Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 238 Computer Learning Machine (Please subscribe)

In Li Weidong's impression, although his younger brother Li Weimin was not good at anything, did not eat enough, and occasionally caused trouble, he had never caused any serious trouble.

This guy is a coward at heart. When he was young, when fighting with his peers in his family's courtyard, Li Weimin always stayed at the back. He was like a human husky.

Nowadays, the humanoid husky asks for a thousand yuan, which makes Li Weidong feel bad. Li Weidong is even worried that his own husky may have harmed other people's teddy, and then created a teddy.

Li Weidong looked at Li Weimin nervously, but Li Weimin still looked stupid. He lowered his voice and said: "Brother, I really didn't get into trouble this time!"

"You didn't cause any trouble? Then why do you want a thousand yuan?" Li Weidong put on a serious expression, as if he was interrogating Li Weimin.

Li Weimin lowered his voice and said, "Brother, I want to buy a game console."

"Game console? What game console?" Li Weidong frowned slightly.

"It's the kind of game console that is connected to the TV. It has two handles and you can play games by plugging in the game console card!" Li Weimin said immediately.

Li Weidong suddenly realized that his brother should be talking about Nintendo's FC red and white console.

However, Li Weidong remembered that the price of red and white game consoles should not be so expensive. In the 1990s, you could buy them for two to three hundred yuan.

"This unlucky brother wants to take this opportunity to extort my money again!" Li Weidong thought of this, smiled slightly, and said: "Weimin, the game console you mentioned should not be so expensive, right? I remember a game console,

It doesn’t cost three hundred yuan, does it?”

"Brother, do you still know about game consoles?" Li Weimin was slightly stunned.

"Nonsense, I travel all day long, I don't know anything!" Li Weidong snorted coldly.

Li Weimin had no choice but to explain: "Brother, the ones that cost less than three hundred yuan are made in our country. Those made in Hong Kong and Taiwan cost six to seven hundred yuan, and those made in Japan cost thousands of yuan!"

"I don't believe you would buy something made in Japan." Li Weidong curled his lips.

Li Weidong still knows his younger brother very well.

In his previous life, Li Weimin asked Li Weidong for money to buy a car, saying he wanted to buy a Magotan. Li Weidong gave him the money for a Magotan. As a result, this guy came back with a Golf, which was second-hand, and all the extra money was used by him.

Eat, drink and have fun.

This time, Li Weimin asked for 1,000 yuan to buy a game console. He must have spent 300 yuan to buy a domestic one, and then used the remaining 700 yuan to eat, drink and have fun.

Seeing that his intention was discovered, Li Weimin smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Brother, this domestic game console costs three hundred yuan, but you need a game controller to play games!"

"Don't fool me, the game controller comes with it." Li Weidong said.

"There is a racing game where you need a steering wheel." Li Weimin added.

"There are direction keys on the game controller, which can control left and right. There is no need to buy a special steering wheel." Li Weidong said immediately.

"There is a shooting game, and you have to buy an electronic gun to play it." Li Weimin continued.

"It doesn't cost seven hundred yuan, right?" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"I also need to buy a keyboard, which can be connected to the game console, so I can learn computer typing. Yes, I need to support my learning of computer typing!" Li Weimin finally found a reasonable excuse.

"Then you might as well just buy a learning machine..." When Li Weidong said this, he suddenly remembered that in 1990, there should be no such so-called learning machine.

"Why did you forget this thing! This is a good money-making treasure! The funds in my hand are idle, so why not invest in the learning machine project and make a quick profit."

Now Li Weidong has accumulated some funds, but for the time being he cannot find a good investment project.

Li Weidong's electric furnace factory has begun to transform into a foundry.

Building his own small home appliance brand was more difficult than Li Weidong imagined, so Li Weidong decisively changed his plan.

In Li Weidong's new plan, in the next three to five years, the electric furnace factory will mainly do OEM, and it will make the OEM bigger. It will use the opportunity of OEM to learn the technology of developed countries, and wait until it has mastered all foreign technologies.

Once you have a thorough understanding, start building your own brand.

After that, it took another five years to establish its own brand. At this time, China happened to join the WTO. With this wave of east wind, it took advantage of the trend to enter the brand into foreign markets and create an international small household appliances brand.

This is a ten-year development plan, and the road must be walked step by step and the food must be eaten bite by bite.

Doing industry is not about financial investment. Industry needs to be steady and steady step by step, and slowly develop and strengthen itself.

Therefore, the expansion of electric furnace plants will be a steady and long process.

In addition to the electric furnace factory, Li Weidong has another plan, which is to buy the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory.

For the urban population, agricultural machinery seems to be something that is out of reach. But in fact, agricultural machinery is a big market. Later agricultural experts once estimated that China's agricultural machinery market is worth one trillion yuan!

China has always attached great importance to agriculture, so agriculture has always enjoyed various policy preferences and policy subsidies.

Take agricultural machinery subsidies as an example. In addition to the agricultural machinery purchase subsidies that have been regulated by regulations, there are also some additional agricultural machinery subsidies from the central to local governments from time to time.

This kind of policy subsidy is really a good thing.

For example, when home appliances were sent to the countryside in 2008, huge subsidies not only stimulated the domestic demand market, but also allowed domestic home appliance companies to grow and develop. At that time, buying Gree stock and keeping it for ten years, including dividends and allotments, would definitely be better than real estate speculation.

Make more money.

Another example is the electric vehicle subsidy. Although many small factories have popped up to cheat on subsidies, those companies that make electric vehicles have also received real benefits. Think about BYD, which cost 13 yuan a share back then. Do you feel that

Regret? At least the housing prices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen cannot reach this level of increase.

Subsidies for families going to the countryside and subsidies for electric vehicles are both phased policies. When the time comes, the subsidy policies will end. However, even so, stocks of leading industries that receive subsidies still outperform real estate.

Subsidies for agricultural machinery have never stopped and have even been increased from time to time.

Just imagine, in an industry with constant policy subsidies, it is not an exaggeration to say that you lie down and count money every day.

Compared with high-tech industries such as chips and semiconductors, the technical content of agricultural machinery is relatively low. At least there are not so many patent barriers to get stuck.

Moreover, foreign agricultural machinery technology is generally mature. As long as you spend money to introduce production lines, you can make products. This is a benefit of the traditional machinery industry.

This traditional machinery industry also has shortcomings, that is, large investment, slow returns, and a long-term flow.

Previously, Li Weidong asked President Wu how much the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was worth, and he was also estimating whether he could buy the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory with the funds in his hand.

Although Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is a county-level collective enterprise, it is quite large after all. It is much more complicated to take over such a large-scale enterprise than to rebuild an electric furnace factory.

For example, how to liquidate the company's assets and debts; how to retain the company's original employees; how to install retired employees, etc., all of which must be covered.

Of course, similar problems will be encountered in corporate mergers and acquisitions in later generations, but the relevant laws and regulations in later generations have been perfected, and there are laws to follow in what to do. In the early 1990s, the laws and regulations for corporate mergers and acquisitions were not perfect, and many problems just

It can only be solved with money.

Therefore, in order to acquire Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, Li Weidong had to prepare as much funds as possible.

Originally, Li Weidong was still thinking about where to make more money while the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was still struggling, but he didn't expect this unlearned younger brother to remind him.

You can make a learning machine!

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The promotional photo of Jackie Chan wearing a vest and holding a Little Overlord learning machine is an indelible memory for many people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

Many parents born in the 1980s and 1990s also bought learning machines back then, but what is certain is that few people actually use learning machines to study.

Nintendo released the FC Famicom in 1983, which subsequently became a hit all over the world. With the increase in cartridge games for the Famicom, in addition to two controllers, the Famicom also launched a variety of peripherals.

Such as stereo headphones, karaoke microphones, steering wheel controllers, electronic pistols, arcade controllers, etc. Nintendo even cooperated with Sharp to produce a TV with its own red and white game console.

Among the many game console peripherals, computer keyboards are naturally included.

Nintendo once released a game cartridge that could be used for BA private C programming. The corresponding peripheral was a computer keyboard, which was the predecessor of the learning machine.

In other words, the earliest learning machine was actually a computer keyboard plugged into a red and white game console, rather than the later all-in-one learning machine.

Later, Nintendo's Red and White game consoles and cassettes were cracked by Taiwanese businessmen. Taiwanese businessmen began to copy the Red and White game consoles and sold them to the Soviet Union and other countries. Due to the Cold War, Nintendo's game consoles could not enter the Soviet market, and Nintendo also

There is no way to sue Taiwanese companies for infringement.

This trick was quickly copied by Hong Kong businessmen, who also began to manufacture copycat red and white consoles and sell them to the mainland market. Such copycat consoles were also not authorized by Nintendo, and Nintendo had no way to defend its rights.

Later, Hong Kong businessmen felt that the cost of production on Hong Kong Island was still too high, so they began to cooperate with mainland companies to produce red and white consoles in the Pearl River Delta. At the same time, they also established a supporting factory for red and white console cassettes. This is probably China

One of the earliest electronics factories.

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Li Weidong went to Hong Kong Island again. This time his purpose was to find engineers to help him complete the design of the learning machine.

Hong Kong Island in the era of the Four Asian Tigers was famous for its electronics manufacturing industry.

In the late 1950s, the first radio factories appeared on Hong Kong Island. Later, several well-known American electronics companies also began to set up factories on Hong Kong Island to produce products such as magnetic core memory components, diodes, transistors and capacitors, promoting the

Hong Kong electronics is also developing rapidly.

By the 1970s, Hong Kong Island already had more than 200 electronics factories. In this era, Hong Kong Island even produced a series of electronic equipment for national defense for the United States, such as rocket launcher parts and radar devices.

In the 1970s, with the advent of large-scale integrated circuits, electronic products began to enter people's horizons. Many foreign investors came to Hong Kong to set up factories, bringing electronic products such as integrated circuits, electronic watches, speaker equipment, computers, and televisions.

advanced technology and equipment.

During this period, the electronics industry rapidly grew into the second largest industry in Hong Kong Island. At that time, Hong Kong Island's export volume of semiconductor radios ranked first in the world. It can be said that Hong Kong Island can become one of the Four Asian Tigers, and the electronics industry has contributed most.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong Island's integrated circuit factories were already in a leading position in the world. By 1990, there were more than 2,000 electronic manufacturers on Hong Kong Island. In addition to primary electronic products such as radios, tape recorders, electronic watches, and calculators, Hong Kong Island had

It can also manufacture satellite computers, personal computers, audio, multi-layer circuit boards, computer peripherals, advanced communication equipment and other products.

Silicon Valley in the United States is regarded as the core of the world's electronics industry, and in 1990, Hong Kong Island was called "Silicon Island".

It is a pity that Hong Kong Island’s electronics manufacturing industry ultimately lost to the financial industry and real estate. To do business down-to-earth, it is better to make money by playing stocks, let alone real estate speculation. When capital is pouring into the financial industry, Hong Kong Island’s electronics manufacturing industry

The career finally came to an end.

However, in 1990, Hong Kong Island's electronics industry was still very developed. At that time, Hong Kong Island could not only manufacture electronic products, but also design and develop electronic products.

Li Weidong also easily found an integrated circuit engineer to help him complete the design of the learning machine.

The engineer's surname is Zhu. He is an old man in his fifties. It is said that he has been in this industry for more than twenty years and has rich experience.

At this time, Engineer Zhu had disassembled a game console and exposed the PCB motherboard inside.

"This is a compatible machine for the FC game console, which is a replica of the Nintendo FC game console. Mr. Li, look here, the blue thing next to the 15-pin serial port is the REST reset button. This structure is similar to

The key cores of the keyboard are the same, which means that as long as you connect the mechanical keyboard here, it can meet your requirements." Engineer Zhu explained, pointing to the PCB motherboard.

Li Weidong thought for a while and asked, "Can other types of keyboards be connected here?"

"Do you want to connect a capacitive keyboard?" Engineer Zhu frowned and then said: "In this case, the cost will increase a lot, because capacitive keyboards are more expensive."

Li Weidong shook his head: "No, I want to connect to the membrane keyboard."

"Membrane keyboard? Isn't that thing very durable?" Engineer Zhu said.

"But membrane keyboards are cheap!" Li Weidong said.

"What a black-hearted capitalist!" Engineer Zhu cursed in his mind, but still nodded: "You can also add a membrane keyboard, just change the key core."

IBM's first worker computer used a capacitive keyboard. Capacitive keyboards were relatively expensive and were quickly replaced by mechanical keyboards.

After entering the 1990s, mechanical keyboards were replaced by cheaper membrane keyboards.

In the 1990s, the first generation of membrane keyboards appeared on the market. However, the first generation of membrane keyboards were based on conductive rubber seats and had the same structure as the TV remote control. This structure is easy to age and is used in TVs.

Even a remote control won't last a few years, and its lifespan will be even shorter when used on a keyboard.

However, a membrane keyboard has an advantage, that is, it is cheap and can reduce costs. A piece of conductive rubber is much cheaper than more than a hundred mechanical switches.

If Li Weidong plans to build a brand, he will definitely pay attention to quality and use better materials.

But Li Weidong only plans to use the learning machine to make a quick buck. Since it is not a long-term plan, there is no need to consider product quality. Profit is the most important thing.

After leaving the design of the motherboard of the learning machine to Engineer Zhu, Li Weidong went to visit another engineer, who was an expert in game cartridges.

This expert will help Li Weidong design a so-called "learning card", and Li Weidong does not have high requirements for learning cards. It only needs a typing function to make contacts.

As for the production of the product, Li Weidong has no intention of doing it himself. It is also impossible for him to build an electronics factory to produce learning machines, so he plans to find an OEM directly, which is convenient and fast.

Due to its proximity to Hong Kong Island, there are many electronics factories in the Pearl River Delta region. Although these electronics factories are not technically capable of producing electronic components, they are good at assembling them.

Li Weidong inspected the Pearl River Delta region and found that most electronics factories are capable of assembling learning machines. Some electronics factories even have special channels for purchasing electronic components.

That is to say, directly tell the electronics factory the structure of the motherboard, and they can complete the one-stop service of purchasing and assembly. The customer only needs to pay and then ship the product away.

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In a small printing factory in the Pearl River Delta, the owner of the printing factory handed the newly printed packaging box of the learning machine to Li Weidong.

"Boss Li, look at this packaging box, are you satisfied with it? If you are not satisfied, we will change it again!" said the owner of the printing factory, who spoke Cantonese Mandarin.

Li Weidong took the packaging box, and in the most conspicuous position were the words "486 Computer Learning Machine".

This is the name Li Weidong specially gave to the learning machine, in order to gain popularity of the 486 computer.

At that time, Intel had just launched the 486 processor, and the 486 computer was the most advanced home computer on the market.

But how do Chinese people know what a 486 computer is? Most people just think that a 486 computer is a very high-tech thing.

Li Weidong deliberately named the "486 computer learning machine" purely to mislead consumers and make them think that this learning machine is related to the 486 computer. He uses the learning function to learn computers, and what he learns is the high-tech 486 computer.

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"This packaging box seems to be missing something." Li Weidong frowned and thought for a while, and then suddenly realized that the packaging box was missing a gimmick promotional slogan!

Li Weidong pointed at the packaging box and said, "Let's add a promotional slogan here, one that is more eye-catching."

"No problem, Boss Li, you have the final say as to what slogan to add." The owner of the printing factory said immediately.

After Li Weidong pondered for a few seconds, he said: "Add this sentence, computer learning machine, learn to type in three days!"

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