Chapter 340 Electric Fan and Hair Dryer
Qin Zhiye said: "Yes, by the middle of 1964, Hong Kong will have one more free radio station. Anyone with a TV can receive the program."
“Well, it’s finally a wish come true.” Yang Wendong smiled and said: "This TV station and relevant management personnel can start looking for it."
Although the profits of the TV station will not be very high, in the 1990s, the market value of TVB was just over 1 billion, which was not as good as one in Central. It is a small property, but its effect is much more powerful, and it is also one of the cornerstones of its future influence.
In the future, he will also use strong capital as a driving force to drive the export of Hong Kong culture to Asia. Not to mention that it will be better than Hollywood and the United States, but it will be enough to achieve the results of the Korean Wave at its peak. .
Qin Zhiye continued: "Yang Sheng, there is another question, and that is the price of TVs. Can Honor Electronics' TV base be able to ship large-scale shipments this time next year?"
"Press It’s possible in terms of planning,” Yang Wendong said, “The equipment in the United States. The equipment has also arrived and is still being installed and debugged. We just want to go take a look."
"Okay." Qin Zhiye quickly called the driver: "Xiao Li, go to the Honor TV Factory in North Point."
"Okay, Qin Sheng." The driver Xiao Li quickly agreed.
The convoy turned a bay and headed towards North Point.
After about 20 minutes, we arrived at the door. Since there was no advance notice, no one was there to greet us. The security guard at the door saw several Mercedes Benz vehicles approaching and immediately stepped forward.
After communicating for a while, we were let in.
After the car was in a good position, Wang Zhiqun, the general manager of Honor Electronics, came down from the administrative building on the left.
"Yang Sheng, Qin Sheng." Wang Zhiqun greeted with a smile.
Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Lao Wang, I have some good news for you. Just now, we won the license for Hong Kong's first wireless TV station."
"That's great." Wang Zhiqun said: "With our own TV station, many things will be much more convenient in the future."
The industrial subsidiaries within the Changxing Group are Changxing Industrial and That is Honor Electronics, both of which basically rely on overseas markets.
But the difference is that the products of Changxing Industrial are basically new ideas, and the market is easy to open. Even in the early stage, the supply exceeds the demand. But Honor Electronics, even though there are new creative products, the market demand is not very high. Strong, so it needs the promotion of advertising power.
Although the Hong Kong market is small, it is a very suitable place to test the waters. One is to look at customer reviews, and the other is quality feedback. After being verified by the 3 million people in Hong Kong, you can consider going overseas.
Therefore, it is very important for Honor Electronics to have stronger media power in Hong Kong.
"Well," Yang Wendong said again: "But we have TV stations, but we also need televisions. How is the progress here?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "Currently, the TV sets purchased from the United States are assembled. The wires have arrived a week ago and have been installed at the designated locations. The first batch of imported materials has also been put in place. When the equipment is debugged next week, we can try to assemble the TV.”
"Similar to CKD in the automotive industry?" Yang Wendong asked.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, it is CKD. In the first few batches, all raw materials for the TV, including screws, were purchased from RCA in the United States. Later, I will gradually look for Hong Kong manufacturers based on the drawings and needs. suppliers, and then localize them one by one."
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Then the cost is higher than buying a TV directly?"
"Yes, this model can be profitable in some countries because they have high import tariffs on finished products, but Hong Kong does not." Qin Zhiye replied: "But if we want to master the technology of televisions and cultivate the industrial chain, we This must be done in the early stage. ”
The technical content of TVs far exceeds the current industrial capabilities of Hong Kong. The only way to produce them in the early stage is to use an all-imported parts model to manufacture the things first. If there are no problems with the raw materials, you can first learn about assembly issues.
Synchronize and then gradually localize, cultivate local suppliers, or invest in parts and components yourself.
"Well, I support this. Any investment requires money in the early stage." Yang Wendong said again: "How about we go in and take a look at the TV production line?"
"Okay. This way, please." Wang Zhiqun pointed in the direction of the workshop.
Afterwards, everyone came to the workshop and saw rows of belt assembly lines. There were the same metal tables in front and behind each assembly line, and there were different work clothes on the tables.
The entire upper part of the assembly line is interspersed with steel air pipes and connected to the lower part.
“These devices look simple.” Yang Wendong said after walking around.
Wang Zhiqun said: "It seems simple, but the tooling and different assembly line control times in the assembly process require a lot of time to understand and optimize."
Qin Zhiye also said : "Yes, I have seen many factories. Some things that are inconspicuous and simple are actually slowly researched by the entire factory over several years." "Yeah" Yang Wendong nodded.
Wang Zhiqun continued: "But from a technical perspective, what Yang Sheng said is not bad. There is indeed no high technology in assembly. It just takes time to improve the efficiency to the best. Now we have directly purchased the equipment. and some data, then the problem in this area should not be big."
Yang Wendong said again: "What about the picture tube?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "The picture tubes are still produced in the United States. Two months ago, I sent 30 people to the United States to study with them. According to the plan, they need to study for half a year, and then the picture tube production line will be dismantled and shipped to Hong Kong. By that time, we You should be proficient in assembly."
"So, your mass production may not start until the beginning of next year?" Yang Wendong asked.
Wang Zhiqun nodded and said: "Yes, this year we will assemble CKD TVs, and some parts will also start local production. However, the TVs will not be put on the market in the early stage, but will be tested internally.
Including 10 After the picture tube production line is installed in Hong Kong, it will also be tested for a few months. If there is no problem, small batches will be launched in Hong Kong by the end of the year. "How to do internal testing?" Yang Wendong asked.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Our company will conduct internal testing, but the testing capacity is also limited, so I plan to cooperate with Wei Sheng and Zheng Sheng to find people within the entire group who are interested in installing TVs, and then give them to them for free. They just have to pay for their own cable TV bills;
In this way, we have enough people to test and save electricity; employees can also save the cost of a TV set; if there is a problem, we will also recycle the TV Machine to study again.”
"Not a bad method." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Any new products in the future can be tried by our insiders first. It is free and cost-effective for everyone."
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun said .
Yang Wendong then said to Qin Zhiye: "TVs are different from previous electronic products. They are valuable commodities and the quality and safety requirements must be relatively high, so there is no way to launch them in a short period of time. Even if they are launched, they will not be released in a short period of time. It will definitely change the situation of Hong Kong people’s lack of TV sets soon;
Don’t completely count on Honor. Follow the normal model and build the TV station first. Even if there is no Honor TV, I believe the TV station can It can be done."
"Okay, I understand," Qin Zhiye replied.
Yang Wendong said again: "Okay, you go back first, I have something to do here."
"Then I'll leave first, Mr. Yang." Qin Zhiye also said to Wang Zhiqun: "Sheng, Wang, I'll leave first. ”
“Slow down.” Wang Zhiqun also said.
“Go up to the office first.” Yang Wendong said.
The two soon arrived at a conference room in the administrative building ahead.
Yang Wendong asked: "How are the recent export data of rice cookers and hot water kettles?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "It's very good. Currently, our two products are selling very well in Southeast Asia. Last month's data Just after it came out, a total of 39,000 rice cookers and 114,000 electric kettles were exported. The products were mainly exported to countries such as Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand and Vietnam."
"Well, not bad. Yang Wendong smiled and asked: "We contacted the channels ourselves, right?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "Yes, Changxing Trading was looking for suitable dealers there at first, and then we The direct dialogue with them is basically that they put forward their demands through air express, and we ship the goods by sea;
In the early days, the money was paid first and then shipped. Now that we have cooperated several times, we also It becomes a deposit and final payment model.”
"Well, okay, let's continue optimizing channel vendors." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "In the future, our TVs and other products will also need these channels. A small market in Hong Kong cannot support us."
"Understood, Yang Sheng." Wang Zhiqun added: "The export of electric mosquito swatters has been relatively small in the past six months. This is greatly affected by the season, and it is not considered a necessity, so the recent sales are not very high. When this summer comes, I'll follow up."
"Well, okay." Yang Wendong said again: "Is the company's R&D department free now?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, I have made arrangements. They have developed electric fans. Although this industry is highly competitive, it should not be difficult to do. "What about electric fans? Imported?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "Yes, we are still importing for now. Only when the market expands in the future and our demand is high, then we can do it ourselves."
"Okay, this is also a normal pattern." Yang Wendong nodded. Head, said: "What a coincidence, I I am also going to let you develop something that will also use a motor."
Wang Zhiqun asked: "What is it?"
Yang Wendong said: "I want to try to make a hair dryer."
(End of Chapter)