Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

"Mr. Kang, how much do you plan to sell this mobile phone camera for?"

After digesting Kang Chi's three requests, He Yongbin raised a question that others were also concerned about.

In many cases, the selling price not only determines the market competitiveness of a product, but also determines the difficulty of its research and development.

"Before Dahan Core has officially started production, the cost is actually difficult to estimate, so you just focus on research and development and ignore the selling price and cost issues."

"In addition, the research and development progress and drawings will be reported to me once a month, and I will make corresponding suggestions and optimizations."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

After saying this, Kang Chi ended the meeting directly, then got on the off-road vehicle driven by Chen Hai, and drove directly for several hours back to Dongyang, officially starting his 'annual leave'.

In fact, Kang Chi is also a person who can't take any time off. He said he was giving himself a holiday, but in fact, apart from occasionally going out for a walk, he still shut himself up at home most of the time and used a learning machine to learn various knowledge. It really made his hands itch. Go to your own laboratory to tinker with something and simply verify the principles of the knowledge you have learned.

When Kang Chi was out for a walk that day, he suddenly remembered the idea of ​​expanding the laboratory that he had come up with when he upgraded the lens production line last time, so he called Chen Hai over and asked him what he thought.

After all, what Kang Chi plans to build is not an ordinary basement, but a large underground laboratory. It can even be used as an emergency shelter under special circumstances. It is still necessary to consult this comrade in Hua'an.

"We can say hello to Dongyang, it shouldn't be a big problem."

After hearing this, Chen Hai agreed without hesitation, and then asked: "But how big is your large laboratory?"

Kang Chi thought for a moment,

Just upgrading the lens production line here is already a lot of work. If the oil worms are to be upgraded in the future, the space required will definitely be larger, and there is no telling when something bigger will be built...

In order to leave more room for upgrades in the future, Kang Chi said tentatively: "Maybe... can we build a large aircraft?"

"..."

Chen Hai was stunned immediately.

After a moment, he slowly said: "Then you are going to hollow out the entire mountain..."

"I have to ask the leader about this. By the way, didn't you say before that you won't engage in research and development of military technology?"

"But I also said that civilian technology and military technology are interlinked. And why do you think of only military aircraft when you hear about aircraft... Can't it be a passenger aircraft, a space shuttle or something like that?"

Chen Hai smiled and did not refute Kang Chi.

On the same day, Kangchi received a reply from Chen Hai, who agreed to Kangchi’s laboratory expansion plan.

If Kang Chi wanted to, they could even ask the military's engineering team to take over the construction project of this laboratory.

By the way, I also thoughtfully handed over five certificates.

Weapons and equipment scientific research and production license,

Qualification list certification of equipment manufacturing units,

…

Looking at the Military Industry Five Certificate in front of him, Kang Chi couldn't help but be stunned.

"The leader said, isn't the military planning to purchase sights from you? Once the purchaser of this thing becomes the military, it will become arms, so you still need to have the required documents."

"Really?" Kang Chi chuckled after reacting.

"If you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten that you are actually from the military... It seems that Director Cai still has not given up."

Chen Hai just smiled and did not refute Kang Chi.

Since they had already given it, Kang Chi accepted the certificate. On the other hand, it was up to him to decide whether to use it or not. It was better than nothing.

As for handing over the project to the military, Kang Chi had no objection.

After all, the efficiency and quality of the military are very trustworthy, not to mention that Kang Chi is not a prostitute for free, he still pays what he has to pay, and there is no need to bear too much of a burden of favors.

So the next day, a military engineer came to Kang Chi's house in person, asked him about his specific requirements for the laboratory, and gave a general plan on the spot.

"Actually, before I came here, I briefly understood the situation with Chen Hai. I heard from him that he transported a large item from here last time, but because the mountain road was too winding, many trees were cut down on the way down. At the same time, Chen Hai considered Talking about large aircraft...

So my suggestion is, don’t dig down from here, otherwise it will be a big problem to transport the things you build here. We can dig a tunnel directly from the bottom of the mountain and build the laboratory directly below the house. When the time comes, just build an elevator and emergency passage to get up there. "

"But if we do this, the construction cost will definitely be much higher."

Kang Chi nodded without hesitation: "Money is not an issue, just go ahead and do it."

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As the Magic City camera production department gradually got back on track, Fang Qiming finally had time to return to Dongyang and handle matters related to the Dongyang lens department.

By the way, I also gave Kang Chi a situation report.

In a few days, the first batch of Wu'an cameras will be shipped.

So far, Daqin Optics has received pre-sale orders for a total of 70,000 bodies and 230,000 lenses, with the total order volume exceeding 800 million!

And this is based on the extremely long pre-sale period, which has led to many impulsive users canceling their orders in advance.

In fact, in addition to impulse consumption, the price collapse of the Big Three's camera lenses in the second-hand market is also a big reason for the Big Three's appropriate price cuts and technology upgrades.

With so many people suddenly exterminating their families and joining the camp of Daqin Optics, it is actually foreseeable that the price of the second-hand market will collapse.

Second-hand A7M3s that originally sold for seven to eight thousand are now sold for five to six thousand.

But if the price cannot be sold and the price has to be reduced, the seller will consider whether it is necessary to bear such a big loss and switch to Daqin Optics.

At the beginning, everyone could comfort themselves:

"Now that Daqin Optics has opened this hole, don't expect the original products to maintain their value in the future. They will only become cheaper and cheaper in the future, and it is absolutely impossible to go back to the previous price, so it's easy to get out early."

But as the three giants invariably upgraded the firmware, which once again enhanced the performance of the original fuselage, many people immediately hesitated.

Although no one on the market has actually received a camera from Daqin Optics, in terms of paper strength, Wuan is indeed completely behind the A7M3.

Even the A7M2 after firmware upgrade can surpass Wu'an at the data level.

"I feel that my A7M2 can still fight for another two years. It will be scrapped by then. Let's look at the situation of Daqin Optics and decide whether to resell..."

At the same time, as the second-hand prices of camera lenses from the Big Three have plummeted, many new players have been given an additional option, which is to buy small-sized products at a price similar to Daqin Optics.

Such people are actually not a minority.

After all, there is no review video about Wu'an yet, but the products in the small book have been tested by the market.

So if it weren’t for Daqin Optics’ huge advantage of cheap lenses, there would definitely be more people canceling orders.

However, among the more than 70,000 pre-sale orders of Daqin Optics, new mirrorless players account for the largest proportion. The old masters who actually spend money and go directly to the door are worth more than 20,000 at most.

This is just as Kang Chi expected before. The new players who get the opportunity to enter after the price is lowered are the basic market of Daqin.