My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 766 Even if you make money, you must continue to stand tall.

Four million seven hundred and thirty thousand units!
Total sales of over two hundred billion US dollars!
And everyone knows this is just the beginning.

After the press conference ended, consumers who were behind on the information saw another sales surge as they showed off their new computers.

That's why Steve went to great lengths to prepare 400,000 units in advance.

It's all for the sake of gaining this reputation and influence.

It's clear that Apple computers have opened the door to a new world this year.

Whether they were businessmen, computer experts, or other financial professionals, everyone present confirmed that global personal computer shipments in 1987 would definitely far exceed those of the previous year.

It seems that starting this year, annual shipments of tens of millions of units will become the new trend in the IT industry.

Apple computers will completely usher in a new era for personal computers, just after surpassing IBM's total computer sales last year.

Apple's stock price on Wall Street soared in response!

The biggest contributor is probably the sound card.

It truly ushered personal computers into the multimedia era.

Therefore, based on this alone, it is not unreasonable for Creative sound cards and speakers to receive a billion US dollars.

Not to mention, Steve gets 20% of the sound card portion.

Then, a patent royalty of $10.2 will still be charged per mouse, keyboard, computer case, monitor, and pluggable memory card.

Forty to fifty million US dollars, this money is for Wei Dong and his wife to enjoy alone.

The bundled new Kungfu software package, priced at $5.60, is split 82/80 between the software company and Steve Jobs.

They received tens of millions of US dollars.

Of course, the number of people buying the new software package has dropped sharply this time because other computers, including older Apple computers, cannot use it.

But that game, SANGO, sold over two million copies for $49!
Because Lin Wangfu developed it on the 86 Macintosh computer, most older computers can use it, but it cannot display color and the image quality is poor.

With new computer users likely to be the main users, game memory cards that were distributed overnight began to sell like hotcakes everywhere.

Thanks to the sales of millions of new computers, the game's revenue was quite substantial.

In short, not counting the sound card and speaker parts, Wei Dong was able to scrape together over a hundred million US dollars from various sources!

He didn't meet with the exhausted but still excited Steve until the evening.

After communicating and negotiating with distributors, agents, and financial investors from all directions, Steve finally met and hugged what might be his biggest supplier and contract manufacturer.

He gave a deep hug: "The sound card from Aidi'er is amazing. Everyone says that the sound card has revolutionized the entire multimedia era. I have already sent an engineering team to Shanghai to adjust the new product line. It is very likely that more than half of the products will be made by your side, so most of the mass production and shipment of the 386 chip will also be in East Asia."

Lin Wangfu has taken over this part of the connection, and is making overall plans for all aspects, including contract manufacturers, chip factories, and display production capacity.

He will even have to frequently travel between California and the mainland.

Wei Dong retorted, "I will use the profits from sound cards and speakers to expand the investment in computer manufacturing. I will also try my best to build a professional Apple computer transport ship, with a dedicated line running between Shanghai and the west coast of North America..."

Since the ship has already been booked, naming it "Apple" to flatter them isn't out of the question.

This inspiration came from the special ships that would be transported to all parts of the world 30 or 40 years from now, which Wei Dong found very elegant and high-class, so he naturally used it on a whim.

I'd heard before that it was for himself, and now his wife is well aware of his tricks, so she gave Steve a vivid translation.

The Apple tycoon laughed heartily, quite satisfied: "Then I'll definitely go and take a look."

Wei Dong pointed to the movie couple sitting next to him and said, "Product manufacturing is a thing of the past, something we need to do to fulfill orders. Now I'm thinking that Apple could really put some effort into this movie."

The super-titanium alloy geek squinted and thought for a moment: "About the computer-generated special effects of this movie?"

He didn't have that lewd expression that only men understand. I heard the synopsis of this movie last year, and now that it's being brought up again, it feels a bit like relaxing after a big battle.

Wei Dong still managed to learn some of the enigmatic demeanor from Cheng Lang.

The hype continued: "Yes, Apple has sold so many computers and has secured a dominant market share. Even if other manufacturers want to catch up, it's quite difficult right now. But there are still giants like IBM and home appliance experts like Toshiba and Sony. As long as they can recover from the 386 chip production capacity shortage, they can catch up within six months. I think it's time to establish Apple computers as a sufficiently advanced benchmark. A hit movie might be more effective than advertising."

Steve was racking his brains: "What kind of special effects, for example?"

Wei Dong guided the conversation: "It's that colorful Apple logo you showed us today, slowly turning into a semi-transparent ghost shape..."

While speaking, he asked the two on the other side to give a demonstration.

Actors are always willing to do anything for big capitalists.

Demimore sat there, tilting her head back to reveal her stunningly beautiful profile, while Leung Ka-fai stood up and looked down at her, both of them gazing at each other with a hint of affection.

Wei Dong explained it simply: "The male protagonist was killed by his friend, who also wanted to seize his property and his fiancée. His ghost haunts the area, trying to protect his fiancée, but no one knows he exists..." It is said that in the previous life, when the screenwriter and director were looking for A-list stars to play the roles in this drama, they were all a bit uncomfortable. They didn't want to play ghosts or have a romance with ghosts. Almost all the A-list male and female actors they approached rejected the role.

Unfortunately, ghost movies have long been popular in Hong Kong, and have even become a significant subgenre.

Leung Ka-fai had no psychological barriers whatsoever, and the two of them froze there, striking a pose.

Steve was getting excited, squinting as he sensed it: "Ah, a faint blue glow, transparent, how do I make this? Hahaha, very interesting."

Wei Dong, who didn't understand the technology but knew he could definitely make it, said: "I looked through the special effects of various ghost-related movies, and they were all very crude. Apple's technical experts created incredible ghost effects that were truly impressive..."

Steve was also a little disgusted by the ghost: "Wouldn't this... affect Apple's image? Ghost computer, ah, I'm not saying your idea is wrong, we can be more professional and set up a separate technical department... Hmm, I have a few friends who have worked on the special effects for Star Wars, we can give it a try, Apple or I personally can invest in setting up this movie special effects company, if it has a good reputation, we can add it to Apple, if it doesn't, we won't mention it, thus avoiding the risks of a publicly listed company."

Wei Dong quickly clapped his hands: "I'll handle the film investment, and you can take care of the special effects. I'll be going to New York for a few days at the end of the month, and I'll try to get the whole film project moving forward before I leave."

Steve readily agreed, and what he was concerned about was: "What are you going to New York for? I happen to be going there to deal with investment banks and capital on Wall Street. We can also consider listing Creative Sound Card and Kungfu Software, which would be very meaningful for the next stage of IT industry development."

Wei Dong had no intention of going public at all. He didn't understand it, nor did he plan to stay at Citibank for long. Why bother with all this nonsense?

But when Steve encouraged him to stand up for himself, he readily nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you and broaden my horizons."

In fact, even Qin Yuye almost failed to get Wei Dong to leave.

Of the more than four million computers ordered, only about 10% are currently in stock.

Mainland Chinese manufacturers of monitors, keyboards, and mice have been ramping up production for a long time, and now the demand for 386 motherboards, chips, and other components and materials is also huge.

Moreover, it is necessary to take advantage of the situation to upgrade wafer fabs and packaging plants, and build second-generation factories.

Even Wei Dong doesn't have that much money.

All he knows is that if the chip manufacturer refuses to budge, and the new foundry simply doesn't have the money to build, then the delivery time will definitely be delayed.

The cost of setting up a factory in mainland China is about 60% of that in North America, and nearly 50% cheaper than in Europe.

With the success of the Shanghai factory as a precedent, Steve did not hesitate to invest in building a second contract manufacturer.

However, it is required that the location remain in Shanghai.

In their view, the workmanship of the sound card and speakers was somewhat lacking.

Shanghai truly represents the highest level of productivity in mainland China at present.

Township and village enterprises in eastern Guangdong are still in their infancy.

Apple, which had already recovered approximately four billion US dollars, still paid Rang Weidong about two hundred million dollars in advance for various purchases, and over one hundred million dollars in fees for software, patent usage, and other expenses.

Then, they invested around one billion US dollars to partner with Rang Weidong in a new contract manufacturing plant.

Wei Dong himself was responsible for the upgrade costs at the chip factory.

Qin Yuye would have to set up all his previous trading and software companies in Los Angeles to accommodate the large amount of funds.

Last year, it started with just over 40 million US dollars, and we've been working on it here for more than half a month.

This round alone is about $400 million. If we calculate the profit, how much tax will we have to pay?

As a minority shareholder of AMD, Wei Dong should quickly allocate funds for upgrades, including the procurement of various shareholder materials from monitor manufacturers, vacuum electronics factories, OEM manufacturers, sound card manufacturers, and so on.

These are all fund allocations for production and operation.

The quantity was astonishingly large.

In the end, Lin Wangfu took over the heavy workload.

His wife was so glad that she had handed over this part of the work to him when he first arrived.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to accompany her husband to show off everywhere.

Because when Steve got excited at the end of the press conference and casually asked Wei Dong about the order volume in East Asia, a close-up shot circulated, which led to Wei Dong being recognized by the hotel tycoon of the Wanmad Group.

After all, they spent a considerable amount of time together last year, from building hotels in Beijing to Shanghai, and then to Jiangzhou.

The boss and his senior assistants were all quite familiar with Wei Dong.

However, after finally getting in touch with Dong Xueqing from the mainland and then finding her in Silicon Valley, the message they conveyed was somewhat unbelievable.

Besides welcoming Wei Dong to visit the hotel group for business discussions, Chrysler also wanted to talk to the vice president of this mainland joint venture automobile company about some matters.

To be precise, it's helping to clean up the mess.

(End of this chapter)