Reborn in 1991, helping dad become the richest man

Chapter 210: Demand exceeds supply, no one can fight!

How can a genuine VCD manufacturer support piracy?

But this is a big invisible selling point. When this generation of users has a better experience playing pirated CDs at home than other generations of users, the sound will naturally come out.

"We've researched it. We'll add two hundred yuan domestically, making it 4,199 yuan. We'll add fifty yuan overseas, making it 749 yuan. But the exact price depends on Sony's New Year's Day VCD release. Our second-generation model can't be higher than that, that's for sure!"

Tang Yichen nodded: "Yes, that's fine, let's do it this way, let them think we're taking advantage, then we can stun them. But this must be kept secret!"

Tang Xionghua also spoke seriously: "Of course, Tsinghua and Peking University have already signed a confidentiality agreement, and the same is true for our laboratory. Currently, apart from the R&D staff, only Lao Jiang and I know about this product in the company. Everyone else, including IDG, is still unaware of it!"

"Indeed, it is necessary to keep them confidential. They are an investment company, and we don't know if they have any entanglements with Sony behind the scenes. We don't want Sony to be prepared."

Tang Xionghua smiled and said, "Of course not. This is a killer move. If they find out, the effect will be reduced!"

After saying this, Tang Xionghua looked at Tang Yichen and said, "How is it? It's your first day of school today. How do you feel?"

When he said this, Tang Yichen's face immediately fell.

"Dad, please don't talk about this, it makes me annoyed!"

"Haha! I'm really putting you in a difficult position. You clearly know everything, but now you're being asked to learn one plus one!"

"No, I don't know when I can learn such advanced addition as one plus one. Now I am learning one, a pencil, and a banana!" Tang Yichen complained helplessly.

"Haha!" Tang Xionghua laughed.

In August, Wanhua VCD sold 150,000 units overseas throughout the entire month.

This is in stock.

The first batch of 100,000 units was sold out in two days, and the second batch of 50,000 units arrived a few days ago.

They were not put into the containers, but were picked up directly by the users who ordered them.

There are still more than 400,000 pre-orders piled up in Europe and the United States.

All of this was paid after paying a deposit of 100 meters.

It has to be said that this hot market has made many people jealous.

So in August, some foreign electronics companies contacted Wanhua hoping to obtain authorization.

Of course, Wanhua did not refuse this situation.

Because there is no point in refusing.

Now when licensing, you can also directly negotiate patent fees.

If you don't authorize someone and they infringe your rights, you can only file an international lawsuit against them and have them pay compensation, which is essentially the same as charging them patent fees. There's no difference, the only difference is the reputation.

However, when interests reach a certain level, capital dares to trample on the law, let alone infringement.

It's infringement, it's infringement, it's not like they won't pay, they admit it. What can you do to them?

Therefore, Tang Xionghua always agrees to authorization from foreign electronics companies that come to his store.

Anyway, it is impossible for VCD to really monopolize the market.

From ancient times to the present, apart from technological gaps and material limitations, it is impossible to form a monopoly with just a piece of paper.

Tang Yichen and Tang Xionghua understood this principle.

In fact, there are more than just foreign electronics factories now.

If you go to Guangzhou and Dongguan in China and really dig up all the information, you will find that there are probably no less than fifty or sixty workshops or small factories carefully dissecting Wanhua VCDs for research.

There is a weak awareness of domestic intellectual property laws, and they have never considered the idea of ​​coming to the door to say hello and pay patent fees.

And for this.

Tang Yichen has reached a consensus with Tang Xionghua.

Teach them a good lesson then.

If we want the country to pay attention to technology, we must make everyone feel the pain of being held back by technology, so that people will be willing to calm down and do this.

The pirated Wanhua VCD is very suitable for this first-hand purpose.

At that time, we will hire some lawyers and send them to fight patent lawsuits against these pirated factories every day.

First, we need to combat piracy in the country.

Regardless of whether you can get the money, just try it first and show your attitude.

We can also take this opportunity to educate the public about what patents and intellectual property rights are.

Of course, that is a matter for the future. Without authorized technology, reverse engineering technology, and then building factories and putting them into production and then going public, pirated factories will not be faster than Sony.

In other words, Wanhua does not have to worry about pirated products taking over the market this year.

In mid-September, Wanhua began to lay out its territory in small notebooks and small sticks.

Due to the further increase in production capacity, the monthly output has now reached 500,000 units.

In Europe, the United States and China, the supply increased by 100,000 units in September, but in mid-next month, when the stores in these countries are renovated and the products are on the market, the supply in Europe, the United States and China will be reduced again.

After all, the production capacity of the first generation of VCDs will not be expanded at present. The subsequent expansion of production capacity will directly produce the second generation of VCDs.

However, in mid-October, when the first batch of VCDs were released in Japan and South Korea, sales were not good.

Because Sony, the small notebook, is advertising heavily.

And it's not just Sony. Electronics manufacturers such as Panasonic also started advertising in advance after obtaining authorization. Although their VCDs have not yet come out, their advertisements have been everywhere in their own countries.

This also resulted in Wanhua VCD, a small-format product, selling only more than 10,000 units in the first half of October.

You know, there are five stores in Xiaobenzi Wanhua.

The same is true in South Korea. Domestic companies such as Samsung are warming up the market in advance and announcing when their own VCDs will be launched.

This led to Wanhua's VCDs also being unpopular in their country.

Sales are not good.

It can be said that Wanhua’s sales in these two countries are not even enough to cover the advertising costs.

However, Tang Xionghua was not at all anxious about this situation.

It was expected that VCD would not be well received in their country. After all, Wanhua did not invite any heavyweight stars to advertise in their country, and even used Michael Jackson's advertisements.

There may be die-hard fans of Michael Jackson in these countries, but definitely not many.

Fortunately, apart from these countries, sales in countries like Russia and White Elephant are still pretty good.

Russia had just gained independence from its big brother, and although its economy had not yet recovered, every country had rich people. In just half a month, it still sold more than 20,000 units.

In general, sales in the Asia-Pacific region, which is not actually considered the domestic market, are not good.

Compared with the enthusiasm in Europe and the United States, they are simply two extremes.

However, even so, Wanhua's VCDs are still in short supply. After all, the monthly production of 500,000 units is not enough to meet the demand in China, Europe and the United States alone.

November.

Wanhua is still preparing a big move, and all employees who have signed confidentiality agreements are stepping up the production of second-generation stocks using the newly added production lines.

At the same time, Wanhua's chip R&D laboratory, located in the rural mountains on the outskirts of Chuzhou, was officially put into operation.

In addition, orphanages donated by the Tang Syndrome Charity Foundation have been built and put into use across the country.

These orphanages cost a total of 30 million.

Three hundred thousand per building.

They are basically built around economically backward counties across the country.

Originally they wanted to build them directly in the countryside, but in the end the relevant departments felt that distributing 100 stations across the country was really a waste of space.

So they settled in the impoverished and backward county town instead of moving to the township. Regarding this, Tang Xionghua and Tang Yichen remained silent.

There is no way. The Tang family has donated so much now, and it is impossible for Tang Xionghua to really donate his net worth.

And you should know that the Tang family has also promised to maintain the operation of these orphanages.