Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 327 TV, VCD

Lu Shaohua was very hungry, so hungry that he almost protested. He had thought that after he finished talking to Xiang Huaqiang about the car, he would let him serve the food and start eating. However, things did not go as planned. God did not let Lu Shaohua have his wish and even brought up something to temporarily prevent Lu Shaohua from eating.

Yes, God was playing tricks on Lu Shaohua, not letting him eat that quickly. And the reason why he was not allowed to eat that quickly was because Scar, who had been sitting there without saying anything, finally spoke up.

"Mr. Lu, I also like the cars produced by your group. Can you help me get one?" Scar said while looking at Xiang Huaqiang, as if asking his elder brother if he could buy it.

"Scar, do you want to buy a car too?" Xiang Huaqiang asked.

Scar didn't say anything, but nodded in acknowledgement before continuing, "Brother, I bought it with my own private money, not the gang's money."

How could a leader of the Xin'anyi Kowloon District not have some private money? It's just that Scar chose to say it directly. The reason for saying it was that he was afraid that his big brother Xiang Huaqiang would misunderstand that he used the gang's money. You know, embezzlement of public funds is a big taboo in the society!

Xiang Huaqiang smiled. How could he not see what Scar was thinking? He waved his hand and said, "This is your own business. Don't ask me."

Hearing this, Scar finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and looked at Lu Shaohua expectantly.

Lu Shaohua was already hungry, and now that Scar had come in, there was a possibility that he would go berserk. However, Scar was the leader of the Kowloon District, so he had to give him some face. Lu Shaohua could only suppress his dissatisfaction and asked patiently, "What kind of car do you want?"

Scar was delighted and secretly said, "There's hope," and then he said excitedly, "I want a sports car."

In fact, Scar has long been in love with Phoenix brand sports cars, but he had been collecting protection fees from Phoenix Car Dealership some time ago, which made him delay the transaction. Now that Lu Shaohua is the boss of Phoenix Group, he can no longer collect the protection fees, so he simply proposed to buy a car in front of the boss.

"Well, do you want a bulletproof one?" Lu Buhua asked. Based on his understanding of the profession of a gangster, it was a profession that could lead to one foot in jail and the other foot in hell. Driving a bulletproof sports car would not make them feel at ease.

"Yes, yes, yes." Scar said the word "yes" three times in a row. Originally, he wanted to buy a bulletproof sports car, but he was so nervous just now that he forgot to add the word "bulletproof".

"Okay, I'll ask Manager Xu to send it to you when the time comes." Lu Shaohua agreed.

"Thank you!" Scar thanked him.

Scar didn't have to say thank you, after all, his status was there. However, in his mind, Lu Shaohua's status had long been elevated to the same level as Xiang Huaqiang, so he should say thank you politely.

"No need to thank me, you are the boss of the Kowloon District, just take care of my Phoenix Group when you have time." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

"Well, Scar, you heard it, right?" Xiang Huaqiang also spoke.

"I understand, big brother." Scar responded repeatedly.

Are you kidding? His big brother has spoken, so there is no reason for him as a subordinate to refuse.

Xiang Huaqiang smiled and nodded, looking at Lu Shaohua, who also smiled to express his gratitude, and changed the subject, saying, "Uncle Xiang, I'm so hungry, when can the food be served?"

"Oh, haha!" Xiang Huaqiang was a little slow to react to Lu Shaohua's wild imagination, and said after a while, "Call them up immediately."

In this way, a sumptuous dinner officially began.

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After eating and drinking, Lu Shaohua did not stay for long and took Li Shangkui and his group back to his villa.

When he returned to his villa, Lu Xiaoxian was already waiting there. When she saw Lu Shaohua coming in, she stood up and asked, "Xiaohua, you're back? Have you eaten?"

After two questions in a row, Lu Shaohua was a little slow to react, but it was only for a moment. Not long after, he was distracted and asked back, "Sister? You haven't eaten yet?"

"Yeah." Lu Xiaoxian nodded and continued, "I'm waiting for you!"

"..." Lu Shaohua was speechless for a while, looked at the clock hanging on the wall, and found that it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "Sister, you should go eat quickly. I have already eaten outside."

At this moment, Lu Shaohua really hated himself a little. He hated himself for not buying a mobile phone like others. If he had bought a mobile phone, he could call home and tell his sister that she didn't need to go home for dinner, and he wouldn't have to let Lu Xiaoxian prepare dinner for him when he came back.

Lu Xiaoxian was not angry because Lu Shaohua had eaten outside without informing her. Instead, she looked happy and said, "It's good that you've eaten. I thought you were busy all this time with an empty stomach."

Lu Shaohua went to the group to hold a high-level meeting. As Qin Sichen's assistant, she knew about it. She also knew that Lu Shaohua asked Xu Jiarui to go out after the meeting. In Lu Xiaoxian's opinion, Lu Shaohua must have asked the general manager of the sales subsidiary to go out to do some serious business.

In fact, Lu Shaohua took Xu Jiarui out to do some serious business, but after solving the problem of Scar collecting insurance premiums, he went to have dinner with Xiang Huaqiang.

"Sister, you don't have to wait for me when I come back late." After a moment's silence, Lu Shaohua continued. "I'm not a child anymore. I won't be hungry. If I don't come back, I must be eating out."

"Oh!" Lu Xiaoxian nodded, as if to say I know, then turned and walked towards the small dining room.

Looking at his sister's back, Lu Shaohua smiled bitterly and shook his head again, and a big question popped up in his mind. "Does she really know?"

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There was no conversation that night. When the sun was high in the sky the next day, Lu Shaohua stretched himself, got up, washed up, and had breakfast. After breakfast, he called Chu Lei again and asked him to arrange for someone to send his spare bulletproof extended sedan to Hong Kong.

"Xiaohua, do you need that car?" Chu Lei asked.

In fact, the spare bulletproof car was produced at the request of Lu Shaohua, but it had been kept in the warehouse of the base after production and had not been used. But this time Lu Shaohua actually had the car sent to Hong Kong, which made Chu Lei ask this question.

"No, I brought the car here to sell it." Lu Shaohua answered straightforwardly, and after a pause, he continued, "By the way, let the people over there produce another bulletproof extended version and a bulletproof sports car."

Lu Shaohua remembered that he had received orders for three cars yesterday, but now there was only one in stock, so he could combine them into two and take this opportunity to let Chu Lei arrange people to produce them.

"No problem." After a pause, Chu Lei said with some embarrassment. "Xiaohua, our car supply has increased a lot recently, and the base has limited manpower. It may take some time to produce bulletproof cars."

"Hmm?" Lu Shaohua was stunned, then patted his forehead, and understood Chu Lei's meaning. Phoenix Automobile is now famous and is expanding into other Southeast Asian markets. It has many orders, and the other manpower has not been expanded since the last expansion. It is normal that there are no more people to produce bulletproof models. "How about this, you wait until you can transfer more people before production. I'll say hello to them here, it shouldn't be urgent."

"It's good that there's no rush." ​​Chu Lei knew that the person who ordered the bulletproof model must have a certain relationship with Lu Shaohua. If there is a certain relationship, he must be taken care of. Whether it is urgent or not has become a problem, but it is not important now, because Lu Shaohui has said that there is no rush. Changing the topic, he said. "By the way, the TV set at the base has been successfully developed, and the appearance is being designed. Once the appearance is designed, it can be mass-produced. Do you want to follow and enter the market?"

The color TV project was approved by the base a long time ago and was originally developed a long time ago. However, after the information was sent to Lu Shaohua for review, it was rejected because the developed TV was similar to the TVs currently on the market and did not have the word "advanced" labeled on it. So Lu Shaohua asked them to improve it, and this improvement took more than half a year.

Lu Shaohua did not speak in a hurry, but thought for a long time before asking back. "At the normal speed, how long will it take to set up a production line and mass production?"

"Well, a conservative estimate is two months." Chu Lei said.

Two months was indeed Chu Lei's conservative estimate. You know, the workers on the production line also need to go through a period of training. If it weren't for Deng Lao's help and the release of those college graduates, I believe it would take even longer.

"Then let's go at this speed. I will make arrangements on my side." Lu Shaohua breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Yeah." Chu Lei on the other end of the phone nodded and said, "In addition to the TV project, the VCD is also nearing completion. Should we do it together?"

VCD? Lu Shaohua remembers that the first VCD appeared in China at the end of 1992. Thinking about it, the time is almost right now, and it is time for it to appear.

"Let's go together." Lu Shaohua said.

As a reborn person, Lu Shaohua has the mentality of being ahead of others in everything. But then again, just like television, it takes a certain amount of time to complete debugging and form a production line for mass production. It’s almost the end of the year now, so it’s not too much ahead of time.

"Okay, I will ask them to hurry up as much as possible, and then we can put them together as a set and put them on the market together." Chu Lei said.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua responded, and then said, "The speed at which televisions are eliminated is also very fast. If we want to avoid being eliminated by the market, we must continue to innovate, and innovation must develop in a new direction."

After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued, "The new direction of television development is LCD."

Yes, Lu Shaohua wanted his Baoan base to develop LCD. According to memory, although flat-panel TVs occupied the market for a while, they were eliminated in a few years. If Lu Shaohua wanted to stay ahead of others, he had to develop LCD TVs. Moreover, the development of LCDs would not only benefit TVs, but also computers.

"I will communicate with those technical talents." Chu Lei responded seriously.

"Well, how's the progress of the computer?" Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Lu Shaohua simply started to care about the computer project that occupied a certain proportion in his mind.

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