The 450-square-meter office is divided into four areas, with the hardware department occupying one area and the software department occupying the second area. The last area is reserved for an independent office and a small conference room.
Wei Qingfan didn't come to the company often, so when he arrived at the company, many people saw such a young boy who looked like a student coming in and looked at him curiously.
Of course, he has met all the important people, so if you don't know them, you can be sure that they are not that important.
There was a pretty young lady who probably saw that this little brother was also quite handsome, so she greeted him enthusiastically and asked with a smile: "Are you here to work too?"
"Forget it."
Wei Qingfan smiled sheepishly, "I'm the boss here."
"..."
Several people looked at each other, Wei Qingfan didn't care, smiled and waved, and then walked to his office.
There was a vague discussion behind him, and he couldn't hear it clearly, but Wei Qingfan could guess it with his toes. It must be "so young?" "So handsome" and the like.
Because Wei Qingfan would probably move out soon, there was no special decoration in Wei Qingfan’s office. Li Miaoyu came here to hang out, and then left him a photo of the two of them. He didn’t bother with it anymore, but just encouraged him.
He worked hard and tried to build an "ancient poetry building" as soon as possible, and then I would give him good advice.
The four offices faced each other. Next to Wei Qingfan was Zhang Yuanping. I don’t know if it was because this guy had a bad temper that Wang Qinggen deliberately avoided him.
There is no sign on the office, only simple numbers. Wei Qingfan's is "1", Tang Tingyue is "②", Zhang Yuanping is "3", and Wang Qinggen is "4". They were arranged by Wang Qinggen and Zhang Yuanping before.
When Wei Qingfan arrived, the two people from offices No. 3 and 4 were already there, and Tang Tingyue was also there, talking in Wang Qinggen's office.
Seeing Wei Qingfan coming over, Zhang Yuanping walked out and said: "If you can't fit it in the office, just put it outside."
"OK."
Wei Qingfan had no objection. After all, the place was not big enough. He went to say hello to Tang Tingyue. Then Wang Qinggen and Zhang Yuanping, the two people in charge who had come forward in the early stage, went out together and gathered together when others arrived.
Everyone stood still, Zhang Yuanping didn't waste any time, he just said "Let's ask Mr. Wei to say a few words", walked to the side, and then motioned for Wei Qingfan to speak.
Wei Qingfan was a little speechless. When he saw the faces in front of him that were either young or experienced, curious or surprised, when he walked to the front, someone spontaneously (habitually) applauded.
He waved his hand, waited for the applause to stop, and said: "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Wei Qingfan. I am the wholly-owned shareholder of the Ancient Poetry Company, and I am also the boss who pays everyone's wages.
"I know you may feel uneasy. After all, as the saying goes, 'If you have no hair on your mouth, you will not be able to do your job well.' But don't worry, I do have hair on my mouth. I have a beard. I just shaved it off..."
Employee below: "..."
Wei Qingfan continued: "Just kidding, please rest assured. Even if the company goes bankrupt, wages will definitely not be owed. I still have several hundred million in deposits in the bank, and the annual interest alone is thousands of dollars."
Wan, you don’t have to worry about money. Of course, the company can do better, so I can make more money and everyone can make more money.”
After he finished speaking, regardless of the reaction below, he continued: "Let me introduce you to a few more important people in charge. First, Tang Tingyue, Mr. Tang, the head of the software department, the top leader, mainly responsible for the customization of the Android system; and then Wang Qinggen
, Mr. Wang, the second in command of the software department, is temporarily responsible for the research and development of several software; the other is Zhang Yuanping, Mr. Zhang, who is responsible for the hardware department, which is naturally the hardware research and development. The specific work arrangements will be arranged by these three in the future. "
Wei Qingfan thought for a moment and made sure he didn't miss anything, so he nodded and said, "That's it, let's do whatever we need to do."
A group of employees looked at each other and then dispersed.
Tang Tingyue laughed and said, "Your words are quite honest."
Zhang Yuanping said: "How about we have another small meeting?"
Wei Qingfan nodded, and the four of them went to the conference room again. Wei Qingfan inserted the tray and put the PPT he made on it.
"Our first priority now is to launch a customized system, tentatively named 'Luoshen System', which we plan to launch 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 soon."
Wei Qingfan said: "It's July now, and there's exactly half a year left. Anyway, it's only half a year at most. The earlier 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: "It will definitely be fine for half a year...but I will continue to recruit people."
Wei Qingfan nodded and said, "Okay."
Tang Tingyue said again: "Luoshen System...does the name need to be changed? What should I call UI?"
Wei Qingfan shook his head and said: "The name can be changed, but only use Chinese characters... In addition, in the mobile phone system, if you can use Chinese characters, try to use Chinese characters, and if you can't use Chinese characters, try to use Chinese characters. I don't want to see a bunch of wifi in the phone
, UI and other English letters, don’t make jokes about your wife again.”
This is a trivial matter. Although Tang Tingyue didn't understand it, he still smiled and nodded: "Okay."
He added: "If you want to use Chinese names, the Luoshen system is also very good, but it may cause some discussions and suspect that we are confusing concepts."
"Then add a description. It's customized based on the Android system, so that everyone can understand it. But when you open the phone, there are a bunch of English letters. It's dizzying and you don't know what it means."
A consensus was quickly reached on this topic. Wei Qingfan then said to Wang Qinggen: "The next thing we need to do is the system's built-in software. At present, it is mainly theme store, input method, browser, Lingxi Voice, shopping mall, application market, and map.
Navigation, including the theme store, input method, and browser, must be launched together with the system and must be completed first."
Several people had read the detailed planning document. Wang Qinggen frowned and nodded without saying anything.
Tang Tingyue said: "Navigation is unnecessary, right? Input methods and browsers can also be cooperated with professional companies. The first thing we must grasp is the core."
Wei Qingfan said: "Map navigation can be done later, but it must be done. We need to accumulate data experience so that we can develop new energy vehicles in the future."
As early as 2001, new energy vehicles have been included in the national project, and this year (2009) a series of support policies have been launched. Wang Qinggen has also heard about it abroad, but he did not expect that Wei Qingfan also wanted to do this.
Yan was a little surprised, but he just nodded.
Tang Tingyue was also a little surprised. He looked at Wei Qingfan again and re-evaluated the young man's ambitions. Then he said: "Then we will divide it into three priorities: theme store, input method, the first batch of browsers launched, 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 Lingxi Voice is very important and must be developed simultaneously."
Wei Qingfan said: "Yes, but there is another problem about this Lingxi Voice, which mainly lies in two directions. One direction is only provided for our own mobile phones and becomes a part of our ecology; the other direction is suitable for
Paired with other products, including iPhone, to create a social platform across mobile phone ecosystems."
Of these two directions, the former is mainly represented by Apple's FaceTime and Huawei's Changlian, while the latter is mainly represented by WeChat and MiLiao. However, MiLiao lost the competition with WeChat and soon withdrew from the stage of history.
If the latter path is chosen, then Wei Qingfan will directly change his name to WeChat, but this path is more difficult. This is a winner-takes-all market. The big ones are destined to cannibalize the small ones. If WeChat wins, then Mi
Chat, Fetion, and Momo can only disappear or change careers.
Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen looked at each other, neither of them in a hurry to express their opinions.
Wei Qingfan said: "Brother Yue, please tell me first."
"Brother Yue..."
Tang Tingyue seemed to almost choke on his own saliva. It took him a few seconds to accept the title and said: "Our company launches, updates and adapts software functions. Should we treat everyone equally? If we treat everyone equally, then whether we can use this software or not, will it matter?
What's the difference? This is no longer part of our company's ecosystem, and there is no competitive differentiation."
Wei Qingfan said: "So your opinion is not to allow software downloads?"
Tang Tingyue nodded, "Yes."
Wei Qingfan looked at Wang Qinggen again.
Wang Qinggen said: "I have the same idea. Our profit mainly depends on hardware, so the purpose of software is to sell hardware services."
Wei Qingfan nodded and said: "Then we have reached a consensus and make Lingxi Voice a part of our company's ecosystem."
Regarding this issue, he has considered opening up the adaptation and competing with WeChat. After all, the WeChat team will not be established until next year and will not be launched until 2011, giving it a first-mover advantage.
However, Tencent has QQ, a national-level software, which can help promote WeChat in the early stage. Wei Qingfan is not confident that it can compete;
The other reason is the reason just mentioned by Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen.
In addition, he has 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 like the "barbaric growth" of future generations.
But this idea was quickly rejected by himself because his position changed.
From the perspective of consumers, I naturally hope that the software can be fresh and simple, with the functions I want, but not the functions I don’t need, so as not to become bloated.
However, now that he wants to start a business and make daily software such as mobile phones, WeChat, and Taobao, the horrifying resource usage is no longer so unbearable.
These software do not occupy resources or cause the phone to freeze. How can consumers change their phones?
After all, software applications squeeze the resources of mobile phones, causing old mobile phones to become stuck and difficult to use, which is beneficial to hardware manufacturers.
In this case, if you are not planning to replace WeChat, there is no need to do such a thankless task.
Consumers will never spend money to buy Gushici products for the reason of "Gushici Company's products check and balance WeChat and make WeChat more useful". At most, they will gain some goodwill, and it is difficult to make a choice when spending money to buy products.
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Instead of worrying about 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 target for all mobile phone manufacturers to learn and imitate. One of the most important points is the ecology.
Among domestic manufacturers, Huawei and Xiaomi are the best learners. Huawei is strong in R&D capabilities, while Xiaomi is better in laying out earlier and having more complete and cheaper peripheral products.
What Wei Qingfan wants to do is to take Xiaomi's path to Huawei, or Xiaomi's launch of Huawei's consumer business, with an earlier layout and strengthened research and development.
As for how high it can reach, he has no way to make an accurate estimate, but it can't be worse than Xiaomi, right?