Rebirth of the American Super Boss Road

Li Hongfei's words made Simon Elvis want to applaud and express his admiration: This guy is really good at talking, he is born to do business!

The Chinese young man in front of me was completely different from the Chinese I knew. Not only was he tall, but most importantly, he was full of confidence. He was completely different from the Chinese he had seen in Chinatown. The most important thing was Yes, this guy's speech was really inspiring. It was obviously a profitable business, but when it came to his mouth, he said it was as if he was doing charity or doing a great thing...

But that’s exactly what impressed Simon Elwes.

As the boss of a financial company - albeit a small one - Simon Elwes knows all too well that a qualified businessman must have the ability to turn black into white and package shit into gold, let alone To say that what this kid did is not "shit", if strictly classified, it can be classified as education, and "education" has always been respected.

Applauding gently, Simon Elwes's face was full of admiration: "Then you are doing a great thing... Mr. Li, I would like to ask, how do you charge? Well, When is it convenient for me to visit your teaching?”

"This is our branch campus. As you can see, it will take a few days to be officially put into use, but you can go to our main campus. Our main campus is..." After telling the address of the "old campus", Li Hongfei Then he said: "Mr. Elvis, if you are interested, you can go to our old campus first. In addition to providing teaching and training on the TRS-80 electronic computer that is currently being installed and debugged, our old campus can provide In addition, we can also provide training services for IBM-5100, wang-2200, DECPDP-11, Apple-II, PET-2001 and other models of electronic computers and corresponding software. You can visit first and pay after you are satisfied.

As for the training prices and projects, well, I have a leaflet here. You can take a look and sign up according to your needs. This is my business card. If you have any questions, you can call me. "

It’s not that Li Hongfei is unwilling to introduce it to Simon Elwes, it’s actually that Daniel Computer Training Company’s training prices and project divisions are relatively detailed. If he said it here, it would be suspicious of the word count...

Facing the flyer and business card handed over by Li Hongfei, Simon Elwes glanced at it quickly and was a little surprised: "800 US dollars?"

"Is it expensive? I don't think it is expensive at all," Li Hongfei shrugged: "Now any company recruiting computer operators on the market will offer a salary of almost US$1200. The western kind only needs to pay the equivalent of the future monthly salary. Studying with us for half a month with two-thirds of the money can enable a person who originally earned a monthly salary of four to five hundred US dollars to earn a salary of more than 1200 US dollars every month in the future. I think it is almost impossible to find a better salary than this. It’s a good deal.”

Simon Elwes originally thought that the training fee was a bit expensive, but now that he heard what Li Hongfei said, he suddenly felt like "it doesn't seem to be very expensive?": This guy is right, I placed a recruitment advertisement in the newspaper a few days ago to recruit a computer operator, and the salary was US$1300. From this perspective, the training fee of US$800 is not expensive.

But when he took a closer look at the flyer, he saw that it would cost extra to learn one more computer model, and it would cost extra to learn one more software. Simon Elwes couldn't help but feel a little speechless: Sure enough, all the capitalists in the world are A dead virtue...

However, after scolding, seeing the detailed fee types on the flyer, Simon Elwes began to believe that Li Hongfei, a computer training company, was no longer a good one, because if it weren't for the people who worked hard in it, it wouldn't be possible. Given so many charging categories, it also indirectly proves that this is not a scam company.

As the boss of a financial company, one of his most prominent characteristics is to be decisive when making decisions. Naturally, Simon Elwes does not lack this trait. After taking another look at the charges on the flyer, he made a decisive decision Decision: "Mr. Li, I should be the first one to come for consultation, right? If I decide to sign up, are there any additional discounts besides the big customer price?"

Have you decided to sign up now?

Li Hongfei was a little surprised. He raised his eyebrows and asked Simon Elwes: "Of course there is no problem. You should take care of your first friend. I just don't know how many employees you plan to send to study? Well...you should Noticed that only by arranging more than 4 employees to study at a time can you enjoy the key customer price."

"Yes, I noticed," Simon Elwes nodded: "I want to arrange for 6 employees to come over. By the way, Mr. Li, I think we still have people teaching Internet applications here?"

According to the promotional leaflet, the price for large customers is US$700 per person.

In fact, Simon Elwes didn't want to be in such a hurry, but he had no choice. As a relatively successful businessman working in the Financial District, Simon Elwes was very aware of the movements in the Financial District during this period. With the development of Internet technology, many companies are eager to purchase computers and use computers and network technology to help themselves improve efficiency.

Readers who are not very familiar with early Internet technology may have questions. It was only in the late 70s, and the Internet already existed?

Yes, the United States already had commercial Internet technology at this time, but the technology was still very primitive. Bell 103 or Bell 202 modems were used for dial-up Internet access. At this time, dial-up Internet access was truly dial-up Internet access. Users needed to use their home computers. Dial the number on the phone, and then place the phone receiver on a dedicated acoustic coupling modem, commonly known as a "cat". The receiver emits "beep beep beep..." different sound signals, and the acoustic coupling modem interprets the sound signals. Then access the Internet. (I will post an easter egg post a thousand years ago to let everyone see the dial-up Internet method in ancient times)

Of course, the speed of this kind of Internet access is not high, it is about 1200bps, which is 1.2Kbps. In 2023, it seems that this Internet speed is simply unimaginably slow. Any home broadband should start at least 300Mbps, and a home with a 1000Mbps broadband There are not many earlier, but in 1978, this was already unimaginable high technology. Everyone who came into contact with this technology could not help but sigh: Computer technology is so powerful, no wonder it is so expensive!

Inspired by this, Hollywood made a movie called "Wargames" in 1982. It tells the story of a naughty kid in high school who knows a little about the Internet and almost accidentally accesses the Internet through dial-up. The story of the world war.

Although the story is a bit ridiculous, it was a novelty for the audience at the time. Combined with the personal computer craze and the Internet craze at the time, the result was that it directly ranked fourth at the North American box office in 1983.

The financial industry is undoubtedly the most sensitive industry to the speed of information dissemination, and is naturally also the first industry to apply Internet technology. However, in the early days, electronic computers and Internet technology were the patents of large financial companies and giants, and small and medium-sized players could only It makes me drool, but in the past two years, with the development of computer technology and Internet technology, small financial industry practitioners such as Simon Elwes have also begun to think about using the Internet in order to make more money. And the computer.

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PS: I added a little more to the story, so this chapter is 2300 words long.