Chapter 268 Everyone Has His Own Ambitions

Expanding the production line is difficult to say and easy to say. It involves money. Before acquiring Wanyan Company, Fan Wubing ordered the company's senior management to make a detailed report on the materials needed for Wanyan Company to expand its production. The investigation has been carried out and has reached the specific implementation stage. Therefore, after the two parties formally decided to merge, this action has already been carried out. /

During the National Day holiday, after a month of construction, some production lines have been put into use. The current monthly output has exceeded 10,000 units, and efforts are continuing to reach an annual output of 600,000 units.

In the past, Wanyan Company's decoder boards were mainly imported from C Microsystems Company, and the quantity was not very large. After all, the number of two thousand units per month, even if the cost was two thousand yuan, was only about four million. What's more, that thing is not that expensive at all.

But now, because of Tianli Company, the decoder board has been self-produced and sold, and the cost has dropped sharply. However, Fan Wubing believes that the cooperation with Microsystems Company should not weaken. After all, this is a company that specializes in digital video compression and transmission. , a semiconductor solution supplier with great achievements in decompression technology.

Founded in 1988, c has been committed to the development and research of video digitization. The company has been recognized as a global supplier of MPEG digital semiconductor products for three consecutive years. Due to the company's achievements in the field of digital audio and video, it has been nominated for the Emmy Award, the entertainment industry's highest award.

In the following years, the company designed and developed many important digital video applications, including digital cable set-top boxes, satellite live broadcast set-top boxes, digital video recorder video products based on hard disk drives that can record dynamic video, broadcast video, etc.

Therefore, it is necessary for Fan Wubing to seize C and establish a closer relationship with him.

The relationship between Mr. Jiang and C needs to be familiar. Fan Wubing asked him to have a good discussion with Mr. Sun of C. He made it clear that Tianli Company is now providing low-priced decoding boards and hopes that both parties can achieve the necessary understanding on this issue.

I was a little surprised that Tianli Company developed the decoding board technology so quickly. After learning about Tianli Company’s technical foundation and research direction, I made a suggestion, which is to cooperate to establish a new research institution to jointly develop the video digitalization efforts.

Regarding this, Fan Wubing had a more positive attitude. He even had the idea of ​​acquiring Company C. Although Company C is now relatively small with only a few hundred employees, their development momentum is good. , you can see the clues of future achievements now.

Acquisition of Company C. It can be done for about $100 million. But some of the issues involved require some effort. Therefore, Fan Wubing sent his right-hand man, Davis. Go and negotiate with the senior management of Company C. I hope we can take the opportunity to discuss cooperation to facilitate this matter.

after the press conference.

Fan Wubing met alone with a guest from Fujian.

Most of the company's executives and employees. They have never seen this guest. The other person is just of short stature. It looks a bit mediocre. A middle-aged man with a fat belly. He always seems to have a smile on his face. He seems to be very approachable.

"Bro, I haven't seen you for many years!" The fat middle-aged man opened his arms with a smile. He said to Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing also said with some emotion. "Brother Qiu. It's been nearly ten years since we last met! It's not easy to see each other today!"

The visitor is Qiu Baohua. Some time ago. Fan Wubing once mentioned to Wang Shihan about disc piracy. Wang Shihan thinks production is easy. Selling is too much trouble. So I introduced Qiu Baohua to him. The two hit it off immediately. Preliminary cooperation has already begun.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Fan Wubing to hold a press conference in Shanghai, there were many celebrities and visitors. Qiu Baohua also took the opportunity to come to Shanghai. On the one hand, he visited Fan Wubing and reminisced about the past. On the other hand, he wanted to discuss with Wang Shihan in detail about strengthening cooperation. Completely monopolize the domestic optical disc market and make some necessary decisions.

"I've been in Fujian for two years, but I haven't come across anything good. I just got some tea leaves to keep and drink slowly." Qiu Baohua patted a paper bag he brought with him, which weighed about two kilograms. Said to Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing sniffed the tea and felt that the smell of the tea was fragrant and different from ordinary famous tea. He asked with some surprise, "Could it be the top-quality Dahongpao from Wuyi Mountain? This thing is very rare!"

Dahongpao grows in the middle of the rock wall of Jiulong Nest. The rock walls on both sides of the valley are towering. The sunshine is short and the temperature changes greatly. It is particularly clever. There is a long and narrow stone crevice on the rock wall, which collects the beautiful sweet spring and stone rust in the tea field. The Dahongpao tea trees survive in this environment due to the fertile soil, and are blessed with rain and dew to nourish their buds.

, the excellent raw materials of fresh leaves are regarded as natural.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a poor scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. He fell ill while passing by Wuyi Mountain. Fortunately, the old abbot of Tianxin Temple saw him and made him a bowl of tea, and he recovered. Later, the scholar won the first prize and returned to Jiulong Nest to see the tea trees. He saw three tall tea trees growing on the cliff, with lush branches and leaves, sprouting clusters of buds, shining purple-red in the sun. cute.

At the request of the number one scholar, the old abbot collected a box of tea and presented it to the emperor. When the queen suffered from abdominal pain and was bedridden, he offered the tea to the queen and she was relieved. The emperor was so happy that he gave a big red robe to the champion and asked him to go to Wuyi Mountain to reward him on his behalf. He put the red robe given by the emperor on the tea tree to show his favor.

Later, these three tea trees were called Dahongpao.

Qiu Baohua explained to Fan Wubing, "This is not the tea from the three trees, but it is from the same mountain. It is rare. Take your time to taste it when you have time."

After Fan Wubing thanked him, he said to Qiu Baohua, "In the early years, I thought it was a bit unsafe when you were involved in smuggling cultural relics, but looking at you now, you are living very comfortably. Are you no longer involved in that? "

Qiu Baohua smiled and said, "You brother don't know what to do. The risk of making a living is too high. Although the rewards are good, how can I be as profitable as what I am doing now? I have stopped doing those things a long time ago."

"What kind of business is your brother doing now?" Fan Wubing asked curiously.

"The things we make are quite miscellaneous, including gasoline, diesel, and some electrical appliances." Qiu Baohua said vaguely.

Well, where in Fujian can we get some gasoline and diesel? After hearing this, Fan Wubing immediately realized something. He looked at Qiu Baohua with some surprise and said, "Are you engaged in smuggling?"

Qiu Baohua shrugged and replied, "We used to engage in smuggling, but now we just have more targeted varieties."

"That thing is more risky, so be careful." Fan Wubing reminded.

The state has always cracked down on smuggling very severely. Fujian was one of the first provinces to reform and open up. When the country opened, some lawless elements colluded with overseas smuggling groups and engaged in smuggling.

In the early 1980s, after the anti-smuggling campaign was implemented in Guangdong, smuggling ships from Hong Kong and Macao moved north to the waters off Fujian. The smuggling ships off Dongsha Island in Lianjiang County varied in size, ranging from a few tons to dozens of tons or even more than a thousand tons, sometimes up to 200 tons. Multiple ships have formed many large-scale smuggled goods strongholds such as Jinjiang Shenhu, Fuqing Longtian, Changle Jinfeng, Lianjiangtou, etc. Many people from other provinces and cities have also rushed to these places to buy smuggled goods.

At its peak, more than 3,000 cars and more than 50,000 purchasing personnel came in and out of Changle Jinfeng to buy smuggled goods every day, which shows how rampant it was. While smuggling watches, televisions, cassette players, and chemical fiber cloths into China, large amounts of gold, silver, cultural relics, valuable Chinese medicinal materials, and other items are also smuggled out of the country. In addition, a small number of weak-willed cadres have also been swept away by the tide of opening up and economic trends, and have embarked on the path of no return of abusing power for personal gain and corruption and bending the law. These protective umbrellas have further encouraged the arrogance of smuggling and trafficking.

Smuggling in the 1990s was different from the petty smuggling in the 1980s. It required a full set of procedures such as customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, sales, payment of foreign exchange, issuing a series of value-added tax stamps, and obtaining a series of legal identity certificates. Therefore, if smugglers want to accomplish this, they must do everything possible to open channels and establish good relationships.

"We have established connections a long time ago, so it's not a big problem." Qiu Baohua replied with a smile.

Fan Wubing shook his head and said, "This matter is different from pirated optical discs. Pirated optical discs affect copyright, while smuggling affects national tax revenue. Boss Zhu is very powerful, be careful he catches you." Typical, it is good to have a backstage, but if the backstage is demolished, how can you live a good life? I advise you to take it out as soon as possible and start piracy business!"

"That's not all illegal. What's the difference?" Qiu Baohua shook his head disapprovingly.

"Of course it's different!" Fan Wubing immediately retorted, "The profit from piracy is also dozens of times higher, but if the pirate is caught, the things will be confiscated and the fine will be only tens of thousands. If the smuggler is imprisoned, Can you let it go so easily?"

Qiu Baohua thought for a while, and then said to Fan Wubing, "You have good intentions, and I understand it.

However, people in the world cannot help themselves. Now that I have gotten involved deeply, it has long been impossible to get out of this quagmire. Now I just hope to make more money and find a good future for my children. Well, they have all gone abroad to study now. If there is no need, I don't plan to let them come back. "

Fan Wubing sighed and said, "Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions. Let's not talk about this matter anymore. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

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