Feng Yu glanced at Liu Chuanzhi. In his heart, he thought of Liu Chuanzhi as a tycoon's younger brother. He doesn't even know how to assemble a PC, and he still wants to manufacture a PC?
"In the future, there will be some shops that specialize in buying PC parts and assembling them into a PC. Do you think they do not need a brand, advertising, etc., and their prices will be lower than Lenovo's PC? Also, they will be able to pick whatever specifications they want. This way, they will avoid the disadvantages of fixed specifications. "Feng Yu smiled and said.
This will only appear after Hong Kong's return to China. At least, it is not available in China now. Feng Yu had said this to scare Liu Chuanzhi. He wants to tell Liu Chuanzhi that he might not be able to make a lot of money by producing PC.
Why did Lenovo's PC make so much money in Feng Yu's previous life? Firstly, Lenovo had hired a lot of OEM factories to lower their production costs. Secondly, they are a national brand, and the government is supporting them. For example, the government can only buy Lenovo's PC.
The sales of other brands dropped after losing a group of big customers. Lenovo was the one who started the price war for PC. At least, Lenovo does not have high tariffs. Furthermore, Lenovo had set up shop in every county. It was not just the villages surrounding the cities.
There were many reasons for Lenovo's success. Of course, Liu Chuanzhi did not think too much. He only felt what Feng Yu said made sense. If someone really does this, it will affect their sales.
"But we still have the technologies. We can develop some system software. Also, we know the needs of the people and will surely produce PC with the specifications. We are China's first national PC brand, and we will surely occupy the Chinese market. That's why I think our PC products will bring in high profits for the company. "
Unknowingly, Liu Chuanzhi said that the PC products had brought in high profits. Feng Yu was starting to waver.
"You say you all have the technologies? But can your technologies be compared to those overseas? I also have many engineers in the electronics field. "
"General Manager Feng, you also have an electronics engineer? You mean Jiang Wanmeng from Wind and rain VCD? "Liu Chuanzhi asked.
"Director Liu and Old Jiang also know each other? However, my electronics engineers are not limited to Old Jiang and the others. Is Manager Liu's pager an Aiwa brand? Aiwa brand is also mine. "Feng Yu leaned back on the sofa and crossed his legs.
"Aiwa brand? The Aiwa brand that manufactures Walkman, VCD players and pagers? "Liu Chuanzhi's eyes opened wide.
Everyone in China knew that Aiwa VCD players had been competing with Wind and rain VCD players in the market. However, he had never expected that these two brands were actually owned by the same big boss!
But this has nothing to do with their company. Electronic engineers are also divided into different categories. Electronic engineers who manufacture music players and communication products are fundamentally different from electronic engineers who make computers.
"General Manager Feng, even if Aiwa brand is yours, it does not mean that you all can manufacture computers." Liu Chuanzhi insisted.
"Manager Liu, what do you think of the floppy disk's storage capacity?" Feng Yu suddenly changed the topic.
"Floppy disk's storage capacity? It has been improving. Now, the standard floppy disk is 1.44M, but there are already double 2.88M floppy disks. "Liu Chuanzhi knew about this.
1.44M. Even if it was double the floppy disk capacity, it could only store simple files. It could not even store a big game!
"Manager Liu, what do you think about changing the floppy disk drive to CD-ROM?" Feng Yu smiled and asked.
"CD-ROM?"
"It's CD-ROM. You should be familiar with this, right?" Feng Yu asked.
CD-ROM was invented in 1991. But at that time, CD-ROM was very old, slow, and expensive. Most computers did not have CD-ROM.
Now, most computers were equipped with floppy disk. Feng Yu had seen a computer with two floppy disk drives in Hong Kong's Electronic City. One could read 3.5 inch floppy disk, and the other could read the obsolete 5.25 inch floppy disk.
But all these could not be compared to the 640 MB CD-ROM. It was more convenient to store data, games, movies, etc.
When CD-ROM was introduced, Liu Chuanzhi knew about it. The specifications of CD-ROM were set by the Software Publishers Association. But CD-ROM was too expensive, and they did not have the related technologies. It was not suitable to use it on computers.
Wait. Feng Yu's brand was producing CD and VCD players. The specifications of CD and VCD were the same as the CD-ROM used on computers. Feng Yu was saying that … … they can produce CD-ROM?
If Feng Yu had mastered the CD-ROM technology, then it would be a great opportunity for Lenovo. They could promote computers with optical drives, and they could even install floppy drives and optical drives on the same mainframe, which would increase the grade of the computer.
"General Manager Feng is saying that you all have mastered the CD-ROM technology?" Liu Chuanzhi asked anxiously.
Feng Yu nodded and asked proudly: "Is this technology very difficult? The traditional CD-ROM's transfer rate is 150 KB/s. Now, the new standard is 300 KB/s. We can produce 300 KB/s CD-ROM now. I can use this technology to invest in the company, and I will also invest in the engineers who developed this technology. "
Heitaro Nakajima wanted to enter the PC industry was because he had developed this technology when he was developing CD players. This was also the reason why Heitaro Nakajima felt it was easy to produce a PC. He felt with the CD-ROM, he can introduce a high-end PC and occupy the high-end market.
But Feng Yu knew that floppy disk storage was the mainstream now. Most of the files in laptops and desktops were stored on floppy disks.
It was just like the game Feng Yu was playing. After every level, he had to insert a floppy disk or even two floppy disks. It was very troublesome. If there was an CD-ROM, a game could be easily stored on a CD-ROM. A few games could be stored on a CD-ROM.
In the market, there were indeed games that were stored on CD-ROM. This was the trend. But it would take at least 3 to 5 years for CD-ROM to replace floppy disk. If Lenovo were to produce a PC with only CD-ROM now, it would be a failure!
But Feng Yu did not discourage Heitaro Nakajima. He told Heitaro Nakajima to set up an independent company and continue to develop higher CD-ROM. It was enough for them to produce CD-ROM. As for the PC industry, that was not possible. At least in Japan, it was impossible for Lenovo to defeat so many big companies.
This was not a Walkman. After all, Aiwa's Walkman was a well-known product in the Walkman industry. In the end, Feng Yu persuaded Heitaro Nakajima. But Heitaro Nakajima did not want to continue to develop CD-ROM. He wants to develop CD players. Feng Yu had a reason to buy out this CD-ROM technology. He was not willing to share the profits with Heitaro Nakajima!
"General Manager Feng, I need to report to my leaders. Can we contact each other in two days?" Liu Chuanzhi had to reconsider Feng Yu's investment. Investing with technologies was different from investing with money.
Feng Yu smiled and nodded. "Sure. But don't let me wait too long."
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