Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 622: If you don’t listen to your son-in-law, you will suffer the consequences.

There are several piers in Harbour City. He did not change Pier 1 and built it into a large shopping mall. He did not move the piers behind for the time being and continued the pier business.

There is always a reason for the success of our predecessors.

And it would be most suitable to turn this place into a shopping mall.

At that time, it will be changed into other office buildings and shopping malls according to the original layout, connected into one.

Developed into the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong Island.

The construction will still take some time, so he doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Drove directly to Du Wanting's building.

I came to Du Wanting's office and gently pushed open the door.

"Busy now!"

Du Wanting looked up when she heard that, smiled at him and said, "Hey, busy man, I finally see you at noon! How come you have time to come here today?"

Wang Qingsong walked in with a smile, sat down and said, "Come and see you!"

Hearing this, Du Wanting curled her lips and said, "Guess whether I believe it or not, there must be some progress on my brother's side, otherwise you wouldn't come here during the day."

Wang Qingsong smiled bitterly when he heard this.

Actually not.

If I hadn't gone to the gear factory today, I wouldn't have had time to come here during the day. At most, I would come and call to ask about the situation when I'm free.

Then he said seriously: "I really came to see you, brother, I am just passing by."

"Humph! I'll just have to believe you!"

Du Wanting said with a pout.

Wang Qingsong chuckled and then said, "By the way, I plan to start the production of home appliances and small electrical appliances at Huake. They will write a report and I will approve it then."

"Okay, I get it!"

Du Wanting said this with a pout.

Then he asked, "By the way, my dad asked me to ask you, his real estate project is expected to be closed around October. Is it true that he can't get a loan to open a new real estate project?"

Wang Qingsong shook his head directly: "Don't open any new real estate projects."

It is now May, and there are only a few months left until early January next year.

By that time, three or four Chinese banks in Hong Kong had gone bankrupt, and six or seven had been acquired by wholly-owned banks.

The banking crisis, the stock market crash, and the bursting of the real estate bubble all came together.

The bigger the investment, the more miserable the death.

Of course, those who have sufficient funds to complete the project will not go bankrupt, but they will still suffer heavy losses.

There is no way. If the housing prices fall, even if you sell it, you will still lose money.

Du Wanting was also there to remind him, "Indeed, I feel it's so crazy now. Do you know what the current bank deposit interest rate is? It's generally 8%, and even many banks' monthly deposit interest rates have reached 0.9%, an annual rate of 10.8%.

The interest rates on bank loans are as high as 20% or more, and they go up a little bit every week, which is really scary.”

Wang Qingsong nodded lightly when he heard this.

"Yeah! It's a bit crazy. Just wait and see. I guess there will be problems next year."

There is no way. The property market is really crazy now. Many people have seen the problem, but the Hong Kong government had backed it up before.

Plus everyone thinks they won't be the last one to take over.

Nature is crazy.

This is the developer. As for ordinary people, they naturally don’t understand anything. Anyway, the housing prices have increased in recent years, and have doubled.

Just like the crazy real estate years in later generations.

It was just that someone in later generations provided support and achieved a soft landing, thus avoiding a direct collapse.

Even so, the decline in housing prices could not be stopped.

There is no one to support here, so a crash is inevitable.

It was also during this period that Hong Kong Island's previously industrial companies invested large amounts of money in real estate.

It created the major real estate families in Hong Kong in later generations.

"Dingling bell~"

While I was thinking, a voice came from the phone.

Du Wanting picked up the phone directly.

"Hey, Thunder Monkey, who is this?"

"dad?"

Du Wanting was stunned for a moment, then said: "Oh, I'm with Xuan! I asked him, and he said that at the end of this year, he will sell the properties he has and not open new ones."

It takes time to build a property and sell it.

If it's too late and the property market falls, then everything will be over.

After talking for a while, she frowned and said, "Didn't we agree that I'll ask again? The real estate and banking businesses in Hong Kong Island are a little abnormal right now..."

After listening for a while, she said helplessly: "Okay, it's your own money, make your own decision!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Wang Qingsong frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Uncle Du still wants to get into real estate?"

Du Wanting nodded gently: "Yes! Uncle Tang got a piece of land in Tsim Sha Tsui East, with a total of three buildings. He was a little short of funds, so he insisted on dragging my dad to invest. The contract has been signed, and construction will probably start in the second half of the year."

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong felt helpless.

Good words can't persuade a damn ghost.

But think about it, we can't blame Du Minghai entirely. The property market in Hong Kong Island is really crazy right now.

Not to mention people like Du Minghai, basically any company in Hong Kong that can withdraw funds or borrow funds will go into real estate development.

There are many large companies among them.

Moreover, Tsim Sha Tsui East is the land near Harbour City.

The land price there is not cheap!
“It’s a big investment this time, right?”

"Well, it's quite big. I heard from my dad that Uncle Tang has invested all his assets in this. What should we do?"

"So how much did your dad invest?"

"Six million Hong Kong dollars!"

Wang Qingsong shook his head helplessly when he heard this: "Try to persuade him as much as you can. If it doesn't work, then just do it! Tell him that if he goes into real estate again, I will withdraw my investment from the textile factory."

600 million Hong Kong dollars, even if it is a loss, it will hurt a lot, but it will not bankrupt you.

Just consider it a lesson learned.

If you don't listen to your son-in-law, you will suffer the consequences.

Du Wanting was a little worried, but she also felt that the real estate market in Hong Kong would not collapse.

I actually feel a little conflicted.

Then he said, "Okay, I'll go and persuade him!"

Wang Qingsong hummed and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go downstairs to see your brother!"

"Well, you go ahead!"

He said hello and left.

I reached the stairs and took the elevator directly to Du Yuze's research institute.

There were already about twenty people inside.

Everyone in the institute knew that the person coming was the boss, so they naturally wouldn't stop him.

After coming in, I saw Du Yunze sitting in front of a CRT monitor, typing on the computer.

It is called a research institute, but it looks more like an Internet cafe.

The smell of smoke hung in the air.

In front of me is a device that looks a bit like a computer, and behind it are some huge devices connected, which are the computers of this era.

Computers aren't cheap these days.

And it is large and bulky.

The operating table is about the size of a desk, and monitors were only added in recent years.

I heard that the magnetic core memory (memory stick) in this machine is as big as a suitcase.

The total price of this set of equipment is US$81.

It can be said to be a sky-high price.

There were also many devices nearby that he couldn't understand, all of which were components of a calculator.

This calculator was purchased through Spock's connections, otherwise they would not have been willing to sell it to them.

Moreover, these computers are not allowed to be used in the mainland.

The reason why we don’t buy it from later generations is because it is impossible to study the computers of later generations.

There's no way, it's really too advanced.

"Brother Du!" Wang Qingsong shouted with a smile when he came to the machine.

Du Yunze no longer had the cleanliness and freshness he had before, and looked a little sloppy.

Hearing this, he looked up and said with a smile: "Here you are! Do you want to see the results?"

Wang Qingsong sat next to him and smiled: "Of course, when you called me last night, I was ready to come, but I thought it was too late so I gave up. How about it?"

Du Yunze laughed when he heard this: "Take a look!"

As he spoke, he moved the mouse on the table, but the speed was not as sensitive as in later times.

Wang Qingsong watched there.

In fact, the display at this time is very simple. Before, you needed to use the keyboard to open the run panel.

Then enter the desired command.

The system will call up some text, which is also the display function of early calculators.

Now it's blank.

But there are several windows.

If it was black before, you can only enter the code.

As Du Yunze moved, the cursor moved forward quickly, but one frame at a time. Even at its fastest speed, there was a strong sense of delay.

Wang Qingsong looked at it, smiled and nodded.

"Well, it was a success."

What Du Yunze needs to do is similar driving.

Since there was no mouse in that era, someone has developed an early version this year, a mouse made of wooden blocks.

It's just that the patent has already been registered by him.

The mouse of later generations also developed step by step through the advancement of science and technology.

To this end, Du Yunze modified the USB mouse he brought with him into a serial interface with a 9-pin ladder structure.

This first generation of mouse product has been eliminated in later generations. It was used until the early 80s.

What he asked Du Yunze to do was to write the mouse driver.

It may seem like a small improvement, but it is a huge advancement for computers of this era.

Desktop comparison technology appears on this monitor.

This is what later generations called the desktop.

This is also a landmark advancement for computers. The only thing missing is the graphical user interface (GUI) technology. If these three come out together, it will set a new precedent for calculator operation methods in this era.

It allows ordinary people to operate computers easily.

Yes, in this era, those who can operate a computer are basically engineers in mainland China.

Then he collected his thoughts and said, "Remember to add a layer of protection to your system so that no one can easily see the contents."

After all, quite a few students from the University of Hong Kong are enrolled here, and they are now serving as assistants and also studying at the same time.

But these people can’t know this yet.

After all, the C language cannot be patented.

However, software designed in C language, C++ or JAVA software can apply for a patent.

But it’s not at that level yet.

Du Yunze looked around after hearing this and saw that everyone was busy. Finally, he nodded and said, "Okay! I have already noticed this. I will also assign areas for them in the future, but..."

At this point, he paused and continued, "But I can't guarantee whether these people will leave if they learn well in the future."

Wang Qingsong smiled when he heard this: "It's okay! Let's leave it at that for now! We can talk about other things later when things develop."

Sometimes capable people may not necessarily be content with the status quo.

Even Spock may not be able to be kept in the future.

He had made preparations a long time ago, so he recruited so many people and offered them quite high salaries.

Many were even given shares, although they could only receive dividends.

He collected his thoughts and said, "Write the GUI as soon as possible!"

"Okay, I know! It will probably take a few months."

Wang Qingsong hummed.

Then I thought about it there.

Memory stick.

Memory sticks in later generations are all measured in G.

Now the unit is bit. It would be great if we could find a big guy to make the memory sticks for future generations.

DRAM memory was patented in 1968, just four years ago.

He registered the patent and then developed it.

Early DRAM was not packaged in chips, but had pins like old chips.

But it's really hard to find such talents in this era.

He did know someone.

And he is Chinese.

Wang An.

The magnetic core memory was invented by him and has now been bought by IBM.

Wang An was also cheated by IBM because of this patent. The initial contract was for a patent fee of 250 million.

But later, due to IBM's monopoly position, they only gave $50.

Therefore, the case was brought to court.

In the future, this man became one of the top ten richest people in the United States in the 1980s, ranking fifth.

Of course, this is all on the surface; the various hidden chaebols will not easily surface.

Now the other party has established a research institute with 50 yuan.

Such people also have their own ambitions.

I feel the possibility of recruiting him is not very high.

The boss of Microsoft once said: If Wang An’s computer company had not failed to transform successfully in the later period, there might not be any Microsoft.

This shows the evaluation of this person.

Unfortunately, there is no if in the world.

Even so, the other party was worth billions of dollars in the 20s.

These are all follow-up matters.

Thinking of this, he withdrew his thoughts and said, "Complete the GUI technology as soon as possible. We will start producing word processors."

This machine was invented by Wang An.

It became a must-have device in American offices at that time.

This device is also developed based on desktop simulation technology and GUI.

The case is only as big as two large suitcases.

In fact, a general word processor can be formed by configuring word processing software and text input and output devices on a microcomputer.

Usually comes with a printer.

The functions are relatively simple, and do not require such a high operating speed, so the size naturally does not need to be so large, but its practicality lies in its value.

Wang An's computer company also relied on this to quickly accumulate a lot of wealth.

It is at the forefront of the times in the production of logarithmic computers, small business computers, word processors and other office automation equipment.

IBM's word processor
The company cannot continue to conduct research and development without making a profit. This is definitely not acceptable.

At the latest, some products will be available by the beginning of next year.

"A word processor?"

"Yes, that is, inputting official documents, letters, receipts, reports, etc. into the computer, and then editing and processing the input text as needed until it meets the requirements.

The edited text is in a standard format, stored on disk, and can be called up and printed at any time.

Currently, files are stored on magnetic tapes or printed manually when needed. If they can be stored on computers and edited and printed through computer files, do you think it would be very convenient? "

Hearing this, Du Yunze's eyes lit up: "Yes! If that's the case, it's really convenient. Okay, I'll try to speed up the process."

"It's okay. Take care of yourself and don't break down."

Wang Qingsong doesn’t want anything to happen to the other party!

Du Yunze smiled when he heard this: "I haven't felt this way for a long time. Now that the desktop simulation is done, I have a lot more experience now, and the speed will be much faster. And I will also develop the icon you mentioned as soon as possible."

"Okay, then you better pay attention!"

After making sure that there was nothing to worry about, he left immediately.

(End of this chapter)