Chapter 241: Indulgence or instruction
In 1993, the sales volume of combined audio in the Chinese market was 1.42 million units, the sales volume of video recorders was more than 1.7 million, the sales volume of LD video discs were 1.6 million, and the CD laser recorder was more than 1.6 million. At that time, the LD CD was 400 to 500 yuan per piece, while the price of the VCD CD was only about one tenth of its. Therefore, based on this situation, the annual sales volume of VCD machines would reach about two million units.
Wanyan’s sales volume in a year are only tens of thousands of units, which means that this market is still vast, and electronic manufacturers who are interested in it will naturally not miss such a large market.
Wang Shihan also made a prediction based on this data that he wanted to get a share of the pie. However, he did not expect that Fan Wubing was unwilling to get involved in this matter, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
However, based on his admiration for Fan Wubing, Wang Shihan still took Fan Wubing to his office and asked him to take a look at the first batch of vcd discs produced by Wanyan Company.
"The price of this batch of machines is 5,300 yuan. At that time, we took action quickly. We grabbed ten machines. Except for one that we left in the office, we used them all to dismantle them." Wang Shihan opened the machine, put it in a nursery rhyme plate, and then said to Fan Wubing.
The first thing that appeared was the logo pattern of Wanyan Company. Then a bunch of information appeared, and then the song disc started to play. As a result, Fan Wubing actually discovered that the content used in this song disc was actually the work of a singer under his new Silk Road Entertainment Company. It seemed that it was transcribed from the video tape.
"This thing is that discs are relatively expensive. One disc costs about 60 yuan, which is not affordable for ordinary people, but for business places like karaoke, it is not a problem. Nowadays, the market sales direction is mainly for entertainment venues. After all, this thing is very convenient for ordering songs, which is more convenient than ld movie discs and is much cheaper." Wang Shihan saw that Fan Wubing was watching the disc repeatedly with interest, and said a few more words next to him.
From the bottom of my heart, Wang Shihan still hopes that Fan Wubing can interfere in this matter. After all, he is a little unsure of doing this alone. Fan Wubing has the words first, and the competition will be very fierce. He came to the mainland by a Taiwanese. Although he can rely on the banner of Fan Wubing, it is not that simple in actual operation.
"Sixty yuan-" Fan Wubing looked at the average quality VCD disc, suddenly laughed, and said to Wang Shihan, "How much do you think this disc can cost?"
After hearing Fan Wubing's words, Wang Shihan didn't understand what he meant, so he thought about it for a while, and then replied, "The cost of materials is not counted, and the copyright fee alone requires a lot. I guess it must be more than twenty yuan, right?"
"What if you put aside copyright?" Fan Wubing further inspired.
"Putting aside copyright?" Wang Shihan said in a daze, "It really doesn't cost a few cents, but that's just pirated?! The government cracked down on that very severely! A friend had touched that way before, and the money was quickly made, but he was arrested and fined him for bankruptcy. Now he is still in prison in Tainan."
Fan Wubing smiled and patted Wang Shihan on the shoulder and said, "Brother, do you think you are still in Taiwan now?! You have to look at the problem from a development perspective. There are great business opportunities in this small disc! It is much more profitable than you do to develop a disc machine!"
Fan Wubing stayed in the mobile phone factory for a few days, and then the first batch of products were officially launched. After seeing the streamlined mobile phones assembled, Fan Wubing was still very excited. He finally caught up with this wave of market conditions.
The decision of the State Administration of Telecommunications to start a large-scale deployment of GSM communication networks across the country is simply a timely rain for me. After my new mobile phone is offline and the inventory reaches hundreds of thousands, it will be fully launched.
To be honest, the manufacturing cost of mobile phones is also very low, especially for Fan Wubing, who stole the underlying technology from a large number of people and acquired Intel's mobile phone R&D department to make use of it, the R&D expenses are very little investment. It is believed that the profits earned after the first batch of mobile phones were listed were enough to recover all the investment and have a considerable surplus.
A press conference was held before. Fan Wubing was naturally familiar with this kind of thing. Not only did he invite reporters from CCTV and other media, but he also invited people from the Ministry of Posts and Communications and the State Administration of Telecommunications, and even the newly established China Unicom Company. As for the local government in Hangzhou, he also posted dozens of posts. After all, such a big thing is also a happy event for the Hangzhou Municipal Government. The mobile phone project was launched in Hangzhou and was successful, which itself could increase their political achievements.
On August 28, a press conference was officially held.
Boss Zhu arrived as promised, which made the press conference look a lot. After all, many of the reporters had a special liking for him, especially the reporters from several Hong Kong media invited by Fan Wubing, who gathered around to ask some sensitive questions.
"I am the guest invited, not the spokesperson, so I can't answer your questions." Boss Zhu has a rare opportunity to give people a support, so he naturally refused to say anything and turned the reporters off in an understatement.
At the meeting, domestic reporters expressed great enthusiasm for Fan's Investment Group to develop its own GSM mobile phone so quickly, believing that this is the first time the domestic electronics industry is at the forefront of the world. After all, everyone knows that the underlying development technology of mobile phones has always been in the hands of a few large foreign companies. This time, Fan's Investment Group was able to break through the technology blockade and develop its own GSM digital mobile phone with cash on its own, which was indeed an exciting move.
Wang Shihan made a speech on behalf of the group company, which was nothing more than just showing the performance of the product and comparing it with similar foreign products. Then he thanked friends from all walks of life for their strong support and expressed his special thanks to the Hangzhou local government, especially for Boss Zhu's time to come to attend this press conference.
Ouyang Xiaowei's father and Ye Mingxuan, deputy director of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, also came. He was surrounded by several leaders of the General Administration of Telecommunications and the head of the newly established China Unicom Company. Everyone was greatly shocked that Fan's Investment Group had developed its own GSM mobile phone so quickly.
The Ministry of Posts and Communications also conducted in-depth investigations and research on foreign markets and analyzed the domestic situation many times before it decided to introduce the European GSM network instead of the North American CDMA network. Therefore, they are very clear that under the current situation, although the GSM network has been established, digital mobile phones can only be imported from abroad. At present, several foreign mobile phone manufacturers are discussing the construction of digital mobile phone production bases in mainland China. Several are basically in the secondary negotiation stage and are about to be completed. However, Fan Wubing has launched a product with his digital mobile phone!
In this case, some of the previous plans will change, especially when laying out the GSM network, the Ministry of Posts and Communications completed it with the help of European mobile phone dealers. Now that the network is about to be ready, I found that the market that should have been monopolized by them has caused variables, so I am of course very angry.
The people from the State Administration of Telecommunications are already complaining to Ye Mingxuan, and they don’t know how to continue to negotiate terms with those mobile phone manufacturers.
However, Ye Mingxuan was not vague on this issue. He snorted and said, "Let's talk! The quotes they gave earlier were so expensive, but weren't they bullying us without a mobile phone manufacturer?! Now we actually have them, so naturally we have to cut down hard. You all have some heart and don't let others laugh at them! Or just point at your backbone and scold the traitor!"
Ye Mingxuan is used to being strong in the Postal and Communication Department, and his subordinates are well aware of his temper. Seeing that the old man said such ruthless words, he was obviously very dissatisfied with their previous negotiations with the other party. Then, this excuse vented his emotions. Everyone looked worried at the moment.
"But you also experience it yourself. What is the difference between Fan's products and foreigners? We can't just listen to them being there, we have to figure it out by ourselves!" Ye Mingxuan gave everyone another command.
An engineer from the State Administration of Telecommunications replied, "Minister Ye, I just looked at it carefully. Fan's mobile phone is better than the several models provided to us by reference abroad. The LCD screen is much larger, very clear, the call quality is very good, and the case feels very good. It's just that the mobile phone battery is purchased from other companies, which is a small flaw."
Ye Mingxuan nodded and said, "Well, if that's the case, you can buy a batch of machines and use them for yourself, and then pick up the faults to see if this thing really matches what they said. If it's really good, you can consider selling it in our outlets in the future."
The old man paused after he finished speaking, and then added, "After all, there are foreign goods at the counter, and we have a dull face!"
Everyone nodded, and they all said that Minister Ye had considered it carefully.
At this time, Wang Shihan suddenly ran to Fan Wubing and said to him with some excitement, "Mr. Fan, I just went to read the domestic legal provisions on piracy, and I have gained a lot! What do you mean, do you encourage me to do vcd disc piracy?"
Chapter completed!