Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1185 Fight for a Future

A week later, Huang Lingyi and other 17 former Chinese Academy of Sciences R&D personnel boarded a plane to Japan for a one-month inspection, training and study.

Including the 15 "Youth Army" led by Wu Gang, Duan Yun's chip research and development project team has a size of 33 people, and Duan Yun is still recruiting, but this time it is mainly based on microelectronics. Highly educated young professionals, and once these people agree to sign a long-term contract with Duan Yun, they will immediately get the opportunity to study and study in Japan.

At this time, the dust-free workshop of the chip factory also entered the installation stage.

After paying 450 million US dollars, the first batch of clean room air purification and temperature control equipment has been shipped by the Japanese side, and it can be shipped to China within a week at the earliest, and relevant Japanese technicians will also arrive at the same time to assist related equipment installation work.

At the same time, Zhao Xuewu and others who went to Japan to inspect the production line of video recorders also returned to China, got three alternative plans, and analyzed the price performance of each set of video recorder production lines and some other technical materials, and handed over to Cheng Qingyan, let her choose.

As for video recorder technology, Cheng Qingyan was a complete layman, so he could only discuss it with her husband.

Although the husband and wife had already had a clear division of labor before, it was still up to Duan Yun to make decisions on such key matters. Cheng Qingyan now firmly believes in her husband's vision.

Now Duan Yun has asked his apprentice Dajun to cooperate with Li Yun to handle the matters on the construction site, and he does not have to go to the site to supervise the work himself, so he can spare a period of time to help his wife analyze the selection of the introduction of the VCR production line.

In the 80s, the three giants of Japanese video recorders were Hitachi, Panasonic and Sanyo. Although Sony Corporation first developed civilian video recorders, after entering the 80s, they were gradually overtaken by latecomers in the field of home video recorders. Hitachi, Panasonic and Sanyo almost Occupy most of the market share in Japan.

The three plans for the introduction of video recorder production lines this time came from these three manufacturers.

Among the three factories, Hitachi has the lowest quotation for the production line. Even so, the entire Hitachi video recorder production line is as high as 480 million U.S. dollars. The highest quotation is Sanyo Electronics. times.

However, after analyzing the information on the production lines of these three companies, Duan Yun decisively suggested to buy the production lines of Sanyo Electronics, because the other two production lines in Japan belong to the second-generation production lines, and only the video recorder production lines of Sanyo Electronics belong to the third-generation production lines. The domestic VCRs are two generations behind, but in terms of product functions and performance, only the VCR production line of Sanyo Electronics can produce products with karaoke functions, while the other two production lines only have simple video recording functions. To convert it into a karaoke video recorder, the production line needs to be upgraded and the product needs to be redesigned.

At the beginning, Duan Yun wanted to introduce the Japanese karaoke production line to make quick money. Although he could spend some time and energy on product transformation, it would take at least a few months or even half a year, and he would also spend money on equipment upgrades. Transformation, and the sooner the product is put on the market, the faster it will pay back. Therefore, Sanyo Electronics' VCR production line has become Duan Yun's only choice.

But the $850 million made Cheng Qingyan feel very embarrassed.

Nowadays, the exchange rate of Shenzhen Foreign Exchange Adjustment Center has reached an astonishing 1:8.5, which means that Tianyin Electronics Factory has to spend more than 850 million yuan to exchange 7200 million U.S. dollars, and most of the profits of Tianyin Electronics Factory last year The cash has been converted into U.S. dollars, and invested in Duan Yun's chip factory, it is impossible to spend so much money.

Fortunately, Duan Yun’s chip factory is paid in installments. Toshiba has paid 2 million US dollars in the early stage, plus 500 million US dollars for the construction of the clean room, a total of 500 million US dollars has been spent. 3 million US dollars of foreign exchange retained.

That is to say, there is still a $500 million hole in the Duanyun chip factory that has not been filled, and now an additional $850 million is needed, and a total of $1 million is needed.

Fortunately, Duan Yun's final payment of 2 million US dollars will not be settled with Toshiba until the end of the year, which leaves enough room for Duan Yun and Cheng Qingyan to maneuver.

At present, the Walkman of Tianyin Electronics Factory is still selling well, and it can still make a profit of about 2 million per month. By May of this year, it should be able to fill in this hole.

"Then let's introduce the production line of Sanyo VCRs." Despite some pain, Cheng Qingyan decided to adopt the plan proposed by her husband and introduce the production line of Sanyo VCRs with the highest price.

"I'll do it myself this time, let Zhao Xuewu go with me, and complete the deal with Sanyo as soon as possible." Duan Yun pondered for a while, and then said: "However, the production and development of Walkmans in our electronics factory cannot be interrupted. At any rate, there is no other manufacturer in China that can produce Walkman products, and we can still rely on Walkman to enjoy a year or two of bonuses.”

Duan Yun's meaning is very clear, that is, while introducing the production line of video recorders, the production and technological upgrading of Walkman products must not be given up. After all, Duan Yun still needs to sell Walkmans to fill the gap in investment in chip factories and video recorder factories.

And so far in China, only Duan Yun's Tianyin Electronics Factory can produce small Walkmans. Monopoly means high profits. Factory, Duan Yun relies on the advantages of cost and performance, still able to firmly grasp the vast majority of the market share.

"I understand this. I will divide the product R&D center into two later. At that time, Zhao Xuewu will be in charge of the production and R&D of the video recorder production line. The R&D and technical issues of the Walkman will be in charge of Professor Yang Xiuchun. I feel that her The technical level is no worse than that of Professor Zhao." Cheng Qingyan said.

"Yeah." Duan Yun nodded and said, "Then let's contact Sanyo Electronics tomorrow, and I'll go to Japan this week to settle this matter!"

"That's great." Cheng Qingyan said happily.

Although Cheng Qingyan decided to manage Tianyin Electronics Factory independently, at least for now, she still needs to rely on Duan Yun in terms of technology, and she is not good at negotiating with foreign businessmen.

This year is still a relatively difficult year for the couple. Basically all the money they earned before was used to introduce foreign production lines and technology, but this time, they are ready to fight for a more brilliant future...

(End of this chapter)