Chapter 37 Game Upgrades
"Lao Guan, you've gone too far!"
Guan Fei was reading the letter in the room, Zhang Shengguo didn't say hello, pushed open the door and walked in, crossed his waist and blew his beard and glared: "Do you know how many people have come over in the past two days?" Eight thousand! I don't say if there are so many dormitories for them to live in, and I don't say how much food it takes to feed so many people. ”
"I know that fortunately, all farms have begun to mobilize, temporarily preventing educated youths from working in the fields, and focusing on their ideological work, and the number of people coming has begun to decrease. Otherwise, I don't know how to end up if it continues! Guan Fei put down the letter depressedly, scratched his head and sighed.
He underestimated the thirst for knowledge, well, the thirst for a future life. He just opened an opening and brought them a glimmer of hope, and as a result, it caused a raging wave, and thousands of educated youths fled from the farms and production teams and rushed to the 291st Brigade.
The momentum was so strong that many people were caught off guard, and in a few farms closest to the border, the educated youth were almost all gone.
It's still close, and if you don't get the news, you're still on the way!
Guan Fei himself was also a little frightened by the scene in front of him, after all, he was not a person of this era, he just crossed over and ran over to join the People's Army, and he still knew little about the life of the educated youth, the psychology of the educated youth, and the pursuit of the educated youth.
Human beings' yearning for a better life can really burst into great power.
At first, he thought it would be nice to come over for one or two thousand, so that the teachers could teach during the day, not leave the classroom empty, and at the same time not too tired. In the evening, the soldiers of the army are carefully instructed to make full use of the time.
However, on the first day there were 3,000 people and the next day more than 5,000 people were received, and this number frightened him.
Fortunately, the farms took quick action and immediately locked up all the educated youths in their dormitories and forbade them to go out, and then began to do ideological work. On the other hand, the country also asked the 58104 unit to send people over to convey its dissatisfaction with the 291 brigade, saying that if it wants to do this again, it will set up a card on the border.
"I had to announce that the enrollment was full, and we stopped continuing to enroll." Guan Fei sighed and was forced to make this decision.
"There's one more on the way!" Zhang Shengguo didn't really oppose this decision, but he just felt that Guan Fei was in too much of a hurry. He reminded Guan Fei that although the farms reacted immediately after discovering that the educated youths had fled, there were still a group of educated youths who had already hit the road, but they did not arrive because of the long distance, and there might be two or three thousand more people arriving one after another.
In fact, they don't know exactly how many people will come.
"You can't push it out if it's coming! Thousands of dollars buy horse bones, and our posture must be Corporal Lixian, as long as more people don't rush over. ”
It's good to get through this year.
Guan Fei estimates that when the educated youth return to the city begins next year, it will be enough for them to have a headache by arranging so many people to work in China, and they will not have any opinions on his large-scale digging of the wall. Perhaps, I will thank him for being able to solve the employment problem of some people in China.
There was a figure at the door, and another person walked in, it was the newly elected Principal An.
After a period of time, the teachers got to know each other better, and then the heads of the junior high school, high school, and university department were elected, and an interim principal was elected at the same time.
President An was previously the vice president of South China University of Technology, with rich management experience, and was publicly elected as the president with the recognition of a group of teachers, and two teachers with management experience were selected to serve as vice presidents. Professor Li is an old and high-ranking professor, but he has no management experience, so he only holds the position of deputy director of the university department.
The administrators didn't care too much about whether they were elected or not, they were just happy that they were recognized by other educators.
In their opinion, this is going abroad to teach, and they will have to return to their original unit after three years. What the principal and department head are just temporary positions, not a big deal. The 291st Brigade gave them respect, liberated them from the heavy manual labor in the countryside, and restored their original salaries, and they were very grateful, but they were limited to doing their own work and teaching the students seriously and responsibly, and they did not have much sense of identity with the 291st Brigade.
"Brigadier Guan, there really can't accommodate too many people in the school. The dormitory that was built at the beginning could only accept 3,000 people, but now more than 8,000 people have come at once, and in order to accommodate them, ten people have to be squeezed into a four-person room! I can't live at all! As soon as he entered the door, he began to complain as soon as he saw Guan Fei.
"I asked the engineering battalion to change all the beds in the dormitory into shelf beds, and once the bunk beds are arranged, there will be more people living in a dormitory. At the same time, some new dormitories will be built, because some people may still be on the way, and we don't know the exact number......" Guan Fei smiled wryly.
"And!"
Principal An's voice suddenly rose, and he looked at Guan Fei blowing his beard and glaring, looking like he wanted to settle accounts with him but didn't dare.
"Brigade Commander Guan, are you using us as mules?" He held his breath and paused and said, "I have roughly touched the bottom of these educated youths, because they haven't touched books for many years, they have forgotten a lot of courses." Don't look at half of them are high school students, but it's hard to say whether they have junior high school knowledge or not! We have a total of 140 junior high school teachers, 8,000 people, and each teacher has to bring 58 students, which is too exhausting to do!
If there are two or three thousand, then I can only say: I can't teach!
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the teachers work hard and do a good job in the day class, what about the night school? How can they have the energy to teach the warriors? ”
Principal An has a very straight temperament, what do you have to say.
He is different from Professor Li, even though he has endured a lot of hardships in the countryside, he has never changed his personality. is still so hot, speaks straightforwardly, and never shows mercy, even in the face of Guan Fei.
Guan Fei was very polite to him and very patient: "Principal An, to be honest, seeing so many people's eager desire to study, you should be happy as a teacher......
"I'm happy! Of course I'm happy! But I'm glad that I can't become a teacher, this is an objective fact! Unless you find me hundreds of thousands of teachers, I will teach as many students as you recruit! Principal An stiffened his neck and said in a loud voice.
Why do you still go to find so many teachers, as soon as this enrollment incident comes out, China will definitely not give him another teacher, it would be good not to call back the invited group of teachers.
"There are so many people, and no matter how many people there are, I won't come out, so I can only try to improve the efficiency of staffing." Guan Fei thought for a while and said, "I think it's better to conduct a thorough test first, do a comprehensive test of the students' knowledge level, and then assign them to long-term classes and short-term improvement classes according to their level." All the teachers are not divided into university departments and high schools, and the personnel are uniformly dispatched to solve the immediate difficulties. ”
"Exams?"
Principal An pondered for a while and nodded: "It's for a thorough exam." They haven't touched a book for a few years, and they may not be able to remember a few percent. Pulling out the seedlings to promote higher level learning is not a good thing for them! That's a good idea! Brigade Commander Guan, if there is nothing else, then I will go down and arrange for the teachers to come up with questions. ”
"Principal Ann waits first!"
Guan Fei stopped him and said sincerely: "Principal An, the purpose of our education is to let students master the necessary knowledge, help students to use knowledge flexibly after graduation, and better serve work, study, and life, not to embarrass students."
I think it's best to be clear about the test center, don't find too many difficult and doubtful points, and have to knock students down. Rather, they must master this part of the knowledge, so that they can carry out more in-depth learning and improve the level of knowledge structure in the future.
For full-time long classes, it is good to teach more related knowledge to expand their thinking and expand their horizons. But now this group of students is too thin, and none of them may be able to pass the exam if they are too deep, which also does not meet our original intention of trying to understand their level and what class is more suitable for them to attend, do you think this is the case? ”
"I agree with what you said, I don't think that a good teacher is a good teacher if you fail the test. You can rest assured that we are all experienced teachers. However, appropriately arranging a small number of difficult questions in the test paper can also facilitate us to discover talents and give targeted training. We will consider Brigade Commander Guan's request, but the specific topic is set, and I hope Brigade Commander Guan will not interfere. Principal An did not accept all of Guan Fei's suggestions, but only said that he would consider them at his discretion and then left.
"Eight thousand people, it may be ten thousand students in the future, Lao Guan, your stall is too big! When they graduate, will the new city be built in time? Don't break your promise! Waiting for Principal An to leave, Zhang Shengguo was still frowning and said to Guan Fei.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, what is the hurry!" Guan Fei saw Principal An leaving, closed the door, and the person relaxed, threw himself directly on the bed, pilled his head on his hands, and said lazily, "Our fighters are the first, they are loyal to our collective, have a sense of collective honor, and are the main force we can rely on." In the future, they will be discharged from the army and work in the local area, and they will also be our staunch supporters. Therefore, it is our top priority to teach them and make them the future managers and backbone technical talents of the city. ”
"What about daytime teaching?" Zhang Shengguo asked.
"It's a big deal, just do all the big classes. Anyway, one sheep is herded, and ten sheep are also driven, all of which are made into a large class of dozens or hundreds of people, and the teacher will take care of it seriously if he has a sense of responsibility, and simply herd the sheep if he is not serious. The students who can read it are the ones who are really willing to learn, and we try our best to absorb them. If you can't learn it, you can at least be a worker, you can't be a scientist, someone has to do grassroots work. Guan Fei yawned and said lightly.
"Stayed up late again yesterday?"
Zhang Shengguo has no opinion on his arrangement, he is an assistant to help check and fill in the gaps. Guan Fei made a decision, and as long as it was beneficial to the collective, he never objected.
He was only worried that Guan Fei was too tired and his body couldn't bear it.
"Well, I'm reading Zhou Xiaoshan's letter, and then write him back." Guan Fei had nothing to hide from him, and said truthfully.
"What about faith?" Hearing that it was Zhou Xiaoshan's letter, Zhang Shengguo also asked with interest.
Guan Fei took out a letter from his pocket, and Zhang Shengguo stepped forward and snatched it away: "Hey, this letter is thick enough, Xiaoshan has grown up, and he can write such a long letter." ”
"It's grown, except for the occasional emotional touch, from the content of the letter, overall I feel like he's learned a lot. Xiaoshan has always been a smart kid, but he didn't have the opportunity to contact the outside world, and now that he is given the opportunity, he will surprise us when he grows up. Guan Fei commented.
Zhou Xiaoshan was his personal guard, and he naturally had nothing to say about his qualities in all aspects, and he didn't disappoint him when he was released.
"The order with the deposit has exceeded 64,000 units?" Zhang Shengguo looked at the letter and said excitedly.
This data is actually lagging behind, and it has been delayed for a few days on the road, and the real-time data must be higher than this number.
In the order, the Japanese distributor ordered 46,000 units.
According to the price set by Guan Fei in advance, the sales price in Hong Kong is 9,080 Hong Kong dollars, and the Japanese price is 424,000 yen, which is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars.
As a result, the amount of orders received in Japan for advance payments was 19.5 billion yen, or US$81 million, or HK$470 million.
However, the sea freight, terminal fees, customs duties, and half of the gross profit must be subject to business tax, and the actual profit is only 28.3 percent. So the actual profit is 5.5 billion yen, which is equivalent to 23 million US dollars, 130 million Hong Kong dollars.
These orders are prepaid with a 30% deposit, which is non-refundable, which is 40 million Hong Kong dollars in income.
It is understandable that sales in Japan are booming, Guan Fei has a large market and money, and it is surprising that 18,000 units were sold in Hong Kong.
According to Zhou Xiaoshan's explanation, some local sellers actually bought the arcade machines produced by Taiyu Technology and exported them to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. According to their feedback, the market reaction was quite strong.
European and American players are particularly fond of this kind of violent game, and it has been highly sought after since its launch.
According to the estimates of those second-class dealers, the European and American markets may reach a million units, far exceeding the Japanese market.
It's a pity that most of this money can't be earned by Taiyu Technology!
Since the establishment of a small supply chain led by Taiyu Technology, dozens of manufacturers have organized a salon-style membership organization, and relevant bosses have convened more than a dozen gatherings together to respond to increasingly hot market feedback.
Under the personal supervision of the boss, various manufacturers are desperately expanding their production capacity. After more than a month of expansion, the current monthly production capacity has reached 19,000 units, which is also more than the planned 18,000 units.
However, at this point, each company has basically squeezed out the potential, and it is unlikely that the short-term expansion of production capacity is possible. If you expand your plant, recruit more workers, and buy new production lines, you don't know how long this boom will last.
Manufacturers are afraid that the sales frenzy will end, and Taiyu Technology will not be able to come up with new products, so it will be miserable to take them, and the workers will have to pay their wages when they are idle, so don't spit out the little money they earned again.
Therefore, their response is to expand the number of members, recruit more than a dozen new manufacturers to join the supply chain, and expand the production capacity to 23,000 units, which is the limit.
It's really the limit.
The programming reader that Guan Fei left to Zhou Xiaoshan has a monthly production capacity of 18,000 data chips when he works ten hours a day. Now Zhou Xiaoshan has actually extended the time of burning the tablets to meet the production needs.
However, the machine cannot be used 24 hours a day, it also has the life of components, so that the long-term burning of the piece has greatly reduced the service life. Maybe in two or three months, it will be completely scrapped.
At that time, he will buy another batch of readers and send them to Guan Fei, and he will input the data.
According to this production capacity, even if there are no pirate manufacturers, the total annual sales volume will not exceed 280,000 units, and even the Japanese market cannot be satisfied.
"Then add this reader, didn't you bring back twelve? Enter all the data and send someone to Xiaoshan. In this way, the production capacity can be doubled again! Zhang Shengguo also saw this and said to Guan Fei hurriedly.
"It's possible to do this, but I'm afraid it's too late!" Guan Fei said helplessly, "The game console has spread to Europe and the United States, especially the American market, where the level of integrated circuits is much higher than that of Japan." Besides, the data chip I use is made by an American company. Japanese companies can't get the technical data of the chip, can't they get it? This arcade machine has become popular to a considerable extent, it can be said to be a big piece of fat, not to mention Japanese manufacturers, even European and American manufacturers are definitely salivating. I think in less than a month, the United States will take the lead in launching a pirated version of "Space Invaders". ”
"Then level up, didn't you say that you want to do an upgrade and add new game elements to make the game more attractive? With the new version of the game, players will definitely choose the new game over the old one, right? Zhang Shengguo was a little unwilling to be robbed of his money by American pirates, and tried to persuade Guan Fei.
"Once the key storage area of the chip is located, no matter how I change the password next time, people can directly erase the data in the area, and any key is equal to zero! Didn't I send sheep into the tiger's mouth? Before we didn't have our own chip manufacturing capabilities, we could only honestly make some hard-earned money, don't want to eat a big fat man in one bite.
Besides, even if we could take the whole market, how many hungry wolves would we incur in those places?
We can afford to offend Japan, they are economically big and politically weak, and if we earn their money, we will make it. America, you go and try it, it's okay to make a little money, you want to eat such a big piece of cake alone?
Kill you directly! ”
Guan Fei turned over and sat up, explaining the difference between the two markets to Zhang Shengguo little by little. In particular, they are not Japan, and the Americans do not need them to fight against the Soviet Union, so they will not bother cultivating them, let alone opening their markets to them.
It's okay to run in and eat something, but you also have to put up with piracy and snatching food from your plate.
"But the upgrade is still needed, and we have to take a bite in the American market and beat our brand out!" Guan Fei thought about it for a while and decided to start upgrading "Space Invaders" immediately.
He has already entered the relevant data, and the data chip has also brought back a batch, and he can start work immediately.
Since there is no need to expand production capacity, the 64,000 orders, totaling a deposit of 90 million Hong Kong dollars, can also be used for the construction of the 291 Brigade, leaving 30 million for Taiyu Technology.
Now he is very short of money.