Chapter 141 Pack Up and Take Away
In Beijing, Duan Yongping is now struggling with what he should do.
He was a gifted young man. In the first year after the college entrance examination was resumed, he was only sixteen years old, but he decided to take the college entrance examination. He was successfully admitted to the Radio Department of Zhejiang University. After graduation, he was assigned to the domestic industry leader - Beijing Electron Tube Factory.
This experience is exactly the same as that of Song Yunhui in "A Flowing River". After entering a large state-owned factory, with good salary and high social status, most people would be satisfied. However, Duan Yongping is not like that.
Although this iron rice bowl could ensure his food and clothing in the short term, he found it boring because semiconductor integrated circuit technology was gradually replacing outdated vacuum tubes, and he was unwilling to waste time in an industry with no future.
After two years, he decided to continue his studies and was admitted to Renmin University to pursue a master's degree in econometrics. Perhaps he was not that interested in the subject, and he could not keep up with the learning progress. He failed the thesis defense this year and did not get his degree certificate.
Without a degree certificate, it would be difficult to get a good job. Duan Yonghua also saw that the craze for getting rich had spread across the country and people gradually accepted wealth. So he wondered whether he should go to the south to try his luck and make a lot of money with his skills.
At this time, Gao Jialin came to Duan Yongping and quickly gained his trust. Duan Yongping asked Gao Jialin for some advice. Gao Jialin said without hesitation, "You are now assigned to work in the same unit as you were in the Beijing Electronic Tube Factory. You have to work hard to gain experience."
"It's such a waste of my youth to spend it on this. I might as well go to the south and try my luck. I've been to Guangdong several times for inspection. It's really full of vitality. When I think back now, I can still vividly remember the feeling of everything flourishing."
"Besides, the electronics industry there is quite developed, and there are state-owned and private factories everywhere. With your technical level, I'm afraid you will be able to become the main person in charge very quickly if you go there."
"First, train yourself for a few years, and when you are familiar with the current situation of the industry, you can start your own business. If you have such an idea in the future, I can provide the money, and we can jointly open an electronics factory."
Jiang Wanmeng is only a technical talent, while Duan Yongping is more comprehensive, proficient in technology, management, and investment. If Gao Jialin can bring him under his command, it will be much easier for him to start a business in the future.
At that time, they will join forces, Jiang Wanmeng will be responsible for technology, and Duan Yongping will be responsible for management. With the combined strength of these two, plus Gao Jialin's funds and foresight, their VCD will surely sweep the country.
Duan Yongping didn't understand why Gao Jialin was so optimistic about him, but he still accepted Gao Jialin's kindness. He took the soft sleeper ticket that Gao Jialin helped buy and the money donated by Gao Jialin and boarded the train heading south.
When we arrived in Zhongshan, we found a company called Yihua as Gao Jialin had said. We gave Gao Jialin's name and were immediately warmly received. "Reporter Gao came to our factory for an interview last year and even got our factory's name published in the newspaper. We will definitely make use of the people he introduced us to."
After examining Duan Yongping's skills, Yihua's general manager Chen Jianren directly appointed him as the director of a small electronics factory under the company. "This factory is in a very bad situation now. The qualified rate of its products has not been improved. If you can save this factory, the company will definitely reward you heavily. Of course, you can also stay at the headquarters, and I will find a suitable position for you."
Duan Yongping thought about it and decided to give it a try. If he went to the headquarters, he would have to follow the procedures to gain experience, while if he went to the electronics factory, it would be a great achievement if he was successful. So he went to this electronics factory called "Rihua".
After entering the factory, he found that the situation was indeed not optimistic. This electronics factory was just a basic assembly plant. There were many similar enterprises in Zhongshan. It had no core competitiveness at all, and the factory management was very lax. If drastic reforms were not made, this factory would be very close to bankruptcy.
Duan Yongping did not rush to start. He first mingled with the workers, worked with them on the assembly line, understood their ideas, and used his time after get off work to study the trends in the electronics industry, trying to find a way out for the factory.
At this time, Gao Jialin happened to be in Guangdong for an interview, so he found an opportunity to meet him. After listening to Duan Yongping's story about the difficulties he encountered, Gao Jialin took out a pile of information and said, "It just so happens that I have sorted out some information about the current development of the domestic electronics industry during this period, and it also includes some information about the electronics industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States. You can take it for reference, maybe it will inspire inspiration."
"These materials are so valuable." Duan Yongping accepted them with many thanks.
After going back and studying it carefully, he actually found a way out. He discovered that the information Gao Jialin gave him used a lot of data and a large amount of space to introduce the Japanese game console industry, especially the situation of cartridge-type electronic game consoles, and believed that this product would also usher in an explosion in China in the future.
Duan Yongping was immediately interested. He quickly bought several game consoles on the market, disassembled and cracked them using his own skills. He found that the cost of this thing was not high, and he was confident that he could lower the price so that domestic consumers could afford it.
But would making a game machine not arouse the resentment of parents? Would it be suppressed by policies? With this doubt, Duan Yongping called Gao Jialin again. Gao Jialin gave him an idea, "Change the name. Don't call it a game machine. Call it a learning machine. Make some simple typing games. When promoting it, tell parents that they can learn computer skills by using it. This way, there will be fewer people who oppose it."
"What a good idea!" Duan Yongping slapped his thigh excitedly. He admired Gao Jialin more and more. Not only was he familiar with industry development, but he was also much more sensitive to relevant policies than himself. If he worked under him in the future, he would definitely have great potential.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Jialin did not feel sorry for the money he could have earned, because the market for learning machines would not grow bigger in a few years, and Rihua would not make much money if it started now.
Let Duan Yongping do it first, and then slowly find talents such as Huang Yihe, Chen Mingyong, Shen Wei, Jin Zhijiang, etc., introduce them here to train together. By the time they are trained, Gao Jialin should resign.
It would be a good opportunity to pack them all up and take them away, and then reunite with Jiang Wanmeng and other talented people, so that the skeleton of a large-scale electronics factory can be built, which will shock the whole of China in the first year.
With such beautiful expectations, Gao Jialin kept running around for the next two years, writing in-depth articles for Xinhua News Agency and recruiting talents everywhere just like playing the Three Kingdoms game.
Before we knew it, it was time for Chen Hong to graduate.
(End of this chapter)
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