Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1085 Product Finalization
The Spring Festival in 1986 came as promised. On this day, Duan Yun and Li Guosheng’s family gathered together to watch the Spring Festival Gala and eat a sumptuous dinner. The sound of firecrackers outside was one after another, and the gorgeous fireworks lit up the entire night sky.

During the New Year’s Eve, Duan Yun began to pay New Year’s greetings to these retired old professors who stayed in Shenzhen one by one. These retired old professors, including Zhao Xuewu, have now been allocated houses, and all 5 of them have chosen a community. In addition, a few people were specially hired to take care of their daily necessities, which can be described as meticulous.

And just after the third day of the Lunar New Year, all these old professors in the product R&D center returned to work, and some technicians who stayed in the local area and did not go home are still busy with the final testing of the Walkman product.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival. On this day, Zhao Xuewu came to Duan Yun's office with a Walkman.

"Manager Duan, how about this Walkman?" Zhao Xuewu said to Duan Yun with a smile.

"Eh..." After Duan Yun took the Walkman, his eyes suddenly brightened.

Compared with the Walkman sample that Zhao Xuewu gave Duan Yun last time, the appearance of this sample is obviously much more refined. The aluminum alloy casing is full of metal texture, which is different from the square casing of the Japanese Walkman. The sample shell made for the first time has a somewhat elegant and streamlined design, which is very fashionable and has a sense of technology. The designers of the art design department obviously spent a lot of thought.

Since the Walkman is positioned for young people, it must be designed according to the aesthetics of young people. In order to design a design that can meet the aesthetics of young people, the art design department also went to some colleges and universities in Shenzhen and Guangzhou to conduct some investigations. , and finally selected the most popular design scheme among young people.

"It's really good this time, has the cost increased?" Duan Yun asked.

"We have a mechanical processing factory, which is nothing more than making a mold for stamping. The cost of an aluminum alloy shell is only about a few dollars. The more we produce, the cheaper it will be." Zhao Xuewu said.

"Not bad!" Duan Yun nodded in satisfaction.

"Manager Duan, when are we going to mass-produce this Walkman?" Zhao Xuewu asked.

"At present, we still have a lot of orders for colorful tape recorders, and it will take at least one month to complete them all. I plan to start small-scale production of Walkmans. Next month, I will convene a meeting of members of chambers of commerce across the country to let them test sales first. If the market responds well, then we can mass-produce and put it on the market.” Duan Yun said.

In the next step, Duan Yun intends to outsource and OEM all the colorful tape recorder products after completing the current order. The production capacity of our factory will gradually be devoted to the production of Walkman products. There are still many things to do.

But in any case, Duan Yun has taken the most critical step. The domestic Walkman product is officially finalized, and there are no technical problems.

"That manager, now that the Walkman product has been finalized, the next step for our product research and development center..."

"Master Zhao, how much do you know about video recorders?" Duan Yun asked.

"Video recorder?" Zhao Xuewu was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked Duan Yun in surprise: "You don't want our factory to develop a video recorder, do you?"

"Is there a problem?"

"Video recorder technology is really too difficult. It is not comparable to tape recorders and Walkmans." Zhao Xuewu frowned slightly, and then said: "I haven't retired in 79. I was sent to the Southwest Research Institute to participate in the A research on a domestic monitor. At that time, there was a Japanese video recorder in that institute. Several of our colleagues also studied it together. The structure inside is very complicated, the circuit integration is very high, and the machining accuracy of the mechanical part is very demanding. With the most advanced technology in our country at that time, it was impossible to make such a high-performance video recorder. Although it has been several years, I think I want to make a video recorder product and realize mass production. With our domestic electronics industry and The technical level is very difficult, and the entire R&D process may require a lot of money and a long time..."

If it is said that the research and development of the Walkman product is based on Zhao Xuewu's technical background, then the development and production of the video recorder is a bit too difficult for him.

Because the video recorder itself is a product of various high-tech collections, not only involving electronic technology, but also raw materials and processing. Just one of the small coating formulas is enough to study for a period of time. There is not enough system and advanced professional Equipment, mass production of video recorders is simply a fantasy.

"Two years if one year is not enough, three years if two years are not enough, you can tell me what equipment and how much money you need, all in all, you just need to do your best." Duan Yun said seriously.

In fact, Zhao Xuewu's reaction was within Duan Yun's expectation. Duan Yun is well aware of the difficulty of developing video recorders. He has more than 30 years of technical background beyond this era, and he can design advanced video recorder products, but it is limited to the current situation. There is a lack of advanced equipment and technology in China, so Duan Yun's many good ideas and design solutions cannot be easily realized.

So now Duan Yun actually doesn't have much hope for Zhao Xuewu's ability to develop the production process of video recorders. His plan is to first rely on the production of tape recorders and Walkman products to earn enough capital accumulation, and then introduce foreign production technology and equipment, as well as international technical cooperation, and finally achieve the goals they set.

"Then... alright!" Zhao Xuewu nodded.

"Don't be busy with the research and development of video recorders for the time being. The main task of your R&D center this year is to upgrade the Walkman products. Our goal is not only to occupy the domestic Walkman market, but also to strive to export products abroad so that It is not easy for our factory's Walkman to become a product with international competitiveness, and we need to work together." Duan Yun said.

For Duan Yun, the international market is more attractive to him than the domestic market. Duan Yun is going to discuss with the SZ municipal government to see if the foreign exchange exchanged for the speaker products exported by their factory can be retained in a certain proportion. Duan Yun needed to have a face-to-face interview with Mayor Li, and it was still unknown whether the other party would agree.

In fact, there are currently many companies in China that have introduced foreign capital to form joint ventures in order to obtain foreign exchange, but the mainland has very strict scrutiny on joint ventures, and joint ventures in Shenzhen currently do not allow domestic sales of products, so this method is not acceptable for Duan Yun OK.

In addition, he does not want his company to become a joint-stock company. This is not to say that Duan Yun is reluctant to give money to others, but that doing so may cause him to lose certain decision-making power in the company, which is absolutely unacceptable to him.

(End of this chapter)