After Xing Baohua returned, the companies that wanted to cooperate with him came to visit him one by one.
Panasonic was the first to arrive. Currently, Panasonic is the rice supplier, and they have always maintained a close partnership.
The current discussion revolves around the transfer of patents for LCD technology and the transfer of technology for graphics card cores.
Xing Baohua shook his head, refusing both offers. He explained that developing LCD technology was too difficult, using a lot of technical jargon to illustrate the challenges, and that further advancements were clearly impossible.
The conversation quickly shifted to Philips, praising their excellent laser technology, particularly their micro-laser heads and large cutting heads.
The next step will be to use Philips' laser technology for projection.
It is precisely because LCD technology is difficult, has little future, and has too high R&D costs that the company has turned to the development of other technologies. Rice is just starting out in the field of television, but in some R&D areas, it is already a world leader.
Therefore, instead of developing LCDs, it's better to start a new project. Since it's all going to require investment anyway, developing laser rear projection is the mainstream approach.
After some persuasion, Panasonic was successfully persuaded to join the collaboration, and the two companies jointly developed this laser rear projection technology.
Sharp followed closely behind and treated Xing Baohua with great courtesy.
Actually, they were afraid of Xing Baohua. This guy had made a name for himself among the Japanese and was known as the Greedy Wolf.
Sharp is also interested in Xing Baohua's proposal to deepen cooperation.
What they didn't know was that Xing Baohua simply wanted to see the experience and technology that Sharp had accumulated over the years.
The two companies exchanged experiences, with Xing Baohua sending his own R&D personnel to Sharp to learn and jointly develop plasma large screen technology.
It's all just a scam anyway.
This is a path we have to take sooner or later: LCD, laser, and plasma—the three major screen technologies of the future.
Besides LCD, the other two types, while not exactly a flash in the pan, still have a certain market share, especially plasma. The biggest drawback is that plasma TVs consume a lot of power and run hot. If the temperature control is not good, they are prone to burn-in.
As for laser technology, it can only be described as a temporary measure. It is not true laser technology, but rather pseudo-laser technology, which also uses the three primary colors for color expansion.
Three large light bulbs, under three different colors, create a refraction effect that projects onto the internal screen.
It consumes an astonishing amount of electricity and is also very heavy.
It is said that there is a large transformer wrapped with pure copper wire inside to suppress it.
Moreover, this is not the only reason why it is expensive and heavy.
Xing Baohua had never seen it, only heard of it; anyway, it was something outdated.
It's not easy to fool Sharp; they're shrewd too. Although they're jointly developing plasma screens, they also want to jointly develop LCD technology.
Xing Baohua temporarily put the matter aside, saying he needed to consider it.
It's not that we don't want to cooperate, but for the sake of the market, we can't cooperate for the time being. Right now, we're keeping the business to ourselves to make more money, seize the market, and gain brand recognition.
If the Japanese collaborate with other manufacturers on the research and development, the process will be much faster, and other LCD technologies and brands will soon appear on the market.
Even if the price is cheap, the rice production technology is expensive, so will the price be reduced or will not be negotiated?
This matter needs to be delayed for a while. We'll schedule a time with Sharp, and he'll personally lead a team to Sharp's location for an inspection three months from now.
People kept coming, most of them wanting to cooperate. The rice is quite strong now, so we have to be careful in choosing a partner.
Not everyone can partner with rice.
Of course, Philips also wanted performance and technology, and Xing Baohua immediately asked to exchange them for lithography machines.
This has given Philips a real headache. Xing Baohua's chip production has increased, and many companies have also targeted Philips, helping the company withstand several waves of pressure. Now, the company is starting to feel the strain.
The key to LCD technology lies in the chip. To put it simply, once you crack the internal core and rewrite the program reasonably, you can bypass it.
In reality, only a handful of companies can thoroughly research and develop chip architectures from start to finish. These are the only ones that have the capability to manufacture chips or even specialize in developing chip architectures.
Sharp does have the capability, but they need to outsource the architecture and graphics, and find companies like NEC that have lithography machines to customize chips.
Not only is it troublesome, but the research and development cycle is also long.
It's far better to take existing technology and, while manufacturing, modify the existing chips to create your own technology.
They all use the same tricks; everyone knows who they are!
Xing Baohua agreed to provide Philips with the key chip program in exchange for chip manufacturing.
By exchanging technology for volume, they can obtain more chips, and more chips mean a higher total number of units assembled.
As long as Changhong's panels keep up, the DaMi TV factory will be able to produce TVs in a burst of production.
If Xing Baohua doesn't handle things well, it could lead to overproduction.
He wasn't worried about that. Overproduction could lead to price reductions, and it was also to prepare for the Japanese to follow suit and produce LCDs in two or three years, so that they could have a price war.
Xing Baohua can disassemble other people's electrical appliances, and other people can also disassemble his electrical appliances to study them. Once they have thoroughly studied and mastered them, they will definitely be able to produce them.
It was tiring to argue with these foreigners. In the evening, Li Xiangyang treated Xing Baohua to dinner, but actually, he still wanted to ask Xing Baohua for advice on that matter.
After the two sat down, Li Xiangyang opened two bottles of Luzhou liquor.
Xing Baohua picked up the bottle and looked at it, saying, "Of the three major liquors in Sichuan, I still prefer the taste of Jiannanchun. Get me more next time."
"You should have said so earlier! It's so close, I'll have their factory haul a truckload over for you later."
"Don't the locals drink the local wine?" Xing Baohua asked.
"I'm used to traveling around, so I can drink all kinds of alcohol. You haven't let me drink much local liquor!"
"How could I not have tried them! Wuhe Tequ, Bailiangye, and Sanjiaoye are all local wines, very popular with the local people. There's a winery in every district and county in central Shandong. They're not famous outside the province, only in the surrounding cities and counties."
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