Reborn since 1993

Chapter 1020 Hello, 1998
Seeing the strange look on Mr. Li's face, Ed Fries was a little stunned for a moment, wondering why Mr. Li had such an expression.

"Li?" Ed asked Li Dongling tentatively.

Shaking his head, Li Dongling looked at Ed and said, "Ed, we are old friends, you should know Mr. Bill Gates' character better than me.

Mr. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. He has his own plans and does not need anyone to teach him how to do things! "

Who is Bill Gates now? The richest man in the world!
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor is at the peak of his life and a man is at the peak of power. Isn't it nonsense to say that he is instructing the world's richest man to do things?

Within Microsoft, no one could challenge Bill Gates' authority, including his old brother Paul Allen, who was "asked to leave" Microsoft. Ballmer, who had been with the Emperor for more than ten years, was also suppressed.

Of course, Bill Gates is not the only one who has done this to backstab his brother. In his previous life, Facebook founder Zuckerberg and Tesla's Musk also "kicked out" their old founding brothers.

If it were Bill Gates, who holds great power, is the world's richest man, and is the head of the world's largest company by market value, could he tolerate being told what to do?
Even if these proposals are indeed beneficial to Microsoft, they are worthless compared to the authority of His Majesty the Emperor.

Even if the project fails, it cannot damage the authority of His Majesty the Emperor. Li Dongling will not commit such a taboo.

Ed Fliess was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly reacted, was shocked, and cold sweat broke out on his back. He knew he had lost his composure.

Helping Microsoft acquire Stargazing inevitably made Ed feel a little proud, and he felt that he would have more say in Microsoft.

But Li Dongling's words woke Ed up. Bill Gates is now the wise and powerful emperor of Microsoft. If he points fingers at the emperor, doesn't that mean that the emperor is wrong?
Anyone who dared to question and oppose the Microsoft Emperor in recent years has been kicked out of Microsoft. Even if Ed is a close confidant of Microsoft, if he crosses the line, it is hard to say what the Emperor's attitude will be.

"Please tell Mr. Bill Gates that Dongling Hi-Tech absolutely supports Microsoft. As long as it is Mr. Bill Gates's request, Dongling Hi-Tech will definitely cooperate!"

Li Dongling stated that he had no intention of falling out with Bill Gates, and Dongling Hi-Tech would just do what Bill Gates asked of it. After all, it was making money, which was not shameful!

Bill Gates' vision is indeed unique, although there have also been revelations about his so-called dark history, such as "borrowing" from Apple.

But to be honest, Bill Gates' vision is indeed impeccable. The game consoles and game revenues that Bill Gates values ​​will become one of the most profitable businesses in the future, and Microsoft can also earn more than 10 billion US dollars each year in the game industry.

In addition to game consoles, Bill Gates is best known for tablet computers. The sales of tablet computers in later generations also demonstrate Bill Gates' vision.

After Bill Gates retired, he seemed to have disappeared from the news. The only news related to Bill Gates was about plant-based meat and various conspiracy theories about him that were prevalent in America.

But in fact, Bill Gates has not completely retired, and he still has an amazing influence in Microsoft.

Microsoft's investment in OpenAi, which ignited the artificial intelligence industry in its previous life, was actually also a decision made by Bill Gates. Bill Gates has always been a man who dares to go all in and never shows mercy.

From game consoles to tablets to artificial intelligence, there will be many opportunities for Dongling Hi-Tech to cooperate with Microsoft in the future.

From now on, the world's richest man only needs to propose an idea, and Dongling Hi-Tech will help him realize it. Of course, Microsoft only needs to pay Dongling Hi-Tech a "billion-dollar" fee.

Spending Microsoft's money to do Dongling Hi-Tech's business, isn't this fully supporting the richest man? Is that justifiable?
Just like Microsoft's game console, which cost more than 10 billion US dollars, it would be better for Dongling Hi-Tech to get it cheaper than for others!
Ed Fries stayed in Pingyang for a few days. After finishing his business, he flew back to America before Christmas with a batch of stargazing video recorders and several samples of Ruyan electronic cigarettes.

At this time, there was only less than a month left until the New Year's Eve of 1998 in China.

Every time this time of year comes, the festive atmosphere of the New Year begins to appear in various parts of the country. For Dongling Hi-Tech, it becomes the year-end bonuses and various prizes that countless people look forward to.

Since the establishment of Dongling Hi-Tech, year-end bonuses have become standard. Basically, most employees can receive one quarter, or three months' salary, as a year-end bonus.

Supervisors and technical departments will receive six months' salary as a bonus. Employees who receive the Outstanding Employee Award, Gold Individual Award, Team Award, Best Sales Award, and those who receive the Technical Award for developing new technologies and new patents will receive more than one year's salary as a year-end bonus.

In addition to the year-end bonus, there are also various welfare prizes, including places in the new phase of Oriental Jiayuan residences, which will be determined during this period.

Therefore, this period at the end of the year is a time that countless people within Dongling Hi-Tech are looking forward to, but also a time when they cannot sleep all night.

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“Everyone, work hard. This is the last batch of orders this year. As long as it is completed, everyone can go home for the holiday!
This year, the company reimbursed us for our round-trip tickets!
Everyone, please don’t let us down. Our production line has a chance to win the “Annual Production Champion” award this year, and we can take home an extra half year’s salary!”

In the Dongling Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Gong Meilan, as the line leader of the Shenzhou electronic dictionary production line, shouted to the production line members with a loudspeaker.

Before this, the production line managed by Gong Meilan had stopped working. At that time, in order to cope with the Southeast Asian economic crisis, Dongling Hi-Tech had already cut all orders for shipment to Southeast Asia.

At that time, Gong Meilan was transferred to the Shenzhou computer production line to help, and she thought she might never come back.

But now, all the production lines of Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary have resumed work, and orders are even more abundant than before. The Asian financial crisis allowed Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary to win without a fight, and its competitors have killed themselves. Now there is no rival to Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary on the market.

Although the economy is in recession, we still have to live. The economy in South Korea and other places is slowly recovering. Countless families are gritting their teeth to support their students. The electronic dictionary market in Southeast Asia is slowly recovering.

In addition, Fanxing opened up the Indian market, and Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary successively developed markets such as France, Germany, and Italy. As the year drew to a close, the sales of Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary began to grow explosively.

Naturally, the electronic dictionary production line where Gong Meilan works also started to run around the clock. Now they are not worried about not having orders, but about not being able to finish the work. There is no way they can finish it!
Of course, Dongling Hi-Tech's overtime pay, performance and bonuses are all full. Although it's tiring, Dongling Hi-Tech will not reduce the money that people on the production line deserve, and Dongling Hi-Tech pays salaries on the first day of every month without delay. "Line Leader Gong, do you want to take the position of Supervisor Tao?"

On the production line, a line worker who was familiar with Gong Meilan joked to Gong Meilan who kept shouting.

Tao Zhiliang is the head of the production department and Gong Meilan's immediate superior. Both of them came from the former Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 and are old acquaintances.

Hearing this, Gong Meilan was not angry. There were nearly dozens of people on a production line. She had to maintain a good relationship with these line workers and make them obey her instructions. This was a test of Gong Meilan's management ability. If she got angry when being teased, she would be so angry that she would die in the next few days.

Gong Meilan just laughed and scolded the lineman who was talking, "You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. I see you are just waiting for me to leave as soon as possible so that you can be the line leader, right? I'm telling you, as long as I don't leave, you can forget about getting on!"

This caused laughter, and then other people started asking Gong Meilan questions one after another.

"Line leader, are we still going to give out year-end bonuses this year?"

"Yes, I heard that our company is losing money this year!"

"The media reported that the company's performance this year has declined by several billion dollars!"

"Also, are the residential quotas for the second phase of Oriental Garden coming soon? Can our production line get one?"

After hearing these words, Gong Meilan was actually unsure. In fact, she had also heard these rumors from people in other workshops in the industrial park.

There is no need for media reports, Gong Meilan herself knows clearly that this year's orders from Southeast Asia will only gradually recover in the second half of the year. Compared with last year, it was a huge loss. Without producing any machines, how can they sell the goods and make money?
But Gong Meilan could only keep these thoughts in her heart. She could never say these words. If she did, it would hurt morale, and the production capacity and quality would definitely be reduced.

With a stern face, Gong Meilan's tone became a little more severe, "What kind of nonsense are you spreading? Did the headquarters pay you a penny less, or a day late?

The headquarters will handle these matters, it is not your turn to worry about them!"

Seeing Gong Meilan getting angry, other people on the production line didn't dare to say anything anymore and just lowered their heads to work.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Gong Meilan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but she also knew that these rumors would not disappear until Dongling Hi-Tech announced the distribution of year-end bonuses.

Just when Gong Meilan was about to start working, she saw Tao Zhiliang walking towards her in a hurry.

"This is sent from the headquarters. Announce it to the production line!"

Gong Meilan took the document, took a look at it, and her eyes widened immediately. Then, cheers came from the production line where Gong Meilan was.

"This year's year-end bonus will be paid as usual!"

"Our production line has obtained ten residential quotas for Dongfang Jiayuan!"

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"Donglin Hi-Tech expects its revenue this year to drop by 20% compared to last year, and its annual revenue is expected to be US$7.1 billion!"

The Huashang Daily, a local media in Hanxi, reported in its latest issue that Dongling Hi-Tech's performance this year has plummeted.

This report was subsequently reprinted by various domestic media. The domestic technology industry was surprised by the news, but not that surprised.

This year, not only the technology industry, but almost all industries related to foreign trade in China have had a hard time. To be honest, Dongling Hi-Tech's performance is acceptable.

Yanjing, Lianxiang's headquarters, when Boss Liu saw the media reports, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his spirit and spirit felt instantly improved.

In fact, Lenovo's overseas sales this year are a mess. Lenovo's exported machines are mainly sold to the Chinese market in Southeast Asia.

As Dongling Hi-Tech's sworn enemy, Lian thought it didn't matter whether it made a loss or not. Seeing Dongling Hi-Tech's performance plummet by 30%, he was happier than if he had made a profit.

"This year, Dongling Hi-Tech has almost lost the revenue of Changhong, right?!" Boss Liu smiled at the Lianxiang executives on his left and right.

But even the top executives didn't dare to laugh at Boss Liu's words and lowered their heads.

Boss Liu's disciple took out two newspapers at this time and placed them in front of Boss Liu with a serious expression. When Boss Liu saw the contents of the newspaper, his smile froze.

The two newspapers, one is a report from the Yanjing Business Daily, "Dongling Hi-Tech announced that it will continue to issue year-end bonuses. This year's year-end bonus scale will include all department members, and the estimated scale of year-end bonuses will exceed 85 million US dollars!

In addition, the Dongling Hi-Tech board of directors announced that it will issue more than 40 million US dollars to reward Dongling Hi-Tech's parts industry chain suppliers and partners! "

The second one was a report from Computer News, with a simple title, "The mainland computer landscape has changed, Shenzhou Computer tops the annual sales list!"

(End of this chapter)