Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1880 JVC
However, Sony, as the world's top manufacturer, still has its own dignity. Although they have a high evaluation of the VCD product, they have no plans to purchase patents. According to the words of the head of their technical department, Sony is completely The ability to develop better audio-visual products does not require the same Chinese company to purchase at a high price.

"Mr. Duan, thank you for your hospitality this time. If you have time in the future, I sincerely invite you to visit our Sony company." After the visit, Fukai Tai said to Duan Yun with a smile on his face.

"I will definitely visit Sony when I have the chance. Thank you Mr. Shenjing for the invitation." Duan Yun also replied with a smile on hearing this.

Overall, this time Shenjing Daze and his team came to Shenzhen to visit and inspect, and they have achieved good results. One is the world's top consumer electronics company, and the other is China's largest private technology company. Both sides can be regarded as China and Japan. The strongest technology company.

Both parties want to use each other's bridge to cross the road. If this cooperation can finally succeed, it will definitely be a historic breakthrough for Tianyin Group.

In the past few years, Duan Yun has always wanted to open up the American market, but he has no resources or channels. Only some American sellers have expressed their willingness to cooperate with Chinese companies, but they always ask for exorbitant prices. As a result, Duan Yun's VCD products have not opened up the market in the United States.

But this time, with the assistance of Sony Group, although it cannot guarantee that Tianyin Group's products will gain a firm foothold in the United States, it can at least help Tianyin Group take the most difficult step. When the sales channels in the United States are gradually opened, the subsequent development will become much flatter.

In the afternoon of that day, Fukasawa politely declined Duan Yun's invitation to stay in Shenzhen for one night, and directly boarded their special plane, heading back to Tokyo at 2:[-] pm.

When leaving, Shen Jingda told Duan Yun that within a week at the latest, he would give him an answer regardless of whether the matter was successful or not.

After Shen Jingda left, Duan Yu also immediately called the company's senior management to hold a meeting to plan in advance related matters about the upcoming expansion of the US market.

In this era, it is very difficult for Chinese electronic products to open up the American market. In the past, Chinese electronic products did occupy some markets in Southeast Asia and even Africa and the Middle East relying on government subsidies and ultra-low prices. However, this trick does not work in the United States. On the one hand, the electronic products in the American market basically come from Japan, South Korea and some European countries. Enterprises from these countries also set up factories in the United States early, and the products produced are high With low-end comprehensive coverage, it is difficult to occupy a place in the US electronics market by relying on price advantages alone.

On the other hand, the current international environment does not allow it.
Therefore, at present, the only product that Tianyin Group can really enter the US market with its technology and product strength is DVD. At present, DVD has not yet been officially mass-produced, so Duan Yun must make samples as soon as possible, and reach a comprehensive and substantive agreement with Sony. Before the sexual cooperation, it has the ability to mass-produce DVDs.

On the second day after Shen Jingda left Shenzhen, Duan Yun received a fax from JVC, another well-known Japanese electronics company. The content of the fax was that he hoped to visit Shenzhen and discuss some business cooperation matters.

Compared with Sony, Japan's JVC company does not seem to be well-known in China, but in fact, this company is also very well-known, and it is also well-known internationally. The products it produces are very popular in North America and South America. .

JVC was established on September 1927, 9 under the name of "Japan Victor Gramophone Company" (Japan ビクター Accumulator Co., Ltd.), a subsidiary of Victor Talking Machine Company, the leader of American phonograph and vinyl records at that time.

In 1930 JVC produced gramophones and vinyl records.

In 1932 JVC started producing radios and in 1939 exhibited Japan's first television.

During World War II, Japanese companies severed ties with foreign partners. In 1929, most of the ownership of JVC was transferred to RCA-Victor (Radio Corporation of America). In 1943, the full name of JVC was changed to "Nippon Audio Corporation" (Nippon Audio Corporation).

In 1945, the full name of JVC was changed to "Japan Victor Company" (Japan Victor Co., Ltd.).Until 1953, JVC was owned by Matsushita Electric and now they own 36.90% of JVC. In 1960, JVC began selling color televisions.

And JVC once defeated Sony. JVC invented the VHS format, and in October 1976, it showed the first player "HR-10" to the consumer market, priced at 3300 yen. Sony introduced the Betamax home video cassette by 256, becoming a major VHS competitor, leading to the 000 VHS format wars. Betamax tapes are smaller than VHS tapes and provide sharper images.These are two of the more advanced industrial technologies, although the difference is not huge for consumers.In 1975, forty companies used VHS and only twelve used Betamax. Sony finally admitted defeat and began producing VHS recorders in 1980.

In general, it is the manufacturer of Japan's first TV set, the first company to press records, and JVC is also the releaser and maker of the world's VHS standard for video recorders.

Including the Tianyin video recorder produced by Duan Yun, it actually uses the VHS format, so from this point of view, JVC is indeed an electronics company with very strong research and development capabilities.

In addition, JVC has entered China as early as 1979, but its business scope in China is very small, mainly contracting the monitoring systems of some government departments. From the 80s to now, basically no civilian products are sold in China. , so it is normal that Chinese people do not know much about this company.

In addition to JVC, Sharp, another electronics company in Japan, is also the same.Duan Yun was somewhat surprised by the fax sent to Tianyin Group.

But in fact, there is a reason why JVC and Sharp suddenly sent another fax to Tianyin Group.

On the one hand, it is because the Japanese business community has set off a new wave of investment in China, especially after the United States used the Super 301 clause to restrict the sales of Japanese products in the United States, many Japanese companies have also begun to adjust part of their strategic focus, focusing on It has refocused on neighboring countries in the east, and Tianyin Group, as the largest electronics company in mainland China, has also attracted the attention of many Japanese electronics companies.

On the other hand, the president of Sony visited Tianyin in Shenzhen this time, which also attracted the attention of some local media and companies in Japan. They each have their own goals and want to find out the true face of this largest private technology company in China. ...

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