Chapter 1228
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[Xiaomi and Microsoft reach an agreement. 10 million PCs will come with Microsoft operating system in the future.]
[We will not increase prices! Xiaomi's promise to all customers.]
[Excellent companies focus on their users. Xiaomi announces that all Xiaomi PC users will be able to install Win95 operating system for free.]
"How is it? What do you think? "Liu Chuanzhi asked after Yang Yuanqing finished reading all the reports.
"Impressive!" Yang Yuanqing nodded. "Jia Yapeng and Daqian are the richest men in Hua Xia for a reason. They are fast at handling public relations and are willing to spend money. Although they only used three days to reach an agreement with Microsoft, I'm afraid our original plan will not work."
"Not only that, Microsoft's Du Jiabin called me just now. He wants to discuss the licensing issue with us. At the same time, he said that their licensing is only limited to ZF Computers and PCs. If they are using internet cafes' computers, they will need to negotiate with us. It will not be within the 30 million range!"
"How can they be so shameless?!" Yang Yuanqing said angrily.
"This is normal. United States people have always been like this. There's nothing strange about it!" Liu Chuanzhi laughed.
"What about Du Jiabin? He is from Hua Xia. "Yang Yuanqing said.
"No. He is from Wanwan Province!" Liu Chuanzhi sneered. "But you don't have to worry. I had asked the legal department to look at the contract. We can use the computers in the internet cafes, and there will not be any legal risks. This Du Jiabin is only trying to annoy us."
"But even if there is no legal issue, it will be difficult to use the computers in the internet cafes!" Yang Yuanqing said bitterly. "It's easy for ordinary users, but the internet cafes' owners are too smart. They only care about the price. If we cannot get an advantage over them, we will not be able to enter the internet cafes' market. Sooner or later, Xiaomi will take over the internet cafes."
"Also, you had helped Xiaomi with another favor. You had stopped the internet cafes' owners from buying assembled PCs. Originally, the prices of the assembled PCs will be lower than Xiaomi. But because they are worried about the original operating system, these internet cafes' owners will give up on the assembled PCs and focus on Xiaomi! "Liu Chuanzhi said calmly.
"As a price, the Daqian paid 100 million USD for the copyright."
"This time, Daqian had lost 100 million USD, and Microsoft had made 100 million USD! But we lost the entire Internet café market! "
"Chairman, that's not what I meant. I didn't expect …" Yang Yuanqing panicked.
"You didn't think that Jia Yapeng would be willing to pay 100 million USD, did you?" Liu Chuanzhi snorted coldly and said, "But don't forget that Jia Yapeng is now the richest man in Hua Xia. 100 million US dollars is nothing to him, but he has removed a major barrier in the computer industry. At the same time, he also has a good reputation for valuing authentic products!"
"We might not lose the market as long as our price is lower than Xiaomi …" Before Yang Yuanqing could finish his sentence, Liu Chuanzhi interrupted him.
"It's impossible for the price to be lower than Xiao Mi's!" Liu Chuanzhi shook his head.
"How is that not possible? We have been in the PC industry for more than ten years. We have all the connections in the industry. As long as our production cost is lower than Xiaomi, then our price will be lower than Xiaomi!" Yang Yuanqing said hurriedly. He thought that Liu Chuanzhi was unwilling to lower the price because he couldn't bear to part with the current profits.
"Xiao Yang, you have been in the industry for so many years. Your marketing skills have improved, but you have left the production line a little!" Liu Chuanzhi sighed and said, "Let me ask you, do you know which company we are purchasing the memory from?"
"Yes, it's Kingston …"
"Then do you know where Kingston's memory is produced?" Liu Chuanzhi asked back.
"I remember that Kingston is from Wanwan …"
"No, now most of Kingston's OEM has been handed over to another company called Sang Hai Memory!" Liu Chuanzhi said, "Soon, I plan to give up on Kingston's memory and use Sang Hai's memory. The price is one-third cheaper, but the performance is exactly the same!"
"This Sang Hai Memory is so powerful? This is also a company from Wanwan? " Yang Yuanqing was a little shocked. He had been in the PC industry for so long. Why had he never heard of the name Sang Hai Memory?
"No, it's from Hua Xia!"
"And the motherboard. Do you know where the MSI motherboard we are using now is from?" Liu Chuanzhi asked again.
"Could it be that this is also a OEM for Sang Hai Memory?" Yang Yuanqing was shocked.
"That's not it. Sang Hai Memory only produces memory sticks. The MSI motherboard now is manufactured by a motherboard company called Jijia. The quality is quite good, and we plan to use it too!" Liu Chuanzhi smiled and then reported the names of a few other companies. Yang Yuanqing had never heard of these names, but they were all OEM companies used by many big factories.
And these companies had a characteristic, which was that their prices were especially cheap. So cheap that those big factories could not reject them.
"Chairman, these companies … Could it be that the components purchased by Xiaomi Computer were all produced by these companies?" Yang Yuanqing was smart. Liu Chuanzhi would not mention these companies for no reason.
"Yes and no!" Liu Chuanzhi smiled slightly. "Xiaomi Computer was originally a company set up by these companies. They use their own products."
"What!" Yang Yuanqing instantly stood up from his chair. "But isn't Xiaomi Computer Daqian …"
"Have you heard of the Daqian Group Army? These companies are part of the Daqian Group Army. Each of their companies is controlled by the Daqian Group. The company they set up together is naturally a Daqian company! "
"How is this possible? A computer involves countless different technologies. How can a company like Da Qian manufacture so many parts on an OEM basis? Where did they get the technology from? This is impossible! "Yang Yuanqing was a little stunned.
"That's the truth. According to my understanding, many of the technologies used by the Daqian Group Army are unique in the industry. Even top electronics companies like Kingston and Samsung do not have many of these technologies. That's why their products can quickly dominate the market. Now, 10% of the entire electronics market is produced by them!"
"It's only been less than two years!" Liu Chuanzhi sighed.
In fact, Liu Chuanzhi had just found out about this. After knowing that they had an enemy like Xiaomi, Liu Chuanzhi even sent people to investigate the specific situation.
Because Liu Chuanzhi's resources and connections were quite amazing, he was able to investigate a lot of information that Yang Yuanqing had no way of knowing. Only then did he clearly know what kind of terrifying existence their opponent was.
This was an opponent gathered by upstream suppliers. What was even more frightening was that these suppliers had the same brain and controller. In the internet cafe industry, they had no chance of winning.
"How is this possible? How can the Daqian have so many of the latest technologies? These technologies are not from foreigners, but from Hua Xia. How is this possible?" Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but mutter to himself. In his mind, technologies and productivity like the electronics industry must be mastered by foreigners. Hua Xia could only import their products. How could China have the leading production capacity?
"Am I really wrong?" At this moment, Liu Chuanzhi's heart was also muddy.
In addition to investigating a lot of information about the Daqian Group Army, he also knew that these technologies were developed by the Daqian Research Center. The person in charge of this research and development center was the former chief engineer of Meiliang, Ni Guangnan.
At this moment, Liu Chuanzhi's unwavering belief began to waver.
He remembered the day he and Ni Guangnan completely broke up. The wind that day seemed to have a bloody smell.
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