Late October.

Four months have passed since the release date of the "Xinghai II" computer.

For the sales of this computer, Li Yuanliang, the manager of the marketing department, reported to him:

"Mr. Chen, now in the personal computer market, Xinghai computer occupies 60% of the new market, the traditional computer is losing step by step, and even forcing Microsoft to repeatedly reduce the price of the genuine operating system, as long as 50 yuan can be used genuine."

"But it's still useless, compared with our Xuanyuan operating system, the indos system is uncompetitive and is being eliminated by the market, after all, they are not only expensive, there are many backdoors and loopholes, and the experience is not as good as ours, consumers know how to choose."

Chen Jin glanced at him: "Don't talk so much nonsense, I'm asking about the sales of Xinghai Computer, don't talk so much nonsense." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Li Yuanliang said with a restrained smile: "According to the data submitted by agents at all levels, the current shipments of Xinghai computers are a total of 6.5 million units, including 3 million units of the Xinghai generation and 3.5 million units of the second generation of Xinghai, in addition to desktops accounting for about 60% and notebooks accounting for 40%. ”

"However, the sales of these millions of Xinghai computers are not equal to the revenue of our Xinghai Technology, we only sell the most core CPU. Because of the large purchase volume of downstream manufacturers and the online ordering of the majority of DIY players, our company's CPU shipments totaled 10 million pieces. ”

"The average price of each CPU is 1,800 yuan, which has brought a total of 18 billion revenue to the company, and the profit is about 10 billion."

Of course, the processor market is huge.

Because in addition to personal computers, they need to be equipped with CPUs, large servers, supercomputers, professional workstations, and advanced military equipment...... and so on.

In the Z country market alone, the annual processor sales are more than 100 billion.

If Xinghai Technology eats all this market!

It can create hundreds of billions of revenue and obtain more than 50 billion profits every year.

It can be said that Xinghai Technology has another big gold mine.

But......

Xinghai Technology's revenue this year is not very optimistic!

Compared with last year, there is even a significant trend of decline and contraction.

Li Yuanliang said worriedly: "Mr. Chen, the company's revenue this year may decline by more than 30% compared with last year. ”

"Now the market for sweeping robots is basically saturated, and the sales of wow robots have fallen by more than forty percent compared with last year."

"Medical robots are also not easy to sell, and there are several products with similar functions on the market, and the prices are cheaper, which has caused our sales to drop by 50%."

"Not to mention the intelligent learning machine, it is the main force of the company's revenue, last year's shipments were close to 100 million units, almost one per student, this year's demand is not good, the shipment is less than 30 million units, and next year's shipments are probably less."

"In addition, the company has launched several industrial robot products this year, and domestic factories have purchased them, and the sales volume is not bad, achieving a revenue of about 10 billion."

"Coupled with the CPU carried in the Xinghai computer, it has also become a profit growth point for the company's outstanding performance."

"But even so, it still can't resist the trend of declining revenue."

"Of course, the company's work assistant, virtual factory, special effects engine, game engine and other software products are performing well, and this year's revenue is expected to exceed 150 billion, an increase of 80% over last year, but due to the company's launch'Star Soft Alliance' and 'Star Brain Alliance', the profit rate of software products cannot keep up with the company's money burning speed...... And this money will burn for another one to two years, offsetting the profitability of software products. ”

"So, not only will the company's revenue fall sharply this year, but the company's earnings will also decline sharply, and the financial statements may not look very good."

Fortunately, Xinghai Technology is not a listed company, if shareholders see Xinghai Technology's revenue plummeting by 30% and profits plummeting by 50%, and come up with a rather ugly statement, I am afraid that they will immediately sell the stock, causing a wave of plummeting.

But this is also the law of the real economy.

Especially for hardware products, no matter how big the market is, there will always be a day when it will reach saturation, and the huge stock will limit your increment...... Some resemble the growth curves of living organisms.

There will be less and less pie to share.

There is no company that can get rid of this law, including Xinghai Technology.

Therefore, the decline in the company's revenue and profits will happen sooner or later.

The reason why many famous companies that were once powerful and famous have declined and disappeared is not because they did not work hard enough, but because of the laws of the market.

Especially in the field of cutting-edge technology, there are very few old companies known as "century-old brands" that have been strong for more than 100 years.

Chen Jinlong had expected this day.

He also has sufficient countermeasures to effectively curb the declining revenue trend of Xinghai Technology...... Maintain the scale of annual revenue of more than one trillion yuan.

After all, Xinghai Technology has only been established for more than four years, and it is impossible for him to accept it to enter a downward trajectory so quickly.

For at least 20 years, he will keep Xinghai Technology thriving.

On what basis did he dare to say such a thing?

Ultimate.

Constantly unleashing ultimate.

Constantly bring new profit growth points to Xinghai Technology, and never stop the pace of innovation.

For example, recently, the new material research department of Xinghai Technology has made a major breakthrough, completely conquered a new material technology, and entered the "era of free application" of the material.

Graphene.

This material is graphene, which doesn't sound very new.

Inside the conference room.

During a remote video call.

Tang Shengwu, who is in charge of the "Graphene" project, is extremely excited to report their results:

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Ling, and other leaders have made a breakthrough, and the graphene production technology has been completely broken through by us."

"Whether it is single-layer graphene, double-layer graphene, few-layer graphene or multi-layer graphene, or even special-shaped graphene, football ene, and substances with any carbon atomic structure, we can achieve mass production."

"And the production cost is not high, and it meets the standard of moving from the laboratory to full commercial use."

"Our research center can be said to be the first institution to reach this level, and we are the first to enter the free kingdom in the field of graphene, and there is nothing we can't produce graphene products that we want to produce."

"This research center of ours will bring this planet into the era of 'graphene' materials!"

Tang Shengwu's words did not have the slightest exaggeration.

Graphene is the world's thinnest but also the hardest nanomaterial, it is almost completely transparent, only absorbs 2.3% of light, thermal conductivity is as high as 5300 /m·K, higher than carbon nanotubes and diamond, its electron mobility at room temperature is more than 15000 cm2/V·s, and higher than nanotubes or silicon crystals, and the resistivity is only about 10-6 Ω·cm, lower than copper or silver.

Because of these excellent physical properties, graphene has an extremely wide range of applications and bright prospects.

For example, building the next generation of computers. Graphene is the material known to have the best electrical conductivity, a property that is particularly suitable for high-frequency circuits, and graphene will be an alternative to silicon that will be used to produce the supercomputers of the future, making them faster and less energy-intensive.

Cables used to make "space elevators". Scientists fantasize that in the future, space satellites will be connected to the ground with cables, and satellites will become wired kites, and scientists have finally found a special material that can make this space cable, which is graphene.

It can also be used as a liquid crystal display material. Graphene is a "transparent" conductor that can be used to replace the current liquid crystal display material and is used to produce the next generation of computers, TVs, and mobile phone displays.

Manufacture of a new generation of solar cells. Graphene transparent conductive film has high transparency for all infrared rays, including medium and far infrared rays, and is the most ideal material for a new generation of solar cells with very high conversion efficiency.

Manufacture of medical disinfectants and food packaging. Researchers have found that bacterial cells cannot grow on graphene, while human cells are not damaged. This property of graphene can be used to make bandages, food packaging, antibacterial clothing, bedding, etc.

Creation of "new super-strong materials". Graphene is a new generation of plastics that can be combined with toughness and ultra-thin, ultra-soft and ultra-light.

And graphene is suitable for making transparent touch screens, light transmission plates, photodetectors, etc.

Extremely versatile.

It can be called a material that can start a technological revolution.

However, graphene has not been fully promoted due to difficult production and high production costs.

And now, the R&D personnel of Xinghai Technology have completely cleared these obstacles.

A new era is coming.