Chapter 340 Electric Fan and Hair Dryer

Qin Zhiye said: "Yes, by the middle of 64, Hong Kong will have another free radio station, and anyone with a television can receive the programs."

"Well, I finally got my wish fulfilled." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "We can start looking for the relevant management personnel for this TV station."

Although the profits of a TV station would not be very high, in the 90s, the market value of TVB was just over 10 billion, which was not as much as a small property in Central, but its role was much more powerful and was one of the cornerstones of its future influence.

Later, he will use the powerful capital as a driving force to drive the export of Hong Kong culture to Asia. Not to mention that he can surpass Hollywood and the United States, but it will be enough if he can achieve the same results as the peak period of Korean Wave.

Qin Zhiye continued, "Mr. Yang, there is another question, which is the price of the TV. Can Honor Electronics' TV base ship large quantities of TVs by this time next year?"

"It's all going according to plan." Yang Wendong said, "The equipment from the United States has arrived and is currently being installed and debugged. It's a good opportunity for us to go and take a look."

"Okay." Qin Zhiye quickly called the driver: "Xiao Li, go to the Honor TV factory in North Point."

"Okay, Mr. Qin." The driver Xiao Li quickly agreed.

The convoy turned a corner and headed towards the North Cape.

After about 20 minutes, we arrived at the door. Since we were not notified in advance, there was naturally no one to receive us. The security guard at the door saw several Mercedes-Benz cars approaching and immediately stepped forward.

After a brief communication, they were allowed in.

After the car was positioned properly, we saw Wang Zhiqun, the general manager of Honor Electronics, coming down from the administrative building on the left.

"Mr. Yang, Mr. Qin." Wang Zhiqun greeted with a smile.

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Old Wang, I have good news for you. We just got the license for Hong Kong's first wireless television station."

"That's great." Wang Zhiqun said, "With our own TV station, many things will be much more convenient in the future."

The industrial subsidiaries within Changxing Group are Changxing Industry and Honor Electronics, both of which basically rely on overseas markets.

But the difference is that Changxing Industrial's products are basically new and creative, and the market is easy to open up, and there is even a shortage of supply in the early stages. However, even though Honor Electronics also has new and creative products, the market demand is not very strong, so it needs the power of advertising to promote it.

Although the Hong Kong market is small, it is a very suitable place to test the waters. One is to look at customer reviews, and the other is quality feedback. After the 300 million people in Hong Kong have verified it, we can consider expanding overseas.

Therefore, it is very important for Honor Electronics to have a stronger media power in Hong Kong.

"Well," Yang Wendong said again, "We already have a TV station, but we also need a TV set. How is the progress on your side?"

Wang Zhiqun replied: "The TV assembly line purchased from the United States arrived a week ago and has been installed in its designated location. The first batch of imported materials has also arrived. Once the equipment is debugged next week, we can try to assemble TVs."

"Similar to CKD in the automotive industry?" Yang Wendong asked.

Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, it is CKD. For the first few batches, all the raw materials for the TVs, including the screws, were purchased from RCA in the United States. Later, I will gradually look for suppliers in Hong Kong based on the drawings and requirements, and then localize them one by one."

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then the cost is higher than buying a TV directly?"

"Yes, this model can be profitable in some countries because they have very high import tariffs on finished products, but Hong Kong does not." Qin Zhiye replied: "But if we want to master the technology of televisions and cultivate the industrial chain, we must do this in the early stages."

The technical content of televisions far exceeds Hong Kong's current industrial capacity. The only way to produce them in the early stages is to use a fully imported parts model, build the products first, and then learn about assembly issues when there are no problems with the raw materials.

At the same time, we can gradually localize, cultivate local suppliers, or invest in producing parts ourselves.

"Well, I support this. Any investment requires money in the early stages." Yang Wendong said, "Then let's go in and take a look at the TV production line?"

"Okay, please come this way." Wang Zhiqun pointed in the direction of the workshop.

Afterwards, everyone came to the workshop and saw rows of belt assembly lines. In front and behind each assembly line, there were identical metal tables with different work clothes on them.

The entire assembly line is interspersed with steel air pipes at the top and connected to the bottom.

"These devices look simple." Yang Wendong said after walking around.

Wang Zhiqun said: "It looks simple, but the tooling in the assembly process and the time of different assembly line controls all require a lot of time to understand and optimize."

Qin Zhiye also said: "Yes, I have also visited many factories. Some inconspicuous and simple things are actually developed by the entire factory over several years." "Yeah," Yang Wendong nodded.

Wang Zhiqun continued, "But from a technical perspective, what Mr. Yang said is also correct. There is really no high technology in assembly. It just takes time to improve efficiency to the best. Now that we have directly purchased the equipment and some data, there shouldn't be too many problems in this regard."

Yang Wendong asked again: "What about the picture tube?"

Wang Zhiqun said: "Currently, cathode ray tubes are still produced in the United States. Two months ago, I sent 30 people to the United States to learn. According to the plan, they need to study for half a year, and then the cathode ray tube production line will be dismantled and shipped to Hong Kong. By that time, we should be proficient in assembly."

"So, your large-scale production may not start until the beginning of next year?" Yang Wendong asked.

Wang Zhiqun nodded and said, “Yes, we will assemble CKD TVs this year, and some parts will also start to be produced locally, but the TVs will not be put on the market in the early stage, but will be tested internally.

After the cathode ray tube production line is installed in Hong Kong in October, it will also be tested for several months. If there are no problems, a small batch will be launched in Hong Kong by the end of the year. "

"How to conduct internal testing?" Yang Wendong asked.

Wang Zhiqun said: "We can do tests within our company, but our testing capacity is limited, so I plan to work with Mr. Wei and Mr. Zheng to find people in the entire group who are interested in installing TVs, and then give them the TVs for free. They just need to pay for the cable TV fees themselves.
This way, we have enough people to test and save electricity; our employees can also save the cost of a TV; if there is a problem, we will also recycle the TV for further research. "

"Not a bad idea." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "If there are any new products in the future, you can let our internal staff try them first. It's free and it's a good deal for everyone."

"Okay." Wang Zhiqun said.

Yang Wendong then said to Qin Zhiye: "TVs are different from previous electronic products. They are expensive commodities, and the quality and safety requirements are definitely higher. Therefore, they cannot be launched in the short term. Even if they are launched, they may not be able to quickly change the situation of Hong Kong people's lack of TVs;

Don’t rely entirely on Honor for now. Follow the normal model and get the TV station done first. Even if there is no Honor TV, I believe the TV station can do it.”

"Okay, I understand." Qin Zhiye replied.

Yang Wendong said again: "Okay, you go back first, I have something else to do here."

"Then Mr. Yang, I'll take my leave first." Qin Zhiye also said to Wang Zhiqun: "Mr. Wang, I'm leaving first."

"Have fun." Wang Zhiqun also said.

"Let's go to the office first." Yang Wendong said.

The two soon arrived at a meeting room in the administrative building in front.

Yang Wendong asked: "What are the recent export data of rice cookers and kettles?"

Wang Zhiqun said: "Very good. At present, our two products are selling very well in Southeast Asia. The data from last month just came out, and a total of 3.9 rice cookers and 11.4 electric kettles were exported. The products are mainly exported to Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam."

"Well, not bad." Yang Wendong smiled and asked, "We contacted the channels ourselves, right?"

Wang Zhiqun replied: “Yes, at first Changxing Trading was looking for suitable distributors there, and then we talked to them directly. Basically, they put forward their requirements through air express, and we shipped them by sea.
In the early days, the money was paid first and then the goods were shipped. Now that we have cooperated a few times, it has become a deposit and final payment model. "

"Well, OK, let's continue to optimize the channels." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "In the future, our TVs and other products will also need these channels. Hong Kong is a small market and cannot support us."

"Understood, Mr. Yang." Wang Zhiqun added, "The export of electric mosquito swatters has been relatively low in the past six months. This is greatly affected by the season, and it is not a necessity, so the sales volume is not very high recently. I will follow up again when summer comes this year."

"Well, okay." Yang Wendong said, "Right now, the company's R&D department is all free, right?"

Wang Zhiqun said: "Yes, I have arranged for them to develop electric fans. Although this industry is highly competitive, it should not be difficult to do."

"Electric fan? What about the motor? Imported?" Yang Wendong asked.

Wang Zhiqun replied: "Yes, we are still importing at present. Only when the market expands and our demand increases in the future, we can make it ourselves."

"Okay, this is the normal mode." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "What a coincidence, I am also going to ask you to develop something that will also use motors."

Wang Zhiqun asked: "What is it?"

Yang Wendong said: "I want to try to be a hair dryer."

(End of this chapter)

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