This time, the VCD player market was too big. Moreover, Kissing Everywhere was very popular in China. Out of the 10 shops on the street, 5 of them were playing Kissing Everywhere music.
The first batch of shops that thought of using Kissing Everywhere were the shops that sold clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and other female products. They invested a huge sum of money to buy a TV and a VCD player. They placed them in the shop and played the MV of Kissing Everywhere music every day. This attracted a lot of men and women.
When the men entered, they naturally wanted to see those beauties with different styles, but all of them were peerless beauties. When women entered the shops, they felt that they were not any worse than those women. It was just that their clothes, jewelry, and makeup were too bad. Those movie stars only wore better clothes and had better makeup.
As long as she bought a set of clothes and jewelry according to other people's styles, she would be able to outshine all the other beauties.
Therefore, the shops that bought the VCD player increased their sales by many times.
Then, the other shops followed suit. Although the effect was not as exaggerated as the female shops, if their shops did not have VCD players, then all the customers would be attracted to other shops.
That was why most of the VCD players in this year's VCD sales were shop owners. They were responsible for almost 30% of the VCD players' sales, and this number was getting bigger and bigger. In just one year's time, there were 300,000 to 400,000 shops in the country. Every shop was selling VCD players and TVs.
In a short period of time, the Daqian company was making a lot of money. At the same time, the streets were filled with the song of Kissing Everywhere. After all, a few years later, mice would love rice even more.
Accompanied by the song of Kissing Everywhere, Hu Zhibiao came to his little nest.
Hu Zhibiao called this place his little nest. However, this place was not small at all. Hu Zhibiao had rented a factory from a state-owned enterprise that had closed down. This factory used to be one of the top 5 metal factories in China. However, due to various problems, it closed down and owed the workers more than 2 years of wages, which was almost 40 million RMB.
Helplessly, the factory could only rent the factory to other shop owners in exchange for some income. The factory that Hu Zhibiao rented was more than 600 square meters. It was not small. In fact, it was very big.
However, most of the space in the factory was empty. Only the deepest part of the factory was filled with all kinds of tools and equipment. There were also more than 10 workers working in the factory.
"How is it? Have you figured it out yet? " Hu Zhibiao asked anxiously. It was already the middle of January 1994. With the Daqian's massive investment in advertising, as well as the MAD advertisement that changed the entire Hua Xia, VCD players had been sold like crazy in Hua Xia. According to Hu Zhibiao's understanding, in the entire Shanghai, nearly 5,000 VCD players had been sold in half a month. This was an expensive product worth 6,666 yuan per unit. Only the rich could afford it. However, more than 5,000 units had been sold.
This made Hu Zhibiao's heart itch to the extreme every day.
"It's too hard! Those bastards, Da Qian, actually applied for patents for most of the ways to bypass patents. These guys are too vicious! " The young man's eyes were bloodshot. Actually, it was not difficult to copy a VCD player. The real problem was how to change the circuit structure of the VCD player to bypass the patents.
Because this generation of Daqian had applied for a VCD player patent in time, the circuit structure, layout, and exterior design of the Daqian could not be used. Everything had to be redesigned. The young man and a dozen people worked hard for three months before they finally finished the design.
However, when the young man was about to apply for a patent on this set of designs, he was surprised to find that someone else had already applied for a patent on this set of designs. Furthermore, the applicant was also the Da Qian Corporation.
Obviously, the Daqian Group had also guessed that someone would want to bypass the original patent to copy the VCD player. Therefore, the Daqian Group was very cunning and started to research other ways to bypass the patents. Then, they applied for a patent for all of these ways.
Whether it was the research environment or the technology of the researchers, Da Qian was obviously better than these small knockoff factories. Naturally, Da Qian would be able to get the other patents before they were thrown into the hands of the small factories. Therefore, the three months that the young man spent designing were all wasted.
"Brother, I don't care how difficult it is for you. However, no matter how difficult it is for you, it is not as difficult as it is for me. If it can't be put into production by March, then I can only jump off a building!" Hu Zhibiao said with red eyes. At this time, he was risking his life. He used all of his family's assets, even mortgaging his house and car. In the end, he got a loan of one million yuan from the bank. If this was not successful, then he was afraid that he could only commit suicide by jumping off a building.
"Brother, is there really no third way to bypass the patents?" Hu Zhibiao asked with red eyes.
"Yes, there is!" The young man gritted his teeth and said, "When I was designing this set, I had another design idea. I took a look and found that this set of ideas has not been published yet. As long as we send this set of design to the patent office for publication, this set of design can be used!"
"Then use it!" Hu Zhibiao said loudly.
"But this design has a fatal flaw. It may cause the sound and picture to be out of sync. In addition, the damage to the VCD disk is very high. A disk may not be able to be read after two or three times. This design is very bad. I guess the Daqian Group saw that this design was bad, so they didn't bother to apply for a patent!" The young man said with shame.
"I don't care. I don't care so much. The Daqian Group has already applied for a patent. If we delay any longer, then I will be dead! No matter what, you just have to follow this design that has not been patented yet! "Hu Zhibiao said.
"But big brother, if that's the case, I'm afraid that our VCD players will soon become synonymous with poor quality. Over time, no one will be willing to buy our VCD players!" The young man said.
"You don't have to worry about this. As long as we sell it at a low price, there will definitely be a market. Moreover, even if the brand is bad, we can still make a new brand. We can put the company's name and the production address together. No one will know that we made it!" Hu Zhibiao said.
"Alright then!" The young man nodded and said, "The only advantage of this design is that the cost is relatively low. I estimate that we only need about 2,500 RMB to make one VCD player! Actually, the main problem is that the decoding chip is too expensive. One chip costs 1,200 RMB. This is simply a scam! "
"Only 2,500 RMB!" Hu Zhibiao's eyes instantly lit up. God, this design is not a bad design. It is simply the best design in the world.
"Brother, just follow this design!" Hu Zhibiao said loudly.
"Alright, then I will give it to you by March at the latest!" The young man clenched his teeth and said. Hu Zhibiao calculated and felt that the timing was about right. By March, all of his equipment should be ready. The timing was just right.
"But brother, you have to promise me one thing!" The young man suddenly opened his mouth and said.
"What is it?" Hu Zhibiao asked curiously.
"That is, after this product is developed, you have to continue to invest in me. Let me develop a better VCD player. I still have a lot of ideas. I feel that if you give me enough time and money, I can use a better way to bypass the patent for the VCD player design! "The young man said.
"Don't worry. I will do as you say. As long as our VCD player is profitable, I will listen to you!" Hu Zhibiao promised.
Actually, Hu Zhibiao was not the only one. There were at least hundreds of companies in Hua Xia. They were all doing the same thing. It seemed that the Daqian Group would soon face a full-scale competition.
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