Reborn since 1993

Chapter 363 Sharpening the Knife
There has always been a market for electronic dictionaries. In the past, a large number of brands emerged in China, including Wenquxing, Haojixing, Kuaiditong, Noah's Ark, and Mingren. In Japan, there are also brands such as Canon, Sanyo, Sony, Sharp, and Casio.

Not only in China and Japan, but also in places like South Korea, India, and Siam where there is a demand for learning English, German, and French, electronic dictionaries had a considerable market before the rise of Internet education websites such as Xueersi, GSX, TAL, and Offcn Education Group, and there was no problem in reaping the benefits for a few years.

The demand for electronic dictionaries in South Korea and Japan once reached more than 70%, including workers and those working in foreign trade-related professions.

For them, electronic dictionaries are not only a part of study but also a part of work. They even carry them with them when traveling abroad or doing business and use them as translators.

Given the special national conditions of India, English is extremely important to Indians. Without knowing English, it will be almost impossible for them to climb up and become one of the real 100 million people in India.

There are also regions that need to learn Spanish, German, French, Russian and other languages. Electronic dictionaries will be able to sell well in the next few years. Of course, the largest market is definitely the domestic market. Electronic dictionaries were once equated with Japanese game consoles. You can imagine how great the demand is...

The market for educational assistive devices has always existed and will continue to exist, not only domestically but also overseas.

In the future, there will be other products such as reading machines and Youdao dictionary pens. NetEase's annual revenue exceeds tens of billions by selling hardware products such as Youdao Dictionary Pen, King of Translators, and Youdao Cloud Pen.

For Dongling Hi-Tech, repeaters and electronic dictionaries are transitional products that allow Dongling Hi-Tech's technical department and companies such as Dongxin Semiconductor to continue to improve their R&D capabilities and obtain more funding.

But at the same time, it is also a process of technological accumulation, developing the technology of repeaters and electronic dictionaries. In the future, Dongling Hi-Tech and Feiyan Technology will be able to rely on the accumulated technology to launch products such as MP3 and handheld game consoles. The market for these two products is much larger than that of repeaters and electronic dictionaries, and they can be sold all over the world.

In addition, we can also take the opportunity to develop SD memory cards that can be used for mobile phones, MP3s, repeaters, electronic dictionaries and other electronic products!
Developing solid-state drives is very expensive. Shenzhou Storage cannot rely on just one USB flash drive to conquer the world. It also needs other products, and SD memory cards are the most suitable.

In the past, Toshiba, Panasonic and SanDisk of Japan formed the SD Association Alliance, which controlled the global SD memory card patents and standards. After the explosion of products such as mobile phones, cameras, game consoles, tablets, MP3s, and driving recorders, the entire SD memory card market size exceeded billion US dollars. Toshiba and SanDisk made a lot of money relying on patents and standards.

Toshiba, SanDisk, and Panasonic can do it on the first day, so why can't Dongling Hi-Tech do it on the fifteenth? Dongling Hi-Tech has now formed the Global USB Flash Drive Alliance, and brought in IBM, Philips, PNY, and Toshiba as allies to take over the SD memory card standard. Isn't that a natural thing?!

Li Dongling marked down several words such as repeater, electronic dictionary, SD memory card, etc., and then he let out a long sigh.

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"Shen Yunjun is really going to win the championship!"

At this time, a burst of loud cheers came from the TV, and Yao Luoying said to Li Dongling.

Li Dongling looked up and saw that the sign on the vote counter in front of Shen Yunjun had been unveiled. The number of votes on it had reached 2.92 million. These votes were all cast via text message. One mobile phone number could cast a maximum of ten votes, and one text message vote cost one yuan. However, this number of votes was still quite exaggerated!
"Let us congratulate Shen Yunjun for becoming the national champion of Super Girl!"

Cheng Qian was also shouting at the scene. Gold paper filled the entire stage like golden rain, and the flash lights in the audience were flashing wildly.

It's not so obvious in Pingyang, but if you go to big cities like Yanjing and Yangcheng, you can probably hear loud cheers on the streets at this time. In major universities across the country, the cheers are even louder at this time. Young people care a lot more about this. Many years later, when they recall this night with a few friends, they will probably smile at each other. This represents the memories and youth of young people...

At this time, neither the Central Media nor the Hanxi Provincial TV Station nor Focus Media had yet gone public. Otherwise, based on the ratings of this game, the stock price would have soared to the sky.

But even so, when I opened the newspaper the next day, whether it was an entertainment newspaper, or an economic, sports or even political newspaper, they all reported on last night's Super Girl competition and the champion.

Open any newspaper, and you will find that except for a few official media, almost all other newspapers and magazines have chosen the photo of Shen Yunjun holding the championship trophy in the golden rain as the cover.

"The ratings for Super Girl last night exceeded 11.65%, breaking the ratings of all domestic variety shows. The number of viewers is expected to exceed million, and may even exceed million!"

"Focus Media Company made over 10 million RMB overnight!
Yesterday's finals brought direct revenues of over 10 million RMB to the organizers, Focus Media, Central Media, and Hanxi Provincial TV Station. The Super Girl finals had three rounds of SMS voting, with a total of over 11 million SMS votes. The total SMS votes for the first Super Girl reached over 24 million votes!"

"Shen Yunjun has been promoted to the ranks of international singers. Many overseas media including Hong Kong media, Formosa Media, Singapore, etc. have published news about Shen Yunjun's victory. Shen Yunjun has become one of the most well-known female stars in China and Southeast Asia!" "Many record companies including Rolling Stone, PolyGram, Warner, and Fumao are vying to sign Shen Yunjun, and the signing fee has reached an astronomical price!"

"Many TV stations have announced the launch of singer talent show variety shows!"

The media reported extensively from all aspects. Some reported that Shen Yunjun became an overnight sensation in China, while others reported that the organizers made a fortune this time.

Just by SMS voting, they earned more than 20 to 30 million yuan, not counting advertising revenue. By hosting a Super Girl competition, some media speculated that Focus Media, which proposed the Super Girl project, earned at least 50 million yuan in revenue, or even much more!
But no matter how much, with the help of Super Girls, Focus Media, the first to try out advertising text messages, has successfully secured its position as the largest text message advertiser in China!
Li Dongling, who was in the car heading towards Torch Group, flipped through several newspapers in succession. Even Pingyang's local metropolitan newspaper and Pingyang Daily were no exception. Of course, this was also related to the fact that Shen Yunjun was from Hanxi. Today, all the media in Hanxi Province were in full swing, madly praising the new Super Girl champion.

Li Dongling looked at Shen Yunjun in the newspaper and touched his chin. Shen Yunjun won the championship. For Dongling Hi-Tech, as the parent company of Focus Media, it was able to get her advertising endorsement at a very low price and let her endorse the Xiaolingtong mobile phone, which could stimulate some sales.

If the lighters currently promoted by Torch Group were not mass-market lighters that were not suitable for celebrity endorsements, Li Dongling would have wanted to take advantage of Shen Yunjun's current popularity to promote Torch Group.

However, when Torch Group launches mid-to-high-end lighters in the future, Shen Yunjun can be asked to help promote it. Referring to the champion of the second Super Girl in the previous life, who maintained her top status for many years, Shen Yunjun's attention is expected to be maintained for many years.

As one of the companies invested and supported by Dongling Hi-Tech, Focus Media has now made a name for itself. Its businesses including SMS advertising, TV shopping, outdoor advertising, and variety show copyrights are all in full swing.

Especially Focus Media has announced that it will incubate 100 brands on its platform. Now, Diweisi, which has grown up with Focus Media, is already the largest underwear brand in China. For a brand like Diweisi, Focus Media has announced that it will incubate 100 more brands, which inevitably makes the outside world imagine...

Now, Focus Media’s reputation is not much worse than Feiyan Technology, BYD, Hanxi New Materials and other companies under Dongling Hi-Tech. It is possible that it will become one of the first companies under Dongling Hi-Tech to go public!

Shangguan Town has now been renamed Shangguan Economic Development Zone. There are a large number of development zones popping up in Hanxi and even in the country. However, in Hanxi Province, there are only two or three development zones that have attracted the attention of many departments in Yanjing. Shangguan Economic Development Zone is one of them!

The entire Shangguan Development Zone is now a large construction site, and it is a large construction site formed around the Torch Group. Everyone in the entire Shangguan Development Zone is destined to be inseparable from the Torch Group, regardless of whether they work for the Torch Group or not.

The car turned a corner. Li Dongling had walked this road many times before when he was at the component factory in Shangguan Town. So he was naturally familiar with it now, but also a little unfamiliar.

Because the previous road could not be considered a bad road, but it could only be barely considered a cement road. There were some potholes on the road, and the maintenance was not very good.

But now, it has suddenly turned into a four-lane asphalt road. This road and the large-scale industrial park that appeared in front of Li Dongling are both part of the Torch Group!

The entire Torch Group has not yet been completed, but the main production workshops, warehouses, office buildings, canteens, dormitories, etc. have all been built, and the shadow of the former component factory can no longer be seen.

The car drove all the way into the Torch Group. Inside the entire Torch Group, all the people who could be seen were in a hurry, obviously busy selling lighters.

"Brother Li...Boss Li!"

When entering the office building, a figure shouted with joy when he saw Li Dongling, then noticed the person next to him and quickly changed his words.

Li Dongling saw the person coming and called out with a smile, "Hongying!"

The person in front of him was Wei Hongying, who used to work with Li Dongling at Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1. Not only her, but many people from Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 ran to the component factory to help assemble "Stargazing" satellite dishes to earn a living because the Wireless Factory No. 1 stopped production and stopped paying wages. In the end, they stayed at the component factory and became employees of Torch Group.

The person standing next to Wei Hongying saw the look Li Dongling was giving her and thought of the fate of Liu Jiande and Liu Shirong, the father and son who were the general managers of Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1. Qin Fang couldn't help but feel nervous and her face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)