57. Chapter 57 The Only Way Out for Daqin [Seeking Follow-up Reading]
Chapter 57 The Only Way Out for Daqin [Seeking Follow-up Reading]
”Brother Kang, I have analyzed it last month. According to the current momentum, our lenses will be saturated in the market in a year at most.”
”And judging from the sales of 50mm fixed focus this month, this time may be faster than expected. After all, everyone is lazy now. Many people would rather pay dozens of times more to buy autofocus lenses than to buy our manual lenses.”
Speaking of this, Fang Qiming finally began to speak his mind and looked at Kang Chi with a slightly resentful look. : “Brother Kang, I want to hear the truth from you. Are you planning to give up our Daqin Optics after one year?”
“Give up Daqin Optics?” Kang Chi frowned, “How is that possible? Why do you think so?”
”Then why did you take Daqin Optics’ loan to make silicon wafers? If you have 100 million, wouldn’t it be better to invest in our Daqin Optics to develop autofocus lenses?”
”…”
Looking at Fang Qiming, who looked resentful and had a temper like a child, Kang Chi couldn’t help laughing.
He had upgraded the autofocus lens a long time ago, and he hadn’t taken it out for a long time. Naturally, he had his reasons.
But he didn’t expect Fang Qiming to have such a long-term vision and put so much pressure on himself.
“What are you laughing at?”
”Nothing…” Kang Chi put away his smile and asked earnestly, “Do you really think that developing an autofocus lens can solve our problem?”
Fang Qiming frowned: “What else?”
”Have you forgotten Suoni and whose lens we are making? Haven’t you heard about the Pingguo MFI certification cracking battle that made a lot of noise a few years ago?”
”MFI certification?”
Fang Qiming suddenly realized something.
“You mean… Suoni and the others will attack the autofocus interface?”
”Isn’t this obvious?” Kang Chi waved his hand, leaned back in his chair and patiently explained, “They can’t do anything to us now because the manual focus lens does not need to communicate data with the camera.”
”But the autofocus lens needs to be powered by the camera and needs to read the image data to achieve autofocus. If you want to achieve data interaction with the camera, you must first pass its lens certification.”
”Do you think you are Suoni and will give Daqin Optics this certification?”
Kang Chi’s words immediately asked Fang Qiming.
“But wasn’t Pingguo’s MFI certification cracked by Pengcheng?” Zheng Juan stood up and asked Kang Chi, “Can we ask Pengcheng’s hackers to help crack it?”
”Yes, but it’s not necessary, because we will definitely lose!” Kang Chi answered directly, “How did the hackers in Pengcheng do it?”
”They found a loophole in the MFI certification and then bypassed it.”
”But as soon as Pingguo is updated, this loophole will be blocked, and this data cable will be scrapped directly, and users will have to buy the latest cracked version again.”
”But how much does a data cable in Huaqiangbei sell for?”
”They can reduce the cost to 1 yuan, so even if it’s 9.9 with free shipping, it’s still a big profit!”
”So they even hope Pingguo will update more times so that their data cables can sell better!”
”Later, Pingguo also discovered this. On the one hand, they don’t want to give Huaqiangbei people a bargain, on the other hand We also know that those users who buy 9.9 data cables will never spend more than 200 yuan to buy an original data cable, and they may even join the Android camp. Therefore, this cracking war finally eased with the victory of Huaqiangbei. ”
”Let me ask you, if we replace the data cable sellers and follow their methods, what will be the result?” Kang Chi looked at Fang Qiming, intending to test him, “You analyze it first.”
Fang Qiming pondered for a moment, and then followed Kang Chi’s thoughts and began to analyze: “If we also crack the interface of their camera, and then they seal it directly, then the autofocus lens bought by our users will directly become a manual lens.”
”And because the lens is a valuable item, it is impossible to throw it away like a data cable when it is useless, and then buy a new one…” ”So users can only send the lens back and let us update the cracking hardware for them.”
”But Soni will definitely update the firmware immediately… Although the cameraUpgrading the firmware is not as convenient as mobile phones, but as long as they release gimmicks, such as upgrading from 1080P to 4K video shooting, upgrading the original 50 frames to 120 or even 240 frames, or adding a gray film mode to the V-log gray film mode that does not exist… then most people will definitely upgrade, and then we have to send the lens back…”
”If this happens repeatedly, our logistics costs and after-sales costs will rise sharply, and finally directly drag us down.”
”Right?” Kang Chi patted Fang Qiming on the shoulder, “Do you know why I don’t make autofocus lenses now? This is a dead end!”
Fang Qiming nodded, and then like a deflated ball, he said blankly: “If this is the case… won’t our Daqin Optics go bankrupt sooner or later?”
”So I’m looking for another way out. “Kang Chi patted Fang Qiming again and comforted him, “There is only one way for Daqin Optics to survive, that is to make our own cameras, and then change the bayonet of all lenses to our own!”
”Make your own camera?!”
When the people present heard this, they were stunned.
It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to make a camera,
so they usually don’t even dare to think about it.
”Yes, only by making our own camera can we not be controlled by others!” Kang Chi looked confident and unconsciously raised his voice, “And what is the most important thing in making a camera? It is the CMOS photosensitive element and the image processor!”
”So I am now planning semiconductors, so that I can have the ability to manufacture chips in the future, and then make cameras, mobile phone lens modules, and even movie cameras belonging to Daqin Optics! ”
After hearing Kang Chi’s ambitious words, the people present were immediately excited.
But soon, they thought of a problem.
”Why do we have to make chips ourselves? Can’t we just buy them?”
”Buy them directly?” Kang Chi immediately shook his head, “Have you forgotten Huawei, which was cut off from chip supply? If we really made a camera and stole their home, do you think they would just sit there and wait for death?”
”But making chips… is also difficult, right?” Fang Qiming also quickly thought of the key point of the problem, “Can Daqin Optics hold on until Dahan Technology makes chips? ”
Kang Chi didn’t know how to explain this question.
If he said that he was confident that he could make a chip within one or two years,
Even the gatekeeper at the door would probably spit tea at him and laugh at him for bragging.
In fact, there is a loophole in Fang Qiming’s analysis just now. If Daqin Optics really wants to survive, there is another way out, no, two ways out.
The first one is very simple. Just like Green Union spent 26 yuan to buy Pingguo’s authentication chip, it can bow to Suoni and pay a large sum of protection fee.
But can anyone with backbone do this?! The second method is also very simple, that is, to directly create a data interface on the lens, so that users can go to Daqin’s official website and update the cracking program…
But doing so is troublesome and increases The cost is reduced, and the most important thing is that it will be a wedding dress for others.
Just imagine, if the cost of lenses is reduced, everyone will have more money left in their pockets,
The demand and budget for the camera body will probably increase at that time…
The recent surge in the sales of Sony cameras is the best proof.
Even if the demand does not increase, what if they directly raise the price of the camera body after seeing that the lenses cannot make money and reap the profits in disguise? So even if Daqin Optics sells lenses well, they are just drinking soup, and the camera manufacturers will eventually eat the meat.
Between drinking soup and eating meat, Kang Chi will definitely choose the latter without hesitation. He is a man with a system. Does it make sense to not steal their house directly but to fight with them in the same tower? !
Oh? (End of this chapter)