Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
Wan Feng glanced at the four people sitting in a row opposite him.
"First, I'll invest 10 million in you. Five million will be used to develop the display. The remaining money will be used to solve the problems in the factory's operation, stabilize the morale of the employees, and allow them to temporarily stop struggling for a living."
Wang Desheng's eyes turned red again. This was the third time today.
With this 10 million, Jingdongfang can at least live a comforting life for two or three months.
"The second thing is equipment. There doesn't seem to be a monitor production line in China. I will try to import a set of monitor production equipment from Japan. If I can't get a new one, I'll at least get a used one."
Suoni is about to produce flat rectangular color displays, which is bound to eliminate the spherical display production line. However, whether you can buy this depends on Juchuang Trading.
"The third is the design drawings of the display products."
Wan Feng opened a drawer, pulled out a file bag, and threw it in front of Wang Desheng: "Take a look! I think it will be of great help to your display research and development."
Wang Desheng picked up the file bag, untied the soft rope that sealed it, and reached into the file bag to take out a stack of drawings.
When he opened the drawing, he saw various patterns drawn on it.
Wang Desheng took a few quick glances, his eyes flashing with dazzling light, and he couldn't contain his joy and handed it to the technician he brought with him.
He realized that this was a set of technical drawings for the production of a display, which clearly outlined the structure and principles of the display.
With this drawing, they basically don't need to verify the working principle and other factors. They just need to find suitable materials and make it according to the drawing.
The three technicians who came with him took turns looking at the drawings, and they all looked happy after finishing them.
With this blueprint, they hardly need to conduct technical experiments when researching the display and can directly start processing.
This saves a lot of time and research funds.
So the investment in Nanwan includes 5 million in R&D funds. Rather than R&D expenses, it is more like money for you to purchase raw materials.
"Director Wang, my lawyer will discuss the details of the cooperation with you. If there are no problems, we can sign the contract. For the time being, all the products you produce will be supplied to our group. Of course, we want the most favorable price. In addition to supplying us, your products can also be introduced to the market to test the waters. Do you have any other questions?"
"No, thank you, Director Wan, for giving us Jingdongfang a chance."
"Opportunities are mutual, and I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
In fact, Wanfeng’s current approach is bottom fishing according to the management methods of Western capital.
However, Westerners achieve this goal through despicable means, artificially creating political and economic turmoil in target regions, as exemplified by the Asian financial crisis six or seven years ago. They create financial turmoil in Southeast and East Asian countries, causing a sharp devaluation of assets there. When these assets reach their lowest point, Western investors rush in to buy the dip and become shareholders in these companies.
This behavior is also called wool plucking.
Except for China, which is gradually becoming stronger, there is no country in the world that is not being fleeced.
The worst off are Central and South America. As long as the United States is in trouble, they will be the first to fleece them.
Of course, strictly speaking, Wan Feng’s investment is not bottom fishing; it would be more appropriate to call it funding.
When Wan Feng mentioned this, he suddenly thought of a possibility.
When the Asian financial crisis hit, was it possible for him to speculate on the bottom of the three animals in Han State?
If he succeeds in bottom fishing, he will avoid many detours in the future, whether it is memory or mobile phones.
Wan Feng saw that it was still a long time before lunch, so he took Wang Desheng and his party to visit Nanwan Group.
While visiting Wanfeng, he briefly introduced the development history of Nanwan Group.
When looking at other products, Wang Desheng was able to restrain himself from showing his surprise.
After all, I came from a state-owned enterprise in the capital, so I can't act like a country bumpkin.
But when he walked into the mobile phone workshop and saw the phones coming off the assembly line, Wang Desheng could no longer pretend.
He was convinced by the strength of Nanwan Group, especially after hearing Wan Feng's introduction of how they had fought a business war with Motorola four or five months ago and remained undefeated, his admiration for the group increased.
"Mr. Wan! I can see that you are an entrepreneur with a strategic vision. Can you help us develop a strategic development plan?"
"Huh? Let me make a development plan for you? Director Wang, isn't that a bit far-fetched?"
"No kidding! Through your introduction, I've discovered that your group's production may seem unrelated on the surface, but the technologies are actually complementary. For example, your research into machine tools can be used in both motorcycle and automobile production. While researching CNC machine tools, you also developed your own electronics semiconductor team, which then developed electronic products. In turn, these electronic products can serve mechanical production, and we still don't know what we should do."
"Haha! Don't you know what to do now?"
"Are you saying we'll just be working on displays from now on?"
"Director Wang! Everything in this world is constantly evolving. Take the monitor you're going to make, for example. It can be said to be a developmental variation of the television, right?"
It can be said that initially, there seemed to be little difference between home televisions and computer monitors.
"The first televisions were made of vacuum tubes. They were bulky, consumed a lot of power, and operated unstably. Over the past decade or so, modern televisions have abandoned these outdated tubes in favor of smaller, more energy-efficient transistors, the very same devices we see today. Now, chips are emerging that can program millions of transistors onto a tiny substrate. Imagine what future television displays would look like if these chips were used to assemble all of them."
Wang Desheng blinked for a long time. "You mean, in the future, televisions will be as thin as a book?"
Wan Feng snapped his fingers. "Smart! It's safe to say that this type of TV and monitor will be available in about ten years. Do you think you have nothing to do? Besides TVs and monitors, there's also this."
Wan Feng picked up a mobile phone and pointed at its small display. He said, "Motorola's first-generation mobile phones didn't have such a display because they didn't need one. But now you see, mobile phones are starting to have small displays on the side, and their main function now is just to show incoming calls. Use your imagination: as things develop, what will mobile phone screens look like?"
Wang Desheng couldn't imagine this, so he could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
You can't blame him for this. No one can imagine what mobile phones will become in the future.