Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 989 VCD is successfully developed

The next morning, Chen Changan arrived at the car factory refreshed, and workers kept greeting him along the way.

As expected, the automobile factory is his base camp. Looking at the old faces greeting him with a smile, Chen Changan's mood improved a lot.

Just as he was sitting in his office, Chen Changan got something even more gratifying.

Upon learning that Chen Changan had returned to the factory to work, Engineer Huang ran over quickly with a machine in his hands.

"Director Chen, Chen, I, I..."

Looking at Mr. Huang who was out of breath, Chen Changan said with a smile while pouring water for him.

"Mr. Huang, don't be anxious. Sit down and have a drink of water first. We can talk slowly about what's going on. Is the VCD ready?"

Mr. Huang, who had just sat down, immediately asked in surprise after hearing what Chen Changan said.

"How did you know?"

"Don't you even look at what you're holding in your hands?

We have worked together for so many years, and you don't usually come to my office. If you come, it must be to announce good news.

In addition, as for the thing in your hand, although I did not participate in the development of VCD, I still know about it.

With this body type, if it’s not a VCD, I really don’t know what else it could be.”

Mr. Huang saw that Chen Changan had already guessed that what he was holding was a VCD, but he was still able to remain calm.

In comparison, I still seem too uneasy.

He picked up the water that Chen Changan poured for him, took a sip, and then spoke.

"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission. After such a long period of research, I have finally developed this VCD.

This is the first VCD developed by our factory. I also have a compressed VCD in my hand, you can check it at any time."

"What content was suppressed?"

"The movie Shaolin Temple."

"Compressed onto a CD? Does it have that much storage space?"

"The current maximum storage capacity of a CD is only 700M, which can be played for about 45 minutes.

Of course, this also depends on the clarity of the video. If the time is longer, the clarity of the picture will naturally decrease.

For example, I compressed the movie Shaolin Temple into two discs. "

Chen Changan nodded. He understood the principle of VCD, but he didn't expect that CDs at that time would have such a large storage space.

"Where's the equipment for pressing the discs?"

"In order to develop VCDA, we have purchased two CD pressing machines from abroad.

To this end, I brought in professors from several universities in our city, and after so many years of development, we finally converted the CD pressing equipment into VCD pressing equipment.

A lot of foreign exchange was spent just for this VCD project.

Too much manpower and time were invested in this product. Especially compared with other products of our factory, the R&D costs were frighteningly high.

There are several university professors and their students here. I see that they work so hard, so I give them allowances.

Many of the equipment is imported. In the semiconductor field, it is impossible to buy domestic equipment.”

Although Mr. Huang said it very simply, Chen Changan understood how difficult it was.

The semiconductor industry has actually just begun to develop, and there are not many domestic laggards. Instead of constantly catching up with other countries in the field of machinery, it is better to focus on the semiconductor industry.

But Chen Changan didn't understand the semiconductor industry and could only rely on Mr. Huang or the universities that cooperated with automobile factories.

The most Chen Changan can do is give some opinions, and in the automotive field, although the technology of the automobile factory is very average, Chen Changan knows the direction and development of automobiles very well.

For a moment, Chen Changan was in a difficult situation.

Whether to continue developing automobiles or switch to semiconductors is a headache for Chen Changan.

But no matter what, VCD was finally developed.

"The equipment for pressing CDs needs to be further optimized, at least to get rid of the situation of imported equipment. VCDs are not the focus, CDs are the focus.

Without good-looking discs, who would buy your VCDs? The speed of pressing discs is also very important, especially after the VCD market gradually became saturated, the sales of discs are the biggest revenue.

In the future, there will definitely be smart people who will see that they can make money by selling CDs and come to us to buy pressing equipment.

At this time, if we cannot produce high-quality pressing equipment, the money will be taken away by others."

Mr. Huang nodded and agreed very much with what Chen Changan said.

"Director, why don't we produce all kinds of CDs ourselves? Wouldn't we be able to earn more this way?"

"You don't understand this. Currently, many people don't know much about copyright issues. I'll give you a few examples and you'll understand.

If we want to press a batch of CDs of this year's Spring Festival Gala, and you sell them openly, do you think the TV station will cause trouble for you?

It's okay if it happens once in a while. Several leaders of the TV station are old acquaintances of mine and Zhu Ling's. They may not care about it for the sake of my and Zhu Ling's face.

But once this CD makes money, and a lot of money, do you think people will keep silent the second time?

Wouldn't the TV station staff complain to their superiors? Even if they have the equipment, they still can't press discs? Even if they don't buy the equipment from us, they can buy it from other places.

The same goes for various movies. Take "Shaolin Temple" for example, did you get other people's consent before selling the CD?

Therefore, the issue of the content of the CD will be very troublesome in the future, and our car factory will not touch this thing. "

Mr. Huang nodded. After Chen Changan’s explanation, he also understood that selling CDs was not a good thing.

As Engineer Huang went back to continue improving and optimizing the equipment, Chen Changan began to test the newly produced VCD in the office to see how effective it was and whether there was anything that needed improvement.

As one of the few companies in the country that can produce large color TVs, there is naturally a TV in Chen Changan's office.

After connecting several wires to the TV, he looked at the VCD with the light on and pressed the button.

After inserting the disc with the upper part printed on it, the VCD starts working as the disc rotates.

As soon as the VCD started working, Chen Changan frowned. The noise was still a bit loud and it seemed that it needed improvement.

As the movie started playing, the picture on TV was not as bad as I had imagined.

Originally, Chen Changan thought that if the image quality could clearly show the human figure, it would be a success. Unexpectedly, the effect was unexpectedly good. This level is enough to be put on the market directly.

Chen Changan had already seen the contents of the movie, and he was more concerned about the operation of the VCD.