Rebirth of the Wild Age

After returning to school and taking the exam, Song Weiyang immediately flew to Changhong headquarters in Mianzhou.

The secretary invited Song Weiyang to the lounge and said with a smile, Boss Song, please wait a moment. President Ni is meeting with guests.

It's okay, you can go get busy. Song Weiyang said while drinking tea.

It's not easy to see Ni Ruifeng, the boss of Changhong. You have to make an appointment in advance, and you have to wait for tea when the time comes. It's not that Ni Ruifeng has a lot of face, but that the nobles are busy, not only busy with business, but also busy with official entertainment.

At this time, Ni Ruifeng had reached the pinnacle of his life.

In the big bull market of the year before last, Changhong was a leading stock in the national securities market. Last year, Ni Ruifeng was selected as the president, and his limelight even crushed Lenovo's President Liu.

After the peak, there is a downhill.

The main reason is that the Asian financial turmoil and the cooling of the domestic market have led to a large inventory backlog of Chinese color TV companies. In order to sell TV sets, Changhong continued to fight price wars. The low-price dumping ushered in the collective boycott of industry peers, and it lost one color TV when it sold one.

Changhong has no money now, as long as the stock price collapses, the capital chain will be broken immediately.

Changhong became the overlord of the color TV industry by relying on the slant of the sword, but this method is evil, and it should take advantage of the bull market in 1996 to change its development strategy. But Ni Ruifeng was obviously having fun and couldn't stop, and it was difficult to transform now, so he simply chose an evil path and went to the dark, dragging the whole Changhong into the abyss together.

But at this time, Changhong's myth has not been punctured, Ni Ruifeng's aura is still there, and it will be really a show when the mid-year financial report is released in half a year.

Crack!

The sound of the doorknob being turned, Ni Ruifeng walked into the room quickly, and said with a hearty smile, Oh, Boss Song is such a rare visitor!

Song Weiyang got up and shook hands and said, If you take the liberty of visiting, please invite Mr. Ni Haihan.

They are all enterprises in Xikang Province. One family does not talk about two families, Ni Ruifeng said while shaking Song Weiyang's hand, Boss Song, please sit down!

The two talked nonsense for a long time, and Song Weiyang finally explained the purpose of coming: Is Mr. Ni interested in introducing the latest SMT patch production line?

Ni Ruifeng smiled and said, What do I buy that thing for? Buying at a loss.

Song Weiyang said: Mobile phones, computers, video recorders... a lot of products are used, how can it be possible to lose money?

It's really going to be a loss, Ni Ruifeng said. A few years ago, someone in Changhong proposed to do a video recorder project. I also sent people to investigate the market, but it was shelved because of the color TV price war. When the video recorder market was booming, domestic Many manufacturers have introduced placement machines, and now they are probably piled up in the warehouse and rusted.

Why? Song Weiyang really didn't understand.

Ni Ruifeng said: Whether it is a video recorder or a vcd machine board, smt placement technology is required. Domestic manufacturers only introduced SMT production lines because they saw the prospect. But it was useless. Downstream manufacturers went directly to the bend The domestic boards are not competitive. The main reason is that the scale is small, the shipments are not enough, the cost is too high, and the yield rate is also low.”

Song Weiyang said, Why?

Ni Ruifeng said: The variety of domestic chip components is extremely scarce, the quality and quantity cannot meet the demand, and the price is very high. Let's put it this way, to make a vcd machine board in China, you need to get the goods from all over the world and then ship them to China Assembly. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it’s better to import it from Wanwan, because they have already done large-scale matching.”

Well, Song Weiyang finally understood what Liu Qiang was talking about about the material problem—the motherboard components in China were not of the same variety, of low quality, and were extremely expensive.

Moreover, according to the Wassenaar Agreement signed by 33 Western countries, certain electronic components are embargoed to China.

Song Weiyang made some insinuations and confirmed that Ni Ruifeng did not have any intention of making a joint venture into high-end SMT, so he chatted for a while and left. Immediately, he immediately called Academician Ni: Mr. Ni, Mr. Ni of Changhong said that there are SMT placement machines in China, and they have been available for several years.

Really? I'll ask. Academician Ni said.

Academician Ni is not a god, and it is impossible to understand all industries, but he has a lot of face, so he went directly to the Ministry of Electronics Industry (the Ministry of Electronics Industry and the Ministry of Machinery Industry will soon be merged into the Ministry of Information Industry).

It took only half a day for Academician Ni to call Song Weiyang again, saying: I made a mistake, there are indeed smt production lines in China, and there are more than 400 production lines, but most of them are imported a few years ago. It’s a bit outdated. About 70% of these hundreds of SMT production lines are in a shutdown state, and they can’t get orders at all, and downstream manufacturers choose to buy foreign boards.”

Can these shutdown production lines be used as PHS motherboards? Song Weiyang asked.

Academician Ni smiled wryly: It's absurd to say that smt technology requires a series of machines. When those manufacturers introduce them, in order to save money, they often lack one or the other, which leads to a low yield rate. Some production lines even The final testing equipment was not bought, and the quality depends entirely on luck.”

Song Weiyang asked again: What about the remaining 30% of the production lines that are working normally?

Academician Ni said: Those 30% of the production lines are operating at full capacity. Most of them are used for military industry and scientific research equipment manufacturing, and they are not connected to private businesses. There are also some production lines, just a few machines, which specialize in the production of their own boards. Small workshops are almost the same. By the way, our country has independently developed some equipment, such as silk screen printing machines... er, manual.

Manual screen printing machine?

It’s better to keep polishing rocket or fighter boards. Our civilian manufacturers can’t afford to provoke them. The labor cost of those things is too high, and the production efficiency is so low.

Academician Ni also said: Currently the most advanced SMT production line in China is in the Beijing TV Equipment Factory. It mainly produces VCR, VCD and high-end color TV boards. I am afraid it cannot meet the technological needs of mobile phone motherboards. Since Changhong is not willing to cooperate, you can find Take a look at the Jingcheng TV Equipment Factory.

Can you introduce me? Song Weiyang asked.

Forget it, I'll ask you directly. Academician Ni ran to make a call again.

Two or three hours later, Academician Ni called again: Jingcheng TV Equipment Factory does not intend to cooperate. Their smt production line was introduced last year, and they have no other ideas for the time being. You know, the current economic situation is not good, and state-owned enterprises dare not invest blindly. project. I'm afraid you'll have to build your own factory.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, Then build it yourself. The machine costs money to buy, and workers are easy to find. Now there are laid-off workers everywhere, and there are always a few skilled workers in placement.

Academician Ni said, I'll help you with a question. The components of PHS motherboards are not within the scope of the international embargo. But, if you produce them in China, including the shipping costs and tariffs for electronic components, you can make a mobile phone motherboard yourself. It may be more expensive than importing directly from Wanwan, at most the price is the same.”

It's enough if the price remains the same, Song Weiyang laughed. Build the factory first, and cultivate R\u0026D teams and workers. In the future, more and more electronic component factories will be transferred to China for production by foreign businessmen. Some manufacturers will also grow up, and then the cost of components will go down. Once the team is trained and the supporting environment is mature, then it will make computer motherboards and other mobile phone motherboards, and it will always get better.”

Academician Ni said with relief: This idea is feasible. The high-tech industry cannot be achieved overnight. It will take ten or twenty years to develop. If you want to buy machines abroad, I can introduce a few people to you to help you with technical improvement. Check. Of course, you have to prepare a labor fee.

That's for sure. Specially hired technical consultants can't make people work for nothing. Song Weiyang said.