Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

Unexpectedly, facing Xia Yu's question, Huo Jianning shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Chairman, this is the Walkman we developed. It has been eleven months since the project was approved, and it is still an unqualified semi-finished product. distance."

Huo Jianning didn't plan to hide it either. He called the project leader directly. His name was Lu Chao. He was an expert in the electronics field that Huo Jianning had recruited from the United States. He not only graduated with a Ph.D.

As a yellow race, Lu Chao didn't feel comfortable at GE, and the old GE had a strong bureaucratic atmosphere. He couldn't fully concentrate on scientific research. When Tiangong Electronics Co., Ltd. in Xiangjiang threw him an olive branch. Later, after Lu Chao learned about the situation, he decided to change jobs and brought his family to Xiangjiang.

"Dr. Lu, this is Mr. Xia Yuxia, the chairman of the board. Could you please tell him something about the Walkman project."

Lu Chao, who is in his 40s, wears glasses and doesn't seem to be well-mannered. Even if he learns that Xia Yu is the chairman, he simply calls "chairman", and then picks up the semi-finished product prototype and introduces it to Xia Yu.

"The current model of this Walkman is determined. The measurements are 80x115x29mm, the weight is 300g, the power supply is two dry batteries, the battery life is 8 hours, the maximum output power is 20mw+20mw, and the frequency response range is 40-12000Hz."

"This is our horizontal parameter comparison with the Sony TPS-L2. We are better in every aspect."

With that said, Lu Chao took out a comparison picture and handed it to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu took it over and looked at it quickly.

The comparison chart is very concise and clear. The left side shows the parameters of the world's first Walkman Sony TPS-L2, and the right side shows the parameters of the Walkman developed by Tiangong Electronics.

The amount of optimization is indicated above the arrow in each row in the middle.

The measurements of the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman are 88x133.5x29mm, the weight is as high as 390g, the battery life is 8 hours, the maximum power is 15mw+15mw, and the frequency response range is 40Hz-12000Hz.

Both are the same in terms of frequency response range and battery life. The former is the most suitable range today, while the latter is limited by battery technology and cannot be changed.

The most obvious is that the volume has become smaller, the weight has become lighter, and the maximum power has been increased!

Xia Yu commented: "According to the current parameters, the launch of the market can be tenable.

But the premise is that the sound quality is better. "

Unexpectedly, when he heard Xia Yu's praise, Lu Chao shook his head and said: "The sound quality is no less than the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman, but it is only compared to this Sony Walkman, we have many more products. Short board, I can feel that this is not the limit!"

"If the finalized production is brought to the market now, it can barely sell some, but it can't give customers a stunning feeling."

"The Sony TPS-L2 Walkman was introduced to the market in July 1979. Nineteen months have passed since then. Sony must have developed a second-generation product, which is probably already in production."

"The most obvious criticisms of the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman are its size and weight. Sony will definitely make improvements in these two aspects. We were able to reduce the weight to 300g after entering the market. There is no reason why Sony can't do it. At this point, I even guess that the weight of Sony's second-generation product will be under 300g."

"If we finalize production and bring it to the market now, there is a high possibility that it will be defeated by Sony's second-generation product before it has opened up."

"So now this product is just a semi-finished product!"

Xia Yu smiled and nodded. Lu Chao's ability to have such a request and consciousness made Xia Yu believe that he could develop better products.

After thinking about it, Xia Yu asked Lu Chao, "Is there a Sony TPS-L2 Walkman in the lab?"

Lu Chao replied, "Yes!"

After speaking, he went straight to a cabinet to open it, and then took out a Sony TPS-L2 Walkman with a silver appearance.

"Play the tape and compare the sound quality."

Xia Yu ordered.

Lu Chao nodded, installed the battery directly, then put the tape, pressed the start button, and silently handed the headset to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu took the headphones and put them in his ears, and the melodious singing came into his ears from the headphones. Xia Yu closed his eyes and carefully felt the sound quality.

After listening to several songs in succession, Xia Yu did not comment. He pressed each button to experience the function, and then asked Lu Chao to play the tape with his self-developed Walkman.

After a few songs, Xia Yu took off the headphones and commented: "The sound quality seems to be better than the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman, what technology is used?"

Lu Chao nodded and said, "Yes, our Walkman uses Dolby B-type noise reduction technology, and we have put a lot of effort into the shake rate, and the transport accuracy has reached 0.05% WRMS."

"But correspondingly, these two technologies make our costs very high."

Xia Yu said immediately: "It doesn't matter if the cost is high. In the case of falling behind Sony, even if we don't make money, we must establish the brand. The most important thing is that the product is good enough!"

"But now in my opinion, this product is indeed a failure, and it still has a lot of room for improvement!"

Lu Chao's eyes narrowed, but he was not angry. Instead, he calmly asked Xia Yu: "Chairman, the authorities are obsessed and the bystanders are clear, what do you think needs to be improved?"

Xia Yu was not polite and said directly: "The first is the appearance. Although the current appearance is obviously different from the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman, it is still not stunning enough. I will draw a random appearance for your reference."

After speaking, Xia Yu found a white paper and a pen, thought for a moment, and began to draw quickly on the paper.

After all, he has experienced the baptism of various electronic products in later generations. Even a cuboid iron box can make tricks in details.

In less than five minutes, a sketch of the appearance came out. Even if they only looked at the picture, Huo Jianning and Lu Chao could feel a delicate visual sense.

The appearance of the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman is judged by it!

In later generations, the appearance of the Sony Walkman has been discussed by consumers, and it has even been blown into a "traveler-designed appearance", which shows that the Sony Walkman has always been leading the trend in design.

But in front of Xia Yu, a real traveler, the appearance of the Sony Walkman is incomparable.

After putting down the pen, Xia Yu interrupted the discussion between Huo Jianning and Lu Chao, and continued: "The shape I drew can be compared with a shell, and the positions of each function key can also be adjusted according to the situation. Next, I will talk about the functions. aspect."

"A tape has to be listened to from beginning to end, which is very inconvenient. Why not develop a technology that allows our Walkman to automatically turn over the tape?"

"If the tape can be flipped automatically, can the repeat playback technology be further developed?"

"I pressed each button just now, which requires a certain amount of force, and the sound is relatively loud, which is very unfriendly to customers. We can develop a light-touch button control system for this."

"Also, the Walkman was further developed on the basis of the radio, but now it has lost the FM radio function. We can re-add this function on the basis of controlling the weight and volume, then the Walkman will be impacted. The radio market."

"Speaking of a radio, recording and playback are also the functions of a radio, but the Sony TPS-L2 Walkman does not have these functions. We can also make our products have the functions of recording and playback."

"There is also the most critical sound quality. Although Dolby B-level noise reduction technology is now used, since this technology can be licensed to us, then Sony can definitely use it. After using this technology, although the sound quality has been improved to a certain extent, But I think it can definitely be done more delicately.”

"..."

Xia Yu explained the common functions of the Walkman in later generations. These are functions that are too common in later generations, but when he said it now, it made Lu Chao’s heart tremble, and the pen in his hand quickly recorded it. , for fear of missing something.

After all the records were completed, Lu Chao looked at Xia Yu eagerly, hoping that he would continue to say: "Chairman, do you have any advice?"

Xia Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Dr. Lu, I've thought of this for a while, but if these are developed, do you think it's not enough to fight against Sony?"

Lu Chao immediately said: "It's definitely enough, as long as it can be done, it is not impossible to share the world with Sony, or even surpass Sony!"

"That's fine, you should develop what I said as soon as possible."

"By the way, the Walkman was invented by Sony. Are there any constraints in terms of patents?"

Xia Yu asked with concern.

Lu Chao shook his head and said: "Chairman, you are wrong, the Walkman was not invented by Sony, Sony only invented the Walkman, not the Walkman. If you pay attention, you will find that Sony's own promotional materials only say that Sony Invented walkman, and this term was created by Sony itself."

"Actually, the concept of the Walkman was proposed by Americans in the late 1950s, and the concept was a 'portable, integrated, battery-powered portable audio player'."

"In 1964, Philips introduced the portable recorder!"

"And just last year, a German named Andrew Pavel also took Sony to court on the grounds that Sony had infringed on his concept patent-personal wearable stereo product system, and both parties are still negotiating. ."

"We can ignore him for now, but we can also pay a little bit of money to buy his patent first, so that he won't bite us like a mad dog."

"As for the various basic technologies on the Walkman, they have been used all over the world, and they are basically used in portable recorders."

"Even the word walkman, although it was invented by Sony, can still be used by us, because this word is not a trademark, so it does not meet the conditions for patent registration. Now the island country Aihua Company and Panasonic Electric are also using walkman. this phrase."

"If we have to say that the patent is also restricted, it can be said, but the premise is that we use the technology developed by Sony. After listening to your advice just now, our self-developed technology is sufficient, even if there is a little patent conflict. , and can also be obtained through patent interchange.”

"So in terms of patents, there are no constraints."

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