"What is the cost of a set of these devices?" Huang He asked directly. He didn't ask if the set had market value, because judging from its performance, Huang He was certain this product would ignite the entire market.
"The laboratory has currently produced three sets of these devices. The light heads used in these devices are highly confidential and must be manufactured manually in the laboratory. The laboratory manufacturing cost for each set is around 4.68 million RMB. However, once the various specialized molds are developed and manufactured, and if mass production can be achieved in a factory with industrial optimization, the cost should be reduced to about 50,000 RMB per set!" Yang Yunhe said.
"A cost of 50,000 RMB per set? That makes it difficult for ordinary users to afford!" Huang He mused. Of course, 50,000 RMB was only a temporary cost. As production increased and technology advanced, the cost of such products would definitely decrease.
Moreover, after careful consideration, Mr. Huang realized that this product was indeed not suitable for ordinary families.
This is because the entire set of equipment requires a completely empty room, and the walls inside need to be covered with a layer of specially made wallpaper to achieve the best projection effect. This would make the cost of use prohibitively high in cities.
After all, in some first-tier cities, the price of a single bedroom could easily be as high as one to two million RMB.
This meant that to use this projection equipment, one would have to spend another one to two million RMB to prepare an empty room. Alternatively, one could renovate half of the living room, which would still incur extremely high usage costs.
These limitations determined that it would be difficult for this set of equipment to reach ordinary households.
"In that case, let's proceed with a marketing plan to sell them at 1 million RMB per set!" Huang He finally said.
A price of 1 million RMB would certainly be considered exorbitant compared to a cost of 1 million RMB.
However, if one changed their perspective, for a family willing to clear out an entire room to install this set of equipment, 1 million RMB for such an immersive, sci-fi-like device would be trivial.
Moreover, this price point would firmly establish the device as a luxury item, allowing for sales driven by the competitive desires of the wealthy.
"Do you have a version for cinemas?" Liu Xu suddenly asked.
"Uh... not yet..." Yang Yunhe was taken aback for a moment, then replied, "Cinema halls are too vast. To cover an entire cinema with the current system, the power of the spotlights would need to be increased by several dozen times."
"Firstly, this presents some technical difficulties. We would need to replace the original standard light heads with laser ones. This would require matching an entirely new set of technologies, and the entire research and development process would likely have to start from scratch."
"More importantly, the human eye cannot directly view such intense light without being severely damaged. However, users cannot completely avoid looking at the projection lights emanating from all directions while watching a movie. Therefore, unless specialized glasses are worn, it would inevitably cause severe damage to the eyes."
"However, wearing specialized glasses would also significantly detract from the viewing experience. That's why, although we considered using it in cinemas, we didn't think it was a good idea," Yang Yunhe explained.
"That's because your thinking is too rigid," Huang He retorted impatiently. "Traditional cinema halls are too large, and adjusting the lighting is indeed difficult. But cinemas also have small auditoriums that seat less than 100 people."
"Moreover, if it's a dedicated cinema hall, there's no need for the ceiling height to be 5-6 meters or more. I think a height of around 3-4 meters would be completely sufficient."
"As for the spotlight power issue, if it's difficult to increase the power, why not simply increase the number of spotlights? Since it's a cinema investment, installing forty to fifty spotlights is not a problem. Wouldn't that solve your issue?"
"And with more spotlights, the display effect will be even better, and there will be no need to worry about shadow problems!"
Mr. Wang's suggestion immediately enlightened Yang Yunhe. He immediately patted his chest and guaranteed that he would dedicate all his efforts to developing the cinema version.
"I will have the head of the Jiangnan Film and Television Technology Department contact you. You two will need to have open discussions and collaboration to quickly produce and design specialized projection film and camera technology. I have a feeling this is a technology that can completely change the entire film and television industry. The future innovation of the entire film industry, far surpassing IMAX technology, is in our hands!" Mr. Huang sounded quite excited at this point.
"By the way, regarding the technology, are there any issues with blocking out competitors?" Huang He suddenly asked.
"There are no problems with that!" Yang Yunhe smiled. "Stereoscopic projection within an entire space is something traditional projectors cannot achieve. Not only do we have exclusive technology in the programming and probe design of the projectors, but more importantly, it uses a special material developed by our research center. Without being able to overcome this special material, it's impossible to create equipment identical to ours."
"Given the current progress of Western countries, unless the heavens send them a director, we don't need to worry about this technology being imitated for at least 30 years!" The director Yang Yunhe referred to was Tong He.
Tong He, who was already in his forties, remained the head of the research center, actively engaged on the front lines of scientific research, and was still unmarried.
"Oh, and it seems Director Tong's parents came to find him a few days ago, and they had another argument, which upset his parents!" Yang Yunhe mentioned casually, and Liu Xu made a mental note of it.
After leaving the research center, he immediately ordered his driver to take him to Tong He's parents' home, wanting to understand the situation between the three of them and see if he could offer any help.
Tong He's parents also lived in the research center's family housing complex, so the car turned a corner and arrived at Tong He's residence almost immediately.
As the director of the research center, Tong He's home was naturally the largest in the entire complex, a six-story building, making it unique within the family housing area.
At the same time, there were over 20 staff members in this building. These were hired by Tong He for his parents. After all, Tong He's parents were nearly 70 years old, but Tong He himself spent most of his time at the research center and rarely returned home, so he had to arrange for more people to attend to his parents.
It is worth noting that these over 20 staff members were nominally domestic service personnel, and the salary Tong He told his parents was no more than 100,000 RMB per month. Given Tong He's current income of over ten million RMB per month and over a billion RMB in annual dividends, this small amount of money was indeed insignificant.
However, the total monthly expenses for these 20 staff members were actually around one million RMB.
This was because these staff members were not ordinary, uneducated domestic helpers, but rather outstanding talents who had graduated with postgraduate degrees and had worked tirelessly to join the Jiangnan Group.
Each of them was a renowned top student in their local area, yet now they were all serving two elderly individuals.
The Jiangnan Group paid them a starting salary of 30,000 RMB per month. Furthermore, due to the specialized and somewhat arduous nature of this work, they received an additional bonus of 20,000 RMB per month, bringing their total monthly salary to over 50,000 RMB.
In addition to this, the Jiangnan Group also promised them that they would only work here for a maximum of three years, and during these three years, their accumulated rank contributions would be equivalent to three times that of normal circumstances, which was what persuaded these top talents to stay.
The Jiangnan Group did this not because they had excessive funds and insisted on hiring such expensive personnel, but rather because the entire research center was too sensitive.
Every person residing in the family housing complex and their families carried significant secrets of the Jiangnan Group. Any leakage of valuable technical data would result in immense losses for the Jiangnan Group.
Therefore, it was impossible for ordinary domestic staff with complex backgrounds to gain entry. Only these top scholars, who had all passed examinations, had very clean family backgrounds, and whose résumés were as pure as blank pages, were deemed suitable.
Especially since these students had just graduated and had not been exposed to too much of society, they were particularly trustworthy.
Furthermore, the work contracts signed by the Jiangnan Group with these individuals were generally for 10 years or more, ensuring they would not speak out after leaving.
In summary, these individuals were the most reliable people the Jiangnan Group could find.
While it might seem a bit extravagant to serve others, it was deemed worthwhile to serve Tong He and his parents, no matter the cost.
When these staff members saw Mr. Huang suddenly appear, they were extremely surprised. Many of them flocked to him, and Huang He did not object until Tong He's parents excitedly invited Mr. Huang into the house.
They were very grateful to Huang He, as without him back then, their child might have been ruined. Now, their child was living such a life with hundreds of billions of savings in the bank, all thanks to Huang He's contributions. They naturally would not be ungrateful.
However, at this moment, the elderly couple both had worried expressions and looked at Huang He as if they wanted to speak but dared not.
"Uncle and Auntie, I've actually come today specifically to help you solve your problem!" Mr. Huang said with a smile. "I heard from a colleague that you and Tong He had some unpleasantness not long ago. This child of yours actually cares deeply for his parents but often doesn't know how to express it. I don't know what misunderstanding you have, but I can help mediate!"
"Mr. Huang, my child actually told me not to say anything, nor to tell you. Since you've come this morning, I'll be direct. Our child is already so old, and he doesn't even have a child. We want to hold our grandchild, but he refuses, and then we argued. It's as simple as that."