The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

The next day, in the conference room of the Ministry of Information Industry, Xue Zhaokuan, on behalf of Gegang Investment Company, formally signed an investment agreement with Dongtian Electronics Co., Ltd.

Xue Zhaokuan gave a speech at the signing ceremony. He said that the 20 million yuan was only initial funds, and if later projects required it, Gegang Investment Company could continue to add funds.

This sentence was like a shot of chicken blood, which went into the bodies of every participant present. The older generation of electronics people, represented by Yuan Zhilong, were excited and surrounded Xue Zhaokuan, taking turns shaking his hand to express their gratitude.

Minister Wu also met with Xue Zhaokuan specially to thank Ge Gang for his timely help, and also invited Xue Zhaokuan to have lunch at the ministry.

After the signing ceremony, the work entered the substantive stage.

At Lin Zhiyuan's suggestion, the project team quickly formed two small teams.

One is the technical research team, and the other is the procurement and external liaison team.

The technical research team is composed of chief engineers from eight electronics companies and senior engineers sent by the Ministry of Information Industry, a total of twelve people.

The procurement external liaison team currently consists of only two people, Yuan Fei and Li Changan.

Lin Zhiyuan personally held a meeting with the members of the two teams.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lin Zhiyuan didn't say anything. He asked the staff for a piece of white paper and lowered his head to write and draw.

No one else knew his intention, and more than a dozen puzzled eyes were focused on Lin Zhiyuan.

Lin Zhiyuan drew very quickly. In just over a minute, a very simple picture was completed. Lin Zhiyuan then wrote two English words below it: musicgarden.

Lin Zhiyuan handed the paper to Yuan Fei first, "This is the design of the future portable music player. I named it Music Garden."

Yuan Fei did not dare to delay and took it and read it carefully.

A rectangular object was drawn on the white paper, divided into two parts, the top part was a blank rectangle, and Lin Zhiyuan marked the words "LCD screen" in Chinese. Below were several buttons arranged in a circle, namely play, pause, forward, and rewind.

Lin Zhiyuan also wrote a special sentence in the blank space, saying that the size of the player should be consistent with the size of a men's shirt pocket.

Lin Zhiyuan smiled at Yuan Fei and said, "Four hundred thousand euros for the design is indeed a bit too expensive, so I came up with an idea myself. This player must be concise and bright, highlight the sense of modernity, and meet the aesthetic tastes of young people."

In fact, this is the appearance of the first generation iPod in Lin Zhiyuan’s memory.

After Yuan Fei finished reading it, he immediately passed it to the next person. Everyone took turns to look at it. While everyone was looking at the pictures, Lin Zhiyuan began to put forward his request, "You are all experts and senior engineers in the field of electronic products in our country. I am teaching you, so it is really a shame for me to teach you, but please listen to me patiently for a few words."

All those present were qualified and high-level intellectuals. They all listened to Lin Zhiyuan's speech quietly. After all, the man in front of them was the financial sponsor. He was able to attract an investment of 20 million and was definitely qualified to command them.

"My idea is to name this music player Music Garden, which will mainly target the high-end consumer markets in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. So I require that all the materials used in this player must be of the best quality. Don't be afraid of high costs, because its selling price is also high, leaving us enough profit margin."

After Lin Zhiyuan finished speaking, some of the experts attending the conference frowned, but no one dared to ask questions in person.

"Before the meeting, I consulted professionals and learned that this music player consists of six main parts: first, the decoding chip, second, the storage body, third, the LCD panel, fourth, the outer shell, fifth, the battery, and sixth, the external earphones. Since I envisioned the player to be light and thin, the requirements for the first and second parts are very high. Can the factory in Yanjing produce these two parts? If not, can the factory in the south produce them? If not, go abroad to purchase. I repeat, don't be afraid to spend money."

The meeting room was silent.

Most people's eyes were focused on a white-haired old man sitting in the front.

Yuan Fei was very perceptive and took the initiative to introduce him to Lin Zhiyuan, "Assistant Lin, this is Mr. Xue, a leading expert in the Ministry of Information Industry. Mr. Xue can fully answer your questions."

Lin Zhiyuan personally walked up to Elder Xue and said, "Hello, Elder Xue. I am Lin Zhiyuan, the junior."

Mr. Xue stood up and said, "Assistant Lin, I can answer the question you just asked. Our country can also make decoding chips and storage bodies, but if we want to achieve what you said and put them in such a small and thin device, I'm afraid domestic factories can't make them. We can only purchase them from abroad."

Lin Zhiyuan nodded. This answer was the same as the one he had asked Yuan Fei and Yuan Zhilong for before.

"Since Mr. Xue has said so, we can only purchase from abroad. Xiao Yuan, this task is handed over to you. Aren't you about to set off to Germany to purchase the patent rights for the decoding chip? By the way, take a look abroad..." Before Lin Zhiyuan could finish his words, Mr. Xue interrupted him rudely.

"Assistant Lin, I have a few questions for you." Mr. Xue stared at Lin Zhiyuan.

Lin Zhiyuan sighed in his heart. He had anticipated this scene. When these senior scientists and engineers of the older generation heard that he was going to purchase the corresponding parts abroad, they would definitely be dissatisfied. They might even lose their temper and make suggestions. Look, this is what happened.

"Mr. Xue, please tell me, it's not like you are asking for my advice." Lin Zhiyuan's attitude was very humble, which slightly alleviated Mr. Xue's dissatisfaction.

"Assistant Lin, according to the appearance you designed, the requirements for parts are very high, so I have a question, is it necessary? Going abroad to purchase, that will cost foreign exchange! Isn't this a waste for the country?"

"Mr. Xue asked a very good question, so I will try my best to answer it. The reason why I have such high requirements is that I want to sell this product abroad and sell it at a high price. This is the first music player of Dongtian Electronics, and it must be of super high quality so that it can attract foreign consumers and become a hit. We purchase parts from abroad, and then sell the finished products abroad to make money from foreigners. I think this is an act of winning glory for the country."

"Assistant Lin, how much do you plan to sell this player for?"

Lin Zhiyuan said without hesitation, "Three hundred and ninety-nine dollars."

There was a sound of people gasping in shock throughout the conference room.

Four hundred US dollars is equivalent to three thousand three hundred yuan in RMB. It's just a small thing, but you dare to sell it at such a high price. Will foreigners buy it?

Mr. Xue stamped his feet and said, "Assistant Lin, you, what can I say about you? I recognize your patriotic sentiment, but we can't be too ambitious when making products. We must act according to the actual situation. What if foreigners don't buy this product? Then wouldn't the huge amount of money we invested in the early stage be wasted?"

Lin Zhiyuan kept smiling. He looked at Mr. Xue and said word by word, "Mr. Xue, I am very confident that as long as we can make every detail perfect, the Music Garden will be a success."

Of course Lin Zhiyuan was confident. In his previous life, the price of the first generation iPod was US$399. Once it was launched, it immediately created a sales craze in Europe and the United States, becoming a milestone product in the fruit company's comeback.