Chapter 787 Lei Yijun: President Chen, I want to build cars! 80 gigawatt-hours, annual output value of 30 billion US dollars!
Holidays are always too short, perhaps because people's perception of the passage of time is significantly weakened when they are relaxed.
In the blink of an eye, it's February 25th, the first working day after the New Year.
At 10:00 AM, Xiaomi launched its new product, the Xiaomi Note, priced at 2999 yuan, aiming to compete with the iPhone 6 Plus and penetrate the high-end smartphone market.
Following closely behind, Lenovo officially announced the launch of a global business restructuring and layoff plan due to its continued poor performance.
The reason behind this is actually quite simple: the PC era has come to an end, and the mobile internet era has truly arrived.
Last year, China shipped over 400 million smartphones, while computer sales were only 290 million units, indicating a turning point in the industry.
Meanwhile, companies such as 360, NetEase, LeEco, Meizu, and Meitu also released their spring new products.
Although these models are mostly incremental updates, they can still sell millions of units by simply changing some exterior designs, upgrading the processor, or adding new color options.
Against the backdrop of rapid economic development, users have a very high acceptance of these products, and the domestic smartphone industry has entered a golden age.
However, some netizens joked: "This is actually the golden age of Orange Technology!"
The reason is that Xiaomi, 360, and Meitu phones are all, in essence, "special edition" phones from Orange Technology.
From supply chain management and operating system development to manufacturing, companies like Meitu, 360, and LeEco have all entrusted Orange Technology with their after-sales services.
How can this be considered an independent brand?
Aside from the brand name and the pre-installed software that cannot be uninstalled, they are almost indistinguishable from Orange phones.
This is precisely the core reason why these brands can sell millions, or even tens of millions, of units every year.
Users are buying a budget-friendly alternative to the Orange phone!
At the same time, Orange Interactive Entertainment announced that it had invested 200 million yuan in Happy Twist and simultaneously invested in the company's first theatrical film, "Goodbye Mr. Loser".
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Forest Science and Technology Park, in front of the main building No. 1.
Chen Yansen took the bag of red envelopes handed to him by Xu Xingxing and, like a "human prize-giving machine," distributed New Year's red envelopes to the first 1,000 employees who arrived at work.
The benefits are limited to the first 1,000 people; other employees can only receive them through the Yunzhou App.
If everyone receives the red envelopes on-site, they won't have to work all day; all their time will be spent handing out red envelopes.
It took Chen Yansen more than forty minutes to hand the last red envelope to Zhang Peng, patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "You're pretty lucky, kid!"
This sentence has a double meaning. First, it means that the other person just received the 1000th red envelope; second, it praises his good fortune, saying that he has basically never suffered in his life.
For the first twenty years, he was taken care of by his parents. As soon as he graduated, he met a rich and good-looking boss. He then switched jobs to Orange Payment and was soon transferred to Semir Online.
Even more fortunately, I won a three-bedroom apartment in a raffle at the annual meeting, which felt like a trial run of my life.
"Thank you, boss, it's all thanks to your guidance back then!"
Zhang Peng grinned.
Previously, his parents were firmly opposed to his wife because she was nine years older than him. It was Chen Yansen who came up with the idea of a "baby-making scheme" to finally persuade his family to give in.
After all, we already have a grandson, we can't just abandon him, can we?
Chen Yansen waved his hand, then waved to the dozens of employees behind him who hadn't received any red envelopes, indicating the event was over. He then turned and walked into the elevator, returning to his office.
Throughout the morning, he held brief video conferences with each subsidiary.
After that, the operations of Senlian Group officially got back on track in 2015.
On the other hand, the Yaoguang E1 pure electric vehicle is still undergoing testing across the country, covering scenarios such as range, high and low temperature adaptability, and driving in harsh road conditions, with the aim of identifying and resolving all potential problems one by one before its official launch.
In Chen Yansen's view, there are only two kinds of people in this world: his employees and those who may become his employees in the future. He would never risk the lives of his own employees to test drive cars.
At 3 p.m., Zhou Shouzhi sent a message informing me that the 2015 Mobile World Congress would be held in Barcelona.
"I won't go. You find someone to represent you. Forget it, let Wang Teng go."
Chen Yansen casually assigned the task.
This conference is a great opportunity to promote the Aurora Future Operating System and launch several new products, making it the perfect opportunity to hand it over to Wang Teng.
Because he has been in charge of coordinating all the company's new product launches for the past few years, he is very experienced.
"Okay, boss, I understand."
Zhou Shouzhi immediately agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yansen continued to refine the engine design drawings for Yunkun Aerospace.
There are only so many space resources in low Earth orbit. If other aerospace companies occupy more of them, Yunkun Aerospace will get less of its share. We can't afford to be slow.
at the same time.
Lei Yijun, who was far away in Beijing, sat alone in his office after a high-level meeting with Lin Bing, Li Wanqiang and others, pondering the future of Xiaomi.
In his view, the smartphone industry chain is already highly mature. Whether it is processors, RAM chips, screens, batteries, or operating systems and intelligent voice assistants, patent licenses can be obtained from Orange Technology by paying for them.
But what if Xiaomi were to develop it independently?
He knew very well that, even if he could successfully develop a similar product, the cost problem would be impossible to solve.
It should be noted that StarSource Technology, with its Dawn A220 lithography machine, has already reduced the price of mobile phone chips with the same process technology to 90% of Qualcomm's. Xiaomi's rash investment in research and development at this time would be a pure waste of money.
What about making home appliances?
That won't work either!
This track has long been completely blocked by the Senlian Group.
Today, Senlian Group's electric fans, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, and various small kitchen and bathroom appliances not only firmly occupy a place in the market, but their market share continues to expand.
"Building new energy vehicles?"
Thinking of this, Lei Yijun's eyes lit up.
He Xiaopeng and Jia Yaoting can do it, so there's no reason why I can't!
Moreover, it is clear that Chen Yansen does not prohibit those who follow his lead from getting involved in the tram industry.
After clarifying his thoughts, Lei Yijun immediately picked up the phone and dialed Chen Yansen's number, then got straight to the point: "Mr. Chen, I want to build cars!"
"Building cars?"
Chen Yansen was slightly taken aback, somewhat dazed.
He never expected that Lei Yijun, who neither chose the home appliance sector nor made any investments, would eventually set his sights on the new energy vehicle industry.
Years later, someone joked that Lei Yijun's name contains the characters for "electricity" and "car," implying that he was wasting his talent by not working on new energy vehicles.
He certainly understood Lei Yijun's subtext: he simply wanted to obtain the battery supply rights from DeepBlue Technology.
Chen Yansen naturally wouldn't refuse.
When business comes knocking, there's no reason to turn it down.
He didn't care what kind of car Xiaomi could build.
In any case, DeepBlue Technology is a co-mentor unit of the New Energy Electric Vehicle Association and a standard setter in the industry, so it is fully capable of guiding the development direction of the entire new energy battery industry.
"Building cars is a huge investment project. Are you sure you've thought this through?"
Chen Yansen countered with a question.
Lei Yijun replied firmly on the other end of the phone: "President Chen, the smartphone market is becoming increasingly competitive, and Xiaomi must find new growth points."
New energy vehicles are the future trend, and I don't want to miss this opportunity. Moreover, with DeepBlue Technology involved, the core energy problem of batteries has been solved.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yansen finally agreed.
Essentially, Lei Yijun didn't need to specifically notify him about building cars. It was only because of the existence of Orange Auto that they took the initiative to "inform" him, which was a sign of respect.
In addition, after multiple rounds of capacity expansion, DeepBlue Technology, BYD and CATL have achieved an annual battery production capacity of 70 gigawatt-hours, accounting for almost 60% of the global market share.
Most other lithium battery factories can only pick up scraps in the low-margin market that DeepBlue Technology has abandoned, while DeepBlue Technology firmly holds the lion's share of the industry's profits.
With the increasing number of players entering the new energy vehicle market, an additional 10 gigawatt-hours of production capacity will be added in the second half of this year, and the annual industrial output value is expected to reach 30 billion US dollars.
This is why Panasonic, LG Chem, and AESC hate Chen Yansen so much, yet they are powerless to do anything about it.
Even if their lithium battery production capacity is on par with DeepBlue Technology, domestic or regional buyers might still be able to reluctantly purchase some, but the energy density of their products is simply too low.
Not to mention compared to the second-generation Deep Blue Battery, even compared to the first generation, there is a technological gap of several generations.
What troubles them even more is that the corporate spies they send are either caught as soon as they infiltrate, or once they enter Deep Blue Technology, they settle down to work and never mention intelligence gathering again, as if they have forgotten their mission.
Two days later, Chen Yansen received an invitation to the two meetings.
As for this year's proposal, he had already prepared it, which is to raise the personal income tax threshold, starting with the current standard of 6,000 yuan.
(End of this chapter)
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