Video Game Empire

Aikon sold a total of 1.08 million personal computers last year, and the actual shipments of monitors were basically 1:1 with the sales of computers. ∈♀ is small, coupled with the demand for picture tubes for the arcade products of Dongfang Game Company, the new factory was operating at full capacity almost as soon as it was built.

"I just got the news that Mr. Thornton Bradshaw, the chairman of ra, will come to Hong Kong in person next month to cut the ribbon for the second phase of the CRT plant!" Li Xuan said.

RA's share in the U.S. TV market continues to shrink. Although management has moved all of the company's manufacturing plants from the U.S. to Mexico, where labor costs are lower, it is still unable to compete with Japanese products.

As for the kinescope plant jointly built by RA in Asia, the second phase expansion will be required as soon as it is completed. This may be the only operating point of ra company in the past 1982. Of course, the skinny camel is bigger than Ma. As a large group with a total market value of more than 5 billion US dollars, the joint venture with Asian partners to build a picture tube plant can only be regarded as a small project.

The reason why Bradshaw was willing to cut the ribbon for the second phase of the CRT factory in person was mainly because Li Xuan personally sent an invitation. In the capitalist world, wealth means status.

In 1981, when Li Xuan went to RA company for inspection, RA company was responsible for receiving him from director Charlieson. At that time, Dongfang Electronics Co., Ltd. could only be regarded as a little-known rookie company in the field of electronics. Bradshaw just took the time to hold a meeting with Li Xuan. But now, Li Xuan has become the richest man in the world, and the total value of Dongfang Electronics Group has far surpassed that of RA. Therefore, Bradshaw, the chairman, was willing to travel thousands of miles to Hong Kong.

Lu Qintian was a little surprised when he heard the news. Both ra and Dongfang Electronics kept their promises. No involvement in the day-to-day management of the joint venture kinescope factory. Including the construction of the second phase of the factory, Lu Qintian has always been in charge.

He did not hear the wind from the joint venture factory. It is said that the chairman of ra company is coming to Asia. Then the other party's itinerary must be inseparable from the "God of Wealth Li" in front of him. After a little thought, Lu Qintian immediately guessed the cause and effect of the incident.

"Do we need to do anything to prepare?" Lu Qintian asked tentatively.

When the factory was put into operation last year, Li Xuan was busy preparing for the wedding and did not attend. But the guests at that time were even bigger than this time. Mr. Bush, the Vice President of the United States, attended in person. As a result, Lu Qintian, the person in charge, could not get involved in the whole process, and the public relations team of Dongfang Company took over to contact the Guangdong Provincial Government, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the United States.

If it were two collaborators with similar strengths, Lu Qintian would have been unhappy long ago. But in front of "God of Wealth Li". Lu Qintian couldn't feel jealous at all. Lu Qintian's assets are now over 100 million yuan, and he is considered a wealthy class in Hong Kong and Jiucheng, but his money is not even a fraction of other people's.

More importantly, Lu's Electronics has been able to develop nearly a thousand miles in the past two years because of the thick thigh of the Dongfang Group. For example, the recent Hong Kong stock market plummeted, but the stock price of Lu's Electronics was exceptionally strong, because the company's quarterly financial statements were really good. It is the consensus of the whole Hong Kong people to follow the "God of Fortune Li" to make money.

However, the core companies under the Oriental Group either have no plans to go public, or simply do not look down on the small pond of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. For example, Aikang chose to go public in London. Not long ago, the computer garden company was listed in New York. Hong Kong shareholders have no chance to participate in the pie, so everyone can only love Wu and Wu, and focus on oriental peripheral companies such as Lu's Electronics.

When the large-cap stock index plummeted, although the stock price of Lu's Electronics also fell. But soon, with the influx of investors, Lu's Electronics was regarded as a safe haven from the stock market crash. Because the whole of Hong Kong knows how fast the Oriental Group has developed in the past two years, so companies like Lu's Electronics that rely on the Oriental Group for their food will naturally benefit.

So much so that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was abruptly screened out by shareholders as an oriental sector. Plenty of safe-haven money poured in big bids for companies with deep ties to the Orient Group. So much so that the stock prices of companies like Lu's Electronics rose against the trend amid the market slump.

"There is no need to make any special arrangements. Bradshaw's visit to Asia is just a normal business visit! After the second phase of the factory was put into operation, the monthly output of color tubes increased from 100,000 to 300,000. The sales department will continue to The pressure is not small!" Li Xuan asked.

After the completion of the second-phase production line of the joint venture kinescope plant, the annual production capacity will reach 3.9 million kinescopes. In addition to the production capacity of 300,000 black and white tubes in the first phase of the project, the remaining 3.6 million are color tubes. Aikang Company and Dongfang Game Company cannot digest so much production capacity for the time being, and some of them will definitely be used for export. However, Li Xuan believes that with the development speed of the personal computer industry, it is estimated that this time next year will have to discuss the issue of the continued expansion of the factory.

"In the past year, the sales department has been the most idle department in the company, and everyone is dissatisfied. All products are digested internally, so they have no chance to earn sales commissions!" Lu Qintian said with a smile, "Now finally It gave everyone a chance to show their strength, and the entire sales department is gearing up for it!"

Lu Qintian is not worried about the export of picture tubes at all. In recent years, domestic TV production and sales have become more and more prosperous. However, most of the TV factories in the mainland do not have the ability to produce qualified picture tube factories by themselves. Although China has invested hundreds of millions of yuan to import technology from Japan and built large-scale picture tubes like the Xian-Yang CPT Factory, it still cannot meet the gap.

Therefore, various domestic TV manufacturers are trying their best to use various channels to import kinescopes from abroad, and Hong Kong is one of the most important re-export bases for exporting kinescopes to the mainland. The joint venture kinescope factory has 300,000 black and white kinescopes, all of which are sold out by various import and export companies in the Mainland through the Hong Kong market.

In fact, China has the ability to produce black and white picture tubes by itself, but the quality of the picture tubes is far from that of the joint venture factory. You must know that Li Xuan has always had zero tolerance for quality problems. Therefore, the picture tube products of the joint venture factory are absolutely well-known in the Hong Kong market, and they are not inferior to the first-class Japanese products in the perception of the Chinese people.

As for color picture tubes, except for the newly built Xianyang Color Tube Factory, the quality of the rest of the production plants is not up to standard, so the import demand is even greater than that of black and white tubes. Moreover, Lu's own TV production has been increasing rapidly in the past two years, and it has successfully established a certain brand in the Southeast Asian market.

With Lu Qintian's good relationship with the mainland, Lu's TV has already successfully entered the major friendship stores in China and competed with Japanese products in the domestic high-end market.

Therefore, Lu's TV can digest itself, and a large part of the production capacity of the picture tube. The actual production capacity released by the picture tube factory will not exceed 50,000 per month. With the huge import demand from the mainland, Lu Qintian is not worried about sales at all. On the contrary, once he started to sell to the outside world, if there is a shortage of supply, he would have to worry about all kinds of things that he found through relationships and asked to go through the back door to grab orders.

"Old Dou, it's almost time for dinner!" Lu Qintian's son knocked on the door and walked in to remind him.

So Li Xuan walked out of the lounge, accompanied by Lu Qintian, to the banquet hall, where he was seated at the main table. Chinese table manners are actually very particular, and the seats at each position on a round table are not arranged randomly.

The seating arrangement can be summed up in eight words, "far to the top, and the right to respect". The seat on the table facing the gate is the chief, usually reserved for the master. The two positions of the chief's left and right hands are called upper positions, of which the right is respected.

Li Xuan was placed on the right hand of Lu Qintian, the birthday star, and on the left of Lu Qintian sat Xu Jiachun, the new president of the Hong Kong Xinhua branch. Lu Qintian's factories are all invested in the mainland, so his political orientation is naturally pro-inland.

Sitting on the other side of Li Xuan is Du Hua, Secretary for Industry and Commerce of the Department of Commerce and Industry of the Chief Secretary's Office. He is an official member of the Executive Council. The two had a close acquaintance at the previous Executive Council meeting. The heads of various sections of the Hong Kong government are not called section chiefs, but are mostly called "divisions".

Lu Qintian raised his glass and said a toast of thanks to everyone, and the dinner officially started. At this kind of reception, everyone is proud of their identity, and naturally they will not eat and drink. Like Li Xuan, most of the people at the main table had actually had dinner before coming to the banquet. Although the dishes are dazzling and very rich, but everyone is very self-restrained and tastes it. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

It can be said that everyone has a mask of an elegant gentleman on his face. In this way, pretending to be a civilized person, every move must be very decent, how can it be relaxed at home. What do you want to eat and drink at home, so Li Xuan doesn't like to attend such events.

"Mr. Li, please wait a moment. I don't know if you are free in the past few days. I'm going to come and chat!" After Li Xuan said goodbye to Lu Qintian, he was ready to leave.

He turned his head and saw that it was Xu Jiachun who was speaking to him quickly, and the other party also said goodbye to Lu Qintian and was about to leave.

"Of course, I've been at home for the past few days, and I look forward to seeing President Xu at any time!" Li Xuan responded with a polite smile.

Compared with the conservative Peng Fei of the former president, the Hong Kong media's comments on the newly appointed Xu Jiachun are more open and more atmospheric. But Li Xuan was not prepared to get too close to him. This person was later instigated by the CIA to flee to Los Angeles and was expelled from the Central Party. (To be continued..)

ps: I feel very uncomfortable today, and my head is buzzing. The second chapter is gone, so I can only go to the company during the day and try to make up for the third chapter!