Chapter 118 Extraordinary 1978
As Wei Zai's friend, Xing Zai really wants Wei Zai to buy one so that he can play with it for free. Unfortunately, his wish is not fulfilled and he can only sigh.

But Xingzai adjusted his attitude immediately and said, "It doesn't matter. Not only is it free to try here, but the environment is also comfortable. As long as we are willing to queue, we can go to the store to play."

After two years of promotion, arcade game machines have quickly become popular in all districts of Hong Kong, and countless game halls have been opened.

You have to pay coins to play in a game arcade, and it costs money like water. The average family really can't afford to play. The Orange Game Direct Store is not only free, but also luxuriously decorated, with a comfortable environment, and open to players around the clock. It is so much better than a game arcade.

Nowadays, the game arcades outside are full of gangs and hooligans, and no honest students dare to go there.

Although Juzi Technology has only opened nine direct-operated game console stores, Liu Zhicheng requires that any direct-operated store must put service first.

After all, product promotion is the most important thing and is the ultimate goal of opening a direct-operated store.

Therefore, any Orange game console experience store has a good free trial environment.

As long as players are willing to abide by the rules and order of the experience store, Orange Technology employees will not drive them away, but will patiently answer players' questions about the game.

Precisely because the environment of the Orange Game Console Experience Store is so comfortable and it is free, students flock in after school every day, and it becomes their first choice for playing.

Wei Zai looked at the players surrounding the new game consoles in the store and suddenly felt a headache: "Xing Zai, we have to wait for more than two hours before we can queue up for a machine to play a game. It would be better if Orange Technology could expand the number of trial machines and open a few game experience stores."

Seeing that his friend Wei Zai was a little disappointed, Xing Zai suggested, "Since you are pinning your hopes on Orange Technology to add more machines, why don't you go to Orange Technology for an interview? Being a porter anywhere is not being a porter. You can apply for the porter position at Orange Technology. As an experienced porter, you will definitely be hired. Then you will have the opportunity to play games and make a lot of money. It is definitely a promising job."

Wei Zai was unhappy and thought: Xing Zai, you look down on your friends too much. Am I, Wei Zai, destined to be a porter for the rest of my life? You told me that I have a bright future. What kind of future does a porter have?
But Wei Zai changed his mind and realized that Orange Technology was only recruiting porters with no educational requirements, while the minimum educational requirement for other positions was Form 5 graduation. He did not even have the qualifications to apply.

Xingzai stayed aside and talked to himself: "It's only been a short while, and they've already sold several game consoles. Isn't Juzi Technology going to make a fortune?"

Wei Zai, who was standing by, agreed with this and thought that Orange Technology was a great company. He decided to apply for the position of porter at Orange Technology.

Wei Zai asked, "I heard that Juzi Technology is planning to open more experience stores and let us play for free. What do you think?"

"He is doing this to cultivate game players so as to promote game consoles. Even though I am a student with no money in my pocket now, I will definitely sell today's free orders when I can earn money in the future. As long as the product quality is guaranteed, I will definitely buy their game consoles or their game cartridges."

Wei Zai felt that although Xing Zai was still studying, what he said made sense and was convincing. It seemed that this guy still needed to study more.

This time, Orange Technology launched a home game console and a new game called "Super Mario", which is a classic in the TV game industry.

The whirlwind has already started in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is just the first stop of the whirlwind. The violent storm will soon sweep the world.

On December 12, the world's attention was attracted by a bearded man wearing a turban, because on this day, Iran announced that it would stop exporting oil.

As soon as the news came out, the global energy market was in an uproar, and the global market suddenly lost 500 million barrels of daily supply.

500 million barrels of crude oil only account for 10% of the world's oil consumption. In the global context, the impact can be overcome as long as everyone works together to control it.

But let's not forget the nature of capital, which is greed and plunder. How can such a big topic not be hyped?

In addition, with the lessons learned from the first oil crisis, all developed countries are desperately buying oil, fearing that they will be out of oil.

Because expensive oil and no oil are two different things. Too much of one will cause inflation and rising prices. If there is no oil, industry will come to a standstill.

With the intervention of capital from all parties, international crude oil prices rose and oil prices began to take off.

Although it is not good for the global economy, it is good news for Liu Zhicheng. The rise in oil prices will also be accompanied by a rise in gold prices.

Same day, Federal Building Office.

"How is the acquisition of China Power's stocks going recently?" Liu Zhicheng asked Han Chunxi.

"It's almost 5 percentage points. I didn't dare to acquire it too quickly, otherwise it would be easily discovered by the Kadoorie family." Han Chunxi replied.

"Well, very good. British capital is now more cautious. Being able to acquire 5 points of shares is already a great success." Liu Zhicheng affirmed Han Chunxi's performance.

Today's big British financial groups are not fools. With the lessons learned from the past, they have become very cautious. It is impossible to pick up bargains now.

"You must be extremely careful. It is better to have no progress than to alert the enemy. This is a long-term plan after all." Liu Zhicheng instructed again.

"Okay, even if we want to acquire it now, given the current economic situation in Hong Kong, the cost will increase exponentially," said Han Chunxi.

Liu Zhicheng paused and said, "What happened in the Middle East will definitely cause a surge in crude oil prices. Plastic prices will also rise. Tell Niu Guangli to increase the ex-factory price of fans appropriately. Otherwise, there may be losses."

"Mr. Liu, do we need to increase the prices of other products as well?" "No need. Other products have enough profit margins. Fans have low profit margins to begin with, and they are also big users of plastic." Liu Zhicheng said slowly.

The shipping industry has been hit hardest by this oil crisis. Hong Kong shipowners have suffered heavy losses. Should we lend a hand?

Especially OOCL, Dong Ge's business, just based on Dong Ge's name, it's worth helping. Especially since they hold shares in Felixdu Port, they can definitely talk about it.

This assistance could only be carried out by Hong Kong International Container Terminals because the Dong family was only a minority shareholder and the major shareholder was the China Shipping Company.

At that time, John Shi should be asked to come forward and negotiate with the China Railway Shipping Company. It would be better for foreigners to deal with each other than going there alone.

This is also the purpose of Liu Zhicheng's attempt to get Swire Group to invest in the company, but everything still needs to wait for the right time.

On December 1978, 12, a piece of news that shocked the world came from the north. The mainland officially announced that the entire country would soon implement a policy of reform and opening up.

That is, internal reform, improving people's economic level, opening up to the outside world, increasing foreign cooperation, attracting foreign investment, etc.

Liu Zhicheng stood in his office, looking out the window, across the Victoria Harbour and the Kowloon Peninsula, and saw another window: Shekou.

This place carries the dreams and hopes of countless people. As a window of reform and opening up, it has witnessed the economic rise and social progress of the mainland.

This place will be a witness to reform and opening up, a witness to the struggle of the Chinese people, and a portrayal of the mainland's spirit of struggle.

This is what Liu Zhicheng longed for, and he had been looking forward to this day. How could he not be happy when he finally heard the news today?

Liu Zhicheng also knew that the mainland had sent several delegations to fly around the world to listen to the opinions of major capitals.

Liu Zhicheng also knew that the day when he would go north was not far away.

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All three hotels under the Huangpu Group are now open for business. From now on, Liu Zhicheng’s first choice for booking a room will be its own hotels.

After get off work, Liu Zhicheng called Lin Qingxia to invite her to have dinner together. She said that she had been too busy recently and if she didn't relax, she would get into trouble sooner or later.
Since the last night that Lin Qingxia spent with Liu Zhicheng, Liu Zhicheng rarely met in order to keep things fresh.

Lin Qingxia thought it was because he was busy, but she didn't expect that Liu Zhicheng had other ideas.

Lin Qingxia didn't dare to disturb Liu Zhicheng, but she hoped that he would remember her existence, so she could contact him by phone occasionally to express her concern for him.

Lin Qingxia suddenly received a date with Liu Zhicheng tonight. This was something she often looked forward to at night, and she was filled with joy.

She changed into a beautiful evening gown in the dressing room, and went out to ask a hairdresser to do her hair, looking her most beautiful before going to meet Liu Zhicheng.

When the agreed time arrived, Liu Zhicheng's motorcade appeared in front of her on time, and she got into Liu Zhicheng's car with a little excitement.

As soon as she got in the car, she smoothed her hair, posed towards Liu Zhicheng, and blinked.

Tonight, Lin Qingxia had made careful preparations. She wore a simple dress made of a thin material, through which light could be seen vaguely of the mountain peaks, and it seemed as if there was no vacuum.

Liu Zhicheng was successfully attracted to her and couldn't help but put his arms around her waist and crossed the mountain.

Lin Qingxia immediately moved closer to Liu Zhicheng and smelled a faint scent of "male hormones".

Lin Qingxia also relaxed. She tilted her shoulders and looked directly at Liu Zhicheng boldly. After looking at his face carefully, she gently kissed his cheek.

"You seem to have lost weight recently. Your family members haven't taken good care of you." Lin Qingxia said this out of the blue.

"Family members?" Liu Zhicheng was a little surprised when he heard her say that, and then he said, "Where do I have family members? I'm single at the moment."

In fact, Lin Qingxia had seen a report about him and Yang Minli in the newspaper, so she asked this question. She also knew that they were a perfect match.

She just wanted to "climb up the social ladder". Although she had thought about becoming a wealthy wife, she had no illusions about the man in front of her.

Liu Zhicheng felt a little tired recently, so he leaned back in his chair, half asleep and half awake.

Seeing this, Lin Qingxia raised her hands and waved them in front of Liu Zhicheng: "I read a Chinese medicine book about acupuncture point massage when I was a child. Why don't I help you massage it?"

(End of this chapter)