Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Universal charger is the memory of a generation. In the era when mobile phone batteries can still be disassembled, it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as there is a mobile phone in the family, it is equipped with a universal charger. The inventor of the universal charger is from Zheng County. A high school student in No. 1 Middle School, Chen Tianhan.

Chen Tianhan's Universal Charger design first appeared in the 18th National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition in 2003.

Speaking of this matter, there is another very interesting phenomenon. Those who wrote this news early mistakenly wrote 2003 as 2002. As a result, many media followed up and said that it was 2002, and many people thought it was 2002. Until Someone went to the official website of the competition to check the list of winners to confirm that this happened in 2003.

The key is that as long as you are willing to check the 18th National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition, you will find that this happened in 2003, but for many years, no media is willing to check it. It has been so wrong for several years, but the media Has always claimed to be a representative of impartiality, objectivity and truth

Let's taste, let's taste slowly

Meng Qian wasn't particularly excited when he saw the three words Universal Charge, but a little excitement was inevitable, and he still cared about it.

After Hailutong Company released the first batch of universal chargers in China in 2003, it sold hundreds of thousands of them in 3 days, and Hailutong also transformed itself from a company with a net worth of less than one million because of the universal charger, and its assets increased dozens of times. In later generations, it became a well-established company.

You must know that Meng Qian just saw a statistic not long ago, the domestic mobile phone users have exceeded 200 million, the key is that there will be more and more in the future, and the mobile phones of this era are different from the mobile phones of later generations, and several mobile phones can be replaced in a year.

Meng Qian is not too excited because it is impossible to make too much money by relying on universal charging. On the one hand, the value of the product itself is a problem. On the other hand, there are three major reasons why Hailutong did not rely on universal charging to get rich. One is that there is no patent Second, after seeing the market potential, many big brands entered the market to suppress his limelight. Third, various small private workshops divided up the market.

For Meng Qian, he can grasp the patents and have brand competitiveness, but he can’t stand up to the small workshops everywhere. The technical content of the Universal Charger is too low. The small workshops copy it as soon as they say it. This thing is more lethal when competing among enterprises, but it is useless when fighting against such small workshops.

Meng Qian simply estimated that if he were to make a universal charger, it might cost hundreds of millions? This is Meng Qian's ideal prediction for the time being.

But there is one thing that supports Meng Qian's desire to win the Universal Charger, that is, Meng Qian is planning to open an accessories factory, just looking for cutting-in products.

3C accessories, also known as the 3C secondary market, are relatively low-key compared to the primary market. After all, they are accessories, just like supporting roles. It sounds like they are not worth much and have no technical content. I found that Apple, Samsung, and Huawei are all on it.

A very simple example, the Xiaomi Bluetooth headset sells for 100, the Huawei Bluetooth headset sells for 400, but the Apple Bluetooth headset can be sold for 1800.

For example, Pinsheng, the largest 3C accessories company in China, does not have any high-end products, and its annual output value exceeds 6 billion.

Accessories are things that look inconspicuous but have a large market and product competitiveness.

And in many cases, the quality of the accessories is an important plus point for the brand. Since they are going to make computers, mobile phones, and even cameras, the layout of the aftermarket is indispensable.

Now it's time to start with the universal charger, Meng Qian thinks it is a good choice.

After waiting patiently in the room for a while, after the organizer came to call Meng Qian, he pretended to wander casually to Chen Tianhan's side, "What is this?"

"This is a universal mobile phone charger, and it can also be called a universal charger."

"Universal mobile phone charger?" Meng Qian looked at the instructions pretending not to understand, "You mean, you can use this thing to charge the battery of any mobile phone brand?"

"Yes." Chen Tianhan had the confidence that a young man of his age should have.

"What is the principle? Is it convenient to talk about it?"

"In fact, the principle is very simple. I have researched a total of 263 charging contact points of mobile phone batteries. I found that the height of the contact points of all mobile phone batteries is almost the same. The only difference is the distance between the positive and negative contact points. .

Although the principle is simple, it took me almost a year to make the first universal charger, and I did hundreds of experiments. "

"How many mobile phone brands have you used this universal charger?"

"There are more than 100." Chen Tianhan replied with certainty, "No problem."

Meng Qian gave an approving expression, "Then what commercial value do you think this thing has?"

Meng Qian, who noticed that Chen Tianhan was silent, raised his head, and saw him looking at Meng Qian in a daze, then scratched his head, "I don't understand."

Only then did Meng Qian realize that a child of this age understands what commercial value is, and people who engage in scientific and technological innovation are driven by hobbies and interests, "Do you like electronic products very much?"

"Well, I like it. I have disassembled all the electrical appliances in my house."

"Very good, more hands-on, more practice." Meng Qian patted Chen Tianhan's arm, and no longer seemed deliberate in staying longer, and started to go shopping elsewhere.

On August 20th, with the closing of the competition, Dafeng Group's Youth Science and Technology Innovation Elite Award also began to be awarded. Chen Tianhan received the medal and bonus without any surprise. After dinner in the evening, Meng Qian called Chen Tianhan into a meeting alone room.

"Mr. Meng." Talking to Meng Qian alone, Chen Tianhan still seemed a little uneasy.

Meng Qian tried his best to show kindness to ease his tension, "Tian Han, you are a sophomore this year, right?"

"Yes."

"I heard from your teacher that your grades are very good. Which university is your goal?"

"Tsinghua University or Yanda University."

Meng Qian’s impression of Chen Tianhan’s descendants is that he was admitted to Tsinghua University, and he can’t remember more about Chen Tianhan. After all, he only saw it in a science and technology book. If it wasn’t because he was the inventor of the universal charger , this name is hard to impress.

"By the way, Tianhan, regarding the universal charger you invented, our company researched it and found that it has certain commercial value. Simply put, it can be sold for money, so I want to buy your technology."

"Ah?" Chen Tianhan didn't know how to respond. At this time, Chen Tianhan had no concept of patents at all, so in that life, everyone said that the reason why Hailutong never cared about technical plagiarism was that besides being unable to control it, there was another reason. Because it directly copied Chen Tianhan's technology.

Of course, Hailutong has never publicly responded to this matter, but Chen Tianhan has never made a penny through the invention of the universal charger anyway. Different people will have their own judgments on many things.

So Meng Qian can just use the technology directly, but this is obviously not his style, and he values ​​the universal charger and Chen Tianhan more. To Meng Qian, talents are more precious than anything else, "As far as I know you This technology has not been patented, so there is no way to buy it through patent transfer, I think we can buy it directly through negotiation, and I want to buy your technology for 100,000 yuan."

Meng Qian wanted to give a little more, but for a high school student, if he really gave him 1 million, he might be frightened, and now no one knows how big the market for universal charging is. In everyone's opinion, the cost of this thing is It's only a few dollars, and it can't be sold for a big price. Meng Qian can give 100,000, which is too much for people who don't have the perspective of God.

Facing the price offered by Meng Qian, Chen Tianhan was completely stunned, and instinctively said, "I want to ask my father."

"Okay." Meng Qian took out his mobile phone and asked Chen Tianhan to call his father.

The communication with Chen Tianhan's father was very smooth. When the other party heard that his son's nonsense could sell for 100,000 yuan, he wished to sell it quickly, especially after knowing that the buyer was Dafeng Group.

His father agreed, so Chen Tianhan naturally didn't say much, but Meng Qian told him, "In the future, if you have an invention, you must develop the habit of applying for patents. As an individual, it may be troublesome to apply for foreign patents, but it is still better to apply for domestic patents." More convenient, this is a kind of protection for oneself."

Chen Tianhan nodded ignorantly, and Meng Qian didn't know if he stopped in, so he didn't talk about it, "You accept this."

Meng Qian handed a letter to Chen Tianhan's hands.

"this is?"

"This is the invitation card of Dafeng Group. After going to college, you can come to Dafeng Group for internship or participate in some public training courses during summer vacation with the invitation card. The invitation card of our Dafeng Group was issued to college students before. This time The winners are the first batch of middle and high school students who received invitation cards, and you are the first, so you are No. 1."

Chen Tianhan opened the envelope with Meng Qian's nod and permission, and saw an exquisite card with the letterhead of Dafeng Group and a message: the road to success is hard work, and the shortcut to success is persistence.

In the lower right corner is a string of numbers: 000001.