Men are prone to indulging in a sport that sometimes caused ancient emperors to be sprayed in the face by their ministers, and made their fellow athletes have to carry a black pot on their backs.

Evan also has this tendency, but fortunately Audrey has more self-control.

In the past few days since Audrey returned, Evan has been flushed every day, and he is extremely punctual when he gets off work, and even if someone makes a mistake in meetings, the tone of criticism is not as harsh as before.

Of course, this sainthood state did not last long. Under Audrey's unceremonious "lesson", Evan quickly returned to normal.

Friday, August 27, 2 p.m., Inglewood, Applied Physical Systems Large Conference Room.

Meetings involving the company's key management were held on time under the chairmanship of Carl, with Evan in the chair.

Carl had returned from New Jersey yesterday, and he could still see the tiredness on his face.

Although the negotiations with Dumont Labs are carried out on the basis of the agreement reached by the bosses of the two sides, there are many terms that need to be negotiated and implemented, involving interests,-for-tat, and killing you and me at the negotiation table is a common thing. Karl, who had little experience in conducting such negotiations, needed to give his all and therefore spent a lot of energy.

"Everyone has arrived, let's get started. Looking around, Evan said, "Carl, let's talk about the harvest of this trip to New Jersey first, and the sales data will be put later." ”

"Okay. Karl, who was sitting at the head of Evan's right hand, nodded, and reported in a calm voice: "The terms of cooperation signed with Dumont Laboratories this time are basically in line with the tone we wrote before, and the main goal has been achieved, which is to obtain the basic patent in the field of picture tubes, and to lay an important foundation for the realization of self-produced picture tubes without the restrictions of suppliers and competitors." ”

"The trade-off, of course, is that Dumont has acquired our own patent at a low price, and has the potential to become the first person to commercialize color television. ”

"The following is a list of patents related to CRT that we have obtained......"

"With regard to our share swap plan with Dumont Laboratories, we have acquired a 5% stake in Dumont Networks, a Dumont Laboratories company, for a 5% stake in our shares, based on the audit and valuation of our respective accounting firms. ”

"This is a detailed document, and once signed and approved by the relevant parties, Dumont Laboratories will become the second largest corporate shareholder of our company, and accordingly, we will become the third largest shareholder of Dumont Networks, which, by the way, will be the parent company Dumont Laboratories and Paramount. ”

"Paramount is aware of our stake in the Dumont network and has communicated with us to a certain extent. ”

Speaking of this, Evan, who had been listening carefully, suddenly interjected, "What is Paramount's reaction?"

The rhythm of the report was abruptly interrupted, but Carl was unaffected, and replied calmly, "The other party is only polite contact, but from what I have observed, they seem to be happy to see us join." ”

"In your opinion, the matter of taking a stake should not be dismissed by Dumont Network, right?"

Carl gave Evan a confirmed response, and Evan said, "Okay, you can go ahead." ”

Carl reorganized his language and said, "There is still some process to go through in this transaction, but we can assume that there will be no more variables in the future, so the next step is to build our own picture tube factory needs to be on the agenda." ”

"You're right, I think so too. Evan agreed: "CRT technology has cost us so much, and it should be converted into a boost as soon as possible." ”

After saying this with a painful face, Evan turned his head to look at Lee Bailey, "Bailey, if you are put in charge of the technical part of the picture tube factory, is there a problem?"

Not only was he involved in the negotiations with Dumont Laboratories, he was the team leader for the Dumont CRT technology, but he was also the head of the television development team. Evan's inquiry was putting a burden on him.

Lee Bailey understood Evan's intentions as soon as he heard it, and replied without thinking about it: "Of course you can, boss." ”

"That's good!" Evan nodded with satisfaction, "Carl, you come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible, where to build the factory, how large the scale it needs to be, how much production capacity, and how much investment it is expected to make, these are all up to you." ”

Some of the work should have been decided by Evan, but Carl didn't complain, but simply replied, "I understand, I'll submit the proposal within a week." ”

After the CRT part of the work report was completed, Wells took the place of Girard, the absent sales executive, to report on the sales of the company's products for the month. As the company's main product, SONY TV is the focus of the whole company's attention, so the sales statistics are extremely frequent and detailed to help the company adjust its marketing strategy and production plan.

"This week is the fifth week of SONY TV's launch, and this week's omni-channel sales have set a new record, reaching 4,432 units, with total sales reaching more than 19,000 units, and the market share has further increased. ”

"In terms of word-of-mouth tracking, consumers' perception satisfaction and interest in SONY TV both continued to rise. ”

"Based on feedback from the sales pipeline and a survey by the sales team, Girard suggested that we adjust the production plan. ”

"I know about it, Girard has communicated it to me. Evan said with some preparation: "Girard said that he is expected to win a few more large department store channels, and the local momentum in California is also very good, so I verbally agree with this suggestion." ”

"But, Wells, let me ask you first, is there a problem with the ramp-up of capacity?"

At present, the production capacity of the TV factory in Wilmington is still far from the design value, partly because of the speed of worker training, partly because the product did not sell so well, or because the company did not open up production for insurance reasons.

This strategy Evan also had to recognize.

After all, the TV is different from the original Rubik's Cube, its unit price is high, and there are good quality competitors in front, whether it can be sold after production, no one can pack tickets.

Not even Evan.

Wells is the first person in charge of the factory and knows the factory best.

"Basically, there is no problem, and we have not stopped recruiting and training workers. "As long as we coordinate with our suppliers, we don't have a shortage of parts," Wells said. ”

Evan said: "In that case, let's start gradually increasing production capacity, as Girard said." ”

Wells confidently said, "No problem!"

Evan laughed: "I hope the factory will be running at full speed in two months, can you do that?"

Wilston paused and said, "Boss, as you wish!"