Flower City, the private villa of Lei Jun's family.

Ren Pingsheng and Lei Jun sat opposite each other, drinking morning tea while chatting about the progress of recent days.

Compared with the beginning of the year, Lei Jun's mental state is much better, his face is also ruddy, and his eyes are full of eager vitality, which shows how important it seems to be to re-find his life purpose for an entrepreneur who was once infinitely close to the peak.

"I HAVE STUDIED ALL THE MOBILE PHONES IN THE MARKET, AND NONE OF THEM CAN BE PLAYED COMPARED TO THE IPHONE. ”

Lei Jun looked at the dozen or so mobile phones of all kinds on the desktop, shook his head, and said.

Among these phones, there are Nokia's N96, Motorola's RIZR Z10, and Palm Centro...... BUT NO MATTER HOW NOVEL THE SHAPE OF THESE MOBILE PHONES IS AND HOW POWERFUL THE FUNCTIONS THEY ADVERTISE, WHEN THE STRAIGHT FLAT IPHONE LIGHTS UP THE SCREEN, UNDER THE SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE OPERATION INTERFACE OF THE IPHONE, THESE MOBILE PHONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALL THE RAGE IN THE MARKET LOOK STRANGE AND OUTDATED, AND THE IPHONE IS IN IT, LIKE A PRODUCT FROM ALIEN TECHNOLOGY, FULL OF A SENSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURISM.

REN PINGSHENG SAID WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS IPHONE:

"We would like to thank Apple, which has not yet entered the Chinese market due to its arrogance and reserve, which has left us precious time to catch up. ”

ACCORDING TO THE MEMORY OF THE PREVIOUS LIFE, IT WAS NOT UNTIL 2009 THAT APPLE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA UNICOM, AND CHINA UNICOM OWNED THE SALES RIGHTS OF IPHONE IN CHINA, AND THIS MOBILE PHONE REALLY ENTERED THE CHINESE MARKET AND ENTERED THE HANDS OF MORE CHINESE USERS.

BEFORE THAT, THE IPHONE WAS ONLY ROLLED OUT IN A SMALL AREA IN THE FORM OF PARALLEL IMPORTS IN CHINA, AND IT HAD A RELATIVELY NARROW USER AND REPUTATION.

Lei Jun nodded and agreed:

"However, there is not much time left for us, and the tuyere of mobile Internet has arrived. I just attended CES and saw an engineering prototype of Android from Taiwan's Wistron NeWeb Corp, which is said to have reached a partnership with Google to produce the first Android phone. ”

Ren Pingsheng is very familiar with the development history of Android mobile phones, so he has the same attitude as Lei Jun.

On the mobile Internet, it is advisable to be fast rather than slow, and we must be the first to occupy the position of the leader, one step ahead, step by step, once behind, we will be beaten everywhere.

Nokia and Motorola, the dinosaurs of the old era, were eliminated in the era of great market changes precisely because they did not keep up with the trend of the Android system because of the slow adjustment speed.

However, when it comes to hardware production, Lei Jun's attitude is not so optimistic, he sighed and said:

"I have been in contact with manufacturers such as Foxconn, Huaqin, Wingtech, etc., and these foundries all started with international brands such as Apple, LG, Asus, and Lianxiang, and they are generally not very friendly to new brands that have no visibility and market share in the market. We now have no brand, no sales channels, and no sales, so who would dare to place an order for us?"

Lei Jun's worries are also real, indeed, as he said, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult for a new entrant in the industry to get the support of the foundry system.

Although Lei Jun has a lot of experience and name in the software industry, he does not have enough influence in the field of hardware manufacturing, and it is extremely difficult to change the rules of the industry by himself.

Ren Pingsheng realized at this time that he thought about mobile phone manufacturing too simply.

After all, this industry is engaged in the production of highly integrated electronic products, and it is not enough to do a few PPTs, hold a few press conferences, and do a good job in marketing and publicity, but also need professionals with rich experience and contacts in the hardware industry.

But at present, Ren Pingsheng can't think of a good way to help Lei Jun, all of this can only depend on how Lei Jun operates.

Regarding Ren Pingsheng's question, Lei Jun replied like this:

"I want to walk on two legs, on the one hand, to recruit some experienced industry insiders to help, and on the other hand, to see if I can buy a company with manufacturing experience to shorten the time for construction to start. ”

Ren Pingsheng said:

"That's a good idea, do you have a direction?"

Lei Jun smiled, nodded and said:

"I found a company with its headquarters and manufacturing base in Zhuhai, which used to produce consumer electronic products, and has a good reputation in design and manufacturing, and has a high degree of consumer recognition. I've already contacted their boss and plan to talk to him in a few days. ”

Listening to Lei Jun's words, Ren Pingsheng seemed to remember something in his mind, he frowned, and asked:

"The company you are talking about is not called the charm master? ”

Lei Jun showed surprise in his eyes, and he nodded:

"yes, how do you know. ”

Of course, Ren Pingsheng knew that because in his previous life, the entanglement between Lei Jun and the charm master has always been often mentioned in the smartphone circle.

It is said that Lei Jun was extremely optimistic about the charm owner and wanted to invest in the charm master to enter the mobile phone industry, but because the founder of the charm master, Huang Zhang, had a strong personality, Lei Jun and him had differences in many views, and the two finally broke up.

It is precisely because of the unsuccessful investment in the charm that Lei Jun founded the rice company by himself, and through the marketing strategy and route similar to the charm master, it has grown rapidly, and finally became a strong player in the domestic smartphone industry.

Unexpectedly, on the timeline that Ren Pingsheng had already intervened in, Lei Jun went around a few times, and he was about to dock with Huang Zhang, the charm master.

Although Lei Jun has not met Huang Zhang, Ren Pingsheng can conclude that this cooperation cannot be negotiated with the experience of his previous life.

Of course, Ren Pingsheng will not divulge his sources, he just said slowly:

"Huang Zhang, the charm master, this person is very craftsman, very able to study a certain product, and is a good product manager. ”

However, Huang Zhang's heart is not broad-minded, he lacks the bearing to accommodate others, and he does not have the measure to absorb the strength of all parties, as an entrepreneur, he is unqualified. ”

Listening to Ren Pingsheng's foresight, Lei Jun had a thoughtful look on his face, and he muttered:

It is said that Huang Zhang only has a junior high school education, and he worked as a carpenter when he was young, and he started to establish Meizhu with 100,000 yuan, and developed it into an electronic product company with sales of more than one billion, which should still have some uniqueness in terms of operation. I'll talk about it first, even if I can't talk about it, it's good to learn and learn. ”

Ren Pingsheng knew Lei Jun's cautious character of paying attention to details, and he didn't say much against it, nodded and said:

"The charm owner has done a good job in terms of user feedback and communication with users, you can learn about it. ”

Lei Jun nodded in approval, and the matter of the charm lord was settled.

The two chatted again, and Lei Jun asked:

"You're not just here to talk about mobile phones. ”

Ren Pingsheng smiled and admitted:

"Yes, I want to see someone. ”

Lei Junqi said:

"Who?"

Ren Pingsheng replied calmly:

"Zhang Xiaolong. ”