Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

Chapter 179 Everything is ready (5.7k)

"Fujio Masuoka, hello, congratulations to your team for developing a multi-layer storage MLC structure flash memory. However, single-layer storage SLC structure flash memory should also be paid attention to. MLC flash memory and SLC flash memory have their own strengths and weaknesses, and each has a wide range of applications. !"

Zhao Ye smiled and shook hands with Fujio Masuoka, and said.

The multi-layer storage MLC structure is strong in its large storage capacity, but it also has many defects.

The first thing to bear the brunt is that the service life of MLC is shorter than that of SLC. The MLC architecture can only withstand 1 times of erasing and writing, while the SLC architecture can withstand 10 times of erasing and writing.

The second is the slow access speed. Under the current technical conditions, the theoretical access speed of the MLC chip can only reach about 6MB, while the access speed of the SLC architecture is more than three times faster than that of the MLC architecture!

In addition, the current consumption of MLC is higher than that of SLC. If MLC is compared with SLC under the same conditions of use, the current consumption of MLC is about 15.00% higher than that of SLC.

However, ordinary consumers currently pay more attention to the size of storage capacity.

Therefore, the multi-layer storage MLC architecture is the focus of research by Masuoka Fujio's team.

Fujio Masuoka also understood what Zhao Ye meant, so he couldn't help but nodded to show he knew.

"Someone in our team has been researching the single-layer storage SLC architecture, so as to maintain a leading position in this direction. For now, the flash memory of the single-layer storage SLC architecture is too expensive and difficult to achieve commercialization. Keep improving."

"Well, this arrangement is the best." Zhao Ye nodded with a smile, paused, and then urged, "Oh, by the way, the U disk, CF card and SSD should also be produced quickly.

U盘分为三种规格：100MB、250MB、500MB，其零售价分别为100美元、250美元、500美元。

1MB is worth a dollar!

The old man is innocent!

The CF card is mainly composed of a control chip and a flash memory chip. A flash memory chip has 50MB. That is to say, the current storage capacity of the CF card is only 50MB. If we sell it for 50 dollars, it is of course a loss.Therefore, the selling price of the CF card is at least 200 US dollars.

As for the SSD solid state drive, this is still calculated on the basis of 1MB per dollar, as for the capacity of the SSD solid state drive we want to launch..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ye became slightly pensive.

Hearing this, Fujio Masuoka couldn't help but click his tongue, thinking to himself, it has to be the boss, the price is set, I dare not think so, I'm afraid I'm going to make money crazy~
Zhao Ye didn't notice Fujio Masuoka's expression at this time, he was recalling the hard disk development of his main competitor.

At the beginning of this year, IBM invented MR (Magneto Resistive) technology. This new type of magnetic head adopts the method of magnetic induction writing and magnetoresistive reading, which greatly improves the sensitivity of the magnetic head and greatly improves the working efficiency of the hard disk.At the same time, the storage density of the disk has been increased by dozens of times compared with the previous 20Mbps (bit/square inch), which has laid the foundation for the huge increase in the capacity of the hard disk.

IBM could soon be pioneering consumer-grade gigabyte hard drives.

If it hadn't been for Wujiang Group to develop a multi-layer storage MLC architecture flash memory, I am afraid that it would not even be qualified to compete with IBM.

The IBM civil-grade GB hard drive belongs to the 3.5-inch standard and is relatively large.

It will look a bit bloated when used on a laptop.

It is also a 1GB hard drive, and the size of the SSD will be several times smaller than that of the IBM mechanical hard drive, so the SSD solid state drive is very suitable for notebook computers.

Wujiang can develop 1GB and 2GB SSDs, but only sells 1GB SSDs, while 2GB SSDs are mainly used in its own desktops and laptops to enhance its competitiveness.

After Zhao Ye cleared his mind, he asked Fujio Masuoka to develop 1GB and 2GB SSD solid state drives.

Fujio Masuoka hastily said that there is no problem, but more people need to be recruited, and they alone are a bit too busy.

"Just recruit people, whatever talents you need, just recruit. The development potential of flash memory is beyond your imagination. In the future, the market for flash memory will be huge, with many product lines and a wide range of applications."

"Okay, boss!" Masuoka Fujio replied, he was very excited, and he couldn't wait to recruit a lot of talents to join the flash memory department, and then work hard to prove the value of flash memory to the world!Of course, the thing that excites Masuoka Fujio the most is seeing the regretful face of his old club Toshiba...

"Work hard, Fujio Masuoka, success is just around the corner! As the 'Father of Flash Memory', you will definitely become famous all over the world!" Zhao Ye patted Fujio Masuoka on the shoulder to encourage him, and then bid him farewell.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ye went to the MPEG-1 decoding chip department, and also encouraged the development team to make persistent efforts to design better decoding chips.

Zhao Ye talked with the developers for a long time, talked about the MPEG-2 video format and compression algorithm in detail, and pointed out the ideas for developing MPEG-2 decoding chips for the technicians.

At present, the encoding used by VCD is MPEG-I technology, the image resolution can only reach about 240 lines, and the sound is only simple two-channel, so it is not very good in terms of image and sound quality, function, performance, etc. .

The Super VCD adopts MPEG-II encoding technology, the sound can reach 4-channel stereo, and the image resolution can reach 350 lines, which can basically reach the highest resolution of domestic TV sets in the 90s.

Zhao Ye always likes to research the next-generation product immediately when launching the first-generation product, and always maintain a technological lead.

Although DVD is stronger than Super VCD, it is more difficult to develop. Wujiang Group can practice with Super VCD first. Super VCD uses the same MPEG-II encoding technology as DVD, which will be of great help to the future development of DVD.

Before he knew it, it was more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and seeing that he was about to leave work, Zhao Ye left Godson Company.

On the way back, Zhao Ye became more and more interested in Super VCD.

If the current video recorder can compete with VCD in terms of image quality, then when it comes to super VCD, the video recorder will be completely finished.

Families in western countries are all using video recorders. It is not impossible for Wujiang Group to use VCD to pry open the door, but the difficulty is a little bit greater.If you replace the VCD with a super VCD, let alone prying the door, you can directly break into the house and rob, and the other party will willingly take out the money...

"VCD was launched first in developing countries. First, these countries have not had time to be occupied by VCRs. Second, the price of VCDs is cheaper than VCRs. Third, the cost of pirated CDs is low and they are easy to popularize."

"When the super VCD is developed, we must enter the market of Western countries as soon as possible! Before the development of DVD, we can earn a lot of money from it!"

Zhao Ye smiled, it's cool to hang out!
How to develop, how to win, I know it all!

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More than 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day.

"Boss, Wang Fulin, the director of "Dream of Red Mansions", called just now. He said that the production of "Dream of Red Mansions" has been completed and submitted for review. It is planned to be broadcast on CCTV at 7 o'clock in the evening on July 1!"

Liu Yinyin walked up to Zhao Ye, and said with a smile, "Before, we cooperated with "Journey to the West" to promote the campaign, and the effect was remarkable, which greatly enhanced the influence of "Journey to the West". I guess, Director Wang probably meant the same thing! "

Zhao Ye put down the document and heard Liu Yinyin's guess, he couldn't help but nodded and smiled: "Well, it should be. You can contact Director Wang Fulin, and he said that Wujiang Group will cooperate with "Dream of Red Mansions", and the beverage brands under the group will be printed with " The stills of "In the Red Chamber". In addition, the VCD products produced by Wujiang Group have invited several protagonists of "A Dream of Red Mansions" to endorse them."

Originally "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast in 1987. Many plots in the novel did not appear on TV, but after Wujiang Group invested funds, the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" completely restored the plot of "Dream of Red Mansions" in order to make the filming more sophisticated, so they did it again Filmed for over a year.

VCD is lucky now. Once "Dream of Red Mansions" is broadcast, who can be more popular than Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Jia Baoyu, Wang Xifeng...

The endorsement fee for domestic artists is very low, and Wujiang is an investor in "Dream of Red Mansions", so it is not easy for them to speak up.

Thanks to the popularity of "Dream of Red Mansions", the VCD is expected to become popular all over the country soon, and then sell well all over the world!

Liu Yinyin nodded when she heard the words, "Okay, boss, I'll contact Director Wang Fulin now."

After Liu Yinyin left, Zhao Ye fell into deep thought at this moment, what kind of brand name should be given to the VCD.

After thinking about it, calling it "Wujiang VCD" seems to be okay.

The name of Wujiang is very famous in China. It can be said that it is a household name. In the eyes of many people, Wujiang is a high-tech giant. "Wujiang + VCD" will naturally make people trust-this is a high-tech product!

Not only in China, but also in foreign countries, countless consumers will go to the brand of "Wujiang".

Therefore, Zhao Ye decided to use the brand name "Wujiang VCD" after careful consideration.

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But at this moment, director Wang Fulin received a call from Zhao Ye's secretary Liu Yinyin.

"Hello, Director Wang, I'm Liu Yinyin, Zhao Ye's secretary. The boss plans to let Wujiang Group and "West Red Mansion" operate jointly..."

Liu Yinyin explained Zhao Ye's meaning to director Wang Fulin in detail, and said that the endorsement fee depends on the role played, but at least it starts at 10 RMB.

Director Wang Fulin became happier the more he listened.

With the cooperation of Wujiang Group, the ratings of "Dream of Red Mansions" will definitely soar.

Moreover, the main creators of Dream of Red Mansions endorse the VCD developed by Wujiang Group, and their income is very good, which can be regarded as compensation for the hardships they have suffered in the film crew in the past few years.

The crew of "A Dream of Red Mansions" was very poor, and all the money was spent on filming.Actors’ remuneration is very low. Ouyang Fenqiang, the male lead who plays Jia Baoyu, gets 80 yuan per episode when there are many scenes, and 60 yuan when there are few scenes. After filming the entire "Dream of Red Mansions", he got a total of more than 3000 yuan... …

Chen Xiaoxu, the female lead who plays Lin Daiyu, only costs 1 yuan per episode.

The income of these actors is far less than that of an ordinary worker.

Hong Kong artists in the same period, their income will be much higher, relatively popular artists, at least 10,000+, better hundreds of thousands of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and top stars like Cheng Long, at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars above.

For a domestic actor, even if he is popular all over the country, his salary will not be very high.

Many domestic actors yearn to develop in Hong Kong, and they seem to think that actors in Hong Kong can make a lot of money and are superior to others.

The Wujiang Group is relatively generous. They have never encountered the endorsement fee starting at 10 RMB.

After director Wang Fulin hung up the phone, he was going to mention it to Chen Xiaoxu, Ouyang Fenqiang and others.

Chen Xiaoxu, Ouyang Fenqiang and others were preparing to pack their things and go home.

Wang Fulin called them together.

Everyone was surprised, but seeing the smile on Director Wang Fulin's face, they knew it shouldn't be a bad thing.

"Don't be in a hurry to go home, Wujiang Group is going to ask you to be a spokesperson." Wang Fulin said with a smile.

"Wujiang actually asked us to be a product endorsement?!" Ouyang Fenqiang was shocked.

Chen Xiaoxu and the others were also full of astonishment.

They never imagined that the well-known Wujiang Group in China would invite unknown people like them to speak for them.

In fact, it is not surprising that they were surprised. "Dream of Red Mansions" has not been broadcast yet, and they are not famous at all now.Even Hong Kong kung fu superstar Cheng Long can't be the product spokesperson of Wujiang Group. This shows how demanding it is to be the product spokesperson of Wujiang Group.

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chongqing.

The Wujiang VCD factory is in full operation. VCD players are removed from the production line and transported to the warehouse by small forklifts for storage.

Mayor Zhou Yuchuan never stopped smiling when he inspected the factory.

Once the Chongqing Wujiang VCD factory started construction, thousands of people were employed. Soon, VCD will become one of the pillar economies of Chongqing. If VCD becomes popular in China and the world...

But since using VCD, Mayor Zhou Yuchuan firmly believes that VCD will be popular in China, and the country really needs such a product to watch movies.Even if you are abroad, you will love VCD if you think about it.

Mayor Zhou Yuchuan was full of confidence. At this time, he couldn't help but rejoice that Tianfu Cola was sold to Wujiang Group in exchange for Wujiang Group investing in the establishment of a VCD factory in Chongqing.

Now it's finally time to harvest!

Because of VCD, Chongqing will surely achieve economic growth and promote the construction of the electronics industry and manufacturing industry!

At this moment, the whole of Chongqing is escorting Wujiang's VCD factory to ensure the smooth production of products.

"With an annual output of 1200 million VCDs, don't you know if the domestic market can absorb it?" Zhou Yuchuan said to Lou Hongfei, the person in charge of Wujiang VCD who has been following him.

"Of course it was impossible to consume at the beginning. However, the boss has a plan to build a 'video hall' nationwide, including in the vast rural areas. Once this plan is successfully implemented, the annual production capacity of 1200 million units will not be able to meet it at all. Demand. At that time, it will be necessary to increase production capacity..." Lou Hongfei replied with a smile.

After a pause, Lou Hongfei explained, "The video hall is a small movie theater, which plays movies for customers through VCD players, and also rents and sells VCD players and VCD discs."

When Zhou Yuchuan heard this, he suddenly realized.

"Mr. Zhao is really far-sighted. There is almost no possibility of failure in this self-built 'video hall' plan. Once implemented, the video halls all over the country will continue to bring benefits to Wujiang. At the same time, the 'video hall' is still It will play a great role in publicity. Those who come to the video hall to watch movies will all be potential users of VCD players. When they have money, of course they want to have a VCD of their own..."

After a pause, Zhou Yuchuan sighed, "Zhao Ye's 'Video Hall' plan is really admirable!"

Lou Hongfei also nodded in agreement. Although the investment in this plan was relatively large at the beginning, the benefits are not small. At least it can ensure the rapid popularization of Wujiang VCD.

A "Wujiang VCD" costs 5000 RMB, which is beyond the reach of ordinary families.However, the emergence of video halls is extremely in line with China's national conditions.

Let ordinary people spend thousands of dollars to buy a VCD player, they may not be able to afford it, but let them spend five cents to watch a movie in the video room, they will definitely love it!

In addition, when people see that opening a video studio is very profitable, can they not be envious?At that time, many people will follow suit and open video studios...

To open a video hall, you need to buy VCD players and VCD discs from Wujiang Group, so it goes without saying that Wujiang Group will naturally make a lot of money.

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Whether it is selling VCD players or opening a video studio, VCD discs are required.

The Wujiang Group is well-known, how can it be ashamed to sell pirated VCD discs?

Of course, the Wujiang Group only needs to purchase some of the copyrights of the original film and television, and leave the rest to the pirates.

As long as it is profitable, there are always people willing to take risks.Having said that, there is no risk at all in domestic piracy.As long as Wujiang Group makes a slight hint, pirates will soon take action.

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Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Corporation.

"Boss Zou, Wujiang Group is going to launch a product similar to a video recorder called VCD, so we want to buy VCD film and television copyright from Golden Harvest!"

Lou Hongfei flew to Hong Kong at this time, and was the first to find Golden Harvest to negotiate film and television copyright.

ATV owns the copyright of many TV dramas, and its own company's stuff, so don't worry.

The number of TV series is enough, but the film resources are relatively scarce.

Zou Huaiwen asked suspiciously: "What is a VCD? Did you bring the product?"

"Bring it here!"

Lou Hongfei nodded, and immediately asked his assistant to show the VCD he brought to Zou Huaiwen and others.

Zou Huaiwen saw that the "Wujiang VCD" was a bright black box, very similar to a video recorder.

"Manager Lou, how do you use this?" Zou Huaiwen asked again.

"Click the button here, the CD-ROM will pop up, then put in the CD-ROM, push the CD-ROM in and it will run automatically and play the movie! I'll show you a demonstration now!"

"Okay, let's demonstrate, there happens to be a TV over here!"

Soon, Lou Hongfei showed Zou Huaiwen how to use the VCD.

Zou Huaiwen couldn't help but nodded secretly. This VCD is almost the same as a video recorder, except that the video tape has been replaced with a CD.

Many people in Hong Kong have bought VCRs, and Zou Huaiwen himself is using VCRs, so he is not very interested in Wujiang's VCDs.

He felt that the VCD product developed by Wujiang would probably fail.

However, this has nothing to do with Golden Harvest. Since Wujiang wants the VCD film and television copyright, then sell it to the other party. Golden Harvest can make more money, so why not do it?
"What price does Wujiang plan to pay for the film and television copyright?" Zou Huaiwen asked.

When Lou Hongfei heard this, he immediately said, "Wujiang is willing to pay 3000 million Hong Kong dollars in a package to buy all of Golden Harvest's film and television copyrights. Of course, it is limited to VCD."

It stands to reason that the 3000 million can be considered a windfall, but Zou Huaiwen is still not satisfied.Since its establishment, Golden Harvest has shot many classic movies. If Wujiang can buy it for only 3000 million Hong Kong dollars, Golden Harvest seems to be at a loss?If the VCD becomes popular, Golden Harvest is selling the copyright at a low price.

"Manager Lou, if you want to win the copyright, you need at least 6000 million Hong Kong dollars, otherwise, I will definitely not agree." Zou Huaiwen said.

However, Lou Hongfei was also unwilling to accept Zou Huaiwen's offer, but fortunately he still had a plan B.

"Then I won't pack it anymore, I will only select the copyright of some works, and set the price according to the box office of this movie in Hong Kong..."

Zou Huaiwen thought about it and thought it was okay.

At this time, Lou Hongfei asked his assistant to take out a document, which listed the local box office of each film of Golden Harvest since its establishment, as well as Wujiang's quotation.

Zou Huaiwen was a little surprised, and secretly thought in his heart that the other party had indeed come prepared and had made sufficient preparations.

Look carefully at the other party's offer.

The local box office exceeds 500 million Hong Kong dollars, but less than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, and the quotation is 5 Hong Kong dollars;
The local box office exceeds 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, but less than 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, and the quotation is 30 Hong Kong dollars;
The local box office exceeds 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, and the quotation is 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Zou Huaiwen was still not satisfied and shook his head.

Seeing this, Lou Hongfei spread his hands and said, "I still have one last way of cooperation. Boss Zou, if you don't agree, then we can only cooperate next time."

"What kind of cooperation?" Zou Huaiwen asked in a deep voice.

"According to the proportion, Wujiang will give Jiahe a 20% share for every piece of work that belongs to Jiahe sold or leased."

Hearing this, Zou Huaiwen hesitated for a moment. Although he was not very optimistic about VCD, Wujiang could always prove his success. He could take a gamble. Thinking of this, Zou Huaiwen immediately made a decision and said, "Okay, let's proceed in this way." cooperate!!!"

(End of this chapter)