Chapter 285 Opening the door to the future (first update, please subscribe)
Although it is a custom for every Sarawak king to accept the allegiance of the tribal leader when he takes office, for Li Yi'an, the reason why he Coming to Kuching is not just for those tribes.
For another thing, inspect the progress of industrial construction in Kuching. According to Borneo’s long-term plan, Kuching is the urban center in the west. Therefore, a large number of industrial projects are also planned.
However, in terms of industrial planning, Kuching and Sandakan are completely different. In addition to petrochemical plants and chemical plants that rely on local oil resources, there are also some local specialty enterprises.
Nanhai Communications Industry Company is one of them. It not only produces electron tubes, but also electronic products including radios and televisions. All production equipment is dismantled from Germany. In fact, German television technology is It was a leader before the war. As early as the Berlin Olympics, TV sets were placed on the streets to broadcast the games. After the war broke out, related manufacturers switched to producing radar displays.
"Is this a TV produced by us?"
In the company's product room, Li Yian saw a TV.
The TV in front of him was different from the cabinet-sized TVs he saw in the United States but with a book-sized screen. This TV was the TV he longed for.
In fact, the prototype of this TV was provided by Li Yian. The model in the mall is Motorola's GoldenView TV.
The wooden casing and nine-inch display look very quaint, but it led an era. GoldenView is the first TV set launched by Motorola, priced at US$179. It was very popular as soon as it was launched, and the TV buying craze spread from cities to rural areas.
It is also driven by it that the number of TV sets sold in the United States in a week has reached 100,000, and millions of sets have been sold in a year, and almost a quarter of them are this humble little thing. , definitely a bestseller among bestsellers.
"Mr. Li, now we have realized the self-production of picture tube materials. According to the engineers' calculations, we can produce 10,000 9-inch picture tubes and 2,000 12-inch picture tubes every month. At present, our The production capacity is 11,000 televisions. Of course, this is based on the supply of electron tubes and other parts. In addition, the laboratory is currently studying 14-inch picture tubes.”
As the factory supervisor, Hedrick was in Germany. , is responsible for the production and management of this factory. During the demolition process of the search team, he has been cooperating with the work. It is also under his suggestion that the search team hired more than a hundred engineers and skilled technicians. With these The construction and production of technical strength factories have been accelerated a lot.
While listening to the report, Li Yian turned on the TV. Unlike later generations of TVs that can be watched as soon as they are turned on, after the tube TV is turned on, it needs to be warmed up for a while before the display will appear. Large flakes of snow.
Looking at the familiar black and white snowflakes, Li Yian asked.
"Have we manufactured the broadcast equipment?"
"There is a broadcast equipment for testing, but it's just facing the viewing platform."
"It's okay, turn on the broadcast equipment, I want to take a look Its clarity.”
Soon, the picture came out from the TV. Although it was just a test scene with flowers, fruits and a record player, you could still intuitively feel its clarity. Spend.
“The clarity is still a bit poor. We will improve it in the future. Let’s try the effect first and play the record player.”
Soon, as the record player on the screen rotated, the sound of music came from the TV.
Listening to the symphony coming from the TV, Li Yian had a smile on his face, but after a while, he could hear that the sound was somewhat distorted.
“We have to continue to improve!”
Li Yian said with a sigh.
“The output is not important now, the important thing is the quality. We still need to make the display clearer. In the future, this will be our flagship product for export.”
Don't underestimate the television. To a certain extent, the television can even be said to be the greatest invention of the 20th century. Through television, people saw the world intuitively for the first time.
TV News People can understand what is happening in the world in real time, and through TV programs people can appreciate everything in the world.
Also through television, various products enter people's lives through advertisements.
TV has changed everyone’s life!
The most important thing about TVs is quality, and the same is true for other products.
After all, quality is life.
Li Yian asked specifically.
"What is the failure rate of our TVs? Has it been tested?"
"Testing is ongoing. As of now, it has passed a 300-hour continuous playback test and the test is still In progress. "
"The failure rate must be reduced. The failure rate is the biggest factor affecting the sales of household appliances, and quality is the life of household appliances."
The reason why Li Yian mentioned the failure rate is because TV technology is backward, and many TV sets produced by Soviet factories tend to break at least once in the first six months of use. This was just the era of black and white TVs. In the era of color TVs, malfunctions have directly turned into explosions. Every year, TV explosions cause tens of thousands of fires and cause thousands of deaths and injuries. Even the Soviet Russians themselves believe that its threat is comparable to Kalashnikov and should be given to the enemies of Soviet Russia. It is precisely because of such poor quality that Japanese and Korean home appliances immediately swept the Russian and Eastern European markets after the country opened. In just a few years, the Soviet-Russian color TV industry, with an annual output of millions of units, was on the verge of extinction. There was no way, who could It's impossible to wear a bulletproof vest and watch TV every day.
Quality is not only the life of household appliances, but also the life of other products. Of course, Li Yian, who once lived in the era of big copycats, was deeply touched by this.
As for the importance of quality, Hedrick and others naturally knew it. After expressing their agreement, Hedrick said again.
"Sir, since our TV has started testing and will be put on the market soon, but it does not have a suitable brand yet, sir, if you can name it, I would like this It would be an honor for the whole company! ”
Who says Germans can't suck up?
What is flattering in silence? Isn’t this just flattering in silence?
Naming things like this is definitely better than titles. What Li Yi'an fears most is titles. His handwriting... was at the lower-middle level when he was in college, but after working, it became lower-than-average.
If you use it too little, you will lose your power.
Name...
With what name?
Almost subconsciously, Li Yian thought of Changhong. After all, Changhong TV carries the memories of his childhood.
However, after reciting it silently in English twice, Li Yian still rejected the idea. After all, TV production must be sold to overseas markets, and even in the early days, it was completely dependent on overseas markets. In this case, it is necessary to have a catchy English name.
What about Skyworth?
No way either.
Suddenly, Li Yian thought of another more familiar brand and said.
"TCL! Yes, let's call it TCL!"
"What?"
Hedrick said in surprise.
“Does it have any special meaning?”
"It's "The Creative Life" in English, which means "creativity touches life." Well, that's the name. Let me think about it..."
Li Yian said when he thought of the company's current name.
“Let’s call the company TCL. It doesn’t need a auxiliary name like the communications industry. We will develop globally in the future and create things that don’t exist in the world. We don’t have to be limited to communications. , electronics, in the future, in addition to electrical products, we can also do other businesses. Only in this way can we interpret the creed of "Creative Life"! br>Hedrick nodded and said.
"TCL is indeed a very good name. Thank you, Mr. Li, for the name. I think TCL will never let you down."
"I believe it too."
Li Yian patted it. Looking at the TV in front of him, he continued;
"The TV is just the beginning of everything. Soon, we will sell our products to the whole world through the TV."
Yes, Televisions will also be a booster for Borneo products to go global.
As a time traveler, Li Yi'an knows better than anyone else how TV sets drive consumption? How consumerism was born.
All he needs is to firmly seize this opportunity before others realize the widespread role of television, and then use television to serve himself.
Although Hedrick and the others do not understand all of this, it does not prevent them from imagining that future.
(End of this chapter)