In the blink of an eye, time came to the second half of 1968.
On the southern island, seven-year-old Zhou Qingyue once again releases her third album.
The media in the small island went crazy.
This is the most beautiful little princess on the island, and also the most famous little star on the island.
Although she is very famous, it is very unfriendly to the paparazzi, because it is basically impossible to interview her.
She lives in a villa on the Peak of Victoria Peak, and even being close to the villa is a luxury.
Because of the villas in Taipingdingshan, the roads entering the villas are all independent paths, and outside vehicles cannot enter at all.
Not to mention, there is a big dog guarding the door of the villa.
Paparazzi will be spotted by those big dogs if they sneak past ordinary security personnel and get close to the villa.
Therefore, there is no such thing as secret photography.
As a result, it has been more than three years since Zhou Qingyue debuted, but so far there has not been a single secretly photographed photo.
Even except for the personal photos that her agency allows to be released to the outside world, there are very few.
As a result, every time we report, we can only use the photos on the album.
Even Apple Daily is no exception to this.
After the third album was released, everyone was stunned because three of the twelve songs in the album were actually in English.
Is the little princess’s English that good?
Many people chose to buy the album because of the three English songs in Zhou Qingyue's album.
Of course, there are more people because of other songs.
After all, of the other nine songs in the album, five are in Cantonese and four are in Mandarin.
It is not difficult to see from this that little princess Zhou Qingyue is very talented in languages.
Most Hong Kong Islanders can speak Cantonese fluently, but they can hardly speak Mandarin.
However, Zhou Qingyue's Mandarin is as standard as Cantonese, and his English is also an authentic London accent.
In short, no matter what kind of words she speaks, she is very accurate and does not have the slightest accent.
Zhou Jimin wore a safety helmet and walked into the construction site in the core area of the city center of Hong Kong Island to check the construction progress here.
This piece of land has been acquired a long time ago, and then handed over to internationally renowned designers to help design the building drawings. Through the bidding meeting, three local construction units on the island were invited to cooperate and jointly construct the building.
We also invited a third party to come in to ensure that there would be no corners-cutting problems during the entire construction process, and the most important quality issue was absolutely unacceptable.
With so many guarantees, Zhou Jimin felt confident and bold enough to let these units roll up their sleeves and work hard.
This is almost 30 stories high, and this is his first time coming to the construction site.
After spending more than an hour looking at the construction status of the entire building, Zhou Jimin left with satisfaction.
Back at the villa on the top of the mountain, Zhou Qingyue abandoned her younger siblings and rushed over, showing off:
"Dad, how many copies of my album do you think I sold?"
Asking this question is almost like asking how much private money she can earn.
She can get a little share of the album sales, but not much.
They are all stored in her own personal account. If she wants to buy anything, she can directly swipe the card from it. In many cases, she does not need to apply to her parents.
Therefore, she is very keen to release an album.
However, her annual study tasks are very heavy, and Zhou Jimin will not let her release so many albums, so she misses out on the fun of childhood.
Therefore, releasing an album every year is already considered very fast.
"How do I know this?" Zhou Jimin smiled and touched her little head, and she suddenly said coquettishly:
"Dad, please take a guess, and you'll win a prize if you guess it."
"What reward?"
"A kiss from your lovely daughter."
"Then I'd better stop guessing and keep it for yourself. Dad doesn't care."
Huh?
Seeing her father walking towards her younger siblings, Zhou Qingyue was immediately dumbfounded.
After reacting immediately, he quickly chased after him.
"Dad, don't you want me anymore? Woohoo!!!"
Tears came at every turn, and the grievances were so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
Xu Mei saw her daughter crying and couldn't help but give Zhou Jimin a roll of her eyes. "You don't care if your daughter cries?"
Zhou Jimin was stunned, turned around, hugged the child who rushed over, and quickly comforted him.
"Dad is teasing you, why doesn't he want you anymore? Be good, stop crying, you look like a big cat..."
Pfft!
"I'm not a tabby cat. Dad, you are a tabby cat." Zhou Qingyue laughed with tears in her eyes. After saying this, she couldn't hold it in anymore.
Her younger brothers and sisters also came over, and she didn't dare to cry anymore.
He quickly covered his little face, but was still laughed at by Zhou Bingxu and the others, so he had to put down his hands and said fiercely to them:
"If you dare to laugh at me again and ask me for money in the future, I will ignore you."
Ga!
The deterrent effect of this sentence is still very strong, because Zhou Bingxu and the others are not young anymore, they are all over six years old, and the things they like to play are not cheap.
Every time their parents are unwilling to pay, they can only look at Zhou Qingyue.
At home, apart from her parents, Zhou Zhou Qingyue controls the most money.
In fact, Zhou Bingheng and Zhou Bingchang both have their own private treasury, but they don’t have much.
And compared to girls, these little boys like to play more. They have already fallen in love with game consoles such as pick-up at a young age, and they have more fun every time they play.
Arcade machines are not cheap, so neither Zhou Jimin nor Xu Mei agreed to buy them such a game console.
There are three machines at home that were used for testing before, but they are now outdated and they don’t like to play with them anymore.
In addition, there are various toys and dolls sold on the market, etc. Every time these children see them when they go shopping, they can't move their legs.
In fact, most of the popular toys are produced in their own factories, and there are many at home. However, they get tired of the old quickly, and there are many children, so they have more toys than anyone else.
Zhou Jimin will not stop the little brat’s weak-minded comparisons and strong competitiveness.
So, if you want to buy toys, just think of your own solutions.
As a parent, all he can do is try to be fair and just and treat everyone equally.
Compared with children like Zhou Qingyue, Zhou Bingxu, Zhou Qingxian, Zhou Qingyi and others, they are much more mature and sensible.
I love studying, especially reading in the library.
I also like sports and fitness, and often run and walk my dog, but I don’t like playing game consoles or collecting toys.
Although I have these things at home, I am relatively self-disciplined, probably because of Zhou Jimin’s role model and Ding Qiunan’s supervision and education.
Since Ding Qiunan left Union Hospital, she has been working as a full-time housewife, tutoring her children with their homework and taking good care of the children at home.
This is one of the reasons why Zhou Jimin feels more at ease.
After staying on the southern island for a week, he went to Bald Eagle, where he was required to sign several documents.
After arriving in New York, Liang Wenfeng and the others were ready and waiting for his arrival.
Alex and the others are also here, but their faces are not so pretty.
After several months of blows, they surrendered and no longer wanted the talents, leaving them all to Zhou Jimin.
"Alex, long time no see, how are you lately?"
It was a normal greeting, but Alex gritted his teeth and responded, "I'm fine!"
Then there was no follow-up, and he didn’t hide his emotions at all, just like a city.
Zhou Jimin chuckled, sat down, looked at Liang Wenfeng and said, "You have reached an agreement with them, right?"
The latter nodded, and it was time to take stock of what should be counted. Finance, legal affairs, etc. had already gone in for inspection and acceptance, and they were just waiting for their PHS company to move in.
Naturally, third-party organizations do not dare to mess around, and they are also afraid of damaging their own brand.
What's more, there are members of the advisory group sent by Liang Wenfeng and others, and it is absolutely impossible for third parties and Alex to join forces to carry out small actions.
Now that it’s settled, let’s sign it.
After reading the documents Alex and the others signed early, Zhou Jimin's smile became even brighter.
After less than half a year, Alex and the others couldn't bear it anymore and almost knelt down to beg for mercy.
With PHS monopolizing the market, they are simply unable to resist.
And Alex and the others also tried to use anti-monopoly laws and other means to contain and split the PHS company, but it was in vain.
First of all, this market is free and anyone can enter it. Aren’t high-imitation mobile phones like Alex’s also in this market?
Does PHS monopolize the market?
It’s so funny!
Secondly, whether it is from a market perspective or from other aspects, PHS is just operating normally and has no other actions or strategies to monopolize the market.
Therefore, from a legal perspective, it is simply not feasible.
As for other aspects, we will not discuss them.
Marketing all depends on throwing money, but there are a lot of things that need to be studied in terms of exactly how to throw money, when to spend how much money, and when to retreat.
Alex and the others wanted to replicate the PHS company's previous April Fool's Day price reduction event, and they spent nearly $50 million on it without even making any waves.
Obviously the price is NT$2,599, which is 400 yuan cheaper than a PHS mobile phone, but the market response is that the sales volume of the mobile phone barely exceeds 10,000 units.
Horrible!
Not to mention that the cost of the mobile phone has not been recovered, even the marketing cost has not been recovered.
In fact, almost half of the tens of thousands of mobile phones sold have been returned because the call quality is too poor and the communication service fees are too expensive.
Compared to the PHS company's monthly rent of US$99, Alex's company charges US$159 per month, which is not only expensive, but also has poor service quality.
In this case, why should we endure it?
Finally, when it comes to the effect of showing off, the PHS cell phone definitely wins.
Therefore, over time, high-imitation mobile phones have completely become inseparable from consumers.
Zhou Jimin signed his name, and the high-imitation mobile phones represented by Alex and the others became history.
After signing the document, Liang Wenfeng and the others started the next work according to Zhou Jimin's instructions.
A research institute will be established here at Bald Eagle to conduct research on mobile phone users, such as call habits, duration, etc.
These studies may seem of little use, but they will actually be of great help in the future.
The advantage of Liang Wenfeng and his advisory group is that they can ask questions when they don’t understand and have strong execution capabilities.
They can understand Zhou Jimin's purpose of establishing this research institute, but they don't quite understand how it can help.
In addition, a scientific research institute will be established on the southern island, and all the talents recruited by Alex and the others will be packaged and sent to the southern island.
As for those who are unwilling to go to the southern island, they can either transfer to other departments or resign themselves.
Anyway, most people are willing to work on the southern island. After all, the salary is high and the benefits are good. What’s there to be unhappy about?
What's more, although most of the population on the southern island is Chinese, there are nearly 2.33 million white people working there.
In fact, most white people here in the southern island work as company managers or executives.
Therefore, when they come here, they should be able to adapt quickly.
After all, most of the companies here on the southern island are foreign companies, and most of the employees can speak English.
"After you finish working on the two research institutes here, the next step is to go all-out shipping..."
After hearing Zhou Jimin's words, Liang Wenfeng nodded and said there was no problem.
Since the Bald Eagle factory caught fire in March, it has been reopened at the end of April.
Alex and the others did not admit it, but Liang Wenfeng and the others still found some clues and made the scapegoat pay the loss.
It can only be said that Alex and the others were very fast and ruthless in trying to survive after losing their arms.
In addition to the opening of the Bald Eagle factory, the previously added production lines on the southern island will not stop.
Now we are fully stocking up, and at the same time, several major cities such as New York have also opened one to five new stores to prepare for the upcoming Christmas carnival.
During the Christmas carnival, the price of PHS mobile phones will suddenly drop to the price of 2,099 yuan, which is another 900 yuan lower than the previous April Fool's Day price.
It can be said to be a super cheap price.
Therefore, Liang Wenfeng and the others need to actively stock up to avoid being caught off guard, which would be a tragedy.
After arranging all this, Zhou Jimin left Bald Eagle and returned to Oasis New City.
It is already the second half of 1968, and this year has passed quickly.
Today is the launch day for the fourth manned spacecraft test rocket, and Zhou Jimin must come to participate.
After this time, there will be one last test at the end of the year, which will also be the last test spacecraft for manned space launch next year.
Zeng Qingfeng and others are very nervous. Although they are experienced, they are still nervous and excited every time they launch.
Accompanied by the roar of the rocket, the spacecraft headed towards space.
Looking away, Zhou Jimin smiled at Zeng Qingfeng and said congratulations, he should be stable next year.
The latter nodded excitedly, there must be no problem.
Time flies, and it’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.
Bald Eagle's Christmas carnival, many people fell into complete madness after seeing the advertisement.
After the original price of 3,999 was reduced to 2,999 on April Fool's Day, many people ignored it.
Okay, it’s the year 2099, and no one can remain indifferent anymore.