Computers are a relatively large market.
The current computer market is mainly desktop computers, notebook computers, and tablet computers.
Among them, notebook computers account for about 70% of total sales, with the remaining about 20% desktop computers and about 10% tablets.
The global annual shipment volume of notebook computers is about 200 million units, and in China it is about 60 million units.
The average selling price is about 5k yuan.
In other words, this is a large market worth RMB 300 billion domestically and trillions in the international market.
Of course, the most profitable one is Apple.
March was spent in Wu Zhou’s busy life without touching the ground.
On April 2, Juchang and Aiying Group formally signed a cooperation agreement.
After that, a new company will be established, the business departments will be connected, and the recruitment of relevant personnel will be accelerated.
Wu Zhou wants to use his computer
At the same time, during this period, there were various discussions within the company about the cooperation with Juchang.
Because Juchang is still very well-known among ordinary people.
"This is a two-way trip. We, Mr. Wu, are loyal fans of Juchang."
"Haha, no, not all the mobile phones used by our company's employees before, but 80% were from Juchang. As for the leadership, all of them were."
"Now that Juchang has cooperated with our company, if I buy something from Juchang, can I also pay the internal price?"
"It should be possible. We'll talk about it later. I just don't know what this cooperation is. It's mysterious. I just said cooperation and there are no details."
"What else can we cooperate with? Our company's biggest strength is the operational capabilities of the e-commerce department. We will most likely be allowed to sell Juchang's products."
"Probably not. If that were the case, the e-commerce department would have been active long ago. It wouldn't be as quiet as it is now."
"Which of your eyes can tell that it's quiet? Take a good look at the Human Resources Department. They've added a lot of recruitment positions, including a lot more positions for engineers and designers."
"Is this a big move?"
"When did our President Wu make small moves? Did he forget how our President Wu will enter the medical industry later this year?"
"Can it be the same? The medical field is a big money burner, and we, Mr. Wu, directly use our ability to buy it. Of course it costs a lot. Although those companies are not small, but compared to Juchang, they are just It’s completely unsatisfactory. Even though Mr. Wu is rich, he shouldn’t be rich enough to use the same method for the chrysanthemum factory, right?"
"It's definitely incomparable. It actually has sales of hundreds of billions a year and profits of hundreds of billions. The profits are higher than our company's performance."
"Stop chatting. The more you talk, the more nonsense you get. We won't know what will happen next. We are in the company and we have first-hand information."
The atmosphere of the entire company is quite good.
In early April, the shortage of masks in European and American countries has been alleviated to some extent.
Because a large number of Aiying Group masks are being shipped one after another and even arriving.
"China's masks, shift, how can you use China's masks with such a serious virus? I want 3M. It must be 3M, or Honeywell, why is it from China?" A medical nurse said After receiving the masks distributed by the hospital, I saw that the source of the above standards was China, and I couldn't help but swear.
"Okay, Anna, please be quiet for a while. The higher ups also want to purchase 3M masks, but you have to know that 3M masks have been sold out for a long time. Even if they are producing day and night now, it is far from enough for us. It’s a good thing to have masks now. And this mask is not as bad as you think.”
With that said, the medical staff handed the complaining nurse Anna a color and asked her to try it.
Nurse Anna is in a situation where there is no mask available, unless she wants to extend the 3M mask that the wearer is currently wearing, but the follow-up 3M mask is far away.
She had no choice.
In desperation, she finally reluctantly accepted the mask handed over by her friend.
There was only a safe space, disinfection, and wearing. After about ten minutes, she walked out of the safe room.
At this moment, there was some surprise on her face.
"Does this mask really have a protective effect? Why do I feel that its airtightness is not that good? I don't dare to breathe hard when I put it on." She is used to wearing 3m masks, but now she wears Qiao Fei's mask. , the wearing comfort is immediately improved.
Of course, these are not the most important things at the moment. What she cares about most at the moment is safety. Before life is threatened, the comfort of wearing it is not important at all.
At this moment, a lady in a doctor's white coat and gold-rimmed glasses came hurriedly in, with a tired look on her face.
After coming in, she collapsed directly on the ground. She was tired and needed to rest for a while.
If he was in his own office, God knows, he would be called away later to continue treating patients.
So the locker room was the place she found to be lazy.
But what I didn't expect was that there were two nurses inside.
I glanced around, and then I saw a whole box of unpacked masks not far away, the packaging looked pretty good.
"Let me change the mask." Murphy said with a smile, pointing to the mask not far away.
"Dr. Murphy, don't you even use 3M?" Nurse Anna asked doubtfully. After all, she knew that Dr. Dana was a doctor who directly rescued seriously ill patients on the front line. This kind of doctor on the front line should not Use the best mask.
Murphy was slightly startled when he heard this, but then he reacted with a smile on his face. "This brand of masks has undergone detailed protective testing in the hospital. The effect is no worse than that of 3M, and the wearing comfort is far better than that of 3M. So, why not use it?"
"The hospital has tested it? Is it better than 3M? Really?" Anna was even more surprised. With her influence, she felt that 3M should be the best. After all, she had always used 3M before, and Huaxia's How can a mask be better than 3M's?
But after hearing Dr. Murphy's words, I subconsciously took a deep breath at this moment, feeling the ease of breathing and the direct contact between the tip of my mouth and nose and the mask. I had to admit in my heart that at least wearing it is indeed much more comfortable than the 3M one. .
If the protective effect is really no worse than 3M, then she will definitely choose it too
Many thoughts passed through Anna's mind.
"But only protection can be achieved, but medical masks are not only protective, they also need to have antibacterial and antiviral ingredients, so as to maximize the protection of medical staff." Anna argued again, she still didn't I believe that Chinese masks can be better than American brands.
Murphy nodded after hearing this, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. At this moment, he even found a seat and sat down.
"You don't have to worry about this. Our testing agency in the United States has already tested it." Murphy said, rummaging through the photo album on his mobile phone. After about a minute, his sliding finger stopped and found the photo. Click to enlarge.
Then it was placed in front of Anna, the two nurses with curious faces.
The two came closer, stretched their heads, and looked at Murphy's mobile phone.
Murphy continued at this time, with a lazy tone, "And this brand of masks is the best sold in China. It is widely used in the medical system. Many of my doctor friends in China also use this mask." Masks, when I knew I was short of masks some time ago, I sent some specially from China." Murphy said and even subconsciously wanted to touch his own mask, but just thinking about it, he put his hand away in mid-air. Come down.
At this moment, Anna opened her mouth wide, still not convinced of the quality of Huaguo's masks.
"But the medical level in China." Anna doesn't think highly of China's medical level.
The gap between the two sides is still very obvious now.
For example, the number of ICU beds in the United States is about 34.7 per 100,000 people, and the number of ventilators is about 26.2 per 100,000 people.
In China, the number of ICU beds is about 3.6 per 100,000 people, and the number of ventilators is about 3.8 per 100,000 people.
It’s only about one tenth, which is a huge difference.
"It's normal over there, but what about us?" Murphy wouldn't say anything to a little nurse. Anna has not come into contact with doctors in China, but she has. There are many top doctors in China, even if they are It is among the best in the world, and American medical care is mainly strong in the field of biomedicine.
Murphy said these words slowly, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was half asleep. This period of time is too tiring, and depending on the situation, there will be more and more in the future. There is still some time to be lazy now, but there may be no time in the future.
Anna didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Dr. Murphy, do you think we can recover quickly like those in China?" Another nurse asked in a slightly lower tone.
"What do you think?" Murphy didn't answer, just asked casually.
But before the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, she stood up again and walked out of the short rest area.
The R&D headquarters of 3M in the United States.
As the world's most professional manufacturer of protective masks, the company's mask orders in recent times, both in volume and purchase price, have far exceeded last year. It can be said to be an explosion of performance. Countries around the world are rushing to buy their masks.
But at this moment, the company's executives were frowning deeply at the report in front of them.
Antibacterial and antiviral test report of Qiao Feijia mask material.
And compared some of the details with 3M's current best antibacterial materials.
Compare the effectiveness of killing viruses in the same time.
The material of Qiao Fei's masks is at least 91% higher than that of 3M, which is almost double.
"What about detailed ingredient testing? We have so many patents related to masks, haven't they infringed on them?" Mike looked at his R&D director seriously and asked in a deep voice, with an uncertain expression on his face.
After all, as the world's largest manufacturer of medical masks, their masks have always been the first choice for medical staff. The reason is, of course, that they have better protective effects.
But now a new brand from China has a better protective effect than their most advanced masks, which he cannot accept.
"Relevant anti-viral ingredients are being further tested, but there are no results yet. As for patent infringement, we haven't found it yet." The head of the R&D department lowered his head.
"Then hurry up and get the results as quickly as possible. If this Chinese brand hasn't applied for a patent yet, we must hurry." Mike said loudly.
In most cases, patents are granted on a first-come, first-served basis. That is, if two or more people or companies both claim to patent the same invention or innovation, the application is submitted to the patent office first to the person or company are eligible for a patent.
Most Chinese companies do not pay much attention to the registration of international patents, so many patents that are clearly Chinese have been registered by foreign countries.
But after saying that, I also noticed that the person in front of me was from the R&D department, not the company's patent department, so it was useless to say this.
He waved his hand and let him go down in a very bad mood.
Of course, before leaving, I warned him that if the R&D department could not find a way to be more protective than this Chinese mask as soon as possible, then he could get out.
The head of the R&D department left the president's office in embarrassment with his head lowered.
Soon after, I called the person in charge of the company’s intellectual property department and asked him to check whether Aiying Group’s patents related to masks had been registered.
About 20 minutes later, I got a reply.
"Boss, in terms of anti-viral materials alone, the Aiying Group has been applying since last year. It has applied for 17 patents, all of which have applied for "priority review", and 5 patents have been approved. , there are still 12 pending approval, and in addition there are 6 appearance patents for masks, and these patents have been approved in China."
The average review cycle for utility model patents in the United States is about 21.9 months, while the average review cycle for invention patents is 14.1 months. If you are willing to spend money and get priority review, the time can be shortened to 6-12 months.
Moreover, after the new technologies related to Aiying Company are released, they usually start to apply for patents in major global markets and major sales countries.
This is not a small expense, because patents are issued on a country or region basis and require separate registration in each country or region.
Therefore, when it comes to registering patents, a company without any strength will simply not be able to register a global patent, and it will cost too much money.
Even though Wu Zhou was not short of money, he registered after screening.
Things need to be prioritized. It is a waste of time to worry about the minutiae.
For example, there are more than 190 countries recognized by the United Nations, of which only about 80 have a population of over 10 million.
In most small places with a population of several million, there is no need to apply because the market is too small.
As for those with a population of more than 10 million, and if some places are particularly poor, there is no great need.
There is a high probability that they will not become consumers of Aiying Group's products, so what is the use of applying for patents there.
Plus, some places are quite friendly.
For example, in Europe, Europe has a common patent system called European Patent, which applies to most countries in Europe (member states of the European Patent Organization). The applicant submits an application to the European Patent Organization to obtain a European patent. Once approved, it will be effective in most European countries without the need to apply for a separate patent in each member state.
The head of the intellectual property department said, and Mike was silent for a long time.
"okay, I get it."
A Chinese company brand that I have never heard of has actually applied for registered patents in all major countries around the world.
At this time, he suddenly remembered the report given to him by the person in charge of Greater China some time ago.
In this mask incident, the mask market first started to be snapped up in China. However, she was quite happy to see the performance data of Greater China, which showed that the entire revenue of last year was completed in these three months.
But now, after the same thing happened in the United States, I felt something was wrong when I looked at the market growth.
"Mr. Ding, I hope you can tell me honestly, is China's Aiying Group encroaching on our market?"
(End of chapter)
