The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

High-end mechanical watches have automatic winding functions, and quartz watches have no advantage in using batteries.

It was just a minor problem. Li Ming didn't even open his eyes. "There are channels and traditions for selling mid- to high-end watches. We can only take our time."

“If you can do it, do it. If you can’t, just buy Swiss’ ready-made brands and sales channels.”

"Isn't there some progress in the movement of the alarm clock? The watch can be sharpened slowly. Start the alarm clock first."

His original purpose was to reduce costs and retail prices so that more ordinary people could use better products. High-end products were just incidental.

Speaking of alarm clocks, Lou Xiao'e chuckled and said: "Department stores in China have been urging us to launch alarm clocks as soon as possible. Our alarm clock sales should be very smooth."

Qin Huairu guessed: "It's the people from the Mei country who have made a lot of money on wall clocks, right?"

"Oumei's department store is making a lot of money from wall clocks. We made 2400 million U.S. dollars, and they can make at least 1.2 million U.S. dollars."

Qin Huairu was quite surprised by the number Lou Xiao'e said, "So many, several times higher than us!"

Both retail and wholesale profits in the Mainland are relatively low.

Lou Xiao'e explained: "They have high retail profits, and with the gimmick of new technology, the profits are even higher."

"It is estimated that when the Christmas shopping season is over this year, they will also start to sell at lower prices, and profits will drop to less than US$1 million."

Qin Huairu sighed: "1 million is quite a lot. If it were the mainland, it would be more than 2 million."

"Students who go to the countryside this year and next year can each get dozens of yuan more."

Lou Xiao'e pushed Li Ming's arm, "Researchers from Cambrian Laboratory and Gangcheng Movement Company have not been home for two or three months in a row, and often live and eat in the laboratory."

"Give them an extra bonus?"

Li Ming opened his eyes, "It must be given!"

"We will hold a small commendation meeting internally. In addition to the rewards of dividend stocks, we will also give direct cash rewards, and then ask bank employees to deposit them on the spot."

Lou Xiao'e is going on a trip tomorrow and has a bold idea, "How about arranging a group trip for them?"

Li Ming objected: "Try to reduce group activities outside as much as possible."

"If they are wiped out by the group, it will be a devastating blow to the entire research team."

There were quite a few accidents, and Lou Xiao'e thought about it, "Uh, okay."

Li Ming held the two women in his arms, holding each other in his arms. "How is the discussion between the semiconductor research team and the semiconductor company in Magnesia?"

Lou Xiao'e leaned on his shoulder, "It's a mess. I chose Fairchild Semiconductor at the beginning."

"There are constant personnel changes within this company, and there are many employees who have resigned and started their own businesses."

This is a dandelion-style company. It can be said that most of the semiconductor companies in China have connections with this company.

At a semiconductor engineers conference held in Sunnyvale, California, in 1969, of the more than 400 attendees, only 24 had never worked at Fairchild Semiconductor.

In the 80s, there were more than 70 semiconductor companies in Silicon Valley, and half of the entrepreneurs were directly or indirectly from Fairchild Semiconductor.

Li Ming asked another family, "Where is Texas Instruments?"

Lou Xiaoe said depressedly: "Texas Instruments is not very interested in the research and development of LED watch cores. They are working on a project for the Ministry of Defense of the United States, and the handheld calculator has been a great success."

Fairchild and Texas Instruments fought a 7-year legal battle over the patent for the invention of integrated circuits. They did not settle until 1966, and both parties shared the patent.

Li Ming said disdainfully: "If a company is not interested, it means that the money is too little. Give them more money."

"The Magnesium and the Soviet Union are engaged in a space race, and Magnesia's movies are increasingly featuring fantasy technology."

"Electronic watches are in line with the current trend. This market will be very large, and high-end watches can also start here."

Lou Xiao'e didn't expect it to be related to high-end watches, "That's it."

The three of them hadn't been together for several days, and Qin Huairu chatted for a little long before going back.

Li Ming and Lou Xiao'e will travel to Australia tomorrow and can sleep slowly on the plane.

This time they went to Australia with a small team. In addition to traveling, they also checked Australia's accounts, established new companies in Australia, and secured the signing of some projects.

The work is done by a small team, and the two of them go there to have fun.

the next day.

As soon as he got on the plane, Li Ming made a habit of exploring the entire plane.

Someone actually got on the plane with a disassembled rifle!

After being shocked, he was quickly relieved.

Although from 1961 to 1972, 162 civil aviation aircraft in the United States were hijacked, and the peak was in 1969, with an average of one hijacking case in the United States every week.

Worried that passengers' travel experience will be affected, especially that boarding time will be significantly extended, airport security is still resisted by airlines.

Of course, there is a more important reason. The hijackers did not use bombs, but only threatened the captain with guns and drove them to where they wanted to go.

Since the aircraft is not damaged and passengers are not injured, airlines are unwilling to increase additional security inspection costs.

Li Ming didn't want a good trip to be affected by unexpected changes, and his time was very tight.

The hijacking suspect was lucky to meet him.

Li Ming calmly took away all the bullets in the suspect's other bag.

Fifteen minutes after takeoff, a sturdy blond man rummaged around but couldn't find the bullet.

The flight attendant was very enthusiastic and asked if she needed help.

The blond man groaned for a long time without saying anything.

There is no first class cabin on this flight. The entire plane has only one cabin type. Because of the low fuel prices, even the economy class seats are comfortable and spacious.

Lou Xiao'e raised her head and glanced forward, "Is there something wrong with that person? He forgot something after going out so far."

Li Ming said softly: "The rifle bullets are missing. How dare he say it?"

Lou Xiao'e repeated, "Rifle bullets?"

"Did he want to hijack the plane?"

There are a few news about hijackings every year, and she has heard of some.

"It's very possible. I took out his bullets, so you think he is confused now."

Lou Xiao'e snickered and said, "You are so mean. He must be wondering if he forgot to bring the bullets."

"I have saved him now, and there is no criminal record on my body."

Lou Xiao'e suggested: "How about we buy a private jet ourselves?"

"Is there anything you like?"

"Grumman Aircraft Company's 'Gulfstream II' is a wide-body aircraft that can carry 19 passengers and has a range of 6400 kilometers."

Li Ming was surprised: "You know everything in detail?"

Lou Xiao'e pushed her eldest brother, "My eldest brother keeps buzzing in my ears, otherwise I wouldn't know."

"The private jet for 19 people is enough for us to go to Australia this time."

"Well, this kind of passenger capacity can carry a small work team, including audit teams and inspection teams."

"How much does one cost?"

"$50. If you want to customize other things inside the aircraft, you will have to pay more."

Li Ming asked: "Why doesn't your elder brother buy it? It's not like he can't afford $50."

From the wholesale, distribution, and retail operations of the Magnesium Market, I have 30% of the profits.

Lou Xiao'e took a sip of the red wine the flight attendant had just poured, "I asked him."

"He said that the cost of maintenance is a bit high. If the cost of maintenance and downtime can be reimbursed, he can borrow some money to buy the aircraft."

The uncle was very confident and could do such a thing. Li Ming smiled and said: "Let's buy two planes."

"Buy it in the name of the company and give one to him."

"He is not allowed to use the other one. When we don't use it ourselves, it will be used by other employees in the company."

There were too many plane crashes, and Li Ming was really afraid that his uncle who was flying around would be unlucky enough to die in a plane crash. Compared with the maintenance and operation costs of private jets, the loss of lack of important manpower in overseas markets is greater. Many things need to be handled by your own people.

Lou Xiao'e asked in confusion: "Why is he not allowed to use the other one?"

Li Ming didn't want to explain, "You will understand later. Anyway, we don't use the private jet he used."

"Ok."

"I didn't think about the private jet before, otherwise we would have been able to wander around."

"There's no time to leave. There are so many things waiting for me to make decisions every day."

"After the company's structure is adjusted this time, there should be far fewer things that require you to make direct decisions."

"Ah."

The plane landed in Perth, Western Australia.

The chairman and his wife arrived, and everyone from the Australian branch was mobilized to make arrangements for the next few days' journey.

Pink lakes, white shell beaches, huge weathered rocks, uninhabited bluestone buildings, and modern new towns built by mining companies in the wilderness.

Lou Xiaoe was very satisfied with the scenery along the way.

Click, click, click, the sound of taking photos never stopped.

When arriving at the treasure land, he couldn't return empty-handed. Li Ming also collected many strange scenery into the small world.

After wandering around, it took me two days by civil aviation and helicopter to reach Broome Town.

It happened to be weekend time, and Qin Huairu suddenly appeared, shocking Xu Zhiyong and others who were in charge of security affairs.

The second lady is full of mystery, so these subordinates dare not underestimate her.

Cable Beach.

The wind is calm and the sun is beautiful, with a suitable temperature of more than 20 degrees.

Neither Lou Xiao'e nor Qin Huairu wanted to tan their skin, so they wrapped themselves tightly in clothes.

Qin Huairu had seen the sea in the port city, "The sea here is much clearer than the sea in the port city."

Lou Xiao'e took a deep breath, "It's all natural scenery."

Li Ming disagreed, "There are only a few people."

"There are more than 300 million people in the port city, and the number of ships entering and exiting the port every day may be as much as there are here in a year."

Qin Huairu looked around, there were some people but not many, "It's relatively unpopular."

Lou Xiao'e had a great time kicking the clear water with her bare feet.

"I heard that there is also an open-air cinema here with a history of several decades. It is probably more lively when watching movies."

Qin Huairu said in surprise: "There is also an open-air cinema here?"

"That's what Huang Fuyi and the others said."

"Is Huang Fuyi the short and thin one?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled softly and said: "It's a little short. He is responsible for the company's external relations and gang affairs."

Somewhat blocking the view, Qin Huairu adjusted the big sun hat, "He must have been in charge of things here in Australia."

Lou Xiao'e responded: "Yes. When you go back later, I will check the accounts here."

Qin Huairu smiled and said: "Then they should feel like they are facing a formidable enemy."

Li Ming brought a camera, "Two beauties, pose and I will take two photos for you."

"You need to take better photos."

"Don't worry about my skills."

When you go out to play, in addition to experiencing the beautiful scenery in person and taking photos to keep, it will also be a unique experience to take out the photo album for aftertaste later.

The white people they met by chance yelled at them, and Li Ming and the other two were just minding their own business and didn't bother to pay attention.

He and Lou Xiaoe disdain to talk to each other.

Qin Huairu didn't want to cause trouble.

Xu Zhiyong, who was following not far behind, quickly stepped forward to deal with it.

This gave Qin Huairu a deeper experience of the life of rich people. There would be no trouble and someone would take care of it.

She couldn't help but think of corrosion. If she was taken care of like this every day, it would be difficult not to be corroded.

Those who can avoid being corrupted are definitely those with a strong will.

There are not many such people.

No wonder we have to lead cadres to work in workshops and in rural areas.

If you do not participate in labor, you will be separated from the masses and will not know the sufferings of the people.

Most people need to be educated regularly.

Otherwise, it will degenerate very quickly.

As the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Qin Huairu couldn't worry about the children in the capital, so she went back after playing for a long time.

Lou Xiao'e is looking at the ledger in the base.

Li Ming followed the base fleet to inspect a circle of territory owned by the company.

The wheat is growing well in the fields and will be harvested in a month or two.

The ranch workers are busy shearing sheep, and the days of investment and no income are over.

After taking a quick look, Li Ming asked the convoy to drive to the prospecting area he bought.

"There is coal under the ground, but unfortunately there is not enough water. Without water, coal cannot be mined."

Huang Fuyi looked at the desert in front of him, but couldn't find any clues no matter how hard he looked, "Director Li, is there really a coal mine under our feet?"

Li Ming didn't explain much, "If you don't believe it, you can pay someone to dig down."

"If you can dig out coal, you are responsible for the cost. If you can't dig out coal, I will reimburse you double the cost of digging."

Huang Fuyi smiled apologetically and said, "Aren't I stunned by your ability?"

"You said there is, then there must be."

Dai Mingkai, who was transferred from Mars Trading, said, "Director Li, how about we build a canal or something?"

The price of coal in the international market is about US$10 per ton, which is relatively low, and you may still lose money after deducting various costs.

Li Ming has no interest in doing a loss-making business, "It's just a drop in the bucket. If a canal can be built here, all this land can be used as pasture."

Huang Fuyi looked around, "If such a large area is turned into a pasture, I don't know how many cattle and sheep can be raised."

Most parts of Australia are short of water.

Fresh water is the foundation of everything. Many places in northern my country have extremely rich resources, but the population capacity has still reached the upper limit.

The limiting factor is insufficient water resources.

Li Ming said: "Let's go and change places."

Huang Fuyi responded: "Okay." Then he gave orders on the walkie-talkie, "Go to the next location."

"There are clay mines here that can be used to build brick factories." "There is nothing good down here." "There are bauxite mines here, but not much."

Next, Li Ming's assertion every time he visited a mining area shocked the jaws of Huang Fuyi, Dai Mingkai and others who accompanied him.

"There is a large iron mine down here. Buy the mining rights to this area."

Huang Fuyi was already numb, "I'll ask someone to come up with a plan when I get back."

Li Ming smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have a new plan." (End of Chapter)