My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 433 From this point on, we'll part ways and never meet again. May we never meet again in the next life, with no debts and no lingering thoughts.

As it turned out, Wei Dong was indeed kept on the mainland because of Chi Shiming's 50 million real estate investment.

But not Jiangzhou.

To be precise, it's not entirely in Jiangzhou.

Wei Dong's original plan was to encourage the city to collect some money.

The land in the entire Economic Development Zone is basically wasteland, considered as idle land of the relevant rural communes and brigades.

At this time, rural areas certainly didn't have the idea of ​​making a fortune by expropriating land; land was almost always used at no cost.

The land along the riverbank that the Hong Kong businessmen wanted for redevelopment and housing construction basically had no cost.

However, demolition in the urban area has already started incurring costs, and it's impossible for the city or the original residents to bear these relocation expenses.

The pharmaceutical factory and the surrounding shantytown land that Chi Shiming had his eye on made Wei Dong feel that the factory was built with government money back then, and that it was only by taking over the factory that he could provide a place for the laid-off workers.

Without me, wouldn't the factory workers have met the most tragic end?
Originally, I had the right to use the factory area for twenty years and was too lazy to care about personal gains or losses, but I had to charge some fees for this land.

It's considered compensation to the state for the factory's relocation.

He even made a special trip to the city to emphasize: "It's not that I'm so selfless, but everyone is watching the reform and exploration. If everyone takes this as a model and no land transfer is charged, we'll be nailed to the pillar of shame. The land still belongs to the state, but it's just compensation for the demolition of the factory area."

It's certainly rare to find a "private real estate company" in the city that insists on increasing its own costs for this construction project.

It's a bit unbelievable that they said they'd need to study it further and report it to their superiors for approval.

In fact, from observing the sale of pre-sale apartments and completed houses at the Animal Village last time, to visiting the computer research and development production line later, Jiangzhou City has submitted several reports to the higher authorities.

There is too much information.

Now, the issue involves converting industrial land into residential land, and they are even proactively requesting compensation.

Take it slow, take it slow for now.

Wei Dong wasn't in a hurry; he could wait for the approval and then go back to continue with his own business.

The main thing, of course, is playing games.

Now his office has a computer where he can play Solitaire and Minesweeper. Damn, sometimes he sits there for hours on end. The employees watch from afar as their boss sits behind the computer, engrossed in his work, and they are filled with admiration.

Such a large company, the boss must have put in so much hard work.

We need to work twice as hard to help our boss.

Xiaodie was the only one who followed her around the office every day, rummaging through everything and getting anxious watching her father on his desk!
Even though my hand is smaller than a mouse, I still desperately try to grab it and blindly click on the screen.

Wei Dongcai happily took her out for a stroll.

The child riding on his shoulders looked like a tiger-head hat, his little arms tightly wrapped around his forehead like lotus root segments, his dark eyes looking around everywhere, but he never asked where his mother had gone.

Maybe there are too many people around who want to be her mother.

The reason Wei Dong was sent out was simply to wander upstairs and see what new games had been developed, under the guise of a trial run.

Whenever Chi Shih-ming came to or from Hong Kong, he would try to bring back the latest Famicom games available on the market.

Wei Dong even encouraged them to imitate and make a Chinese version of their own game, replacing ninjas with martial arts heroes and village battles with the Three Kingdoms.

Even the simplest left-right vertical dynamic racing car is a refreshing thing of this era.

Technology experts are not yet aware of the social impact that games will have.

They simply followed the direction pointed out by Wei Dong day and night to improve the "computer host" produced on the assembly line, and to write as much software as possible that could run on the host.

One of the software engineers, surnamed Huang, came from a research institute in Sichuan. In less than two months, he tinkered with this engineering machine and created a "Chinese character article editing system" that could basically input Chinese characters by typing on the keyboard.

Of course, the Chinese character library chip must be built into the motherboard, and the input method is also based on the Pinyin input method suggested by Wei Dong. However, a technician from another place was able to come up with the Wubi input method!

Wei Dong was well aware that Wubi input, which was once considered an essential skill for professional typists in his workplace, was largely phased out after computers became widespread.

The high speed and efficiency touted by Wubi input method are based on extensive professional practice and familiarity with character roots.

In reality, apart from professional typists, most people don't need to be that fast; something that's good enough is fine.

So even though the engineers emphasized that Pinyin input actually has higher requirements for hardware and storage space, Wei Dong still asked them to make it the default configuration. Those who wanted to use Wubi input method could wait to contact the creator and buy the genuine version.

Currently, including the 64K FC cartridges, the circuit boards are made by Rongdu Postal and Telecommunications Equipment Factory, the casings are made by Bakelite Plastic Factory, the memory chips are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang 742 Factory, and other electronic components are distributed from various electronic factories across the country, with the main force still in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Rongdu.

Therefore, the Shanghai branch also took on the task of procuring various electronic components domestically. After all, Dongsheng Trading is the largest social shareholder of Vacuum Electronics Factory, and Vacuum Electronics Factory and Shanghai Electronics Industrial Park can provide a lot of industry support in this regard.

Then the welding and assembly were completed in the workshop on the fourth floor.

One notable feature is that everything from the computer case to the keyboard, mouse, and even the redesigned casings of the few 9-inch and 12-inch 16-color monitors is black.

After all, Bakelite is a resin chemical material, and the processing capacity in mainland China is limited at the moment. It is difficult to make it into a pure white or off-white color, but it is very easy to make it into black.

The letters on the keycaps were made using the same method as the "X" logo on cameras: during the hot-melt curing process, grooves were pressed out with a steel die, then white paint was applied inside, and finally, the surface was polished.

Every detail of a genuine, handcrafted keyboard can withstand the test of time, but it cannot withstand being dropped or broken.

The factory tried its best to improve the bakelite formula to increase its toughness and make it less brittle, but due to limited technical conditions, we simply couldn't do it.

Wei Dong then demanded that the Chinese characters "Precision Instrument, Do Not Drop or Strike" be embossed on the bottom of the keyboard.

Basically, it's about adding a sense of high-tech mystery to ensure the environment in which it's used is as gentle as possible.

However, cheap membrane keyboards currently only use elastic rubber to support the keycaps, and the durability of these is only so-so. After tens of thousands of keystrokes, they start to become soft and lose their elasticity.

The relevant technicians were extremely anxious, wishing they could redesign the rubber formula and just let Weidong make do with it. After all, these things were going to be distributed to schools first, dozens of computers per teacher. Jiangzhou would start by coming here for training, and everyone would learn how to replace the keyboard pad with this elastic rubber pad.

Just like the non-woven fabric for sanitary napkins, Jiangzhou, which is closest to the domestic petrochemical polyester fiber product base, has seen mass production of the product still a long way off after more than a year.

We can't expect the whole society to stop using sanitary napkins.

Let's just make do for now.

This allows Wei Dong's business acumen to be combined well with the perfectionist spirit of researchers.

In mid-September, on the very first Teachers' Day, the Jiangzhou Municipal Education Bureau held a groundbreaking ceremony for primary and secondary schools in the Economic Development Zone on a plot of land behind the factory area.

At the same time, Xishan Electronic Computer Company donated 20 "X Computers" with attached television sets as monitors to two primary and secondary schools in Jiangzhou City and Jiangzhou University.

The city's main leadership, along with representatives from Jiangzhou TV and Jiangzhou Daily, gathered at the scene to watch as forty locally produced "computers" were delivered directly to primary and secondary schools by truck.

The black and white computer boxes left a very deep impression on everyone.

Now we can produce such world-class products in Jiangzhou!
These two schools are Chi Shih-ming's alma maters, and they were very excited to receive the advanced equipment, set up a special computer room, and provided two temporary staff positions.

The reason why each computer was not distributed to each primary and secondary school is to centralize inspection, maintenance and repair. Each school's computer room, in addition to having a computer teacher, also needs to be equipped with a repair technician.

Meanwhile, the mechanical and electrical engineering major at Jiangda University had already taken advantage of the production line being set up downstairs to grab the first batch of computers, which were then sent back to the school and were snapped up by various related majors.

Then, without asking any questions, the Computer Science Department of Jiangnan University crammed a bunch of graduate and undergraduate students here to participate in internships under the guidance of professors.

As a department that has had a computer science major since 58, established a master's degree program in 78, and opened a software engineering class in 79, it would be great if it could open its own classrooms in the new factory area.

Wei Dong also applauded and welcomed them, saying that meals were provided in the cafeteria and accommodation was provided at night.

This essentially connects the academic research and development of the previous third-tier research institutes with the current industry-university-research collaboration model in universities, ensuring a seamless transition.

In fact, Secretary Zhai in Jiangzhou City had repeatedly reminded Weidong that he should take his computer to Beijing to report the good news.

He also dawdled, saying he would study it further and report to the Fifth Ministry of Machinery Industry when the product was more presentable.

The Fifth Ministry of Machinery Industry had already called to inquire several times.

Wei Dong preferred to stay in the office playing Solitaire and Minesweeper rather than go to Pingjing.

Just like before when they didn't want to go to Shanghai.

Dong Xueqing dared not speak, feeling so wronged that she wanted to give her life to compensate her brother-in-law, or even better, give herself to him.

Qin Yuye tried to avoid taking a personal approach, not inquiring about her romantic history, and only talked about work.

So only the third brother Shen, who knew the truth, came to advise: "Sir, it's been almost a month since we left, it's time to straighten up..."

Wei Dong didn't hide anything from her: "It would be pointless for me to ask her if she's left or not now. I never force anyone to die from missing someone. Let's wait and see. I've been busy for more than two years, so it's not a bad thing for me to take a break."

Just as Shen Cuiyue was saying that she should quietly ask Sister Su in Pingjing, the phone on the table rang. It was Dong Xueqing's engineering control on this end. The receptionist answered the phone and transferred it to the boss.

It turned out that two months after the TV series aired, Jin Zhuoqun, who had asked Wei Dong for a loan of two million but had failed, said: "Buddy! It's all settled. You come and help me repair this building. The paperwork does require a real estate company to handle it. Now your reputation in real estate reform is recognized here. You can help me advance the funds, and I will mortgage the building's property rights to you."

This is just like building a skyscraper with bare hands.
Since the conversation had progressed to this point, Wei Dong decided to make a trip to Pingjing.

As for whether we will meet again, that depends on fate.

(End of this chapter)