While Li Jianhui and others were still spending Christmas Eve together in Vancouver, Christmas was already here in Xiangjiang.

Huahong Computer also officially went on sale on this day. Its relatively low price and simple and easy-to-understand graphical interface attracted the interest of many people.

The sales staff who have undergone simple training also work very hard to explain in detail the various parameter configurations of Huahong Computers and the advantages of Huahong Computers compared with IBM to these visiting customers.

In a specialty store urgently provided by Huahong Group in Hong Kong Central, Tian Haichuan even went to the battle in person to explain computer conditions and operations to customers, and Jiayi conducted a live broadcast of this.

Tian Haichuan proudly explained to everyone: "Our computers, from the CPU, graphics card, storage, hard drive, sound card, monitor, driver, to the operating system and office software, are all developed and produced by our company in Xiangjiang. All technologies are self-developed.

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In terms of quality, please don’t worry about it. Huahong Computer, like Jingyi Electric, also offers a seven-day replacement guarantee and a three-year repair guarantee for some parts.

Moreover, our price is more affordable than IBM. The price is only HK$6,666. You can save nearly HK$2,000 and buy a product that is not inferior to IBM5150."

To be honest, computers are not cheap at present. Although the per capita salary in Hong Kong has increased rapidly in recent years, the salary of an ordinary restaurant service worker has increased from about 800 Hong Kong dollars at the end of 1977 to about 1,500 Hong Kong dollars now (food included).

The salary of a supermarket attendant is about HKD 2,000 (excluding food and accommodation).

But computers are something that ordinary people will not buy. Firstly, they are relatively expensive, and secondly, the current Internet speed is also very slow. The function of the computer itself is mainly for office use, and there is not much demand for it at home.

Nowadays, the people who buy these things are all families with a small amount of capital. They buy more in order to educate their children to understand this new thing.

Because today is Christmas, most companies in Xiangjiang, except for some essential industries, have already gone on holiday.

The same is true for many managers in the Xinjian Department. Naturally, these managers know a little about computers. In fact, when the lBM5150 is on the market, some people intend to buy one and put it at home for themselves and their families to learn and use.

Just because I knew that Xinjian was also developing personal computers, I held back my intention to buy it and waited for Huahong Computer to go on sale.

As a result, the main force in computer sales in Xiangjiang Huahong today is the management and employees of the Xinjian Department. According to follow-up statistics, of the 2,652 units sold in Xiangjiang that day, more than 1,250 units were purchased by employees of the Xinjian Department, and 500

The remaining units were purchased by Allied employees, and only more than 800 units were purchased by other Xiangjiang citizens.

This means that in Hong Kong, the sales of Huahong Group in other regions are somewhat unsatisfactory. Although Huahong Computer has a graphical interface, its performance is not better than IBM in other aspects. In addition, it has been nearly a year since IBM was launched, so I am interested in computers.

Those who can afford it have basically already bought it.

Although the launch of Huahong Computer has some advantages in some aspects and the price is much lower, it did not cause a sales boom. Those who bought it in the short term did not plan to replace it with a new computer. Those who did not plan to buy it even though the price of Huahong Computer was low.

After paying nearly 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, these people still had no intention of buying it.

The launch of British Rose Computer also encountered the embarrassment of Huahong Computer. Sales in the UK were better, but it was also not ideal in markets such as Germany, France, Italy and Spain. If it wants to dominate these markets, Rose Group still has a long way to go.

Gotta go.

However, it is also good for the Xinjian system. Both the British and Bryan governments, as well as the Baodao, Malay, and Thai governments, have announced their support for the installation of Phoenix operating system and office software on government office computers.

I don’t know if it is because of Li Jianhui’s butterfly effect, but Japanese companies have also been quite proactive in this life. The Phoenix operating system has not won the favor of the Japanese government, and Wei Li in Japan was clearly informed that Sony is already developing Japan’s own operating system.

Toshiba will also enter the personal computer industry.

In this generation, Microsoft's attempt to dominate the world in PC operating systems is probably completely out of the question. Even the British side advised Li Jianhui that either the Phoenix Group headquarters should be moved to London, or it would be better to cooperate with Grosvenor, Cavendish,

Bute and other families established an operating system research and development company in London. Once Hong Kong returns in the future, it will be difficult for Phoenix Operating System to enter the Western European market.

Li Jianhui, who was spending Christmas in Vancouver, was very unhappy when he received these reports. He lamented that it was too difficult to do business properly. There was protection everywhere and the development of the Xinjian Department was restricted on the grounds of safety.

Chen Yulian, who was holding Li Zhipeng, looked at Li Jianhui and frowned, and said: "Jianhui, don't think about these things for the time being. It's rare that I have nothing to do today. We just happened to take Zhipeng around Vancouver and take a look at Huahong Computer and Rose Computer.

Regarding the sales situation here, you should also relax your tense nerves."

"It's okay to go out for a walk. You know our situation well. There are so many security personnel following us, so it's not interesting to go shopping. Moreover, the weather outside is relatively cold today. I'm afraid the little guy who has lived in Xiangjiang for a long time is not used to it. In case he catches a cold, it will be hard.

It's still you.

I will stay with you and Zhipeng in the suite today, and I will not go to drink tea or play cards with Li Guobao and others, so I will spend a quiet day today."

Chen Yulian is not disappointed with this either. In fact, it doesn't matter if she goes shopping or not, she just wants Li Jianhui to accompany her.

Today is a day off, and the Xiangjiang business delegation will not hold talks with the Canadian business community until the morning of tomorrow.

Unlike in Los Angeles, this time there is a lot of cooperation between the business community in Xiangjiang and Canada. Xiangjiang Energy Group is interested in investing in Husky Energy, and Lane Crawford and Watsons are also interested in entering the Canadian market.

At the same time, Tesco Group will also cooperate with many farmers in Canada to purchase their soybeans, wheat and other products, including the farm of the son of Yao Zhilin, the former chairman of the board of directors of Taoda Group.

As for the sales of Huahong Computer and Rose Computer here, Li Jianhui does not have high expectations. After all, this is the home of American companies, and even Asia and Western Europe are not satisfactory, let alone Canada.

As for a large-scale price war, Li Jianhui has no such idea for the time being. After all, the current computer market is not big, and the cost is not cheap. It is easy to lower the price, but it is not easy to raise it again.

Moreover, IBM has never achieved its market value of more than 100 billion US dollars by manufacturing personal computers. To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if IBM5150 is sold to the other party at a loss. To fight a price war with such a company, for the two major groups Huahong and Rose

Saying it doesn't do much good.

Regardless of Huahong Computer or Rose Computer, the focus of these two companies is different from that of IBM and Wangan Computer. Huahong Rose focuses on personal home computers and personal office computers.

The two major companies, IBM and Wang An, focus on large computers used in research laboratories of large enterprises, such as supercomputers, computers used in industrial systems, etc.

The personal computer that IBM created this time was actually an accident. The other party's focus has never been here. This is why after entering the 21st century, IBM is not well-known in terms of personal computers. Instead, its descendants HP, Dell, and Apple

It has become a world-famous brand.
Chapter completed!