Chapter 726 Pulling the tiger’s skin to pull up the flag
When Ed Fleiss heard Li Dongling's words, he glanced at Li Dongling with some doubts.
Li Dongling saw this and said directly, "Xishanju Game Company can jointly develop games with the Microsoft game department, or develop supporting game software, etc.!"
Microsoft has a lot of money. If Xishanju can get on Microsoft's side, funding will no longer be a problem in the future, and there may even be opportunities to try to develop software such as game engines.
Furthermore, in the short term, or within the next ten years, America will still be the largest gaming market in the world. Who doesn’t want to get involved?
If Xishanju can cooperate with Microsoft, it will have the opportunity to enter the American game market, cut off foreign leeks, and earn US dollars in foreign exchange!
To be honest, the domestic single-player and 3A game markets could not develop in the previous life. It is true that there were problems with game technology and level, but the user group was too small, but it is an indisputable fact.
On the contrary, places such as America and Old Europe have a huge market for single-player players. If you can break into this market, profitability is basically not a problem.
But if you want to enter these markets, in addition to improving the level of game development and changing the game style, you also need to lead the way. Otherwise, it may be difficult to gain a foothold in the North American game market.
With the banner of Microsoft, Xishanju's entry into the American game market will be much smoother.
In addition to the game market, with Microsoft's tiger skin, Xishanju can also pull the tiger skin and promote the banner, investing and acquiring some manufacturers in America!
If the name of Xishanju alone is not enough, but with the addition of Microsoft, the effect is completely different.
Even Xishanju can do some cool things, such as investing in Bungie Studio, the developer of the "Halo" game, Fassa Studio, which develops "Mech Commander", and Rare Ltd., the game studio that develops the "GoldenEye 007" game. wait.
In the future, when Microsoft launches its game console, it will look for game developers to cooperate and allow those game developers to settle on the Xbox game platform. At that time, the game manufacturers invested by Xishanju will also rise.
Xishanju even "slightly" added money to these game manufacturers. For example, he sold the Rare Ltd. game studio he bought to Microsoft for US$4.5 billion to solve Microsoft's urgent needs. This is not excessive, it must not To Xishanju, say thank you?
Can this be called cheating Microsoft? It is obviously Microsoft's savior. When the Xbox game console sells well, Microsoft will have to thank Tanglin Hi-Tech and Xishanju.
Ed Fleiss couldn't guess what Li Dongling was going to do. Listening to Li Dongling's words, he felt that Microsoft probably wouldn't need Xishanju's "help."
But Dongling High-tech and Microsoft are now in a state of "allies", and it is difficult for him to offend Li Dongling's face at this time.
"If given the opportunity, Microsoft's game department would of course be willing to have more cooperation with Xishanju!"
Li Dongling nodded with a smile, replaced the wine with tea, and raised the wine glass in his hand towards Ed Fleiss.
Ed Fleiss still doesn't know the meaning of his words, but one day, when he thinks of Li Dongling's proposal again, he will have a different feeling!
"This is Tanglin Hi-Tech. They have formulated some promotional strategies for the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder. Maybe Ed, you can take a look at it!"
Before leaving, Li Dongling handed a document to Ed Fleiss. As for whether Microsoft will adopt it, it is unknown. Once a giant like Microsoft becomes arrogant, it will do unbelievable things. That's not surprising.
After hesitating for a while, Ed Fleiss still took the document. For Microsoft, it is true that it does not like someone to teach it how to do things, but in the face of Donglin Hi-Tech's proposal, Microsoft will still take it seriously.
Ed Fleiss stayed in Hanxi for a few days. After reaching an agreement with the Tangling Hi-Tech Headquarters, he went to the Tangling Hi-Tech Electronics Industrial Park in person to inspect the stargazing digital video recorder production line.
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"This is the assembly line of stargazing digital video recorders. This production line can assemble 270 units every day, with a monthly output of 8,100 units!"
In Pingyang, in the electronics industrial park of Donglin Hi-tech Headquarters, production manager Duan Youli, along with Song Yajun, Tao Zhiliang and other production department supervisors, received Ed Fleiss.
Ed Fleiss calmly looked at the production workshop in front of him. It was not very advanced, at least compared to American automobile manufacturers and Japanese benzene manufacturers that already used robotic arms and semi-automated production. The production workshop of Dongling Hi-Tech is slightly lacking in “technical content”.
But this gap cannot be changed in a short time. Donglin Hi-Tech is also constantly improving the level of automated production.
Because American and Japanese benzene manufacturers are facing completely different problems than domestic manufacturers. The labor costs there are too high, and various production plants are relocating overseas. The automobile and other industries that have not been relocated are also They are all working hard to improve automated production. On the contrary, in China, manual work is now used, which is much cheaper than buying a set of robotic arms. Naturally, there are more places where manual work is used.
Since last year, after establishing the inventory management system, Tanglin Hi-tech has also begun to connect to computer informatization and automated production. Only after all of them have been upgraded, all personnel in the design, production, sales, and after-sales departments of Tanglin Hi-tech can apply for this. It still takes time to set up a system.
Ed Fleiss looked at the production workshop in front of him. The technical content was not very high, but the workshop was very clean and tidy. All personnel on the production line were wearing dust-proof clothing, dust-proof hats, dust-proof shoe covers, and gloves. wait.
Above each position, there is a schematic diagram of the operation process. Although the entire production line is busy, whether it is front-end assembly, back-end testing and other positions, the work is carried out according to the standard.
Wearing dust-proof clothing will definitely not be that comfortable. However, in the production department, these personnel have an additional 150 yuan subsidy for dust-proof clothing every month.
Therefore, these production line personnel cannot complain about the requirements of the production department. On the contrary, many people want to join these departments and receive more subsidies every month.
I saw with my own eyes that a stargazing digital video recorder was assembled from the components at the beginning of the production line into a complete machine.
Finally, two logos appeared on the stargazing machine at the same time. The first logo was designed by Li Dongling for stargazing. It was like a radar for exploring the starry sky.
The second logo is the logo of Microsoft. As the second largest shareholder of Stargazing, Tanglin Hi-Tech must provide sufficient emotional value to Microsoft. Otherwise, how can we get the other party to work hard for Stargazing digital video recorders?
"In the future, when stargazing goes on sale and is mass-produced, to what extent can the production capacity here be increased?"
Ed Fleiss asked Duan Youli.
Although, I don’t know what sales volume will reach after Stargazing goes on sale. According to the current production capacity, the annual production capacity of Stargazing digital video recorders can reach 97,000 units, which is not low for an electronic product.
However, after looking at Tanglin Hi-Tech's collection room that day, Ed Fleiss couldn't help but feel a little moved. What if? What if the production capacity of stargazing digital video recorders exploded like other products of Tanglin Hi-Tech? Woolen cloth?
Wouldn't it be a pity if sales were affected by insufficient production capacity? !
Duan Youli glanced at Ed Fleiss. He was not the boss of the sales department. He didn't know much about the sales of stargazing digital video recorders, but the price was there. The selling price of US$320 was really not cheap. America is not something that ordinary families can easily afford.
Just like America, which was touted in previous lives, with an hourly salary of tens or even hundreds of dollars, a job brusher with a monthly salary of 3,000 US dollars can buy three Apple phones a month.
But in fact, many people who wash dishes in America still have a mobile phone for several years. When buying a mobile phone, they also pay in monthly installments and have a contract phone bundled with a phone bill package. Is it because they don’t want to buy an Apple mobile phone in full?
Most Americans cannot afford to buy an iPhone every day. It will take them several months to pay off credit cards, insurance, tuition loans, rent, and car loans before they can save up enough money for an iPhone. America It’s not like everyone is a superman. They don’t need to eat, drink, or spend dollars. They can live with a breath of fairy energy.
Putting it on a stargazing digital video recorder, the price is US$320. For many American families, it is not something they can buy with their eyes closed. Many people don’t have a penny in their pockets and rely entirely on credit cards to live.
Duan Youli feels that the sales of stargazing digital video recorders will not be as explosive as Tanglin Hi-Tech's previous products.
But facing Ed Fleiss's inquiring gaze, he still said, "If necessary, the Tanglin Hi-Tech Production Department can increase the monthly production capacity to more than 10,000 machines.
In addition, we have also reserved space for new production lines and can set up new production lines at any time. Mr. Ed does not need to worry about this! ”
If the stargazing digital video recorder really sells out, it is not impossible for Ulead to increase the production capacity of the stargazing digital video recorder to more than hundreds of thousands of units per year.
It's impossible to sell more than a million stargazing digital video recorders a year. The production department really can't make so many machines.
But is that possible? Duan Youli is somewhat skeptical about this. It can't be possible. Every time Donglin Hi-Tech releases a new product, he, the production manager, will be blamed for the shortage.
Duan Youli didn't believe that he could be blamed this time. The selling price was US$320. A machine cost 2,560 yuan. Such an expensive machine could be sold out. So he accepted the blame.
But Duan Youli felt that it was impossible for Guanxing to let him take the blame again this time, absolutely impossible!
(End of chapter)