Chapter 797 You should still make quartz watches
300? Well, it is indeed a bit high, but it is not too high to be accepted. For the foreign business department who has experience in selling things, they can always find ways to get high prices for such unique things.
"Well, in the research stage, 300 is normal." The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce were very satisfied. This means that mass production may only require 200, or even 150 or 100.
The cost is indeed not high for such a good thing.
Compared with the possible selling price, this thing is really not expensive. It can be sold as high-tech equipment at first.
Gao Zhendong looked at him and shook his head: "300? No, no, 30!"
In the 1980s, this thing didn't even cost 3 yuan. Now, 30 yuan is considered a very exaggerated price.
The main reason is that the chip area of this thing is actually very small. A large number can be made from a 4-5-inch wafer. The price of the remaining TN-LCD is actually not too expensive. It is now 30. It is still because it is small. In batches, many spare parts are mainly made by hand.
"How much?" Not to mention the Ministry of Foreign Commerce, even the 12th Ministry of Machinery and the National Defense Work Committee were shocked by this price.
Good things must be expensive, this is basically an iron rule, but now this thing seems to break this situation.
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "I know that all good things are expensive, but this watch and a mechanical watch are not comparable. The two are not under the same technical system, so it is difficult to compare prices."
Good things must be expensive. The premise is that everyone is under the same technical system. At this time, if you want to achieve better performance, you must pay a higher price. But when the two technologies are different, there is no such analogy.
It may take a lot of effort to kill someone with a knife, but it's just a matter of moving your fingers to kill someone with a pistol.
The first person to react was the National Defense Work Committee: "This is good. At this price, it can be widely used."
The Twelve Machinery Department also realized that they had a popular product for the general public, and that everyone wanted it. This cost is lower than that of a mechanical watch, and it is foreseeable that if mass production can be achieved, the price will be further reduced.
Gao Zhendong said: "The display screen of this watch is called TN-LCD. It is a product of Zhenxing Electric Co., Ltd. It has low cost and low power consumption, and we have sufficient control. Zhenxing Electric Co., Ltd. has completed patent protection, like tape The same machine.”
People from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and the 12th Ministry of Machinery understand that this means that we can at least completely control this thing in the Eastern camp for a long time, and even if necessary, through the revitalization of electric power generation, Gaul Chicken, etc. White gloves can also sell this thing to the West.
Zhenxing Electric will not compete with the mainland for this thing. They also have many things that need to be processed and produced here, and there are also many people who know the details of Zhenxing Electric.
The Ministry of Foreign Commerce is even happier than the Department of 12 Machinery Department. If the export products produced by Gao Zhendong in the past, except for tape machines, most of them were special high-tech products that were not widely popular, then this time Gao Zhendong What they put out were consumer goods for the general public. The sales volume of this kind of thing was definitely unmatched by the previous ones.
Of course, they also know that the price of this kind of thing is not high, and maybe the total amount is not very large, but at least the profit margin is high, and it is widely popular, which is also very beneficial for promoting our image. This is getting money. Good things you can't buy.
"We will underwrite as much of this thing as we can, hahaha." The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce laughed happily, but the National Defense Work Committee had an opinion: "Don't worry, allocate a batch of our commanders and fighters first."
Gao Zhendong said: "Don't worry, don't worry, the National Defense Work Committee wants a reinforced type. Your Ministry of Foreign Commerce and domestic sales of civilian products don't actually use this type. There is no way to compete for production capacity between the two."
"Who said it? There are only so many movements in this thing. If there is more here, there will be less there." The Defense Works Committee said, they can still get to the core of the problem.
"The chip area of this thing's core is very small, and at least 3,000 pieces can be cut out of a 15-centimeter wafer. Zhenxing Electronics also has a large production capacity of TN-LCD, so don't worry." Gao Zhendong said with a smile.
In fact, Zhenxing Electric also subcontracts TN-LCD production to the inland. It is not restricted by the industrial scale of Zhenxing Electric at all. Naturally, the production capacity will explode. To put it harshly, it is really necessary. Over there in Eastern Guangdong Province Opening two factories for them is not a big deal.
How many? Can a 15cm wafer be cut into 3,000 pieces? That was all right, the National Defense Work Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Commerce immediately regained their harmony.
Mr. Long from the Beijing Watch Factory was very enthusiastic about it. He came today mainly to take advantage of his special status in timing equipment and to endorse this thing, making this incidental "acceptance" more formal.
But after seeing the benefits of electronic watches, Mr. Long became more excited.
"Comrades, let's leave this thing to our Beijing Watch Factory for production. We have experience in watches. We process the casing of this electronic watch. You see, the quality is absolutely guaranteed." The chief engineer of the 12th Machinery Department quits his job. What does that mean? Just want to take the pot away when you open your mouth? No way!
"Mr. Long, no, no, no, I may still trouble you about the case, but I won't trouble you about the body of this watch. I just saw that this watch has very high requirements for welding technology. In this regard, Our 12th Machinery Department is more suitable. This watch does not have any mechanical parts, and you can't use your strength to build it. It's too wasteful, what a waste!" The chief engineer of the 12th Machinery Department sounded like this. It's for the good of the Beijing Watch Factory, but the meaning behind the words is actually the same, don't even think about it.
"It doesn't matter, we can learn..." Mr. Long didn't care so much anymore. When it comes to mechanical watches, they can't compare to Haihekou Watch Factory. It's quite uncomfortable to be so low in the system. Seeing that there was a new flagship product, he could not let this thing slip away from his hands no matter what he said.
In the words of later generations, they found a new track and a new outlet for differentiated competition.
Before the Twelve Machinery Department could speak, Gao Zhendong waved his hand.
"Mr. Long, don't worry. This product is indeed not suitable for you, but I still have something suitable for you. We will talk about it later. When that thing is finished, it will be no worse than this electronic watch."
besides? After hearing Gao Zhendong's words, Mr. Long immediately stopped. He also knew that on the electronic watch, even if they and the 12th Machinery Department were facing the current situation of being the chief engineer of the department and having a higher level than themselves, based on objective conditions alone, In terms of appearance, they are also at a disadvantage. After all, this electronic watch, except for the word "watch", is completely incompatible with traditional watches. If I have to say it, the strap and case can barely be related, but these two This thing doesn't have much technical content.
Since Mr. Gao promised that there is still something suitable for him, he can just wait. In this regard, Mr. Gao's credibility is still very good.
In the midst of peace, the electronic watch was almost on-site project approval and on-site acceptance. Gao Zhendong immediately signaled Fang Yinghong to transfer the full set of technologies to the 12th Machinery Department. As for the production of movement chips, there was no need to worry, 1274 was waiting.
As for how the Ministry of Foreign Commerce sells it and how much it costs, Gao Zhendong is not concerned about it. They are much more professional than him in this matter.
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As soon as the matter was settled, Mr. Long signed his name on the meeting opinions and immediately got entangled with Gao Zhendong. He had been waiting for a long time.
"General Engineer Gao, the one you just mentioned is more suitable for us..."
While he was asking the question, the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce were also staring at this side. If electronic watches can be sold, can’t the new products of the Beijing Watch Factory be sold?
Gao Zhendong smiled, he was really anxious, but he also understood the other person's feelings.
"Mr. Long, I suggest you get a quartz watch."
"Quartz watch?" Mr. Long was not impressed by this thing.
In fact, the birth of quartz watches is much earlier than electronic watches. Quartz clocks probably matured between the 1940s and 1950s, while quartz watches came later. The real ordinary consumer-grade quartz watches were developed in 1962. In 2000, it was made by ETA. However, they felt that this thing was not mechanical enough, so they shelved it and continued to produce mechanical watches.
In fact, as the pioneers and vested interests of mechanical watches, their approach is not completely wrong, but they cannot stand up to this industry, and there are people who hope to catch up from behind and overtake others in a corner.
——That’s the little devil. You little devils don’t care about that. Since you’ve already divided the cake of mechanical watches, I’ll just smash the pot! Later, the popularization of quartz watches was promoted by the little devil.
However, the country currently does not understand this thing, and it knows nothing about the technology.
"Yes, quartz watch. Change the spring and hairspring drive of the mechanical watch to a quartz oscillation drive, and turn the most complex, difficult to make, and most prone to problems part of the mechanical watch into an electric drive."
Gao Zhendong drew a picture on the blackboard as he spoke.
In terms of circuit structure, quartz watches can be said to be extremely simple compared to electronic watches. The functions that the circuit of an electronic watch must complete include timing, date conversion, adjustment functions, etc. However, a quartz watch does not have it. It is just one thing - quartz. The oscillation is converted into step rotation, which drives the gear.
To a certain extent, a quartz watch is actually still a mechanical watch, but its driving force is changed to electricity, but the step-by-step driving and transformation of travel time, hours, minutes and seconds, and the driving, conversion and display of the date and day are still the same as those of a mechanical watch. , that is to say, in addition to the driving force becoming electricity, the completion of the function is actually completed mechanically.
Following Gao Zhendong's pictures and explanations, Mr. Long began to gradually understand what Gao Zhendong was talking about.
"Mr. Gao, this thing is indeed interesting."
(End of chapter)