Rebirth of the Wild Age

Like many scholars at this time, Academician Ni did not buy a house by himself, but still lived in the public housing allocated by his unit.

Moreover, it was on the fifth floor, and there was no elevator—later Academician Ni got too old and was too lazy to climb the stairs every day, so he simply rented a flat near Zhongguancun.

Boom boom boom!

Academician Ni opened the door and saw that it was Song Weiyang, and immediately said happily, Xiao Song, please come in!

Song Weiyang introduced: This is my bodyguard, named Hong Weiguo, a veteran who has been on the battlefield.

That's the hero who defends the country, Xiao Hong, hello, come in and sit down! Academician Ni said with a smile.

Hong Weiguo hurriedly greeted: Hello, Academician Ni!

Song Weiyang carried a bulging packing bag, offering treasures and said: This is a gift specially brought back from Hong Kong City for you.

I don't accept the ones that are too expensive. Academician Ni said.

You'll know when you take it apart and have a look. Song Weiyang laughed.

Academician Ni opened the packaging bag and found that there were more than a dozen sets of CDs inside, including the complete works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and many other musicians. He was overjoyed and said in surprise, This is a good thing! How do you know I like classical music?

Listen to what Liu Qiang said. Song Weiyang said.

Hahaha, I accepted your gift, Academician Ni said, But it must be very expensive. I will give you a gift back next time. Let's write down the account first.

Song Weiyang said: I am looking forward to the gift from Academician Ni.

Academician Ni put the music CD carefully into the cabinet, and took out a proposal: Xiao Song, to tell you the truth, the state intends to vigorously support the software and semiconductor industries. When I heard the news, I decided to help add a Huo, it can be regarded as contributing to the development of the high-tech industry. Please read the content first, and sign if you have no objection.

Song Weiyang immediately read the proposal carefully and said, No problem, I signed it.

Academician Ni watched Song Weiyang sign his name carefully, and then began to chat about the development progress of China Science and Technology's microcomputer motherboard.

For all Chinese people who do business, the 94 tax reform is an unavoidable problem—including foreign companies in China, which used to only receive a unified industrial and commercial tax, and must pay value-added tax after the tax reform.

Before the 1994 tax reform, China's taxation was in a mess, even the central and local governments couldn't figure it out, and tax evasion became the norm. After the tax reform in 1994, value-added tax and business tax were paralleled, and the two were gradually merged into one.

Why did Lenovo have its own motherboards in the early 1990s, but now it only imports them instead of producing them?

Because the tax collection is unreasonable, and the value-added tax is set too high!

For a Lenovo computer with the same configuration, if all the main parts are imported, each computer should pay a value-added tax of about 2.55% of the retail price. If you develop and produce the main parts yourself, the value-added tax for each computer is about 5.1% of the retail price.

In other words, computers developed by ourselves need to pay double the value-added tax compared to computers assembled by imports (this involves the calculation of output tax and input tax, so the detailed process will not be written)!

This is not only the case for Lenovo, but also for other companies involved in semiconductors.

So don't blame Mr. Liu for not engaging in independent research and development. He is thinking from the perspective of a businessman in order to maximize short-term profits.

On this point, the country must take the blame.

Therefore, Academician Ni and other people of insight have been continuously making proposals since 1994, requesting the government to lower the value-added tax on high-tech industries.

Song Weiyang’s signature today is optional, because the Chinese government has realized this problem, and will soon have the Policy Department of the State Economic Commission and the Ministry of Information Industry form a joint team to form a policy as follows: high-tech industries still have to pay 17% value-added tax, However, the tax amount of more than 6% for semiconductor companies should be refunded, and the tax amount of more than 3% for software companies should be refunded, which is the preferential tax refund.

Until 2002, the state simply reduced the value-added tax of semiconductor companies to 3%, and extended it to upstream design companies and downstream manufacturers in the semiconductor industry.

As a result, companies in Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea lost their competitiveness in terms of price (in the Chinese market) when facing their Chinese counterparts. The United States has repeatedly sent protest statements to China, hoping to reduce the import value-added tax, but they have not received a response. As a result, multinational companies have set up factories in China one after another. China's labor costs are cheap on the one hand, and on the other hand it is to pay less taxes.

Xiao Song, let me show you something. Academician Ni said mysteriously.

Song Weiyang asked, What is it?

Academician Ni said: A former student of mine compiled a small program based on the Linux system, which is quite easy to use. I think that China should vigorously develop the Linux system and conduct software commercial development around it, and not let the Microsoft system rule China. computer!

Song Weiyang was a little speechless. This Academician Ni really persevered. How could it be so easy to break Microsoft's monopoly?

To put it nicely, it's called Yugong Yishan, but to put it badly, it's called overreaching.

Academician Ni sat in front of the computer, turned on the computer, pointed to the screen and said, See, this is the interface of the Linux system, not inferior to the Microsoft system, right? It is very convenient and easy to use.

Immediately afterwards, Academician Ni demonstrated the small program again, saying: As long as the state supports and encourages enterprises to develop Linux system software, the prospect of this system is very broad. By the way, I will give you this small program as a A little gift.

Academician Ni opened the drawer, took out a stack of floppy disks, and inserted them into the computer in various ways, but the contents were all wrong. He scratched his head and continued to search: Hey, I obviously put that floppy disk in the drawer, why did it disappear?

Song Weiyang suddenly had a flash of inspiration when he saw the floppy disks one after another.

U disk!

Can do u disk!

It can't be blamed that Song Weiyang only thought of it now. He really didn't have the opportunity to use a floppy disk. His graduation thesis was all printed directly after typing it into the computer by a typist.

All blame Doudou!

If the little guy could finish typing the thesis at home, Song Weiyang would have to use a floppy disk to copy it, and then take it to a printing shop, then he would have thought of the profitable business of USB disk half a year ago.

Song Weiyang suddenly said: Mr. Ni, the floppy disk is inconvenient to carry and may be damaged at any time. If you make a storage with a plastic or metal casing and plug it directly into the USB port of the computer, don't you think it is much more convenient?

Storage plugged into the USB port? Academician Ni was stunned, then slapped his thigh and said, Good idea! Get someone to do it quickly, it will definitely make a sensation in the global scientific and technological circles!

Song Weiyang asked: I don't understand technology, is it not difficult to make this thing?

Song Weiyang really doesn't understand, he doesn't even know when the USB flash drive was invented. He vaguely remembered that many manufacturers around the world were grabbing USB flash drive patents, but a Chinese company finally snatched them up. In other words, the USB flash drive was invented by the Chinese, but Song Weiyang had no memory of the name of the company that invented the USB flash drive.

As long as the eggs are delicious, who still remembers the hen that laid eggs.

Academician Ni thought for a while and said: It shouldn't be difficult, but the specific design needs to be carefully thought out.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, I will set up a research and development team for the usb storage disk tomorrow.