game trailblazer

Chapter 38 Preparations for Returning to China

The blue ballpoint pen was spinning in a slender and powerful hand. Zhang Lexing tilted his head, as if he was bored watching the cheerful dance of the ballpoint pen, but actually he was reviewing the experience of the past few years in his heart.

To be honest, Zhang Lexing did not expect to develop to the point where he is now. At the beginning, he just wanted to settle down in China. He did not expect to meet Dr. Yu by chance. From Hong Kong to the United States, he caught up with the United States in the early 80s. During the great development period of the IT industry, the VisualSystem company he founded was even more fortunate to soar into the sky.According to the statistics of the accounting firm hired by Zhang Lexing at the beginning of the year, the stocks, equity and other assets held or indirectly held by him have exceeded 30 billion US dollars (including the 4 million US dollars in cash on hand of Honghe Fund), but this Most of them belonged to wealth on paper, but the long string of numbers on the report made Zhang Lexing dizzy.Of course, Zhang Lexing didn't do the kind of showy things like throwing wine to celebrate, but occasionally he would smirk when he remembered the final figures in the report, which almost made Yang Xinxin drag him to the hospital for an examination.Zhang Lexing had no choice but to take out the report, but after reading it, Yang Xinxin said that he was deeply stimulated, and he insisted on extorting a week's feast before giving up. Poor Zhang Lexing still inevitably broke his fortune in the end.

As the companies that Zhang Lexing founded or invested in got on the right track, he found that he gradually had more leisure time. The daily operations of the company were handled by the CEO. Discussion on the development of the operating system, guiding the company's development at the strategic level, visiting the game production company under it to see the work progress, or occasionally giving suggestions on game design.People like to ponder when they are free, and Zhang Lexing is no exception. Now he has the idea of ​​returning to China for development.

Zhang Lexing remembers that the next few years will be the beginning of the great development of the domestic IT industry, and many first-generation IT heroes will appear in this period.In Zhang Lexing's previous life, Microsoft has always maintained a relatively discriminatory price system against the domestic market. Many users who are powerless have no choice but to fall into the arms of piracy. One day, their own Kylin operating system will return to China. Of course, Zhang Lexing is not willing. Learn from Microsoft's method, but if you can set up a research and development institution in China in advance, I believe that the development cost of the operating system can be reduced to a certain extent, so that when the Chinese version of the Kylin system is officially launched in the future, there will be more room for operation.

Zhang Lexing is more interested in game design. In his previous life, he had dreamed of joining a well-known domestic game company, and also dreamed of designing a game that became popular all over the world. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, he failed to realize it.Now that Zhang Lexing has no pressure to survive, this idea came to mind again. Although a large scale of game development has been formed in the United States, what Zhang Lexing pursues is the growth of the overall strength of domestic game development and his dream of game consoles. These are not available in the United States.Now it is very difficult to go back to China to get involved in game development. There is no need to consider game development on PC for the time being, because there is no room for survival. However, there is still a lot to do on Nintendo Famicom (FC). Exporting products to support a console game development team is a very important part of Zhang Lexing's future plans.Zhang Lexing remembers that the earliest birthplace of domestic FC game development seems to be in Fuzhou, and he must take time to visit after returning to China.

"... Go back and start a few companies, then find suitable people to manage them, and train more software development talents. During this period, I will recruit some people to go abroad to train and train. At that time, I should have a more solid foundation to engage in the game industry. ... If you want to start a business in China, the expenses should be quite high, can you find someone to share it?" Zhang Lexing was sitting on the back sofa in the office, playing with a ballpoint pen and thinking about his plan, when suddenly the secretary sent a A letter came in, and Zhang Lexing opened it to see that it was another invitation letter from Compaq.

At the beginning of October, the last month's sales data of PCs came back, and Compaq, relying on its 10 computers, once again attacked IBM's throne. IBM had no stock and could only rely on the somewhat outdated 386 computers for support. The high-end market of PCs changed hands in an instant, and the smug Compaq Corporation felt like it could do whatever it wanted to do. IBM, which used to be like a lofty mountain, has also become a very ordinary competitor. The wrestling kind.

In order to celebrate its good start, Compaq held a small party at the Hilton Hotel in Houston, not only invited Intel and VisualSystem, but also the top-ranked compatible machine manufacturers. Obviously, Compaq It's not as simple as just celebrating.

A few days later, the lobby on the twelfth floor of the Hilton Hotel...

Zhang Lexing came to Houston not alone. Dr. Yu has a much wider network than him, so he was also pulled by Zhang Lexing to support the scene.After walking around the hall for a while, and saying hello to the chairman and president of several compatible machine manufacturers, Zhang Lexing saw from a distance that Intel's Grove and Compaq's Harris were surrounded by a group of people like stars. Surrounded in the middle, it seems that they are chatting happily.Zhang Lexing's eyes lit up, and he felt that these two were the most suitable partners for his plan (taken advantage of), so he asked Dr. Yu to invite Grove and Harris to the business room next to the hall to discuss, and Zhang Lexing left first Go in and wait.

Dr. Yu still had a lot of face, Grove and Harris walked in after a while, and when the three parties sat down, Harris couldn't help but ask first: "Mysterious boy from the East, what's the good of coming to us? "

Zhang Lexing smiled and said, "Mr. Grove and Mr. Harris, have you ever considered developing the Chinese market?"

"China, where will someone buy microcomputers? Haha..." Harris laughed like he heard the funniest joke.

"Intel already set up an office in BJ last year, but it's a pity that the business has not improved for so long." Grove is obviously not very optimistic about the Chinese market.

"I know that it seems a bit early to put forward the proposal to develop the Chinese market. Although China has a large population, it is impossible to have a lot of purchasing power due to the income level. Moreover, China has adopted a protection policy for this industry at present. Exports to China Computer products will be subject to high tariffs. If you only sell products, there is not much room for development. However, after the implementation of the reform and opening up policy in China, the income of some people has increased relatively quickly, especially in coastal cities, and these people are very interested in computer products. I am very interested. If we just wait for the tariff to be lowered before going, it will be a bit late. If other companies make the first move during this period and affect the purchasing psychology of the Chinese people, it may not be a good thing for everyone. There is a Chinese saying As the old saying goes, "the early bird gets the worm", we can go to China to lay the foundation first, we don't have to sell the product immediately, we can make the influence first, I believe this will be of great help to the future development. Definitely Don’t ignore the potential of China, you must know that there are one billion people in China, even if only [-]% of the people buy it, it will reach tens of millions of units.” Zhang Lexing cleverly linked potential and income.

Grove and Harris couldn't help but nodded after listening. It seems that the legendary toothbrush theory has influenced many people.

"Mr. Grove, I don't know what kind of business your company mainly develops in China?" Zhang Lexing decided to start with Grove first.

"Well, now we are mainly engaged in the mainframe business. Our management thinks that places like China should be needed, but unfortunately the results have not been satisfactory." Grove sighed regretfully.

"I don't think it's a good time to go to China to promote the mainframe business. As far as I know, China has developed a mainframe called 'Galaxy' two years ago, which should be able to meet part of the demand, and the mainframe is controlled. It may be difficult to export a product with too good performance, and it may not be able to compete with 'Galaxy' if its performance is not good, so it is not easy to achieve results in promoting the mainframe business in China." Zhang Lexing analyzed: "Instead of doing this, it is better to do single-chip and Industrial computer, China's current industrial modernization process has a great demand for this aspect, and it should be much better."

"Your suggestion is very innovative, I will go back and discuss it with the executives." Grove drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, "Well, sorry, it's time for me to speak on stage, excuse me meeting."

After Grove left, Harris sighed, and said with some distress: "The Chinese market has great potential and good prospects, and we also know that, but China currently imposes an import tariff of more than [-]% on computer products. No matter how hard we try to reduce costs, it may be difficult for our products to be competitive when shipped to China.”

"I heard some friends from China say that when you mention microcomputers in China, you usually think of IBM and Apple. Many people there only know that IBM and Apple make microcomputers, and they don't even know that there is Compaq. This is a company that can provide better products than IBM." Zhang Lexing made a casual mention.

Sure enough, Harris' complexion changed immediately, and he muttered dissatisfiedly: "This damn IBM and Apple, no matter how they go, they linger everywhere."

"Actually, I have an immature idea, but the price is not high, and it can promote Compaq's products." Zhang Lexing began to sell his plan to Harris.

"Oh, tell me." Harris looked interested.

(End of this chapter)