Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 704 Drawings for Zhang Nan
Zhang Heping went back first, saying he was considering the matter.

Although the Aso couple were disappointed, they did not give up, but instead moved into the Peace Hotel diagonally across the street.

"Heping!" Zhang Heping had just arrived home when he saw Mr. Hua sitting on the sofa in the living room and asked him, "I heard that the two Japanese people are here again?"

"They wanted to produce parts for smartphones, but I said I needed to think about it and sent them away for now." Zhang Heping walked towards the restaurant and said, "Did Mr. Hua have lunch? Do you want to come over and have something to eat?"

When Mr. Hua saw Zhang Heping sitting down at the table, he didn't rush to ask any more questions. He smiled and said, "I've eaten. You guys take your time."

Zhang Heping finished the dishes and leftover rice that his family had put in his bowl, then he sat back down on the sofa.

"I remember you said that smartphones won't be available for sale until two years later." Mr. Hua asked Zhang Heping, who was leaning on the sofa to digest his food, "You haven't even built the factory yet, but you're advertising. What's your intention?"

"It's just to create hype in advance, do some hunger marketing, and see the reaction of the magnesium guys." Zhang Heping replied casually.

He advertised the smartphone in advance mainly to deceive certain people in the country, so that they would not think that the Peace Group could only cooperate with them!
"Honey, another distributor called and wants to resume normal delivery." The young wife Chen Shuting came over with a white mobile phone and sat next to Zhang Heping with a smile.

Zhang Heping snorted, "Just postpone their delivery according to the order, there's no need to indulge them."

Chen Shuting responded with a smile, then leaned back on the sofa and tilted her head to look at Mr. Hua who was hesitant to speak, without any intention of avoiding the question.

Mr. Hua hesitated for a moment before asking again, "Heping, you just said that the Japanese want to produce parts for smartphones. What are your plans?"

Zhang Heping looked at Mr. Hua and said slowly, "If you want to open up the Japanese mobile phone market, using some Japanese spare parts can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"However, Tingmei Trading's goods are only sold in Hong Kong Island, so there is no need to consider too much about distributors in Japan."

This statement is ambiguous. It does not say whether Nissan spare parts are accepted or not.

Ignoring Mr. Hua's frowning expression, Zhang Heping touched the dress on his little wife Chen Shuting's belly and said, "You go upstairs and take a nap first!"

Chen Shuting held Zhang Heping's hand and said softly, "I want to sleep next to you!"

When Mr. Hua saw this, he realized that no matter how much he asked, he would not get any information, and staying here would only make people dislike him.

Then, he stood up and said, "I'll go back and take a nap, and I'll talk to you in the evening!"

After Mr. Hua left, his concubine Chen Shuting asked the question in her heart, "Husband, you didn't directly reject Vice Minister Aso and his men. Do you want to use Nissan spare parts?"

Zhang Heping took Chen Shuting's hand and walked towards the elevator, saying, "Multiple suppliers of spare parts can better guarantee quality and delivery time. In addition, we can't monopolize the mobile phone business. Other countries will boycott it!"

...

During the time when Zhang Heping was taking a nap, some Hong Kong businessmen, either spontaneously or under the instigation of foreigners, went to Shenzhen Peace College, wanting to talk to Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting in person about the mobile phone business.

Unfortunately, after being disturbed by the Aso couple, Zhang Heping told the guard at the door that he would not see outsiders recently.

So, when Zhang Bei, Zhang Nan and others came back from outside by car in the evening, they found that there were many cars parked next to the college gate, and many young people who looked like secretaries were wandering around the door.

"Mom!" As soon as Zhang Nan got home, he saw his mom, Chen Shuting, sitting on the sofa sorting newspapers. "I just saw a lot of people gathered at the school gate. Are they looking for you or my dad?"

"Those people probably came for smartphones. Your dad doesn't want to waste time on them." Chen Shuting smiled and replied, then asked, "I heard that your Global Trade will continue to do small-screen color TV business?"

Zhang Nan sat down next to Chen Shuting and asked with a smile, "Mom, I'm worried about this! As soon as my dad's smartphone commercial was aired this morning, there was a problem with the small-screen color TV order from OMG!"

"The American partner who cooperated with us in Global Trade had verbally agreed to renew the order for 10 small-screen color TVs, but he called me this afternoon and said he would not place the order for the time being because he was worried that small-screen color TVs would not sell after the launch of smartphones."

Chen Shuting let Zhang Nan take the newspaper from her hand and said with a smile: "Your father sent two drawings to your email. If you are interested, you can try to find a foundry to produce them."

"Drawings?" Zhang Nan didn't react for a moment.

"It's called a portable media player, or MP3 or MP4 player for short." Chen Shuting patted Zhang Nan's long white legs and said with a smile, "To do foreign trade business, you need to have your own unique products, so that you can be competitive."

Zhang Nan hummed, then grabbed the black backpack thrown aside, took out her office laptop from it, and placed it on a stack of newspapers that she had just sorted out.

Zhang Bei, Zhang Yi, Chang Wen and others, who had just finished their tea and were about to go upstairs, came over curiously, wanting to see what MP3 and MP4 players were.

Zhang Bei saw Zhang Nan click on the MP3 email, glanced at the first sentence of the email describing the device function, and the internal assembly diagram of the MP3 below, and couldn't help but wonder: "512 megabyte memory card!"

Zhang Yi, who also studied computer science, was surprised and said, "According to the MP3 audio file format optimized by my third uncle for smartphones, a 512MB memory card can hold at least 200 songs!"

"200 songs?" Chang Wen was surprised. "There are only more than ten songs on a tape. If this memory card is produced, those tapes and recorders may not be sold!"

"Second sister, please take a look at the introduction of the MP4 player!" Zhang Bei's tone sounded very anxious.

As Zhang Nan opened another email, Zhang Bei was disappointed to see that the memory card capacity was still 512MB. He thought the memory card in this picture would have a larger capacity.

Zhang Yi spoke again, "MP4 video files are relatively large. A 512MB memory card can only hold 20 songs with music videos. If you want to store movies, a card can only hold one movie at most."

"The 512M digital memory card was developed by Heping Optical Card Factory last year," said Chen Shuting. "After the orders for mobile phone cards and bank cards decreased, they switched to producing digital memory cards. Currently, the inventory is sufficient."

"If Xiaonan wants to make these two products, he can get them first. If not, he can keep the cards and supply them to mobile phone users later."

Zhang Nan looked at the MP4 blueprint, frowned and thought for a while, "Brother, do you think this MP4 player can be converted into a camera like a smartphone that can take photos and record videos by adding a camera lens?"

"Digital camera!" Chen Shuting smiled and answered without waiting for Zhang Bei to answer, "Your father has designed this, but he thinks that the manufacturing cost of a digital camera that can take photos and record videos is too high and will be obsolete once mobile phones are released, so he didn't give you the blueprint."

"Oh!" Zhang Nan said in surprise, "Little Mom, have you ever thought about how those camera and video recorder manufacturers will survive once mobile phones come out?"

"If we offer digital cameras to them at this time, will they lower the cost to supply us for the sake of digital cameras, a technology that can enable them to survive?"

"That's possible!" Chen Shuting said with a smile, "But you have to be careful that they take the technology and stop supplying you with goods!"

"Don't be afraid!" Zhang Nan pointed at the laptop screen with a smile, "We have this!" Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and it was the small 512MB digital memory card.

During dinner, Zhang Nan told her father about her idea of ​​producing digital cameras.

Zhang Heping thought, "If you want to do it, you can. The Aso couple happens to be in the hotel across the street. They can help you contact the manufacturer in Japan for OEM."

"Now here's a question. How are you going to make these three products when I'm advertising smartphones? Are you going to consider the copyrights of those songs and movies?"

"Dad, these two questions are not difficult for me!" Zhang Nan replied with a smile: "First of all, there are many people who want to get information about smartphones. Those people at the school gate are proof of this, as well as the Aso couple who came here at noon today."

"I can take advantage of the smartphone trend to advertise MP3 and MP4 players, as well as digital cameras. People who want to know about smartphones will definitely pay attention to these three smartphone-like products."

"Secondly, the copyright of songs and movies should be considered by users and producers. I just need to provide some of your songs and the movies you directed as samples to prove that the MP3 and MP4 players can be used."

Zhang Heping looked at his first wife Tang Xin next to him and said with a smile: "Remember to ask Xiaonan to collect the copyright fee!"

Tang Xin nodded, looked at her second daughter Zhang Nan, and said seriously: "The market price is 1 Hong Kong dollars for the copyright of one song. I'll give you a discount, 1!"

"No!" Zhang Nan laughed and said, "I want to default on my debt!"

Zhang Bei suddenly interrupted and said, "For OEM production, you can actually find Brother Lie and Brother Qiang. They have connections with many electronics factories."

Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting did not comment on this. Zhang Nan thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "For these three products, I must lower the cost and wholesale price, and then open up the market by selling at a low profit but high volume."

“Otherwise, when smartphones come out, those products will be hard to sell!”

"Don't ask Brother Lie and Brother Qiang to be the middlemen. They don't have time to do this kind of small business now." Zhang Bei shook his head and said, "You can ask them for advice. After all, they have opened game console, CD player and mobile phone production factories. They have experience in purchasing electronic parts and can help you avoid some detours."

While the siblings Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan were discussing, Zhang Heping casually glanced at his third daughter Zhang Nian, fourth daughter Zhang Feng, and a group of nephews and cousins.

Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan wanted to do business, and Zhang Heping was willing to give them a push, but the two girls, Zhang Nian and Zhang Feng, had no such idea, so Zhang Heping did not force them.

As for his nephews and cousins, Zhang Heping decided to wait and ask them what they thought when they graduated and were assigned jobs.

Zhang Nan picked up a chicken leg and put it into Zhang Heping's bowl. "Dad, after dinner, can you send me the blueprint of the digital camera? Okay?"

Just as Zhang Heping nodded, Mr. Hua and Director Wang came over with their spouses and grandchildren.

A group of people came in, said hello, and then made an excuse to take a walk and then all left.

After Mr. Hua and his group walked out of Villa No. 1, they walked onto the stone path beside the artificial lake.

"You saw it all just now!" Elder Hua said with some emotion, "Consultant Zhang is such a rich man, but the food he eats at home is no different from that of ordinary people."

"The chickens, ducks, fish and meat are all here!" The fifth grandson, Wei Qiang, said half of the sentence and didn't finish the rest, fearing that he would be scolded.

I just went to see what the Zhang family had for dinner. It was because he hadn't spoken to the Zhang family for so many days since he came to Shenzhen, and he had talked back to his grandfather before.

"Xiao Qiang, you may not know!" Wang Sumei, who had just persuaded Mr. Hua in Villa No. 4, came out to smooth things over for the grandparents and grandchildren. "The rich people in Hong Kong Island usually eat bird's nests, shark fins, French foie gras, snails, caviar and other so-called high-end dishes."

"Those rich people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a meal!" Director Wang Sumei looked at her grandchildren and said seriously, "I watched your Uncle Zhang grow up. He was smart and kind-hearted since he was young."

"However, your Uncle Zhang has a stubborn temper and is a pushover! If you have any opinions, you should be more tactful in front of him, or don't say anything at all."

"You have only heard about how powerful he is, but you have never experienced it yourself. Then let me tell you about the recent events. Your Uncle Zhang is going to invest 700 billion magnesium yuan in China, and there is a possibility of an additional investment of 900 billion magnesium yuan later..."

"Impossible!" said the grandson of Qiang in disbelief: "How old is he? Where did he get so much money? You must have been cheated by him!"

"Shut up!" Mr. Hua frowned and said, "Tomorrow morning, you go back by yourself!"

Mr. Hua is very angry with his grandson. Is Wang Sumei talking to him about how much money?
It was clearly telling him not to make Zhang Heping angry!

Wang Sumei smiled and said, "Xiao Qiang, the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment has 450 billion magnesium yuan in its account at the Bank of China, so nothing is impossible."

"The main task for your grandfather and I now is to maintain our relationship with the Zhang family and facilitate the implementation of the 700 billion magnesium investment."

"How is this possible..." Lai Qiang still refused to believe it, because Zhang Heping looked to be only in his twenties!
Elder Hua frowned and said, "Don't tell anyone what Grandma Wang just told you. Keep it a secret! Remember?"

Several grandchildren responded one after another, only the grandson Qiang was still mumbling something.

...

The next day, Huang Wenli took the members of the cooperation and communication team to the headquarters of the Peace Group first, and then took them to visit the Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company to help them understand the meaning of modernization.

When they were about to leave Hong Kong Island in the afternoon, Huang Wenli took them to the nearby media building, but unexpectedly learned that director Fatty Wang was going to Shenzhen Peace College to shoot a commercial.

"Director Wang, you just said that it was the second lady Zhang Nan who asked you to shoot a commercial?" Huang Wenli was a little surprised. Before she knew it, Zhang Nan had started to take over the trading business.

Fatty Wang said with a smile, "Miss Second asked us to shoot a music player and a digital camera. I heard that they want to hire Japanese people to produce them."

The people in the cooperation and communication team looked at each other, and Tang Weiguo stepped forward and asked, "There are so many processing plants in Shenzhen, can't we produce in Shenzhen?"

"I don't know about that!" Fatty Wang still had a smile on his face, but he didn't look at the mainlanders. "Manager Huang, you guys take your time to visit. I'll take people to Shenzhen first to avoid delaying the second young lady's business."

When the leader of the cooperation and communication team heard that the Zhang family had hired Japanese people to do the work, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and said seriously, "Why don't we go back with Director Wang to see what it is that needs Japanese people to do the work."

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(End of this chapter)