"internationality"
Xing Baohua shook his head and said, "At most, a hundred US dollars."
"With such a large gap, what about the profits?" Factory Director Li asked.
"The quality is different. With our current technology and worker skill level, we can't control the quality of speakers produced on an assembly line to match that of that high-end speaker. Unless we establish a research lab and bring in some talented people, we won't be able to produce a decent speaker. It's a systemic problem," Xing Baohua explained confidently.
The office suddenly fell silent. Perhaps Director Li was analyzing and understanding Xing Baohua's words and didn't ask any questions in time.
"Factory No. 4 has two production lines. Before the military-to-civilian conversion, it produced communication equipment. The equipment is a bit old, but our factory can upgrade it," Factory Director Li suddenly said.
Even though Xing Baohua was prepared, she was still taken aback when the topic took another turn.
How did this get involved with the No. 138 Cave Factory again? Not only did they bring their people here, but they also want to take their equipment. Do they really have to make audio equipment?
A heavy machinery factory producing audio equipment? And for export no less? Just hearing the factory's name makes you think their audio equipment isn't high-quality. They're really neglecting their core business.
It seems that Director Li is really going all out to earn foreign exchange; as long as he can make foreign exchange, he doesn't care whether he's actually doing business or not.
"You work out a plan and price the product at around one thousand US dollars." This time, Director Li's words sounded more like an order than a conversation or negotiation with Xing Baohua.
"Factory manager, my skills aren't that high. You overestimate me." Xing Baohua was trying to avoid getting involved in this mess.
To everyone's surprise, Factory Director Li waved his hand again and said, "Just produce the loudspeaker you made. As for the technical issues, we'll set up a public relations team. Our old, established factory, do you think we're short of engineers?"
This shows that Director Li is very confident. Having many engineers is indeed impressive, but it's important to distinguish between them – are mechanical engineers going to work on microelectronic chips?
The key to Xing Baohua's audio system is the digital chip and the code inside it.
This job is impossible! The engineers are the bosses, the real bosses. What rank does Xing Baohua have? He even calls himself one. No wonder he can't command anyone.
Seeing that Xing Baohua remained silent, Factory Director Li said, "We go to the Canton Fair with the provincial foreign trade company every year. Last month, the results weren't good; the transaction volume was only a little over 300,000 US dollars. The factory has two main sources of income. The first is equipment exports, and the second is domestic sales."
Xing Baohua didn't listen to anything else, but he did listen to the Canton Fair.
The Canton Fair had just begun when he arrived.
"As business shrinks, factory profits gradually decline. With so many people to support in a large factory, the only options are to cut costs or expand product offerings. Cost-cutting is very expensive and doesn't yield immediate results, so expanding product sales is the only viable option."
"Originally, we were thinking of developing more types of mining machinery, but the R&D team told me that it wouldn't be effective in the short term. It will take time, possibly a year or two. Your loudspeaker set showed me a possibility," said Director Li.
"What's possible?" Xing Baohua asked cautiously, afraid that the factory director might make another rash move.
"The possibility of making money and generating foreign exchange."
"Damn it!" Xing Baohua thought angrily.
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