Chapter 152: Letter from Europe
The rabbi didn't care about the form, he didn't mind if he was doing experiments at Columbia University or in an outside lab.
However, Li Kangping cares about the physical level of the rabbi.
In time, the rabbi could become a brilliant physicist.
But now, the rabbi has been studying physics for less than a year.
"Isidore, you should study the theory of physics first." Li Kangping made a suggestion to the rabbis, and he took his leave and left.
It has been two months since the Poseidon brand superheterodyne radio was on the market, and the factory has produced a total of 15,000 superheterodyne radios, 13,000 units have been picked up by dealers, and 2,000 units have been stocked in the factory.
The business policy given by the main engine factory is that the dealer picks up the goods at the wholesale price in US dollars, and the dealer only needs to pay 20% of the money when picking up the goods, and when the goods are all sold to consumers in the terminal sales market, the dealer will pay the remaining 80% of the payment.
In this era, there is no network, and it is impossible to do daily statistics on terminal sales. Li Kangping mainly pays attention to the data of dealers picking up goods and collecting payments.
The dealer picked up 13,000 units, and the current payment is 625,500 US dollars. It seems that the sales of Poseidon brand superheterodyne radios in the end market are not bad.
The Poseidon radio company began to make money, and it was quite profitable. With money in his hands, he didn't panic, so Li Kangping continued to roll and develop.
Li Kangping said to John Saunders: "John, we are starting to make a profit, which is good news. ”
"Exciting good news!" John Saunders said with a red face, "There are more than 10,000 Poseidon superheterodyne radios currently on the consumer market, which is a small number compared to the entire American radio market." As far as we know, customers in big cities such as New York, Chicago, and Boston have shown great enthusiasm and desire to buy our radios. What will happen next makes us look forward to the fact that, yes, our radios have the potential to be bestsellers! ”
"A good seller must be in good supply. So, John, please hire more workers now. It's not just 300 new recruits, but more than 2,000 new recruits. In this way, we can produce in three shifts, bringing the annual production capacity of Poseidon Radio to 400,000 units. I hope to achieve the target of 400,000 units per year within next year. ”
As a result, the Poseidon Radio Company formulated a business plan for 1924 with a capacity of 3,000 people and an annual output of 400,000 units.
At this point, the layout of several major business sections of Manhattan Zeus Company has begun to show scale.
Manhattan Zeus is based in New York and has gradually expanded its business to the southeast and northwest of the United States.
Based in New Jersey, the radio sector will gradually become the core business segment of Manhattan Zeus Company based on a scale of 3,000 people and an annual output of 400,000 units.
The mahjong section started in the Bronx, New York, and has now built a branch factory in Miami.
The film section is based in Hollywood, and it seems that it is difficult to grow the film section at present. Let's let the movie section develop obscenely, and then make a judgment later.
The science and technology R&D section is based on Zeus Laboratory in Queens, New York, and this section is the core business section in Li Kangping's heart.
After rolling the development of the radio section, Li Kangping followed the rolling development of the technology research and development section, and he summoned Anthony, the head of the purchasing department, in the president's office.
"Anthony? You know? Although we own thirty acres of land in Queens, the only one is rented. ”
"Mr. Li? I know what you mean? You want to buy that 80,000 square feet of land and factory. It is owned by the New York City Mercantile Corporation, and it will cost about $20,000 to $30,000 to buy it. ”
"Let's talk to the bank."
"Okay."
"Also? Anthony, I would like to build a new factory, lab, and building on thirty acres of land. ”
"I can't estimate how much it will cost for the time being? But I know it must not be a small amount. So Mr. Lee? What is the nature of the expansion of Zeus' laboratory? Electrical, chemical or other industries, their factories and laboratories have different construction standards. ”
"Xidian has a fifteen-acre R&D site on West Street, and I've been there. Anthony, you should also visit the R&D base of Xidian Company. ”
"Mr. Li? Do you mean to expand the Zeus laboratory according to the model of the Xidian West Street R&D base? So Zeus Laboratories is positioned as the R&D of telephone products? ”
"In fact, Xidian's West Street R&D base is not just a research phone? In general, it is a research and development base that integrates electronics, communications and other projects, and they also do research on sound films, and they even do research on molecular beams and low-energy electron diffraction experiments. These research projects can be classified under the category of physics, in order to better study physics? They have also set up a chemistry laboratory as a companion. So, Anthony? Go to West Street to find out what's going on. Do you know anyone from Xidian? If you don't know each other, I'll introduce you to someone. ”
Is it common for physicists to visit each other's labs? However, it is not common for companies to visit each other's R&D bases ----especially among peer competitors.
It is also common for scholars to visit the R&D bases and factories of enterprises.
Professor Woodgate is familiar with Xidian? He often goes to the West Street base to run business.
So Li Kangping introduced Anthony to Professor Woodgate.
On the one hand, Professor Woodgate has a big face? On the other hand, XD does not currently see Zeus Labs as a peer competitor? As a result, Anthony's visit to the West Street base with Professor Woodgate went well.
Before the Christmas holidays, Li Kangping received a letter from Einstein's student Smekar.
When the envelope was opened, there were two journals, both of which were the December issue of the German-language journal Annals of Physics.
Many academic institutions in the United States, as well as companies like Zeus in Manhattan, subscribe to European academic journals such as Annals of Physics and Nature.
Editorial offices in Europe send journals to the United States, often months or even a year later than the journal's publication date.
This issue of the Annals of Physics was so important that Smekar sent it to Li Kangping immediately after the publication of this issue of the Annals of Physics.
There are two copies of this issue of the Annals of Physics, the first is the regular Annals of Physics, and the second is published with four articles: 1. "Waves of Matter", Li, Columbia University; 2. Experiments on Electron Diffraction of Nickel Crystals, Woodgate, . Lee, Columbia University; 3. "High Energy Electron Diffraction Experiments", Woodgate, . Biederman, . Phillips, Columbia University; 4. "Electron Spin and Incompatibility Principle", Li, Zeus Laboratory, New York.
The first is a A issue, and the second is a B issue.
Issue B is equivalent to a special issue of Columbia University, and it is an additional issue of the Annals of Physics.