In the process of looking for suppliers, suppliers are required to provide samples first. Only when the sample quality meets the requirements will they be officially included in the admission list.
In order to avoid being trapped by a single supplier, multiple suppliers are usually found for the same product.
After traveling around the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions, Cao Yongluo could not find a manufacturer that could manufacture keycaps that met their requirements.
For a start-up company dedicated to building a high-end brand, it is unacceptable to have any flaws.
After a high-end brand company develops to a certain stage, it can be more arrogant. Users will brainwash themselves anyway.
But in the initial stage, such a thing cannot be tolerated.
The keycaps produced by local manufacturers in China cannot meet their requirements in terms of quality.
Because sublimation simply means heating the sublimation ink at high temperatures, usually 400 degrees Fahrenheit, so that the ink changes from liquid to gas and then enters the gaps of the object being printed.
Once the item is removed from the ink, the pores cool and close, leaving the ink and image on the surface of the item.
Dye-sublimation technology is used on plastics, and high temperatures can cause plastics to melt or deform.
The keycaps made by Chinese manufacturers either do not use dye-sublimation technology, use traditional printing, or use dye-sublimation, causing the keycap surface pattern to be slightly distorted.
Completely unable to achieve the effect they wanted.
“Boss, I think we can consider Neon and Goryeo manufacturers, only they can meet our requirements.
According to my understanding, when sublimation is applied to plastic, it is best to add glass fiber to the plastic for reinforcement to avoid plastic deformation.
Even if domestic manufacturers can implement this technology, they will still need time to upgrade and transform their production lines.
We can give them the opportunity to wait until they can produce products that satisfy us, and then let them enter the supplier catalog.
In order not to delay the progress of Mr. Zhou, it is best for us to communicate with the manufacturers of Neon and Koryo first. "
Cao Yongluo found a white glove to establish a company called Luowei Technology, and then hired their vice president in charge of supply chain procurement from Founder Group.
Cao Yongluo is only responsible for quality control and making requirements, leaving the work of finding supply chain companies entirely to the vice president.
Cao Yongluo had psychological expectations for this matter, "Okay, let's go find it first. Our progress needs to be accelerated. Zhou Xin has been urging us to speed up our progress recently.
Our contract with Matrix Technology has been signed, right? You know, we need to provide them with 20,000 sets of parts before October. "
Zhou Xin’s psychological price is US$1,000. He would be satisfied if he could sell 20,000 units at this price.
Even with the bonus of his reputation, a keyboard at this price is still too expensive for this era.
So Matrix Technology only ordered 20,000 sets.
Even after Seamus learned about this number, he felt that 20,000 sets was too much.
Matrix Technology is a newly established branch of Wu Shiqiang in Guobangzhou, China. It is currently mainly responsible for procurement.
Since China has not yet joined the WTO, the manufacturing industries of developed countries have not been transferred to China on a large scale, and a large amount of technology has not been transferred to China.
After Zhou Xin learned the news from Cao Yongluo, he completely understood that at this stage, only sublimation prevented the keycaps from being produced in China, which was beyond his expectations.
"No problem, Yong Luo, you are fully responsible for this. I will hold a product launch conference for the matrix keyboard in October.
Before that, Amerikan needs to have at least 5,000 sets in stock. "
After Riot Games was launched and before Matrix officially made its voice known to the world, Zhou Xin began to spend more time at Berkeley.
The students under Hu Zhengming's name have become accustomed to Zhou Xin's frequent disappearance.
In other words, they have long been accustomed to the fact that they and Zhou Xin are not from the same world.
"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for half a month, and you still look so energetic. It seems that the professor has not put enough pressure on you recently." Zhou Xin joked when he saw Zhang Zhongbo after entering the laboratory.
Because it was Zhang Zhongbo who picked him up at San Francisco International Airport, Zhou Xin and Zhang Zhongbo would be more familiar with each other.
There are very few opportunities for others to interact with Zhou Xin.
Currently, there are no female students under Hu Zhengming’s name. If it were to be in California twenty years later, he would definitely be criticized verbally and publicly complained about.
Zhang Zhongbo pointed to his hair: "Junior brother, look at my hair. The hairline has been receding recently. I will graduate next year, and the pressure of my graduation thesis is like a mountain on my head.
If the professor puts more pressure on me, I feel like I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. "
Zhou Xin looked at the other party seriously: "Senior brother, the receding hairline proves that you are constantly making progress!
This is a good thing.
Will you graduate next year? Congratulations, graduating with a PhD is considered a staged victory.
What do you plan to do after graduation? Do you want to come work for me? I plan to set up an R&D institution in Silicon Valley to specialize in R&D in the semiconductor and Internet fields. Think about it. "Zhou Xin wants to poach people.
Regardless of the era, a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, is still very valuable.
Because he knew that Zhang Zhongbo had been helping Hu Zhengming's Sili Semiconductor since he entered the Ph.D.
Silue Semiconductor makes EDA design software, and China is currently blank in this field.
If Hu Zhengming discovers that Silue Semiconductor cannot compete head-on with the leading EDA software in the future and plans to sell the company, but not to him, Zhou Xin thinks that he can let Zhang Zhongbo take charge of starting a new business.
If sold to him, Zhou Xin can also arrange for Zhang Zhongbo to join.
Zhang Zhongbo said in a low voice: "According to the regulations, I will graduate next year, but I don't know whether I can graduate as scheduled next year.
It depends on whether the results can satisfy the professor. If not, it may have to be postponed for one year.
Yes, graduating with a Ph.D. is a stage of success. Compared with the master's degree, the pressure of a Ph.D. has simply increased by leaps and bounds. "
After listening to this, Zhou Xin said: "You have already calculated that your graduation will be delayed for one year at the latest. I heard that another student of a Chinese professor was delayed for three years before he graduated."
Zhang Zhongbo shook his head: "Then our professor is more kind and would not do such a thing.
To put it bluntly, that person had delayed his graduation for so many years. His professor had a reason, and he himself also had a reason.
I won’t tell you the specific reason. You just said that I would help you work?
I have already communicated with Texas Instruments and will work there after graduation. I appreciate your kindness, junior brother. "
Zhou Xin asked: "Didn't you always work for the professor's Silicon Semiconductor?
Didn't he ask you to stay? "
Zhang Zhongbo reacted quickly: "You know that I help the professor, and you still ask me if I will come and help you. You are poaching the professor!"
I went to a concert tonight and didn't get home until eleven o'clock. I was so tired that I had to adjust my schedule. I will update 2k today, and 4k tomorrow morning!
(End of chapter)
