Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 437 Loongson 01 (5000 words)
“I have this idea, what do you think is the best way to bring it up?” Li Song nodded.

Tian Jiahui felt that his boss's worries were a bit unnecessary.

After all, his boss wasn't just a capitalist; he was also a writer, and a well-known one at that.

However, since the boss is worried, then as subordinates, we should share the burden.

"Boss, what is Xinghui Technology's annual output?" Although Tian Jiahui was the general manager of Baisheng Company, he didn't know much about Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

"The production is about 50 aircraft per year."

"4 to 5 per month."

“Of course, if subsequent orders increase, then we can add more production lines,” Li Song said.

A production rate of 50 private jets per year is sufficient.

"Then we can start from this aspect, which requires the cooperation of Beduki Company."

"We have so many orders now, but our production capacity is limited. So if we want to get the planes sooner, we need to pay more money."

"Moreover, doing this will also drive away those fake orders," Tian Jiahui said.

"You should communicate with Bedouin Company about this matter first," Li Song nodded.

"Don't worry, boss, I'll take care of it in a bit."

"Boss, this is the document and personnel appointment from Yitong Food Co., Ltd."

"This is the information of Baicaotang Cosmetics Company, as well as personnel appointments."

"Boss, please take a look." Tian Jiahui took out relevant information from the two companies, as well as personnel appointments.

This is the cosmetics company and the instant noodle company, both of which have become independent subsidiaries of Yum! Brands.

In addition, several instant noodle factories invested in mainland China were also incorporated into Laiyitong Food Co., Ltd.

Instant noodles are just the beginning; there are various drinks to come.

Li Song glanced at it briefly, then signed it. Only after Li Song signed it was the subsidiary truly established.

"Old Tian, ​​go and set up two more technology companies."

"A technology company that mainly makes mobile phones and computers."

"The other company mainly does aerospace."

"Register all the relevant businesses!" Li Song said to Tian Jiahui after signing the papers.

Hearing his boss say that, Tian Jiahui asked with some confusion, "Is it aviation or aerospace?"

"It's aerospace, which involves rockets, satellites, and the like. Before long, we'll be moving into rocket launches, satellite operations, and so on."

"Both of these companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Parkson."

"As for what happens next, we'll talk about that later."

"The company that does aerospace is called Polaris Technology Company."

"The company that makes mobile phones and computers is called Honor Technology Company."

"Check if anyone has registered these two names. If they have, buy them!" Li Song explained.

"Yes, boss." Tian Jiahui's eyelids almost twitched.

The boss actually wants to develop rockets and launch satellites?
"Boss, this is the acquisition proposal for Land Rover and Jaguar."

"According to my information, the Volkswagen Group also wants to acquire Land Rover, as well as Jaguar."

"We might face competition then!" Tian Jiahui pulled out another document.

Li Song is acquiring Land Rover and Jaguar, but the process in London still needs to be followed.

In the West, procedures must be legal, and all necessary steps must be followed.

Li Song was not at all surprised by Volkswagen Group's involvement in this matter.

Volkswagen likes to acquire these brands; later, it acquired Bentley, Porsche, and others.

Germany boasts many luxury car brands, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, and Porsche.

BMW also acquired Rolls-Royce.

"Money that needs to be spent must be spent."

“Our car brand doesn’t have much brand recognition yet, and if we want to establish a presence in the mid-to-high-end car industry, it would be best to have a European brand.” Li Song knew, of course, that would cost more money.

“Yes!” Tian Jiahui nodded. Although this matter had been discussed with London long ago, going through the proper procedures was unavoidable.

It's unclear how long it will take to acquire these two brands.

Some acquisitions can even last a long time.

Although they had already established connections in London, and now Volkswagen has suddenly appeared, who knows what problems might arise?

However, Li Song is not in a hurry for the time being, because the car factory's current production capacity is mainly in minivans.

The main strategy is to use cost-effective minivans to penetrate the market.

"Boss, car manufacturers in Europe and America are condemning us for undercutting the car market with low prices."

"The Aramco Automobile Association has even publicly called on Aramco residents to buy cars made in Aramco."

"European car manufacturers are also calling on Europeans in the media to buy cars made in Europe."

"These people are clearly targeting us!"

"They turn a blind eye to Toyota's low-price strategy, but they call for a boycott of our low-price strategy," Tian Jiahui added.

"Let them talk!"

"They're just saying that!"

"The more they talk, the higher our profile becomes."

"Because of the 'Fat Bear' military exercises, the West will begin to engage in new cooperation with the mainland at the political level."

"Therefore, Western countries are unlikely to openly introduce policies to restrict BMW cars."

"That's why they've been making these appeals in the media lately."

"Our current automobile production capacity is already insufficient, so there's no need to compete with them on this issue."

"The BMW van was originally designed to disrupt their market."

"The real money is made from BMW's mid-to-high-end cars," Li Song explained.

Upon hearing this, Tian Jiahui suddenly realized: "No wonder these car associations and manufacturers have been saying this in the media since last week!"

"I thought they were going to use public opinion to push their government to introduce some restrictive policies!"

Li Song chuckled and said, "Let them talk. The more they talk, the more the public will know that our BMW cars offer great value for money."

“Yes, boss.” Tian Jiahui nodded.

"Keep an eye on things at the dock, but don't rush the construction too much."

"In addition, we need to build our own global logistics system. You should find someone to come up with a plan for that," Li Song added.

“Okay.” Tian Jiahui nodded. The Kwai Tsing pier was outsourced to a company in London. The design was done by the London company, and the construction was done by an engineering and construction company from the mainland.

However, the port design is not yet complete. The Kwai Tsing wharf will not be built in large quantities at once, but rather one by one.

Because building too much at once would require too much investment, and there isn't that much business to be done.

Once a port is established, it can raise funds from other places and generate a steady stream of business.

“Okay!” Tian Jiahui didn’t feel embarrassed at all, because he left these things to the professionals.

After lunch, Li Song went to Phoenix TV.

With Phoenix TV on track, Li Song no longer had to worry about it much.

Li Song, the editor of the magazine, doesn't need to worry much, because there are plenty of smart people there.

More and more people are submitting their work, especially novels.

Most of them are historical time-travel novels, mainly about historical power struggles.

Historical power struggles fall into two categories: the first is the time-traveling rebellion type, and the second is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, which involves passing the imperial examinations, becoming a high-ranking official, and restoring order.

However, Li Song set a bottom line for these novels: those who travel through time to the Qing Dynasty must rebel, and those who do not rebel will not be accepted. In addition, those who help foreigners become traitors will not be accepted.

It involves traversing history and combining history with martial arts.

Another genre is science fiction, which heavily utilizes some of the settings from interstellar mercenaries.

There are also some Western fantasy novels, but these are relatively niche.

"Boss!" Upon hearing the report from his subordinates that the boss had arrived, Liu Jiale hurried to Li Song's office.

"You go about your business," Li Song said, slowly shaking off Phoenix TV.

"Alright then." Liu Jiale went back to his own business after hearing Li Song's words.

Now, Li Song only watches Phoenix TV's work reports every month.

You don't have to do everything yourself like a boss.

Li Song also participated in some work at Phoenix TV, such as reviewing scripts or novels.

In other words, Liu Jiale thinks the script or novel is excellent or controversial.

Then it was delivered to the boss's office.

Li Song has read many bizarre scripts or novels.

On Thursday, October 1, 1981, the East began military exercises in North China.

The domestically produced projection lithography machine was announced to the public and passed the acceptance test by relevant national departments.

At the same time, it was announced that the 4-inch wafer production line had passed the acceptance inspection by relevant national departments.

They also announced their first RISC embedded chip, which passed the acceptance test by relevant national departments.

This chip is codenamed Loongson 01! Loongson 01 uses a 3-micron process and contains approximately 25000 transistors.

The 32-bit reduced instruction set is compatible with 16-bit systems and employs a three-stage pipeline architecture, resulting in 35% energy savings compared to an equivalent 32-bit system.

Historically, ARM's first chip, launched in 1985, also had these parameters.

It is precisely because of this low power consumption that this chip shines brightly in the mobile field!

Li Song also obtained a sample of this chip.

Then they offered a reward on a second-hand platform for someone to design a mobile phone or a computer based on this chip.

Based on this chip, a CNC machining center was designed.

A multi-core processor was designed based on this chip.

Based on this chip, communication satellites, positioning satellites, and meteorological satellites can be designed, including related ground-based receiving and processing systems.

Of course, the computers used in the ground receiving and processing system are computers made with this chip.

The computer requires a dual-core processor based on this chip.

In addition, it also ordered 8 global positioning satellites, 3 communication satellites, and 2 meteorological satellites.

We will also use this chip as a foundation to build a mobile communication system.

The total reward has reached $3 million!
Li Song thought it would require a lot of money, but it turned out to be just this little bit.

In reality, if we were to develop so many technologies based on this chip, it would be a real-world scenario.

In reality, even $300 billion wouldn't be enough.

The cost of a single satellite could easily reach several hundred million dollars.

But for secondhand platforms, this is nothing more than technology from a century ago.

Moreover, in reality, simply having money is not enough; you also need a lot of technical talent.

At this point in time, those who could design computers, mobile phones, and satellites were all top talents.

Even if Li Song had 300 billion US dollars, he wouldn't have that many people.

These things will take a month to prepare.

Li Song directly booked a 5000-ton container ship.

It was used to transport relevant technical data, as well as satellites and the 160 related technologies and physical objects offered in the previous bounty.

These materials are divided into two parts: a complete set of documents and a patent application.

Of course, these things like 160 are impossible to patent.

The freight costs and the 5000-ton container ship cost tens of millions of dollars. This 5000-ton container ship was converted from an old ship and used a gas turbine propulsion system salvaged from an Aramco warship.

If it weren't for the fear of scaring others, Li Song would have directly adopted a nuclear propulsion system on this old ship.

Li Song had a bold idea in his mind: to send the satellite directly into space in 2080 and then sign for it himself. He wondered if it would appear in space in that time and space.

We just couldn't do the experiment because it was too horrifying.

Monday, October 5, 1981.

Li Song returned to Guangzhou by private jet, and then the private jet took Zhao Niangzi to Shanghai to film a movie.

There was no one else on the private jet this time.

Ma Shengli and Section Chief Zhou pretended not to know anything about Li Song's private life.

Ma Shengli and Section Chief Zhou also received a task from their superiors: to find out Li Song's preferences when it comes to women.

"Mr. Ma, we need to prepare a container ship of this type for the 5th of next month."

"Just like last time!"

"At that time, this container ship will appear on the high seas." Li Song took out a document, which contained information about the 5000-ton container ship.

Upon hearing this, Ma Shengli's spirits lifted.

Ma Shengli was naturally aware of the previous transaction, and upon hearing this, he quickly replied, "No problem!"

In other words, registering the same container ship in mainland China.

We'll sail this container ship back to port on the high seas.

"I wonder if Mr. Li has any need for gold?" Ma Shengli asked again.

"Not for now." Li Song won't invest too much gold in the second-hand platform anymore, because he feels that the funds on the platform are already sufficient.

Once the relevant foundation is laid, the rest will be easy.

In the future, we will at most purchase from second-hand platforms for some key technologies.

The rest depends on the researchers in this world.

"As for the specific list of items, I'll give it to you in a while." Li Song did not bring out the relevant list of cargo ships along with the cargo ships.

“Okay!” Ma Shengli nodded.

“Mr. Li, this is some content that Amei discussed with her superiors. The superiors hope that Mr. Li can give some advice.” Ma Shengli took out a document.

"Uh?"

"I'm afraid this is a bit inappropriate!" Li Song did not reach out to take the documents.

“Mr. Li, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look!” Ma Shengli continued.

"Alright then!" Li Song picked up the documents and started reading.

Aramco's trade delegation arrived in mainland China last week.

Upon seeing the first item, Li Song asked in surprise, "Joining the GATT?"

This is the predecessor of the WTO, which was established in 1995. Its predecessor was the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

"Yes, this is rather sudden!" Ma Shengli nodded.

Should we join the GATT?

Of course I want to join!
However, joining now faces various problems, including cultural and financial shocks.

The West excels at cultural and financial shocks.

Look at what kind of films from mainland China have won awards at film festivals recently.

Why did Chang'an Film Studio fail later on?

They've fallen into a vicious cycle of wanting to win awards abroad, and they keep making movies that foreign judges like.

Even decades later, some people on the internet still cannot see the development of the East.

We need to compare the East with the rest of the world.

Every country has its downsides; no country is perfect.

Therefore, any participation now will be limited, especially in the cultural and financial sectors.

Moreover, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a set of rules for the game set by the West.

After joining, one is naturally subject to the other party's rules.

We're not afraid of joining the GATT; what we're afraid of is the double standards of those Western countries.

However, Li Song did not rush to express his opinion, but continued to observe.

Aramco demands that the East open its markets, and of course, Aramco's markets are also open to the East.

It mainly involves industrial manufacturing, aviation, shipbuilding, etc.

Li Song keenly realized that the other party's goal was aviation.

Because in terms of industrial manufacturing, the East is now no worse than America.

While there is still some distance to go in terms of shipbuilding technology, it is sufficient for our needs.

The current weakness is in aviation.

Although the Chang'an 201 has completed its maiden flight and passed acceptance testing, it will still take a long time to reach the production capacity required by Dongfang.

Therefore, in the short term, East Asia will still need to purchase some passenger planes from abroad.

So once these aircraft enter the Eastern market, they will squeeze out the market share of Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

Moreover, civil aviation passenger aircraft is a complex system, encompassing everything from pilot training to maintenance.

A commercial airliner is expected to last at least 20 years, meaning that pilot training and maintenance must be part of a system that lasts at least 20 years.

After Aramco Airlines entered the scene, it was like a nail in the coffin.

Moreover, once they've entered the market, they have many ways to continue seizing market share.

Just like those big Western companies, which did what they did in history.

In some Eastern countries, the headquarters of large Western companies employ mostly relatives of officials at certain levels.

Therefore, these large companies can easily obtain orders in certain regions.

Sometimes, just because your product is good doesn't mean others will use it.

If someone is willing, they can find countless excuses to purchase expensive and poor-quality products.

Can you believe that equipment bought for tens of millions of dollars will still be in its packaging box, still in the condition of spare parts, when it is scrapped?

So routers costing hundreds of thousands are child's play.

Li Song knew from this that Boeing was behind the scenes.

Similarly, if the car market were opened up, foreign cars would be able to sell like hotcakes in the mainland. Historically, which of the luxury car dealers in the East had a simple background?
Li Song suddenly realized something: he was also a foreign investor, wasn't he?
Then there was Dongfang's demand. When Li Song saw the requirements Dongfang made, he also gasped.

We want to buy American aircraft carriers, American most advanced destroyers and frigates, and American fighter jets.

"Tsk tsk!" Li Song certainly knew why they were asking for such a price.

(End of this chapter)