Chapter 723: Memory Killing (please vote for me)
What Ed Fleiss said was basically half true and half false. The explosive sales of Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary really amazed him and gave him a new understanding of Tanglin Hi-Tech's influence in Asia.
But as the person sent by Microsoft this time to negotiate hardware cooperation with Donglin Hi-Tech, his flattery was mainly to get more conditions from Donglin Hi-Tech!
Li Dongling took Ed Fleiss into the headquarters of Tangling High-tech, and there were also members of the publicity department of Dongling High-tech's marketing department taking pictures.
Although Tanglin High-tech does not have a song and dance troupe of a major real estate company, the departments it should have have now been established.
Like the scene taken today of the meeting between Li Dongling and Ed Fleiss, if you need to create hype, you can release a lot of news by releasing these photos.
Ed Fleiss also looked curiously at the headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech. Compared with the Microsoft headquarters, which is the size of a small town, the headquarters of Tanglin Hi-Tech occupies more than half of Changqing Road. It's definitely still far inferior.
But what makes Ed Fleiss curious is that it is this headquarters that leads the trend of the technology industry in Asia.
You know, when Tanglin Hi-tech started, it was far inferior to Microsoft's hardware department. The two companies were involved in lawsuits. Tanglin Hi-Tech risked its fortune and life to fight a lawsuit with Microsoft.
But today, Microsoft's hardware department is still standing still after so many years, burning a lot of money but not developing anything.
Tanglin High-tech, on the other hand, has launched a series of products that have caused quite a stir even in the American electronics industry.
Seeing Tanglin Hi-Tech, to be honest, Ed Fleiss felt like he had seen the scene when Microsoft was fighting in the software industry when it started.
Although Microsoft is now criticized by the software industry as a devil, a villain, and an evil dragon, Microsoft's current status is all achieved by its own real swords and guns.
Back then, Microsoft had few competitors, and IBM was trying to sidestep it, but in the end it still stood at the top of the industry food chain!
Entering the headquarters of Tanglin High-tech, Ed Fleiss took a quick look at several departments. To be honest, the administration, marketing, human resources, finance and other departments were basically the same in each company.
If you don't really work overtime for a few days, you won't be able to feel the real operating rules of a company, which is the so-called "culture".
The most important department of Tanglin Hi-Tech, the Technology Department, was not open to Ed Fleiss today, so he basically went through the motions.
But Ed Fleiss can also feel the office style of Tanglin Hi-Tech. Each office area is equipped with tea rooms and lounges where you can take a short break, drink tea, eat desserts, and have game consoles. Play, etc., regardless of whether you have time to play, Tanglin Hi-Tech is equipped with it anyway.
Microsoft has also just begun to explore this kind of office style in the past few years. This relatively relaxed office environment and welfare benefits are quite obvious differences between technology companies and traditional companies.
"This is the collection room of Tanglin Hi-Tech!"
Li Dongling took Ed Fleiss to an independent collection room. When he saw the contents inside, Ed Fleiss, who was just going through the motions, couldn't help but stop.
"This is an electronic pet machine!"
When he saw a machine placed in the collection cabinet, Ed Fleiss couldn't help but exclaimed, "I bought one for my daughter, and she cried several times because she couldn't feed the pet cat in it!"
At that time, the electronic pet machine was a global pandemic. In a short period of time, it became popular all over the world, entered thousands of households, and was sought after by countless people.
At the height of the craze, an electronic pet machine could be sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars in America. Not only ordinary users and school students, but also Hollywood stars and rappers competed for various collector's editions and collectibles. version of the electronic pet machine.
Hearing Ed Fleiss's words, Li Dongling chuckled. The electronic pet machine can be said to be the product that made Dongling High-tech truly profitable. It is being snapped up all over the world, attracting thousands of teenagers and girls.
Of course, for some companies, such as Nippon Bandai, which has sold itself to Tanglin Hi-Tech, it is not such a good memory.
In order to acquire the electronic pet machine, Nippon Bandai even involved itself!
"This is the first-generation electronic pet machine prototype developed by Dongling Hi-Tech, as well as drawings, models, etc." Li Dongling introduced the electronic pet machine in the collection cabinet.
"This is?"
When he saw the prototype of the electronic pet machine in the cabinet, there was a long list of brands engraved with gold. There was a long list of numbers on it. Although he was vaguely expecting the meaning of these numbers, Ed Frye Si still couldn't help but ask, because that long series of numbers was really too long!
"This is the global sales statistics of the electronic pet machine. Donglin High-Tech will count its sales around the world once a year, and then update the sales statistics!"
Ren Yuefeng on the side said, although Tanglin Hi-Tech has sold the electronic pet machine project, no one can deny that this is a product of Tanglin Hi-Tech, it is also the pride of Tanglin Hi-Tech, and it is also a domestic trendy electronic product. Representatives around the world!
Moreover, after obtaining the controlling stake of Nichiben Bandai, in a certain sense, Tanglin Hi-Tech has also recovered the copyright of the electronic pet machine. “As of the end of last year, global sales of electronic pet machines were 54 million units!
Moreover, it still sells more than 4 million units every year and is purchased by users all over the world! ”
The current sales of electronic pet machines are just sluggish. Compared with the sales volume of 20 to 30 million units a year during the craze, it is indeed a huge increase in sales.
But this does not mean that electronic pet machines have no sales around the world. Take domestic sales as an example. In big cities such as Yanjing, Shanghai, and Yangcheng, electronic pet machines have long ceased to be popular.
But in villages in slightly remote areas of the country, electronic pet machines may have just begun to become popular.
Let me give you another example that may seem counterintuitive. Color TV production capacity in China is actually somewhat excessive.
Major brands such as Changhong engage in price wars in a hazy manner. They start price wars because they are difficult to sell, not because they are difficult to sell because of price wars.
But in many rural and mountainous areas, we are still in the era of small-screen black and white TVs, and many families have not even bought a TV set.
Basically, all kinds of electronic products or home appliances are first popular in big cities, and then spread to small and medium-sized cities, and finally to villages, towns and mountainous areas. This process can take as short as a few years or as long as more than ten years.
This is basically the case not only in China, but also all over the world. Most new things and high-tech products first become popular in areas with good economies, and then slowly spread to places with poor economies.
Ed Fleiss and several Microsoft employees couldn't help but look surprised when they heard that the global sales of electronic pet machines had exceeded 54 million units.
If a product can sell tens of millions of units, it is considered a big hit. If it can sell 50 million units, it is definitely a pandemic.
However, Li Dongling knows that the potential of electronic pet machines is far from being fully explored.
For teenagers and girls in the past few years, the craze of electronic pet machines has passed. But wait for the last round, more than ten years later, the functions of electronic pet machines will be upgraded to include networking functions, machine pairing and battle functions, etc. , selling another crop is not a problem at all.
The electronic pet machines of the past generations are just some of the things that have been tossed around from time to time. In a few years, a commemorative version of the electronic pet machine will be released, and then there will be a retro series and the like.
With this trick, not only did the mountain of electronic pet machines be cleared away, but the sales volume also increased to 91 million units. After a few more years, the news that the global sales of electronic pet machines will exceed 100 million will probably be seen.
"This is the first model mouse of Silver Sable Mouse, and also the first mechanical mouse in the world!"
"Silver Sable's second generation optical mouse is also the world's first optical mouse and professional e-sports mouse. Now all optical mice produced around the world use the Silver Sable optical mouse patent"
"PHS mobile phone, the world's first commercial PHS signal mobile phone!"
"Shenzhou USB flash drive is the world's first removable and portable memory. It has now appeared on computers in more than 100 countries around the world, and more than 10 million people use it at least once a week!"
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Looking at the products in the collection room of Tanglin Hi-Tech's headquarters, Ed Fleiss seemed to have seen Tanglin Hi-Tech's experience over the years.
It may be too early to say whether Donglin Hi-Tech's status in the global technology industry is surpassing IBM, Toshiba or the like.
But if you want to comment, in the past ten years, among the rankings of technology companies that have surprised the global technology industry the most, who else is Dongling Hi-Tech? !
Ed Fleiss and others were a little surprised when they looked at the products in the collection room, while Ren Yuefeng and other Tangling Hi-Tech executives were a little lost in memories.
Not just now, but when they retire, when they come to the collection room of Tanglin Hi-Tech in their twilight years, they will probably not be recalling the products, but recalling the past, the glorious years, and their own lives. Well, when I left, if I didn’t shed a few tears, I would be considered a stone-hearted person.
“Perhaps it won’t be long before a prototype of a stargazing digital video recorder developed by Tanglin Hi-Tech and Microsoft will appear here!”
Before leaving the collection room, Li Dongling drew another piece of cake for Ed Fleiss and told him that stargazing digital video recorders may be products on the same level as electronic pet machines and PHS mobile phones in the future.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was impossible for Ed Fleiss, who had just come out of the collection room, not to have any influence at all.
(End of chapter)