After hanging up the phone and handling some official business, the phone on my desk rang. It was the receptionist calling, saying that an agent named Aunt Mei had an urgent matter to discuss with him.
Xing Baohua remained silent for the moment, her brows furrowing slightly.
Aunt Mei knows; she's related to Master Zhou. Didn't they already make arrangements for her? For urgent work matters, she should contact the entertainment company! Contacting him like this is overstepping her bounds. What will the lower-level managers think?
Then, Xing Baohua told the receptionist, "Just tell her I'm very busy!"
After thinking about it, I decided it was better not to meet. Each level has someone in charge, and if they can't handle it, it will be reported step by step.
Why do people ask him for everything? What are those managers he paid to do?
Half an hour later, Master Zhou called.
Sigh! That's just how casual relatives are; Xing Baohua had no choice but to answer the phone.
After rambling on for a bit, he brought up the matter of Aunt Mei contacting him. Actually, Aunt Mei had already paid all the breach of contract fees and other related expenses when she switched jobs.
Originally, it had nothing to do with her original agency, but the problem is, Meryl Streep has many of her former clients.
Now that it has partnered with a major entertainment company, its strength has greatly increased, and it has poached those old clients.
Actually, poaching employees or customers is perfectly normal. But some companies that take things seriously can't stand it and file a lawsuit.
This time is no different; Meryl Streep's former management company has sued her for stealing their trade secrets.
Even Li Xinxin, who had an advertising contract that wasn't completed, transferred the contract to the Columbia branch.
This resulted in the original brokerage company breaching its contract and having to pay tens of thousands of yuan in compensation.
Tens of thousands of yuan is a small matter, and also an excuse. It's just to annoy them and make them pay for breach of contract, business losses, etc.
Master Zhou briefly explained the matter to Aunt Mei.
Xing Baohua said, "It's no use coming to me! I'm not a lawyer. The company has a legal department, and we have partnered law firms, even the most famous lawyers in Hong Kong. Why would you come to me? To help her pay compensation?"
Xing Baohua hung up the phone. Master Zhou on the other end was dumbfounded, wondering what was wrong. Was he on fire, or was he just experiencing his usual inexplicable irritability?
As for Aunt Mei's mess, honestly, it's not a big deal.
You've brought in the company's existing clients, which is helping the company make money. The company has a strong legal department, so what's there to be afraid of?
Even if you lose the lawsuit, you still have the company, right? The company can help pay for it.
Although her words were unpleasant to hear, Xing Baohua still called the entertainment company to ask them to pay attention and actively mediate.
After finishing some company business, Xing Baohua took the miniature mechanical hard drive from the drawer to the software park.
I first looked at the audit approach from the hardware team, which gave me some guidance. Then, I focused on selecting shock-resistant materials, conducting various tests, and finding suitable materials based on the data.
Look at the research and development costs. To find a piece of sponge material, you have to break a hundred or eighty micro hard drives, and even then, you might not be able to find a suitable one.
Of course, a damaged hard drive can be repaired, but the repair cost is not low!
It took considerable effort to compile the hard drive repair tutorial into a manual, which was then handed over to the after-sales technicians at DaMi.
This training cost should also be included.
Xing Baohua recalled something he'd said before: anyone who collaborated with IBM would inevitably be ruined. He was referring to IBM's own hard drives.
I never expected that my own family would fall into this pit so easily.
Who told him to gamble? Risk and reward are relative; without risk, where would the windfall come from?
If you want to be the first to try something new, you have to be bold.
After several days of close research and development, we finally made some progress.
We've finally found a suitable shock-absorbing material, and the next step will be to conduct related tests on tablets and electronic players.
Drop testing includes not only hard drive testing but also screen drop testing. In this era, there was no concept of high-definition tempered glass screen protectors as external protection.
Even if tempered glass screen protectors were made, the cost would be extremely high.
The cheapest option is to cover it with a thin plastic film, which only serves to keep the screen clean and prevent it from falling, and doesn't do anything else.
If you don't have a tempered glass screen protector, you can use a silicone protective case, which can provide some protection against drops. But you can't expect to be dropped all the time; it's impossible to provide 100% protection. If it can provide 10% protection, that's good enough.
After all the tests were completed and the data came out, although we had some expectations, we still couldn't reach the ideal state.
The repair rate reached 65.3%.
Once production begins, not only will after-sales service face enormous challenges, but we will also need to prepare for public relations crises related to reputation.
What's the problem?
Ultimately, it all comes down to manufacturing processes. IBM's production of micro hard drives is a matter of manufacturing processes, as is the screen. As for other components, manufacturing processes also play a role.
Everything was simply accumulated using cutting-edge technology, without any real development or refinement to the point of a sudden breakthrough.
After reviewing the data, Xing Baohua's expression turned sour, and he told everyone to put the project on hold for the time being.
He left the software park, but instead of getting into a car, he walked slowly along the road toward the seaside and the pier.
Walking to the seaside, feeling the cold wind, I watched several ferries shuttling back and forth on the sea.
The project has hit a bottleneck. Before, I was confident enough to take a gamble, thinking about all the risks and the potential for huge profits. But after seeing the data, I lost my confidence.
So far, the investment has been quite substantial, with the largest investment being the commencement of production for orders placed with IBM.
The R&D costs are not low either, but the test data is there for all to see. More than 60% of the products are substandard. Once they hit the market, the brand that has been painstakingly built up will be scare away by quality issues.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
