According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.
...Choose one of the two options
If she could, Xing Baohua wouldn't want to make a choice at all.
Whether you choose to outsource manufacturing or pursue comprehensive development on your own.
Xing Baohua will definitely have to pay a heavy price.
Xing Baohua had no idea how much the cost would be, and in fact, he didn't want to know.
I asked Xu Si earlier, but he didn't say. Let him think about it himself first.
Choose one of the two.
If possible, then go for the last one, but it seems like the last one isn't so easy to get either.
Xing Baohua lit a cigarette and frowned as he thought to himself.
Why must we choose one of the two?
What would happen if I refused?
If I choose to choose, I will receive full support from the G family. If I don't choose, will I be punished or something?
He had to break out of this circle. Xing Baohua wanted the support of the G family, but didn't want to pay any price.
This is a conflicted feeling. Moreover, I was emotionally unstable just now, probably because the other party was putting too much pressure on me.
The greatest pressure comes from the invisible.
In the past, before Xing Baohua had achieved much success, he only had that kind of fearless, energetic spirit.
But now, with a large family and assets worth tens of millions, it's normal to have concerns.
We've been cautious from the very beginning, afraid of being taken advantage of. It hasn't been easy to get to where we are today.
We must break free from this mindset. If we're afraid of everything, what's the point of fighting?
For a company to develop, it cannot just grow rapidly; it also needs time to plan and strategize.
After finishing his cigarette, Xing Baohua approached Xu Si and asked, "Do I have any other options?"
"Why do you say that?" Xu Si looked at Xing Baohua curiously.
“Because this is my factory. I’m in charge.” Xing Baohua smiled slightly.
Xu Si was slightly taken aback when he saw Xing Baohua's smiling face, which seemed to be a rejection.
This surprised him.
Few people with the courage would dare to refuse, without even considering who Xu Si represents.
“I’ve thought about it. My company needs to follow my own path, not be confined by lines drawn by others or bound by rules and regulations. Aren’t I developing very quickly now? In just eight months, I’ve gone from having no money at all to having invested over ten million. Who would think that? Who would dare to do it?”
Xing Baohua said softly.
Xu Si nodded, then remained silent and did not state his conditions further.
Whether she said it or not, Xing Baohua clearly had a negative attitude.
Forcing something on him might have the opposite effect.
When Xu Si left, he gave Xing Baohua a phone number.
"This is my phone number. No matter what difficulties you encounter that you can't solve, give me a call."
Looking at the phone number on the note and watching the convoy depart, Xing Baohua said with a wry smile, "The problem is that we're short-handed!"
This problem has never been solved.
There is a nationwide shortage of people; college students are as precious as pandas.
If we grit our teeth and persevere for two years, it will be easy to poach all kinds of talent. Some will go into business, others will be unemployed. As long as we set up a human resources department, we can find people everywhere, enough to make our heads spin.
Back in his office, Xing Baohua had just sat down when he suddenly remembered that the city hadn't notified him to attend the reception that evening.
It's estimated that they didn't agree to the ministries' conditions and have been marginalized.
However, Xu Si said that developing a separate mobile phone project is also a good idea.
I took advantage of my time at the Canton Fair to develop two products.
What if we outsource the surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturing?
Does the ministry mean that he should train a few apprentices?
As the saying goes, "Teaching an apprentice can lead to the master's starvation."
But could they really starve to death?
In the 2G mobile phone era, there were so many domestic brands in China! And their advertisements were everywhere.
The rooster in the fighter jet has already become a source of inspirational stories even before the 4G era.
Only about a dozen companies managed to survive. And more than half of them were still producing foreign products.
What does this mean? Is it that the equipment is not keeping up, or that the technology is not keeping up?
Xing Baohua hadn't studied the reasons for their failure, but he knew two things: their technical skills were outdated and their sales mindset was out of touch with the times.
This led to most domestic manufacturers of 2G phones gradually withdrawing from the market.
Xing Baohua recalled reading a newspaper article that said Bird was no longer profitable in the mobile phone industry and was shifting its focus to the automotive sector.
Is the mobile phone business not very profitable anymore?
This situation simply means that with a large business and significant expenses, there are bound to be no profits.
If you spread the debt across the phone profits, you're lucky you won't end up with a negative profit.
Therefore, when profits are so high, you must save up enough money.
Develop gradually, maintain profitability and cash flow.
Don't launch a whole bunch of projects at once. If there's any risk or cash flow problem, the entire project could fall into trouble.
Call the only designer over.
Xing Baohua and he studied the appearance of the candybar phone together.
Xing Baohua came up with two basic phone models, one luxury version and one stylish version.
The "luxury version" borrows features from knock-off phones, including a large speaker and a large battery. The problem is that it requires modifying a stripped-down version of the knock-off phone, which only has a phone number storage function; its biggest selling point is its loud ringtone.
The phone rings so loudly that anyone within ten meters can hear it.
Vibration? We'll have to adjust it for the next model or the one after that, depending on market conditions.
The fashion version will be small, lightweight, and have interchangeable covers.
The downsides are short talk and standby time. If you have to recharge it several times a day, can it still be called a cell phone?
A nice design comes at the cost of battery life.
Xing Baohua is also considering whether to use an external antenna. The disadvantage of an internal antenna is that it increases the power of the signal receiver.
This will consume even more electricity.
After careful consideration, Xing Baohua decided to add an external antenna.
If the battery could be made ultra-thin according to his ideas, perhaps he could design something even more beautiful.
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