Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

"Are you so confident? Is the price so important?"

At the moment when he heard the price of Apple Lisa, Carter's obviously relaxed body reaction was not too obvious.

From shock at the beginning, to tension, to complete relaxation
The speed was jaw-droppingly fast, and Gates asked subconsciously.
"Of course it's important! Otherwise, how did Alto die?"

Pulling up a chair and sitting down, Carter seemed to know why Apple Lisa didn't make any waves in history.The price of nearly [-] US dollars is destined to insulate this thing from the public.

Just imagine, if a computer sells for [-] yuan, how many netizens will there be?
"Bill, maybe you should go out for a walk sometimes! You can ask Steve, the most consumers in the market are price-sensitive! Let alone the jump from $5150 for the IBM 1565 to $9995. That's 1565 and 1665 are very different!"

"That's right, for the same practical product, price fluctuations will directly affect sales! Perhaps more expensive computers will have better hardware, but most ordinary people don't need so much, excess performance!"

Steve Ballmer made a point. From a business point of view, Ballmer supports Carter's low-price strategy.

Not to mention anything else, cheap and easy to sell!

The running water is high!

The turnover is too high, as a manager, he has no faults, not to mention meritorious service.
"But don't forget, ordinary people don't need computers. Those who need computers"

"That's over! Bill!"

Carter suddenly interrupted Gates' speech:

"What we have to do is to make computers accessible to ordinary people!"

"What do they need computers for?!"

"Work, convenient life, entertainment!"

Carter raised three fingers:

"We have only reached the first stage now. The computer is a tool. Except for some professionals, or managers, and scientific researchers who need its help, ordinary people don't need it at all."

"But there are still many fields of work that we don't use, but computers can be used! And, remember the Internet I told you? Including online shopping"

"Now the latest optical communication technology can transmit 45M content per second. Think about it, how big are our hard drives now? After a large number of new communication channels are laid, the transfer of instructions and files will not be difficult. At that time, the computer is no longer a tool, but a key! The key to open the door to the new world!"

"Of course, this is a big project, and it may be difficult to do for the time being. But entertainment is easier. Doing some small games or something, playing after work, is also a relaxing and novel experience."

"As long as the price is low enough, then I think there will definitely be people willing to spend money to experience the experience. The core is the price. To be honest, I feel that IBM's 5150 is too expensive!"

Think about the price of computers in the future, if you buy a computer in the United States, if you don’t pursue extreme performance.A lot of personal PCs, only around $500, even free printers
Of course, there are future semiconductor industry production capacity explosions, which will lead to price drops, as well as price reductions after the market is saturated.But this is enough to explain a problem: low price, there is a market!
In other words, in this field, in the field of extensive traffic market, low price is king!

"Huh? Intel costs $8086 for an 360 chip, and $1565 is still expensive. Sorry, I really don't know how to lower the price."

Although rationally, Bill also knew that Carter's thinking was not correct, but it was not bad anyway.

However, the little arrogance as a technician makes it difficult for Bill to put down his face in an instant and embrace the public by "declining his status"
"Ha, that's a lot of ways! Intel's chips are too expensive, why don't we just switch to other companies, such as AMD? Didn't Intel sign an agreement with them last year to authorize the production of 8086 and 8080 chips to them?"

"As a second factory, or a sub-manufacturer, the price of their chips must be lower than Intel's to have a market. In other respects, hard drives can also be compared among multiple companies. It's assembly."

As he said this, Carter suddenly understood his thoughts again:
Oh yes!

Speaking of which, I seem to have a lot of supplier channels in my hands.
On AMD's side, there should be a lot of the thousands of original shares at the beginning.Not to mention that it can affect AMD's decision-making, but through these shares, it is not difficult to talk to AMD.

Storage, that is, the hard disk. Aren't there a few Fujitsu engineers outside the door?The storage equipment of these people is well done, there is no shoddy thing at all.
Carter doesn't have any feelings for insisting on American products.

The slogan "Make America Great Again" is all you need to shout
It seems that the business of assembling machines and OEM computers is really something that can be done.

On the one hand, on the production side, it has the cheapest labor cost, and it is almost zero cost.The leader of the largest private prison in the United States, are you kidding me? !
Moreover, in terms of production management, the so-called Toyota Production Method has ready-made teachers around it, which can further reduce costs.
Software support, own is not lacking
On the other hand, on the demand side, Carter immediately thought of something: Lenovo!

Isn't Lenovo Computer just an OEM assembly plant?When was its golden age?When the Chinese PC market was still very small.
The Personal PC Market in the U.S. Now
When the IBM 5150 swept the market at $1565, if you can lower the price
Douglas needs manufacturing, even if it's just an OEM
"Wait for me. Damn, I almost forgot the business."

Thinking of this, Carter quickly got up and called in the few Japanese engineers who had been waiting for a long time and were confused.
"I brought all the engineers to the lighting control software based on the LED screen. They usually deal with LED, LCD and CRT monitors, and they are very good at and familiar with the circuit of the monitor and the layout of the light source. Let's think about it, can we Let’s combine it, and you will work together to make a lighting control software.”

"Determine which light source points are controlled by each command, whether it is bright, dark, or color changing. It shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"With the cooperation of hardware engineers, it shouldn't be difficult. But it's more cumbersome. With our current manpower, Windows development has to be expedited. Are you sure you want to do this now?"

Bill felt a little uncomfortable looking at the bewildered Japanese engineers.In the past, I was worried about not having enough work, but now, when Carter comes, there is really a lot of messy work!

Can you tell the difference between primary and secondary? !

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! If there are not enough people, just recruit! Just right, after developing this software, they can still develop small games. I will come up with some plans later."