Rebirth 1999: Opening up the era of black technology

The MP3 code-named LH-01 has an outer shell made of engineering plastic, two-thirds the size of a bank card, and the thickness is controlled within 8mm (subject to battery technology).

Just from the appearance, this is already a disruptive product.

Because whether it is an MP3 player from Samsung or Sony, although it is much smaller than a CD player, it is still too bulky compared to the MP3 player designed by Chen Xiao.

There are several buttons on the MP3 player, including the power button, menu and confirmation buttons, volume buttons, etc.

Chen Xiaolai comes from the future, and his aesthetics surpasses that of industrial designers of this era, so both the style and layout of the keys are very novel.

At the top of the MP3, there is a 1.5cm wide display LCD horizontal bar.

In order to save costs and space, the LCD display technology is not advanced, and only black fonts are displayed on the green backlight.

The purpose of this is to facilitate users to select songs and read lyrics, rather than having to guess like a Walkman or some CDs.

The most critical technology is USB flash drive.

Due to current equipment rather than Chen Xiao's technology, MP3's flash memory is 128M.

Chen Xiao wanted to grab the patent for this technology, but it was a pity that the USB flash memory technology had been patented by Netac in advance.

This patent was just granted by the National Patent Office last year, and Netac is currently applying for this patent in the United States.

Chen Xiao is actually very open-minded about this matter.

He is not a god, nor can he get all the patents.

Moreover, the USB flash memory patent was also obtained by Xia Guoren, so he felt at ease paying the patent fees himself.

But what is sad is that before the rebirth, the USB flash drive can be said to be Xia's only invention patent that led the world in the field of computer storage from the 1990s to the 1920s.

However, the flash memory technology for the MP3 player in Chen Xiao's hand was not produced by Netac, but by ADLINK based on Chen Xiao's design.

If MP3 is introduced to the market, whoever produces the flash memory will have to pay Netac patent fees, even if your product is more stable than Netac.

There's no way, it's just so violent.

So in the last life, and in the next few decades, Netac's products were very poor, but he still could survive by eating patent fees until the U disk patent expired in 2019 (expiration in 20 years).

But look at it from another perspective.

The well-known U disks include Kingston, PNY, Hyundai, Samsung, etc., but there is no Netac.

This shows how bad Netac's products are.

Netac's good cards were played badly, and it ended up relying on patent fees to survive. It didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Try it?" Chen Xiao said.

Although the buttons are very simple, Zhou Linghua has never used them before, so he gave the right to try them out to his assistant Wang Qin.

Wang Qin looked at this white and thin thing and fell in love with it at first sight!

This is much more fashionable than the style of Samsung MP3 in Korean dramas!

Wang Qin thought happily that if she took this MP3 to listen to music, she would definitely have a high rate of returning.

She was already enjoying a beautiful love. The handsome male protagonist (Jang Dong Gun template) ignored her. She turned around angrily, took out her MP3 player and put the headphones on her ears. The male protagonist immediately became obsessed with her and then regretted it.

However, Wang Qin soon returned to reality from her dream.

The male protagonist of Wang Qin is not the handsome Zhang Dongjian, but Zhou Linghua, Mr. Zhou, who is as big as seven months pregnant.

Wang Qin wanted to cry.

Wang Qin took off the Sony headphones from the CD player and connected the interface to the MP3 headphone jack.

128M MP3, Chen Xiao just saved ten songs in it.

Songs by Andy Lau, Faye Wong, Jacky Cheung and Beyond, each song has lyrics in lrc format.

Because I have operated CDs.

So Wang Qin feels that the operating mode of MP3 is similar to that of CD.

She clicked the play button.

The prelude of "Boundless Sea and Sky" immediately hit Wang Qin's ears.

Wang Qin was shocked!

[Influence +2]

Wang Qin never thought that such a small thing could actually listen to music!

There are no CDs or tapes in it!

In addition, there is no AA battery inside, and the entire MP3 is so thin and light.

Wang Qin looked at the lyrics on the small monitor and hummed the song gently.

This feels so good!

It's really like being in a Korean drama!

At this time, Wang Qin's eyes changed when he looked at Chen Xiao.

She knew that Chen Xiao was talented, but she didn't know that Chen Xiao was so talented!

Chen Xiao was actually able to develop something that he saw in a TV series, and he used ADLINK's existing equipment.

Wang Qin even thought about which girl was lucky enough to be with a talented man like Chen Xiao.

In this era, many girls still think that talented boys are more popular than those who suddenly become rich.

Ten years later, when a talented man and a nouveau riche are placed in front of girls, most girls will choose the wealthy man and the nouveau riche. This is the change of the times.

Seeing Wang Qin's intoxicated look, Zhou Linghua also felt itchy.

He said: "Let me listen!"

Loving music is a common part of the human soul. Rhythmic music, whether you understand its lyrics or not, can more or less trigger some of your emotions.

Zhou Linghua was born in the 1960s. At that time, he liked Teresa Teng and rarely knew Wong Ka-kui.

But when the music of "Broader Sea" and Huang Jiaju's Cantonese came into his ears, Zhou Linghua's heart was still greatly stimulated.

[Influence +3]

At this time, Zhou Linghua knew that this product would be a hit!

Wang Qin couldn't help but took off the earphones from Zhou Linghua's right ear and put them on her own ears.

The two of them just listened with one earphone each.

A few minutes later, "Broad Sea and Sky" ended.

Zhou Linghua took off the headphones and handed the product to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao casually handed the product to the technicians who were working together.

The technicians rushed to listen, and their excitement was palpable.

[Influence +1]

[Influence +1]

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Chen Xiao looked at Zhou Linghua with a smile.

Zhou Linghua said: "This thing is definitely easy to sell!"

Wang Qin added: "Not only is it easy to sell! I think those qualified students, especially college students, should have one for everyone."

Zhou Linghua quickly consulted Chen Xiao for his opinion and said, "Brother Chen, what do you think about this matter? Is there a high chance that we will mass produce and sell it?"

"I know that all the patented technologies belong to Brother Chen. Can you think of a better way for the two of us to cooperate?"

Zhou Linghua patted his chest and promised: "Brother Chen, I will never let you suffer in this matter! If I, Zhou, make money, you, Chen Xiao, will definitely make money!"