Fang Yi had a boxed lunch with Zhao Li and them in the software company, and took a short break in the office, and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Long came on time and knocked on Fang Yi's office door.

Fang Yi asked people to bring two cups of tea, and then sat down face-to-face with Li Long and said, "Li Long, now our computer company is on the right track, right?"

"In terms of assembling machines has been on the right track, we have now been in Sichuan comprehensive layout, by the end of this month, we have sales stores in various prefecture-level cities in Sichuan, and at the same time in undergraduate colleges and universities have established our convenience stores, but our brand machine plan has not yet been completed, our brand machine popularity is not enough, only in the prefecture-level cities in Sichuan has influence, can not go out of Sichuan"

Fang Yi nodded and asked, "Li Long, can you summarize for me, how can you establish stores in various prefecture-level cities and colleges so quickly?"

Li Long has long had an answer to this question, and this is also a proud work of his own." Mr. Fang, this is also thanks to our backing on the University of Electronic Science and Technology, our University of Electronic Science and Technology brings together the top talents related to electronics in the entire southwest region, the number of students who enter and graduate every year is more than 2,000 people, I first formulate the relevant development plan, and then according to the plan to graduate from the computer department students to find like-minded talents with us, and then carry out simple business training, and finally with an experienced person in the store, our goods are ready, that is only a matter of renting a store and decoration from the opening of a new store, in fact, some things have sorted out the ideas, and it is so simple to do”

Fang Yi nodded and praised, "Li Long, you have done a very good job, I am very satisfied, this is the efficiency I want, I predict that in the next ten or twenty years will be the era of the Internet and mobile communications, we need to lay out in these two industries, Zhao Li has discussed software related matters with me this morning, now let's discuss hardware matters"

Li Long nodded, after Fang Yi talked to him about the mobile phone this morning, he was prepared, not only learned about the current mobile phone market from the Internet, but also made a special trip to the communication supplies store at the school gate, but he ran in vain, the communication supplies store did not have a real machine at all, only some rough models. "Mr. Fang, I also have a certain understanding of the current mobile phone market this morning, but it is still not deep."

Fang Yi shook his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, only a very small number of people have the ability to use luxury goods on mobile phones now, but in the future, it will definitely enter everyone's life and become an inseparable part of our lives." What do you think about our desire to get involved in the mobile phone business?"

Li Long recalled the information he inquired this morning and said, "The current mobile phone market is basically occupied by some big international brands, among which Nokia and Motorola have the highest market share, and Samsung is now also growing."

Fang Yi nodded and said, "This information is very accurate, what do you think is better for us to start with if we make mobile phones?

Li Long thought for a while and said, "Mr. Fang, you really reminded me, our school really has this major, and there are related laboratories, but I don't know what the specific results are, and Mr. Fang, I have been learning computer and electronic product hardware knowledge, and I really don't know much about radio communication, so Mr. Fang thinks I'm not suitable for managing this business, I really don't know much, I'm afraid I can't do it well."

Fang Yi is right to think about it, professional people must do professional things, if you catch ducks on the shelves, the result is often counterproductive, "It's okay, then you help me inquire in school, which one of the University of Electronic Science and Technology is the most professional in this regard, and then help me make an appointment to talk together"

Although Li Long gave up this opportunity to be in charge of the mobile phone business, he was still a little reluctant in his heart, and his mood was a little low at this time, Fang Yi patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "Li Long, you are very good, I will not force you to do some work that you are not good at, have you ever played MP3?"

Li Long took out a black thing and said, "Mr. Fang, is this what you are talking about?"

Fang Yi took it in his hand and looked at it, then reversed his weight and said, "How much does this thing cost?"

Li Long said, "I sent a bonus to buy it last month, 128M memory, 625 yuan"

Fang Yi asked, "It's so expensive, how about the sound quality?"

Li Long didn't answer, fiddled a few times and handed the two earphones to Fang Yi, Fang Yi glanced at him, stuffed the earphones into his ear holes, and a male voice came from his ears, it was Liu Tianwang's song, the sound quality was a little noisy, and the feeling of an ordinary car radio in the previous life, and the earbuds were very hard, and listening to them for a while made his ear piercings hurt.

Fang Yi put down the MP3 and asked, "How many songs can this MP3 store?"

"If the quality of the sound source is poor, you can save about 45 songs, and if the quality of the sound source is good, you can also save about 20 songs," Li Long replied proudly with his MP3.

"What position can this MP3 be on the market?" Fang Yi asked again

It belongs to the upper middle range, and there are some foreign brands, such as Samsung, whose price is about 1000 yuan.

"If you were asked to design an MP3 player, would you be confident?" Fang Yi suddenly asked

Li Long stopped for about 3 seconds as if he had been clicked, and then came back to his senses and said, "Mr. Fang, didn't you say that you want to make a mobile phone, why do you want to make an MP3 player again?"

Fang Yi ignored his question and asked rhetorically, "Do you think designing a mobile phone can be made in three or two days? Do you think designing a mobile phone is something that three or two people can do? Do you know how much it costs to build a mobile phone production line?"

Li Long felt that his mouth was a little dry when he was asked, and replied, "Mr. Fang, I think it will cost a lot of design time and manpower, as for the cost of production line construction, I don't know, but it should be a lot of money."

"Then how did all this money come from?" Fang Yi asked Li Long, and continued without waiting for his answer, "Of course we have to make money, I just want to make money through MP3 players to realize our mobile phone dream"

Li Long stammered a little and asked, "Mr. Fang, what kind of MP3 player are we going to make?"

FANG YI DIDN'T ANSWER, TOOK OUT AN A4 PIECE OF PAPER FROM HIS BAG AND HANDED IT TO LI LONG, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE APPEARANCE OF AN IPOD THAT FANG YI DREW WITH A PENCIL WHEN HE ATE AT NOON TODAY.

Li Long looked at the appearance picture and asked brightly, "Mr. Fang, where did you get this drawing, this is the MP3 you designed, so beautiful?"

Fang Yi said, "This is the MP3 player we are going to launch, and I named it century

, nicknamed Little C" Then Fang Yi introduced this MP3 to Li Long, its functions and related parameters, as well as the requirements for headphones.

Li Long looked at Fang Yi incredulously and said, "Mr. Fang, how much are you going to sell this 5G memory, with an LCD monitor, and an MP3 with 20 equalizers?"

"If it were you, how much would you be willing to spend on it?" Fang Yi asked without answering.

Li Long thought for a while and said, "With my current income level, within 2000 yuan, I am willing to buy" Thinking about it, his big, black, and thick MP3 cost 625 yuan, so this MP3 player, whether it is appearance, performance or storage space enough to sweep everything, sells for 2000 yuan, it should not worry about sales, but Fang Yi only wants to set the price at about 1200 yuan, and the specific price depends on the cost calculation after the design.

Fang Yi continued to ask, "Now that I have given you the design drawing, what you have to do is to complete his industrial design, find the right LCD screen and related accessories, etc., are you confident?"

Li Long stood up, faced Fang Yi below, and said, "Yes."

"I can't hear it"

"Yes," replied Li Long in a voice capable of piercing through three rooms.

"Then how much time will it take you to complete?" Fang Yi asked

"Half a year"

"No, there is not so much time, I can only give you 4 months, before the National Day, we must go on sale, before September 1, you must determine the design, and then give our factory a month of production time" Fang Yi finally decided.

Li Long silently calculated in his heart, and replied loudly like a soldier, "Guarantee to complete the task" The reason why Fang Yi wants to complete the listing and sales of products before the National Day is because in October 2001, Apple will launch its own IPOD, and they are big brands and wealthy families, and they must make a name for themselves a year in advance, and then sell their products to the world to seize the market that should be IPOD.

"Do you have any questions for completing this?" Fang Yi asked again, he had a strong expectation for this MP3, which would become a stepping stone for the Century brand to get out of SC and go to the world, and it was also an opportunity for the promotion of his own membership card system.

Li Long thought for a while and said, "Mr. Fang, I think it is a little difficult for this MP3 to be developed and produced in our Sichuan, and the main electronic products in China are concentrated in GD, where all the R & D equipment can be purchased, and a variety of supporting electronic components, as well as mature factories, once finalized, it can be put into production immediately, and there is a complete sea, land, and air transportation, which can transport our products to every corner needed at the fastest speed."

Fang Yi thought about it, although he wanted to settle his project in Sichuan and make some contributions to his hometown, but Sichuan did not have such conditions now, and finally said, "This is okay, you can work in the computer company in your hand with Huang Tao, Yuan Jie will carry out the handover, they will be responsible for the sales of the product, and your main work in the future is the research and development of electronic products, and then go to Guangzhou to find Liu Fei, and establish our electronic product research and development center in Guangzhou with him, in addition, I will send Chen Zhao and you to Guangzhou together, and he will handle all the logistics related work, and you and Liu Fei will try their best to do a good job in research and development. ”

Li Long nodded, "Mr. Fang, I am not familiar with the place of life in Guangzhou now, and there is no competent person now, I want to bring a few people from the University of Electronic Science and Technology."