Chapter 193: Fighting Again at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show End
March 10, 1979, Los Angeles Convention Center, California, USA. Today is the last day of the exhibition, and the Organizing Committee sees that every time the sales of exhibitors are announced, it can drive huge impact and visibility. In other places, it may not be as influential as the old exhibitions, but as a superpower, it is a bit embarrassing to not even compare with the results of the two younger brothers of West Germany and RB.
This time, it will not only be briefed, but also briefed in the form of a press conference. It is necessary to let the world see the influence of the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show, and at the same time, it should also reflect the importance that the Organizing Committee attaches to exhibitors. After all, these are all multinational companies, and there will be more opportunities for future cooperation.
As the most dazzling star enterprise of this exhibition, Heiyun Group will definitely be at the press conference. And it will also be in the middle.
On the podium, in addition to the president of the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Exhibition, there were also representatives of Kuromo Baozixuan, Sony Akio Morita, RCA and Siemens AG of Germany.
In fact, this is also the company with the largest turnover in this exhibition, and it is also a representative of economically and technologically developed countries. They are from RB, the United States, West Germany and Xiangjiang, and many people will associate Xiangjiang with the United Kingdom, and there is no way to do it now. After all, Xiangjiang has not yet returned, and Chinese enterprises will not participate in such an exhibition.
Rodell, President of the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Exhibition, said to everyone: "Thank you to all the exhibitors, media friends, and all the friends who came to participate in the exhibition for their support and love to the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Exhibition. Here, on behalf of all the staff of this exhibition, I would like to say sorry to you, we may still have a lot of work shortcomings, I hope you will forgive me. But I'm sure we're going to make the show even better, and I hope you'll give us more opportunities, and hopefully we'll see you in Los Angeles this time next year." ”
"There are 208 companies invited to participate in this exhibition, and the number of visitors has reached an unprecedented 450,000 people. This is all inseparable from the support of all of you. ”
"The on-site turnover of $10.4 billion was also a record high. This is mainly due to the hard work of various exhibitors, and it is precisely because of their excellent products that agents and consumers will come to the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show. ”
"Next to me are the heads of the four largest companies in this exhibition, they are Mr. Akio Morita, President of RB Sony Corporation, Peter von Siemens, President of Siemens AG of Germany, Mr. Rodke, President of RCA Corporation of the United States, and Mr. Bao Zixuan, Chairman of Heiyun Group. ”
"For their results, then they should be allowed to introduce themselves. Next, I would like to invite Mr. Akio Morita, President of RB Sony Co., Ltd., to introduce Sony's achievements in this exhibition. ”
In fact, before the press conference, all four of them received a notice, and there was a question session to introduce the company's sales and reporters. To put it bluntly, let the four people have a psychological preparation, in case it is not only themselves who make a fool of themselves on the stage, but it is likely to affect the company, and even the exhibition committee will be implicated.
Fortunately, all 4 people have seen a big scene, and they are not a little nervous about this kind of press conference.
Akio Morita: "Thank you for your concern and love for Sony, Sony has completed a total of 340 million US dollars in sales at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Exhibition, the most important of which is music products, we have a natural advantage in this regard, thank you for your support, the detailed statement will be announced at the Sony shareholders' meeting." ”
Everyone didn't expect Sony to sell so much, and it is indeed worthy of the name of a big company. No wonder people say that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and with the rise of black clouds, Sony is already at a disadvantage in the competition. But even at the disadvantaged point in time, they can still sell 340 million US dollars at an exhibition, but they can't even compare with a fraction of others, and there is still a long way to go to develop, which is what many people think.
Peter von Siemens then said into the microphone: "Siemens' sales at this exhibition are 280 million US dollars, mainly refrigerators, servo motors and other products, and Siemens' products are absolutely trustworthy in this regard. ”
Everyone's expression is better, after all, Siemens' sales can only be said to be decent. This is mainly due to the strength of the competitor Panasonic, and the competition between the two companies in the sales of refrigerators is very fierce.
"RCA's sales of $230 million at this exhibition are mainly focused on televisions and night displays, which are RCA's traditional projects, and in the future, we will definitely strengthen the technical advantages of traditional projects and develop more products that consumers like," said Rodeke, president of RCA. ”
After hearing Rodek's introduction, everyone thinks that this exhibition is introduced in order of sales, but it shouldn't be! Heiyun is definitely the most popular company in this exhibition, and it can't be lower than Sony!
Bao Zixuan said into the microphone: "I just got the sales data, and just 10 minutes ago, there were customers in the exhibition hall to negotiate business. There may be some deviations, but the overall impact is not significant. ”
At this exhibition, Heiyun Group's sales were 1.12 billion US dollars, mainly focused on digital cameras, home game consoles FC red and white machines, arcade Super Mario and Vision 1200 laptops. It can be said that it is more flowering, which is mainly due to the perfect organization of the exhibition and the recognition of buyers, thank you again here. “
Hearing Bao Zixuan finish speaking, many people were surprised, even the other 4 people on the rostrum, they all knew that Heiyuan was selling well, but they didn't expect that the sales would exceed 1 billion US dollars, this was the 80s. Many countries do not have such foreign exchange reserves.
Bao Zixuan couldn't believe it after getting the data, but after seeing orders, checks, and contracts, he could only believe it.
This time, the most sold FC red and white machines reached 9 million units, and it can be said that many national dealers have placed orders with Heiyun. This alone has sales of more than $500 million, which is why later generations of RB game companies are very rich. The profit of the game is too high, and the development of a classic game console is no less profitable than the development of a classic aircraft. At least for the lifetime of the console, this is simply a money printing machine.
After entering the festival of reporters' questions, everyone wanted to ask Bao Zixuan questions. However, at this time, beauty always occupies a natural advantage, and a beautiful reporter from the Wall Street Journal asked: "Mr. Bao, may I ask if the data you reported is real, it is hard to believe what the future black cloud plan is." ”
Bao Zixuan: "Of course, the data is true and reliable, after all, all contracts have been reported to the exhibition organizing committee. As for the future plan of Heiyun that you asked, what I can tell you is that Heiyun will work hard to improve scientific and technological progress in the future. My dream is to be one of the greatest tech companies in the world, and I'm an engineer boss myself, and sometimes I can do things that are more valuable than economic. ”
An RB reporter asked: "Mr. Akio Morita, now that Sony has authorized many of Heiyun's products, will Sony copy Heiyun or improve its own research and development." ”
Akio Morita: "Sony has a highly skilled scientific research team, and we can develop many products. It's just that I didn't expect it, and the result was developed by Black Cloud Rescue and the patent was registered. Sony is a very supportive company of intellectual property rights, and we should protect all patents. ”
"That's why Sony buys the patent license from Black Cloud, but don't worry. Sony must have developed a product that is different from Heiyun, and buying a patent just wants an admission spot, and there is no need to run behind others. ”
"Sony already has its own plan for the purchased patents, and we need a lot of support from everyone when the product is launched in the future, thank you again for coming. At the same time, thank you to this journalist friend for your concern about Sony, and I assure you that Sony will not let you down. ”
The Q&A session ended quickly, but the impact of the show spread all over the world. This also laid the foundation for Electronica Los Angeles to become the world's number one electronics show.