After the chaos of the company's start-up, as Tang Tingyue and Wang Qinggen adapted to the company's development rhythm, and as their respective teams made initial adjustments, the in-depth customization of the Luoshen system was much faster than everyone expected.
The original plan was to start internal testing in late September and release the beta version in late October. In fact, by late September, it had reached a stage where it was stable enough to release the beta version to the outside world.
When Wei Qingfan saw this, he stopped pressing it. After all, only by opening the test earlier can the positive cycle of "experience-feedback-development" be completed.
Therefore, in fact, in early October, the public beta test began, and with the fermentation of the navy and tap water, a small craze soon formed.
It was already late October. The Luoshen customization system had completed adaptation to mainstream models of four brands: HTC, Meizu, Philips, and Motorola, and was in the process of 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. Everything is based on popularity. Naturally, whoever shouts hard will be adapted first.
The software side can be said to have started to get on the right track, and in terms of hardware, most component specifications have been determined, and suppliers have basically been negotiated.
Some of these components have signed a gambling agreement. The goods will be purchased at low prices in the early stage. The total purchase volume will be calculated by the end of next year. If the minimum quantity is not reached, the price difference of the previous batches of goods will have to be made up, and additional payments will be made.
Liquidated damages, the minimum amount of which reaches 600,000;
——Zhang Yuanping, Tang Tingyue, Wang Qinggen, and Zhao Haiming, who is responsible for supply chain management, all raised objections to this, but were suppressed by Wei Qingfan.
The only reason he gave was that he was very confident that as long as the sales of the first-generation Guci mobile phone could exceed one million units, this gambling agreement would be a sure profit.
Others couldn't persuade them, and Wei Qingfan also made it clear that even if he lost money, he would have additional money to cover it, and it would not affect the company's operations, so the others had no choice but to give up for the time being.
However, there is no way to accurately bet on more components, because as mass production technology matures, costs and prices will drop rapidly. It is not cost-effective to sign and bet at this time. Anyway, we have to engage in hunger marketing, so Wei
Qingfan was not in a hurry and chose to trust the judgment of professionals in this regard.
The mobile phone motherboard 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 16th of the Gregorian calendar.
The entire company is like a machine, working hard towards this goal.
His work tasks during this period have increased a lot. On the one hand, he has to "contact" with water friends online and brush up Mr. Wei's presence so that he can be effective when he holds a press conference later. Otherwise, he will look young.
, and has no reputation, it will be funny if it fails to suppress the scene;
On the other hand, we must continue to monitor various projects in the company, try to avoid detours and trial and error, and ensure that the first generation of Guci mobile phones are an "instant hit" as much as possible.
In terms of hardware design, he gave Zhang Yuanping a lot of autonomy, because the focus is on cost-effectiveness rather than design. The first-generation Xiaomi mobile phone was so ugly, but it still sold 7.5 million units (including 1s). In short, it said this
The price is too high, what kind of bike do you want?
However, the appearance design has actually been decided for a long time. Zhang Yuanping has also participated in the design, so he has knowledge about it, so there won't be any big differences.
Now I can only stay busy and wait for the Luoshen system to become famous and wait for the hardware design to be completed.
During this period, Wei Qingfan improved his product planning blueprint and was making final adjustments.
After moving from the first stage of "eliminating hostility" to the second stage of "trying to accept", the two girls' attitudes towards him have softened a lot, but it is definitely unrealistic to return to the previous progress in a short time. At present, he
The contact with Li Miaoyu is basically limited to petting the cat, picking up and dropping off, eating, and even holding hands is difficult.
But a lifetime of happiness requires more patience, not to mention that the company is quite busy, so he is happy to maintain the status quo.
After sending the computer to Cao Ze, Wei Qingfan went back to the company directly and continued to measure his product planning blueprint.
During this period, he chatted with Li Miaoyu on QQ for a while, scolded Cao Ze, and then went to the Luoshen community to change different accounts to get drunk. He looked at the time and saw that it was almost seven o'clock, so he got up and left.
In the office, I called Tang Tingyue, Zhang Yuanping, and Wang Qinggen, and they went 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 plans as soon as possible... Of course, I know it's a bit early now, but anyway, it's just a rough discussion, it's our internal planning and positioning, just treat it as casual chat."
As soon as Wei Qingfan started talking, Zhang Yuanping opened his mouth to refute, so he had to change his explanation.
Seeing this, Zhang Yuanping finally stopped looking for trouble and looked up at the plan above.
"We want to build two brands. Ancient poetry focuses on high-end products and establishes a brand image. Ancient poetry uses the technology of ancient poetry 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 his determination to be high-end, which can be regarded as a casual daily painting.
"I have roughly planned eight major product series in order from high to low. Among them, there are six models that are definitely going to be released. Let me talk about these six models first."
Plans for six major product series have appeared on the front projector. While others looked at it, Wei Qingfan continued:
"The Gushi brand's high-end flagship 'Jianjinjiu' series is responsible for exploring price points and enhancing brand value. It is the strongest flagship our company can make. All new technologies, including new chips - if we can make it in the future
If so, the conference time is tentatively scheduled for the Double Ninth Festival every year, which is at the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter;
"The Gushi brand's fashion flagship 'Jingyesi' series focuses on light fashion and image photography. It is the dual flagship of the Gushi brand. Its positioning is slightly inferior to that of Jiangjinjiu. After Jiangjinjiu develops its own chip, it is released on the second day of the second lunar month every year.
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“The sub-flagship ‘Niaomingjian’ series of the ancient poetry brand focuses on fashion and thinness, and is positioned in the offline market. The main target group is young people, mainly girls in the early stage, and the launch time is the Qingming Festival every year;
"Next is the ancient poetry brand. The first is the flagship series 'Linjiangxian'. The price positioning is the same as that of the ancient poem 'Niaojingjian'. It is released every year on the Shangsi Festival and also uses our flagship chip - this is a dual flagship product, dual middle.
To end product, it is very important to master the knife skills!
"After the prices of imported wines have been raised, Niaomingjian and Linjiangxian must be able to catch up and suppress the flagship products of other brands. To achieve this, we cannot backstab our own flagship products at the top, and we must undercut the bottom.
Comparing other products in the same price range requires us to have strong technical reserves...
"So, Mr. Zhang, you have a very heavy task, especially chips. I can tell you clearly that we will start to develop our own chips in three years at the earliest and five years at the latest. The better the mobile phones are sold, the better the time will come."
quick."
After days of busyness and exhaustion, coupled with the fact that the motherboard design on the hardware side has never been completed, Zhang Yuanping was obviously in a bad mood. Wei Qingfan promptly drew an extra piece of pie for him, like the green grass in front of a donkey.
Shake occasionally.
Zhang Yuanping looked at him but said nothing.
Wei Qingfan continued: "Of course we are not discussing chips today. We mainly want 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 with low-end chips.
Accumulate experience.”
Thanks to Yu Dazui’s amazing perseverance and determination, Huawei’s HiSilicon mobile phone processors have followed the flagship route from the beginning. However, HiSilicon started very early, and the early smartphone market was not so transparent. Many people criticized,
There will also be many people buying them without knowing what they are doing.
For example, Wei Qingfan himself, his first smartphone in his previous life was the K3V2 Huawei P6. For this reason, he abandoned the Xiaomi 3 and Meizu MX3, and was deceived.
But when ancient poetry enters the market, no matter from the perspective of the market or the brand image, there is no room for such a desperate move.
After all, Huawei's mobile phone business is losing money, and it still has its communications business to support it. If its ancient poetry business is losing money, it will have no choice but to collapse. This was also the dilemma faced by companies such as Xiaomi in the past when they wanted to develop their own chips.
“The above four series of products all use flagship chips, at least until our mid-range processors can take over.
"If the performance of the flagship processor is sufficient, you can find space for a mid-range processor. If not, you can use another mid-range processor and put it on the Lantern Festival, which is the Lantern Festival. The product name is'
The Sapphire Case';
"The last is a low-end entry-level series, tentatively named 'Manjianghong', with the price positioned below 1,000 yuan."
After Wei Qingfan finished speaking, he turned to look at the projector and listed all the products, "Starting from 'Jiu Jin', the release order of the flagship processor products is: Jiu Jin will be in the Double Ninth Festival, and wine will be in the second year of the next year.
On the second day of the lunar month, I think quietly at night, the immortals come to Linjiang during the Shangsi Festival, and the birds sing in the stream during the Qingming Festival.
"Divided according to traditional festivals, they are the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the terminal product is the sapphire case; the second day of the 2nd month, the image flagship is Jingye Si; the Shangsi Festival, the flagship of ancient poetry is Linjiangxian; the Qingming Festival, the flagship of ancient poetry is Birdsong Stream; Shangsi
Qingming Festival and Qingming Festival are very close. The two products have the same price positioning. Just make a distinction. The appearance of Niaoming Stream must be beautiful, and the performance of Linjiangxian 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, Chinese Valentine's Day, and Ghost Festival, which can be left for other product launches, such as computers in the future;
"In the second half of the year, September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival, and wine will be sold; October 15th, the Xiayuan Festival, low-end Manjianghong; 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 the baby was born, the tentative name was 'Zhengqi Song'..."
He finished speaking in one breath. He stood on top and looked at the three giants below. He found that the three of them seemed a little dull and were not looking at the product plan. They were all looking at him.
"What are you looking at me for?"
Wei Qingfan was a little helpless, "How is it?"
The three of them looked at each other. Wang Qinggen said first: "I have no objection 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 have never thought about what if our first product fails...these following ones are meaningless."
Wei Qingfan smiled and said: "I believe in everyone and myself. There is no reason for us to fail."
Tang Tingyue said a little helplessly: "But after all, this is a road that no one else has traveled... No one knows whether it can succeed."
"If it is a road that has been traveled by others, will it leave us anything good?"
Wei Qingfan did not talk much about this topic, maintaining a certain sense of mystery, and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone has no objections. Let us slowly make up for the follow-up, and try to fill up all the traditional festivals - New Year's Eve and
Forget it about the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Everyone else was overwhelmed by the work in front of them. Only Wei Qingfan, the boss, had time to think about these things. He didn't put forward any opinions on it, but the effect of this small meeting was definitely there.
The person at the helm sees and thinks further, and even more. For the people on this boat, he has a power that can stabilize people's hearts.
It’s better than a boss who does nothing all day and only thinks about picking up girls, right?
"Mr. Wei is far-sighted!"
"Indeed, at least the positioning is very clear...but it still depends on whether our technical reserves and product capabilities can sustain it."
"It's always good to have this idea. Let's unify our thoughts first."
Several people briefly discussed a few words, and their attitudes were undoubtedly in agreement. There was nothing to refute, because Wei Qingfan had a very clear understanding and knew that everything was based on technology and products. He did not plan blindly, so there was no
It is necessary to persuade, after all, this seemingly grand blueprint is currently just a plan on PPT.
"Okay, that's it for now, let's go and do whatever we need to do."
After receiving the approval of the three giants under his command, Wei Qingfan simply announced the disbandment, then returned to the office and called his senior sister.