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Chapter 184 Apples and Pineapples

According to Suning’s plan, future “Maybach” high-end luxury models will be manufactured in factories in Germany, Europe, while the Hong Kong automobile factory will follow the route of Japanese cars and win by offering high quality and low prices.

Therefore, Suning has produced many famous Japanese car model drawings in later generations. The strategy it has prepared is to follow the Japanese path and leave the Japanese with no way to go.

So when it comes to actually making money, Suning is actually more optimistic about Hong Kong's automobile factory, which may bring it an unexpected surprise.

After the Hong Kong car factory starts production, Suning will first observe the sales situation. If the sales volume is booming, Suning will consider customizing car parts in the United States and Germany, and then shipping them to Hong Kong Island for assembly and sale.

In Suning's own business empire, the group is supported by Su's Aid Shipping Company and Su's Sony Electronics Company. Su's real estate has not yet reached the stage where it can demonstrate its strength, so the automotive industry is really just a spur-of-the-moment operation of Suning.

The year came to 1968. After more than three years of improvement and experimentation, the computers and mobile phones produced by Sony were ready for the market, but Suning was hesitant about the name of the product.

Suning thought of three names: Apple, Pineapple, or just Sony. Since Apple had not been founded yet, Suning could use it.

I also thought of a joke from later generations: America has apples, China has pineapples, and Suning really wants to defeat Apple with pineapples, which can be regarded as a small dream come true.

Finally, after much hesitation, Suning decided to name the computer Apple and the mobile phone Pineapple, which perfectly solved all the problems.

Sony was the first company to use large-scale integrated circuit digital computer technology to manufacture the Apple I computer, which immediately took the industry by storm once it was launched on the market.

After all, the United States is still in the experimental stage of large-scale integrated circuit digital machines, and there is still a long time before they can be put on the market.

Suddenly, the technology that they regarded as top secret was first used by an inconspicuous company from Hong Kong Island in the East. The American company immediately suspected that the technology had been leaked.

When they bought an Apple I computer and took it apart to examine it, they were all dumbfounded.

Sony Su has completely used more advanced technology. They were all shouting in their hearts, hasn’t Sony Su always sold good TVs?

How come he suddenly became so awesome in the computer field?

This is the most advanced technology in the world!

In fact, they have also thought about imitating, but Suning Sony has already applied for a certain period of patent protection worldwide, which has largely blocked their research and development path.

Of course, they have not realized this yet, and do not think that the path taken by Su Sony is the only one, so they slowly continue their own research.

Apple computers shocked the world and soon received a large number of orders. Computer factories in Hong Kong were increasing their production every day.

Just when everyone was marveling at Sony's sudden success, Sony once again launched its first generation of mobile phone, Pineapple 1, leading an era again.

Motorola, far away in the United States, was initially skeptical when they heard the news of the mobile phone's launch. However, after they bought a few mobile phones in the United States and took them apart to examine them, they too became confused.

The Pineapple 1 mobile phone, which is similar to Motorola's big brother, quickly became a must-have item for wealthy businessmen from all over the world once it was launched on the market.

If we were to ask which company was the most successful in 1968, Sony Corporation would definitely be the first to be mentioned, as it released two products that were leading the era in succession.

A large amount of wealth was accumulated in his account every day, which made other companies of Su Group have a certain boom. Take Su's Aid Shipping Company as an example. In 1968, it purchased 30 100,000-ton oil tankers again, pushing the total tonnage of Su's Aid to 1,600 tons, and making Suning the world's shipping king.

Thanks to the tense situation in the Middle East, oil prices have remained high, so Suning has no shortage of orders for its tankers.

The rapid development of Su's Aid Shipping Company left people like Pao Yue-kong, who were quietly developing behind it, feeling overwhelmed.

Now, not only are the orders they receive not valued by Su's Aid, but all the major shipyards that want to purchase new tankers have already been fully booked with orders from Su's Aid Shipping Company.

With a large amount of financial support, Su's Real Estate started to move forward at a rapid pace and was finally able to build on the high-quality land under Hutchison Whampoa, including the land south of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, where Harbour City was later located. Suning wanted to build a shopping mall larger than Harbour City.

In the past two years, "Maybach" under the Su Group has also occupied a place in the world automotive field. Whether it is the "Maybach" luxury car field or the ordinary family car field, it has occupied its due market to a certain extent.

Looking at the Su Group's explosive growth, Suning knew that all of this depended on Su Sony, the cash cow. Apple computers and Pineapple phones contributed a lot of wealth to the Su Group every day.

Suning knew that it could not hold the patents for computers and mobile phones forever. Soon, the American capital would take action against it after discovering that their research directions had been blocked by Suning.

In order to prepare for future dangers, Suning directly agreed to the cooperation requests of German companies such as Siemens and Infineon when they came to seek cooperation.

The German side did not expect that Suning would give up such a huge technological advantage and agreed to jointly build a new company with them. They all felt in their hearts that this was Suning's return to Germany.

In the new company established in Germany, Suning's Su Group also holds a 20% stake, and the computers and mobile phones produced still need to pay patent fees.

In addition, Sony and Germany's Volkswagen Semiconductor have established a cooperative research institute to jointly develop and research computers and mobile phones, and their patented technologies can be shared to a certain extent.

Germany has a very developed industrial base. After they obtained all of Sony's computer and mobile phone technologies, they quickly produced Germany's own computers and mobile phones, and put them on the market for sale in 1970.

Seeing that Germany has already cooperated with the Su Group, it means that Germany and the Su Group have stood together, so that the American oligarchs who have always wanted to take action against the Su Group no longer have the courage and excuse to do so.

When their own experts discovered that the R&D path had been blocked by the Su Group, they had no choice but to ask for a new R&D path and also asked for a large amount of financial support again.

Of course, the American oligarchs are not willing to pay another huge sum of money, and then think that if Germany can cooperate with the Su Group, their American companies can do the same.

When Suning saw the American companies coming to it seeking cooperation, it also agreed to them, still with the same equity share and patent fees as the German companies.

Sometimes things are just so helpless. Suning is unwilling to give up such huge benefits, but there is no strong motherland behind him to protect himself. The so-called German nationality will appear very ridiculous when facing huge benefits.

Of course, Suning also considered keeping the technology in its own hands, waiting for the mainland to reform and open up, and then returning to the mainland to build factories. However, in this way, not only would it lose the technological advantage, but it would also lose a huge market.

Therefore, Suning happily spread the technology, not only receiving a steady stream of patent fees, but also being able to develop steadily.

Time passed quickly and it was already 1973. Suning's eldest son Su Hang had returned to Hong Kong Island after finishing college in the United States.

Suning did not let Su Hang return to work at the Su Group, but respected Su Hang's request and agreed to let Su Hang work in the British Hong Kong government department.

Suning knew that his eldest son Su Hang was not interested in business. When he chose to apply to the Law School of Harvard University in the United States, Suning knew that Su Hang wanted to enter politics.

He thought that with his current business status and Su Hang's knowledge, if he worked hard for the British Hong Kong government, he could really let Su Hang compete for the position of Chief Executive in 1997. After nearly five years of rapid development, the Su Group had grown into a world-class giant. Although it had given up huge profits at the time, it also gained entry into other important companies.

Over the past five years, the Su Group has invested in many foreign high-tech enterprises and important machinery manufacturing companies, and has acquired a lot of technical resources and connections.

The Su Group is also involved in minerals from various countries, such as the later famous BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto groups.

Sony has always focused on technological research and development, always maintaining technological leadership and becoming a true leader in the electronics industry.

Sony released a new Apple computer every year. By 6, Sony had already released the Apple .

As for mobile phones, although they are not updated as frequently as computers, they are still updated every two years, always staying ahead of other companies in the same industry. Therefore, the third generation of Pineapple phones has been released.

Unlike Suning's heyday, Lei Luo has had a hard time in recent years. The British Hong Kong government not only demoted him but also hinted that it would set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) next year to specifically combat corruption in Hong Kong.

Of course, Lei Luo doesn't care too much about the ICAC, but now that he has been put under house arrest, he has less and less actual power, and more often he needs to maintain his previous majesty, so Lei Luo has already begun to slowly transfer his assets.

"Axia, our Lei Ting really likes Su Hang. How about letting them date?"

Bai Yue'e, who is in her forties, still has her charm. After seeing Su Hang return from studying in the United States, she took advantage of the dinner between the Su and Lei families to propose marriage.

When Ah Xia heard Bai Yue'e's proposal, she did not answer Bai Yue'e directly. Instead, she looked at Su Ning beside her and asked, "Husband, what do you think?"

"We watched Lei Ting grow up!
If I could really be with Su Hang, that would be pretty good too!"

"Suning, do you also agree to this marriage?" Bai Yue'e and Lei Luo beside her were both very surprised.

"Huh? I mean, it's better to let Su Hang and Lei Ting spend some time together.

As for whether the two of them can be together, it all depends on their own destiny!"

"Fatty, why are you so nosy?

As parents, why don't we just arrange their marriages directly?" Lei Luo said disapprovingly.

"Luo Ge, I never force anything on our four children!

When Su Hang came back from studying in the United States, I originally wanted him to work in the Su Group!
But Su Hang still chose to work in the government, so he still has the final say on marriage matters."

"Tsk! You're the only one who's always bothering me!

Children should obey their parents' decisions unconditionally! "After hearing Suning's explanation, Lei Luo understood what he meant, but he still sarcastically refused to admit defeat.

Seeing the angry Lei Luo, Suning of course knew that this was because he had been unhappy in recent years and felt a little aggrieved, so Suning didn't take it to heart.

"Brother Luo, I heard that you want to immigrate recently?"

"Yeah! I want to go to Taiwan, and Bai Yue'e wants to go to Canada!"

“What’s so special about going to that tiny place called Taiwan?

You see, I've never invested in Taiwan in all these years because it's a complete waste of energy."

"Huh? Fatty, are you suggesting that we immigrate to Canada?"

“Yeah! Canada and Australia are both great!
Hawaii in the United States is also great!
Anyway, it’s much better than Taiwan!”

"Yes! I will consider the locations you mentioned!"

"Haha, I already bought a villa and a manor in Hawaii.

Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, it is really a great joy in life! " Seeing Lei Luo's heart was moved, Suning suddenly smiled and enjoyed it.

Although Lei Luo is now on the decline in his life, in stark contrast to Suning's heyday, Suning still treats Lei Luo as usual.

Suning was actually not optimistic about the marriage between Su Hang and Lei Ting, so he asked them to get in touch first, just to save face for both families.

Suning actually has a lot of opinions about Lei Luo. He insisted on luring Wu Xihai to follow him in drug trafficking, but in the end he still couldn't escape the fate of a broken leg.

Lei Luo asked Wu Xihai to go to Thailand to buy drugs, but they encountered a big fight in the Golden Triangle area. Wu Xihai was hit in the knee by a stray bullet and completely became a real Lame Ho.

Suning didn't know whether Bo Hao regretted it or not, because since he left Su's Security Company, Suning had never paid any attention to Bo Hao again.

Maybe Bo Hao also felt that he had let down Suning's trust in him, so he tried to avoid Suning as much as possible over the years and would not come to Suning for help when he encountered difficulties.

It has been exactly twenty-four years since I traveled to Hong Kong Island in this time and space. In 1949, I was still a young man of twenty-one, and now I have become a middle-aged man of forty-five. I have truly witnessed all kinds of human warmth and coldness.

Over the years, his relationship with Axia has been very good, and there has been no third party. Axia has also thought about finding a second wife for Su Ning, but no matter how beautiful the girl was, Su Ning rejected her on the grounds that he had no feelings for her.

Unlike Suning and Lei Luo, who gave birth to their children but did not teach them, Suning has always paid great attention to the education of his children and always respects their wishes as much as possible in their education.

Suning's four children are also very promising. After graduating from Harvard Law School in the United States, his eldest son Su Hang joined the British Hong Kong government.

The second son Su Yuan and the third daughter Su Yu are already 19 years old this year and have long been arranged by Suning to study in the United States.

The fourth son, Su Hai, has been left in Hong Kong Island by Suning and Axia because he is the youngest. Now he is about to graduate from high school and is preparing to take the entrance exam for the University of Hong Kong.

Whether in career or in personal life, Suning can be said to be a true winner in life.

(End of this chapter)