Chapter 459 The Technical Master I Have Been Waiting For For A Long Time
"Communication equipment? Mr. Li, are you talking about the telephone? I've done market research before, and it doesn't seem to have any advantages over radios and televisions."
Pei Wencong was obviously a little surprised after listening to Li Ye's suggestion, because ever since Li Ye asked him to prepare to work in the electronics factory more than a year ago, he had been researching which product to start with, but after thinking about it, he never thought of communication equipment.
On the contrary, radios and televisions not only have very good market prospects, but also have very high feasibility.
In 1981, Pengcheng introduced its first joint venture electronics factory, followed by several other electronics factories, a large number of which started out by producing radios.
Don’t underestimate this radio which is only half the size of a brick. In fact, at that time, it was still one of the important household appliances in many places in the mainland.
In the early 1980s, the mainland's economy was not yet so prosperous that every household had a television! Especially in some inland provinces, flashlights were considered household appliances.
It would take at least ten years for the Walkman to become a standard learning tool for students. At this moment, only those children who have just entered high school or college might be bought a radio by their families.
In short, the market for radios in the mainland is huge and there is no difficulty in selling them.
But Pei Wencong was now wealthy and looked down upon gadgets like radios. He set up an electronics factory in Hong Kong Island, and after verifying the technical feasibility, he began to think about entering the mainland's color TV market.
Compared to the radio, the television was definitely a popular product in the 1980s.
Even though decades later, the TV power-on rate has fallen below 30%, forcing some people to protest their injustice in the Great Hall, but in the 1980s, it was not a seller's market for televisions, because you didn't need to sell them yourself. As long as you had the goods, there would be people lining up with money to pick them up.
At that time, the television production lines in the mainland were all imported from foreign countries, or directly imported foreign parts and assembled them themselves.
For example, Anhui Radio Factory No. 2 was the first to introduce Sharp's black-and-white television parts in bulk, and after assembly they created the "Huangshan Brand", which has become the memory of countless people.
As for Mudan, Venus, Hitachi, etc., they all introduced overseas production lines and were once very popular in the domestic market.
So Pei Wencong thinks that if others can do it, there is no reason why he can't?
If we can’t introduce world-class products, can’t we use second-rate ones?
The electronics factory in Hong Kong Island has been prepared for a long time. The land in Pengcheng has been purchased. I have discussed it with Li Ye several times in advance. It can be said that everything is ready now, only the east wind is missing.
But today, why is Li Ye working on communications equipment again?
Now, among every 100 households in the mainland, not a single one has a telephone installed. The demand for that thing is several orders of magnitude smaller than that for televisions.
Moreover, selling telephones requires dealing with mainland telecommunications departments. You can’t expect people to come to you with money and beg you, right?
However, Li Ye smiled and said, "I didn't say I won't produce TV sets! But the competition in the TV set industry will be very fierce. It will be good if a few of the dozens of factories in the country can survive.
Therefore, we should seize the opportunities in some high-profit industries as soon as possible. Lao Pei, believe me, communication equipment has great potential in the mainland and overseas."
"Of course I believe in Mr. Li. Then we will develop telecommunications equipment. I will organize a professional team as soon as possible and come up with a development plan for Mr. Li to review. Mr. Li, should we develop pagers first? Or should we go straight to mobile phones?"
When Pei Wencong heard Li Ye say "there is great potential", he agreed without thinking.
How could he not trust Li Ye?
Not to mention the various "divine prophecies" in the past, in mid-September, Li Ye asked Pei Wencong and Luo Runbo to control the Hong Kong Island stock index. After the initial signing of the joint communiqué in late September, the Hong Kong stock index soared by 60% in less than three months.
Pei Wencong and Luo Runbo originally thought that they had "seen a lot of money", but they were still frightened by the speed of printing money and could not sleep all night.
This thing makes money quickly, but it also loses money quickly!
But the facts have proved that Li Ye's quality as a student majoring in economics at Beijing University is not exaggerated. Even if the Hong Kong stock market is too small to be endlessly tossed around, even if it has not been fully delivered yet, it is estimated that the profit margin of this wave will not be less than ten times.
Ten times! This is ten times the original capital of hundreds of millions of dollars. If it were to be publicized, not only in Hong Kong Island, but also in the entire Asian wealthy circle, Pei Wencong's name would spread.
By then, Pei Wencong will have an income of three to four hundred million yuan, and Li Ye's property will exceed ten digits. Even Luo Runbo, who has the smallest capital, is very likely to become a billionaire.
So, in Pei Wencong's eyes, Li Ye is now the God of Wealth who can turn stones into gold.
Let's put it this way! Now if Li Ye points to a piece of dog poop on the road and says that it has "great potential", Pei Wencong will immediately hire people to buy all the dogs in the city, feed them well and let them poop.
"Pagers are fine, but mobile phones are more promising in the future. In addition, communication equipment is not limited to pagers and mobile phones. Personal PCs, switches, and signal equipment are also available.
We should start preparations now, and when the market demand explodes, that will be our time to step onto the stage.”
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Although Pei Wencong completely believed in Li Ye, he still couldn't help swallowing.
Pei Wencong was quite concerned about the development of the mainland. He knew that Shanghai had its first paging station in 1983. But since Li Ye wanted to do something with higher profits, he also mentioned the even more profitable mobile phones.
But producing mobile phones is extremely difficult, so Li Ye actually wants to produce personal computers?
Is that something that a normal company can produce? Do you know what parts are in mobile phones and computers?
Pei Wencong was very skeptical whether it was possible to make a mobile phone or a computer by hand given the current industrial base in the mainland.
Even if a miracle happens and mobile phones and personal computers are really created, people who can afford mobile phones and computers these days probably won’t consider the “price/performance ratio” but will focus more on brand and quality.
You say that the mainland can now produce mobile phones and computers of the same quality as several international companies.
If Li Ye hadn't said this, Pei Wencong would have thought that the other party was daydreaming.
But the boss's orders must be taken seriously.
Pei Wencong straightened his attitude and said firmly: "I know a little about switches. There are manufacturers in Hong Kong Island. I will notify the company today and let them discuss the production patent.
As for pagers and mobile phones, I will also contact the relevant manufacturers as soon as possible to try to obtain the qualification for authorized production. "
But Li Ye shook his head and said, "You misunderstood Lao Pei. I meant to develop our own technology and products."
Pei Wencong was stunned for several seconds before asking, "We should develop it ourselves? Who should we ask to develop it? Are there any professionals in mainland China who can research mobile phones and personal computers?"
It’s not surprising that Pei Wencong was skeptical. In his opinion, the mainland might have some foundation in machinery, but when it comes to high-end electronic products, the mainland is lagging behind by a lot.
Moreover, people like Pei Wencong are Hong Kong businessmen who are very optimistic about the industrial potential of the mainland. If it were someone else, they would only think that the mainland is even more backward.
But many people don’t know that the mainland is not completely useless in the field of electronics.
Li Ye looked up at his watch, stood up and said, "Let's go! Let's try our luck today and see if we can meet a top researcher."
"ah?"
Pei Wencong was finally confused. Could it be possible to find someone who could research mobile phones and personal computers by chance?
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Li Ye and Pei Wencong first drove around the streets of Zhongguancun for a few laps, but failed to find the target, so they had to turn around and arrived at the street basketball court where they played basketball with Hao Jian and others last time.
Although it is winter now, the boys who are bored after work are still running around on the rough playground, expressing their hormones and energy that have nowhere to be released due to the monotonous entertainment life.
"Hey, look, a foreign girl."
As soon as Li Ye and Pei Wencong approached, a group of children playing ball discovered them. However, they did not recognize Li Ye, who bought them a box of Red Bull last time. Instead, they were all bewitched by Veronica, the secretary behind Pei Wencong.
Since Pei Wencong hired Veronica as his secretary, he has experienced some invisible conveniences.
So when Pei Wencong comes to the mainland, he basically brings Veronica with him to prevent theft, burglary and extortion, which is really useful.
Of course, Veronica is 1.80 meters tall with blonde hair and blue eyes, which makes her stand out wherever she goes and easily attract the hot glances of young men. This is another matter.
“Hehehe~”
Li Ye waved at several young men to attract their attention.
"Brothers, just look at them. It will make people feel embarrassed and make us look impolite."
"Hey, who are you? Hey, isn't this the guy who bought us Red Bull? I didn't recognize you."
Several young men looked at Li Ye with displeasure, but then they recognized Li Ye.
"Brother, are you here to play basketball? Why are there only three of us this time? Are you going to include this female comrade? She looks quite tall."
"Don't talk nonsense. Look at this guy's outfit. Is he here to play basketball? Look at that girl's high heels. Can she play basketball with them?"
"Really? Man, your windbreaker is really nice. If you hadn't told us, we would have thought it was from Xiao Ri Zi!"
Li Ye pretended to be displeased and said, "What are you looking at? Is there anyone as old as me who lives a small life?"
“Hahahahaha~”
Li Ye is 1.8 meters tall, which is definitely considered tall in that era, and he can really brag a lot.
"Okay, I'm here today to ask a few guys about the guys who were selling roller skates on the street in front a while ago. Do you know where they are?"
The young man who was playing basketball looked at Li Ye and said, "What's wrong, buddy? You bought fake roller skates, so you have to admit that you are out of luck. They don't do that business anymore. I heard that he lost his pants in the TV business, but they don't have the money to compensate you."
"Lost your pants in a TV business? That was a few months ago!"
Li Ye carefully recalled the memories in his mind and determined that Liu Lianxiang must have been defrauded of 140,000 yuan by someone using false information about color TV approval documents a few months ago, but later he really got a batch of color TVs and felt relieved.
Then at the end of this year, realizing that speculation had no future, they finally invited a technical genius, Ni Guangnan, and recruited him to become Lenovo's 12th employee.
Ni Guangnan's skills and character are unquestionable, and he is a person that anyone who knows the course of history would want to make friends with.
But when Li Ye came to this world, Ni Guangnan had already gone to the Maple Leaf Country. After returning last year, he led his own research group. It was not easy for Li Ye to establish a relationship with him.
Don’t ever think that time travelers are so awesome that they can recruit all kinds of great people under their command with just a wave of their hands. Since they are great people, how could they be so easily recruited by a little kid like you?
Li Ye felt that it would be good enough to make friends with them now.
Moreover, this kind of friendship is not something that can be achieved casually. Liu Lianxiang was just defrauded of more than 100,000 yuan. Now you go over and say, "Come on, brother will take you flying?"
Let someone kick you!
That's why Li Ye had been asking Pei Wencong to prepare and wait until now.
Everything is ready except for the east wind. This east wind is invisible and the most difficult to grasp.
(End of this chapter)
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