Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

After Bao Zixuan was teased by the proprietress at the Pink Restaurant, he returned to the company with everyone. Except for the first five people who came from Xiangjiang, everyone else lived in the community opposite the company.

After a simple wash, Bao Zixuan began to write a research and development plan for the Walkman. He planned to prepare more without having to take a basic course in mechanical manufacturing tomorrow morning. He could already be exempted from it. We need to hold a meeting with the hardware department to complete the development of the Walkman as soon as possible. And it must not only be practical, but also fashionable. It seems that I need to find a fashion designer to match my appearance design.

To put it simply, a walkman is a smaller version of a tape recorder. It is a machine that records sounds for repeated playback. It uses magnetic materials as carriers and uses the residual magnetism properties of magnetic materials to record sound signals on the carrier. It must have a playback function. Most of them Use test tapes for playback and recording functions.

The Walkman is mainly composed of microphone, tape, recording head, amplifier circuit, speaker, transmission mechanism and other components. And to develop a headset tailored for the Walkman, the sound quality must be good. The control of the software part is very simple, and the control chip used is not very complicated. You can do it by yourself.

Early the next morning, in the conference room of Heiyun Company's North American branch.

Bao Zixuan sat at the top, looked at the eight hardware engineers below, and said: "I know that everyone is basically cooperating with the research and development of game consoles at the Xiangjiang headquarters. The plan there can be completed step by step, so I hope Our North American branch relies on the abundant human resources here to do its own things."

After saying that, he sent everyone the drawings he sketched last night, "Our North American branch will develop a product of our own before Christmas this year, that is - a portable tape recorder. I named it Walkman. .”

The patents for recorders are basically owned by Philips of the Netherlands. Mr. Gucheng needs to work hard and we need to obtain his patent authorization. You set off tomorrow and contact lawyer Larry Brown and ask him to arrange for someone to go with you. Even if you pay a few dollars more, you will bring back the patents I need.

Furujo Jiro's recent work interest has not been very high. After all, Hiroshi Hashimoto, who came to the United States with him, has been reused. Although he is the head of the American branch of the hardware development department, he is more interested in purchasing the Xiangjiang branch. Required equipment and components. Act like a purchasing manager rather than an engineer. At this time, I heard that I finally had a chance to perform, so I happily agreed, thinking that I must do a good job.

After explaining the research and development work of the Walkman, Bao Zixuan will return to MIT to find his roommate Thomas Marr to cooperate with him. Based on the current development of the Black Cloud R\u0026D team, Sony's Walkman will probably be sold all over the street. All in all, only by relying on the strong scientific research reserves of MIT can we have the confidence to develop the product before Christmas.

After returning to the dormitory at noon, I saw that Thomas Marr hadn't come back yet. It seemed that this kid had gone to pick up girls again. I had to go to class first and come back to find him in the evening!

In the afternoon, there was a course on CNC machine tools. Bao Zixuan had already completed all the credits, but he thought that in order to quickly produce the Walkman, he must have his own CNC machine tools. He wanted to see how to use the school's resources to improve his company's equipment. Thinking of this, he picked up his backpack and walked towards the CNC machine tool laboratory without hesitation.

Everyone, including the professor, was stunned when they saw Bao Zixuan coming to the laboratory. After all, many students would rarely come to this class again after completing their credits. Academics at MIT are very demanding.

This class is taught by Professor Bluman. This absolute authority on CNC machine tools has never left MIT in his life. He likes Bao Zixuan, a student who is very proficient in computers and mechanical manufacturing, especially after his Industry 4.0 paper explained the huge role of CNC machine tools, making this This major suddenly became the most popular major, and many students chose to take it as an elective.

Looking at Bao Zi Xuan said.

When many students majoring in this major heard that the person in front of them was the famous Bao Zixuan, they cheered spontaneously. Especially girls, many ask Bao Zixuan for advice regardless of their image.

After Professor Bluman asked the students to keep quiet, everyone started the class again.

Bao Zixuan: "Professor, I suddenly thought of a topic, so I wanted to come to the laboratory to verify it. Knowing that you are taking classes here, I wanted to learn more from you."

Professor Bluman: "Okay! You will conduct group experiments and operations according to the assignment just now. The teaching assistant will supervise, Bao and I will come over." After watching Bao Zixuan and the professor leave, the students were full of curiosity. Bao's topic Why don't I have a chance to participate?

After entering Professor Bluman's personal laboratory, "Tell me, what good ideas do you have? It's not just to make me happy!" Professor Bluman said to Bao Zixuan.

Bao Zixuan: "How could it be! I think that our current machine tools occupy a large area and the power they use is also very wasteful. It is okay when processing large parts, but small parts will cause a serious waste of resources. In the past, we were limited by Computer performance and size are too big, but now the functions of chips are becoming more and more powerful, but the size is getting smaller and smaller. I think the conditions for developing small accessory machine tools are mature, and I will write the software control system myself, so I want to move in this direction. Start developing projects.”

Professor Bluman: "You don't just think about this! Tell me what other purpose you have. Now you are not only my student, but also an entrepreneur. You can't spend your energy developing new products for no reason."

Bao Zixuan: "As expected, I can't escape your fiery eyes. I want to make a small electronic product, which requires a large number of small machine tools, but there is no suitable one on the market."

Professor Bluman took out several drawings from the drawer, all of which were conceptual drawings of small machine tools. And the variety is very complete, covering the production of small parts of almost all shapes. After reading it once, Bao Zixuan knew that it was very feasible, and his eyes started to heat up.

After seeing Bao Zixuan's expression, Professor Bluman said: "Well, as you said, I have considered this issue 5 years ago, but the school is not an enterprise and has not established a project. And the software operating system and chip The configuration never met the requirements, and in the end it had to be sealed. But I think it should be commercially available now, what do you think?"

Bao Zixuan: "I think it's very good. You are an authority on CNC machine tools. With these and the control system, we can put it into production immediately, and the efficiency will be very high."

Professor Bluman: "If you like it, take it! After all, it can only be blueprints here. And this is just the general drawing. The rest of the information is in that box. It has not been opened for a long time. They have never seen it. It’s day.”

Bao Zixuan: "Professor, I am telling you that I am an entrepreneur. I cannot take your research results for free. Anyway, the school has not established a project. How about I pay for it. And I need to use it in the production process. Go to the school laboratory. If the patent and ownership rights are not clear, there is no way to commercialize it. The most important thing is that it has huge economic value."

Professor Bluman: "You are right, I am too idealistic. I will cooperate with you in whatever you plan to do."

Bao Zixuan: "I have entrusted your laboratory to develop small machine tools in the name of the company, and then the patent and usage rights belong to Heiyun Company. Your laboratory will receive US$10 million in R\u0026D funding. And you have already completed the research and development. Then this 10 million fund is the reasonable income of the team. And you will get 3% of the profit share during the product patent period, which according to my calculation can reach 5 to 8 million US dollars per year."

Professor Bluman: "If you really say there is such a high profit, aren't you afraid that I will find someone to start over and exclude you?"

Bao Zixuan: "Are you afraid it will be useful? And if the machine tool wants to achieve commercial results, it must be assisted by a powerful software control system, and you know my strength in this area."

Professor Bluman: "Then follow your plan."

Bao Zixuan immediately called the company and asked someone to pick up the lawyer and come to MIT. After the lawyer drafted the contract, Bao Zixuan and Professor Bluman signed their names respectively. Bao Zixuan also handed over a check of US$10 million to Professor Bluman, and asked four people from the company and Professor Bluman's assistants to start trial production of small machine tools in the laboratory. And he himself wants to speed up software development.