Chapter 240 Apple can make money, but Sprout cant?!
July 7th, Thursday, Slight Heat.
After entering July, Binhai City has become increasingly hot, making it impossible to survive without air conditioning.
morning.
Zhang Shuo attended the unveiling ceremony of Maili Technology Software Application Center.
The Software Application Center is located on the 20th floor of the Germination Building. It occupies the entire office area on the first floor and can meet the office needs of four hundred people at the same time. It is very impressive.
20F was previously occupied by a long-term rental company. Due to the generous benefits offered by Meiya, the company was worried that a large number of employees would be lost, which would end up in Meiya's pocket, so they had no choice but to cancel the lease early.
Tenants including 21F, 22F, and 23F also all quit their leases and handed them over to Maili Technology.
Solving the office problems of Maili Technology in one fell swoop.
Following the expansion of Qingcheng Retail and Qingcheng Technology, all 29F, 30F, 31F and 32F vacated by Qingcheng Technology will be handed over to Sprout Holdings Group, leaving enough office space for the expansion of the headquarters.
The Software Application Center is chaired by Xue Tao. In addition to being responsible for the development of the MALI operating system based on Android, it is also responsible for the development of Maili X1's own applications.
Such as calendar, notepad, photos, weather, compass and other functional apps.
In addition, there is the most important Maili Mall, which will become an app distribution platform similar to the IOS mall and is also one of the future profit points of Maili Technology.
Like apple.
It’s not just hardware profits that you can make, software profits are also huge.
In addition to functional apps, the Frog Browser project, which was previously incubated by the Sprout Group Technology Center, will also be transferred to the Maili Technology Software Application Center.
Frog Browser will also become the built-in browser of Maili X1, aiming to compete with Apple Safari.
This is also the main source of profit.
As far as Zhang Shuo knows, in 2021 alone, Google paid a sky-high fee of US$15 billion in order to become the default search engine for Safari on Apple devices.
To know.
Google's operating profit for the whole year of 2021 is US$78.7 billion, which means that Google spent a full 20% of its annual profit just to pay Apple protection fees.
That’s outrageous!
Of course, Google is not stupid. The reason why it is willing to pay this money is naturally because it is worth the price.
In 2021, Apple has 1.8 billion active devices worldwide, and these devices use the Safari browser by default, causing the Safari browser to account for a quarter of the market share of mobile devices.
Although it is far inferior to Google's own Chrome, Apple users are far more active than Android users, resulting in more than half of Google's search traffic coming from Apple devices.
For Google search, search traffic means real advertising revenue. As a search engine, about 90% of Google search revenue has come from advertising for many years.
This is why Google has to bow its head.
If Google does not pay this protection fee, then its competitors Microsoft Bing and Yahoo will probably be happy to fill the vacancy left by Google in order to surpass Google in the search business.
Or even say.
Apple itself can also develop a search engine similar to Apple Search to replace Google.
If it really gets to that point, then Google will be really dumbfounded, so it will have to "willingly" bow to Apple every year. It is said that the cost will rise to 20 billion US dollars next year.
This can be regarded as a microcosm of the changes in the power structure of mobile networking.
Even though software-based companies such as Google, Ali, and Tenda have great success, they still have to pay rent for hardware equipment such as Apple and Warwick.
Only those who wait for hardware equipment can conquer the world.
This is why Zhang Shuo advocates entering the smartphone industry.
Of course.
Not every mobile phone manufacturer can become Apple, or in other words, there is only one Apple.
And Zhang Shuo.
I hope Maili mobile phone can become the next Apple.
In addition to its own development tasks, the Software Application Center will also establish an open developer platform for third-party app developers to access.
If there are no third-party apps, Maili X1 will be just a decoration.
It can be seen that the status of the Software Application Center in Maili Technology is not an exaggeration, and it is expected that the number of developers in the future will exceed at least a thousand.
So not only 20F, but also 21F of Germination Building is reserved for the Software Application Center.
In order to support the Software Application Center, Zhang Shuo even went too far and directly assigned two hundred top computer science students to the Software Application Center from among the new employees recruited this spring.
No wonder, at the unveiling ceremony, Xue Tao was so enthusiastic about Zhang Shuo.
"Mr. Zhang, you are our Dinghai Shenzhen."
"Don't rush to flatter me. The group has provided all the conveniences it can provide. But if the Software Application Center fails to produce results after a year, then it will be easy to fall out."
Zhang Shuo is not a philanthropist.
Especially in modern enterprise management, it is impossible not to set KPI assessment indicators.
If there are no rules, then there is no circle.
"Don't worry, we will definitely do something good." Xue Tao also issued a military order.
"Then I'll wait and see."
Zhang Shuo said nothing more and turned to leave.
………
In the blink of an eye, it's Friday again.
Five thousand new employees have completed their one-week development training and have been assigned to various positions.
The Sprout Building has become more lively.
Dai Yutong also officially took up the post, replacing Chen Xiaowan and becoming Zhang Shuo's administrative secretary.
The sharp-eyed Zhang Shuo immediately noticed that unlike the first time they met, Dai Yutong was actually wearing stockings this time, and they were still black stockings.
"brush!"
Dai Yutong was a very sensitive person. He noticed Zhang Shuo's gaze, his face turned slightly red, and he explained in a low voice: "Director Chen said this is necessary for work."
"Ting!!!"
Zhang Shuo was really speechless towards Chen Xiaowan. He must have liked black stockings, right?
Even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won't be able to wash yourself away.
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It's pretty good-looking, at least pleasing to the eye.
"Have you found a place to live?" Zhang Shuo quickly changed the subject.
According to the unified arrangement of the group, new employees will receive a resettlement fee of 1,500 yuan after joining the company. However, the company will not provide unified employee dormitories and they need to rent a house outside.
The Lubei area has a lot of land, and even with its budding arrogance, it cannot support dormitories for all employees.
Unless you move to Houhai Science and Technology Park.
"Director Chen arranged for me to live with her." Dai Yutong was still a little cautious.
"Tianfu Community?"
Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly. If he remembered correctly, Chen Xiaowan herself was staying at Du Qingqing's house.
It's quite interesting.
Thinking about Chen Xiaowan's emotional intelligence, this matter must have been approved by Du Qingqing in advance.
It’s so lively with so many people.
Moreover, as Qingcheng Group is about to move to Yangcheng, Du Qingqing will also start a two-city running mode in Yangcheng and Binhai City. It will be no problem to add Dai Yutong.
"Yes!"
Dai Yutong is also very grateful. This can save her a lot of expenses.
Only with this hand.
Dai Yutong became Chen Xiaowan's follower and staunch supporter in the CEO office.
Under the influence of what he heard and saw, Chen Xiaowan was no longer the Wu Xia Ameng he used to be. She had been with Zhang Shuo for a long time, and naturally she also learned some skills and scheming in using people.
otherwise.
But I can't hold my position as director of the CEO's office.
………
Tenda Building.
"Boss, I've received news that venture capital, led by Scarlet Capital, is launching a new round of encirclement and suppression war against Germination. Do we want to help?" Lu Jian had a hint of excitement in his eyes.
As an executive in charge of investment business at Tenda, his status in the venture capital circle is also extraordinary.
Tenda itself is a capital tycoon. Especially after the strategic adjustment at the beginning of the year and the theory of "leaving half of your life to partners", it has increased its investment in the Internet industry.
Investment Dian Cong Dian Commentary is just the tip of the iceberg.
As a competitor, the rise of Moya has really embarrassed Tenda. It has been defeated by Moya time and time again, and so far there is no hope of a comeback.
Relying solely on its solid financial resources, it barely maintains its advantage on paper.
Of course, Lu Jian didn't mind fishing in troubled waters at this time and giving Bu Ya a hard kick.
To vent the hatred in my heart.
"We'd better not get involved in this matter and wait and see what happens." Compared to Lu Jian, the second master is obviously much more stable and is not someone who likes to cause trouble.
He had a vague feeling that Zhang Shuo would not just sit back and wait for death, and he still had some small expectations.
"All right!"
The second master said so, Lu Jian had no choice but to give up.
………
weekend.
Zhang Shuo met his second uncle again at the old man's place and said with a smile: "Second uncle, congratulations!"
But it was a few days ago.
The second uncle finally transitioned from being a deputy to a full-time employee, taking a solid step forward.
"I have already submitted your report, and the relevant departments have also launched investigations and demonstrations. It will take some time to come up with policies, so you must be mentally prepared." Tang Yi changed the subject with a smile.
"It takes a long time to achieve success, I know."
Of course, Zhang Shuo did not expect that there would be any progress soon. Such a big matter was definitely not something that could be easily decided on the head, so he handed the report to his second uncle early.
“Good attitude!”
Tang Yi admired Zhang Shuo's maturity, glanced at Zhang Shuo, and said lightly: "Tell me the truth, do you have any budding interests in this matter?"
"Let's put it this way, if this thing is not done, no matter how brilliant the achievements Maili Technology will achieve in the next ten years, it will be a castle on the beach. It looks spectacular, but in fact it will fall down as soon as it blows."
Zhang Shuo is also telling the truth.
"I see."
Although Zhang Shuo did not make his words clear, Tang Yi was so wise that he naturally understood it. Not only did he not blame Zhang Shuo, but he looked forward to him even more.
"Maili Technology has made such a big move, when will the finished product be available?" Tang Yi asked.
"Maybe July or August next year."
Zhang Shuo’s plan is to make a stunning debut of Maili X1 before Apple’s autumn launch.
Win a jackpot.
"Are you sure?"
Tang Yi is very concerned about Maili Technology and hopes that Maili Technology can succeed, so as to promote the development of Binhai City-related industrial chains.
"I'm not sure, but I will try my best to be sure." Zhang Shuo smiled.