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Chapter 723: Memories (asking for monthly tickets)

What Ed Fleiss said was basically half true and half false. The explosive sales of Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary really amazed him and gave him a new understanding of Dongling Hi-Tech's influence in Asia.

But as the person sent by Microsoft this time to negotiate hardware cooperation with Dongling Hi-Tech, his flattering words were mostly for the purpose of getting more conditions from Dongling Hi-Tech!

Li Dongling brought Ed Fleiss into the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters, and there were also publicity staff from the Dongling Hi-Tech marketing department taking photos.

Although Dongling Hi-Tech does not have a song and dance troupe like some large real estate companies, all the necessary departments have now been established.

Like the scene taken today of Li Dongling's meeting with Ed Fleiss, if there is a need to hype it up, just release all these photos and you can create a lot of news.

Ed Fries also looked at the headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech with curiosity. Compared with the headquarters of Microsoft, which was as big as a small town, the headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech, which occupied most of Changqing Road, was definitely far inferior.

But what makes Ed Fleiss curious is that it is this headquarters that leads the trend of the technology industry in Asia.

You know, when Dongling Hi-Tech started out, it was far inferior to Microsoft's hardware department. When the two companies were suing each other, Dongling Hi-Tech gambled its life and property and fought a lawsuit with Microsoft.

But to this day, Microsoft's hardware department has been standing still for so many years, burning huge amounts of money but not developing anything.

However, Dongling Hi-Tech has launched a series of products that have caused quite a stir even in the American electronics industry.

To be honest, when Ed Fleiss saw Dongling Hi-Tech, he felt as if he was seeing the fierce competition in the software industry when Microsoft was just starting out.

Although Microsoft is now criticized by the software industry as the big devil, villain, and evil dragon, Microsoft's current status is the result of its own hard work.

Back then, Microsoft had many competitors, including IBM, but in the end it still stood at the top of the industry food chain!
After entering the headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech, Ed Fries took a quick look at several departments. To be honest, departments like administration, marketing, human resources, and finance are basically the same among all companies.

If you don't actually work overtime for a few days, you won't be able to feel the true operating rules of a company, or the so-called "culture."

However, the most important department of Dongling Hi-Tech, the Technology Department, was not open to Ed Fleiss today, so he was basically just going through the motions.

But Ed Fleiss could also feel the office style of Tanglin Hi-Tech. Each office area was equipped with a tea room and a lounge where one could take a short break, drink tea, and eat dessert. There were also game consoles for playing games, etc. No matter whether one had time to play or not, Tanglin Hi-Tech had them equipped anyway.

Microsoft has also just started to explore this kind of office style in recent years. This relatively relaxed office environment and welfare benefits are quite obvious differences between technology companies and traditional companies.

"This is the collection room of Dongling Hi-Tech!"

Li Dongling brought Ed Fleiss to an independent collection room. When he saw the things inside, Ed Fleiss, who was just walking through, couldn't help but stop.

"This is a Tamagotchi machine!"

When Ed Fleiss saw a machine in the collection cabinet, he couldn't help but exclaim, "I bought one for my daughter, and she cried several times because she couldn't feed the pet cat inside!"

Electronic pet machines were very popular around the world back then. In a short period of time, they became popular all over the world, entered thousands of households, and were sought after by countless people.

At the height of the craze, an electronic pet machine could be sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars in America. Not only ordinary users and school students, but also Hollywood stars and rappers were scrambling to get various collector's and treasured editions of electronic pet machines.

Hearing what Ed Fleiss said, Li Dongling chuckled. The electronic pet machine can be said to be the product that made Dongling Hi-Tech truly profitable. It was snapped up crazily all over the world, attracting thousands of young men and women to compete for it.

Of course, for some companies, such as Nippon Bandai, which has been sold to Dongling Hi-Tech, these are not such good memories.

In order to acquire the electronic pet machine, Bandai even put itself in the picture!
"This is the first-generation electronic pet machine prototype developed by Dongling Hi-Tech, and there are also drawings, models, etc." Li Dongling introduced the electronic pet machine in the collection cabinet.

"this is?"

Next to the prototype of the electronic pet machine in the cabinet, he saw a long plate carved with gold craftsmanship with a long string of numbers on it. Although he had some idea of ​​the meaning of these numbers, Ed Fleiss still couldn't help but ask, because the long string of numbers was really too long!
"This is a digital pet machine. According to the statistics of global sales, Dongling Hi-Tech will count its sales around the world once a year and then update the sales statistics!"

Ren Yuefeng on the side said that although Dongling Hi-Tech has sold the electronic pet machine project, no one can deny that this is a product of Dongling Hi-Tech, and it is also the pride of Dongling Hi-Tech. It is also a representative of domestic trendy electronic products in the world!

Moreover, after obtaining the controlling stake in Nissan Bandai, Dongling Hi-Tech has also, in a sense, taken back the copyright of the electronic pet machine. "As of the end of last year, the global sales of electronic pet machines reached 54 million units!

Moreover, it still sells over 4 million units per year and is purchased by users all over the world!"

The sales of electronic pet machines are just sluggish now. Compared with the craze period, when the sales volume was 20 to 30 million units a year, it is indeed a serious drop.

But it does not mean that electronic pet machines have no sales in the world. Take China for example. Electronic pet machines are no longer popular in big cities like Yanjing, Shanghai and Yangcheng.

However, in slightly remote villages in the country, electronic pet machines may have just become popular locally.

Here is another example that seems to go against common sense: the production capacity of color TVs in China is actually in excess now.

Changhong and other major brands are engaged in a fierce price war. They started the price war because their products are not selling well, not because of the price war that their products are not selling well.

However, many rural and mountainous areas are still in the era of small-screen black-and-white televisions. In fact, many families have not yet bought a television.

Basically, all kinds of electronic products or home appliances become popular in big cities first, then spread to small and medium-sized cities, and finally to villages, towns and mountainous areas. This process can take as short as a few years or as long as more than ten years.

This is not only the case in China, but basically the same all over the world. Most new things and high-tech products become popular first in economically developed areas, and then slowly spread to economically less developed areas.

Upon hearing that the global sales of electronic pet machines had exceeded 54 million units, Ed Fries and several Microsoft employees couldn't help but look surprised.

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A product that can sell tens of millions of units is already considered a big hit. If it can sell 50 million units, it is definitely a hit.

However, Li Dongling knows that the potential of electronic pet machines has not been fully tapped.

For the young boys and girls of the past few years, the craze for electronic pet machines has passed, but after the next round, or ten years or so, if the functions of the electronic pet machines are upgraded and they have networking functions, machine pairing and battle functions, etc., it will not be a problem to sell them again.

In the past, Bandai’s electronic pet machines were just rehashing old products from time to time, and after a few years, they would launch a commemorative edition of the electronic pet machine, and then a retro series or something like that.

With this move, not only were the mountains of electronic pet machines cleared out, but sales also increased to 9100 million units. In a few more years, we will probably see news that the global sales of electronic pet machines have exceeded million.

"This is the first model of the Silver Sable Mouse, and also the world's first mechanical mouse!"

"The second generation of Silver Sable optical mouse is also the world's first optical mouse and professional gaming mouse. Now all optical mice produced around the world use the Silver Sable optical mouse patent."

"Xiaolingtong mobile phone, the world's first commercial PHS signal mobile phone!"

"Shenzhou USB flash drive is the world's first removable, portable storage device. It has been installed on computers in more than 100 countries around the world, and more than 10 million people use it at least once a week!"

Looking at the products in the collection room of Dongling Hi-Tech's headquarters, Ed Fleiss seemed to have seen the experience of Dongling Hi-Tech over the years.

As for Dongling Hi-Tech's current position in the global technology industry, it may be too early to say that it has surpassed IBM, Toshiba and the like.

But if we were to say, in the ranking of technology companies that have surprised the global technology industry the most in the past decade, who else but Dongling Hi-Tech? !

Ed Fries and others were somewhat surprised when they looked at the products in the collection room, while Ren Yuefeng and other Dongling Hi-Tech executives were somewhat lost in nostalgia.

Not just now, but also when they retire and come to the collection room of Dongling Hi-Tech in their twilight years, what they will reminisce about will probably not be the products, but the past. What they will reminisce about are their own lives. If they don't shed a few tears when they leave, they would be considered heartless.

“It may not be long before a prototype of the stargazing digital video recorder developed by Dongling Hi-Tech and Microsoft will appear here!”

Before leaving the collection room, Li Dongling painted another big picture for Ed Fleiss, telling him that the stargazing digital video recorder may be a product of the same level as electronic pet machines and PHS mobile phones in the future.

No matter whether it is true or not, it is impossible that Ed Fries, who just came out of the collection room, would not be affected at all.

(End of this chapter)