“Okay!” Director Zhang nodded in agreement, and then went on to talk about the construction of the new factory.
Then we asked Xing Baohua for the name of the new factory.
Xing Baohua thought Chenguang was good. She decided to keep Chenguang.
Thus, Luzhong Chenguang Chip Factory was officially established.
In the future, this factory will use the equipment from Institute 101 to develop various chips, including not only graphics card chips but also power management chips and more.
Although the factory is currently under construction and the equipment has already arrived, the staff from Yaoyao Institute are also in the temporary workshop preparing for equipment upgrades. It is estimated that the upgrades will be completed by the beginning of the year, and the equipment will be manufactured based on the graphics card chip designed by Xing Baohua.
It's not as simple as it sounds; chips are actually manufactured by multiple departments and machines.
Small quantities of products can only be obtained temporarily at high cost, like in a laboratory, but mass production is still a long way off.
Xing Baohua estimated that it would be around the end of 1986.
1986 was a year of great development, with many workshops and production lines operating at full capacity. Production would gradually increase, and contract manufacturers would also add production lines.
Therefore, global supply is just around the corner.
Li Xiangyang and Director Zhang of Chenguang Factory left Xing Baohua's place. The guy continued designing his notebook.
Since Xing Baohua decided to use Microsoft's operating system for export-oriented laptops, he could no longer use the free version. He could only order in large quantities.
During this period, anyone wanting to buy a computer already had some understanding of them, so pre-installed software wasn't necessary. It could be installed directly at the retailer or at the customer's home.
This seems like a way to save money, but Xing Baohua actually wanted to add something of his own. This thing is related to after-sales service.
If you improve your after-sales system, then the previous showroom and after-sales service can become profitable.
The profit margin for after-sales service is also substantial, as it involves selling spare parts.
Just like Huawei's after-sales service, if a high-end phone that costs 11,000 yuan gets water damaged and you take it to the after-sales service for repair, they can quote 13,000 yuan.
The repair cost is more expensive than buying a new machine.
It is evident that the profit margin on repair fees is quite high.
Another time that left a deep impression on Xing Baohua was when he was in a meeting in his previous life. He wanted to get some water from the table, and the deputy general manager of the marketing department, an old woman, was sitting next to him. She casually put his Samsung phone on the table.
When I was getting water, I accidentally bumped into it and dropped it on the ground. Actually, there was a carpet on the floor, so it shouldn't have been a problem. But the Samsung phone's casing warped at one edge.
Okay, after Xing Baohua apologized, he said he would help her with the repairs.
After the meeting, I went straight to Samsung's after-sales service center.
Replacing the original glass back cover costs 1580, while a new phone costs only a little over 5000.
It needs to be changed!
If it weren't for respecting the other party, Xing Baohua wouldn't have bothered with after-sales service; she would have just gotten a cheap back cover from Pinduoduo for a few dozen yuan and installed it nicely for her.
After it's finally repaired, check the original back cover's manufacturing origin (made in).
I was both angry and amused.
As time went by, 1986 was a prosperous year. People from all over the country went into business, and many of them made a fortune, while others tragically drowned.
In any case, people have more money in their pockets. So they're spending it more lavishly.
After basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are met, people's demands for material things also increase, and they get televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines.
Start enjoying higher material things.
Does Xing Baohua's current electronic device have any material impact on people's livelihoods?
Learning machines, language repeaters, and portable music players. These three items can be helpful for education.
Families with educational computers likely have higher incomes, so is a real computer necessary? And if they can afford it?
Okay! Five or six thousand, or seven or eight thousand, is indeed unaffordable. I can only compete with Lenovo, Great Wall, or other computer companies for orders.
Do they offer after-sales service?
Without a complete after-sales service, Xing Baohua's complete after-sales service demonstrates a huge advantage.
All parts are original. Even if the after-sales service center can't repair them, they can be sent back to the factory!
I called Yang Jing in America and told her to contact Microsoft first and see how they would quote a price.
In fact, Xing Baohua had previously considered whether to acquire some Microsoft shares.
But then he thought better of it, knowing that even if he bought the stock, he wouldn't be able to get into that core group.
He could only do what Wall Street does: buy low and sell high. While he could make some money, it wasn't what Xing Baohua wanted.
Don't be fooled by the current honeymoon period with the United States; they might be able to buy some real shares, but it won't last.
They'll definitely find a reason to kick him out, and incidentally freeze his account in America so he can't get the money.
Aren't there plenty of Chinese people doing this kind of thing?
They were terrified that someone would threaten their core interests, which were essentially their vested interests.
The system still needs to be developed by ourselves, and it has to be done secretly so that the people of America don't know about it, otherwise we'll face all sorts of censorship and killings in a few years.
As long as you spend money to become a customer and buy his products, everything is easy to discuss and negotiate.
Look at Lenovo, look at Huawei, two completely different treatments.
One is giving money to someone else, and the other is trying to steal their cake.
Why ban those who try to steal a piece of the pie? Because they've touched their core interests! Once standards and underlying mechanisms are established, they'll either be utterly crushed or utterly disgusted.
Xing Baohua is now trying to find a way out, not knowing if she will survive in the long run, but she has to do it.
On one hand, there's the option of spending money to buy peace of mind, like Lenovo, becoming an assembly plant; on the other hand, there's the option of developing one's own underlying architecture.
There are no graphics cards used in computers in the world yet, so Xing Baohua will use this first to make a name for himself.
Not only should people know that this thing can be produced domestically, even if it's an outdated product, but it should also be made public so that the United States or Western countries can work on it together.
If someone wants to make graphics cards, just grant them a license; any amount will do. This way, they can make money without affecting their clandestine development.
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