Xing Baohua said to Director Li, "Uncle Li, I have a preliminary idea."
"you say!"
“The machinery factory has a number of technicians in three or four workshops, and the range of jobs is the most comprehensive. If we can't get the projects going, we need to solve the supporting issues. Go talk to those former workshop directors. If they want rice-related support, I support them forming small supporting factories. No money? Rice can provide them with loan guarantees, and we will deduct 30% of the payment for the goods each month to help them repay the loans.”
As soon as Xing Baohua finished speaking, Old Factory Director Li excitedly patted Xing Baohua on the shoulder, his lips trembling as he didn't say a word.
If the old employees of the machine factory were to work in a new factory, there might still be some laxity, but when they work for their own small business, is there any question of laxity?
If they can make money, they will work hard.
As for their partnership, it's a small collective enterprise, and many people can even provide them with affiliated companies, so Xing Baohua doesn't need to worry about that.
Of course, Xing Baohua also had someone investigate the background of the Hong Kong businessman Huang Jiaren. They learned he wasn't a conman, but rather a businessman with some real power.
As long as they're not scammers trying to get something for nothing, it's fine. Xing Baohua has no business dealing with the machinery factory; he's too busy with his own affairs.
Just after the Dragon Head Raising Festival on the second day of the second lunar month, Xing Baohua received Henry, the technical director of the motorcycle company.
This person is not only here to accompany the satellite delivery, but also to inspect the joint venture motorcycle factory and see the products they are developing.
Of course, the more important thing was to promote the chip modules for motorcycles.
To be honest, Xing Baohua really looked down on Motorola's chips; they were not only expensive but also somewhat outdated.
When this fellow received Henry, he also inquired about the satellite network.
Motorola is launching one satellite into the sky every month, and once 21 satellites are collected, they can be interconnected.
It's only a one-way connection right now, which is fine for testing, but it can't make calls or use data.
Xing Baohua's eyes darted around, and he remembered that Motorcycle had asked him to order module chips.
So they commissioned Motorola to make the satellite receiving module. Xing Baohua made a requirement that the module must be able to handle broadband traffic.
Xing Baohua and Henry discussed this matter. Since they were both tech enthusiasts, they talked most about professional issues.
Xing Baohua also had an ulterior motive: he demanded that Motorola provide chips for the joint venture's engineering projects to form an organizational module.
As a shareholder, he also wants to make money and save costs.
Henry also understood Xing Baohua's meaning, fearing that some important figures from the United States might suddenly block him.
As a high-level employee, he could only report the issue to Motorcycle headquarters. If Motorcycle wanted to make money, they should follow Xing Baohua's instructions and assemble the products domestically. If they wanted to make money in America and were forced to stop trading, Motorcycle would lose not only money but also friendship.
In reality, everyone was just pursuing their own agenda.
After discussing the order with Henry, the guy led his team back to the lab to continue developing his true-color display.
The internal hardware of a monitor mainly consists of circuit boards, which contain not only IC chips for writing programs but also decoding chips.
Image decoding and video decoding both need to be written into the program, and most importantly, a cache chip is also required.
For viewing images, a large cache isn't necessary, but for watching videos, a larger cache is required.
The existing broadband connection might lag, which actually has little to do with the monitor's cache, but users don't understand this.
A smaller display cache can also cause lag and slowdown.
To improve the overall display quality, the only option was to increase the cache size.
This means that the price of a monitor is higher than that of a large CRT monitor due to current hardware limitations.
Cost reduction is not yet achievable. Increasing production volume alone won't lower costs; many factors are involved.
After Li Xiangyang and his team arrived, they also entered the laboratory to observe the hardware circuit boards being tested. Although they were not yet fully formed and no finished product was seen, it was evident that Xing Baohua had used substantial materials.
He then asked, "How much should I pay for this monitor?"
$1299?
"Pfft! They're crazy, $1299. And this is a 14-inch monitor! How much does a 17-inch fluorescent monitor cost, especially one with color?"
"There's no way around it, the hardware costs are what they are. You know, developing technology requires continuous accumulation. Once the 14-inch model is mature, I'll move on to 17-inch, 24-inch, and 27-inch models. When the opportunity arises, I'll make TVs larger than 40 inches, and even larger depending on demand, such as 60 inches."
"Damn, they've got big ambitions!" Li Xiangyang listened to Xing Baohua bragging and was actually quite envious, as Changhong currently lacked the R&D capabilities for rice.
We must now follow closely behind Xing Baohua and wait until he has mature technology before transferring it to Changhong.
This way, Changhong saved on research and development costs.
Xing Baohua dares to sell at such a high price because the research and development costs are included; otherwise, he would lose money.
Li Xiangyang led his team to assemble production lines and assembly lines in the new TV factory workshop.
All rice cooperation projects have one thing in common: the existing factory buildings are the only ones with walls, and the offices are all prefabricated houses. Other office areas, living areas, etc. are only gradually built after the workshops are completed and the production lines are up and running.
With the help of a team of experts, the laboratory quickly developed the main components of its hardware technology products and conducted continuous testing on panel color, saturation, and other properties.
There's also the anti-aging test.
After a lot of troubleshooting, many problems have arisen. The backlight we're currently using has developed a yellowish tint during the anti-oxidation process. Although it's still bright, it appears somewhat dim on the screen.
This is definitely not acceptable; we can't expect users to experience a darkening effect after just over a year of use.
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