"Mr. Ye, I think this research and development direction is too hasty?
How about our R&D department discuss it ourselves?"
Xu Zhiyuan pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said.
"Yes, Mr. Ye, the Walkman is for listening to music. I think sound quality is the most important thing!"
"Researching the battery function is too useless. I think the sound quality is the best. The technical judgment of the Walkman on the market is basically based on the sound quality!"
After Xu Zhiyuan finished speaking, the people below also echoed his words.
Everyone felt that Ye Chen's decision was too arbitrary and even a bit stupid.
Moreover, a boss actually came over to personally direct scientific research matters, which was really a bit over the line.
When it comes to management, they are not good at it, but when it comes to science, Ye Chen has no dignity in front of them.
What's more, everyone knew that Ye Chen's education level was only an elementary school. A person with an elementary school education did not go out of his way to direct research and development, but he actually gave detailed goals for the research and development, even down to the size of the battery.
This is really a bit baffling.
Compared with the previous situation where Ye Chen only paid money and did nothing, they couldn't accept it for a while.
"Mr. Ye, I object to your decision. This is ignoring scientific laws!"
"Yes, scientific research cannot be achieved by paying money!"
"Mr. Ye, with all due respect, it is difficult for me to obey your order. I object to it!"
"And even if we are developing batteries, we have to go through strict calculations and judgments to know the appropriate size and specification of the battery. If you directly determine the caliber, it will be difficult for us to do it."
As everyone talked, their words became more and more open-minded.
After hearing this, Ye Chen's face suddenly turned dark. These people below were already trying to force him into the palace.
As the boss, someone openly disobeys the orders given by me, and even dares to disobey in front of me. This is a taboo for any company!
Snapped!
Ye Chen slammed the table: "Is it difficult to do?
Then don’t fucking do it!”
A loud noise immediately silenced the conference room. This was the first time everyone saw Ye Chen angry.
You must know that whenever Ye Chen met people from the R&D department in the past, he would always smile.
"Don't you understand what I just said?
What I make is a decision and what I give is an order. No one in Brilliance Electronics Factory is allowed to disobey my order!"
Ye Chen glared down and scolded: "I know you are all professionals, but your expertise is limited to the scientific knowledge in your mind. The research direction is determined by the market. Do you understand the market?"
"I repeat again, everyone is divided into multiple groups to study battery life technology separately. Whoever succeeds will be the big brother and whoever will get the most money!"
"If you fail, leave!"
"As for those who objected just now, I respect your right to speak, but you must obey orders!"
"Don't think that you can do whatever you want because I was so harmonious before. If you don't obey, you can leave on your own. I will never force you to stay!"
"Don't even think about protesting by paddling. Starting today, everyone's salary will be reduced by 50%. Use the money to set up a bonus pool. Whoever makes preliminary results in two months can take it.
The money!"
"If there is nothing in two months, the R&D department will be fired as a whole! Damn it, you dare to threaten me!"
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he stood up and looked down at everyone in the room, then walked out directly.
The silence in the conference room lasted for two or three minutes, and it took a while for everyone to come back to their senses.
"Zhoucao, this leaf is always really angry!"
"It's all your fault. If you object to anything, we are just working people. There is no reason to object."
"The problem now is that our wages have been reduced by fifty percent! Fifty!"
"And it only takes two months to get results. This is simply too bullying. I quit!"
"Yes, let's quit and leave! Let's see what he should do!"
After two of them finished speaking and left, the others remained silent.
"What do you mean?
Are you still going to do it?”
"Yes, he bullies us like this and lowers us so much for no reason. Can you bear it?"
Xu Zhiyuan sighed, looked at the two of them and said: "Don't forget, even if it is reduced by 50%, our salary is much higher than other companies, at least twice as high, plus some allowances and so on
, more than three times!”
The others did not finish speaking, but just nodded in agreement.
Although a 50% reduction may seem like a lot, it is also much higher than other companies.
The most important thing is that these wages will be concentrated into a bonus pool, and whoever produces research results will get the money!
This is a huge sum of money!
It is very tempting for anyone!
Originally, some people had no confidence in the so-called battery technology, but when faced with such a large amount of money, they immediately wanted to try it with all their strength.
"Okay, this is the first time we have been scolded. The atmosphere in the R&D department has been a bit lazy recently. As the chief engineer, I bear the main responsibility."
Xu Zhiyuan looked at everyone and said, "But we must understand that Brilliance Electronics gives us such high wages to work, not to provide for our retirement."
"If research and development doesn't produce results, do we have the nerve to stay here and get so much money?"
"So, go all out, even if you are not satisfied with Mr. Ye's decision. From today on, the entire R&D department will be divided into three groups, namely group one, group two, and group three. I will announce the specific personnel list later."
After listening, everyone nodded silently. The idle life before was gone, and the next days would enter a state of devilish competition.
Although you will be expelled if you lose, the benefits of winning are also unimaginably high.
…
After Ye Chen left the R&D department, he returned directly to the office.
Some of what he just said were just angry words. Regardless of whether there are any results in two months, he will not be able to fire the entire R&D department.
He wasn't sure whether it would take two months to produce results. After all, it took Sony two months from the beginning of the AA battery project to the final results.
But the difference is that Sony started from scratch, while Ye Chen specified the specific composition, size and efficacy of the battery to these people.
This level of difficulty is much easier than that of Sony.
Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Xiao walked in, knocked on the door, and said, "Mr. Ye, in the market, sales have stabilized. At about 7,000 units a day, the profit per day is about one million."
"Yes, Not Bad."
Ye Chen nodded.
"But it's not enough."
“Should we increase our advertising efforts?”
"Advertising intensity is necessary, but this is not the decisive factor. If the competitiveness of the product is not improved, no matter how much advertising you put, you will not be able to deceive. People will make progress, and they cannot always be deceived."
"Also, before there is a breakthrough in product performance, we can only engage in price wars, but our costs are already very high. If we reduce them further, it will not be cost-effective."
"So we have to find ways to reduce costs. What is the most expensive product now?"
"It's the motherboard. We use a double-sided fiberglass board, and the price accounts for most of the Walkman."
"Can't we just make our own motherboards?"
Ye Chen was a little confused.
"We produce and install the metal components on the motherboard ourselves, but we still purchase the raw materials for the motherboard. This is not just us, but also most electronic manufacturers."