Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1445
"Manager Duan, are home computers popular in your mainland?" Pan Zongguang asked Duan Yun.

"You should have heard that our per capita income in the Mainland is very low, less than 1/50 of your Hong Kong's. The monthly income of ordinary workers is only a few dozen yuan, and the selling price of computers in our country is 2 yuan. Diversity, ordinary people definitely can’t afford it, and only a very small number of rich people and some companies will buy computers.” Duan Yun said.

"As expected..." Pan Zongguang nodded, and then asked: "The manager, are you planning to develop a computer with a low price, and then promote and popularize it in the country?"

Pan Zongguang has never understood why Duan Yun developed computers, because in his opinion, the international computer market has been completely occupied by American and Japanese companies, especially American IBM, HP and Japanese NEC. These brands of computers have superior performance , powerful technology, it is difficult for computer brands from other countries to compete with it.

The electronic technology industry in mainland China is very backward, at least 10 years or even longer behind American and Japanese companies. It is simply impossible to develop a computer brand with advanced performance, even if Tianyin Group’s annual profit reaches hundreds of millions of dollars. But compared with the electronic technology giants in the United States and Japan, the scale and technology gap is too large to be worth mentioning.

Therefore, Pan Zongguang has always believed that it is very difficult for Duan Yun to create his own computer brand. The only thing Pan Zongguang can think of is that Duan Yun may want to develop a low-quality and cheap entry-level computer, similar to the one in Taiwan. Liser-310 computer for sale in Mainland China.

"I want to develop a high-performance computer with advanced technology, at least in terms of performance, it must be consistent with the international mainstream computer brands." Duan Yun replied.

"However, the cost of high-performance computers is very high. Not many people in the mainland can afford them, right? Besides, there is competition from well-known foreign computer brands. Their products are very powerful..." Pan Zongguang said.

"Computers in the United States and Japan are indeed very advanced, but computers must be approved to be sold in the mainland, and foreign high-tech products will be subject to high tariffs when entering China. In this case, even if the cost of domestic computers is higher, There is also a large profit margin," Duan Yun said.

"So that's the case. If you say that, Manager Duan, your company does have the value of developing domestic computers." Pan Zongguang said with a dazed expression upon hearing this.

Pan Zongguang is just a scholar. He doesn’t know much about the mainland’s system and market. The only thing he knows is that mainland China is very poor and very backward. Not many people in mainland China can afford such an expensive product as a computer, but if There are related trade protection policies, and it is estimated that some computers can be sold.

"Actually, this computer I developed is mainly for the international market..." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Aiming at the international market?" Hearing this, Pan Zongguang looked at Duan Yun with a puzzled expression, and continued, "Nowadays, electronic products from the United States and Japan are used all over the world. It is unrealistic to enter the high-end PC market." ?”

Pan Zongguang never imagined that Duan Yun's ambition would be so big. He actually wanted to wrestle with American and Japanese technology giants, which is a bit ignorant.

"At present, there is indeed a very big gap between us and other international multinational PC manufacturers in terms of technology. I know this." Duan Yun pondered for a while, and then said: "However, the technology of the PC industry is developing with each passing day. Western developed countries The technical barriers are not insurmountable, I think as long as we maintain long-term investment and actively expand international cooperation and exchanges, sooner or later we will occupy a place in the international PC market..."

"Manager Duan's ambition is really admirable..." Although he didn't take Duan Yun's statement seriously, Pan Zongguang was very polite, and he continued: "It is right to increase investment in scientific research and expand international exchanges. The University of Technology is also willing to provide more technical research and development support for your Tianyin Group."

Pan Zongguang will never believe that Duan Yun's Tianyin Group is capable of competing with international multinational technology giants in the PC market. After all, those companies have accumulated decades of technology. A mainland Chinese company like Duan Yun wants to quickly complete the corner Overtaking sounds ridiculous.

But the Tianyin Group is the sponsor of the university after all. As the principal, Pan Zongguang invited Duan Yun to save her this time to get more financial sponsorship, so he can only follow the assertion.

"Thank you, Principal Pan, for your help to our company." Duan Yun actually saw that Pan Zongguang didn't believe in his ambitions, but it didn't matter, and he also understood that in Pan Zhongguang's eyes, he was just a Chinese He was just a wealthy upstart in the Mainland, so he continued: "Principal Pan, your reputation in Hong Kong's academic circle is very high, so I would like to ask, do you know Hu Zhengming?"

Duan Yun will formally meet Hu Zhengming in the next two days, but the two have never been in contact before, so they may not be able to talk about it together, and Pan Zongguang is very famous in Hong Kong academic circles. In academia, it can be said that they are of the same level. If Pan Zongguang knows Hu Zhengming and is willing to help him lobby Hu Zuoming, it may increase the chance of success.

"Of course I know Hu Zhengming. He is a very famous microelectronics expert in the world. We have known each other many years ago..." Pan Zongguang thought for a while and said.

"You know Hu Zhengming!?" Duan Yun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"I know many well-known Chinese scientists in the world. When I was studying for a doctorate at University College London, Professor Hu once visited our school. Because they are all Chinese, they easily noticed each other. When the delegation was eating at the school, I was sitting face to face with him at the same table..." Recalling the past, Pan Zongguang's eyes flashed brightly, and he continued: "At that time we were both A pure scholar who concentrates on studying technology is not like after becoming a principal now, he has to deal with so many trivial matters every day..."

"Then how is the relationship between you two?" Duan Yun asked again.

"The two of us occasionally meet at some international forums and meetings. We can't talk about a deep personal relationship, but we can only say that we cherish each other." Pan Zongguang glanced at Duan Yun, and then said: "It seems that he is attending the conference in Hong Kong these days. A forum meeting, I saw his name on the invitation list, but recently our school has a lot of things going on, so I didn’t attend the forum to meet him... Manager Duan, why did you suddenly ask Professor Hu? Know him?"

"I don't know." Duan Yun shook his head and said with a smile, "But we will know each other soon..."

(End of this chapter)