If it weren't for Ni Guangnan's reminder, Boss Jia would have really forgotten about the VCD thing. This thing was something that every household in China had between 2000 and 2015, and it was the same standard equipment as a TV set and a refrigerator.

Although later with the popularity of the Internet and TV boxes, VCDs and DVDs are no longer available in every household, but they are household appliances that can sell at least one billion sales!

Do it, you must do it!

Jia Yapeng began to quickly adjust his original strategic plan in his mind, but Jia Yapeng soon remembered that it seemed that someone in China was already studying VCD at this time.

Around September 1993, Wanyan Group launched China's first VCD, the Wanyan brand VCD. There were only 6 months left from this time.

"Academician Ni, can you guarantee that the prototype will be ready in three months?" Boss Jia asked immediately.

"If it's just a prototype, as long as you pay enough, it will be built for you in a month!" Ni Guangnan said nonchalantly, "This thing is actually not that complicated. It is just a decoding chip and a set of optical disc reading equipment.

Finally, we just add an image conversion system. Basically all the main spare parts are available in the international market, so it is not difficult to make a prototype. The difficult thing is how to form mass production!"

"This means that you have to design a brand new production line around this equipment. This is more troublesome, but it is not a big problem. I promise to complete the complete design for you within three months. After all, we have

There are now 700 people. Before the research equipment is developed, it is just a good idea to give them something to do so as not to waste your salary!" Ni Guangnan said.

"That's great. I will immediately have the base start building a new factory building to prepare for the research and development of VCD, and strive to have our VCD on the market before September!" Jia Yapeng said in a hurry.

"Also, when my prototype and design drawings are out, you should immediately go to the Patent Office to apply for a national patent for this set of equipment. Don't forget it!" Ni Guangnan reminded.

"Okay!" Jia Yapeng nodded, but he was a little worried. You must know that Wan Yan has been researching VCD since April 1992. Maybe they have already produced all the prototypes and have patented them at the same time.

It has been filed with the bureau and I am now applying for a patent. Is it too late?

Thinking of this, Jia Yapeng immediately ordered his men to go to the patent office to investigate and inquire about the patent application status of vcd.

What surprised Jia Yapeng was that the Patent Office did not have any patents related to VCD, not even an application, as if no one had thought of this thing and it did not exist at all.

In fact, Jia Yapeng later investigated global patents and found that no unit in the world had applied for patents related to VCD machines. However, mpeg-1, the patent for this video format, has been registered and filed in all the economically powerful countries around the world.

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Well, China also has no patent registration for the mpeg-1 format, which is equivalent to no patent.

Without saying a word, Boss Jia immediately pestered Ni Guangnan and asked him to make a sketch of the prototype within one day. It was a very simple one and roughly indicated the working principle of the VCD. If you want to rely on this

It is impossible to make a prototype from a sketch, but it is enough to apply for a patent.

So on the next day, Boss Jia had already applied for all the VCD patents and the MPEG-1 video decoding patent. At the same time, Boss Jia also started to apply for patents for VCD machines in the global market, whether he could make money or not.

, anyway, let’s get the patent first.

What Boss Jia doesn't know is that in history, Wanyan, the company that manufactured the world's first VCD, actually forgot to apply for a patent for the complete VCD machine.

This may sound like a very unbelievable thing, but the fact is that after Wan Yan's recent painstaking research on VCD, he actually didn't even think of applying for a patent.

As a result, few of the first batch of 1,000 Wanyan VCDs launched by Wanyan fell into the hands of consumers. Instead, they were basically sold by major electronics manufacturers, such as Aido, Xinke, Xiamen, Wanlida, and Jinzheng.

, Xianke and these people bought it back.

They disassembled Wanyan's VCD and studied it several times, and successfully mastered the manufacturing technology of VCD. Then more than 20 brands of VCD emerged across the country in an instant. Wanyan was the first company in the world to invent VCD.

, and it has entered decline, which has to be lamented.

Later, according to Wan Yan's boss's recollection, he did not apply for a patent because he did not know what patents were or what piracy meant. He had no intention of patenting at all.

This sounds like a complete fool, but you can't blame the boss. After all, if he can think of developing a device like VCD in the first place, there is no way he has any problem with his IQ.

It’s just that there was too little patent education in China at that time. Many people in China have never heard of the terms patent and piracy. They think that something can be copied casually without any legal responsibility. This is domestic piracy and patent.

The lack of education is a huge problem.

Fortunately, in 1991, after Boss Jia and the Yuzhang City State-owned Printing Factory made such a fuss, the country began to pay attention to the issues of patents and piracy, and the current situation is many times better than before.

Because professional equipment is still in the process of being transported, the equipment and parts needed for VCD research and development can basically be purchased in China or in Hong Kong.

So after returning to Yuzhang, Ni Guangnan led the existing researchers and directly started the research and development of vcd. At this time, our boss Jia began to have a headache about money.

Ni Guangnan expanded the cost of the joint research center to US$300 million in one breath, which gave Jia Yapeng a huge headache.

After returning to Yuzhang, Zhu Qiushui directly threw a financial report in front of Jia Yapeng, and then told Boss Jia that the company's current account balance was less than 100 million yuan.

"We made 2 billion yuan last year, and it's all gone?" Boss Jia couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard that the company had no money in its account.

"Who asked someone to spend money lavishly? First, they gave out a bonus of more than 1 billion, then the imperial capital spent 300 million to buy real estate and shopping malls, and the capital city gave another 200 million to buy land, and successively invested another 1 billion

Engage in construction.”

"Now we have to invest another 300 million to build a joint development center. In addition, we have given me a bottomless pit of 700 and 6,000 monthly salary. Shouldn't the company's accounts leave you more than 1 billion?" Zhu Qiushui said angrily.

said.

She was indeed feeling a little uncomfortable. Jia Yapeng spent money lavishly outside and threw away the hard-earned money in the blink of an eye. Zhu Qiushui was in trouble.

"It's okay, we can make the money back!" Jia Yapeng chuckled, looked at the financial statements carefully, and then found something wrong!

"Qiushui, this is your financial income for January. What about the financial income for February as a whole? You didn't count it!" Boss Jia exclaimed.

"Here you go!" Zhu Qiushui snorted coldly, and then handed February's financial income to Jia Yapeng. Jia Yapeng looked at it for a few times, and immediately smiled, "Not bad, he actually made 400 million in February.

The primary school bully is such a treasure!"

It’s not for nothing that Boss Jia is beaming, because in this February financial statement, Daqian’s operating income reached 800 million.

Among them, Xiaotou is naturally the new flagship product of Xiaoxiaoba. In the entire month of February, Xiaoxiaoba actually sold 2.5 million units, with sales reaching 750 million.

Coupled with the revenue from dry noodles and four-wheel drive vehicles, the total revenue in February exceeded the level of 800 million yuan, which is the strongest in history.

Of course, the cost of being a primary school tycoon is high. If these costs are removed, the profit will only be about 400 million.

However, this was able to instantly relieve Daqian's financial pressure. This time, the newly established computer research center, with more than 700 professional researchers, began to devour Daqian's funds like a giant gold-devouring beast.

The profit of 400 million, if converted, is not even 100 million U.S. dollars. God knows where Boss Jia can find 300 million U.S. dollars to buy equipment for Ni Guangnan.
Chapter completed!