Chapter 409: Counterattack against Gaotong, will Moya become a lone warrior?
After signing the grant application, Zhang Shuo was about to leave work early when Gu Mingzhang knocked on the door and came in.
"Chairman, regarding the negative public opinion on Zhulong Chip on the Internet, I think it is necessary to respond." Seeing the imminent release of Maili X2, Gu Mingzhang's nerves became tense.
Be ready to handle any crisis at any time.
"How are you going to respond?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"Announce the test results of the Zhulong Z1 chip, and also ask Tai Electromechanical to cooperate in announcing the production progress, yield rate and other information of the Zhulong Z1 chip. In a word, we need to increase the publicity of the Zhulong Z1 chip."
The aroma of wine makes me afraid of the deep alley.
Although there are some noises about the Zhulong chip on the Internet, and there may even be competitors behind it, the reputation among Chinese netizens is also a trump card.
As long as you speak objectively, many people will believe it.
"Can!"
Zhang Shuo agreed with Gu Mingzhang's suggestion and then said: "In addition, we can also change the sales strategy of Maili X2 and strive to officially distribute it on the second day of the press conference. Can it be done?"
The sooner users can get real-phone experience, the sooner rumors can be shattered.
Regarding the soon-to-be-released MaiLi and the first-generation MaiLi tablet mipad, Zhang Shuo got prototypes as early as last month and has been experiencing them.
Therefore, I am very confident in the quality of these three products.
"It should be possible." Gu Mingzhang also thought it was a good idea. "If it doesn't work out, we have to let the workers in the electronics factory work harder and work overtime. The company will pay them more overtime pay."
"Then it's settled!"
Zhang Shuo was also decisive and did not dwell too much on the issue of overtime.
The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and there is no room for hypocrisy.
Compared to Fujikeng, Maili Electronics' working environment and benefits are already top-notch in the industry. Occasionally having to work overtime or something like that does not mean it is something treasonous.
What's more, overtime pay is doubled.
Immediately, Zhang Shuo raised another question: "Self-proven innocence only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The root cause of the public opinion turmoil surrounding the Zhulong chip lies with Gaotong."
"Chairman, do you mean to take action against Gaotong?" Gu Mingzhang was surprised.
"Passive defense is not my style."
Zhang Shuo was a very aggressive person and said with a smile: "If nothing else, it is very unreasonable for Gaotong to charge high patent technology licensing fees to all mobile phone manufacturers, which is what the industry calls Gaotong tax.
, is suspected of abusing its dominant market position and should be investigated and corrected."
This is not Zhang Shuo talking nonsense.
Europa once issued a sky-high fine to Gaotong because of this.
In February 2015 in the original time and space, Huaxia also issued a fine of one billion US dollars to Gaotong, and at the same time urged Gaotong to make adjustments to patent licensing fees and reduce Gaotong's tax to one-third of the original amount.
The entire investigation process lasted for a year.
In other words, as early as 2014, Chinese mobile phone manufacturers were already very dissatisfied with the high Gaotong tax and secretly encouraged a private organization in Shanghai to initiate a lawsuit against Gaotong.
It not only punished Gaotong, but it didn't mean that he and Gaotong completely broke up.
"In addition to the Gaotong tax, there is also the Xiaomi and OV abandonment of Zhulong chips. Is there pressure from Gaotong behind this? Is Gaotong abusing its market dominance?"
Zhang Shuo has always dared to show his sword against overseas giants.
"These two points are indeed Gaotong's weaknesses in China, but if we investigate and collect evidence, it may take a long time." Gu Mingzhang's eyes also lit up.
"The longer the time, the longer it is. It's not a matter of time." Zhang Shuo is very strategic and determined.
"Understood!"
Gu Mingzhang also understood it and immediately asked for instructions: "Then, should we personally handle the complaint against Gaotong, or should we leave it to a third-party agency?"
"In order to increase the weight, we should come forward in person. After all, we are also victims."
Zhang Shuo is very upright.
Xiaomi, OV and others are afraid of knowing Gaotong, but Mei Ya is not afraid, and they have already made grudges themselves.
"Once a lawsuit is filed, Maili Group will temporarily stop paying patent licensing fees to Gaotong to show its determination to resist." Zhang Shuo added with a smile.
This method has been used by many manufacturers in the original time and space, and the effect is surprisingly good.
"clear!"
Gu Mingzhang was naturally happy to be able to save a fortune for nothing.
The key is.
Maili Group has decided that after the release of Maili X2 in September, Maili's official website will remove Maili X1. Maili Electronics has stopped production of Maili X1 as early as a month ago.
The last two months have been spent digesting inventory.
This means that Maili Group no longer needs to purchase mobile phone chips from Gaotong.
The confidence to fight is natural.
"If possible, it is best to bring Warwick and other friends together," Zhang Shuo reminded.
He didn't want to be taken advantage of again.
Every time, we let Mei Ya take the lead, while these friends and businessmen hide behind and enjoy the success.
It's too outrageous.
"Don't worry, Chairman, I will handle this matter."
Gu Mingzhang didn't mean this, and he had long been very dissatisfied with his friend and businessman.
………
Zhang Shuo was in a hurry to get off work, but wanted to spend the Chinese Valentine's Day with Chen Lu.
The candlelight dinner is all ready.
Thanks to the goblin's deliberate efforts to please him, Zhang Shuo lived like an emperor for the entire next weekend, and even had the idea of "from now on, the king will never go to court early in the morning."
But he could only suppress it forcefully.
With a stall as big as Sprout now, it would be difficult for anyone else to run it except Zhang Shuo himself.
Can't stop!
………
Monday, August 5th.
Dragging his almost exhausted body, Zhang Shuo came to the company again.
The past weekend, perhaps due to the blessing of Chinese Valentine's Day, was quite calm overall. The only excitement was the sudden increase in news about Zhulong chips on the Internet.
There are self-media reports and formal media reports.
There are also companies such as Zhulong Technology, Maili Group, and Tai Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd. who have spoken out one after another. Without exception, they are all supporting the Zhulong Z1 chip to quash previous Internet rumors.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It has won the approval of some netizens.
"I still believe in Sprout. A company can design a smartphone as amazing as the Maili X1 and an electric car as cool as the Mango M1. Why can't it design mobile phone chips?"
"That is, when it comes to R&D, how bad is it? Last year's R&D expenditure alone ranked it in the top fifty among global IT companies, and this year it may be even better."
"Don't forget, the fingerprint unlocking technology was first developed by Suiya."
"Looking forward to the Zhulong Z1 chip, and also looking forward to the stunning debut of Maili X2!!!"
At least in China.
Sprout is definitely well-known, but it is really not that easy to discredit Sprout.
After browsing the news, Zhang Shuo looked through the work briefing again, and there were many interesting things. For example, the human resources director Wu Sheyuan arranged for a team to go to Sanxing to recruit people, which made Sanxing jump out of control.
He also threatened to sue Su Ya.
Of course, Moya is not afraid. After the new legal center general manager Cheng Minghua took office, he not only won the intellectual property litigation battle in the European market, but also won Liang Song's resignation lawsuit.
It doesn't make Sanxing budding happy at all.
Not to mention, there was an earlier lawsuit involving a Korean consumer who smashed an offline experience store of Maili Mobile. The perpetrator not only paid a large sum of money in compensation, but also faced three months in prison.
It’s also a complete victory!
As a result, Sprout has become a bit like "Pizza Hut" in the industry, and its Teng content exceeds the standard.
In addition to poaching people, the group's subsidiaries also have their own outstanding performances. For example, Mango Group has built offline experience centers in ten cities including Shanghai, Jingshi, and Binhai City.
The construction of charging piles is also progressing steadily.
Although the Mango M1 has not yet completed delivery, it has become the new favorite in the field of new energy vehicles.
This makes Teshi La, who is far away in the beautiful country, a little anxious. Just last Friday, Te Shi La's Model S began to accept reservations from Chinese customers, with a price of 730,000-850,000.
Most of the consumers turned away immediately.
Those who can afford a Model S are only rich men from wealthy families.
It is of a ticket-playing nature.
This leads to the conclusion that the entry of Teshira does not pose a substantial threat to Mango Auto. As of the end of July, the number of reservations for the Mango M1 has exceeded 10,000 units.
A new record was set!
In addition to Mango Group, Pinxixi Group, which is about to start financing, is even more aggressive. After its great success in Jiangchuan Province, it has spread its business across the central and western regions, and it is coming fiercely.
He has become a new player comparable to Jingwinter.
………
After reading the work briefing, Zhang Shuo came to the conference room next door.
At the regular meeting on Monday, the first thing discussed was the financing issue of Pinxixi Group.
Reported by Lu Kai, rotating president.
"After evaluation, Pinxixi Group's Series A financing is valued at 80 billion. It is expected to transfer 10% of the equity and raise 8 billion, which will be mainly used for daily operations and logistics system construction."
"Is the valuation of 80 billion on the high side?" Zhang Shuo asked.
Since the establishment of Pinxixi Group, it has only been one year since its establishment, and its valuation has reached 80 billion.
It's incredible when you think about it.
"Not really."
Lu Kai explained: "Although Pinxixi Group has not been established for a long time, since its establishment, the capital directly injected into Pinxixi by the group's parent company alone has exceeded 27 billion."
including but not limited to--
Ten billion logistics park construction, three billion national fashion brand support plan fund, nearly five billion spent on the acquisition of Baishi, two major express delivery companies in Durban, shopping festival subsidies, etc.
That's it.
This does not include the daily operating expenses of Pinxixi Group.
"In addition to direct capital investment, there is also investment in various business resources such as talents, channels, and connections, including strategic cooperation with Walli Intelligent Manufacturing, cooperation with the group's technology center, etc."
Weixin’s direct traffic to Pinxixi alone is worth more than 10 billion.
At this point, because Pinxixi Group was previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moya, it did not charge a dime in traffic service fees.
After financing, this cost will also be added.
Of course, just talking about the investment of Sprout Group in Pinxixi is definitely not enough to raise the valuation of Pinxixi Group to 80 billion, and more hard-core data are needed to support it.
"The number of daily active users of Pinxixi Group has reached 5 million, and it is about to catch up with the daily active users in the freezing winter. It is firmly positioned as the third largest transaction in China's e-commerce, and its growth rate is significantly higher than the industry average."
Even according to the most conservative estimates, the number of people alive in Pinxixi is expected to exceed that of Frightening Winter by the end of the year.
The same horror as the original time and space.
This also verifies the success of Pinxixi’s business model from the side and proves that in the super large market of China, in addition to white-collar workers who earn a living, there are also middle and low-income earners who are more sensitive to prices.
The market potential in this area is extremely huge.
This is also concretely reflected in the revenue of Pinxixi Group.
"Pinxixi Group's operating income in the first quarter of this year was 8.95 billion, and its operating income in the second quarter was 13.87 billion. The operating income in the second quarter has already caught up with the operating income in the first quarter of Jingdong."
no doubt.
Jingdong is Pin Xixi’s best competitor and the first one to challenge.
Although the two parties still have a cooperative relationship.
But this does not prevent us from saying that Pin Xixi is stepping on Jingdong’s shoulders to hit the second spot in China’s e-commerce industry.
In normal business competition, no one can make irresponsible remarks.
In addition to these, Pinxixi Group also holds a trump card, that is, Pinxixi Group owns Qingfeng Logistics, which is recognized as the largest logistics company in the industry.
This is incomparable to Jingdong, which started earlier.
It is precisely because of the support of these hard-core data indicators that Pinxixi Group, which was founded just over a year ago, dared to claim a valuation of 80 billion in its A-round financing.
It is by no means a wasted reputation.
“If it weren’t for the fact that urban investment companies from all over the country were mainly involved in financing, the valuation would have been even higher.”
Lu Kai is very arrogant.
"That's okay."
After being analyzed by Lu Kai, Zhang Shuo accepted it with peace of mind.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In my impression, in the 14th year of the Original Time and Space Winter, that is, when it goes public next year, its market value was close to 26 billion U.S. dollars. In such a comparison, Pinxixi Group’s
A valuation of 80 billion is very reasonable.
Absolutely no moisture!
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After the meeting, Zhang Shuo met Guan Zai, who had just returned from the capital, in his office.
"Have you finished all the matters in the capital?"
Zhang Shuo smiled and asked Guan Zai to sit down on the sofa, and even poured him a glass of water himself.
"The big things have been finalized, and there are still some finishing tasks left. I will let Yu Tuzai take charge." Guan Zai hurried back to Binhai City, but he wanted to take the lead in preparing for the establishment of the laboratory.
Don't dare to delay for a moment.
"It seems that Yu Tu is very capable." Zhang Shuo smiled.
"It's a good seedling."
Guan Zai also promotes talents and does not avoid relatives. "He has a bright mind and a smart person. Although he has just graduated from graduate school, the key is that he is steady and has no stage fright at all, unlike me."
In order to win praise from others, Guan Zai did not hesitate to embarrass himself.
"Furthermore, Yu Tu is also well-known in the circle of Capital University. He can recruit a lot of talents for Nebula Technology, so he will simply stay in Capital for a while."
"That's what we should focus on training."
Zhang Shuo must have a supportive attitude towards the employer in Guan Zai, and then asked with a smile: "Tell me about yourself. How is it? Are all the things at home settled?"
The best way to get closer to your subordinates is to talk about things outside of work.
"Everything is set up, thank you, Chairman, for taking the trouble."
Guan Zai is very grateful for mentioning this.
As one of the Thousand Talents Plan introduced by Moya from overseas, Guan Zaizai received a placement fee of 10 million yuan on the day he joined the company, which solved his worries.
That's not even the point.
After learning that Guan Zai's son was going to elementary school in the second half of this year, Zhang Shuo personally came forward to smoothen the relationship and handle three things at once: buying a house, registering as a householder, and transferring school status.
They all take the green channel.
It is guaranteed that Guan Zai’s son will be able to go to school in Binhai City smoothly next month.
This is actually what Germination should do.
Since we want to introduce high-level talents from overseas, we naturally need to provide good logistical support services. Which city is not rushing to get a technical master of this level?
Previously, Mr. Shen of China Aerospace Corporation joked that he wanted to poach Guan Zai.
"As soon as the arrangements are settled, let's talk about your plans for building a laboratory." After chatting about personal matters, Zhang Shuo finally brought the topic to work.
But when Guan Zai was still in the capital, he had discussed this matter on the phone.
"I still have the same point of view as before. I suggest that the Nebula Building in the Germination Industrial Park be used only as the administrative headquarters of Nebula Technology. It is more appropriate for the laboratory to be placed in Pingchang City, Qiongzhou Province."
Pingchang County's status in the aerospace field is undoubtedly beyond doubt.
Guan Zai's idea is actually very pure. Pingchang County is the best location to build a commercial space launch site, so why not locate the R&D institution nearby to save the hassle of going back and forth.
"As a launch site, Pingchang City is indeed a good choice, but have you ever considered this question: Can Pingchang's educational resources, medical resources, etc., meet the needs of the children of the families of R&D personnel? If not, what about R&D personnel?
Can people work in Pyeongchang with peace of mind?”
What Zhang Shuo raised is a very realistic question.
After all, Nebula Technology is not a giant like China Aerospace. If it wants to attract outstanding talents, it must solve these worries for researchers.
Especially in China, the problem of children's education is as big as heaven.
otherwise.
Why do so many top talents sharpen their heads and settle in the capital and magic city?
Isn’t it because of the local high-quality educational resources?
In this area, Binhai City is actually not particularly competitive, let alone PyeongChang.
If necessary in the future.
Zhang Shuo even considered planning to build R&D centers in the capital and Shanghai to place talents nearby.
"If you think that the Xingyun Building cannot meet the construction needs of the laboratory, then you can completely acquire land in Houhai and build a new experimental building. This is no problem."
As a boss, Zhang Shuo is undoubtedly very arrogant.
"This is something I didn't think carefully about."
Thinking that he had already settled in Binhai City, but had to ask his researchers to settle in Pingchang, Guan Zai felt a little ashamed, and then said: "It is still possible to conduct research and development in the Xingyun Building, but there is no suitable test site. It really needs additional work."
construction test base.”
"In this regard, can we consider cooperating with Eastern University of Science and Technology?"
Guan Zai also had a flash of inspiration.
As a member of the Thousand Talents Plan, a high-level talent introduced by Sprout Group from overseas, Guan Zai will also teach at Eastern University of Science and Technology as a visiting professor.
This is also part of the school-enterprise cooperation between Sprout Group and Eastern University of Science and Technology.
"It's a good idea, I agree!"
Zhang Shuo smiled and nodded, obviously very satisfied with Guan Zai's proposal.