"You brat, you are causing trouble for me again. Is it so easy to make a mobile phone? Your uncle Qiu's brother lost hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars by distributing BP machines, let alone making mobile phones. You have to lose money to earn some money before you are happy.
right?"
Father Su is sitting in the car.
After answering the phone, he complained nonchalantly.
The person who called him was Qian Wanhao. The other party said that he had a short meeting in a hurry and was trying to prepare a mobile phone research and development working group.
Just over an hour had passed since Su Yehao mentioned the research and development and production of mobile phones. This kind of work was so incredibly efficient that it made Father Su quite helpless and difficult to make up his mind for a while.
After all, he is optimistic about the home appliance industry and has no idea about mobile phones priced as high as 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.
This price is equivalent to half a year's salary of many mainlanders. The price of phone calls is not cheap. No matter how you look at it, it seems that there is no market. The investment and return may not be directly proportional.
So in the eyes of Su Yehao's father, it's just a blind decision, not as practical as the popular mahjong machines around. But what his son just said can't be taken as a fart.
So I just had a phone call with General Manager Qian Wanhao. Mr. Su just said that he would study it further and continue to focus on the home appliance business. He stayed in Fochuan for two days.
The father and son had already left Fochuan and continued to drive to Guangzhou, ready to take a look at the cultural tourism city in the suburbs.
Including the cost of acquiring the land, two billion yuan was spent on it. It happens to be on the edge of Fochuan. I took a turn to admire it. In fact, I don't even need to look at it to know that it is still just a large wasteland.
Su Yehao sat lazily.
I have long been used to my father contradicting me, and in the end I always say with emotion, "It smells so good!"
It was like this before he came to the mainland to invest in cultural tourism cities, and it was still like this when he went to Silicon Valley to invest in the Internet industry. Over time, he got used to it and didn't need to take it to heart at all.
Hear the words.
Turning to look at the cheap dad sitting next to him, Su Yehao asked calmly:
"Are you sure you don't want to spend some money to give it a try? With the development of mobile phones over the years, the manufacturing threshold is lowering. Maybe it won't be long before a company transfers semi-finished products and comes back to put a brand on it.
The shell can be resold at a high price. I know many people in the United States. If you don't want to make the money, forget it.
"Oh? The market is so competitive that they are starting to sell semi-finished products?"
Father Su was stunned when he heard this.
He suddenly felt a little more confident in his son's proposal.
The main reason is that in the past year or so, father and son have often been at odds with each other, but the result is that the father has completely failed. Even the career and wealth that he is proud of have been ruthlessly crushed by the son, and the gap has widened.
With this achievement in front of us, relying solely on luck to explain it is no longer feasible.
Therefore, Father Su, who had decisively changed his mind, changed his tune without blushing and said: "Then I'll listen to you and let others try it. But if it's really so profitable, why don't you set up a separate company independently? Our family just
By holding nearly half of the shares in the United States, isn’t it just making people rich for no reason?”
We can assemble it, and it is not difficult for others, but it may not be absolutely feasible. It is difficult to say whether users will buy it or not.
R&D in the name of Midi Group can share risks, otherwise why would I give it up to others?
Su Yehao added with a smile: "Don't worry, I have other arrangements. When the third generation of mobile communication technology comes out, the functions of mobile phones will be earth-shaking, and we can just throw away the broken bricks in our hands. No one will
He knows this business better than me."
"Hey, you talk very wildly! But I don't understand these things. You can say whatever you want. Anyway, it's best to be safe.
At this moment, Father Su felt more and more that he seemed to have no way to get involved in his son's business.
For example, I can’t even understand the third-generation mobile communication technology. It seems that it already has the first and second generations? It’s completely a blind area of knowledge.
It's just a mobile phone, not just for making calls. As long as you know how to use it, no one cares about it.
I was stunned secretly, thinking for a moment.
Father Su habitually waved his hands and added: "Since you have an idea, let me leave it to you. The company has just started to pick up, so don't mess with me. Anyway, you have part of the company's money and you need to manage it."
I’ll see what happens when the time comes, and I’ll say hello to Manager Qian.”
"???"
Su Yehao suddenly realized, could it be that when he was the hands-off shopkeeper, he had such an attitude that he deserved a beating?
He immediately said: "Don't, I only provide an idea and some help, but I have never thought about getting involved and taking charge of the work. My business in the United States is crazy, how can I still have the time to take care of the United States Group?
matter."
"You are so busy, don't think I don't know. You take the little girl touring the mountains and rivers all day long. Last time I saw Master Jiang, he told me that you and Jiang Yu have been acting strangely recently. What if the Nangong family and the Nangong family are in trouble in the future?
Master Jiang is having a fight, who do you think I should help? They all have such a good relationship with me, so they are posing a problem for me."
When he first heard that Master Jiang was suspicious, Su Yehao panicked.
Think back.
She called Jiang Yu several times, but she quickly cut him off and then told her that her parents were back.
I'm afraid it was because of this that Master Jiang became suspicious.
Jiang Yu couldn't hide his worries to begin with. He seemed to be a little too young to fight against an old fox like Master Jiang, and his flaws would inevitably show up over time.
Su Yehao immediately began to plan how to deal with the situation in case Master Jiang exposed him.
As for assisting Midi Group in the research and development and production of mobile phones, the best thing to do is to find some people to help find a more reliable semi-finished product solution supplier.
To say that a new mobile phone can be developed from start to finish in a short period of time, even if his old man is killed, Su Yehao will not believe that there are so many patent barriers and technical barriers in the hands of foreigners, how can it be so easy?
With the financial resources and R&D capabilities of Midea Group, it is no less difficult than selling the air-conditioning inverter compressor technology to Hitachi.
Being able to find a way to assemble a few relatively reliable finished mobile phones, Su Yehao feels that it is already very good. I am afraid that he will have to find some talents from outside to help. The mainland is still a wasteland and lacks supporting technologies and industries.
Even if he had the intention, he would be powerless. Su Yehao thought he didn't have the ability.
Moreover, point-and-shoot phones will only last for another ten years at most, and they are still facing fierce competition, so there is no need to waste too much energy on research and development.
It is better to avoid the limelight of companies such as Nokia and Motorola and focus on the next generation of smartphones. It is almost like missing out on 1G, 2G, and 3G but catching up in the 4G and 5G era.
Mainland China started its broadband plan this year, and it has immediately caught up with Europe and the United States. Although the technology is purchased, it is not all the same when used.
In the future, Oppe, which sells MP3 players, will have a place in the mobile phone market. With the confidence of Midea Group as the leader in the domestic home appliance industry, Su Yehao feels that it makes no sense. If it succeeds, it will be a way to make money.
Chatting along the way.
We went to Guangzhou’s Cultural and Tourism City for a stroll, then continued our journey back to Pengcheng. The yacht was still parked at the Shekou Pier.
Father Su has something to do, and Su Yehao plans to go to TAT to find someone to discuss the issue of completely splitting it from TVT, so as to avoid troubles with equity and patent ownership after TVT goes public.
There was TAT first, and then there was TVT. They were not just like mother and son, but at least they were brothers.
Since it is planned to list the international version of TVT, the split is inevitable, lest TAT also develops in the future and worries other TVT shareholders.