Chapter 1480 The Rapid Development of Kirin Computer

If someone asks, what is the most popular high-tech product in recent years, then computers will definitely be the answer that many people will answer.

From the previous single-function computers that were more like typewriters, we now have CPU processors and Microsoft Windows operating systems. We can run more and more interesting programs, and we can also create more software by ourselves. , only about 7 years.

Two months ago, Wang An Computer Company, one of the world's largest computer companies, had annual revenue of US$1.5 billion last year, and founder Wang An's personal property reached an astonishing figure of US$2 billion.

As a result, he not only became a figure on the list of the richest people in the United States, but also became the apparently richest man in China.

But everyone knows that the actual richest man in China should be Yin Jun.

Including Mr. Huo and the chartering king in Xiangjiang, none of them can compare with Yin Jun.

Although Yin Jun currently owes more than 6 billion US dollars in debt, his assets far exceed this number.

However, Yin Jun's companies are all unlisted companies, and he is very low-key. He is willing to be ranked third instead of first in Xiangjiang.

Today's statistical agencies are not professional at all, and it will take a few years before Forbes magazine launches a "rich list" survey.

Therefore, what they count more is the assets of the major shareholders of listed companies.

Wang An Computer Company is a listed company. Everyone can see Wang An’s wealth, so he is the richest man in China.

Two billion US dollars is still very valuable now. The total market value of Microsoft, which will be prosperous in the future, is less than half of Wang An Computer Company.

At this time, Dr. Wang An was really prosperous and was praised by the outside world as the next man who could create miracles - the last one was Sam Walton, who created the warehouse-style supermarket hypermarket, which swept the world and became He became the richest man in the United States and even the world.

But people who really understand the market dismiss such boasting.

What is Wangan Computer Company?

What are their main products?

computer?

Do not make jokes!

Their main product is just the computer equivalent of a typewriter!

Wang An's computer is mainly used for word processing, but their word processing system has not been updated for a long time, or it has not been updated to the satisfaction of users.

Such computers are completely different from the smart computers launched by Apple, IBM, and HP today.

Once these smart computers receive strong technical support and continue to evolve and develop, single-function typewriter computers will gradually be eliminated.

Even the speed of elimination is faster than everyone imagined.

Moreover, looking at the development route of Wang An Computer Company, as well as Wang An's own decision-making, etc., they do not seem to be aggressive.

After all, Wang An is already so old and is focusing on cultivating successors. How can he still work hard to go into the market?

Of course, even if Wang An Computer Company is prosperous, as long as Yin Jun is allowed to overcome the difficulties of the past few years, no matter how hard others try, it is impossible to shake Yin Jun's position as the richest man in China.

Because although Yin Jun has a lot of debts, his career is developing equally rapidly.

For example, Kirin Computer Company, which has been developing rapidly and growing in scale in the United States in the past few months, is an excellent example.

The executive hired by the headhunting company for Yin Jun was named Baker Lee. He originally worked for HP Computer Company and was the sales department manager there.

The reason why Baker Li attracted Yin Jun's attention was not only that he ranked first in sales of computers at HP for three consecutive years, but also because he worked for IBM for six years before going to HP.

Such an executive with deep qualifications and practical experience paid Yin Jun an annual salary of 3 million US dollars and promised equity incentives to recruit him.

Originally from the sales industry, and being given a lot of future sales experience by Yin Jun, Baker Li aggressively recruited people and started to establish Kirin Computer Company, which then entered into a vigorous development process.

Baker Lee first relied on his previous relationship to obtain IBM's computer distribution rights, and promised that the annual sales volume would not be less than 200 million US dollars, which is approximately 60,000 computers.

As a result, he not only obtained the distribution rights of IBM, but also obtained the largest discounts and the promise of giving priority to supplying models.

Then he spent a full 10 million of the 50 million start-up capital given by Yin Jun to advertise and hold activities at the entrances of various colleges and universities in California. He built huge display stands to show the charm of computers to teachers and students. Showcase the many functions a computer has.

IBM's computers are originally the best-performing computers today. Compared with Apple's, they are at least much more powerful in terms of hardware facilities.

In addition, Microsoft's Windows system has opened up all interfaces, allowing everyone to create and publish software on it, which also increases the functionality of the computer.

There is also a free search browser released by Kirin Communications Company. Every day, hundreds of pages pass through the spider search catcher and enter the Internet search field, and can be searched and viewed by people.

This last advantage happens to be the biggest killer of computers.

Until the era of the decline of computers and the era when they were replaced by mobile phones, search engines were still the most used tool by people.

With this weapon, Guge Company is still among the top three technology companies in the world and has never declined.

Search engines represent the exchange and dissemination of knowledge.

Children, including high school students and college students who have begun to contact society, are very active in their thirst for knowledge and exploration of unknown things.

They are not like middle-aged people who just need to do a good job.

They are full of curiosity about the world and want to know many things.

Fortunately, computers and search engines give them this convenience.

Not only can you learn about the latest technology, but you can also view various information on the computer, including detailed knowledge not written in books.

Yin Jun remembered that when he sat in front of the computer for the first time, he started from the search engine, looked up another knowledge point from one category, and then looked at another... and so on, and it continued for three hours. Has not moved location.

The same is true for young people in the United States today.

After the staff introduced and demonstrated how to use the computer, the young people sat down and completely forgot about it.

I also forgot about the long queue at the back.

As a result, even if there are ten or twenty computers on the display stand, they will not be enough.

With no other choice, the staff could only stipulate that in order to allow everyone to experience it, one person could use the computer for a maximum of 15 minutes.

Even so, under normal circumstances, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., they are always full and waiting.

Every computer was surrounded by people and queues.

All right.

This display activity was the idea of ​​Yin Jun.

Facts have proved that its effect is very good. In just half a month, Kirin Computer sold more than 5,000 computers in various schools in California.

This is only purchased by parents of students.

More importantly, many schools have also seen the infinite charm of computers and their development capabilities, so they are also actively negotiating with Kirin Computer. In the end, their orders exceeded 10,000 units!

Famous schools such as Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles, are simply rich. They had a lot of computers before, but this time they saw computers with such powerful functions, they still chose to buy them in large quantities.

Stanford alone bought more than 700 computers.

In just one month, Kirin Computer sold almost 20,000 computers. The IBM Group was so excited that it was hard to imagine.

Today's IBM computers are not cheap, with low-end configurations costing around US$3,000, and high-end configurations costing US$3,500.

As a result, Kirin Computer sold 65 million US dollars in sales in a month, which was more fierce than any previous dealer of IBM.

Moreover, this is not the final selling price of the computer.

Every computer sold by Kirin Computer is equipped with Microsoft's Windows system, and the current price of this system software is 666 US dollars, so together, it costs almost 4,000 US dollars!

Good guy!

It’s almost 100 million in one month!

It's just in California. If it extends to other cities in the United States, such as New York, such as Cambridge, home to MIT and Harvard University, how many computers will be sold?

Therefore, IBM's department head immediately actively met with Baker Lee, once again lowered the shipping price, and once again promised the maximum shipping speed. As long as more Kirin computers are sold, IBM will definitely not be stingy!

For IBM, the most important thing now is to capture the entire market.

Once they have the largest market share, they can defeat the powerful and pedantic Apple and become the king of the computer industry.

IBM has not tried a new project for a long time. Computers, which represent the future technology products, are definitely a breakthrough.

For this reason, they will not be embarrassed even if they give up more profits.

Also because of IBM's active support, Kirin Computer Company launched an aggressive attack in June, expanding its business scope to 15 major cities in the United States, including New York, Chicago, Miami and other places. .

With their strong reputation, they not only sold to students and schools, but also to many large and small companies, allowing them to use computers for work.

As of September now, Kirin Computer's sales have exceeded 800 million US dollars. In almost half a year, it has completed its original commitment to IBM.

Kirin Computer Company's profit also reached 100 million US dollars!

Microsoft's happiness is second only to IBM's, because the successful sale of 150,000 computers also means that 150,000 computers with Microsoft Windows system software installed have entered the market.

Once they are familiar with the Microsoft Windows system, they will definitely recommend the Windows system to their relatives and friends around them, which will increase their popularity and market share.

This is also of great significance to the expansion of Microsoft's market share, even more significant than computers to IBM.

Because Bill Gates is not sure when another operating software will be released to compete with Microsoft.

Therefore, the sooner it determines its market leadership position and the sooner more people can use and become accustomed to the Windows system, this is what Microsoft is working hard on recently.

Microsoft was naturally overjoyed to unexpectedly have a great teammate like Kirin Computer, and the sales rebates they gave were also much higher.

The sales volume is astonishing and the profits are high. This healthy development momentum also makes the entire Kirin Computer employees full of motivation!

They don't know where their limits are, but becoming number one in the United States is not a distant goal!