After finishing those, we started working on Liu Haibo's speakers.
Having learned from the previous experience, Xing Baohua focused his efforts on improving the loudspeakers.
Last time it was five speakers, this time I'll give him seven, and turn up the power. Since it doesn't use batteries, would this kind of tycoon care about electricity bills?
Two more tubes were added to the power amplifier, which required two more transformers.
Pure copper wire, wound by hand. It's a bit of a waste of Xu Shuai's talent, but what can you expect when he studied electromechanical engineering? Winding copper wire is a fundamental skill for him.
This amplifier boasts an astonishing power output of 350W. It uses two fuses. Copper sheets and copper wire are used extensively, and Xing Baohua even considered using gold-plated components at the output jacks.
Unfortunately, gold cannot be panned, nor dared it be panned.
It could only be made of pure brass. Fortunately, the amplifier was large and didn't require precision parts. Otherwise, Xing Baohua would have been racking his brains about how to find a skilled technician from the factory.
The three of them worked for four days. They finished the small parts for the power amplifier motherboard, and all that was left was to wait for the spare parts to arrive so they could solder them.
While waiting, Xing Baohua went to the factory to borrow a computer to write a calculator program.
The calculator program wasn't particularly complicated. After finishing it, Xing Baohua chatted with Su Ya in the computer room. He basically just listened to her talk the whole time; he didn't dare to do anything. The windows were too transparent; when were they going to install curtains? It was really interfering with his work.
After finishing my side job, I went to the factory manager's office. Luckily, there was no queue this time. I handed the detailed specifications of the calculator casing to the factory manager.
Factory Director Li underestimated Xing Baohua a bit. His work was indeed very detailed, showing the kid hadn't wasted his time. The question is, where did he learn this skill?
They called Section Chief Shen over again, and the three of them analyzed the data in detail. Section Chief Shen took the manuscript; he was responsible for finding a plastics factory to develop a sample.
The two walked out of the factory director's office, and Section Chief Shen said to Xing Baohua, "The materials you requested have been put into storage. Go and get them when you have time."
"That's fast! I thought I'd have to wait a few more days," Xing Baohua said with a smile, though it was actually a sarcastic remark about the purchasing department's speed.
Section Chief Shen replied casually, "No wonder the factory director said you're slippery; you are indeed a bit slippery. The fifth workshop is about to be renovated, and it will be your home from now on."
"So fast." Xing Baohua was a little surprised. He didn't expect Director Li to start the project so quickly without telling him in advance.
"There's something we need to be careful about. Do you want the chip factory to include the core components in the chips, or should we make them ourselves?" Section Chief Shen paused slightly and turned to ask Xing Baohua.
Xing Baohua also stopped, turned his head to look at the other person, and pondered for a moment.
He understood Section Chief Shen's meaning: to save trouble, he would hand over the program to the chip manufacturer, allowing them to directly write the code into the chip. The advantage was that it saved time; Workshop 5 essentially became an assembly workshop. The disadvantage, needless to say, was that it essentially became a shared program.
On the other hand, there's the option of writing your own program. While more troublesome, this provides protection. Even if it's cracked, your product has already captured a portion of the market.
Xing Baohua asked, "What's the factory's opinion?"
Section Chief Shen was slightly taken aback by the question; he hadn't expected this kid to be so unprepared.
Xing Baohua's original intention was to hand over the program directly to the chip factory for production, which would save trouble. However, according to Section Chief Shen, the factory wanted to program the chip code themselves.
The machine and training will add to the costs. He doesn't mind; it's a mass-market product anyway. It doesn't involve much technology. It won't sell for much.
So he could only follow the factory's instructions and do whatever they told him to do.
Then Section Chief Shen said, "If we want to master this core technology ourselves, what kind of instruments or equipment do we need?"
“We need at least two more computers, and we can manufacture the rest in our factory, saving money. But I want the design fee; I can't just give it to the factory for free,” Xing Baohua stated directly.
"Haha, okay, if you can design this equipment, then design a few more sets. Maybe I can even help you sell them," Shen Jie said.
“I don’t get a commission from selling them! I’m not that kind of rigid person who cares about contributions or anything like that. Haven’t you heard the saying, ‘A fool wouldn’t make money if he could?’ I don’t steal or rob; I earn money with my own wisdom. What else is there to say?” Xing Baohua said as he walked forward.
"I'll mention this to the factory manager later, see if he's confident about it," Shen Jie said.
At this moment, Xing Baohua really wanted to show him the writer he had been tinkering with; he had just used this thing to write some code.
It's a pity we can't reveal it yet. If the factory only gives him a bonus or something, he'll lose out. We need to negotiate a price.
He knew Shen Jie had the ability to purchase the equipment. But he had to get involved in something as advantageous as this!
Since Xing Baohua dared to reveal to him that he could manufacture it, the factory manager will probably have a talk with him in the next couple of days. He needs this stuff to secure funding and resources!
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