Near the Martyrs' Shrine in Yuanshan, Taipei, there is a reinforced concrete building built along the mountain between green trees and flowers. It was originally a guesthouse for US military officers. In 2019, because municipal construction had to broaden the roads, Chiang Ching-kuo moved here from No. 18 Chang'an East Road and renamed it Qihai Apartment. After he took over as the "President" in 1978, it was called Qihai Official Residence by the people.

The Qihai Official Residence has an elegant and secluded environment. The house is divided into two floors. The second floor is a private space, mainly composed of Jiang Jingguo's study, living room, bedroom and a round table restaurant. In addition to the middle, western restaurant and kitchen, there are two reception rooms. The larger one is used for guests outside the house and the smaller one is used for family gatherings.

In the reception room where guests received foreign guests, two rows of simple solid wood sofas and rectangular coffee tables were placed. There was a Western fireplace directly behind. There were some vases and decorations on the cabinet shelf next to it. The overall layout was simple and elegant, and it not only demonstrated the owner's identity and cultivation, but also did not give the guests a depressed and dull feeling.

"Seven of the economic and trade delegations who went to Beijing this time were from ours. According to the reports they provided, Chen Chong had close contacts with many senior Communist officials. This is Gu Mu, an expert in united front, who instigated the colonel of the UU7th Regiment of the 1st Division of the Northeast Army in 1938. He is now the vice premier and holds many positions in charge of foreign economy... This is Zhou Jiannan, who has been engaged in united front and intelligence work in the 1st and 4th years. Now he is the deputy minister of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. The young man around him is his second son Zhou Xiaochuan. Chen Chong once chatted with him all night long..."

Wang Sheng spread out several photos of Chen Chong taking photos with others and introduced the characters to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo listened very seriously, but did not speak.

"In addition to having contacts with many provincial and ministerial officials, Chen Chong also has close ties with the mainland military." Wang Sheng picked up the last photo and said, "This girl's name is Ning Yining, nickname Ning Ning, and is Ning Rushan's granddaughter. Ning Rushan is one of the 55 generals awarded medals in 1955. She is now a member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party. Ning Ning went to Hong Kong to study after the Spring Festival this year and soon moved into the villa of Chen Chong in Baijiadao. The two of them had a very close relationship, and they were both together and chatted and laughed. When Chen Chong was in Beijing, he lived in the yard of the Ning family."

"This girl is quite young and looks less than a year old." Sun Yunxuan, who had not spoken, looked at the photos and teased: "Even if she uses the beauty trick, she is too young, right? Besides, Ning Rushan's famous generals need to do such a marriage trick?"

"The Communist Party has always used all the best in united front." Wang Sheng smiled contemptuously and said, "Our people have heard a lot of rumors in Beijing that Ning Rushan sold his granddaughter to a capitalist as a wife for the sake of profit. It is groundless and may not be without cause. The people who say these rumors are not ordinary people, because ordinary people don't know that the Ning family has such a granddaughter."

"Okay, even if what you said is true, Ning Rushan is already a member of the Military Commission and has a high position and power. For what benefit will he give his precious granddaughter to Chen Chong?

"For these." Wang Sheng changed a document, spread it on the coffee table, knocked on the photos inside, and said: "If IHN large computers are fully equipped, one costs $5 million. Shen Chong ordered two in May and shipped them to Hong Kong at the end of July, and then disappeared. This time he went to the mainland and brought 500 Apple 11 personal computers, all donated to mainland universities. Computers are high-tech products and play a major role in the military. Dean Sun, if I remember correctly, there are only more than 100 computers in Taiwan, and there are less than 40UU of people who will use these machines, right?" (Note)

"That's right." Sun Yunxuan nodded and said, "But these more than 100 computers in Taiwan are all small computers or above. Personal computers are not counted. They are new things that have only appeared in the past two years. They have limited functions and are not enough for military purposes."

"But personal computers can cultivate talents who use computers. This is very important. Machines are dead, people are alive, and the value of pilots is far greater than the value of aircraft." Wang Sheng turned his head and faced Chiang Ching-kuo, saying: "Mr. Jiang, in March this year, the United States will change the export level to the mainland to P, that is, 'friendly African Union countries,' relax export restrictions, and I have received reliable news that next month, the Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States will lead a military delegation to Beijing, with the agenda including the sale of radar, transportation helicopters, electronic reconnaissance devices and computers with advanced military software..."

Jiang Jingguo, who had been unpredictable in ancient Jing, brows moved, raised his hand to signal Wang Sheng to take the documents, then put on his glasses and browse them carefully.

"Shen Chong is just a Hong Kong businessman. What does it have to do with these?"

"The businessman is true, but he is a very good businessman." Two months ago, Wang Sheng scoffed at Shen Chong's financial resources, but after the impact of Jardine Massachusetts and Ga, he no longer dared to look down on him. He looked solemn and said: "In 1978, the mainland and Japan New Japan Railway cooperated with each other and planned to build a modern steel plant in Shanghai for 7 years. This project is very important, but it has been suspended. Because the mainland has no money, they only have about US$4 billion in foreign exchange, but they have signed a purchase contract of more than US$7 billion. Now they are unsustainable. Many contracts have been cancelled. The Japanese are very dissatisfied with this and have submitted diplomatic protests. In this case, if the mainland military wants to purchase weapons and equipment from the United States, it is very likely to seek Shen Chong financing. After all, he has already had a precedent for helping the mainland buy Boeing 747." (Note)

"That can only mean that he is a business broker." Sun Yunxuan disagreed and said: "The mainland can use him, and we can do the same. We can also give the benefits that the mainland can give. As long as it is beneficial to Taiwan's economy, what does it matter if it is a little more comfortable."

"This fence-bearer who is on both ends of the rat is deceitful and has no moral integrity. How can he let him do whatever he wants in Taiwan?"

"Shen Chong is now a neutral position. What are the benefits for Taiwan if you deal with him and force him to the other side of the sea?"

"I didn't say I wanted to deal with him. I mean I should be strictly guarded against him and beware of him using interests as bait to help the Communist Party in Taiwan to engage in united front work. The mainland is poor and has no pants to wear, and our Taiwan is not poor."

"Not poor? You go to the countryside of Tainan to see if it is poor or poor, the per capita GDP is less than UU US dollars, why is it not poor?"

"Don't quarrel, the economy needs to be improved, and political work cannot be relaxed." Chiang Ching-kuo closed the document and raised his hand to stop the increasingly fierce arguments between the two subordinates, saying: "Director Sun, tell me about the relevant situation you have."

Sun Yunxuan also came prepared. He opened his briefcase, took out a magazine first, and said: "This is the Time magazine published in early August. Chen Chong is the cover character with the title "Son of Knowing the Economy". This is the third time he has appeared on the cover of Time magazine. The first two times, once was a patent last year, and once was Boeing flew to China in June this year. In addition to Time, he has been on the cover or headlines of almost all world-class authoritative media in the past year."

He put down the magazine and took out a document fixed with a paper clip, saying: "Shen Chong proposed the concept of knowledge economy last year, and then used the development of commercial software and electronic games to show the world what the knowledge economy is and the huge value and impact of the knowledge economy. For example, the VtCa he invested in and developed is considered to be the greatest productivity tool after electronic calculator..."

"In the past year, more than 300 professional papers on knowledge economy have appeared in the United States, including articles by top economists. Almost everyone believes that the knowledge economy will be the "industrial revolution of the century, and the electronics and software industries will become new engines of economic growth..."

Sun Yunxuan briefly introduced some of the arguments about the knowledge economy, and then concluded: "Shen Chong is not a lucky person who made his fortune by luck. He has a very keen vision and forward-looking thinking, and has the ability to match it. Therefore, although he is very young, he is already a world-class business star and his every move has attracted much attention from the media and the industry."

"So what? No matter how much you get attention, you are just a businessman."

Note: In 1977, Taiwan had only 0 computers and more than 30UU of them, only programmers, the rest were maintenance personnel and perforation operators, and they could not be professional computer talents.
Chapter completed!