Chapter 521: Trade Competition
Apple's withdrawal from the Chinese market has caused a series of chain reactions. The United States has also retaliated by launching investigations into some Chinese-funded companies.
What's more, those foreign companies that have mastered the technology have joined forces to start raising the price of some spare parts.
Especially the things that Huaxia can't produce, such as mobile phone chips, memory and other accessories, have risen even more. The consequence of such a price increase is to increase the cost of Huaxia electronic products and reduce profits.
In recent years, Huaxia mobile phone brands have risen, and among the top ten mobile phone brands in the world, Huaxia occupies six places, especially in the low-end market, and the market share of Huaxia mobile phone brands is very high.
In the face of price increases, even Zhonghua Group is a little helpless. Because of a lot of things, they don't master technology. Without technology, no matter how awesome your sales are, you can only be slaughtered by others.
Apple withdrew from Huaxia, and Samsung's market share in Huaxia fell from a high of 22 percent to less than 2 percent now. The entire Chinese market can be said to be dominated by self-owned brand mobile phones.
Now, those manufacturers have good reason to exploit their profits. Especially at this time, when there is someone behind you.
"Damn, a few handfuls of eggs really hurt......"
"This is a weak ...... that does not master the core technology"
"In a huge China, except for China, there is no company that can manufacture mobile phone chips......"
"It's not enough for China's mobile phone chips to be used by themselves. You can't take it out and sell it to other companies......"
"It's really sad, I worked hard to sell mobile phones, and in the end I worked for someone else......"
Huaxia netizens discussed that the rapid rise of domestic mobile phones in recent years once made them very proud. But the current blow has made them very discouraged.
Without mastering the core technology, it is said that it is an independent brand, but in fact, it is an assembly machine. Except for the name, all parts are purchased from foreign companies.
Now that the price is rising, you can only be slaughtered. Although there is the pride of China. But in fact, in comparison, China still has relatively few core technologies. Compared with those foreign giants, the technology mastered by Zhonghua Group is still relatively weak.
In the scientific research department of Longteng Group, a meeting was being held, and Zhang Fan sat in the conference room, looking at the people below.
"Chairman, I think we should invest heavily in R&D in chip technology. Not only mobile phone chips, but also the products of our Longteng Smart Home will need smart chips to control in the future. If we can produce our own chips, we will have more active voice in the future. ”
A high-level person said seriously. Now Longteng Group has invested a lot of money in research and development. However, there is not much investment in the core smart chip technology.
Chip manufacturing is a complex process. Don't underestimate the small chip, the smaller the thing, the more sophisticated the integrated technology. There's so much technology involved.
Therefore, to develop chip technology, the investment is huge, even a bottomless pit. Longteng Group does not have a R&D team at all, nor does it have any technology and patent accumulation.
"Chairman, the investment in research chips is too huge. I think it's better to invest this money in the research and development of artificial intelligence. After all, our Longteng Group's current funds are not abundant. ”
Another high-level dissenting opinion is that the research on chips requires too much investment.
Different opinions, each other has a point. Zhang Fan sat there, thinking seriously. At the same time, the consciousness dives into the lottery to see some technology.
The lottery is expensive. Not only that, but even if these technologies are redeemed, it is not so easy to come up with a product.
Chip manufacturing is a high-end manufacturing that involves many facets. If your high-end manufacturing technology can't reach a certain stage, you won't be able to produce it if you give you the technology.
For example, Zhonghua Group has chip technology, but the manufacturer is not Zhonghua Group itself. Instead, it entrusts a specialized chip manufacturer to make the chips.
Looking at these tempting techniques, Zhang Fan took a deep breath. The technology is tempting, but it's also expensive. With this bit of prestige, you can't exchange it for something too tempting.
"Okay, listen to me. Set up a chip R&D team first, and first accumulate technology. Develop relatively simple chips first. For example, the chips used in our smart home products. Step by step, accumulate some technology first, and then move forward to high-end chip technology at the right time......"
Zhang Fan said seriously, and the people below stopped talking when they heard Zhang Fan's words. Zhang Fan is full of words in the company, and no one can change what he decides.
The chips used in smart home products are not too high-end. After all, there are not many things to be processed by these chips, they are all simple data, and it is not difficult to make these chips self-produced.
The really difficult chips are mobile phone chips, computer chips, and other things. These chips need to process a lot of data.
However, it is clear that Longteng Group has not yet accumulated such technology. Zhang Fan's prestige can't help but be willful in this regard. The road has to be taken step by step, and nothing can be eaten into a fat person.
Now for Longteng Group, Longteng Smart Home Plan and Longteng Home Plan are the key.
The excitement outside has nothing to do with Longteng Group, and the impact on Longteng Group is minimal. A windfall also made Longteng Group earn extra comfortably, and it was too easy to make money by replacing the system of Apple's mobile phone.
This windfall has made Longteng Group's liquidity sufficient again. And the Longteng Homeland plan has also accelerated the pace of implementation.
"Chairman, this is the progress of our Longteng homeland. Chairman, through our visits and surveys. I think we should revise the policy a little bit. ”
Wang Ning, chairman of Longteng Group and Longteng Real Estate, walked into Zhang Fan's office.
"Oh, tell me about it. ”
Zhang Fan said in a low voice.
"According to our surveys, many young people still want to own a house of their own. So I think our policy could be modified a little bit. We can give a rule, such as living here for more than 10 years, you can have the qualification to buy this house at any time. The rent in the early stage can be directly offset against the price of the house......"
Wang Ning expressed his opinion. This is not a casual statement, but a summary based on a survey. In the hearts of the Chinese people, they always feel that having a house is a problem.
The previous policy was to rent only and not sell, which inevitably caused many people to contradict. If you are eligible to buy a house if you rent here for enough time, and the upfront rent can be used to cover the payment, then the temptation of this house is greater.
"In that case, let's try it according to the new policy. Let's start with a few cities to pilot in. See how it goes......"
Zhang Fan's words made Wang Ning nod.