Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 287: Four Things and Two Major Projects
At the end of November 1965, Zhao Mancang returned to Hong Kong Island. A large amount of materials were stored in the warehouse at Kwai Chong Wharf, and then the Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company would slowly transport these materials back to the Futian Airport Wharf.

Zhao Mancang stored all the more than 700 tons of gold he obtained from the Moscow Central Bank in the vault of the Hong Kong Development Bank.

As a result, the gold reserves in the Hong Kong Development Bank's vault skyrocketed, reaching an unprecedented level of more than 2,300 tons of gold.

This amount of gold reserves is larger than that of many countries, and such a large number also made the head of Hong Kong Development Bank rarely reject the big boss for the first time.

Because he can't bear the responsibility.

More than 1,600 tons of gold was already exaggerated enough in the past, and now it has become more than 2,300 tons of gold. If the news is really known to the outside world, it will be easy for people to rob it for various reasons.

After all, the Hong Kong Development Bank, and even the entire Hong Kong Island, is very weak.

After careful consideration, Zhao Mancang did not take out all of the gold. Instead, he only took out 100 tons of gold and asked the Hong Kong Development Bank to sell it on his behalf.

In fact, selling gold at this time will undoubtedly result in a huge loss.

The current international gold price is only US$38 per ounce, which has remained unchanged for many years, and the price fluctuations basically remain within a range of a few tenths of a decimal point.

However, the next time the price of gold fluctuated sharply was in the early 1970s. By that time, Zhao Mancang believed that he had just as much gold as he wanted.

After the gold is sold, it will definitely be exchanged for a large amount of chemical equipment, machine tools, aerospace materials and equipment, etc.

Nowadays, Zhao Mancang has many companies under his various aliases. There is no problem at all in establishing cooperative relationships among these companies and purchasing some materials and equipment on his behalf.

After finishing this matter, Zhao Mancang stayed in Hong Kong Island for another two days, accompanied Liu Baochan and others for a few days, and then returned to Futian Fishing Village Airport and then returned to Beijing.

In the small fishing village of Futian, five H21 helicopters were transferred back here. After arriving here, they no longer needed ships for transportation.

A few people from the transport team, including Qiu Shigui and Xi Wenrong, came and drove away the five H21 helicopters. Two of them will be flown to Shangri-La to assist in the transportation of local giant flower mushrooms.

The current production of giant shiitake mushrooms is still soaring, approaching 2,000 kilograms per day, and more transportation capacity is needed.

The construction of Shangri-La Airport has also started, but it will definitely not be completed without some time.

Before the construction of Shangri-La Airport, the distance from the depths of the mountains to Chuncheng Airport could only be transported by H21 helicopters.

The other three helicopters were driven back to the capital. After all, the capital is the headquarters of the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization, and more transport aircraft are needed here.

"Is Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company so awesome now? They've bought us five more helicopters. It's simply incredible. How could those foreigners be willing to sell us such good aircraft?"

At the Futian fishing village airport, Qiu Shigui and his companions looked at the helicopter in front of them and exclaimed in admiration.

"That must be Old Zhao's work. A helicopter like this would be extremely valuable even abroad. There's no way we could have just bought it. Maybe Old Zhao used some trick to confuse those foreigners."

"Old Xi, you're right. Old Zhao is so fucking awesome."

"Captains, haven't you carried out missions with Director Zhao before? Could it be that Director Zhao has purchased these restricted materials before?"

Several pilots were very curious. When Qiu Shigui and Xi Wenrong heard this, they didn't know how to start.

In fact, Zhao Mancang was indeed very awesome at the beginning, but if we have to say that he was awesome, there were certain limits. As for the purchase of materials, it cannot be said to be purchase, it can only be said to be "forced buying and selling."

Some of these supplies were even "looted" and not bought at all.

Fortunately, Qiu Shigui and Xi Wenrong had a tacit understanding and quickly got out of the embarrassment. Then they started bragging about everything, which made several pilots very envious and they wished they could join in.

Fighting the Japanese was a very good thing for many Chinese people, especially in this era when everyone was an "angry young man" and was very angry towards the two great empires, Sam and Moscow.

Let’s not talk about Sam, he has always been our enemy. Moscow, the former big brother, has now completely broken with us. It is reasonable to hate him.

It's not that we are destroying the bridge after crossing it, but that the other party is going too far.

Anyway, the slogans on the signs in various places are written very clearly, and the relevant situations have been reported in detail in newspapers in previous years, so everyone knows them clearly.

The two words "guizi" can be said to be Kimura or Sam, anyway, it refers to all foreigners.

Zhao Mancang, who returned to the capital, had no idea that Xi Wenrong and the others were bragging about him.

In Lingjing Hutong, the first thing Zhao Mancang did after returning to Beijing was to report his work to his superiors.

The first thing is the big flower mushroom.

This ingredient has entered thousands of supermarkets on a large scale, especially in the European market, and has attracted widespread attention in the market because it is so expensive.

Wanjia Supermarket is known as the cheapest supermarket. The profit margins of the items sold there are very, very low. Therefore, the prices in this supermarket are much cheaper than the entire market.

Almost all customers who have been to Wanjia Supermarket will make comparisons and then become loyal customers of Wanjia Supermarket.

In this era without technology and hard work, when it is easy to build natural trust, Wanjia Supermarket has accumulated a large number of loyal customers in a very short period of time.

But in the ordinary month of October, Wanjia Supermarket suddenly opened a top-quality food purchasing area in the fresh vegetable area, where only one product was sold: Matsutake!

Known as a gift from nature on the roof of the world, this top-quality ingredient is picked from the primeval forest at an altitude of about 4,000 meters and transported by air. It has very high edible and medicinal value.

There is a very detailed description of this product, especially its value, which is exaggerated to the extreme.

After reading the product description, many consumers are very tempted and want to buy it, but when they see the price, 99% of them are discouraged.

Because the price is fifty dollars a pound!
On the bustling streets of New York, the city’s largest supermarket, Wanjia Supermarket, has also obtained the right to sell matsutake mushrooms.

Yes, not every store is qualified to sell matsutake mushrooms. Even in a certain country in Europe, not every store can sell matsutake mushrooms.

At this store in Manhattan, a pound of matsutake mushrooms was priced at $59, but they were sold out on the first day.

Many customers who came late looked at the bare shelves and fell into deep thought.

But it seems that there are a lot of rich people in New York.

Starting from the second day, the sales volume of shiitake mushrooms in this Manhattan store began to gradually increase, from 50 kilograms at the beginning to 100 kilograms later, which only took half a month.

Just one store in Manhattan can sell 100 kilograms of matsutake mushrooms every day.

And if you wait a little longer, these ingredients will be sold out.

When the leaders of the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street heard this, they were completely stunned. "Fifty-nine dollars a pound, and they're sold out every day?"

Zhao Mancang smiled and nodded when he heard this. "Yes, when I returned, this store had already started pre-sales. They only accept reservations and require customers to make reservations three days in advance. At the same time, each customer can only reserve one kilogram. Otherwise, there will not be enough for other customers."

hiss!
The leaders couldn't help but gasp. "We've tasted this giant flower mushroom before, and it's indeed delicious and fragrant, but it shouldn't be this exaggerated, right?"

"Leaders, you still lack a certain understanding of the extravagant spending of capitalists. Anyway, you can understand it by applying it to the nobles of our ancient times who lived a life of luxury and indulgence."

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, everyone understood.

Therefore, just for a product like the giant flower mushroom, as long as its production can be guaranteed, a stable foreign exchange income of about 50,000 US dollars can be earned every day.

However, Zhao Mancang said that the harvest season for the giant flower mushrooms is almost over, but the next product, truffles, will soon be on the market.

"Truffles, also known as pig arch mushrooms or ground mushrooms by the locals in Shangri-La, have many benefits, just like the pleurotus ostreatus. They can enhance male potency and strengthen the kidneys, improve menstruation, and combat fatigue."

Zhao Mancang was used to the so-called advertising words. After listening to them, the leaders couldn't help but ask:

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Boss, I'm definitely not exaggerating. People often say coffee is invigorating, but it can't be that powerful, keeping the brain in a constant state of excitement, right?"

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"I can only say that long-term use does have some effects in these areas. Foods like leeks and oysters are also very good for the human body, especially for men. However, they may not take effect immediately after consumption."

Well, after Zhao Mancang said this, everyone understood that this is actually marketing.

"What about after pig-ear mushroom? Are there any other mushroom products that can replace it?" A leader asked the most crucial point. Zhao Mancang shook his head. At present, there is really no such thing.

Top-quality mushroom ingredients include Hericium erinaceus, bamboo fungus, chicken mushroom, red mushroom, tiger paw mushroom, morel, dry mushroom, truffle and matsutake, but these ingredients may not necessarily be sold at high prices abroad.

Marketing also requires certain methods. If you keep marketing in this way, foreign consumers will not be fools.

For example, bluefin tuna is known as the Rolls-Royce of seafood ingredients, but in today's era, it is still very easy to eat bluefin tuna.

Especially in Kimura, bluefin tuna can be bought at any major seafood market in Kimura.

The most amazing thing about capital is that it creates scarcity of a certain product in order to reap maximum profits.

For example, the well-known disease of cataract is considered an "incurable disease" in this era, but its incidence rate among people over 60 years old is over 80%.

Foreign capital invests tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of US dollars every year to develop treatments for cataracts.

However, the more capital you invest, the more profit you will earn, because as time goes by, people's life expectancy will only get longer and longer, and many people will pay attention to taking care of their bodies.

Unfortunately, the incidence of cataracts is extremely high among the elderly, and many people who live to be over 60 years old cannot avoid this disease.

If you don’t have money for treatment, you will just have to watch yourself become blind or even die.

The methods and technologies for treating cataracts began to mature after 1967, but the cost of treatment with this technology has always been very high and most people simply cannot afford it.

Later, our country lowered the price of ultrasonic emulsification technology for treating cataracts, so that many community hospitals can provide free treatment for the elderly.

Moreover, femtosecond laser cataract surgery equipment no longer requires a knife, completely eliminating the potential damage to the eyes caused by humans and machines. The entire surgical process is completed entirely by computer-digital controlled femtosecond lasers, minimizing the standard deviation of the doctor's operation. The incision is more precise, minimally invasive, and recovers faster than manual incisions.

This is the best way for capital to make profits.

This is possible for Matsutake and truffles because they are indeed rare products. The fact that they only grow in deep mountain pine, oak, and oak forests at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000 meters, and the growing conditions are extremely harsh, makes their yield low and there are very few places in the world where such products can be found.

Alpinia argentea is also a top-grade mushroom food, but it is found in many places and is not picky about altitude. The fact that it cannot be cultivated artificially makes it difficult to convince firefighters.

Besides, Alpinia arboriolus can be artificially cultivated in later generations. Although it is more difficult, it is still easier to obtain than matsutake and truffles.

Therefore, there is no question of the scarcity of Chicken Mushroom, and the possibility of selling it at a high price is very low.

For Zhao Mancang, these are not a big deal. As long as he can make a profit, that is a good thing.

After talking about the giant flower mushroom, he went on to talk about the second thing, which was the arms trade.

Lithium batteries are currently the most profitable product in the arms trade, costing $50,000 each, but the cost is very low.

In the eyes of the leaders, fifty thousand dollars for a lithium battery was already crazy. However, when they heard that Mario Aviation installed lithium batteries on a drone and made a profit of as much as seven hundred thousand dollars, they were stunned.

"Is this how all foreign capitalists make money?"

Zhao Mancang nodded, facing the leaders' incredulous expressions, and said:

"I've dealt with Mario Aviation many times, and although they maintain very good confidentiality, I was able to easily learn the specific prices."

"They have indeed developed a drone, and its performance parameters are almost the same as ours. It's just that their battery technology is a little behind ours."

"So they had to replace some parts and use our parts. Otherwise, the technical parameters of their drones would be somewhat different from ours."

"But the gap isn't that big. They even surpass us in other areas, such as flight control technology."

"Next, we can fully research and develop various aspects, such as the clarity and weight of the display, the distance and strength of the remote control signal, the weight and density of the lithium battery, etc."

The leaders nodded one after another. Every time Zhao Mancang went out for inspection, he would bring back surprises.

It would be impossible for ordinary people to bring back such information when they go out to inspect, and the level of detail of this information is simply unimaginable.

In other words, if it weren't for the information Zhao Mancang brought back, the leaders would have no idea how far foreign technology had developed.

As the saying goes, knowing your friends will ensure victory in a hundred battles.

In fact, we love peace and are eager to farm and develop in a stable environment, but neither Moscow nor Sam will allow us to do so.

Even Sam has blocked us off until now, which is certainly not a good thing.

If it weren't for China Resources Company and Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company, it would be impossible to bring back so much foreign exchange earnings every year.

This year is almost over, and Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company alone has contributed more than 3 billion US dollars in revenue.

It is almost foreseeable that revenue will continue to expand next year as Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization will launch more products.

The third thing is other products in the arms trade: pressure cooker bombs, bulletproof vests, Type 53 rifles and bullets, etc.

From the current perspective, the sales of these products abroad are quite good, especially in the newly developed market in the Middle East by Ye Guangmin and his team, where the pressure cooker bombs are selling very well.

However, the better the pressure cooker bombs sell, the more we need to import raw materials such as copper and iron ore.

Fortunately, the Norinasun Mining Group in Australia and southern Africa can provide our country with a large amount of high-quality and low-cost copper, iron ore, oil, rare earths and other materials every year.

These materials are extremely precious raw materials. Once they enter our country, they will soon be manufactured and refined into various chemical products.

The fourth thing is about the sales of air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions, washing machines and other products abroad, which I will just briefly mention.

The peak sales period caused by the low-price strategy has almost passed. After all, the market is so small that it is impossible for the product to always be so popular.

"So we need to develop better products next, such as televisions. For color TVs, we must find ways to improve the clarity. This technology can be used in conjunction with the drone project, but the technologies of both parties cannot be completely identical."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"The drone's display needs to be smaller so it's easier for soldiers to carry. On the other hand, we also need to export it overseas, so we need a relatively low-end display product."

"Refrigerators and air conditioners need to be improved in all aspects, such as noise reduction. Most products on the market now make quite a lot of noise, especially when running at high power, the noise can exceed 40 decibels, which is too loud."

"Washing machines need to improve their technology by focusing on high-temperature sterilization and cleaning to ensure a cleaner wash. My idea is to combine this with computers to see if we can develop a numerical control model."

The leaders listened very carefully. Although these were technical matters, Zhao Mancang did not explain them in great detail, but they were still able to understand them.

On the other hand, Zhao Mancang also asked whether the sales of these home appliances can be expanded in China?
"No problem at all."

"Well, then, Leader, if home appliances are truly to be sold domestically and quantities are to be increased, then we need to consider providing sufficient electricity for residents."

Zhao Mancang's words immediately made the leaders frown.

This is a good thing, but electricity is not so easy to obtain. If you are in the south, many villages can get electricity through so-called hydropower stations.

The investment in building a hydropower station is relatively inexpensive, and the maintenance cost is also relatively low.

But in the north, except for the Xishan area which has abundant coal resources and can supply the surrounding thermal power plants, other places may not have the same.

Power generation is one big problem, and power transmission is another big problem.

Both aspects require technical support, otherwise everything is false.

"I think the Three Gorges Dam project is worth mentioning. Although it has been discussed many times, I think we should make full use of it."

In addition to this suggestion, Zhao Mancang also mentioned that the west also has abundant wind and solar resources, which can be utilized and then transported to the east. This is the famous West-to-East Power Transmission!
Starting from the domestic sales of home appliances, Zhao Mancang discussed two topics: the Three Gorges Dam and West-to-East Power Transmission.

These two major projects are large-scale projects with extremely far-reaching impacts. They must be handled with extreme caution and will definitely not be passed in just a few years.

However, when the leaders frowned and thought, Zhao Mancang knew that his suggestions had been taken into consideration.

As long as the leaders listen, that's a good thing.

Now that he had finished talking about all the above, he would have to talk about some intelligence he had recently encountered abroad, and then report it to his superiors.

This work report lasted three hours, which can be said to be the longest one.

After all, there were a lot of things to talk about, and the clerk's fingers were about to cramp because he could hardly remember them all.

None of the things Zhao Mancang talked about today were unimportant and had a huge impact.

After coming out of Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang drove directly home and did not go to Guozi Lane.

After arriving home, Lin Wan and her family were already preparing to eat. Coincidentally, her father-in-law and his family were over today, and everyone was very surprised and enthusiastic to see him back.

Especially children like Zhao Huijun, they were the most excited.

A group of children took down a lot of gifts from the car. These were bought by their fathers, and each child got quite a few.

Han Meimei's children, Lin Zhaohui, Lin Zhaoxi and others, also joined in and made a lot of noise.

Since Han Meimei married into the Lin family in 1960, she and Lin Kai have given birth to three children. The first child, Lin Zhaohui, was born in 1961 and is over three years old this year.

Lin Zhaoxi is a daughter, and the third child, Lin Zhaomei, is also a daughter. The latter was born in 1964 and is over one year old this year.

When there are many children in the house, it will naturally be lively.

Now the only daughter left who is not married is Lin Shuxian. She did not get into the five-year pilot middle school, so she only spent three years in high school.

In other words, she took the college entrance examination in July 1965, but as expected, she failed again, just like when she took the high school entrance examination.

She finally got into university in the college entrance examination in July 1966. The school was not in the capital. She applied to schools in the capital, but unfortunately none of them accepted her. Instead, she was accepted by a normal college in Jinling.

Zhao Mancang knew very well that his sister-in-law would only study for one year, and starting next year, she would not be able to continue studying in school.

So when Zhao Mancang was chatting with his father-in-law about these things during dinner tonight, he told Zhao Huijun and the other children that they would go to Jinling during the winter vacation to visit their aunt.

When the little kids heard this, they were so happy that they jumped up and down with joy.

It was truly beautiful. They all loved going out to play. After being coaxed by their father for a long time, they were finally able to determine the date and destination for their outing.

Yearning and expectation!
Lin Wan rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're telling them about this so early. What if they can't go when the time comes?"

"Impossible! When have I not fulfilled my promise?" Zhao Mancang chuckled and said, "No, there will be absolutely no problem. Don't worry."

Hearing their father's earnest assurance, Zhao Huijun and the other children cheered even louder.

After a lively night, the party was over quickly.

In the room, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan were being affectionate. She suddenly asked, "Did you hit me again? Why is it that after I gave birth to Siyu, it's been over a year now, and there's been no movement at all?"

"What do you want to move?"

"Nonsense, don't play dumb, I'm telling you, otherwise I'll bite you."

"You are a dog, so you bite when you say so?"

"Who told you to always bully me? Is it wrong for me to give birth to your child?"

Zhao Mancang was silenced by her point of view, but then he thought that many women in this era really don't care much about having children.

Because many women have very good physical fitness, many of them give birth to five, six, seven or eight children without any pressure at all.

In addition, children of this era are raised in a free-range environment and do not require any elaborate care, protection, or comfort.

There are not so many things to do.

Therefore, just have as many children as you want.

Thinking of this, Zhao Mancang suddenly remembered his previous life. It seemed that his parents in his previous life should be several years old now?

After this thought came to his mind, he wanted to go and see it very urgently.

Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to suppress his longing. It might not be appropriate to go and see her at this time, but it might not be inappropriate either.

Over the next few days, Lin Wan kept pestering him and wouldn't let him run away.

Because she wanted a child herself, she had already figured out when she ovulated, and she took care of her eating and drinking herself, trying not to let Zhao Mancang touch her, so that he wouldn't get away with it again.

For five or six consecutive days, Lin Wan was like an unsatisfied woman, wanting more.

Even someone as strong as Zhao Mancang was almost drained dry by her.

If Zhao Mancang had not escaped to the northwest in time, he might have been completely drained by her.

In the Northwest region, Xu Qinggong and his team have developed a new lithium battery. The weight of this lithium battery has not changed from the previous generation, but it can store more electricity.

Compared with the previous generation of lithium batteries, the power capacity has increased by about 30%.

This technology is already very good, but Zhao Mancang is still not very satisfied.

But there is no way. There are only so many talented people. Many technologies can only be developed slowly and there is no way to make a breakthrough all at once.

Another good news is that plasma displays have been developed.

It is indeed commendable that such a relatively thin display technology can be developed.

"Immediately optimize product technology and establish a production line. It's time to start related plans."

The emergence of plasma displays can completely surpass today's televisions in terms of picture clarity and other aspects.

In short, Zhao Mancang now wants to kill those TV giants and make them unable to get up again.

On the other hand, Zhao Mancang was keeping an eye on another research team that was developing liquid crystal displays.

Liquid crystal display is an active matrix liquid crystal display that uses thin film crystals. It mainly uses electric current to stimulate liquid crystal molecules to produce points, lines, and surfaces, which are combined with the back light tubes to form the picture.

Such a flat and ultra-thin display device is definitely a killer feature.

Now it depends on whether they can develop it faster.

After returning from the Northwest, Zhao Mancang headed straight to the south. In the end, he couldn't suppress his longing and wanted to visit the south.

Following the location in his memory, he found it.

The result is nothing, no need to ask.

It seems that this really is a parallel world, and it is impossible for two of him to exist at the same time.

Zhao Mancang gave up again and had to return to the capital.

Moscow in the north was in chaos at this time.

Because Zhao Mancang had previously stolen the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft from Harrier Air Force Base and came to Moscow to sell it.

As a result, after Brezhnev's substitution was discovered by Zhao Mancang, he directly seized the treasury of their central bank, causing heavy losses to Moscow.

The KGB was completely devastated, and Brezhnev wanted to grind Zhao Mancang to ashes.

After the incident was completely exposed, almost all the agents, mercenaries, killers, etc. from all over the world came here. It was because the newly appointed director of the SAM Intelligence Agency, Jared Vereker, offered a hidden reward of 20 million US dollars through the black market to find out who stole the Blackbird reconnaissance plane.

Twenty million US dollars is a huge sum of money. At Sam's Club, the average annual salary is less than ten thousand US dollars, and many people's salary is only seven or eight hundred or eight or nine hundred US dollars per month.

In an era like this, one can imagine the purchasing power of 20 million US dollars.

Many mercenaries, retired agents, killers, etc., all want to get a bonus of 20 million US dollars, then retire from the underworld completely and become a rich man.

Unfortunately, things are not that simple.

The number of people who died in Moscow as a whole was greater than in the previous decade.

Although it is impossible to count the exact number of deaths, there is no doubt that the death toll is definitely not small.

At least hundreds or thousands of people die every day.

The KGB agents were all crazy. They were hunting the enemy and were also being hunted.

Finally, many people calmed down. This was not a solution.

But someone was smart enough to go to Sam with a piece of evidence that was not evidence and contacted Sam's intelligence agency to redeem the bonus.

It’s no wonder that this guy is really smart. He actually managed to scam five million US dollars.

Even though he was fooled, he was very angry and started to cause trouble for Sam's Intelligence Agency. He disguised himself and broke into the agency's office and blew up their toilet.

My goodness, this really pissed off the intelligence agency: You are so shameless! Giving you five million US dollars is already a lot, do you really want twenty million US dollars?

Even if I give it to you, can you take it away?
Jared Verrick gave a death order to the intelligence agents, asking them to kill the Rose Mercenary Organization.

However, the Rose Mercenaries are not just there to do the work. When they decided to cause trouble for the Intelligence Agency, they had already made relevant preparations.

So after blowing up the toilet and feeding the Intelligence Agency shit, the Rose Mercenaries fled far away.

They disguised themselves and left Sam, then left from South America, and then used smuggling to come to Great Britain.

They then entered the European continent through other means, evaded all pursuers, and returned to their home in Scandinavia.

Now, they can really rest easy.

Because this place is rarely visited, they are very confident that when they came here, no one outside knew about it.

So they were not worried that this place would be discovered by people from Sam's Intelligence Agency.

However, a month later, Jared Vrerick, who was furious, found out that the Intelligence Agency had not found the Rose Mercenaries at all. He was so angry that he took out another 10 million US dollars and asked those black market people to help find this mercenary group.

As for Zhao Mancang, the instigator, he was marginalized.

It's a bit ironic and dramatic!

If Zhao Mancang knew about this, he would definitely laugh out loud.

In the blink of an eye, sixty-five years are about to pass. The capital city has been covered with heavy snow, and everything is wrapped in silver.

Zhao Mancang still stayed in the capital and was not in a hurry to go out.

The plasma display product has not been prepared yet. Anyway, this time, Zhao Mancang needs to build a large satellite.

First of all, we must accumulate more black and white televisions and color televisions and reduce their prices again when the New Year comes.

If we don’t lower the price, we won’t be able to sell many products.

In short, this time, black and white TVs must become a real floor price, and the same goes for color TVs. They can no longer dominate the market with high prices and remain high.

Once the price comes down, it will be half a year before plasma TVs will be available on the market.

After the two combined blows, Zhao Mancang no longer believed that giants such as General Electric, Pioneer Television, and Radio Corporation could still stand firm.

These products are originally produced in Sam's Club, and the local labor costs in Sam's Club are very high.

Just as Zhao Mancang was making his plans, in mid-December, Paramount Pictures' "Wushuang" was the first to land in theaters across the United States. On the first day of its release, it set a single-day box office record of 8.07 million US dollars, kicking off the New Year's box office.

Warner Bros., MGM, Disney, United Artists, Columbia, and other giants all went into a frenzy after hearing the news from the cinema giants.

Then the next day, newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Daily News reported the box office of the movie "Wushuang" on the front page.

The seven-digit box office record starting with eight ignited people's enthusiasm for watching movies.

In addition, Paramount has been marketing and promoting this movie for nearly two months, so almost everyone in the United States knows about this movie, and everyone is of course paying close attention to it.

Since so many people like to watch this movie and it is also promoted in newspapers, and now Christmas is coming soon, ordinary people have worked hard for a year and of course they all want to relax.

However, "Wushuang" is not a family movie after all, it is still a bit brain-burning.

The criminal group that prints counterfeit currency will not have a good end in the end.

"Wushuang" is also included in the movie, explaining to ordinary people how to distinguish existing counterfeit banknotes.

It’s not that there are no counterfeit US dollars, but there have always been people imitating them.

Especially the famous super US dollar in later generations, which is a special product produced by the Peninsula and circulated all over the world.

After nearly a week of release, the box office of "Wushuang" reached more than 50 million US dollars, less than 60 million US dollars.

This Thursday, 20th Century Fox's "Enter the Dragon" will also be released. Whether "Wushuang" can withstand the fierce "Enter the Dragon" will depend on its performance in the future.

The internal strife among the three giants is inevitable.

There are only so many popular seasons throughout the year, and a season like Christmas is naturally not to be missed.

So the two movies are only released one week apart. If they were released at the same time, it would be a disaster.

The movie "Enter the Dragon" was even more powerful. On the first day of its release, it directly broke the record of "Wushuang", with a single-day box office of 9.27 million US dollars.

And for four consecutive days, the daily box office has been rising, and on Saturday it even broke through eight digits, ending at 10.09 million.

In the first four days of the weekend, the box office of the movie "Enter the Dragon" reached more than 39 million, and its dominance was extremely strong.

"Wushuang" was suppressed so much that its single-day box office directly fell below 5 million, a drop of more than 36%. Of course, this is also a normal drop.

But whether it can achieve box office revenue of over 100 million US dollars depends on the results in the third and fourth weeks.

Especially on Thursday of the third week, Universal Pictures will release their box office record-breaking movie "Home Alone 2" from last year.

This movie is definitely a family-friendly one, especially perfect for the Christmas season.

Therefore, many people are looking forward to the box office results in the third week, especially giants such as Warner Bros., MGM, and Columbia.

They all wanted to know if they could still have a sip of the soup.
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