There are various opinions about the dispute between Lenovo, Mr. Liu and Ni Guanlan.

The mainstream statement is of course the so-called dispute over the development routes of trade, industry and technology and technology.

However, no matter how the outside world or the parties involved explain and analyze it, for Wang Hongyi, everything can be verified through practice.

The disagreement between Ni Liu began in June and July 1994.

At that time, with the impact of international computer brands on the domestic market, the contact business also suffered a lot of pressure.

At the same time, the country regulates the macro economy, and government procurement has decreased. Lenovo has lost its main sales channel, and the company's performance continues to decline.

The RMB continues to depreciate again, and the cost of imported parts has greatly increased.

This series of reasons has led to a sharp decline in the market competitiveness of domestic computer brands.

In 1989, the market share of domestic computers was as high as 67%.

In 1993, the market share of domestic computer brands plummeted to 22%.

Domestic computers can be said to be in a defeat.

As the leader of domestic brands, Lenovo can be imagined.

Faced with this situation, domestic technology companies and computer companies have changed their development ideas one after another.

Basically, they all gave up the most difficult independent brand management and became agents of multinational brands.

If you don’t win the competition, you can take the initiative to work for foreign brands and earn some hard money.

Therefore, Great Wall agent ibm, Founder agent dec, and Sitong agent Conba.

Shi Yuzhu, the most popular one, switched to health care products.

Where to go and how to break through are placed in front of Mr. Liu and Ni Guanlan.

The two chose different directions of breakthrough, so they had a disagreement.

As a symbol of Lenovo's high-tech, Ni Guanlan is the inventor of Lenovo Hanka. Faced with the declining situation of the Hanka market, he decided to choose chips as a breakthrough point to create a new technological commanding height for Lenovo.

"Only by mastering the core technology, we can take the initiative, not only cope with the competition of foreign brands, but also go abroad and guide the war to the market of Western developed countries." Ni Guanlan's idea was very direct. He wanted to fundamentally change the dilemma caused by technological backwardness.

Of course, this is also the most difficult and uncertain road.

Internationally, Intel and other companies control the direction of chip technology.

If Lenovo can realize independent property rights knowledge in chip technology, it will undoubtedly lay a solid foundation for Lenovo and help it become a leading position in the global computer industry.

Ni Guanlan is not only a theoretical school, but also a practical worker. He determined the direction of chips, so he went to Shanghai and Feixingang this week to recruit talents everywhere.

It has led to Lenovo reaching a joint venture intention with Fudan University and Changjiang Computer Company, preparing to establish Lianhai Microelectronics Design Center, and is determined to vigorously develop integrated circuit chip design capabilities.

This is how the concept of "Loongson" comes from it.

This idea has received enthusiastic support from the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and is even prepared to promote the national investment plan.

However, this plan was firmly opposed by President Liu.

Mr. Liu's idea is more realistic. He believes that independent research and development of chips seems beautiful, but the risks are huge. With Lenovo's current strength, it cannot be supported at all.

"We have to admit that there is a huge gap between us and Western countries in the development of the electronics industry and cannot be compensated in one or two years."

In his opinion, China's current technical background, industrial foundation, capital strength and management capabilities cannot change the pattern of the world's computer industry.

In this case, Ni Guanlan's idea of ​​putting technology first is too idealistic, simply naive, completely out of the market reality.

Mr. Liu thought about how Lian wanted to survive and live a more nourishing life.

It’s not that you are burying your head on researching technology, and you may not even be successful.

Mr. Liu decided to increase the creation of his own brand, give full play to his cost advantages, implement industrial breakthroughs, and become stronger in the future. He will study technology and achieve a latecomer.

The differences between Ni and Liu are getting bigger and bigger, and the relationship is getting worse. Every work meeting ends in a quarrel.

Once upon a time, the two worked very closely, but they were intimate.

Mr. Liu once made a very vivid metaphor, "Some people are like pearls, and some people are not pearls and cannot shine like pearls, but they are a line that can string those pearls together and make a dazzling necklace. I think I am that line."

Now, the thread and the pearl have a violent conflict.

The media also began to intervene in the Ni Liu dispute, believing that this was a duel between the "market faction" and the "technical faction".

The two argued endlessly, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences sent a working group to investigate, and as a result, most of Lenovo's senior executives stood on the side of the reality Mr. Liu.

In early 1995, the outcome between the two gradually became clear.

On June 30, Ni Guanlan was removed from the position of chief engineer of Lenovo.

Mr. Liu transformed Lenovo according to his own ideas, and used equity reforms, calling for support for domestic brands and playing the patriotic brand.

He portrayed Lenovo as the flag bearer of the national computer industry, and advocated that Lenovo is representing domestic computer brands and launching a decisive battle with Western computer brands, claiming that this is a life-and-death national defense battle.

He lobbied around and sought government support, and repeatedly defeated multinational corporations in many policy procurement bidding.

He gave the 100,000th computer to Chen Jingrun, a famous mathematician who became a role model for Chinese intellectuals in the late 1970s for studying the "Goldbach Conjecture".

He forced the cost to control the chassis, and the chassis was made of the thinnest steel plate, and the process was also very rough, and the cost was only 1/8 of that of the imported chassis.

With the help of cheap advantages and national sentiment, Lenovo Computer's market share continues to increase.

Foreign computer brands are not suitable for this price war. They underestimate the enemy and react slowly.

By the end of 1995, Lenovo became the most popular brand among consumers, far surpassing foreign brands.

The technology of foreign computers has never been as low as that of domestic computers.

Lenovo won the battle and occupied the highest market share.

Many years later, Lenovo's computers were sold all over the world.

However, the domestic price of computers with the same configuration is much higher than that of foreign countries.

This high-tech company in China, which made Huawei so overwhelmed in 1994, has indeed been in full swing for a while.

However, more than 20 years later, the gap between the two sides is amazing.

In 2015, Huawei made a profit of 36.9 billion yuan, while Lenovo suffered a huge loss of 840 million yuan.

In 2016, Huawei's profit was 37.1 billion yuan and Lenovo's profit was 4.859 billion yuan.

In 2017, Huawei's profit was 47.5 billion yuan and Lenovo's profit was 5.048 billion yuan.

In 2018, Huawei's profit was 59.3 billion yuan and Lenovo's profit was 4.362 billion yuan.

To some extent, the huge gap can be regarded as a judgment on the Ni Liu dispute.

Saturday.

After dinner, Ni Guanlan sat on the sofa in his living room, thinking about the plan of "Longxin".

Although he had constant disputes with President Liu, his energy was mainly focused on his work.

"Dingdong, Dingdong..."

The crisp doorbell sound woke Ni Guanlan from her meditation.

When I opened the door, a young man with a smile stood at the door, holding a bag of fruit in his hand.

"Is it Academician Ni? Hello, I am Xie Li from Tianche Electronic Information Company. I took the liberty to visit. I want to ask you about some questions about electronic information, but I don't know if it's convenient..."
Chapter completed!