Reborn since 1993

Chapter 768 The sky is falling

"What nonsense!"

"How can the media report unverified news? Isn't this misleading the public?!"

Putting down the newspaper, Boss Liu forced himself to calm down, then slammed the table in anger, leaving all the senior executives present in silence.

But Guo Wei, Yang Yuanqing, Liu Jun and others who were familiar with Boss Liu could see that Boss Liu was a little flustered at the moment.

Guo Wei and others also took the newspaper and read it. Like Boss Liu, they all looked very solemn.

"This Lingyun Technology, if I remember correctly, should be Dongling Hi-Tech, a company established by Wang Jizhi, the former chief engineer from Sitong!"

"We have to make some changes. Once this news spreads, I'm afraid the sales of our machines will be affected!"

Guo Wei spoke first, there is no doubt that once Internet cafes become popular, all major Internet cafes will probably purchase Shenzhou computers, and only Shenzhou computers.

After all, the purpose of opening an Internet cafe is to make money, not to have social connections. In the current domestic computer industry, only Shenzhou computers have been optimized for mainstream games. If those Internet cafes do not purchase from Shenzhou, where else can they purchase from? !
Once the Shenzhou computer becomes popular on a large scale and more users have access to it, they will be able to know the performance of the Shenzhou computer by comparison. After all, this thing cannot be concealed at all.

By then, the idea of ​​Lianxiang, Great Wall, Inspur and other domestic computer brands to suppress Shenzhou Computer will be shattered.

Guo Wei and others did not expect that Shenzhou Computer would take an unconventional approach and use chain Internet cafes to break the deadlock, which made all their previous methods useless.

Even if we start a price war now, it is completely useless. Those Internet cafe owners will not purchase these machines that cannot play games!

"Lower the price a bit more!"

Boss Liu said calmly, "All of Lianxiang's computers, regardless of whether they are high-end, medium-end or low-end, have started to drop in price.

We need to start controlling inventory and not pile up too many computers. Also, we need to contact Intel because they need Intel's second-generation Pentium chips to develop new computers!"

Boss Liu is quite decisive in his actions. He has started to prepare a way out for Lian Xiang. Once the current models are no longer able to beat Shenzhou, he will prepare to clear out the inventory and then turn to Intel for help and go all out for the new generation of computers!
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When the article written by Feng Miaoyu in Yanjing Business Daily was published, it instantly caused an uproar and then spread at an alarming speed.

Now is the era when thousands of people are going into business. As long as they can find a way to make money, no matter whether it is an unconventional way or not, there are people willing to do it.

And now everyone has seen what they have seen: a small internet cafe, with hundreds of thousands of dollars invested, can make a profit in just over a month. Isn’t this a very profitable business? !

The report of Yanjing Business Daily was reprinted by many media, including Tianya Forum, Yinghaiwei's website, Bihaiyinsha chat room, and BBS sites, where many voices were discussing this matter.

On the Tianya Forum, Zhang Zhe, using the account ID "Professional Pitfalls for Thirty Years", was making a fuss in the forum.

The last time, it was also he who questioned Li Dongling's speech in the forum. During the speech, someone asked Li Dongling about how to get rich. Li Dongling jokingly mentioned three strategies, which were to buy houses in big cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai, stockpile Moutai liquor, and then stockpile Moutai stocks after Moutai went public.

But Zhang Zhe completely denied all of Li Dongling's suggestions. He had only one opinion, "If everyone knows about the opportunity to make a fortune, can it still be called an opportunity?!"

Zhang Zhe is even prepared to put his words into practice. He will never buy a house in Yanjing, no matter what. When he makes money in the future, he will go back to his hometown and build a small two-story house. Wouldn't that be nice?

Now, Zhang Zhe has once again transformed himself into a master of justice, angrily criticizing the rumors online that one can make money by opening an Internet cafe.

"It costs more than 10 yuan per hour to surf the Internet now. How many people have the money to go to an Internet cafe every day?"

"There are only a few games on computers nowadays. Who would play them when they get tired of playing them?"

"When more people open Internet cafes, there will be more machines than people, and we will be able to make money?"

"Also, the relationship between the Lingyun Internet Cafe chain and Shenzhou Computer's parent company Dongling Hi-Tech is unclear. Who knows if this is a trap set by both parties just to clear out Shenzhou Computer's inventory!

Don’t forget, Li Dongling asked everyone to buy a house in Yanjing before. Is he really doing this for everyone’s good? ! "

After seeing the questions raised by Zhang Zhe, some netizens on the forum who were originally eager to take action began to become doubtful.

What if this is really a trap as Zhang Zhe said? What if I spend tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars and it all goes down the drain? !

Jin Shiliang, who was also posting on the Tiantan Forum and worked for a company in Yanjing, suppressed his idea of ​​opening an Internet cafe after seeing Zhang Zhe's post.

Jin Shiliang has saved a sum of money over the years, not much, about tens of thousands of yuan, which can buy four or five Shenzhou computers, rent a small store, and set up an Internet cafe. I saw a report in Yanjing Business Daily before, and Jin Shiliang wanted to give it a try, thinking that if he made money, he could become a boss.

Jin Shiliang even chose the location of the Internet cafe, which was a storefront on his way to work. There were office workers nearby, as well as two technical colleges and several middle schools, so there was no shortage of young people.

Originally, after get off work today, Jin Shiliang was going to pay a deposit, buy the store, and then go to the computer mall to purchase Shenzhou computers. However, after seeing the post "Thirty Years of Professional Scams", Jin Shiliang decided to wait and see.

What if this really is a scam staged and performed by Lingyun Internet Cafe Chain and Dongling Hi-Tech? Then, all the hard-earned money he has saved will be lost.

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As for what other parties think after seeing the report of Yanjing Business Daily, Lingyun Internet Cafe chain has no control over it. Lingyun Internet Cafe has not said that it will allow people to open Internet cafes. Anyway, it is constantly opening new Internet cafes in Yanjing.

"Boss Li, by next week, we plan to open another 20 Internet cafes in Yanjing. These Internet cafes will be medium-sized and large Internet cafes with more than 100 to 200 computers. In addition, they will be equipped with beverages, snacks, catering and other services.

When Lingyun Internet cafe chain basically covers all major urban areas in Yanjing, then we will start to enter the market outside Yanjing!"

Li Dongling also received a call from Wang Jizhi, reporting to him the situation of the Lingyun Internet cafe chain.

On the phone, Li Dongling could hear Wang Jizhi's slightly excited voice.

If Lingyun Technology opened its first Internet cafe, Wang Jizhi was a little nervous because it was Li Dongling's instruction. He didn't know whether this new business would make money or not.

When the first Lingyun chain Internet cafe opened, the daily increase in sales and the extremely high profit margin that crushed the Lingyun chain copy stores shocked the executives of Lingyun Technology.

When it became profitable, Lingyun Technology began to expand the scale of its chain of Internet cafes like crazy without any urging from Dongling Hi-Tech.

When Li Dongling heard what Wang Jizhi said, he chuckled. Lingyun was also planning to use dozens of Internet cafes to occupy the Yanjing market.

You have to know that in the previous life, by 1999, there were more than a thousand Internet cafes of all sizes in Yanjing, and the total number of Internet cafe computers exceeded hundreds of thousands!

Just three years later, the number of Internet cafes in Yanjing exceeded 3,000. However, due to the uneven management of these Internet cafes and the rampant illegal Internet cafes with poor conditions, large and small accidents occurred continuously. Finally, Yanjing's Internet cafes underwent a major rectification, and a large number of illegal Internet cafes collapsed.

To be honest, even if all the 50,000 machines ordered by Lingyun Chain Technology were put into the Yanjing market, they probably wouldn't be enough to fill up the Yanjing Internet cafe market!

"Old Wang, the expansion of Internet cafes is one thing, but on the other hand, the management and safety measures of Internet cafes must also keep up, and no accidents must happen." Li Dongling explained to Wang Jizhi.

As soon as he finished talking to Wang Jizhi, Zhang Ao entered Li Dongling's office and handed a document to Li Dongling, "The order volume of Shenzhou Computer today has exceeded 10,000 machines!"

When Li Dongling heard the data, he was also stunned. He knew that once the news of the Internet cafe spread, it would stimulate the sales of Shenzhou computers, but he did not expect that the effect would be so quick.

"A large part of these orders came from Dongling Hi-Tech's former product agents. Chen Zuhan from Yangcheng ordered a thousand computers in one go to set up Hanhai Internet Cafe!"

After hearing what Zhang Ao said, Li Dongling understood what was going on. Regarding the news about the chain Internet cafes, other people were still hesitating, but the agents of Dongling Hi-Tech did not hesitate. They directly purchased Shenzhou computers and began to enter Internet cafes, ready to make a fortune!

"Shenzhou Computer received more than 10,000 new orders in a single day. So far, the sales volume of Shenzhou Computer in the first month of its launch has exceeded 70,000 units, and it may reach 100,000 units this month!"

The sudden report by Science and Technology Daily caused an uproar in the whole country. Given the weight of Science and Technology Daily, no one could doubt the authenticity of the report.

But this sales volume is really scary. Even though a considerable portion of these orders come from orders for opening Internet cafes, it is still really scary.

If the sales volume of Shenzhou computers exceeds 36 orders in a month, what does that mean? It means that in one month, % of the sales volume of Lianxiang, the largest domestic computer manufacturer last year, has been achieved!
But just when the outside world was still discussing whether Shenzhou Computer could get an order for 100,000 machines in a single month, the next day, the Post and Telegraph also broke the news, "Shenzhou Computer received another 17,000 orders in a single day!"

The reason why the order volume of Shenzhou Computer has increased sharply is inseparable from the reports of media such as Yangcheng Evening News, Chutian Weekend, Yangtze Evening News, and Chengdu Business Daily. The Internet cafes built in these places, especially some makeshift Internet cafes with only three or five computers, were packed after opening. Even if the Internet fee was more than ten yuan, it was difficult to get a computer!
When these media reported the news that Internet cafes were making a lot of money every day, more and more people were stimulated to enter the Internet cafe business!
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Jin Shiliang dragged his tired body home from get off work. After riding his bicycle for a while, he suddenly stepped on the brakes.

Then he turned the bike around and rode back, and saw a small shop with a sign that said "Internet Cafe". There were four computers inside. There were already people sitting in front of the computers, and there were many people watching from the back.

Faintly, you can hear words like, "Boss, how long will it take for my turn?" and "I need to work for two hours."

Looking at this internet cafe, Jin Shiliang, who was already exhausted after a day's work, stood there blankly, feeling as if the sky had fallen. This was the location he had originally wanted to rent to open an internet cafe...

(End of this chapter)