"Okay, no problem." Zeng Ziqi nodded in agreement.

"Come, go on, boss, two more cold beers and Sprite." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Zeng Ziqian suddenly said the Canton Fair, which reminded him that since countries like Indonesia can make paper, there is no reason why the country is not able to do it now, as long as there is this industry, then there is no reason for their orders to be cheap outsiders, you know, this order volume is not small, the demand for toilet paper in Europe and the United States, to the point that many people in Asia can not understand, in a few years, Costco has more branches, plus possible cooperation with Wal-Mart, it is not a problem for orders in this field to exceed 10 million US dollars.

After eating a spicy meal, Chen Zhiwen sweated profusely, and after saying goodbye to Zeng Ziqian, he went to his own villa nearby to wash a mandarin duck package.

A few days later, when the sage time came, Chen Zhiwen once again put himself into work, but not the operation of the head office, but followed the R&D team of Midea to have a certain understanding of the research and development of inverter air conditioners.

The core components such as compressors, temperature control sensors, and controllers are all imported brands, and the only thing that needs to be operated by Midea's R&D team is to perfectly match these components together, and it is necessary to compile a control software and a hardware motherboard that can carry the operation of this software.

"In other words, it is still a problem that the number of chips cannot be controlled?" After listening to the technician's explanation in the simplest language, Chen Zhiwen probably understood the meaning.

"Yes, our team's design requires seven chips to control the system, but the cost is too high, and the price of this chip is $20." Lei Shengli said with some embarrassment, an ordinary air conditioner is only less than three or four hundred dollars in Europe and the United States, and the cost of their chip price accounts for almost half, which is not any market at all.

"Chips and software, after Woz designs the arcade machine, ask him to deal with it again, in addition, your people learn more, this is a rare opportunity." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

Woz in the chip motherboard design of this piece, the ability is not generally strong, when Jobs for the design of the bricks, Jobs brought the motherboard back to Atari, Atari engineers on the design of 44 chips first said that it is impossible, and so on Jobs will start the game running, these engineers began to study Woz's design in the face of reality, but after studying for a week or two did not figure out the principle inside, and then Atari senior management could not wait for time, so they arranged the factory to follow the gourd painting scoop production, It was rumored that it took more than three months for the Atari team to get to the bottom of Watts' design, but they couldn't imitate his design for other games.

At that time, Jobs had been hiding the person behind the design of this set of motherboards, and Atari executives wanted to understand and hire this master through Jobs, but Jobs refused to disclose any information, and in the end it was gone.

Only Steve Jobs discovered the great value of Woz, and even Warts himself did not know how valuable his design ability to reduce the number of chips was in the current era of stacking chips to improve performance.

"Okay, I'll arrange it then." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

Looking at a group of designers who didn't seem to be embarrassed, Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "Lao Lei, don't think too much, Hong Kong's design ability is indeed far inferior to that of professionals in the United States, the road is to go step by step, and a more professional R&D team has been established in the United States, and Hong Kong can also often communicate and learn more." ”

"Yes, electronic products, Hong Kong is too lacking!" Lei Shengli nodded and said.

"In terms of technology, you develop a talent training plan, invite all kinds of engineers from Europe, America or Japan to teach in Hong Kong, and make long-term phone calls again, ask them to be a consultant or something, and if you have any questions, you can ask for advice at any time, and in terms of funding, it will be much better next year." Chen Zhiwen thought about it and said.

Unlike those domestic companies in later generations, the current Midea does not have any potential market in Hong Kong, and it is basically impossible to kill a way out of the mature European and American markets, but fortunately, Chen Zhiwen's layout in the American retail industry allows him to have absolute control over the sales channels, and even the cost of after-sales can be greatly reduced. You can use the low-cost labor in the mainland to further reduce costs and get more opportunities, but the premise is that there are related products.

Not to mention how high-tech, the future products of the United States must at least have a little bit of their own technology, then they must invest in research and development, science and technology, which is a few years or even longer may not have a direct return on investment, but it must be done, the future generations of Samsung in the field of semiconductors and liquid crystal in order to poach people directly from Japanese semiconductor companies, Monday to Friday these people in South Korea, weekend back to Japan, all the expenses are reimbursed by Samsung, invested a lot of money to create the future Samsung electronics empire.

The current beauty naturally does not have this ability, and the Japanese industry and electronics industry are still at their peak, and it is impossible to dig too many people at present, so you can only take some other routes, please come over and be a part-time job, but the current efficiency is too low, and many things may only be contacted by telegram, and then by phone.

"Understood, Mr. Chen." Lei Shengli said.

"Okay, you guys go on, I'm leaving." After Chen Zhiwen learned about the current progress, it was okay, the research and development cycle of this new product is based on months, and it may take several years for a long time, but fortunately, the arcade machine can make a profit every year, and the increase in capital investment can speed up a lot.

The investment in technology research and development has only just begun, but the determination is definitely long-lasting.

After leaving the United States, Chen Zhiwen returned home, Chen Tianfu was tinkering with some couplets needed for the New Year, his handwriting was good, and the words of the couplets were all written by him.

"Come, Arwen, help me out." When Chen Tianfu saw his son, he immediately shouted.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen stepped forward, pressed the couplet, and looked at the other small couplets on the table, the word "Fu" in it had already been written, which was really similar to the font bought on the market.

With the help of his son, Chen Tianfu wrote like a god, and after a while, he wrote the couplet, and said with a smile: "Okay, just stick it on the door during the New Year." ”

"What can be bought for a few dollars from the vendor's side, it takes half a day to find something to do." Mother Wu Xiuling said with some puzzlement.

"It's called fun, and the words you write have a New Year's flavor, isn't it, Awen." Chen Tianfu said with a smile: "You also practice calligraphy, and you will write next year." ”

"Forget it then." Chen Zhiwen hurriedly shook his head, from the era of the Internet and smart phones, he can't write with a pen, let alone a brush.

"The culture of the ancestors is almost gone." Chen Tianfu shook his head helplessly, and then the two put things away together.

"Arwen, things are almost all over your company?" Wu Xiuling asked.

"Almost, I don't need to go before the Chinese New Year." Chen Zhiwen paused and said, "I'm ready to buy a mid-mountain villa, what do you two think is good?" ”

(End of chapter)