Chapter 265: Magnificent! Wu Lingxi is in love!
The leader listened quietly to Lin Xiao's report.
In fact, he knows more about the mobile phone industry because China's largest mobile phone manufacturer, Bird, is located in Ningbo, Zhijiang.
At this time, Chinese mobile phones can be said to have almost no core technology and are completely an assembly plant. Even so, Chinese mobile phones are about to usher in their darkest hour.
Because international giants such as Motorola and Nokia began to adjust their channel strategies in the domestic market last year, the market share of domestic mobile phones has plummeted in just one or two years, and now it is barely less than 30%.
In just one or two years, the market share of domestic mobile phones will plummet by more than half.
Although Bird sold 13.93 million mobile phones this year, and even exported 6.11 million units, the sales amount fell by 11.4% year-on-year, with total sales of about 9 billion yuan and a net profit of negative 480 million yuan.
After going public, it faced huge losses for the first time.
Although it claims to be the eighth largest in the world, Bird’s business is almost unsustainable.
Bird obviously saw this point, so it started trying to transform into car manufacturing more than a year or two ago. It has tried three times, and the losses were greater each time.
By the next two years, Bird will basically be on its last legs.
With the collapse of Bird, the large domestic mobile phone market is not completely destroyed, but it is not far from it.
However, what replaced it was the rise of a large number of copycat phones.
"Mobile phones at the moment haven't evolved into smartphones yet, so they are just tools for communication."
"In the next few years, when mobile phones enter the smart era, a new industrial revolution will be formed and they will become one of the pillars of the electronics industry."
"I have poached one-third of Android's employees and two founders to form the X Research Institute, which is responsible for the development of mobile phone operating systems."
"International giants currently involved in the development of mobile phone systems include Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, etc."
"Of course, our country's manufacturers have also been planning mobile phone operating systems very early. Two years ago, Lenovo Mobile, Tsinghua Unigroup, Guodian Future, Kingsoft and other companies established a mobile phone technology alliance and developed their own mobile phone operating system Hopen OS!"
"This operating system has also signed a series of licensing cooperation agreements with the British company ARM."
"And prototypes of this system were soon released. Lenovo G900 and even NEC adopted Hopen OS products for the domestic market."
"But this operating system has basically failed."
"First, it is technologically backward, and cannot be called an intelligent system at all. It is far from being forward-looking. Most importantly, it lacks support from large mobile phone manufacturers."
"Of course, I will face the same problem. Google and Microsoft are both international giants, and mobile phone manufacturers have a natural trust in them."
"So the operating system we developed was only used by our own mobile phones at the beginning."
“Only when we achieve great success and recognition on our own phones can our system be promoted.”
"Unlike traditional mobile phone operating systems, the threshold for a new smartphone operating system is much higher. It is a qualitative leap. It has very high requirements for the software ecosystem, especially several heavyweight software applications."
“And it just so happens that our Lightning Group now has the largest number of software applications and software ecosystems on the domestic Internet.”
The entire report took Lin Xiao more than an hour to write, and it contained about ten thousand words.
There are several hundred pages of various materials alone.
After listening to this, the leader asked, "The world's eighth-ranked Bird mobile phone is about to fail. And the mobile phone technology alliance established by Lenovo, Tsinghua Unigroup, Kingsoft, Guodian Future and other strongest technology companies in China is also going to fail? Is this your judgment?"
Lin Xiao: “Yes.”
Leader: "Both camps have strong foundations and are very powerful, but they will both fail in the face of encirclement and suppression by overseas giants. And you are starting from scratch?"
Lin Xiao: "Yes, that's why Uncle Lian said that this is my third venture, and I'm going all out."
"The technological and industrial revolution of mobile Internet is too huge for us to miss, and the sooner the better."
“There’s also a huge benefit to starting from scratch, which is focus.”
Leader: "Is this why you handed over all the business of Lightning Group? You want to focus on this bigger business?"
Lin Xiao: “Yes.”
Leader: "Our mobile phones do not have core technology. According to what you said, future smartphones will have two cores, one is the operating system and the other is the processing chip."
"You've got the operating system started. What about the processing chip?"
Lin Xiao: "I don't have the ability to get involved yet, so I will choose to cooperate with a well-known chip company. I will form a team, participate in chip design, and let them tailor a chip for us."
Lin Xiao has been hesitant about this chip company.
If you want speed and good results, of course you should choose Qualcomm.
But Qualcomm is a strong company. Once you choose Qualcomm, you will become its vassal. It will be very difficult to achieve independence in the future. And it is extremely difficult to ask it to tailor a chip and give it the name of self-developed.
MediaTek will be much weaker, but MediaTek's technology is not very good.
Why did Meizu fail after it was so popular at the beginning? Although there are various reasons, it is also related to the fact that it abandoned Qualcomm and chose MediaTek.
Then there is actually another option, Texas Instruments.
This is a long-established chip manufacturer that was very strong in the 2G era. But when feature phones turned to smartphones, it failed to keep up and eventually fell behind.
In fact, he has tried hard. Huawei has cooperated with him before. The P1, which laid the foundation for the success of Huawei's mobile phone business, was based on the chip of Texas Instruments.
"But if the sales of our mobile phones are good enough, we will gradually move towards independent chip design."
For Lin Xiao, when it comes to the mobile phone industry, he also wants to lead the Lightning Group to leap into the mobile Internet era in one fell swoop.
At least in the domestic market, Facebook will soon reach its ceiling and will never surpass QQ.
Once we entered the era of mobile Internet, we were the first to launch products similar to WeChat, and we integrated Facebook, YouTube, Qianqian Jingting, video applications, and even a large number of games, such as "Plants vs. Zombies", "Plant Defend", "Angry Birds", etc., into mobile phones.
The software and hardware embrace each other and produce a strong chemical reaction.
Only then can we truly overtake others and achieve hegemony.
The opportunity to enter the mobile Internet is really fleeting. If you are one step ahead and choose the right strategy, you can win in the end.
Meizu’s m8 launched in 2008 was a huge success, and Xiaomi also achieved great success when it started its business with only tens of millions of dollars.
The cost invested by Lin Xiao is more than ten times higher. The starting point is much higher, and the software ecosystem is much more powerful.
Of course, Lin Xiao also has his difficult parts.
That's because he was there too early, the supply chain was not yet mature, and he needed to pay a greater price to integrate it.
In any case, his product came out earlier than Meizu M8.
It can be later than Apple’s iPhone, but not much later. It should give people the illusion that the east wind and the west wind are blowing at the same time.
Of course, this will face another problem.
Can the chips of 2007 or 2008 support the smooth operation of the Android system? (Of course, it may not be called Android) Moreover, X Research Institute must be the first to launch a complete operating system.
Therefore, all of these must be planned several years in advance, especially chip design, which requires squeezing TSMC's process technology to the extreme several years in advance.
Leader: "According to your estimate, how much investment will it cost to produce your first mobile phone?"
Lin Xiao: "Not sure, maybe close to one billion US dollars?"
This is definitely not necessary in the normal way. Just purchase mature products directly from suppliers.
But according to Lin Xiao's method, it may be necessary.
Because you have to make your own operating system.
Moreover, you have to involve your own team and Texas Instruments in the design of the chip, which requires a lot of advance planning, and you have to have others tailor-make it for you. This is completely different from purchasing other people's mature chip products.
If you don’t reach a certain level, who will tailor it for you? The leader looked at the young man in front of him, who was really fearless.
The ambition is really big.
The so-called third entrepreneurial venture, the initial competitors were actually targeting international giants.
This courage is truly amazing.
Bird, the world's eighth largest company, failed, and the mobile phone technology alliance, the most powerful technology company in the country, also failed.
Can this young man in front of me succeed?
This meeting lasted for two or three hours, which is extremely rare.
When leaving, the leader held Lin Xiao's hand and said, "Wait and see!"
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"Basically, it's a success." Lian Zheng said slowly: "I know the leader, he already has an idea in mind."
"Once it's decided, when I get there, I won't do anything else but lay the foundation for you."
"Once you have completed all the arrangements, bring your team and people and move in directly."
"I will complete all the infrastructure, all the industrial parks, all the supporting facilities, and all the policies for you in advance."
"We two are finally going to have a big fight!"
"Next, are you going to...Linshan?"
Lian Zheng asked the last question after a little hesitation.
Lin Xiao: "I'm going to recruit soldiers and build a team to race against time."
Almost as soon as he came out from his leader's place, Lin Xiao went straight to the airport and flew directly to Guangdong.
Next, he will meet with several people to form a core team.
The first person he met was Liu Zuohu, the founder of OnePlus mobile phone and vice president of OPPO.
This guy is already in a high position now. He graduated from Zhijiang University and is currently the development director of OPPO, leading the development of Blu-ray players. In recent years, OPPO's Blu-ray players are very powerful and will soon be popular all over the world.
According to history, he is also facing a career transformation and will soon go to the United States alone to promote the Blu-ray player he developed.
"Mr. Lin..." Liu Zuohu was very excited. He really didn't expect that Lin Xiao would actually ask him out.
Now Lin Xiao is the idol of many, many people, and his die-hard fans are all over the world.
"I want to make a mobile phone, invest one billion dollars, and it will be different from all the mobile phones on the market now."
"Which industrial revolution will start the mobile Internet revolution?"
"If you work with me, I'll give you shares and you'll be number 3."
Number one is Lin Xiao, number two is Wu Di, and if the other party is willing, then it will be number three.
The other party was stunned for a moment.
I... Although I am the development director and developed a Blu-ray player, but... I can only be considered a nobody now.
Besides, I'm going to the United States soon to sell my Blu-ray player.
For Liu in front of him, this was like a pie in the sky.
Lin Xiao has a very good reputation among entrepreneurs and he always keeps his word.
"Boss Lin, I don't understand. With your status and your appeal, there are plenty of elites willing to join your team." Liu Zuohu: "Senior officials from Microsoft or Nokia, I'd love to have them."
"Why did you find me?"
Lin Xiao: "New enough, powerful enough!"
Liu Zuohu: "I, personally, I would like to resign and come here immediately. But, my work over there is very important..."
Lin Xiao: "I'll give you a few months to hand over."
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Already in Guangdong, Lin Xiao found Bai Yongxiang the second person.
This man, who was once the second-in-command of Meizu, tried his best, but ultimately failed to reverse the decline.
But Lin Xiao feels that the reason why Meizu failed is largely due to its founder.
Success is due to Huang, failure is also due to Huang.
How great was Meizu's starting point? Both the M8 and M9 had huge queues.
But after Xiaomi rose to prominence, it was unable to turn things around.
As a result, the small and beautiful tone has always run through the entire career of this brand. Although the Meizu series led by Li Nan later regained a certain market share, it was ultimately unable to sustain it.
A brand has genes.
Xiaomi’s genes from the beginning were cost-effectiveness and mass appeal!
Meizu's genes from the beginning were small, beautiful, classy and full of personality.
In the next ten years, it was difficult to break through this brand gene.
Xiaomi has tried to enter the high-end market time and again, but has been far from successful. Although the overall sales volume is not low, the proportion of high-end phones is very low.
Meizu has tried to impact the general public time and again, but has been unsuccessful.
Huawei also initially targeted the general public, but soon turned around and moved towards the high-end market.
Both popular and high-end.
The Lin Xiao brand's birth genes will also be very good.
Because he already has a large number of fans and a very high status.
With its self-developed system and self-developed chips (this is just bragging), it is naturally suitable for showing off.
Moreover, he has the influence of his personal IP, coupled with the powerful radiation energy of the Lightning Group and the alliance system of several major TV stations.
Therefore, his mobile phone brand is not only high-end but also popular, and it will help the public avoid many detours.
At this time, Bai Yongxiang was completely a follower of Huang Zhang. At first, he followed him to Aegean Company. Later, Huang Zhang wanted to make MP3 and founded Meizu, so Bai followed him to Meizu and moved his family there.
When Lin Xiao found him, he was even more surprised.
Because at this moment, he was truly completely unknown.
Lin Xiao was impressed by his seriousness and responsibility, and thought he was suitable for being in charge of production and dealing with the industrial chain.
At this time, he was in charge of the factory.
"Making mobile phones? Investing one billion dollars? I'm number 5?"
"Why?"
There was nothing but shock in his mind.
Although Lin Xiao is young, he is now a top idol-level entrepreneurial leader.
Moreover, Lin Xiao’s invitation made him more than just excited, it was like he was flying in the clouds.
I'm going to be rich! I'm going to be awesome!
"Boss Lin, I'm very, very honored. I can't even imagine that you would choose me." Bai Yongxiang: "But... I need to seek advice from Boss Huang. He relies on me a lot. I can't just walk away like this."
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Next, Lin Xiao met one after another.
Li Wanqian, Zhou Guangpin, Lin Bin and many more.
It almost caught all the core members of later generations of OPPO, Meizu, and Xiaomi.
This lineup is enough to create the Huangpu Military Academy of the mobile phone industry.
Even...Lin Xiao met a future big boss, who is already a big boss now.
Liang Mengsong.
He also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and has served as a director of TSMC for a long time. However, he is currently being treated coldly at TSMC and feels that there is no hope for promotion. He will leave with his core team soon.
Of course Lin Xiao wanted to recruit this big boss, but... he also knew that it was impossible.
My current temple is too small to accommodate this great god, but it is possible to make friends with him in advance.
Moreover, this big man in front of us has probably already found his next employer, because he will go to Samsung as the chief technology officer next year. After getting him, Samsung Semiconductor has made rapid progress, even leading TSMC in 14nm process technology, allowing Samsung to snatch large orders from Apple and Samsung, causing TSMC to be furious and file a lawsuit against Liang.
"Dr. Liang, I have an unwelcome request." Lin Xiao said, "Do you have any very young students to recommend to me?"
Dr. Liang: "Mr. Lin also wants to be involved in chips?"
Lin Xiao: "It's still early, still early. We are just building a team prototype and learning from it."
Next, Lin Xiao flew almost all over the country and traveled everywhere.
I even went to meet He Tingbo, who is currently in charge of the research and development of the integrated circuit department, which started two years ago. In fact, Huawei had already launched the K3V1 chip around 2009, but it was not very successful.
Even though Ms. He is not a big shot now, she has important responsibilities and cannot be poached.
However, after working non-stop for more than half a month, Lin Xiao still reaped a lot of rewards and recruited dozens of talents.
In particular, Dr. Liang introduced five young people to Lin Xiao, all of whom were masters and doctors from Berkeley.
But Lin Xiao’s X Research Institute is in California.
October 25! Lin Xiao flew to California again, this time with more than 20 people, most of whom were involved in operating system development, and a few were engaged in semiconductor design.
They will also join X Institute.
In fact, there are more than twenty people. Lin Xiao has found a total of forty or fifty people in China, but some of them have not yet obtained visas to the United States, so they need to go in the second batch.
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Wu Lingxi's movements here are too fast.
Over at The Faces, Zuckerberg and his partners have already begun fighting for power and it is intensifying.
The American Campus Beauty and Campus Husband PK Competition on Facebook has also begun warming up.
The total bonus of 20 million US dollars has been agreed by core shareholders.
But as the biggest gimmick of the entire event, the No. 1 campus belle or campus hunk will participate in the production of Hollywood movies and big-budget American TV series.
This requires Lin Xiao to discuss.
So, Lin Xiao once again found Amy Pascal, the boss of Sony Columbia.
"You actually copied your Chinese system to the United States?" Amy said in disbelief.
Lin Xiao: "Will this activity be successful?"
Amy: "Of course it will be successful. It will be more successful than in China, because Hollywood is extremely attractive to American girls. Countless people will be crazy about it. Your reward is even much higher than the highest reward of America's Got Talent."
"It's just that you once again dragged us into endorsing you."
"But I remember that in your Chinese Facebook PK competition, the movie that the school beauty starred in at the end was Crazy Stone, right? She was nominally the heroine, but in fact she didn't have many scenes. Is it the same this time?"
Lin Xiao: "Not really. This time I'm preparing a script for a movie with a female lead."
Amy took the script: "The Hunger Games?"
This is probably the most successful teen movie in Hollywood history.
Originally, Twilight was a better and more cost-effective choice, but at this time the original novel of Twilight had already been released.
Although Jennifer Lawrence, the female lead of "The Hunger Games", was already a little famous before starring in this movie, she had no box office appeal at all. The cast of this movie was very ordinary, but with an investment of 78 million US dollars, it earned 690 million US dollars at the global box office, ranking 8th in the world that year, creating a miracle.
Thanks to this movie, my cousin became a top Hollywood actress.
"The investment for this movie is about 70 million US dollars. If you are worried, I can take care of most of the investment." Lin Xiao said, "In the name of Dream Vision."
"In addition, the original novel of this movie has been almost completed and can be published at any time."
Lin Xiao really doesn't have time to write a novel now, and he is very familiar with the movie about this story, so he can write a script. But he has never read the original novel, so he can only give a general story based on the movie.
He went directly to the original author of the book, Susan Collins, who is still a screenwriter now, and the idea of the story "Hunger Stories" had not even come up yet.
As a result, after hearing the story, the beautiful female writer was inspired to create.
Even when he had free time, he would communicate with Lin Xiao via MSN.
Although the book has not been completed yet, the publishing house has been decided.
However, the publisher originally insisted that only Ergou's name be used because he had won the Hugo Award and "The Graveyard Book" had sold millions of copies worldwide, making it an absolute bestseller.
Lin Xiao repeatedly requested that the female author's signature be added to the author column.
So far, no one knows that this book will be ranked first on the New York Times book sales list for 180 weeks and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
After reading the script of The Hunger Games, Amy Pascal said slowly, "I am quite optimistic about this movie, but I can't give you a reply yet."
"70 million dollars is considered a medium-sized production. Besides, this movie is actually for your American Facebook. I need to convince the company's board of directors."
Lin Xiao: "Amy, we are absolute strategic allies, right?"
Amy: "Of course, you are already our most important ally."
Lin Xiao: "The power of Facebook in China in promoting movies has already been demonstrated. If Facebook in the United States also achieves great success, it will also be a huge boost to Sony Columbia's film business."
"Unlike your fellow capitalists who forget their loyalty when they see profit, my friendships are very, very lasting."
"Really? How long will it last?" Amy smiled and said, "OK, OK, I will do my best to promote this project."
"You are the boss. In the few years we have been dealing with each other, you have always been in control and you have never lost."
"We are more tolerant of the winners than you can imagine."
Amy: "This project will basically be approved, but we need to have a meeting about the investment ratio. If we are very optimistic about it, we may compete for the investment share."
Lin Xiao: "Thank you. I'll take my leave now."
Amy: "Excuse me? Lin, has our friendship become so utilitarian? After the talk, you're going to leave straight away, and you're even stingy with not even spending time with me for lunch?"
Lin Xiao: "I am so young and handsome. I am afraid of rumors if I accompany you to dine alone in your company."
Amy: "You feel so good about yourself, please keep it up."
Then, the two went to the restaurant for dinner.
Amy: "Lin, how much money do you plan to invest in this American Campus Beauty and Campus Husband PK Competition?"
Lin Xiao: "Does the $70 million investment in the movie "The Hunger Games" count as entry?"
Amy: “Of course.”
Lin Xiao: “That could be more than $100 million.”
Amy's eyes widened. "That's crazy."
"Lin, you will succeed. You will definitely succeed."
"It will be even more successful than you can imagine. Americans are crazy about Hollywood, which you dare not imagine."
"In the Chinese market, you are still restricted, but in the American market, you can do whatever you want."
Lin Xiao stretched out his hand towards her and said, "We have to thank our powerful ally, the powerful Soren Columbia."
Amy: "No, you should be grateful for your own strength."
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After dinner, Lin Xiao left Columbia and went to a nearby hotel.
There has been someone waiting for him here for more than two hours, because Lin Xiao was asked by Amy to stay for lunch.
And he had been waiting anxiously.
Vince Gilligan! The writer and producer of Breaking Bad in history.
Several episodes of the script for this legendary American TV series have been written, but the entire industry is not optimistic about it.
Vince Gilligan has been repeatedly rejected this year. He approached countless TV stations and was rejected by all of them.
Showtime, FX, TNT, HBO, all turned him down.
The reason is that no audience would want to watch a story with a middle-aged man as the hero who is a drug dealer.
He kept hitting a wall like this until three years later, when the show was finally made. It then became a global hit and became one of the most successful American TV series of all time.
"Hello, Mr. Lin!"
"I am your fan. I love your movie The Last Journey very much. It is so wonderful. I am also full of expectations for your new movie Kung Fu Panda."
Obviously, Vince had done his homework ahead of time, whether he meant it or not.
"Did you bring the script?" Lin Xiao asked.
The other party immediately handed over the script, feeling a little uneasy because it was in English, not Chinese.
But now Lin Xiao has no more obstacles at all.
I watched it quickly and found that the plot of the first season was not completed, and it was not much different from the final plot.
"This script is not yet very complete. I still need to discuss it with you to improve and revise it."
"I'm on a tight schedule. I hope to have the final script for Season 1 within the next five hours."
"Oh, my company Dream Vision is willing to invest in this drama." Lin Xiao said, "Do you know this company?"
Vince Gilligan: "Of course I know. Sony Columbia and SoftBank are behind it. The Last Days has been a global success. You are working on a big project worth more than 100 million US dollars."
"How much are you willing to invest in it?"
Lin Xiao thought for a while: "All in, 20 million US dollars!"
Vince Gilligan stood up suddenly and roared.
"oh……"
“Wow…”
"Thank you so much, thank you so much, Mr. Lin."
"I don't know how many times I was rejected. I was almost desperate and I even doubted the script myself."
"Although I wrote The X-Files, I was far away from the taste of success. You gave me great confidence and encouragement again."
Lin Xiao said slowly: "But there is a request."
Vince Gilligan: "You say."
Lin Xiao: "I will have the right to designate and make the final decision on the important actors in the show. Of course, most of the time, I will fully respect your wishes. You will be the producer of this show."
Vince Gilligan: “Of course!”
"Please accept my immense gratitude once again."
For the next few hours, Lin Xiao discussed the script of the first season of "Breaking Bad" with him.
Maybe he was really impressed, or maybe he was just trying to flatter his boss.
Vince Gilligan: "Mr. Lin, you are a genius. You have made up for all the flaws in this script."
"Please agree to co-sign this script."
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After leaving the hotel, Lin Xiao drove straight to the Facebook headquarters in the United States.
Although both are in California, one is in the south and the other is in the north, hundreds of kilometers apart.
Halfway through, Lin Xiao called Wu Lingxi.
"It's basically done. The American Campus Beauty and Campus Husband PK Competition can start now."
"I'll get America's Got Talent to help promote it."
"The first place winner of the competition has to be carefully selected because she will be starring in a $70 million movie, The Hunger Games, which is a female-centered movie. We even have to choose the first place based on the character of the movie."
"And the top school idol doesn't have to be too handsome, he just has to be representative. He will play the second male lead in the US TV series Breaking Bad, which cost 20 million US dollars."
Over there, Wu Lingxi fell silent.
She only wanted Lin Xiao to give her 80 points of support, but Lin Xiao gave her 120 points.
"In addition, the original novel of The Hunger Games will be completed soon and released in the United States to promote the event on Facebook."
"I haven't published a book in several years, but now I'm going to get back into it."
"You need to make this American Campus Beauty and Campus Husband Contest a big event, a grand one, and even make it the number one social networking site in the United States."
"Why... aren't you talking?"
Wu Lingxi said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Can you come back before twelve o'clock?"
Lin Xiao: "Several hundred kilometers. I'll try my best."
Wu Lingxi: "Then hurry back and spend the evening with me on my birthday. Even if it's only half an hour, as long as it's not past 12 o'clock, my birthday won't be over."
"Hurry up, dog. Do you dare to make me wait past twelve o'clock?"
Then Lin Xiao hung up the phone.
When I heard this sound, I suddenly had a feeling.
A girl is in love.
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Note: I have to go out again tonight, so I got up early to write. Dear benefactors, do you still have monthly tickets? Remember to give them to me, okay? (End of this chapter)
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