The headquarters of Legend Electronics is located in the central location of Zhongguancun, Beijing. In order to rent this office, Liu Yufan spent a lot of money. However, judging from the current operation, the money spent is still worth it. Huang Li told Liu Yufan more than once on the phone that it is convenient to work in this area. As long as you are a talent related to Electronic IT, you can find whatever you want. Various equipment used for experiments can also be purchased very conveniently. Huang Li, who is fanatical about digital products, is like a fish in water when he arrives here, immersed in the ocean of technology every day and cannot extricate himself.

When Liu Yufan arrived at Legend Electronics, no one went out to greet him. Only one staff member in the office led him to find Huang Li. As Liu Yufan expected, the guy was indeed staying in the laboratory.

When Liu Yufan saw Huang Li, the guy was wearing a wrinkled white shirt, his hair was like a chicken coop, and he was thinner than when Liu Yufan just saw him. It was probably the result of his crazy work during this period. As soon as Liu Yufan entered the door, he saw a group of technicians wearing white coats surrounded him, and each of them showed an excited look on his face.

"Mr. Huang, this machine is definitely an epoch-making product. With it, any tape and record can be thrown into the garbage dump." One of the technicians said loudly and excitedly. He was holding something as big as a lighter in his hand, and a white headphone was inserted on it, but he was not wearing that headphone at this moment.

"Yes, the only drawback is that the cost of micro hard drives is too high. This machine is not cheap." Another technician said with some concern.

"Slowly, the technology will get better, the technology will become more and more mature, and the price of micro hard drives will be further reduced. One day, our products will appear on electronic counters all over the world, and I want the whole world to hear our voices!" Huang Li said excitedly holding an mp3 in his hand.

"Well said!" Liu Yufan, who was standing at the door, heard Huang Li's words, immediately shouted loudly, then walked in with applause.

Huang Li, who heard Liu Yufan's voice, turned around suddenly, but saw that Liu Yufan had already arrived at the door, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Liu, why are you here so fast?" Huang Li said with a smile.

"Haha. Why, it's not welcome." Liu Yufan looked at Huang Li and joked.

"No, no, why wouldn't it be welcome?" Huang Li looked at Liu Yufan with a bit of fanaticism. He thought that he was not convinced by anyone in terms of technology, but he was alone in Liu Yufan. Nothing else, but just for this person's wild thinking. To be honest, although he has made mp3 now, if he didn't have Liu Yufan's creativity and guidance on many relationship points, Huang Li knew that even if he had thought of this idea and wanted to get the real thing out, it would have to be at least two years later than now. He didn't know what Liu Yufan was thinking in his mind. It would be too genius to be able to design such a technological product!

"Haha, is the product you just made in your hand? Can you show it to me?" Liu Yufan said with some anticipation at the little black thing in Huang Li's hand.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, this is our newly developed mp3 player. You can try it." Huang Li said, handing over the mp3 in his hand, and preparing to come forward to explain how to use it to Liu Yufan.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yufan waved his hand at him, indicating that he would not need his explanation. After taking the mp3 in his hand, he began to fiddle with it on his own.

When Liu Yufan looked at the mp3 in his hand, he could see at first glance that the workmanship was very detailed. The piano painted body looked very bright and moist. The small screen on the front was just right, and the design of the five-dimensional navigation keys was also very reasonable. It was basically made according to the design drawings he gave.

There is no logo on this machine, and it can be seen that it is a engineering prototype. Liu Yufan skillfully found the power button. After a short press, the screen on the front of the mp3 player illuminated, and then the basic information of the machine was displayed.

Liu Yufan stuffed the headphones into his ears, then pressed them down, and familiarly flipped through the "Ferry Crossing" of the qin. This is a very famous stoke song with uniform three-band frequency and appropriate bass, which is most suitable for testing the sound quality of the machine and stokes. Liu Yufan had a fever with headphones for a while and bought a lot of headphones like iron triangles and akgs. When he was fine, he went online to study this knowledge.

After stuffing the headphones into his ears, Liu Yufan pressed the play button. Soon, a low drum sound came from the headphones. After the intermittent sound, the sound of the qin started.

"Let me say goodbye to you..." The magnetic female voice, with low and clear drum beats, the whole song sounded very comfortable. Liu Yufan slowly closed his eyes as he listened to this song.

When it comes to enjoying music, Liu Yufan is definitely a big expert. It is not an exaggeration to say that his ears are "golden ears".

Seeing Liu Yufan standing there listening to music quietly, everyone, including Huang Li, showed a nervous look in their eyes. After studying the product for several months, it is time to see the truth. Although they are very confident in their products, they don’t know if they can reach Liu Yufan’s eyes. Especially Huang Li, they are even more nervous. Because he knows best in his heart that this product was designed by Liu Yufan. Whether it can meet his standards is really not very clear. Huang Li really has no idea.

After listening to a song halfway, it looked like it was about a minute. Liu Yufan adjusted the machine again. This time, he changed to a more intense rock song, which was the "Mask" of Zero Point Band.

The strong heavy metal music sounded, and the dull drum beats felt like a head-bang. For this performance, Liu Yufan finally showed a satisfied expression on his face.

I changed another piano piece, this time it was the "Exodus" he played himself.

After listening to all three songs, Liu Yufan took off his headphones, looked at the people who were staring at him nervously, and said with a smile: "The sound quality is good."

When everyone heard Liu Yufan say this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The most important thing about mp3 players is the sound quality. If there is no good sound quality, there is basically no competitiveness.

"Huang Li, what decoding chip are you using?" Liu Yufan asked with a smile. Although he is not an expert in this field, he has a little knowledge of this area. He knows that the most important part of an mp3 player is its decoding chip, which directly determines the sound quality of the player. Many cheap mp3s are because of the cheap decoding chip, so they can reduce the cost very low, and even only buy 20 or 30 yuan. However, such mp3s cannot be heard at all, and the sound has no sense of layering and is seriously distorted. After listening for a long time, people's ears will be damaged.

"Mr. Liu, I use the latest TA3011 decoding chip produced by Philips this year. This is the best-performance decoding chip that can be bought on the market now, and it supports lossless compression music format WMA. If paired with a good headset, I think the effect is no less than that of a CD player." Huang Li said this, his expression was a bit proud.

"Yeah, it's good, what's the battery life?" Liu Yufan continued to ask. In addition to good sound quality, what's more important is a digital product's battery life. No matter how good the sound quality is, if you hear it for a while, it will undoubtedly be unpopular.

"The machine is powered by a No. 5 dry battery. If the battery quality is good enough, there will be no problem playing for ten hours." Huang Li said confidently.

"Well, it's very good too. However, have you never considered using a nickel-hydrogen battery or a lithium battery? That kind of rechargeable battery should be used for a longer time." Liu Yufan asked.

"The quality of nickel-hydrogen batteries is not very stable now, so I'm useless. Mr. Liu, what is a lithium battery?" Huang Li asked in confusion after hearing Liu Yufan's words.

"Well, lithium batteries, I accidentally heard from a friend who is engaged in technology. He said that this thing is being studied in some foreign laboratories. It is said that it is more reliable and durable than nickel-hydrogen batteries. I thought it was popular, and it seems that it has not been promoted yet." Seeing that Huang Li was a little confused, Liu Yufan immediately explained, and at the same time he was nervous.

"Really, it's still 2000. The lithium battery technology has not been promoted yet, so it almost leaked." Liu Yufan thought nervously.

"Oh, wait until I have time to study it." Liu Yufan's words immediately aroused Huang Li's interest. This is a technology maniac. When hearing about new technologies, it is like seeing a peerless beauty, and his interest must have increased greatly.

"Not to mention this, I think this machine is pretty good, but I think there are still two places to improve." Looking at Huang Li, Liu Yufan thought for a while and said.

"Oh? Mr. Liu, there is no need to change it." Huang Li asked immediately after hearing Liu Yufan's words, and at the same time he was a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, this machine was already perfect, and there was no room for improvement.

As if he saw Huang Li’s idea, Liu Yufan smiled and said, “First of all, how much is the cost of this machine?”

Hearing Liu Yufan's question, Huang Li immediately said without hesitation: "Six hundred and seventy-three yuan."

Seeing Huang Li answering so quickly, Liu Yufan showed a satisfied smile on his face. The fact that he could answer this question so quickly showed that he had enough understanding of this machine.

However, the next moment, Liu Yufan continued to ask: "Six hundred and seventy-three yuan, this should be just the hardware cost."

"Yes, Mr. Liu." After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li understood a little about what he wanted to say. Yes, this is a very good machine, first-class hardware, first-class materials, first-class design, and the only disadvantage is that the cost is a bit high.

"If the hardware cost of 673 yuan is added, if the cost of manual manufacturing, the cost of promotion market, and taxes, the cost of this machine should be close to one thousand yuan." Liu Yufan seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be talking to Huang Li.

After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li was speechless. When he designed, he only considered how to make the machine the best. As for cost control, he really didn't think much about it. Now that he thinks about it, this is indeed a problem. Although the product is very good, how much does it cost to end up in the hands of consumers? 1,500 or 2,000? You should know that a cd machine that can be used to make a cd machine that can be used to make a cd. This price is already a very high cost in the eyes of most Chinese consumers. After all, this is just a digital product, and its brand effect is far less than a cd.

Looking at Huang Li's a little disappointed look, Liu Yufan laughed again.

"It's okay, I don't mean to deny your results. In fact, this product is still good. Although it may not be accepted by most consumers for a while, it can still focus on high-end consumer groups. So my opinion is, on the basis of the original design, can we find another product with a relatively low cost and focus on the mass market?"

After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li's eyes lit up, but he suddenly felt bitter again.

"Boss, I have actually calculated the cost. There is really nothing that can be reduced further. If it is reduced, it will sacrifice performance." Huang Li said bluntly.

"What are the most expensive pieces of this machine?" Liu Yufan asked casually.

"Decode chips and micro hard drives." Huang Li admitted.

"Well, the decoding chip is related to the sound quality of the machine, and this part cannot be moved. As for the micro hard drive, have you ever thought about changing it to flash memory?" Liu Yufan asked.

"Switch to flash memory?" After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li's eyes lit up. But then he said: "Mr. Liu, changing to flash memory can indeed save costs, but in this way, there are too few songs that the machine can save. I have calculated that even if it is replaced with 32m flash memory, it will save up to ten mp3 songs."

"Ten songs? It's enough. Now a tape or a song on a CD is only about ten? When you hear it enough, you can change it again. You can change the songs without spending a portion of money. This is the biggest advantage of our product. Why do you forget this part?" Liu Yufan smiled and said.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, look at me. I just thought about the design, and I didn't think about it from this perspective. If it was replaced with flash memory, I would really like that, Mr. Liu, I am confident that I can control the cost to less than 300 yuan." Huang Li said confidently.

"Well, it's not bad, this cost is enough to focus on the low-end market." Liu Yufan nodded and said.

"Mr. Liu, what about the second opinion you said?" Huang Li recovered from Liu Yufan's approval, and asked anxiously.

"The second opinion, haha, it's actually very simple to say. I want you to design a few more colors of shells for this device, preferably in the form of a replaceable shell." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Replace the shell? What's the use?" Huang Li was a little puzzled when he heard Liu Yufan's words. In his opinion, this machine is already beautiful enough. Besides, the shell or something is that important? Just have good sound quality.

Seeing Huang Li disagreed, Liu Yufan smiled and said, "Listen to me, that's right. People have different aesthetic views. Design more colors and styles to avoid being difficult to match." Liu Yufan reminded with a smile.

"Oh, that's the case, Mr. Liu, don't worry, this is not a big problem, it's quite simple." After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li said confidently.

"Well, that's good. How long will it take to correct these two points I said?" Liu Yufan asked.

"A maximum of one week!" Huang Li patted his chest and assured. The reason why he was so confident was that the two requests made by Liu Yufan were not a big deal. The main difficulties have been overcome, and these two points are just small-scale modifications, and there is no technical difficulty.

"Okay, in a week, I will hold a new product launch conference to officially announce the birth of the world's first mp3. Huang Li, work hard, you are destined to be famous in history and write a lot of marks in the development history of electronic products!" Liu Yufan said with a big laugh.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, I will definitely live up to your hopes and guarantee that this product will be a classic!" Huang Li was also a little excited when he heard Liu Yufan's words!

"Well, go to work. By the way, don't work too hard. It's not okay to get tired of your body. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest!" Liu Yufan looked at Huang Li's "scientific madman" look and shook his head and said.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, don't worry, I will pay attention." Huang Li said casually, but looking at his indifferent look, he obviously didn't listen.

"Well, that's good. You can be busy. In a week, I'll wait for your good news!" Liu Yufan said, patted Huang Li on the shoulder, said a few more encouraging words to everyone, and then turned around and left.

Before Liu Yufan's figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, Huang Li shouted excitedly and said, "Do work!"

In the next week, Huang Li completely left Liu Yufan's words of caring about his body behind his mind, and worked until twelve o'clock every day. This is a person who pursues perfection. In this work, Huang Li brought his character to the extreme.

A week later, looking at the two models on the table, seven colors of mp3, Huang Li finally showed a look of relief on his face!

"Mr. Liu, give our mp3 a name." Huang Li said with a smile at Liu Yufan with a satisfied look on his face.

"Haha, okay. I think our mp3 will definitely be charming as soon as it comes out of the world and attract countless consumers. This is a digital product destined to become a star. If you want me, just call it Meizu, a charming family!" Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Meizu? Good name!" After hearing Liu Yufan's words, Huang Li shouted excitedly with high fives.

"Look for OEM companies and hurry up and produce a batch. I want to hold a press conference right away!" Liu Yufan said with some urgency. This product will be the first punch he swung to Suo Ni Company! (To be continued...)

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