Chapter 852 Small Things, Big Profits
In August 2000, in addition to the controversial game market, the mobile phone market was the most popular market in China. According to incomplete statistics, the number of mobile phone users in China has exceeded 100 million from the year 2000 to the first half of this year, making it the world's largest market.
63.5 million mobile phones were assembled in China, of which 34.9 million were sold domestically, which means that almost half of the mobile phones assembled in China were sold out domestically and did not need to be sold abroad.
In this way, a large number of domestic brands have emerged in China, such as Oriental Communications, the first listed communications company in China, and Bird, the fighter jet in mobile phones. Another example is Taiwan's Dibit, which has claimed to be the first in China in three years and the first in Asia in five years.
In short, the mobile phone market is full of contention and flourishing, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers have occupied more than 10% of the market share, breaking the situation where foreign mobile phones dominate the domestic market.
And in this era, as long as you have some technology, you can plunge into the mobile phone field to create your own brand, and even many national research institutes are affiliated with it.
Many people cannot understand the performance of Dongxu Technology. In terms of technology, Dongxu Technology is absolutely first-class. After all, they established their own research room very early. They not only made a lot of money by making VCD, but also cultivated a group of strong technical personnel.
In recent years, they have been leading the field of computer hardware research and development. Although they are very low-key and have not made any publicity, it is easy for careful people to find that the hard disks and motherboards used in computers in the domestic computer market are basically produced by Dongxu Technology.
It is said that Dongxu Technology has also made breakthrough progress in the technology of graphics cards and memory bars. Now it is transforming towards commercialization and will launch new products in the next two years.
Not to mention the mobile phone field. In addition to strong hardware technology, Dongxu Technology also has software technology that surpasses all domestic mobile phone companies.
Dongxu Technology even has its own mobile phone operating system, but I don’t know why it has not been announced to the outside world. However, whether it is domestic or foreign mobile phone brands, the preferred storage and screen, as well as some mobile phone motherboards are basically products independently developed and produced by Dongxu Technology.
Especially in the field of storage, Dongxu Technology can be said to be a world-class company that is absolutely leading, just like making computer hard drives.
But for such a company that has both technology and talent, I don't know why it doesn't make its own mobile phone brand and only accepts orders from some mobile phone manufacturers, which makes people very confused.
"Are you sure this thing can make money?" Yu Feihong looked at the little thing in Yang Dongxu's hand with a questioning look.
This thing doesn't need to be taken back for research. It's not too simple at first glance. A plastic shell, two metal sheets, and a plug, basically a modified single plug, but Yang Dongxu told him that this thing can be sold for 20 yuan each. What kind of person is he? Moreover, mobile phones have their own chargers and charging cables. Is there a market for this thing?
"Do you want it or not? In view of the long cooperation, plus the later upgrade plan, you can give 100 million yuan for the package sale." Yang Dongxu looked like you don't care.
What he held in his hand was nothing else, but the universal charger that everyone who owns a mobile phone in the future has one, or even several. The rapid development of the mobile phone industry has begun to slowly break away from the traditional call mode like a walkie-talkie.
It has become more and more functional. For example, mobile phones now start to download e-books, support MP3, or MP4 music and video downloads, as well as some simple stand-alone games, etc.
The increase in functions has caused the power consumption of mobile phones to continue to accelerate, so there are already smart manufacturers who have begun to make the charging cables of mobile phone chargers longer and more popular.
And the mobile phone battery manufacturers with better brains have begun to produce matching independent batteries according to the popular mobile phone models. If the mobile phone is out of power and you still want to play with the mobile phone, there is undoubtedly a great restriction that you can only move around the charging port while charging.
But it is different with another or even several other batteries. First, charge all these batteries, and then when a mobile phone battery is out of power, take it out and replace it with another one. It is so convenient to play wherever you want.
With independent batteries, universal chargers will naturally come into being. Otherwise, you can't just put the dead battery into the mobile phone, charge it, and then replace it with another one to continue charging, right?
Buying more mobile phone batteries is to give the mobile phone more time to play with it. If the mobile phone becomes an independent charger for the battery, what's the point of playing with it?
"It costs 100 million to design this broken thing, why don't you go and rob it?" Yu Feihong glared at Yang Dongxu.
Although Hainan's development in recent years is not conspicuous, it has been steadily rising, especially the small commodity workshops have basically spread to the villages below, so some small factories that produce materials for small commodities have begun to rise, further increasing Hainan's fiscal revenue.
Although there are no famous large enterprises in the whole of Haina, its economic activity can be ranked among the top five in the country, and its total economic output is even among the top ten in the country.
You should know that Haina has no heavy industry, and it relies entirely on tourism, small commodities, and some light workshops to speed up economic development. It is simply a clear stream in China, which has caused environmental pollution in order to boost the economy of various provinces in China.
After entering 2000, domestic economic development began to grow further, and provinces with heavy industries also began to tap their own potential to inject new impetus into economic development. Yu Feihong naturally went all over the country to help Haina develop and accommodate new suitable industries, so he naturally approached Yang Dongxu.
"If you don't make hundreds of millions from this thing every year, come back and find me. If you don't believe it, we can make a commission based on the annual income. It's not much more. How about you give me 20% of the income and profit every year? In this way, you still have 80% of the profit can be guaranteed without losing money." Yang Dongxu curled his lips.
"How many hundreds of millions can this thing be sold in a year?" Yu Feihong felt that Yang Dongxu was joking with him again.
"Believe it or not, if you don't want to buy it, I'll sell it to others, or you can build a small factory and do it yourself. If Dongxu Technology didn't have too many departments that were too lazy to make such simple things, and we're not good friends, I wouldn't Too lazy to talk to you? "
Is it strange that the market for universal chargers is hundreds of millions a year?
Domestic mobile phone users now exceed 100 million. According to the standard of one mobile phone user with one universal charger, that is a market of 100 million. The production cost of a universal charger is two yuan, but in the early stage it can be sold for ten yuan. If it is later It’s not too easy to upgrade and add a lantern or something like buying a 15 or 20 piece.
In this way, the market for this thing is at least one billion per year. Yu Feihong was the first to launch the product and could earn several billion a year by drinking the soup. Yang Dongxu was indeed not lying.
Of course, this thing also has limitations, that is, the technical requirements are too low. Even ordinary people will know at a glance that after the introduction of its structural principles, a large number of copycat products will appear.
However, if the company that makes this thing is careful and makes the design and materials more advanced, it can basically make a lot of money. In short, before the emergence of smart all-in-one machines, this thing has a good market, not only You can make a lot of money by exporting domestically and abroad.
"You are worthy of being a big boss who spends billions to acquire a team, and spends over a billion to play with the team every year. Even if you do business worth hundreds of millions a year, you are awesome!" Yu Feihong gave a thumbs up. But he obviously basically believed what Yang Dongxu said.
In fact, when Yang Dongxu came out with this thing and said it could make money, he had already believed it. No matter how unbelievable it was in the past few years, Yang Dongxu had never lost money when he said it could make money, even if this thing didn't look too simple.
Of course, when he talked about billions, he was talking about RMB. The current ratio of RMB to US dollar is 1:8.27. Yang Dongxu’s investment in Barcelona and has reached nearly 300 million US dollars. It’s not even a few billion dollars. No exaggeration.
"It's not that I don't have enough money, but I really don't have the energy to do so much." Yang Dongxu said helplessly.
He has a lot of contemporary things in his mind, but now he really doesn't have the energy to dig holes. Dongxu Technology alone has now divided into more than ten different types of production departments. It is really not worth setting up a production line and factory for a universal recharger.
If he has this time, he might as well transform the now mature graphics card technology into a more profitable high-tech one.
The production cost of a universal charger is two yuan. If you buy one for 20 yuan, the profit will be 18 yuan, which is 9 times the profit. The production cost of a memory stick is about 60 yuan. If you buy it for more than 300 yuan, the profit of 240 yuan is only four times. But the base of this thing is large. One memory stick is really better than the universal charge of ten.
Of course, the more important thing is that when producing graphics cards, he can continuously accumulate experience and update technology, and then keep up with the times and make money every year. The universal charger and smart all-in-one machine was immediately burped as soon as it came out. There is really no need to invest a lot of energy in doing this.
"Although you are telling the truth, why do I feel that you are showing off? If this is heard by state-owned enterprises that are currently losing money, do you think they will form a group to beat you?" Yu Feihong looked at it with a pained face. Yang Dongxu.
The most depressing thing is undoubtedly the feeling that the other person is showing off, but in fact they are just stating the facts. This gap
"In addition to this thing, you also need to build a mobile phone foundry. It is not a high-end foundry with several core high-tech technologies like Dongxu Technology, but some grinding tool factories, such as the production of mobile phone casings. This thing doesn’t involve much investment, but it also makes a lot of money.” Yang Dongxu gave an idea.
Anyway, even if he didn't pay attention to it, many companies would pop up to do it. It's better to give an inspiration to his friends and let everyone make money together.
"This is a good note, but there are certain plastic requirements for mobile phone cases, right?"
"Shit's request, now that mobile phones are almost ruined, don't think that they are still as valuable as the big brother in the past. As long as the hardness is better, it will not break after being dropped a few times. The biggest investment in this thing is the cost of molds and workers.
If you want to do better, find someone who knows how to design. Nowadays, in order to compete for the market, major mobile phone brands may not be able to follow up on technology, but in terms of casing, each one is better than the other. If you can design a mobile phone case that's better-looking than they imagined, you basically won't have to worry about not getting orders. Yang Dongxu said.