Chapter 296 Rubik's Cube Restoration Competition and Changxing Comic Weekly
"Make a TV set? Black and white?" Wang Zhiqun paused and asked.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Of course, I just want to make a color TV, but I don't have the technology. Moreover, the economic conditions in Hong Kong and surrounding areas cannot support color TVs."
Early In the 1960s, the United States, the world's most powerful country, had just begun to popularize color TVs. Other places did not even have black and white TVs.
Samsung in its previous life entered the electronics industry in the 1970s with black and white TVs, and its main market was non-developed countries, which shows that this market can last for a long time.
Wang Zhiqun said: "The technical content of black and white TVs is indeed lower, but just like microwave ovens, we don't have the technology for core components."
"This is still different from microwave ovens." Yang Wendong shook his head and said : "Microwave ovens are considered a new product. There are no other civilian brands in the world. If we want to make them smaller, we can only develop them ourselves;
But TVs have been around for decades, and now the technology is just more advanced. I There is no preparation for research and development in the early stage. You can just arrange people to go to the United States to acquire the corresponding technology and production lines.” Direct purchase of technology will also be considered.
Although R&D is the foundation of an enterprise, the most important thing for a new enterprise is to first have a product and gain a market, and then consider higher-end things after the funds and market are available.
Wang Zhiqun said: "This will be much more convenient. Now the United States itself is phasing out black and white TV sets, and there are also cheap products from Japan, which have even impacted the market of domestic TV brands in the United States."
"This can be considered as little Japan helping us." Yang Wendong smiled.
When Japan tried its best to kill many companies owned by American fathers, these American companies had no choice but to give up some low-end industries in order to stop their losses. This was an opportunity for many other countries.
In the original history, it was South Korea that seized this opportunity. Later, by virtue of being "more obedient" and "more volume", the United States decided to support South Korea on a large scale to fight against Japanese companies, and eventually the little Japan was The volume of automobiles has collapsed, and by the 21st century, only automobiles are the only traditional industry left.
Wang Zhiqun said: "I will ask people to go to the United States to contact these companies to see if there are any opportunities."
Yang Wendong nodded and added: "The focus is on RCA. This company is considered the top in the field of televisions in the United States. They also had black and white TVs before.
With the size of their company, plus With the labor costs in the United States, it is estimated that even if there is no competition from Japan, the black and white TV industry will be gradually phased out.”
Speaking of RCA, people in the previous life probably didn’t know that this company was established in 1987. Acquired by General Electric.
Before this, it was the largest color TV company in the United States, the controller of the largest TV station HBC, and the largest radio brand. Even LCD was developed by this company.
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun agreed: "When I was in the United States, I also knew some people from RCA. When it is daytime in the United States at night, I will call and ask these people."
Yang Wendong added: "Okay, but I have to buy the entire picture tube technology patent and the production line. I just hope that after I spend the money, I can produce it directly in Hong Kong instead of an assembly line."
Previous Life Hong Kong also had TV factories in the 1970s, but they were all assembled and the core components, picture tubes, were imported. In fact, they were working for others, so even if the annual sales were hundreds of thousands or millions, they could not make much money.
On the contrary, Samsung and other Korean companies either conduct research and development themselves or purchase technology. This requires a large investment in the early stage, but in the long run they will have their own advantages and gradually develop and grow.
Of course, we cannot blame a group of industrialists in Hong Kong. For them, the risk is too great. If they have the money, they might as well invest in real estate.
"Understood." Wang Zhiqun agreed.
Planning for the local production of TV stations and televisions has been planned for a long time. After all, in the media industry in Hong Kong, it is impossible to expand without TVB. The electronics industry, in an era before computers, must also have to do three things. Only with Baiyihei can we become bigger.
The time soon came to early September:
The drought in Hong Kong continues, but because of the addition of five large oil tankers from Changxing Shipping, the disaster has been alleviated a lot. At least in many places, the drinking water will not be None.
Of course, even the current situation is only the beginning of the drought. In the next half year, there will be almost no rain in the entire South China region, and all the difficulties have just begun.
However, for wealthy families, as long as it is not a devastating disaster such as a super-large plague or earthquake, the impact is basically small.
Horses run and dances dance.
Hong Kong's real estate market is hardly affected by water shortage, because those who can speculate or buy houses basically don't have to worry about running out of water. Just spend some money and someone will deliver water to your door.
In addition to making money, rich people also need entertainment. Naturally, each of them has a TV.
In order to provide these audiences with different programs, Hong Kong’s only Lai TV station also spent a lot of energy on filming various programs:
In an industrial building on Hong Kong Island, A small number of people gathered together, and there were several cameras, and they were ready.
Several young people gathered together, and one of them said: "Aaron, he will play in a moment. It depends on you whether you can get 5,000 Hong Kong dollars."
"Don't worry, I will definitely get this." "Money." Aaron said: "I have broken several Rubik's cubes in order to participate in this activity."
"Okay, come on," others urged.
Not far away, Yang Wendong and Qin Zhiye were also on the audience stage.
"Yang Sheng, the game is about to start." Qin Zhiye said: "Those who are coming to play have been selected before, and they are basically masters."
"Well, I think many people overseas can recover in a few minutes." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Then this competition won't last long?"
Qin Zhiye nodded and said: " Yes, it won’t be long, but after going on TV, Li’s will extend the time to two hours through various advertisements and host interactions.”
“Well, that’s really the only way it can be. ." Yang Wendong nodded.
The Rubik's Cube competition itself is not very long, and the TV stations in Hong Kong are also inexperienced and do not have much ability to create momentum and cannot come up with many new tricks.
But that doesn’t matter. People in this era are very boring, and their entertainment threshold is very low. A little bit of fun can attract a lot of people’s attention.
When they have a TV station in the future, they will probably be entertained by many classic variety shows.
Qin Zhiye added: "Before this program, the Hong Kong China Daily also promoted it, and the radio station also promoted it. Just because it couldn't be seen, the radio station couldn't broadcast it too."
< br> "Games like the Rubik's Cube are really purely about watching, and the radio is of no use." Yang Wendong smiled.
Many large-scale news and sports competitions can be disseminated through radio stations, but Rubik's Cube competitions cannot. This thing is purely experienced through visuals.
After a while, the game officially started:
Two cameras are facing the contestants, and the other two are facing the audience.
The host began to introduce the entire program elegantly, and also interacted with the audience at every turn, and placed advertisements and so on.
Ten minutes passed before we got to the point. The Rubik's Cube competition officially started. Yang Wendong also saw it. There were a total of 8 people participating in the competition, but not all of them competed together, but came in twos. Qin Zhiye said: "Yang Sheng, because the camera is expensive and the film is also expensive, it is impossible to shoot from all angles like large events. Moreover, the Rubik's Cube is small and the camera cannot see clearly if it is too far away, so we can only shoot one by one "
Yang Wendong nodded: "That's good, it can give you a little more time, otherwise it will be over in a few minutes with 8 people together."
The first person started quickly. Next to him, there was a big alarm clock that started or stopped as soon as he pressed it. The camera shot together to show that the content was true.
Although it is not an absolute live broadcast, the competition itself must be absolutely guaranteed to be real, including the angle of the Rubik's Cube, which is the same for everyone.
"Come on, come on, come on~~~~~" A group of people started cheering.
For Yang Wendong, a time traveler, watching this kind of competition is not very fun, but for outsiders, it is indeed very exciting.
After a while, the Rubik's Cube was successfully restored. The winner spent 3 minutes and 26 seconds, and the other one was a little late, spending 4 minutes.
"The speed is pretty good." Yang Wendong praised.
This speed is far inferior to his, but the recovery method has just emerged in this era, and there is no guidance from the Internet. Even if you read a book, it would be great to figure it out on your own.
Qin Zhiye smiled and said: "I also have a recovery method, but I may not be able to recover even after spending a long time. I lost interest after playing for a while."
"Not everyone has it. Interested." Yang Wendong added: "Although there are many people buying Rubik's Cube, many people don't really want to study it. ’
Not to mention Rubik’s Cube, in the previous mobile game industry, millions or even tens of millions of people bought the game every year but did not play it.
Even many game companies behind it don’t understand why so many people behave like this!
The game continues, with 8 people divided into 4 groups. First, 4 winners are selected, and then the 4 people continue until the final championship and runner-up competition.
In the end, a player named Han Zilong won in 2 minutes and 46 seconds and successfully received a bonus of HK$5,000.
Yang Wendong said: "Check the specific information about this person, tell him, and let him continue to practice Rubik's Cube recovery. In the future, he may have the opportunity to represent Hong Kong in competitions in other countries."
In the future, the Rubik's Cube will become famous. Even if you don't promote it, as long as there is popularity, many TV stations will organize this kind of activity on their own.
Qin Zhiye agreed: "Okay."
Yang Wendong added: "Negotiate the broadcast time with Li's, and promote it before broadcasting. The higher the ratings in Hong Kong, the higher the ratings will be overseas. It may arouse the interest of local TV stations.”
“Understood.” Qin Zhiye nodded.
In the following days, Hong Kong China Daily and Hong Kong Commercial Radio began to promote the upcoming Rubik's Cube competition program, but Oriental Daily did not. This is also because their customer groups are different.
On September 9th, the Rubik's Cube competition will be broadcast at 19:00 in the evening, plus intervening advertisements, host interactions, etc., and will not end until 21:00.
The next day, the statistics came out quickly.
Qin Zhiye rushed over immediately and said: "Yang Sheng, the crowd for last night's Rubik's Cube recovery competition program was about 6,300, accounting for 79% of the total TV crowd."
"79%? Is this high?" Yang Wendong asked.
At present, there is only one TV station in Hong Kong, so it is naturally impossible to say about the ratings. After all, you can only watch one program.
Therefore, Li’s internal evaluation of whether a TV program is good or not is based on the viewership ratio.
Qin Zhiye smiled and said: "It's very good. This has almost broken the highest record for variety shows."
"Okay, let's sum up the experience and then find a way to go to some small overseas TV stations. Organize similar projects," Yang Wendong said.
In Hong Kong, this is just a small trial. Real popularity still needs to rely on overseas local programs, especially in some developed countries. The local economy is good and many people have TVs, so they can The Rubik's Cube was heavily promoted.
Qin Zhiye said: "Okay, I will discuss this matter with Wei Sheng."
"Yes, OK." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "The number one of Changxing Culture The comic has been drawn. Come and take a look at it later.”
Now the toy industry has begun to prepare its layout. One is channels, which requires a unique Rubik's Cube, and the other is the cultural industry.
Cultural copyright is protected even more strongly than patents in many countries around the world. Even in countries that do not yet have copyright laws, if they do have one in the future, they will basically recognize that you have unregistered cultural copyrights.
"Okay." Qin Zhiye agreed.
After the meeting, Yang Wendong came to the 13th floor of Changxing Building, where Wu Hailin and several of his subordinates work.
"Yang Sheng." Wu Hailin came to greet him with a smile and said: "I have recruited a few more people, local people from Hong Kong, with some art skills."
Yang Wendong said: "No problem, hire people if you need them."
Not a middle-level or high-level figure, Yang Wendong basically doesn't care about the recruitment situation of his subordinates. Generally, each business company will report the previous month's recruitment every month. When the number of employees recruited and resigned was reported, he would just take a look at it.
Wu Hailin said again: "All the comics of "Calabash Brothers" have been drawn. Yang Sheng and Qin Sheng, you two can go and take a look."
"Okay." Yang Wendong said.
Afterwards, Wu Hailin took out his draft and showed it to the two of them. Yang Wendong looked at it for a while and then gave it to Qin Zhiye, who looked at it for a while.
"How is it?" Yang Wendong asked.
Qin Zhiye thought for a while and said: "It feels pretty good. The superpowers of these gourd babies really still come to mind."
"Well, I also hope to have these abilities." Yang Wendong laughed. laughed.
Super powers such as infinite strength, clairvoyance and ears, copper heads and iron arms, fire breathing, water spraying, invisibility, small gourds, etc., were nothing in the era of imaginative Internet literature in the previous life.
But in this era, it is enough to open up many people's minds. He remembers that when he was a child in his previous life, he fantasized about having these abilities.
Wu Hailin said: "These are just drafts of cartoons. They need to be revised before they are published in newspapers."
"Then prepare for printing." Yang Wendong said: "Old Qin, please cooperate well. Print the first issue of Changxing Comic Weekly as quickly as possible."
"Yes/Understood," both of them agreed.
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