Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1208 Profit Margin
"It's out, the image is out!"

On the first Friday of October, in the underground audition room of the product R&D center, Duan Yun, his wife and Zhao Xuewu, and the R&D staff nervously stared at the TV set on the front desk. The company's opening title, the entire audition room burst into cheers.

After Duan Yun sold a Walkman production line to Shenzhen Electronics Group last month, the entire factory suddenly felt a sense of crisis. In the eyes of Zhao Xuewu and other R&D team members, Duan Yun's doing so was completely a desperate attempt. Behavior, transfer the biggest cash cow in the factory to others. If there is no new product to replace it, Tianyin Electronics Factory will inevitably fall into a trough next year. There is a risk of capital cut-off, or even complete bankruptcy.

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

Following Duan Yun, these technicians who have already lived a decent life, their current interests and future prospects have been firmly tied to Tianyin Electronics Factory, so when the electronics factory is facing a potential crisis, the only one What can be done is to work hard to make this enterprise brilliant again.

It is precisely because of this that these 60-year-old experts are under extremely heavy pressure. They eat and live in the institute like young people every day. Even Zhao Xuewu and others have not gone home to sleep by car for more than a month. Everyone has a folding bed in their office, and they won't rest until they are exhausted.

5 minute, 10 minutes, 30 minutes...

After playing the entire video tape, both the picture quality and the power amplifier effect are very satisfactory. There is no noise from the whole body, and there is no feeling of heat when the hands are placed on the cover.

This time, Duan Yun specially selected the movie "Fuxing Gaozhao" starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the test of the video recorder, in order to win a lottery, so that the first domestic video recorder of Tianyin Electronics Factory can pass the test smoothly.

When the movie's ending song played, everyone at the scene stood up and clapped their hands. Zhao Xuewu and others sitting in the front row had moist eyes and seemed very happy.

After the movie screening, Duan Yun immediately played another song video, and then tried the karaoke function of this machine.

Duan Yun started out as an audio player, so he has a certain technical accumulation and attainments in the audio power amplifier function, so this time the karaoke analog circuit part of the video recorder was designed by Duan Yun himself, focusing on strengthening the noise reduction function and analog mixing the sound quality of the microphone.

"Sweet honey, you smile sweetly..."

For a moment, Duan Yun's singing voice resounded throughout the audition room.

Although Duan Yun's singing level is really a little sorry for the audience, but I have to say that the karaoke function of this video recorder is really excellent, the sound quality is clear, the sound mixing is excellent, and the live singing effect is very good.

So that Cheng Qingyan, who was sitting in the audience, was very happy after hearing Duan Yun's singing. Although she was not an expert in electronic circuits, she could clearly see the sound of karaoke because she often used the imported karaoke video recorder at home. I feel that the sound quality of this video recorder sample is obviously clearer than the one at home.

"Everyone, the first domestic video recorder produced by our Tianyin Electronics Factory has passed the preliminary test. The performance of the machine is good and it is operating normally." The successful trial production of the machine prototype is inseparable from the hard work of all of you in the past few months, and I would like to express my sincere thanks to you all!"

When Duan Yun said this, he bowed deeply to the audience. For a moment, there was thunderous applause, and the atmosphere of the scene was very hot.

"According to our company's reward system, the production and testing of the video recorder prototype is successful. The five project leaders in the R&D center will be rewarded with 5 yuan each! The other management and technical personnel will be rewarded with 3000 yuan each!" Duan Yun paused, and then continued: "I would like to remind everyone here that the success of the prototype is only the first step in the video recorder project of our electronics factory. There is still a lot of work to be done in the later stage. Before the end of the year, the entire video recorder production line can be officially put into production, and the company will give everyone higher rewards at that time!"

"Clap clap clap!"

As soon as Duan Yun finished speaking, warm applause broke out again.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Qingyan also took the stage to deliver a speech.

Like her husband, Cheng Qingyan also expressed her thanks, and then encouraged everyone to continue to work hard to get the VCR production line officially put into production.

After the preliminary test of the samples, other management and technical personnel left the audition room, while Duan Yun asked Zhao Xuewu and others to stay and continue to discuss other matters.

In fact, Duan Yun was not at all surprised by the successful test of the prototype of this video recorder, because this was originally a production line with mature technology imported from Japan, but the movement and magnetic drum of the video recorder were made by Duan Yun machine processing factory. Production, as long as there is no problem with this part of the parts, then the entire prototype should be able to test successfully.

In fact, Duan Yun is most concerned about the mass production of video recorders. After all, the success of the prototype and mass production are completely different things, and the later test is the biggest.

"Master Zhao, how much is the cost of our video recorder?" Duan Yun asked Zhao Xuewu.

"Now that this type of video recorder is all domestically produced, the cost of each unit is at least 2500 yuan, and two of the integrated chips can only be bought smuggled from the Shenzhen Electronics Building, but the price of this kind of chip is not expensive. More than 30 yuan, less than 3% of the total cost." Zhao Xuewu said after thinking for a while.

"The cost of 2500 yuan is too high. Now the imported video recorder of the same type is only about 3000 yuan. You have to find a way to lower the price..." Duan Yun said with a frown.

"In fact, if it is mass-produced, the cost will definitely be shared, mainly labor costs, utilities, etc. My previous cost of 2500 yuan was priced according to the highest cost." Zhao Xuewu said.

"In short, think of a way to change the production process and lower the cost. It is best to be less than 2000 yuan, and 1800 yuan is the most suitable." Duan Yun said.

Duan Yun wants to occupy the bulk of the domestic video recorder market, so he must have an overwhelming advantage over smuggled video recorders in terms of price, and he must leave a certain profit margin for his dealers, so cost control has become a video recorder product Whether it can sell well is the key.

"This is difficult... The key is that the cost of the movement and magnetic drum in our machining factory is very high, accounting for almost 60% of the cost of the entire machine. If the cost can be reduced there, I am thinking of a way Some upgrades to the equipment and technology may achieve this goal." Zhao Xuewu said with a look of embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)