Duan Yun knew nothing about the quality evaluation of recorders in Shenzhen. In the past few days, he had begun to organize technical personnel to devote all their efforts to the research and development of the Walkman.

Nowadays, the sales of colorful recorders are booming, and the Tianyin Electronic Manufacturers Association has more and more members. It already has exclusive dealer members in 17 provinces, and more people have submitted applications for membership.

Duan Yun and his wife now have a clear division of labor. Cheng Qingyan is mainly responsible for the company's operations and chamber of commerce organization, while Duan Yun is mainly responsible for product research and development and various public relations and entertainment.

After getting Duan Yun's Walkman design sketch, Zhao Xuewu organized a meeting for the entire R&D center's technical staff that night, during which the feasibility of developing a Walkman product was discussed.

The current domestic production of this kind of Walkman is still a very big challenge. Even if the functions are simplified and only the playback function is retained, and there is no integrated circuit on the circuit board, there are still many technical bottlenecks that need to be solved.

With the current technical capabilities of the factory, it is not difficult to make a sample according to Duan Yun's drawings, but how to design an advantageous and durable product and achieve mass production is a very big challenge.

"Manager Duan, this is a sample that our factory has just produced."

As soon as Duan Yun arrived at the institute this morning, Zhao Xuewu took him to the office, then took out a sample from the drawer and handed it to him.

This Walkman sample looks a bit rough. Because the mold has not been finalized and made, the outer casing is made of aluminum alloy and is simply processed using CNC machine tools. It is very labor-intensive and material-intensive. The appearance is rough and has not been carefully polished.

There are still some burrs in it, but at least it has been made according to Duan Yun's drawings.

"Have you ever tested it?" Duan Yun asked.

"At present, our factory is not able to produce this kind of micro motor for Walkmans, so the recorder motor we used this time was removed from an imported Walkman. In addition, the plug-in machine in the factory has been running at full load and cannot be stopped midway.

, so the circuit board part is also welded by hand." Zhao Xuewu paused, and then said: "The movement and head parts are also made of parts from the colorful recorder, and some modifications have been made to truly achieve the goal.

Complete self-production requires a lot of equipment and special raw materials..."

"Thank you for your hard work." Duan Yun nodded, picked up the Walkman and started reading.

"You can give it a try." Zhao Xuewu took out another tape at this time and handed it to Duan Yun.

After Duan Yun took the tape, he opened the tape compartment and gently put it in.

After pressing the start button, the tape inside slowly rotated, and a soft music played.

Holding the Walkman in his hand, Duan Yun could clearly feel the rustling mechanical transmission sound coming from inside, which made him frown immediately.

Obviously, the current Walkman does not have a noise reduction function, and the sound quality of the music it plays is not very good. It is similar to the cheap domestic Walkman I used in my previous life, and it can only be said to be of use.

In fact, given the current strength of electronics factories, it is already remarkable to be able to produce such a prototype Walkman. However, in Duan Yun's view, this prototype is far from meeting his requirements.

"Have the headphones been made?" Duan Yun asked Zhao Xuewu after a moment.

"The headphones haven't been made yet, but we have put them in the Japanese Walkman Hall and made a jack that is compatible with Japanese Walkman headphones. But technically there should be no problem, but the quality may not be up to other people's levels...

..." Zhao Xuewu pondered for a moment and said.

"Although headphones are just an accessory, we must also pay attention to them. We can learn from similar foreign products and try to make the design more beautiful and lightweight, because our consumers this time are mainly targeted at young people, who pay more attention to fashion and experience.

"Duan Yun said seriously.

Generally speaking, headphones are not a necessary accessory for a Walkman, but for Duan Yun, they are also a very important thing.

The reason is also very simple. With headphones, you can avoid disturbing others when using your Walkman, which is particularly practical in places such as school dormitories and libraries.

Moreover, wearing headphones will look very fashionable. For those consumers who like to show off, headphones can also be used as a kind of decoration, giving people a trendy feeling. This is a subtle psychology of consumers, so Duan

The cloud must also be taken seriously.

Domestic headphones these days are relatively bulky. Basically, they are all over-the-head headphones. There are no rear-mounted wireless sports headphones that are commonly used. Due to technical reasons, some of them are relatively bulky and difficult to wear on the head in summer.

It's a bit hot, and Duan Yun plans to develop a relatively small and beautiful headset, which will also add points to his Walkman products.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to design the headphones later." Zhao Xuewu nodded.

"Design is not your strong point. Regarding product appearance design, I plan to hire some more specialized designers and set up a product appearance design team to station in our product design R&D center." Duan Yun thought for a while and said.

"You don't need to find a special team to design the product appearance, right?" Zhao Xuewu obviously couldn't understand Duan Yun's approach.

In Zhao Xuewu's view, the performance and quality of a product always come first. It doesn't matter whether the appearance is good or not. It just needs to maintain the design of some similar products on the market.

"Master Zhao, there is one thing you may not understand. The reason why many of our domestic products did not pay attention to appearance design in the past is mainly because our country used to be dominated by a planned economy. As long as the product quality passes the standard, there is no need to worry about sales, so many products

Even the products from the Soviet Union give people a sense of being stupid and bulky..." Duan Yun smiled slightly and continued: "But we, the private enterprise of Tianyin Electronics Factory, must take into account all aspects of consumers' needs.

Look at why Japanese electrical products are now selling well all over the world. In addition to their good quality and advanced technology, the appearance of their products is also very beautiful and fashionable. They are very popular among consumers, especially young consumers, so they can be sold all over the world.

, I admit that you are an expert in technical matters, but in terms of product management and sales, your thinking is out of date..."

"It makes sense." Zhao Xuewu nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Manager, who do you plan to recruit to design the product appearance?"

"There are many recent graduates from art colleges in Guangzhou. Those who engage in art must have better aesthetic ability than ordinary people. I will post recruitment advertisements later. For those who apply, I will first test their design ability. If they are qualified
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