"Let life shine once, so that life is not in vain!"
Liu Cheng pondered those words for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Inside the meeting room, everyone took their seats, and Lu Feng got straight to the point: "The R&D company has only one goal for next year: expansion. We need to attract talent widely, either by selecting suitable candidates from the talent pool, poaching talent from overseas, or establishing overseas R&D bases."
"We will cooperate in various fields. As long as they are willing to cooperate with us, we will cooperate. We are willing to take a loss. We will buy some equipment and let them try it for free, but we will allow our people to go in and observe."
"There are no rules in technological competition. If you have to use tricks, you should use tricks. We should use different methods for each talent. My idea is to reach the top level of domestic technology within three years."
“Mr. Lu, could we sell patent licenses? We’re Panda Technology now, and companies like Sharp also license their patents, though they’re for some outdated technologies,” an executive suggested.
"It's normal to start slowly and buy other people's technology patents. I don't object to this. But when using them, we need to draw a red line: for core technologies, the proportion of internal R&D should not be less than 40%, and for other technology patents, it should not be less than 20%."
“The purpose of drawing this red line is to ensure that the research and development path does not go astray. It is certainly more comfortable to use other people’s technology. You can design a shell and change a few ports at will and apply for a patent. I have taken a look, and most of the company’s patents this year are concentrated in these areas.”
"The restructuring of the R&D company is very simple. It will be transformed into a business group, and specialized business groups will be established, such as the radio business group. Each business group will have no less than two teams. This is the product business group. At the same time, there will also be R&D business groups, covering screen technology, motherboard technology, materials technology, digital information technology, etc."
"We will form a large group of products, each with its own responsibilities. However, each product will be developed by no fewer than two teams, which will compete internally. If the two teams cannot win the internal competition, they can conduct market trials. Our sales network will expand more and more. We will know whether the product is good or not when it is launched."
"Don't give me all that technical stuff. If the market doesn't accept it, it just doesn't work!"
"Of course, there will be exceptions. We will plan some forward-looking technology investments and do long-term technology development." Lu Feng subconsciously reached for a cigarette in his pocket, but suddenly remembered that Jiang Xiaoyan had taken away all his cigarettes.
“Everyone should do their own job. You don’t need to worry about the money, and the market is not under your control. If the company runs out of money, it’s definitely my responsibility. If I can’t find the money, it’s my incompetence. But if I give you money and you can’t produce anything, I won’t stand for it!”
The scene was eerily quiet; everyone kept their heads down, feeling the pressure. Liu Cheng sat silently to the side. Even if he were given a hundred million, this kind of leapfrog development would still make him feel immense pressure.
But then again, Lu Feng felt even more pressure, since he had to figure out how to bring money back from outside.
"This is the overall direction. President Liu has come up with a feasible reorganization plan recently. I don't know much about the various departments of the R&D company, so I won't interfere too much." Lu Feng said to Liu Cheng, "And there's the direction of product development."
"Products need to solve people's problems and make things convenient. Stop doing fancy research and development. If you can do it in one step, don't do it in two. It's best to make it 'foolproof'. Remember this: high technology is meant to make people lazy. No matter how good the technology is, if it requires users to rack their brains, it's garbage!"
"Following this line of thinking, let's further simplify those three products from yesterday and simulate their daily use more thoroughly. Don't you think the buttons on the tape drive are too small? Don't they feel uncomfortable in your hand?"
"When I was at Jiaming Foods, I did the research and development myself, making beverage canned goods. Whenever a product was made, the first thing we did was have everyone in the factory eat it for three days straight. They had to eat it. We did this to find the product's shortcomings and make improvements. The gap between the designer's ideal and the user's reality can be bigger than heaven and earth, you understand?"
Liu Cheng said from the side, "We've conducted quite a few tests, but they're all technical tests. We'll distribute the stock of tape recorders and radios in a bit, and I'll be the first to use them!"
"Is there anything else?" Lu Feng asked.
"There's something I need to tell you. You attended an electronics summit last year, and they sent you an invitation again this year. The organizers called you, but no one answered. They called me yesterday, hoping you would definitely attend. Last year's summit was a great success."
Lu Feng chuckled. The organizers were indeed interesting. Last year, he stood on the stage and gave those people a thorough dressing down. The debate over whether to use technology-industry-trade or trade-industry-technology was still going on.
If I go, the entire electronics industry has to go. The organizers love to stir things up, and it would be best if these entrepreneurs could come up with brilliant ideas on the spot.
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