The group chatted and ate until they had almost finished eating, at which point Lei Jun finally got down to business.
"Mr. Lin, I thought about it all night. To make Android smartphones, we first need to develop our own customized operating system. Then, we need to negotiate prices with suppliers of various components. Finally, we need to do marketing and sales. So let's start with the first step, the operating system. I wonder if Mr. Lin has any ideas?"
Lin Chen swallowed a burrito and said, "Leave the operating system to me. I developed an Android mobile operating system before, and with some improvements, it should be ready to use."
Lei Jun exclaimed in surprise, "Oh? It seems that President Lin has been planning to get involved in this area for some time now."
Lin Chen smiled and said, "When I was doing iOS development before, I was very interested in Android. Android's open source nature is also very developer-friendly, so I gave it a try."
"Alright, I'm planning to start a company. Mr. Lin, do you have any suggestions for the company name?"
"How about we call it Xiaomi Technology? The future of smartphones will focus on mobile internet, and the first letters together are 'mi,' meaning a small phone that carries the world of mobile internet. What do you think?"
"Haha, great, let's use the name Xiaomi. Young people's minds are so sharp! Mr. Lin, how about you contribute your technology as equity, taking a 30% stake?"
"It's a pleasure to work with you."
“Okay, let’s work together to create the first phone for young people. You continue to improve the system, and I’ll talk to suppliers.”
"Mr. Lei, I have another suggestion."
What suggestion?
"Initially, we can abandon the traditional store sales strategy and adopt online sales entirely, investing all our costs in reducing the cost of mobile phones."
"Hmm, that's a good idea. I was thinking that the price of 1999 wouldn't be feasible if we added the costs of the store and labor. But if we use online sales, it really has a good chance of success."
After finishing their meal, Lin Chen and Su Xiaowan got up to say goodbye.
"Mr. Lei, we'll be going now. Come to Shanghai another day, and I'll treat you."
"Haha, okay, I'll definitely come."
After returning to Shanghai, Lin Chen escorted Su Xiaowan back to her dormitory, and then went back to 1901 himself.
"Ugh, I'm exhausted. I need to take a shower first."
Lin Chen had only been in the bathroom for a short while when the door opened again and An Rou walked in.
"Hehe, it's so cool when the boss isn't around. I can skip work whenever I want. But no, I can't hold it in anymore, I need to go to the bathroom."
Squeak~ The bathroom door opened, and An Rou saw Lin Chen standing in front of her, who had just taken off his clothes but hadn't yet entered the bathroom.
"ah!!!"
Both of them screamed at the same time.
Lin Chen subconsciously ran into the bathroom and closed the glass door: "Senior, shouldn't you be at the company right now? Why did you come back?"
"I...I...Can't I come back to get something? Also, the glass door is transparent, turn around quickly."
Why would I turn around? Get out of here!
"Oh, yes, yes, yes."
An Rou quickly went out, closed the door, and breathed a sigh of relief. She had run into the boss while she was slacking off. What bad luck! But the boss was in a pretty good body, with abs, and... cough cough, so that's what he looks like. Is he that big?
Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief after An Rou left. Who would have thought that someone would blatantly slack off during work hours and come back? He was determined to deduct her salary until she cried.
After taking a shower, Lin Chen got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, only to find that An Rou had already run away.
Lin Chen took out his phone and sent a message to An Rou: "Deduct wages. The vice president led the way by skipping work, so he will be docked three times his salary!"
"!!! Boss, I was wrong! Deducting my wages is worse than killing me!"
"Bring me some spicy hot pot tonight."
"Okay, boss, I'll bring it back to you as soon as I get off work."
That evening, An Rou returned to 1901 carrying two servings of spicy hot pot. Her gaze towards Lin Chen was evasive, and inappropriate images kept replaying in her mind.
While eating spicy hot pot, Lin Chen said, "Come with me to look at houses tomorrow. Our company should move out of the school campus too."
"Great! Boss, which building are you planning to buy?"
"Buy my ass! Don't you know how to manage a household? Just rent a run-down old apartment."
"Tch, boring."
The next day, Lin Chen drove An Rou to several buildings near Jiaotong University. Old, dilapidated apartments were out of the question, otherwise Zhang Yiming would probably turn around and leave in a few days.
"Hello Mr. Lin, I am the property manager of Deji Building. How much space would you like to rent?"
"Five or six hundred, let's go up and take a look first."
"Okay, this way please."
Upon arriving at the vacant 26th floor, the property manager continued, "Our Deji Building has a very good location. It's surrounded by shopping malls and has convenient transportation. There are subway stations and bus stops nearby. Currently, renting office space includes the right to use a basement parking space. Each floor has 1,000 square meters, and the rent is 3 yuan. Of course, you can also choose to rent half a floor. You see, the view from here is also very good, with no obstructions."
"Senior, what do you think?"
"That's great. I have a classmate who's interning at a company downstairs. I used to be quite envious of him."
Lin Chen silently calculated in his mind that if he rented the entire floor, the annual rent would be over a million yuan, which was a reasonable price.
Do you sell them here?
The property manager's eyes lit up upon hearing this. A big client! "Sell, of course sell! Our current prices are 12,000 yuan per square meter. Of course, the more you buy, the bigger the discount."
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