The train driver in the courtyard

Inside Macy's.

Reporters from various countries who came to join in the fun witnessed an incredible scene.

The situations at the two sales counters were very different, one was empty and the other had a long queue.

Yaoshou!
You have to queue up to buy equipment worth more than $400,000!
This is incredible!
The Wall Street Journal reporters who were waiting to report on Red Star Computer's defeat and Xiaomei's greatness again were now as red as pig livers.

Those who like to watch the fun are not afraid of trouble. John Bull, the three German companies and even the small-time Asahi Shimbun are all gloating over the misfortune.

Miss Songzi, who was in charge of the editing and compiling task, looked at the densely packed team that seemed to have no end, and her heart was filled with waves.

That man had just successfully solved a world problem not long ago, and now he had invented the Red Star computer...

Especially this time, Red Star Computer broke through the heavy suppression from Xiaomei's family and achieved such dazzling success, which made Miss Matsuko full of admiration and yearning.

What is a real man?
In Miss Matsuko's opinion, a man who can control the situation with just a wave of his hand is a real man.

And when facing powerful forces, he is not afraid and dares to fight the strong with the weak like David challenging Goliath, which makes him a real man.

Coincidentally, Li Aiguo perfectly combines these two qualities.

"Please let me do my part." Songzi bit her lip lightly, and walked towards the front of the team in high heels, with a graceful and elegant figure.

She stood at the front of the line, holding the microphone, and started interviewing Yang Jizong directly.

In fact, Yang Jizong had already arranged for reporters from Hong Kong City in advance, but he never expected that this Japanese female reporter would suddenly appear and seize the opportunity. In an instant, alarm bells rang in his heart.

However, the question raised by the female reporter immediately put Yang Jizong's heart at ease.

"Mr. Yang, do you have any unspeakable reasons for raising the price of your products?"

This beautiful female reporter is quite nice!
Yang Jizong raised his hand to straighten his collar, then put on a face full of grievance and said, "Dear reporter, the R&D cost of our Red Star computer is extremely high, and the original price was close to the cost price. We didn't think about making a profit, and we only hoped to make friends with our customers. But you must be aware of the subsequent situation... We really had no choice."

Hearing this, the customers in the queue clenched their fists.

Although they can afford a computer worth $400,000 and are all wealthy, money does not come easily.

What a simple Red Star Computing Institute! It just wants to make friends with everyone.

Miss Songzi followed up by asking, "What do you think of the 7090 computer from International Business Machine Company?"

Yang Jizong pretended to be confused, rubbed his ears with his hands, and asked in surprise: "7090 computer? What is that?"

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Ms. Songzi: “.”

Customers watching: “.”

Thomas: “.”

Little Thomas saw darkness in front of him and almost fainted.

You know, when he was first interviewed, he once answered the reporter's question: "What is the Red Star computer?"

Now Red Star Computer has given him the answer again, which is a naked mockery!

But Thomas couldn't do anything about it.

After all, Red Star Computer had sold nearly 500 units, while we hadn’t even made a single deal.

The charming beauty next to him noticed that little Thomas was furious and was so scared that she quickly hid away.

Little Thomas also understood that continuing the stalemate would only lead to no results, so he secretly winked at Peter.

Peter, disguised as a cowboy, rushed forward with a few burly rednecks, shouting "Let's make us great again!" at the top of his lungs.

With angry faces and holding dung forks and steel pipes, they walked around the counter and smashed the prototypes.

At the critical moment, dozens of fully armed security guards rushed out from the back, pointing their guns at these rednecks.

The manager of Macy's then appeared and said coldly, "Gentlemen, this is Macy's. If you want to cause trouble, I don't mind kicking you in the ass with my leather shoes."

Faced with the black muzzle of the gun, the rednecks retreated in fear.

If they want to offer a "zero-dollar purchase", they also have to consider the value of the computer.

Under the deal Hextech and the Huo family struck with Macy’s, the Red Star computer was considered a sale once it arrived at the store.

Witnessing this scene, Yang Jizong shook his head helplessly and sighed in his heart, he was just about to finish work earlier today.

Seeing that the zero-dollar purchase was impossible, Peter rolled his eyes and rushed to the customer with the group of rednecks.

He grabbed the customer in a suit and said viciously, "You actually use Red Star computers instead of our own products. You are aiding the enemy. Don't you know that every time you buy a Red Star computer, it is equivalent to helping the enemy build a missile! This missile will fall on you one day."

If Li Aiguo were here, he would definitely applaud Peter.

However, he was facing a man who could afford a suit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Beat him!" The man in the suit gave an order and seven or eight bodyguards rushed out from the side. Peter saw that the situation was not good and turned around to escape, but it was too late.

Under the siege of seven or eight bodyguards, Peter was beaten black and blue in a short moment.

The man in the suit walked up and kicked Peter, then leaned over and said coldly, "You can sue me now, but I have more than 20 lawyers on standby. Also, this suit of mine was made by a top Italian tailor and is worth $100,000. You just damaged it. I'm a very generous person, so just pay me $50,000."

Seeing this, Thomas' face turned pale.

He realized that he had made a huge mistake - the rednecks could not afford the Red Star computer at all.

Those who can afford Red Star computers will not be fooled by Peter's slogans at all.

The carefully prepared "trump card" was ineffective. Thomas gritted his teeth, stomped his feet hard, and quickly left Macy's.

However, he was not panicked at this moment because he still had one last move to make.

A moment later, a phone rang in a supervisor's office at Langley headquarters.

A burly executive picked up the phone and heard the voice on the other end. He smiled and said, "Little Thomas, I have received the New York specialty you sent me a while ago. I like it very much."

Thomas lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, I need your help with something now."

"wait."

Hearing this, the senior executive stood up, closed the office door, and then picked up the phone.

He took a pen and wrote on the paper: "Red Star Computing Institute, if you can't bring Li Aiguo back, at least bring back the design drawings and production process of the 4004 processor."

Putting down the pen, the senior executive weighed the weight of this mission, and a smile blossomed on his fat face: "Little Thomas, this mission is very difficult."

"Uncle, I have a batch of bearer bonds worth five million dollars. This thing takes up too much space. My cabinet is too small. Take a look."

"My cabinet at home is big enough to hold at least $7 million in bonds. You know, this kind of mission to penetrate deep into the enemy's interior is not something I can decide on my own."

Thomas was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Uncle, I will prepare the bonds now and wait to send them to you."

"Then I'll clean the cupboard too, hahaha."

After hanging up the phone, the senior management was very happy thinking that they had obtained the two villas.

He lit a cigar, scattering the ashes randomly around the office, then picked up the paper and put it in his briefcase.

He pushed open the office door and walked out. After checking several things, he knocked on the door with the sign "Deputy Director" written on it.

After a while.

An old man in a gray cleaning uniform pushed a cart to the door of a high-rise office, gently pushed open the door, and started cleaning as usual.

The cleaner worked very hard and cleaned the office thoroughly. Finally, the only thing left was the desk. He picked up the towel and wiped it carefully.

After cleaning, the old man stood up and stretched, took out a miniature camera from his pocket, and took a picture of a piece of white paper on the table.

The camera was quickly retracted and the whole process took less than a second, so it did not arouse any suspicion.

After all, who would doubt a cleaner in his sixties who had never left Xiaomei's house in his life?

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The news of the hot sales of Red Star computers quickly spread around the world.

The congressional gentlemen from Xiaomei's family didn't care at first.

After all, they added special fees in order to make Xiaomei's family great again, so they have good intentions.

However, things soon changed.

After figuring out what happened, customers who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars extra naturally blamed the special law.

These customers are very powerful, and most of them are old money from the business, oil and financial sectors.

They were already dissatisfied with new money like Thomas who made some money by relying on high-tech gadgets. Now the new money dared to steal money from their pockets. How could they accept that.

If we don’t teach this bunch of new money a lesson, their voice in Congress might be taken away?

This is no longer a matter of a few hundred thousand dollars, but a matter of Lao Qian’s lifeblood.

So the old money guys united.

Soon, the news in the newspapers changed.

Professor Princeton warns that imposing sanctions on others without replacing equipment will only end up shooting oneself in the foot

The report pointed out that in the absence of alternative products, the special expenses did not affect the interests of the Red Star Computing Institute, but instead hit the economic development of Xiaomei's family.

As soon as the report came out, it immediately caused heated discussions from all walks of life.

"Yeah, we can't make a computer like Red Star, and we have to restrict others. Isn't this asking for trouble?"

"Red Star Computer is now unique. Even if it is banned from entering the market, it can still enter through smuggling channels."

"You can earn more than $200,000 by smuggling a computer. I heard that the smugglers in Xiao Mo's family have changed their business."

"Why did the congressmen pass the bill knowing that it was a bad move?"

As the discussion grew, everyone focused on the bill's sponsor, "Congressman Joe."

Congressman Joe was drinking wine in his villa, enjoying the services of a high-class female public relations officer. He was having a great time in Congress and didn't pay any attention to the discussions at all.

After all, it is his power to propose bills and he does not need to account to anyone.

But at this moment, a third-rate tabloid published a press release.

"The story that International Business Machines Corporation and the big men in Congress have to tell"

The report vividly described the collusion between the International Mercantile Machine Company and the congressional masters.

Although the report does not have any substantial evidence, just like what Peter did, as long as it can fool others, it's fine.

Soon, several incidents broke out in Xiaomei's house. As soon as the congressman got out of the car, he was hit on the head with eggs and cabbage.

The bigger the matter gets, the more it gets.

As the old money began to intervene, a fierce game of chess broke out within Congress.

The final result of the game led to the three congressmen who strongly supported the International Shangye Machinery Company to apologize, which marked the end of their political future. The International Shangye Machinery Company also received a huge fine of three million US dollars.

"It's those old guys who are joining hands to deal with me! Mr. Whip, please help me." Thomas Watson Jr. growled into the gold-plated telephone, the crystal ashtray trembling under his fist, "Mr. Whip, you know how much money and bullets we have invested in the mid-term activities."

A tired voice came from the phone: "Smart chess players know how to sacrifice at the right time, Mr. Thomas. Remember? Your father signed the hearing with a cigar in his mouth and a smile."

After hanging up the phone, Thomas Jr. suddenly burst into laughter.

He hasn't lost yet.
As long as Langley can succeed and get the drawings and production process of the 4004 processor, he will let those old money people see what a new technological elite is.

"Focus, honey!" He pressed the redhead back onto the Persian rug, whiskey running down the marble tabletop and leaving dark spots on the cover of Fortune magazine.

The title of that special issue was: A valuable gold mine - small computers!

This special fee battle ended with the victory of the Red Star Computing Institute.

The outcome of this war shocked the whole world.

The little brother in the east cheered that this was his victory.

This victory also inspired countless domestic scientists and workers, and thoroughly proved the famous saying that "American imperialism is a paper tiger."

What Yang Jizong and the Huo family didn't expect was that this battle also unexpectedly provided free publicity for Red Star Computer.

In a short time, Red Star Computer became famous.

Hextech and the Huo family, which owned the sales rights for Red Star computers, received orders for as many as one thousand units in less than a week.

Orders came from all over the world, and even the Russians ordered two.

When the leaders of the commerce department heard the news, they were so excited that they couldn't close their mouths.

The foreign exchange earned from selling a Red Star computer is equivalent to exporting a trainload of agricultural products.

"Expand production! I'll expand Red Star Computer's production capacity immediately!"

In this way, Li Aiguo, who was already responsible for tunnel engineering and trench digging, now has an additional job - expanding the scale of the Red Star Computing Institute.

I'm too busy, I really am too busy.

Fortunately, the ministry sent a working group to coordinate the relevant work, and the Red Star Computing Institute had Deputy Director Peng Yunyou and a group of veteran researchers in charge, so the expansion plan could proceed smoothly.

Just when Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief, he unexpectedly received a notice from the department asking him to rush to the department for a meeting.

He put down the work at hand, rode his bike straight to the Ministry of Railways, and pushed open the door of Minister Teng's office.

In addition to Minister Teng, there were two other leaders wearing Zhongshan suits in the office.

Minister Teng introduced Li Aiguo: "These two are the staff members of Haizi."

"Hello, leaders."

Although Li Aiguo was not clear about the specific identities of the two staff members, judging from their appearance, they were at least senior secretary level.

After greeting each other and chatting for a while, Li Aiguo finally understood why these two staff members appeared here.

Red Star computers have become synonymous with high technology abroad, and countless young people are proud to own a Red Star computer.

In this situation, how to use the Red Star computer becomes a big problem.

You should know that the Red Star computer uses pure Chinese input, and you need to know Chinese to use the computer.

A staff member smiled and said, "Patriotic comrade, you may not know that there is a new profession abroad - Chinese teachers. It is said that the hourly salary of Chinese teachers is five dollars, which is much higher than other professions."

Another staff member: "Patriotic comrade, thank you for your great contribution to the promotion of Chinese."

"This is what I should do." Li Aiguo nodded modestly: "The development of the Red Star computer is not my own achievement. It is inseparable from the support of Minister Teng, the materials provided by the ministry, and the support of Mr. Liu Guozhang from the Railway Research Institute, Mr. Dong Gong, Professor Xia Zhongsu from the Beijing Computing Institute, and the Qianmen Locomotive Depot..."

Dozens of names popped out of Li Aiguo's mouth.

The two staff members had only one feeling, that this kid had a really good memory.

Minister Teng was also very excited at this time. When Li Aiguo decided to use pure Chinese input, he was a little worried.

Unexpectedly, this guy really did it.

"Aiguo, the two leaders came here this time to discuss the issue of sending Chinese teachers abroad." Minister Teng had to take the initiative to step forward when he saw that the two staff members were taking a long time to get to the point.

"Send people to teach Chinese abroad?" Li Aiguo was slightly stunned.

You know, there are many Chinese people living abroad now, and these people can serve as Chinese teachers. This step is not in Li Aiguo's plan.

Minister Teng handed a cigarette to the two staff members, and then handed a cigarette to Li Aiguo, and then continued: "This is actually Haizili's decision. Haizili expects that with the gradual promotion of Red Star computers, there may be a climax of learning Chinese abroad. If we can seize this opportunity, we can not only promote Chinese to the world, but also earn a lot of foreign exchange."

Of course, there is one thing that Minister Teng did not make clear: these teachers who go there to teach Chinese are, to a certain extent, also pairs of eyes.

Li Aiguo had to admire the foresight of his superiors. He was just thinking about promoting Chinese, but his superiors had already seen the opportunity to expand their invisible forces.

"In principle, I agree with sending people to teach Chinese."

The implication of agreeing in principle is that you may disagree with certain details.

Minister Teng saw that Li Aiguo did not continue speaking, and knowing his concerns, he pointed at the two staff members and said, "Lao Zhou and Lao Chen have been friends for many years."

It turned out to be one of our own. Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief, lit a cigarette, and said, "At present, our communication with foreign countries is not smooth. In order to avoid these Chinese teachers from attracting the attention of outsiders, I suggest that they go overseas as Hextech after-sales service personnel."

"After-sales service?" A staff member frowned.

Li Aiguo explained: "Teaching how to use computers is also a form of after-sales service. In fact, Hextech is currently recruiting outstanding young Chinese people to take charge of after-sales work at Xiaomei's home. These Chinese teachers are mixed in and are not easy to be discovered."

Minister Teng nodded excitedly: "This is a good idea! With the identity of Hextech employees, even if someone wants to find fault, there is nothing they can do."

Li Aiguo went on to say: "The teachers selected to be sent abroad this time must be comrades with firm ideas and high ideological awareness. In addition, I suggest that the Meteorological Bureau be responsible for their living problems abroad."

"This is as it should be." Minister Teng nodded.

A staff member also nodded: "In fact, this time we plan to recruit this group of Chinese teachers from within the Meteorological Bureau."

Hearing this, Li Aiguo realized that he seemed to have underestimated the older generations of this era.

They have come through hail of bullets and have seen all kinds of scenes, so they naturally understand that humans are the most unreliable animals in the world.

Only those comrades who arm themselves with faith are worthy of trust.

Li Aiguo filled in some gaps left by later generations and helped Minister Teng and two staff members come up with a plan.

After screening, the first batch of Chinese teachers consisted of fifty-one people.

These comrades came to Gangcheng through special channels, first becoming formal employees of Hextech Technology, and then went to Xiaomei's home as after-sales staff.

At this time, Xiaomei's family was already short of Chinese teachers.

Customers who paid high prices for Red Star computers felt helpless when faced with the Chinese characters.

But they are all the elites of Xiaomei's family, so how could they be stumped by these small square characters?

Gary Greck is one of the best.

As the heir to an old oil fortune, when he came into contact with the Red Star computer, he knew it was his most important tool.

So we hired a senior Chinese teacher.

It is said that this person was fired by International Shangye Machinery Company.

"Zhou, is Chinese difficult?"

"No, no, no, it's very simple. Come, repeat after me." Zhou Liang took out a book, opened it, pointed to the pinyin on it and said.

"Oh, Bocide, I'm drunk, oh ...

"what?"

"This is pinyin. We can learn Chinese characters only after we learn pinyin."

"So, I have to learn a foreign language twice?"

"You can say that." Zhou Liang looked at the students in front of him and sighed in his heart.

After being fired from International Shangye Machinery Company, Zhou Liang felt a little disappointed at first.

After all, he thought he had worked diligently, but Thomas fired him because of his identity.

More importantly, Zhou Liang lost hundreds of dollars in monthly income.

It was at this time that Zhou Liang discovered a new way - teaching Chinese to computer users.

Through this method, Zhou Liang earned more money than working at a regular job.

He was not satisfied with this, and when he learned that Hextech Technology was recruiting after-sales personnel, he immediately signed up for an interview.

He is proud to be able to join a company from his motherland.

Zhou Liang has passed the interview and will be able to start working soon.

This was the last extra money he would receive before going to work, so he attached great importance to it.

In order to help Gary Gleick master Chinese as quickly as possible, Zhou Liang developed a crash course in learning.

"Christmas, Christmas - Kochrismos"

"Star, star - hit to death"

"Light, light - it's his fault"

Write the word comparison list on small cards and recite it every morning, noon, and before going to bed at night.

After several days of study, Gary Greck felt that his Chinese proficiency was up to standard.

"Zhou, Mud Monkey, how is Ou's Chinese?"

"Come, let me ask you a question."

Gary Greck raised his hand: "Please start your performance!"

Zhou Liang asked with a smile: "The eldest uncle went to the second uncle's house to find the third uncle and told the fourth uncle that he was tricked by the fifth uncle to go to the sixth uncle's house to steal the seventh uncle's money and put it in the eighth uncle's cabinet. The ninth uncle borrowed the 2 yuan that the tenth uncle gave to the eleventh uncle's salary."

"Excuse me, who stole the 2 dollars?"

silent.

Gary Greck was silent.

He stood in the cold wind, feeling very cold in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Gary Greck took out a stack of US dollars from his bag and slapped it on the table: "Zhou, if you help me give them these two dollars, this problem will no longer exist."

(End of this chapter)