Chapter 588 Preparation for the Electronic Age

In the past life, Yang Wendong was a half-fan of mainland football at first, but later he became too lazy to pay attention and was angry at its lack of competition;

But Yang Wendong absolutely does not believe that this is a problem of physical fitness. If he says that the Asian race is not as physically fit as the white and black people in Europe and the United States, it is barely convincing. After all, in many other events involving physical fitness, Asian countries do not have an advantage.

But there is no reason why they are still so weak in Asia. The Vietnamese monkeys are the same species, but they can't even beat this TM. It's a disgrace to Chinese civilization.
Nowadays, he is basically successful in terms of capital. In the future, the most he will earn is a little more or less. As a normal person, he also needs other challenging goals, so that life can be more interesting.

Football may be one of them. In the past life, many top tycoons in the mainland also set up their own teams. I guess they had the same idea as me.

"From the mainland? Quite a few people have come here in recent years, but it might be difficult to pick out those who know how to play football, right?" Bai Yujie suddenly asked.

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "It's a bit difficult, I can only say I'll try my best. Regardless of whether we can achieve results in international competitions or not, it's a good thing to help Hong Kong society improve its athletic ability. The greatest significance of sports is not competition, but fitness."

Even the slogan of the Olympics is like this, holding competitions is actually just to stimulate people to pursue goals;
Nowadays, too many people do not exercise much because of work. It may be okay now, but when computers appear in the future, I wonder how many people will stay in front of computers every day.

Various electronic products not only harm people's eyes, but also their health, even children's. Before there were too many electronic products, children would just go out and play, which was good for their eyes and physical health.

Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Yes, there really isn't much place to exercise in Hong Kong, especially in the towns. Even the roads are so congested that you can't even run.

Besides, exercise is only for the rich. Most ordinary people work every day and don’t even have time to sleep.”

"Every generation has its own sufferings." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "At least our generation doesn't have to worry about food and drink, but the previous generation didn't always have enough to eat every day. Our next generation can live better and have their own life.
The same is true for European and American societies and even Japanese societies. It takes several generations to succeed, and that’s actually considered good.”

In the past, many Internet users complained that they could not live as well as people in Europe and America who worked an 8-hour workday and had fewer holidays;

But this is the era we live in. In the 100 years of modern history of Chinese civilization, the first generation drove out foreign enemies, the second generation laid a solid foundation for development, the third generation developed the economy through reform and opening up, the fourth generation caught up with the world's advanced countries, and only after the fifth generation can we enjoy a better life;
In Hong Kong, due to special reasons, it started one or two generations earlier, which is actually quite good.

Besides, the ancestors of Europe and the United States were even more excited, such as the child chimney smokers in the UK during their peak period.

Bai Yushan asked again: "Brother Dong, didn't Trench make any requests? Did you just agree to it?"

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Not yet. I guess it's just a sudden discovery. Plus, my plan is not complete yet. I guess there will be some information later.

But we all know the rules. As long as he can get what he wants, there is no problem. It’s just fame. I will give it to him.”

When it comes to high-level officials, they usually pursue political achievements. If they ask for money, that would be too low. Therefore, the transaction between the two parties is absolutely not illegal.
Su Yiyi said: "It seems that all the governors of Hong Kong are like this. Robert Black was also like this before."

"Everyone has their own personal desires, and that's the truth." Yang Wendong said, "In fact, only people like this can climb to high positions. Hai Rui in ancient times only had the support of the emperor, otherwise he would never have been able to get promoted."

Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Yes, there has been a lot of corruption within the Changxing Group over the years. Relatively speaking, Trench is much better."

"They just don't like it, unless they want to retire." Yang Wendong added: "But if there is really such a requirement, it's not impossible. We can just cooperate legally."

Giving money directly is the lowest level of choice. It is obviously better to do it through a legal cooperation model.

This is the model of political donations in Europe and the United States. It can perfectly avoid legal issues. As long as corruption does not violate the law, there is no corruption. Even the president can grant amnesty before leaving office. Any criminal can be pardoned, with a clear price tag.
"Yeah." Su Yiyi didn't say anything more.

Yang Wendong said: "This is a small matter, wait for a reply later, but I will also build a separate sports venue for the children of politicians and businessmen. The safety will be improved, and the children of the Yang family will be able to play there in the future."

Although we don't have any royal or aristocratic lifestyle, safety is always a big issue. If you let your children go to ordinary places to play, it will be troublesome if they are discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

"That's good." Bai Yushan said with a smile.

Time quickly came to the end of July. On this day, when Yang Wendong just arrived at the office, he saw Wang Zhiqun, Liu Huayu and Lin Youqiang waiting for him at the door.

"Mr. Yang." Wang Zhiqun hurriedly stepped forward to greet his boss after seeing him coming. "There has been some progress on the calculator, so I brought Mr. Liu and Mr. Lin with me to report to you."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, come in."

After the four people entered, the assistant prepared hot tea for them. Yang Wendong asked, "Is the calculator test complete?"

Wang Zhiqun replied: “Yes, in the past two months, the United States has continuously produced nearly 1000 calculators, and I sent them all to Carrefour and arranged them at the checkout counter to do calculations with the abacus master;
After two months, we found six errors in total, and reported them to the US. Intel then revised the program based on the test results. Now there are basically no problems. We think it is time to expand the market. "Yang Wendong nodded and said, "The calculator is expensive. There is basically no market for it in Hong Kong. If we want to launch it in the US, we have to be cautious. If there is a problem, it will be troublesome."

In the era without the Internet, if electronic hardware products were sold and there were bugs, there was nothing that could be done. Even recalls were difficult because there were too many of them.

Previous electronic watches were also tested with great caution before they were released, but the watches only displayed time, and after a period of testing, there were no problems. Calculators, on the other hand, theoretically have trillions of mathematical calculations, and even with the help of Carrefour's people, it would be unlikely to complete sufficient testing.

Wang Zhiqun replied: "Mr. Yang, we have held a telephone conference with Intel and basically determined that 99.99% of the mathematical calculations are correct. The remaining small probability events are difficult to discover no matter how much testing is done. We can only know if they are discovered by chance when there are enough market users in the future."

"Well, okay, let's sell it on a small scale." Yang Wendong agreed.

Any responsible company will not think of asking customers to test their products, but in many cases, there is no way to achieve perfection during testing. Even for cars related to safety, many problems are discovered by users, and therefore all brands will have "recall" incidents;
The calculator does not involve security in any way, so the small probability of a bug problem will not have a big impact, so it should still be released.

At this time, Liu Huayu said: "Mr. Yang, I want to buy this first batch of calculators from Carrefour."

"You guys? Do you want all the cashiers at the checkout counter to use calculators?" Yang Wendong asked back.

The invention of the calculator is a blessing for people who have to calculate data for a long time, and cashiers are just that;

However, after about ten years, with the rapid development of the electronics industry and computers, there will be a cash register management system that is more perfect than the calculator.

"Yes, the tests during this period have proved that calculators are much faster than abacus, and any ordinary person can learn it in one minute." Liu Huayu added: "But there is a problem. Once calculators are used on a large scale, all the abacus masters in our company will be unemployed. This will have a huge impact."

There are still a lot of abacus masters in Carrefour. There needs to be an abacus master for every cash register, otherwise the queue may be blocked. Only the abacus master can calculate the result quickly.

Even if there are only a dozen abacus masters in a supermarket, there are nearly a thousand people in the dozens of supermarkets in Hong Kong. Carrefour spent a lot of effort to recruit these people. Anyone who can use an abacus quickly will be popular when looking for a job in Hong Kong.

"This is not difficult. We can just ask them to change their positions. After all, we don't need them anymore and we can't keep them for nothing." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "But I think we need a response mechanism within our group.

Nowadays, the electronics industry is developing very fast. Sooner or later, many traditional jobs will be replaced. If the number of people involved is large enough, what should we do? "

Calculators are just a small matter and only affect people who can do calculations. But if computers come out and become cheaper after a few years of development, it will have a huge impact on the entire society.

Wang Zhiqun also said: "Yes, once calculators become popular, not to mention Carrefour, even many actuaries in our factory will not be unemployed, but they will definitely not be needed in so many places."

There is also a lot of data inside large factories, which requires constant calculation to ensure that there are no problems with the data, such as warehouses and finances, so a lot of manpower is also needed;

Calculators cannot replace humans, but they can save human time, which, on the whole, will naturally save manpower.

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Make preparations internally. For those related to computing, you can try to transfer positions.

There will be more and more such incidents in the future. To avoid large-scale layoffs, given the speed of our group’s development, we should be able to keep up with the changes.”

Any technological change may lead to large-scale unemployment;
For example, the emergence of steam engines has caused many manual workers to lose their jobs, the emergence of cars has caused coachmen to lose their jobs, and the emergence of smart phones has caused digital cameras, MP3/4/5 to disappear.
Although theoretically many new jobs will be created, the most direct result is the unemployment of a large number of people.
A calculator would not have an impact on Changxing Group, but future computers might, so he needed to prepare early. He did not want to lay off employees when the company was growing rapidly, but he could not keep some people on the payroll for nothing.

"Okay." Liu Huayu agreed.

Wang Zhiqun said, "Mr. Yang, I will arrange for mass production. The first batch will be given to Carrefour and some commercial companies or factories in Hong Kong."

"Okay, this is better than an electronic watch, and it can be tested in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Previously, traditional electrical appliances were sold in the Hong Kong market before being released to overseas markets, and small batch tests were also possible. Even if problems arose, they could be easily dealt with locally.

Lin Youqi also said: "Mr. Yang, I have also prepared the channels in the United States. I have contacted some trading companies that provide materials to American high schools and universities. They will also purchase our calculators in appropriate quantities first."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your results." Yang Wendong said with satisfaction.

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(End of this chapter)

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