Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1083 Technical Challenge

Back in the restaurant again, this time it was Ma Fuyuan's turn to talk to Duan Yun about technology exchange.

With a multi-color tape recorder, Duan Yun was able to pay more than 600 million tax last year. It is impossible for Ma Fuyuan not to be envious. Moreover, the internal supply price of electronic raw materials of their group company is relatively low, and there is a full set of tape recorder production lines of Japan’s Sanyo Corporation. If the key core tape recorder motor technology is mastered, it is entirely possible for Chunmei Electronics Factory under his group to surpass Tianyin Electronics Factory.

"You give me 300 million US dollars in foreign exchange, and we will exchange it at a ratio of 1:4.5. This price is already very reasonable..." Duan Yun suggested.

"I will give you up to 200 million US dollars, but it must be exchanged at a ratio of 1:6!"

"The ratio of 1:6 is too high. If you are happy enough, Manager Ma, I can transfer the whole set of subwoofer speaker production technology to your group company..."

"Your factory's subwoofer products have no technical content, and many companies under our group can produce them."

"But the problem is that Tianyin's subwoofers in our factory have international patent rights, and the export earnings have exceeded 300 million for two consecutive years. If you are willing to accept my conditions, I can authorize your group to export subwoofer products!"

Duan Yun and Ma Fuyuan haggled so-so until the end of the banquet, and finally reached an agreement. Duan Yun transferred the production technology of the colorful tape recorder motor and the foreign patent authorization of the subwoofer sound, in exchange for a 1:4.5 exchange agreement of 280 million US dollars , the two agreed that they would come to the hotel to meet again tomorrow morning and formally sign the contract.

At present, Duan Yun still has more than 20 US dollars left over from the last purchase of the production line, plus the 280 million US dollars exchanged this time, and has a total of 300 million US dollars in foreign exchange retention, which is already a considerable amount.

For Duan Yun, foreign exchange is of great use to him. Domestic RMB can only buy some raw materials. If he wants to buy advanced technology and equipment, he can only buy it abroad through foreign exchange.

Karaoke has been popular in Japan for many years, and the related technology has already matured. With the 300 million US dollars in hand, it is enough to buy a second-hand production line, but Duan Yun must keep his eyes open this time to ensure that the products he buys are cost-effective , the technology will not lag behind too much.

Compared with Walkman products, the production of karaoke equipment is very difficult. Before the 90s, no domestic manufacturer could produce karaoke video recorders. Until 1991, the state invested more than 3 million yuan and supported 11 companies. There is a designated production plant with an annual production capacity of 150 million units. However, due to poor quality, the production was eventually reduced to 15 units per year. Even so, the return rate is still very high, and the development of domestic video recorders is struggling.

In the early years, karaoke machines generally used cassettes. It was not until VCD and DVD machines appeared in the mid-90s that karaoke began to become popular all over the country in large quantities. Also everywhere.

That is to say, if Duan Yun wants to make karaoke, he must master the production technology of video recorders, but the production technology threshold of video recorders is extremely high. Before the 90s, no domestic company had ever been able to imitate Japanese video recorder products, which involved technical difficulties. The biggest is the mechanical part of the video recorder, especially the magnetic drum of the video recorder, which requires very high precision. Ordinary lathes can't meet the requirements at all. Only high-precision CNC lathes can be mass-produced.

Duan Yun's Longteng Machinery Factory has two advanced Taiwanese CNC machine tools. From this point of view, it is more suitable for the production and development of karaoke video recorders than other domestic manufacturers. It only needs to introduce relevant production technology and technology, and Duan Yun can try it out. Production.

In addition to the magnetic drum of the video recorder, the circuit board components inside the video recorder are also very precise. These require Duan Yun to import and digest technology from abroad, and then carry out the innovation of the production process, so as to finally produce a domestically produced karaoke video recorder with reliable quality.

Speaking of which, the country also attaches great importance to video recorders. Due to the excessive consumption of foreign exchange, it has always been one of the 80 kinds of goods that are restricted by the state from the 90s to the 24s. The legal sales channel for foreign video recorder manufacturers in China is to have duty-free imports. The Friendship Overseas Chinese Store System of Quantity, and the imported video recorders purchased by ordinary consumers in various social and commercial outlets are either smuggled parallel imports, or smuggled goods seized by the customs are purchased by the commercial department and issued with a permit number, and sold in various provinces and cities in the inland of.

According to Japanese customs statistics at the time, Japan sold 1991 million Chinese-made video recorders to Hong Kong in 320, most of which flowed into the mainland market through smooth smuggling channels. From January to July 1991, domestic customs seized more than 1 smuggled video recorders. However, 7 million VCRs were sold nationwide during the same period, which shows that the demand for imported VCRs in the domestic market is very large.

In fact, as early as 1983, some people in China proposed to develop the domestic video recorder industry. However, after a long period of discussion and demonstration, in 1987, they came to the conclusion that "video recorders are advanced consumer products in China and are not easy to develop prematurely".

However, in 1989, under the strong advertising campaign, Japanese VCRs opened the door to China in one fell swoop, stimulating the consumption desire of the Chinese people, and the sales volume was very considerable. However, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics of the People’s Republic of China has successively identified 11 designated VCR production plants, which is a pity. It is very sad that the golden age of the domestic video recorder industry has passed.

Now, it will be nearly three years before a large number of Japanese video recorders entered the domestic market in 1989. If Duan Yun can seize this opportunity, then his Tianyin Electronics Factory will have the opportunity to become the overlord of the domestic video recorder industry.

Duan Yun also plans to start the production of VCD and DVD recorders after he has accumulated the technology for producing video cassette recorders, so as to occupy most of the domestic market share before Japanese electronics companies seize the domestic market.

Three days before the Spring Festival on February 2, Duan Yun finally signed a contract with Ma Fuyuan. Duan Yun exchanged 9 million RMB for 1260 million US dollars in foreign exchange retention, which also gave Duan Yun more than 280 million US dollars in foreign exchange , and in exchange, Duan Yun handed over a complete set of recorder micro-motor production process data to Shenzhen Electronics Group, and allowed them to send two technicians to Tianyin Electronics Factory for training.

Ma Fuyuan is very satisfied with this transaction, because once they have mastered the production technology of high-performance tape recorder motors, they no longer need to import tape recorder motors from Japan at a high price, which can save a lot of foreign exchange and reduce the cost of Chunlei Electronics Factory Product cost, the products produced have certain advantages compared with other domestic recorder products in terms of quality and price.

Of course, although Duan Yun agreed to transfer the production technology of the tape recorder motor, he still has some reservations. The technology obtained by Shenzhen Electronics Group is limited, and now the core dust-free workshop and magnetic head production line of Duan Yun Tianyin Electronics Factory are still strictly confidential. State, all technicians have signed a strict confidentiality agreement.

(End of this chapter)