When looking for an OEM factory, Li Jingran did not just look at the price. Li Jingran also had to focus on the scale, strength and reputation of the OEM factory. Therefore, according to Li Jingran's requirements, Guo Chun and Zhuang Ronghua were looking for the OEM factory. In the process, we abandoned those small factories and workshops that had little strength, and found some microphone manufacturers that were well-known in the industry and had a certain reputation.
Finally, after many comparisons, five microphone foundries were qualified to provide engineering prototypes to Tomoko Hi-Tech, namely Guangzhou Desheng Electronics Co., Ltd.; Japan's Audio-Technica; Germany's Sennheiser; Japan's Sony; and Guangzhou Shengli Electronics. Ltd.
??Two Chinese manufacturers, one German company and two Japanese companies.
¡°Letting two Chinese manufacturers be selected by Li Jingran is entirely for the sake of his compatriots and giving them a chance. Otherwise, the workmanship and quality control of domestically produced products would not be able to catch Li Jingran¡¯s eyes.
Since the microphone is just a simple thing, even though Li Jingran requested that the outer shell be made of Apple material, two weeks later, by the end of March, five manufacturers successively sent hand-made engineering samples according to Li Jingran's appearance requirements and performance standards. .
With only one glance, without even looking at the quotation, the samples sent by domestic Desheng Electronics and Lisheng Electronics were kicked into the trash can by Li Jingran. Li Jingran shouted in his heart:
Damn it, what I want is high-quality, high-value-added products! With your workmanship and attitude, real apples will be sold as rotten sweet potatoes!
Without any hesitation, Li Jingran asked Guo Chun to inform De Sheng and Li Sheng directly, so that they should not expect any big orders worth tens of millions of RMB, and just produce low-end goods honestly and earn their hard-earned money. They really can't make this big money. !
Li Jingran disqualified himself from winning without hesitation, leaving Zhuang Ronghua on the side stunned.
"Mr. Li, should you give De Sheng and Li Sheng another try and let them improve? Although their workmanship is a bit worse, their price is at least 30 yuan lower than Sennheiser and Sony!" Zhuang Ronghua was sweating on his forehead. He said to Li Jingran. He had to be anxious because when he went to visit his old club De Sheng, the boss of De Sheng gave him a gift of 100,000 yuan. Zhuang Ronghua also promised his former boss that he would do his best to make De Sheng Winning bid!
But now Li Jingran threw the winning sample into the trash can without even testing it. Does that mean that the huge sum of 100,000 yuan in his account will be vomited back before he can warm it up?
This will kill him! Because just when he returned to Chengdu last time, Zhuang Ronghua decided to use this windfall to buy a car to drive. For this, he paid a deposit of 20,000 yuan. If things went wrong, the car would be gone. Not to mention, where would he pay the 20,000 yuan deposit?
"Improvement, what can be improved? I am born like Sister Feng, no matter how much I change, I can't change her into Fan Bingbing!" Li Jingran glanced sideways at Zhuang Ronghua, who was a little restless, and didn't take it seriously, "Okay, let's compare. Among the remaining three microphones, which one has the best value for money?"
From the appearance point of view, the three microphones are all made in the shape of a matchbox according to Li Jingran¡¯s requirements. The bottom material is made of the same high-strength glass panel as Apple mobile phones. The front and four frames are made of a magnesium-aluminum alloy metal grid like the top of the microphone. Under the grid are electronic components such as pickup probes, circuits, and control chips.
On the front and side frames of the microphone, there are power switches and selection memory switches. The switches are all small, delicate metal buttons.
Then there is a wire of about two meters, connected to the microphone interface of the computer.
A small box the size of a matchbox and a wire, it¡¯s that simple, nothing fancy.
No matter in terms of workmanship or details, the samples from the three foreign-funded companies are all on par. They look very exquisite, like a work of art.
But if you look carefully, you can still find some differences: Sennheiser's from Germany looks stronger and more solid, which is in line with the Germans' super mechanical manufacturing and metal processing capabilities; while the products provided by the two Japanese, It looks more sophisticated and more elegant, and the industrial design also tends to be "cute", taking two different styles from the German reliable model.
After the appearance inspection is completed, the next step is to check the performance. Although Tomoko Hi-Tech has currently set up a R&D center, it is actually an empty stand without any professional measurement equipment. Therefore, if Li Jingran wants to test the acoustic performance of these three microphones, he needs to find a professional acoustic laboratory to do it.
When I went to Shenzhen Zhiguan Voice Data Center to test the first batch of voice libraries I purchased, I saw the professional acoustic equipment in the acoustics laboratory of Zhiguan Voice Data Center.It left a deep impression on Li Jingran. Li Jingran's Zhizi Hi-Tech is a VIP customer of Shenzhen Zhiguan. It shouldn't be a problem to ask them to test the acoustic performance of the microphone for him.
So, Li Jingran picked up the landline on the table, called his old friend Xiao Xingguo, the sales manager of Zhiguan, and told him his intention.
"UmMr. Li, when will you be able to send the samples over?" Xiao Xingguo's words were not as decisive as Li Jingran expected, which made him slightly unhappy. He thought, isn't he just asking you to do a small favor? , still hesitant, don¡¯t remember how much money you found from me!
Li Jingran, who was unhappy, wondered whether he should "negotiate the price" the next time he went to Zhiguan to buy a database.
"Just the last day or two."
"Okay, Mr. Li. Then hurry up and send it over as soon as possible. I will personally help you get it done. After that, I'm afraid I will have to leave Zhiguan." Xiao Xingguo said.
"Ah¡ª¡ª!" Li Jingran exclaimed. Just now he was complaining that Xiao Xingguo was not very moral and wanted to kill him next time, but he didn't expect that he would leave Zhiguan at the next moment. "In the end, What's wrong, Manager Xiao? You did a good job, why are you leaving?" Li Jingran asked in great surprise.
"Hey, Mr. Li, I haven't had time to tell you about this. I only learned about it yesterday. Zhiguan is about to change hands. The current boss is planning to sell Zhiguan to a Shanxi coal boss. Damn it, those coals In addition to digging coal and showing off, what else can the boss do? What kind of voice data does the boss know?
"But that's the second thing. It doesn't matter to me whether I change the boss or not. As long as the company continues to operate according to the previous operating model, for those of us who are running errands, is it not selling to someone to work for?"
"But just yesterday, Lao Yan personally told me that after the coal boss takes over, there will be a major reorganization and layoffs of data center employees, and our sales department will be included in the first batch of layoffs. Lao Yan told me that there are Be mentally prepared. The boss has already told me this, as a subordinate, can I still be retained?"
Li Jingran was very surprised by Xiao Xingguo's words, "Why, Old Xiao?" He no longer called Xiao Xingguo Manager Xiao, but changed his name to a more friendly one, "Your Zhiguan Data Center's domestic voice database production It¡¯s second to none in terms of quality, so why sell it?¡±
"Yeah, I'm also thinking, why don't you stick to it?" Xiao Xingguo sighed. "However, according to rumors, Lao Yan doesn't want to engage in voice data anymore. He has been doing it for ten years, but I didn't get much money. I heard that he has a piece of land in the United States. He probably wants to sell the company to meet his wife and children and live in peace and happiness in the United States." Xiao Xingguo was a little less interested.
"The Zhiguan Data Center is going to change hands?" Li Jingran rolled his eyes, and an idea suddenly came to his mind, "Then can I consider taking over it?"
As soon as this idea came up, Li Jingran's mind was spinning, thinking about the necessity of it.
First of all, voice database is a very cold field, and many people have never even heard of it. As a voice input operator, it is inseparable. For example, if Li Jingran wants to develop speech input in other languages, he needs to purchase the corresponding speech database to support it. So, instead of spending money to buy it from others, it is more cost-effective and convenient to build your own voice data center to serve the company.
This is one of them.
Secondly, the Chinese (including various dialects) speech input currently developed by Li Jingran, although the recognition rate can reach up to 95 for some guys who speak well and speak Mandarin well, there are still 5 room for improvement. If you want to improve Sophon's voice recognition rate, you need to update the corresponding database. This kind of update can be done with a small number of people, but if there are a lot of people, the accents are mixed, and various dialects are mixed in, it can only be done by a group of specialized personnel.
Third, Tomoko Hi-Tech has always been playing high-tech cards, but so far it doesn¡¯t even have an acoustics laboratory, which is really unjustifiable. Therefore, even if it is used to deceive others and make others feel that he is more professional, Li Jingran should set up a dedicated voice research and development center.
As soon as the three most important reasons passed through Li Jingran's mind, Li Jingran immediately slammed the table and planned to "seize the food from the tiger's mouth" to compete for the right to purchase the Zhiguan Voice Data Center.
"Oh -" Li Jingran said "oh", then changed the topic and said to Xiao Xingguo, "Lao Xiao, let's put aside the matter of testing the microphone for now. There are more important things that need your help now. Go and ask Lao Yan , see if he has signed a contract with the coal boss. If not, tell him that there is another company interested in his voice center. I am willing to pay an extra $100,000 on the price offered by the Shanxi people!" Since That Lao Yan wants toWith America in dire straits, Li Jingran didn¡¯t quote him a price in RMB, but directly gave him a price in U.S. dollars!