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Chapter 775 What, a price war?
If it was other media coming to him, Ren Yuefeng probably wouldn't care too much and would just let the public relations department handle it. But if it was Yanjing Business Daily, a media that has close ties with Dongling Hi-Tech, that would be a different matter.

As the uncrowned king, the role of public opinion and mouthpiece is also crucial for a company.

Just like the Shenzhou computer this time, if it weren't for the Yanjing Business Daily, which first exposed the huge profits of Internet cafes and made the Internet cafe industry appear to the public, it is estimated that the sales of Shenzhou computers would not have exploded so quickly.

Moreover, as a media outside of Hanxi, the relationship between Yanjing Business Daily and Dongling Hi-Tech has always been quite harmonious. Although the two sides are not allies in name, their relationship can be considered quite close.

That’s why Ren Yuefeng specifically mentioned the visit of Yanjing Business Daily to Li Dongling.

Of course, Li Dongling could also hear the meaning behind Ren Yuefeng's words, and understood the relationship between Yanjing Business News and Dongling Hi-Tech. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Please invite them in. We can reserve an hour for the interview with Yanjing Business News!"

This period of time is the busiest time for Dongling Hi-Tech. People including Li Dongling and Ren Yuefeng have a lot of things to deal with.

Not to mention the departments and units in Yanjing and the provincial capital of Hanxi, who came to inspect Dongling Hi-Tech. In addition, parts suppliers and various agents were also running to Dongling Hi-Tech, and some of them needed Li Dongling to meet them in person.

Microsoft, after seeing the sales of Shenzhou computers and the Lingyun Internet cafe chain, is also ready to make a move. After Ed Fries came to China, he has not returned to America yet and is still staying in Hanxi. It is obvious that he has some ulterior motive.

In the next two days, Li Dongling will go to the provincial capital of Hanxi to deal with the affairs of Dongxin Semiconductor. It is not only about Shenzhou desktop computers and the next generation of chips, but also plans for all-in-one computer chips. More importantly, Dongxin Semiconductor's first lithography machine has officially landed!

The all-in-one project is a bit of a hack. In terms of practicality, it is definitely not as good as a desktop computer, and in terms of portability, it is not as good as a notebook.

But precisely because of this, major computer manufacturers now don't care much about all-in-one computers, which allows it to avoid the Shura field of these two computer industries and open up a new track.

In fact, Apple and Shenzhou were facing the same situation. Jobs had just returned to Apple, which was suffering from heavy losses. Apple's desktop computer market share was almost taken away, and it was facing a number of rivals such as IBM, Compaq, Dell, and HP.

As a last resort, Jobs launched the iMac project and began to take a different approach. The iMac all-in-one project saved Apple's life with its good looks and high cost-effectiveness. It sold 27 units in the first three months after its launch, with revenue exceeding US$80 million, and sales exceeded units by the end of the year.

There is no chance that Shenzhou's all-in-one computer can compete with Apple in America, but there is still hope for Shenzhou's all-in-one computer in markets outside of America.

In the past, Apple's all-in-one computers had considerable sales in Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Singapore and other places. Being able to sell Shenzhou all-in-one computers in these regions means that the company has successfully entered the overseas market.

As for which one is the fake and which one is the real one between Shenzhou and Apple, it all depends on who is better at talking nonsense!

Dongling Hi-Tech has supported Dongxin Semiconductor for so many years. This year, Dongxin Semiconductor finally started to achieve results in chips and lithography machines!
Dongxin Semiconductor's current chip and lithography machine technologies may not be the best in the world, but things like lithography machines and chips are completely different things when the technology is in one's own hands and when it comes to supply from others. At least there is no need to worry about being strangled at a critical moment. Li Dongling must go to the provincial capital in person.

Li Dongling has been busy these days, and the fact that he was able to reserve an hour for an exclusive interview with Yanjing Business Daily is already enough for Yanjing Business Daily to pay attention to.

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"Editor-in-Chief Feng, please come this way. President Li is already inside, waiting for you!"

Shen Xingyao and Du Qishan received the staff from Yanjing Business Daily. After determining the general content of the interview, they invited Feng Miaoyu and others over.

Although Dongling Hi-Tech has a good relationship with Yanjing Business Daily, Shen Xingyao and his team still need to confirm the content of the interview before the interview to avoid unexpected accidents, as they, the assistants, will be the ones who will be in trouble.

Feng Miaoyu actually understands the caution of Shen Xingyao and Du Qishan. The domestic media atmosphere is different from that in previous years, and there are more than one or two companies that have been cheated by the media.

There are countless cases where media outlets deliberately edit the interviewees' words and hype up the topic, directly ruining the interviewees' image.

It's like Zhang Jinlai in Two Flowers, who was criticized for taking advertisements and performance orders while acting, but no one said anything. He got 27 yuan for playing Bai Ma in an episode, but Zhang Jinlai only got yuan. He filmed Journey to the West for six years and earned yuan.

There are also sayings like "The Monkey King played by others is not the Monkey King, only the one played by him is the real Monkey King", which is the peak moment of journalistic charm.

Therefore, Feng Miaoyu was aware of the caution of Shen Xingyao and the other person. Moreover, Feng Miaoyu knew that if Yanjing Business Daily wanted to continue dealing with Dongling Hi-Tech in the future, it would probably not be able to avoid these two people.

Feng Miaoyu, who has dealt with Dongling Hi-Tech, understands that if nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that Shen Xingyao and others will become senior executives of Dongling Hi-Tech in the future. After all, there is the precedent of Su Chicheng.

Walking into Li Dongling's office, Feng Miaoyu and other people from Yanjing Business Daily who followed behind Feng Miaoyu couldn't help but look at the office of the founder of the country's largest technology company with curiosity.

There may have been controversy in the past about who is the most powerful person in the domestic technology industry. However, ever since Li topped the Asia Weekly's list of the 20 richest people in Asia as the founder of a technology company, this controversy has basically disappeared.

In this age where wealth is the measure of a person's worth, the fact that Li was able to enter the list of Asia's top 20 richest people as the founder of a technology company has basically confirmed Li Dongling's powerful position in the technology industry in China.

Feng Miaoyu saw that Li Dongling's office was not like the offices of those old-school company bosses she had seen before. Hanging above the office was a scroll with words written by a master, such as "Be virtuous and tolerant, have lofty ambitions, and be as open as the sea to accommodate all rivers."

In addition to clothes, there is also a bookshelf filled with various famous books to highlight the taste of the owner of the bookshelf.

On the contrary, Feng Miaoyu saw that Li Dongling's office was relatively simple. It was not luxurious, but it was in line with the attributes of a technology company. On the desk was a white Shenzhou computer, and then there were several telephones of different colors. "Editor-in-Chief Feng, long time no see!"

Li Dongling stood up and shook hands with Feng Miaoyu. He had witnessed the changes in Feng Miaoyu at Yanjing Business Daily, from a small reporter to the current editor-in-chief.

Then he saw Feng Miaoyu looking at him with curiosity. Li Dongling glanced at Feng Miaoyu, and then saw that they were somewhat similar to Feng Miaoyu, so he nodded kindly to Feng Miaoyu.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for taking the time to accept an interview with Yanjing Business Daily!"

Hearing Feng Miaoyu's words, Li Dongling laughed, "Dongling Hi-Tech can refuse interviews from other media, but since Editor-in-Chief Feng personally led the team here, how can Dongling Hi-Tech refuse? Otherwise, who will uphold justice for Dongling Hi-Tech in the media industry in the future!"

Hearing this, Feng Miaoyu looked at Li Dongling and said, "Yanjing Business Daily has never been biased towards any side. We are just doing our job impartially!"

After this round of mutual praise, the atmosphere has become quite harmonious. After Feng Miaoyu and Li Dongling confirmed it, the cameraman and recorder at the back immediately started recording.

"First of all, congratulations to Dongling Hi-Tech's new product Shenzhou Computer for its great success. Could you please tell us how many orders Shenzhou Computer has received so far?" Feng Miaoyu asked Li Dongling first.

“It’s hard to say whether it’s successful or not. The word success needs time to prove. It also takes time to prove whether the first generation of Shenzhou desktop computers is successful or not!

In terms of orders, Shenzhou Computer has received orders for 140,000 units so far!"

Li Dongling refused to open the champagne in advance, but also revealed the latest order data of Shenzhou Computer.

"In the first month since its launch, the number of orders for Shenzhou computers has exceeded 140,000!"

Feng Miaoyu was also a little surprised. She knew that Shenzhou computers had good sales, but she didn't expect that they would sell so well.

“There are voices outside that believe that the large-scale emergence of Internet cafes has led to the proliferation of games, which will have an impact on society and the learning of young people.

Most of the computers currently supplied to Internet cafes are manufactured by Shenzhou Computer. What do you think, Mr. Li?"

The question asked by Feng Miaoyu became a little sharp. Although the relationship between Yanjing Business Daily and Dongling Hi-Tech was good, the questions asked could not always be harmonious. So why bother with an interview when they could just praise Dongling Hi-Tech directly?

Now that Internet cafes have begun to appear on a large scale, many people are indeed worried whether Internet cafes will become as rampant as arcade game halls did in the past. You know, arcade game halls are still regarded as prehistoric beasts by many people.

Li Dongling pondered for a moment, "I heard that the leader of the Internet cafe industry, Lingyun Internet Cafe Chain, has implemented a policy that Internet cafe users must be 18 years old to use the Internet. This is a fuse for Internet cafe users.

Everything is a double-edged sword. There is no such thing in the world that can have the best of both worlds without any harm. For a long time in the future, Internet cafes will become a channel for countless people in China to access computers and the Internet.

The Internet is the mainstream of the future. No one can reject the Internet. That is rejecting the future. The Internet is not just for entertainment. Only by finding the point of survival in this industry can you gain a foothold in the future! "

"In addition, due to production capacity reasons, Shenzhou Computer will also adopt a quota system for the supply of computers to Internet cafes!"

In fact, Li Dongling also played a trick of replacing the concept and linked Internet cafes with the Internet.

But this is something that cannot be done. Internet cafes cannot be stigmatized, at least not this year, otherwise Shenzhou computers will also be stigmatized.

In addition, Li Dongling was not completely fooling people. The next 20 to 30 years will be the era of the Internet. If anyone in this industry seizes the opportunity, it will not be difficult to achieve financial freedom or find a way to make a living.

To put it bluntly, in the early days of the Internet, you could make a lot of money by working on certain games, setting up a game studio, and providing game proxy services. It all depended on whether you were willing to figure out this business.

However, these things can only be done in the early stages to earn some living expenses in the later stages. If you want to make a lot of money from this, you might as well see if you can become popular in the era of short videos.

After hearing Li Dongling's words which were somewhat mysterious, Feng Miaoyu couldn't tell how much of Li Dongling's words were true and how much were false, but she felt that he was not completely fooling people.

"Mr. Li, some computer manufacturers believe that Shenzhou Computer is engaging in disgusting competition, maliciously engaging in price wars, and disrupting the domestic computer market. What do you think?"

"oh?!"

When Li Dongling heard this question, he actually laughed. Then he raised the corners of his mouth slightly with a bit of sneer, "If they think so, then so be it. They can have a price war with Shenzhou Computer, the kind that will not end until one side dies!"

"The pricing power of the domestic computer industry has always been in the hands of foreign computer manufacturers. Shenzhou Computer believes that it is time for it to return to the hands of domestic computer manufacturers!"

(End of this chapter)