Chapter 250: Developing a new mobile phone
Tao Zi left, and the others also left, only He Chunming stayed, his affairs have not been said, and Chen Shi has not asked yet. After everyone left, Chen Shi asked He Chunming, "How is it going?"
He Chunming poured a glass of water and took a sip before saying, "It's very smooth, but there are some problems, I came here today mainly to solve some things with you." β
Chen Shi doesn't know much about the technology of smart phones, he has only used mobile phones, but if you want him to make mobile phones, he will definitely be blinded and can't understand anything.
He said: "Don't ask me about technical things, go to the technician to solve it, what I can tell you is what the mobile phone will look like in the future, what functions should it have, etc., I have already said these things, therefore, I'm afraid you will be disappointed." β
He Chunming shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's not a technical matter, but a question about how the factory should be operated now." β
Chen Shi didn't know that since He Chunming acquired a mobile phone processing factory, the original factory had very few orders, and now there are almost no orders, and it is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the factory managers have no way but to find him, only to beg him, but he has no way to make the factory recover in a short period of time, so he directly found Chen Shi.
Chen Shi said: "What is it if it's not technology? Aren't there other people in charge of management? I remember that you are in charge of research and development, and you are engaged in the future mobile phone, so now you can just operate according to the original model, what are the problems?"
He Chunming shook his head and explained lightly: "It's not as simple as you think, the original factory is because of poor management, orders are gradually decreasing, and it is almost unbearable to sell to the outside world, otherwise, why should people sell a good factory? Since we took over, the factory has not had a single order, and the employees are on paid leave, if you don't want to find a way, you don't have to wait for the smart phone to be developed, we will go bankrupt first." β
Chen Shi realized the seriousness of the matter, a factory, if there is no order, of course, there will be no life, now, the factory he acquired is on the verge of death, if he doesn't want to find a way to find some orders, it will go bankrupt immediately, so what is the point of him buying this factory?
Chen Shi frowned and asked, "Why did the original orders decrease? Is it because of the poor management of the factory that the orders are lost? Or is it that the technology can't keep up?"
He Chunming said: "There are both, this is originally a small manufacturer, combining mobile phones, by the way to produce some mobile phone accessories, etc., because of their own strength, competition can not be, therefore, under the squeeze of large manufacturers, gradually lose the original orders, and they have no ability to open new customers, so the collapse is expected." β
Chen Shi said: "Why didn't you tell me at the beginning? It's been a month or two, if you had said it earlier, we might have solved the problem a long time ago, but now the situation is urgent, and the losses are even heavier." β
He Chunming said helplessly: "I didn't think so much at the beginning, I just wanted to find a manufacturer, organize a research and development team, and try to get the smart phone you said as much as possible, and then launch new products, all the old problems will be solved, but what I didn't expect is that the smart phone is so troublesome, and it will not be able to be developed for a while, let alone launched to the market, so I found you." β
Of course, Chen Shi is not complaining about He Chunming, nor is he blaming him, because he doesn't know about smart phones after all, and he doesn't know that the emergence of smart phones requires a technological breakthrough.
After thinking about it, Chen Shi said: "Have you called everyone to discuss? Now that you are about to go bankrupt, what do you think?"
He Chunming sighed and said: "Except for my newly recruited R&D personnel, most of the original factory everyone wants to leave, and they can't stay, everyone knows that the factory is going bankrupt, therefore, no one has the heart to do things, all day long is either worried or afraid, and those who can stay are the kind of people who have not found a new job and have no place to go for the time being." β
The situation was unexpectedly serious, and Chen Shi had to pay attention to it and think about how to revitalize the factory.
This factory is assembling mobile phones, by the way to produce some parts, a mobile phone, in addition to the most high-end chips, most of them can be done, therefore, it can be said that although the sparrow is small, all the organs are complete, only the core technology has not been mastered.
Chen Shi thought for a long time, and finally decided to produce his own mobile phone, his decision was just made, and was immediately refuted by He Chunming, he said: "Now we make our own mobile phone is simply impossible, not to mention the problem of chips, that is, in design, we do not have any advantages, now the market Samsung Motorola and other brands are rampant, what do we take to compete? There are other small brands are not vegetarian, our mobile phones can be produced immediately, then there is absolutely no ability to compete, will die quickly." β
Of course, Chen Shi knows these situations, and he also knows that the high-end industry of mobile phones cannot be easily touched, but now there is no way, he has to gamble, not to mention, he thinks that he has a superhuman vision, and the designed mobile phone will definitely not be bad, it must be a popular brand in the future, therefore, he is full of confidence.
He explained: "We don't have any way out now, as for the chip problem, we can hand it over to other manufacturers, such as Foxconn, such as Jianding, etc., they are all specialized in the production of electronic chips, I think they will not refuse our business, no manufacturer will refuse business, right?"
He Chunming nodded and said: "If the chip is solved in time, how should it be designed? How can it compete with other mobile phones? If we can't compete, what is the use of what we can produce if we can't sell it?"
Chen Shi suddenly asked: "Who do you think are the people who use mobile phones now?"
Now the use of mobile phones, of course, are white-collar workers and state civil servants and other people, are a group of people with a fixed job, life is relatively stable, as for the migrant workers who work, there are still very few people who use mobile phones, this kind of people are no one to pay attention to, there is no such mobile phone on the market, and there will be no manufacturers to design mobile phones for this group of people, therefore, Chen Shi wants to design a unique and high-quality mobile phone for this blank market, for migrant workers.
He Chunming didn't understand the meaning of Chen Shi's inquiry, so he replied, "Of course he is rich." β
Chen Shi smiled and said, "What kind of people are rich now?"
He Chunming said: "Company executives, white-collar workers, civil servants, self-employed businesses, etc., you don't have anything else!"
Chen Shi nodded and said, " Indeed, now the rich are this kind of people, however, the situation will change in the future, although, this type of people are also rich people, but the number of people who can afford to use mobile phones will increase, young people working outside, uncles and aunts who work at home will use mobile phones, especially young people and old people are separated, the old people stay behind, young people working in the field need mobile phones to contact each other, so we will open special mobile phones for this group of people, let mobile phones go into the streets and alleys, and truly do every rural marketγ β
He Chunming immediately understood what Chen Shi meant, and he could also imagine the future trend that Chen Shi said, but he didn't dare to take risks, he was a little scared, because the future is the future after all, and no one even knows the situation of tomorrow, let alone the trend of the future?
He said: "I can understand what you said, but if we fail, it will be all in vain, and we will not be able to recover the money we invested before, can you take this risk?"
Chen Shi affirmed: "Don't worry, I can still take this risk, you just let it go, I have a few suggestions for mobile phones in the rural market." β
He Chunming asked what kind of suggestion, Chen Shi continued: "First of all, the majority of rural aunts and uncles are illiterate, so we should pay attention to a simple design, don't make it too complicated, the keys should be big, and you can even make the keys glow, press it to light up, so that aunts and aunts, uncles and uncles will not be so troublesome to use, they are illiterate in time, but as long as the children are simply taught to answer the phone, they can call." Another is that the sound should be loud, the battery should be durable, as for other fashionable functions, you can do without, big calls, text messages, at most you can listen to some music, and other functions can be dispensed with. β
For different groups of people, the open products are of course different, if you give a smartphone to a farmer at this time, he will not be a baby, or even look at it, because he doesn't understand, has not used, does not know how to use, and can not figure it out.
Therefore, for rural people's mobile phones, simple and durable, the quality of the shell has become the first, what fashion style, what color choice is not important, in the eyes of uncles and uncles, can talk to children, can hear the voice of children on the line, on this basis, whose mobile phone is durable, whose mobile phone can be very simple to get started, who can occupy the market.
He Chunming said: "Since you have decided, then I will do it, but I think that for the time being, our factory will definitely be in a state of loss, you have to be prepared." β
Chen Shi is certainly ready, but he believes that the new phone will be available soon, because such a phone has no technical content.
He said: "I know, I hope you launch a new mobile phone as soon as possible, you have to urge the research and development of things, and there is another point that such a mobile phone is very easy to imitate, therefore, we must be prepared to compete, and when we succeed, other big manufacturers see business opportunities, will definitely follow up, what you have to do is to fight a defense war, do not let others occupy the market we developed." β