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Chapter 738 The Controversy Between Liu and Ni

As soon as Ni Guangnan is mentioned, one has to talk about the classic case in the commercial field of later generations, "the dispute between Liu and Ni", also known as the dispute between "technology, industry and trade" or "trade, industry and technology".

This is a huge dispute that not only affects Lenovo, but also affects the development of computer technology in China as a whole.

The so-called technology refers to technology research and development.

The so-called labor refers to production and processing.

The so-called trade refers to commercial trade.

The dispute between "technology, industry and trade" and "trade, industry and technology" refers to whether technology is given priority or trade is given priority.

This is a huge dispute caused by the focus of development during the expansion process of the association.

As we all know, whether in the past, the present, or the future, China's electronics industry, including computer hardware, has always been assembled using foreign components.

Especially in the field of computers, most of the chips, including the core chip CPU, are assembled from imported foreign products.

This is a huge constraint on the development of China's computer industry.

In Lenovo's management, Liu Chuanzhi is the president, Ni Guangnan is the chief engineer, one is a respected entrepreneur, and the other is an effective scientist.

One person is in charge of operations and the other is in charge of technology.

It stands to reason that this is a perfect couple.

In the beginning, it was true.

In order to establish Lenovo's image as a high-tech company and launch his own "technical business card", Liu Chuanzhi started a campaign against Ni Guangnan to create a god. In order to maintain the prestige of the "god", Liu Chuanzhi even did not hesitate to damage his own authority.

Lenovo's president and chief engineer, this pair of intimate "Gemini" became a role model for many companies at that time.

However, one who operates according to market thinking and one who does research according to technical thinking are bound to conflict in the company's development direction.

This is the conflict between trade, industry and technology.

According to Liu Chuanzhi's thinking, Lenovo's development of the computer industry, based on the current situation, must first develop trade, earn enough profits through assembly, and then have sufficient economic conditions to conduct technical research.

However, Ni Guangnan feels that if China's computer industry wants to break through the numerous technical barriers abroad, it must start its own product and technology research and development as soon as possible.

Only by owning our own technical patents and products can we truly become bigger and stronger.

This is a kind of intense contradiction and conflict.

At the beginning of the conflict, Liu Chuanzhi successfully eased the conflict by virtue of his high EQ and his generosity.

But in 1994, Microsoft launched the Chinese version of Windows 3.2, which made Lenovo Hanka immediately useless.

You know, this is a business that Ni Guangnan has put a lot of effort into.

Before 1994, Lenovo Hanka was also one of Lenovo's pillar industries. Relying on Lenovo Hanka, it not only gained huge profits, but also gained a huge reputation.

However, as soon as the Chinese version of Windows was launched, the Lenovo Hanka based on hardware technology was immediately abolished, and there was no chance of saving it.

After learning from the painful experience, Ni Guangnan felt that China's computer industry must have its own core technology.

Thus, the contradiction escalated.

In terms of personality, Ni Guangnan is a typical technical thinker with a low EQ. It is difficult for anyone, including Liu Chuanzhi, to change his mind about what he believes.

Unless he hits the south wall and is willing to turn back.

In the case of escalating conflicts, no matter how high Liu Chuanzhi's EQ is, it can no longer be eased.

This is a conflict involving their respective bottom lines.

The most important thing is that during the previous god-making movement, Ni Guangnan was used to everyone obeying him.

But now, everyone in Lenovo, including Liu Chuanzhi, began to say no to him, which made it difficult for him to accept it all at once.

People with low emotional intelligence and single-mindedness can easily act aggressively under the influence of extreme emotions.

Because of being opposed, Ni Guangnan began to take a series of extreme measures against Liu Chuanzhi, including reporting to the Computer Research Institute that Liu Chuanzhi was suspected of corruption.

As a result, the friendship between the two for decades broke down.

In desperation, the courageous Liu Chuanzhi directly swept Ni Guangnan out of Lenovo.

This is the famous Liu-Ni dispute in the industry.

The debate about trade, industry and technology and technology, industry and trade caused an uproar across the country at that time, and later generations regarded it as a typical business case.

The reason why it can become a typical one is because the story is not over yet.

There is no doubt that Liu Chuanzhi, who drove Ni Guangnan out of the house, achieved great success in the end, as evidenced by the fact that Lenovo led by him can become the world's top [-] and the world's largest PC manufacturer.

But what if Ni Guangnan hadn't been kicked out?
What will happen?

This issue also involved another business of Lenovo at that time, which was the program-controlled switch business department presided over by Ni Guangnan himself.

When the development of Lenovo Group is booming, Ni Guangnan, who has always advocated independent core technology, insists that Lenovo should enter the core technology next step and make early deployment in line with the trend of computer and communication integration (ICT).

To this end, Ni Guangnan set up a project in 1992 to develop Lenovo program-controlled switches.

In July 1994, Lenovo and Huawei obtained network access certificates at the same time.

At that time, Lenovo's program-controlled switch business unit had become the second largest division of Lenovo Group, second only to the microcomputer department led by Yang Yuanqing. Its overall strength surpassed that of Huawei at that time, and even Zhongnanhai purchased Lenovo's program-controlled switches.

But as soon as Ni Guangnan was kicked out, Lenovo's program-controlled switchboard division quickly disappeared.

Some people in later generations have been analyzing: If Ni Guangnan had not been kicked out and continued to develop the program-controlled switch business according to his ideas, would Lenovo be better than Huawei in later generations?

This is no idiot's dream.

You must know that Ni Guangnan is a well-known technical expert at the Institute of Computer Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has a great influence in the industry and can easily organize a group of technical research and development forces.

If the relationship between the two does not break down, his technology, coupled with Liu Chuanzhi's marketing ability, that kind of scenario is not impossible.

You must know that in later generations, Huawei eventually developed into the world's number one telecommunications equipment manufacturer and wireless communication network solution provider, and its status is far beyond Lenovo's comparison.

As for the result, this is just a conjecture of future generations, and no one has a definite answer.

As for the current Wu Xiaozheng, he doesn't care about the result.

What he cares about is that a computer expert and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who is destined to be kicked out by Lenovo appears in front of him. Does he need to catch it?

Is he capable of catching it?
You must know that Ni Guangnan is not only an expert, but also a hard nut to crack. Most people can't convince him at all.

(End of this chapter)