Feng Yu glanced at Liu Chuanzhi, and in his heart he regarded Liu Chuanzhi as the rich man's younger brother - a country bumpkin. I don’t even know how to assemble a computer, but I still want to make a microcomputer.
"In the future, there will be some stores that specialize in microcomputer spare parts, and then assemble them to create a microcomputer. Do you think they don't need a brand, advertising and other costs? Will the price be higher than what Lian Want to make? Low? And you can choose whatever configuration you want, avoiding the shortcomings of fixed configurations of branded machines." Feng Yu said with a smile.
This will only appear in large numbers after the return of Xiangjiang. At least it is basically non-existent in China now. Feng Yu said it just to scare Liu Chuanzhi and tell Liu Chuanzhi that if you do microcomputers like that, you may not be able to make a lot of money.
Why did Lianxiang’s microcomputer make a lot of money in his previous life? One is that they have found a lot of OEMs to reduce product costs. The second is that they are using the banner of national brands and the country is strongly supporting them. For example, the government and other agencies and units can basically only buy Lianxiang products. Microcomputer.
Other brands have lost such a group of big customers, and their sales have seriously declined. For personal computers, Lianxiang is the first to start a price war. At least Lianxiang does not have such high tariffs. In addition, Lianxiang's stores have opened in every county, not just rural areas surrounding cities, but full bloom.
For many reasons, Lianxiang finally succeeded. Of course, Liu Chuanzhi hadn't thought that much at this time. He just felt that what Feng Yu said made sense. If someone really did that, it would definitely have a major impact on their product sales.
"But we still have the technology, and we can make some system software. And we understand the needs of the Chinese people better, and we will definitely produce microcomputers with configurations that meet the requirements of the Chinese people. Moreover, we are the first national microcomputer brand in the country, and we will definitely occupy the domestic market. So I think our microcomputer products will bring huge profits to the company."
Unconsciously, Liu Chuanzhi said that the profits brought by microcomputer products had changed from huge to huge, and his heart had been shaken.
"You said you have technology? But is your technology comparable to that of foreign countries? I also have many electronic engineers."
"Mr. Feng, do you also have electronic engineers? Are you talking about Jiang Wanmeng and others from Fengyu VCD?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.
"Mr. Liu and Lao Jiang also know each other? But my electronic engineers are not just Lao Jiang and the others. Is the pager on Mr. Liu's waist an Aihua brand? What a coincidence. The Aihua brand is also mine." Feng Yu Lean back on the sofa and cross your legs.
"Aihua? The Aihua brand that produces Walkmans, VCDs and pagers?" Liu Chuanzhi's eyes widened.
Aihua VCD has been competing with Fengyu VCD in the market, and everyone across the country knows this. But he never thought of these two brands. Turns out to be a big boss!
But what does this have to do with their company? Electronic engineers are also divided in detail. The electronic engineers who make music players and communication products are fundamentally different from the electronic engineers who make microcomputers.
"Mr. Feng, even if the Aihua brand belongs to you, you have a lot of electronic engineers, but that doesn't mean you can produce microcomputers." Liu Chuanzhi insisted.
"Mr. Liu, what do you think of the storage capacity of floppy disks?" Feng Yu suddenly changed the subject.
"The storage capacity of floppy disks? It's been improving. The standard now is a 1.44M floppy disk. But there are already double 2.88M floppy disks." In this regard, Liu Chuanzhi is of course an expert.
1.44M, even with double the capacity, it can only store simple files, not even a larger game!
"So Mr. Liu, what do you think about replacing the floppy drive on the computer with an optical drive?" Feng Yu asked with a smile.
"Optical drive?"
"It's a CD drive. Mr. Liu is familiar with this, right?" Feng Yu asked.
The optical drive was born in 1991, but the optical drives at that time were very old. It's slow and ridiculously expensive. It's not available on ordinary microcomputers.
Now on the computer. They are generally equipped with floppy drives, and Feng Yu saw a computer equipped with two floppy drives in the Electronic City of Xiangjiang, that is, one is for reading 3.5-inch floppy disks, and the other is for reading the soon-to-be-obsolete 5.25-inch floppy disks. .
But these are not as large as the 640M capacity of the optical disc. If you want to store data, games, movies, etc., discs are obviously more convenient.
When the optical drive was launched in the world, Liu Chuanzhi naturally knew that the specifications of optical discs were still stipulated by the Software Publishers Association. But the price of this optical drive is too high, and they don't have the relevant technology. It's definitely not suitable to use this on a microcomputer.
Wait, Feng Yu's brand produces CDs and VCDs, and the specifications of CDs and VCDs are the same as those used in microcomputers. What Feng Yu means...can they produce optical drives
If Feng Yu masters the optical drive technology, then this will be a big opportunity for Lianxiang. They can promote microcomputers with optical drives, and can even install both a floppy drive and an optical drive on one host, and the level of performance suddenly rises.
"What does Mr. Feng mean by saying that you have mastered the technology of optical drives?" Liu Chuanzhi asked eagerly.
Feng Yu nodded and asked slightly proudly: "Is this technology difficult? The transmission rate of traditional optical drives is 150KB/S. The new standard now being implemented is 300KB/S. We can currently produce 300KB/S. Optical drive. I can use this technology to invest in it, and it also includes some engineers who develop this type of technology."
The reason why Yagyu Hajime wanted to enter the PC field was that he developed this technology by the way when he was developing CD players. This is why Yagyu Hajime believes that producing PCs is actually very simple. He believes that with optical drives, higher-end personal PCs can be launched and occupy the high-end market.
But Feng Yu knows very well that floppy disk storage is now the mainstream, whether it is a laptop or a desktop computer, and most files are stored using floppy disks.
Just like the game "Across the Seven Seas" played by Feng Yu, every time he passed a level, he had to re-insert a floppy disk, or even two floppy disks, which was very troublesome. If you have a CD-ROM drive, a game can only be a few tens of MB in size, and can be easily handled with one CD. You can even store several games on one CD.
There are indeed games on the market that are stored on optical discs. This is the trend. But it will take three to five years before the optical drive truly replaces the floppy drive. If you rush to produce PCs with only optical drives now, the outcome can only be failure!
However, Feng Yu did not dampen Yagyu Hajime's enthusiasm. He told Yagyu Hajime to separate this part of the business and continue to develop optical drives with higher transmission rates. It would be enough to only make optical drives. As for launching a PC project, that would definitely be the case. no. At least in the island country, it is temporarily impossible to defeat so many big companies.
This is not a Walkman. After all, AIWA's Walkman brand is itself a well-known product in the field of Walkmans. In the end, Feng Yu persuaded Yagyu Hajime, but Yagyu Hajime did not intend to continue to develop optical drives, and instead focused on developing CD player technology. Feng Yu just had a reason to buy all this optical drive technology, but he was not willing to give any money to Yagyu Hajime!
"Mr. Feng, I think I need to report to the leader. Can we contact you again after waiting for two days?" Liu Chuanzhi wants to reconsider Feng Yu's investment in shares. There is a big difference between investing in shares with technology and capital.
Feng Yu nodded with a smile: "Of course, but don't make me wait too long." (To be continued.)
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