"I don't think about any good things, I'm all distracted."
Sun Baoyin walked into the office and saw Wen Liang leisurely lost in thought, smiling and joking.
Wen Liang turned around following the sound, his eyes habitually staying on Sun Baoyin's thermos cup for a second.
There is no story about Lao Yin’s thermos cup. He has replaced it twice this year. He simply likes to drink hot water and occasionally adds some wolfberry.
Anyway, you can eat it even if you are not middle-aged, so it won’t be a big problem.
Wen Liang continued: "Xiao Qin, Lao Zhang, have all begun to follow the path."
Upon hearing this, Sun Baoyin raised his brows in pleasure: "Hey, that's not bad."
Then he said: "Lao Zhang's side is okay, but this chip is more difficult than imagined. It took several academicians to take the lead for so long to find a direction?"
Wen Liang sorted it out for a while and replied: "The laboratory has a clear direction for completing a chip design and has corresponding experience. Even Xiao Qin's technical ability changes day by day."
"Scientific research personnel are well-equipped, and the financial investment required at different stages can be clearly given, but..."
Wen Liang spread his hands: "Xiao Qin knew what I wanted to be autonomous and controllable, so he chose the unecological Japanese SC-V instruction set to sort out, so he had a direction."
Sun Baoyin understood a little bit.
"Now we have initially sorted out the Japanese SC-V, and then we will launch an experimental-level self-developed instruction set based on mature ecological instruction sets such as X86 and ARM, then improve it, and then start the design work. From a commercial perspective, this year's results
All are 0.”
After saying that, Wen Liang was a little helpless: "The summary is that the school has given too much, and the efficiency has not been reflected at this stage. I originally thought it would take five years."
After listening to Wen Liang explain the process, Sun Baoyin went through it in his mind.
I also understand why Wen Liang must put the non-commercial part of these basic research in the school.
'If it were not placed in schools, we can understand that it would be difficult for managers and employees to understand this kind of horrific R&D investment that yields no results in one, two, three, or five years.'
Thinking of this, Sun Baoyin smiled: "How can a company compare with the academic and research resources of a university and its academicians?"
Wen Liang sighed: "So the school gave us too much, which cost us some human resources."
While talking, Wen Liang turned sideways and took out a piece of paper from the printer and handed it to Sun Baoyin.
There are some contents reported by Qin Zheng, as well as the labor costs calculated by Wen Liang, which is the minimum estimate of 47.5 million.
Sun Baoyin sighed deeply: "Luxury lineup."
Wen Liang said: "It's just a part of the existing one. The school can give more. All scientific research patents in the laboratory will be shared exclusively with Bolang for free."
Sun Baoyin looked at the simple content on this piece of paper and asked a question: "When will the company establish a corresponding commercialization department?"
Wen Liang replied: "The third or fourth quarter is just a gaming phone equipped with a self-developed system."
Sun Baoyin still didn't know the details of what happened at noon, and was a little confused: "Game phone?"
Wen Liang smiled: "Mr. Yin didn't realize it before?"
Sun Baoyin nodded tacitly: "Basic research + consumer electronics, the most convenient direction to enter is almost only smartphones, but unexpectedly it will be subdivided into categories."
Wen Liang explained casually: “Mobile phones are just like computers, what drives users to upgrade to a greater extent is games.”
"The commercialization process of the self-developed system is quickly starting to take shape, but it is difficult to directly compete with iOS and Android. We happen to have a mobile game business, and we are testing the water in a niche and slowly iterating the system, making timely adjustments to facilitate cost reduction.
.”
Sun Baoyin exclaimed after hearing this: "I understand, I'll just wait and take over the work."
He has a very intuitive feeling about Wen Liang's ability to control planning.
Wen Liang has indeed figured out the timing of the general direction of the self-developed system.
Reference 1: The Apple mobile phone system was released in 2007, and the iPhone 4 was released in 2010 with the mobile phone system officially named iOS. The iteration cycle for the mobile phone system to become a classic generation is about 3 years.
Reference 2: In the domestic market, FDD-LTE standard 4G licenses were issued in early 2015, thus entering the comprehensive 4G era, and the smartphone market exploded.
It is not difficult to find that counting from New Year’s Day 2012, there are still three years until the full 4G era.
After one year of research and development and two years of market iteration, it can almost compete with iOS and Android, and it can easily catch up with the good times.
This is also reflected in the arrangement at the lunch table. As long as the self-developed system is available, gaming phones will be released first, even if they are OEM.
We will not wait for the self-developed chips to be released before commercializing them together.
As for chip research, Wen Liang is not in a hurry.
He has a basic understanding of the R&D time cost and R&D investment of chip design.
Taking into account the general environmental conditions in 2018, six years later, we will start basic research this year, launch the first generation of experimental-grade products in five years, and then carry out commercialization and iteration in one year, and we will begin to have confidence. This arrangement is also
Nothing wrong.
So it was only today that I took my first informal tour of the laboratory, and it was fine.
After all, caring leads to chaos.
However, even leaving aside the academicians, the number of scientific researchers in the school laboratory exceeded his imagination.
This requires a chip design company with cash assets of over 500 million to be able to equip it.
First of all, the annual labor cost of 47.5 million yuan will not produce any commercial results in the first two years, and requires cash to be burned.
Secondly, the 1, 2, and 3 money-burning investments involved in the chip research and development process are separately calculated.
According to the market level, 500 million in cash may not be enough to achieve commercial results.
Therefore, knowing that Qin Zheng and the others were making good progress in sorting it out, and expected to initially roll out the self-research instruction set in half a year, and seeing the staffing, Wen Liang kept lamenting that 'the school provides too much'.
This greatly shortens the time to produce experimental-grade finished products.
Bolang is expected to take over next year and carry out commercial feasibility development work.
…
Like Li Ze and others, Sun Baoyin also breathed a sigh of relief after learning the details.
Planning for the second business started on New Year's Day, and it is not until today that it is no longer purely a paper plan, but has a preliminary outline and a timeline for the general direction.
As soon as his thoughts dispersed, Sun Baoyin also came back to his senses.
Handing the folder under his arm to Wen Liang, Sun Baoyin said with a smile: "I forgot to mention that the payment system has just passed the internal acceptance and can enter the business online review process."
"Oh, double happiness!" Wen Liang read through the report and said with satisfaction: "No wonder Mr. Yin doesn't like the efficiency of the laboratory!"
Sun Baoyin said deliberately and lightly: "It's necessary. There are hundreds of people in the R&D department now and more than a thousand part-time alumni. There is a personnel advantage to some extent. There must be some results."
Wen Liang suddenly cursed: "Zhuo, there are too many things to do, and I forgot a big thing."
Sun Baoyin was puzzled: "Huh?"
"Pay the license." Wen Liang said four words, "You initiate the online review first, and I will coordinate and resolve this matter. It will probably take a while."
Sun Baoyin didn't say much, got up and left the office.
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Later, Wen Liang found Wang Wanyu.
He thought about it and found that Wang Wanyu could handle this matter the fastest.
When Wang Wanyu arrived, she got straight to the point: "What's the trouble?"
"Look, this is Mr. Wang!" Wen Liang raised his eyebrows happily: "We need a payment license."
"It's urgent, right?" Wang Wanyu asked again.
Seeing Wen Liang nodding, Wang Wanyu thought for a moment and came up with a solution: "It's just a matter of launching our own payment system as soon as possible. It's easy to invest in a company that holds a payment business license and link the payment system there."
Wen Liang really liked the feeling that things could be solved as soon as he said it, but he still hurriedly said: "This is not enough, the payment system is very important."
Wang Wanyu could see Wen Liang's comfort to some extent, but this was an important reason why she came to Bolang.
The corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, and then Wang Wanyu said: "It's a bit troublesome. It costs 100 million. With the current situation, the only way is to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary."
Wen Liang has also done his homework and knows that the national payment business license requires the registered capital of the company applying for 100 million. There is currently no registered capital subscription system, and this kind of business does not allow subscription.
However, Wen Liang just waved his hands: "So Mr. Wang has to think of a way."
Wang Wanyu replied: "The company can now take out this 100 million in its account, but it will easily affect the company's development. Let me see if I can borrow another 30 million from ICBC."
Of course, Bolang has 100 million on its public account. At the end of the first quarter, the remaining balance was less than 70 million. After paying 37.5 million in dividends, there were more than 30 million left.
At that time, there was a loan of RMB 50 million on the account. Although plans for the computer room had been made, the money could not be paid in one go.
This month, Xiaocheng Book's advertising business revenue has reached a higher level due to the booming mobile game market. The mobile game revenue has been increasing almost every day, and the total revenue in 18 days has exceeded tens of millions.
With the solution in hand, Wen Liang directly initiated an online shareholders' meeting and finalized the decision to invest in a company and invest 100 million to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary.
The matter of paying for the license plate is divided into two steps.
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Forefoot Wenliang happily drafted a draft of the "Smart Game Phone Plan" in line with the progress of basic research, and finalized the payment license;
Hindfoot Goose Factory did not say hello and directly launched a new round of competition.
This time the focus is on the product itself.
Fortunately, Wen Liang didn't know that the internal high-level meeting of Goose Factory decided to relax some aspects, otherwise he would have given Goose Factory a hard time.
After implementing the public opinion blocking strategy for more than two days, Goose Factory made a big move.
The public relations department responded quickly.
Xindai quickly walked into the general manager's office holding the folder.
He summarized and reported the current situation: "WeChat has just had a major version update, and the situation is not very friendly to us."
Without waiting for Wen Liang to ask questions, Xindai opened the work flow information freshly compiled by the public relations department and reported the details in an orderly manner: "The version of WeChat has been upgraded from the previous 3.5 to 4.0."
“We have launched a circle of friends with the same name as the new version of our Xiaocheng Book App.”
Hearing this, Wen Liang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Xindai continued to report: "We have specially launched an extremely simplified computer version..."
"..."
After listening to Xindai's report, Wen Liang felt a little sad.
It has only been more than a year since 3Q, and the signals released by Goose Factory seem to be calmer than before.
However, looking at it now, it does not focus on the fundamentals of Goose Factory.
Otherwise, Gouchang will still be the same ‘boy’ as before!
Just these three words "circle of friends" are simply a typical example of pixel-level plagiarism.
That's really the king of copycats.
A certain circle of friends: ""
A gentle businessman would naturally ignore the small details of taking shortcuts.
After all, it is now the new version of Xiaocheng Book App that first proposed the word ‘circle of friends’!
After thinking for a while, Wen Liang looked at Xindai across from him: "What do you think?"
Xindai was well prepared and answered quickly: "In February, the Ministry of Legal Affairs submitted the registration of the 'Moments' trademark. We have certain advantages in this regard, but WeChat does not use the name Moments at most, which has little impact on the essence of the product.
"
"So, our initial opinion is to have some confrontation at the public opinion level."
"A specific plan has been formed, please take a look."
The company's crisis public relations department is certainly not for show.
Xin Dai is still an elite recruited from Shanghai City, so of course she has two brushes in her hands.
The original crisis response was basically focused on the operations department.
Under normal circumstances, the public relations department will provide the crisis public relations solution, and then each department will cooperate according to the situation.
However, Bolang is still in the initial stage of development and cannot yet fully implement independently in all aspects.:.
Just like the previous launch of the new version of the Xiaocheng Book App, it was still a gentle decision.
Wen Liang went through the plan and found that the response strategy was reasonable and appropriate, and the problem was not big.
After pondering for a moment, Wen Liang finally decided: "The plan is okay, but there is no need to rush to the end. You and your departments should communicate with each other, consider all factors, and continue to pay attention to the progress of the matter."
After hearing what Wen Liang said, Xindai didn't say much and left the office.
She has only initially adapted to Wenliang's work style, and there is no tacit understanding.
Since Li Xia is not an assistant who is close to the water, it is easy to figure out Wen Liang's habits.
Therefore, Xindai couldn't figure out whether Wen Liang was satisfied with the plan or not.
I can't help but murmur in my heart.
In fact, Wen Liang was very satisfied with Xindai's work attitude and the execution efficiency of the public relations department. He had some extra ideas that made him stand still.
What Wen Liang was thinking about was whether he could let Bolang be clean for a short period of time.
………
This major version update of WeChat is quite generous.
They are four aspects:
1, circle of friends
2, PC version
3. Open API interface
4. Official account invites internal testing
It is obvious that Goose Factory is very anxious.
After flipping through the summary report, Wen Liang opened the company's public opinion system client.
This is much more convenient than searching aimlessly.
It is relatively more accurate.
Judging from the prompt messages on the client of the public opinion system, the impact of the new version released by WeChat is quite large.
Even a small website like Zhihu, which is now ignored by dogs, has some discussions.
Netizens’ discussion obviously focused on the ‘moments’ function.
How should I put it? The Moments of the new version of Xiaocheng Book App is a little different from QQ Space, and the mode of Xiao Cheng Book’s original content is a bit different, as it directly supports sharing without text.
The approach of WeChat Moments also takes into account that it is much more difficult for an ordinary user to write a text than to post a picture, so posting text is discouraged.
Wen Liang has seen some reports in this regard. Zhang Xiaolong hopes that everyone can use WeChat and thinks that using pictures as a medium for sharing is the best.
However, from a product logic point of view, the operation of hiding text messages in WeChat Moments is really not as convenient as the free choice of the new version of Xiaochengshu App.
To put it simply, the logic of the new version of the Xiaocheng Book App has been more iterated, and it is left to the user to choose. If you want to send a picture, just click on the picture + sign in the input box. You can choose a picture or take a photo. If you want to send text, just write in the input box.
Word.
The latest version of WeChat that Wen Liang has used does not have this. There are still two methods: long press and short press of the camera button.
In short, netizens are very interested in complaining about this major version update of WeChat.
For example, in the Xiaocheng book.
"Goose Factory was really anxious this time. It updated the big version without saying a word, and the Android version was still hot updated. When I reopened WeChat, it became the new version!"
"It's been more than a year since their WeChat was released. Bolang has launched a new version of Xiaocheng Shu, which has copied the three words Moments. It's a bit like that."
"We don't plan to give Xiaocheng Book a chance to develop. We disconnected the third-party interface and launched the same function. We also launched a computer version, opened API interfaces excluding the Bolang platform, and created a public account to invite internal testing.
, very comprehensive from a product perspective.”
"My Weibo platform is not doing well, and WeChat is facing challenges. I just don't do it anymore, and just criticize the copycats, asking you if you are good!"
"I don't know how Xiaocheng Shu will respond this time. The established Internet companies still have great advantages."
"..."
After scrolling through some social platforms, Wen Liang sensed the ‘meaning’ of this wave of public opinion.
Real netizens are making one-sided complaints and supporting the general direction with one-sided and brainless support.
It seems that Goose Factory has put on a posture of having to compete -
PS: Dear readers, come up with a name for the payment system~ To provide you with the fastest update of my Bolang life, Chapter 144 A new round of competition is free to read.:.