Chapter 242 I make money, you take the blame

In front of the counter of the department store, a middle-aged man was planning to buy a learning machine.

Comrade, do you have a computer learning machine here? the middle-aged man asked.

The young female sales clerk blushed slightly. She felt that the customer's words were a little uncivilized. How could she say such a thing to a young girl!

However, out of professional ethics, the salesperson pointed to a few samples on the counter and said, These are learning machines.

There is a learning machine that can learn the 486 computer, which one is it? The middle-aged man continued to ask.

These are 486 computer learning machines. The salesperson replied.

The middle-aged man was suddenly a little confused, he obviously didn't know which one to buy.

The salesperson pointed to one of the samples and said, This one is the best selling one right now. Little Brother Chinese and English computer learning machine! The learning card of this learning machine has the most complete functions!

What's the function? the man asked.

I'll show it to you! The salesperson took a learning cassette and pointed to the text on it and said, Look, it's all written on it, including fingering training, five strokes, computer painting, Chinese pinyin, English-Chinese dictionary, Mathematical calculations, phonics and literacy, music repertoire…”

There are so many functions, not only can you learn computers, but also English! The middle-aged man paused and asked, Is this little brother's learning machine selling well?

Of course, this is a big brand, you see, Jackie Chan endorsed it! The salesman said and took out the box of a little brother's learning machine.

The middle-aged man looked down and saw a picture of Jackie Chan holding the little brother's learning machine on the box.

Seeing Jackie Chan's endorsement, the middle-aged man instinctively felt that this was a trustworthy brand, so he said, Bring me a learning machine like this!

Okay. The salesman nodded, complaining again in his heart, this customer is really uncivilized!

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As Li Weidong expected,

The structure of the learning machine is too simple, and various copycat learning machines will soon appear on the market.

This thing can't be protected by patents. After all, the learning machine itself is a copy of Nintendo's red and white machine, which is an infringing product of Nintendo's red and white machine. An infringing product is not qualified to talk about the protection of the product.

Those manufacturers that produce copycat machines are basically large electronics factories in the Pearl River Delta region. Not only are they good in technology, but many manufacturers also have professional engineers with certain R\u0026D capabilities, so their copycat learning machines are better than those made by Li Weidong. of better quality.

And the best thing to do is the little brother's computer learning machine.

After all, little brother is an electronics factory under the command of a state-owned enterprise, and the annual output value is over 100 million yuan. It can be said that it needs technology and technology, scale and scale, and capital and funds.

Moreover, Du Ping, the director of Xiao Age Electronics Factory, is also a visionary and capable person. Since he intends to enter the market of learning machines, he has made several bold decisions.

The first is to develop a learning cassette with more functions, which can not only learn to type, but also learn English and Chinese Pinyin, as well as the functions of calculator and music playback.

Du Ping believes that in order to compete with the northern boss, it is necessary to launch more excellent products, and it is imperative to increase the content of learning machine cards.

Little Brother Electronics Factory has its own team of engineers who are capable of developing learning cassettes, which is what Li Weidong cannot do.

After all, Li Weidong is not a professional in electronics. For a layman, it is okay to do superficial work. If it is really in the stage of product upgrade and research and development, this kind of layman will not work.

Secondly, Du Ping spent a lot of money and invited Hong Kong Island superstar Jackie Chan to be the advertising spokesperson for Little Brother's computer learning machine.

In the 1990s, Jackie Chan was already a household name in China. Although it was a bit expensive to find Jackie Chan as a spokesperson, the effect of publicity was absolutely unequivocal.

Of course, when Jackie Chan was invited to be the spokesperson, Du Ping also listened to the words of Boss Zhang, thinking that the big boss in the north wanted to ask Chow Yun-fat to be the spokesperson, so he had to find a spokesperson who could compete with Chow Yun-fat. At that time, only Jackie Chan had the ability.

In addition, Du Ping also spent hundreds of thousands to advertise on CCTV during prime time. The phrase Hope your son Jackie Chan little brother came out of Jackie Chan's mouth and instantly became a popular advertising slogan.

Little Brother's Chinese and English learning machine has thus become the best-selling learning machine product in the market.

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Brother Xiao's learning machine quickly occupied the market, but Du Ping was a little surprised.

In Du Ping's cognitive ability, when a little brother enters the learning machine market, he will definitely face a fierce competition. The first one to face is the rich boss in the north.

However, the big boss in the north did not make any counterattacks, and let the little brother's learning machine continue to seize the market, which surprised Du Ping.

There is no movement to ask Chow Yun-fat to be an endorsement. On the little brother's side, Jackie Chan has begun to shout Hope your son, Jackie Chan, little brother on CCTV, but Chow Yun-fat, the boss in the north, didn't even see a shadow.

On the market, the 486 computer learning machine has gradually disappeared. It is said that after the last batch of goods is sold out, there will be no new supply.

Du Ping even called Boss Zhang to ask about the boss, and Boss Zhang also said that he had seen the big boss in the north for a long time. The big boss suddenly disappeared, and he has not been contacted since the last batch of products was taken.

This result made Du Ping a little confused. He had a feeling that the magnified boss seemed to be deliberately giving up the market of learning machines and retire after playing a trick.

Du Ping couldn't figure it out, how could the learning machine be such a profitable product, how could he give up if he gave up?

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Editor Yu rarely worked overtime today, and arrived at the door at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

After locking the bicycle, Editor Yu hurried upstairs, took out the key and opened the door.

I saw my son Yu Yang, sitting in front of the TV with the 486 computer learning machine in front of him.

It turned out to be learning computers! Editor Yu nodded with satisfaction, but then Editor Yu found out that the picture on the TV seemed to be a villain with a gun, moving forward.

This is playing a game! Editor Yu understood immediately.

In an instant, editor Yu felt angered!

My son is bad at learning, he is playing video games!

In the eyes of parents in the 1990s, video games were a monster.

If a child plays video games, he will not learn well, which is probably the same behavior as petty theft and cheating.

Children play with learning machines, it means that this life is over! In the future, it will become a second-rate social blind! Playing a video game seems to be the successor of the criminals, and I have to meet at the prison detention center in the future!

There is no reason to believe that in this day and age, video games are the original sin!

Seeing his son playing video games, editor Yu looked around subconsciously. There was no electric chair, so he could only pick up a broom.

You little bastard don't learn well, you can't learn anything, learn to play games!

Editor Yu rushed over, followed by Yu Yang's painful cry.

After a while, Yu Yang covered his butt and wiped his tears and went back to the room to reflect, and editor Yu calmed down a little, and then he looked at the 486 computer learning machine.

I was talking about why the little bastard suddenly shouted that he wanted to learn computers. It turned out to be playing games in the name of learning computers! And this thing, what a shit learning machine, it's clearly a game machine!

Editor Yu felt very aggrieved. He really wanted to smash this learning machine, but considering that it was sold for 486 yuan, Editor Yu really couldn't do it.

No, you can't forget it! I want to write an article to expose the viciousness of this learning machine!

Thinking of this, editor Yu did what he said, took out the pen and manuscript paper, and sat down at the table.

Yu editor is playing with the pen, and writing an article is not difficult for him. After a while, an article is written.

The general content of the article is that there is a thing called a computer learning machine on the market. It sounds like a computer learning machine, but it is actually a game console that sells dog meat.

The next day, editor Yu took advantage of his authority to post this article to his own newspaper.

Of course, this kind of temporary article cannot be placed in an important position on an important page, but it is relatively easy to get a tofu block in a less important page.

Editor Yu wrote this article, originally intending to vent his dissatisfaction, literati, that is, scolding people with a pen.

However, when the editor did not expect, after the article was published, the newspaper received a lot of letters from readers.

The people who wrote the letters were all parents. They shared the same experience with the editor. They bought a computer learning machine for their children, hoping that their children could learn computers, but the children used the learning machine to play games.

After the article edited by Yu was published, these parents felt a sense of sympathy, and they wrote letters to the newspaper to tell their experiences.

Many parents have stated in the letter that since the acquisition of learning machines, their children have become obsessed with video games, and have abandoned their studies, resulting in a drop in grades.

Even the parents of children whose grades did not drop were suing the learning machine, saying that the learning machine had broken their children. After all, at that time, as long as it was playing video games, it was the original sin!

A few days later, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Yu, called the editor to the office.

The editor-in-chief handed the article to the editor and said, Little, your article is well written, and the response from readers has been very enthusiastic. We have received many letters from readers!

I've read all the letters from readers! To put it bluntly, everyone is deceived by this learning machine. Parents are doing it for the good of their children, but they didn't expect it to hurt their children! Editor Yu said.

Yeah, pity the hearts of parents in the world! This black-hearted manufacturer of learning machines took advantage of this and packed a game machine with a learning machine shell, making people deceived!

The editor-in-chief went on to say: As the media, we must expose this kind of liar behavior to the general public, and we can't let more parents be deceived!

Editor-in-chief, do you mean to do another report? Editor Yu asked.

One article is not enough, just do a series of reports! I plan to send reporters to conduct all-round investigations and interviews on this computer learning machine, to interview the parents of the victims who bought the learning machine, and to interview the sales. For the learning machine store, we have to interview the manufacturer of the learning machine, and we also have to interview some experts in the education industry!

The editor-in-chief said here, looked at editor Yu, and then said: Small, since you were the first to expose the matter of learning machines, then you can do this series of reports. Remember, you must do it in real and detailed ways. , we can start with the harm of video games, and slowly introduce this so-called computer learning machine, so that the general public can understand the truth!

Editor-in-chief, you can rest assured, I will definitely do a good job in this series of reports, so that the general public will not continue to be deceived! Editor Yu said decisively.

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Editor Yu considers himself a victim of computer learning machines. Of course, the reports he made cannot be truly fair and impartial.

What's more, in China at the time, game consoles and video games were inherently evil. Playing games was not doing the right thing, it was worse than eating and drinking, and it was similar to whoring and gambling, and they didn't accept any refutation. Therefore, it is a politically correct thing to criticize game consoles and video games, and it is an act of justice.

The tendency of news reports made in this public opinion environment can be imagined.

Soon, this series of reports came out.

The report first portrayed video games as a monstrous beast, citing children who were excellent in both character and academic performance. Because of their addiction to video games, their academic performance declined and they failed exams.

There are even some children who fight with their parents and even run away from home because their parents don't let them play video games, as if video games can ruin a whole family.

In short, it is to pick some bad situations and special cases, and then exaggerate it a little to make it more storytelling. And this kind of story is precisely what attracts the reader's attention the most.

Just imagine, a good boy with excellent academic performance, beat and scold his parents for playing video games, ran away from home, and eventually became a hooligan. Isn't this kind of story more interesting than picking up gold?

Immediately afterwards, the report printed a product called a learning machine, saying that this product is nominally used as a learning machine, but in fact it is a game machine. This product is completely exploited by parents who want their children to become dragons to cheat. money.

Then there were interviews one after another. Those parents came forward and said that they spent money to buy learning machines for their children, but all of them were used by their children to play games. This kind of learning machine is simply a beast, it will only bring bad children and make them addicted to the game.

After that, a series of reporters' investigations followed. One reporter went to the Pearl River Delta in person. After a series of investigations, he found that the manufacturers of learning machines were the same ones that originally produced game machines. The connection between the computer and the game console.

Finally, here comes the expert!

The attitude of education experts towards video games can be known with their ass.

After this series of reports appeared, it really caused a huge response. Other media followed suit and made relevant reports.

In addition to being able to practice typing, you can't learn a computer at all. This is a fact after all.

It is also true that children use learning machines to play video games.

As a result, as soon as the reporter interviewed an accurate one, all kinds of so-called black materials for learning machines were all picked up.

Under the media coverage, many parents have written to the store, asking the store not to continue selling learning machines.

The TV station also received letters from parents asking them to remove the advertisements for the learning machines.

Doctors from the mental hospital also came to rub the heat, saying that playing video games is a mental illness that needs to be treated. Like being sent to a mental hospital for a phone call!

Electrotherapy prices are negotiable.

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Now Du Ping is one of the first and two big.

The public opinion is attacking the learning machine, and the little brother's learning machine is naturally a lot of pressure.

The so-called big tree attracts the wind. Before, Little Brother Learning Machine invested a lot of money in publicity, invited Jackie Chan to be the spokesperson, and went to the TV station to advertise, almost making himself a household brand.

Now the learning machine is regarded as a beast, and the little brother's learning machine has naturally become the object of public criticism.

When he went out every day, Du Ping felt that someone was pointing at him behind his back, as if he was cursing him for producing such a harmful thing.

Du Ping felt very wronged. He didn't invent the learning machine. It was the big northern boss who invented the learning machine.

The younger brother, Xueji, was just a follower, but now he has become the boss of the northern boss.

And the learning chuck made by the younger brother is very functional. It is really designed for learning.

At this time, Li Weidong had returned to Qinghe's home, happily counting the money.

I make money, you take the blame, such a good day!