At the international radio and television technology exhibition held in the United States, an unremarkable MPEG (image decompression) technology exhibited by C-cube company in the United States attracted the interest of Jiang Wanmeng, then general manager of Anhui Hyundai Group. He immediately intuitively thought that with this technology, images and sounds can be stored on one disk at the same time. Since then, Jiang Wanmeng has successively invested $570,000. 1September 1993, MPEG technology was successfully applied to audio-visual products, and a cheap audio-visual product, VCD, was developed. In 65438+February of the same year, he and Sun, a Chinese American, invested170,000 US dollars to set up Wanyan Company, and each took one of the names of Jiang Wanmeng and Sun as the company name. Facing the reporter's interview, Jiang Wanmeng seemed unusually calm, and he seemed unwilling to mention the past. In the 1993 VCD feasibility report of Anhui Modern Television Technology Research Institute, it is described that this is the only opportunity for China to take the lead in the field of consumer electronics at the end of this century. Therefore, Jiang Wanmeng conducted a series of market surveys, and got a series of figures: 1993 China, with the sales of 6,543.8+0.42 million sets of combined audio, 6,543.8+0.7 million sets of video recorders, 6,543.8+0.6 million sets of LD players and 6,543.8+0.6 million sets of CD players. At that time, the price of LD discs was four or five hundred yuan, while the price of VCD discs was only about 10%. Therefore, it can be predicted that the annual sales volume of VCD players will reach about 2 million units. People in China didn't know about VCD until the end of 1994. This year, Wan Yan produced thousands of VCD players. Not only that, Jiang Wanmeng also wants to develop CDs, but he can't let ordinary people buy guns without bullets. To this end, he purchased the copyright from 1 1 audio-visual publishing house and distributed 97 kinds of karaoke discs. In less than a year after its initial establishment, "Wanyan" invested everything, created a market, established a famous brand, and formed a set of molding technology to dominate the VCD industry. It can be said that Wan Yan's entrepreneurship is successful and brilliant. However, Wan Yan also brewed a cup of bitter wine for himself. What makes Jiang Wanmeng feel sad is that the first batch of 65,438+10,000 VCD players launched by Wan Yan were almost all bought by domestic and foreign home appliance enterprises as prototypes and became the objects of dissection. Some people think that Jiang Wanmeng's biggest mistake is that he doesn't understand patent protection. When the reporter asked him about it, his answer was quite frank: "Under the circumstances at that time, I thought it was meaningless to apply for a patent. The key is to let the products occupy the market as soon as possible. " Perhaps it is this difference that makes Jiang Wanmeng lose an excellent opportunity to lead the market, and at the same time makes China lose half of the country that should have taken the initiative in the development of this industry. Today, many years later, when the reporter asked him if he regretted it, he just smiled faintly, with a little helplessness, a little guilt and a permanent regret. Jiang Wanmeng founded Wan Yan Shu and raised the banner of China VCD player. He should also be praised by Chinese people for this. But judging from the final outcome of Wan Yan, the rise and fall of Wan Yan is somewhat sad. If, when Jiang Wanmeng developed the first VCD player, he immediately applied for a patent; If the state invested 240 million at that time, the plan to make Anhui a national VCD production and development base became a reality; If we say ... the history of VCD development in China and even the world, maybe we should write it in another way-an epic of the main theme sung by China people! Therefore, some people compare Jiang Wanmeng to a "revolutionary martyr" on the road of digital optical disc technology development in China.
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