The packaging of the ultra-thin portable music player is also very exquisite, with the headphones packaged separately and a cassette tape featuring Zou Wenjuan's English demo.
In addition to the main body, it also includes a DC-1.5V transformer, a battery expansion slot, an ultra-thin custom lithium battery, and a lithium battery charger.
The instruction manual is a thick book, translated into four languages.
Including packaging and all accessories, the cost is only around 240 RMB. The global price is a uniform 199 USD.
Xing Baohua can earn a profit of about 80-100 US dollars per unit.
The price difference is an intangible loss caused by the different exchange rates and transaction fees in different countries.
After producing dozens of units, Xing Baohua planned to give them away and use them for advertising.
The large workshop is already in the initial assembly phase, and in a few days, the other scattered workshops will be moved into the large integrated workshop.
For the production of mid-to-high-end tape recorders, the original workshop will be used for production.
Later, a large, integrated workshop will be built specifically for the tape recorder series.
The headphones needed to be developed, but that didn't stump the technicians at the Jinan Recording Machine Factory.
If you can't even make a replica, you might as well hang yourself up with a rope.
Lin Daorong has a new job: developing headphones. The headphone's mainboard microcontroller and power management were all made by university students.
Lin Daorong was able to replicate Sony's headphones in just two days. Perhaps he knew Xing Baohua's taste and emphasized the bass range in the bass section.
It sounds fuller and has a deeper tone.
In terms of headphone design, Xing Baohua dislikes Sony's disc-shaped earbuds.
Add a thin layer of sponge to the disc. Use the in-ear type from later generations, with silicone ear tips.
The cost increase is minimal, but to achieve a high-end look, you need to stand out from the crowd.
Later on, we'll also need to pair it with speakers and sell headphones separately.
With this experience in replication, the technicians will need to use their imagination in subsequent production.
The factory produces motherboards for educational machines, pagers, and mobile phones. Production has increased from a few dozen units a day to 1,300 units a day.
The ABCD contract manufacturers haven't accelerated their production, and the yield rate is still unacceptable. Currently, none of them are delivering goods to Xing Baohua's main factory.
There's no rush, and Xing Baohua didn't urge him either, since it takes time.
Of course, there are deadlines, and the longer it drags on, the greater the pressure on Xing Baohua. Whether it's orders from distributors or overseas, there are always timeframes for delivery.
To this end, Xing Baohua accumulated a week's worth of goods and shipped them in two batches. Half of the goods were sent to domestic agents, totaling a dozen or so units, while the other half were sent to overseas customers, totaling a dozen or so units.
They only shipped out small batches of goods.
For small-batch shipments to overseas clients, Xing Baohua had to accept a slight loss on shipping costs. However, he had no choice but to do so to maintain his reputation and retain overseas customers.
If the four contract manufacturers (abcd) get on track, Xing Baohua will be able to complete all orders by the end of 1986.
When Director Zhang of Luchuan Chenguang Electronics Factory learned that Xing Baohua had set up an LCD production line and technology, he came to learn from him.
After all, they are industry insiders who provide supporting products for Taishan TV Factory, so they might as well participate.
However, Xing Baohua reiterated his old point: participating in LCD technology research and development is a minor matter! The important business we discussed earlier needs to be taken care of!
I haven't seen Director Zhang for a while; I need to ask about the progress.
Factory Director Zhang also used his connections, but the response from the other side was that they needed to look into it.
However, the information relayed back through the relationship indicates that the other party is considering whether to provide an upgraded version or the existing technology.
Anyone who's into hardware knows this: if we follow Western standards, the chips we can replicate now are at the level of the 1970s.
I want to upgrade my equipment, but I don't have the money.
This thing is so greedy, even a Pixiu (a mythical creature believed to eat up money) has never been this ruthless.
Since someone has placed an order for equipment to manufacture chips, we can simply produce them and even make some money from them.
The manufacturer has the blueprints for the upgrade, but they don't have the money to manufacture it. They want to discuss it with the buyer so that they can pay more and solve the upgrade issue at the same time.
It allows you to complete the design on paper and put it into practice at the same time, achieving two goals at once.
However, it's uncertain whether the buyer will agree, since it's a design on blueprints, not existing finished technology.
They also subtly leaked the news to us through an intermediary.
Factory Director Zhang didn't tell Xing Baohua immediately because he was still abroad. He came here today to discuss this matter.
If Xing Baohua agrees, then get ready to throw money in! This isn't a matter of millions or tens of millions; it's in the hundreds of millions.
Without a second thought, Xing Baohua agreed. His only condition was that he be in charge of research and development at the main factory, and that he would have access to the most luxurious experimental building.
That's quite a show. Now everyone knows he has a 10,000-square-meter experimental building for research and development.
After Director Zhang's efforts in coordination, the other party agreed to conduct research and development with Xing Baohua.
If Xing Baohua does not agree to pay this money, we will be nearly 20 years behind the world in the field of chips.
The government cut many projects back then, which led to a huge cost in the later stages of catching up.
Major projects such as a large aircraft project and a "Dawning" supercomputer project have been cut.
In the words of that old man, we are developing steadily during a time of peace.
We do not engage in competition.
The most direct solution is to cut funding for large-scale projects. Those projects are money-devouring beasts; cutting them will free up the funds for building our homes.
Only by laying a solid foundation can we achieve the changes we see today.
Xing Baohua's investment was also for his own ulterior motives.
Back then, the United States and the Japanese conspired to mislead us into not developing the Dawning supercomputer, precisely because they were afraid we would surpass them in this area.
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