Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
In the 1990s, Motorola was the absolute leader in the mobile phone market, occupying 100% of the market share.
One hundred percent, what a terrible ratio!
At the time, even Nokia hadn't managed to snatch a single sliver of market share from Motorola's monopoly in the cellular phone market. To promote their phones, Nokia called wireless bureaus and communications administration bureaus nationwide, pitching them. Most people in the communications industry had never heard of the brand, and many hung up the phone after hearing Nokia's introduction.
At that time, people only knew and recognized Motorola.
In order to break the inherent impression of Motorola in the minds of Chinese people, Wan Feng must at least ensure that he cannot lose in this pager war, and the best result is to win.
After more than half a month of pager war, too many people in Xianggang, Shenzhen Town and the entire Dongguan Province Reconstruction Province have known about the Huaguang Company.
Faced with the stranglehold of two international giants, Motorola and Panasonic, Huaguang not only survived, but also repeatedly and proactively lowered the price of pagers to fight back, which made the Chinese people full of curiosity about this company.
Hunan, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other TV stations all reported on this post-New Year pager war.
The pager market itself is still a blue ocean. It is far from being booming and there is still a lot of profit space. However, the other party chose this time to attack Wan Feng, so he will naturally fight to the end.
"Boss Wan! Do you want to lower the price of pagers further?"
Ling Yunwei asked.
Wan Feng was planning to go to Shanghai to take a look. In case communication was not smooth in Shanghai, he asked in advance.
"Watch the other party's price. If they lower it, we'll lower it too. We'll keep lowering until they stop. That way, we'll see how determined they are."
Both VCDs and pickup trucks are on sale in Nanwan. There is no need to worry about the sales of pickup trucks, but the VCDs need a period of market adaptation and digestion.
From the very beginning, Wan Feng never expected this thing to become a hot-selling project.
Shanghai Huaguang Electronics has opened for business. Chen Wenxin and Tan Sheng told me that the opening day was unprecedentedly grand, with leaders from the Pudong Development Zone in attendance.
Now that things here are almost done, he has to go over and take a look.
Before going to Shanghai, Wan Feng drove to Wuquan Development Zone.
The enterprise in the development zone is officially named Nanwan Heidao Automobile Co., Ltd., and its main business is the production of various trucks.
What can be produced here now are pointed-nose trucks. In addition, production lines for dump trucks and flat-nose trucks are being laid out. Both lines are expected to be put into production in May or June.
Nanwan Auto now has more than 2,000 workers, most of whom moved here from Nandawan with the new factory. More than 1,000 people recruited locally and in nearby towns at the end of last year are still receiving training.
More than 100 trucks can now be produced here every day. They go directly into the market from the factory gate and are immediately absorbed by the market.
China's demand for vehicles is now astonishingly high. Judging from the speed at which the market absorbs vehicles, it seems that no matter how many vehicles are produced, they will be completely absorbed by the market.
It’s a pity that the company’s production capacity is limited. The output of 50,000 units on one production line has shocked domestic peers.
Tan Chun has already started the second phase of the construction of the development zone. He has a lot of projects this year. Although there are no more projects in Jiangwei, he has taken on the diesel engine factory project in the development zone.
The hundreds of people under him were also busy and exhausted.
The diesel engine factory has established a branch factory in the development zone with a production capacity of 300,000 engines. Once completed and put into production, this factory will be able to meet the engine needs of Nanwan Heidao Automobile.
About half of the harbor has been filled, and standing on the shore, the filled area extends two miles into the sea.
Yu Qingtao's main task now is to command his vehicles to fill the sea. His fleet has grown to about 300 vehicles, which are constantly moving sand and gravel from the mountains on both sides to the sea.
The filling is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
After the earthwork is filled, the port will be built. If the county has no plan to run a train to the port, he plans to connect the train to Jiangwei to the development zone.
After returning from the development zone, Wan Feng hurriedly flew to Shanghai with a few people.
Tan Sheng and Lu Jinshui went to Hongqiao to pick up the passengers, as it would be convenient once Pudong Airport is completed.
The registered name of Shanghai Enterprise is Huaguang Electronics, and the scientific research building and workshop have been put into use.
Tan Sheng and Lu Jinshui accompanied Wan Feng around the research building for more than two hours.
This place is divided into many areas, such as transistor area, integrated circuit area, wafer area, front-end and back-end area, with a total of twenty or thirty areas.
There are 1,400 to 1,500 corporate scientific researchers accepted here, but when they are thrown into these areas, they seem empty. Sometimes you can't see anyone for several minutes.
"There are still not enough people here. It would be nice if it were crowded someday."
If an electronics company has fewer scientific researchers, it means it lacks strength.
Electronics companies are driven forward by technological power.
"Boss Wan! The reopening of Huaguang Electronics has caused a huge stir among Shanghai's semiconductor companies. Many employees and technicians from companies that were struggling to get by have been visiting us these past few days, asking about our salaries and recruitment requirements. Although I've answered their questions truthfully, I'm afraid to accept them."
When we first approached them, they were on the sidelines. But now that the company has started operations, some people are eager to come.
"We'll take as many senior technicians and experts as we can without hesitation. Ordinary technicians are also fine. As for ordinary employees, we have to be selective. Of course, we have to choose those who are young and strong. This is different from the past when we accepted those few companies. Back then, we had to accept everyone, no matter what kind of people they were. Now, of course, we have to be selective."
Of course, we want as many senior technical personnel as possible, even if there are tens of millions, it will not be too few.
"I see."
Huaguo Electronics currently has around 4,000 employees, and this gap is huge. The number of employees at Huaguang Electronics in the future will definitely be over 10,000.
Now people are no longer a problem. Once a company has established itself, people will naturally come to it, and they will be very selective.
It’s not that Wan Feng has no sympathy, but what would he do with the old, weak and sick?
He had no objection to the units he accepted. Since they were being completely merged, of course he had to accept everything.
In the research building, Wan Feng also met several acquaintances, who were the experts who had traveled to Jiangwei before.
Now each of these experts is in charge of a department to conduct scientific research.
The director of the research building is Yao Guosheng, a top figure in the field of integrated circuits in China, and his two deputies are also familiar faces: Qiu Zhen and Kong Lingyan.
Wan Feng shook hands with them warmly and told them to raise any opinions and suggestions they had, and that the company would absolutely respect the experts' advice.
"That's good, that's good!"
The three supervisors spoke from the heart.