Wei Qingfan spoke very forcefully, but Zhang Yuanping obviously did not feel infected. Instead, his expression became more and more irritable, as if he was looking at an ignorant, willful, and arrogant child.
He took a deep breath, seemed to be trying to control his emotions, and then said: "We can't rely on national sentiment to sell products... I still said the same thing, 1999, do you think it is cheap?"
He stared at Wei Qingfan, "Yes, I know you are rich. In your eyes, Mr. Wei, the money for this mobile phone is just a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes... But, there are more than one billion people in our country! In 2008
The annual per capita income is only 10,000 yuan! The average monthly income is only 833 yuan...
"We have to sell at least 300,000 mobile phones to avoid losing money. We have to take out 2,000 yuan from the pockets of 300,000 people. With this money, they have to work without food or water for two and a half months...
No matter how luxurious and high-end our configuration is, does it make sense?"
Zhang Yuanping was obviously a little over the top. Just as Wei Qingfan was about to speak, he continued emotionally: "If we don't sell 300,000 units, we will definitely lose money, and it will be a big loss... 300,000 units can only keep the company going."
Just to survive, how much money do you have to fill in?
"The domestic brand with a price of 2,000 that can sell in large quantities is Meizu. You are also using the M8... which one do you think is better?"
This guy seemed to have been holding back these words for a long time. He was a little excited when he said it. But when he ran into the office early in the morning and said such words, Wei Qingfan was still a little upset. He had no choice but to comfort him: "Don't be excited yet.
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Zhang Yuanping sneered: "The loss is not my loss. I get a good salary every month. Why am I excited?"
His tone was still fierce, but it was also a tactful explanation, showing that he was public-minded.
Wei Qingfan said sternly: "First of all, you are in the product business, not the market, so you don't understand the sensation caused by us selling this phone for 1999. Of course, we will also use some methods to increase the popularity.
We must bring up the heat, as this is directly related to our life and death.
"Second, even if this phone loses money, I can afford it. I have reserve funds. This is one of the reasons why I didn't promise you shares but dividends. I make a decision and you just execute it."
Zhang Yuanping's expression calmed down a little, but he obviously didn't believe in his judgment, but he didn't refute it directly.
Wei Qingfan finished speaking with a somewhat cold attitude, then smiled and said: "Third... you came here early in the morning and talked for a long time, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Yuanping took a breath and then stated his purpose, saying: "We can't pin the company's survival on this mobile phone. Now that this mobile phone is basically completed, I suggest making another version with reduced specifications, the price is around 1,500.
Or cheaper, the cheaper the better.”
Wei Qingfan smiled and said: "I originally planned to do it. I was afraid that you would be under too much pressure. I was planning to mention it later."
Zhang Yuanping's expression finally calmed down, but he was a little doubtful, suspecting that he said this just to save face.
Wei Qingfan rolled his eyes helplessly and then waved.
Zhang Yuanping came over, and Wei Qingfan opened a document, "The simplified version you mentioned, Guci Mobile 1 Youth Edition... is tentatively scheduled to be released in the second half of next year, or at the end of the year. Make the screen smaller, and the chip and
The memory can be compressed, other components can be shared, and the design can be common. In short, the cost is shared as much as possible... The price is tentatively set at 1,499 or lower, 1,299."
The document above is a front view of the current Guci mobile phone, with details on where the configuration has shrunk.
Zhang Yuanping looked at it carefully, then paused and said: "If the cost is shared, the screen size can be kept unchanged, so that there is no need to change the mold."
Wei Qingfan said angrily: "Then those who bought the standard version in 1999 will feel comfortable?"
Zhang Yuanping said: "At that time, they were almost sold, and the configurations were different. Not many people would bother with this... Anyway, they have been sold, and the next generation products will have larger screens, so it won't have any impact.
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Wei Qingfan smiled and said: "Weren't you still pitiful just now? Why did you start selling in a blink of an eye and just ignore it?"
Zhang Yuanping said expressionlessly: "When the cost is reduced, it can be sold cheaper."
"We'll discuss this later."
Wei Qingfan curled his lips, opened another document, and said: "Now that I have said it, I just want to discuss next year's ancient poetry mobile phone. This project needs to be established as soon as possible and the product can be polished and mature before it can be released."
Zhang Yuanping carefully looked at the design ideas recorded in the document. After looking at it for a while, he looked back and looked at Wei Qingfan with some surprise.
Wei Qingfan smiled and said: "What are you doing, cultivating a personality?"
Zhang Yuanping didn't say anything, thought for a few seconds, and said: "Let's discuss the reduced configuration version first, one by one, wait for mass production and large-scale shipment, and then we can make the ancient poetry phone. Since we want to go high-end, we must improve its reliability.
good."
"That's called the youth version. What kind of version with reduced features? It's such an ugly thing to say..."
Wei Qingfan curled his lips and said, "I'll send you the ideas for the youth version. You can take a look and call me when you get back to the meeting."
"OK."
Zhang Yuanping left with satisfaction, and Wei Qingfan had time to look at his internal test machine.
The phone was already in the boot activation interface, so he turned it off and on again.
Although the material and workmanship give it a certain sense of cheapness, it is a new phone after all, and with its simple appearance design, aside from the feel, it actually looks pretty good even from the perspective of Wei Qingfan’s descendants.
"The Indestructible King of the Great Village"
The integration of the black panel is very good when the screen is turned off. The three gray-white touch buttons at the bottom also look unobtrusive. As the screen slowly lights up, the white "Word" logo emerges, which looks very delicate.
The boot ringtone has not been selected yet, so the beta version has not been added. The white logo lights up and goes out. Then the red seal logo of the Luoshen system appears. At the bottom is the description of "deep customization based on the Android system". Then this line is printed, Luoshen
The seal begins to have the animation effect of ink being injected, and turns into white, with a white horizontal progress bar appearing slightly lower.
"good……"
Wei Qingfan touched his chin and grunted. He waited for the phone to open again and entered the boot activation interface. After selecting one by one, the default desktop of the Luoshen system, which was already instantly recognizable in quite a few circles, finally appeared, the indigo-colored distant mountain wallpaper.
There are rounded rectangular skeuomorphic icons placed above it, which looks fresh and simple.
Wei Qingfan gently pressed the power button, and the screen quickly closed from the top and bottom to the middle. After a bright light effect, the "Kacha" sound went out.
"It's not bad..."
He nodded, turned on the screen, and then turned it off again. He did this several times, then opened the software, tested the fluency, and turned on the camera again.
In order to eliminate hardware problems as much as possible, the phone still uses the Luoshen 1.4 system that is open for flashing today instead of the Luoshen 2.0 that will be used when it is officially released. Wei Qingfan used it briefly and no bugs appeared.
He thought for a while, took out his M8, skillfully opened the back cover, and put the phone card into the Guci phone.
It does not support changing the mobile phone card while turning on the phone, so you have to shut down and restart the phone. Fortunately, when changing the card, you can take out the battery and just turn on the phone.
QQ was built into the phone. After Wei Qingfan logged in again, he sent a message to Li Miaoyu and Li Wanyi respectively: "I am sending you messages on the ancient Ci mobile phone that will lead the smartphone revolution!"
Li Miaoyu was probably in class seriously and did not reply. However, Li Wanyi quickly replied: "There is no logo like QQ for iPhone."
Wei Qingfan: "...don't worry about these details."
Li Wanyi: "How nice it is to have this logo."
Wei Qingfan: "If others don't adapt, what can we do? When we have our own system one day in the future, maybe we will."
Li Wanyi: "When will that happen?"
Wei Qingfan: "Sooner or later it will happen."
He chatted with Li Wanyi for a while, and someone knocked on the door outside. Then he poked out a quiet and sweet face and said softly: "Mr. Wei, do you have time now? Do you want to have a meeting now?"
This is Zhang Linlin, an employee of the hardware department. There are relatively few female hardware engineers in the company and in the industry. She was recommended from within the second year after graduation. She has good abilities and personality, and is highly valued by Zhang Yuanping. She came to ask, and naturally it was Zhang Yuanping.
the meaning of.
"I'll be there right away."
Wei Qingfan responded, spoke to Li Wanyi, and then went to the conference room.
The hardware department is mainly testing Guci mobile phones, followed by the establishment of the Youth Edition project. According to Wei Qingfan's order of Qianziwen, the internal code name of this product is "Di Zi Hao".
"In addition to the mobile phone, there is also that...back shell, don't forget to change a few more colors...and the colored battery, you can also change it, anyway, you can change it."
Before ending, Wei Qingfan mentioned this matter again, and naturally someone made arrangements.
"Yesterday, the number of users of the Luoshen system officially exceeded 70,000. This is a great achievement, and it can be seen from the table that the number of users has been growing rapidly, and the growth rate is still increasing..."
Then came the software department meeting, chaired by Tang Tingyue, who first reported the situation, and Wei Qingfan took the lead in applauding and congratulating, followed by discussions on the application market, Lingxi Voice and Luoshen 2.0, which lasted for more than an hour before ending.
After the meeting, Wei Qingfan continued to deal with trivial matters, and waited until two days later before returning to school again and brushing his face.
The classmates in the class have become accustomed to his elusiveness. At first they were surprised not to see him, then they were surprised to see him, and now it doesn't matter whether they see him or not. They exchange greetings and banter when he appears, but actually occasionally discuss envy when he disappears.
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As for what Wei Qingfan is doing, it has become almost transparent over such a long time. Everyone knows that he participated in the development of "The Stupid Bird Flyes First" a long time ago. It is said that the company is very big, and it has begun to popularize the "Qie" around him.
"Fruit", as well as the "Luoshen System" that many people have heard of, are all made by the company called Gu Shici.
Although such a company is said to have just been established, it seems to have a bright future. Wei Qingfan has not graduated yet, but he can intern in the company, and it seems that he can officially join the company after graduation. Naturally, this is something that many people envy.
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In this regard, there are also some rumors such as "Wei Qingfan's family is very rich", "The elders know the boss", "It's not a favor from the elders, why do they want him as an undergraduate who has not graduated yet".
Wei Qingfan didn't know about this, because Jiang Qinghuai, who would tell him these things before, had a strange attitude towards him during this period, and seemed to have become a lot more distant. He rarely took the initiative to chat with him anymore, and occasionally met him on the road.
, that is, just smile and say hello.
For him, this was a good thing. After all, the two in the family were quite sensitive to the name Jiang Qinghuai. In addition, since she was working part-time in the company again, she had a bad reputation, so it was safer to keep a little distance.
The weather got colder day by day, the 15th officially entered the twelfth lunar month, and it snowed on the second day of the lunar month. Wei Qingfan went to the Peking University Library to pick up Li Miaoyu in the evening. On the way, Li Miaoyu told Li Shuqing about coming to the capital.