Lin Chen stared in disbelief at the phone call that had been disconnected.
Good heavens, I was really impressed! If you hadn't praised Xiaomi at the end, I would have come running to you with my forty-meter-long sword in a heartbeat, believe it or not.
Shaking his head, Lin Chen got up and walked towards Zhang Yiming's office.
"Mr. Zhang, let's organize a joint shopping festival for Singles' Day and grab a piece of the pie from Taobao."
"Wow, that's impressive, but Pinduoduo is still too far behind Taobao, right? It can't gain much market share."
"As I said, it's a joint shopping festival. Besides Pinduoduo, JD.com and Amazon have also confirmed their participation. In addition, you should also post an announcement on Huasuan.com, inviting any shopping websites that want to participate to contact us. Moreover, Huasuan.com will help them drive traffic for free during the Double Eleven period."
"Okay, I'll go and issue the announcement right away. Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Lin, are you going to fight Taobao to the death?"
"Nonsense, I'm just contributing my part to promoting social and economic development together with Taobao."
Soon, Huasuan.com released its announcement.
This caused a huge uproar online.
"Wow, this year's Singles' Day is really exciting! All the major websites are joining in the fun."
"Yes, I originally thought it would be just Taobao like last year, but now Pinduoduo, JD.com, and Amazon have all caught up."
"Hehe, I love it when these shopping websites fight it out, and then I can snag a bargain."
"But guys, I have a question: should I use Huasuan.com or Taobao's big data this Singles' Day?"
"Oh... I hadn't realized that until you mentioned it."
"Go ask Lin Gou."
As a result, a bunch of netizens went to Lin Chen's Weibo to leave messages, asking if Lin Chen could still find Taobao's Double Eleven discount information on Huasuan.com.
Lin Chen replied, "Of course, although Taobao doesn't participate in our joint shopping festival, we can still find Taobao's discount information on Huasuan.com. However, I don't know if Taobao's big data can find discount information from other websites."
After receiving Lin Chen's reply, a group of netizens went to Taobao's Weibo to ask related questions.
The young lady in charge of maintaining Taobao's Weibo account was dumbfounded.
I don't know the answer to this question either. Never mind, I'll go ask my supervisor.
However, all the leaders have been in meetings every day lately, busy with Double Eleven preparations.
So, the maintenance girl could only send an email to her boss to report the matter.
Then, it's unclear at what point the email got stuck, but in any case, netizens never received a reply from Taobao.
"Sigh, sometimes silence is a form of response. Jack Ma's perspective is still not broad enough."
"Forget it, bro, we still have Lin Gou, let's go to the cheaper internet cafe."
"That's right, I uninstalled Taobao's big data feature."
At that moment, Lin Chen had no idea that his casual remark had caused a huge problem for Taobao.
He is on the 27th floor having a meeting with Xiaomi's R&D team to discuss new products for the next season.
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of this? I designed a wireless charger. You just need to attach the charger to the back of the phone, and the phone can be charged without plugging it in."
"Um, does your wireless charger need to be plugged in?"
"Of course I want to."
"Then what's the point of this? In the end, it's still just wired, isn't it?"
"Um...that seems to be true."
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of my design? I designed a Bluetooth headset that automatically connects to the phone when taken out of the case and automatically disconnects when put back in."
"Hmm, this is good, we can take a look at it."
Lin Chen took the Bluetooth headset project proposal from that person and placed it in front of him.
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of my design? I designed a washing machine..."
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of my design? I designed a refrigerator..."
Lei Jun looked at the conference room, which resembled a vegetable market, but he smiled happily.
Suddenly, Lin Chen slammed his hand on the table.
"Wait a minute, why don't you guys have any ideas about mobile phones? We're a mobile phone company, for goodness' sake."
"Mr. Lin, I almost forgot that Xiaomi is a mobile phone company if you hadn't mentioned it."
"Oh... Mr. Lin, aren't we selling home appliances?"
"Go away, who just said that? Who said we sell home appliances? If we don't treat everyone here to a cup of Heytea today, I'm telling you, this won't go away."
"Ah, Mr. Lin, I was wrong, I'll order it right away."
At this moment, a young woman timidly spoke up: "Mr. Lin, I was thinking, could you add a fingerprint unlock function to Xiaomi phones? It's too troublesome to enter the password every time."
"Hey? That's a good idea. I've decided right now that the first project to be finalized at today's meeting will be fingerprint recognition. Everyone, take note."
Everyone was stunned. They hadn't expected that their new product ideas, which they had been thinking about for so long, hadn't been adopted by Lin Chen, but this small fingerprint recognition function had been approved by Lin Chen on the spot. Had they been thinking in the wrong direction?
Then, another person spoke up: "President Lin, I'm thinking, since we have Xiaomi TVs with larger screens, why can't we have Xiaomi phones with larger screens?"
"Great idea! This is the second project confirmed today. Brother Jun, give them a bigger bonus this month."
Upon hearing that there was even a bonus, everyone began to think even harder.
Seeing this, Lin Chen smiled and said, "Let me set two directions for everyone as goals for future mobile phone research and development."
The first direction is the full-screen design, which, as the name suggests, means that the entire front of the phone is a screen with no buttons.
The second direction is the hidden front-facing camera.
However, if you have any other innovative ideas, you can email them to Mr. Lei and me. We will evaluate them, and if they pass the evaluation, you will definitely receive a bonus.
After the meeting, Lin Chen took a stack of creative materials he had collected to Lei Jun's office and put them on the table.
"Hey, Brother Lin, why are you leaving this here? You should take it for an evaluation."
"No, Brother Jun, you can't use the production team's donkey like that. I have a lot of things to do on my own."
"Hey, the capable should do more work, you're good at this job."
Lin Chen opened his mouth wide, as if he had returned to his previous life when he was working and was being offered a pie by his boss.
I'm an expert at everything, especially when it comes to spending money. How about you give me your salary, boss, and I'll help you spend it?
However, Lin Chen eventually took these ideas back for his own evaluation. He couldn't help it; after all, he was a major shareholder of Xiaomi, and these ideas were all for making money for him.
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