Li Siwen sat on the sofa leisurely, and continued with his head in the head: "The investment of 475 million is indeed a bit of a loser, but as long as I can get the core technology, even if I double the money, I will not hesitate, the value of the core technology is far more terrifying than you think."

The most important thing is that we not only got the patented technology of the hardware this time, but also got the authorization of the software, on this basis, we can update and upgrade the hardware, and at the same time we can launch our own patents on the software coding.

As I said before, the MPEG-1 standard is too low, its transmission rate, compression rate, resolution foreign countries are not at all, it will not take a few years for foreign organizations to launch the MPEG-2 standard, if you want to participate in this standard, we must not only gain a foothold in the market, but also have relevant technology. ”

Zhao Jian scratched his head when he heard this and asked, "Brother Wen, why don't I understand what these standards you mean?" Can't we develop it ourselves? ”

"To be honest, sometimes I don't get it. But to put it simply, these standards are formulated by foreign countries, and under this standard, a series of circles have been formed, and a huge market has been formed based on this circle, and if you want to mix in the circle, you must abide by the rules here.

Jumping out of the Three Realms, it is a mythical story, and it is difficult to succeed in the field of technology. For example, we make VCDs and make our own standards, but your standard can't decode the discs on the market, because the standards used in the market are other people's standards, then our VCDs will not be sold, unless we make our own standard discs, but can we subvert the technological barriers that have been formed for decades? Under people's standards, there is a huge business chain, with dozens of technology companies in the world participating, and our Datang is just starting. ”

Li Siwen was also a little helpless when he said this, this is the reality, even if he comes from the past, he is still struggling.

"Brother Wen, according to what you say, don't we always have to walk behind other people's butts?" Zhao Jian was also a little deflated.

"Haha!" Li Siwen smiled: "You think too highly of us, it is no exaggeration to say that we can't see other people's butts at all." ”

When Li Siwen said this, his tone changed abruptly: "But I believe that it won't be long before we can not only see their butts, but also kick them hard, which is exactly the direction of Datang." ”

Li Siwen's words made the atmosphere solemn and solemn, and a person's ambition often infects others, which is exactly the case at this moment.

After a while, Song Xueli, who felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing, said: "Brother, we know that you are ambitious and ambitious. But more than 400 million always feels like a loss, not to mention that he only got 36 dividends. ”

"I didn't give the equity to Wan Yan in vain, but in exchange for the relevant technology of VCD from them, after negotiation with Vice Fan and Mr. Jiang, as long as Wan Yan VCD enters the market for half a month, our Datang VCD can be released. First, Datang is an investor in Wanyan, and secondly, the technology of both sides is dependent. Li Siwen said this and smiled slightly: "And there is another reason for only taking dividends, that is, I don't have much hope for Wan Yan, and I don't want to participate in their affairs. Once VCD explodes in the market, VCD companies will spring up, and Wanyan's model will only become the dust of the market. ”

Song Xueli nodded approvingly after listening to Li Siwen's words, after she gave up medicine and became a businessman in the past few years, she really felt the cruelty of the market, if it wasn't for Li Siwen to support her, she wouldn't be able to go today.

At the same time, Xu Weiwei put forward an opinion: "Boss, have you and Mr. Jiang ever raised patent issues?" In fact, VCD can be patented, so that it will have a certain competitiveness in the market. ”

"It was discussed, and it was discussed as an issue, but in the end, we both vetoed it, because the time to apply for a patent was too long, at least one year, at most two years or three years. The second is that VCD is assembly technology, and all accessories are supplied by upstream manufacturers, even if such assembly products are successfully patented, other manufacturers are extremely easy to circumvent. A patent that is easy to circumvent not only does not have much application value, but may also affect supporting manufacturers and the market, which can be summed up as more harmful than good. After Li Siwen finished speaking, he stretched his waist: "Let's clean up, have a meal with Fan and Vice Fan in the evening, and we will go back to Pengcheng in two days, by the way, Shirley, I will give you your money as soon as possible." ”

"It's okay, there's no hurry." Song Xueli showed a sweet smile.

On August 5, 1993, Li Siwen left Luzhou and went to Pengcheng, Vice Fan and Jiang kept Li Siwen many times, hoping that he could give some guiding advice.

But Li Siwen did not participate, firstly, to avoid suspicion, and secondly, he still has a very important task, because Wanyan Group only imported 20,000 CL450 chips developed by Scopa, which means that only 20,000 VCDs can be mass-produced.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Pengcheng, Li Siwen convened a meeting with the R&D department to discuss the relevant issues of VCD chip development, and finally Kong Guangnan gave the answer that although the CL450 chip is not complicated, but because of the limited production process of Datang, it will take at least two months to achieve mass production, and the monthly output in the early stage is up to 5,000 pieces, which is still the output with the full support of the 45 Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Department.

However, Li Siwen was not in a hurry, and directly contacted Foxconn's Guo Ming, because the two sides have close cooperation, Guo Ming directly agreed to Li Siwen's chip foundry request, but due to Taiwan's strict control of semiconductor technology in this era, Pengcheng could not produce it, so it could only be handed over to the Foxconn main factory on Taiwan Island for production, and the cost of a chip was calculated to be 10 US dollars.

This price was something Li Siwen didn't expect, because he felt it was too cheap, and Guo Ming even told him that if it could be produced in the mainland, the cost would even be reduced to about 6 US dollars.

In his impression, when he watched Jiang Wanmeng's interview in his previous life, he mentioned that the price of a chip was about 80 US dollars, and when he was crazy, he even sold it for 100 US dollars, which was close to ten times the price, which really made him see the charm of chips.

Although there were some twists and turns in the chip problem, it was finally solved, and on August 25th, Li Siwen got the patent technology follow-up documents sent by Sun Yansheng, and the two sides further clarified the relevant matters in the supplementary agreement, and Li Siwen also entrusted the relevant departments of Pengcheng to cooperate with the Datang Legal Department to submit the patent to the Beijing Patent Office.

On September 1st, Wanyan's first batch of 10,000 VCDs were put into the market, and this product with the blessing of many halos finally came out, like a bright meteor, instantly illuminating the entire land of China, the entire market, and the entire field of science and technology are paying attention to this fresh gadget that has been waiting for a long time.

On this day, even the calm Li Siwen couldn't help but have a trace of emotional surge, Wan Yan is not Datang, but it is related to the future of Datang.

After all, Li Siwen's investment of more than 400 million yuan has already caused a sensation in the entire business community, and whether Wan Yan succeeds also represents whether Li Siwen can turn over this time, although Datang's capital chain is solved in a short time, but once the VCD project fails, Datang's situation will be more than ten times worse than before.

Everyone knows that this is Li Siwen's big gamble.