The large-scale popularization of computers in China began in 1984. At the beginning of February this year, when Deng Lao participated in the 10-year scientific and technological achievements exhibition in Shanghai, he said that "the popularization of computers should start from dolls."

As a result, youth palaces, middle and primary schools with conditions across the country have begun to build computer classrooms. Many other units have also purchased computer equipment in this computer boom that has arisen in the whole society.

Naturally, the computer production company that benefited the most from this was the joint venture computer production company jointly established by Oriental Commercial and Huhai Computer Industry Company. With the technical support of Dongfang Electronics, the joint venture computer factory, named Huhai Changjiang Computer Company, has produced the Yangtze River No. 1, Yangtze River No. 2 and Changjiang No. 3 personal computers, which are compatible with ABC-1, ABC-2 and ABC-3, respectively.

Compared with the original ABC series computers imported directly from Hong Kong, the price of the Yangtze River series of domestic compatible computers is more than one-third cheaper. More importantly, the domestic compatible machine has achieved localization in many accessories, and the foreign exchange consumption is only equivalent to one-third of the import of the whole machine.

This is undoubtedly good news for the eighties, when there was a shortage of foreign exchange. Moreover, with the completion and operation of the deep-sea microelectronics wafer factory, the core components such as 6502CPU and memory chips required for the manufacture of Yangtze River No. 1 will soon be localized.

Although Aikang has discontinued the ABC-1 computer due to its low profit margins. But for China, the best option for universal computer adoption is still ABC-1. Because this model is cheap enough, the capital required to import one of the latest ABC-5 computers is enough to produce 20 Changjiang No. 1 compatible machines in China.

In the context of the national computer boom. Han Lixin, a well-informed journalist, is naturally no stranger to computers. Actually, a few years ago. China Central Television (CCTV) has purchased a batch of personal computers from abroad. But each one is guarded like a baby, if you want to get on the plane. It is also necessary to apply for a report in advance.

But now in this spacious and bright editing center, hundreds of neatly arranged display screens are placed at random at a glance. Under the illumination of the incandescent lamp, the silver-gray frame exuded a slight reflection, which gave Han Lixin and Tu Jun a very shocking visual impact.

"Isn't it shocking? It's the most modern office environment in the world! It is said that the Oriental Group has invested as much as $5 million in this news gathering and editing center!" the colleague explained with a smile, and then guided them through the crowded aisle towards a partition.

In fact, it can't be said to be a partition, but just a placement of some desks. The spacious office area forms a relatively independent area. This area is made up of about a dozen desks, five of which contain a computer on each.

On the two tables facing the aisle at the outermost, there are the logos of China Central Television, Hong Kong Asia Satellite TV and Hong Kong TVB. This time, Asia Satellite TV not only reached a cooperative broadcast agreement with its competitor TVB, but also reached a cooperative broadcast agreement with the domestic Central Television Station.

In the cooperation of the three stations, ATV occupies a dominant position and is responsible for the recording of television signals throughout the Olympic period. CCTV and TVB are only responsible for the commentary and commentary of the game broadcast by themselves.

During the Olympic Games, Asia Satellite TV will provide viewers with up to 8 hours of special programs every day. If it were only a team of 50 people from ATV in Los Angeles, it would not have been possible to complete such a large workload.

But ATV also has a partner to work with. It is the NBC broadcasting company in the United States, which is responsible for the main broadcast task of the Olympic Games. It belongs to the same owner as ATV, so ATV will use a lot of game signals provided by NBC.

"Old Jin, I haven't seen you for a few days, you have already learned to use high-tech equipment like computers?" Han Lixin walked behind a colleague who was staring at the display screen with full attention. He patted the other party on the shoulder and said.

The man named Lao Jin pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, turned his head and smiled at Han Lixin, "Those who are difficult will not, those who will not be difficult! Old Han, you can learn it when you have time, and there are people here who are responsible for teaching! And this computer is actually quite simple to operate. Just click the mouse, and even the words on the screen. It's all Chinese too!"

This time, Aikang Company has equipped this news gathering and editing center with the latest ABC-5 computers, and you can choose to enter the graphical operation interface after booting. With the adoption of a graphical operating system, mouse operation replaces command input, which is definitely a huge boon for computer beginners.

The security personnel of the Oriental Company can also install operating systems in various languages according to the different needs of everyone. Five or six computers in their small area have been replaced with Chinese versions of the operating system

"It's a pity that this Chinese input method is more difficult to learn, and just the root list requires a lot of energy! I can only type with one finger Zen now, and I can't type a few words in a minute! Like Xiao Ye, after they are used to using the computer, the number of words per minute can easily exceed more than a hundred words!" Old Jin shook his head and pointed to another young man next to him who was typing quickly.

The young man named Xiao Ye next to him also turned his head and smiled at the two of them when he heard Lao Jin say his name, and then continued to stare at the screen and browse the web. That Xiao Ye is a reporter for ATV, ATV has begun to implement computerized office as early as two years ago, and everyone uses computers very slippery.

Moreover, many of the teams in ATV's coverage of the Olympic Games also brought an ABC-P5 laptop, which made these domestic counterparts even more astonishing. You must know that the retail price of an ABC-P5 is as high as 45,000 Hong Kong dollars, and only the world's richest company does not spend money as money!

In fact, there is no specific allocation of office areas in the entire news gathering and editing center, and theoretically every desk is shared. But the total number of people sent by the three television stations to cover the Olympics was nearly 100. At almost any time, there will be no less than 10 people staying in the editing center, so everyone simply grabbed a small area in the corner.

In fact, TV stations with deep pockets such as the BBC in the UK and NHK in Japan. They all set up their own special studios in Los Angeles. Only those media with insufficient budgets will choose to squeeze into the news gathering and editing center provided by the Olympic Organizing Committee for free.

It's not that Asia Satellite TV is out of money. But Hong Kong only has a total of 5 million viewers, and it still needs to compete with TVB. The commercial advertising revenue that can be harvested from the entire Olympic broadcast is actually limited. Naturally, ATV's top management also has to be careful with their budgets, after all, they are also a commercial company that pursues profits.

At 4:15 p.m. on July 28, the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium, which can accommodate 92604, was full. President Ronald Reagan was there to announce the opening of the Games.

Although the United States has hosted two Winter Olympics and two Summer Olympics before, this is the first time that the president has personally attended the opening ceremony. Li Xuan and his family sat in a large, luxurious box, accompanied by his old friend, George W. Bush and his wife.

The Los Angeles Olympics were the first time that the People's Republic of China participated in the Olympic Games since it resumed its legal seat at the International Olympic Committee. Li Xuan naturally did not want to miss this moment of witnessing history. And he has already prepared the ticket for tomorrow's shooting competition, ready to witness Xu Haifeng shoot down for China. The first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Of course, for Americans, in addition to the Los Angeles Olympics, there is one more very important thing this year, and that is the presidential election. The quadrennial presidential election in the United States will be voted in early November, and now is the time for the official candidates of both parties to make a final all-out sprint.

But because Donald Reagan managed to lead the U.S. economy out of a decade-long period of stagflation, his approval ratings were almost overwhelmingly ahead. Democratic candidate Walter Mondale. In fact, from the candidate put forward by the Democratic Party, it can be seen that even the Democratic Party itself does not have much confidence in the face of the growing prestige of Reagan.

Walter Mundell was Carter's vice president during his presidency. He and Carter won re-election before losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980. Not to mention Reagan's coercion this time. The beautiful economic report card of the past four years is here!

In major polls in the United States, Reagan's re-election approval rating is as high as 60%, while Mondale's approval rating is only 35%. So as long as there are no surprises. Reagan's successful re-election can be said to be a sure thing.

This is also good news for Li Xuan, because he has always been. The two pairs of Reagan and Bush have invested in blood. In particular, under Li Xuan's deliberate envelopment, his relationship with the Bush family has become very close.

Bush Sr.'s youngest son, Marvin Bush. He worked for the computer park company. The eldest son, George W. Bush, has just acquired the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB) with the financial support of Li Xuan.

Although the MLB is only halfway through the regular season this season, the Rangers' poor performance is already certain that it will miss the playoffs for five consecutive years. Faced with such a bad performance of the team, George W. Bush entered the house with the cheque book of the world's richest man, and immediately won the support of most Dallas fans.

The status of sports in the lives of Americans is unimaginable to the Chinese people! Although the Texas Rangers are just like that this season, the whole of Dallas is full of expectations for the Rangers' performance next season. Even the new manager of the team, with George W. Bush, has gained great prestige.

This time, George W. Bush appeared on the pages of major Texas media, and the prefix of his title was no longer "the vice president's son" but "the new manager of the Rangers." It can be said that George W. Bush completely got what he wanted before, and finally let himself out of his father's shadow.

This is definitely a very important step for George W. Bush, who is interested in realizing his ambitions. If he has been in the shadow of the vice president's father, no matter how good he is, others will inevitably bring colored glasses to judge him.

For example, in this purchase of the Rangers, many media also believe that Li Xuan invited Bush Jr. to serve as the general manager of the ball group for the sake of the vice president's face. There are even people with bad intentions who directly attack Li Xuan and the Bush family for storing ulterior money and power transactions.

In fact, these people are not wrong at all, but without conclusive evidence, it is impossible to bring down the world's richest man and the vice president of the United States. When Bush Sr. was asked by a reporter about this issue, he didn't even need to explain too much, but only said that it was a political enemy pouring sewage on him.

George W. Bush had little interest in the Olympics and flew from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles to report to his big boss on the Rangers' plans for next season. Although the season is still three months away, the Rangers have already focused on next season.

If you want to improve your performance quickly, most of these fish belly players in the current team are not in Bush's future plans. He was ready to wave a check and form a new golden line for the Rangers, but this would definitely require the support of Li Xuan, the big boss!

Li Xuan is not familiar with MLB in the 80s, and if Bush Jr. buys the Dallas Mavericks, he can still have some opinions on this year's draft. You must know that Jordan, Olajuwon, Barkley, Stockton, these Hall of Fame players, are all rookies this year!

In fact, Li Xuan is more concerned with another piece of news that George W. Bush revealed to him, that he intends to run in the midterm election in two years' time.

"What is the position of land commissioner?" Li Xuan asked with some curiosity, this is the position that Bush Jr. is preparing to run for in the future, but Li Xuan has never heard of it.

"The position of land commissioner, though not well-known, is one of the most influential positions in the state government, and he is responsible for managing the vast expanse of land and the abundant oil, gas and mineral resources owned by the entire Texas government, as well as the 'Texas Permanent Schools Fund,'" Bush explained.

Li Xuan immediately understood the power of this position, Texas is not like Nevada, the land is a desert, and what is buried under it is black gold-oil. If George W. Bush were to run for the office, he would almost immediately have the support of all the Texas oil and real estate tycoons.

In fact, Texas was originally the nest of the Bush family, and most of the oil tycoons and real estate tycoons were also die-hard supporters of Bush Sr. But they support Bush Sr. in running for vice president, and even in the future.

But that doesn't mean they have to support Bush Sr.'s son, and Bush Jr. will only be able to get the venture capital of these tycoons if he shows his worth. The "Texas Permanent School Fund" is an even more remarkable organization! Li Xuan, under the guidance of George W. Bush, once donated a check for $500,000 to this fund. (To be continued......)