Chapter 692: Clarifying Allies and Enemies

Dad, can you stop messing around?

Yang Qihang looked pleading.

"You're messing with them, and they've formed a computer industry alliance to go after me."

This is an industry worth over a hundred billion.

Yang Qing had expected this; the Yang Family inflicted heavy losses on Microsoft and Intel—will they just stand by and let you develop?

All we can do is go after the Game Dragon Computer.

Yang Qing didn't answer his question; instead, he asked about the Game Dragon Computer's R&D progress.

How's the research on the next-generation business version of the Game Dragon Computer going?

Yang Qihang didn't get what Yang Qing meant.

It's nearly done; our ecosystem cultivation is almost complete, so we should be able to grab a portion of the market.

Yang Qing still didn't answer his question.

"Learn from Jobs, throw a lavish launch event, summon all of Game Dragon's ecosystem developers, get them together, and also envision the future."

"Also, let Many Stars know that from now on, every consumer product needs a launch event."

We've been around for years; it's time to appear as a technology leader.

"It's just a game; if they attack Game Dragon's gaming computer, we'll go on the offensive in the office field."

The state is strongly pushing domestication now; Gangdao belongs to Daxia, so Game Dragon is Daxia's as well.

What's your marketing department good for? You can't even grab this major opportunity.

Yang Qihang was dressed down by Yang Qing, then hung up the phone, feeling embarrassed.

Then they set the marketing and PR departments to work on an in-depth study of domestication.

Meanwhile, they also started preparing the launch event.

Because the main aim was to open up the Daxia market, the launch event was held in the Te Qu special zone.

Liu Dazhi didn't realize he was surrounding Game Dragon at the internet cafe, while Yang Qihang was already preparing to move against Lenovo in the office field.

March 2001

Game Dragon Company splurged on a launch event; since they spent plenty, not only did many people come from Daxia, but developers from all over the world also showed up.

Each platform represents an opportunity.

They also reimbursed travel costs, so everyone was eager to attend.

Te Qu TV and Lovely TV aired the launch live; as both are satellite broadcasters, their coverage was wide.

Meanwhile, the Yang Family leveraged its influence to invite many media outlets.

The launch scene was grand, though the reaction was merely okay.

As for the Game Dragon Business Computer, its performance was only average, its system was much like the rest, featuring an optical drive, Wi‑Fi, and an LCD display.

Overall it looks rather simple, with an industrial vibe.

Everything else was just average.

Jobs took a look and felt nothing special.

Bill, looking at its miserable market share, felt even less impressed.

Besides the gaming computer, which opened a path forward, compared to them we're just the younger sibling.

But Liu Dazhi disagreed.

Times have changed—what is the state stressing now? Domestic production!

Now there aren't so many requirements; if it works, that's enough.

Liu Dazhi broke into a cold sweat at the thought.

Yang Qing wouldn't label the Game Dragon Computer as domestic, would he?

Although its accessories fall short of Lenovo's, getting users to change their habits is a major challenge.

But if Game Dragon manages to break into the market, what about developing it further for a few years?

He immediately launched a relationship investigation.

The result was that Game Dragon's marketing and PR departments had already contacted senior management.

The bad news is that Game Dragon has been added to the procurement list.

The good news is that, for other projects' development, Game Dragon Computer received only a ten percent purchase share.

That works out to roughly twenty thousand units.

Liu Dazhi exhaled.

In corporate procurement, he remained confident.

In terms of compatibility, Game Dragon's software is hardly compatible with Microsoft's.

Unless you swap everything out, isn't that just asking for trouble?

"We need to expand the market for pirated systems."

"As long as Windows dominates Daxia, Game Dragon stands no chance."

After consoling himself, Liu Dazhi kept pushing the internet cafe alliance.

A smokeless war broke out.

Yang Qing also knew that as long as Yingjiang stays number one for a day, Microsoft and Apple remain the industry leaders.

Game Dragon might not even have a shot at third place.

However, Yang Fan has been devoted to developing industrial computers.

All sorts of industrial software are also fully available.

Game Dragon still possesses some vitality in Daxia.

These two kids have always been working hard for Daxia's industrial development.

What remains is Daxia's spark.

The future may still be tough for another decade or so, but with deep accumulation leading to sudden breakthrough, when they rise they will surely shine brilliantly.

Facing the internet cafe alliance, Yang Qing feels he must launch a counterattack.

The alliance is indeed strong, but you can't be strong enough to dictate to other bosses.

Yang Qing and Yang Qihang discussed.

"Son, let's spin off the Roaming Dragon Internet Cafe Management System and the Roaming Dragon Game Platform to operate independently."

"Also, the streamlined version of the Roaming Dragon system should be stepped up, ensuring good compatibility with other hardware."

"Professor Ni's side has already made some progress on the Crystal Element."

"Next year, we should be able to conduct tape-out trial production."

"By then, we'll register another computer brand focused on cost performance."

"We don't need to earn money; we just need the market."

"Also.........."

Yang Qing paused for a moment.

"I am preparing to invest in a lithography machine."

Xu Duan Yi is out of money again; now the R&D costs for the lithography machine have become far too high. Even the money from exchanging his family's treasure, plus military support, has still left them at the end of their resources.

What Yang Qing said earlier was right; under market competition, they basically have no survival ground.

But if they stop now, all their previous efforts would be wasted.

Yang Qing thought a lot, and ultimately decided to shoulder this burden.

First, he doesn't really want to cut off his future, wanting to keep a safeguard for the future.

Another reason is that he has too much money.

Spending money to run Toutiao, although the resistance is huge, costing several billion per year. But after getting past the collision period, Toutiao gradually began to stabilize.

Constantly pointing at others' noses and scolding them, after a while they got used to it, and the other side's reaction became less severe.

Another reason is that Yang Qing's side spends money, while their side spends manpower.

According to history, the little blacks who were originally destined to become regional overlords have now been sent away, many of them.

It's hard to deal with the big ones, but taking care of the small ones makes things much simpler.

Moreover, Toutiao has become smarter, knowing to pull in one faction and strike another.

Those who are about average get praised desperately; those with a tainted record get opposed desperately.

Yang Qing's principle is to always distinguish friend from foe.

For hardworking good people, we must praise them desperately to promote them; those scumbag things are enemies, and we must oppose them desperately, making them doubt life.

Once the friend-foe distinction is made, Toutiao's resistance quickly diminishes greatly.

So the money spent becomes less.

You should know, Yang Qing secretly obtained several hundred billion from Yingjiang, and openly also has over a hundred billion.

With so much money, are you going to invest it all, or in various promising companies?

You say, is Daxia afraid or not?

Now Daxia's GDP is only so much; you're doing this much—what do you intend to do?