Chapter 098: The Sharpeners
Shigeru Tanaka, head of the Xiangjiang office of Sharp Corporation, got down from the taxi, looked at the gray industrial building in front of him, shook his head and sighed.
Dozens of refugees, who had just climbed ashore and had not yet washed their mud legs, clumsily soldered various capacitors and resistors to rough circuit boards around a homemade assembly line dragged by backward motors, and then installed a plastic casing pulled from the plastic factory next door to build a cheap radio for export to Asia, Africa and Latin America.
This is Shigeru Tanaka's true view of Heungjiang's electronics manufacturing industry.
However, the words of the British old man who had great skills in Xiangjiang made him have to pay attention to it, and it is said that the young boss of this company is not simple, and he is well-known among the British.
The most important thing is that the TV screen at the headquarters has been overcapacity, and it is a credit to be able to develop a new customer, he is still only a small department head, and his ideal is to become a minister, or even a general manager, and the opportunity will not be easily let go.
What's more, this company has already made this, and Shigeru Tanaka stuffed the poster with the address in his pocket and walked up the stairs.
Looking at the young RB staff member who bowed respectfully to him in front of him, Zhang Heng felt a little emotion in his heart, he naturally didn't know, and the other party was even more shocked and emotional.
"Mr. Tanaka, please take a seat, your reaction speed is amazing. ”
Shigeru Tanaka sat down stiffly, following Chinese customs, pulling a long paragraph of flattering words, Zhang Heng barely listened, and told him his request.
Daheng Technology needed to purchase a large number of CRT displays for a long time, including picture tubes, ancillary control and scanning circuits, and speaker modules.
For a long time, in large quantities, these two words shocked Shigeru Tanaka, the whole person was dizzy, and the glittering stainless steel sign was beating in his mind, and two big words were written on it: Executive!
Zhang Heng asked suspiciously, "Tanaka?"
"Hi!" Shigeru Tanaka stood up and bowed again, "Zhang San, please advise." ”
"You sit down and talk. Looking at the almost 90-degree body, Zhang Heng shook his head and told him to sit down.
Shigeru Tanaka sat down and said with a smile: "Can I ask Zhang Sang for the specific requirements? ”
"I can't be sure of the number yet, because we have just started to develop this new product, and there are no special technical requirements, just you need to provide the whole system of black and white display that can be freely connected to the normal digital output, including the sound system. ”
Shigeru Tanaka asked, "What about the size?"
At this time, the PONG arcade machine launched by Atari used a 14-inch black and white CRT, and Zhang Heng planned to make the screen bigger for them, he said: "17 inches, or 19 inches, it depends on your quotation." ”
"How much will we procure in the first batch?" asked Shigeru Tanaka expectantly.
Zhang Heng roughly estimated the capacity of the Xiangjiang market, plus the number of samples needed to promote it in other cities, and replied: "Let's order 500 sets first." ”
Shigeru Tanaka got up again and bowed: "I'm sorry, I need to report to the headquarters, can I borrow your phone?"
Dialed the phone at the Osaka headquarters, Shigeru Tanaka talked for a long time, and there seemed to be a change of people over there, and after a short period of waiting, he apologized to Zhang Heng repeatedly, followed by a large number of words, and finally Shigeru Tanaka hung up the phone.
"Zhang Sang, I'm sorry, I still need to make another call to the office. ”
"Please fight. Zhang Heng waved his hand and sat down on the sofa to drink coffee.
After making the call, Shigeru Tanaka came over and saluted again: "Zhang San, the director of the TV Division of the headquarters has just asked me to convey his greetings to you, and he invites you to visit the headquarters tomorrow, please be sure to accept our small greetings." ”
"Visiting Osaka Sharp Company tomorrow?" Zhang Heng glanced at him, are you kidding?
Air tickets and visas, where can you get them so quickly, and you RB people don't rest for Christmas?
As Tanaka said, Sharp was so sincere that an hour later, another staff member from Sharp's Xiangjiang office sent a fax of an invitation letter from Sharp's headquarters.
"Zhang Sang, you don't have to worry about the visa, the headquarters has contacted the Xiangjiang Consulate, and I will accompany you later, and I will get it soon." Seeing Zhang Heng's surprised face, Shigeru Tanaka felt slightly complacent in his heart and said with a smile.
"Also, we buy round-trip tickets, as long as you confirm the number of people going to Japan, we will call JAL immediately, and we will definitely vacate a place for you. ”
Zhang Heng touched his chin, looked at the respectful Shigeru Tanaka, and thought in his heart: "Little RB has such a good attitude, are they also intimidated by my domineering aura across the sea?"
This idea is naturally a joke, maybe there is really a big problem with Sharp's TV industry, thinking of SONY's aggressive Trilon, Zhang Heng basically confirmed the fact behind it.
Called Chen Zhenning in to accompany him, and by the way, he was also monitoring Shigeru Tanaka, and Zhang Heng went out to discuss with He Jie.
"Sister He, Sharp invited us to visit RB headquarters, Lao Meng is not in Tokyo, you can go together tomorrow. ”
"I, I ......" He Jie hesitated, but was finally persuaded by Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng immediately rushed to the new factory, and as soon as he entered the factory, he saw a bunch of people gathered around, laughing and applauding.
He went up and saw that the guys were having a good time connecting the handle, the circuit board, and an oscilloscope.
"Well done. Zhang Heng said loudly.
A group of people immediately got out of the way, Zhang Heng walked in and operated two, except for the mechanical part that felt a little sluggish, everything else was not bad.
"Both handles are done. Uncle Li took another handle, Zhang Heng tried it again, and nodded with satisfaction.
Lu Yun picked up the circuit board, "This is a board that we built temporarily according to the circuit diagram you designed, and the sensitivity fully meets the requirements when it is actually used." ”
Zhang Heng smiled and nodded, and called Lin Liang, "You hurry up and make detailed application documents for the mechanical part and the circuit part of the two handles according to the requirements, and then Lin Liang will bring it back today, and let Lawyer Jiexi apply for a global patent as soon as possible." ”
All three engineers have studied mechanical drawing, and there is no problem at all in drawing formal drawings.
Zhang Heng said loudly again: "The company will have a three-day holiday from tomorrow, and it just so happens that Sharp invited us to send someone to RB to investigate, and the three of you will discuss who to go to." ”
"Let Lu Yun go. Lin Wencan blurted out.
Lu Yun waved his hand again and again: "I can't, it's better for the two of you to choose one of them." ”
Zhang Zhefeng took his arm and said with a smile: "It's better for Brother Lu to go, you have a solid foundation, and we may not be able to help the boss if we go." ”
Zhang Heng was surprised in his heart, and said with a faint smile on his face: "Then Lu Yun goes, you go with me to apply for a visa first, and then participate when you come back." ”
After walking a few steps, he turned around and said loudly: "Don't forget to go back to the old factory when you get off work, Director He bought holiday gifts, and there is also a festival fee of 100 yuan, which everyone has." ”
"Thank you, boss!" was applauded loudly by everyone, including the new employees.