Time flies, and soon into 1981, Midea also held a summary meeting of the previous year.

"Mr. Xu, this is our nationwide PC sales in the last two months of last year. He Guoyuan reported the data just counted.

"3,852 Honor computers, 16,000 C64, this data is not bad!" Xu Zhi smiled happily.

Although personal computers in this era are developing rapidly, they are still early days after all, coupled with the high price, even in Europe and the United States, the proportion of families who can afford computers is not very large, such as Apple, which has just been listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, and the average sales volume is only more than 20,000 units a month.

Midea entered the field of personal computers for the first time, taking the route of high-end and low-end parallel, and the market response was good.

He Guoyuan said: "C64 computer because of the cheap, so the sales are particularly high, the glory computer is more expensive, relying on several highly playable games, but it has attracted a lot of people, in addition, the five input method also provides a lot of market for our computer." ”

In the mainland, copyright has no meaning, but in the United States is different, with the five-stroke input method of the Glory computer as soon as it was put on sale, it attracted the attention of many Chinese, although there are not many Chinese groups in the United States, but there are also many rich people, these people provide enough funds for the best-selling of Honor.

"Okay, we have taken the first step in the field of computers, but it is very difficult to achieve the same achievements as games, especially with Apple, HP, IBM, Deyi and other large enterprises, we are far behind in terms of technology, but we can still compete in terms of creativity and service. Xu Zhi concluded: "Although the technology of electronic products is important, but no matter what, it is also to serve people, and the route we want to take is to rely on some ideas to open the market first to obtain profits, and then use profits to invest in technology." ”

He Guoyuan said: "Yes, this time our glory computer can be an instant hit, largely relying on the game and the Wubi input method, but this method can only play a role in the early stage, Xu Sheng and I are very optimistic about the future of personal computers, I hope you can make further efforts." ”

Xu Zhi waved his hand and said: "Just taking advantage of this opportunity, I decided to integrate several businesses of Midea, and in the future, the entire Midea will be divided into four independent business departments:

The first is the game business, including arcades, game consoles and cartridges, and the Gameboy series.

The second is the PC Hardware and Software Division.

The third is the semiconductor manufacturing and liquid crystal manufacturing divisions.

The fourth is the home appliances division, including the RCA TV business, which has been acquired. ”

General Electric reached a series of understandings with the Wanwan government a month ago, the Wanwan government announced the arrest of 16 Americans who had participated in and designed the sewage incident, and the other nearly 200 people were all acquitted and returned to the United States, and in exchange, the RCA factory in Taoyuan City also began to officially move out, and the production line and other equipment will be shipped to the port of Xiangjiang, and Hutchison has specially arranged two large warehouses to wait for receiving.

On the other hand, Midea and General Electric reached a series of cooperation plans in the United States, and the entire RCA TV business unit was sold to the United States for $450 million, including sales, after-sales, customer service, research and development, including a total of 10,700 employees in the United States.

"Then will we move the headquarters of the home appliance business to the United States in the future?" asked Cao Lizhong, who is currently the head of the company's home appliance business.

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "No, the RCA brand still exists, and it will also be placed in the United States, which is the condition for the U.S. Department of Commerce to agree to our acquisition, and their own business is still in charge of the original people, but the future production business will be responsible for us, and at the same time, the technology of color picture tubes will also be opened to our Chinese engineers, and the entire sales channel will also be opened to our Midea brand." ”

"Where is the production placed? It is no longer possible to put it in Wanwan, should it be placed in Xiangjiang?" Cao Lizhong asked.

Xu Zhi smiled and said:"In the future, I plan to put the production of RCA and Midea TVs in Shenhai City,This can greatly reduce the production cost,In a few days, I will go north to the mainland,I will discuss this matter with the mainland high-level at that time,You also have to prepare now,I will talk about big aspects,You are responsible for other details。 ”

"Put it in Shenhai City?" Cao Lizhong thought for a while and said: "The labor in Shenhai City is indeed much cheaper, but this is not the same as the electric fan business, and the direct employees involved may be as high as twenty or thirty thousand people. ”

Xu Zhi nodded and praised: "Yes, I thought of this problem at the first time, you can rest assured, the industrial capacity of Shenhai City may be insufficient, but the entire Guangdong Province or the entire mainland is definitely not a problem, I know it in my heart." ”

"This internal adjustment of the company only involves personnel and financial independence, and in the future, several major branches will be responsible for themselves, and the company's framework will not change. He Guoyuan then added.

The financial independence of each department is equivalent to a new company, which also facilitates better management in the future.

Xu Zhi continued: "At the same time as we acquired the RCA TV business, we also acquired its LCD business unit, and I also re-acquired Corning's LCD factory in Xiangjiang, the next step, I want to expand the LCD business on a large scale, Mr. Zhang, please be prepared in this regard, try to train enough operators and technical reserves!"

Zhang Zhongmou asked puzzledly: "At present, the output of the Tianshuiwei factory is enough to support the Gameboy, how much production does Mr. Xu need to expand?"

"10 times! That's just the planned number. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

"So many?" Zhang Zhongmou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are we going to prepare to enter the LCD market?"

Xu Zhi sneered: "Of course, the more LCD is produced, the smaller the cost, the little Japan raised the price some time ago, which gives us some profit margins, Xiangjiang is the world's largest LCD watch foundry site, the demand for LCD here is very large, so many dollars a year cheaper in Japan, it is better for us to earn."

However, this expansion will take one step at a time, and in the next few years, I want Midea to become one of the world's largest LCD production companies. ”

The total scale of the LCD industry in this era is not large, and the capital invested in tens of millions of dollars is enough to become one of the world's major manufacturers.