Rebuild 2005

After the chaos of the company's start-up, as Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen adapted to the company's development rhythm, and their respective teams got into initial integration, the in-depth customization of the Luoshen system was much faster than everyone expected.

It was originally scheduled to start the internal test in late September and release the beta version in late October, but in fact, by the end of September, the beta version had reached a stable level that could be released to the outside world.

Seeing this, Wei Qingfan didn't hold back any more. After all, the early open test can complete the positive cycle of "experience-feedback-development".

So in fact, at the beginning of October, the public beta had already started, coupled with the fermentation of the water army and tap water, a small craze soon formed.

It was late October at this time, and the Luoshen customized system had completed the adaptation of the mainstream models of the four brands of HTC, Meizu, Philips, and Motorola, and was currently adapting to Samsung smartphones.

The initial goal is to cover most mainstream smartphones by the end of the year.

As for who is the mainstream, it naturally depends on who shouts louder. After all, what is needed now is online popularity, and everything is based on popularity.

It can be said that the software has started to go on the right track, and in terms of hardware, the specifications of most components have been finalized, and the suppliers have basically been negotiated.

Some of these components have signed a VAM agreement. In the early stage, the goods will be purchased at a low price, and the total purchase volume will be calculated by the end of next year. If the guaranteed amount cannot be reached, the price difference of the previous batches will be made up, and another payment will be made. Liquidated damages, the lowest amount of which has reached 60 pieces;

——Zhang Yuanping, Tang Tingyue, Wang Qinggen, and Zhao Haiming, who is in charge of supply chain management, all raised objections to this, but they were suppressed by Wei Qingfan.

There is only one reason he gave, that is, he is very confident that as long as the sales volume of the first-generation Guci mobile phone can exceed one million units, this VAM agreement will be profitable.

Others couldn't persuade them, and Wei Qingfan also made it clear that even if he lost money, he would still have other money to fill in, which would not affect the company's operations, so the others had no choice but to let it go.

However, there is no way to accurately gamble on more components, because as the mass production technology matures, the cost and price will drop rapidly. Qing Fan was not in a hurry, and tried his best to trust the judgment of professionals in this regard.

The main board of the mobile phone is still being perfected, but Wei Qingfan has already set the time for the press conference, which will be on the Shangsi Festival next year, which is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar and April 4th in the Gregorian calendar.

The whole company is like a machine, working towards this goal.

His work tasks during this period have increased a lot. On the one hand, he has to "align" with the water friends on the Internet, and check Wei's presence, so that it will be effective when he holds a press conference later, otherwise he will look young. , and is not well-known, it will be funny if you can't hold the scene;
On the other hand, we must continue to look at the various projects in the company, try to avoid detours and trial and error, and maximize the possibility of ensuring the "one hit" of the first generation of Guci mobile phones.

In terms of hardware design, he gave Zhang Yuanping a lot of autonomy, because the focus is on cost performance rather than design. The first generation of Xiaomi mobile phones is so ugly, and there are still 750 million units sold (counting 1s). The price is too high, what bike do you want?

However, in terms of appearance design, it has been determined long ago. Zhang Yuanping has also participated in the design.

Now I can only wait for the Luoshen system to be famous and wait for the hardware design to be completed.

During this period, Wei Qingfan perfected his product planning blueprint and was making final measurement revisions.

After going from the first stage of "elimination of hostility" to the second stage of "attempt to accept", the attitudes of the two girls towards him have eased a lot, but it is definitely unrealistic to return to the previous progress in a short period of time. At present, he The contact with Li Miaoyu is basically limited to petting cats, picking up and dropping off, eating, and even holding hands is difficult.

But the happiness of a lifetime requires more patience, not to mention the busy business of the company, he is also happy to maintain the status quo.

After sending the computer to Cao Ze, Wei Qingfan went straight back to the company and continued to measure his blueprint for product planning.

During this period, he chatted with Li Miaoyu on QQ for a while, scolded Cao Ze, and then went to the Luoshen community to use different accounts to fill the water. Checking the time, it was almost seven o'clock, so he got up and left In the office, call Tang Tingyue, Zhang Yuanping, and Wang Qinggen to the conference room for a meeting.

He plugged in the USB flash drive and opened his plan.

"I want to make the company's future product plan early...Of course, I know it's a bit early, but it's just a rough discussion anyway. It's our internal planning and positioning, so it's just a small talk."

As soon as Wei Qingfan started, Zhang Yuanping opened his mouth to refute, so he had to change his words.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanping finally stopped finding fault, and looked up at the planning map above.

"We want to build two brands. The ancient poems focus on high-end and establish a brand image. The ancient poems use the technology of ancient poems to decentralize, focusing on cost-effectiveness and volume. This is the company's long-term strategy and will not change easily."

Wei Qingfan reiterated this matter first, mainly to continue to emphasize the determination to be high-end, which can be regarded as a daily casual painting.

"I roughly planned eight major product series in order from high to low, and six of them will be released. Let me talk about these six first."

The plans for the six major product series have already appeared on the front projector, and Wei Qingfan continued to say:
"The high-end flagship of the Gushi brand, the 'Will Entering Wine' series, is responsible for raising the price and enhancing the brand value. It is the strongest flagship that our company can make. It will launch all new technologies, including new chips—if we can do it in the future. If it comes out, the press conference is tentatively scheduled for the Double Ninth Festival every year, which is the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter;

"The fashion flagship of the Gushi brand, the 'Quiet Night Thoughts' series, focuses on light and thin fashion, and video photography. It belongs to the double flagship of the Gushi brand. release;

"The sub-flagship 'Niaomingjian' series of the Gushi brand focuses on fashion and thinness, and is positioned in the offline market. The main target group is young people. In the early stage, it is mainly girls. The release time is the Qingming Festival every year;
"The next is the ancient word brand, the first is the flagship series 'Linjiang Fairy', the price positioning is the same as the ancient poem 'Niaomingjian', released every year on the Shangsi Festival, and also uses our flagship chip - this is the dual flagship product, Shuangzhong For high-end products, it is very important to grasp the knife technique!

"After the price of Jiangjinjiu is raised, Niaomingjian and Linjiangxian must be able to take over and suppress the flagship products of other brands. To do this, they must not backstab their own flagship products, and they must suppress them at the same time. Other products at the same price require us to have a strong technical reserve...

"So, Mr. Zhang, your task is very heavy, especially chips. I can tell you clearly that we will start to develop chips ourselves in three years at the earliest, and five years at the latest. The better the mobile phones sell, the faster this time will come." quick."

After days of busyness and exhaustion, coupled with the fact that the motherboard design on the hardware side has not been completed, Zhang Yuanping is obviously in a bad mood. Wei Qingfan drew him an extra cake at the right time, just like the grass in front of a donkey. Shake it from time to time.

Zhang Yuanping looked at him, but didn't speak.

Wei Qingfan continued: "Of course we don't discuss chips today, mainly to sort out the time of the press conference. We only need to have two chips, one flagship and one low-end, because in the early stage we can only start from low-end chips. gain experience.”

Thanks to Yu Dazui's amazing perseverance and determination, Huawei HiSilicon's mobile phone processor has taken the flagship route from the beginning, but HiSilicon started very early, and the early smartphone market was not so transparent. Many people scolded, There will also be many people who don't know what to buy.

For example, Wei Qingfan himself, the first smartphone in his previous life was the K3V2 Huawei P6. For this reason, he abandoned the Mi 3 and Meizu MX3, and was fooled.

But when ancient poetry enters the market, no matter from the perspective of the market or the brand image, such a desperate move cannot be tolerated.

After all, Huawei’s mobile phone business is losing money, and the communication business is still supporting it. If the ancient poems lose money, they can only fail. This is also the dilemma that companies such as Xiaomi wanted to develop their own chips in the previous life.

"The above four series of products all use flagship chips, at least until our mid-range processors carry them.

"If the performance of the flagship processor is sufficient, you can create space for a mid-range processor. If not, you can use another mid-range processor. It will be released on the Lantern Festival, which is the Lantern Festival. The product name is ' Sapphire case';
"The last is a low-end entry-level series, temporarily named 'Manjianghong', and the price is positioned below 1000 yuan."

Wei Qingfan finished speaking, then turned his head to look at the projector, and listed all the products, "Starting from 'will enter the wine', the release order of the flagship processor products is: Double Ninth Festival will enter the wine, the next year two Thinking at night on the second day of the month, Linjiang immortals on Shangsi Festival, and singing birds on Ching Ming Festival.

"Divided according to traditional festivals, it is the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month, the terminal product, Qingyu case; the second day of February, the video flagship Jingyuesi; Shangsi Festival, the ancient poetry flagship Linjiangxian; Qingming Festival, the ancient poetry flagship bird singing stream; Shangsi Festival It is very close to the Ching Ming Festival, and the two products are also priced at the same price. Just make a distinction. The appearance of Niaomingjian must be beautiful, and the performance of Linjiang Xian must be sufficient;
"These are four products in the first half of the year, mainly high-end and mid-range; after that, there will be Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, and Ghost Festival, which can be reserved for other product launches, such as computers in the future;
"In the second half of the year, September [-]th is the Double Ninth Festival, and wine will be served; October [-]th, the Xiayuan Festival, the low-end is full of red; Laba, I plan to reserve it for the ultra-high-end flagship, but this is far away, and it may have to wait until the folding screen can be measured. When it was born, the tentative name was 'Song of Righteousness'..."

He finished speaking in one breath, stood on the top and looked at the Big Three below, and found that the three of them seemed a little dull, and they were all looking at him without looking at the product plan.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Wei Qingfan was a little helpless, "How is it?"

The three looked at each other, and Wang Qinggen said first, "I have no opinion for the time being... I haven't finished digesting it yet."

Zhang Yuanping said with a strange expression: "Are you already thinking about this?"

Tang Tingyue took a deep breath, looked at Wei Qingfan and asked, "You haven't thought about it, what if our first product fails...the latter ones are meaningless."

Wei Qingfan said with a smile: "I believe in everyone, and I also believe in myself. There is no reason for us to fail."

Tang Tingyue said helplessly: "But after all, this is a road that no one else has traveled... No one knows if it will succeed."

"If it is a road that has been walked by others, will it leave us with good things?"

Wei Qingfan didn't talk too much about this topic, maintaining a certain sense of mystery, and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone has no objections, let's fill up the follow-up slowly, and try to fill up the traditional festivals-New Year's Eve and Let’s forget about Mid-Autumn Festival.”

Everyone else was overwhelmed by the work in front of them, only Wei Qingfan, the boss, was still thinking about it, and didn't make any comments on it, but the effect of this small meeting must be there.

The helmsman sees far and thinks far, even more. For the people on this boat, there is a kind of power that can stabilize people's hearts.

It's better than a boss who doesn't do anything all day and only thinks about flirting with girls, right?

"Mr. Wei is farsighted!"

"Indeed, at least the positioning is very clear... But it still depends on whether our technical reserves and product capabilities can support it."

"It's always good to have this idea, let's unify our thinking first."

A few people briefly discussed a few words, and their attitudes were undoubtedly in favor, and there was nothing to refute at first, because Wei Qingfan's cognition was very clear, knowing that all this should be based on technology and products, and he did not plan blindly, so there was no It is necessary to persuade, after all, this seemingly grand blueprint is currently only a plan on the PPT.

"That's all right, let's do this first, everyone should do whatever they want."

After getting the approval of the Big Three under his command, Wei Qingfan simply announced the disbandment, and then he went back to the office first and called his senior sister.