The cooperation with the rice company was preliminarily finalized, and Lu Zixin went to Pengcheng again. In these days of his leisure, Hongxin mobile phone has encountered new problems.

A mobile phone lithium battery was placed in front of Lu Zixin's desk, and Lu Zixin frowned and said, "What is the specific problem?"

"Did the battery explode?"

A battery explosion is no small matter, and one of Samsung's phones has suffered a lot of damage because of it. Not only is the reputation reduced, but also the damages are compensated, the product is recalled.

Tang Gang shook his head and said, "It's not that serious, but it's also very troublesome." ”

He picked up the lithium battery and said, "This is the mobile phone lithium battery used by our HX1, which is provided by a mid-range battery manufacturer in China." This battery is not bad in terms of safety, but it has a big flaw. ”

"Its power storage is very problematic, and recently there have been many mobile phone users who have reported that our mobile phone's battery is draining very quickly, and there are people on the Internet who specifically smear us, resulting in a lot less HX1 reservations. ”

"What do users say? I'll see. After Lu Zixin finished speaking, Tang Gang sent him an email, which was the feedback of some HX1 users.

User 138~956: "The battery life of the HX1 is too poor, right? I play a few games and the battery is empty, not as durable as other mobile phones!"

User 177~154: "What is the little overlord mobile game machine? It's all hype, you have to connect the charging cable to play mobile games, it's too inconvenient!"

User 135~232: "This mobile phone is okay with everything, but the electricity is used too fast." ”

……

Lu Zixin took a quick look and asked, "Have you found the reason?" ”

Tang Gang nodded and said, "When we first had these problems, we began to investigate. A few points are summarized. ”

"In terms of battery performance, the lithium battery we use, the battery capacity and durability should be said to be similar to other mobile phones. But the bottom line is that if you want better performance, each piece of hardware consumes more power. ”

"In particular, most of our users are mobile gamers. Although the Red Core generation processor and the Ultra Android system are convenient and fast, they also consume more power when combined. ”

"So in comparison, users will feel that the battery life of our mobile phones is very poor. ”

Lu Zixin nodded, this is the situation caused by the mismatch of the craftsmanship of various accessories. When the processor is stronger, the power consumption will be higher, but the battery can't keep up, which causes the HX1 to have defects.

"What about the numbers in terms of production capacity and sales?" he asked.

"This month, the number of customer orders is more than 400,000 units, and our latest order is 1 million units. But Nissan should have just over 18,000 units. Tang Gang said, "And we have high quality requirements, resulting in a low pass rate, often reworked products, and the output may be lower." ”

"As for sales, because our production capacity is not enough, sales are still in short supply, and basically finished products can be sold. ”

Lu Zixin nodded, "In other words, the production capacity is still low, and there is also the problem of mobile phone batteries." ”

If this problem is not solved, Hongxin will not be able to launch HX2 and will not be able to compete with other mobile phone brands.

"We are trying to contact other manufacturers for the problem of mobile phone batteries, but the situation is not very good. Tang Gang said, "First of all, there are several powerful battery suppliers, and the two that we are currently negotiating with, one reason to provide us with mobile phone batteries, the performance is not very high compared to now." ”

"The other one is a manufacturer in the island country, and they are still talking about the high price. As for the rest, it will not be possible to cooperate in a short time. ”

"The performance is not high, so don't talk about it. Lu Zixin said, "What is the specific situation of the island country?"

Tang Gang had already prepared the materials and handed him a document. "This company is called Fujidaira Battery, and it is a subsidiary of the Panasonic Group in the island nation. The battery mainly produces electronic products, and the battery performance belongs to the international leading level. ”

"But their asking price is too high, 50 percent higher than the normal price!"

"They dare to ask for so much?" Lu Zixin said in surprise.

Tang Gang smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I dare." They calculated a lot in the cost of technology, that is, they were sure that we did not have such battery technology. ”

"If we use their batteries, the performance is really a little bit better. But if the cost increases, our profits will be greatly reduced. We are still in talks to reduce the price of batteries even more. ”

"Tomorrow, the negotiators of Fujidaira Battery will negotiate with us and agree on the results. ”

Lu Zixin said directly: "I'll go tomorrow to negotiate." ”

The next day, Lu Zixin, Tang Gang, and Yao Yu, the person in charge of the battery section of Hongxin Mobile, prepared to negotiate with representatives of Fujiping Company.

Yao is very thin, not smiling, he used to do battery technology, and he is one of the people who Lu Zixin dug in Wangtang Technology, and he is experienced.

"Fujidaira Battery Co., Ltd. has been established for more than ten years. Although it is a subsidiary of the Panasonic Group, it operates completely autonomously. It has two factories in our country and one in Pengcheng. Yao Li was afraid that Lu Zixin would not understand, so he introduced it again.

"They mainly make batteries for portable devices such as mobile phones, computers, and tablets. We have seen their technical process and production level, which are more in line with our requirements, and now the most important thing is that they refuse to give in price. ”

"Well, you'll talk about it later, I'll listen to it. Lu Zixin said.

When it was time to make the appointment, the negotiation representative of Fujidaira Electronics came, a total of two people, a short island countryman, and a young man, who was supposed to be a native.

"Mr. Nishimura, Mr. Ishikawa, welcome to the meeting. Tang Gang went over to shake hands with them, and at the same time introduced: "This is the CEO of our Hongxin Electronics, Lu Yan. ”

"Hello. Lu Zixin shook hands with them.

Tang Gang introduced him again: "This is Nishimura Heiichi, the business manager of Fujidaira Battery, and this is Ishikawa Zhuo, the vice president of Fujidaira Battery." ”

Lu Zixin was a little surprised, and said to the person named Ishikawa Zhuo: "I thought Mr. Ishikawa was from Huaxia!"

Ishikawa Zhuo shook his head and said in fluent Chinese: "No, I am from the island country. When I was a teenager, I went to the island nation with my parents. ”

The negotiations officially began, and Lu Zixin remained silent for the time being, listening to Tang Gang's talks with the other party. It can be seen that Takushi Ishikawa is the main person in charge, but he also attaches great importance to Heiichi Nishimura's opinion.

After talking for a while, there was no progress on both sides. Tang Gang said: "Your price is too much, according to our survey, the asking price of a battery supplier with a similar technical level to yours is only 70%, or even 60%. ”

Ishikawa Zhuo smiled: "The price is not so comparative. Our asking price is a reasonable request made after fully considering the cost and the market. I can say that in China, there is no higher level of mobile phone batteries than our Fujidaira. ”

"As for Korean and American manufacturers, their asking prices won't be lower than ours, right?"