I Found A Planet - Chapter 301

Chapter 301: 301

By late October, it had been four months since the release of the “Xing Hai Second Generation” computer .

Marketing Manager, Li Yuan Liang, gave a report on the sales of this computer model . “President Chen, Xing Hai Computer now occupies 60% of the new sub-market that was created in the personal computer market . Little by little, it is pushing the traditional computer out of the game . Microsoft was even forced to repeatedly lower the price of its genuine operating system . You can buy and use it for as little as $50 . But it’s still useless . Compared with our Xuanyuan operating system, the Windows system is totally uncompetitive and is being eliminated by the market . After all, it’s not only expensive, it also has many backdoors and loopholes . The user experience is not as good as what we can provide . Consumers know which choice to make . ”

Chen Jin shot a glance at him, “Stop spouting nonsense . I am asking about the sales of the Xing Hai Computer . Why are you going off on a tangent and talking a mess?”

“Yes, yes, yes . ” Li Yuan Liang restrained his smile . “According to the data submitted by agents at all levels, the total number of Xing Hai Computers that have been shipped out currently stands at 6 . 5 million units . This includes 3 million units of Xing Hai First Generation and 3 . 5 million units of Xing Hai Second Generation . In addition, 60% of the quantity sold are desktops, notebooks account for the remaining 40% . But the sales revenue from these millions of Xing Hai Computers does not equate to the revenue of Xing Hai Technologies . We are only selling the most essential component – CPUs . Because of the large number of purchases from downstream manufacturers and the online ordering done by the majority of DIY players, our company’s outgoing shipments of CPUs totaled 10 million . The average price of one CPU is $1,800, which brings in a total of 18 billion in revenue to the company . The profit is about 10 billion . ”

The processor market was enormous . Besides personal computers, large servers, supercomputers, specialized workstations, advanced military equipment, and various other sectors also needed CPUs and processors . In Z country’s market alone, annual processor sales exceeded $100 billion .

If Xing Hai Technologies devoured this entire market, it could generate hundreds of billions in revenue every year and earn more than $50 billion in profits . It could be said that Xing Hai Technologies was sitting on a big gold mine .

But… Xing Hai Technologies’ revenue for this year was not too good! Compared to last year, it was even experiencing a trend of decline and shrinkage .

Li Yuan Liang said with a worried heart, “President Chen, the company’s revenue this year may be more than 30% lower than last year . The market for cleaning robots is basically saturated now . The sale of Wa-wah robots has fallen by more than 40% compared to last year . The medical robots are not selling well . Several similar products have appeared in the market, and their prices are cheaper, which has caused our sales to drop by 50% . There’s no need to expound on the intelligent learning machines . It is our main source of revenue . Last year’s outgoing shipments were close to 100 million units . Almost every student has one unit . This year’s demand is awful . The shipment volume is less than 30 million units . I’m afraid there will be even fewer shipments next year . In addition, the company has launched several industrial robot products this year . Domestic factories have purchased them across the board . The sales volume is still pretty good . We’ve achieved a revenue of around 10 billion . Moreover, the CPU installed in the Xing Hai Computer has become a very significant area for the company’s profit growth . But even then, we are still unable to withstand the downward trend in revenue . Of course, the company’s work assistants, virtual factories, special effects engines, game engines, and other software products have performed well . This year’s revenue is expected to exceed 150 billion, an increase of 80% compared to last year . However, because the company has launched the ‘Star Alliance’ and ‘Xing Hai Computer Alliance’, money is flowing out like water . The rate of profits from the software products can’t keep up with the company’s rate of spending… Moreover, we have to continue spending this money for one or two years . This would offset the profit from the software products . So, not only will the company experience a sharp fall in revenue this year, but the company’s profit will also experience a similar trend . The financial statements may look worrying . ”

Fortunately, Xing Hai Technologies was not a listed company . If shareholders saw the company’s revenue plummet by 30% and its profits plummet by 50%, which would be reflected in a rather ugly report, they would likely sell their shares immediately . This would result in a steep plunge in share prices . But this was the law of the real economy . This was especially true for hardware products . Saturation would occur sooner or later no matter how big the market was . Huge amounts of existing stock in the market would only limit your sales volume… This was somewhat similar to the growth curve of an organism . Pies that could be divided would lessen in number . No company could free themselves from this law, including Xing Hai Technologies .

Therefore, the decline in the company’s revenues and profits was something that would happen sooner or later . Many famous companies that had shaken the market and were once household names had since declined and disappeared . It was not because they did not work hard enough, it was because of the market rules . This was especially true for frontier fields like science and technology . Of those old companies reputed to be “100-year-old brands,” there were only a rare few who really endured for more than a hundred years .

Chen Jin long predicted this day . He also had sufficient countermeasures to effectively curb the decline of Xing Hai Technologies’ revenues and maintain the scale of annual revenues at over one trillion . After all, Xing Hai Technologies was established little more than four years ago . It was impossible for him to accept that it had so quickly gone into decline . He would maintain Xing Hai Technologies in a prosperous state for at least the next 20 years .

What right did he have to make such a bold statement? Huge strategic moves . Huge strategic moves that were constantly being executed . Those action plans would constantly create new areas of profit growth for Xing Hai Technologies . Their pace of innovation would never stop . For example, Xing Hai Technologies’ new materials research department recently made a major breakthrough . They conquered a new material technology and entered the “free application era” of this material .

Graphene . This material was exactly graphene, which did not sound all that novel .

In the conference room, on a remote video call, Tang Shengwu, who was in charge of the “Graphene” project, was extremely excited to report their results . “President Chen, CEO Ling, and other leaders, we have completely conquered graphene production technology . Whether it is single-layer graphene, double-layer graphene, reduced-layer graphene, or multi-layer graphene, even abnormally-shaped graphene like the Bucky Ball . We can prepare and mass produce any material that has a carbon atom structure . Moreover, the cost of production is not high . It has reached the standard where it can move out of the laboratory for full commercial use . Our research center can be said to be the first institution to achieve this standard . It is the first to enter the kingdom of free graphene application . We can manufacture any graphene product that we want to produce . Our research center will bring this planet into the era of ‘graphene’ materials!”

Tang Shengwu’s words were not exaggerated in the slightest . Graphene was the thinnest but also the hardest nanomaterial in the world . It was almost completely transparent and absorbed only 2 . 3% of light . Its thermal conductivity was up to 5300 W/m·K, which was higher than carbon nanotubes and diamonds . The vibrational frequency of its electrons at normal temperatures was over 15000 cm2/V·s, which was higher than that of carbon nanotubes or silicon crystals . Moreover, its resistivity was only about 10-6 Ω·cm, which was lower than copper or silver .

Due to these excellent physical properties, graphene had extremely broad and positive application prospects . For example, making the next generation of computers . Graphene was currently the material that was known to be the best in electric conductivity . This feature was especially suitable for high-frequency circuits . Graphene would be a substitute for silicon . It could be used to produce supercomputers in the future, making computers that could run faster and consume less energy .

It could be used to make a “space elevator” cable . Scientists imagined that space satellites would be connected to the ground by cables in the future . At that time, the satellites would become wired kites . Scientists finally found a special material that could make such space cables . This was graphene .

It could also be used as a liquid crystal display material . Graphene was a “transparent” conductor that could be used to replace current liquid crystal display materials for the production of the next generation of computers, televisions, and mobile phone displays .

It could also be used to create a new generation of solar cells . Transparent graphene conductive films were the most ideal material for a new generation of solar cells . Its high transparency would result in very high conversion efficiency for all infrared rays, including mid and long-ranged infrared rays .

It could also be used to manufacture medical disinfectants and food packaging . Researchers found that bacterial cells could not grow on graphene, but human cells were not damaged . This feature of graphene could be used to make bandages, food packaging, and also to produce antibacterial clothing, bedding, and the like .

It could also be used to create “new super-strong materials . ” Graphene and plastic composites could draw on their toughness and combine their ultra-thin, ultra-soft, and ultra-light characteristics . It was the next generation of new plastics .

Moreover, graphene was suitable for making transparent touchscreens and light-transmitting plates for photodetectors and the like .

It was extremely versatile . It was a material that could trigger a technological revolution . Previously, graphene had not been fully promoted due to difficulties in production and high production costs . Now, Xing Hai Technologies’ R&D personnel thoroughly cleared these obstacles .

A new era was coming .