Before the Lunar New Year, Jiafeng's manufacturers had already started mass production of mobile phones. Now, the warehouses of major stores are well stocked, and many people are making reservations in stores. There are also many people criticizing the false advertising, but more people are choosing to place orders.
With less than 24 hours left before Jiaxun mobile phones went on sale, news of the overseas events had not spread domestically, and no one in the board of directors was paying attention to the matter of Lu Feng resigning. Everyone was just focused on Jiaxun's upcoming sale.
Mobile phones are high-end products, and people don't really accept domestic brands. If Jiafeng opens up the market, other manufacturers will inevitably rush in, especially Bird. They have already reached an agreement with Hong Kong technology companies. As long as Jiafeng succeeds, they will immediately start mass production to seize the market.
Wu Ying, the person who introduced Xiaolingtong, was very anxious. The technology introduction was already in the contract process. He encountered similar problems as Lu Feng: the telecommunications group would not cooperate with him, and traditional signal stations could not accept Xiaolingtong's frequency. It was only in 1996, when the telecommunications and mobile companies separated, that a window of opportunity came.
On this day, all the CEOs, even those at home, were on the phone with each other. Whether they were former rivals or friends, they were all paying attention to this moment. Everyone knew what a purely domestically produced mobile phone meant for China in this era.
Some people on the phone were not optimistic about Lu Feng. They said that mobile phones are different from home appliances. Mobile phones require large-scale infrastructure support and have high requirements for signal chips. If the signal power is poor, it is equivalent to holding a brick.
Those familiar with Jiafeng believe that Lu Feng's failure lies not in the product itself, but in the internal affairs of the board of directors. Jiafeng, like a speeding sports car, is slipping out of Lu Feng's control and heading towards disintegration.
On that very day, the Science and Technology Commission contacted the heads of several large state-owned enterprises, asking them to use their corporate connections to help find a complete set of lithography machines that matched the model.
Lu Feng ignored the board's resignation request and held six meetings in one morning, going over every detail and putting overseas matters out of his mind.
At 3 PM, the heads of Motorola and Nokia in China were paying close attention to this matter. They had long been aware of the competition from Jiaxun mobile phones, but the market was not large at the moment, and consumers mainly recognized brand power, so they did not feel much pressure about the launch of Jiaxun mobile phones.
Inside the conference room, Lu Feng addressed the crowd: "The official sales start tomorrow. I want a great start. We need to get all the interviews from newspapers and television media, and the publicity needs to keep up. We not only need to tap into new purchasing power, but more importantly, we need to capture users from brands like Motorola, Nokia, and Ericsson."
"Whether it sells well or not is another matter, but we must make ordinary consumers think that we are selling well, and we must make small business owners with some money who are preparing to invest believe that domestic mobile phones have a great market."
"The market is not something that Jiafeng alone can support. The domestic mobile phone market can only grow stronger if more people benefit from it. We should focus our publicity efforts on places like Huaqiangbei. As long as you can make money, there will be no shortage of smart people or powerful people. Problems will be solved one by one."
Listening to these words, the people in the conference room could tell that President Lu didn't seem to care at all whether Jiaxun phones were really popular; he just wanted everyone to think he was popular.
Zhu Lidong understood best what Lu Feng wanted to do and raised a question: "President Lu, when the mobile phone market is booming, there is still a problem, which is communication chips. We purchase millions of units at a time to keep in stock. What about those small business owners?"
"Don't worry about these problems. As long as there is a market and demand, someone will handle them. We just need to stimulate the market." Lu Feng said to everyone, "We not only want to manufacture mobile phones ourselves, but also manufacture mobile phones for others. Haven't we done a lot of OEM manufacturing for home appliances in the past two years? It's the same with mobile phones."
Lu Feng's goal was simple: to get generic phones out of the market. As long as the people in Huaqiangbei saw the potential profits, the market would flourish, and a thriving market could support a chip company.
As evening fell and the meeting adjourned, Lu Feng walked out of the conference room looking slightly tired, only to be blocked by Gudeli at the door.
"According to the board of directors' regulations......."
Lu Feng stared at him and said, "Do you believe I can get a few thugs to kill you?"
“Mr. Lu, you’re in business, not the mafia. Schroders has invested so much money, I have a responsibility to assert my rights within the scope of the board’s regulations on behalf of our interests,” Goodley said, staring at Lu Feng.
"You just want me to resign, don't you? Let's finish the board meeting first. I'll reiterate once again, I'm not manipulating the management team, I'm assisting them in their work." Lu Feng didn't want to waste any more words with him and strode downstairs.
Wei Yandan had told Lu Feng yesterday that this Goodley hadn't rested during the Chinese New Year, constantly contacting the company's middle management. As the company grew, various factions emerged internally, and there were already quite a few people opposing Lu Feng.
If Goodley manages to win over enough people, he could potentially shake up the senior management. After all, the board representatives are elected by them. In the preliminary elections before next year's board meeting, Wei Yandan and her group are likely to be stripped of their representative positions, which would put Lu Feng in a very passive position on the board.
At this moment, Lu Feng couldn't care less about anything else. The company was too large, with various forces stirring up trouble internally. Balancing these forces required an extremely high level of management.
Moreover, Wall Street is targeting him at every turn, so the current situation is the best Lu Feng could do.
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