Chapter 322: Zhang Shuo's cup of bows and snakes? Make the best predictions and prepare for the worst!
nine in the morning.
Zhang Shuo summoned four vice presidents and held a simple meeting in his office.
This can also be regarded as a weekly meeting at the budding senior management level. Taking advantage of the fact that they have just come to work on Monday, they will report on the business of their respective supervisors, communicate with each other, and orientate the work for the coming week.
Rotating president Lu Kai was the first to report.
"The listing of AutoNet has entered the fast lane, Qingcheng Group has also completed Series B financing, 10 billion service fees have been paid to the group's finance, and the group's cash flow has been significantly improved."
Both of these are his achievements.
"At the same time, in view of the increasingly heavy investment business of the group, which must also take into account investments in various fields such as the Internet, mobile phones, semiconductors, and electric vehicles, I suggest that the investment and mergers and acquisitions department be upgraded to a large project department, with an investment department and an investment department under it.
The second department and the third investment department are responsible for manufacturing, Internet and college student venture capital respectively."
"Can."
Zhang Shuo nodded in agreement.
In the previous adjustment of the group's organizational structure, human resources, finance, legal affairs, etc. were all upgraded to large department systems. As one of the core departments of the group, the investment and mergers and acquisitions department has no reason to be left behind.
Follow.
Jiang Yue reported on the project progress of Eastern University of Science and Technology.
"After the preliminary project demonstration, Chunmiao Fund and Binhai City Government formed a joint working group to jointly promote the project establishment and approval of Eastern University of Science and Technology. We are currently working with experts and scholars from various fields to prepare a more detailed project plan.
Various major matters such as the location of the university, school scale, school mode, funding sources and composition, policy compliance review, etc. were finalized one by one."
"It has been confirmed that the location of Eastern University of Science and Technology will be in Houhai. Binhai is already revising the relevant urban planning and is expected to reserve 1,700 acres of land for Eastern University of Science and Technology."
"One thousand seven hundred acres, isn't it too little?"
Nearly two thousand acres of land seems very large, even larger than the Germination Industrial Park, but for a university, the area is actually not that large. It is not uncommon for larger universities to occupy an area of three to four thousand acres.
.
Something special.
There are even super parks covering an area of more than 10,000 acres.
"This is only the planned Houhai campus, and will also be the main campus of Eastern University of Science and Technology. If the project progresses smoothly, it is also planned to designate a new campus in nearby Guancheng, which can fully meet the demand."
"That's pretty much it."
Zhang Shuo realized that the Oriental University of Science and Technology project had attracted the attention of all parties in Lingnan Province. Even Wancheng had heard about it and was ready to get involved.
This is actually a good thing.
The more forces involved, the faster the project will advance.
"The other is the school running model. The plan is to follow overseas practices, promote professors' scholarship, give professors more say, and remove as much as possible the traces of administrativeization." Jiang Yue continued to report.
"Stop! Stop! Stop!"
Zhang Shuo's expression changed drastically, "Who told you that we are going to de-administrate and make professors conduct academic research?"
"No, isn't this a private research university?"
Jiang Yue was also confused, "In this area, foreign countries are indeed doing better."
"The research work was not done well."
Zhang Shuo shook his head in disappointment.
In the final analysis, Jiang Yue was still brainwashed by the values and ideology of the beautiful country. He was unable to see through the phenomenon to see the essence clearly, and was deceived by the rhetoric of the beautiful country.
Have overseas universities become so popular because of the promotion of professorial scholarship?
Nonsense!
The rise of universities in beautiful countries is based on the premise of emptying out all the top talents in Europe.
Top scientists, the best students from all over the world, and the strong support of beautiful country officials and enterprises have created a splendid era.
Rather than professorial scholarship.
In fact, top universities such as Harvard are not professors at all. It is the school board of directors that actually controls everything behind the scenes. The power of professors is by no means as high as publicized.
Are there too many professors who are dismissed easily?
Besides, de-administration is simply a false proposition. The reason is very simple. As long as it is an organization and has management, it must have a strict organizational structure.
If there is an organizational structure, there will inevitably be management levels.
It is completely nonsense to say that everyone is equal, and it is not suitable for management at all. The simplest example, professor, associate professor, etc., isn't it also a very clear classification of grades?
Let’s be more straightforward.
A university can be regarded as a small, semi-closed society. In addition to teaching and scientific research, it is also responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of students and faculty. How could it not have administrative affairs?
Do you really think that professors don’t care about the world?
Professors are also human beings, and they are not fundamentally different from other managers. They are not naturally superior to others morally. Once they have power in their hands, they will also develop emotions and desires.
It’s too far away to mention.
Are there not enough professors who treat their graduate students like cattle and horses? Are there not enough well-dressed beasts with low morals and corrupt character?
Not to mention the academic circles that ordinary people have no access to.
In the final analysis, there is one sentence: "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes."
so.
Zhang Shuo opposes the so-called de-administrative remarks from the bottom of his heart.
Anyone who believes this is either stupid or bad.
Thinking about China's aerospace industry, which technological breakthrough was not achieved under strict organizational management? Whether it can be done or not does not depend on whether there is administrative control, but on faith.
If we are a group of people without faith, nothing will work.
"So, Mr. Zhang, what do you mean?"
Jiang Yue became even more uneasy. This was the first time she saw the big boss so disappointed.
"Let's do some serious research first and figure out the problem."
Zhang Shuo did not give a direct answer. Jiang Yue had been in charge of planning the establishment of Donghai University of Science and Technology. If she could not change her mind, preaching alone would be of no use.
If it didn't work out, Zhang Shuo could only change his general at the last minute.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Listen more to the advice of Mr. Tao, Professor Tan and others, and don't be overly superstitious about overseas experience. The five thousand years of Chinese civilization history, when it comes to teaching and educating people, is absolutely
He can be called a global teacher."
Perhaps the biggest rumor from the 20th century to the present is that Chinese people do not understand innovation.
What nonsense!!!
If the Chinese people don’t know how to innovate, how did they come up with two bombs and one satellite?
Don't know how to innovate.
So how did you achieve the outstanding achievements in aerospace and other fields?
How was Warwick born?
The so-called people who do not understand innovation are just a group of arrogant crooks who monopolize the global discourse by relying on the advantage of being the first to predict and despise everything with a condescending attitude.
In addition, China is indeed a catch-up in many fields, which has also made the people generally very unconfident.
This is quite normal.
But the backwardness was only temporary. It took China less than a hundred years to complete the first, second and third industrial revolutions, and it gradually transformed from a pursuer into a leader in the information age.
How the hell can this be called not being able to innovate?
Those keyboard warriors who clamor on the Internet that "Chinese people don't know how to innovate" and "college students can only study hard" are just a bunch of ignorant people.
How do they know how many outstanding college students join the scientific research team every year and contribute silently? These real top students don't bother to argue with others online.
So much so that it gives ordinary people the illusion that Chinese people don’t understand innovation.
Total bullshit!!!
Just like saying that the physical fitness of Asians is not as good as that of Europeans and Americans, it is also a false proposition.
Not to mention, after the supply of meat, eggs, and milk became available, China made breakthroughs in various fields such as track and field, swimming, and weightlifting, giving birth to a number of outstanding athletes such as Liu Feimin, Da Bai Yang, and Su Shen.
Breaking records and pushing limits.
In particular, flying men Liu and Dabai Yang broke world records.
Is there any distinction between superior and inferior races? In the final analysis, it is just adequate nutritional intake, coupled with scientific and systematic training, and over time, geniuses can be cultivated.
Of course.
This also excludes a group of special creatures called male footballs, which are not included in this rule.
"good!"
Jiang Yue was Alexander, and for the first time he didn't understand what the big boss was thinking.
Fortunately, Gu Mingzhang resolved Jiang Yue's embarrassment in time, took out a new mobile phone like a treasure, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, this is the engineering prototype of Maili X1. Can you try it out?"
Although the Maili X1 will not be released until the second half of the year, the engineering prototype was manufactured early and will undergo rounds of rigorous testing internally to continuously discover problems and make continuous improvements.
As the chief designer of Maili X1, Zhang Shuo is naturally the most qualified to try it out.
Jiang Yue and others' eyes were also brightened, and they curiously looked at the prototype in Gu Mingzhang's hand. The metal lamination and glass screen immediately gave it a high-end feel.
It is in sharp contrast to the mainstream plastic casings currently on the market.
"Okay." Zhang Shuo smiled and took the MaiLi
"We have entered the final critical stage." Gu Mingzhang was about to report, "In order to avoid the Olympic cycle, the new product launch conference is scheduled for early September, and we will use this as a time node."
"Early September..."
In Zhang Shuo's memory, Pingguo's new product launch conference this year was also scheduled for September, but he forgot the specific date. "Try your best to get it before September 10th, and you must be in time before Pingguo's launch conference."
Compared with the fledgling Mai Li, Pingguo is the top player in the smartphone industry. Every new product launch, including invitations, will become the focus of attention around the world.
If we collide with the Pingguo press conference, it will probably be very tragic.
Only by rushing ahead of Pingguo and making a stunning debut of Maili X1 can it be enough to attract attention.
The aroma of wine makes me afraid of the deep alley.
"good!"
Gu Mingzhang quickly wrote down, "In order to cooperate with the new product launch conference, the group has begun leasing stores in the core business districts of major first- and second-tier cities such as Jingshi, Modao, Yangcheng, Binhai City, Jiangxia, Lin'an, Shancheng, and Rongcheng to launch the Maili mobile phone line.
Let’s do the decoration work of the experience store.”
Although Maili Group currently only has one electronic product, offline experience stores are also essential.
It will also be one of the main offline promotion channels.
Thanks to the rapid development of e-commerce and modern logistics, in the era of smartphones, it is no longer necessary to distribute goods online on a large scale at offline counters like in the era of feature phones.
The channel fee alone saves a lot of money.
There is no doubt that Maili X1 also adopts the mode of offline experience and online ordering.
It's exactly the same as Xiaomi.
"In addition, in view of the production capacity forecast of Maili X1, Maili Electronics' factory buildings need to be expanded and renovated. I suggest that several electronics factories around Guancheng Industrial Park be acquired together."
Gu Mingzhang took advantage of the situation to make his request.
To be honest, with China's well-established mobile phone OEM system, Gu Mingzhang actually does not agree with Maili Electronics organizing the production of Maili X1 complete machines, but he cannot resist the will of the big boss.
The birth of MaiLi Electronics even preceded MaiLi Technology.
This shows Zhang Shuo’s determination.
"Approximately how much funding is needed?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"The acquisition funds plus the cost of factory and equipment renovation total about 600 million."
"Okay." Zhang Shuo agreed without much hesitation and asked: "After merging surrounding electronics factories, how many units does Maili Electronics expect to have a daily production capacity?"
"About 100,000 units."
Gu Mingzhang is also unambiguous. He has also carefully calculated that no matter how popular Maili X1 is, the average daily sales will reach 100,000 units, which is expected to be the peak.
It's even overestimated.
"One hundred thousand? It's too low. It should be doubled at least." Zhang Shuo said astonishingly.
What he said is not without factual basis.
Take the Samsung Galaxy S3 released in May this year. As an iconic product in the Samsung S series, sales exceeded one million units within fifty days of its launch.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seven months after it was launched, the cumulative sales exceeded 40 million units.
Average daily sales are 190,000 units.
Samsung's S series is also the biggest contributor to Samsung's rise to the top of global smartphone sales in 2012. There is no reason why the Maili X1 cannot be compared to Samsung Galaxy S3.
Not to mention the Pingguo 5, which will be launched at the same time as the Maili X1. Although the outside world is inevitably a little disappointed with the Pingguo 5, the cumulative sales have still exceeded the 70 million mark.
Firmly occupying the top position in new machine sales.
The Pingguo 6, which the Maili X1 is designed to compete with, is the highest-selling mobile phone in Pingguo's history. The cumulative sales of Pingguo 6 and Pingguo 6plus have reached an astonishing 220 million units.
It has become an unsurpassable milestone in the history of smartphones.
Of course, there are also factors in the general environment. In 2014, when Pingguo 6 was born, 2015 was the period when the global smartphone explosion occurred and sales were at their highest.
After 2015, the growth of the smartphone market began to slow down.
After 2020, the entire smartphone market has entered a very cruel competition for stock, and none of Pingguo's subsequent models can catch up with the sales of Pingguo 6.
But this also proves from the side how popular Pingguo 6 is among users around the world.
With these data as a basis, Zhang Shuo has no reason not to have high expectations for Maili X1, even if it is because Maili X1 is a fledgling product with low brand awareness and cannot replicate the sales miracle of the original Time and Space Pingguo 6.
But a sales volume of 50 million is completely expected.
"Not only do we need to acquire surrounding electronics factories, but we also need to prepare to build one or two super factories in other cities across the country to avoid insufficient production capacity and we will be really dumbfounded." Zhang Shuo reminded solemnly.
The reason why he insists on not doing OEM work is not only to control the quality by himself, but also because he doesn't want a company like Fox to cheat and make money from OEM work.
What the hell?
There is also a very important appeal. Although the profit of Maili Electronics' complete machine production is not high, it can stimulate local investment and employment.
In a sense, it is actually a good amulet.
Definitely worth having!
"Okay, then I will arrange for Manager Xu to inspect various parts of the country later." Although he did not understand Zhang Shuo's confidence in Maili X1, Gu Mingzhang still carried out the plan resolutely.
"Is there enough time?" Zhang Shuo asked with concern.
"Don't worry, you can make it in time."
Gu Mingzhang explained: "The electronics factory has a standardized design and standardized construction. If the construction is fast, it can be completed in half a year and put into use in seven to eight months."
Even if it is as predicted by Zhang Shuo, the average daily sales of Maili X1 exceeds 200,000.
It couldn't have happened in the early stages.
With the popularity of Maili X1, sales will explode.
So it’s totally in time.
Of course, while the electronics factory is under construction, the recruitment and training of workers must also be carried out simultaneously.
"In terms of funding, we need strong support from the group."
Gu Mingzhang also said that because the electronics factory covers a large area, the super electronics factory is basically an industrial park. The land cost, construction cost and equipment purchase cost are all a big expense.
"Don't worry, the group will fully support you financially."
If you want a horse to run, you must let it eat grass. How could Zhang Shuo not understand such a simple truth?
I happened to have money in hand.
"Then there is the stocking of core components, especially baseband chips. It is best to stock up in advance. Even if it takes up some working capital, it is better than having something go wrong in the future." Zhang Shuo urged.
The Maili X1 baseband chip still uses Qualcomm chips, and there is no way around it.
Not to mention Maili Group, which was established less than a year ago, even giants like Pingguo have been deeply troubled by baseband chips and have been unable to achieve self-sufficiency in baseband chips.
For a long time, there were only four companies in the world capable of producing communication baseband chips: Warwick, Samsung, Lianhua Microelectronics, and Intel.
After Blu-ray Group acquired Zhanxun Communications and Ruidike, the reorganized Zhanrui is the fifth company.
This is also the reason why Zhang Shuo advocated the acquisition of Zhanxun.
Because Pingguo lacked technology accumulation in the communications industry before, it had been using basebands from Intel and Qualcomm, and then combined them with its own A-series chips in the form of plug-ins.
In contrast, Qualcomm and Huawei directly integrate the baseband into the mobile phone SoC.
This can bring lower power consumption and heat generation.
Qualcomm has been the exclusive supplier of iPhone baseband chips since 2011, but the industry-famous "Qualcomm tax" made Pingguo very unhappy.
Pingguo was very unhappy and the consequences were serious.
Starting with the iPhone 7, Pingguo began to use Intel’s baseband to get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm.
But the crux of the problem is that Intel's baseband is really "stretchy", which has led to continuous complaints about iPhone signal problems.
The arrogant Pingguo didn't want to argue with him, but gritted his teeth and continued to use the Intel baseband, even deliberately limiting the performance of the Qualcomm baseband to match the performance of the Intel baseband.
Pingguo spent all his efforts to support Intel, but in the end he failed to defend himself.
In 2019, Intel announced that it would withdraw from the 5G baseband chip business, and the baseband business team in Xianyang was also disbanded. In desperation, Pingguo chose to settle with Qualcomm and lost a large sum of money.
It can be seen that the research and development of baseband chips is very difficult.
"What?"
Gu Mingzhang was even more confused. What could possibly happen?
As a chip designer, Qualcomm hopes that the more mobile phone manufacturers will use their chips, the better. In any case, they will be handed over to OEM companies within Taiyuan Electromechanical.
The more orders the better.
"Think about it, if, I mean if, Maili X1 steals the limelight of Pingguo's new products and becomes the most popular and best-selling mobile phone in the world, then how can Pingguo, Samsung and other giants not respond? Especially Pingguo.
But if something goes wrong in the beautiful country and affects the delivery of Qualcomm chips, wouldn’t it be the end of the world?”
Zhang Shuo never wants to bet on the bottom line of these companies.
In the original time and space, the tragedy of "Warwick fell and Pingguo was full" was staged. Although it was nominally the beautiful country's hand, could it really have nothing to do with Pingguo?!
Ping Guo is really a white lotus as it claims.
Who the hell believes it?
"All right!"
Gu Mingzhang is actually quite helpless. It cannot be said that this possibility is impossible, but it is actually very slim. As someone who once worked for Nokia, he still believes in the Western set of values.
Talking about business!
Let’s all compete fairly and not overturn the table, right?
"Preparing supplies in advance is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. The key is to achieve self-sufficiency in baseband chips." Zhang Shuo planned everything according to the worst-case scenario, no matter what Gu Mingzhang thought.
“Can Daosui Semiconductor’s self-developed Zhulong chip catch up with next year’s Maili X2?”
"Well, to be honest, Mr. Zhang, I don't dare to vouch for it. If the MaiLi phone is the same as Xiaomi and so on, taking the low-end route, then there is basically no problem. But MaiLi X2, no matter what, it can't be worse than Qualcomm chips.
Bar?"
Rebus: "Are you polite?"
If the Zhulong chip developed by Daosui Semiconductor cannot match Qualcomm chips in terms of performance, it will undoubtedly deal a fatal blow to the brand influence of Maili Mobile.
Xiaomi was also shot while lying down.
"Then turn uncertainty into certainty."
Zhang Shuo couldn't wait another year, or even longer, so he turned to look at Lu Kai.
"Qingcheng Group's tens of billions of service fees have also arrived. Let's start the acquisition of Rudike in advance and merge Zhanxun and Rudike as soon as possible. I still don't believe it. You can't produce a baseband chip even if you spend money on it.
."
"good."
Lu Kai had no objections.
One point is that in order to cooperate with the birth of Maili X1, this involves merging electronics factories, preparing to build a new factory, preparing materials in advance, and preparing a generous marketing expense.
Coupled with the acquisition of Radico.
Come on, all the working capital that the Germination Group has just saved has gone to the Maili Group.