Rebuild 2005

Chapter 310 [309] Xiaomi who takes the road of Huawei
The 450-square-meter office is divided into four areas, the hardware department occupies one, the software department occupies the second, and the last area is reserved for independent offices and a small meeting room.

Wei Qingfan didn't come to the company many times, so when he was in the company, many people looked at him curiously when they saw such a young boy with a student appearance.

Of course, he has met all the important people, and if you don't know him, you can confirm that they are not that important.

There was a pretty young lady who probably saw that the little brother was also handsome, so she greeted him warmly and asked with a smile, "Are you here for work too?"

"Forget it."

Wei Qingfan smiled embarrassedly, "I am the boss here."

"..."

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, Wei Qingfan didn't care, smiled and waved, and then walked to his office.

Discussions came from behind, and they couldn't hear clearly, but Wei Qingfan could guess it with his toes, it must be "so young?", "so handsome" and other emotions.

Because there is a high probability that Wei Qingfan will move out soon, Wei Qingfan's office is not specially decorated. Li Miaoyu came here for a while, and then left him a photo of the two of them. He worked hard, trying to build an "Ancient Poetry Building" as soon as possible, and then give him a good job.

The four offices faced each other two by two. Next to Wei Qingfan was Zhang Yuanping. I don't know if it was because this guy had a bad temper, but Wang Qinggen avoided him on purpose.

There is no sign above the office, only simple numbers, Wei Qingfan’s number is “①”, Tang Tingyue’s number is “②”, Zhang Yuanping’s number is “③”, and Wang Qinggen’s number is “④”, which were arranged by Wang Qinggen and Zhang Yuanping before.

When Wei Qingfan arrived, the two people from Office No. [-] and No. [-] were already there, and Tang Tingyue was also there, talking in Wang Qinggen's office.

Seeing Wei Qingfan approaching, Zhang Yuanping came out and said, "I can't fit in the office, let's go outside."

"Row."

Wei Qingfan also had no objection, after all, the place was not big enough, he went to say hello to Tang Tingyue, and then Wang Qinggen and Zhang Yuanping, the two persons in charge who came forward in the early stage, went out together, and gathered together when they arrived.

Everyone stood up, and Zhang Yuanping didn't talk nonsense. He said "Let's ask Mr. Wei to say a few words", walked to the side, and motioned for Wei Qingfan to speak.

Wei Qingfan was a little speechless. Seeing the young or vicissitudes, curious or astonished faces in front of him, some people applauded spontaneously (habitually) when he walked to the front.

He waved his hand, waited for the applause to stop, and said, "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Wei Qingfan, the wholly-owned shareholder of Gushici Company, and the boss who pays everyone's salary.

"I know that everyone may feel uneasy. After all, as the saying goes, 'If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well', but don't worry, everyone, I have hair on my mouth, and I have a beard. I just shaved..."

Bottom staff: "..."

Wei Qingfan continued: "Just kidding, in short, everyone should rest assured that even if the company goes bankrupt, the salary will definitely not be in arrears. I still have hundreds of millions of deposits in the bank, and the annual interest alone is several thousand." Wan, you don’t have to worry about money, of course the company can do better, so I can earn more and everyone can earn more.”

After he finished speaking, regardless of the reaction, he continued: "I would like to introduce a few more important people in charge. First, Tang Tingyue, Mr. Tang, the person in charge of the software department, the top leader, is mainly responsible for the customization of the Android system; then Wang Qinggen , Mr. Wang, the second-in-command of the software department, is temporarily in charge of the research and development of several softwares; the other is Zhang Yuanping, Mr. Zhang, who is in charge of the hardware department. Naturally, it is the hardware research and development. The specific work arrangements will be arranged by these three in the future."

Wei Qingfan thought for a while, and made sure there was nothing missing, so he nodded and said, "That's it, everyone should do whatever they want."

A group of employees looked at each other and then dispersed.

Tang Tingyue laughed and said, "Your speech is quite solid."

Zhang Yuanping said, "Why don't we have another meeting?"

Wei Qingfan nodded, and the four of them went into the conference room again. Wei Qingfan plugged in the disk and put the PPT he made on it.

"Our priority now is to launch a customized system, tentatively named 'Luoshen System', which is planned to be launched within three months, no later than the end of this year."

After Wei Qingfan finished speaking, he looked at Tang Tingyue.

Tang Tingyue frowned and said, "Three months is too late."

Wei Qingfan said: "Now July, there is exactly half a year left. Anyway, at most half a year, the sooner the better... But, I don't want a semi-finished product, I want a system that can run stably and smoothly."

Tang Tingyue nodded and said, "Six months will definitely be fine...but I will continue to recruit people."

Wei Qingfan nodded and said, "Yes."

Tang Tingyue said again: "Luoshen System...does the name need to be changed? What kind of ui would be better?"

Wei Qingfan shook his head and said: "The name can be changed, but only Chinese characters are used... In addition, in the mobile phone system, those who can use Chinese characters try to use Chinese characters, and those who cannot use Chinese characters try to use Chinese characters. I don't want to see a bunch of wifi in the phone. English letters such as , UI, etc., don’t make jokes about widowing at that time.”

This is a trivial matter. Although Tang Tingyue didn't understand it, he still nodded with a smile and said, "Yes."

He added: "If you want to name it in Chinese, the Luoshen system is also very good, but it may cause some discussions and suspect that we confuse the concepts."

"Then add an explanation, based on the customization of the Android system, so that everyone can understand, but when you turn on the phone, there are a bunch of English letters, and you are dazzled and don't know what it means."

This topic quickly reached a consensus, and Wei Qingfan then said to Wang Qinggen: "The next thing we need to do is the system's own software. At present, it mainly includes theme stores, input methods, browsers, Lingxi voice, shopping malls, application markets, and maps. Navigation, including theme stores, input methods, and browsers, must be launched together with the system, and should be done first.”

Several people had read the detailed planning document, Wang Qinggen frowned and nodded without speaking.

Tang Tingyue said: "Navigation is unnecessary, right? Input methods and browsers can also find professional companies to cooperate with. The first thing we need to grasp is the core."

Wei Qingfan said: "Map navigation can be late, but it must be done. We need to accumulate data experience in order to develop new energy vehicles in the future."

As early as 2001, new energy vehicles had been included in the national project, and this year (2009) launched a series of supporting policies. Wang Qinggen had also heard about it abroad, but he did not expect that Wei Qingfan also wanted to do this. Yan slightly surprised, but just nodded.

Tang Tingyue was also a little surprised, looked at Wei Qingfan again, reassessed the young man's ambition, and then said: "Then divide it into three priorities, the theme store, the input method, the first batch of browsers, Lingxi voice, The shopping mall and application market are launched in the second batch, and the map navigation is the last."

Wang Qinggen continued: "But the voice of Lingxi is very important, and it has to be developed simultaneously."

Wei Qingfan said: "Yes, but there is another problem about this consonance voice, mainly in two directions, one direction is to only provide it to our own mobile phones and become a part of our ecology; the other direction is to adapt Match other products, including the iPhone, to create a social platform that crosses the mobile phone ecosystem."

In these two directions, the former mainly represents Apple's FaceTime and Huawei's Changlian, and the latter mainly represents WeChat and Michat. However, Michat lost in the competition with WeChat and soon withdrew from the stage of history.

If you choose the latter path, then Wei Qingfan will directly change its name to WeChat, but this path is more difficult. This is a winner-takes-all market, and the big players are destined to cannibalize the small ones. Chat, Fetion, and Momo can only disappear or change careers.

Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen looked at each other, neither expressing their opinions in a hurry.

Wei Qingfan said, "Brother Yue, tell me first."

"Brother Yue..."

Tang Tingyue seemed to be almost choked by his own saliva, and it took several seconds to accept the title, and said: "Our company launches, updates, adaptations, and software functions. Do you want to treat them equally? If we treat them equally, then whether we do this software or not, there are What’s the difference? It’s no longer part of our company ecosystem, there’s no competitive differentiation.”

Wei Qingfan said: "So your opinion is not to open software downloads?"

Tang Tingyue nodded, "Yes."

Wei Qingfan looked at Wang Qinggen again.

Wang Qinggen said: "I also have the same idea. Our profit mainly depends on hardware, so the software is to sell hardware services."

Wei Qingfan nodded and said, "Then we have reached a consensus to make Lingxi Voice a part of our company's ecology."

Regarding this issue, he considered open adaptation and competing with WeChat. After all, the WeChat team will not be formed until next year and will be launched in 11, which has a first-mover advantage.

But Tencent holds QQ, a national-level software, and can help promote WeChat in the early stage. Wei Qingfan is not confident that he will be able to compete;
In addition, it is the reason mentioned by Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen just now.

In addition, he also considered the idea of ​​"not participating in competition, but adapting to provide downloads on other platforms", in order to check and balance WeChat. If there are scruples, WeChat will not "grow wildly" like later generations.

But this idea was quickly rejected by himself because his position changed.

From the standpoint of consumers, I naturally hope that the software can be fresh and simple, have the functions I want, and don't add the functions I don't need, so as not to be bloated.

However, now that he wants to start a business and make mobile phones, the horrible resource occupation of daily software such as WeChat and Taobao is no longer so unbearable.

These software do not encroach on resources and prevent mobile phones from freezing. How can consumers change their mobile phones?
After all, software applications squeeze mobile phone resources, causing old mobile phones to freeze and make it difficult to use, which is beneficial to hardware manufacturers.

That being the case, if it is not going to replace WeChat, there is no need to do such a thankless thing.

Consumers will never spend money to buy Gushici products with the reason that "Gushici company's products check and balance WeChat and make WeChat easier to use". .

Instead of entangled in these, it is better to make the product better and optimize the Android system to a smooth and usable level as soon as possible.

In the foreseeable future, Apple will be the ceiling of the industry and the object for all mobile phone manufacturers to imitate. One of the most important points is ecology.

Among the domestic manufacturers, Huawei and Xiaomi are the best learners. Huawei is strong in R&D capabilities, while Xiaomi wins in its earlier deployment, and its peripheral products are more complete and cheaper.

What Wei Qingfan wants to do is Xiaomi following Huawei's road, or Huawei's consumer business that Xiaomi started, with an earlier layout and strengthened research and development.

As for how high he can go, he has no way to make an accurate estimate, but it can't be worse than Xiaomi, right?
(End of this chapter)