1991 Starting from the core

The square-headed Mercedes-Benz 190 was speeding on the highway from New York to Philadelphia.

The driver was Chen Haoming, who studied abroad at T University. Although he was one year older than Xi Xiaoding, he was Xi Xiaoding’s junior fellow student. His mentor was George Zoe. Sitting in the co-pilot is his girlfriend Qin Si, who studied abroad from F University's School of Economics and Business. She has just graduated from the Wharton School with a master's degree and is working in an investment company.

Su Yuanshan sat in the back row on the left side by the window, Xi Xiaoding sat in the middle, and Yang Yiwen sat on the right.

"Is Xiaoshan motion sickness?" Qin Si turned around to chat with Xi Xiaoding, but saw that Su Yuanshan's face turned pale.

"No..." Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and said with a wry smile: "I feel a little dizzy when the car drives too fast. It'll be fine if you slow down."

Xi Xiaoding glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "Haoming, drive slower, you're already 100 miles away."

"Okay." Chen Haoming slowed down.

Su Yuanshan took a long breath and his face gradually returned to normal. He knew that he was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. It would take him some time to overcome it - this 100 miles was only 160 kilometers per hour. On a small highway, it can go up with just a kick of gas.

Su Yuanshan calmed down and started chatting, and the atmosphere in the car immediately became lively. As Qin Weimin said, compared to Xi Xiaoding, he is much more down-to-earth. Xi Xiaoding looks aloof, but in fact once you get to know him, you know that this guy is essentially a boring gourd.

Originally, Yang Yiwen was a master of hot spots, but facing unfamiliar people, especially two international students from Ivy League schools, Yang Yiwen, who graduated with a bachelor's degree, always felt a little awkward, so she inevitably became more reserved and ladylike.

After entering Philadelphia, they simply had a meal and went to where Xi Xiaoding lived to pack his things. Su Yuanshan and Yang Yiwen returned to the hotel to rest, while Xi Xiaoding went back to meet his mentor.

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"Is this jet lag?" Yang Yiwen walked into Su Yuanshan's room, yawning and looking uncomfortable. She slept off and on for a while on the plane, and now she wanted to sleep again, her mind was so clear again.

Su Yuanshan was reading a book. When he heard this, he raised his head and said with a smile, "It's almost the same. The time difference between Philadelphia and China is exactly 12 hours. It's ten o'clock in the morning now."

"A little irritable." Yang Yiwen supported the door frame: "Should we go to Las Vegas early tomorrow morning? Or go to New York to get the patent?"

"No need, I'll be jet-lagged tomorrow, contact the patent attorney the day after tomorrow, and then go to Vegas."

"Okay...then I'll go back to the house and lie down, it's so annoying."

After watching Yang Yiwen leave, Su Yuanshan locked the door and walked to the window sill.

As the fourth largest city at this time, it goes without saying that Philadelphia is prosperous. It is close to New York and has been the capital in history. It also has Ivy League schools like the University of Pennsylvania. The Wharton School where Qin Si studied is known as the birthplace of the modern MBA. No matter where you look at it, it is a place that young people with aspirations yearn for.

But Xi Xiaoding abandoned this place without hesitation - he was a lazy man. Even if he applied for a position at IBM, he chose to work in Philadelphia. But now, he went to the University of Pennsylvania to find someone to help build a small workstation to facilitate Yuanxin's demonstration at the Vegas exhibition.

Thinking of his father's instructions, Su Yuanshan shook his head and smiled. He had never forgotten to prepare shares for Yuanxin's technical backbone. It's just that the several stalls of Yuanxin are now large stalls. If you want to give shares, you have to give them to the smaller stalls in the back, or you can wait until the structure of Yuanxin is adjusted.

After all, a lot of money will be spent starting next year, and Su Yuanshan does not want to cause unnecessary trouble due to equity dilution.

Moreover, Su Yuanshan was not an expert in playing capital, so he had to find a professional to help him. Qin Si was pretty good this afternoon. Xi Xiaoding gave him a look in the car. But according to Qin Si, she is currently doing a good job in an investment company and has just found fun.

After standing for a while, Su Yuanshan went back to the bed and lay down, picked up the book and read a few pages, and soon fell asleep.

The next day, Xi Xiaoding just made a phone call and they didn't meet each other. Su Yuanshan and Yang Yiwen went downstairs for a casual stroll. I went to Chinatown in the city center and took a look, and found that apart from the fact that there were more yellow-skinned people and some Chinese signboards, there was no hint of domestic flavor, let alone the "hometown" flavor.

Xi Xiaoding came to the hotel in the evening and told Su Yuanshan that the workstation had been completed and sent to Vegas via air express. At the same time, Su Yuanshan was also told that Chen Haoming and Qin Si had agreed to go to Las Vegas together.

On the third day, the five of them went to New York together, handed over the patent to the agent and set off directly from New York to Las Vegas.

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Since Yuanxin was "acting alone" this time, it took a lot of effort to get to the venue - Las Vegas itself is a tourist city. Just taking a taxi was extremely troublesome, but Chen Haoming had an idea and went to a car rental company to rent a Golf, which solved his urgent need.

The scale of this World Distributors Conference, known as COMDEX'91, is huge. There are a total of six venues, with more than 1,700 companies and merchants participating, and the exhibition area is close to 200,000 square meters. The main venue is located at the Las Vegas International Convention and Exhibition Center, where most of the heavyweight local companies are gathered. For example, IBM, Apple, Motorola, etc.

Yuanxin's booth is located in a not-so-secure but not conspicuous location in the Sands Convention and Exhibition Center. Since the organizer has prepared the booth in advance, each merchant only needs to bring out their products and does not need additional decoration. This is also a good idea for coming from A small preferential treatment for businesses in those remote countries.

After all, it has been 91 years, and the second version of the "Semiconductor Agreement" with Ni Country has been signed... It is the time when Stars and Stripes is proud and takes this opportunity to announce that "Stars and Stripes' semiconductor industry has stood up from now on." , If you don't look good, how can you be worthy of the atmosphere of all nations coming to Korea?

"We don't seem to be very popular here." Yang Yiwen looked around and saw people of all colors in the surrounding booths.

"Then you have to be mentally prepared. There may be only one stallkeeper in our family tomorrow." Su Yuanshan quickly connected the power supply and monitor, turned on the switch and waited for the system to start.

"Why?"

"Because there is an opening ceremony at the main venue tomorrow, and it is said that Apple is coming directly to make a good start." Chen Haoming answered for Su Yuanshan. He has lived here for a long time and has been paying attention to this exhibition. He knows that the Stars and Stripes Kingdom is determined to " Promote the prestige of our country."

"What about us?"

"Let's just set up the stall slowly. Don't miss it if you pass by." Seeing that the system started smoothly, Su Yuanshan let out a long breath. He turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, if I were you, I would be ready to think about how we can open an independent branch here or a joint branch here at the lowest cost and tax rate."

Su Yuanshan said and looked at Qin Si again: "Sister Qin Si, how about you help me think about it?"

Qin Si always thought that she was just here to join in the fun and was distracted. When she heard this, she was startled: "What are you thinking about?"

"How can we avoid policies and tariffs... and establish a software sales and service company here?" Su Yuanshan spread his hands and looked helpless: "I really don't know anything about these."

Su Yuanshan didn't lie.

There was no paid software exported from China to this place in his memory, and he was really confused.

But he was not confused about one thing.

News has a long way to go. So not only was he not confused, but he was also not empty-headed.

[Recommendation ticket]

You can search for the report on the 1991 exhibition. It was written by Yu Wanyuan from the Computer Department of the Ministry of Mechanical and Electronics. When I read the report, I felt like traveling through time and space. We can also see the mentality of our grandma Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden. You can find it on Baidu’s “COMDEX’91 Commentary on the World Computer Distributors Exhibition 1991”.

In addition: Who knows how much tariffs the United States charges on imported software? I searched all night and couldn't find it.