Chapter 85, household appliances
"Your Majesty, this is our new generation of tape recorders, the weight has been suppressed between 518 grams ~ 521 grams, only one-third of the previous generation of tape recorders, size: length * width * height are 28.5 cm * 18.5 cm * 9.5 cm, more than half of the previous generation of tape recorders.
This is the cassette recorder industry, cross-era scientific and technological progress, there is no similar product in the world, can be compared.
Now we can easily pick it up with just one hand, so that everyone can take it with them and listen to the radio and play music anytime, anywhere.
The production cost is about 78 leva, and it can be further reduced after mass production. We plan to launch it in February, with five cassettes and three versions: Regular, Hardcover and Deluxe, with an estimated price of 199 leva, 299 leva and 999 lev......a respectively," Schubert explained
Ferdinand just smiled and nodded, without making any comments, it was indeed a remarkable technological advance in this era.
The cassette recorders circulating in the market now are usually large ones weighing more than ten pounds, and those weighing more than three pounds are already the luxury version of the previous generation.
Limited by the level of science and technology, it is not easy to compress the volume without rising production costs.
Since the beginning of the 19th century in the 30s, the world's scientific and technological innovation has shifted from Western Europe to the Balkans, and Ferdinand can proudly say that it is now Bulgaria that is leading the scientific and technological progress of mankind.
Without the competition between the United States and Germany, Britain and France are keen on the financial industry, and now they have jumped into the giant pit of real estate, it is difficult for Bulgaria not to become the protagonist of the times.
In recent years, Bulgaria has dominated the rankings of scientific and technological innovations, with more than half of the world's patented technologies being born here.
It was followed by Austria-Hungary, the financial industry was too high-end for them to play with Britain and France, and they were too close to Bulgaria to be deeply affected by it.
After the end of the World War, there was also an ideological revolution within Austria-Hungary, which set off a wave of reform, and learning from Bulgaria became a hot topic in Austria-Hungary.
From 1918 to the present, Austria-Hungary has sent 10,000 students to Bulgaria, and if you add the private self-financed students, this number has exceeded 60,000.
Although it is rare to be able to enter a Bulgarian university, it is also a practical idea to enter a general higher education institution.
The new Austro-Hungarian government often copied or adapted Bulgarian policy as its governing program.
Although they have not been able to fully Bulgarian because of vested interests, this does not include the importance of investment in scientific research, which does not affect everyone's interests.
Not only Austria-Hungary, but many countries around the world were influenced by Bulgaria, especially small countries, who were more eager to learn from Bulgaria and become a new world power.
Ferdinand's butterfly effect has unknowingly affected the world, but unfortunately there are many people who learn, but few succeed.
Ferdinand also did not export the Bulgarian system to the world, he knew that this was unrealistic, and now that the world was almost divided, there were not many countries that could rise against the trend.
For example, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, without the suppression of the Americans, the European countries have now relaxed their suppression of South America, and their golden age has come.
However, Ferdinand was not optimistic about them, mainly internal contradictions, if any of them could take the lead in solving internal problems, then a South American empire was about to rise.
Not only them, but now any American country has a chance to rise, but the chances of the three of them are greater.
However, even if they rise, they can only become a second-rate power in the world, after all, population and resources are hard injuries, and there is no one and no resources, and naturally there is no development potential.
"Your Majesty, this is a new generation of air conditioner that we are developing, and the biggest problem now is that it is too loud, and if you add a silencer to it, the cost is too high.
The cost is about 3,000 leva, and even if it is mass-produced, it can only be reduced to 2,600 leva at most, which is not much different from the production cost of a car.
At present, most of the air conditioners we sell in the market are used in factories, and only a few wealthy families can afford air conditioners that cost tens of thousands of leva! Schubert said
"Why do you have to cancel the sound? You just need to lower your voice to a certain standard and not affect everyone's rest.
It is also possible to place the air conditioner outdoors and transfer the wind to the interior through the ducts, which I guess shouldn't be difficult to do? Ferdinand asked rhetorically
As in history, air conditioners were first invented and used in factories. In terms of civilian popularization, limited by its noise pollution, it is necessary to install a silencer, which has been a high-end product for a long time.
For Ferdinand, it doesn't matter if air conditioning is popularized one day earlier or one day later, and it will not affect the country's strength, if it is not just in time, he is too lazy to ask.
The high-tech products of this era are difficult to get into his eyes, and he has not even participated in the computers developed by the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Well, the main reason is that he didn't know how to make computers at all, and just think about the size of the first generation of computers. He didn't know what else he could do except use it as a calculator!
If nothing else, under his butterfly effect, the computer age may come early, but whether he will be able to see the Internet in his lifetime is still a big question mark!
After a pause, Schubert reacted and said, "Your Majesty, you are really a genius, if you are engaged in scientific research, you must be the best scientist of this era!" ”
"Stop, Mr. Schubert, don't forget what we're doing today!" Ferdinand reminded
He was tired of hearing such inferior sycophants. If scientists had such a cheap one, Bulgaria would not be tossing on the earth now, the sea of stars is their journey!
"Yes, Your Majesty! Next you see our new invention washing machine. Schubert quickly adjusted his mentality
"Wasn't the washing machine invented a long time ago?" Ferdinand asked, confused
"Your Majesty, that's a steam washing machine, it's all big, and what we're inventing now is a drum washing machine, which will liberate a lot of our laundry workers from heavy labor!" Schubert explained
Ferdinand nodded, the most commonly used washing machine in later generations was the drum washing machine. It's also embarrassing to say, before the crossing, the washing machine, the air conditioner, these are all household appliances, and he couldn't use them. On the contrary, in this era, it was used in advance!
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As a country that rose to prominence in the Second Industrial Revolution, the electrification industry has always been a core industry in Bulgaria.
Cars, internal combustion engines, cassette recorders, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, telephones, are all Bulgarian products in the international market.
If you only look at the market share, more than 60% of the world's household appliances are produced in Bulgaria.
Of course, talking about market share in this era is very nonsense, and most of these products have not been popularized by the whole people.
For example, the total number of cars in the world is about 10 million ~ 11 million, and Bulgaria itself accounts for 30% of them. (Note: This refers to what is being used)
The annual production of automobiles, after the end of the world war, was in a downward trend, especially after the division of the United States, the world's largest automobile producer, became Bulgaria.
The well-known Ford and General Motors, without the support of the U.S. government, have been reduced to niche products, except in the North American market, Europe simply cannot sell.
On the one hand, their technology in this era does not occupy an advantage, and the automobile production technology of European countries is not worse than theirs, and even many technologies are still above them.
On the other hand, after the division of the United States, many raw materials need to be imported, their production costs have risen sharply, and the domestic market has shrunk sharply.
After independence, each state of the United States has added a creature called tariffs, and the cost of commercial circulation has increased significantly. At the same time, people's purchasing power has also declined, and the market has shrunk.
There is also a problem of concept, American goods have always been the spokesperson of copycats, and in history, they successfully entered the international market by virtue of the relationship of World War I, and gradually took off the hat of the cottage kingdom.
In this time and space, there is obviously no such opportunity, the world war has nothing to do with them, and they have never entered the global market.
With the same price and the same performance, normal people will give preference to European products, even in the United States.
This is the sequelae of copycats, everyone is spoiled by the inferior products of unscrupulous profiteers, even if the performance is the same, everyone thinks that the quality of imported products is better.
But in this day and age, even in the future. In any case, imported goods are indeed more reliable in terms of quality.
There are almost no companies that will sell particularly inferior products to the international market, in addition to smashing the brand, it is difficult to make money under the competition of similar goods!
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