Rebirth: Let's Talk About 1984

According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.

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Chapter 706 High-Quality Imitation and OEM

After the installer finished installing the rice air conditioner, Xing Baohua demonstrated to everyone what true intelligence was.

Pseudo-intelligence is much more advanced than voice control, since it has command output.

People from the capital city speak with a Beijing accent, and they can command the air conditioner with just a few words.

The writer was having a great time playing with it, and then said to Xing Baohua, "I've discovered that it only works for turning the machine on, off, and adjusting the temperature. Can it execute other commands?"

Xing Baohua shook his head slightly and said, "This is an air conditioner. Do you expect it to fly like a robot? Just say the function on the remote control and it will listen."

Then, Xing Baohua took out his phone and told everyone, "Dami Smart isn't just about voice commands. If you can't find the remote, you can always take out your phone. For example, this TV isn't the smart voice version. How do you turn it on? Just use your phone or tablet."

Xing Baohua uses his mobile phone and television to pair codes and uses the infrared function on his mobile phone to achieve remote control functionality.

I turned the TV on, then off, and the screen showed only static.

Ma Zhangyan walked up to the TV and asked Xing Baohua, "Other TVs have a built-in antenna. I didn't see that the rice TV has an antenna!"

"I did it, but adding an antenna to the back of the device doesn't work well and it doesn't look good on the machine. You can choose cable TV, you can choose an outdoor antenna, or you can even spend more money to buy an indoor antenna made from rice."

After Xing Baohua finished speaking, the writer said with a smile, "You've made so much money in this business that you've managed to turn one business into two."

"There's nothing I can do. The built-in antenna isn't very effective. The antennas I buy are upgraded with signal amplification chips. I can't add one to the TV itself, because that would increase the overall cost of the TV."

Xing Baohua spread his hands and said, "Alright, you can deal with these counterfeit products yourselves. I won't interfere this time, since you paid real money, but there won't be a next time."

The last sentence was spoken while looking at Liangzi.

Liangzi nodded and said, "I understand."

As Xing Baohua was leaving, he didn't forget to urge them to finish the script as soon as possible, and the group of people warmly saw him off when he left.

After getting into the car, Xing Baohua said to the guard, "Keep a close eye on that guy. I need to know where their warehouse is, how much stock they have, how they usually sell it, and who's in charge of this. Once we find him, I need to know who their supplier is and where their factory is."

"Yes!" the guard replied.

After returning to his residence, Xing Baohua called Xie Yingying to his study, took out the electronic component models he had recorded, and handed them to Xie Yingying.

"Have the purchasing department find out which manufacturers produce these motherboards and electronic components. After compiling this information, I need to know which TV manufacturers these suppliers supply."

"There shouldn't be any domestic TV manufacturers that can compete with us!"

“This isn’t a matter of rivals or competition; counterfeit rice has already appeared on the market.” As he spoke, Xing Baohua wrote the three letters IDM on a piece of paper.

"There's an extra 'I'. It's usually not noticeable, but they sell it as a rice brand, and everyone who buys it assumes it's a rice brand. By the way, notify the nationwide after-sales service that IDM products are counterfeit and substandard. Especially the refrigerator, which uses a car air conditioner compressor—that thing can break down at any time. Tell the nationwide after-sales service to be careful."

"Okay, I'll just send a notification via a file," Xie Yingying said.

After arranging things for Xie Yingying, Xing Baohua took out his phone and made an overseas call to Wang Dalu, asking him to find the largest domestic user of vehicle air conditioning compressors and then figure out who to sell the compressors to, and whether there were any refrigerator manufacturers, etc.

If he doesn't tell the truth, cut off his supply first.

At this time, in the southernmost part of the motherland, there is a small county town called Leizhou.

Twenty kilometers southeast of the county seat, there is a huge yard with many trucks waiting for workers to load them.

Two of the bungalows were used as offices.

In one of the rooms, seven or eight people were gathered together, as if they were having a meeting.

"Boss Lai, your move is brilliant! In just one month, we've produced 3,000 TVs, 600 refrigerators, 400 air conditioners, and 1,200 washing machines. According to the factory, they're almost out of the main refrigerator parts. Could you perhaps procure some?" The speaker was a middle-aged man with a mustache.

With a smile always on his face, after he finished speaking, everyone chimed in, "Yes! The shortage of parts is affecting their sales."

The man called out, Mr. Lai, said, "The parts are second-hand, and they're almost out of stock. This temporary replacement isn't the final solution; we need to find other parts to replace them."

This is a gang, and the leader is Lai Changqing.

He was originally the sales manager of an electronics factory in Nandu, but due to the factory's poor performance and inability to pay salaries, he had no choice but to start his own business. He relied on his sales network to deal in some goods and other items.

Later, he discovered rice exports in the South China Sea. It was in high demand and expensive. Even at the high price, people were still scrambling to buy it.

When he couldn't sleep at night, he would think about the sales of rice. Why wasn't rice sold more openly in the domestic market?

Having also come from a sales background, they quickly figured out the reasons.

As for the price issue, although ordinary people have some money now, buying rice and home appliances is not something they can afford to do by gritting their teeth.

High-end electronic appliances are only for the wealthy, so why doesn't DaMi (a rice brand) make low-end products?

Such a large market, such large profits. If the price is even slightly lower, no, even half the price, many people will have to grit their teeth and pay.

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