Chapter 515 Changtian Technology’s 3G mobile phone
Warwick’s total order volume for this batch is approximately US$6.8 billion.
Of course, the money did not arrive in Warwick's account immediately.
Instead, it will be continuously allocated as the progress of the project progresses. According to the current structure of Warwick's construction personnel and the estimated time for completion of the project, all the money will be transferred to Warwick's account, which should be about two years.
Warwick's current profit per order is about 8%, and these orders have a total profit of about 544 million.
Changtian Technology can take 20% and make a profit of about 100 million US dollars.
Seeing this result, Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa.
Even if Changtian Technology does not need to make money in the next few years, its scientific research funding will be guaranteed.
Song Yi walked in and looked at the boss's comfortable look. She knew that during this period, 3G communication technology had helped Warwick win orders and boosted Changtian Technology's reputation overseas. The boss was in a good mood.
In Song Yi's hand is a mobile phone.
The mobile phone is sealed with a complete plastic film, is about the size of a palm, and looks a bit similar to a Nokia smartphone.
This mobile phone is a very popular Symbian mobile phone in the European and American markets. It is also sold in the Xiaguo market, but it has castrated the 3G mode.
Song Yi handed the phone to Chen Xiao and said, "This is a 3G phone developed in the laboratory. Take a look."
Chen Xiao took the phone and opened the plastic film on it.
Sure enough, you don’t even have to look at it, this is a replica of Nokia 7650.
After Chen Xiao turned on the computer, the Firefly OS interface appeared.
Chen Xiao did a simple test and found that the mobile phone was quite satisfactory, because due to the performance of the chip, Firefly OS could not exert too many functions and could only be regarded as slightly better than Symbian system.
Yang Ling said to Song Yi: "Give me a screwdriver for mobile phones."
Song Yi knew that there must be no such things in the office, so she hurried downstairs to find someone from the engineering department to get them.
After getting the screwdriver, Chen Xiao began to professionally disassemble the machine.
The purpose of disassembling the machine is to see what hardware is used in it.
The motherboard, memory, storage, and battery are all produced by Changtian Technology.
But it is a pity that major components such as chips and screens come from overseas.
Chen Xiao looked at Song Yi and said, "Now ask the engineering department to get me a list of hardware."
Song Yi quickly sent over the hardware list.
Chen Xiao was able to learn more about the quality of this so-called mobile phone produced by Changtian Technology Laboratory through the list.
Not to mention the motherboard, memory, storage, and battery.
The chip is from Texas Instruments, USA.
The baseband is from Qualcomm, USA.
The antenna is from Warwick, which is pretty good, and it's from Xiaguo Company.
The screen is from LG, South Korea.
The camera is from Sony, Toyo.
The shell is produced by Tiangong Technology Mold, Xia Guo.
"Huh..." Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Find me the team leader of mobile phone research and development."
Wang Xiang and Zhang Chi, the leader of the mobile phone project team, came to Chen Xiao's office.
Zhang Chi is a top student in the IC industry. His hometown is in the northwest, and he has made his way step by step through his studies.
Graduate students study at Stanford University at public expense, and doctoral students also study at Stanford University.
After graduating from college, Zhang Chi interned at Qualcomm and then worked at Motorola as a project leader.
Finally, he returned to Xia Kingdom for family reasons, and at the end of last year, he joined Changtian Technology to work in the carbon crystal storage department.
Because of his strong ability, Zhang Chi later joined Changtian Technology Hardware Company and engaged in mobile phone design.
Chen Xiao is still very fond of Zhang Chi.
It is not easy for a poor student to reach where he is today step by step.
He said to Zhang Chi: "When you were at Motorola, how much could you earn in a month?"
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Don't mind my gossip."
Of course Zhang Chi told the truth in front of his boss, "The annual salary is about 150,000 meters."
Chen Xiao made a simple calculation based on the current exchange rate. 150,000 meters is almost 1.2 million RMB.
Zhang Chi is now a technical employee at Zaichangtian Technology, a C5 employee, with an annual salary of about 800,000 RMB.
Chen Xiao joked: "Your annual salary at Changtian Technology is about 800,000, isn't it enough?"
Zhang Chi adjusted his glasses and said quickly: "It's completely enough. The consumption level here in Jiangzhou is much lower than that in the United States."
Neither Zhang Chi nor Wang Xiang could understand why Chen Xiao asked such a question that had nothing to do with work?
Chen Xiao pointed to the mobile phone parts on the table and said with a smile: "I thought it was because Changtian Technology didn't have enough scientific research funds, so you were too lazy to innovate. You just dismantled the Nokia mobile phone, bought the parts, and reassembled them.
Just one."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Chi's face suddenly turned bad.
Although Chen Xiao did not directly criticize the work of Zhang Chi's team, this feeling made him uncomfortable.
Zhang Chi immediately defended himself and said: "Mr. Chen, these are the components that Changtian Technology can produce. The rest have to be purchased from overseas companies. We are too clever to make a meal without straw."
Chen Xiao said: "What I'm talking about is not whether your hardware is innovative, because there are only so many hardwares. Now let Changtian Technology produce chips, and Changxian Technology can't produce them. What I'm talking about is whether your mobile phone design is innovative."
Zhang Chi was a little unconvinced and said: "There are only three types of mobile phones that sell well on the market now, either straight, clamshell or slider. Among them, Nokia's 7650 is a slider phone, and its global sales are also very high.
High, which also proves that consumers around the world love this design very much."
"We adopt this classic design, which can be regarded as meeting the needs of the market."
Chen Xiao took a deep breath and spit it out.
Vision determines height.
Fifty years ago, everyone liked to eat bran, but maybe they still like it now?
That was fifty years ago and there was nothing better.
Scientific researchers must create, not repeat.
If we want to repeat it, there is no need for Chen Xiao to let Zhang Chi work in the company. It would be better to go directly to a mobile phone repair shop to find a handyman who repairs mobile phones.
Chen Xiao said: "Let's not talk about the hardware first. Let's talk about the inconveniences of the mobile phone you designed."
"I'll just mention something casually and let you think about it."
"Although this phone is a slider phone, the screen is too small. Since it is a 3G smartphone, users have needs for videos and pictures. Do you feel comfortable watching videos on such a small screen?
?”
Zhang Chi opened his mouth, feeling he had nothing to say.
Chen Xiao added: "Will the physical buttons of the mobile phone be too laborious to press? Will the buttons malfunction after a long time? If all the buttons are arranged together, will it be crowded and make the buttons small and difficult to press?"
"The slider phone is divided into a button module and a screen module. Will this separation make the phone a little bulky..."
When Chen Xiao asked such questions one after another, Zhang Chi was stunned.