Video Game Empire

"Mr. Liu, I'm Liu Chang, Ah Wei's buddy! How was your conversation with the people from the Oriental Research Institute this afternoon?" Liu Chang and Liu Chuanzhi shook hands, sat down and ordered a mocha for themselves, then asked.

"The Oriental Research Institute said that the export of erm2 processors to China is still restricted, so they show that they do not accept applications for technical authorization of abc5 computers from domestic manufacturers! However, if the problem of erm2 is solved in the future, they will give priority to connecting I miss the company!" Liu Chuanzhi shook his head with a wry smile.

"I guessed it was the result. Those people are the most cautious, and they will definitely keep half of what they say! Presumably you didn't get a satisfactory answer from Dongfang Commercial, right?"

Seeing that the other party nodded, Liu Chang showed such an expression as he expected, and then continued to explain: "Actually, it is not difficult for Dongfang Commercial to open up the joints of the US government. After all, Dawning Computer, a joint venture company invested by Dongfang Research Institute in China, is not difficult. , there has been a precedent for importing erm2 processors in small batches!

With the advent of erm3, the importance of erm2 has dropped significantly! It's just that the timing is not right now, just in time for the US election! The Republican candidate Bush Sr. is leading the way. If the Reagan administration agrees to export erm2 processors to China at this time, it is likely to be targeted by the Democratic Party!

Although China and the United States are out of a common enemy, the Soviet Union, the two countries are in a good honeymoon period since the founding of the People's Republic of China ≠, ww￡w. However, there has always been a view in the United States called "contact prevention", which believes that China is still the main potential enemy of the United States in the future!

In addition, Taiwan's tireless gold-dollar offensive over the years. The market for '**********' in the United States is really not small. Although China issues are not mainstream, they are always debated by candidates from both parties in every general election.

Therefore, the Reagan administration would never hope to make extra efforts at such a sensitive time! And wait until after the dust settles in the US presidential election in November. The problem that troubles Mr. Liu will be solved!

You must know that Li Sheng of the Oriental Group not only has a good relationship with the current Republican President Ronald Reagan, but also has a very close relationship with the current Vice President and Republican presidential candidate Mr. Bush Sr.! "

Liu Chuanzhi suddenly realized after hearing what Liu Chang said. For China in the 1980s, apart from those who specialized in diplomacy, it was difficult for anyone to have a broad international vision!

Even Liu Chuanzhi, the future leader of the global PC industry, is no exception, the current Lianxiang company. It is not a powerful enterprise that can still take IBM's PC department into the bag under the strong domestic pressure of the United States.

Lianxiang's current influence has just radiated out of Beijing. Began to expand to the entire North China market. They are still a long way from covering the national market, let alone the world!

But a person's vision often determines his future achievements! After listening to Liu Chang's analysis, Liu Chuanzhi felt that he was deeply shocked. He had never thought about the US election on the other side of the Pacific before. You can get involved with yourself!

But actually. Lianxiang's original plan was forced to make adjustments because of this seemingly irrelevant matter! This kind of experience is not necessarily a valuable asset for Liu Chuanzhi and Lianxiang Company!

Of course, Liu Chang didn't come here on purpose to explain the US presidential election to the other party today, he came to discuss business! When it received a call from his friend Liu Wei yesterday, it was just about to leave for Yuezhou Railway Station to take a train back to Shenhai City.

Because his wife Han Ying was also away on a business trip, Liu Chang returned to Shenhai City. I just went to my friend Liu Wei's house for dinner! Liu Wei mentioned the guests he knew during the day when he was eating, so that he immediately caught business opportunities.

"Mr. Liu. I heard from Liu Wei that your Lianxiang company produces personal computers, so I took the liberty to come and talk to you about a business! I don't know which company's memory sticks are used in the computers produced by your company. Products? From domestic manufacturers, or imported from abroad?" Liu Chang asked with a smile.

At present, the domestic production of abc series compatible machines nominally independently has not been small. But if you uncover the outer skin, you will find that there are very few parts inside the computer that can truly be localized.

Processors, memory, graphics cards, the core of these key components are semiconductor chips, and the domestic chip manufacturing capacity is relatively low. Previously, Deepsea Microelectronics introduced technology from the United States and built the first modern wafer fab in China. However, the process technology of this fab is already an outdated technology.

After the deep sea microelectronics was put into operation, it mainly produced 6502 processors and some low-capacity processors, which could barely solve some localization problems of abc1 and abc2. However, the performance of these two computers listed by the Oriental Group in 1981 has not kept up with the development needs of the times.

Therefore, Deepsea Microelectronics is eager to upgrade its own technology, so it made a request to Dongfang Group, hoping to introduce a new production line with 5-inch wafers and 3-micron process.

At this stage, the vast majority of computer manufacturing companies in China, including Lianxiang, actually only act as an assembly plant. Everyone imports various parts and components from abroad, assembles them into computers, and affixes them with their own brands for sale.

And companies like Lianxiang, which have successfully developed their own graphics cards, are already among the best. It is this reliance that makes Lianxiang's computer production costs several hundred yuan lower than other companies. And Liu Chuanzhi dared to jump out of the Beijing market and expand to the entire North China.

Otherwise, if Lianxiang's production costs are similar to those of other competitors, how can he have the confidence to go to other people's doorsteps to grab territory. You must know that in China in the 1980s, the traces of the planned economy were still very strong, and almost every province was carved out of a mold.

There is a computer industry headquarter under the Instrument and Telecommunications Industry Bureau of Huhai City, and other domestic identities such as Beijing and Tianjin are naturally also there. These provincial computer companies, as well as other electronic state-owned enterprises, are the main force of domestic ABC compatible machines. In the 1980s, these companies were generally still half-dead, and even if the company wanted to expand the market, it naturally needed to take food from these local snakes!

"The memory sticks we use are all imported from Hong Kong through foreign trade companies in the Deep Sea Special Zone! Mr. Liu must also know very well that the overall level of the domestic computer industry is relatively backward at this stage, and most parts and components still need to be purchased from abroad. Imports! But the country has become more and more strict in foreign exchange control in recent years, which has greatly increased our foreign exchange costs!" Liu Chuanzhi shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"I have two friends, who used to be senior researchers at the Oriental Research Institute! However, they have a big mind and are unwilling to be technicians for the rest of their lives, so they decided to quit their jobs and start their own business! They started a company because they didn't have enough funds, so they invited me to participate together. Investment. I think their project is more promising, so I also invested a sum of money!

The project I invested in is an essential memory module in personal computers. Our new company spent nearly a year of R&D and improvement, and finally officially launched its first mature product in March this year!

I don't know if Mr. Liu has heard of the "Feiyue" brand of memory sticks. This is our company's product! We now mainly produce low-end and mid-range memory modules, and have successfully won a large number of orders from Acer in Taiwan!

Acer is a dark horse that has rapidly risen in the PC market in recent years. According to the analysis data of the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Acer's computer sales last year accounted for 5.2% of the global PC market, and it successfully jumped to the top ten in the world. One of the computer manufacturers!

So Mr. Liu can rest assured about the quality of our company's products. After all, a big company like Acer has very high requirements on suppliers. If we are not skilled, it is impossible to enter the other party's eyes!

Moreover, we focus on the research and development of low-end memory modules, which must meet the needs of Lianxiang Company! And I have a piece of good news to tell you about Yagyu, that is, our factory is built in a few kilometers away, in the Deep South Lake Country near the Electronics Development Zone. That is to say, if Lianxiang chooses us as your memory supplier, there is no need to go through import channels, and you can purchase directly in RMB! "Liu Chang said eloquently.

The real situation is naturally different from what Liu Chang said. After he was transferred from Dongfang Commercial Business to Dongfang Venture Capital, in addition to handling company-related tasks~www.readwn.com~ he also became an angel investor! And this memory stick development project is a key investment project that he has carefully selected from dozens of projects.

The other two partners who founded the company with him are indeed the research institutes of the Oriental Research Institute. One of them is responsible for memory R&D and design, and the other is responsible for the memory module technology development team. Both of them participated in the PR of the memory project of the Oriental Research Institute and have rich experience in R&D.

This is also the most important reason why Liu Chang is willing to bet. Although the other two have high strength in scientific research, they are not strong when it comes to specific operations. So the three hit it off, and Liu Chang took 80% of the initial capital and 30% of the company's shares.

Although Feiyue Technology Co. has introduced two more rounds of venture capital, Liu Chang's shares have now been diluted to only 12.5%, but the value of this part of his equity has exceeded 10 times in just one year.

Therefore, Liu Chang has resigned to Dongfang Venture Capital not long ago, ready to devote himself to the operation of the new company. He went to Guangdong on a business trip yesterday, just to lobby a local abc compatible machine manufacturer, hoping that the other party can use its own newly launched memory stick.

So he learned from his friend Liu Wei that when Liu Chuanzhi was the general manager of Beijing Lianxiang Computer Company, he immediately called to make an appointment to meet with him, preparing to win a new customer for the company! (To be continued.)

ps: ps: Sorry for the late update. There is only one chapter today, and there may be only one chapter tomorrow. The two chapters owed will be made up on the following Sunday and Monday!