After finishing the call, Shen Jie wrote down a lot of things on a piece of paper, all of which were the spare parts models and prices that Xing Baohua had inquired about.

He walked over to the reception table, sat on the sofa, and began calculating bit by bit with a pen in hand.

The factory manager waited quietly, smoking a cigarette. Xing Baohua stood there dumbfounded, not daring to move. The factory manager didn't offer him a seat, and he didn't dare to move around unnecessarily.

These things didn't matter; what he was thinking about was how to research the switchboard. Logically, they should already have a PBX (Private Programmable Switchboard) available, both domestic and foreign products; the factory wouldn't refuse to install one for such a small amount of money! Was it for the sake of his job?

When it came to switches, Xing Baohua's first thought wasn't research and development, but rather imitation. Ericsson initially entered the domestic market with switches. All they had to do was get an Ericsson switch and reverse engineer it.

Anyway, he came from a mountain stronghold background, so this is something he's good at.

I wonder if the machinery factory will set up a branch factory because of the increase in electronic products. It just feels like they're not doing their job properly.

"Factory manager, I've done a rough calculation. The total budget for all components, including the chips, is roughly between 33 and 35. The price of the chips is between 15 and 16, while the price at the Beijing factory is about 4 mao more."

Factory Director Li nodded and asked Shen Jie to continue.

"We also have display screens, which cost around 8.5-9 yuan each. It depends on the quantity we need. The display screen manufacturers can only allocate about a thousand pieces to us per month based on production output."

"As for engineering plastics, the quota allocated to our factory by the No. 1 Municipal Plastics Factory is only 8,000 kilograms per year, and we can only squeeze out from that 8,000 kilograms. Moreover, the mold cost is around 7,000 yuan?"

Factory Manager Li asked, "Are the mold costs that high?"

"Yes, and our factory also has to produce molds for the No. 1 Plastics Factory. Other materials haven't been calculated yet. They're probably only a few cents each, not exceeding one dollar. The total cost is close to fifty dollars."

After Shen Jie finished speaking, Factory Director Li asked Xing Baohua, "How much do you plan to spend? The cost is quite high."

"How about a factory price of one hundred? The quality is no worse than those from abroad!"

"A few factories in the South make calculators that only sell for seventy-something yuan?" Shen Jie asked.

"Can it compare to ours? Our calculators are positioned as export versions, so the quality has to be top-notch to command a high price. And let's calculate the costs as well. There's always room for reduction," Xing Baohua said as he walked over.