The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 365, Amazing Time (please vote for me)

September 1971, Hong Kong Island, China Resources Corporation headquarters.

It's the time for the annual new product launch again, and the conference hall is no different from usual. Dealers from all over the world gather here, making all the large and small hotels near China Resources Corporation full.

It can be said that this time of year is when the occupancy rate of local hotels on Hong Kong Island is the highest.

Just because there are so many people coming.

"Are you sure they will really have epoch-making products at this conference?"

At the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Von Derian's expression in the suite was not relaxed at all.

He was really restless in his heart, because last month, they were shocked by the news revealed through Grielbridge.

China Resources will announce an epoch-making product at its new product launch in September this year, which is related to communications technology.

What is communication technology?
That's money!
People with a little bit of brains will think of mobile phones when they hear the word communication.

Especially the world-famous PHS mobile phone, although it can only guarantee calls within urban areas, it cannot make calls anywhere and anytime like Big Brother.

However, except for this shortcoming, the PHS mobile phone has all its advantages.

For example, the call quality of PHS mobile phones is very smooth and the signal is also very good. The key is that it is cheap.

The price of only ninety-nine US dollars is enough to make it affordable for most people.

Even if you may not be able to afford the phone bill, having such a mobile communication phone can be a life-saving phone when emergency contact is needed.

On the contrary, the call quality and signal of mobile phones are relatively poor, and the price is also more expensive.

As for the Donald Duck mobile phone, its market share is very low, so it’s okay not to mention it.

The most important thing about communication is to make money, and make a lot of money.

For example, Sony can receive more than 30 billion U.S. dollars in North America every year. This year, its revenue has already exceeded 40 billion U.S. dollars.

If it is run well, it is definitely possible to increase the revenue to 50 billion, or even higher.

Another example is Clive of the Chicago consortium. When the PHS mobile phone was released in September 1966, he successfully won the agency rights in Tokyo and Europe.

After spending more than four years recovering costs, we started to make profits from the end of 1969 to the beginning of 1970.

It's September 2011, and people have already made tens of billions of dollars.

And this business can continue to make money, and it is possible to make more and more money.

why?

Because global sales of PHS mobile phones have exceeded 300 million units, approaching 400 million units.

It is not a fantasy that there will be more than 400 million mobile phones in the future.

The larger the user base of PHS mobile phones, the more consumers will make calls. As a result, as a communication company, the more communication fees it will charge every year.

This is much better than those businesses that build buildings to collect rent.

Under such circumstances, who doesn’t like communications companies?
The current situation is that China Resources is about to launch another epoch-making product related to communication technology.

So what Von Derian and the others want to know most is, could it be a mobile phone?

If it is a mobile phone, will it possibly affect the communication service revenue of PHS mobile phones today?
It stands to reason that China Resources would definitely not do such a deceptive thing, but who knows?

Therefore, capitalists like Von Derian are very eager to know the specific situation. After knowing the results, they must quickly find a way to solve this problem.

"This bitch Gerry must not dare to deceive us, otherwise, even if he is the director of the intelligence department, Richard will not be able to protect him!"

Holcafferty said coldly on the side, and Geinhardt echoed:
"It's not that I think the information is wrong, but why does China Resources have to stick to this point in time to launch new communication products? Could it be that their technological breakthrough is really as simple as eating and drinking water? ”

As soon as he said this, Brenda Mellon, Thomas Dupont, Henry Mather, Augustus, Paradeson and others all started talking.

One thing that is very obvious now is to wait for tomorrow's press conference, hoping that it is not bad news.

There were also many people gathering in the suite downstairs.

Akio Morita was the most worried, but it seemed that it was useless to worry now.

Although he has prepared two sets of countermeasures, he still hopes that the new product released by China Resources will not be a mobile phone, but other products that will not affect the communication with PHS mobile phones.

The idea is quite good, but no one knows what the specific product is.

Complex emotions such as suffering, pain, and torture were the negative mentality of Akio Morita at this time.

Not only Akio Morita, but also Clive of the McCormick family is also under tremendous pressure, because he knows very well that the new products released by China Resources are well received by the market and have always been best-selling products.

In particular, the PHS mobile phone product was obviously released in 1966. Five years have passed and it is still a best-selling product.

Horror!
Agents such as Akio Morita and Clive were suffering so much that it felt like the days were just passing by like years. Time finally came to the day of the press conference.

The city of Hong Kong Island was bustling with activity because of the press conference. Especially on the day of the press conference, there was already a sea of ​​people near the headquarters of China Resources Corporation.

Many people were unable to enter the press conference hall and could only hang out nearby.

Just because there are too many small agents, they are naturally not qualified to receive invitation letters from China Resources, and naturally cannot enter the press conference hall.

Riko Iyama walked into the press conference hall with two bodyguards and confident and elegant steps.

As an agent of China Resources Company, she is different from others. She only wants to be rich and happy, so she is still living a happy life.

Three years ago, she traveled to North America with 10,000 Huayue Walkmans. Later, she was framed by Davis, the captain of the local tax bureau in North America.

Finally, when Davis wanted to have sex with her, she killed him forcefully.

This incident has left a deep impression on her to this day, and she still gets chills down her back every time she thinks about it.

After this incident, Iyama Riko never went to North America in person again.

Naturally, she does not have to give up the North American market, but cooperates with others and lets others go to North America on her behalf.

Anyway, there are many people in the second-hand electronics market in Tokyo, and they are happy to make a trip to North America to earn the price difference.

There are many agents like Jingshan Riko, but many agents have been kicked out, such as Comrade Tang Dake.

Comrade Tang Dake is still worried about his Donald Duck Technology Company, but at the same time, he already has other ideas.

Maybe if there is a suitable opportunity, let's start a new one.

It is really difficult for this Donald Duck technology company to get back on its feet.

At the press conference, Song Xuyan watched the host come on stage and began to announce the formal start of the press conference, and then observed the reactions of other people present.

Many agents and capitalists reacted with great anticipation and curiosity, and some agents had worries written on their faces. It can be said that some are happy and some are sad.

The first product at this conference is not a small product, but a product with similar technology to the Macintosh computer developed by Apple in the original time and space.

The Macintosh computer was an epoch-making product released by the original space-time in 1984, which changed the future development direction of personal computers.

Of course, the three most important elements of a Macintosh computer: monitor, keyboard and mouse. Among the computer products released by China Resources in the past, there is nothing worthy of surprise.

In this time and space, the mouse was originally invented by China Resources, and it was already a bad design.

However, similar to this Macintosh computer, it is a floppy disk. The Macintosh computer does not have a built-in memory such as a hard disk. The fifth version of Huashuo Computer launched by China Resources also does not have a hard disk. Users need to replace it with a different 3.5-inch floppy disk. to replace various software.

Therefore, at this time, the most important thing for the fifth version of Huashuo Computer was the floppy disk software.

This is one of the most unique and exciting reasons for it.

First of all, the display of the fifth version of Huashuo Computer is much thinner and more compact than the other four previous computers.

Although it is still a desktop computer and has not been launched as a personal laptop, the display is already very thin, only about eight centimeters, which is definitely better than any display on the market today.

Secondly, its operation interface is not like the command line interface of IBM computers and Compaq computers, but a more optimized display window. Users can operate the computer relatively simply through the window display.

The command line interface only makes programmers feel friendly, but it is very unfriendly to ordinary home users.

Therefore, although it is just a window display interface that looks like squeezing toothpaste, it is still a world-leading initiative.

Finally, there are various software, such as mapping software.

After inserting the map drawing software, the user opens the software on the computer and enters the latitude and longitude coordinates, and the map will slowly draw the local map.

In this day and age, this kind of software simply crushes its opponents into pieces.

The fifth version of Huashuo Computer also has graphical interface software, which allows developers to develop graphical games on personal computers.

Yes, developers can develop a piece of software for the game themselves.

Many game development companies can be derived from this. This is definitely an epoch-making software for establishing a huge game industry, and it should also be one of the future development directions of computers.

Computer games are nothing new in today’s era.

Previously, the previous generations of Huashuo Computer products launched by China Resources were equipped with card games, etc. But now developers can develop their own games. This initiative is indeed amazing.

And a GIF animation drawing software, which is also an invention that has caused confusion and excitement among on-site agents.

Users can draw bitmap images with the mouse, and by fine-tuning the bitmap images, multiple frames of images can be generated, ultimately achieving animated effects.

In the original history of time and space, GIF animated graphics began with the Macintosh computer in 1984.

"The retail price of this Huashuo computer version 5 is US$1,999, and the wholesale price is US$1,799."

After the host introduced all the technical selling points of the computer, he directly announced the price without being pretentious or keeping everyone waiting.

After the price came out, everyone nodded excitedly and happily.

The functions are indeed powerful, but the price is indeed cheap enough.

Since the price of the first-generation Huashuo computer dropped to three digits, many computer companies, including IBM, have become angry and cursed.

But as time went on, everyone gradually accepted the price.

Not only did consumers accept three-digit computers, but computer companies such as IBM were also forced to accept such prices.

Of course, this does not mean that IBM's computers must have three-digit numbers.

Instead, they will frequently release new products and use toothpaste-like techniques to increase product prices.

Just like Huashuo Computer, only six years have passed since the first generation was released in 1965, but now it has been released to the fifth generation.

It can be said that one product is released every year.

Releasing computers so frequently is like squeezing out toothpaste.

And the price of many newly launched computers remains around one or two thousand US dollars, and rarely drops to three digits.

For example, the price of the fourth generation Huashuo computer will drop to US$1,599 after the fifth generation is launched, the third generation will cost US$1,299, and the second generation will drop to US$999.

Therefore, at this rate, if you want to buy a fifth-generation computer for a three-digit price, you will need to wait for at least several years.

In a few years, for the computer industry, the day lily has long been cold.

Especially now, many people can make money by purchasing fifth-generation Huashuo computers to develop games.

Games are the most correct way to open electronic products.

As the host announced the price, many people started to order, and for a while there was quite a commotion at the entire press conference.

Although this is not the first time we have experienced such a battle, the staff still accept everyone's orders according to normal procedures.

After nearly an hour of busy work, the entire ordering process was finally over.

Then there is the second product, but this product is still not the communication technology product that von der Lean and Akio Morita expected, but an advanced version of the electronic dictionary.

Products like electronic dictionaries have actually been released for several years.

From the very beginning, it was an epoch-making product that amazed time, and now it has become an arcade machine, which can be regarded as 'resting on one's laurels'.

The new version of the electronic dictionary has added some functions, has a more stunning appearance design, is more exquisite and compact, and is a perfect product that is more in line with consumers' psychological expectations.

You can also choose multiple colors. For example, in addition to black and white, there are also different color styles such as ivory white, sapphire blue, mint color, and Xiangfei color.

Not to mention anything else, just the names of these colors are enough to surprise people.

It is another 'toothpaste-like' product, but it still surprises many agents.

As long as it can be sold, China Resources will definitely continue to squeeze toothpaste like this.

It took another hour to order, and then we came to the highlight of this conference: communication technology products.

In fact, it is an optical fiber, a single-mode optical fiber, a fiber with a very thin central glass core and only one transmission mode.

After hearing the host's introduction, Clive, Akio Morita, von Derian and others finally breathed a sigh of relief and listened attentively.

When it comes to such an optical fiber, we have to talk about Chen Guohua’s foresight.

Two months ago, in July of 1971, Xiang Liqiang listened to Chen Guohua's suggestion and quickly sent people to North America to collect relevant intelligence.

Sure enough, Corning in North America had already developed an optical fiber with a loss of 20dB/km in . In the same year, Bell Labs invented a semiconductor laser using gallium arsenide as a material.

This kind of semiconductor laser can be widely used in optical fiber communication systems due to its small size.

North American defense and military systems have already used a large number of such optical fibers, just like mobile phones. They were invented in North America a long time ago and have been used on battlefields such as the Peninsular War.

From this point of view, there are many black technologies in North America, which have already appeared in the 1930s and 1940s, but the technology is not advanced and stable enough, and the cost is too high to be popularized.

With so much information coming out of the investigation, Chen Guohua immediately suggested to the leaders to release G.653 dispersion-shifted optical fiber immediately in September, but he was rejected.

After discussions, it was finally decided to release single-mode optical fiber.

In the original history of time and space, in 652, starting from North America, a large number of G. single-mode optical fiber long-distance projects were built around the world.

Before that, that is, starting in 1973, major optical fiber manufacturers around the world developed various advanced preform production processes. For example, Corning Corporation of North America developed OVD technology, and Tokyo's Sumitomo, Furukawa, Fujikura, etc. VAD technology was jointly developed, Lucent improved MCVD technology, and Philips of the Netherlands developed PCVD technology.

These have laid the technical foundation for the construction of G.652 single-mode optical fiber long-distance projects.

But now, China Resources has taken the lead in launching single-mode optical fiber, directly causing despair to optical fiber manufacturers such as Corning Corporation, Sumitomo Furukawa Fujikura, Lucent and Philips.

After all, from now on, China Resources is still the most powerful company.

What they don't know is that the manufacturing cost of the single-mode optical fiber produced by China Resources is very, very low, but the price is not very expensive either, only US$299 per kilometer.

In the history of the original time and space, in the Mainland in the 1980s and 1990s, the price of imported optical fiber per kilometer was 2,000 yuan.

At that time, that is, starting in 1992, the then Mainland YOFC Company had already launched large-scale production of optical fibers and optical cables, and went abroad the following year to sell optical fibers and optical cables to North America.

It was also from this time that the cost of optical fiber per kilometer has been reduced to 30 yuan.

However, in 1971, China Resources Corporation has taken the lead in achieving technological breakthroughs, and the price is not expensive.

Not only does China Resources think it is not expensive, but even people like Feng Delian and others don't think the single-mode optical fiber that costs US$299 per kilometer is expensive.

Because there is no reference and comparison at all, naturally it will not feel expensive or cheap. "You may be wondering, what can such a single-mode optical fiber be used for?"

Listening to the host's words, all the agents and capitalists present widened their eyes.

Then the host continued to introduce the application scenarios of single-mode optical fiber.

The first point is long-distance communication. Since the transmission mode of single-mode optical fiber is single, it can effectively prevent pulse diffusion and distortion, improve transmission speed and ensure transmission quality.

Therefore, single-mode optical fiber has a wide range of application scenarios in long-distance communication transmission such as transoceanic optical cables.

"In other words, in the future, we can communicate via text, phone calls, and even video chat with our relatives and friends on the other side of the Pacific from Hong Kong Island."

As soon as these words came out, all the agents on the scene couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

They think more, that is to make money!

Because the more powerful the technology, the more money you can make.

It’s just that China Resources probably won’t tell everyone how to make money so easily, right?

"The second point is that single-mode optical fiber can only support high-speed data transmission. In some fields that require big data transmission, single-mode optical fiber has a very wide range of application scenarios."

"Third point, single-mode optical fiber has the advantages of long transmission distance and low loss, and can also be widely used in the construction of optical fiber local area networks."

Listening to the host's introduction, the agents became more and more excited.

It can almost be said that China Resources has already told everyone step by step how to sell these optical fibers.

In addition, there are temperature sensors, pressure sensors, etc., as well as medical fields such as endoscopes, laser surgery, and medical imaging.

For example, in laser surgery, single-mode optical fiber can transmit high-energy laser to accurately remove diseased tissue.

hiss!
At this point, almost all application scenarios of single-mode optical fiber have been introduced.

As for the remaining military fields, the host did not continue to introduce them.

The difference from the past is that this time the single-mode optical fiber only has a wholesale price of US$299. The retail price is left to the agents to decide.

There was no unified pricing, and everyone at the scene couldn't help but panic.

Especially the small agents, their faces suddenly became extremely ugly.

Because under such circumstances, the greater the capital, the more likely they are to lock in the output of China Resources Company in advance.

In this way, it is up to them to decide how to set the price in the future.

The retail price has not been determined, and there will not be any other restrictions, such as zoning agency rights.

In other words, any agent can sell however they want and wherever they want to sell.

Even orders are made through hidden bids, with each group being divided into groups of 10,000 kilometers, and each bids to obtain the purchasing rights for this group.

There are 12,000 groups in total, no more.

hiss!
It seems like a lot, but it's actually very small.

For a time, before the secret bid competition even started, there was already an undercurrent surging in the audience.

Von der Lean, Lannister Morgan, Thomas Dupont, Brenda Mellon, Ronald Lawrence, Paradeson and other major capitalists were all making eye contact.

But it's of no use.

There were still too many big capitalists present.

Not only many big capitalists from North America came, but also big capitalists from Maple Leaf Country, Great Britain, Gallic Chicken, Italy and other places also went out collectively.

It can be said that this time, it is definitely a fight between the dragon and the tiger.

Although, this time it is just a seemingly useless product launched by China Resources, but in fact, once single-mode optical fiber is promoted, it is still very profitable.

This is like building a base station. Once the foundation is set up, the only thing left is to collect the money.

The application scenarios just introduced by the host are already very obvious.

For example, if single-mode optical fiber is used to connect a computer, can a text communication software be developed?
If possible, wouldn't it be possible to achieve cross-ocean communication through computers?

Not to mention there are also application fields such as regional network construction. These absolute advantages are enough to make all agents and capitalists crazy.

As the host announced the start of the hidden bidding, many people got the quotations, and none of them dared to write.

Although there are twelve thousand groups, which seems to be a lot, there are so many capitalists at the scene that the super giant crocodile alone can't be counted with two slaps.

How to compete?

Looking at this scene, Iyama Riko couldn't help but secretly complained: China Resources Company is becoming more and more like a qualified profiteer.

In the past, small agents were taken care of, but now, the so-called no rules are actually giving opportunities to the big capitalists.

As for small agents?
How could there be so much money to compete?
Even if you are lucky enough to win one or two groups from the competition, you probably won’t be able to beat those big capitalists.

"I definitely can't come here in vain. Well, each group is 10,000 kilometers, and the unit price per kilometer is US$299. So the total price of a group is US$2.99 ​​million. How much should I pay? How about using money to acquire the right to purchase one or more groups?”

Iyama Riko, who secretly had a headache, thought about it for a while and finally decided on the price.

Each group will be awarded US$3.01 million, and there will be a total of three groups competing.

This price is already very high, which means that if the purchase right is purchased for US$3.01 million, and 10,000 kilometers of single-mode optical cable is purchased for US$2.99 ​​million, the cost per 10,000 kilometers is US$6 million. .

With such a high unit price, I wonder if anyone can afford it?

If other people saw such a crazy price, they would be stunned.

Both open-bid and hidden-bid bidding have their own advantages.

But China Resources likes to sell those agency rights and purchase rights through secret bidding.

Anyway, everyone has nothing to say. After all, this single-mode optical cable is not an ordinary product. It is a bit more expensive, which is normal, right?

Regardless of what others thought, Riko Iyama felt relaxed after handing the quotation to the staff.

Akio Morita also gave a high price this time. After all, he had tasted the high profits of China Resources' products, and the products released this time did not have much impact on their Sony communications services.

Just because of a single-mode optical fiber product, how can it affect communications companies based on base station communications?
Clive did the same and wrote a very high price directly on the quotation. This time, he wanted to shock everyone.

Five years ago, Clive and Akio Morita both obtained PHS mobile phone agency rights in Tokyo, Europe and North America respectively. But now, fortunately, there are no divisions, so competition will be even greater.

In just five years, the people who made a lot of money were definitely not the small agents, but the big capitalists.

Soon, as the clock ticked down, the dark-bid bidding was over.

The staff of China Resources Company urgently verified all the quotations one by one, and finally determined the order of the highest price.

"First of all, congratulations to JP Morgan for bidding on 2,700 sets at a price of US$4.08 million per set."

hiss!
Listening to the host's words, others took a deep breath.

Good guy, such a high price? And you took away 2,700 sets in one go?
Almost everyone looked at Lannister Morgan with shock on their faces, and everyone sighed secretly: Morgan Company must be rich, it is so rich.

The price of a group of 4.08 million is just for the right to purchase, which is crazy.

So crazy, it's just the beginning.

The first thing the host announces is the unit with the most bids, followed by the other groups.

Even Iyama Riko's agent who only bid for the next three groups was successful, but others were unsuccessful. For example, those who bid at a price of US$2.99 ​​million per group were unsuccessful.

Iyama Riko was also lucky. If she had written tens of thousands less, she would not have been able to bid.

And there are only three groups left, otherwise, she may not be able to successfully bid.

But, to be honest, the host wishes he could have succeeded.

After all, the bidding price of a group of 2.99 million US dollars is really not cheap.

And 12,000 groups are really not many. The most important thing is that the right to bid and purchase is only for this time, and it will not be possible in the future.

Of course, 1.2 billion kilometers of single-mode optical fiber is actually quite a lot.

If China Resources Corporation comes up with one billion kilometers of single-mode optical fiber, I'm afraid everyone won't be so crazy.

No one is a fool, and don't treat others as fools. Otherwise, it's hard to say who is the real fool.

After the bidding results of all agents were announced, it was determined that the average price of the purchase right auction was US$3.62 million per set of single-mode optical fiber.

Horror!
Twelve thousand groups, each worth 3.62 million U.S. dollars. In other words, just from the purchase rights, China Resources has earned 43.44 billion U.S. dollars.

Although it is much different from the previous times when it was able to earn 300 to 400 billion US dollars, it is still a very profitable business.

The last new product launch conference of this year is over here.

However, the press conference was over, but Lannister Morgan summoned all the agents who had successfully bid for the single-mode optical fiber to the Peninsula Hotel.

Iyama Riko also had to attend the meeting.

It's just that a small agent like her was acquired by other big capitalists on the spot for a group price of 3.62 million US dollars.

Because the average price announced by China Resources is US$3.62 million.

And Riko Iyama successfully bid at a price of 3.01 million, so she bid for three groups in total and earned a total of 1.83 million US dollars.

Of course she is not willing to give in, but how can she compete with other big capitalists?
And she doesn’t dare to offend them. You must know that these big capitalists are unreasonable. If they don’t accept it now, then when she wants to transport these single-mode optical fibers back to Tokyo or other places as quickly as possible, then basically It's impossible.

Those big capitalists only need one sentence to make those transportation companies and airlines refuse to help Iyama Riko transport single-mode optical fiber.

Even if she finds other connections to contact other cargo ships, she will be prohibited from entering the market or directly detained at customs when she arrives in Tokyo and other places.

If she only needs to be detained for half a year or a year, Iyama Riko can die at a loss, and she has no way to report her.

Therefore, selling now is the best option.

Small agents like Iyama Riko all left the Peninsula Hotel dejectedly.

They didn't dare to offend big capitalists like the Morgan consortium, so they could only bite their teeth and swallow it.

Therefore, after excluding these small agents, all the people who stayed in the Peninsula Hotel were big capitalists.

North America is basically dominated by Lannister Morgan, with Thomas Dupont, Brenda Mellon and Carl Vinson Dawes also getting shares of several hundred groups.

Over in Tokyo are the Sumitomo Corporation and the Mitsubishi Corporation, in Great Britain there are the Grosvenor family, other European families, and most unexpectedly, Barzani from the Middle East who also got 1,200 sets. of single-mode fiber.

So, so many families gathered together to discuss and finally determined the sales price of one thousand US dollars per kilometer.

It costs one thousand US dollars per kilometer, which is still very expensive.

They discussed this, and half a month later, almost everyone set up a communications company to personally run the optical fiber network. They all planned to collect the communication fees themselves.

Lannister Morgan, Richard Grosvenor, Thomas Dupont, Carl Vinson Dawes, Morita Takahiro and others did not notice that Apple in San Francisco also released two computer products.

One of them is a desktop computer. In terms of appearance design, Apple's computer is very different from the fifth-generation Huashuo computer, because the former is more gorgeous and sci-fi.

In terms of other hardware, it is almost the same as the fifth-generation Huashuo computer, and it does not have a hard drive and only supports floppy disks.

It's just that for this floppy disk, Apple has several more software, such as text editing software, spreadsheet editing software, drawing software and text chat software applications.

Everything else is fine and has a lot to do with office work, but this text chat software application makes consumers very happy.

Because after purchasing this thing, you can chat with other friends by connecting the network cable.

To put it simply, this is a very simple SMS chat software. The entire chat interface is not much different from SMS.

The only difference is that it has an address book. If you want to chat with someone, you can directly use the established address book and click on the other party's name to send a message.

Of course, it not only supports text chat, but also supports GIF animations.

Naturally, if you want to send such a GIF dynamic image, it will consume a lot of traffic.

The second computer is a personal laptop, which can be regarded as an enlarged version of an electronic dictionary.

But unlike the ultra-thin display of the electronic dictionary, the PowerBook computer launched by Apple is actually the one in the history of time and space.

It was just that Chen Guohua took it out in advance.

Huashuo Computer, launched by China Resources Corporation, has been invincible for so many years. It's time to find a 'competitor' for it.

At the same time, it also allows people like Lannister Morgan to divert their attention from just staring at Qianduoduo Supermarket all day long.

The latter is already the dominant player in North America and even the global retail industry, and its position is very stable.

And because it is still developing at a rapid pace, it needs to be more low-key to avoid being constantly stared at by the consortium that takes over.

Apple has launched two computer products one after another, but the price is more expensive than the fifth-generation Huashuo computer. For example, the desktop computer is priced at 2,399 US dollars, and the notebook PowerBook is priced at as high as 4,000 US dollars. Nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars.

It can be said that such a price is still very expensive, but in terms of profitability, except for the notebook computer PowerBook, the desktop computer is almost the same as the fifth-generation Huashuo computer.

After all, the fifth generation Huashuo computers are all produced in mainland China and the cost is quite low.

As for Apple's first-generation desktop computer, it employed many North American employees, which cost a lot.

"What? Apple has released another new product? And their computers can also support text chat?"

In New York, Lannister Morgan and the others were stunned after receiving the news.

Everyone is still thinking about how to use the fifth-generation Huashuo computer and single-mode optical fiber to develop a suitable chat software, but when they turn around, they find that Apple has already developed it without saying a word?

Everyone was stunned.

After Apple releases a product, everyone can go to Apple stores in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and other big cities to experience it.

Almost all consumers who enter the Apple store immediately rush to computers and laptops called PowerBooks that can be used for text communication.

Because everyone wants to experience what it’s like to chat with someone’s computer, and at the same time, they also want to see how that PowerBook laptop amazes time.

For a time, throughout September and October, the world went crazy because of the products released by China Resources and Apple.

Especially for those electronic product enthusiasts, it was like a holiday, and ecstatic cannot even describe their mood at this time.

"Hurry up and build the optical cable. We must start this business as quickly as possible."

Companies like Morgan and Company have stopped doing their jobs.

Although it is a financial company, they have established subsidiaries and branches just to collect communication fees.

Just because the communication fee charged by the PHS mobile phone product is so cool, it is even crazier than the rent of any building.

Lannister Morgan and the others are actively working hard to build optical cable projects, while Apple and China Resources are happily selling electronic products.

(End of this chapter)