Reborn since 1993

Chapter 546 Dark under the lamp

After experiencing it for a while, Li Dongling looked at the R&D personnel in the laboratory and spoke to Chen Tao, Ren Yuefeng and other senior executives.

"The R&D team of the electronic dictionary must be retained to continue to provide product upgrades and develop derivative products for the electronic dictionary project. In the future, this product may become one of Dongling Hi-Tech's longest-lasting product lines, just like digital cordless phones!"

The lifespan of an electronic dictionary is very long. From its birth to the next twenty or thirty years, it will still exist, but the screen will continue to get bigger, from STN screen to TFT LCD screen, and then to touch screen. The memory will also become larger and larger, and the functions will become more and more.

It even spawned products such as Youdao Dictionary Pen, Translator King, and Youdao Cloud Pen. With the electronic dictionary and these product lines, it is estimated that the company will be able to make tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of RMB a year, although it may not make too much money.

From the story of Meng Mu's three moves, we can see how much importance East Asian parents attach to their children's education. The market for educational auxiliary equipment will always exist. This market is inconspicuous, but quite strong, just like a skilled chef will not starve to death.

Are electronic dictionaries really that helpful for learning? Not necessarily. But how can I put it? It’s like the younger generation buying health supplements for the older generation. It’s a token of thoughtfulness. What if they are useful?
The same applies to parents and their children. If they buy this thing and it is useless, they can just throw it aside. But if they don’t buy it and it delays their studies, they will regret it. If they spend 699 yuan, they will regret it for a while. If they don’t spend it, they will regret it for the rest of their lives. Everyone will make this choice!

That's right, the online sales price of Dongling Hi-Tech's Shenzhou electronic dictionary is 699 RMB. The one with larger memory is priced higher. High-tech products must be priced higher. If the price is too low, wouldn't it be a scam?

This price is a bit expensive in China, but it is very cost-effective when exported overseas. The selling price in Japan is only 9000 yen, which is less than US dollars when converted into US dollars.

With ninety dollars, children from families in Japan, South Korea, India and other places will have the opportunity to rapidly improve their English scores and significantly increase their college entrance examination scores, becoming potential freshmen at Waseda University, the University of Tokyo, the University of Seoul, and the Indian Institute of Technology. What is there to hesitate about?
Look at how inward-looking the college entrance examination teaching and training industry was in Korea, India and other places in the past. In order to send a child to college, a family would go into debt and borrow money to attend training classes. Electronic dictionaries were considered conscientious products.

Like the Xiaotiancai children's watch, electronic dictionaries belong to the industry that makes a lot of money quietly. The explosive growth may not be that high, but the advantage is stability. This is a stable job that can be eaten for decades!
Ren Yuefeng and Chen Tao couldn't help being surprised when they heard this. They knew Li Dongling's vision. Shenzhou digital cordless phones were now the basic foundation of Dongling Hi-Tech. This basic foundation guaranteed Dongling Hi-Tech's retreat!
And now, Dongling Hi-Tech seems to have its own second base in the technology industry. The more bases Dongling Hi-Tech has, the greater the profits will naturally be.

"The upgrade of electronic dictionaries must be done well. In the initial stage, the technology and functions of electronic dictionaries should be upgraded every six months, and new machines with more functions and more advanced hardware technology should be continuously launched!"

Li Dongling explained to Chen Tao that the competition in the electronic dictionary market is expected to be very fierce in the future. Only by continuously launching new products and adopting the strategy of flooding the market with products can other competitors be crushed. This cannot be called cutting leeks. It can only be said that the earlier you buy, the earlier you can enjoy, and the later you buy, the discounts can be enjoyed. Developers can only survive first before they can talk about other things.

Compared with those competitors, the biggest advantage of Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary is, of course, the sales and publicity channels established in China and overseas. This allows Dongling Hi-Tech's electronic dictionary to not have to stay in the domestic market all the time, but to enter the overseas market to reap foreign profits!
Again, why can Japan, South Korea, and America come to China to reap the profits, but Dongling Hi-Tech cannot enter their territory and reap the profits in reverse?

The users in their territory are just like those in China, who have never eaten any meat. The "high-tech" products launched by Dongling Hi-Tech are also new foreign things to them!
"By the way," Li Dongling added after putting down the machine, "Let Jinshan and Jinshan Xishanju develop a level-breaking game for girls, "Happy Match 3," for electronic dictionaries after they finish developing "The Legend of Conquering the Demons."

The copyright of Happy Candy Crush must be well protected!"

Kingsoft has established a branch in the newly-listed Hanxi Software Industrial Park in Pingyang. This company is used by Kingsoft to cooperate with Dongling Hi-Tech to develop various software required by Dongling Hi-Tech. It has also become Kingsoft's fastest-growing branch in terms of revenue.

Xishanju Game Studio was jointly established by Kingsoft and Dongling Hi-Tech. Xishanju's headquarters is also located in this software industrial park. It specializes in developing various games and currently mainly accepts orders from Dongling Hi-Tech.

The Demon Slayer is used to harvest boys, and Happy Match 3 is used to harvest girls. We must treat them equally and not favor one over the other.

Happy Match 3, this game can not only be used on electronic dictionaries, but also on various electronic products launched by Dongling Hi-Tech in the future, such as mobile phones and tablets, and its lifespan is quite long.

How many levels does this thing have? I guess you can only pass it if you put it in Tieling, the end of the universe. Otherwise, there will be no end. It can drive people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to death. People who are strong all their lives can only watch it with gritted teeth when they encounter this thing.

Since the day Happy Match was born, it has had a strong ability to attract money. At its peak, it could attract more than 1 billion RMB per year. After it transformed into an online social game, its monthly active users once surpassed that of Honor of Kings. You can see how evil this thing is.

Dongling Hi-Tech asked Xishanju and Kingsoft to help the electronic dictionary develop this game. Of course, it is impossible for them to just focus on the domestic market. They must go overseas to reap foreign profits. In its previous life, the overseas version of Candy Crush Saga had an annual revenue of over 10 billion US dollars, making million foreign players obsessed with the game every month.

The launch of Happy Candy Crush will help increase the sales of electronic dictionaries in the short term. In the future, as long as the patents for this type of elimination games are registered, Happy Candy Crush and Candy Crush Saga will bring considerable profits to Xishanju and Dongling Hi-Tech.

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After leaving the laboratory, Li Dongling came to the office at the headquarters and began to sign documents. These were the documents that had been piled up when Li Dongling went to America. They were mainly documents related to finance and personnel, such as the review of major projects, funding approval, and changes in department executives. Li Dongling was required to sign these documents. Finance and personnel were the key to Li Dongling's control of Dongling Hi-Tech. As long as these two things did not fall into the hands of others, Li Dongling would not have to worry about the power of Dongling Hi-Tech falling into the hands of others.

This is equivalent to an ancient army going on an expedition. The logistics and food supplies were in the hands of the imperial court, so there was no need to worry about the front-line troops defecting. The same is true for Dongling Hi-Tech.

After being busy for the entire afternoon, Li Dongling's wrists felt a little sore by the evening when he had finally processed all the documents. When he looked up, thousands of lights were already on outside the window.

"Mr. Li!"

Su Chicheng came in and said to Li Dongling, "Do you want to set off now? Tonight, we have an appointment with Mayor Yao and Principal Shen at the Yuhe Leisure Resort!"

When Li Dongling returned to Pingyang, naturally there were many people who wanted to reminisce with him. These were inevitable.

After glancing at the time, Li Dongling said to Su Chicheng, "Let Manager Ren and the others come over for a quick meal!"

A convoy of several vehicles drove out of the city and headed towards Yuhe Leisure Park in the suburbs.

Originally this suburban road was in tatters and driving on it was as bumpy as sailing a boat. Now it has become a newly opened asphalt road.

After the Yuhe Leisure Resort and Pingyang Animal Park and other projects were established, the popularity of this area has increased significantly.

In the future, if nothing unexpected happens, when Pingyang city begins to expand, Yuhe Leisure Resort will become Pingyang's key development area, and the large tracts of land that Dongling Hi-Tech has hoarded here are expected to skyrocket in value.

As night falls, there are no light shows in those days, but when you get close to the Yuhe Leisure Resort, you can see from afar an area the size of a small town, with colorful lights and dazzling lights. It is like a night pearl in Pingyang, enough to attract the attention of countless passers-by.

Even though it was already night, the Yuhe Leisure Resort was still bustling with people. Outside were several rows of snack stands, all crowded with people.

As the base camp for Dongling Hi-Tech's internal staff, Yuhe Leisure Resort is the main place where Dongling Hi-Tech's internal staff and their families come. These people are also the group with the most consumption power in the whole Pingyang.

In addition to Pingyang municipal government staff, state-owned enterprise employees, and many people from Pingyang city and even surrounding areas also came to join in the fun, making Yuhe Leisure Resort even more lively than some areas in Pingyang city.

Most of the people who come here come with their families, with the mentality of spending more or less. Their purchasing power is very strong, which has led to the birth of a food city consisting of snack stalls outside the Yuhe Leisure Resort.

You can smell the fragrance before entering the Yuhe Leisure Resort. In addition to the famous snacks and various snacks from Hanxi Province, there are snacks from other places that appear out of nowhere. There are many people gathered in front of the stalls, and it seems that the business is quite good.

"Stop first!"

When the car was about to enter the Yuhe Leisure Resort, Li Dongling suddenly spoke to Yang Zhigao who was driving.

Li Dongling's car stopped, and the cars of Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, Gao Peng and others behind him naturally stopped as well.

"Whose people are they?"

"Is he the security guard of Yuhe Leisure Resort, or was he invited by the logistics department?"

Su Chicheng followed Li Dongling's gaze and saw a group of six or seven people. The clothes they wore were very similar to the security uniforms of Yuhe Leisure Resort, but a little different. They were loose on several of them and gave off a vagrant vibe.

(End of this chapter)