Extraordinary Genius

1457. Chapter 1457 Coaching (subscription)

“General Liu, the second order of our netbook has been completed, but there are still many messages on the Internet, asking us to continue to produce this cheap netbook, do we continue?” Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

If you can continue to maintain the super sales of netbooks this year, then this year’s PC market production and sales champion is the Lenovo Group!

Last year, global PC sales were only 200 million. Among them, Huipu, Dai, Lenovo, IBM, ASUS, etc. ranked in the top five, followed by fruit, Dongzhi, four stars, Sony, Her Majesty, Acer and other brands.

The sales volume between Huipu and Daihe is not too much, and it is only a few million units ahead of Lenovo.

Now with a netbook, Lenovo has increased its sales by one million units in a single quarter. Coupled with the normal growth of other products, this year’s counterattack, from the third in the world to the first in the world, is not impossible!

What’s more, the sales of this netbook is likely to continue to grow?

Yang Yuanqing is very excited about this. He is very confident about this goal and full of expectations.

He is the vice president of the Lenovo PC business. In the past two years, rumors that Liu Chuanzhi wants to give up the position of the president, then he and the deputy responsible for the server are always the most likely to be on the top.

The server has not entered the top five in the global rankings, only ranked sixth, and the PC is likely to become the first, better and worse, can be seen at a glance?

What’s more, the overall profit of the PC business is also higher than the profit of the server. The PC is also the most powerful business of Lenovo. He is far from the top, and the difference is a feat that no one else can match!

Now, this achievement has been delivered to the door, and it is very likely to be realized. Even if it is failed, can you go further and become the second in the world? Be the first in the world next year and just take over.

In fact, he also has a very strong competitor, that is Qiu Bojun of Lenovo-Silver Mountain Corporation, but Qiu Bojun made a clear statement, will not compete for the position of the president of Lenovo Group, which allows him to remove the biggest competitor, otherwise At this time, the strength of Lenovo-Silver Mountain Corporation, he is not necessarily the opponent of Qiu Bojun.

Liu Chuanzhi looked at the excited Yang Yuanqing, said with a smile : “Yuanqing, sit, let’s talk.”

Liu Chuanzhi got up and sat down on the sofa in the office with Yang Yuanqing. This Yuan Yuanqing is indeed his favorite successor, and neither the Academy of Sciences nor Taihua Holdings has any objection.

Originally he hesitated between Qiu Bojun and Yang Yuanqing, but Qiu Bojun said that he was not interested in hardware, so he did not intend to compete for the position of President of Lenovo Group, then Liu Chuanzhi was inspected by Yang Yuanqing alone.

“Yuanqing, the sales of netbooks are really unexpected, but you pay attention to it. The profit of netbooks is the lowest. Only 8 percent of the tax is less than before, and our other products, pre-tax profit. More than 10%. It means that although the sales of this product are good, the money earned is not particularly high.”

Liu Chuanzhi began to teach Yang Yuanqing, he really intends to give up the position of the president of the Lenovo Group within a year or two, and in a few years, let the position of the Chairman Group of the Lenovo Group go out, he can enjoy peace of mind. I have retired.

He doesn’t know if he can really live a retirement, but even if he wants to retire, he will retire when Lenovo becomes the world’s number one!

“And you found out that now, major PC vendors are starting to develop netbooks. This can be seen from the orders of Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia. After they all launch netbooks, the netbook’s profits will be further reduced.”

“Although we are the first to make netbooks, they have the advantages of brand and market, and they may not be able to suppress us in turn. And our biggest advantage is price. But their output is also very large, although our labor costs seem to It’s cheaper, but once they’ve formed the quantity, the cost won’t necessarily be higher than ours.”

“And the netbook is different from the ordinary laptop, but it still grabs some of the notebook market. Some people who originally wanted to buy a notebook, although they are only used to go online, watch movies, etc., but they didn’t have it at the time. Choose, you can only buy higher prices.”

“But now, if they have a choice, they will buy cheaper. We have opened up a new channel and also affected the sales of our original products. For the time being, this impact is not great, but it will become bigger and bigger in the future. “”

“That is to say, the popularity of this netbook is based on the premise of harming our own interests. This market will become smaller and smaller, and where will we go when?”

Yang Yuanqing looked at Liu Chuanzhi and knew that it was testing him. He thought about it and answered seriously: “First of all, I think that the most important thing for us now is to become the world’s first. The first and second are brought to the Corporation. The benefits are great, not to mention the third.”

“Another one can also increase the amount, which will reduce our cost. Now our netbook profit is not as good as ordinary laptops. That is because the funds invested in our promotion are too big, and now our reputation has already been played. The investment in publicity will be less and less, which means that our profits will increase.”

“The popularity of our netbooks does have an impact on our other models of laptops and even on desktop sales, but the impact is not too great. The life of netbooks is not long, five years off, three The year is almost behind.”

“This backwardness is not only due to the backward performance of our products, but also because the software and other development speeds are getting faster and faster, then the software requirements for hardware will be higher and higher. It can be said that the software will eliminate these netbooks.”

“I think the market for desktops will become smaller and smaller in the future, and notebooks will become the first choice for personal entertainment and company office. Therefore, our research and development on the desktop is guaranteed to be in the forefront of the world, but in the development of notebooks, we must ensure The world’s leading!”

“Now notebook sales are gradually increasing, and the overall PC sales will increase in the past two years. But after two years, some PCs will be eliminated, they will become our repeat customers. The population is growing, the market is expanding, new The demand has always existed, so I don’t think the market will get smaller and smaller. On the contrary, I think that the PC business will go from a high-speed development period to a stable period and will remain stable for a long time!”

Liu Chuanzhi smiled on his face and Yang Yuanqing replied that he was very satisfied. This issue, he also discussed with Feng Yu, everyone’s ideas are basically the same as Yang Yuanqing.

“Very good, then I agree, continue to sell this netbook, still set at one million units, until the end of the sale. After other manufacturers launch netbooks, our new products should be successful!”

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