Video Game Empire

Li Xuan returned to Hong Kong at the end of May. As soon as he walked out of the airport lobby, he felt a heat wave hit. Hong Kong at the end of May had entered the midsummer. (First release) The sales of game consoles in the U.S. market, although it cannot be said that the overall situation has been set, but the trend of starting a prairie fire has been formed.

Atari can no longer effectively suppress game consoles. The -2600 is obviously at a significant disadvantage in the head-to-head confrontation with the game console. Game consoles, relying on better performance and more popular games, are eating into Atari's market share bit by bit.

Li Xuan rushed back to Hong Kong, where there is a more important job waiting for him. Kang Computer's listing action has reached the final sprint moment. Because Dongfang Electronics is headquartered in Hong Kong, Aikang specially set up the last stop of the global roadshow in Hong Kong.

In the previous two-week global roadshow, from London to Zurich, to Paris and New York, ICON Computer has been enthusiastically sought after by investors everywhere. Aikang originally planned to issue 20 million shares to the public, but in the first three promotion meetings in London, the subscription quota of investors exceeded 50% of the total issuance plan.

When Akcome went from Europe to North America and then to Asia, the issuance of 20 million shares had already been oversubscribed several times. Even if the company adjusts the pricing range of the listing price from the initial 5-7 pounds to 7-8 pounds, it still cannot stop the enthusiasm of investors.

The last stop of the entire global roadshow plan is the roadshow venue in Hong Kong, which is arranged at the most famous Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon. The first investment presentation in the morning was originally scheduled to start at 9:15, but it was less than 8:00. Dozens of reporters have been guarding every intersection of the hotel, especially at the entrance of the parking lot. Hope to catch the figure of "Little Li Sheng" Li Xuan.

In the past six months or so, the Hong Kong media, led by newspapers and magazines such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal. The continuous attention to the listing process of the first subsidiary of Dongfang Electronics has made Aikang a household name in Hong Kong. Before that, Hong Kong reporters also followed and reported on the global roadshow process of Aikang. The enthusiasm of investors from various countries for Aikang's stock was passed back to Hong Kong citizens through the reporters' words, which also prompted Hong Kong investors to know more. enthusiasm.

Li Xuan did come to the Peninsula Hotel, but he was not caught by any reporters because he checked into a luxury suite at the Peninsula Hotel as early as last night.

"Albert, you are right. There is indeed no computer company in the world that will disclose the technical standards of its products to the public!"

Li Xuan explained with a smile to Albert Hawke, who was sitting opposite him. Hawke was the CEO he hired for Icon. Before being invited to join Icon Computer Company, Albert Hawke was the executive director of General Electric Company of the United Kingdom and was in charge of all the business of the company's computer division.

The British General Electric Company and the American General Electric Company are two companies that have nothing to do with each other. The latter is the ge company we often hear, while the former is abbreviated as company.

The company is the largest electrical and electronic engineering company in the UK, and is the third largest company in market value after BP and Shell among all listed companies on the London Stock Exchange.

If Icon Computer wanted to gain a firm foothold in London, it naturally needed a president with deep connections in the UK to take the helm. Albert Holt, who was born in northern Scotland, is not only a noble aristocrat, but also has worked for many years at the top of the UK's largest electronics company. There are good contacts in the British political and business circles.

In today's British society, the nobility has long lost real power, but there is a noble title in front of the name, which is still the best stepping stone to the upper class. Albert Hawke is a real baron. He inherited the title from his deceased grandfather and also has a 150-acre baronial fief in the Glenorchy region of Scotland.

"Albert, the US media has long reported that IBM intends to enter the personal computer business. It is likely that the first personal computer product will be launched within this year!"

Li Xuan took out a document from a black briefcase and handed it to the handsome baron in front of him, and continued: "According to the detailed information collected by Dongfang Commercial, this news is not only true, but also not published. Unexpectedly, ibm's personal computer products are likely to be available around September to October.

IBM's influence in the computer field in the United States is comparable to the company's influence in the British electronics industry. You are a high-level executive of the company, and you should know very well that the background of this giant enterprise is completely incomparable to a new company like Aikang Computer.

Many people say that Apple and Comodo will be our main competitors in the US market. Even when we list the data of our competitors in the various reports of Aikang, we use these companies as a reference.

But in my opinion, Apple and Kemodo are not worth mentioning. Once the giant beast IBM has not yet surfaced, it will really pose a fatal threat to us once it opens its fangs. With ibm's technical background, it is not very difficult to develop a new personal computer. And in fact, from the perspective of technical reserves, Aikang Computer is definitely at an absolute disadvantage.

We want to compete with ibm companies that have technological advantages, and the best way is to unite all other forces that can be united. If we can be the first to disclose the technical standard of our new computer, it will definitely attract a large number of hardware manufacturers to join Vaughan's camp, and thus quickly make this technical standard into the industry standard of personal computers.

If most of the hardware manufacturers in the United States develop personal computer accessories according to the technical standards of icon, then we will undoubtedly gain a huge advantage in the competition with ibm, and their profound heritage in the computer industry is largely The meeting won't work! "

Li Xuan did not step forward to become the chairman of the board of directors of Aikang Company, but asked Han Peng to join the board of directors of Aikang Computer Company as a representative of the major shareholder, Oriental Holding Company, and serve as the chairman of the board of directors.

Therefore, on the surface, Li Xuan is unable to directly intervene in the specific operations of Aikang. The method for him to realize his personal will is to come forward through Han Peng, the chairman of the board of directors. A more direct and effective way is to persuade Hawke, the CEO who is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company.

The first erm-architecture processor, erm-1, developed by Eastern Labs, has been produced by Eastern Semiconductor's wafer fab in Silicon Valley, California. Start small batch industrial production. And the new personal computer with erm-1 as the cpu has also entered the final testing stage before listing.

Disclosing the technical standards of the new computer is an established strategy that Li Xuan has already thought about. As for why he did it, he couldn't tell Hawke that we didn't do it, it would be done in a few months when ibm went public.

ibm's research and development of its first personal computer has done a very good job of keeping secrets, and it is difficult for the outside world to know their research and development progress. Li Xuan also relied on the advantage of rebirth to let Dongfang Commercial buy a programmer under Bill Gates. Microsoft is responsible for the development of the operating system, and will have a lot of exchanges with the IBM personal computer research and development team. Oriental Commercial is based on this information. To judge the development process of the machine.

But ibm will definitely not tell the irrelevant Microsoft company that it is preparing to disclose the technical standard of the machine, so Li Xuan can only find another excuse to persuade Sir Hawke.

"We started with computers, and most of the accessories were not developed by ourselves, but were purchased directly from relevant companies using mature products on the market. The only thing that really belongs to us in the entire computer is the (input and output system), which is Even the ownership of the operating system east- belongs to the Eastern Software Company, which was authorized by him to Aikang Company.

So we don't actually have much to keep secret. The proliferation of technology you worry about isn't as serious as you might think. What's more, as long as we do not authorize it, it is impossible for other computer companies to produce products that are compatible with us in a short period of time.

Even if other computer companies write programs that are compatible with our computer in the future, we have already relied on the first-mover advantage and seized enough market share! And the technology of the computer industry is developing rapidly. The mainstream configuration of the computer now will become an outdated product in three to five years! "Li Xuan said in a very firm tone.

The reason why the personal computer business of ibm company in the previous life was overtaken by compatible machine companies such as Compaq. The most important reason is ibm's own arrogance, not keeping up with the pace of technological updates quickly. When Compaq launched the 386 computer, IBM hadn't even seriously studied the performance of the 386 processor.

But Li Xuan in this life will never let Aikang make the same mistake. Aikang can obtain comprehensive cooperation from other oriental companies in processor technology and software support, and has long been invincible against other compatible machines.

After a deep discussion with Albert Hawke, Li Xuan finally convinced him to accept his decision to disclose all the technical information of the upcoming new computer. Li Xuan did not appear at the venue of the Peninsula Hotel Roadshow Conference Hall.

Originally, Hawke was not ready to come forward. After all, Hong Kong's status in the entire listing of Aikang was dispensable. The reason why Hawke came to Hong Kong with the roadshow team was to have some in-depth exchanges with Li Xuan, the big boss behind the scenes. ~www.readwn.com~ But the plans can't keep up with the changes! As the roadshow is approaching, more and more Hong Kong investors come to The Peninsula Hotel to attend the conference. Several elevators in the hotel didn't even have enough time to transport so many people upstairs that many investors had to wait in line in the lobby.

As the number of investors who came to participate in the roadshow conference far exceeded expectations, Aikang had to urgently contact the management of Peninsula Hotel to open a temporary venue. And Albert Hawke, who had not planned to come on stage to speak to investors, had to come out urgently to save the scene. He was in charge of the presentation at the main venue, while the original roadshow presenter was dispatched to the newly opened branch venue.

HSBC, which is responsible for distribution in Hong Kong, has a low status among the three underwriting brokers selected by Aikang. Especially now that Aikon's stock is so sought after, the number of shares that Dolly can grab from the other two lead underwriters is very limited. Therefore, most of the investors who came today cannot actually apply for the new shares issued by Aikang. (To be continued..)

ps: It is said that there are double monthly passes at the end of the month. Everyone, you can keep the monthly pass to Skye. Skye hastened to pay back the previous debts in the past few days!

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