Rebirth 1999: Opening up the era of black technology

Chen Xiao glanced at Wang Qin and said, "Sister Qin, do you like listening to music?"

Wang Qin is Zhou Linghua's secretary, but she is not an ordinary secretary, so she works more casually.

Several times, Chen Xiao watched Wang Qin take out a white Sony headset from her bag and put it into her ears to listen to music.

Wang Qin nodded and said, "I like it better."

Chen Xiao asked again: "What equipment does Sister Qin use to listen to music?"

Wang Qin took out a thin CD player from his bag and said, "This! It was a gift from Mr. Zhou."

"Cough cough cough!" Zhou Linghua coughed twice.

The CD player is from Sony, and it looks very expensive at first glance. It should be worth a thousand or two thousand.

Chen Xiao didn't know what Wang Qin was thinking, but girls in later generations would never put such a bulky CD in their bag.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao suddenly burst into laughter. Although technology is advancing, human behavior has not actually changed.

In the 1970s and 1980s, fashionable young people played music on their portable radios while walking, feeling very D-like.

In the 1990s and 2000s, fashionable young people carried Walkmans, CD players or MP3 players, and wore headphones to listen to music while walking. They also felt that they were very D, and then they thought that people with radios in the 1970s and 1980s were Tiehanhan.

It looks embarrassing.

In 2010 and 2020s, fashionable young people on the subway, in libraries, and on pedestrian streets were holding mobile phones and listening to music with wireless headphones. They felt that everyone in the car was paying attention to them, and they felt that the whole world belonged to them.

They are very fond of it. They also think that people who used CD players to listen to music in the 1990s were stupid for carrying such a bulky thing in their bags.

Chen Xiao said: "Actually, I got inspiration from the thin and light VCD. VCD is to decode MPEG format video files separately and then play them on a device. So, can our music be decoded separately and stored and run on smaller devices?

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Chen Xiao said: "South Korea and Japan already have this technology and have produced corresponding equipment. However, because the equipment is expensive, the market response is not very good."

Wang Qin immediately knew what Chen Xiao was talking about and said in surprise: "Are you talking about MP3? I have seen it in Korean dramas, but it is not sold in Jiangzhou. First-tier cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai should have it!"

Wang Qin is only a little over 20 years old. What this older girl yearns for is a beautiful urban life. The gorgeous scenes in Korean dramas, the costumes of the heroines, and the equipment used make her yearn for it very much.

In the Korean drama, after the heroine and the hero had a misunderstanding, the heroine took out a small MP3 player from her bag, put the headphones on her ears, chuckled, and left casually, which was really charming!

Wang Qin wants it too!

But unfortunately, she couldn't buy an MP3 player and could only buy a CD in a department store.

Wang Qin quickly described the super performance of MP3 to Zhou Linghua in very excited terms.

"The size is very small, only as big as two lipsticks. It can hold more than ten songs, and you can change songs on the computer..."

Zhou Linghua was moved immediately.

He also feels that based on people’s living standards and the fact that young people today are different from those in the 1960s and 1970s. They pursue not only food and clothing, but also a quality life, making MP3 players will definitely make money!

Zhou Linghua's current business is mainly CNC machine tool equipment. Although it is profitable, there are also many problems.

One is that the sales quantity is limited. After all, CNC machine tools are purchased by factories, and the service life of a CNC machine tool can be several years or even more than ten years.

The second is that the payment is slow and the funds are at risk. After all, there are only a few people who purchase the equipment in full. Some private companies take a long time to settle the payment for a piece of equipment. Zhou Linghua spends a large part of his time either chasing payment or pursuing payment.

On the way to pay.

Moreover, the one who owes money now is the uncle, and the one who wants money is the grandson. Zhou Linghua doesn’t want to be the grandson, so he is thinking about how to transform.

What Chen Xiao just said reminded Zhou Linghua.

Why have VCDs become so popular in recent years, with various manufacturers following them?

Because VCD is a fast-moving consumer product, it is directly targeted at ordinary consumers, and you get paid for the shipment. If you don't commit suicide, the financial pressure is very small, and the payment cycle is also very short.

Similarly, MP3 is also a fast-moving consumer product, so the pressure for repayment should be very small.

If you can apply for a patent for MP3...

Zhou Linghua took a sip of coffee and his heart beat faster.

"Chen Xiao, what do you mean?" Zhou Linghua asked.

Chen Xiao said: "The main problem why MP3 is not popular yet is production and price. There are currently no professional production lines and production technology in China, so currently all MP3 products are imported and extremely expensive. If we can reduce the cost

, improve the product and lower the selling price, then the sales volume will be considerable."

Chen Xiao: "I know that both boys and girls in our class have their favorite singers, and almost everyone has bought tapes of their favorite singers. If there are products that are more convenient than Walkmans and CD players, I believe they will

Will like it very much.”

Zhou Linghua said: "You mean, you made the MP3 design drawing?"

Chen Xiao nodded and said: "There are design drawings. The motherboard can be improved using the VCD production line, but it needs to be significantly modified. In addition, the equipment to produce MP3 decoding chips is a little more difficult. I can design it, but I have to figure out how to implement it."

The most difficult thing is to decode the chip.

Although the circuit diagram of the decoding chip is simple, it is a decoding chip after all, and the production line can be improved based on the VCD decoding chip.

As long as this difficulty is overcome, the production of MP3 will be a matter of course.

Zhou Linghua made a decisive decision and said: "I have gathered all the technicians in the factory together. When is convenient for you, we will discuss it carefully. If we can make a sample first, we will talk about it."

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "I'll sort out the relevant information first."

Since Xia Guo has not yet entered the WTO and has not implemented internationally unified patent standards, it is necessary to apply for a patent as soon as possible.

In Chen Xiao’s memory, MP3’s international patents were extremely complicated.

The first category is audio encoding/decoding patents, including: wma, whose patent owner is Microsoft; MP3, whose owner is Thomson. In addition, patent management organizations such as Sisvel and MPEGLA are involved.

The second category is the invention patent of the MP3 player: that is, the patent of the MP3 player itself. As for the earliest MP3, no one knows who invented it first. Some people say it was the Germans, some say it was Samsung of South Korea. Who invented it?

When they came out, everyone had their own words.

The third category is other patents, such as the appearance of MP3, and each has its own excuse.

It's just because patents are so messy that everyone doesn't pay patent fees and goes about their own business.

Chen Xiao's application for relevant invention patents is not to compete with Samsung, Sony and other companies internationally, but to gain a say in the domestic market.

The Xia Kingdom is so big, I will be very satisfied with this bonus.