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Chapter 48: Guangshi Xing (Subscription Request)
I woke up in the morning and opened the curtains of the guest room. It was another sunny day.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Wang Jiankun went to the opposite door. At this time, his sister was still lying in bed and refused to get up.

"If you don't get up, we're all leaving to eat something delicious. You just stay in your room and sleep alone!" After calling her several times without any effect, the mother threatened.

"My uncle hasn't arrived yet. I'll sleep a little longer." My sister answered sullenly.

Wang Jiankun went over to tickle his sister, and she rolled around and couldn't fall asleep.

She sat up and said angrily, "Brother, why are you up so early? It's only 6 o'clock and uncle hasn't arrived yet."

She looked at the watch on her wrist and knew the time.

"Look outside, the sun is out. You don't need time to wash your face, brush your teeth, and comb your hair. Your uncle will be here soon, and we have a lot of things to do today. Go home and get some sleep."

My sister went to brush her teeth and wash her face. After a while, my uncle arrived and knocked on the door.

"Are you ready? I'll take you to Yuejiangnan for morning tea. It'll be cooler if we go early."

"Xiangxiang is still washing her face and brushing her teeth, let's wait a little longer!"

After saying that, he asked his uncle to come in and urged his sister to hurry up again.

"Brother, did you contact Qiangzi last night? What did he say?"

"We have contacted him. He said that he will get the bank account in Hong Kong settled in the next two days. He will not let our nephew suffer any loss. He will try his best to select the best jadeite rough stones for him and sell them according to the current market price."

"Uncle, I think we can go a step further. Let me see if we can open a few companies in Hong Kong, and then come to the mainland to start a joint venture with the government. In the early stage, I can use the money in the Hong Kong account to provide start-up capital, and then provide some technology and products to help the company develop."

"Do you mean to let your uncle be your overseas agent and use his overseas connections to open a factory?"

"Yes, I know that the country is currently encouraging foreign capital to come in and cooperate with domestic enterprises. The purpose is to obtain foreign funds and technology and accelerate domestic economic development."

"That's a good idea. You have the funds and technology, but due to your identity, you can't cooperate with state-owned or collective enterprises. Your uncle is naturally qualified as a foreign investor, but he lacks funds and technology. Cooperation between the two of you is a win-win situation."

"Uncle, it should be a win-win situation. My uncle can get legal profits from the cooperative enterprise to support his business, and the country will also benefit from the development of the enterprise. You are considered to be attracting investment, which is also a political achievement. In the future, when goods are imported and exported through your company, it will also be your contribution. I just need to get the profits I deserve."

"Haha! Our nephew is really smart. Sister, you finally got your reward after all the hardship you've endured."

"You should also find someone to have a baby as soon as possible. Everyone in our family is smart."

"Okay, you've urged me several times by the next day, I'll do it as soon as possible, and you guys have to help me more when the time comes."

"Okay, as long as you find a wife, I'll help you take care of the kids. My two kids are grown up, and I'm free."

"Juanzi, it's still early. I don't mean to ask you to do me a favor. Let's talk about it later!"

"Mom, I'm fine, uncle, shall we go?"

"Okay, let's go now."

The four of them walked out of the guesthouse and headed towards the river. After about 10 minutes, they arrived at Yuejiangnan. My uncle said that this was the best restaurant for morning tea in this area.

After entering, we found a seat and sat down. The waiter helped pour water and gave the menu to my uncle.

"Bring four barbecued pork buns, two baskets of steamed siu mai, four shrimp dumplings, four servings of rice noodle rolls, four servings of chicken feet, and four servings of tripe with sauce. Bring these first. If they're not enough, we'll order more later."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll pour you some tea first."

After pouring the tea, the waiter took the order and left. After waiting for a few minutes, the breakfast came up one after another.

"Juanzi, Jiankun, Xiangxiang, eat quickly. If any of them are not good enough, we can order more."

Wang Jiankun ate the rice rolls first. He picked up a piece and found that the rice rolls were white as snowflakes, thin as cicada wings, and crystal clear. There was meat filling in the middle. When he put the whole thing in his mouth, it was chewy and not sticky to his teeth. The sauce was rich and fresh and very smooth.

Put all four sections of rice rolls into your mouth, then drink some tea and eat the barbecued pork buns.

The barbecued pork buns are filled with barbecued pork, and the barbecued pork filling with alternating fat and lean meat is very fragrant.

After finishing a few bites, he picked up another shrimp dumpling. The shrimp was whole and there was lean meat inside. The shrimp was fresh, fragrant, chewy and the lean meat was also firm. He finished a big shrimp dumpling in two bites.

Seeing that the group was enjoying the meal and that they were quite used to the breakfast flavors, my uncle called the waiter and ordered some glutinous rice chicken, custard buns, fried spring rolls, and Jidi porridge.

By the end of the meal, all four of them were a little full. Sister Jidi porridge didn't finish, and mother didn't want to waste it, so she poured it into her bowl and ate it.

It was almost 8 o'clock after morning tea. Wang Jiankun suggested going back to the guesthouse to make a phone call before coming out.

When I arrived at the guesthouse, I called Peter in Hong Kong. Peter replied that the goods had been delivered to Guangzhou Customs that morning, and the money had been transferred to Wang Jiankun's account. He asked Wang Jiankun to check the account quickly and prepare for the delivery.

"Uncle, please find someone to help me get through customs quickly. Peter said it has been sent to customs. The order number is *****."

"Okay, you call and check the account first. I'll go to Juanzi's room and make a phone call. The goods should be delivered here this afternoon."

Wang Jiankun then called the Hong Kong branch of UBS and was transferred to the same bank employee as before.

"Hello, Mr. Wang. It's my pleasure to serve you. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Hello, Ms. Guan, I would like to check if there was any money deposited into my account yesterday or today, and how much was the amount."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll check for you. Hello, Mr. Wang, there is a payment of 216800 USD in your account today. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"I would like to ask if I can call you to transfer the money in my account to another bank account?"

"Sure, Mr. Wang, do you want to transfer now?"

"No, I'll confirm it first. I'll call you in a few days to entrust you with the transfer."

Wang Jiankun felt relieved after confirming that he could transfer the money over the phone, which meant that the previous plan was half successful and it all depended on his uncle.

"Jiankun, we have already agreed that the things will be delivered to the guesthouse here before 5pm, and someone will help receive them. Where do you want to go today?"

"Uncle, I want to go to the largest library here. I want to look up some information and buy some books. Mom, you can also look at some management books. If you find anything useful, go to Xinhua Bookstore and buy it and bring it home. When you learn it, you can teach the young people in the team."

"Okay, then let's go to the library first, and then go to the bookstore to buy some books for your sister. The school in the commune doesn't have any other reference books, and the extracurricular reading materials are just some old comic books."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll take you to the Guangshi Library, which has the largest collection of books. Let's find a restaurant there for lunch and stay there. I'll come back in the evening."

"Uncle, can you help me find an electronic and electrical company here so I can go in and have a look?"

"Well, let me think about it. There is a TV manufacturing company that just imported two black-and-white TV production lines from Japan. I have some friendship with the project manager. I'll call him and ask."

"Okay, please uncle."

Wang Jiankun called the TV factory from his room. The person in charge happened to be there and agreed to my uncle's request to bring people on a tour. They agreed to arrive at 3 p.m.

Seeing that it was getting late, the four of them hailed a taxi and went to the Guangzhou Library.

This library is several times larger than the one in Raozhou. It is 5 stories high, with each floor covering 4 to 5 square meters.

Wang Jiankun asked his uncle to take his mother and sister to buy books, while he went through the books layer by layer, projecting all the books into his mind.

After the projection, Wang Jiankun found books on electronics and mechanics and began to organize them with Zhizi.

First, we need to eliminate those that were previously in Raozhou Library, and then eliminate some duplicates, because there are several or dozens of copies of each type, and it would be a waste of time if we don’t eliminate some duplicates.

Finding a seat and using a book on semiconductors as a cover, Wang Jiankun spent more than an hour sorting out the two categories.

Zhizi has already absorbed and stored that knowledge. In the future, when Wang Jiankun asks Zhizi to help design related products or use certain technologies, he will have a reference.

After visiting the TV factory, I also had a reference for the corresponding electronic manufacturing equipment.

By then, the technology and the physical objects will have a design basis, and after some modifications, we can provide slightly more advanced technology and equipment to the joint venture.

At exactly 12 o'clock, Wang Jiankun arrived at the entrance of the library. His uncle was already waiting there with his mother and sister.

"Have you been waiting for a long time? I was so engrossed in watching that I came late."

"No, I just arrived a while ago. Let's go eat first."

So my uncle took the three of them to the restaurant. They had a simple lunch and ordered some stir-fried dishes.

After eating, the four of them walked towards Xinhua Bookstore while digesting their food.

When passing by a post office, Wang Jiankun sent a relatively long telegram to Fengshan.

I asked my father to instruct the team to prepare 2 green lighters, 2 galvanized lighters and 10 brass lighters each, and pack them according to the packaging method of the last export, and send them to Dexing Copper Mine on October 8.

After sending the telegram, he walked towards Xinhua Bookstore.

After entering the bookstore, we agreed to meet at the cashier counter in an hour, and then each went to find the books we wanted to buy.

The mother took her sister to the place where teaching supplementary books were sold first, while Wang Jiankun went to the place upstairs where social science and technology books were sold.

He selected three books, one was Integrated Circuits, another was Principles of Mechanical Automation Design, and the other was Russian Basics. After selecting, he projected all the books, newspapers, and magazines in the bookstore into his mind, and then worked with Tomoko to select them.

The agreed time was approaching and Wang Jiankun hurried to the cashier counter.

"Brother, why are you so slow when you get to the bookstore? We've been waiting for a while."

"Your brother loves books and learning. Don't complain. Let's go to the factory after buying the books."

The four of us checked out together. My mother bought two books, "The Practice of Management" and "Principles of Accounting". My sister bought six junior high school teaching supplementary books. My uncle also bought a book called "International Financial Management".

After buying the books, the four of them took a taxi back to the guesthouse. They asked the taxi not to leave and sent Wang Jiankun to put the books in the room. After putting the books away, they got in the car and drove to the factory.

"Uncle, can someone here buy a car?"

"It seems that it is not possible yet. All the cars are purchased by enterprises. Also, when foreigners or overseas Chinese come to invest, they will buy cars from abroad and drive them to China, but they still have to pay taxes."

"Then wait until the joint venture with my uncle is up and running and buy a few cars. Then you can drive one too."

"For now, I don't want one. I can't be too high-profile in the company. Only senior leaders have private cars. It's not good for me to drive a car soon after I arrived."

"Then motorcycles are OK, I saw someone riding a Japanese brand motorcycle on the road, it looked pretty good."

"Let's talk about it later. If you can form a joint venture, you should develop the business first. I don't need the car in a hurry."

"Okay, we'll talk about it then."

The taxi took more than half an hour to arrive. The TV factory was located in Shunde District, not far from ZS City.

My uncle went to the factory gate and spoke to the guard, who then made a phone call.

Not long after, a middle-aged fat man wearing glasses came and said to my uncle with a smile: "Brother Cen, please don't blame me for not welcoming you when you come."

"No, no, I am here to bother you. I hope I didn't disturb you."

"It is an honor for our factory to have you here. Please come in. Who are these three?"

"This is my younger sister, Cen Juan. These two are my nephews and nieces. My sister also runs a factory and wanted to learn from you."

"Juanzi, Jiankun, this is Manager Hao. He is in charge of the newly introduced TV production line. He will take you on a tour later."

"Hello, Manager Hao. Sorry to bother you."

"Okay, okay, no need to bother. Let's go to the office for some tea first, and then I'll take you to visit a production line that has just been successfully debugged. It's in production these days."

"Has it been debugged successfully? It was quite fast. It seems that the production line we bought is not bad."

"Thanks to you for helping me contact a reliable company. If the debugging fails, more than 5 people in our factory will be out of work."

When we arrived at Manager Hao's office, we drank some Kung Fu tea first. My uncle talked to him about the introduction of the television production line, and then he took the four of them to the production line.

The production line introduced by this factory is very complete, including circuit board design and production line, cathode ray tube production line, electron gun production line. There are no production lines for casings and some common components, which are all purchased from outside factories.

Wang Jiankun will focus on circuit board design and production, because many electronic products he will design in the future will require circuit boards.

Although many books bought for free at libraries and Xinhua Bookstores contain relevant circuit board design and production information, there are no physical references.

Wang Jiankun was afraid that the equipment designed by Zhizi was too advanced and too out of touch with the times, which would arouse suspicion.

My mother mainly asked Director Hao for management knowledge. After all, he could manage such an advanced production line, so his management ability must be relatively high.

My uncle used to work in a car factory, so he was not completely confused when seeing this production line imported from Japan. He was still able to figure out some of the tricks.

In general, this line can only be said to have just enough production capacity, but its efficiency is obviously not optimal.

Some processes are too far ahead of schedule, while others are far behind, so some workers are extremely busy while others have nothing to do.

Manager Hao did not hide his mistake and said that the focus now is to complete the entire production process, gradually train the employees, and adjust the mismatch between process steps after the workers become proficient.

My mother felt that Manager Hao really understood management and had grasped the main contradictions, so she listened to his explanation very carefully.

It was past 5 o'clock after the tour, and Manager Hao insisted on treating them to a meal. Seeing how enthusiastic he was, my uncle couldn't refuse, so he thought about taking better care of this company in the future.

During the meal, Wang Jiankun asked Manager Hao for his contact number and said that he would bother him again in the future to ask him some questions about electronic component suppliers.

Manager Hao did not refuse for the sake of his uncle, and took a pen and paper to write down the office phone number and gave it to Wang Jiankun.

Wang Jiankun gave Manager Hao a brass lighter to express his gratitude.

Looking at the English letters printed on the lighter and the exquisite workmanship, Manager Hao thought it was an imported product purchased from the Friendship Store.

His uncle explained to him that this lighter was made by his sister's factory, and that they were planning to open an electronics factory here in the future.

Manager Hao exclaimed, "Brother Cen, your family is amazing. Each of them is very capable. Your nephew is very knowledgeable at a young age. He can even chat with the Japanese consultants on my production line. I would like to ask what kind of factory you are planning to build and what products you are going to make."

"We don't have any long-term plans yet. In the initial stage, we plan to build a factory to make electronic watches like this one." After Wang Jiankun said this, he took off the watch on his sister's hand and showed it to Manager Hao.

Manager Hao looked at the workmanship and the small screen that only showed the hours, minutes and seconds and said, "The workmanship looks average. What's the price?"

"We bought this from a vendor for 4 yuan each. If we make it in large quantities, the cost is estimated to be less than 1 yuan."

"Oh, then let's make a small batch and give it a try. I don't think it's as good as a mechanical watch."

Wang Jiankun could tell from what he said that Manager Hao didn't know much about sales and marketing, and his strength should be in production management.

He didn't refute, just nodded and said okay.

It was almost 7 o'clock after the meal, and Director Hao was ready to send a car to take us there. However, my uncle felt that he had already troubled him for the entire afternoon and dinner time, so he firmly refused to allow the car to be sent.

My uncle took the three of them to the riverside. There was a pier nearby. They could take a boat to the pier near the guesthouse. Not only could they hurry on their way, but they could also take in the night view of Guangzhou.

There were relatively few lights in the beginning, as it was closer to the city. The brighter the lights became, the more my sister felt that the lights in the distance were as numerous as the stars in the sky.

The boat sailed for an hour and a half and arrived at the pier near the guesthouse. We got on a four-person boat and started walking towards the guesthouse. My sister was greedy and couldn't walk when she saw the cold drink seller, so she bought some iced coconut juice and iced watermelon juice.

It was almost 9 o'clock when we returned to the guesthouse. My uncle brought back the goods he had picked up from the customs in the afternoon and asked Wang Jiankun to inspect them.

Wang Jiankun first disassembled the wooden box containing the computer and assembled it according to the instructions. Peter was quite careful and put the power adapter inside.

Wang Jiankun plugged in the power and turned on the computer. The system and several practical office software were already installed.

Wang Jiankun first wrote a demonstration case according to the software manual. After pressing the Enter key, the computer displayed "HELLO WORD".

Then I opened the spreadsheet and made a simple statistical table according to the instructions in the software manual. My mother and uncle watched and thought the software was very practical.

Then Wang Jiankun opened the word processing software and edited a paragraph from the English instruction manual.

My mother and uncle think this kind of software is very practical, but it would be better if it could display Chinese, as there are very few people who understand English nowadays.

Wang Jiankun said that there will be software and hardware that can be converted into Chinese, and a few more will be purchased. The team will train personnel to use computers for office work, and also purchase printers, copiers and other office equipment.

"That's too extravagant. This computer costs several thousand dollars. If you add a printer and a copier, it will cost at least 1 or 2 dollars. How many people can be paid with so much foreign exchange?"

"That also needs to be equipped. In the future, we can't just make lighters, and the factory in the future can't have only dozens or hundreds of people. With the use of computers, management efficiency will increase a lot. This is the trend of the future."

"Okay, you should study this machine thoroughly first. The team should not use such advanced equipment for the time being. If your and your uncle's factory can be successfully opened, you can use it first."

"We'll talk about it later, uncle. I'll get you one later. Your company will definitely need computers in the future. If you can use it first, you'll have an advantage over others."

"Okay, then thank you, nephew. Do you want to open the others as well?"

"No, it's already 10 o'clock. I won't open it. I'll look at it when I get home. It's troublesome to unpack and pack everything. I have to catch a train tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then you guys go to bed early. I'll take you to have breakfast tomorrow as usual and eat something you haven't eaten today."

"Okay, okay, I see there are many delicious foods, let's go eat them tomorrow."

"Then don't stay in bed any longer, or you won't be able to eat much when it gets late."

"I won't stay in bed anymore. You must call me when you wake up!"

"Brother, you should go back and rest early. You have been running with us all day."

"Okay, see you tomorrow morning. If you have anything, please find the person in charge here first."

"Goodbye, uncle!"

"goodbye!"

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