silence, Grandpa Jiang sighed, and he wanted to give in out of habit.
He really could see that his grandson and granddaughter had become successful and they no longer needed him to open a shop to earn that little money. They had a fixed income from the tea plantation, and his granddaughter also had a big house in her hometown, which she rented to her eldest son's family as a hotel. Half of the income from the hotel went to her granddaughter. His eldest son and his wife lived with them, and his three grandchildren and their wives were also nearby. It was close, so after considering everything, he decided not to leave.
Although the old man was not very educated and had not read many books, he was unusually smart and he always knew what his granddaughter was worried about.
At first, I was worried that he would fall while patrolling the mountain. There was no one on the mountain, and no one would help him when he cried out to the sky or the ground, and there would be wolves everywhere. I was afraid that something might happen to him.
He understood this because he had fallen many times while patrolling the mountains. When he was young, he was strong and could get up after falling. As he grew older, he also thought that if he fell while patrolling the mountains one day and there was no one around, he might die without anyone knowing, and his body might even be eaten by wolves.
So when he felt his granddaughter's fear, he had no choice at that time. Patrolling the mountains alone could not support his granddaughter, and he could not pay the tuition. He really planned to become a beggar and pick up scraps. Unexpectedly, his granddaughter got the money from somewhere and rented a store near the school, bought clothes and shoes, and wrote down the prices. She just asked him to sit there and collect the money.
He actually understood that over the years, although he was said to be earning money outside to take care of his grandchildren, it was actually his grandchildren who were taking care of him. One obvious change was that his physical data had been improving during his annual physical examinations, which he felt very clearly.
In those years, he was really happy to go out, to big cities, to see the earth-shaking changes in Shanghai over the years, to go to Beijing to see Tian'an Gate, the Great Wall, the raising of the national flag, and the Yuewang Temple.
Everything he had ever longed for in his dreams and everything he had been curious about, he finally saw it all in his old age.
He wants to go home.
Because the grandson was admitted to another school in Shanghai for the postgraduate entrance examination, and because of her busy studies, she was unable to take care of him, so the granddaughter thought of bringing him to Beijing.
But he didn't want to move from a familiar city to an unfamiliar city, meet strangers, and adapt to a new environment.
Just before Grandpa Jiang was about to give in again in silence, Jiang Ning gave in.
She just repeatedly reminded Grandpa Jiang: "Don't go patrolling the mountains. If you feel bored, go to the high platform to chat with Grandpa Lao Zhonghua and the others, play mahjong, and don't hang out outside on rainy days. Your legs hurt, and the roads are slippery when it rains. Take care of yourself."
Jiang Ning had never seen Grandpa Jiang play mahjong, but he thought that it shouldn't be difficult to learn it just by watching it.
Grandpa Jiang was impatient with her treating him like an ignorant child and waved his hand: "I know everything, please leave quickly, oh."
He didn't understand. Although his granddaughter was talkative when she was young, she obviously didn't like to talk when she grew up. Why did she become so nagging in front of him? He is not a child anymore, how can she run around?
Besides, the mountain patrol job is not his. His younger brother and his wife have been patrolling the mountains for several years. They have also patrolled the mountains with him for several years. Is it necessary for him to patrol the mountains at his age? I don’t know who to look for when I fall down.
His younger brother is twelve years younger than him, and his sister-in-law is also a dozen years younger than him. They are both in their early fifties, so why would he need to worry about them?
Besides, he doesn't live alone, and no one would know if he fell down at night.
Didn’t she rent this house to her eldest son and daughter-in-law? My eldest son and daughter-in-law have also agreed to move in with us when the time comes. What could go wrong? For some reason, this girl is particularly worrying.
Jiang Ning told herself again and again that she should respect the old man's ideas and understand her grandfather's desire to return home. She even thought about not going back to school, not taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and staying to accompany Grandpa Jiang.
But she doesn't want to come back. No matter how beautiful the house here is, it is just a cage to her. Once she gives up the halo she has now and really returns to her hometown, will all the halo and preferential treatment she has now still be there? It won't be there.
She would become a negative example, and the villagers would say, "Look, what's the point of getting into Beijing University? You'll just come back and become something else like us!"
Then he thought: "Look, what's the point of educating girls? They've been admitted to Beijing University, but they still farm, get married, and raise children. They become small officials in our town? They're not as good as someone else's."
Thinking of this, she looked at Grandpa Jiang's figure, left without hesitation, and quickly got on the boat leaving the Linhe Brigade and went to Wucheng to meet Song Peifeng.
Song Peifeng noticed that she was not in a good mood and asked her what was wrong.
Jiang Ning expressed his thoughts, saying, "I always thought I could have the best of both worlds. I could continue to study and work, and Grandpa would always be by my side, and I would take care of him until the end of his life. I always thought of Grandpa in my own way, and never asked him what he wanted." Jiang Ning said in a low voice, "I know Grandpa is lonely in Shanghai. If he follows me to Beijing, he will still be lonely, but I ignored Grandpa's feelings and only cared about my own thoughts."
"I've left Grandpa Jiang in my hometown this time, and my uncle and aunt are living with us. I know it's not a big problem and it's the right decision, but I'm still afraid." Her voice, which had been calm all along, revealed obvious fear: "I'm afraid of an accident, an accident that will make me regret for the rest of my life."
Song Peifeng held Jiang Ning's hand. In the hot summer, Jiang Ning's hand was a little cold. "You have done very well."
Jiang Ning raised her eyes to look at him and smiled: "I know." She knew that she was already fine.
She leaned her head on Song Peifeng's shoulder, threw herself into his warm arms, hugged him, and said nothing.
At this moment, she didn't need him to say anything, and she didn't want to say anything either. She just wanted someone to say nothing, and just let her hug him quietly for a while, and let her lean on him for a while.
Not long after, Jiang Ning sent back a mobile phone with a phone card and other equipment all installed. It could be used after charging. After that, Jiang Ning called Grandpa Jiang every day and nagged him not to go outside on rainy days and not to go to the mountains on normal days.
At first, Grandpa Jiang could still patiently say, "No, why would I run up the mountain? I'm not a ranger."
Later, Jiang Ning talked too much, and Grandpa Jiang became impatient, "I know!" He complained to Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang, "Why is this girl so long-winded now? She keeps repeating the same thing over and over again, and she doesn't feel tired!"
But the next day, Jiang Ning's call arrived on time again. She would check the weather forecast for that day in her hometown and remind him: "Grandpa, it's raining today, so don't go out."
"Grandpa, it's windy today, you should wear an extra thin coat."
"Grandpa, did it rain in my hometown today? Is the air very humid? Do your legs hurt? I sent you a pair of woolen leggings, remember to tie them on!"
Later in the call, when Grandpa Jiang heard Jiang Ning's voice, he answered the phone and pressed the hands-free button. He said to the old men and women sitting around him, "Look, the phone is ringing again. It rings every day. I don't have enough money to pay for it. I'm not a child!"
Jiang Ning's smiling voice was transmitted from the phone to the ears of every old man and old lady at the scene: "Hello, Grandpa (Grandpa Zhonghua), hello, grandpas and grandmas, thank you for taking care of my grandpa for me. When my grandpa was young, he patrolled the mountains and his legs were not good. When it was cloudy, his legs hurt. I was afraid that his legs hurt and he didn't tell us. Don't let the roads slip and fall on cloudy and rainy days. Grandpas, grandmas, uncles and aunts also help me remind my grandpa!"
The old ladies in the village laughed and said, "Okay, we will help you keep an eye on it!" They looked at Grandpa Jiang with envy and said, "You are so nervous, but you should be filial to your eldest granddaughter. Why are you complaining? You old man, you really don't know how to appreciate the blessing you have~!"
Grandpa Jiang smiled with wrinkles all over his face, but he said, "I'm in good health, why do I need you to watch over me? Who can stand calling me every day to remind me? Aren't phone bills free?" Then he pretended to be impatient and said to the phone, "Alright, alright, I know everything. Don't call me tomorrow. You call me every day. Am I a child?"
After hanging up the phone, he couldn't stop smiling, and continued to brag to the old men at the entrance of the village with a smile on his face. Many old men and women on the platform felt jealous, and that wasn't fake jealousy, it was real jealousy.
Even Grandpa Zhonghua, who had always lived a comfortable life and whose sons and grandchildren were all very successful, couldn't help feeling jealous.
There is almost no one in the village who can do what Jiang Ning does, calling every day to say hello, fearing that his grandparents are in the slightest bit of discomfort, except Jiang Qinqi who used to be in school.
The sons and grandchildren go out to work, and if they call twice a year to ask about their health, they are considered filial. Most of the time, they only call when they have something to do or are short of money and need help. If there is nothing else, they will hardly even think of calling all year round.
This is actually the norm in this era. With the popularization of telephones and the increase in mobile phones in the past two years, the number of telephone calls has increased. In the 1990s, it was considered good to have a letter sent back.
Now seeing how much Jiang Ning cares about Grandpa Jiang, they are envious.
It's just that Grandpa Jiang is a man who looks honest and obedient, but actually has a very bad temper. Jiang Ning calls Grandpa Jiang at 11 o'clock every day in the afternoon. Grandpa Jiang would stay on the platform and wait until Jiang Ning finished calling him. Only then would he contentedly put away the new phone that Jiang Ning bought for him, slowly walk down the platform with his hands behind his back, and then slowly go home for lunch.
A group of old men and women were so angry that they pointed at Grandpa Jiang's back and cursed: "That old caterpillar is a bad old man! The old caterpillar is so bad!"
Everyone around him echoed, even Grandpa Zhonghua started to curse: "He looks honest, but he was bad when he was young!"
"You didn't look bad when you were young. You were such an honest and simple person when you were young. How come you are so cunning now?"
Grandpa Jiang didn't get angry after being scolded. Instead, he smiled even more happily and walked home happily.
After these old men and women returned, they inexplicably began to have high expectations of their sons and grandchildren. Those who had phones would call to complain to them: "You rarely call me all year round. It's as if you don't even know there's a home. You're not afraid that I'll die at home one day and no one will know. Look at that old caterpillar's granddaughter. She calls him every day, worried that he's cold or hungry. If you could care about me one day, I'd be dead for sure!"
Many young people in the village did not know Grandpa Jiang's nickname, and did not know which granddaughter the "old caterpillar" was. They were scolded by their parents in their hometown for no reason, and began to call home feeling aggrieved.
It’s not like Jiang Ning who does it every day. Okay, once a week, and sometimes once every one or two months when I remember to do it.
Not every household in the village has a telephone, so all calls are made to the old store at the entrance of the village.
When the phone rang, it was Grandma Zhonghua, who was playing mahjong inside, who answered it. When she heard who was calling, she shouted outside, "Xinghong, it's your son calling!"
The person whose name was called would immediately smile, his legs and feet would be a little more agile than usual, and he would quickly run over to answer the phone. Because of the cost issue, he would hang up after talking for more than 50 seconds. After hanging up, he would be so happy that he would clap his hands and show off, saying, "My son called! He was worried about us old people at home, so he called to ask about our situation. Alas, it's not easy for them to earn money working outside, and we have everything fine at home, so why do they make so many calls~!"
However, the fact that Jiang Ning called on time every day also made the first word that the villagers thought of when talking about Jiang Ning was "filial piety". Speaking of filial piety, who doesn't know that the granddaughter raised by the old caterpillar is filial!
Many people's eyes turned red with envy.
In September, the name 'Jiang Ning (Ning Meng)' finally appeared in the latest list of members of the China Writers Association. Just when Director Li was reporting some awards for Jiang Ning, the chaotic battle at the beginning of the century was finally about to arrive.
The 1990s was the era of the fastest development of the semiconductor industry, and also the era of the most intense competition among semiconductor manufacturers. In order to suppress the growth of the island nation's semiconductor industry, the United States implemented a series of policies. Finally, after 1995, the United States' semiconductor companies firmly sat in the leading position. The leading company that originally occupied half of the semiconductor industry and a series of large manufacturers went bankrupt and were squeezed out, and never got up again.
At this time, the policy of the United States was to suppress the island nation's semiconductor industry in almost all aspects, and it was still in the stage of relaxing its vigilance towards the domestic market. During this chaotic period, the world's semiconductor landscape began to reshuffle.
During this critical period of reshuffle, two major events actually occurred in China. One was that a semiconductor tycoon who had returned from studying abroad stole other people's achievements and claimed them as his, almost destroying the country's semiconductor industry. The other was that another industry tycoon stood up to turn the tide and began to move forward with difficulty with a new team.
In last year's 519 stock market trend, the current stock market has not actually reached its peak. The peak will actually be next year, but Jiang Ning no longer remembers the exact time next year.
At this critical moment, when the latter big boss was trying his best to raise funds everywhere, Jiang Ning withdrew all her funds of nearly 200 million yuan in the stock market, through her master Director Li, no, now it is not only Director Li, because Wu Cheng’s publicity is good, Director Li has been promoted again, from the original deputy director of the general bureau to the director. With his help, Jiang Ning found the latter big boss and invested 200 million yuan at once, which alleviated his embarrassment of lack of funds in the early stage. In this critical period of chaos, he quickly got the funds to participate, and recruited a large number of senior engineers, second-hand equipment, and technical data. Note ①
In fact, people more than a decade later did not think that DRAM at this time was a semiconductor product that required very high technical content. China could also cross the threshold and carry out industrial layout in a short period of time. Jiang Ning seized this chaotic period.
Of course, Jiang Ning's 200 million yuan of funds was actually just a drop in the bucket in the era of competition among the giants. The splash was actually very small. Jiang Ning just gave the big guys behind him time to compete at a critical period. The more than 1 billion yuan of funds from the United States in the later period were all raised by him in the later period.
But with just that little difference in time, the situation of this life and the previous life is completely different.
Because in the previous life, when the big guys raised funds and started to turn the tide, they had already missed the best opportunity. Not to mention eating the meat, even the soup had been divided up.
What Jiang Ning did was really just a very insignificant thing, and her shares were not actually that large. However, because she was a top student at the School of Mathematics of Peking University, and was an investor and shareholder, she had a little say in the boss's team.
Jiang Ning actually knew nothing about the semiconductor industry. The little knowledge she learned in school was just a spark of firefly competing with the sun in front of these truly senior engineers and world-class bosses. But what made her better than many people was that she knew which direction to research in the future to be in line with the general market trend.
Why did the chaotic reign at the beginning of the century lead to the elimination and reshuffle of so many of the world's top ten semiconductor companies? In addition to the United States' nationwide containment and suppression, the original semiconductor giants also made mistakes in their research directions, which led to their market share being swallowed up all at once.
This industry itself is a winner-takes-all industry.
Jiang Ning is too young, and her suggestions may not be adopted, but the reason why the boss can become a boss is his foresight in the industry, which is not comparable to ordinary people. The research direction proposed by Jiang Ning finally had an impact on the boss.
The first two years of the century were the years when Jiang Ning won the most awards, whether it was awards she won as an author in the literary circle, or awards she won in the technology circle when bigwigs reported her name in their research results, which allowed Jiang Ning to be admitted to graduate school directly.
When Director Li saw that his apprentice had won a science and technology award, he thought that his apprentice would pursue a career in science and technology and become a scientist in the future. Jiang Ning then withdrew from the boss's team and signed up for the civil service exam in Beijing.
Note ① The information was retrieved from the Internet. There is too much information to list one by one. If there are any errors in the expression, just treat it as a fictional modern story.
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