"Mr. Huang, with the mainland investment delegation you are leading visiting us this time, what are your expectations?" At a grand press conference, almost all reporters were eager to shove their microphones into Mr. Huang's mouth and ask him for his thoughts.
However, as the head of the delegation, Mr. Huang had to say a few polite words, basically about working together with local compatriots to build the country.
With Mr. Huang's careful maneuvering, the process of retrieving the lost items was quite smooth, basically with the sound of firecrackers and everyone collectively raising their hands in cheers.
Although many "little devils" had been clamoring fiercely beforehand, talking about setting off firecrackers and preferring to die outside rather than return home for the New Year, as soon as the firecrackers went off, they obediently raised their hands and cheered. Many woke up, sat on the toilet brushing their terminals, and then found that the New Year had arrived.
According to incomplete statistics, apart from a small number of casualties due to fights, the entire region only suffered three accidental casualties. These three accidents occurred because some people rushed downstairs after hearing the sounds, causing them to accidentally fall from the building, thus leading to the accidents.
Overall, the entire situation was very stable, and there wasn't even a ripple in society.
Many influential figures found it incredible. This region had been turbulent for decades, with countless resources spent. They had expected it to take great effort to stabilize society, but unexpectedly, it didn't require any effort at all. Everything was so smooth, so smooth that it was unimaginable.
Of course, there were still some problems to arise, which were economic problems.
To stabilize people's minds as much as possible, the economic policies introduced afterward were no policies at all. All economic policies remained as before, with no restrictions imposed in the short term, in order to stabilize people's minds as much as possible.
This approach was certainly not wrong, but it did bring about a problem: capital flight.
Many local capitalists still felt that the safety factor was insufficient, believing that the moon was rounder elsewhere and that the West could guarantee their property safety. Moreover, they believed that some economic reforms would eventually be implemented, so it was better to flee immediately.
Thus, just like in '97 and '99, after the open policy was announced, over 9.8% of funds left within a week. This was extremely damaging to the entire region.
This meant that many people would lose their jobs and consequently their income. Once without jobs and income, everything would head in a bad direction.
Furthermore, it was obvious that subsequent measures would follow, and the region's economy would undoubtedly be severely hit again. Only by maintaining the economy could social stability be maintained.
This required social enterprises to take action. Thus, soon, an entrepreneur delegation led by Huang He arrived to conduct inspections, announce factory construction, invest in various infrastructure projects, and create millions of job opportunities.
In fact, none of these things were requested; Mr. Huang proposed them himself. This was also why he was astute and had stood firm for decades.
"Then, Mr. Huang, what industries do you plan to invest in? You've made us cry with your schemes over the decades!" a reporter suddenly said with a hint of bitterness.
However, his words were not entirely wrong, as Mr. Huang had indeed severely harmed the region's economy over the past few decades.
In the region's official propaganda, it boldly declared its ten pillar industries: semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, precision machinery, industrial control equipment, petrochemicals, rubber industry, new energy, biomedical, fiber textiles, and bicycle industry.
However, seeing that a small bicycle industry was listed among the ten pillar industries revealed how unreliable these ten pillar industries truly were.
In fact, half of these ten pillar industries were relics of the last century. Bicycles had long become niche products, and when they transitioned to electric bicycles, they were surpassed by mainland industries. Currently, it was merely a small industry with an annual output value of less than tens of billions.
As for fiber textiles, it was unnecessary to mention. The entire world's textile industry was managed by the mainland.
Biomedical and new energy industries had been slow to produce new technologies and had been surpassed by many countries. The rubber industry had been completely surpassed by countries like the Philippines and Malaysia.
The petrochemical industry had not been doing well recently, as with the continuous development of electric energy and battery technology, many industries that originally required oil had switched to using electric energy.
By around 2022, the only industries in the region that were still presentable were semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, precision machinery, and industrial control. These were the truly deserving four pillar industries.
The rest were either in decline or were merely filler additions.
So, what about these remaining four pillar industries?
First, precision machinery and industrial control had almost completed their integration with the mainland. The local market and workforce could not support these industries, and the entire enterprises had long been deeply intertwined with the mainland.
As for electronics manufacturing, in the end, only one company remained, and its situation was similar to the previous ones, even more tightly bound to the mainland. However, the head of this company did not think so and once attempted to sever this tie, moving to regions with cheaper labor to reduce costs.
The result was a slight reduction in costs but a significant decrease in the yield of good products, which in turn caused it to lose competitiveness in the market. It was encroached upon by many latecomer electronic manufacturing companies, and eventually, it had to return obediently, having to pay more wages to recruit more workers.
The current region was basically supported by these three pillar industries.
What about semiconductors, the original number one pillar industry?
Well, that... was dying.
Yes, a company that once dominated the semiconductor industry, with a market share of up to 70% at its peak, was now on its last legs.
And the culprit behind all of this was none other than our Mr. Huang.
Well, this couldn't entirely be blamed on Mr. Huang; they could only blame themselves for not embracing market trends.
With the launch of Jiangnan's personal terminals and the continuous advancement of the five-进制 system, by 2020, a duopoly had been fully established.
Not only personal terminals but also almost all small handheld smart devices used five-进制 chips and related systems. This was because five-进制 chips had a greater advantage in power consumption. With the same battery, five-进制 chips could last more than twice as long, leading almost all handheld smart devices to use stationary chips and related systems.
The original binary chips and systems could only be used in large equipment that required a power supply.
As a result, this company lost more than half of its market, or more accurately, nearly 65% of its market.
Because with the development of the times, handheld microelectronic devices represented the future. More and more industries would inevitably choose to miniaturize and portableize their products. Coupled with the existence of personal terminals, the traditional PC market had been greatly suppressed.
Not to mention that the Jiangnan Group had not given up on the traditional PC market. From 2020 to 2035, a period of 15 years, the Jiangnan Group had been launching fierce attacks on the personal PC market, investing without regard for costs, and gradually breaking into the PC markets of various countries.
By 2035, except for a few European countries and the United States, most of them were using the five-进制 computer system. This was not because Microsoft had not tried, but because the Jiangnan Group had launched various convenient personal terminals and PCs that were interconnected, forming a whole.
In addition, the Jiangnan Group had launched a super intelligent program and improved the underlying logic of the five-进制 computer system, allowing any personal terminal application to be directly converted into a PC application.
It also allowed for the direct transfer and copying of various data from PCs to the five-进制 computer system, maximally alleviating the cost of replacing equipment. This allowed the five-进制 computer system to continuously compress the binary system's market.
Both Intel and Microsoft suffered greatly from this. Microsoft even fell out of the ranks of the top ten global enterprises as a result.
With the entire binary computer system facing such a situation, the unnamed electric company, as the main binary semiconductor manufacturer, was naturally severely weakened, losing more than 50% of its orders within a few years.
The loss of these orders made it impossible for the unnamed electric company to afford the operating costs. Each day it operated, it lost nearly $100,000, and these losses naturally had to be covered by the local treasury.
The company that had continuously generated profits for the region had now become its own blood-sucking device, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse.
In fact, the unnamed electric company also had an opportunity to change. Because the Jiangnan Group had encroached upon a large portion of the binary chip market, many traditional chip companies and manufacturers faced difficulties, leading to widespread criticism of the Jiangnan Group.
Mr. Huang, knowing the principle that everyone should make money, just as he had given up the personal terminal market, once again opened up the five-进制 chip market.
He directly licensed the technology for low-end and terminal five-进制 chips for free, offering corresponding production equipment and technical guidance. He also supplied the underlying material for chips like "Black Gold" at stable prices, with the Jiangnan Group retaining only the most cutting-edge chip production and sales.
This effectively ceded over 80% of the five-进制 chip market. Consequently, the companies that had previously complained about the Jiangnan Group began to express gratitude and collectively betrayed the binary system, turning to embrace the five-进制 system.
Logically, at this point, the unnamed electric company should have followed suit and allocated some of its production capacity to five-进制. However, it was intimidated by a single word from its "American daddy" and dared not move. It could only watch helplessly as many small companies rushed to snatch up the market vacated by the Jiangnan Group, while it itself was powerless and could do nothing.