Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0498 Buying Half Your Life
6:30 pm, at the gate of the Institute of Computing Technology.
A Santana with a Shenzhen license plate was parked on the side of the road. Standing next to the car was a man in his thirties wearing a suit. His name was Hui Zesang, the president of 1984 Investment Company.
The sunset is like a pretty dancer, blooming her brilliance in the misty clouds.
The sun is no longer shining directly, but the weather is still very hot.
There were beads of sweat on Hui Zesang's forehead. He wiped it with a handkerchief from time to time and exhaled a breath of hot air.
In order to prevent the sweat on the back from seeping out and soaking the suit, not only a necessary shirt is worn under the suit, but also a cotton vest with strong sweat absorption.
Everyone has his own persistence. Some people insist on exercising, some people insist on being a fat otaku, but Hui Zesang insists on wearing suits all year round. No matter whether it is cold or hot, as long as he meets a "client", he will wear a suit.
He has been waiting here for an hour and a half since five o'clock, but the person he is waiting for has not come out yet.
Continuing to wipe the sweat off his face and drinking water from time to time, Hui Zesang still waited patiently. Yes, he was patient.
It is impossible for a business talent who climbed up step by step from the bottom to be impatient. He once waited at the door of a client's company for more than ten days in order to create an opportunity to meet a potential client. Waiting for a few hours was nothing to him.
It was not until 7:20 that Hui Zesang saw the person he was waiting for pushing a bicycle out of the gate of the Computing Institute. When the other person made a horse riding and archery gesture, Hui Zesang walked to the bicycle.
"Expert Ni, hello Lei, I am Hui Zesang from the Common Prosperity Association."
"Huize-san?" Ni Guangnan held the handlebars with one hand and used the other hand to support the lower part of his body. "What kind of organization is Gongfuhui? I've never heard of it."
"Expert Ni, you have misunderstood. Our Common Prosperity Association is not a state-owned organization. It is a private company located in Shenzhen. This is my business card." Hui Zesang took out a business card box from the inside pocket of his suit, pulled out a business card from it and handed it to Ni Guangnan with both hands.
Ni Guangnan leaned his bicycle towards himself and stretched out his hands to take the business card.
He has work experience abroad, and although his job is research, he is still clear about the basic etiquette of this kind of shopping mall.
After receiving the business card, Ni Guangnan held it in his hand and looked at it. The business card was arranged vertically, and the layout was from right to left. The rightmost vertical line had "Shencun 1984 Investment Company" written on it, and the second vertical line had the three words "Huizesang" written on it. There was no title.
There is a LOGO printed in the center of the business card, and below it are three words "Gongfuhui" printed from right to left. When you see these three words and then look at the LOGO, you can understand that this LOGO is a variant of the three words "Gongfuhui".
In the lower left corner of the business card, there is a phone number and a... um, is this an email address?
"Mr. Hui, do you have your own email?"
"Yes, we have our own e-mail, but it's not very practical and is almost just for show. Expert Ni, I'm here to discuss something important with you. How about you park your bike here and take my ride? I'll treat you to some Ningbo cuisine."
The three words "Yongbang cuisine" made Ni Guangnan feel refreshed. The other party deliberately arranged dishes from his hometown, showing great sincerity.
"It is better to obey than to be respectful. I am sorry to bother you."
Ni Guangnan was not worried at all that the other party wanted him to do something or to find out something that should not be said. He had never participated in any state secret projects, nor was he a leader in an important position. Most of the things he knew could be found through public channels.
Although the last small part is a secret , it is disappointing to say that Western countries are not interested in finding out the secrets he has.
The reason why a secret becomes a secret is not because it is too advanced, but because it is too backward. It cannot be told to outsiders. It would be embarrassing if outsiders knew that our technology in some aspect is so backward.
After getting into the car, Ni Guangnan just looked around casually and then looked away. Although he himself did not have a car, he had ridden in luxury cars and did not have too many thoughts about cars.
As long as he has enough food and drink, he would rather focus all his energy on research and does not have much pursuit for material things.
The car drove for a while before arriving at the Friendship Hotel.
Hui Zesang led the way and took Ni Guangnan to his suite.
"Expert Ni, please sit down for a moment. I'll make a phone call and have someone send the food over." Huizesang said after arranging for Ni Guangnan to sit down.
"Please help yourself."
Hui Ze-sang made a phone call, and the food was delivered soon after.
"Turtle with rock sugar, yellow croaker wrapped in bean curd skin, grilled small squares of seaweed, yellow croaker in a soup with pickled mustard greens, crab with red roe, and this moldy amaranth stem, five spices and one stinky."
"Mr. Hui, you are so thoughtful. These are all Ningbo dishes, and they are all dishes from my hometown."
"Expert Ni, actually, this dish is not prepared just for you. This is also my hometown dish. My grandfather came to Xiangzhen from Ningbo. Every bite of hometown dish brings back homesickness."
"Mr. Hui is also from Yongcheng? I wonder where your ancestral home is?"
"My hometown is in Andong."
"An Dong, I know it's a great place with many talented people."
"Hey, Expert Ni, you are wrong. Our Ningbo City is full of talented people and beautiful scenery." Huizesang waved his hand and said.
"Yes, I made a slip of the tongue." Ni Guangnan said with a shy smile, "Our Great Yong City is full of outstanding people."
"Expert Ni, come on, pick up your chopsticks, and let's talk while we eat."
The two of them politely ate a few bites of food and casually chatted about the customs and stories of Ningbo.
Halfway through the meal and halfway through the juice, Hui Zesang put down his chopsticks and said, "Expert Ni, I came to you this time because I want to give you some money."
Hui Zesang stretched out the five fingers of his left hand and flashed them, "Fifty million RMB, for half of your life."
"Buy my life?"
"That's right. I'm selling half of your life so you can work for Huayi Company." Hui Zesang said, and stood up and went to the guest room to get a folder. "Expert Ni, this is the information of Huayi Company. You can take a look."
Ni Guangnan took the folder, unfolded it and placed it on the table. He then took out a lens cloth from his pocket, wiped his glasses, put them back on and looked at the document carefully.
After reading the first paragraph, he couldn't wait to read on. To him, the content of the document was like a pervert meeting a beautiful girl, which attracted him deeply.
It took him an hour to finish reading the document.
"Mr. Hui, I saw the last part of Huayi's share structure. It says that Huayi's share plan is that the employee union holds 70% of the shares, and the investing shareholders hold 10%. The remaining 20% is not explained. I wonder how this 20% is planned?"
"Expert Ni, the 20% not listed in the document will be handed over to the state in the future. Now, the mainland is carrying out reform and opening up, which means that some people will get rich first, and then they will help those who are not rich to get rich together. This is common prosperity.
Private enterprises in the mainland are now like bamboo shoots after the rain, with many popping up in a day. With more and more private enterprises, the economy is becoming more and more vibrant, and the lives of mainlanders will become better and better.
When the mainland's economy develops to a certain level, the wealth gap will widen. The rich will have shark fin rice every day, while the poor may not even have rice dishes for every meal.
I'm sorry, I'm not good at speaking in a normal way, I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying?"
"Most of them can understand it, but some can't." Ni Guangnan said realistically.
"Then can I speak English?"
"Okay, English is no problem for me." Ni Guangnan nodded. It would be more pleasant to listen to English than to listen to Hui Zesang's poor Mandarin.
Hui Zesang's Mandarin is very poor and he speaks Hong Kong-style Mandarin. Nan Yi did not remind him to learn Mandarin.
Nan Yi understood this very well. Although the people in Beijing called the people from Hong Kong "gangsong", which was not a nice word, it did not mean that the people in Beijing looked down on the people from Hong Kong. Instead, it had a sour taste to it, which could be described as envy, jealousy and hatred.
Traveling around the mainland speaking Hong Kong Cantonese can help you understand more than speaking standard Mandarin.
"Private enterprises have their own advantages, and state-owned enterprises have their own advantages. As a whole, the world is privatizing state-owned enterprises, which means that private enterprises are advancing and state enterprises are retreating. The purpose of this is to unload the burden, allow private enterprises to advance in strides, and revitalize the country's economy.
But when it reaches a certain stage, disadvantages will also appear, which is the gap between the rich and the poor that I mentioned earlier.
The task of eliminating the gap between the rich and the poor can only be done by the state; it cannot be done spontaneously by the country's elite or vested interest groups.
It is difficult to give up good fortune, and it is unrealistic to ask them to take out the money that has already been put into their pockets. The only way is to formulate new rules of the game at the national level, reshuffle the economy, and provide a relatively fair competitive environment for latecomers.
To achieve this, we must make a move, that is, the state advances and the private sector retreats, and the state capital enters the already very active private economy. The state capital is the locomotive, pulling the private economy train in the right direction, in a more equitable direction. "
After listening to Huizesang's words, Ni Guangnan felt a little excited and a little confused. Huizesang's speech was too lofty in intention and focused on too high a level. He was not a major in economics and only half understood it.
But Hua Yi's intention was to put the country first, and he understood that.
"Mr. Hui, what was your purpose in investing and establishing Huayi in 1984? Was it not for personal gain, but for the public good?"
"NONONO, how is that possible? We are a joint-stock company in 1984 and we have to be responsible to our shareholders. Profit is of course our main goal, but in addition to profit, we also want to contribute to common prosperity.
In our office in 1984, there was a slogan: Remember to revitalize China and strive for every penny of profit.
Expert Ni, you have also seen the positioning of Huayi in the documents. Our goal is very clear, but it is also difficult to achieve. In order to achieve this goal, we have prepared 50 million in advance, just to buy half of your life.
The other half, what price you want to sell it for and what price you can get it for, all depends on the results you achieve. I can promise you now that as long as it is worth it, 100 million is fine, 1 billion is fine, even 10 billion is no problem.
As long as we can see hope and don’t feel like we are throwing money into the water, we will take out any amount of money, no matter how much it is.”
"Can you come up with 10 billion?" Ni Guangnan said excitedly.
"Of course, we already have this much cash flow. Of course, it won't arrive in one or two days. Huayi won't be in such a hurry to get the funds. Everything is done step by step."
"Mr. Hui, companies need to make profits, but research and development takes time. How much time can 1984 give me to make losses?"
"Five years." Hui Zesang's left hand shone again. "For five years, Huayi does not need to provide any profit. You can ask for any equipment, patents, or places where you need people to study. We will do what we can and will try our best to do what we cannot.
For five years, we at 1984 will only speak on the general direction of Huayi and conduct financial audits. We will not interfere in any specific matters. Everything will be up to you.
By the way, there is one requirement. You can initiate any research and development project, but please do not bring your LX-80 Chinese localization technology research and development to Huayilai. We are not interested in this technology.
If you want to do research, you should study the underlying logic of UNIX and develop a Chinese system based on UNIX. There is no future in doing Chinese localization and patching things up and making interfaces.
Apple knows about it, right? Microsoft has heard of it, right?
One has already developed a Windows system, and the other is in the process of developing one. When their Windows system matures and they turn their attention to us, is there still a prospect for Chinese localization?
Expert Ni, one of our shareholders from 1984 has eight words for you.
"Mr. Hui, please speak."
"Huayi Chip, Huayi System! That shareholder told me that he is willing to pay 10 billion for these eight words."
"A gentleman will die for his friend!"
Ni Guangnan stood up and said.
"The true meaning of our Huayi is that China will never be easy, and we should forge ahead. Expert Ni, Huayi depends on you."
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"Mom, don't clean it up, let me do it."
Yesterday, the Nan family had something to do, so Yi Jinru stayed for dinner. Today, Liu Zhen's mother, Lu Bifang, broke her usual habit and stayed in the old house for dinner. After dinner, she wanted to wash the dishes, so Nan Yi quickly stopped her.
No matter how much Liu Zhen's parents disregarded Liu Zhen in the past, they are still parents after all. Moreover, the Liu family did not make things too difficult for Nan Yi and Liu Zhen's marriage, nor did they ask for too much. Nan Yi, the son-in-law of the Liu family, should behave like a son-in-law.
Nan Yi will agree to reasonable requests, but will definitely refuse unreasonable ones.
But Nan Yi really has to take good care of Liu Zhen’s three older brothers. If they are not doing well, he has to give them a hand and never let them take risks and go down the path of crime.
The fact that the eldest brother of the Liu family has a criminal record has little impact on Nan Yi himself, but it will have a huge impact on Liu Zhen and the child in Liu Zhen's belly.
Nan Yi had an idea to send Liu Zhen's three brothers abroad, give them idle but good jobs, and spend money to support them. He hoped they wouldn't make trouble or cause any trouble, and the money would be wasted.
As for the Nan family, Nan Yi is not worried. Nan Huaiqiu can't do anything even if he is beaten with three sticks. Nan Tieli is also a fool. Not to mention committing a crime, it's difficult to even have an argument with the red armbands on the street.
Nan Yi stopped Lu Bifang outside the kitchen and went in to wash the dishes at the sink.
Lu Bifang did not leave, but walked up to Nan Yi and lent a hand, took the dishes washed by Nan Yi, and put them in the cupboard.
"Mom, just tell me what you want to say. I'm listening."
Nan Yi and Lu Bifang did not have much contact. After meeting on the day of the return visit, they only met once the day before yesterday. There was not much communication between them, let alone being close enough to work together.
"It's like this, Nan Yi, didn't your third brother open a video studio? Yesterday, when I went to deliver him food, I went in and took a look. The woman on TV was naked, and she was doing that with a man."
Ta-da-da, ten thousand alpacas stepped over Nan Yi's forehead. What he worried about was bound to come true.
"What is Liu Feibao thinking? Video studios are so easy to run now. He can show two martial arts movies without any worries. Each movie costs two yuan, and he can show four movies a day. His video studio can seat more than 70 people at a time. If someone is willing to share the seats, it can even seat more than 80 people.
Now there are more people who like to watch videos, and almost every show is sold out. If you are conservative, you can easily make 200,000 yuan a year. Why do you need to do a mid-season insert?"
"中插" means to insert in the middle. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was very interesting to work in a video studio. Whenever there were many guests, or when it was late at night, the exciting movie being played would be paused and replaced by another martial arts action movie with few actors, poor scenery, few lines, and not many routines.
But strangely, such films are very popular with audiences, and many people watch the video just for the interlude.
But that would only happen a few years later. Now, as long as it is a Hong Kong martial arts film, no matter how bad it is, people will watch it, and they will watch it over and over again.
At that time, many people spent half a month's salary in the video room, paying two yuan per show, or even more than ten or twenty yuan to watch only a few shows.
There are many people who would take risks just to watch a video, such as picking up a manhole cover on the street, moving a piece of railroad track discarded on the roadside, or taking things from someone's home without asking. These things have not been unheard of.
Sooner or later, a "video gang" will appear in the juvenile detention center, which is brought together by a common criminal motive. The gang members will ask each other, "Oh my god, brother, you are here to watch videos too. I won't say anything more. When we get out, we will set up a video room together, watch videos from morning to night, and make money at the same time."
"Mom, what do you want me to do?"
Nan Yi pulled himself out of the mess and asked Lu Bifang for instructions.
"Nan Yi, Mom knows you are capable. Go find your third brother and persuade him to stop showing that kind of film, or he might get caught by Lei Zi someday."
As soon as Lu Bifang opened her mouth, she started talking about Lei Zi. It seems that Lu Bifang was not a worry-free person in the past.
"Okay, I'll go look for Third Brother tomorrow. Mom, don't worry, it's not a big deal. As long as Third Brother doesn't let it go again, nothing should happen in the future."
Nan Yi said this, but he didn't think so in his heart. It was not easy to make that kind of film at this time.
It was not the era when there were always women holding their children walking under overpasses or next to computer cities. If you wanted to get this kind of film, you had to have a special channel that was not accessible to ordinary people. At least, Nan Yi himself didn't know about this channel.
Besides, at that time, 99% of the videotapes did not come from formal channels, and there were not many people in the mainland who copied them. Most of them came from Xiangkeng along the water.
The fact that he was able to get hold of this kind of videotape shows that Liu Feibao's social circle is very diverse, and the people he associates with are troublesome, and the kind of people who are more likely to betray him the more loyal they are.
"I should go find him." Nan Yi thought to himself, "If Liu Zhen is pregnant with a son, he must find a wife with fewer relatives in the future. It would be even better if both parents are dead. Dealing with relatives and friends is too exhausting."
