Chapter 328: Exciting Price
Without keeping the audience in suspense, Shirakawa Kaede walked towards the display stand and began to explain.
“In everyone’s impression, there is a music player with this kind of sound quality and experience.
They should all be placed on the TV cabinet at home, or have a fixed display table like a vinyl record player.
Then the family sits on the sofa in the living room and quietly enjoys their favorite music. "
"But..." Baichuan Feng walked to the CD player, stopped, and turned to look at the audience.
"Please note that the name I used when introducing this CD player just now is, portable CD player!"
As he spoke, Baichuan Feng held up the small CD player on the display stand with one hand and slowly lifted it up.
In the dark, he quickly put the battery box under the display stand into the pocket behind his butt with his other hand.
Then, amid everyone's exclamations, he picked up the CD player and walked to the front of the stage.
All this was done in just a few seconds, and the lighting technician also cooperated very well.
The lamp post was always hitting the CD player. As for the small movements of Baichuan Feng's other hand, no one noticed it under the dim light.
The picture presented to everyone was that Shirakawa Kaede held up the small CD player with one hand while talking on the stage and pacing back and forth leisurely.
The music on the speakers never stopped, still playing the sweet voice of Seiko Matsuda.
"A portable CD player is what you see now. It can be taken out of the house like a Walkman, allowing you to enjoy high-quality music anytime, anywhere."
Under the dim light, it was hard to tell what Norio Ohga looked like, but Ozone Kozo, who was sitting next to him, knew that a storm must be brewing in his heart.
Not to mention Ohga Norio who was in a uncertain mood, even Ozone Kozo, who had always been extremely arrogant and looked down on Shirakawa Denki, showed an expression of disbelief at this moment.
How did they do it? Is all this real? Are they sure that what the other person is holding is not a model?
You should know that at that time Sony couldn't even produce a complete prototype , but Shirakawa Electric not only produced it, but even miniaturized it into a portable mini model.
While Ozone Kozo was stunned by Shirakawa Electric's portable CD player, the audience was already cheering.
Although everyone present here is either rich or noble, they also know that being able to make such a high-quality music player in such a small size is definitely a very cool and amazing thing.
Cheers and applause rang out, and every innovative work that surprises people is worthy of everyone's congratulations.
“As you can see, our D-01 portable CD player can be used as a mini music player that you can carry with you.
Go outdoors, travel, or on the way to work, and enjoy music anytime, anywhere.
It can even be used as part of the sound system, greatly simplifying the construction of venue-based sound systems.”
Having said that, Baichuan Feng turned around and prepared to continue the demonstration.
Suddenly, there was a slight "hiss" sound, and the song in the speakers paused slightly.
Baichuan Feng's heart skipped a beat, then he pretended to stop and fiddled with the microphone in his hand.
"Ahem~ Sorry, there's something wrong with the microphone."
After slowing down his pace, the singing returned to normal. This time he learned his lesson and walked slowly to the display stand with a leisurely pace.
Nakajima Heitaro and Ogawa Hiroshi, who had been standing by the edge of the stage, wiped the sweat from their foreheads with lingering fear when they saw the CD player return to normal.
Fortunately, fortunately, our boss has quick wit, otherwise it would be a lot of fun.
"The songs you just heard were all provided by small speakers like this." Baichuan Feng's calm voice still sounded very graceful.
Click, another column of light came on, and a small stereo speaker was placed next to the CD player.
While everyone's attention was drawn, he quickly stuffed the battery box from his back pocket into the secret compartment under the display stand.
"This is the new active speaker that Shirakawa Electric launched this year, the Edifier series."
After putting the CD player in place, Shirakawa Kaede began to show off his own speakers.
"Have you noticed that this speaker can still produce sound without an amplifier?"
In this era, speakers cannot work without the assistance of an amplifier, but the speakers from Shirakawa Electric stood alone on the display stand and were still able to play music.
This is indeed very unusual, because most of the people here have a sound system at home, and that big amplifier is usually placed in the middle of the speakers, and it looks quite eye-catching.
Without it, the speaker is just a useless box, but this is obviously not the case with Shirakawa Electric's products.
“That’s because we’ve shrunk the amplifier down and put it into this tiny little speaker, which we call an active speaker.
So as you can see, a CD player and an active speaker can form a sound system. "
Shirakawa Feng put the CD player and speakers together, and the two devices together only took up a very small space.
“You know what that means? It means that with this combination, we can quickly build a sound system anywhere.
Outdoor activities, gatherings with friends, etc., we don’t need to rely on professionals, we can do everything with just one connection line.”
Under the light, there was nothing between the CD player and the speaker except a connecting wire.
It is such a simple combination that can achieve the effect of connecting a large number of equipment together.
What is technology? This is technology! What is innovation? This is innovation!
This operation by Shirakawa Electric is equivalent to miniaturizing and making the entire audio system, which usually can only be placed at home, portable.
How big is the sound system at home, and how big is the sound system in front of you?
Without comparison, there is no intuitive reflection of progress.
Thunderous applause rang out in the hall. The foreigners sitting in the front applauded especially enthusiastically, because they felt that this machine was made for parties.
They were fed up with the piles of wires and huge, bulky sound equipment that they had to connect when they held a party, but with the little thing in front of them, everything became simple.
When the applause died down a bit, Baichuan Feng raised his hand to attract everyone's attention.
"So how much does this set of audio equipment cost?"
As he finished his words, fast-paced music sounded in the hall and the lights began to flash, faster and faster.
Finally, when everyone's emotions were fully aroused, Baichuan Feng waved his hand behind him, "Please look!"
Brush, there is a portable CD player on the projector behind, and the parameters and prices of the active speakers appear.
"Portable CD player, 49,800 yen!"
"Powered speakers, 39,800 yen!"
"Oh~!" Huge cheers came from the audience, and the media reporters frantically pressed their shutter buttons again.
The people around were immersed in a sea of carnival, except for Norio Ohga and Kozo Ozone, who seemed to be submerged in the water.
The price of the projector was beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone originally thought that such an innovative product would cost at least 100,000 yen.
But I didn't expect that it was not even half of that. Even the portable CD player and active speakers were less than 100,000 yen.
Too cheap!
Although everyone is not short of money, as investors, they know that only such a price has the potential to explode.
Isn’t price the first thing that ordinary consumers consider?
This wave is stable, and many heads of institutions are already planning to talk to Mr. Shirakawa about the stock issues later.
"A CD can hold nearly 50 songs, about twice as many as a tape.
There is no doubt that our CD player can allow everyone to freely swim in the ocean of music.
Of course, in addition to speakers, you can also plug in headphones to a portable CD player, and then enjoy your personal music time with peace of mind. "
As Baichuan Feng finished speaking, several models of Baichuan Electric's headphones appeared on the projection.
We have everything from earbuds to head-mounted high-fidelity and noise-canceling headphones.
As for advertising, of course we have to do it all at once.
If time wasn't limited, Baichuan Feng would have wanted to bring out every product of his own for a test drive.
Amidst the prolonged applause, the audience watched everything with great interest.
That’s amazing! Shirakawa Electric is worthy of its reputation for innovation.
When it comes to bringing surprises to consumers, we never disappoint.
Shirakawa Kaede on the stage was also very happy to see everyone's enthusiasm.
It seems to be working well, especially for the heads of investment institutions sitting with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and Nomura Securities.
They have been whispering with the two underwriting institutions and are having a great time chatting.
If the company's stock performs as expected, it should welcome the first wave of customers soon.
The introduction of the CD player came to an end, and the prototype and speakers beside Shirakawa Kaede were pushed down by the staff along with the entire display stand.
Well, there are many things going on under the display stand, and it is not a place to stay on the stage for long. Since it has completed its mission, it should leave the stage as soon as possible.
Just when everyone thought that today's briefing was coming to an end, Baichuan Feng was still standing on the stage with no intention of leaving.
At this moment, Staff-san's signal was faintly heard from behind in the darkness, and Shirakawa Feng nodded slightly.
"Everyone, I just talked about the new products that Shirakawa Electric will launch this year. Now let's talk about what other plans Shirakawa Electric has for the future."
Having said that, Shirakawa Kaede took out a black disk from his pocket and showed it to the audience below the stage.
"Does anyone know what this is?"
"Floppy disk~" The sound came from below one after another.
After the shock just now, everyone's enthusiasm has been aroused.
“Yes, it is a 700KB floppy disk. I believe many of my friends also have a floppy disk like this.
After all, it is the only device that can realize mobile storage, and it is indispensable in daily office and life. "
Although no one knew what he was up to, seeing him talking so eloquently, everyone calmed down and listened to his detailed explanation on the stage.
But Ohga Norio, who had always been taciturn, seemed to understand something.
“Although floppy disks are indispensable mobile storage devices, they also have various shortcomings.
For example, small capacity, high price , easy to damage, etc., all kinds of inconveniences.
So is there any other similar storage media that can replace the floppy disk? "
"Eh?" There was a sound of surprise from the audience. Could it be...
