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Chapter 149 Meeting

Catherine sorted out her plan, and she thought it was pretty good. It would not cause trouble to herself, but could also achieve the goal of mutual benefit.

"Westinghouse, General Motors..." Then Catherine frowned, "Panasonic..."

Dealing with Japanese manufacturers is really troublesome sometimes.

Japanese manufacturers, especially these multinational companies, have government and state support behind them, and various tax rebate methods are emerging in an endless stream, maintaining a great advantage over American companies.

But for the other two families, Catherine didn't have to worry.

The enemy of Westinghouse Electric Company was never Catherine, but General Electric founded by Edison.

Enemies who unite for small interests will soon fall apart in the face of greater interests.

After all, Catherine only had conflicts with each other over the TV set, while the conflicts between GM and Westinghouse existed in competition including various home appliances. They could be said to be inextricable rivals.

Negotiation is a long-term job, and Catherine is ready for a protracted battle.

"Hello, gentlemen."

Catherine was wearing old school clothes and glasses.

Since she did this last time, Catherine has discovered that there is really such a thing as "aura". After changing into a new outfit, her whole temperament is completely different. The current outfit is just right.

Opposite are the heads of Westinghouse, General Motors and Panasonic.

At the beginning of the negotiation, there seemed to be some gunpowder. After all, Catherine had given them a headache for a while.

"With all due respect, the concept of color difference components is indeed very good. It will produce a qualitative improvement in the picture of TV videos... But there is one thing that I regret. Because I don't think our TVs need such an interface.

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The speaker was a representative from General Electric.

"Yes, it's impossible with today's televisions, but..."

Catherine glanced at Elsa, she understood and immediately sent the information in her hand. It must be said that Elsa is indeed a good secretary.

"We have dazzling technology."

Dazzling Technology, this is the name Catherine gave herself to Trinlon.

A spiral flame is the logo of this technology.

The reason why it is called this is because the dazzling technology is very fashionable and sounds much better than Trinlon or Diamond.

Looking at this information, the other person was quickly shocked.

Junpei This is actually Junpei?

The allure of the screen was huge, and Catherine knew it.

Most of today's TV sets are spherical, and the display screen of the TV protrudes outwards. However, after using Catherine's dazzling technology, the TV set can be made flat.

Not only that, if the data of Dazzle Vision Technology is really as stated on this paper, the display effect will be very powerful.

They quickly discussed it with the think tank behind them.

"We need to see the real thing, otherwise we can't be sure whether the parameters of this thing are what you said."

"Of course."

Catherine has already prepared things.

For this display technology, Catherine has registered patents for Trinitron, Diamondon, and the dazzling technology that combines them. In this regard, Catherine is not afraid of being taken advantage of.

"Our dazzling technology can be licensed to you at a very favorable price."

Catherine dropped a bombshell again.

If integrated circuit TV has changed the crude playback conditions of the past, then Dazzle Vision technology has undoubtedly turned TV into a kind of enjoyment.

Catherine's actions were naturally not without cost.

A label must be placed on the upper right corner of every TV, which is the logo of Dazzle Vision Technology.

When advertising, if you use Apple accessories, you must also use Intel-inside or Intel-inside.

Catherine learned this method from later laptop computers.

In the 21st century, laptops will have logos such as Intel, Nvidia, etc. on the area under the keyboard to describe the accessories inside the machine. Some people also buy new labels and stick them on them to install 13.

Of course, there are also desktop computers, but what Catherine sees more of them are used on laptop computers, because laptop computers can be carried around and the power to install 13 is more powerful than desktop computers.

But Catherine knows that this is actually a business method.

Try to think about it, a person buys a TV, and then in the upper right corner is his own trademark. This is simply more useful than the most overwhelming advertising.

"I think... we need to think about it."

Then, the first day of negotiations ended.

Things cannot be rushed. Although the technical concept given by Catherine is very good and powerful, the other party is only a representative after all, and specific matters need to be discussed with the company.

Catherine took this opportunity to visit her unfinished manor.

The buildings of the manor have already taken shape. At this time, American workers would work overtime as long as they were paid, which was much better than the later workers who were constantly asking for raises and going on strike.

Therefore, the construction of the manor was faster than Catherine imagined.

"Elsa, this will be our home from now on, doesn't it feel good?"

"Um."

Elsa nodded.

"Well... let's move here next year."

The work place here is very tight, and the environment here is really good for me.

After viewing the manor, Catherine came to her company's new headquarters.

"Noah".

It's not finished here either.

"Noah" adopts a rounded triangular structure, somewhat like a hollow pyramid, with three parts occupying one corner respectively.

Although it is triangular, most of the equipment will be placed on the first floor of the ground floor. The huge protruding triangular steel frame structure is, to be honest, just a symbol.

Since many current technologies are unavailable, when planning, Catherine reserved many things such as network cables and wiring.

Catherine will need to interconnect the company's intranet in the future. However, considering the possibility of cybercrime such as hackers - not yet -, Catherine will physically isolate the company's intranet from the external network. Of course, maintaining communication with the outside

Contact is still necessary.

Now, Ralph Roberts, the president of American Telecom, is discussing network construction issues with Stanford University.

Catherine is planning to connect several universities to the Internet and show it to the Pentagon. After all, there is still no sign of the second batch of funding.

"The evil Congress of the United States."

Catherine complained.

Then, the second round of negotiations began a few days later.

Dazzling technology is Catherine's trump card. As long as we have Dazzling technology, the standard of chromatic aberration will not be a problem.

"Why not use rgb mode? Wouldn't it be better to use three primary colors?" Someone asked again, this time it was a technical question.

"Yes." Catherine replied, "That is indeed the case. But the premise is that the viewer is a superman or an alien. For humans, within the range of our vision, the color gamut that lab can display is,

Far more than RGB, using color difference terminals will give viewers a better visual experience."

Component-connected TVs should be called yr or yr, but now that Catherine is the maker, she uses the same input name as the computer, and no one will object.

After saying this, Catherine added: "And the color difference line supports black and white movies very well. If you use color difference input, it will not waste resources like RGB, because in the color difference line, the brightness is input separately, and RGB

It requires cooperation among the three.”

"In the future, TV pictures will get better and better, but the current video interface will gradually be eliminated by the market, and the color difference interface can be called a perfect interface. When researching access equipment

, we can all save a lot of money, and this can even be said to solve the problem of video input once and for all..."

Olson added another paragraph after Catherine.

"We want to hear concrete plans."

The Westinghouse representative began to ask questions, breaking the deadlock in the negotiations.

The GE representative looked at the Westinghouse representative with a frown.

The other party's uncooperative attitude was obviously to extract more benefits, but the GM representative obviously did not expect that Westinghouse would kick him.

The other party actually started fighting among themselves.

"Okay, sir." Olson stood up at this time, then opened the slide projector and began to explain the principles of color difference to these people.

The second negotiation ended quickly. In these two negotiations, Panasonic's representatives were like soy sauce. In fact, compared to Catherine's current technical level, Japanese companies also

It can only be soy sauce.

However, Catherine believed that it would only take two or three more times at most before the other party would start to agree.

In fact, Catherine was very lucky. By the time of the third negotiation, Westinghouse and Panasonic had already asked Catherine in detail about their plans to set standards. In the end, General Electric had to choose to compromise.

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Taking advantage of several breaks, Catherine also prepared a special logo for component input, which looks like a rainbow. Any TV that supports component input can have this label.

However, what Catherine did not expect was that precisely because of her labeling actions, it would gradually become popular later, and some people blindly believed that as long as more labels can be put on the TV, it means that the TV

The machines have become more premium and have even spawned a sticker industry - although this is illegal.

After several negotiations, it was already approaching October. Catherine simply entrusted the matter completely to Olson, and she chose to leave.

Catherine still needs to do one more important thing in November: pass the SAT exam.

There are many opportunities to take the SAT test throughout the year, and Catherine is now preparing to pass the test in November.

Therefore, Catherine started reviewing a month in advance in order to pass the SAT.