Chapter 584 The Birth of the First Calculator
Of course, the regional characteristics of Hong Kong and the opening of the mainland in the future are almost doomed. No matter what it develops now, it will move to the Mainland in the future.
It's just a generation of people doing a generation, just do this generation seriously. If you really consider decades later, you don’t need to do anything. Even today’s Japan, you will face it decades later. The problems of industrial decline, hollowization, age, etc., and even the future in the Mainland may be the same;
In any case, the economy of this generation is strong, then at least the quality of people in this era will be much higher, and after the accumulation of wealth, it will benefit the next generation. The high economic development of the previous generation.
"Well, people in the color TV factory are much more comfortable than the plastic factories before." Bai Yushan asked again: "It feels like a foreign factory seems to be higher than the salary of the Hong Kong factory. Comparison of foreign capital "
Yang Wendong laughed: "No such thing is, the essence is much higher. Don't look at the poor treatment of a foreign -funded Hong Kong factory employee, but the recruitment requirements are much high. In fact, you have any ability and how much money you get. Most of the cases are like this, a few, such as luck, have entered a good company. "
Nowadays, there are more and more foreign factories in Hong Kong. Although this problem does not cause discussion without the Internet, many people know that the treatment of foreign factories is much better;
However, people's requirements are also high. In health, education, past experience, and even foreign languages, requirements are higher than that of Hong Kong assets.
There are also internal and foreign factories in the mainland of the past. Foreign -funded factories are generally a little higher than the welfare of mainland factories, but the recruitment requirements are different. For example, Tesla and BYD, the largest controversy, are indeed a gap in wages.
But one in first -tier cities, Shanghai, Shanghai, one in the third and fifth -tier cities; a recruitment requires a college graduation+similar experience in other OEMs, and a junior high school graduation is required. This is not comparable at all.
"Yes, I hope Hong Kong is getting better and better." Bai Yushan didn't think too much.
Yang Wendong nodded: "Yes, our roots are in Hong Kong, Hong Kong's economy has developed, and it has become the top city in Asia and the world, so we can also benefit from it."
Although high housing prices and heavy finance will force the industry, it has been a good thing for real estate developers. Over the years, Changxing Group has hoarded many land. Large industrial land is far more than 10 million feet. In fact, these have not been counted as real estate companies In the name, otherwise it will not be comparable.
Soon, the team arrived in front of a family named Changxing-Whirlpool (Hong Kong) Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a number of ghost guys and Wang Zhiqun and some Chinese were waiting at the door.
"Yang Sheng, Mrs. Yang." Wang Zhiqun stepped forward and laughed: "Knowing that you are coming, today all senior employees of all companies come to the door to meet."
"No need, let's go, just leave a few, others do their own things." Yang Wendong waved his hand and said;
This kind of thing is very common. A big boss comes to a factory under his own factory. Can you not pay attention to the factory? This kind of thing is the same in many places;
Yang Wendong will not stop, and people also express a respect for respect. Then you can disperse when you arrive, otherwise so many people, he can't remember, just leave a few cores.
"Okay." After Wang Zhiqun agreed, many people soon dispersed, leaving only seven or eight people, and then introduced to Yang Wendong and Bai Yushan one by one;
The two just nodded in response. The ghost guys were high -level senior officials in Huiruipu's resident in Hong Kong. They managed the company with Changxing Group. After everyone was familiar with, Wang Zhiqun took the Yang Wendong and his headquarters to walk towards the factory.
In the next half an hour, everyone visited two large -scale workshops in the factory, one produced air conditioners and one produced a refrigerator.
After almost a circle, Yang Wendong asked: "How much is the parts of these two factories?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "About 60%, the shell, internal plastic parts, wires, metal architectures, fans, and motors of the product are all produced by Hong Kong;
The compressor, condenser, refrigerant, and some important valves are imported from the United States. "
"I remember that we can already produce the compressor?" Yang Wendong asked.
Before the work with Huimu, Honor Electronics began to produce white home appliances by itself, but the low -end routes were taken. In addition, the number of channels and the cost of shipping in the past few years were very high, so the sales volume was also very tepid;
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To this end, Yang Wendong decided to walk the road of joint venture in the past and mainland, first make the industry in Hong Kong, and then seek to improve his product quality;
Of course, foreign capital is not a fool. They also have some restrictions with themselves to avoid conflicts with their own brands and joint venture brands.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, but the quality and performance cannot meet the requirements of Whirlpool. Whether from the refrigeration speed, power consumption, silence, weight, etc., we can not compare it. Inside can only be imported from the United States;
However, because they are exported to the United States, we will not lose from foreign exchange and profit alone. "
"I know not to lose, but if the industrial chain can only provide some shells or something, what's the point?" Yang Wendong shook his head.
To do industry, although not every one is high -tech, at least part of it is necessary, otherwise it is better to make some low -end industries to make money.
How many factories can there be in the world, and the profit margin can be comparable to Hong Kong's real estate?
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, I have also allowed the technical engineers of the compressor and motor company to visit Europe and the United States to prepare to buy the right technology and production line to ensure that they can keep up."
"Okay, re -research and development in Hong Kong is indeed unrealistic, and buy it first." Yang Wendong said.
In fact, I can buy it before, but at that time there was no high -end white home appliance factory in Hong Kong. It was not meaningful to buy the brand created by itself without being recognized by the market;
Now there is a foreign -funded joint venture factory in Hong Kong. The products are directly sold overseas with the help of foreign -funded channels.
With certain production, it is possible to continue research and development and upgrade. After all, it is difficult to start from 0, but it may be much simpler from 1-10.
"Yes." Wang Zhiqun nodded.
Yang Wendong also asked: "What is the capacity of the factory?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "At present, the capacity of a year is 100,000 air conditioners, 300,000 refrigerators. After that, market demand and the cost control of Hong Kong are controlled. If the control is low, the production capacity will increase, just like RCA."
"Then continue." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Earlier the industry chain of the black and white home appliances is all in our own hands, otherwise our home appliance industry is difficult to develop."
In fact, I really do n’t want to do everything. If it is now in the mainland of the previous life, you can buy any industrial parts, then he will definitely only be at ease to make terminal products. Like Xiaomi cars in previous lives, many people laughed at it as assembly technology. But in fact, this business model is right. The use of mature suppliers' technology is used to combine, and the quality of product quality and marketing at the overall level is enough.
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun agreed.
Yang Wendong said again: "That's it. I heard that the calculator in the United States came out?"
As early as last year, when Yang Wendong went to the United States, he entrusted the hardware structure and software settings of Intel R & D calculator he invested by him. Now that he has waited more than a year, he finally got the news.
Wang Zhiqun replied: "Yes, the sample has been sent, a total of 12 pieces, the number is not large, now I am already doing testing."
"Okay, go and see." Yang Wendong said. The calculator is actually not much bigger, not it is not important, but it will be overcome by multiple companies in a short period of time, and then launch the market.
This thing is the same as the electronic watch. There is no shape or design patent. At most, it can be available on the algorithm, but others can also go around.
Everyone left Changxing-Whirlpool, and came to another industrial office building in North Point. On the first floor, there was a large laboratory with various equipment inside.
After entering, under the leadership of inside personnel, Yang Wendong came to a room. There were more than a dozen people in the room. Everyone had a plastic square product larger than the slap. Calculator;
From the perspective of Yang Wendong's eyes, the structure is still too simple. Except 0-9,+-*/, it is zero, and those complex other mathematical symbols are naturally not.
"Yang Sheng, we are now arranging people to calculate the number calculation randomly to see if there are any problems." Wang Zhiqun explained: "Although the United States has made things, it can test that a lot of labor and energy need High, so I sent it to Hong Kong to test "
"Yes, let the United States do more, and arrange people to test in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong nodded.
In the future global division of labor, including high -tech industries such as chips, many of them are separated. Some processes that consume more labor are places with low labor costs, and the electronics industry is no exception.
Even in the 1980s in the original history, the tests of many chips were carried out in Hong Kong, but unfortunately, the rise of real estate finance in Hong Kong later broke the road of various industries.
Wang Zhiqun went on to say: "Okay, but the speed of making a calculator in the United States is not very fast. It is estimated that there will be 100 units in Hong Kong next month."
There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!
"So slow?" Yang Wendong frowned slightly.
Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, there are no production lines on the other side, the circuit board is manually welded. I heard that the scrap rate is very high, so it delays time."
"Saying with the United States, it is okay to have a high scrap rate. Do it as soon as possible as soon as possible, and the test time is more important." Yang Wendong thought about it: "Then arrange the high -quality electronic welding personnel in Hong Kong to go to the United States. English is okay. Let them see if it works. The technicians of Lao Mei are definitely not professional in this regard. "
Even though Intel was helped by his funds, it was just a small company, and it was designed in itself.
"Okay." Wang Zhiqun promised.
Yang Wendong asked again: "Can this calculator probably calculate?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "According to the materials in Intel, the production cost is about $ 150. This price does not include design, research and development, and test costs. These calculators are about 1.3 million US dollars. "
"Then, just like the electronic watch, don't convert it first, and let's talk about the market." Yang Wendong said: "As long as the low cost is sold, the $ 20 per unit will be made, and 60,000 units will be returned."
The initial price of electronic products is very high. The large reason is that the deployment cost of its design is too high, especially in this era. How many, so normal companies will set up all the costs in the early stage in the early stage;
And this approach will make the previous products extremely expensive, which will not only cause consumers to be unable to afford, but also cause other colleagues to see huge profits, and then they also invest in. Eventually, there are many competitors.
However, no matter what, this kind of market cannot make the starter a monopoly. You can occupy the market first, and there will be more or less long -term benefits.
Of course, this is also because as a crossing person, knowing the demand for the future market, otherwise the normal businessman should not do this, unless you are confident in your own products and are confident in the entire market.
"Okay, then we can set a factory price of $ 180, so that in the hands of American terminal customers, we should be within 250 US dollars." Wang Zhiqun laughed.
Yang Wendong nodded: "This price is still too expensive. If it can be reduced to 25, teachers, students, and even companies in many schools in the United States will buy such convenient and simple computing products, even supermarkets"
"Supermarket?" Wang Zhiqun also suddenly thought of something, and said quickly: "Look at my brain, I forget Carrefour. There are more calculators in the back. You can give it to Carrefour's cashier to make them use it. Strong detection effect. "
"Yes, I just said the supermarket, I remembered it too." Yang Wendong smiled and said.
In the era of no electronic products, the calculations of supermarkets depend on manual or abacus. The terminals on Carrefour have also tried many methods. In the end, the abacus is the most suitable, and the mental arithmetic is easy to calculate.
Of course, the abacus is sometimes the same, but in the era of scanning the code, it is impossible to completely avoid. These costs can only be counted in operation.
Wang Zhiqun said: "But at present, you can't rely completely on the calculator. It is best to calculate with the abacus. There is another comparison. The result is different. Then think about what is the problem."
"Okay, then test this one, you will discuss with Liu Huayu. So many carvoy stores are enough for you to test it. If you are not enough, you can go to Singapore. It is all Chinese." Yang Wendong nodded: "This test time is fast. Click, if it is finally determined that there is no problem, then we also need to publish it early. As far as I know, several companies are already engaged in calculators. "
In fact, when the electronic technology reaches a certain level, the needs of society will be discovered, and then the company will start to engage in this product. Whether it is an electronic watch, a calculator, or a future computer and the game industry, the same.
This is completely different from the convenient stickers, tie boxes, hooks, etc. of Changxing Industrial before. These things have been created by the technical foundation many years ago, but no one thinks;
The birth of electronic products is reversed. Many people want to electronic some inconvenient products, but the technology is not good. Once the technology is in place, it may be studied by multiple peers at any time.
Therefore, for the traverser, R & D and launching electronic products also need to fight against time, because after the emergence of technology, the corresponding products generally appear after two or three years, so the advantages in this area are not very large, unless it encounters LCD and and with LCD and and with Which of the two technologies of plasma is a choice question in the future, then you can choose the right direction;
However, the game is an exception. After the technology is, this industry needs a variety of ideas, and the creativity is not necessarily born. Even if Yang Wendong does not participate in the gaming industry in the future, he has absolutely affected historical in the previous 12 years. Development, whether the video games of various home appliances will be born in the future, it is difficult to say.
"Okay, I will try to complete the test within 2 months." Wang Zhiqun promised.
Yang Wendong said again: "That line, I wait for your good news. In addition, wait for the next calculator to arrive, send me a few, I may need it at home."
Now the children of the Yang family can also use it appropriately;
Of course, just use, not dependencies.
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