Zhao Ye thought for a moment, then sighed, "Your idea is good, but in order to quickly popularize computers, Japan is committed to adding support for Japanese characters to computers. They may have launched a standardized home computer, the MSX standard, last year. There is no market for developing Japanese cards in Japan."
Upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Wang Anshi's face. He hadn't investigated thoroughly and had been too hasty. Of course, if he truly intended to develop Japanese cards, he would definitely conduct a detailed investigation beforehand.
"I'm sorry, boss, this was just a sudden idea that came to me, and I haven't had time to do any research yet."
"It's okay, our company is called Imagination Technology Company, so we should be brave and think big!" Zhao Ye laughed, not thinking at all that the other party had a problem.
Seeing that his boss didn't blame him, Wang Anshi was a little touched. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Boss, I have two more ideas. One is to launch a Japanese typewriter in Japan, and the other is to launch a digital pager."
Zhao Ye smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, Japanese typewriters and number pagers do have a large market in Japan."
"Let's talk about Japanese typewriters first. Although Japan's typewriter technology is relatively mature, their labor costs are relatively high. Therefore, for the same typewriter specifications, we Chinese can make it at a very low price and then sell it to Japan!"
As for the digital pager, this is the latest technology; the previous technology was the analog pager. Pagers entered the Japanese market in 1968, but because they only provided simple pager services, their limitations far outweighed their practicality, so they never became popular. However, the digital pager adds the ability to send numbers, which will definitely make it popular in the Japanese market.
Zhao Ye's tone was very confident.
Because he had seen on some websites in his previous life that after the breakthrough development of pager technology in 1985, its users in Japan showed a great trend of increasing year by year. At that time, during the heyday of pagers, there were more than 10 million pagers in use in Japan.
With such a huge market, just one bite would be enough to fill you up.
Despite Japan's developed economy at the time, not everyone was wealthy enough to afford a mobile phone.
When the Japanese real estate market completely collapsed in 1990 and the Japanese bubble economy burst, life would become very difficult for the people of Japan.
"Mr. Wang, you've been to Japan, so you're quite familiar with the situation there. We'll be counting on you to expand into the Japanese market!" Zhao Ye said with a smile.
"No problem, boss. I'm like a brick in the revolution, ready to be moved wherever needed!" Wang Anshi smiled and joked, but inwardly he was grateful to his boss for entrusting him with such an important task.
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Three days later, a job advertisement for Hong Kong Imagination Technology's branch was published in the Sing Tao Daily.
Because the salary and benefits were quite good, there was a constant stream of applicants.
The branch office team is becoming increasingly well-established.
Zhang Xuanlong then bid farewell to Wang Anshi and took 200 Super microcomputers to the capital.
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capital.
Zhang Xuanlong and Zhao Ye chatted in front of the warehouse as workers carefully carried computers into the warehouse.
"Mr. Zhang, you must be tired from your journey. I guarantee that this batch of goods will be sold as quickly as possible after it arrives here! Tonight, I'll treat you to a welcome dinner at the Old Capital Hotel!"
"Thank you very much, Boss Zhao!" Zhang Xuanlong wiped his sweat, looking at the neatly arranged computers in the warehouse with anticipation on his face.
This is the first batch of goods. As long as Super Microcomputer can make a name for itself in Zhongguancun, we won't have to worry about sales.
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The next morning, Zhao Ye had someone notify the merchants on both sides of Zhongguancun Electronics Street that he had cheap microcomputers for sale.
"Mr. Yao, I have some good news for you. Our Imagination Technology Company is now an authorized distributor for a well-known Hong Kong brand of microcomputers called Super. Do you know what Super means in Chinese? It means 'superb' or 'top-notch'!"
The salesperson from Imagination Technology Company introduced the product, paused, and continued, "This brand of computer is not only of high quality, but most importantly, it's very cheap. The wholesale price is 15,000 yuan, and the retail price is 18,000 yuan. You'll make a profit of 3,000 yuan per machine. How about it? Do you want to order a few?"
As the only agent selling Chinese character cards in Zhongguancun, Yao Zhifang has made a fortune in recent months.
Now, Imagination Technologies is promoting Super again, and he immediately realizes that this is another business opportunity.
He sells an IBM-PC for 25,000 yuan, but only makes about 2,000 yuan profit per unit. He'd be better off selling Super PCs. Besides, these microcomputers are so much cheaper—nearly 7,000 yuan cheaper than IBM-PCs—that many customers would definitely be willing to buy them!
Yao Zhifang said, "Okay, then I'll try going into the tenth station."
Upon hearing this, the salesperson exclaimed with delight, "As expected of Boss Yao, you're so wealthy and powerful, ordering ten computers at once! You're destined to make a fortune! I wish Boss Yao all the best in his business!"
"Hehe, thank you for your kind words!" Yao Zhifang smiled and said happily.
By the afternoon, most of the merchants on Zhongguancun Electronics Street knew that Imagination Technology Company had become the agent for a microcomputer brand from Hong Kong.
Some people think that these Hong Kong computer brands are not well-known enough and may not sell well.
But many people felt that this brand of microcomputer was cheap and should be easy to sell.
Imagination Technologies sold 112 Super units in just one day.
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