Rebirth 1990: I have three golden fingers

Two days ago, John, the engineering equipment supplier of Chouguo Warner, called and planned to visit Xinghai Group.

Fang Bai met John once at an industrial exhibition, but they never met again. However, he made two follow-up calls to inquire about John's use of the product.

John is very satisfied with Xinghai Company's products, especially the pump trucks, but one drawback is that the vertical height of the boom of 35 meters is a bit low, and he wishes it could be higher.

The original purchase was 10 60-kilowatt floor pumps and 4 35-meter pump trucks. Currently, 6 floor pumps and 3 pump trucks have been sold. The market feedback is not bad, and John is planning to purchase more.

"Mr. John, our company has developed a pump truck with a boom vertical height of 40 meters and a 75-kilowatt ground pump with better performance. You are welcome to come to our company for inspection. I also hope that we will have deeper cooperation." Fang Bo sincerely invites the other party to come over, and it is difficult to conclude a business over the phone.

Several months have passed, and the favorability function has expired. John's basic favorability towards him is only over 70.

If they meet again, Fang Bai will increase his favorability to the other party to better deceive the order.

At Fang Bai's sincere invitation, John agreed to come.

On December 1st, John brought a team of four people to Shanghai. Fang Bai personally went to the international airport to greet them. During the meeting, he directly increased the favorability of the four people to 80 trust levels.

Fang Bai just checked John's basic favorability, and it turned out to be only 70.

After adding favorability to everyone, the four of them were very happy that Fang Bai came to greet them in person, indicating that they valued them very much.

Fang Bai invited John to ride in his Mercedes, and the other guests took Audi cars.

They flew from Los Angeles to Shanghai, China, which was very difficult. Fang Bai first arranged a hotel for the other party to stay, and left after the arrangements were made.

At ten o'clock the next morning, Fang Bai went to meet John and others. He first took them to visit his new factory, had a delicious meal at noon, and then took them to have a foot massage and take a rest. It was the first time for foreigners to experience Chinese characteristics and they kept shouting about comfort.

Fang Bai also explained to them the characteristics of traditional Chinese massage, saying that it has a certain effect in treating obesity. Maybe it was because he felt really comfortable after the massage. John felt relaxed. It was really amazing.

In this era, Fang Bai is probably the first person to bring "international friends" to such a place.

Of course, it's all serious.

In the afternoon, we took them to Xinghai Machinery Company and visited the pump truck production base and ground pump production base.

The factory is not big, but the on-site management is in an orderly manner, no worse than that of foreign companies, and the appearance of the workers is good. This is also the confidence that Fang Bai dares to take customers to visit his factory.

If the scene is a mess, then his face is really dark.

"Mr. Fang, your company has very good management, perfect quality control, and the employees are in very good working conditions." John praised it from the bottom of his heart. In his impression, the Huaguo factory should be relatively backward, with poor quality of workers and poor management. How much better would it be.

"With higher standards and higher requirements, we can produce better quality products." Fang Bai explained confidently, and then took them to visit the steel structure welds. The welders he recruited had relatively high technical levels, so they were able to weld The products are naturally beautiful.

In the past two days, Fang Bai issued a death order. Foreign customers came to visit and inspect, requiring that all welds with rust on the surface be polished.

The company also has such regulations, but if there is only a little rust, the workers will directly weld it without polishing it, which will have little impact on the product. The appearance is certainly not visible, but there may be slag inclusions inside the weld, which is not serious, but Knowledgeable customers must feel that they do not pay attention to quality after seeing the phenomenon of direct welding without removing rust.

Pump trucks and ground pumps have many structural parts and many welding processes, so welding is the key. The quality can be seen from the welds.

When welding large thick plates, the process parameter requirements for each layer and each pass are very detailed, and the workers also weld according to the process. The welds are neat and full, with no weld defects, and the residual height and weld width are very well controlled. Several foreigners also I thought it was welded by robots, but when I saw it was welded by workers, I exclaimed that the overall level of the workers was high.

"Our workers are among the best in the industry and are familiar with process standards. These parts cannot be welded by robots and can only be welded manually, so the manufacturing cost is very high." Fang Bai explained that John knows manufacturing and has experts in the industry. There is no need to be too deceptive.

After visiting the workshop production, Fang Bai took the guests to the assembly workshop to visit the 40-meter pump truck and let the operators demonstrate the operation of the new product.

No concrete poured of course, just stretching out the arms to see the flexibility.

Fang Bai introduced some functions and performance of the product to the guests. The packaging box of the product also comes with a video tutorial, but it is better than watching it on site to know how to use it correctly. John brought a technician to learn specifically.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the two parties began to discuss cooperation matters. The 35-meter pump truck was priced at US$650,000 offshore, while the 40-meter pump truck had three axles. It still used a Volvo chassis, and the engine set and concrete pump were the same. , that is, the structure has been lengthened and the chassis has been replaced with a three-axle one. The cost is a bit higher. The domestic price is 3.2 million yuan and the offshore price is 750,000 US dollars.

John is also quite optimistic about the concrete pump truck market and plans to increase purchases.

This time, he purchased 15 60-kilowatt ground pumps, 5 45-kilowatt ground pumps, 5 35-meter pump trucks, and 10 40-meter pump trucks. The order contract value was US$14.75 million, with a 50% deposit in advance and two months required. Delivery within.

When you make your purchase next time, just make a phone call and you don’t have to come to Huaguo in person.

For this large order, 15 pump trucks filled the company's production capacity for half a month.

For the remaining balance, Fang Bai hopes that John will help purchase decoding chips for Scopar's CL-480 decoding board in the name of his company. The CIF price for bulk purchases is US$15 each, and the purchase volume is about 490,000 pieces.

The CL-480 decoding board had some problems and its error correction capability was not very good. Later, there were also 484 decoding boards and 680 decoding boards.

This early CL-480 decoding circuit board has a decoding chip. It is cheaper to import in large quantities, but it is not available to ordinary people. It is difficult to obtain foreign exchange. The original manufacturer does not sell it in small quantities. In 1995, the terminal price in the domestic market was About a thousand yuan.

Of course, the decoding circuit bare board is not cheap. The cost is not much different from that of the decoding chip. Then assemble the decoding chip and mass-produce it. A decoding circuit board with a decoding chip costs about 150 yuan, and the purchase price is estimated to be three to four hundred yuan.

The import trading company then transfers it to the supplier, and the supplier transfers it to terminal sales. It is normal for terminal sales to sell for one thousand yuan.

Fang Bai optimized the design of the decoding circuit board and commissioned it to be produced by a circuit board manufacturer. The decoding circuit board designed by himself is much simpler than the previous one, and the manufacturing cost will be much lower. It is estimated that the decoding circuit board with a chip only costs 130 yuan, which is three or four times lower than the purchase price. One hundred yuan will save a lot of purchasing costs.

Moreover, the decoding circuit board that I have optimized and designed is better. It does not have as many problems as the CL-480 decoding board. If others want to copy it, they can only purchase it from Xinghai Company.

In the early days of VCD's launch, decoding chips and circuit boards were expensive, and the main cost of VCD was on these core components.

The total cost of non-important components such as the casing, wires, plugs, and transformers is less than fifty yuan. It would be even cheaper if all plastic casings and cold-rolled plates were used.

Taken together, Fang Bai estimates that the company's production cost of a VCD machine is around 230 yuan. In the future, due to mass production, there is still huge room for decline.

In the later period, the cost of various parts and components dropped, coupled with fierce competition, the sales price of VCD terminals was as low as three to four hundred yuan, and the ex-factory price was much lower. VCD manufacturers could not make much money at all, and terminal sellers could not make much money. Few, unlike when I first started selling, I could make six to seven hundred yuan by selling one unit. Of course, the sales volume was not large.

When new products are launched, Fangbai's price is slightly lower than that of later generations by a few hundred yuan, but it is still 4,000 yuan. The ex-factory price is set at 3,500 yuan, giving terminal sales a gross profit margin of 500 yuan per unit.

As long as it sells well, terminal sellers will try their best to cooperate with manufacturers to recommend VCDs to customers.

After being sold for a few months, some manufacturers must have started to imitate it;

A year later, it is estimated that another brand of VCD will appear on the market.

However, if competitors cannot buy decoding chips, they can only change their CD players.

If there are enough raw materials and parts, if the company's 700 workers work overtime, they can assemble about three million VCD machines a year, one machine per person per hour.

If one million VCDs were stocked, it would only take four months.

In fact, because the workers were not familiar with the new product, Fang Bai felt that it was remarkable to be able to produce one million VCD machines in the first six months.

In order to hoard one million VCD machines, he would have to prepare more than 200 million dollars in capital, and another 20 million US dollars in foreign exchange alone.

The group is making money very quickly. There is no shortage of money in the country, but there is a shortage of foreign exchange. It is too difficult to apply for foreign exchange. Fortunately, John made a big purchase.

Now, Fang Bai is not in a hurry to increase production. He will take his time. He has now decided to develop laser heads and servo motors.

When ready, the VCD will be released.

A few days later, on December 10, his father called Fang Bai to talk to him about the sales of the company's second property.

There are 120 acres of residential land, a total of 1,300 houses, and the average price has risen to 2,500 yuan. At present, the lottery has ended, and only a few houses have not been sold. Sales continue to be hot, and the pre-sales revenue is 325 million yuan. If all shops and parking spaces are sold out, , sales revenue is expected to reach 355 million yuan.

The investment cost of this property is about 172 million yuan. The gross profit is expected to reach 180 million yuan, and the after-tax profit is about 135 million yuan. Such a high gross profit rate is due to the low price of the purchased land.

The first building, Cuicanoujiangwan, has been topped out and will be delivered in a few months.

The cap means that owners of installment loans need to apply for a loan before the real estate company gets the full payment.

Although the second property has no ceiling, there are many full-pay owners, about one-third, and other owners have paid 30% to 50% in advance. This property has already paid back its capital and generated a profit of 60 to 70 million yuan.

Fang Bai's personal wealth is close to one billion yuan, and he is not far from being upgraded!

He is getting more and more excited, this is the first LV6 golden finger!

Just five days later, his personal wealth officially reached 1 billion yuan, and the golden finger prompted him to upgrade.

"Haha, so excited!"

Fang Bai was working in the company. He returned to his office, closed the office door, and leaned on the sofa to study and prepare to upgrade the golden finger.

[Tip: If your personal wealth reaches 1 billion yuan, your middle finger can be upgraded to LV6. Do you want to upgrade? 】

"Confirm the upgrade!"

Fang Bai was extremely excited, his blood was boiling, and with rapid and powerful breathing, he silently recited the upgrade and almost shouted.

Staring at the virtual screen, I felt a little nervous. I wonder if new features will be added to this upgrade.

He is very much looking forward to adding some special new functions, such as strengthening the body of the ring finger and increasing favorability. He has benefited a lot from it so far.

Of course, the design and process analysis of the middle finger also made him unstoppable in scientific research work and made very excellent products.

If there is no excellent product, it will be difficult to sell the skin.

Just for a moment, Fang Bai saw the virtual screen change.

[Tip: The middle finger is upgraded to LV6]

[Tip: The next level LV7 upgrade requirement: 10 billion yuan wealth value]

Suddenly, he felt a rush of heat on his right middle finger.

After a few minutes, the heat and itching sensation ended, the hard skin on the scar became softer, and my fingers felt more flexible.

[Middle finger LV6: Analyze the process problems of paper documents of mechanical equipment and electronic equipment, and improve the design and process analysis ability to 85 points, a world-class expert level;

The product design drawings evolved into corresponding tooling fixture, mold design and other drawings and processes. The drawings and process technology level are at the level of domestic first-class experts;

Based on physical objects such as chips, the original design drawing is analyzed through evolution. 】

"Fuck, pervert!"

When Fang Bai saw the new function of the golden finger on the middle finger, his mouth opened wide, showing his white teeth, and he couldn't help but curse.

The improvement of analytical ability from 80 points to 85 points does not feel like much, 5 points is not much, but there is also a level of improvement, which means that he can find more problems.

From the design drawings to the drawings and processes such as tooling fixtures and mold design, this function is of great use to Fangbai.

He has always felt that his design capabilities were insufficient and he always relied on the original design drawings for corrections.

Note that he cannot innovate!

Just correcting the errors and omissions in the original drawings, the design level still has a lot to do with your own level.

Designers engaged in automation know very well that product design drawings are important, and fixtures and molds are equally important. They often design excellent products, but because the fixtures and molds are not designed well, mass production cannot be carried out, or there are too many problems during production. , cannot guarantee production efficiency.

But now, tooling fixtures and mold drawings can actually be evolved based on product design drawings. In other words, Fangbai can just copy them.

He pulled out a drawing from the table, clicked to analyze, and several drawings of tooling fixtures were instantly displayed, and there were several sets of drawings for him to choose from.

Fang Bai can use it now. For example, if he wants to produce VCD casings and needs die-casting, he needs molds. After analysis, the mold drawings will be presented. He only needs to copy the drawings and send them to the workshop for production.

What's a bit bad is that as a porter who copies drawings.

"This new function is good, and the last new function can actually evolve and analyze the original design drawing based on the actual chip!"

Just like the current decoding chip, which is the size of a fingernail, Fang Bai certainly doesn't know how it is designed.

However, he can now analyze the drawings based on the actual objects. After drawing the drawings, he can then correct the errors and omissions, design a better chip, and then entrust the semiconductor factory to produce it.

It is somewhat regrettable that there are no chip (semiconductor) manufacturing factories in China, and even the raw material wafers are not easy to obtain.

Moss Microelectronics was established in 1987, but currently it only has the ability to produce circuit boards and does not yet have the ability to manufacture chips. Photolithography machines are temporarily unavailable.

In other words, even if Fang Bai could design it, he would not dare to let Chou Country produce it for the time being, so he would still purchase it from Scopar Company.

Once Xinghai Group shows its ability to design chips, Fang Bai can imagine what the road ahead will be like.

The decoding chip drawings are not available for the time being, and he himself does not have the ability to design chips, but they may be used in the future.

With the added functions of this upgrade, Fang Bai feels that there are more things he can do.

As long as there is a physical object, the original design can be analyzed and evolved!

If there are corresponding equipment, raw materials, and parts, counterfeiting will be much easier.

Of course, things are not that simple. Otherwise, the blueprints for domestic advanced fighter jets would have been created long ago.

It’s easy to design, but hard to manufacture! (End of chapter)