For ancient poetry companies, ancient poetry is the upper limit and ancient poetry is the foundation. As a reborn person, Wei Qingfan knows very well that even if ancient poetry hits the high-end and succeeds, most of the shipments will still be mid- to low-end.
He attaches great importance to Azolla series mobile phones.
However, it is more difficult to make an entry-level cost-effective mobile phone than the Jiangjinjiu series, because he knows the development direction of mobile phones very well, and the Jiangjinjiu series is the flagship, and he just needs to do his best to make it according to the development direction of mobile phones.
The Azolla series tests the ability to integrate the entire mobile phone industry chain.
Many people in later generations have said that there is no threshold for cost-effective mobile phones. This is undoubtedly not correct. Cost-effective mobile phones just have no moat. These consumers will support whoever is more cost-effective. There is no such thing as loyalty.
Anyone can make a cost-effective mobile phone, but if you want to do it well, it will test your ability.
The Azolla series is a big test for him and the entire ancient poetry company.
Wei Qingfan attaches great importance to this and is very concerned about it. He has already rejected the first version of Azolla's plan because its performance was too poor.
It is undoubtedly difficult to continue to improve the configuration within limited costs.
Of course it is difficult, but even if it is difficult, you must continue to do it.
Now the supply department and the product department are having headaches about this matter, and he is also having a headache. If he wants to further improve the configuration of mobile phones with limited costs, he needs all-round efforts.
The most difficult part is the core processor of the mobile phone!
The first-generation Redmi mobile phone was released in 2013. At that time, MediaTek's smartphone processor product line was already quite complete. The Redmi mobile phone used MT6589T, which is an upgraded version of the MT8589 processor. The main frequency reached 1.5GHz and was not considered a flagship.
processor, but the performance is not weak either.
Now, most of MediaTek's mobile phone processor product lines are relatively low-end, and quite a few of them don't even support 3G. It's not easy to choose a processor that meets the requirements in terms of functionality, performance, and price.
At present, the processor Wei Qingfan is eyeing is MT6239, which is the processor used in this year's second-generation Youth Edition. However, the Youth Edition is priced at 1,499, while the price of Manjianghong is only half that. Profit must be guaranteed, and the cost must be further increased.
Press down.
Wei Qingfan thought about it for a long time and finally came up with an idea: Can he ask MediaTek to customize the chip?
MediaTek and Qualcomm are both upstream manufacturers. Qualcomm and MediaTek make processors, and mobile phone manufacturers make mobile phones based on the processors. This is a normal ecosystem.
Wanting upstream manufacturers to make products based on the needs of downstream manufacturers is counter-ecological.
Of course, as long as you have money, you can talk about anything, but the problem is that Wei Qingfan doesn't want to spend money, or he doesn't want to spend more money...
In the original history, MediaTek launched the MT6268 processor in 2009 with high hopes, but the market feedback was not good; in this time and space, this processor was saved due to the large-scale shipment of the Guci mobile phone youth version.
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Although MediaTek in this time and space did not know about this, Wei Qingfan felt that he still made a contribution.
This is a matter of mutual benefit.
This idea made Wei Qingfan a little excited, and after weighing the feasibility, he felt that although it was difficult, there was still some hope.
He decided to give it a try.
After all, the company’s expected sales volume for Azolla is 20 million units, but his inner goal is 40 million units!
——Sales of the first-generation Redmi mobile phone reached 44.6 million units!
Although the smartphone market in 2013 is definitely different from now, the current smartphone market is not the same as in 2011 in the previous life, not to mention the main shipment time of Azolla is definitely in 2012.
Market conditions are not much different.
There is no reason why Manjianghong can’t do what Redmi can do. Didn’t the shipment volume of the first-generation Guci mobile phone far exceed that of the first-generation Xiaomi mobile phone?
For any chip manufacturer, 40 million shipments is not a small number.
Wei Qingfan thought of this, got up and went to the supply department, and found that everyone was already off work, so he went to the product department. Yuan Fei and Shi Huishan, who he wanted to promote as the head of the Jingyesi series team, were both there. Wei Qingfan then put himself
I discussed my idea with Yuan Fei.
When Yuan Fei heard his idea, he was surprised and a little moved, but felt that it was not easy to talk about. However, this was mainly the work of the supply department, and it was definitely a good thing for the product department.
Moreover, this was brought up by Mr. Wei, and he was not looking for trouble on his own.
"Mr. Wei is wise!"
He immediately agreed.
The two also discussed the processing specifications. MediaTek must have the final say, but since it is a cooperative customization, there must be an expected specification and price range.
After some discussion, Wei Qingfan felt much more relaxed. He returned to his office and looked at the time. It was already past seven o'clock.
Li Wanyi worked overtime tonight, and Li Miaoyu went to celebrate his classmates' birthdays. He was not in a hurry to go home. Anyway, the cats and dogs had Li Miaoyu to worry about, so they wouldn't be hungry.
Having just thought of a solution, he relaxed a little, opened the browser, and browsed Tieba, Weibo and the Luoshen community.
As Xiaomi mobile phones began to be shipped, the scolding war on the Internet became more intense. Xiaomi was still marketing mobile phones with ancient words, and Lin Ting and others also found some quality problems with the first batch of Xiaomi mobile phones and were trying to publicize them behind the scenes.
Guci mobile phones also have quality problems, which cannot be avoided. Even with Apple's quality control, there will definitely be problems. The only difference lies in the probability and after-sales service.
Lin Ting and the others had already decided on this counterattack plan, and now they found it. In addition, Xiaomi had no after-sales service, so they took advantage of this to promote it and hit the snake seven inches away.
The two sides were quarreling fiercely, but the difference was that on Xiaomi's side, the management took action personally, and even Lei Jun took the lead in the charge.
On the Guci mobile phone side, you can only see the navy, and you can’t find any official personnel. Not to mention Wei Qingfan, you can’t even see a senior executive. You can only see some anonymous “Guci internal employees” occasionally.
Come break the news.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Meizu should be fully preparing for the next generation product MX. Facing Guci 2 and Xiaomi mobile phones, M9 has stronger comprehensive product power, but its price competitiveness is too poor, and it does not cost money.
Too many thoughts are involved.
Wei Qingfan posted a few posts on his trumpet, feeling increasingly happy, and then saw the message from Jiang Qinghuai.
At first, he thought she was in a bad mood and wanted to talk to someone, but after listening to the voice message, he couldn't help but feel a little strange: Why did Zhou Li resort to drinking to drown her sorrows again?
However, he quickly guessed that Jiang Qinghuai might be embarrassed to tell the truth and used Zhou Li as an excuse.
Hearing that the two girls were drinking, he didn't excuse himself, asked for the address, got up, went downstairs, and drove there.
"he came?"
In front of the barbecue stall, Zhou Li saw Jiang Qinghuai put down his mobile phone with an obvious smile on his lips, so he asked knowingly.
"Um."
Jiang Qinghuai nodded, "As soon as I heard that you were drunk, I came over immediately to help carry you."
Zhou Li rolled her eyes, then turned to look at the boss who was busy, then looked at the table where the two of them were barely bare, and said with a smile: "Why don't we get drunk before Wei Qingfan comes?"
"You want to drink, but I won't drink."
Jiang Qinghuai curled his lips, "Why do I have to get drunk?"
Zhou Li smiled and said: "If you are not drunk, how can he lift you up?"
"I'm here to carry you!"
"Okay, then I'm drunk and let Mr. Wei carry me back."
The two chatted for a few words, but Jiang Qinghuai's pretense of relaxation did not last long. Zhou Li did not interrupt deliberately and asked softly: "What happened?"
Jiang Qinghuai was silent for a moment and recounted what happened at noon. Zhou Li was a little angry and said, "Why is she like this? Just because her current husband may be unhappy, she wants to drive you away?"
BBQs were served one after another. Jiang Qinghuai ate a bunch of roasted cauliflower with sauce on his mouth. He sniffed and said, "It's okay, I'm already that old anyway... She's been gone for so long, so I'm
grown up……"
"Yes, we don't care about her, she can do whatever she wants!"
Zhou Li held one of her hands and comforted her softly, "If she has the ability, let her husband give it a try and see if Wei Qingfan fires you or kicks her husband out of the supply chain... and even comes over to threaten you."
?I really don’t know what to say!”
Jiang Qinghuai didn't say anything. Zhou Li picked up the wine glass and said boldly: "Okay, okay, there's no need to be sad, you still have me... drink!"
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Jiang Qinghuai sniffed again, nodded, then picked up the wine glass and touched it with her, raised his head and finished the drink.
Zhou Li was a little helpless, but she had no choice but to finish the drink. Watching her pour another beer, she smiled and said, "I think it would be good if we can drink two bottles each."
"It's okay, I can drink."
Jiang Qinghuai picked up another skewer of pork belly and started eating it with a good appetite. He said, "Eat some pork belly first, so you won't get drunk easily."
"Aren't you just here to get drunk?"
Zhou Li burped, brought a bunch of sausages over, took a bite, and asked, "Does Liao Kaichuan know this?"
"She probably doesn't know. I haven't told him, and she probably won't tell either."
Jiang Qinghuai shook his head, "This matter originally had nothing to do with Liao Kaichuan, but speaking of it, I still feel sorry for him..."
Zhou Li rolled her eyes and said, "What's wrong with you? What do you mean by sorry for him?"
"I mean, I should have ignored him a long time ago."
"Then he is probably still willing to let you feel sorry for him like this."
Zhou Li said, seeing Jiang Qinghuai pick up the wine glass again, she had no choice but to accompany her, but only drank half the glass, "I don't want to get drunk, you can drink it all, I'm free to do it."
"Um."
Jiang Qinghuai didn't care about this and drank all his beer. Then he felt the phone on the table vibrate twice, and the notification light turned green, indicating that there were unread messages.
She picked it up and opened her phone, and sure enough she saw a message from Wei Qingfan asking for the specific address, so she sent him a voice message and told him how to get there.
"Is Wei Qingfan here?"
Zhou Li quickly filled up the wine glass again, "Hurry up, drink quickly, drink a few more glasses."
"Why do you have to drink it quickly?"
Jiang Qinghuai glanced at her and said, "If we don't finish the drink later, we can let him drink it."
"I want you to get drunk quickly."
Zhou Li rolled her eyes angrily, "Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain to call him here?"
"what are you thinking?"
Jiang Qinghuai glared at her angrily, "He has a girlfriend. I called him because I couldn't find anyone else..."
"Yes, yes, Wei Qingfan is the only man left in the world."
Zhou Li nodded in agreement, picked up the wine glass, "Drink!"
Seeing that she seemed to be really trying to get him drunk, Jiang Qinghuai rolled his eyes at her again, but he still raised his glass and tried his best to drink up the glass of beer.
Zhou Li opened another bottle of beer, handed it to her, drank two more glasses with her, and drank one herself, when she caught a glimpse of Wei Qingfan's white Mercedes-Benz car driving over and parked on the side of the road.
She picked up the wine glass and gave it to Jiang Qinghuai to touch again. After drinking, she saw Wei Qingfan locked the car and came over, so she smiled and said: "I just remembered that I have something else to do, so I will leave first and let Wei
Qingfan, let's drink with you, and I'll talk to you in the evening, if you come back."