Chapter 657 It’s good to dig out your heart and lungs
"Donngling High-Tech still has some important new projects to do next, which will require a lot of money, manpower and resources.
The digital video recorder project was originally established to cooperate with Microsoft. Tanglin Hi-Tech may not be able to invest more resources in this project in the future. If Microsoft is interested, Microsoft may be able to operate the digital video recorder project. …”
Li Dongling said "honestly" to Ed Fleiss that Dongling Hi-tech launched the digital video recorder to express "sincerity" to Microsoft.
In the future, if Microsoft wants the digital video recorder project, then Tanglin Hi-Tech is willing to transfer it to it to show Tanglin Hi-Tech's determination to cooperate with Microsoft!
It is estimated that there will be a market for digital video recorders in the next few years, and dozens or even millions of units can be sold a year, and perhaps the sales volume will be even higher.
But it has only been a few years. When the Internet video platform rises, all kinds of resources can be found on computers. As long as you turn on the computer, you can watch them. Digital video recorders will become useless.
From digital video recorders to Internet video, it will not take more than seven or eight years, or even five years later, the sales of digital video recorders will probably not be sold!
At this time, the best thing to do is, of course, to cash it out in advance when the market is good, just like the taxes from Goose City, which were collected in one go and left a hundred years later...< br>
Based on the annual sales of one million units, the annual revenue of digital video recorders can reach more than 300 million US dollars, which seems to be a lot of money.
It seems that there are a lot of machines sold and the revenue is high, but in fact, the annual income that Tanglin High-tech can share is only more than 40 million US dollars.
But what if Tangling Hi-Tech also collects taxes from Echeng a hundred years later?
Sell the digital video recorder to Microsoft and earn back the income of the digital video recorder for ten or even twenty years in one go!
As for Microsoft, which has taken over, if it can sell digital video recorders for a few years, it has nothing to do with Tanglin Hi-Tech!
Taking advantage of the good market, it sold the digital video recorder business to Microsoft, which only dreamed of making hardware. How could Tanglin Hi-Tech be cheating Microsoft? It was obviously thinking about Microsoft!
After hearing Li Dongling's words, Ed Fleiss was obviously moved. Bill Gates and the Microsoft board of directors both wanted to enter the hardware industry.
If it can really get a product that sells millions of machines every year, it will be enough for Microsoft to boast.
To be honest, in the computer software industry, Microsoft has become a bit "alone and seeking defeat". Even if it continues to show off, it will still make people tired of aesthetics, because everyone knows that in the computer software industry, Microsoft is the world, and no one can challenge it. Microsoft's position.
But if it can make some noise in the hardware industry, then Microsoft will have a place to be touted. Not to mention that digital video recorders can make money, even if they lose money, as long as they brag well and let people see that Microsoft is doing Achievements in the hardware field can cause stock prices to skyrocket!
"Of course, this depends on Microsoft's wishes. It won't be too late for Microsoft to make a decision after the stargazing digital video recorder is released!"
Li Dongling said to Ed Fleiss "intimately" that he was worried about losing the digital video recorder project, so he asked Microsoft to observe it first and make a decision after seeing the sales of stargazing digital video recorders.
Of course, this seems to be for Microsoft's consideration, fearing that Microsoft will suffer a "loss", but if the performance of the digital video recorder exceeds expectations, then when Microsoft acquires the digital video recorder project from Donglin Hi-Tech, it will be much worse. It’s not too much to offer some dollars, right?
But from Ed Fleiss' perspective, Li Dongling, an ally, really considers Microsoft and has shown enough "sincerity."
"Lee, I will convey all this to Mr. Bill Gates!"
Ed Fleiss said to Li Dongling that as the matchmaker with Dongling Hi-tech, the more projects Microsoft gets from Dongling Hi-Tech, the greater the voice Ed Fleiss will have at Microsoft.
"Microsoft and Tanglin Hi-Tech will be eternal allies in the hardware industry. Microsoft's software technology, coupled with Tanglin Hi-Tech's hardware technology, will form the best software and hardware alliance in the world!"
Ed Fleiss also looked excited and said to Li Dongling.
Hearing this, Li Dongling also smiled on his face, but as for whether he believed what Ed Fleiss said, it would be nonsense to believe it.
The alliance between Microsoft and Intel is not iron-clad, but when it’s time to sell, it’s not sold directly to Intel.
Not to mention now, even in the past life, after seeing the ARM camp gaining momentum, Microsoft also began to cooperate with ARM to launch a system version of the ARM architecture. At that time, it had no control over Intel's life or death.
For Microsoft, cooperation is possible, but it is more about seeking skin from a tiger. The two parties are at most an alliance based on profit. As for other things, don't expect too much at all, otherwise the other party will really not be able to "give heart and soul" to Donglin Hi-Tech!
"Next, Tanglin Hi-Tech will continue to cooperate with Microsoft to complete previously agreed projects, including Internet set-top boxes, computer projects, etc.!"
Li Dongling continued to speak to Ed Fleiss.
But in fact, Li Dongling is eyeing Microsoft not for these projects, but for the game console project that Microsoft has not mentioned but will definitely do!
That's the big deal. Microsoft has spent one to two billion US dollars on the game console project. This does not include the eighty to ninety billion US dollars it spent on introducing games and acquiring game manufacturers such as Blizzard. I don’t know whether it is losing money or not, but the companies that provide parts and OEM services to Microsoft are making huge profits.
Rather than letting Microsoft give away all its money, it would be better to give Donglin High-Tech a discount.
At least Dongling Hi-Tech really takes money to do things and won't try to fool Microsoft like a new recruit in the hardware industry.
In the previous life, Microsoft invested so much money in game consoles. However, due to graphics card problems, the "Three Red Deaths" incident occurred. The repair rate once reached 68%, which almost killed Microsoft.
After that, Microsoft game consoles suffered from various problems, such as screens, controllers, hard drives, headphones, capacitors, combustion due to workmanship issues, etc. Those companies that supply parts and OEMs for Microsoft, if they say they have not cheated Microsoft, then they are absolutely wrong. That's bullshit. No company can make a foundry trick someone like that.
If Tanglin Hi-tech is manufacturing for Microsoft, at most it will be earning some "hard money" from Microsoft, but if other companies are manufacturing for Microsoft, it will only take Microsoft's life!
Digital video recorders, Internet set-top boxes, computer projects, etc. are all "sincerity" expressed by Tanglin Hi-Tech to Microsoft.
If you don't launch these projects and don't give Microsoft any benefits, how can the pig-killing plate be started? No, how can Microsoft safely hand over the game console to Donglin Hi-Tech?
"Microsoft also looks forward to cooperating with Donglin Hi-Tech!"
"Lee, I need to bring a prototype back to Seattle to demonstrate the stargazing digital video recorder to Bill Gates and the Microsoft board of directors!"
After watching the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder, Ed Fleiss couldn't hold it in any longer and wanted to take the camera back to show it to Microsoft.
Of course, Ed Fleiss also kept an eye on it. He was also afraid that Tanglin Hi-Tech would deceive him and wanted to take a prototype back to Seattle for Microsoft engineers to check it out, for fear of being tampered with.
Li Dongling smiled and nodded, signaling Zhang Bing to pack a prototype for Ed Fleiss.
Seeing Ed Fleiss leaving, Zhang Bing, the head of the Innovation Laboratory of Tanglin High-tech Technology Department, couldn't help but said, "Do you really want to sell the digital video recorder to Microsoft?"
The digital video recorder was developed by Zhang Bing and his colleagues. The technical difficulty of the digital video recorder cannot be said to be very high. The key is creativity.
Zhang Bing, who has been in America for many years, feels that America knows this product well.
When he was in America, he was a middle-class person himself. He knew what America's middle-class families wanted. He felt there was a market for digital video recorders here!
"Not necessarily!"
Li Dongling saw the reluctant expressions on the faces of Zhang Bing and the other engineers, and stabilized them first.
"It's just that in the future, if the Innovation Laboratory has more projects to do, it may not have much energy and resources to spend on digital video recorders!"
"For the innovation laboratory, Tanglin Hi-Tech still has more things that you need to do, and you need to develop projects that are better than digital video recorders!"
"In the future, Donglin Hi-Tech will invest more funds in the innovation experiment department. This year, the innovation laboratory has developed projects such as digital video recorders and handheld radios, and will receive special dividends from the headquarters!"
Li Dongling did not finish talking about selling digital video recorders, but just told Zhang Bing and the others that there are more important products than digital video recorders that they need to develop. Their goal is the stars and the sea, and they are not wasting time on this "broken machine"... …
Li Dongling did not say the specific dividend figure, but from Li Dongling's mouth, Zhang Bing and the others could guess that this dividend was probably not a small amount.
Zhang Bing and others have heard some rumors about Dongling High-tech Technology Department. As long as the engineers and R&D personnel in Dongling Technology Department have participated in projects and developed products that are still making money, then these technicians can get paid every year. to dividends.
Just like the earliest R&D personnel involved in the Shenzhou digital cordless phone, from the day the Shenzhou phone was launched until now, they have been able to receive a large dividend from the profits of the Shenzhou digital cordless phone every year.
Nowadays, some of the first batch of engineers who joined Dongling High-tech Technology Department are worth more than one million yuan, making much more than their peers.
This is also the reason why the engineers in the technical department of Tanglin Hi-Tech are working very hard, because they are not only doing it for Tanglin Hi-Tech, but also for themselves!
Even now there are rumors in the domestic technology industry that if you join Tanglin Hi-Tech, work hard for ten years and participate in several big projects, you will be able to earn enough money to retire after ten years.
In this regard, Dongling High-tech is very similar to the chrysanthemum factory in the previous life. The chrysanthemum factory engineers in the previous life were really tired and had to sacrifice their lives for money. But as long as they really have the technology and participate in the project, they will have opportunities in the next five years. , earned a seven-figure savings, and then chose to live a retirement life in a small city...
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