After hanging up the phone with Spielberg, Yu Dong looked at a document on the table in front of him.
This was sent by Hu Hao early in the morning. The document contains content related to Lenovo Group.
Just in October this year, Lenovo Group held a press conference to announce their company's new product, the Millennium PC.
This Millennium PC is also called an Internet PC because Lenovo designed it to make it easier for customers to access the Internet.
Tianxi Computer realizes the convenient and simple "one-click Internet access" function through the integrated design of built-in Internet account and unique Internet keyboard, eliminating the previous tediousness of users purchasing Internet accounts and setting up network software.
Everything is almost fool-proof operation. After users buy the computer home, they can directly access the Internet without having to go to other network access providers.
This document also mentioned that Lenovo revealed at the press conference that they would fully enter the Internet, but as for the next step, it was not announced.
However, this cannot escape the eyes of Shen Kong. Through investigation, it was found that Lenovo had established a website called Lenovo FM 365 more than a month ago, but this website has not yet been officially launched.
Yu Dong still has some understanding of Lenovo's next operation. According to his memory, Lenovo's next move will be around the fm365 website, and they will vigorously promote this website.
fm365 is a portal that integrates news, search, games, emails, software and other channels. It is similar to the Deep Space Network after the separation of deep space.
Millennium Computer will be seamlessly integrated with fm365. When the time comes, the first stop for Millennium Computer users to open their computers will be fm365.
This is Lenovo's strategy. They believe that computers are the first portal to the Internet, so they want to use their advantages as a network equipment supplier to become an Internet service access provider and Internet content provider.
It is said that at Lenovo’s swearing-in meeting, Yanagawa proudly told his employees that they would catch up with the Deep Space Network within three years.
In fact, Yu Dong knew that Lenovo's fm365 would not work. For sprinters like Lenovo, they like to chase the wind, but they always fail to catch up.
Lenovo's strategy is certainly good, and Millennium Computer will definitely bring a lot of traffic to fm365, but the problem is that Lenovo didn't think very far from the beginning.
They only see companies like Deep Space and Yahoo that have developed very well in the past two years, so they want to follow the trend and think that they can continue to have an advantage in this track. In fact, they have not really figured out what is needed for the development of the Internet.
After the wave passed, Lenovo always claimed that they did not follow the trend, but in fact they have followed the trend countless times, but failed many times. The so-called not following the trend is just a statement to deceive themselves and others.
The second half of the document sent by Hu Hao also contains content related to America Online.
It is reported that AOL has had more than one contact with Lenovo at the beginning of this year.
What exactly was discussed in these contacts between the two parties is unknown to Deep Sky, but it can be guessed that Lenovo probably wants to cooperate with AOL and use AOL's extensive business system to expand their own business.
business.
There is no doubt that if you were to choose between Deep Space and AOL, Lenovo would definitely choose AOL.
From a business perspective, it seems understandable that Lenovo made such a choice. Although Deep Space has developed well in recent years, it cannot compare with AOL in terms of size and business coverage.
Moreover, AOL has also made big moves recently. They are acquiring Time Warner.
If AOL can successfully acquire Time Warner, it will undoubtedly be a major earthquake in the Internet world.
The transaction value of the merger between AOL and Time Warner will definitely reach more than 100 billion U.S. dollars. When the merger between the two parties is successful, the value of the new company will be around 300 billion U.S. dollars at least.
By that time, Lenovo will most likely choose to cooperate with AOL.
Yu Dong knows the outcome of AOL and Time Warner, as well as the cooperation between Lenovo and AOL, so he is still not optimistic about the future of Lenovo's entry into the Internet.
What Lenovo should do now is not to fully enter the Internet, but to do a good job in two aspects of business. First of all, it must be their old business-Internet equipment supplier, and then based on this, develop Internet access services.
If we do a good job in these two aspects, then cooperate with Shenkong and leave the Internet content supply to Shenkong. If the two companies join forces, the future will definitely be very good.
Yuliang called Yang Qing many times, hoping that Shen Kong and Lenovo could join forces, but Lenovo looked down on Shen Kong and never responded.
Now that Millennium Computer has come out, Lenovo's strategy of fully entering the Internet has been made public, and it is very likely that it will cooperate with America Online, so Deep Space will no longer be able to compete with Lenovo.
Next, what they think about should not be how the two parties cooperate, but how to deal with possible competitive pressures.
If Lenovo really reaches a cooperation with AOL, it will definitely be a big challenge for Deep Space Company.
At the end of the document is a special report on the remaining balance.
It can be seen that Yuliang attaches great importance to Lenovo's series of actions during this period. What he means is that if there is no way to be friends with Lenovo, he can only be an opponent, and he must find a way to counter Lenovo as soon as possible.
In Yuliang's view, Lenovo's rhetoric of "computers are the gateway to the Internet" still makes sense. If Lenovo is allowed to develop like this, sooner or later deep space will be choked by them.
Yuliang also gave suggestions to solve the problem in this report. He believed that we could cooperate with Founder Computer, which has been developing rapidly in the past two years, or we could look for cooperation with Acer in Baodao.
In addition to cooperating with these PC manufacturers, Yuliu also made another bold proposal, that is, the company directly enters the competition with PC manufacturers and establishes its own computer brand belonging to Deep Space.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I have to say that after so many years, I have been staying in the position of general manager, and I have become more and more courageous.
A few years ago, margin would never have been able to make such a big step forward.
Yu Dong couldn't help but shook his head. Jimmy wanted to make a mobile phone, and he wanted to make a computer. Everyone was getting more and more wild.
However, after their constant teasing, Yu Dong was also a little itchy. With their company's current foundation, he might not be able to give it a try.
Of course, whether he can try it or not does not depend on Yu Dong, but on Jimmy and Yuliang.
If they just make a simple suggestion and do not have a complete and feasible plan, it is better not to try, because if you try, it will be in vain. In the end, it will be like Lenovo, constantly chasing the trend, constantly failing, and gradually getting lost in chasing the trend with repeated failures.
self.
On the other hand, if they already have a complete plan, they may not be unable to give it a try.
Yu Dong called Yu Liang again, "We will make a plan for the suggestions you mentioned in the report."
The person on the other end of the phone said in surprise, "Boss, when do you want this plan?"
"Whenever you finish it, give it to me."
The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then said in a firm voice: "Okay, boss, I will definitely make it for you soon."
Yu Dong reminded: "As for the plan, I want to take a long-term view."
"I see."
"By the way, regarding the box office of "Infernal Affairs", let Hu Hao report to me once a day."
"Okay, I'll tell him later."
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"Infernal Affairs" was released simultaneously in mainland China and Hong Kong, which was secured by Deep Space Company.
Although "Infernal Affairs" was filmed by Deep Space Company, for the sake of operational convenience, it was a co-production.
According to previous policies, co-productions need to be shot in the mainland, and there are requirements for the proportion of mainland actors.
Of these two points, "Infernal Affairs" can only satisfy the second point, but not the first point.
However, due to the special situation this time, the Broadcasting Corporation adopted special policies for Deep Space. Not only did the filming location need not be in the mainland, but the show also had to be compromised on the release time.
This is not entirely due to the radio and television’s preference for deep space companies, but also because the policy has indeed become increasingly loose in the past two years. Even if deep space companies do not appear, this situation will occur in a few years.
The times are moving forward step by step, and it can only be said that the Deep Space Company has pushed this step forward a little bit.
Even before this movie was released, it was already very famous in Hong Kong, thanks to the overwhelming publicity of the Deep Space Company.
Two months in advance, the news of the release of "Infernal Affairs" has already bombarded the Deep Space Tribe. Every Xiangjiang person who logs into the Deep Space Tribe will surely have news related to "Infernal Affairs" pushed to them.
A week before "Infernal Affairs" is to be released, Deep Space Company announced that it will launch the international version of Dongdong in the Hong Kong area. As long as you purchase a movie ticket for "Infernal Affairs", you can get a spot for the public beta of Dongdong.
In addition, if you purchase a movie ticket for "Infernal Affairs", you will have the opportunity to win a free membership of Dongdong for one month.
This means that if you buy a movie ticket for "Infernal Affairs", you can become the first batch of users of the international version of Dongdong, and you will also have the opportunity to get a one-month free membership.
According to Deep Space officials, after the international version of Dongdong is launched, it will be accompanied by Dongdong Space. Members can unlock more content and gameplay, which is very attractive.
The international version of Dong Dong was launched in Hong Kong two days earlier than "Infernal Affairs", so the pre-sales of "Infernal Affairs" immediately exploded.
Later, in less than two weeks, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" reached 35 million Hong Kong dollars.
The box office exceeded 35 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks. What is the concept?
The last time a movie performed so well at the box office in Hong Kong was "Titanic", which was released at the end of the year before last. At that time, "Titanic" took in a box office of 110 million Hong Kong dollars, directly becoming the historical box office champion in Hong Kong, and it was
It's far behind the second place.
But there has never been a Chinese-language film that has achieved such results.
The highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Hong Kong is "Police Story 4: A Simple Mission" starring Jackie Chan, released in 1996. The final box office of this film at that time was 57 million Hong Kong dollars.
The performance of "Infernal Affairs" in the first two weeks was even better than "Police Story 4".
Therefore, everyone is speculating whether "Infernal Affairs" can break the record of "Police Story 4" and become the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong.
But one thing is no longer in doubt, and that is this year's annual box office champion, whether it is Chinese or foreign language, it is undoubtedly "Infernal Affairs".
The overall box office in Hong Kong this year was average. Before the release of "Infernal Affairs", the best box office was the horror movie "The Ring" released in April, which ultimately took in 31 million Hong Kong dollars.
"The Ring" is also the only movie this year before "Infernal Affairs" with a box office of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars. In second place is Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" with a box office of 29.84 million Hong Kong dollars.
, only one step away from the box office of "The Ring".
Several other movies, such as "The Mummy", "Glass Bottle", and "Heroes of China" all performed quite well at the box office, each with more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Infernal Affairs" is constantly moving towards records here in Hong Kong, and on the other hand, it is also making great progress in the mainland.
In just two weeks, "Infernal Affairs" directly won the box office championship this year. "Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace" released at the same time did not pose any threat to it at all.
In the past two weeks, "Star Wars Episode 1" has only taken less than 15 million yuan at the box office, while "Infernal Affairs" has already taken 46 million yuan at the box office.
The box office performance of several blockbuster films introduced to China this year has been mediocre. The results of "Star Wars Episode 1" have not yet been determined, but the previous ones have basically failed.
"The Trap" released in April only took in 29 million yuan at the box office, and "Rush Hour" released in September only took in 25 million yuan at the box office.
As for "Enemy of the State," which will be released in the near future, the industry is generally not optimistic about it, thinking that its box office will even be lower than that of "Rush Hour."
If it hadn't been for "Infernal Affairs", this year would have been the worst year on record at the box office.
A comparison with last year will be very obvious. Not to mention "Titanic" which swept the market last year, "The Butterfly Effect" which ranked second also exceeded 100 million.
In addition to these two movies with over 100 million, the following "Saving Private Ryan" has a box office of 82 million, "Who Am I" has a box office of 80 million, and "Collision" has a box office of 50 million.
"Home Alone 3", which ranked seventh, also had a box office of 40 million.
It can be said that compared to last year, the domestic box office this year has dropped off a cliff, and the emergence of "Infernal Affairs" can cover up the shame.
However, "Infernal Affairs" is not a dark horse in China. As early as August, someone predicted that this movie is likely to become this year's box office champion, and also gave an accurate box office-7,500
Thousands of RMB.
Chapter completed!