Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 288, Are You All Idiots? Competing Against Each Other, Experience the Life of a Capitalist
January 1, 1966, was New Year's Day. Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan were both on vacation at home. They did not go anywhere else, but just stayed at home, playing with their children and cooking.

It must be said that children are relatively easy to satisfy. Just a little surprise can make them happy all day long.

The New Year’s Day holiday is only one day, so of course it goes by quickly.

After the holiday, Zhao Mancang returned to normal work. Today he went to the Tamron factory for a meeting, mainly to understand the current product reserve situation.

"Xiao Xu, please report on your work progress over the past month."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wenrong began to report, mainly talking about the inventory and production status of home appliances such as air conditioners, in preparation for the huge shipment volume that may occur in the future.

While Zhao Mancang was busy with his work in Beijing, Paramount's "Wushuang" had already begun to be released overseas on Sam's side.

The movie "Wushuang" appeared in Great Britain, Gallic Europe, South America, Australia and Southeast Asia.

The movie is really good and the box office is also very good.

In order to further stimulate Sam's domestic film box office performance, Paramount also announced the overseas box office in newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal.

The propaganda methods of this era were relatively simple, unlike later generations, where anything could be done to boost box office sales.

What's more, after newspapers and media such as the New York Times and Post reported on the overseas box office, Sam's already weak domestic box office began to rise again, especially on Saturdays and Sundays, when the single-day box office once again exceeded 5 million US dollars, reaching 5.8 million.

Such a terrifying box office rebound also made other giants jealous.

By Christmas, "Wushuang" was already very close to the 100 million US dollar mark. Now with this stimulus, it has directly broken the 100 million US dollar mark.

The $100 million box office club, how many movies can break this mark now?

So no matter how you look at it, the movie "Wushuang" has made a huge profit, and Paramount can hold a celebration party.

On the other hand, "Home Alone 2", which was released close to Christmas, broke the record for box office revenue in the first four days of the weekend, reaching a box office revenue of million US dollars.

Since "Home Alone 2" is a family-friendly movie, it can be shown in theaters across the United States, and the number of theaters that opened it also broke records.

You have to know that this is a very competitive schedule and no one is willing to give way, not to mention that there are two popular movies, Paramount's "The Invincibles" and 20th Century Fox's "Enter the Dragon", in theaters now, but Universal Pictures can be so domineering.

Although "Home Alone 2" was released much later, by the beginning of January, after the first day of the New Year's Day holiday, the box office of this movie had already exceeded million yuan, and it was also the first of the three movies to do so.

And after breaking the 2 million mark, the box office of "Home Alone " did not weaken, but continued to advance bravely and rapidly, even Paramount and th Century Fox were stunned.

How could this "Home Alone 2" be so strong?
But that's the fact. When a family movie falls on a holiday, which little kid wouldn't want to watch it?

Not only did they watch it once, they also wanted to watch it a second and third time. Many parents couldn't persuade their children and could only buy tickets for their children and let them go to the cinema to watch movies.

For example, Monica Meyer and her husband Raven Albert were forced to go to the cinema three times to watch the movie because their children were so noisy. They watched it twice around Christmas and once on New Year's Day.

As a result, their children have learned some of the tricks used in "Home Alone 2" to play pranks on others.

This shows how popular the movie "Home Alone 2" is.

"Fuck, fuck, are you all idiots? Why haven't you come up with a solution after thinking about it for so long?"

In the conference room of the Warner Bros. Pictures headquarters office building, the roar of President Darren Campbell resounded.

The reason why he was so angry was that their major shareholder Jack had given him a death order that if he still could not produce a movie with a box office of over 100 million in 1966, he would have to resign.

Although Warner Bros. is a listed company and the president's resignation has a huge impact on the stock price, Jack has no other choice but to resort to this last resort.

I watched helplessly as Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures ate the profits. Throughout the year, they took away 90% of the movie box office.

Almost every company has several movies with box office revenue of over 100 million yuan. How could Jack tolerate this?

In contrast, Warner Bros. released a total of 17 films throughout the year of 1965, but only two of them grossed over 10 million yuan.

And the box office results are only over 10 million, not even in the tens of millions level. How can we compare with others?
It is not easy to shoot a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan. It requires the right time, place and people.

The entire conference room was silent, and everyone was looking down at their phones. Although they were not playing with their phones, after all, there were no mobile phones in that era, there was almost no light in their eyes.

During the darkest period of the film market, traffic to cinemas across the country dropped sharply.

If movie theaters want to make a profit, they can only rely on movies from Paramount and other three film companies, so the movie theater giants are all trying to please Paramount and other three companies.

As for the five Warner Bros. film studios, only Disney is doing slightly better.

Across the entire Sam Continent, the film market is a mixture of boom and depression. The siphon effect of phenomenal films is extremely obvious. Under such a siphon effect, other films simply have no room to survive and are doomed to fail upon release.

There really isn't a single film that could have survived, let alone fought its way out, between "Warriors," "Enter the Dragon," and "Home Alone 2."

The three films showed extremely strong dominance and were terrifying.

However, just before Christmas, just like the booming movie market, Wanjia Supermarket also made price adjustments for home appliances. After the prices were announced, families across the United States who had not yet purchased home appliances were instantly excited.

In Wanjia Supermarket, a black and white TV that originally cost $299 now only costs $199.

In addition, Wanjia Supermarket has also cooperated with the Hong Kong Island Development Bank, which can provide loans with very low interest rates. You only need to pay back US$10 per month, and it can be paid off in two years.

In other words, the monthly interest is only US$1.71, which is not much, and the total cost is only US$240. All in all, it is still a big profit.

Of course, Wanjia Supermarket did not lower the price so low all at once, but simply gave the interest profit to the Hong Kong Development Bank.

The so-called price drop from US$299 to US$199 is just a promotional slogan.

Even so, with the interest added, the prices have dropped a lot.

The original price of a color TV was US$799, but now it is not that much. If you take out a loan from the Island Development Bank, the price will drop directly to US$499.

The price is so low that it has confused TV giants such as General Electric.

The entire TV market has gone crazy. They simply cannot understand that if the price is so low, will there still be consumers buying their products?
Giants like General Electric are not pushovers either. They continue to increase their publicity efforts and use a strategy of praising and criticizing in newspapers.

It means trying to belittle a certain brand and then raise the value of your own brand, making it a high-end brand.

Moreover, some of their so-called economic analysts and other experts directly publicize in newspapers that the quality of a certain brand's products is very low, otherwise how could they sell them at such a high price?
But in fact, these have little effect at all, because consumers come for the low prices.

Wanjia Supermarket is a concentration of low-priced goods. Except for the two seasonal mushroom products, matsutake and truffles, the prices of other products are very affordable.

What's more, when giants like General Electric were promoting their products, Wanjia Supermarket was also unwilling to be outdone.

Anyway, the product quality is impeccable, there is a warranty period, and there are very well-arranged door-to-door delivery services, which is really thoughtful.

Other brands simply don’t have such services, so how can they win?
The war hasn't even begun, and giants like General Electric have already lost.

Looking at the plummeting sales, giants such as Pioneer Television, RCA, and General Electric were left in tears.

Originally, when Wanjia Supermarket put out the prices of 299 and 799, they had already wanted to kill it as soon as possible, but they never expected that they would do this again when Christmas was approaching and it was the end of the year.

What, do you really want them to die?
Whether to live or die has nothing to do with Wanjia Supermarket. The person in charge of Wanjia Supermarket does not care what these giants think. Anyway, if the enemy comes, the general will fight back, and if the water comes, the earth will cover it. If you fight with Wanjia Supermarket without bargaining, then you will die.

On New Year's Eve, Pioneer TV couldn't wait any longer and was the first to cut prices at Sears and other department stores.

They have no choice but to lower the price because they can no longer bear it.

If they don't lower the price, a very tragic end will be waiting for them.

Because their sales have hit rock bottom, only a handful of televisions were sold throughout Sam's Club during the Christmas season.

How embarrassing for them?

Of course they can't afford it, so they have to lower the price.

The price was cut in half, coming down to US$249. In addition to their own high-end brand strategy, even with the price dropped to this point, some consumers still bought it.

But the sales volume only exceeded 100, and the profit was almost gone. That’s it?
I originally wanted to make small profits but sell a lot, but now it seems that there is no way.

As for color TVs, they also had to lower prices, directly reducing them to the same price as Wanjia Supermarket. As a result, their sales volume actually increased a bit.

It's a pity that their methods are not smart enough. If they had lowered the prices even lower than Wanjia Supermarket, they might have been able to make a profit during the New Year's Day.

But at the same price, Wanjia Supermarket has a very large flow of people, while retail giants such as Sears and Macy's have very low traffic.

So as one thing rises and the other falls, the sales of Wanjia Supermarket continue to rise, while the sales of Pioneer TV are not as expected.

They were stunned. The entire senior management of Pioneer TV was completely confused.

What should I do next?
General Electric finally made a shocking decision with great decisiveness, and even reduced the price of their color TVs.

Four hundred and fifty-nine dollars!
After this price was announced, the entire market was in a sensation.

The newspapers were filled with ads for General Electric, covering entire pages.

All of a sudden, GE's television sales exploded.

Although the profit of color TV is very high, when the price has dropped to US$459, the profit is no longer much.

The capitalists behind the scenes hate Wanjia Supermarket, but what can they do?
The capital behind Wanjia Supermarket is not a pushover. With a reasonable competitive relationship, who dares to mess around?

If someone makes a stupid move first, then it will definitely be a big deal.

There are still many gangsters in this era of Sam, but no matter how powerful the gangs are, they dare not mess with the industries of billionaires.

For example, when Paramount, the Hollywood film giant, released movies like "Wushuang", would those so-called gangsters dare to take action?

No one dared to take action. Even though the movie "Wushuang" was likely to expose the ugly faces of some of their criminal groups, no one dared to take action.

Criminal groups that dare to print counterfeit money are generally the most ruthless people of the century, but these people don’t even have time to hide, so how could they show up on their own initiative?
Do you really think that departments like the SAM Intelligence Agency and the Federal Foreign Office are just there to do nothing?
It seems that everything is fair competition, but in fact it is not. Giants like General Electric have tried many different methods, but none of them worked.

Wanjia Supermarket is no pushover and is certainly able to cope with the attacks from its competitors.

Just one week after General Electric lowered the price of its color TVs to $459, and just as the wireless companies were about to start lowering prices, Wanjia Supermarket made another move without warning.

Three hundred and ninety-nine dollars!
The price of a color TV dropped to $399, a price that completely overwhelmed giants like General Electric.

That’s not how it works. If they do it this way, who can beat Wanjia Supermarket?
"Boss, I think they might be plotting something. They're going to keep lowering prices until we exit the color TV market and the factories stop producing. Then they'll raise prices."

In the conference room, someone proposed this conspiracy theory, which instantly made Kevin Arnold's eyes light up. It's true, maybe this is really possible.

So Kevin Arnold quickly informed his superiors of this conclusion, but they scoffed at it.

How can it be?

The price of color TVs is already very unreasonable. If Wanjia Supermarket raises prices in the future, it will definitely be a stupid move.

Because Wanjia Supermarket is synonymous with cheapness, if the price of color TVs increases in the future, companies like General Electric will definitely make a comeback.

Bah, they haven't lost yet, what the hell are they rolling in the dirt about?

In short, if Wanjia Supermarket really raises the price of color TVs, it will be in trouble.

If things go wrong, the good situation of Wanjia Supermarket will be ruined.

Today's TV market has long been a red ocean, not a blue ocean. When the competition is so fierce, who the hell dares to raise prices?

Most families already own a TV. If the price goes up at this time, who will buy these TVs?
However, this also reminds shareholders that perhaps behind Wanjia Supermarket's madness, it must have developed a new generation of products, otherwise it would be unlikely to do so.

But what product did they develop?

No one knows anyway!

The entire Sam's Club TV market was boiling again, and Wanjia Supermarket became famous overnight, gaining a huge reputation throughout the United States.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wanjia Supermarket expanded rapidly. In the month of Christmas alone, the number of their stores increased by more than 50, which was terrifying.

When the movie market was booming and the TV market was a red ocean on Sam's side, Zhao Mancang had already boarded a plane with Zhao Huijun and other children who were on winter vacation and headed south to Jinling.

Mario M6147 is already available among civil airliners, and this is all thanks to Zhao Mancang. Otherwise, current civil airliners would still be small planes like the Il-.

Although small planes like the Il-14 look more like private planes, they are not actually private planes. Such small planes make even more terrifying noises.

The Mario M6147 is a civil airliner that has undergone special noise reduction treatment and makes much less noise than the Il-.

In order to give the children a comfortable flying experience, Zhao Mancang also prepared a pair of noise-canceling headphones for each of them, but none of them wore them.

Because they seem to prefer listening to the noise, and they run around and make a lot of noise.

The plane took off from Beijing and headed straight to Shanghai.

After getting off the plane, the couple found a guesthouse near the Bund, rested for a while, and then took their children to the Bund for a stroll.

It is said that if you want to see China over the past century, you should come to Shanghai, and this is really true.

This place, Shanghai, has witnessed China's history over the past six months, especially the Bund area, which is full of Western-style buildings left over from the former concessions.

In the eyes of children like Zhao Huijun, these buildings are indeed beautiful and unique.

After two days of sightseeing in Shanghai, Zhao Mancang and his family took the children to Jinling to pick up Lin Shuxian who was studying there.

My sister-in-law was not used to studying here, especially after the end of October when it started to get cold, and she regretted it.

The cold in the south is like a magical attack. No matter how many quilts you cover yourself with, it will be useless.

The key point is that there is no large boiler for heating in the room, and there is no kang or anything like that. Lin Shuxian was freezing to death.

Zhao Mancang had no better solution to this problem and could only comfort her by telling her to keep warm.

After playing in Jinling for two days, they returned to Shanghai and then flew south to the small fishing village of Futian. After arriving here, the family went to Hong Kong Island.

For this trip, Zhao Mancang had already planned the route and wanted them to have fun.

Hong Kong Island in January is not as cold as Nanjing, but it is still quite cold when the sea breeze blows at 7 or 8 degrees Celsius.

"Dad, what is this place? It's so beautiful."

"This is the house I borrowed from a friend. I'm staying with them for a few days."

Zhao Mancang directly brought Lin Wan and the others to Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay. Construction began in 1959, and it was not until this moment that their family officially moved in.

Although it was just a 'temporary stay', it was still an eye-opener for Zhao Huijun and the others.

The wealthy life of the capitalists is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people. There are hired chefs, bodyguards, gardeners, etc., each of whom performs his or her duties and serves the owner of the manor well.

Although the owner of the manor was often not at home, none of them dared to act recklessly, because those who dared to regard themselves as the owner had already been cleaned out by the housekeeper.

The butler hired by Zhao Mancang was a graduate of the Royal College of Butlers of Great Britain. He had studied to become a butler and had served his previous employer for over a decade, making him both experienced and professional. He hadn't continued working there because the owner had died suddenly, and the remaining children were fighting fiercely over the family fortune, leaving him no longer able to continue as a butler.

With such a housekeeper managing the villa, and Zhao Mancang also investigating the housekeeper through a third-party agency, he is certainly not afraid that the other party will "take the villa manor for himself."

"Mancang, tell me honestly, is this the house you bought in Hong Kong Island?"

When going to bed at night, Lin Wan suddenly asked very seriously in the room.

Zhao Mancang didn't expect that she was so observant and was wondering how she discovered it.

"Why do you think so?"

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I know you definitely won't admit it."

Lin Wan sneered:
"Although I don't know where you got the money, if you're guilty of corruption and bribery, aren't you afraid of going to a labor camp?"

"No, are you so sure this is my house?"

Seeing that Zhao Mancang was still unwilling to admit it, Lin Wan became anxious and simply said:
"First, you said your friend lent it to you. Logically, since this is your first time bringing me and the child here, shouldn't your friend be here to greet us?"

After a pause, Lin Wan continued with wide eyes:
"Secondly, this house is so tidy, there's no sign anyone's ever lived there. Many places are empty, and there's almost no sign of life. It doesn't even feel like a guesthouse."

"If this were your friend's home, with such a large estate and such luxuriously decorated houses, he would have brought his family to live here, right? But you can't even see a woman's hair here."

"Third, the way the housekeepers and other servants look at you is very strange, as if you come here often. In short, this place doesn't seem like your friend's house, but more like your house."

After listening to her analysis, Zhao Mancang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that Lin Wan could be so smart.

This observation ability was indeed very meticulous. If he had not been well prepared, she would have seen through him.

Now it seems that he can still be fooled.

"Wan'er, you don't come to Hong Kong Island often, and you haven't come into contact with capitalists, so you don't understand the extravagant lifestyle of capitalists. I don't blame you."

Zhao Mancang said with a smile:
"Capitalists can do whatever they want. How could they own only one luxury home? Not to mention Hong Kong Island itself, they have many properties in Sam's Club, Tuao and other places, which are much larger than this one."

"Not only do they have private jets, yachts and other things that ordinary people can't even touch, they also have their own wineries and wine cellars. If it weren't so late, I would definitely take you to see what a luxury yacht is."

"Tomorrow, or in two days, if you like, I will take you on a yacht out to sea."

The next day, according to Lin Wan's request, they went out to sea for a trip. She didn't want to experience the life of a capitalist, she just wanted to prove that the house belonged to Zhao Mancang.

When they arrived at the nearby yacht dock, Lin Wan and the others exclaimed in surprise when they saw the luxurious yachts. The children were very happy, but Lin Wan couldn't believe it.

She had never expected that there was such a luxurious and huge yacht, like a mobile palace.

In fact, she had never seen the sea before, let alone such a yacht, so she was inevitably shocked.

For children like Xiao Baozi, Xiao Taozi, and Xiao Shitou, as long as they have something to play and something to eat and drink, they can be happy for a long time.

Lin Shuxian never thought that she would be able to experience such a life when traveling with her sister, brother-in-law and their family. It was really wonderful.

Fortunately, they were all prepared in advance, so no one got seasick.

This is certain. After all, Zhao Mancang's medical skills are not ordinary. It is his homework to prevent such situations from happening in advance.

"Dad, what can we play next?"

"You can go sea fishing, barbecue, swim, and there are sailor toys. There's plenty for you to play with."

Zhao Mancang smiled and asked the little kids to change into their swimsuits. Although it was winter, the temperature today was still suitable, around twelve degrees Celsius, and there was sunshine, so it was not that cold.

But even so, the children couldn't help but shiver when they heard about swimming.

"Forget about this. Let's try these activities next summer."

After taking a stroll on the yacht and taking a quick spin on the sea, Zhao Mancang and his friends went back.

It is too cold in winter and it is really not suitable to be outside in the cold wind.

There is an indoor swimming pool in the manor with adjustable temperature, so when the topic of swimming is mentioned, the children will go back to the manor to swim.

The indoor constant temperature swimming pool is indeed not very friendly to Zhao Huijun and others who are not good at landlubbing, but with a little learning and a few splashes, there is no problem.

And the water is very clean, so it’s okay to drink it.

Hong Kong Island's water source comes from the neighboring small fishing village of Futian. Otherwise, Hong Kong Island's own water source alone would not be enough to meet the daily water needs of millions of residents.

The water entering the swimming pool of Deep Water Bay Manor No. 66 is all drinking water and is very clean.

"Wow, Dad, you are so awesome! I want to learn from you too."

After Zhao Mancang demonstrated the swimming posture, the little kids standing on the shore cheered excitedly, especially Zhao Huijun. She was the oldest among the children and was even more eager to learn.

"Okay, okay, I'll teach you."

Zhao Mancang laughed, while on the other side Lin Wan had already changed her clothes, but she wrapped herself tightly with a bath towel, leaving only her toes and face exposed, and even her hands were wrapped up.

As for my sister-in-law Lin Shuxian, she didn't even change her swimsuit. She just sat aside and watched Zhao Mancang and the others play.

Both sisters Lin Wan and Lin Shuxian felt embarrassed, even though Zhao Mancang was the only adult male in the entire swimming pool, and the others were cleaning ladies. Even the bodyguards who could serve as lifeguards were kicked out.

The two sisters were still very embarrassed and did not dare to go swimming in their swimsuits.

Plus, they are not good at landlubbing, so they will not participate in it.

"Mom, aunt, please come down quickly."

Little Baozi and the other children splashed around in the shallow water to drink water, but when they stood up, they did not forget to greet the two adults on the shore.

After a long while, Lin Wan finally mustered up the courage to go into the water and start swimming. However, she was there to help take care of the children, not to play by herself.

Zhao Mancang was quite surprised to see her figure in a conservative swimsuit, because her figure was really good.

Even though the couple are an old married couple, this is Lin Wan's first time wearing a swimsuit, and she is determined to experience it tonight.

Even after I go back this time, I will definitely buy her a few sets of fashionable clothes.

After a long time, my sister-in-law reluctantly changed into her swimsuit and came to the swimming pool, but she was still splashing in the shallow water.

However, after a while, her cries were heard. Xiao Baozi and the others were calling their father to come and save them.

Zhao Mancang, who was teaching Xiao Taozi to swim, quickly asked the child to stand up and then rushed over.

By the time he rescued Lin Shuxian, she had already wrapped herself tightly around Zhao Mancang like an octopus.

Once a drowning person grabs a life-saving straw, he will definitely hold on to it desperately. Lin Shuxian perfectly explained this sentence at this moment.

Seeing her gasping for breath, Zhao Mancang patted her gently and asked her to stand up on her own, but she had not yet reacted.

Lin Wan had already come over and hugged her sister with some fear.

This scene made Zhao Mancang react.

It must be said that Lin Shuxian is only 20 years old this year. She is at the age of youth and beauty, with a good figure, similar to her sister. This is certainly very attractive to men.

Zhao Mancang is a normal man, but now he is tightly entangled by her. They are so close that they are just missing the final negative distance contact.

If there was no reaction, he wouldn't be a man.

Not to mention that Lin Wan also came over now, which directly filled up the buff.

However, Zhao Mancang reacted quickly and quickly blocked it with the bath towel held by Lin Wan, but he still saw Lin Shuxian's red ears.

Obviously my sister-in-law also reacted.

Fortunately, except for herself, Xiao Taozi and the others did not notice this scene, otherwise, Zhao Mancang would have been really embarrassed today.

After such a commotion, Lin Wan and Lin Shuxian didn't dare to swim anymore. On the contrary, Xiao Taozi and the others were not affected at all, but became even braver.

However, after playing for more than an hour, Zhao Mancang still let them go ashore.

It’s enough to have fun enough; there’s no need to have fun all at once.

Instead of having fun, problems might arise.

Swim in the morning and go shopping in the afternoon.

From Central to Causeway Bay, well, the business district of Causeway Bay hasn’t been fully developed yet, but it’s almost there.

There is a large plaza shopping mall at the tunnel entrance, where you can have a good stroll.

Hong Kong Island is not big, but there are many places to visit and play.

It's a pity that we came at the wrong time and couldn't see some tulips and other flowers. Otherwise, we could see the sea of ​​lavender and other flowers.

Of course, you can't see all these, but you can still see some marine animals, as well as the skyscrapers on Hong Kong Island and the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbour.

Just these were the scenery they had never seen before.

There is also the famous Peninsula Hotel afternoon tea, the roast goose from the neighboring Beixiangge Hotel, Typhoon Shelter fried crab, pineapple buns, silk stocking milk tea, egg waffles, clay pot rice and other delicacies that are not available in Beijing.

However, Zhao Huijun and the others had tasted some of the delicacies before, because Zhao Mancang brought them back through the system space, so when they saw these delicacies now, they couldn't move their legs.

A week later, Zhao Mancang said he wanted to go back to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, but Xiao Taozi and the others were not happy about it.

There are so many fun and delicious things in Hong Kong Island that they don’t want to leave at all. Staying here will bring them a lot of joy, but if they go back to Beijing, how can it be so comfortable?

However, they had no choice but to go back because the Spring Festival was approaching and Zhao Mancang and the others had to go back to celebrate it.

This year's New Year's Eve is on January 20th, so the Spring Festival is celebrated very early, much earlier than last year.

So they went back. When they arrived at the airport in Futian Fishing Village, Little Stone asked, "Dad, when will we come here again? I want to come again."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Huijun, Xiao Taozi, Xiao Baozi and the others also followed suit and wanted to come, even the little Zhao Siyu was the same.

As soon as several little brats started talking, Zhao Mancang suddenly felt overwhelmed.

In order to appease the little brats, he was about to agree, but Lin Wan spoke and scolded them. The children immediately became quails, looking at their father aggrievedly, and dared not say a word.

Zhao Mancang laughed secretly in his heart. It had to be his wife, otherwise who could have made these little brats so obedient?

We took off from the small fishing village of Futian and headed straight to Beijing. It was already afternoon when we landed.

Tomorrow is the 19th, which is the 28th day of the lunar year, but their house has not been cleaned yet and they haven’t prepared any New Year’s goods.

Therefore, that afternoon, Zhao Mancang drove Lin Wan into the city for a large shopping trip.

In fact, they also brought back some New Year's goods from Hong Kong Island, but not much. After all, there were so many children and they only had three adults, so naturally they couldn't carry more luggage.

The couple bought some New Year's goods and started decorating that night.

Fortunately, Zhang Dongyue brought Mei Chunyan and others to help with the general cleaning, which saved us a lot of trouble. Otherwise, Zhao Mancang and others would be very busy tomorrow.

After Xiao Taozi and the other little brats came back, they didn't keep quiet for a while. Led by Zhao Huijun, they ran around the streets.

The two big dogs, Dahei and Xiaohei, also acted as guards nearby, so no one bullied them.

These kids just go to their neighbors' houses to show off, otherwise they wouldn't want to go out in such cold weather.

Children from the neighborhood should not be too envious. Places like Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hong Kong Island are quite far away. Children nowadays have never been to these places.

Zhao Mancang did not stop these kids from showing off everywhere. After all, he was out having fun and could withstand investigation, so he was not afraid of them.

Besides, given his current status, who dares to say anything?
The Spring Festival is coming soon. Amid the sound of firecrackers and the laughter of children, the Spring Festival comes, but it also passes quickly.

Happy time passed by so inadvertently.

The happier you are, the faster time passes.

After the New Year, Zhao Mancang finally returned to work.

This year is 1966, and everything will be very different.

Tamron Factory is expanding its enrollment again, and the expansion rate this year will be even faster. At the same time, employees who have worked at Tamron Factory for more than one year will have the opportunity to apply for further studies at Jiaolong School.

Further studies?
When these two words appeared, many workers had a look of question marks on their faces?
But if you can study with pay, why not?
So many people were moved.

However, their original positions will be occupied by other newly recruited high school students. Anyway, these are replaceable jobs, so if they are replaced, they are replaced. It is more important to continue your studies.

Many people don’t know that Zhao Mancang is taking action, and the speed of the action is getting faster and faster.

In early February, in the conference room of Tenglong factory, Zhao Mancang presided over the meeting and Xu Wenrong was giving a work report.

Last January, the Tamron factory produced 100,000 black-and-white televisions and 120,000 color televisions, which were originally stored in the warehouse.

However, Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company sent an urgent telegram requesting an increase in orders.

In this way, all these products were shipped away and directly delivered to Sam's Club. After entering the market, they were quickly bought by consumers.

It can also be seen from here that the Sam's TV market in January was completely fierce.

But it's normal, because the price of color TVs in Wanjia Supermarket has been reduced to US$399.

This price is unbeatable and has fallen below the bottom line of capitalists' pursuit of profits. If other expenses such as advertising are taken into account, then if they continue to sell color TVs, they will be losing money.

Sam's labor costs are still relatively high, and they have invested huge costs in research and development. If they want to recover these costs, they have to raise prices.

In the past, each machine cost thousands of dollars, and they could still make a lot of money.

But now the price has dropped to three hundred and ninety-nine US dollars, which is really a life-threatening thing.

In the meantime, Pioneer Television and Radio Corporation were the first to withdraw from the color TV market.

There is no way to not withdraw. If you engage in a price war, you will never win.

Since the two companies couldn't make trouble in Sam's home country, they could only turn their attention to foreign markets, especially the European market.

As a result, they sadly discovered that Wanjia supermarkets were selling these home appliances in these markets.

How to do?
(End of this chapter)