Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 582 You're still the worst!
With DVDs being far superior to VCDs in every respect, is it really necessary to go through all that trouble and effort to develop VCDs?

"Believe me, it's absolutely necessary, and very necessary! Although DVDs outperform VCDs in every aspect, that doesn't mean VCDs have no advantages!"

"In fact, VCDs have amazing advantages! Especially in the current environment where most people are not very wealthy and have limited funds, VCDs are even more easily accepted by the public than DVDs, and are more suitable for priority development!"

"That's right, its amazing advantage is that it costs less than DVDs, and the profit it can make is almost as much as DVDs, plus its price!"

"And if you think about it carefully, you'll find that low storage capacity, poor picture quality, poor sound quality, and limited functionality are sometimes not bad at all, and can even be seen as its strengths!"

Is this really considered its strength?

"Do you want to hear what they're even talking about? This has been completely blown out of proportion by DVDs, okay? Besides the fact that it's cheaper to produce and more affordable than DVDs, what else is it? What else can it be?"

I really think what Ximen Lang said is too outrageous; he probably has some serious illness.

She waved her hand repeatedly in front of Ximen Lang, making Ximen Lang's gaze sharpen considerably.

It was confirmed that Ximen Lang was indeed not blind, and his eyes were fine.

Take out the instruction manuals for the DVD and VCD players and find out their respective parameters.

Bai Ling couldn't hold back any longer.

"Look at this, take a good look, look at the parameters of these two! Take the storage capacity for example, they are both optical discs, but how much storage capacity does your VCD have? At most, it's only 650MB, and it can only store one side!"

"But what about DVDs? Not only can both sides of the disc be used efficiently, making absolutely no waste, but their storage space far surpasses that of VCDs, reaching a staggering 17GB!"

"With such a huge difference, even a blind person could tell which one to choose! And you're telling me VCD is better than DVD? Are you kidding me?"

"I"

I just said the word "I".

I still feel like I haven't had enough, and that the advantages of DVDs haven't been fully explored.

Without giving Ximen Lang a chance to speak, Bai Ling continued.

"Furthermore, the picture and audio quality are excellent. DVDs have standard definition picture quality and multi-channel audio! With this quality, current TVs can't even perform at their full potential!"

"But you actually told me that at best it's only as good as a videotape, and that a mono/stereo VCD is better than a DVD! Your bias is so extreme, doesn't your conscience hurt?!"

"What does this have to do with my conscience?"

"This feature must be related to you, to Beijing, right? Although I'm not quite sure what the use of features like multilingual audio tracks, external subtitles, interactive menus, chapter navigation, and behind-the-scenes footage is?"

"But just the ability to record—allowing users to record their own content according to their preferences—is something that VCDs, which can only support video playback and at most some fancy karaoke, can't easily compete with!" "Most importantly, because DVDs have such a large storage capacity, they can even be used for data storage and software distribution! There are so many obvious advantages! We can't just blatantly lie and call white black simply because it's cheap, can we?"

He not only spoke eloquently, but his arguments were also logical, well-founded, and measured, presenting facts and reasoning that left Ximen Lang speechless with astonishment.

After getting a mobile phone, Bai Ling really knows so much more.

They know even more than I do, and seem more like a native-born person from a later era.

After holding back for a long time, Ximen Lang still didn't dare to ask Bai Ling what she had been searching for on her phone all day, otherwise how would she know so much?

Instead, he pretended not to know and patiently explained to Bai Ling.

"Boss, you can't just look at these things; you also have to consider the historical context! You need to understand that in Beijing, which had just emerged from the shadow of war, people didn't have much spare cash!"

"Because we simply don't have that kind of technology. At most, we've only had experience with videotapes, and we don't have any requirements for image quality, audio quality, or storage space!"

"Let me put it this way, the 650MB storage capacity of a VCD is nothing but a pipe dream in their eyes! You come up with 17GB right off the bat, and you're asking for $7000 right off the bat."

"Note that I'm using US dollars here! US dollars can be directly exchanged for gold from Americans, and they're directly pegged to gold!"

It was emphasized that the US dollar was extremely valuable at the time, and its value was completely different from the extremely poor value of the dollar in later generations.

Ximen Lang continued.

"If you sell it at such a high price, who can afford it? Just rely on the rich? That's not a big market. We need to attract the vast middle class as well, make them eager to buy our products, willing to spend money, and have the ability to buy our products. Only then can we really make big money!"

What he said made perfect sense, and even Lao Luo couldn't help but nod repeatedly, agreeing with Ximen Lang's statement.

Without engaging in any pleasantries with Bai Ling, Ximen Lang directly stated his original thoughts.

"Originally, I planned to focus on DVDs first, taking advantage of the current trend to make some money. Once I had made enough money, the technology would have been thoroughly researched by various giants and investors. Then they would start preparing to flood our market with inferior, cheap, counterfeit products!"

"Let's unleash the VCD monster again, and seize the market with lightning speed! Let's give them a hard time. Even if we don't completely ruin them, we should at least leave them with a deep impression! Let them know that our products aren't so easy to take!"

"But now, considering that the post-war recovery has just begun and people generally don't have much money, it's better to prioritize the development of VCDs, which are cheaper, more affordable, and more accessible to people!"

"It's over, it's the same old story. By the time those scum outside have poured all their resources into researching VCD technology and it's almost perfected, the post-war economy will have started to prosper. Most importantly, and most importantly, we'll have entered the patent protection system!"

"Then, we'll launch a DVD that completely outperforms VCD in every aspect! When that time comes, we'll be able to quickly build a brand and make tons of money. What else can we do?"

"We can also use the patent as a weapon to strangle those scumbags while ripping them off! This is definitely more effective and more respectable than releasing DVDs first! Isn't this much more cost-effective than releasing DVDs first?"

(End of this chapter)