Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 836 Patents

“Regarding the issue of age, the factory does not discriminate.

You have to know that this rice cooker is going to be sold abroad, and in huge quantities.

Working in three shifts is essential. Can your body endure it at your age?

The rice cooker is an electrical device. Once you hand it over to a foreigner and plug it in, it might fail due to your carelessness.

There was a bang and it exploded. Can you take responsibility?"

No one knows what an electric rice cooker is. They just know that if you put some rice in it, it will cook automatically.

After listening to Liu Guangfu's nonsense, I immediately imagined that this was a high-tech product and was very valuable.

Many people backed out on the spot.

"Besides, we all see each other every day, don't I know what's going on in each family?

The factory is only short of a few hundred people, but look at this team, there are more than a thousand people.

Many families have two or even three working people. Why? Don't you leave some opportunities for others?

Now I will announce the recruitment rules. The first is family situation.

In line with the principle of caring for families in need, the factory gives priority to recruiting the families of workers with financial difficulties. For those in particularly difficult circumstances, the age requirement can be relaxed.

The second group is the families of single-income earners. This must be based on age, with those who can read given priority.

If your family is not in financial difficulty and has two working parents, there is no need to queue up any longer. It will be full before your turn comes.

Those who don’t meet the requirements now should just do what they need to do. Those who meet the requirements should act quickly, there are only so many spots available, so hurry up and get it done.”

Liu Guangfu’s long time of service as company manager was not in vain.

Gradually, I also learned some methods of hitting someone with a stick and then giving him a sweet date, winning over a group of people and suppressing another group.

Although it was still a little rough, he was very satisfied when he saw the scene becoming orderly.

In the factory director's office, Chen Changan was talking on the phone with Uncle Nie.

“That’s what happened, and the price has been agreed with Corning.

70 million U.S. dollars to purchase Corning's complete color TV production line.

In more than a month, the production line will be shipped back to China, and your automobile factory should start preparing to receive it now.

In addition, Leader Zou hopes that your car factory will take this opportunity to build a TV station."

"Uncle Nie, I do have this idea, but not now.

The penetration rate of televisions is so low, what’s the point of having a TV station?

It’s like performing a big show on stage with only three or five audience members below the stage.

Even the applause was sparse, how can you expect these people who are performing the opera to continue singing properly?"

"Do you think you are the only company in the country that can produce televisions?

The low penetration rate is simply because people have nowhere to buy TVs.

As a result of your actions, several factories that can produce televisions, such as the Tianjin Radio Factory, have begun to focus on producing televisions.

The purpose is to get a share of the profits after your automobile factory sells color televisions abroad.

With production capacity and strength, we can make demands to our superiors. At that time, as long as we introduce color cathode ray tube equipment or purchase color cathode ray tubes from your automobile factory, we can also produce color TVs.

Wouldn't that mean we would have more color TVs in our country?"

Chen Changan was really convinced. He had no ability to innovate, and now these factories were all eyeing the automobile factory.

They follow whatever the car manufacturers do. Even if they cannot sell their products abroad, they can take over the domestic market while the car manufacturers are too busy.

At worst, once the production capacity of automobile factories expands, we will not starve as OEMs for them.

Chen Changan was powerless to do anything about this phenomenon. If he were to make refrigerators, air conditioners, and the like in the future, would there be a large number of factories following suit?

“Then this TV station can’t be built overnight.

What about the equipment? We can’t go abroad to buy it again, right?”

“That’s not necessary, we have a TV station.

There is even a TV signal transmission tower that can cover most of the city.

When the time comes, we will lend the transmission tower to your car factory, and you just need to prepare the program."

Seeing that he couldn't avoid this matter, Chen Changan could only nod and agree helplessly.

The automobile factory has no shortage of money in its account, and Chen Changan feels distressed seeing Zhu Ling traveling all over the country so often.

It would actually be a good idea to set up a TV station and let Zhu Ling be the station director or host.

When the TV station develops better and better in the future, I will be able to break away and set up my own entertainment company.

Relying on what's in your mind, whether it's movies, TV or songs, you can develop very well.

After Chen Changan hung up the phone with Uncle Nie, he thought about the TV station and decided to talk to Zhu Ling first. So he just called Huang Gong.

Seeing Mr. Huang's tired face, Chen Changan spoke.

"Hey Mr. Huang, didn't you go to look for information? How did it end up like this?"

Mr. Huang did not answer Chen Changan's question at all, but spoke directly.

"Director, I have figured out the digital display you mentioned.

There is also some progress on electromagnetic induction heating. Give me some time and it will be done.”

Chen Changan was completely stunned after hearing what Mr. Huang said.

This rice cooker with electromagnetic induction heating is not considered backward technology even if it is put into later generations.

I didn't expect that I only knew the general idea. I simply talked to Engineer Huang about it, and in just a short period of time, I already have some clues.

"Mr. Huang, I have good news for you. The superiors have approved the introduction of a color TV production line.

The price has been agreed, and the production line has even started loading. It will be shipped back in more than a month.”

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huang grinned.

"Is it related to my letter of complaint?"

"Of course, if it weren't for your letter of complaint, there's no telling how long the purchase of the production line would have been delayed."

"It's OK as long as it's useful. Some leaders don't do anything themselves, and they also try to stop us who are doing practical things. I just can't stand such leaders."

Chen Changan nodded. He also couldn't stand it, but it was a pity that he couldn't say it out loud.

"Then I'll have someone tidy up the workshop first. It will take more than a month for the production line to arrive.

Take advantage of this time to sort out the technology related to the rice cooker.

Even if it is not used temporarily, we can reserve technology on the spot. In addition, I am looking for someone to go to the international market to see if we can apply for a patent.

In this way, even if we don’t produce rice cookers ourselves in the future, we can still make a lot of money just by collecting patent fees.”

"You are in charge of these matters. I just know a little bit about technology. The rest is up to you."

Chen Changan nodded and decided to see if he could apply for a patent first. Even if he did, he would have to see what his superiors thought.

However, Chen Changan did not dare to make a promise to Mr. Huang that he would have a share of the patent.

Otherwise, if your superior doesn’t agree, you will be in a passive position.