Compared to the mouse with a red glow on the baseplate, the content of the press conference was more appealing. Because at the press conference, some senior executives of Dell announced that they had reached a purchase agreement with F&A and AIGO, and the first batch of new mice will be used on Dell's two computers. However, whether it is a long-term cooperation and whether it will adopt authorized production and other issues have not been touched.

At this time, the two small companies of AIGO and F&A have finally made known to Americans, especially the American computer community. Of course, at most, it is known that a mouse, no matter how high-tech, it is just a small part of the computer, and it will not reach the point of sensationalism, let alone surprise these computer bigwigs, and make these bigwigs in the computer industry look sideways. The bigwigs know very well what is the core of the computer and what is not, such as the mouse.

However, for the two small companies, this conference has been considered a success, after all, it can be linked to a big computer manufacturer like Dell, and the names of the two can be said together, and even on TV shows, which is a living advertisement in itself. It is precisely because of a manufacturer like Dell attending the press conference and releasing the company's new initiatives that it will attract the attention of so many media and industry insiders, otherwise Nina and Tan Jing alone will not be cared for even if they shout loudly.

Of course, this qiē is not accidental, when it comes to credit, more than half of it should be attributed to the swallow, and less than half is to Hong Tao. The reason is very simple, Yanzi has discovered a resource, and Hong Tao has made full use of this resource, not only now. I'll have to use it again in the future!

As early as when Yanzi returned to the United States, she did what Hong Tao wanted. She introduced AIGO and F&A to the feminist organization she was a member of, and raised $30,000 in donations from these two companies. More than a month before the launch of the conference. Nina and Tan Jing met Barbara's mother, Ms. Caroline, in Los Angeles, and they had dinner together.

Seeing that Nina and Tan Jing are so young and not a few years older than their daughter, they have already started their own businesses and opened their companies in distant China, the most important thing is that the top executives of these two companies are actually young women, which is rare in the United States. Therefore, Ms. Caroline felt very relieved and encouraged, and it also strengthened her belief that she would do her best for the cause of women's rights.

As a result, Ms. Caroline began to lobby Nina and Tan Jing to join their organization, and gave them a regular establishment. I want the two of them to set up a branch office in Toronto to expand the influence of the organization. After all, Canada is also a foreign country, and when we talk about it in the future, our organization is all over the country and abroad, which sounds good, so Caroline also warmly invited Nina and Tan Jing to live in her hotel.

Nina and Tan Jing didn't have the right to be the master, so they called Hong Tao that night, told Caroline in detail, and told Hong Tao about the general situation of the organization. Let Hong Tao finally make a decision. Hong Tao probably listened to it, and consulted Han Yan and Yulia again, and there were no mandatory legal provisions before deciding to join this organization. It will not affect the normal operation of the company, and immediately sue Sù Nina and Tan Jing to join. Tan Jing is the helmsman of the Toronto rudder, and Nina is the deputy helmsman. As for why this arrangement, Hong Tao still has a layer of meaning. Because Tan Jing is Asian. As for when you can use it, who knows, you may not use it for a lifetime, and you may use it next month.

Hong Tao's judgment was very accurate, and it was precisely because it became a remote branch of this "Majority Foundation", even if it was only a peripheral of its peripheral organization, it immediately received its due reward. Ms. Caroline still has a lot of influence in Los Angeles and even Southern California, and her friends are not only business people, but also politicians. When she heard that Nina and Tan Jing were going to launch the company's new products in San Jose, she volunteered to be a promoter and salesman for them, and took them to several private parties. The collaboration with Dell was finalized at a private party. Even the venue of the press conference was contacted by Ms. Caroline, who is her alma mater and one of the sponsors of the school.

Of course, the success of the launch was only the first step. Dell's contract also only ordered 10,000 mice, with a total value of less than $1.3 million. It should only be regarded as a friendship contract, it is to see Ms. Caroline's face to help support, whether the real cooperation will continue to be slowly discussed, and whether it will be OEM production or authorized production in the end has not yet been decided.

However, Hong Tao is not in a hurry, with the emergence of the graphics operating system, the role of the mouse will become more and more important, this point of view is not his own, but the consensus of the computer industry. It was only a matter of time before this optical mouse of its own surpassed the ordinary mechanical mouse in all respects and became a qualified replacement. Of course, a new product, especially a new product that wants to replace the old product, whether at home or abroad, must be resisted by the old product, and the optical mouse is no exception. Those manufacturers who produce traditional mechanical mice are certainly not happy that their technology and equipment are outdated, and they are not willing to pay for new licenses.

Fortunately, the press conference of AIGO and F&A was relatively high-grade, which attracted the attention of the computer industry, and also pulled a Dell company as a shield, so that it could avoid some malicious attacks, at least to take a breath, and not to face various patent lawsuits as soon as it came up. With this precious buffer time, Nina and Tan Jing can spread their influence more, as long as there are enough companies to sign a contract, and the problems behind can be solved, and no manufacturer or company is willing to make a public outrage.

For these problems, Hong Tao can only put forward some guiding opinions, and he can't do anything about the specific operation, which depends on the personal ability of Nina, Tan Jing and Han Yan, and of course, Ms. Caroline. Now that she has regarded Nina and Tan Jing as her comrades, juniors and business partners, she can't say that she takes care of them in every way, at least she is more caring. She can help Nina and Tan Jing a lot, especially in terms of connections. Sometimes you want to talk to a senior official of a company, but you can't find it or make an appointment. But if you follow Caroline to a private party, you may be able to meet, and you can talk about it with less vigilance, and many problems and misunderstandings may be solved in this glass of wine and a dance music.

What Hong Tao needs to do now is to keep an eye on the production link, stabilize the supply chain from raw materials to chips, and provide Tan Jingnina with as many finished products that meet the quality requirements as possible, and strive to make the new product of the photoelectric mouse known and accepted by Americans in the shortest possible time. For China, Hong Tao couldn't take care of it for the time being, so he didn't even have a press conference, but just placed two samples on the Patriot computer monopoly counter, and didn't give any number, so he marked a price tag of 1,500 yuan.

This price is nearly twice as expensive as the retail price in the United States, which is not that Hong Tao wants to make money in the country, on the contrary, he does not plan to make money in China, but he has to make his computer store appear more than other stores, let everyone see, here is even the world's most powerful mouse just released in the United States, but unfortunately you can't afford it! That's why he deliberately marked such a high price.

It's a pity that Hong Tao underestimated the enthusiasm of the Chinese people, and the two mice were only on the shelves for three days, and then they were bought by different people on the same day. When Hong Tao heard the news, in addition to helplessness, he could only be helpless, he once again asked Wang Yonghong to send two mice to the computer store, and then wrote the words that the samples will not be sold, this time he didn't even dare to write the price.

Although there are more than 30 skilled workers available, it is still difficult for the mouse factory to increase production in a short period of time. This mouse production line mainly relies on manual welding and assembly, and only a small number of automatic machines are assisted by a small number of automatic machines when spraying trademarks and packaging. Its designed annual output is about 3 million, and the current output can only reach 500 per day, and the genuine rate is only more than 80 percent, and the most optimistic estimate will take three or four months to reach half of the design level.

It's nonsense to say that it's not in a hurry, but there's no way to be in a hurry, now Hong Tao has thought of all the ways he can think of, and if he thinks about it quickly, he has to find an OEM factory to do it. At present, it seems that there is no need for that, and the mouse factory has a second phase of the project that has not been built, as long as the sales channels and quantity of this new mouse rise, Hong Tao will immediately order the construction of the second phase of the project. In this way, it only takes another four months, and the production capacity of the mouse factory will quadruple to reach the level of 700 to 8 million mice per year, which is also the highest production capacity that this factory can achieve.

On this issue, Hong Tao, Han Xue, Yuria, and Gu Hongde were divided into two factions and quarreled almost every day. Hong Tao and Han Xue are both the kind of view that a little wealth is peace, and they resolutely do not take risks, believing that even if the output cannot keep up with the sales, they will never rashly invest in expanding production, and would rather license it to other manufacturers and then collect patent fees, rather than play with their lives to grab this first bite of meat.

Gu Hongde and Yulia think that judging from the effect of the press conference, the news reports in North America in recent days, and the feedback from Nina and Tan Jing, the prospects for this kind of optical mouse are still good. At least now there are no manufacturers jumping out to make trouble, and many dealers are also interested in this mouse, so they should seize this opportunity to maximize profits. We will strive to make AIGO an instant hit as a company and brand in North America, and then seek to go public, and then expand production, and gradually move towards the position of the world's No. 1 mouse manufacturer. (To be continued......)