In the afternoon, Chen Ze arrived at the Dalingshan Panda Industrial Park. He looked at the dozen or so factory buildings in the industrial park, all of which had previously been used by Gionee mobile phones.
It has to be said that the leadership of Dongguan City really treats Gionee well. Originally, Chen Ze planned to move Panda phones to Shenzhen, but unfortunately, he searched the entire Nanshan District and could not find such a spacious industrial park, so he had to give up for the time being.
Chen Ze and Shen Xiyu arrived at the mobile phone workshop. At that time, the workshop workers chatted while working, which was much easier than the factory management in later years.
In most factories in later generations, you would get scolded by the manager for saying a word in the workshop. Nowadays, workshop supervisors don't care much about details.
Chen Ze frowned. Although the work atmosphere was relaxed, it was definitely not efficient and prone to errors.
At that moment, the production manager walked over.
After the factory manager was fired last time, many managers knew that the current boss was not easy to fool and seemed to have a bad temper.
Everyone is afraid that one day this kind of thing might happen to them, so now, as soon as Chen Ze enters the industrial park, the leaders of all departments of Panda Mobile are immediately notified by the security guards.
He turned to look at the person who had come in. "Are you the workshop manager? We need to change this situation."
The production manager asked nervously, "Mr. Chen, how would you like to make the changes?"
Chen Ze pointed to several production lines in the workshop: "Look at the workers, don't they look like they're in a vegetable market? You need to straighten them out. It's acceptable for them to chat occasionally, but if they keep chatting, they'll easily lose focus, and if they make a mistake, it will lead to product quality problems."
"Yes, Mr. Chen, I will have the workshop supervisor make the corrections immediately."
So the production manager called the workshop supervisor, proposed improvement measures, and asked him to implement them immediately.
In a short while, the workshop fell silent.
Next, Chen Ze asked the production manager to establish a team reward mechanism, in which teams that complete tasks efficiently can receive bonuses; and to regulate rest time, allowing them to chat and relax freely during breaks, while requiring them to focus on work.
After hearing this, the production manager expressed his willingness to cooperate and give it a try.
At first, the workers were somewhat resistant, but after seeing the group that worked hard receive their first week's bonus, everyone's enthusiasm was boosted.
The workshop gradually became orderly, and production efficiency steadily improved.
Chen Ze returned to the workshop, picked up a finished mobile phone, examined it, and tested its functions, discovering that the phone was now running an Android system.
Although the Android system is free, it often experiences lag and crashes.
He recalled a PAM phone brand in the United States that was defeated by Apple phones. This phone, which ran its own webOS operating system, was once very successful in the United States.
However, due to the emergence of Apple, this brand quickly fell from grace and eventually had to be sold off, changing hands several times to HP.
Chen Ze recalled that PaIm was sold to HP in 2011, and then HP sold it to LG. In any case, the price kept decreasing with each sale.
The reason is that it has been suppressed by Apple phones and has never been able to take off. Paim has also been transferred between several large companies, and no matter who runs it, it loses money.
He decided to go to the United States to buy the phone, hoping to open up the US mobile phone market. He believed that Apple phones could not defeat him, relying on his memories of his past life.
Chen Ze instructed Shen Xiyu, "Go and book tickets to the United States. Five tickets in total, including you, me, and the three bodyguards."
"Okay, boss."
In the afternoon, Chen Ze, accompanied by his secretary and three bodyguards, boarded a plane bound for the United States.
After a twenty-hour flight, we finally arrived in the United States.
After arriving in the United States, Chen Ze and his group found a safe, large hotel to check into.
After a night's rest.
The next day, Chen Ze made inquiries from various sources and contacted some key figures in the PaIm mobile phone technology team. These people had originally thought PaIm was hopeless, but they were surprised that someone was still interested.
Chen Ze explained his purpose to them: he wanted to acquire PaIm phones, including its webOS operating system, and promised to provide them with sufficient resources to continue research and development.
At first, the other party was skeptical, but after Chen Ze presented some of his achievements in the Chinese mobile phone industry, they were impressed.
After several rounds of negotiations, Chen Ze finally secured the deal for US$750 million.
However, after the news broke, Apple became wary and attempted to secretly hinder Chen Ze's development plans after returning to China.
But Chen Ze was prepared. He arranged for the core researchers of the system to be safely brought back to China, while using public opinion to promote the future advantages of his own mobile phone. He also claimed that Apple had been suppressing PAM phones in an attempt to monopolize the market, which violated the Constitution of the United States.
Under pressure from public opinion, Apple has toned down its efforts a bit, but they still have people closely monitoring the movements of Apple phones.
After visiting the paim mobile phone factory, Chen Ze fired the original local CEO and replaced him with an excellent Chinese CEO, Jiang Yannan.
Jiang Yannan asked, "Boss, what market segment are our phones targeting?"
"President Jiang, Apple is taking the high-end route, so we should temporarily avoid direct confrontation and instead focus on the mid-to-low-end market."
Jiang Yannan nodded in agreement, "Boss, then we need to adjust our product line, focusing on cost-effectiveness, and first establish a foothold in the low-to-mid-end market. However, we also need to pay attention to the appearance design, as consumers value this very much now."
Chen Ze gave him an approving look. "That's right. In addition, we also need to optimize the webOS operating system and resolve its previous compatibility issues."
As expected, the Apple 5 series will be released soon this year. Chen Ze directly stole the advanced design of the Apple 6 and handed over the design style of the Apple 6 to Jiang Yannan, aiming to follow Apple's path and leave Apple with nowhere to go.
Upon seeing the design of the iPhone 6, Jiang Yannan smiled happily: "Boss, I didn't expect you could design the exterior. This style is so beautiful. I fell in love with it at first glance."
While they were still basking in the design of the iPhone 6, Apple was making subtle moves, trying to cut off the supply of some components to Palm phones by courting some suppliers.
Upon learning this, Chen Ze sneered and quickly contacted his domestic supplier partners.
These domestic suppliers, due to Chen Ze's previous good reputation and considerable order volume, all expressed their willingness to support him.
Moreover, they brought more advanced component manufacturing processes, which can further reduce costs.
Meanwhile, Chen Ze instructed Jiang Yannan to recruit some software engineers in the United States to optimize the webOS system specifically for the habits of local users.
As preparations progressed, Palm's relaunched mid-to-low-end mobile phone models were welcomed by many ordinary consumers in the United States.
Because of its affordable price and stable performance, sales soared, and Chen Ze successfully opened up a new chapter in the United States mobile phone market, while Apple's obstruction plan completely failed.
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