These days, hard drives not only have small capacities, but they're also very expensive.

This leads to very high computer prices. The hardware costs are accumulated in the market price, and although the consumer ultimately pays for it, this often creates a bottleneck in market consumption. Ordinary people see the price of computers and can't afford them even if they want to.

Xing Baohua's next step in the computer market will be to target the domestic market in large quantities, and a small number of high-end products for the foreign market.

Why reverse it?

He doesn't keep the best products domestically because he wants to establish a high-end international brand.

To paraphrase what he said before, he has always been at the forefront of technology and has never been surpassed.

Once the brand is established, why worry about sales?

In China, the tradition is to make do with what you have. If you give a high-spec computer to a work unit, it'll go completely blind.

As long as it can be turned on and can be used for typing and creating tables, that's fine.

Even if you give those office workers high-end computers, they won't be able to utilize 98% of their performance.

Xing Baohua remembers that when he first joined the workforce as a technical trainee at a technology company, he had a girlfriend who worked as a clerk at a trading company located upstairs from his company.

The First Evolution

We met because of a small misunderstanding in the elevator.

Once, I called Xing Baohua and said that her office computer wouldn't turn on.

She was in a hurry to process the documents and asked Xing Baohua if he knew how to fix them.

This is a good opportunity to curry favor with the right person.

I quickly went upstairs and pressed the power button, but there was no response.

Anyone's first reaction would be to check the wiring, then consider the power supply, troubleshooting step by step.

The wires were indeed plugged in properly. Just as Xing Baohua was about to consider whether it was a power problem, he suddenly noticed a small hole on the power strip. Normally, when power is on, it will emit a red light to indicate that power is on.

Locate the switch on the side of the power strip, press it gently, and the red light comes on. Then press the power button, and it starts working.

If they don't even understand this most basic common sense, then the high-spec computers you gave them are really not worthy of those hardware configurations.

Another time, she said her computer was incredibly slow, taking more than ten minutes to boot up, and even moving the mouse caused it to lag.

Let Xing Baohua go and take a look.

Good heavens, Xing Baohua's forehead was practically steaming when he saw it. Jiangmin Antivirus and Rising Antivirus were also squatting in the lower corner.

The company's computers were already low-spec, and then they added two memory-intensive devices.

Even with 512MB of RAM and the latest XP system, it can't handle having these two programs running at the same time. One is slow enough, let alone two.

It's good enough that the computer didn't smoke.

My girlfriend was unhappy when I deleted the two apps, saying she often transfers files and needed antivirus protection.

Well, I couldn't explain it, so I just downloaded Kaspersky for her. I'll use a cracked version first, it takes up less memory.

In particular, I told her not to use the Little Lion anymore; it's a high-end model with only 2GB of RAM, and it'll struggle to run that thing.

I performed a boot optimization for her and cleaned up her C drive so it would work better.

Of course, if research institutions use high-end computers, they can take full advantage of them. Xing Baohua can provide high-end computers, but only in small quantities.

Therefore, when targeting the market, Xing Baohua had already set the government order, which was a machine to compete with Great Wall and Lenovo for the market.

It looks nice, but the specs are low. Even if it had more features, they wouldn't be very useful.

Just like our cars, the speedometer shows speeds of 240, 260, 280, and even over 300.

If you can achieve 60% of your speed, you're already speeding.

Even if you don't actually need the speed, the appearance and brand alone justify the price. It's something to look up to.

The same applies to mobile phones or computers; expensive ones are not necessarily those with more features or better quality.

It is the brand effect that generates value.

In the era of feature phones, only a few models could sell for exorbitant prices. Were they expensive? No, they just used luxurious exteriors and brand names.

I remember Nokia and Ferrari released a limited-edition gold luxury model.

The Tooway phone was positioned as a high-end business phone from the outset. It doesn't even have as many features as the budget version of Nokia. But the Tooway starts at seven or eight thousand, or even ten thousand.

A luxurious appearance is what attracts the attention of successful people.

Later, DaGuozi also got the gold and diamond versions. But after a few years, they had to be thrown away. The updates were too fast; once the system version was upgraded to the highest level, it couldn't download any more software, so what was the point of keeping it?

Do wealthy people care how many years it takes to use it?

You can take it out and use it for a year.

Therefore, brand effect is also key. Xing Baohua first established a foothold with a small number of high-end products.

Chinese people have a tendency to believe that imported goods are always better. Regardless of the era, this mentality seems to have been ingrained in their minds for many years.

Perhaps it was the intense propaganda of the 1980s and 90s that left such a deep impression.

Everyone says imported products are better, but Siemens refrigerators have been vandalized before. Even the Mercedes-Benz W1400 has been vandalized.

But I've never heard of anyone smashing a Wuling car or a Shifeng tricycle.

Before going to Seagate, Xing Baohua needed to ask someone for help.

I wonder if I can get her to work at my factory. She might not be after the money, but she'll have to make a lot of promises regarding the experiments. That old lady is a big spender; she spends hundreds of millions a year, and you can't sway her otherwise.

Xing Baohua doesn't know if she is now a doctoral supervisor or a master's supervisor.

Professor Li's expertise lies in electronic and computer engineering, specifically semiconductor research. He is a true expert in electronic materials.

Professor Li is in his fifties and currently lives in Pennsylvania. Arrangements have already been made in advance, and Xing Baohua will be able to meet him upon arrival.

The journey from New York is not short; it involves crossing two states.

Driving is tiring, so I can only take a plane. As for trains? Forget it, those things are like sightseeing buses now, and the railway speed isn't very developed either.

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