Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 601 The Love and Hate of Middle-aged and Elderly Men

After participating in the National Outstanding Farmer Entrepreneur Awards Ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People, He Ping was received by the leaders of the central government, which also shows that the status of township enterprises in the eyes of the country is getting higher and higher.

Originally, He Ping was planning to go back to Liao Province after the meeting with the leader. Unexpectedly, Liu Chuanzhi, who learned that he came to the capital to participate in the outstanding farmer entrepreneur award ceremony, enthusiastically kept him.

Lenovo has just received a million-dollar order from Good Farm Group. How could He Ping, a landlord, not treat him well when he came to the capital?

At this time, Lenovo is no longer the small company that sold all over the country for a small order of tens of thousands of dollars.

After several years of development, Lenovo has become a large company with annual sales of more than 6000 sets of Chinese cards, agency sales of more than 1000 IBM computers, and an operating income of more than 7000 million yuan.

Liu Chuanzhi had more than [-] employees, and Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo's successor, joined the company at this time.

Not only that, Lenovo has also cultivated more than 1000 dealers across the country, forming a sales network covering the whole country.

However, in the past two years, the number of companies selling Chinese cards in China has increased day by day, and various versions and systems have emerged in an endless stream. Lenovo’s business began to fall into a price war. Things that could be sold easily, but with competitors, Lenovo can’t. Don't bother trying to sell.

Without further ado, Good Farmer Group happily threw over a purchase list worth over a million dollars, which just solved their urgent needs.

At the same time, with the emergence of various brands of computers and Chinese cards on the market, Liu Chuanzhi has also begun to sensitively realize that the future domestic computer market must be dominated by personal computers.

Therefore, he and his colleagues in the company also had differences of opinion, and fierce quarrels began to break out.Scientists in the company all believed that Lenovo, which already had a certain foundation, should rely on the scientific research strength of the Institute of Computer Science and invest in the research and development of large computers, including the research and development of computer chips. Lenovo should undertake the "historical responsibility" to improve the level of computer research in China.

But Liu Chuanzhi insisted that Lenovo's future direction should be determined by the needs of customers.

To put it bluntly, it is a line struggle based on historical responsibility or commercial interests.

This is the primary version of the dispute between "technology, industry and trade" and "trade, industry and technology" in later generations.

Facts later proved that it was the real Liu Chuanzhi who won.

When I saw He Ping again, Xiao Liu was still the same Xiao Liu.

Liu Chuanzhi, who is still enthusiastic and humble, is still a wage earner and understands the gap between him and He Ping very well.

"Mr. He, long time no see, you still have the same demeanor!"

"Haha, Mr. Liu, don't be so polite between old acquaintances."

Liu Chuanzhi continued to compliment: "I saw you on the news network two days ago, the best entrepreneur in the country, a role model for my generation!"

Liu Chuanzhi cleverly omitted the word "farmer".

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Liu Chuanzhi invited He Ping to visit Lenovo first. He Ping was also very curious about what the conscience of the US emperor looked like at this time, and he could also visit the famous Zhongguancun in the future.

Lenovo is located in Zhongguancun.

Volkswagen Santana is driving on the streets of Beijing. This is Lenovo's official bus.While chatting with Liu Chuanzhi, He Ping watched the changes outside the car window.

"Mr. He, thank you so much this time, for giving us Lenovo such a big list." Liu Chuanzhi said.

"Don't be so polite, who is the choice?"

In fact, there are not so many choices for purchasing personal computers in this era, especially the requirements of Goodfarmer Group are relatively high, so the real choices are only two or three.

Lenovo is also IBM's Chinese agent, so it's better to be a favor.

When the car drove to Zhongguancun, He Ping kept looking outside.

Seeing that He Ping was so interested in this place, Liu Chuanzhi introduced: "In the past two years, Zhongguancun has developed very fast, and there are already more than 100 development companies. "People's Daily" also specially reported this incident, saying that this is "China's Silicon Valley'."

Arriving in front of Lenovo's office building, He Ping just got out of the car when he saw a few young people selling software on the street, and he knew it was pirated.

Seeing his gaze, Liu Chuanzhi said with some embarrassment: "The development is fast, and it is inevitable that good and bad will be mixed."

He Ping said with a smile: "This is also a manifestation of vitality!"

After joining Lenovo, there are not many office workers here.Because Lenovo at this time is still mainly based on agency and sales, most of the personnel are in sales positions, and there are relatively few real technical and management positions.

Liu Chuanzhi solemnly introduced to He Ping the veteran of Lenovo, Ni Guangnan, and the team of scientists headed by him.

Speaking of Lenovo in later generations, besides Liu Chuanzhi, Ni Guangnan is the most inescapable character.

This pioneer of computer science in China is full of tragic heroes. After being abandoned by Lenovo, he still did not give up his enthusiasm for China's semiconductor industry and devoted his whole life to it.

It's just that the few encounters with unkind people later on caused the old man's second half of his life to be mixed, which is embarrassing.

"Hi, Mr. Ni, I'm He Ping." He Ping stepped forward and warmly held Ni Guangnan's hand.

"Hi, Mr. He."

Seeing Ni Guangnan today, He Ping's trip was worthwhile.

Liu Chuanzhi and Ni Guangnan accompanied He Ping to visit the Lenovo company. From the relationship between the two, He Ping guessed that there is a high probability that there should be a dispute over Lenovo's route between the two at this time.

This kind of matter has nothing to do with him, but during the welcome banquet in the evening, he kindly held the old man's hand to express his admiration.

It made Liu Chuanzhi feel a little bit appreciative.

oh~
The love and hatred of several middle-aged and elderly men!
Attending this welcome banquet, He Ping also got the news that Lenovo was going to leave IBM.

Before the 90s, Big Blue was the unshakable overlord of the world's computer industry.

It can be said that Liu Chuanzhi made this decision without boldness, and the reason why Liu Chuanzhi made this decision was that IBM decided to launch a new P/S series of personal computers, which were completely based on its own operating system, making other software systems incompatible with it.

Liu Chuanzhi keenly felt that this would be a battle for IBM. "Mr. He, tell me, is the blue giant's brain flooded? In this way, they are equivalent to destroying their martial arts!"

After drinking some wine, Liu Chuanzhi and He Ping complained about IBM. If IBM maintains the original business strategy, why would he bother to replace the agent? This is also a kind of harm to Lenovo.

But the brains of the blue giants really make people wonder what they are thinking.

"You find it difficult to understand, but it's very simple from the perspective of Big Blue. I am the boss, and the market has to listen to me!"

He Ping's words made Liu Chuanzhi suddenly enlightened, and he suddenly said: "I'm really used to domineering!"

(End of this chapter)