Regardless of how Hou Liwei and Hong Mingliang fight, neither of them are good people.
When Lao Zhao left, he looked a bit dejected, and you couldn't see the joy he was about to experience in his upcoming promotion.
Presumably having seen through Xing Baohua's little scheme, a power struggle broke out even in the small fifth workshop.
The workshop foreman doesn't really manage things; he's often elusive and rarely seen. He only appears to manage things when something serious happens.
Xing Baohua stayed in the workshop all morning, and after having lunch with Su Ya, he went to the electronics factory in Shangguzhuang.
As soon as they arrived, Xiaobo told Xing Baohua that Sister Yang had called and asked him to call her back.
Arriving at the makeshift office, Xing Baohua called Yang Jing. Yang Jing told Xing Baohua that she had received news about the electric musical instrument he wanted. "A cheap, secondhand one, do you want it?"
Is there even a need to ask?
Of course you should, provided it's usable. Don't end up like Zhang Taoming, buying a bunch of junk.
"These are things people normally use; they're just replacing equipment, things that were discarded. Two electric guitars, a bass, an electronic keyboard, and a drum set, totaling two thousand three hundred yuan," Yang Jing quoted.
Xing Baohua did the math in his head: over two thousand yuan, that's not cheap! In later times, it would be worth twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and it's a second-hand item.
Since he's broke right now, he might as well sell it secondhand. He'll make it back once he releases an album.
First, pay the fee, then ask Liu Haibo for the money back.
"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, do you also need the guitar and bass accessories?"
"What do you mean?" Xing Baohua asked.
"Effects, effects pedals, and speakers."
Xing Baohua immediately said, "I want everything except the sound system."
"The stereo is a Marshall, and it seems to be compatible with guitars and such," Yang Jing said.
Xing Baohua remained silent for the moment, her mind in turmoil, wondering whether she should take a set or not.
Despite being a professional audio system, the difference between the audio equipment of this era and the audio equipment he made is enormous.
Finally, I gritted my teeth and decided to see how world-renowned brands make audio equipment. I bought one to learn from.
Finally, he told Yang Jing, "I'll take everything. I'll have the finance department transfer the money to you later."
“Okay, but you’ll have to wait a few days. This goods need to be shipped from Japan,” Yang Jing said.
"Can we wait? How much will it all cost?"
"Three thousand seven"
Upon hearing that the price was acceptable, Xing Baohua went to the workshop after finishing his phone call with Yang Jing.
Liu Quan has now taken full control of the work. Production of the audio equipment is still slow; only ten units have been shipped out so far, and the current production is for next month's inventory.
After meeting with Liu Quan, he said, "Brother Quan, let's see if we can speed things up."
“Then you’ll have to modify a workshop! If that doesn’t work, you can put the audio equipment on the production line too. With a conveyor belt, scaling up is much faster,” Liu Quan said.
“I want to too! But we don’t dare to make any moves since the orders haven’t come in! The production line at Factory No. 54 is reserved for making learning machines and telephones, isn’t it?” Xing Baohua said.
"Have you made a decision about the phone call?" Liu Quan asked.
"We're waiting for news from Xu Shuai, but we don't know where he's gone now. We asked him to find a PCB manufacturer and a tape recorder factory, but he hasn't replied yet. We hope he hasn't been scammed on the way. He promised to reply as soon as he had any news, but it's been so long," Xing Baohua said with some concern.
At the same time, he thought to himself, "If only I had a cell phone, it would be so much easier to stay in touch! These days, we don't even know where people are. If we report someone missing to the police, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!"
"Then let's wait for him a little longer," Liu Quan said.
In fact, Xing Baohua was also wondering if he could make a phone call overseas this time. If he could, he could ask George how things were going. He couldn't very well write a letter or send a telegram.
I was thinking of taking some time to go to the post office and ask how to make overseas calls.
Unbeknownst to Xing Baohua, long-distance calls were already possible in Shanghai as early as the 1920s. More recently, transoceanic calls were launched in 1978, though the cost was extremely high.
Just as I was thinking about George, Niu Jishan rode over on his bicycle, saying he had a letter for me. He said he couldn't find me at the workshop, so he figured I was probably here.
Xing Baohua took the letter and read it. He chuckled again; this person really couldn't take a word for it.
George's overseas letter.
Upon opening it, I found the results of the second round of negotiations with the motorcycle company.
Henry, the lab director, only wanted to buy Xing Baohua's technology with money, and one million was too high. They only wanted to offer three hundred thousand for a one-time buyout of the patent.
As for the two-way paging technology, it can be licensed for a license fee of $200,000 per year.
Upon seeing this, Xing Baohua laughed. This guy was trying to steal his girlfriend's attention!
The buyout cost $300,000. After taxes, there are still three shares to be distributed among the three buyers. How much will I be left? Will I even have to pay them out of pocket?
However, the price they quoted wasn't too high. At this time, pagers were still in their early stages of development, and perhaps due to their price, they hadn't yet become popular in China. Their peak would arrive in a few years.
Two-way paging technology does not refer to core hardware technology, but rather to a two-way data and information transmission technology.
This technology is similar to the SMS system in later mobile phones.
It's like someone carrying a pager; when someone sends him a message, he sees it, confirms it, and then replies.
Pagers do offer some convenience, but with version 1.0, when you receive a page and see the message, you can only call the paging service to ask who is paging you.
You need to call the paging station based on the message or the phone number left. This process requires calling once or twice.
The 2.0 version of the pager was much simpler; it displayed the number the caller was calling, eliminating the need to call the paging station. You could simply return the call directly.
Version 3.0 is the Chinese version, which is similar to a text message; you can directly view the content.
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