Chapter 126 The enviable business (5 more updates, please subscribe)
The editor-in-chief of Xinlang Technology Column is also stupid. He did not expect that the MP3 advertisements that have been playing in Xinlang these days are arranged by Baidu. If he wants to investigate Lingyue, he can just ask Baidu directly.
After a detailed investigation, Xinlang Technology dug out Changtian Technology, the company behind Lingyue, and found that Changtian Technology not only had MP3-related patents, but also had related patents for CNC machine tool motherboards.
Xinlang Technology commented at the end: "After 2000, Xia State faced unprecedented changes. How can we achieve the rise of the country and the prosperity of the nation? Technology is the most important factor."
"As an emerging technology company, Changtian Technology has made great achievements in CNC machine tool motherboards and MP3. In MP3, it has broken the technology monopoly of Japan and South Korea and produced domestic MP3. This company is worth looking forward to!"
Xinlang Technology’s report on this day is absolutely significant in the industry.
At the same time, magazines such as "Computer Enthusiast" and "Technology Home", which have been paying attention to Guomei, also reprinted reports on Xinlang Technology and gave Lingyue high praise.
In the fast-selling electronics industry, Xia Guo’s market share in high-end products is basically 0.
The only ones we can get our hands on and sell in large quantities are Walkmans similar to BBK. Domestic CD players are not without them, but there is a big gap between them and foreign products in terms of quality and sales.
MP3 is regarded by many technology leaders as the representative of future digital music. However, because the technology is in the hands of Japan and South Korea, everyone is worried that digital music in the future will still be dominated by foreign countries.
Just when Sony and Samsung were exploring the Xiaguo market on a large scale, no one expected that Lingyue MP3 would come out of nowhere.
Lingyue has aroused the alarm of Sony and other companies. They just can't figure out two questions. Does Xia Guo have MP3 decoding chip technology? Can Xia Guo's cost be cheaper than its own?
Shenzhen City, Netac Company.
ADLINK's Vice President Qian Jun is discussing the purchase of Netac's P3 flash memory.
The purchase business of thousands of flash memories was not favored by Netac.
Because Netac's current business is mainly aimed at overseas companies, such as Samsung, Sony, Hyundai and other companies, and there is an endless stream of orders. Very few companies were able to achieve a market value of hundreds of millions in 2000.
But just now, Deng Yun got news about Lingyue MP3.
Just next door to Netac, Shenzhen Guomei Electric Co., Ltd. has sold out 60 units of its Lingyue.
The quantity of 60 units is not too much, but what surprised Deng Yun was that they were sold between the counters of Samsung and Sony.
As a leader in USB storage, Deng Yun is very clear that USB storage technology will replace optical discs and become mainstream. At the same time, MP3 using this technology will eventually replace CDs and tapes and become mainstream.
MP3 is definitely a blue ocean market in the country.
Deng Yun doesn't want to cooperate with Lingyue anymore.
Netac has a flash memory production line, and has very good relations with companies such as Samsung and Sony. Adding a USB flash drive to a motherboard will produce an MP3 player. For Netac, it is just a matter of adding a process to the production line.
If Sony or Samsung made money from MP3, then Deng Yun would take it for granted. After all, foreign companies have very advanced technology.
But if a little-known Xiaguo Technology Company made money from MP3, Deng Yun would feel very unhappy.
It feels bad to let others take advantage of something you can obviously do.
Deng Yun replied to Qian Jun: "The company's production lines have been full recently, and we really have no conditions to accept your order."
Now Qian Jun was anxious. He was waiting for the rice to be cooked over there, but he was not selling rice here. Wouldn't this make people anxious to death?
Qian Jun quickly said: "Let's see if Mr. Deng can make it easier for us. We only need the flash memory of the first embryo!"
Deng Yun said with a smile: "The number of your orders is too small, which is very difficult for us! If you have tens of thousands of orders, we can still consider it for you."
Qian Jun suffered a heavy loss and had no choice but to leave Langke first.
Qian Jun immediately called Zhou Linghua, and Zhou Linghua was also stunned.
"You said Netac won't sell it? It's not like we won't pay you, so how can they not sell it?"
Qian Jun then recounted Deng Yun's remarks.
"Fart!" Zhou Linghua was still dreaming about making Lingyue MP3 bigger and stronger, but he couldn't even buy the raw materials here.
Zhou Linghua issued a military order to Qian Jun and said: "You can't buy anything with cash? No matter you steal or rob, you must get the flash memory back to me!"
At the same time, another group also had problems purchasing batteries.
There is currently no domestic lithium battery manufacturer in Xia State. All lithium batteries come from Sony and its foundries.
At this time, BYD was still concentrating on developing its own nickel-chromium batteries.
Because most mobile phones at this time are using nickel-chromium batteries instead of lithium batteries.
To put it more bluntly, BYD has not yet spared any time on the technology tree of lithium batteries.
Maybe it's because Sony has had too many orders recently, or maybe it's because you have never cooperated with Lingyue. After learning that Lingyue purchased lithium batteries for use in MP3 players, the factory immediately reported it to Toyo's management.
In the end, the other party actually refused to sell the lithium battery because of incomplete information about Lingyue MP3!
This time, Qian Jun was really panicked.
Qian Jun immediately called Zhou Linghua and told him that lithium batteries were not available here either.
Qian Jun even said: "Let's find a middleman here. The middleman can purchase it under other names, but the price is very expensive. The cost of the battery accounts for more than half of the cost of our MP3. What are we doing?!"
Zhou Linghua hung up the phone and threw the phone to the ground.
The competition in fast-moving consumer electronics products is greater than you think.
It is an inherent circle, a circle belonging to Japanese and South Korean brands.
As an emerging brand, it is extremely difficult for Lingyue to enter this circle.
He also did not expect that a small MP3 would involve more technical barriers than a CNC machine tool.
This product has just been launched and is about to die.
Zhou Linghua had no choice but to call Chen Xiao directly.
At this time, Chen Xiao was reading in the library.
There was some emotion in Zhou Linghua's words.
"MP3 can't be processed!" Zhou Linghua said angrily.
Chen Xiao asked in confusion: "What's the reason? Raw materials?"
Zhou Linghua said: "You can't buy flash memory, and you can't buy batteries either. I don't have the production line here to do anything."
Zhou Linghua then informed Chen Xiao of what Qian Jun encountered in Shengshi and Yangcheng.
"We are a new company, and this large-volume purchase is different from the last time. If we come to the door rashly like this, the circle will not accept us at all, and you can't buy anything even if you have money!"