Chapter 418 New Electronic Product: Tape Music Player

Chapter 418 New Electronic Product: Tape Music Player

Chapter 418 New Electronic Product: Tape Music Player (ask for monthly pass at the end of the month)
After chatting with Zhang Hui, it was noon, so Yang Wendong had a quick lunch nearby and then took a convoy to North Point, Hong Kong Island. It happened to be in the same direction, so he arrived in 20 minutes.

Today's itinerary was actually decided early. We will go to Hong Kong China Building in the morning and Honor Electronics in the afternoon.

"Mr. Yang, Mrs. Yang." Wang Zhiqun also arrived at the factory gate in advance to receive them.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "I haven't been to the Rongyao Electronics factory for a long time. Today I just happened to have something to discuss with you, so I came to take a look."

Generally speaking, when something happens, Yang Wendong will naturally ask his men to go to the headquarters, and this was basically the case in the past; but occasionally the boss also needs to go down and find out, so he came to take a look today.

Especially the electronics industry, although it is still far behind Changxing Industrial in scale, but now it is the mid-60s and the world is about to enter the explosive period of the electronics industry. As a time traveler who controls the future development direction, with funds, he will definitely be able to eat a big piece of the cake;

Relatively speaking, Changxing Industry may enter a stable period because the number of creative products is always limited. However, during the stable period, Changxing Industry will also be one of the largest manufacturing companies in Asia, but it will not be able to compare with the future Honor Electronics.

Wang Zhiqun said: "Okay, please come this way first."

"Okay." Yang Wendong agreed.

Everyone first went to the workshop next door, where many televisions were being assembled.

Yang Wendong suddenly asked: "Our transistor production line is not here, right?"

Honor Electronics' earliest business was not actually terminal products, but transistors;
At that time, Hong Kong's radios needed to import expensive transistors from Japan, and the radio had a simple structure, so Yang Wendong did not make radios directly, but instead invested in making transistors.

"Yes, the transistor factory is about 3 kilometers away from here." Wang Zhiqun didn't know why the boss asked, so he said, "If Mr. Yang is interested, we can go and take a look later."

"No need. I don't understand those professional things." Yang Wendong paused and said, "But I heard that integrated circuits and chips are becoming popular in the United States. You can focus on studying this aspect when you have time. See if there is any demand in Hong Kong. If there is, see if we can introduce equipment for production here."

In the mid-60s, chips and integrated circuits began to gradually appear. Yang Wendong was also very concerned about this, especially Fairchild Semiconductor, the American Whampoa Military Academy. A few years later, the most famous Intel in the previous life would be born.

However, he did not know much about technology. As a non-professional time traveler, he was better at terminal products. However, in the electronics industry, technology is essential, so investment and preparation in this area was necessary.

"I've heard a little about these two things, but I haven't studied them in detail." Wang Zhiqun nodded.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then let the people in the United States investigate, especially the achievements of companies like Fairchild Semiconductor and IBM."

In the past few years, Honor Electronics has focused on terminal products, and has indeed neglected technology. However, this is normal. For an electronics industry desert like Hong Kong, this is the current limit, and it may not even be able to meet Yang Wendong's requirements in the future.

"Okay, I will ask the laboratory in the United States to collect information on this matter." Wang Zhiqun agreed.

"Yeah," Yang Wendong smiled.
Then, I followed the person in charge of the workshop as usual, walked around the entire workshop, and watched the production lines of several current Honor Electronics products;

These products were not complicated and mainly required assembly. Yang Wendong just asked a few questions of his own and then ended the discussion.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Wendong came to the conference room of the administrative building in front of the factory, where various fruits had been prepared.

"Mr. Yang, this is the production and sales data of the factory last quarter." Wang Zhiqun also handed over some documents.

"Okay, let me take a look." Yang Wendong nodded, then opened a few documents and took a look;
After a while, he asked, "Looking at this data, our Honor Electronics has gradually experienced insufficient production capacity?"

"Yes, especially for TV sets. The current monthly production capacity is 4 sets, which is not enough for sales." Wang Zhiqun said: "The group has many channels, and has distributors in more than 20 countries in Southeast Asia, Europe and South America;
In addition, our TV sets are of high quality and low price, far more cost-effective than those from Japan, so the demand is huge. This is the data after I have adjusted the price of exported TV sets twice.”

The various overseas channel resources of Changxing Group far exceed the imagination of other manufacturing companies in Hong Kong. Its reputation in Hong Kong alone is enough to make many foreign trade businessmen actively cooperate. This is different from other factories. Other factories beg foreign trade companies, but Changxing does the opposite.

Abroad, electric mosquito swatters have developed many distribution customers in the early days, as well as Changxing Industrial. Although the products of the two sides are different, there are always some distributors who sell everything. It is very powerful to utilize this resource.

Therefore, in just a few years, Honor Electronics has had cooperative distributors in dozens of countries around the world, all of which have some local strength. In this era, many electronic products can only be made in Europe, America and Japan, and the prices are expensive. Hong Kong's electronic products are a very good low-ranking substitute.
Therefore, the TV production line that originally had an annual production capacity of 50 is now insufficient. This is mainly because the professional managers at the time did not expect that Changxing Group would develop so rapidly.

"Haha, this is good news." Yang Wendong nodded and asked, "Then prepare to expand production capacity. The overseas market is too big. We must seize this opportunity."

Although black and white TVs have been phased out in Western countries, they are still very popular in Southeast Asia and even in the mainland 20 years later. In other words, this industry can be guaranteed to last for 20 years.
In history, Samsung Electronics got started by selling black-and-white televisions. Even though it was a backward industry, it was very successful when it became number one in the world. And only after making good black-and-white televisions could it move into the field of color televisions. Only by walking can you learn to run.

"Okay, I'm also asking for a quote." Wang Zhiqun added, "Mr. Yang, this time, I want to buy a brand new production line, because it's unlikely to find a second-hand production line in the short term. It's not such a coincidence.
If we wait too long, it may affect our production plans.”

"Yes, the emergence of second-hand production lines is beyond our control." Yang Wendong agreed and said, "With our current scale, it doesn't matter if we buy new ones."

Wang Zhiqun asked, "Then how about buying a color TV production line?"

"Buy color ones?" Yang Wendong asked immediately, "Color TVs can only be sold to countries like Europe, America and Japan. Are you sure?"

Everyone knows that color TV is better, but the problem is that just because you buy a color TV, it doesn’t mean you can watch color TV. Even Yang Wendong’s family can only watch black and white.
Because whether it is wired or wireless television, the signal it sends out has its own color definition. Color signals can be used for black and white televisions, but not vice versa.
In Southeast Asia, television signals in most areas are in black and white, so there is no point in buying a color TV; therefore, color TVs produced can only be exported to Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries.

Wang Zhiqun replied: "Our costs in this area are a little cheaper than Japan. We still have a chance to export to the United States and Europe, as long as it is cheaper than local brands. What I want to buy is also a small color production line, which we can use for initial research."

"What about cathode ray tubes? Can they also be produced in Hong Kong?" Yang Wendong asked again.

Color TVs in this era are the crown of industry, and many developed countries are also working hard to maintain this technological leadership.

Wang Zhiqun replied: "Yes, what we bought is actually outdated technology. There are not many restrictions in this regard. The color TVs of the Americans are not as good as those of Japan. They are not very strict about the leakage of such inferior technology."

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Write me a detailed report on the purchase of a new black-and-white TV production line and a small color TV production line. I will make a decision after reading it.

However, the requirement is that core technology products such as cathode ray tubes must be produced in Hong Kong, and the channels also need to be determined. "

"Okay, I'll investigate it." Wang Zhiqun said, "But it involves a considerable investment, plus inspections from various countries, so it may take a little longer."

"Well, do it as soon as possible. Time waits for no one." Yang Wendong added, "As far as I know, South Korea, Taiwan, and even some economically underdeveloped regions in Japan are also making similar black-and-white TVs. We also need to seize the market as soon as possible."

"Yes, I understand." Wang Zhiqun agreed.

Yang Wendong paused, then said, "What about other small household appliances? How is their production capacity?"

Wang Zhiqun replied: "These problems are not serious. The new factory has been completed and has started operation. The production capacity will be increased soon, and the product itself is relatively simple."

"It's not good to have factories here and there." Yang Wendong thought for a while and said, "Let's stick to this for a while. Later I will acquire a large piece of land in Hong Kong Island, and then we will build a special factory.

Just like the industrial park in Kwun Tong, all industries are together, even some important suppliers are placed together, which is much more convenient. "

The concentration of factories and industries is definitely not just about saving fuel in transportation, but more importantly, it is about time and efficiency. Not to mention this era, even in the 21st century when WeChat could spread across the world in an instant, it was still popular in the manufacturing industry to gather together to improve efficiency. Even many automobile factories require suppliers to be within a hundred kilometers.

"This is good, but it's not possible to acquire such a large piece of land on Hong Kong Island, even if it's industrial land, right?" Wang Zhiqun asked in disbelief.

Hong Kong Island began to be developed 100 years ago. In the early days, there was enough land to raise cattle. But as the population grew, the vacant land naturally became less and less.

Even though there are still a lot of land available for building factories, they are mostly small in size;
There is a large piece of land, but it is definitely not possible to use it to build a factory. For the government, it is more cost-effective to build commercial or residential areas.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Let's wait and see. If it doesn't work, we can go to Kowloon Peninsula."

Under normal circumstances, it is definitely impossible. Even Swire Properties cannot do it. If they can really do it, it does not conform to business logic to acquire a large piece of land to build a factory.

But in the coming year of 1967, even the most core commercial buildings in Central were being sold off, and the Hong Kong government was seriously short of money. Perhaps he would have a chance. Of course, the most important thing at that time was to obtain commercial land, but obtaining a large piece of industrial land would not affect other things.

"Okay, that would be best." Wang Zhiqun replied.

Changxing Group strictly prohibits all industries from contacting the real estate industry, so it has little impact on them in Hong Kong Island or Kowloon; as for the issue of local talents, with the scale of Honor Electronics today, it should not be a problem to set up some dormitories, shuttle buses and the like.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now." Yang Wendong added, "In addition to the previous business, there is another important thing I need you to do. This thing is as important as when we produced the TV."

"Please speak, Mr. Yang." Wang Zhiqun immediately became serious.

The boss Yang Wendong came here in person, so he must have something important to tell you. The so-called visit is just a visit for him.

Yang Wendong asked, "Do you know what to do if my family wants to listen to music now?"

"Listen to music?" Wang Zhiqun didn't react for a moment, but still replied: "I usually listen to the radio, which has a lot of music, or listen to vinyl records, but they are quite expensive, so my family doesn't buy them."

"Even your family didn't buy it, which is enough to show that most people can't afford it." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

Vinyl record equipment and vinyl records themselves often appear in TV dramas from the Republic of China in the past, and it seems that many people have them, but in fact, this thing is really expensive and the records themselves are easily damaged.

Of course, Wang Zhiqun can definitely afford it, but the investment is too high and he may feel it is not cost-effective.

Wang Zhiqun nodded and said, "Yes, it's also very troublesome to rent records. I'm busy with work and don't have time to change them frequently. It's better to listen to the radio. The music is not bad, but I can't choose it myself."

"If you want to choose, you need equipment that you can decide for yourself." Yang Wendong said again: "Do you know Philips in Europe?"

"I know." Wang Zhiqun replied.

Yang Wendong added: "In 1962, they released a music carrier called magnetic tape and corresponding equipment. I hope you can go there and see if you can buy the production license and introduce this technology and production line."

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