Rebirth 1999: Opening the Age of Black Technology

"Then you come to pick me up?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"I'll be here in an hour, and I'll treat you to the best hot pot in Jiangzhou."

Chen Xiao played a live game at home and waited for Wang Xiang.

The 11181 website can still bring a certain amount of influence to Chen Xiao every day, but it is still far from the development of the motherboard. The most time is 0.5 points per day, and the less time is only about 0.001.

This shows that the system has its own set of computing modes, and it also proves that influence is really hard to earn!

The glass in Chen Xiao's house is not soundproof, and Wang Xiang honked the horn below to hear it.

Today, Wang Xiang is still driving a Yanjing old Jeep 212 from the electronics factory. Chen Xiao couldn't help but take a few more glances at the car.

An hour later, the two arrived in Jiangzhou.

Wang Xiang showed Chen Xiao the prototype of the VCD.

VCDs are indeed very thin and light, about the size of two CD players.

Looking at the appearance, the VCD is indeed very beautiful, in line with the more popular aesthetics, and it is much better than the previous big bumps.

Wang Xiang plugged the VCD cable into the TV, and took out a VCD of Jackie Chan's "The Torch" movie and put it in.

Power on, play.

The picture on the TV is stable.

Wang Xiang took out the remote control again, and tried the functions of fast forward, backward, pause, violent fast forward, etc. The VCD played steadily, and there was no phenomenon of jamming or crashing.

The technology is very mature compared to the old VCD!

Wang Xiang said: "This is based on the motherboard diagram you gave last time and made some improvements, so that we can get a thin and light VCD, and the micro-heads inside, we also spent a lot of effort to get it."

Wang Xiang said a little excitedly: "What? The VCD market is very competitive now, but the profits are also very high. As long as we can kill a **** path, we can occupy the market!"

VCD was invented by the people of Xia Guo, and Xia Guo also has the world's first VCD brand - Wanyan.

Because she was the first person to eat crabs, Wan Yan also made the VCD industry from several million to more than one billion RMB.

What Wan Yan takes is the way of producing hardware, advertising, acquiring film and music rights, and selling VCD discs.

This approach was also used by many Internet companies before Chen Xiao's rebirth, but it became a model for video websites to buy copyrights and sell members.

However, because Wan Yan never thought of applying for a patent when developing VCD, VCD has no patent.

Later, the price of VCD dropped from 4,000 to 5,000 to a little over 1,000. The price of some copycat products was only 8,900 or even 4,500, and the big manufacturers were not profitable at all.

In this way, VCD died completely around 2000 under the pressure of involution and new technologies.

Wang Xiang still hopes that his products can be recognized by himself.

Chen Xiao did not comment directly, but said: "Now DVDs have become popular in the market, and home computers are also increasing. Now we are still making VCDs. Will the technology be too backward? Will it be possible to do this now..."

Wang Xiang thought about this question and said, "Although DVD has a clearer picture quality than VCD and has a larger disc stock, it is very expensive."

After graduating from a famous school, Wang Xiang worked as a technical director in an electronics factory for so many years, and still has his own grasp of the market. "The technical patents for DVD decoding and motherboards are all overseas. Even if we master it, we can't produce it casually."

"If you want to produce a DVD, you will pay an expensive patent fee. After all, the company has almost no profit. At the same time, the price of DVD is at least 1,500 yuan, and the better one is about two or three thousand. This is not something ordinary people can afford. up."

"We produce VCDs based on the gimmick of being thin and light. The appearance is better-looking and lighter than DVDs, but our consumers are the vast third- and fourth-tier cities and rural areas."

"People in these areas have low incomes. DVDs of about 2,000 are unaffordable, and VCDs of a little over a few hundred thousand are their necessities."

The truth is this, but it's not DVD at all that kills VCD, it's internal volume and newer computer storage technology.

Chen Xiao said: "I don't agree with the production of this thing. In the future, the price of electronic products such as computers will be cheaper. Whether it is rural or urban consumers, the requirements for picture quality will become higher and higher. Those who have eaten japonica rice will not. Let's eat rice bran again. Brother Xiang, I can say without hesitation that VCD is a backward technology."

Intellectuals have their own arrogance. Wang Xiang believes that he has been in the industry for so many years, while Chen Xiao is talented in integrated circuits, but he does not know the market very well.

Wang Xiang's face was not very happy.

Chen Xiao: "My suggestion is that Delong is best to transfer from the OEM VCD and DVD as soon as possible, and it is better to make a CNC machine mainboard. Computer motherboard OEMs accumulate technology, this is a good way."

In 2000, the semiconductor industry in the Wanwan area had already taken off. At this time, if some capacity transfer can be obtained, it will also be of great benefit to the semiconductor development in the Xiaguo mainland area in the future~www.readwn.com~ At this time, the bosses Li Delong, Delong Other top executives of the electronics factory also came.

Li Delong asked, "Brother Chen, do you have any technical problems with our VCD?"

Chen Xiao told the truth: "No problem, the technology of VCD motherboard is very mature at present. This time, in order to make a thin and light VCD, the motherboard is designed to be folded, which is also very clever."

Li Delong laughed and said: "Okay! I'm relieved to have your words! We have applied for the trademark of Delong VCD. After the Spring Festival, the factory will produce VCD at full capacity. Our annual sales are expected to reach 1 million units. above!"

The data that Li Delong said was not random, but combined with the current market. In the eyes of Delong's executives, many rural areas still have the potential to buy VCDs.

Looking at Li Delong, Wang Xiang and others who were full of ambition, Chen Xiao chose to shut up.

After all, not everyone is reborn, and there is no God's perspective. Some things have to be experienced before you know what's right or wrong.

"Walk around! Eat hot pot! Eat hot pot!"

The small goal Li Delong set for himself is to become a national VCD boss in the next three years, and take the strategy of encircling the city from the countryside.

Chen Xiao felt that this goal was quite easy to achieve, because during the period from 2000 to 2001, various VCD manufacturers were like a plague, with heavy casualties and the last one left.

Three years later, Delong can become a big guy as long as he sells dozens of VCDs.

After dinner, Wang Xiang drove home from Chen Xiao.

In the car, Chen Xiao could only say: "Brother Xiang, I know that I advise you now that you won't listen, but please be careful, VCD is really a pit."