Reborn in the red age

Chapter 202: Going to be in trouble with IBM in the Asian market

This banquet gave Qingfeng Li a lot of trouble, especially Deputy Director Yu. This guy really kept teasing Qingfeng Li. If it weren't for the cheat, he would have been in trouble today.

After the banquet, the two families agreed on a date to host the banquet at Qingfeng Li's hometown. Since the Hu family all had jobs, they were in a hurry to go back to work and did not stay in Sijiu City longer. They hurriedly took the train back to their aunt the next day. Sue.

Except for the eldest sister and his wife, the rest of the Li family stayed in Sijiu City for a few more days. After Li Qingfeng transferred the ownership of a courtyard house to his younger sister Li Hongmei, Li Hongmei happily took the bus back to her hometown with her father and mother. train.

When saying goodbye to the train station, Mother Li quietly pulled Qingfeng Li aside and said, "Third brother, Jiabao is not young anymore. You two should hurry up and have a child. He will get older day by day, and it will be later." It’s not good for your health.”

This is true. Don’t listen to the talk about late marriage and late childbearing. It’s just right for women to have children after the age of 30. That’s all nonsense. The best age for women to have children is between the ages of 22 and 29. Problems can easily arise after the age of 30.

In response to Mother Li's instructions, Qingfeng Li nodded repeatedly to show that he understood, and said to Mother Li with a smile on the spot: "Mom, don't worry, after you get on the train, we will work hard when we get back."

Mother Li: "."

These kind of words of tiger and wolf came out. Mother Li opened her mouth and didn't know how to answer it. After sighing deeply, she turned her head and got on the train without saying a word.

After sending everyone away, the newlyweds were alone for a few days, and it was time for Hu Jiabao to check in.

After Qingfeng Li sent Hu Jiabao to report to the First Hospital of Capital Medical College, he took Wang Weimin and Chen Defa on a plane to Xiangjiang to prepare for the release of Lemon Technology's first game.

"Oh, brother, this is a plane. When I sent you to study abroad, I was thinking about when I could get on a plane. I didn't expect that in just a few years, my original wish would come true so easily."

Before the plane took off, Wang Weimin sat next to Qingfeng Li's seat, looking here and there, his eyes moving around curiously as he looked at the environment in the cabin.

Wang Weimin showed this, and Chen Defa next to him was even more curious about the plane. However, in order not to embarrass Li Qingfeng, he sat upright like a primary school student and stared at the chair in front of him intently.

As the plane climbed, the two first-timers showed obvious discomfort on their faces.

"Brother, I can't do it anymore. I feel so uncomfortable. I feel dizzy and want to vomit. Can I stop when I'm on a plane? I want to go down and take the train." Wang Weimin, who was excited just now, now had a painful expression on his face and was beating his chest, weak. said.

Next to him, Chen Defa also raised his hand weakly: "Me too, me too, brother, can you stop the plane for a while? Brother Weimin and I will take the train."

What these two guys said made Qingfeng Li dumbfounded. He thought he was riding a donkey cart and could stop whenever he wanted.

Qingfeng Li put away the magazine and patiently explained to the two of them: "It's your first time on a plane. It's normal for your body to be unable to accept it for a while. It will be fine after the plane flies smoothly."

"I can't, brother, I really can't. I'm going to vomit it out soon." Wang Weimin waved his hands repeatedly and hammered his chest harder, as if he was about to vomit it out at any time.

Seeing the uncomfortable looks of the two of them, Qingfeng Li found the vomit bag on the backrest and was about to pass it to them.

I saw a short "yue" sound coming from Chen Defa's mouth next to him, and he covered his mouth with both hands.

Seeing this, Qingfeng Li quickly handed over the vomit bag: "Here, use this, don't vomit."

It's too late, it's too late.

Chen Defa did not vomit on the plane, but swallowed it again in order not to lose Qingfeng Li's face

"yue"×2

Li Qingfeng and Wang Weimin were holding vomit bags together and vomiting on their seats.

It was Wang Weimin's first time on a plane and he felt really uncomfortable and wanted to vomit, while Li Qingfeng was so stimulated by the scene just now that his stomach was churning and he wanted to vomit.

On the flight to Xiangjiang, the flight attendant service was very good. After the plane entered the stratosphere, a flight attendant quickly came over to care about the three people's situation and deal with the filled vomit bags.

The plane landed at Xiangjiang Airport, and Li Qingfeng got on the Mercedes-Benz W126 picked up by Lemon Technology and headed to the company.

As for the two goods, they were in another car. Qingfeng Li didn't want to see them for the time being, so he didn't let them get into this car.

"Hello, Chairman" "Hello, Chairman"

After Qingfeng Li entered the company, many employees bent down to say hello to Qingfeng Li along the way. Facing every employee, Qingfeng Li would smile and nod. When he met an old employee he knew, he would stop and chat with them. .

Arriving in the conference room, Li Qingfeng sighed to Fang Wanzhen: "The company is developing so fast. When we first moved here, this floor was a little empty, but now it's a little crowded."

"The company has been expanding rapidly in the Asian market during this period and needs to recruit a large number of manpower. The downstairs floor has been renovated after we bought it. It is expected to be completed next month," Fang Wanzhen said with pride on her face.

Qingfeng Li's idea for office space is to only buy and not rent. That is to say, the company does not have enough money now. If there is money in the future, he can consider building a skyscraper in Xiangjiang to serve as the company's headquarters.

After briefly chatting with the company's senior executives, Fang Wanzhen quickly began to report to Li Qingfeng on the company's development in the past six months.

"Chairman, our company's personal computer business has won a staged victory in the competition between Asian countries and IBM. In the first half of the year, the total shipment volume of Lemon PCs was 100,000 units, and sales channels have just been laid in some Southeast Asian countries. Completed, sales are expected to increase significantly in the second half of the year."

"At present, our company's products have a market share of 30% in various Asian countries, of which the market share in the Greater China region is as high as 70%. We have basically driven IBM out of the Greater China region, completing your plan a year ago. The first stage goal of the arrangement”

Looking at the financial report in his hand, Li Qingfeng nodded with satisfaction. In the first half of the year, the Lemon PC product alone brought the company a gross profit of more than 70 million US dollars. After deducting the advertising fees, each unit was paid to the agent. After free on-site maintenance and various miscellaneous expenses for the machine within three years, the net profit will be around 50 million.

"Chairman, IBM has recently taken the lead in cutting prices in the Japanese market. Do you think we can keep up?"

"Of course we have to keep up. Not only do we have to keep up, but we also have to keep up with him in the Asian market." Li Qingfeng replied without hesitation: "We and IBM have similar production costs, so we are not afraid of him starting a price war with us."

Li Qingfeng is indeed right. The total production cost of an IBM machine plus the fee to Microsoft is 592 US dollars. Lemon Technology does not need to pay for the operating system. Plus the maintenance fee of 594 US dollars for each machine, the total cost is US dollars. The cost is $, which is not much different between the two parties.

This is only a temporary expense. After the planned factory in the special zone is completed, domestic production costs will further drop. As long as CPU procurement channels are maintained, Qingfeng Li is not afraid of a price war with IBM.

With Qingfeng Li's nod, Fang Wanzhen felt confident and prepared to formulate a new marketing plan after the meeting to have a bayonet battle with IBM in Asia.

Next, Fang Wanzhen reported to Li Qingfeng about the sales of the software. This is Lemon Technology's flagship product. After continuous optimization and compatibility by the company's software engineers and the efforts of all colleagues in the marketing department, it finally entered the European market last month.

Although Lemon Technology is very small at this time, it has successfully joined the international club and become a truly international enterprise.

After the meeting, Li Qingfeng stayed with the head of the newly established game business department to learn more about the planning of the game.

With more than a month left in the summer, Qingfeng Li is preparing to sit in the company and personally watch the release of the first game.

"This set is beautifully printed, and the quality of the packaging box is also good. Just place an order with the factory based on this sample. Let the factory print 100,000 sets first, and then go to Japan, the home base of video games, to test the water at the end of the month." Li Qingfeng looked at it The printed samples were placed on the table and he nodded with satisfaction.

The game releases these days are different from the direct online releases of later generations. They are all sold in the form of floppy disks, just like office software. Not only do the packaging boxes have to be printed, but handwritten instructions must also be printed.

Fang Chaoxian, the manager in charge of the game department, was shocked when he heard that Qingfeng Li was planning to go directly to Japan to release the game. He hurriedly dissuaded him: "Chairman, Japan is the most developed country in electronic games in the world. We are determined to release our company's game in Japan." The first game?”

"What? Are you scared?" Li Qingfeng glanced at Fang Chaoxian and said with a half-smile.

Facing Li Qingfeng's gaze, Fang Chaoxian broke out in cold sweat. Xiangjiang's video game industry was underdeveloped, and it was difficult to find such a good company in all aspects. Fang Chaoxian didn't want to be fired because he offended his boss.

Having said all the words just now, Fang Chaoxian could only bite the bullet and explain to Qingfeng Li: "That's not true, it's just TAITO's "Space Invaders" and Namco's "Pac-Man" "It is currently out of control all over the world, and "Pac-Man" released the console version in March this year. I am worried that our "Bricks" launch conference in Japan will be affected."

These two games are masterpieces in the true sense. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, these two games ranked second and first in global sales respectively, raking in tens of billions of dollars and killing game companies all over the world. Not to the north.

It is normal for Fang Chaoxian to have this worry. If this guy agrees to publish in Japan without any hesitation, then Qingfeng Li will have to consider finding a new person in charge.

(End of this chapter)