Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1986 Gap
On February 2, the first CES exhibition in Las Vegas officially opened this year. Duan Yun, as a representative of exhibitors, came to the exhibition site very early.

What surprised Duan Yun was that the scale of this CES exhibition was unprecedented. The venue outside the exhibition area in the suburbs of Las Vegas was already full of cars from all over the United States, as many as thousands of cars. , You can't see the end at a glance, the scene is very spectacular.

In addition to cars, there is even a special helicopter stand at the exhibition site. In the 90s, civil aviation in the United States was already very developed. It is not uncommon for private buyers to buy planes, but in faraway China, this is almost unimaginable. .

Just through this exhibition, Duan Yun saw the strength and prosperity of the United States. At this time, the United States was indeed at the peak of history. After the Soviet Union, the world became a unipolar world. The gap between other developed countries and him is widening.

Therefore, the scale of this CES exhibition is unprecedented, and it also confirms the strength of the United States from another angle, but the market size of the United States alone exceeds that of the whole of Europe. After the Plaza Accord, although Japan’s GDP can still reach that of the United States. However, because the domestic market is closed and far less open than the United States, the United States is still in an absolute dominant position in the global electronics market, and it is also the overseas market that all manufacturers dream of.

At 7:30 in the morning, one and a half hours before the official opening of the exhibition, Duan Yun, as a representative of the manufacturer, had already entered the venue ahead of schedule and entered the booth where Tianyin Group was located.

Compared with the previous exhibitions, the booth of Tianyin Group has undergone tremendous changes in terms of location, area and scale. Among the exhibition halls in the entire Asian region, apart from Sony, Calendar, Canon and other well-known Besides the Japanese factory, the booth of Tianyin Group is the largest, even larger than the booth of South Korea's Samsung.

From the location of a pavilion, we can see the status of this company among the current international electronics companies. Another very important point is that Tianyin Group is also the only Chinese manufacturer participating in this year's CES.

For this exhibition, the employees of Telling Group’s American branch found out that they had already started to plan and arrange in advance one and a half months ago. Among the exhibits, in addition to DVD, the upcoming blockbuster product, there are also Telling Group’s current products. VCDs that are being sold domestically, and some chips produced by the company.

Compared with civilian electronic products, although chips have high technological content, in fact, they don’t attract much attention at this kind of exhibition. The main reason is that people prefer to see electronic products with actual experience. As for things like chips , and only those in the industry will be interested.

Moreover, the flash memory chips brought by Duan Yun this time are all products of his company two years ago, and the technology is still in the one-micron process technology. Inexpensive, so in fact there is still a certain market.

In fact, the chips of the Duan Voice Chip Factory are not worried about selling at all, and the production capacity of its chip factory can be fully digested by domestic companies. In addition to the products of its own company, such as learning machines, repeaters, and computers, many other companies in Shenzhen The chips used are all Tianyin Group's chips, and more high-end chips will be exported directly. The reason why Duan Yun brought it to the CES exhibition this time is to show his company's technical strength. In this exhibition, he used a trick to hide his eyes. He did not show the company's most advanced 0.8-micron process chips. This will make Americans feel that China's chip industry is still relatively backward, and the previous technology blockade against them is effective.

Although Duan Yun's plan to participate in the US exhibition this time is ambitious, when the CES exhibition officially started, the reality poured cold water on him.

Although the booth of Tianyin Group and Sony are only more than ten meters away, the popularity of the two booths is very different. It can even be said that there is sea water on one side and flames on the other.

As one of the most watched exhibitors at previous CES exhibitions, Sony not only brought out the newly developed PS game console, but also nearly 100 other exhibits. In the center of the main booth, there are two 1 :1 robots, these two robots have a full sense of technology, and they can also imitate real people's conversations to a certain extent.

The most amazing thing is that Sony has brought the Japanese robot culture to a peak. In addition to the free movement of the joints of the limbs, the robot can even move all the joints of the fingers, which can be said to be very powerful in this era. technology.

In addition to these two robots, the very popular games Ridge Racer and Rockman on the PS game console have been playing on the big screen of the main booth. The picture is very cool, and there are six sample PS machines and game controllers around the booth. , Visitors can try the game at will.

In addition to Sony's main booth, exhibits in other booths are also dizzying, including Walkmans, MDs, portable CRT TVs, and full-channel radios.High-fidelity earphones, stereo components... Each product is very exquisite in workmanship and full of texture. It can be said that Sony is at the peak of the company's development at this time. Every product they produce and develop can cause a lot of attention in the industry. At the same time, it has been leading the trend of international electronic products.

Therefore, from the opening of the museum in the morning to the break at noon, there was an endless stream of visitors to Sony's booth. Journalists and industry dealers queued up to try PS game consoles from the counter to the entrance. Almost all the guards were dispatched to the Sony showcase to maintain order, which shows the popularity of Sony.

But on the Tianyin Group side, the visitors always chatted very little. Although there was a large flow of people passing by, there were very few people who stopped. Few, and most of them were visitors who couldn't squeeze into Sony's booth.

However, although Duan Yun was a little disappointed in this situation, this situation was also expected by him, because he knew that compared with a well-known international company like Sony, Tianyin Group can only be regarded as a company at present. a supporting role.

"Americans have a big prejudice against our country's products. In the morning, several dealers came to me for consultation. After a brief look at the products and manuals, they immediately asked for prices." In the simple open-air restaurant, Li Yun bit He took a bite of the hamburger and said to Duan Yun who was sitting opposite: "For European and American dealers, their first reaction to Chinese products is cheap. Not the slightest interest."

(End of this chapter)