Time passed by in an orderly fashion.
Xing Baohua's busy schedule gradually returned to normal.
The two sound systems have also entered the testing phase, which is actually the final stage.
These two sets are even better than the one we gave Petermon before, mainly in terms of appearance and chip processing. Liu Haibo's set has a mixing function, so if you plug in a microphone, you can sing along with the audio.
The only drawback is that Xing Baohua was reluctant to use the chip. If he had added a chip to modify it into a sound card for tuning, then a cassette-like karaoke amplifier device would have been created.
Using this sound system for karaoke would be overkill. It's fine for occasional use, but not for serious karaoke.
A sound system designed purely for enjoying the quality of sound has its own unique timbre. Once vocals are mixed in, the sound changes.
At least the system itself needs to be changed. But this sound system can still be used for audio-visual purposes.
If you have a home theater system, connecting this equipment will be absolutely amazing.
You can clearly feel what stereo echo and surround sound are like, as if you are actually there.
After completing the audio test, Xing Baohua took some time to visit Shangguzhuang.
With some money in hand, let's first lay the foundation for the factory. The workshop, warehouse, offices, and so on all need to be renovated.
The paperwork is even more cumbersome. You need stamps from this department, stamps from that department—it's incredibly annoying.
It's a bit easier for Secretary Huang to take Xing Baohua along.
You have to go to all levels of government, including the industry and commerce bureau and the tax bureau, and you need seven or eight stamps just for that. Some departments won't just process your application if you go there; they won't let you get it done if you don't have all the required documents or if you're missing a stamp.
Xing Baohua's calves ached from running so much; if there were scalpers around, he would have preferred to spend some money.
Actually, scalpers had already taken care of this, but Xing Baohua just hadn't encountered them.
In the beginning, those who entered this line of work were the unemployed children of high-ranking officials. Building connections didn't cost any money; they used their networks to do favors for others, and the money came quickly and in large amounts.
When Xing Baohua and Secretary Huang were handling the formalities, many people in the village knew that the straw rope factory had been contracted out. Before the factory was cleaned up, they inquired about what they were going to do with it.
When Secretary Huang held a village branch meeting, he mentioned that he had contracted out the straw rope factory.
The village committee doesn't have many major income-generating projects, but the factory contract fees provide some surplus money.
Some people were dissatisfied when they heard that the school was affiliated with the student body.
How could a school make money off a village-run factory? Some argue that schools and village-run factories are on the same level, and the village-run factory shouldn't be treated as inferior.
Despite the petty squabbles, Secretary Huang had anticipated this scene would unfold.
So let me explain Xing Baohua's identity. This was something Xing Baohua came up with to tell Secretary Huang.
Calling him the maintenance manager of the municipal machinery factory doesn't sound right. Let's use the most fashionable term: manager. Maintenance Manager, Logistics Department, Municipal Machinery Factory.
It's just a name. Anyway, the villagers don't understand it; it's just a name.
The manager also seemed very high-class.
Secretary Huang explained that Xing Baohua came to support the village, but why was he affiliated with the school?
The primary purpose was to train students and use the affiliation fees to maintain the school and keep the children's attendance rate high.
With more children attending school, a foundation can be laid for them to enter vocational schools later. Of course, those with better grades can take the high school and university entrance exams, with the village-run factory covering tuition and living expenses.
So where do students go after graduating from technical school? They first intern at village-run factories, and those with good grades can work as temporary workers in machinery factories. There's also a chance to become a permanent worker.
Furthermore, it quoted a statement made by Deng Xiaoping this year: "Educational technology should start from childhood."
In fact, Mr. Deng said three different things about starting education from childhood.
These statements were made at least three times: in 1984 in Shanghai, he said that computer literacy should start from childhood; and in 1985, he said that football should start from childhood.
In 1986, he preached that education should start from childhood.
Secretary Huang used Deng Xiaoping's words to convey the highest directive. Since they are a machinery factory, this is a roundabout way of fulfilling the superior's instructions.
Secretary Huang suppressed the opposition from the villagers.
After cleaning up the straw rope factory, Xing Baohua began preparing to rebuild the workshop. He roughly calculated that just building a four-meter-high production workshop would cost over ten thousand yuan. This was even with red bricks costing a little over one cent each.
He had to grit his teeth and go for it. The final payment from Petermont hadn't arrived yet, so Xing Baohua decided to leave that money untouched for the time being.
First, get the production workshop up and running, then add the rest of the covers gradually, as many as you can afford.
Hou Liwei wanted to go to the fifth workshop, and after considering it for two days, Factory Director Li gave him his answer. He agreed to let him go to the grassroots level for training and told him to prepare for the handover of his work.
Xing Baohua was unaware that Director Li had assigned him a hindrance.
If you put yourself in Xing Baohua's shoes, you would have done the same. It's simply a matter of restraint.
We can't let you turn the workshop into a one-man show. It's not good for young people to have it too easy; controversy and struggle are what train them.
The plastics factory also produced a sample of the exterior, including buttons and several switch buttons.
The button pads were ordered from another city.
Most factories wouldn't order such small quantities of samples; only large companies like machinery factories would have the authority to do so.
With all the parts in hand, Xing Baohua began assembling the computer. The calculator's display board hadn't arrived yet, but the previous one could be used as a temporary substitute. They could use it directly when they started working, since the size was fixed.
Assembling a calculator doesn't take much time.
With Liu Quan's assistance, five samples were quickly produced.
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