Chapter 364: 6th in the world! Apple is interested! 317.4 billion yuan, 2nd in the country!
On January 4, the news that Orange Mobile Phone topped the list of mobile phone shipments in China sparked heated discussions, and the terrifying sales volume of 50.1 million units in the global market was astonishing.
After all, Orange Technology has only been established for less than two years.
In 2012, the total number of mobile phone shipments in China was 370 million units (230 million smartphones), and following Orange Mobile were Samsung, Lenovo, Apple, ZTE and Huawei.
In other words, one in eight mobile phones sold last year was an Orange, and one in five smartphones sold was an Orange phone.
For a time, keywords such as "Orange Mobile Phone", "Chen Yansen", "No. 1 in China", and "50.1 million units" all topped the headlines of major portal websites.
An hour later, CCTV took three minutes to make a brief report on Orange Technology, and also mentioned that the China Science and Technology Association purchased the Orange Z1 instruction set architecture license.
As a loyal partner of Senlian Capital, Penguin News put a slogan in a prominent position on the homepage: "No. 1 in China! Orange mobile phone global shipments exceeded 50 million units in 2012!"
The headline of NetEase is: "After reading the research report of IHS iSuppli, I realized that last year's oranges were like a god of war, slashing mountains and stars and destroying apples!"
After the year-end performance review meeting with Zhou Shouzhi and others, Chen Yansen glanced at the hot news, smiled and shook his head.
Because he is more concerned about the data released by Gartner: last year, global mobile phone shipments reached 1.74 billion units, with Samsung far ahead with 380 million units, Nokia with 330 million units, Apple with 130 million units, ZTE with 67 million units, and LG with 58 million units.
Orange Mobile ranked sixth with 50 million units sold, followed by Huawei, BlackBerry, Motorola and TCL (mainly relying on Alcatel mobile phone sales).
"Boss, CCTV's "Everyone" and "Dialogue" program teams have sent invitations, and Lizhi TV's "Win in China" wants to invite you to be an entrepreneurial mentor."
As soon as Chen Yansen returned to the office, Ye Qiuping caught up with him.
In fact, talk shows from Luzhou, Jinling, Shanghai and other places also called, but Ye Qiuping thought the coverage was not wide enough, so she declined one by one, and finally only kept the three most influential programs.
The former is endorsed by CCTV, and the latter’s list of mentors also includes industry leaders such as Ma Liyun, Liu Chengzhi, and Wang Shi.
Chen Yansen's wealth and industry influence are certainly impressive, but in the eyes of most people, he is still that 20-year-old business genius.
But the actual financial resources he possesses are in no way inferior to those of the BAT Big Three.
In an era when television media is still influential, many entrepreneurs regard interviews and entrepreneurial programs as important promotional platforms for their companies and products.
This win-win cooperation model is helpful to Orange Technology and even Senlian Capital, so Ye Qiuping came here specifically to report.
"Say hello to Wang Xueting and ask her to help me recruit a secretary. Brains come first, and body and face come second."
Chen Yansen leaned back in his boss chair and gave instructions to Ye Qiuping.
"Do you want a boy or a girl?" Ye Qiuping asked tentatively.
"What do you think?" Chen Yansen asked back.
Ye Qiuping smiled awkwardly and continued, "Once the recording times of these three programs are confirmed, I will add them to your schedule. Boss, I can actually be your secretary."
"You? No." Chen Yansen refused decisively.
"Why?" Ye Qiuping frowned slightly, with a look of slight dissatisfaction on her face.
With her ability, she can even manage the Orange Technology brand department in an orderly manner, so being a secretary is naturally a piece of cake for her.
"You're too old. You're already 29. What boss would want to hire a secretary this old?"
Chen Yansen raised his eyebrows and joked jokingly.
Too old, already 29?
Ye Qiuping was slightly startled, her chest heaving violently, and her bright and moist eyes were suddenly filled with anger.
How am I old?
Next time I'll add some rat poison to the sugar water and poison you to death, you bastard! "Looking at your expression, you're not going to poison me to death with rat poison, are you?" Mr. Chen smiled and stared at Ye Qiuping and questioned.
"No, no, how could I dare? Besides, I can't bear to poison you to death."
Ye Qiuping blinked her eyes, looked ingratiating, and explained in a soft voice.
"Go out." After tormenting Ye Qiuping, Chen Yansen waved his hand contentedly.
What a bastard! Ye Qiuping couldn't help but curse in her heart.
But she didn't lie. She even thought about a young, rich, handsome and capable boss like Chen Yansen in her dreams.
Even though she was always overwhelmed by Chen Yansen during their relationship, and was always at a disadvantage, Master Ye enjoyed it! After Ye Qiuping left, Chen Yansen asked the administrative department to book a banquet hall in the Sky Garden to be used as the venue for tonight's drinking party.
Until the afterglow faded and dusk deepened, the group of people got into more than a dozen luxury cars and drove towards the city in a mighty manner.
There was a Mercedes-Benz MPV business car in front and behind, and the cars were full of the company's security personnel.
Chen Yansen was not afraid of any unexpected dangers, as it was mainly arranged for Cao Dahua, Liao Wei, Huang Zheng and others.
These three "ruthless characters", one is manipulating the labor price, one is manipulating the selling price, and the other is manipulating the merchants. I don't know how many unscrupulous merchants they have forced to lose their fortunes. Those who want to kill them can line up from the east gate of Xuyuan to Wangfujing in Yanjing.
It’s better to be careful, safety first!
at the same time.
The news about Orange’s mobile phone annual shipments is still fermenting and has quickly occupied the headlines of major websites. As long as the report is related to Orange Technology, the number of clicks, comments and reposts can reach more than 100,000 in a short period of time.
Lei Yijun felt even more inferior after learning that Orange smartphone ranked sixth on the global smartphone shipment list.
Faced with Zhou Hongyi's provocation, Lei Yijun gritted his teeth and immediately made up his mind: the mobile phone operating systems of Xiaomi 2A and Xiaomi 2S must all be switched to Aurora OS.
MIUI system made him lose face! He Boting, who obtained the Orange Z1 instruction set architecture license, rushed back to Shenzhen overnight to fully verify its energy efficiency, performance and integration.
Compared with ARM, Orange Technology's architecture licensing fee is extremely cheap, with a one-time licensing fee of 20 million yuan plus a 1% royalty commission.
If Orange Z1 can meet the technical requirements of HiSilicon chips, Huawei will abandon ARM's CPU architecture and switch to Orange Z1 to reduce costs.
After so many years, it’s not a pleasant feeling to be strangled by ARM.
Apple has the same mood as Huawei. ARM is ruthless in its pursuit of profit, and for this reason, Apple has to pay ARM 700 to 800 million US dollars in patent fees every year.
Jobs couldn't stand it, and Cook certainly couldn't stand it either.
Since 2011, Apple has started working on developing its own instruction set, but due to the high difficulty, it has never been able to get rid of its dependence on the ARM instruction set architecture.
The 'Swift architecture' launched by Apple is essentially still a derivative of the ARM instruction set architecture.
To put it bluntly, you still have to pay ARM!
When Cook learned about the existence of Orange Z1, he immediately became interested. Based on his experience, the fact that even the China Science and Technology Association and Huawei were willing to pay for the license showed that its coding efficiency, flexibility and compatibility were at least not worse than MIPS.
"Taylor, notify Isabel in the Asia office and ask her to send someone to Orange Technology headquarters to purchase the Orange Z1 architecture licensing patent."
After Cook pondered for a while, he gave instructions to his assistant.
Isabel is the English name of Ge Yue, managing director of Apple Asia. With her help, Orange Z1's technical patent can be obtained as soon as possible.
As for whether Orange Z1 can meet Apple's chip research and development requirements, Cook doesn't care.
Anyway, the annual licensing fee of 3 million US dollars is just a drop in the bucket for Apple.
What if Orange Technology can bring him a surprise?
The other side.
Xucheng District, rooftop banquet hall of the Sky Garden.
The room was magnificent, spacious and bright. Dozens of well-dressed men and women were holding wine glasses, with smiles and drunkenness on their faces, walking between the tables.
Chen Yansen sat down, clinked glasses with Cao Dahua and asked, "Have you been to school?"
"Nothing has changed. I just drank a few cups of tea with Old Tang." Cao Dahua chuckled, and the way he addressed Tang Qingshan also changed from 'Principal Tang' to 'Old Tang'.
"I won't go to the annual meetings of the Shenzhen and Luzhou factories. You and Cai Jingming will host them." Chen Yansen held the wine glass and shook it gently.
"Ah? Boss, we have been waiting for a year for you to encourage and cheer us up at the annual meeting."
Cao Dahua was stunned for a moment, then flattered him.
"The Q4 bonuses have already been paid, why should I be angry? You are not balloons! Okay, I trust you to do the job."
Chen Yansen raised his hand and pretended to pat his shoulder.
Seeing this, Lao Cao bent his waist, slid his shoulders, and instantly lowered himself a few centimeters, making it easier for Boss Chen to attack.
Chen Yansen laughed in silence, put his hand on Lao Cao's shoulder, and said in a serious tone: "In my heart, you are much more important than Orange Technology and Zhou Shouzhi. Help me manage the factory well and don't let me down."
Hearing this, Cao Dahua was excited, with tears in his eyes, and nodded heavily to assure: "No problem! Boss, please rest assured."
Chen Yansen smiled, calmly withdrew his hand, walked to the next table, and said to Xiao Jun of AutoNavi Maps: "The importance of electronic navigation software to the group is far beyond your imagination. It is more important than Pinbei Mall and Orange Technology. Keep up the good work. Among all the project leaders, I am most optimistic about you."
Xiao Jun agreed repeatedly, feeling warm in his heart.
After a few pleasantries, Chen Yansen approached Liao Wei of Yunsu Express and said, "The reason why I am most strict with you is because I am most optimistic about your talent for operations management."
After one round, Mr. Chen didn't encourage anyone, but just pumped them up. He also made a lot of big promises, which made these people so full that they couldn't even drink the wine.
"Brother Sen really hasn't changed at all." Wang Zihao said with a grin.
"Mr. Wang, shall we go over and toast the boss?" Hu Weiyi touched Wang Zihao's arm and suggested in a low voice.
Compared with big projects like Orange Technology, Pinbei Mall, and Yunsu Express, OFO Bike is just a small project with a daily revenue of 300,000 yuan. How could she dare to just sit there and wait?
Anyone with a little common sense knows to take the initiative and step forward.
"Okay." Wang Zihao saw an opening and squeezed over with Hu Weiyi.
"Boss, thank you for leading us forward. We will continue to work hard in the new year." Hu Weiyi said with a smile.
"Brother Sen, I wish you great wealth and an annual income of over 100 million." In the entire banquet hall, only Wang Zihao dared to joke with him.
"Mr. Hu, Zihao should have mentioned to you that Penguin Capital, Hillhouse Capital and Sequoia Capital all have the intention to invest in OFO. The group will then allocate a team of people to assist you in completing the A round of financing. How far the project can go depends on you."
Chen Yansen said lightly.
"Thank you, boss. I understand." Hu Weiyi nodded in response.
"Are you used to living in Hangzhou?" Chen Yansen asked casually, hooking his arm around Wang Zihao's neck.
"Except for the food, everything else is good. Offline business is much more difficult than online business. Although OFO bikes use smart locks and are equipped with GPS positioning chips, more than 300 bikes have been lost. It's outrageous."
Wang Zihao sat down and said with gritted teeth.
"There is no easy business when dealing with people. Once you understand human nature, you can stand on your own." Chen Yansen said calmly.
"Brother Sen, I'll just follow you. Why do I need to be on my own?" Wang Zihao scratched his head and took the opportunity to show his loyalty.
"I don't want someone who is too stupid." Chen Yansen replied.
For example, if Liao Wei cannot keep up with the company's development pace, Chen Yansen will definitely kick him out.
"..." Wang Zihao's face darkened, and he said weakly: "Brother Sen, you don't have to be so straightforward."
"I believe in your ability. No matter what, after two years of studying with me, if you don't make any progress at all, it would be a disgrace to me."
Chen Yansen smiled happily.
"Brother Sen, how much valuation do you think OFO can get?" Wang Zihao asked.
"Have you forgotten all your financial knowledge?" Chen Yansen rolled his eyes at him and asked unhappily.
"Based on the current average daily revenue level, the annual revenue is 108 million. If the price-to-sales ratio valuation method is used, the conservative valuation is 500 million and the optimistic valuation is 800 million. However, Didi Bike has only put 50,000 bicycles into use, but it has received a valuation of 2 billion. Using the industry comparison method, OFO's reasonable valuation is more than 2 billion."
“I haven’t forgotten the financial model, but the differences between the two valuation algorithms are quite large, so I have doubts,” Wang Zihao said with a smile on his face.
"Isn't that simple? We'll take the higher price. As long as the investor can accept it, 10 billion is fine, and it's also a reasonable offer."
Chen Yansen explained slowly.
Wang Zihao nodded, thoughtfully.
After three rounds of drinks, it was already dark outside the window.
Chen Yansen raised his hand and glanced at the time, then signaled everyone to disperse. He had a meeting tomorrow, and it would be perfect to end it at 10:30.
"Boss, I cooked some sweet soup." Ye Qiuping whispered in front of the hotel gate.
"Forget it. I've been drinking sugary drinks lately and I've gained weight."
Chen Yansen responded perfunctorily, then got into his Rolls-Royce and asked Xiao Li to drive him back to the Delta.
The next morning, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.
Meeting room in Building No. 6.
Chen Yansen sat in the main seat, and Huang Zheng presided over the year-end summary and performance review meeting. Zhang Wenbo, Xiang Pengfei, Hu Yun, Zhuang Rui, Cai Qiming, Fei Qiwen, Chen Peng, Song Yuncheng and others sat on his left and right.
"Old rules, Hu Yun goes first." Huang Zheng said calmly.
As the director of the data department, it is indeed more reasonable for Hu Yun to report first.
"Boss, Mr. Huang, let's first look at Pinbei's core data. Its annual GMV is 317.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2486.7% from 2011, ranking second in the industry."
Hu Yun opened the PPT, connected the screen projection, and spoke slowly.
Pinbei was launched on November 18, 2011, with total sales of 12.27 billion yuan for the whole year, so its growth rate was extremely high.
(End of this chapter)
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