Rebirth: Back to 1993 as the richest man

Shekou Industrial Zone.

Chu Tianyao took Yu Dawei and Hu Zhibiao to wander around the industrial area for a long time, and finally he took a fancy to the location of a factory building.

Of course, the rent of the factory buildings here is not cheap. The annual rent for a factory building of tens of thousands of square meters is at least 50 yuan.

"President Chu, the land price in Shekou is too expensive, I think we should change to another place?"

Hu Zhibiao followed Chu Tianyao.

It cost 10 yuan to rent an office space, and now Chu Tianyao is planning to spend 50 yuan to rent a factory.

You know, in other places, the annual rent for a [-]-square-meter maternity room is probably less than [-], but in Shekou, the price is several times higher.

"Old Hu, you don't understand this. According to the policy of Shenzhen Municipality, all factories settled here have tax incentives. Otherwise, you think those entrepreneurs are out of their minds and insist on opening factories here. Shekou joins in the fun?"

David Yu patted Hu Zhibiao on the shoulder and smiled.

"Tax incentives?"

Hu Zhibiao was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't know that there were these doorways.

"Shenzhen is one of the earliest special zones for reform and opening up, so how can it do without some policy support?"

Chu Tianyao also smiled, and then looked at the empty factory in front of him.

"Old Hu, based on your previous experience in running an electronic accessories factory, if we use this place to make an assembly line, how much output can we achieve?"

Hearing Chu Tianyao's question, Hu Zhibiao came back to his senses, looked around carefully, and even walked back and forth to observe for a long time, and then said a conservative number.

"We only do assembly and production, so we don't need too much area at all. In my opinion, such a large factory building can be made into at least four assembly lines. One assembly line has NO. 20 people. As long as the materials are sufficient, one assembly line can assemble at least [-] units a day. .”

Hearing the number that Hu Zhibiao said, David Yu was also taken aback, and unexpectedly became a little excited for no reason.

"So, our factory can manufacture 1000 or [-] VCDs in one factory?"

After making a calculation in his heart, a look of uncontrollable joy appeared on David's face.

If the profit of a vcd is at least 1000 yuan, wouldn't it be millions of dollars a day?

"Stop dreaming, do you know how much Wan Yan needs to make a vcd?"

Seeing the excitement on David Yu's face, Chu Tianyao asked with a sneer.

Wanyan is the first company to produce VCDs. Since it was formally established at the end of December last year, in just half a year, it has gained a good reputation in the industry.

"Cost?" David Yu was taken aback when he heard the words, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "If it is Wanyan's own product, the production cost should be at most 1000 yuan, and this is the best quality VCD."

The implication of David's words is that they don't need to compete with Wanyan, and even if they make a little counterfeit goods, they can greatly reduce production costs and increase profit margins.

When David said this, Hu Zhibiao on the side also nodded.

"As far as I know, since the first batch of Wanyan VCDs went on the market, there have been a lot of counterfeit products in the market. Although the sales volume is good, but the quality is too poor, so they are not very popular for the time being."

Hu Zhibiao continued to suggest to Chu Tianyao: "The reason why I planned to build a factory in Shenzhen at the beginning was to take advantage of Shenzhen's advantages in purchasing foreign parts and mass-produce in front of these counterfeit merchants. Even if our quality is not as good as Wanyan vcd, It is also better than those small cottage workshops, and the future market space is still very large.”

When David Yu and Hu Zhibiao spoke one after another, they seemed to have constructed a beautiful blueprint in their minds.

But at this moment, Chu Tianyao shook his head and ruthlessly shattered their dreams.

"My prediction is that the lifespan of vcd in China is less than five years at most. Even Wanyan Company is not far from death, so let's move fast to make money."

As soon as Chu Tianyao said these words, Yu Dawei and Hu Zhibiao, who were still immersed in fantasy, were shocked.

"Old Chu, what do you mean by that?"

Yu David asked in disbelief.

It is precisely because he knows Chu Tianyao's business strength that he thinks that Chu Tianyao will not be aimless. There may be some reasons for his remark.

Hu Zhibiao's eyes widened, and he looked at Chu Tianyao in puzzlement.

So he did not agree with Chu Tianyao's statement, but because of his status, he did not rush to refute.

"The cost of Wanyan Company to produce a VCD is 360 US dollars, which means that the cost of a VCD alone is 2000 yuan, plus the promotional expenses, the market price is as high as [-] to [-] yuan."

When Chu Tianyao said this number, both Yu Dawei and Hu Zhibiao were shocked.

It is an indisputable fact that Wanyan vcds are expensive, and it is precisely because of this that there is a huge living space for those counterfeit products with poor quality and low prices.

You know, the price of four to five thousand, how many families in China can afford it.

Both David Yu and Hu Zhibiao were not fools, as soon as Chu Tianyao said this, they realized something.

"However, this is not the most fatal flaw of Wanyan Company."

In front of the two, Chu Tianyao spoke again.

"President Chu, does Wanyan Company have any fatal flaws?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Zhibiao couldn't help asking.

You know, he once aimed at Wanyan Company, dreaming that he could become the second Wanyan Company in China.

But right now, Wan Yan, whom he regards as his goal in life, seems to have become a little worthless in Chu Tianyao's mouth. How can Hu Zhibiao accept this.

Knowing Hu Zhibiao's feelings, Chu Tianyao still said: "Patents, Wanyan Company should never, never should, ignore the importance of patents."

"patent?"

Hu Zhibiao was stunned.

Chu Tianyao explained with a serious face: "At present, Wanyan's publicity campaign has not yet started, and there are not many consumers who know about this vcd product. Like crucian carp crossing the river, there are countless."

In his previous life, Chu Tianyao had personally seen how powerful China's domestic copycat industry was, and he also knew better how Wanyan VCD, as the world's first VCD manufacturer, led to its decline.

One of the most important reasons is that Jiang Wanmeng, the leader of Wanyan, ignored the importance of registering patents.

Without the protection of patents, the counterfeit manufacturers in the market almost have no scruples in mass-producing the counterfeit version of Wanyan VCD.

Unlike Wanyan VCDs, these fake VCDs are cheap to produce, and don't even need regular factories. Often, a team or even a family can assemble a dozen or twenty fake VCDs a day.

In the market, counterfeit products are like a vast sea, eventually forming a situation where bad money drives out good money. As an inventor and creator, Wanyan Company has completely failed and cannot escape the end of being acquired in the end.

"Old Chu, does it mean that Jiang Wanmeng doesn't know the truth even you, an outsider, don't know?"

In the middle of the field, David Yu was a little puzzled.

Hearing this, Chu Tianyao smiled helplessly.

Yes, even an outsider like him understands the truth, how could Jiang Wanmeng, one of the founders, not understand it.

But the truth is often so shocking.

Jiang Wanmeng once said in an interview that his goal is to quickly occupy the market, and he believes that it is not important to apply for a patent or not.

What's even more incredible is that the real core decoding technology of Wanyan VCD fell into the hands of another founder, Sun Yansheng.

And this Mr. Sun is not only a Chinese of American nationality, but also the chairman of the American Scooper Company.

Ever since, Wanyan Company spent a huge amount of money to commission the decoding chip technology developed by Skoop Company, and it just fell into the hands of foreign companies.

The core technology was mastered by foreign companies, which also paved the way for the domestic vcd industry to be strangled by foreign cooperation.

Someone in later generations once said such a sentence.

This is the only opportunity for Huaxia to lead foreign countries in the field of consumer electronics at the end of the [-]th century.

It's a pity that this opportunity just missed.

"Of course, speaking of it, we should also thank Mr. Jiang. If it wasn't for him not having registered a patent, we wouldn't have had the opportunity to get involved in the VCD industry."

Standing in the empty factory building, Chu Tianyao smiled with some emotion.