The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 292 The fundamental purpose of scientific and technological development is to benefit the people
In the afternoon, Li Mu came to the Foreign Trade Committee.

He Zhenhua was waiting early in an empty office.

Seeing him and Dong Huaxing coming in, he quickly stood up to greet them.

"Mr. Xiao He, you've come so early. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!" Li Mu stretched out his hand.

He Zhenhua bowed slightly and shook hands with him, then said, "It's not early. We just got here a while ago. Consultant Li, please take a seat."

Dong Huaxing, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

I had clearly been waiting here since early morning, but it was lucky that He Zhenhua could say it was not too early.

But he didn't expose it.

It is a good thing that Li Mu can control the other party, as it can give him many advantages in the transaction between the two parties.

……

The three sat down on the sofa.

The secretary brought tea.

Li Mu took a sip, and then, looking at He Zhenhua with a somewhat uneasy look, he said, "Is the He family confident that they can establish a color LCD TV brand in the world market?"

He went straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth, which made He Zhenhua's heart hang in the air.

However, this question is not easy to answer.

"No." After thinking for a long time, He Zhenhua told the truth.

But he immediately added: "Not to mention the He family, even if all the families in Hong Kong joined in, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to eat up this big cake."

For color LCD TVs, it is no longer as simple as grabbing a little bit of market share.

Once sold on the world market, due to its excellent quality and low price, it was almost impossible for any TV manufacturer to come up with a similar product to compete with it in a short period of time.

But in business, it is not the case that whoever has the best product will be successful.

The global television market represents enormous interests.

If those people are really pushed into a corner, it will be difficult to keep them stable.

"So what do you think, Mr. Xiao He?" Li Mu did not rush to tell his plan directly, but continued to ask.

He doesn't think his way is the best.

Even with the vision of future generations, one may still not be able to adapt to the local climate.

He Zhenhua swallowed his saliva and said:

"I think we should not rush to seize the market, but focus on the high-end market."

“Raise the price from $400M to $2000M, or even $3000M, and build up the brand first.”

"Then we will slowly take over a certain market share by relying on our technological advantages."

He was very conservative in his statement and didn't even dare to say that they would occupy the entire market.

After all, the fact that all the goods were shipped from Xia Country cannot withstand investigation at all.

The intelligence agency of Emperor M is not there to sit back and do nothing. Once they find out that Xia Country has used color LCD TVs to reap such huge profits in their country, it is difficult to guarantee what the outcome will be.

"It's a good idea, and it's worth considering." Li Mu nodded slightly, and then said: "But you should know that you can't make much money by going straight to the high-end route."

“And competition with them is inevitable.”

"So maybe you should consider finding some friends."

"What do you mean?" He Zhenhua's heart moved slightly after hearing this.

Dong Huaxing's expression changed, but out of trust in Li Mu, he did not rush to interrupt.

Seeing that Li Mu did not respond, He Zhenhua had to continue: "Are you saying that we can cooperate with some large foreign manufacturers and give up part of the profits, or even technology?"

Only this method can solve the problem of them having too many enemies.

"That's half right." Li Mu shook his head slightly, then said, "It's impossible to give away the technology. At most, we can let them produce some parts."

"As for winning over the big manufacturers? You have to know that we are just taking meat from their mouths."

"When we look for friends, of course we have to look for those in the middle and lower classes. Only after we defeat the original upper class and become the new upper class, will they protect our interests."

Hearing this, He Zhenhua fell into deep thought.

Li Mu was not in a hurry and waited quietly.

It sounds simple, but he knows it is not an easy task.

Especially since Xia Guo is behind them, it is really easy for them to be targeted.

After a long while, He Zhenhua finally spoke:

"If we proceed step by step and control production volume, and slowly occupy the market, we should be able to occupy 5% of the global market in five years, no, three years."

"This number should be the limit. Any more will only be left to time."

"Mr. Xiao He is very capable." Li Mu raised the teacup in his hand and toasted the other party.

10%, which is pretty much what he thought.

Based on the current global scale of 5000 million television sets, this means 500 million sets per year.

The profit can also reach over 100 million US dollars.

If there are more, it will depend on how the relationship between Xia Kingdom and Emperor M develops in the future.

At least for now, they can't take over the entire OM country's TV market.

Otherwise, when President M turns on the TV in the White House one day, he might see a line of small words engraved on the TV - MADE IN CHINA.

This is not an exaggeration.

In the absence of absolute advantages in quality and price, as long as the factories in Xia Country run at full capacity, all those old-fashioned TV manufacturers will be finished one by one.

"Compared with you, Consultant Li, I, a businessman, am simply insignificant." He Zhenhua felt relieved when he heard Li Mu's words and hurriedly picked up the tea.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "By the way, if we can make it in time, there should also be a color TV game on the market at the same time."

"You can try to make a special collector's edition and set the retail price at $2000M."

"Color games? Of course!" He Zhenhua's eyes lit up and he said, "But I think the price of 2000M dollars is a bit too low. I think 3000M dollars is more appropriate."

"You may not know how popular our game cartridges are in the world right now. They are the top trend among young people in various OM countries!"

3000M dollars is nothing to rich people.

Not to mention the wealthy foreigners, even he himself would not be able to resist paying for one.

Li Mu smiled when he heard this and did not object.

He will give the price that he thinks is most reasonable.

But his understanding is mostly through information and data, and it is difficult for him to compare with He Zhenhua in terms of specific actual conditions.

So he doesn't care about the details.

……

He Zhenhua left quickly.

He had to quickly send a telegram to Hong Kong, asking them to make preparations for registering patents, setting up companies, smoothing relationships, etc.

Then he went to the First Ministry of Machine Building to discuss the matters of building a factory.

Li Mu and Dong Huaxing chatted for a while and then left quickly.

The latter was initially a little skeptical when he heard that some parts would be taken out for production, but he understood it in the end.

Sacrifice some interests in exchange for a larger market.

Although they lost the production lines for some parts, they could produce more in total and build more factories. He could still make the math.

……

night.

Li Mu returned to the slum.

Grandma Li and Aunt Wang Juanhong prepared a large table of dishes, which was extremely sumptuous.

The two little sisters ran around happily.

Everyone gathered around the dinner table, eating and chatting.

The day ended with laughter and joy.

……

The next day, early.

Li Mu came to the Semiconductor Element Research Institute.

Let’s go to the canteen for breakfast first.

I took three baskets of steamed buns and three large boxes of porridge, and found a place to sit down.

While eating, he was thinking about the problem of TV signal.

Although color LCD TVs have been produced, they can only be sold abroad and have no basis for popularization in China.

The most important element is the signal currently transmitted by the TV station, which is only an electrical signal that reflects the brightness of the scene.

In addition to transmitting brightness signals, color television also transmits color signals.

"Within two years, the cost of a color LCD TV should be able to be reduced to around 2 yuan. During this period, we must develop the color signal technology and the camera equipment capable of shooting color programs as soon as possible." Li Mu thought secretly.

The fundamental purpose of scientific and technological development is to benefit the people.

He always kept this in mind.
If there is no foundation, then create one.

Thinking of this, he opened the chat page and connected to the WIFI of the Boston Public Library.

Then search for techniques regarding chrominance signals.

"Chroma encoder? It doesn't seem that difficult." Li Mu looked for a while and found the key equipment.

Color information can be encoded into a television signal using a chrominance encoder.

For example, in the NTSC system, the RGB primary color signals are converted into Y, U, and signals through matrix changes, and then these signals are orthogonally balanced and amplitude modulated, and finally the synchronization signal and the cancellation signal are superimposed to form a full-color television signal.

"As for the shooting problem, we can ask the product department of the semiconductor group to study it. It doesn't matter if it's slow. There's no rush." ​​Li Mu finished the last mouthful of porridge in the lunch box and basically finalized the plans for the two research projects.

Popularizing color LCD TVs is not a task that can be accomplished in the short term.

Technological breakthroughs are easy to achieve, but infrastructure construction cannot be achieved overnight.

……

After washing the lunch box, I exchanged it with the auntie in the canteen.

Li Mu first found Wu Xi and told him about his ideas about the color encoder and color camera.

Hearing that they were preparing to popularize color LCD TVs to benefit the people of Xia Country, the latter immediately said, "Advisor Li, please rest assured and leave it to us. We will ensure that the task is completed!"

"Don't worry, just study it slowly. The key right now is to develop the semiconductor camera first, so that we can promote the development of the photographic equipment market." Li Mu said with a smile.

After that, he continued to ask about the construction status of the color LCD TV production line at the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Wu Xihui reported: "Under the leadership of Professor Kuang and Professor Lei, the construction of the production line has been preliminarily completed and will soon enter the trial operation stage."

"Not bad, that's pretty fast." Li Mu praised.

He originally estimated that it would take until the end of the month to complete, but he didn't expect Wu Xi and others to be so capable that they finished it in just over ten days.

……

Afterwards, Li Mu separated from Wu Xi and continued to visit various research and development teams of the second-generation supercomputer to check on their progress.

Overall, it's going well.

The problems with various equipment in the network group have basically been resolved. All that remains is testing and debugging to maximize the speed of data transmission.

The storage system development team has also made a major breakthrough in the research of synchronous dynamic random access memory and is only a few steps away from success.

As for the processor development team, software and algorithm development team, they are still constantly optimizing and upgrading.

The former is actually touching the limits of current hardware, while the latter is breaking the limits of software.

"It seems that it won't take long to build a local area network." Li Mu walked out of the last laboratory and couldn't help but sigh to Wang Shoujue who was following him.

The latter smiled and said, "I'm not trying to pour cold water on you, but based on current network research, it would be difficult and costly to build a local area network with a wide enough coverage."

"Let's just try covering our Semiconductor Research Institute first." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

He didn't dare to think about covering Kyoto, but he could try limiting it to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

Wang Shoujue was about to respond when suddenly, a figure hurriedly came over from a distance.

Looking closely, I saw that it was an old professor from the software design group, his surname was Zhang.

Seeing the two of them, he hurriedly said, "Advisor Li, Director Wang, CAM, CAT, and CAE have been successfully developed!"

"What, we succeeded together?" Wang Shoujue shouted out in joy, not being able to believe it.

Professor Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, both were successful today. I'm waiting to report this good news to you all!"

It doesn’t matter who comes first or last, the key is to succeed together.

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but show joy on his face, and immediately said: "Let's go and take a look together."

After saying that, he headed towards the laboratory where the software design group was located.

……

to the place.

Wu Youxiang heard the news from someone else and rushed over as well.

Looking at the three software running on the Model 02 computer, he showed excitement in his eyes and said, "Congratulations, you have completed the research and development!"

Li Mu and Wang Shoujue also sent their congratulations.

It is indeed not easy to successfully develop these three software.

Just like the CAD R&D team, since the second-generation supercomputer project was launched, the three software R&D teams of CAM, CAT and CAE have only been reduced to these twelve or thirteen people in the room.

One can imagine how much effort they put in to complete the research.

"Thank you, leader. This is what we should do." It was Professor Zhang who spoke. He was the oldest and most experienced among the three R&D groups.

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Li Mu standing beside him.

Just by looking at his eyes, Li Mu guessed what he was thinking and waved his hand quickly, "Professor Zhang, please forgive me. I haven't been to the R&D team many times during this period."

"That doesn't mean that Consultant Li, you are not the biggest contributor to the successful development of the three software products!" Professor Zhang said firmly.

Other researchers in the laboratory also nodded.

Not to mention that Li Mu just didn't have time to come for a while, even if he hadn't been here from the beginning to the end, his contribution would still be the greatest.

Without his initiative, no one would have thought that software with so many functions could be developed.

Wu Youhao interjected, "Okay, stop pushing the buck. The research is successful and everyone deserves credit."

"Professor Zhang, why don't you explain to us the functions of the three softwares?"

"Let's let Consultant Li come. No one knows more than him, and he can also tell us how to apply it in the future." Professor Zhang said.

(End of this chapter)