The expo finally opened on July 7th.
Although the Luxembourg Expo is not the top expo in the world, it is still among the top in Europe.
Therefore, on the opening day of the expo, although the Luxembourg Expo Center was not packed with people, it was still bustling with people.
People from all over the world came here to broaden their horizons. People of all skin colors gathered together, and all kinds of languages were spoken.
The price of a ticket was ten yuan, which was definitely not a reasonable price in 1989.
Wan Feng also arrived at the gate with the Chinese sightseeing group.
The Chinese tour group encountered some minor difficulties when entering, but after they learned that they were from China, the inspection was extremely strict and careful.
Is there anything to check?
They are not terrorists. Except for a few people who have cameras, people like Wan Feng have nothing on them except the clothes and some rice and dollars.
But the other party still looked as if they were facing a great enemy, and scanned them with a scanner.
And they kept looking at the tickets in their hands over and over again, as if they were all fake.
Similarly, the Han and Japanese people are not so complicated.
Seeing the contempt on the faces of the two people from the villainous country, Wan Feng also felt contempt in his heart.
What are you so proud of? They are two colonial countries. To use insulting words, they are just other people's huskies. Do you think Huskies still feel superior?
Is it fashionable these days for colonial people to feel superior?
What a world!
Half an hour later, they finally entered the exhibition hall.
Entering from the main entrance, you will see Intel’s impressive booth.
After Intel defeated its competitors with the 386 chip, it officially launched the upgraded version of 386, 486, in 1989, and was on the verge of dominating the market.
Therefore, this most conspicuous stand belongs to him.
The computer companies on both sides were also famous American computer assembly companies at the time: Chapa and Dell.
The company became famous for being the first to launch the 386 computer, defeating IBM in one fell swoop.
After becoming the overlord temporarily, the Kangpa people immediately became arrogant and lost all idea of their own strength.
He actually sold the 386 computer as if it were a treasure.
If you sell something cheap, can it still be called a baby?
Of course not. It has to be sold at a high price to be worthy of its value.
As a result, Kangpa's computers became more and more expensive, which of course led to a lot of complaints.
It is understandable that merchants all hope that their products can be sold at the highest possible price.
Kangpa’s biggest mistake was not selling products at high prices, but handing over the market to others.
At this expo.
This is very stupid behavior.
When Intel launched the 486 chip processor and used the slogan "four to three better" as its promotional slogan.
It's still struggling with the question of whether it should be four good or three good.
Even though they thought 486 was better than 386, they did not take it too seriously. Their decision makers believed that 386 computers still had a long period of profitability.
It will not be a problem for 386 computers to sell for another year or six months.
With this idea in mind, they still brought the 386 computer to the Luxembourg Expo.
And also be prepared to be as expensive as a princess.
But what they never dreamed was that at the same time Intel announced the launch of the 486 chip, Dell actually launched the 486 computer at the same time.
Moreover, at this exhibition, Dell Computer actually broke the computer sales model.
In the past, computer sales basically followed the traditional model of being transferred from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. By the time the computer reached the end user, it had already gone through many stages.
This has resulted in computer prices remaining high.
Dell launched a direct sales model at this exhibition, which is to sell products directly to end users through telephone orders.
As a result, the price of the computer dropped by about 30%.
Kangpa, who was still selling 386 as a treasure, was dumbfounded this time. The outcome is predictable. It was reasonable that it suffered a crushing defeat at this expo.
It took Kangpa a long time to recover from this breath.
The other company on the platform has to be said to be a bit tough.
Ever since it successfully ascended the throne of the software industry by defeating Lotus at the end of 1987, the company has been full of confidence and is preparing to launch an experimental version of Word for Windows 1.0 at this exhibition.
Its rival is also the American company Perfect Word.
There was also a melee between the two sides.
Of course, there are other products competing for the market and users at this exhibition, such as floppy disks and hard drives.
Wan Feng has nothing to do with other people's heads being beaten into dog heads. He is just a spectator now.
Not even qualified to participate.
But it is also interesting to watch the internal fighting among Americans, but after watching the excitement, I didn’t remember anything.
Nearly a day had passed, and he only remembered Deere's direct sales method.
He had considered this sales method, but he felt that China was a seller's market and it was not necessary.
However, the silent battle between Kangpa and Dai'er at this exhibition aroused his vigilance.
Isn't his current thinking the same as Kangpa's? He thinks it's too early to take it seriously.
When the opponent uses this move, you have no power to fight back.
If a Chinese company takes the lead in selling motorcycles in this way, it will be put in a passive position.
After I go back and finish some things, I will plan to set up direct sales stores next year. After the implementation is completed next year, I will implement this sales model in 2001.
By eliminating the middle distributor link, products go directly from the manufacturer to the direct sales store, with a unified selling price across the country.
In this way, the price of the product will be reduced by 20%, which will directly benefit the end consumers.
That’s settled.
When we returned to the hotel in the evening, everyone in the tour group was excitedly talking about what they had seen and heard at the expo, sharing their gains and impressions.
Only Wan Feng did not participate much in their discussion.
"Xiao Wan! What did you see today? Do you have any thoughts?"
Wan Shouwu came to Wan Feng's room with a drink.
"Haha! I was just watching the fun. There are indeed good things, but it's useless if they don't sell them to us. I can only enjoy the sight, but I don't really have any experience with them."
"Looking at other people's products, I feel the gap between us is likely to widen further."
"The trend of the gap widening is already evident. If we don't catch up, it's very likely to widen even further."
"Have you ever thought about going back and preparing to develop from that aspect?"
"No, I'm just looking at it and not thinking about anything. I'll think about it carefully when I get back and see if there's anything worth considering."
The expo lasts for three days, and there are still two days left, so he hasn't seen many booths yet.
He plans to visit the eastern exhibition area tomorrow and the western exhibition area the day after tomorrow.
The exhibition area on the east side is mostly composed of exhibition halls from Asian countries and regions, and manufacturers from Japan, the United States and Taiwan are all there.
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