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Disco took his mother and children to play in the palace for a day, spending a whole month's salary.

However, he soon ran out of time for a moment of silence for his wallet.

Tengfei has been in a lot of trouble lately.

To be more precise, all VCD manufacturers are in trouble.

It has been less than two years since the VCD was officially launched, and it has only been less than a year since it was truly recognized by the public.

In less than a year, the price of VCDs has dropped from more than 5,000 to more than 4,000. According to Disco's predictions, it will break through the 4,000 mark by the end of this year or early next year.

However, when there were still a few months before the end of the year, a VCD player of 3799 yuan suddenly appeared on the market in Shenzhen.

When Wang Dahai heard the news, he didn't squirt out the tea in his mouth.

"Is this accurate? Impossible, right? The price is 3799, so the factory price will only be lower, what else does the manufacturer earn? ”

"The machine my nephew brought back from Shenzhen," Jin Mingliang said, "he bought it for 3799, which is cheaper than the internal price of our take-off." ”

Chief Engineer Sun asked: "Mr. Jin, can you ask your nephew to resell the VCD machine to our factory?" With such a cheap machine, maybe people have made some improvements in technology and reduced production costs. ”

"It's just a little-known small factory, and the packaging is not very good, I don't think they have the strength to develop this R&D."

"Don't underestimate anyone." Disco made the decision and said, "Mr. Jin, you can discuss it with your nephew, we can buy it in cash or exchange it with Tengfei's VCD, and it is best to disassemble and decrypt it as soon as possible." ”

can exchange a miscellaneous VCD of more than 3,000 yuan for more than 4,000 take-off VCDs, Jin Mingming's nephew is quite happy.

On the day he got the machine, Chief Engineer Sun organized manpower to disassemble the VCD.

It turned out to be a piece of news that was neither good nor bad.

This 3799 yuan VCD player,The MPEG decoding chip used is not the common AL410 on the market,But a new decoding chip。

Chief Engineer Sun found information about this chip from the latest issue of foreign electronic magazines.

This is the latest decoding chip AL450 developed by an American company, which was just released last month.

It not only has all the functions of the AL410, but also adds the functions of audio signal and CPU.

In other words, the latest AL450 integrates tasks that would otherwise require three chips into a single chip.

After studying the AL450, Chief Engineer Sun shook his head regretfully and said: "Wan Yan, Wan Yan, although I am not from their company, I am about to be angry with them!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"In this AL450, there are obviously some technical solutions that are borrowed from Wanyan's independent proposal. But Wan Yan does not apply for a patent, and it is useless for people to use it, and the newly developed chip has nothing to do with Wan Yan's half a dime! ”

Hearing this, everyone could only be silent.

Disco even had some thoughts about hating iron and not steel.

Ma Yuanchao slapped the table directly, "Fortunately, Tengfei did not succeed in the merger and acquisition of Wanyan, otherwise I would have to vomit blood now!" ”

"It's useless for us to worry about other people's affairs," Disco turned to the topic and said, "Now that some manufacturers use AL450, then the VCD player will soon usher in a wave of price reduction frenzy because of this chip iteration upgrade." If we don't want to be eliminated, we must update the product as soon as possible and import AL450 chips! ”

It has only been half a year since the VCD player was launched, and it has ushered in a technological iteration in just half a year, which makes everyone here truly aware of the speed of technological change and the cruelty of the electronics industry.

If the market sense of smell is not sensitive enough and continues to produce high-priced DVD players, then, in less than half a year, it will face the dilemma of imminent bankruptcy again because the products are unsalable.

Because of this chip, Wang Dahai didn't have much rest in the past two days, he took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes and said: "The comrades in the procurement department have contacted the United States as quickly as possible, and the import quotation of AL450 is 50% higher than that of AL410, and they are required to control the export volume of AL450, and they cannot supply us in unlimited quantities like the previous chips." ”

Only after other chip companies have studied the AL450 and produced similar chips can the AL450 be reduced in price and the supply will be released.

People have the most advanced technology and have the capital to hoard it.

If you want to use other people's technology, you have to play according to the rules of the game set by them.

Ma Yuanchao put the teacup on the table, "The price is high, let's be high, when other manufacturers haven't reacted, let's update and upgrade first, and the functions of the three chips are combined into one, which not only improves reliability, but also reduces production costs a lot." In any case, the advantages of this technology upgrade outweigh the disadvantages, at least more people can afford VCDs. ”

He talked about it as if comforting himself, and finally spit out a breath of turbidity and said: "It's always stuck in key technologies, what people say is what they want, we will give as much as we want, this is really fucking unpleasant!" ”

And all the people sighed in their hearts.

Who's to say it isn't!

There are no powerful chip production and R&D enterprises in China, which leads to additional distractions for complete machine manufacturers like them.

With the resolution of importing new chips and updating and upgrading them as soon as possible, there will be no suspense in the next work.

However, everyone's mood did not become any more relaxed.

Disco pondered for a long time, and when he saw that no one else was going to speak, he suddenly said: "The biggest problem we are facing at the moment is that we can't localize all components, but Rome wasn't built in a day, and tractors can't be turned into Ferraris immediately." The problem has to be solved little by little, so you might as well try a different way of thinking. ”

Ma Yuanchao said expectantly: "Mr. Di, you expand and talk about it." ”

"In fact, the idea is very simple, we currently have two main components that rely on imports, one is the chip, and the other is the decoder board. We still have a long way to go on the road of developing chips, but compared with chips, the research and development of decoder boards is much easier, right? If we can solve the same problem, if we can make the decoder board domestically produced, we can also save some foreign exchange for the country. Of course, I am a layman in terms of technology, and whether it is operable or not depends on the technical experts. ”

Mr. Sun, who works as a representative of the technical department, took the lead in speaking: "Mr. Di, compared with the research and development of chips, the difficulty of overcoming the decoder board is of course lower. However, the decoder board is also a blank in the domestic market, and we are engaged in research and development from scratch, which may require a lot of capital and time investment. ”

From the company's point of view, if the decoder board can be successfully developed, this will be the third major money-attracting weapon in addition to pagers and VCD players.

The decoder board can not only be used in the VCD machine, some music enthusiasts will also buy the decoder separately to convert the CD player into a VCD player, and the decoder can also be used on personal computers.

In short, the use and sales of decoder boards are still very wide.

"If Tengfei decides to open up the decoder board business, the most efficient way is of course to bring in external reinforcements and invite scientific research teams that have done related projects and even made substantial progress to join us." ”

Hearing this, Weng Peiyun smiled and asked, "Isn't Di always already selected?" ”

Otherwise, with Disco's prudence, he would not have taken the liberty of raising this topic.

Although they are young, they are not stunned without a score.

"There is no specific candidate, if you know this talent, you can introduce it to the company." Disco said with a smile, "We only set up the 'Bole Award' last month, and there is a recommendation bonus for the company to recommend senior R&D talents, and this bonus has not yet been issued. The leaders will also get bonuses! ”

Chairman Ma Yuanchao said directly: "As long as the R&D personnel are in place, our decoder board project can be launched immediately!" I don't think this decision needs to be discussed at another date, everyone is here today, just raise your hands to vote! Raise your hand if you agree. ”

Everyone raised their hands.

Under the condition of abundant R&D funds and complete manpower, the production of R&D decoder boards is only beneficial to take-off.

No one would refuse this project.

Anyway, they don't have to worry about the funds, a pen signed is in the hands of the general manager, and the funds are worried about Mr. Di.

Then everyone agrees!

As a result, the proposal to develop a decoder board was passed so hastily.

As for when it can be actually launched, it depends on when the R&D personnel will be in place.

Disco actually has a suitable candidate in mind.

It is Comrade Zhuang Xiaomeng, the strong aunt of the black cat sheriff, a top student majoring in Tsinghua semiconductor, and currently serving as the deputy director of the technology research and development department of Renhe Company.

Before the Chinese New Year, the two met at the sorority dance organized by Tengfei, and Zhuang Xiaomeng introduced that her group was working on decoding boards for computers.

Disco later also indirectly learned that this project does not seem to be taken seriously in Renhe Company, Zhuang Xiaomeng has been developing it alone for nearly two years, but Renhe Company has not officially established the project internally.

Zhuang Xiaomeng's series of actions look like he is doing private work.

This project does not match the company's main business, but Disco is a rare project.

wanted to poach Zhuang Xiaomeng, and promised to give her a position as R&D director.

He has recently made two invitations to Zhuang Xiaomeng, offering attractive conditions such as high wages, high benefits, high subsidies, and solving housing problems.

However, Zhuang Xiaomeng was always unmoved and loyal to his old club.

That firm attitude made Disco suspect that Renhe Lao always saved her life!

After the meeting ended, Disco made another call to Zhuang Xiaomeng and asked the other party to meet after work.

Zhuang Xiaomeng said in a firm tone: "Mr. Di, thank you for the invitation, but I really can't leave Renhe now." ”

"Director Zhuang, are you unable to leave or don't want to leave?" Disco smiled and persuaded, "If there is any obstacle, you can say it, let's find a way to solve it together." ”

Zhuang Xiaomeng simply doesn't want to change jobs and adapt to the new environment, but when he says this, others obviously won't believe it.

She never thought of leaving Renhe, and for her, the temptation to take off was not enough for her to choose to change jobs.

However, now, like Disco at the beginning, she has refused other people's invitations several times, and she is inevitably a little embarrassed.

She hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "Hey, it's really not good to always reject you on the phone, why don't we meet." I'll tell you in person when you're on my side of the unit after you get off work. ”

Disco: "......"

Does this mean to refuse in person?

Well, it's better to talk in person than on the phone.

Meet and talk, maybe you can move people!

Disco made an appointment with the other party and drove to the company.

When I arrived at the parking lot, there were still twenty minutes left before the scheduled time, and Disco wanted to sit in the car and wait for a while, so he didn't get out of the car.

He stared at the door of the office building, pondering the contents of today's meeting, and his thoughts drifted a little away.

However, within two minutes, he found Zhuang Xiaomeng running out of the gate.

Disko was about to lower the window and wave to the other party, but saw another person trotting over and saying something to her.

As she spoke, she shoved a lunch box into her hand.

Disko squinted at the man's face.

Who is the fourth brother of his family!

Could it be that this Zhuang Xiaomeng is the fourth brother's unrequited love object?

He quickly calculated in his heart that it was possible to ask the fourth brother to make a plan for the beauty.

But seeing Zhuang Xiaomeng pushing the lunch box back to him, Disco quickly dispelled this idea.

Ask the fourth brother to make a beauty plan, it is better to ask his family Di Di Di to come out!

Chapter 184

In the evening, the sky was red and dark, and when Wang Zheng'an's car drove into the courtyard, it happened to staggered past three departing cars.