Reborn Industrial Tycoon

On weekends, all primary school students have a day off.

"Yu Yang, are you at home?" There was a cry from outside.

Yu Yang, who was doing homework at home, walked to the window and took a look. It was his classmates who came to hang out with him.

There was no time to go out and have fun while doing homework, so Yu Yang simply put down his pen and hurried out.

After meeting up with his friends, Yu Yang asked, "Where should we go to play?"

"Let's go find Zhang Le. They have a game console at home. Let's go find him and play games." The friend said.

"Really? Zhang Le's parents are so kind, they even let him play the game console! My uncle has locked up the game console at my cousin's house and won't let him play." Yu Yang couldn't help but sigh.

The friend explained: "I heard from Zhang Le that his game console was bought to learn computers. As long as Zhang Le tells his parents that he is learning computers, his parents will ignore him."

"Can game consoles also teach computers?" Yu Yang paused and continued, "I saw on TV that computers can do anything by pressing a button, but there are so many buttons and I don't know which one to press."

The two people said this and came to the home of their friend Zhang Le.

Zhang Le's parents were not at home, so they walked directly into the living room and saw a keyboard in front of the TV, with a game card inserted into the keyboard.

However, neither of the two children knew the keyboard, so they immediately walked up and looked at it curiously.

"I've seen this, there is this thing on the computer." Zhang Le said.

"Qi, nest, goose, day, special..." The friend read the letters of QWERT on it, and then said: "There is pinyin on it too!"

"What do you know? These are English letters, not pinyin!" Zhang Le explained immediately.

Before 2001, primary school students were not required to learn English, so for primary school students, the English letters on the keyboard were all Chinese Pinyin.

Zhang Le proudly showed off his learning machine, while the two friends curiously pressed the buttons on the keyboard.

"Zhang Le, can this thing learn computers?" Yu Yang asked.

"Of course, this is called the 486 computer learning machine, and it can naturally be used to learn computers." Zhang Le said, taking out the typing card that came with the learning machine, inserting it into the learning machine, and then said, "I will demonstrate to you.

How can I type in a hurry!"

After inserting the typing card and entering the typing card program, Zhang Le took the learning machine and started typing the English letters.

In the 1990s, computers only existed in people's consciousness, and typing was a very new thing. Even just typing a few English letters on the keyboard was a very remarkable thing.

As expected, Zhang Le casually typed a few English letters, which made the two friends envious.

"Zhang Le, can your learning machine play games?" Yu Yang then asked.

"Of course. Didn't you see the game controller next to it?" Zhang Le handed one of the game controllers to Yu Yang, then picked up a game card and inserted it into the learning machine.

"This is the game card I just bought, Street Fighter. It's the same as the one in the arcade." Zhang Le continued to show off.

In the 1990s, some major cities already had arcade game arcades, but there were not many types of games at that time, such as the King of Fighters series, Dinosaur Island, and Three Kingdoms. At that time, there was only one action game.

"Storm Fighter" did pretty well, but fighting games are basically dominated by "Street Fighter".

"Street Fighter" was a game launched in 1987. At that time, cassettes for red and white machines were already available. Of course, the cassettes for red and white machines in China were all pirated.

After entering the game, the friends immediately started choosing games.

"Choose a savage, the savage is awesome!"

"If you don't choose a savage, it would be too ugly."

"Then choose a Chinese girl!"

"I'll definitely choose Bai Crazy!"

"White Crazy has been chosen by me. You can only choose Red Crazy!"

"Then I choose Japanese sumo wrestling!"

The three friends were noisy and lively.

For those born in the 1980s, when they first came into contact with "Street Fighter", they did not know the real name of the character, so they simply named it after the character's image and nationality.

For example, the protagonist Long in "Street Fighter" is called White Crazy because he is dressed in white, and the other protagonist Ken is called Red Crazy because he is dressed in red. Chunli is called Chinese chick, and Baraka is called "Red Crazy".

It's called Savage, Honda is called Japanese Sumo, etc.

Game time always passes quickly, and before you know it, an afternoon has passed.

When Yu Yang left Zhang Le's house, he was still thinking about playing "Street Fighter" in the afternoon.

"In that game, if I could have used 'Adore', I might have won!"

Yu Yang walked to the door of his house and saw his own car parked at the door. He instantly realized that his father had already got off work.

Yu Yang's father is the editor of a major newspaper. He is usually very busy. Even on weekends, he often works overtime. Today he should be considered as getting off work early and going home early.

Walking into the room, Editor Yu had indeed returned and was sitting in front of the TV watching TV.

"Going out to play again, have you finished your homework?" Editor Yu glared at Yu Yang with a serious look on his face.

"It's almost finished." Yu Yang said with a guilty conscience. In fact, his homework was still far behind.

"Let's go do our homework then." Editor Yu said.

Yu Yang hesitated for two seconds, and then said: "Dad, I want to learn computers!"

"Learn a computer?" Editor Yu was slightly stunned and thought to himself, a computer costs tens of thousands of dollars, right? It's more expensive than a piano! Why doesn't this naughty kid learn something cheaper, such as playing the harmonica?

In that era, computers were a new thing and a high-tech product in people's eyes. Being able to operate a computer was an amazing skill, an ability that only high-end talents had.

At that time, the most mainstream operating system was IBM's DOS system. At that time, Microsoft was still in the WINDOS2.0 era, and Apple still used a GUI interface. Therefore, when operating a computer, you did not click with the mouse as you do now, but with the keyboard.

Enter the commands one by one.

Due to his profession, Editor Yu is well-informed. Although he does not know how to operate a computer, he still has some basic knowledge about computers.

Editor Yu knows that learning computers is a very complicated and difficult matter, and it cannot be learned by just saying that you want to learn computers.

However, since his son Yu Yang has taken the initiative to learn computers, Editor Yu cannot dampen Yu Yang's enthusiasm. After all, learning computers is a good thing. As a father, Editor Yu also hopes that his son can learn more.

Editor Yu coughed dryly and said, "Yangyang, learning computers is not an easy task. You must at least know English. So if you want to learn computers, you must first go to junior high school and learn English well."

"You don't have to go to junior high school. My classmate Zhang Le is learning computers now!" Yu Yang said.

Editor Yu was shocked, thinking, are parents these days so wild? They just want their children to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and some even send their children to learn computers! A group of primary school students can understand those complicated computer commands.

!

Yu Yang continued: "Zhang Le's father bought him a learning machine. He is now learning computers at home and can already type!"

"Learning machine? What is that?" Editor Yu asked.

"There is one sold in department stores called the 486 computer learning machine." Yu Yang asked.

Upon hearing the three numbers "486", Editor Yu showed a surprised expression.

"I remember that our newspaper had a report on the latest foreign computers. It said that the computer used to be a 286. Later, the computer was upgraded and became a 386. Now the latest model has reached a 486. It seems that this 486 computer learning machine

, is used to learn the latest foreign 486 computers!"

Thinking of this, Editor Yu remembered the name "486 Computer Learning Machine" in his mind.

…

The next day, Editor Yu came to the department store.

Arriving at the area where the electrical appliances are sold, Editor Yu asked the salesperson: "Comrade, do you have a 486 computer learning machine here?"

"Is this what you're talking about?" the salesperson asked, pointing to a learning machine on display.

Editor Yu had never seen what the 486 computer learning machine looked like, but when he saw the keyboard, he immediately felt that it was very close.

"This is a computer keyboard. The two computers in our newspaper office use this kind of keyboard. It seems that this thing is the 486 computer learning machine."

Thinking of this, Editor Yu asked: "Comrade, how much does this cost?"

"486 yuan!" the salesperson replied.

"It's so expensive..." Editor Yu thought to himself.

486 yuan is the retail price set by Li Weidong. The purpose is to deepen customers' impression of the 486 computer learning machine, and also to tap into the popularity of the 486 computer.

Of course, this trick is not unique to Li Weidong. Historically, a certain brand of learning machines had a popular model called SB-486, which was actually riding on the popularity of the 486 computer.

In 1990, although the income of ordinary people was rising steadily, 486 yuan was still a lot of money. For the editor, it was hard to spend 486 yuan to buy such a thing that had no idea what its use was.

It's indeed a bit distressing.

While Editor Yu was hesitating, the salesperson had already taken out a new 486 computer learning machine from the counter.

"Comrade, if you want to buy it, do it as soon as possible. We only have the last three new ones left in the store!" the salesperson said.

Editor Yu looked at the packaging box, and the promotional slogan on it immediately attracted his attention.

“Learn to type in three days!”

Seeing this promotional slogan, Editor Yu suddenly became excited.

If it were other people, they might not have any idea about using computers to type. After all, materials in that era were still typed by hand. As a secretary, your handwriting would be more beautiful, and your promotion would be faster.

But unlike an editor, he is the editor of a major newspaper. He deals with all kinds of words all day long, and is also exposed to various information at home and abroad. He can clearly feel that computer typing is the development direction of writing work in the future.

The newspaper where editor Yu works also purchased a few computers, but most people don't know how to use them. The college student in the newspaper who can type on a computer instantly became the treasure of the entire newspaper, and it is said that he will be given priority in every promotion.

For editors, the slogan "Learn to type in three days" is indeed too tempting!

"486 yuan is a bit expensive, but it is definitely worth it if Yangyang can learn to type on a computer!"

The next second, Editor Yu put his hand into his pocket and took out five hundred yuan.

…

The first batch of learning machines appeared on the market and quickly became a hot-selling product.

This is not because the learning machine is an excellent product, but because children ask for it from their parents.

Ask for it in the name of learning computers!

At that time, families that could spend 486 yuan to buy a learning machine were basically middle-class families at that time, and many of them were intellectuals.

This kind of middle-class family also attaches the most importance to the cultivation of their children. Because this generation of middle-class families are basically the group of people who change their destiny through knowledge, they understand the importance of knowledge very well and hope that their children will

You can learn more knowledge.

Spending a few hundred yuan to learn computers was a super cost-effective investment for middle-class families at that time.

Even if you can't learn how to use a computer, it's still great if you can learn to type.

The gimmick of learning to type in three days is indeed very tempting!

This was the case for middle-class families at that time. They were willing to invest in their children's education. Educational expenses would account for a large part of the family expenditure, or even the majority of the family expenditure.

However, the return brought by this kind of investment is completely disproportionate, and it can even be said that the money is wasted.

But this is the Chinese style parent!

The same is true in post-war China. Those who buy houses in school districts must be the middle class, and children from middle-class families also have to attend the most cram schools and specialty classes.

Perhaps middle-class parents are more eager to hope that their children can maintain their middle-class status or even move towards a higher class.

Children from poor families and children from rich families don't have so many worries.

Children from poor families cannot afford to go to cram schools, and they are not qualified to develop special skills. If they study well, they can get into a good university, change their destiny, become middle class, and then enroll their children in classes;

If you don't study well, you will work in a factory early, save enough money for gifts, marry a wife, have a baby, and then watch the baby repeat your life.

Children from wealthy families do not need to sign up for various classes. They have the capital to do whatever they want. They can hire specialized private tutors to learn one or two specialties at home based on their personal hobbies. It is really to cultivate their sentiments. As for learning,

Whether it's good or not, it doesn't matter at all. Being happy is the most important thing.

Many families live in luxury houses, drive luxury cars, and talk about millions of dollars. They seem to have good financial conditions, but as long as they are still sending their children to cram schools, it means that they are not rich enough and they cannot give their children a carefree life.

future, so children still need to use knowledge to change their destiny!

…

Yu Yang finally has his own learning machine.

Looking at the excited Yu Yang, Editor Yu felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Yu Yang inserted the study card and began to practice typing as if he were doing it.

Editor Yu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Study hard and try to learn typing as soon as possible!"

Editor Yu looked at it for a while and then walked out of the house. He still had work to do.

After Editor Yu left, Yu Yang quickly took out a game cartridge and inserted it into the learning machine.

Soon after, the music started playing, and on the TV screen, a little man with a gun jumped out of the helicopter.

"Contra" starts!

Soon, Yu Yang was enjoying it.

From then on, Yu Yang spent more than an hour every day "practicing typing".

On weekends or holidays, Yu Yang would ask his classmates and friends to "practice typing" together.

Editor Yu, who was busy at work, did not notice this. He thought his child was really learning computers.

Yu Yang's situation is not a special case. In 1990, any parent who was willing to spend 486 yuan to buy a learning machine was not busy with work?

Idle parents cannot spare so much money to buy a learning machine.