"Now that the OEM is progressing smoothly, it will not be a problem to complete the target of stocking 2 million units before the official start of sales in April, and we can maintain a production capacity of 800,000 units per month. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"Luo Liang is reporting to Chen Wenhao on the preparation of the selfie drone.

"However, judging from the impact of this scheduled event, this volume is estimated to be far from enough for market demand." Luo Liang continued, "We predict that monthly production will have to at least double to meet demand, but the supply of accessories may not keep up. ”

When Chen Wenhao heard this, he asked, "The accessories you said can't keep up, it should mean the battery." ”

"Yes, there is no problem with the supply of accessories from third parties, and they will be given as much as they want. I communicated with the director of the Jiang factory, saying that if necessary, the production can also be increased. However, Director Li said that there was no way to increase supply in the short term. Luo Liang did not shy away from reporting truthfully.

"Lao Li's side is that I asked them not to rush to increase production, and the current focus is on tapping the potential of products. You don't have to rush the battery thing, maybe it won't take long to solve it. Chen Wenhao's answer made Luo Liangleng pause, as if he had thought of something, so he skipped this topic.

"Well, if that's the case, you can only engage in restricted sales, either by lottery or by queuing up to register." Luo Liang is very pragmatic, since he can't increase production, he will directly talk about the impact.

"Since the work of the market has been handed over to you, the specific affairs are up to you to decide, and I don't care about these. But one rule of thumb is to be careful: don't take your customers for fools. Something like hunger marketing might be able to maximize the benefits, but I personally don't like it. Chen Wenhao shrugged and replied.

Luo Liang's eyes lit up, looked at Chen Wenhao, and nodded heavily, "I understand." In his heart, there are still unspoken words, as a bit of idealistic people, his ideas often conflict with the requirements of the boss, the boss wants to maximize the benefits, but he often thinks from the perspective of the user, this is the short-term interests and long-term interests of the concept of choice, there is no right or wrong, but on behalf of the differences. As a professional manager, he naturally can't take advantage of the struggle with the owners of capital, and as soon as he shows a little fatigue, he will be cleared out of the game.

Luo Liang was reluctant to change himself, so his previous career as a manager had twists and turns. And this time, he gradually felt that it was a very correct choice to accept Chen Wenhao's invitation.

After sending Luo Liang away, Xiao Zha's call went directly to Chen Wenhao's mobile phone. Counting the time difference, it was already two o'clock in the morning local time, and Xiaozha was still working. Therefore, there is no fluke in success, unless it is like Chen Wenhao who has received the help of alien intelligence. But if he doesn't want to rely on alien spacecraft to threaten the earth, he also needs to manage it carefully to popularize alien technology.

Picking up the phone, Chen Wenhao didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly about his intentions. Facebook, represented by Xiao Zha, owns 12% of the company's shares and is one of the five major shareholders of Carmodo, and has maintained close ties with Chen Wenhao. However, the general thing is that the two communicate by email, and the direct phone call indicates that the importance of the matter is higher.

Although it was late at night, Xiao Zha's voice was still in good spirits, and after a simple greeting, Xiao Zha told Chen Wenhao one thing, "The new product you made is so cool, I am reluctant to put it down these days." But there is a bad thing, those guys who are fighting with us also know about this product, they have applied to the court to prohibit the sale in the United States, and the court has agreed to accept it, although there is no official ban on sales, but in the process of acceptance, it is not allowed to be sold. In addition, they have also applied to the EU side for the same ban through the consortium. ”

Xiao Zha played with drones, he knew that before this scheduled event, he presented a selfie drone to the heads of several major shareholders, which is very normal business etiquette. Two days after receiving this drone, Xiaozha published several articles on his Facebook personal homepage about his feelings about the use of this product, and also accompanied by photos of himself during use, which was ridiculed by some netizens as the most valuable advertising spokesperson, and even drove the expectations of potential users in the American market.

A consortium of 13 companies, led by Apple, was suing not only Kamodo, but all the companies controlled by Infinite Future, plus Facebook. Therefore, the unmanned selfie launched this time was also implicated.

If it is an ordinary drone company, this move can not be described as ruthless. The U.S. and European markets are the main regions of the global consumer drone market, and if they are banned from selling in these two regions, it is equivalent to the market shrinking by more than half, so how can it be played?

However, for Infinite Future, such a blockade can only be described in one sentence: "Five words floating in the sky, that's not a thing!" "Not to mention that the current production capacity is limited, even the demand of the domestic market can not be met, even if the production capacity is saturated in the future, to develop the international market, it is not that it can be banned.

After the first batch of 20,000 selfie drones sold in the market have been put on the market, various evaluation articles and related videos have been circulated throughout the network. As long as there is a strong demand from customers, there will naturally be businessmen who want to make money to find a way to buy goods.

These situations and truths, the joint group of 13 companies cannot not know, can only understand that the increasingly popular small card series software has an increasingly obvious impact on them, even if it can't stop your development, disgusting you, you can also vent your anger.

"Whatever they want, why don't you pay some lawyer's fees, and let the lawyer go and talk to them slowly." Chen Wenhao has been very busy recently, how can he have time to take care of those things.

"Chen, wait a minute, I still want to ask, is the new battery technology on the selfie drone in your hands?" Xiao Zha heard that Chen Wenhao had the meaning of ending, and hurriedly spoke.

"Yes, under the same circumstances, the endurance is increased by ten times." Chen Wenhao estimated that this was Xiaozha's real purpose, and estimated that he had done a lot of tests in the past few days.

"Facebook wants to license the technology for this new type of battery." Xiao Zha knew Chen Wenhao's character and made a request directly.

"Zach, you should know that there is no shortage of money on my side, and the value of this battery technology is difficult to estimate."

"So, can Facebook source this new type of battery?" The trick of the sky-high price, Xiaozha is very skillful, first put forward a very high request, and then put forward a relatively reasonable request after being rejected, which is a common means of negotiation in shopping malls, which can improve the success rate.

Chen Wenhao smiled, "Zack, use this trick on me." Tell me first, where are you going to use it? ”

“Aquila？” This answer made Chen Wenhao a little surprised, this is not powered by solar energy.

"Aquila" is the codename for Facebook's drone program, which aims to enable people living in remote areas around the world to connect to the Internet. Although the wingspan is 43 meters, larger than the Boeing 737 airliner, the drone weighs only about 400 kilograms and has a power of only 5,000 watts, which can transmit high-speed network signals from an altitude of 18 kilometers to the ground, covering a radius of 50 kilometers, and the design index is that each takeoff can be in the air for 90 days.

This is also a hot time in the Internet industry, and it is also known as one of the representatives of Facebook's "black technology", which has attracted a lot of attention. Not long ago, Facebook conducted its first prototype test, which successfully landed after 90 minutes of flight. However, it was later revealed by the media that the drone suffered a structural failure during the first flight, resulting in having to land early. Facebook eventually admitted to the malfunction, but there was no follow-up.

"Aquila's prototype is actually battery-powered." Xiao Zha first corrected one of Chen's erroneous statements, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke, "This test did find a lot of problems, so let's not talk about irrelevant ones." However, the laboratory said that it is very difficult to use solar power purely and can only be used as auxiliary power, and battery power is now the preferred solution. ”

"So, you've taken a fancy to my new battery, it's too thief." Chen Wenhao said what Xiao Zha didn't say.

"Haha, Chen, who doesn't like good things. I'm not telling you, but you're also well aware that the drone project is a crucial step in determining the success or failure of Facebook's 'Five Billion People Online Initiative'. What conditions do you have, you can negotiate. Xiao Zha didn't think it was wrong, after experiencing an accident in the United States, the personal relationship between the two was already very good.

Facebook has released a plan to use more than 1,000 drones to bring access to 5 billion people around the world, especially in remote areas. This is the "Five Billion People Online Plan".

Having said this, Chen Wenhao did not hide it, "The battery matter can be discussed, but you have to wait, I think you are also very clear about the significance of this new technology in the military and other professional fields, which is beyond the pure business scope." I'll have to wait until the aftermath is over before I can think about anything else. You know what I mean. ”

Xiao Zha hesitated and said, "If you want, I can be your introducer, you can become an American citizen or a European nationality at any time, as long as you want, I think any country will be open to you." Then, all obstacles will no longer exist, for example, the lawsuit in front of you will soon be over. ”

Chen Wenhao said in a very solemn tone, "Zack, I will not change my nationality. My relatives, friends, and colleagues are here, and my memories from birth are here, which are called 'roots' in the Chinese concept. And if I can't even trust my home country, how can I trust other countries. ”

After a long silence, Xiao Zha said, "I understand, I respect your choice and wish you good luck." Hopefully, we can start talking about the battery soon. ”

"Definitely, goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Chen Wenhao smiled and shook his head, it seems that the 13-company joint group has caused a lot of pressure on Facebook. However, what he said to Xiao Zha was not an excuse, but completely out of his own sincerity.

Perhaps, there are still problems of one kind and another in this land, but Chen Wenhao was born in the spring of reform and opening up, and his growth and maturity experience has witnessed the development history of China's continuous national strength and the rise of great powers again. In the past 30 years, the trend of social development has never changed, and this is no longer the special era of the past, nor can it go back to the special era of the past, and he is full of confidence in this.

Now, all he had to do was wait quietly, waiting for the signal to come. (To be continued.) )