Chapter 104: The Pain of the Movie Disk

It is now the end of 1994, and the production technology of DVD players is no longer unique to Wanyan Company, which is very regrettable.

The DVD player plays "The Desperate World", which is the first Hollywood blockbuster introduced in China. Harrison's Welfare was also known to the Chinese people since this movie. The film is being played when the doctor Kim Bo's wife was killed. Kim Bo was suspected of murder and sentenced to death. On the way to prison, prisoners in the same car attempted to jail to escape. A train roared over. At the time of Qianjun, Kim Bo jumped out of the car and ran away...

When Xie Wanqing, Xu Si and Zhitong saw this, they even breathed finely, which attracted the exciting plot. Zhang Ke stared at the screen, but he was trying hard to recall the details of the related disc machine industry.

Domestic theaters have been introducing foreign commercial films in a big way since 1995. "The Desperate World" caused by 1994 was the first blockbuster released, greatly enriching the domestic film source. However, the genuine discs at that time should be relatively expensive, right?

Zhang Ke picked up the disc box of "The Desperate World" and asked Wanqing: "Sister Wanqing, is this disc quite expensive?"

"It's not too expensive, it's only more than fifty, which is more convenient than going to the cinema..." Xie Wanqing saw Zhang Ke care about this at this time, and felt very strange. She glanced at him and her eyes quickly moved to the screen.

Only Xie Wanqing, who has never suffered money, will not think it is expensive. Zhang Ke asked again: "How many times did you buy a disc machine?"

"I don't know the details given by my friend. It's about 4,000," Xie Wanqing turned her head and stared at Zhang Ke. "If you have time and free, just put it on study. Your last exam made everyone embarrassed. I don't know how to face your parents, don't just think about playing."

It is not surprising that disc machines will be so expensive just now. In 1994, laser CD recorders, video recorders, and combined audio were all affordable home appliances that only wealthy families could use. Like digital mobile phones, they all belong to the ranks of luxury goods. However, as long as a large amount of capital is invested, the selling price will drop sharply, but unlike the mobile phone manufacturing industry, because Wanyan Group has not applied for a patent, and the disc machine industry has no technical threshold to enter.

In 1994, there were only the disc player launched by Wanyan Group in the disc player market, and the sales volume in 1994 was only tens of thousands, which seemed to be only 20,000. In addition to the expensive factor of the disc player, the price of disc is the biggest limiting factor. Fifty yuan per disc is extremely expensive for a general family and cannot promote the development of the disc rental industry.

But after the piracy industry in southeastern coastal cities was rampant, the spring of the disc player market suddenly came.

Zhang Ke cannot remember whether the rampant disc piracy industry will be next year or the year after, but judging from the current situation, especially the technology of pirated disc making is not difficult, and the cost is extremely low, so the disc piracy industry may explode at any time.

The price of pirated discs was less than one-tenth of the genuine one, which promoted the development of the disc rental industry. In the mid-1990s, most Chinese people had no idea of ​​intellectual copyright, and small rental stores for pirated discs began to appear inside and outside the streets and alleys.

Only then will the spring of the disc machine industry usher in, and it will be an emerging industry that suddenly explodes!

"What are you thinking?" Xu Si turned his head and asked Zhang Ke. The video had been broadcast, and Zhang Ke's eyes were still on the screen, and his mind was completely ineffective.

"Ah, I've finished watching it." Zhang Ke came to his senses, "What other good-looking discs?"

"It's all old movies, and there are video tapes at home, but the discs look clearer. I bought them all. You can check them out and they are all in the drawer below..." Xie Wanqing said in a distracted mood. Just listening to her tone, you can hear that she is not interested in those old movies.

Zhang Ke opened the drawer under the TV cabinet and felt very discouraged when he saw the words "Albania". It was not until 1995 that the country began to introduce foreign commercial films on a large scale. At that time, Chinese talents suddenly discovered that in addition to Hong Kong films, there was also such a exciting and exciting world of commercial films.

The Wanyan Group logo was pasted on the upper right corner of the disc. Zhang Kecai remembered that the earliest disc was also developed by Wanyan. With a disc without a disc, it was like a gun or bullet. Wanyan formed a complete set of molding technologies in the early 1994 years, and at least in 1994, it was a pity that it was ruined by its understanding of intellectual property rights. The industry described the general manager of Wanyan Group as a "revolutionary martyr" on the road to digital disc technology development in China, which was somewhat unwilling to regret.

Regret is someone else's business. Zhang Ke pressed his finger against his forehead, but there was a smile on his lips. One thing is certain, no one can realize that in just two or three years, the demand for disc machines will increase by hundreds or thousands of times.

Zhang Ke's expression was too strange. Xu Si and Xie Wanqing looked at each other, unable to guess what he was thinking. They obviously went to search for the disc, but their fingers stopped on one disc, but their eyes were floating where they were floating.

"You have nothing to do?" Xu Si reached out and shook his eyes. Seeing that he had no reaction, he turned to Xie Wanqing and said, "Let's ignore him, he is always used to being distracted."

When he walked out of the Xixia District Procuratorate, Xu Si's sadness surged up irresistible. After most of the time, he could already calm down his mood.

Xie Wanqing smiled, got up, stretched, and wanted to go over and help Zhang Ke select a disc so that he would not be distracted and everyone would be bored with him.

Xie Wanqing walked over, but Zhang Ke stood up, walked to the phone next to the glass corner cabinet, pressed his finger on his forehead, and quickly dialed a string of numbers. After waiting for a while, the other end of the phone was connected: "Is Jiang Wei here?"

The employees who have been laid off by Kumho are no longer just shell companies. The slightly open office was no longer arranged so many people. They rented a large office on the same floor of Xinhaitong Building for use by the project planning department and the catering plaza business company that is planned to be established in the near future. The originally luxuriously decorated office was only for management and related administrative assistants.

After a long time on the other end of the phone, no one responded, so Zhang Ke stood on the phone and waited.

"Why are you still looking for Jiang Wei at this time? Hasn't the paper mill asked her about the situation today?" Xie Wanqing pushed the disc into the disc machine warehouse, and the TV showed the words reading the disk. Xie Wanqing saw that Zhang Ke had been distracted for a long time and suddenly wanted to call Jiang Wei, which was strange. You should know that Jiang Wei often complained that Zhang Ke gave too few decisive opinions. Those who are used to sitting in administrative agencies want to get clear instructions to feel that they can carry out their work with peace of mind. Zhang Ke was stingy even with just a few words. His daily work only looked at the work log submitted by the management, but did not comment.

Zhang Ke nodded, smiled, and felt that he shouldn't have laughed, and said, "It's something to look for her."

After a while, the phone on the other end was picked up again, and Jiang Wei's voice appeared on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Ke, what are the instructions to ask me?"

Wu Tianbao called out this "Ke Shao" first. People who know Zhang Ke's background refer to this, and mention his status. Jiang Wei, Zhou Fu, Zhou You, and Zhou Wenbin are all under him, but he is young. He always feels awkward to call him "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang" seriously, but "Ke Shao" makes people sound like a playboy. Zhang Ke's biggest dream is to be a playboy and accept it.

"You borrowed two people from Liu Minghui to collect as much information about DVD players as possible. Yes, it is the kind of DVD player produced by Anhui Wanyan Group. No ordinary people have seen it. Your family asked someone to buy one from the provincial capital? This kind of DVD player is currently sold in Haizhou City, and I will take two from the provincial capital back to Haizhou. It is best if you know it, so I don't need to explain anything more. The manufacturing technology of DVD players is not only exclusive to Wanyan Group. You can prepare it first. I will go back to Haizhou tomorrow, and you may let you go out for a trip recently. Three people, one person, you go to Anhui, and you and another person to Shenzhen. If possible, go to Hong Kong. How long will it take to complete the procedures to go to Hong Kong as soon as possible... Well, you can go through the transit procedures first and I also need a complete set of technical information and market analysis..."

Zhang Ke thought that the production technology cracked in Hong Kong at this time might be even further ahead than Wanyan Company itself.

"Why are you so anxious?" Jiang Wei asked on the phone.

Xu Si and Xie Wanqing also shocked Zhang Ke's words. In the afternoon, they stayed at home to watch a disc, and rushed to send someone to investigate the industry background of the DVD player. They couldn't help but stand up and looked at Zhang Ke in confusion.

Zhang Ke smiled at Xu Si, Xie Wanqing and said to Jiang Wei on the other end of the phone: "You should first be as familiar with the information in a considerable way as possible..." Without any extra words, he hung up the phone.

Seeing Xu Si, Xie Wanqing looked puzzled and said with a smile: "Why don't you watch the disc?"

"Why are we not curious when you are surprised?" Xie Wanqing smiled.

"Nothing," Zhang Ke smiled concealedly and asked Wanqing, "Can you buy such a DVD player when you go to Oriental Plaza?"

"I plan to keep us all in the dark at the beginning," Xie Wanqing smiled. Her trust in Zhang Ke was almost instinctive, and she couldn't imagine why he was so mature and steady at such a young age? "I could have someone deliver the DVD player to my door, but it was still early before dinner. It was a good idea for the four of them to go to the Oriental Shopping Mall to visit."

This time when she went out, Xie Wanqing did not drive herself, but took a taxi to Oriental Plaza in the city center. Not only did she accompany Xu Wei and the girls in her dormitory to Oriental Plaza for the last time, but when Zhang Ke was studying at Donghai University, she was used to going to Oriental Plaza to browse beauties when she had time.

If it weren't for all reasons, Zhang Ke would not have graduated from university and returned to Haizhou. He has always firmly believed that living in the provincial capital is a kind of happiness. The one who makes Zhang Ke feel more happy the most are the beautiful people with unique sense of happiness. They may be local beauties infected with local charm, but they are more greedy for life here, nourishing here, lingering here, and engaging in the atmosphere of this city.

Xu Si never concealed her love for this city. Perhaps Haizhou has too many unbearable and painful memories for Xu Si, but what makes her miss the provincial capital should be the memories left by her four years of college life in the provincial capital.

Whether it is the Qianpi alley in the south of the city or the high-end office buildings in the east, a girl with light makeup and fresh and elegant makeup will make Zhang Ke, who accidentally glimpse them, sway her heart. Xu Si should be the beauty of this city, beautiful but not charming, charming but not vulgar, and her naturally carved smile is full of all kinds of charm.

Walking into Oriental Plaza, this is the place where beauties appear most frequently in this city, and it is also the place where Zhang Ke is most happy to hang out during his four years in college. The colorful and beautiful people are here, smiling and looking at each other with graceful smiles.

The last time I came over to entangle the beauties such as Xu Si, Xu Wei, Jiang Daier, etc., and did not pay attention to the beauties in the provincial capital in 1994. At this moment, I held Zhitong's hand and walked behind Xu Si and Wanqing, and admired it unscrupulously. However, in detail, although Xu Si was dressed simply, the charm that had turned into his bones was rare in the reach of the beauty. At least for most of the day I walked into Oriental Plaza, I had not seen the beauty that was comparable to Xu Si.

Although Zhitong refused to speak, she looked innocent and cute like a porcelain doll, with black black eyes and flawless. She was probably the most attractive little beauty in Oriental Plaza. Some girls couldn't help but run over and pinch Zhitong's face: "What a beautiful girl!" As Xu Si was present, Zhang Ke could only maintain a restrained smile. He thought that next time he would kidnap Zhitong out alone, Zhitong would undoubtedly be a weapon to pick up her sister.

"What are you looking at around you?" Xu Si held the clothes he tried on in his hand and gently slapped Zhang Ke. She was not used to the luxury of the city. Xie Wanqing pestered her to try on the clothes, and Zhang Ke kept fanning and igniting the fire next to her.

Zhang Ke sat on the soft skin in front of the fitting room, irresponsibly resting his chin on Zhitong's head. His legs clamped Zhitong's tender body and prevented her from stinging her, but he lingered around the beautiful women who were dressed up by the past.

"How can you watch it? You hide in it and try on your clothes, but don't stand up to show me. I was thinking how charming the clothes on these people should be worn on Sister Xu Si!" Zhang Ke stared at Xu Si's shy face.

"What are you talking nonsense?" Xu Siheng glanced at him and pulled Zhitong, who was struggling, out of his arms, "I just knew to bully Zhitong."

"Zhitong, did Brother Xiaoke bully you?" Zhang Ke asked with his head down and looking at Zhitong's innocent eyes.

Zhitong glared at him, stretched out her white little hand and hit Zhang Ke's knee twice. Seeing Zhang Ke's teeth showing fierce appearance, she giggled and hid in Xu Si's arms.

Xie Wanqing came out of the fitting room and folded the clothes she tried on her arms. Looking at Zhitong's crisp laughter like a silver bell, she felt very warm in her heart, and she could hardly feel the loneliness and sadness deep in her heart at this time.

I accompanied Xie Wanqing and Xu Si to go out of the women's clothing department bored, and finally thought about going to see the DVD player.

In 1994, there was only one movie card from Wan Yan on the market. Xie Wanqing used a shopping gold card in Oriental Plaza to spend more than 4,000 yuan, and gave away a few discs when buying a naked opportunity. After reading the introduction information of the movie card, Zhang Ke learned that Wan Yan Group acquired copyrights from 11 audio and video companies at the same time and opened 97 kinds of discs. It can be said that it opened a complete set of disk technology. Unfortunately, Wan Yan Company did not apply for a patent for this complete set of disk technology in time. This set of technology should have been leaked, otherwise Jiang Wanmeng might be the first super monster in China.

Zhang Ke bought four video disc machines and included twenty discs at any time. Zhang Ke insisted on and smiled charmingly. The female manager of the Home Appliance Department of Oriental Plaza could not be entwined and agreed to give another twenty discs. Zhang Ke was not greedy for this little advantage, and the discs he gave were not retailed. At this time, the pirated discs had not been released yet. There may be only one shopping mall in Haizhou that has a video disc for sale. Zhang Ke really couldn't imagine where there were any discs for sale in Haizhou.

Although the price of a DVD player is a bit expensive, it is not the main problem. The key is that the film source is lacking but the price is not enough.

The nanny who was taking leave during the day also came back, and the nanny prepared dinner.

Zhang Ke, Xu Si, Wanqing and Zhitong were sleeping heartlessly on the sofa and continued to watch the discs.

Zhang Ke carefully selected half of the forty discs that are Hong Kong films, covering the golden decade of Hong Kong film and television. This naturally attracted the attention of Xu Si and Wanqing, and Zhang Ke was also happy to relive these classic films.

In 1994, Hong Kong movies were at the end of the golden decade. In the most prosperous period of Hong Kong, there were five cinema chains, which basically maintained the release of one new film per week in each theater. The annual output reached more than 300 movies. With a small land of dozens of square kilometers, it created a record comparable to Hollywood in the United States.

Because the commercialization characteristics of Hong Kong movies are very obvious, although Wanyan Group developed the first DVD player, it was only a year later that it was the most advanced manufacturing technology in Hong Kong, and pirated discs were also cities that were introduced from Hong Kong and nearby areas to the southeast coast.
Chapter completed!