Chapter 8 Tesla respects knowledge and values ??talent
In Professor Zhou's office.
After a long silence, Zhao Song stood up, picked up the thermos and refilled Professor Zhou's glass of water.
Professor Zhou regained his composure, picked up the water glass and took a sip, then said with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, why are you looking for me?"
Zhao Song quickly took out the prepared folder and handed it to Professor Zhou.
"Tesla plans to launch a portable and removable player, which has high requirements. The related industry in China is currently in its infancy. I really don't feel comfortable leaving it to those newly established companies to design it. I can only contact you?"
Professor Zhou looked at the information carefully and said, "STMicroelectronics' master controller and Philips' decoder. Xiao Zhao, the cost of your things is quite high."
Zhao Song scratched his head. Compared to the price he wanted to sell it for, the cost was really small.
If you have a darker heart, there is a magical place in this world called Huaqiangbei, where an MCU (single chip) taken from foreign garbage can be sold for only 70 cents. The quality is better than the 7 yuan.
Professor Zhou looked at it for a long time and then said with interest: "This kind of electronic product that requires high soft environment is very interesting and can be treated as a subject." Professor Zhou pointed to the information and asked: "The tuner mentioned above
, have you found it?"
Zhao Song nodded, "I found it, the world's top one, and he is the person in charge of a headphone manufacturer."
Professor Zhou closed the document and said with a smile: "Ask him to come over in a week. We need his reference for firmware compilation."
Zhao Song asked blankly: "You haven't said how much it will cost?"
Professor Zhou was also stunned, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I have all the early references for this thing. The PCB design is very simple, which means that writing the firmware requires a lot of effort, or ten thousand yuan?"
"500,000!" Zhao Song took out a few wads of banknotes from his backpack, "It includes the firmware DBUG and updates for the next two years. That's all I'll bring with me today. The rest will be delivered to you in two days."
Another pitiful quote. Even eighteen years later, PCB designers are rarely valued in China. No wonder good talents have gone abroad. The salary is several times or dozens of times that in China. It would be strange not to go.
"Xiao Zhao, if you don't pay so much, just give a few doctoral students a gratuity fee, otherwise that stubborn old man will blame me again."
Zhao Song said seriously: "Professor Zhou, compared to the reverse engineering we do with foreign products, your redesign and innovation are high-tech. I am here today to represent Tesla. We respect talents.
Respect knowledge and respect innovation!”
Professor Zhou looked at the banknotes on the table and said nothing for a long time.
"Technology is people-oriented!" Professor Zhou patted Zhao Song on the shoulder, "I thought it was just a nice slogan, so we took over the job."
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Shanghai, Nanjing West Road.
Dongfang Jian, accompanied by Lao Wang next door, carefully measured every corner in Tesla's store.
"Dongfang, except for the ceramic tiles, basically all the hard decoration is finished. I'm just waiting for you to finalize it."
Dongfang Jian put away his notebook and asked: "Uncle Wang, have you started making the display furniture?"
"We're working on it! Last time Tesla's supplier in Xidan was an old factory in Kyoto, and the craftsmanship is new!"
"That's good!" Dongfang Jian breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Zhao Song's requirements were very high, not to mention that he wanted to integrate the style into this kind of ancient building. The size and location of each piece of furniture were strictly specified in his design draft.
He was afraid that Lao Wang and the others would find some unreliable people to do the request.
After carefully looking around the shops, Dongfang Jian felt relieved and said, "Uncle Wang, there are no problems with water and electricity. Let's start laying bricks."
"Okay! Let's finish our work and go home early. When we're done, we'll let that boy Zhao Song do the hard work."
Dongfang Jian smiled, "Okay, let's finish our work and go home early!"
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Because Pingping put down her burden, Zhao Song went straight to the Pacific Ocean after coming out of Huaqing University. Zhao Song was busy there for the rest of the afternoon.
Looking at the long queue, Zhao Song endured his excitement and served every customer enthusiastically.
But I kept thinking in my heart, "Hangseng has been a hot seller, BenQ has been a hot seller, Shida has been a hot seller, and Founder has been queuing up, but where have they gone after a few years? Zhao Song, don't be excited, don't be excited
, we must first build the brand!”
It wasn't until night fell and the lights started to turn on that Zhao Song, with his numb legs and burning throat, returned to the Zhonghai Electronics Mall. There, except for Xu Xinfei who was on a business trip, all the management of Tesla gathered together. Currently, Zhonghai's special
Silla didn't have an office that could accommodate so many people at the same time, so everyone was sitting or standing in the spacious main aisle, excitedly discussing the CCTV news and the popularity of Frozen.
After drinking a bottle of mineral water, Zhao Song cleared his throat and said, "Everyone is very tired. Let's keep the story short.
The performance of Frozen has been very gratifying since its launch. Not only the Duron special edition, but also the sales volume of 6888 is very high. This is inseparable from everyone's efforts.
Due to a miscalculation of the current situation, I decided to make the following adjustments.
First, Manager Shi Ming, say hello to Boss Song tomorrow and ask him to send more manpower to carry out the construction of No. 3 and No. 4 factories in the Tesla factory as quickly as possible! The contract will be the same as last time.
Second, starting from tomorrow, Bainaohui Deng Bin will serve as the Xidan Tesla store manager; Silicon Valley Gu Min will serve as the Bainaohui store manager; the rest of China Shipping and Pacific remain unchanged.
Third, the Key Account Department was formally established to promote Tesla products to various enterprises and institutions. Liu Cong serves as the manager, and team members are selected from existing Tesla sales personnel.
Finally." Zhao Song looked around and said, "I know that the current environment in Zhonghai is completely unable to meet Tesla's office needs, but I hope everyone can bear with it a little longer.
For the northern market, look to Kyoto, and for the Kyoto market, look to China.
The near future will be a critical time for our new products to be launched. As young people, we must be on the front line at all times so that we can adapt to the market's response.
I hope everyone understands this."
Everyone nodded in unison.
Zhao Song looked at his watch and finally said: "September will be very busy, and it may be even busier in the future. I hope everyone will be fully prepared, both physically and mentally.
The only thing I can promise you here is that Tesla will not treat everyone who works hard.
The meeting is dismissed."
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At 21:00 in the evening, Zhao Song lay tiredly on the bed in Xiaoyu's cubicle, and asked Xiaoyu to turn the TV to Kyoto TV.
After a day of warm-up, the flash mob action special program was finally released.
All those who knew little about the special press conference on the morning of the 1st through the news and the Internet were finally able to see its full performance.
The fashionable, futuristic Tesla flagship store, the beautiful Haitian Xiangyun uniforms, the wonderful and pleasing Twelve Girls Band, and the long queue of people waiting to shop.
People sitting in front of the TV seem to have traveled through time and space and come to the not-too-distant future. They feel the technology, fashion, and innovation of that time.
When all the performances were over, all the people watching the show felt that they still had something to say and picked up the phone to make calls.
Kyoto TV's phone numbers were ringing.
On the Internet, the topic about Tesla, after a day of brewing, completely exploded!