Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1273 New Ideas for Foreign Trade
"Manager Duan, do you mean to continue to reduce costs and design a series of foreign trade repeaters at the same time?" In the conference room of the R&D center, when Zhao Xuewu and others heard the new task assigned by Duan Yun, Zhao Xuewu was a little confused. asked in surprise.

"Manager Duan, I have some doubts, that is, do people really buy products like repeaters abroad?" Yang Xiuchun also asked with some doubts.

Although repeaters have already sold well in China, and the concept of repeaters has been increasingly recognized by consumers, and even become a special tool for foreign language learning recommended by many education departments and schools, but even so, because it is not certain Whether there is such a high enthusiasm for learning foreign languages ​​abroad as in China, so Zhao Xuewu and others are somewhat skeptical about Duan Yun's proposal to develop an export-oriented repeater.

"In fact, in addition to learning foreign languages ​​in our country, English is also a second language in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries, especially Japan and South Korea. These two countries are younger brothers of the United States. Their national English proficiency is generally very high, so this product There will definitely be great market potential abroad." Duan Yun said.

In fact, in later generations, repeaters did have good sales in South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries, but these Asian countries have their own repeater brands, and our domestic repeaters are not sold abroad.

But this time is different, because Duan Yun has already applied for a patent for the repeater machine in the world as early as a year ago. If other countries want to copy it, they must pay a certain patent fee, or they can only be an agent, so In the long run, Tianyin brand repeaters will definitely have good sales in Southeast Asian countries.

"Now we have mature repeater production technology, so we only need to make localized designs for the corresponding countries, and we can easily produce foreign trade repeaters. But I want to remind Manager Duan that our Tianyin Electronics Factory At present, there is only one repeater production line, and the daily output is only enough to meet domestic demand. If we are producing foreign trade repeaters, will we need to add another production line?" Zhao Xuewu asked.

"It's not necessary. The main task of your R&D center this time is to make samples of foreign trade repeaters first, and then carry out small batch production. You don't need to produce a lot, only about 3 units are enough..." Duan Yun said.

"Only produce 3 units?" Hearing what Duan Yun said, everyone in the conference room was a little puzzled.

"Let me tell you straight, this time you are arranged to develop foreign trade Walkmans, which are mainly used for exhibitions at this spring fair. In the past, foreign companies ordered and we produced them, but this time I plan to cooperate with countries such as Southeast Asia. Foreign companies jointly produce repeaters..." Duan Yun said.

"Joint production of repeaters?" Zhao Xuewu was even more puzzled.

"Everyone knows the situation of our Tianyin Electronics Factory. We have exported a batch of foreign trade Walkmans before, but now many Southeast Asian countries have their own low-end Walkman production lines, so since last year, foreign Walkmans Orders have dropped sharply..." Duan Yun glanced at Zhao Xuewu and others, and then said: "A long time ago, I applied for domestic and foreign patents for repeater products. Foreign countries are different from us. Protection is very strict, and if this product does have commercial potential abroad, there will definitely be merchants from Southeast Asia who will cooperate with us, and this is my real purpose.”

Duan Yun has long had his own plan. In the past, he directly exported the finished products to foreign countries to earn foreign exchange, but now, he plans to expand his professional market and earn profits by selling patents.

At present, there is only one production line in Tianyin Electronics Factory for the production of repeater products. The output is very limited and can only maintain the supply in the domestic market. There is no extra production capacity to order repeater machines from abroad. If the sales volume is very high, some advertising must be carried out abroad, and this is also a huge expense. Moreover, after this market is opened up, local manufacturers will also launch counterfeit products, which is tantamount to marrying others. Clothes.

It is precisely because of various considerations that Duan Yun participated in the cooperation with foreign manufacturers this time, and cooperated with manufacturers in Southeast Asian countries that can produce Walkmans. You can still get huge profits.

To put it bluntly, the introduction of the foreign trade version of the repeater this time is actually to export the flash chips produced by its own factory.

"Forehead."

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

For a long time, mainland China has mainly relied on the export of natural resources such as petroleum and minerals to obtain foreign exchange. In recent years, the export products of young industries and machinery have increased, but they still only account for a small part of the total domestic exports, and most of these products are low-tech additional products. Roughly processed products of high value have meager profits, many of which require state subsidies to make money, and have always been at the lowest end of the international industrial chain.

But this time, if Duan Yun can sell the patents and cooperate with foreign manufacturers, it can be regarded as a major breakthrough for domestic export companies. Because of the patents and the most core components in his hands, Duan Yun can be regarded as a real repeater this time. Upstream enterprises of a product.

However, at present, whether Duan Yun's plan can be successful is still unknown. Whether he can find a suitable cooperative manufacturer at the Canton Fair, whether the repeater can be sold well in these Southeast Asian countries, and how much the price of patents and chips is suitable. Duan Yun still has many problems to solve.

But in any case, Duan Yun must take the first step, which is to produce a sample of the foreign trade version of the repeater and exhibit it at this year's Spring Canton Fair.

In fact, in the past few years, Duan Yun has also met many foreign businessmen. As long as the samples are produced, he can contact these foreign businessmen for sales promotion before the Canton Fair.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I shouldn't be so unkind. Anyway, I have to give everyone a long holiday so that everyone can have a good reunion year. But this year's situation in our factory is special. It can be said that our company Tianyin Electronics Co., Ltd. It is the most critical year for the transition to production, so I also hope that everyone can race against time to make samples first." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "Of course I don't force you, if you really want to go home, I will buy a good ticket , arrange for you to go home for the New Year, but if you are willing to stay, I will not only give you generous bonuses, but also reimburse your family members for air tickets so that they can come to Shenzhen to accompany you to celebrate the New Year. We are a humane company. I also hope that everyone can understand me..."

(End of this chapter)