"The drop is indeed very severe. At present, we know that there are already more than a dozen companies in three countries making similar products. The competition with us is very fierce. If we want to maintain the current profitability, we have to cut prices and increase production."
Deputy Director Li also chimed in.
Zhao Ye nodded, saying this idea was correct.
How can there be any products that can be sold for a lifetime? Especially electronic products.
"Zhao Ye, do you think that improving the technological level of computing chips can increase the value of calculators?" Commissioner Zhang asked.
"No, at least not entirely possible." Zhao Ye answered in the negative as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Why?"
"Calculator, to put it bluntly, is to meet the normal computing needs of ordinary people. No matter how advanced we make the computing chip, it will not change people's original intention of buying this thing. Therefore, this has little to do with computing chips."
Zhao Ye first analyzed the functions, and then said: "Of course, if higher-tech chips are used, we can produce products with more functions and better usability. But now I don't think this is the main thing.
problem."
"What do you think the main problem is?" Commissioner Zhang asked.
"I think the main problem is that our products are too single. Our microelectronics products are just calculators. I think that if we want to expand our profit scale, we must find new profit growth points.
Come up with new products.”
"New product?" Commissioner Zhang was a little surprised. They had never thought about this angle.
The main reason is that they don't know what new tricks can be played with a thing used for counting?
"Do you have any new ideas?" Commissioner Zhang asked.
"I do have a few new ideas." Zhao Ye didn't hide them and directly expressed his thoughts.
"I had a plan before to improve our process to the three-micron level. If we can reach this level, we can make a lot of products. For example, we can make calculators smaller, more portable, and more functional.
It is also more powerful. Correspondingly, it is entirely possible to set a relatively high price without getting into a price war with other companies for a long time."
"Well, what else is there?" Commissioner Zhang responded and then asked.
"Furthermore, with three-micron technology, we can combine chip technology with many things. For example, typewriters, telephones, digital switches, etc. These are all high-profit items, which must be very popular in the West.
There is a market.
The other thing is computers. If we have higher technology, we can also develop a computer for personal use."
"A computer for personal use? What's the use of it?"
"This has a wide range of uses. Some of our departments have been using computers for a while. I believe that many people have discovered that computers have a wide range of uses. In fact, today's computers are not even 1% of what I imagined.
None of the functions have been achieved.”
"Oh? Not even 1%?" Commissioner Zhang asked in surprise.
"Yes, not even one percent." Zhao Ye said this with confidence. He had seen what an information society should be like. Computers at that time were the carriers of information.
Chips are the foundation and guarantee for realizing informatization.
"Zhao Ye, go back and summarize your thoughts and submit a report." Commissioner Zhang said.
"Okay." Zhao Ye nodded and stopped talking about this topic.
"Now let's talk about your difficulties. I called you here today to solve your difficulties. Speak boldly and don't have any worries." Member Zhang encouraged.
"Leader, I have an idea." Zhao Ye was the first to speak before anyone else could speak.
"Well, tell me!"
"I want to put part of my research power on Zhennan Island."
"What? Put it on Zhennan Island? How could you have such an idea?" Commissioner Zhang never expected that Zhao Ye would have such an idea.
The country is so big, what better place than that small island on the horizon?
This is why this island has been so popular recently. Otherwise, Commissioner Zhang might not even know that such a place exists.
"Commissioner Zhang, I have this idea based on several considerations.
First, although the place is far away, it still has its advantages. When researchers go there, they really can only focus on research and have nothing else to do.
The second point is that the joint factory is an electronics factory with many female workers, which can well balance the population structure there. I believe that the country will definitely develop the oil and gas resources there. With so many lesbians in the past, it can be more
It has effectively solved the life problems of gay men in many workplaces.
Third, the transportation efficiency of the electronics industry is high. Especially in the chip industry, raw materials are few, the finished products are small in size, high in value, and can withstand the freight incurred by long-distance transportation.
Fourth, the environment is good. With the advancement of technology, chip production is becoming more and more refined. This will inevitably require a higher degree of environmental cleanliness. It is actually still difficult to achieve a highly clean production environment on the mainland.
.
Fifth, it is conducive to confidentiality...
sixth……"
Zhao Ye usually didn't want to think about this issue anymore, so when he talked about it at this time, he almost didn't stop.
Everyone was really baffled by his proposal, but as Zhao Ye explained it, they felt that it made some sense.
Zhao Ye was also very helpless. If he had a choice, he would not have chosen that kind of place at that time.
But if you want to minimize future losses, this choice becomes necessary.
After all, "the sky is high and the emperor is far away", many things are easy for Zhao Ye to operate.
If this happened on the mainland, no matter where it was, Zhao Ye would be worried about one thing and not the other.
It's better to be far away. Being far away can minimize the impact of the storm.
It can provide a stable external environment for those real researchers.
Nothing is more important than this.
But Zhao Ye couldn't express his true thoughts.
If you say it, it will really kill someone.
"What you said makes some sense, but this kind of thing requires comprehensive consideration by the superiors." Commissioner Zhang was not completely fooled by Zhao Ye. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that Zhao Ye's idea was a bit whimsical.
How could such an important production department be placed so far away? Instinctively, Commissioner Zhang felt it was inappropriate.
Zhao Ye didn't expect that his superiors would agree with him right away.
At this time, it is like sowing seeds, burying the seeds in the leader's psychology. When the right opportunity is encountered, the seeds will naturally take root and sprout.
After returning from Commissioner Zhang, everyone did not disperse separately, but went directly to the administration building of the joint factory.
Sitting in Director Yang's office, several people first exchanged pleasantries with each other, and then targeted Zhao Ye.
"Yezi, tell me, what do you think? Why did you put forward such a suggestion to Commissioner Zhang?" Director Yang was the first to ask the question. Judging from Zhao Ye's performance at the time, this kid was thinking about this matter.
It's not just one or two days.
"Master, the reason I said there is all my thoughts." Zhao Ye replied, and after speaking, he glanced at Deputy Factory Director Li covertly.
Factory Director Yang was very familiar with Zhao Ye, and he understood what he meant by looking at his expression. So he said: "You should discuss this kind of matter with us in advance. You are no longer a student, you are an employee of the United Factory.
.Any ideas you have should be reported to your superiors first, rather than talking nonsense in front of the big leaders. You have made us very passive. To put it bluntly, you are kidnapping, do you know? We did not refute it on the spot.
Your opinion has given you a lot of face. I won’t do it again!”
After a scolding, Zhao Ye's behavior of dragging the elders into background was revealed.
Zhao Ye just apologized humbly and said nothing more.
Professor Ci is very familiar with Zhao Ye, and he should be able to sense that Zhao Ye has some unknown reasons. However, seeing the performance of their master and apprentice, Professor Ci was sensible and did not say much.
The topic then turned to specific issues, with the development of new technologies being the top priority.
Chip research and development is not just a simple breakthrough in one or two technologies, it requires joint breakthroughs from multiple units.
From raw materials to home processing equipment, advances in multiple technologies can give birth to a new chip processing technology.
In addition, there is design. Traditional paper drawing can no longer meet the needs of larger-scale chip design.
As the scale of integration becomes larger and larger, more and more transistors and circuits are included in a design drawing, and traditional design methods can no longer meet the design needs.
Nowadays, in product design, there is an urgent need for a specialized design software.
The performance of Dawn 2 can meet the hardware requirements of the software. The only shortcoming is its display chip and display device. If this shortcoming is not solved, the functions of the software design cannot be even thought of.
This added another technical problem that needed to be solved urgently on Zhao Ye's notebook.
At this time, two routes began to argue with each other in his mind: Should he develop CRT monitors? Or go directly to LCD monitors?
Logically speaking, LCD has more promise.
However, CRT also has its advantages. This is not just a monitor issue, it also involves the development of another industry, televisions.
If CRT monitors are developed and the technology spreads, it will directly boost the country's television industry.
At least to a usable level, Zhao Ye felt that the current technical difficulty was not very difficult. Zhao Ye called up the display data in the system. After looking at it, he felt that this thing did not exceed the current processing level.
The picture tube technology itself is not that complicated. The real core technology lies in the control chip.
Of course, this does not mean that this thing is very simple, but its complexity lies not in theory, but in the processing equipment. But when it comes to processing equipment, this happens to be Zhao Ye's strength.
Therefore, Zhao Ye made up his mind to develop CRT monitors and let people of this era feel the charm of "big butt" monitors.