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Chapter 124 Tianmu Security
The supply chain was negotiated, and the cost that Shen Yi originally wrote in a small notebook when visiting the electronic market was no longer available.

Now the cost has been greatly reduced.

All the parts add up, about 130 yuan.

There is one thing to note here. Shen Yi only asked about a few main parts before, and he did not include screws, casings, buttons, microphones, copper wires and other parts.

If it was counted at that time, it would be more than that. The current cost price is much cheaper than before.

Don't underestimate the profit of any hardware.

The hardware team is almost done with driving recorders.

After many experiments and assembly, they finally created a product that satisfied Shen Yi.

This driving recorder adopts 480P resolution, and before the cost comes down, 480P is the current high configuration.

In fact, the current 480P and 720P are almost the same, and Shen Yi also took two kinds of semi-finished products for experiments.

He found that the license plate numbers of moving vehicles are always unclear, and the pictures taken by 720P and 480P are almost the same.

However, the license plate number within three meters can be clearly photographed, and the vehicle must be stationary within these three meters to be clearly photographed.

Shen Yi went to buy foreign driving recorders again, and compared them for experiments, and found that their effects were similar.

So in this case, it doesn't matter to use these two, and 720P is only slightly clearer.

In fact, there is not much improvement. Things that should be shot clearly are still unclear.

Moreover, Yan Hongyuan went to negotiate business with Xizhi a few days ago, and successfully negotiated a suitable price for 4G and 8G TF cards.

Shen Yi found that he still underestimated the quality of the video recorded by the driving recorder.

The previously estimated shooting time is not working at all now.

After rigorous testing, an 8G memory card can record 480P video for 200 minutes.

That's three hours and two 10 minutes.

The recording time of the device is divided into 2 minutes, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes.

Users who use the product can adjust it by themselves.

There are about two or three second breakpoints between the individual videos.

That is to say, two files that should have been coherent together have two or three seconds missing in the middle.

It is sufficient to record as evidence and does not affect its use.

When the recording memory is full, the oldest video at the end is automatically deleted.

Unlike other manufacturers, when the memory is full, it cannot be used directly, and you need to manually delete the video before you can continue recording.

Moreover, the employees have also made the function of automatic recording when the car is turned on, and the function of automatically stopping the recording when the car is turned off.

Shen Yi observed that the current recorder has greatly reduced the wiring and occupied space, but it is a pity that there is no casing yet.

Shen Yi personally designed several, and then sent the pictures to the company group, asking employees to deduct one and deduct two, and vote for the best-looking one.

In the end, I chose a pure black case, with rounded corners and a relatively simple and plain design. The up, down and OK buttons are on the left and right sides.

This thing is easy to make.

Take the design drawing and let the manufacturer produce it.

It sounds absurd for someone who studies animation to engage in industrial design, but Shen Yi can really do it.

These problems have been solved, and there is still national-level 3C certification, which is a level that all electronic products must pass.

Hardware is different from software, and products without 3C certification marks cannot even leave the factory and be sold.

This is cumbersome and requires electrical schematic diagrams, maintenance manuals, product manuals, product safety inspection reports, and so on.

Take your time too.

In this case, generally those big companies will directly choose to invest in similar manufacturers and let the following people do it themselves.

But Shen Yi is different here. He wants to learn about relevant knowledge so that it can be used when making hardware in the future.

Otherwise, like Xiaomi, when making mobile phones, everyone in the supply chain does not believe in their business model and thinks they are liars, so they refuse to supply.

After all, the relationship between large manufacturers and the supply chain is not as simple as a simple contract between Party A and Party B.

Nor does it mean that you have sufficient funds in your hands to choose suppliers as you like.

Often component suppliers need to invest funds in research and development with purchasers.

Many components are exclusively customized, so they are very cautious about the purchaser.

But making a monitor, driving recorder, etc. is just a small matter, and often there is no need for exclusive customization, and general parts can be used.

Just take it and design it yourself, and then you can produce it.

So this is just Shen Yi proving to the outside world that he has the ability to make hardware.

Although the founder of Xiaomi has worked so hard in the software industry for so long, no one has heard of him when he crosses the border into hardware.

Therefore, there are countless benefits for Shen Yi to be responsible for making the hardware himself.

After all, the future is the era of mobile Internet. When it comes to mobile Internet, we cannot avoid the era of Internet of Things.

They are closely related to hardware.

to sell this product.

Shen Yi created another "Jiankang Tianmu Security Technology Co., Ltd."

This company is 100% owned by Mengyuan Technology.

He didn't plan to launch this product under the name of Mengyuan Technology at that time, and then give up the shares of Mengyuan Technology when it comes to financing.

After all, Mengyuan Technology is not only going to launch a hardware product, Shen Yi makes his own decisions and will never be bound by any external factors.

Moreover, there are many benefits of establishing a subsidiary company, so I won't go into details here.

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Yi decided that Tianmu is not just a driving recorder, external monitoring, home monitoring, alarms, etc. can be gradually developed.

If the business is done well this time, then he will have some experience with these hardware manufacturers in the future.

Then decide whether to do it yourself or invest, and you can have a clear judgment.

Another troublesome aspect of making hardware is product quality and good product rate, which must be grasped well.

If the yield rate is not up to standard, those profits that have been negotiated with suppliers will be wasted.

Moreover, the quality of the product is not up to standard, and consumers have problems before it has been sold for a long time. They must find the manufacturer.

And if it is not handled well, consumers may not buy anything from you in the future.

The suppliers Shen Yi selected were relatively reputable and of decent quality.

It depends on the level of processing, so it is necessary to find a regular foundry.

Although Yan Hongyuan is a middle-level manager, he can also get in touch with some excellent foundries.

So next, the sales channels and how to advertise.

Often the profit of hardware sales is very high, which includes profit-sharing dealers, freight and after-sales, etc.

For example, the two mobile phone manufacturers, blue and green, their mobile phones look very expensive and not cost-effective at all.

But in fact, they leave a lot of profit margins for dealers everywhere.

Dealers make money selling their mobile phones, otherwise why would they pester users to buy mobile phones from blue-green manufacturers?
For example, if it is a mobile phone from the blue-green factory, they can earn 400 for selling one, but they can only earn 100 for selling a Xiaomi.

The profit gap is so large, and these dealers are not fools. In order to earn money and pay rent, they will naturally choose to sell blue-green mobile phones.

And blue-green after-sales service is also guaranteed.

Basically, if the mobile phone bought at the mobile phone store is broken, they can be replaced or repaired directly.

(End of this chapter)