Rebirth 1999: Opening up the era of black technology

"Then you will pick me up?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"I'll be there in an hour, and I'll treat you to the best hot pot in Jiangzhou."

Chen Xiao played a live game at home and waited for Wang Xiang.

The 11181 website can still bring a certain amount of influence to Chen Xiao every day, but compared to the R&D motherboard, it is still far behind. The most points every day are 0.5 points, and the lowest times are only about 0.001.

This shows that the system has its own set of calculation models, and it also proves that influence is really difficult to earn!

The glass in Chen Xiao's house was not soundproof, so Wang Xiang honked the horn below and heard it.

Today, Wang Xiang still owns the Yanjing Old Jeep 212 from the electronics factory. Chen Xiao couldn't help but look at the car a few more times.

An hour later, the two arrived in Jiangzhou.

Wang Xiang showed the VCD prototype to Chen Xiao.

VCDs are indeed very thin and light, about the size of two CD players.

Looking at the appearance, the VCD is indeed very beautiful, in line with the more popular aesthetics, and looks much better than the previous big lumps.

Wang Xiang plugged the VCD cord into the TV and took out a VCD of Jackie Chan's "Thunderbolt" movie and put it in.

Turn on the computer and play.

The picture on the TV appears stable.

Wang Xiang took out the remote control again and tried the fast forward, rewind, pause, violent fast forward and other functions. The VCD functioned stably and there were no jams or crashes.

The technology is very mature compared to the old-fashioned VCD!

Wang Xiang said: "This is based on the motherboard diagram you gave us last time with some improvements, so that we can get a thin and light VCD. We also spent a lot of effort to get the micro magnetic head inside."

Wang Xiang said with some excitement: "What? The competition in the VCD market is very cruel now, but the profits are also very high. As long as we can carve out a way out, we can occupy the market!"

VCD was invented by people from Xia State, who also had the world's first VCD brand - Wanyan.

Because she was the first to try something new, Wan Yan also expanded the VCD industry from several million to more than one billion RMB.

Wan Yan followed the path of producing hardware, advertising, acquiring film and music copyrights, and selling VCD discs.

This approach was also used by many Internet companies before Chen Xiao was reborn, but it turned into a model of video websites acquiring copyrights and selling memberships.

However, because Wanyan did not think about applying for a patent when developing VCD, VCD did not have a patent. In the 1990s when the legal system was not perfect, various VCD production companies swarmed in. A motherboard decoder and a plastic box were a VCD.

Later, the price of VCD dropped from 4,000 to 5,000 yuan to a little over 1,000 yuan. Some copycat products were only 8, 900 or even 4, 500 yuan. It was simply unprofitable for big manufacturers.

VCD was completely dead around 2000 under the pressure of involution and new technologies.

Wang Xiang still hopes that his products can be recognized by him.

Chen Xiao did not comment directly, but said: "Now that DVDs have begun to become popular in the market, and home computers are also increasing. Now that we are still making VCDs, will the technology be too backward? Will we do this now..."

Wang Xiang thought about this problem and said: "Although the picture quality of DVD is clearer than VCD and the disc stock is larger, it is very expensive."

After graduating from a prestigious school, Wang Xiang worked as a technical director in an electronics factory for so many years. He still has his own grasp of the market. "The technical patents for DVD decoding, motherboards, etc. are all abroad. Even if we have mastered them, we cannot produce them casually."

"To produce a DVD, you have to pay expensive patent fees. After all the calculations, the company has almost no profit. At the same time, the price of DVD is at least 1,500 yuan or more, and a better one is about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. This is not something ordinary people can afford.

Got up."

"We produce VCDs with the gimmick of being thin and light. We want them to look better and be lighter than DVDs, but our consumer base is the vast majority of third- and fourth-tier cities and rural areas."

"People in these areas have low incomes and cannot afford DVDs worth around two thousand dollars. VCDs worth a few hundred thousand or more are their necessities."

This is the truth, but what killed VCD was not DVD at all, but involution and updated computer storage technology.

Chen Xiao said: "I don't agree with the production of this thing. In the future, the price of computers and other electronic products will be cheaper. Consumers, whether in rural or urban areas, will have higher and higher requirements for image quality. Those who have eaten japonica rice will not

Let’s eat rice bran again. Brother Xiang, I can say without mercy that VCD is a backward technology.”

Intellectuals all have their own arrogance. Wang Xiang thinks he has been in the industry for so many years, while Chen Xiao, although talented in integrated circuits, does not know the market very well.

Wang Xiang's face was not very happy.

Chen Xiao: "My suggestion is that De'Longhi should move away from OEM VCD and DVD as soon as possible. Making CNC machine tool motherboards is better than this. If there is an opportunity, it can cooperate with Lianxiang and ASUS to try to introduce production lines and make

Accumulating technology through computer motherboard OEM is a good way."

In 2000, the semiconductor industry in the Wanwan region had already taken off. If some production capacity could be transferred at this time, it would also be of great benefit to the semiconductor development in the Xia mainland region in the future.

At this time, the boss Li Delong and other senior executives of Delong Electronics Factory also came.

Li Delong asked: "Brother Chen, do you think there are any technical problems with our VCD?"

Chen Xiao told the truth: "There is no problem. The technology of VCD motherboards is now very mature. This time, in order to make a thin and light VCD, the folding design of the motherboard is also very clever."

Li Delong laughed and said: "Okay! I feel relieved with your words! We have applied for the trademark of Delong VCD. After the Spring Festival, the factory will be at full capacity to produce VCD. Our estimate is that annual sales will reach 1 million units."

above!"

The data that Li Delong said was not random, but was combined with the current market. In the eyes of Delong's senior management, many rural areas still have the potential to purchase VCDs.

Looking at the ambitious Li Delong, Wang Xiang and others, Chen Xiao chose to shut up.

After all, not everyone is born again, and there is no God's perspective. Only after you experience some things can you know what is right or wrong.

"Let's go, let's go! Eat hot pot! Eat hot pot!"

The small goal Li Delong has set for himself is to become the leader of VCD in the country in the next three years and adopt the strategy of surrounding the cities from rural areas.

Chen Xiao feels that this goal is quite easy to achieve, because during the period from 2000 to 2001, various VCD manufacturers were like a plague, with heavy casualties and no one left.

Three years later, De'Longhi will become a big boss as long as he sells dozens of VCDs.

After dinner, Wang Xiang drove home from Chen Xiao.

In the car, Chen Xiao could only say: "Brother Xiang, I know you won't listen to my advice now, but please be careful, VCD is really a trap."