Chapter Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six: Destroy Thinkpad

"Chen Yu, I mean, you really pushed the high-end notebook out."

"It's okay, it's okay, calm down, Old Wu."

"Calm down your sister, how can I be calm?"

"I asked you to do it together before, but you didn't come?"

"I'm not afraid that I can't do it."

The big sale of the Demon series notebooks made Shenzhou Wu Haijun very regretful.

He never thought that Huanyu Technology would push the high-end notebook out so easily.

It's as if they didn't do anything either.

It's just taking a naming right in the dota global competition and sponsoring a special computer for the game.

But with such a simple operation, the Devil's Notebook has become the first choice of many gamers.

However, although he thinks so, Wu Haijun also knows that the operation of Huanyu Technology looks simple, but it is absolutely impossible to change a company.

The first is product positioning.

Turning the positioning of high-end notebooks into the positioning of high-end gaming notebooks is not something that ordinary companies can think of.

And even if you can think of it, if there is no dota global championship, it is difficult for you to push the game book out.

Even if you can come up with a game competition, you can't come up with a game as popular as Dota.

Looking at it now, the successful launch of the Moshen Notebook is entirely based on the layout of Huanyu Technology for several years before.

"But I want to do it now, and I also plan to make a game book. You are called Demon God, and we are called God of War. What do you think?"

"Yes, yes, but it's too late for you now."

Huanyu Technology and Shenzhou are strategic partners, and Chen Yu will naturally not object to the addition of Shenzhou.

Of course, he also knows that even if Shenzhou does not join, other computer manufacturers will join.

Video games are becoming more and more popular nowadays.

There are also more and more gamers. It can be said that it is this group of gamers who want to buy a computer in the first place. If it is an ordinary computer, not to mention the great competition, in fact, it will not make much money. After all, the price of computers is very transparent now. If you are 100 more expensive than others, others may not buy you.

But the game is different.

Pricing without any humanity like the devil, the profit in it is simply terrifying.

However, although Shenzhou wanted to do it, Chen Yu didn't think they could do it.

Although the game book is very profitable, it is actually a niche product.

The Huanyu Technology family won, of course, was full, but if a series of computer manufacturers came in, they would starve to death.

For this, Wu Haijun also knows.

You don't get to market first, and you don't make much money following you.

But not now.

Before Huanyu Technology did not develop game books, it doesn't matter if Shenzhou pushes it or not.

But now that Huanyu Technology is engaged, other computer manufacturers will definitely follow.

They don't follow to make money.

This is completely, others have, they must have such a mentality.

Huanyu Technology has game books, and they have to have them too.

If you don't, you're worse than others, and if you don't, you're a little embarrassed to meet people.

It's like a lot of people who make cars want to make sports cars, even if the sports cars don't make money.

Although Shenzhou is not a great computer company, naturally it cannot lag behind in this area.

Even if it is to come out and put it on the table, it is good.

However, Wu Haijun's idea gave Chen Yu an idea.

Shenzhou has to launch high-end machines without making money, obviously other companies will think so too.

But other computer manufacturers will definitely not be able to launch high-end notebooks.

Because the amount of high-end notebooks itself is not large, it is not very cost-effective if they process it themselves or hire others to process it.

For example, Asus Computer wants to make a high-end notebook computer, and they plan to build 100,000 units first.

Do you think someone is willing to OEM for 100,000 units?

Excuse me.

Large-scale OEM foundries do not want to take it.

As for why you don't want to.

That's because your order is so small that there is no money to be made next.

It is impossible for these foundry companies to develop a production line for your high-end notebooks.

But if you don't do it, you can't make a high-end notebook.

Then at this time, Universal Technology is the best choice.

Huanyu Technology itself is making high-end notebooks, and it is more cost-effective than its own in terms of OEM costs and efficiency.

Although Universal Technology is their competitor.

But it's really nothing.

There are too many OEM operations in electronic enterprises.

As long as these computer manufacturers are responsible for the design, as for the foundry, they do not need to intervene at all.

This is the same chip design.

Those who do chip design do chip design, and those who do chip foundry do chip foundry.

If you really want to do everything together, although it is not impossible, it may not be comparable to such a division of labor.

This is also why in later generations, even Intel gave TSMC chip OEM orders.

So, in the next period of time, Huanyu Technology contacted ASUS, Mingji, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Sony... and so on. Although not all companies agreed, but after a circle, Huanyu Technology also took a lot of orders. Although the amount of each of these orders is not large, it does not matter, no matter how little mosquitoes are, it is still meat.

As for why not contact Lenovo, Dell.

Because they already have high-end machines.

Such as Lenovo's thinkpad, and the Alienware computer that Dell acquired not long ago.

They are the main competitors with Huanyu Technology, and they do not need Huanyu Technology to manufacture.

but.

Although he said so, Chen Yu still called Yang Yuanqing.

"Brother Yang."

"What……"

Yang Yuanqing, who received Chen Yu's call, instantly got goosebumps.

Brother Yang, his meow, almost scared him to urinate.

"Mr. Chen, don't... you should just call me by my name."

"How about that, we are good friends now."

"Well, Mr. Chen, what's the matter?"

Yang Yuanqing complained in his heart, who is your good partner.

"That's it, I believe Yang always pays attention to the demon series notebooks recently launched by our Universal Technology."

"There is concern, Mr. Chen, your Demon series notebooks are really amazing."

"Is President Yang interested?"

"How to say?"

"There are also high-end notebooks."

"Mr. Chen, we have the thinkpad brand under our banner, so we don't need to launch it again."

"Mr. Yang, thinkpad is always owned by IBM. Although it was acquired by you, it still uses the IBM brand on it."

According to the agreement.

Although the thinkpad notebook business was acquired by Lenovo, within three years, the thinkpad must still be marked with the IBM brand.

If you want to mark the Lenovo logo, it must be three years later.

"Although your company can really own the thinkpad brand after three years, I don't think people will be particularly optimistic about Lenovo. People will always think that thinkpad is IBM's and has nothing to do with Lenovo. Instead, it is better to borrow IBM's technology. Build your own high-end notebook brand.”

"this……"

After saying this, Yang Yuanqing was moved.

In fact, Lenovo has always had internal opinions on the acquisition of IBM's personal notebook computer business.

Everyone can see the benefits of buying IBM's PC business.

But the downside is not without it.

The biggest problem is that Lenovo is worried that the acquired IBM personal PC computer business will not be able to integrate into Lenovo.

At the time of its acquisition of IBM, it was considered the biggest risk by the entire company.

Although Yang Yuanqing they have done a variety of programs to ensure the future integration of IBM into Lenovo.

But who would dare to guarantee such a thing?

If the IBM logo is replaced by the Lenovo logo, and others don't buy it, who should I go to?

In this case, it is better to use IBM's technology to create a high-end notebook brand by yourself, as Chen Yu said.

Although this high-end notebook brand may not be able to push it out, it is still possible to give it a try.

Which is to be a spare tire, he is also necessary to exist.

"Mr. Chen, let's have a meeting to discuss it."

"OK, waiting for your good news."

Chen Yu knew that Yang Yuanqing was moved.

In fact, Chen Yu really wanted to say that in the future, the thinkpad brand really didn't bring much help to Lenovo.

In addition to the thinkpad on the Chinese side, it can be sold well.

In other countries and regions in Europe and the United States, since thinkpad picked up the IBM brand, the market has never bought the account of thinkpad.

If you look at it from this point of view, Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's personal PC computer business is not as profitable as it imagined.

Of course, Chen Yu did this not for Lenovo's consideration.

On the one hand, he is for his own foundry orders.

On the other hand, I also want to kill the thinkpad.

Calling Yang Yuanqing at this time is just planting the seeds to destroy Thinkpad.