Chapter 797 You should make quartz watches

300? Well, it was indeed a bit high, but not unacceptable. For the foreign trade department, which was experienced in selling things, they could always find a way to get a high price for such a unique item.

"Well, in the research stage, 300 is normal." The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade were very satisfied. This meant that mass production might only require 200, or even 150 or 100.

For such a good thing, the cost is really not high.

Compared to the possible selling price, this thing is really not expensive. You can just sell it as high-tech equipment at the beginning.

Gao Zhendong looked at him and shook his head: "300? No no, 30!"

In the 80s, the cost of this thing was less than 3 yuan, but now 30 yuan is considered an extremely exaggerated price.

The main thing is that the chip area of ​​this thing is actually very small. A 4-5 inch wafer can make a lot of them. The remaining TN-LCD price is actually not too expensive, now 30, but that's because it's a small batch and many parts are mainly made by hand.

"How much?" This price shocked not only the Ministry of Foreign Trade, but even the 12th Ministry of Machine Building and the Defense Work Committee.

It is basically an iron rule that good things must be expensive, but now this thing seems to have broken this situation.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "I know good things are expensive, but this watch is not comparable to a mechanical watch. The two are not based on the same technical system, so it is difficult to compare the prices."

Good things must be expensive, provided that everyone is under the same technical system. At this time, if you want to achieve better performance, you must pay a greater price. However, when the technologies of the two are different, this analogy cannot be made.

It may take a lot of effort to kill someone with a knife, but it is just a matter of moving your fingers to kill someone with a gun.

The first to react were the Fire Protection Committee: "This is good, this price can be widely used."

The 12th Ministry of Machinery also realized that they had a popular product for the general public, and everyone wanted it. The cost was lower than that of a mechanical watch, and it was foreseeable that if it could be mass-produced, the price would be further reduced.

Gao Zhendong said: "The display screen of this watch is called TN-LCD, which is a product of Zhenxing Electric. It has low cost and low power consumption. Moreover, we have sufficient control. Zhenxing Electric has completed patent protection, just like a tape recorder."

People in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the 12th Ministry of Machine Building understood that this meant that we could at least completely control this thing in the Eastern Bloc for a long time, and if necessary, we could even sell this thing to the West through white gloves such as Zhenxing Denso and Gallican.

Zhenxing Electric will not compete with the inland for this thing. They also have a lot of things that need to be processed and produced here, and many people know the details of Zhenxing Electric.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade was even happier than the 12th Ministry of Machine Building. If most of the export products that Gao Zhendong had made in the past, except for the tape recorders, were special high-tech products that were not widely popular, then what Gao Zhendong brought out this time were consumer products for the ordinary people. The sales volume of such products was absolutely incomparable to the previous ones.

Of course, they also know that the price of this kind of thing is not high, and maybe the total amount is not very large, but at least the profit margin is high, and it is widely popular, which is also very beneficial for promoting our image. This is a good thing that money cannot buy.

"We will underwrite as many of these as you can get, hahaha." The comrades from the Foreign Trade Department laughed happily, but the Defense Work Committee disagreed: "Don't be in a hurry, first provide some to our officers and soldiers."

Gao Zhendong said: "Don't worry, don't worry. The Defense Industry Committee wants a reinforced type. Your Ministry of Foreign Trade and domestic civilian product sales don't actually need this type. The two can't compete with each other for production capacity."

"Who said that? There are only so many movements in this thing. If there are more here, there will be less there." The Defense Work Committee said that they were able to grasp the core of the problem.

"The chip area of ​​this thing is very small. A 15-centimeter wafer can be cut into at least 3000 chips. The production capacity of TN-LCD at Zhenxing Electric is also very large, so there is no need to worry." Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

In fact, Zhenxing Electric also subcontracted the production of TN-LCD to the inland area, which was not restricted by the industrial scale of Zhenxing Electric itself. Naturally, its production capacity exploded. To put it bluntly, if they really needed it, it would not be a big deal for them to open two factories in Guangdong Province.

How many? A 15 cm wafer can produce 3000 wafers? That was all right. The National Defense Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Trade immediately returned to harmony.

Mr. Long from the Beijing Watch Factory was very jealous. He came today mainly to use his special status in timing equipment to endorse this thing and make this incidental "acceptance" appear more formal.

But after seeing the benefits of electronic watches, Mr. Long also became more excited.

"Comrades, why don't we let our Beijing Watch Factory produce this thing? We have experience in watches. We even processed the shell of this electronic watch. You see, the quality is absolutely guaranteed." The chief engineer of the 12th Ministry of Machinery was not happy. What did he mean? He wanted to take away the pot right away? No way!

"Mr. Long, no, no, I may have to trouble you with the outer shell, but I won't bother you with the body of the watch. I just saw that this watch has very high requirements for welding technology. In this regard, our 12th Ministry of Machine Building is more suitable. This watch does not have any mechanical parts. You can't use your strength to make it. What a waste, what a waste!" The chief engineer of the 12th Ministry of Machine Building said this in a way that sounded good for the Beijing Watch Factory, but the meaning behind his words was actually just one thing: forget it.

“It’s okay, we can learn…” President Long didn’t care about that anymore. When it comes to the strength of mechanical watches, they can’t compare with the Haihekou Watch Factory. It’s also very uncomfortable to be in the middle of the system. Seeing that there is a new flagship product, he said he would not let it slip away from his hands no matter what.

In the words of later generations, they found a new track and a new outlet for differentiated competition.

Before the 12th Ministry of Machine Building had a chance to speak, Gao Zhendong waved his hand.

"Boss Long, don't worry. This product is indeed not suitable for you, but I have something that is suitable for you. We will talk about it later. When it is ready, it will be no worse than this electronic watch."

What else? Hearing Gao Zhendong's words, President Long immediately stopped talking. He also knew that in terms of electronic watches, even if they put aside the fact that they were facing the chief engineer of the Ministry, who was higher in rank than him, they were at a disadvantage in terms of objective conditions. After all, this electronic watch, apart from the word "watch", had nothing to do with traditional watches. If you have to say, the only thing that could be said was the strap and the case, but these two things did not have much technical content.

Since Mr. Gao promised that there is someone suitable for me, all I have to do is wait. In this regard, Mr. Gao's credibility is still very good.

In the peaceful atmosphere, the electronic watch was almost approved on the spot and inspected on the spot. Gao Zhendong immediately signaled Fang Yinghong to transfer the whole set of technology to the 1274th Ministry of Machine Building. As for the production of movement chips, there was no need to worry about it, as was waiting.

As for how the Ministry of Foreign Trade would sell it and how much it would sell it for, that was not Gao Zhendong's concern. They were much more professional in this matter than he was.

As soon as the matter was settled, President Long signed his name on the meeting opinion and immediately started to pester Gao Zhendong, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Chief Engineer Gao, the one you just mentioned is more suitable for us..."

While he was asking the question, comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade were also staring at this side with burning eyes. If electronic watches can be sold, then why can't the new products of the Beijing Watch Factory be sold?
Gao Zhendong smiled and was really anxious, but he also understood the other party's feelings.

"Boss Long, I suggest you get a quartz watch."

"Quartz watch?" Mr. Long had no impression of this thing.

In fact, the birth of quartz watches was much earlier than that of electronic watches. Quartz clocks were probably mature between the 20s and 40s, and quartz watches came later. The first truly ordinary consumer-grade quartz watch was made by ETA in 50. However, they felt that this thing was not mechanical enough, so they put it on the shelf and continued to produce mechanical watches.

In fact, as the pioneers and vested interests of mechanical watches, their approach is not entirely wrong, but they cannot withstand the pressure of the industry, and there are people who hope to catch up and overtake others.

——That’s the Japanese. The Japanese don’t care about that. Since you have divided up all the cake of mechanical watches, I will just smash the pot! Later, the popularization and promotion of quartz watches was promoted by the Japanese.

However, people in China don’t know much about this thing now, and they know nothing about the technology.

"Yes, a quartz watch. The spring drive of a mechanical watch is replaced by a quartz oscillation drive. The most complicated, difficult to make, and most prone to problems part of a mechanical watch is now electrically driven."

As Gao Zhendong spoke, he drew a picture on the blackboard.

In terms of circuit structure, quartz watches are extremely simple compared to electronic watches. The functions that the circuits of electronic watches need to perform include timing, date conversion, adjustment, etc., but quartz watches do not have these. They only have one thing - converting quartz oscillations into stepping rotations to drive gears.

To some extent, a quartz watch is still a mechanical watch, it's just that its driving force is electricity. However, the step-by-step drive conversion of the running time, hours, minutes and seconds, and the drive, conversion and display of the date and week are still the same as those of a mechanical watch. In other words, except for the driving force becoming electricity, the functions are actually completed by machinery.

Following Gao Zhendong's diagrams and explanations, President Long began to gradually understand what Gao Zhendong was talking about.

"Boss Gao, this thing is really interesting."

(End of this chapter)