"I haven't calculated whether to lose money or not, and this is not the main concern of me, the important thing is the volume of shipments, with which we can maintain the operating capacity of the factory and the purchase of parts. Zhong Yuemin explained, "So that workers and suppliers will not abandon us." ”

Hearing this, Mike smiled widely, the problem of the lack of factory operation had begun to plague him recently, and the workers began to talk about it.

After a period of absence, Mike returned to his hometown of Detroit to open a Chinese kung fu school that taught local children Chinese kung fu for free, and Zhong Yuemin called him back earlier this year to reintake of the factory.

"Mike, how many people are there in the factory now?"

"Two thousand one hundred twenty-one, sir. ”

"Ok, to maintain this number, you can only reduce the number of people, and don't recruit in the last three years. Zhong Yuemin knocked on the table and commanded.

"Why?" Mike was puzzled, "with the current unit shipments, we simply can't meet the needs of the trade-in program." ”

"The trade-in program will increase gamma shipments, but the increment may not be so rosy. Zhong Yuemin said: "And I have built a new factory in Beijing, which will gradually replace the American computer factory in the future." ”

"Are we not doing well? Mike was shocked, and fell from the excitement he had just felt to the bottom.

"No, Mike, you're doing a good job, but the company needs a more reasonable cost. "In China, a well-trained worker earns less than $500 a year, and the price of labor in the United States is not competitive. ”

"But... But we can work harder! We can work overtime, sir!" Mike almost cried, "I called them back one by one, they can't live without work!"

"No, no, Mike, you don't have to be so upset, those workers aren't going to be laid off, I promise, never. Zhong Yuemin said solemnly, "On the contrary, they will be reused." ”

Mike looked at Zhong Yuemin in surprise, "What do you need us to do, sir?"

"You will work with the Innovation Lab to start the development of new products. Zhong Yuemin said with a smile, "In the future, all new product research and development will be carried out in the Pittsburgh factory, and large quantities will be handed over to the Beijing factory." ”

"New products?" Mike's eyes widened, "but as far as I know, the next generation of computers is still in development?"

"Smith, are you going to tell Mike?"

Smith, who had been picking up his notebook, raised his head, "Wow~ Boss, you are finally willing to reveal it to the outside world!"

All eyes were on Smith.

"Smith, don't sell it, you've spent nearly $200 million in the past few years, and if you don't come up with a cool enough product, I'll beat you up!" Johnn threatened.

"ELL, I don't think you'll have a chance!" Smith said confidently, "Our latest product is guaranteed to surprise you!"

"Then hurry up!" Jane couldn't stand Smith's stinking fart.

"Ok!" Smith pulled out one of his belongings from his bag, "Please be careful, this thing is worth tens of millions!"

"Huh?" Johnn was confused, "this is worth so much?"

"Of course, we spent a lot of money on research and development!" Smith handed the thing to Johnn, "he's going to be more than you think!"

"Wow! that's blowing me!" Johnn took the box disapprehantly.

The corners of Smith's mouth turned up, and he didn't argue.

Johnn opened the box and pulled out the machine inside: "Oh buy it, it's a mobile phone! How did you make it so small?"

"That's why it cost twenty million dollars!" Smith laughed, "and now you still think he's a piece of?"

"No! if it could talk, it would be revolutionary!" Johnn pulled out his Motorola "Big Brother", "Now it looks like my Motorola is a stupid big guy!"

Everyone in the conference room was amazed, and the mobile phone developed by Smith was almost half smaller than that of Big Brother, which is not only a matter of size, but also of the innovative technology contained in it.

"What's its name?" asked Jane.

"Eva. Zhong Yuemin said.

"What a cute name!" Jane liked the gadget even more, and was eager to snatch it from Johnn's hand.

Johnn lamented, "Why is it a girl?!"

"Because we already have WALL-E, how can we not have Eva?" Zhong Yuemin said, "Just like the robot WALL-E, you can think that in a sense, Eva will be an existence beyond WALL-E." ”

"Hat?!" everyone present exclaimed, if Zhong Yuemin hadn't said this, they would all think that the other party was crazy.

"Boss, are you serious?" Jian Xian couldn't help it, "Are you sure you're talking about a mobile phone, not some other super machine? I even doubt that this mobile phone can talk properly!"

"Of course you can!" Smith jumped, "As long as I'm in New York State, Eva can talk without barriers, and the quality of the call is far better than that of the big Motorola!"

"Oh, can we try it then?" Jane said, "Bring it, you should have more than this one Eva?"

Only then did Stephen understand Jane's thoughts, and took out another engineering machine from his bag, "Here you go, the phone number is 4687111." ”

Johnn didn't wait for Stephen to finish speaking, so he dialed out and ran outside the conference room to test the call signal.

"Didi Di ······" The phone rang in Jane's hand.

"Answer the phone!" Peter, who was sitting next to Jane, immediately urged, as if he was worried that he would hang up after a long time.

“hello？”

There was a greeting on the phone, a bit like a robot's voice, and if you listened closely, it was a bit like Johnn's voice.

"Hello, this is Jane, are you Johnn?"

"Yes, it's me. ”

"Where are you now?" asked Jane.

"On the balcony outside!" After a while, Johnn said, "I've arrived at the company gate····· I've already caught a taxi······"

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other with black lines, not knowing what kind of plane Johnn was doing.

"Do you blatantly go home and sleep?" Zhong Yuemin complained.

"Taozi, this machine is really powerful, just a moment of effort, a paper bowl is ready?" Yang Xiaoman looked at the sheets of paper turning into paper bowls, feeling extremely surprised.

"It's simple, it's not complicated at all, just be careful not to get the oil on the paper. Taozi carefully examined the paper bowl.

"How did you come up with it?" Yang Xiaoman said curiously.

"I didn't invent this thing, someone invented it eighty years ago. Taozi hurriedly explained, "I bought this machine from a merchant on Treasure Island, and because it was broken, he sold it half and gave it to me." ”

"Such a big machine, even if it is broken, it must cost a lot of money, right?"

"A thousand bucks. Taozi finally said the number.

"Where did you get so much money?" Yang Xiaoman was taken aback.

"It's all saved up for such a long time, and it was supposed to be used to apply for a temporary residence permit, but I didn't expect your father to confiscate the money. Taozi said, "I used all this money to buy this, and I still owe dozens of yuan to others, and I said that I would give it to him next time." ”

"Then what if you lose money when you buy this machine?"

Taozi said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Now in the coastal villages, many people buy a machine and open a workshop, and those illiterate peasants dare to take risks, how can I not dare?"

"But you ······ the money you've worked so hard to save."

"It's not a big deal, so many things have happened these times, I can figure it out, I don't have the life to make a lot of money, as long as it exceeds two thousand, I will definitely lose a lot of money. Taozi said: "Since this is the case, I am not afraid of losing, and I will get used to it if I start all over again." ”

"Don't be discouraged, it's all a natural disaster, and it won't be like this in the future!" Yang Xiaoman comforted: "Maybe with this machine, we can turn over!"

"I hope so. Taozi smiled, "But I found that I seem to have a bit of a talent in things, when did I start a machine repair company." ”

"Okay, when we make money, I'll invest in you and open a big machine repair company!" Yang Xiaoman said with a smile.

"Cheng, then I'll wait. Taozi said with a smile.

"Oh, this is really a good machine, like a cow that can spit out money!" Yang Laotian didn't know when to get out, patted the machine, and sighed.

"Dad, don't shoot blindly, break the machine. Yang Xiaoman stopped.

"No matter how expensive this machine is, can it be as expensive as your father?" Yang Laotian said dissatisfied.

"This machine is very expensive, this is Taozi bought it at a great price!" Yang Xiaoman argued: "We still rely on it to make money and return to our capital!"

"Yo, how much do those little paper bowls earn?" Yang Laotian was noncommittal.

"Who said it, a lot of people want to buy it!" Yang Xiaoman said unconvinced: "We used this bowl, and the business is very good, and now the vendors on the whole street are asking us to get the goods!"

"Really?" Yang Laotian was quite surprised and said with interest: "How much can one of you sell? How many can you sell in a day?"

"The big one is one dime nine, and the small one is one dime three. Yang Xiaoman blurted out, "We can sell hundreds of them a day!"

Yang Laotian thought in his heart, "This is really a money-spitting machine, can earn more than 100 yuan a day?

"Of course, it's also trouble-free!" Yang Xiaoman echoed.

Taozi hurriedly explained: "No, no, this machine has a loss fee, material cost, and electricity cost, and now I can't earn so much money a day." I calculated that if we could sell more than 1,500 a day, we would make money. ”

"Ah, fifteen hundred, how can this sell so much?" Yang Xiaoman was surprised.

"I'm also worried, I haven't been to the typing and copying shop much these days, and I'm going out to sell this. "I believe that as long as I run enough places, I will definitely be able to find more sales." ”

Yang Laotian suddenly interjected: "Is it better to leave this machine on all day and night?"

"Theoretically, this is the best thing for the machine, except for the necessary maintenance, to produce non-stop all the time. Taozi nodded, "But now I have to run around and can't keep looking at the machine, so I can only turn on the machine for a few hours a day, which wastes a lot of time." ”

"What can I do then?" Yang Xiaoman also became worried.

"Me!" Yang Laotian pointed to his nose, "I'm idle at home, I'm looking at the machine!"

"Dad, don't make trouble. Yang Xiaoman said disapprerovingly.

Yang Laotian was anxious, "Why did I make trouble? I'm such a big living person, can't I look at the machine?"

"Pull it down, tell me yourself, how many hours are you awake every day?" Yang Xiaoman said: "It's good not to find someone to look at you, you still look at the machine?!"

"I... I... I won't drink alcohol from today!" Yang Laotian was so frightened that he couldn't do anything, and gritted his teeth ruthlessly, "I will quit drinking from today!"

Yang Xiaoman was really surprised, Yang Laotian had never said anything about quitting alcohol before, even if it was a joke.

"Dad, you don't have a fever, do you?" Yang Xiaoman reached out to touch Yang Laotian's forehead.

Yang Laotian opened it, "What are you messing around?

"Dad, except that you can't drink alcohol except that you have a fever, I really can't think of any reason why you can make up your mind to quit!"

"Go!" Yang Laotian's face flushed.

"Oh!" Yang Xiaoman said suddenly: "I know, the sun must be coming out of the west!"

As he spoke, he hit the pergola with his hands and looked up at the sky.

"It's cloudy and there is no sun. Taozi said coldly.

"Then it's more likely that the sun came out of the west, hiding in the clouds and not daring to let people see it!" Yang Xiaoman exclaimed.

"Okay, don't say it!" Yang Laotian said with a cold face, "Isn't it just to get some money! Now that the rent has been taken away, and you don't give me money, can't I find a way to make money by myself?!"

"Okay, I'll let Taozi give you a high salary!" Yang Xiaoman smiled: "As long as you don't drink, anything can be done!"

Taozi said: "Uncle, it's great that you can come to help me, I tell you, I haven't dared to let go of takeaway recently, I'm afraid that production can't keep up, it would be great if you came to help me!"

"Well, that's what it sounds like!"

Yang Laotian flicked his sleeves and left, and Yang Xiaoman gave a thumbs up to Taozi.

······

"The Chinese kid returns, and the high-level of WALL-E has a closed-door meeting in the middle of the night"

"See how computer heroes deal with bad situations"

"WALL-E: A flash in the pan?

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Early the next morning after Zhong Yuemin returned to the company, the headlines on the front pages of various media were all about Wall-E, some were mysterious, some were deliberately terrifying, anyway, how the headlines attracted attention.

It seems that there is also some deliberate revenge on Zhong Yuemin to avoid Zhong Yuemin's interview, wanting to make him embarrassed.

However, the news of WALL-E's announcement of the press conference quickly made these media flock to Pittsburgh to get the latest news.

I want to see how Zhong Yuemin responds to the current situation.

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