Lin Zuhui sat in the office, listened to Zou Kaixuan's work report, and made comments.
"At the beginning of the year, we have signed a 'phs technology' cooperation plan with the Yuhang Telecommunications Bureau of Zhejiang Province. In the second half of next year, we will definitely be able to launch the 'PHS' mobile phone."
Lin Zuhui nodded happily. This was a plan he proposed last year.
The "poor man's cell" PHS technology is a patent from Japan. However, at the peak of Japan's economy last year, the per capita GDP was as high as 43,500 US dollars, ranking third in the world and 1.7 times that of the United States. Such technology is naturally not suitable for Japan.
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Therefore, Lin Zuhui asked Zou Kaixuan to send people to investigate and spend 20 million US dollars to buy this technology. It is not enough to have the technology, but also to cooperate with telecommunications companies. This year, China Mobile and Telecom separated, and Xiaomi Technology came to the door.
At this time, telecommunications only had fixed telephone licenses and no mobile communication licenses, so the future was bleak. After the introduction of Xiaomi Technology, the leaders of the Yuhang Telecommunications Bureau of Zhejiang Province were immediately shocked and became very optimistic about this project.
To put it bluntly, this is just a borderline game, but if it can reach China, with a population as big as China, the number of users will probably be tens of millions.
The two parties hit it off immediately and decided to cooperate.
"What did Hua Wei say?" Lin Zuhui asked calmly.
"Mr. Ren has promised to send a technical team to join us. However, it can be seen that he is not interested in PHS technology. He said that Hua Wei is studying 3G technology with all his strength. If he were not the boss, you would take him out of the mainland and develop business overseas. I'm afraid
It's because he can't bear to send those technical talents." Zou Kaixuan was a little 'unhappy' with Mr. Ren and dared to be suspicious of his own man's vision.
Lin Zuhui was not surprised. In his previous life, the Yuhang Telecommunications Bureau did approach Hua Wei and ZTE, but they both rejected the communication research and development of 'PHS'. On the contrary, it was a Chinese-American Wu Ying who came to the door and allowed PHS to develop in 1998.
Officially born in mainland China.
At its peak, Starcom had a market capitalization of US$30 billion. With PHS as its main business, it had 80 million customers in the mainland and 100 million customers in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, South Korea, and Japan.
Therefore, at that time, Lin Zuhui thought that if Xiaomi Technology acquired this technology, it would bring huge profits, and if the money was invested in technology, Xiaomi Technology's future would be unlimited.
As for what Lin Zuhui earned, of course it was cashing out around 2015 and dividends in the later period.
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Actually, without Hua Wei, we can successfully develop the PHS technology. But since Xiao Ren is asking for help from me, we should use it as a good labor force. Of course, our PHS technology must also be strengthened.
, after all, Hua Wei’s team is just a consultant.”
Communications providers, telecommunications providers, and mobile phone manufacturers currently belong to three camps. Lin Zuhui owns a telecommunications provider, Times Communications, which operates telecommunications businesses in Hong Kong and London respectively.
Lin Zuhui is a local leader in Xiangjiang. If Hua Wei wants to develop overseas, he will naturally consider Xiangjiang first.
So last year, Lin Zuhui received a call.
"Hey, Mr. Lin? I'm Xiao Ren from Pengcheng. That's it. We want to start business in Xiangjiang. Can you take care of it?"
Lin Zuhui said at that time: "Okay, we just happened to have a license recently. You can send a team to Xiangjiang! But in advance, time is tight, and it has to pass the Hong Kong government's acceptance."
"No problem, I will definitely send the best team to Xiangjiang."
In this way, the two parties collaborated for the first time.
At that time, Hua Wei had just established a foothold in the mainland and was in urgent need of overseas business, so Mr. Ren was naturally extremely grateful to Lin Zuhui. What's more, Lin Zuhui was the richest man in the world.
Zou Kaixuan said: "Well, our net profit last year was US$660 million, and we have become a global technology company. With such a large amount of cash flow, we mainly invest in mobile phones and semiconductor businesses, and we also invest in other industries, which are relatively small."
Xiaomi Technology is not a VCD business, but decoding chips are also its business (c-cube sold 5 million sets of decoding chips in 1995 and earned US$209 million. Based on Xiaomi's 80% shareholding, it can earn US$160 million)
, although it is in the United States; in addition, businesses such as DVDs, landline phones, mobile phones, primary semiconductors, pagers, etc. are doing well.
Lin Zuhui immediately said: "Will profits fall this year?"
With the mass birth of copycat VCD factories, Xiaomi VCDs will definitely be affected.
Zou Kaixuan said seriously: "I don't think so! Mainland business will definitely decrease, but our overseas business is expanding."
Compared with other mainland manufacturers, Xiaomi Technology also has its headquarters in Hong Kong, so its overseas business has been doing pretty well, especially in the Southeast Asian market.
Including the mobile phone market in Southeast Asia, Xiaomi Technology can take a share of the pie. Last year, Xiaomi Technology sold a total of 1 million mobile phones, which greatly increased the company's morale.
"What's the progress of the USB flash drive?" Lin Zuhui asked again.
He only understands the prospects of electronic products, but this is the most important thing. Assuming that he is an American, he believes that he can do better than Jobs in acquiring Apple. After all, even if Jobs understands technology, so what if he was negligent about MP3 products in his previous life?
It took several years, and I didn’t pay much attention to it at first, thinking it was just a small product. Little did I know, it was that small product that continued the life of Apple until the emergence of the iPhone.
To be honest, before 2007, Apple relied on single products to survive and was on the verge of bankruptcy several times. For example, in the past two years, Apple was already on the verge of bankruptcy. It was iMac that saved Apple; after the Internet bubble crisis
, it was the iPad that saved Apple at the beginning of the millennium.
Zou Kaixuan said: "We have applied for patents in Europe, the United States, the Mainland and other places, and it will definitely shine in the eyes of the world. By the way, I have a sample here, and I will demonstrate it to you."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Next, Zou Kaixuan took out a large USB flash drive that looked ugly, and then demonstrated it to Lin Zuhui. But anyway, this is a USB flash drive.
"How much memory?"
"8m"
Gee, it’s so small, I’m afraid it can only save files or copy 2 songs!
After some experiments, Lin Zuhui expressed that he was very satisfied. It seemed that he had really worked it out.
"Well, it seems that the money was not wasted! By the way, at the end of this year, Xiaomi Technology Company will go public, and it is estimated that it will raise at least 6 billion yuan. By then, everyone will be involved in the technology industry."
There is no problem with a market value of 30 billion, because with the participation of Lin Zuhui, a major shareholder, it will definitely attract investors. As for the financial crisis, that is not something Lin Zuhui has to consider. After all, long-term investment will definitely not be a loss; besides, for Huaren Technology
Everyone should be happy if they contribute to the cause.
"If entering too many fields, will the company's business become too complex and affect the company's development?" Zou Kaixuan asked his own question.
Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "What are the prospects of the products I told you about?"
Zou Kaixuan immediately said: "It's very good, and we have succeeded. However, the investment in semiconductors, liquid crystal displays, and lithium batteries feels long-term, and the technology is also blocked by Europe, the United States and Japan, and the prospects are not easy to be optimistic."
Including Xiangjiang, many equipment and technologies are blocked by Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, so some Xiaomi technologies cannot be purchased even if you have money.
Lin Zuhui nodded. What Zou Kaixuan said is true. Even mainland companies have the same idea. Everyone just wants to make money with that product, so they flock to it. As for technology, there is no need to invest, and you can buy it anyway.
But Lin Zuhui is different. If he wants to make money, does he need to open a Xiaomi Technology Company? The U.S. stock market is his cash machine, and there is so much effort there.
As long as he recognizes that he is Chinese, it is necessary to boost the morale of the Chinese people.
VCDs and USB disks were both invented by the Chinese; later, the MP3 music player was also invented by the Chinese.
I feel like nb after listening to it!
Lin Zuhui said patiently: "We have made progress in semiconductors. We cannot produce high-end products. Low-end and mid-range products are just money. Moreover, we may not be unable to have access to the world's top semiconductor technology in the future. The premise is that you must always maintain your original intention - to do
A global technology company."
Zou Kaixuan suddenly said with shame: "I disappoint you, but don't worry, I will never doubt Xiaomi Technology Company again!"
Lin Zuhui nodded happily and said: "To me, money is just data sooner or later! Of course, if Xiaomi Technology develops, its market value may become a giant like New Era Group. Therefore, there is still a long way to go, and firm belief is the most important
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"Yes." Zou Kaixuan looked at Lin Zuhui gently but firmly.
At this time, Xiaomi Technology Company can be said to outperform all domestic technology companies, which also made Zou Kaixuan a guest of heads of state.
Lin Zuhui said: "We still have to win CCTV's bid, even if it's 100 million this year and 200 million next year."
Xiaomi Technology, which has tasted the sweetness of advertising, will naturally not let go of the best publicity. It can be said that 30% of the sales of Xiaomi VCDs are so good because of Jack and CCTV.
Mainlanders in this era become fans of Jack's movies after watching Jack's pirated discs. Therefore, Jack's advertising effect is surprisingly good.
"No problem, no one has the strength to compete with us! Last year, Xiaobawang Learning Machine tried to compete with us for prime time advertising, but it failed miserably."
At this time, Xiaomi Technology has sold half of the shares of Xiaobawang to Zshan Yihua Group. The sale was very cheap, with 50% of the shares costing only 68 million RMB. The main reason why it was so cheap was that Lin Zuhui knew that Xiaobawang could not go far, and secondly, he also
I hired A Duan and other teams, so I treated them as benefits.
Finally, Lin Zuhui found a piece of white paper and a pen, and then demonstrated it to Zou Kaixuan.
"We will develop another small product, an mp3 music player. It is probably as small as this, but it can store dozens of songs, or even more. It also uses the principle of flash memory, and there are some decoders, central processing units, etc...
...The mp3 format has been invented by the Germans, and one song is several megabytes..."
"My company in Xiangjiang is developing an mp3 computer player, which will be available for download at that time. Therefore, this project team can be located in Xiangjiang and the mainland to conduct research and development at the same time, and strive to produce the product next year!"
Lin Zuhui briefly described mp3, and Zou Kaixuan already understood that she knew more technically than Lin Zuhui, and of course she was not a professional. However, this thing, like a USB flash drive, uses flash memory to reduce the size and electronically
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The engineer immediately understood the general idea. After all, the idea of MP3 in the previous life was thought up by a manager of Samsung.
"No problem, I'll have someone form a R&D team right away." Zou Kaixuan said happily.
vcd, usb disk, mp3, this man is a god!
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Aido Company.
Hu Zhibiao sat in the office, secretly worried.
In the second half of 1994, he obtained several million RMB from multiple loans and founded Aiduo, specializing in the production of VCDs. However, he soon discovered that Xiaomi VCDs were like an insurmountable mountain, overwhelming domestic manufacturers.
Last year, he raised 68 million RMB from dealers to get prime advertising time from CCTV. Unexpectedly, Xiaomi Technology defeated Aido without any frown.
Well, if you can’t win the golden advertisement for weather forecast, then other stations or local stations can always place advertisements.
Then he thought about hiring a famous celebrity from Hong Kong as a spokesperson. He understood clearly that Xiaomi Technology's advertising was really good, so even Japanese and Korean brands were no match for it.
As a result, Hu Zhibiao discovered that Hong Kong stars such as Li Lianjie, Sammo Hung, and Andy Lau expressed interest at first, but quickly declined. After many inquiries, Hu Zhibiao discovered that it was these stars and their managers who were afraid of offending someone.
Who is this person? Everyone just said that he is the godfather of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. He finally understood that it turns out that the person behind Xiaomi Technology is also the richest man in Hong Kong. No, it is invested by the richest man in the world. So everyone dare not even accept an advertisement for fear of offending.
people.
Of course, in fact, everyone also understands that if Jack Cheng shoots such a good commercial, even if he is not afraid of taking it, it will still be a shameful thing.
Anyway, Hu Zhibiao finally settled the advertising matter and hired a well-known Hong Kong star who is "not afraid of death but afraid of poverty".
Then, Hu Zhibiao followed the advertisement of Xiaomi VCD and printed the words "Love many VCDs, good movies".
No, Aiduo was sued by Xiaomi VCD, and because others were too powerful, Aiduo was soon notified to reshoot the commercial.
"Isn't this bullying?" Hu Zhibiao said with a bitter smile.
Xiaomi VCD has so many advantages. Even the price of 2688 yuan, domestic manufacturers currently dare not go lower than this price. In fact, for a VCD with a retail price of 2688 yuan, the copycat factory makes less than 5%.
"Boss, good news!" A senior executive walked into the office and said happily.
Hu Zhi stood up abruptly and said excitedly: "What's the good news from Sony?"
It turns out that China is a big VCD country rather than a powerful country. VCD machines have two key technologies - movement and decoding chip. Chinese companies are completely dependent on imports. The movement is controlled by Philips, and the decoding chip is controlled by C-cube and ESS from the United States. The key is
The technology is in the hands of a few multinational companies. Whenever they sneeze, the Chinese VCD market will catch a cold.
At the beginning of 1996, when VCD manufacturers were expanding production, the supply of movement suddenly became tight. Almost every VCD manufacturing company had the experience of suspending work due to shortage of movement. At the beginning of this year, Aido CEO Hu Zhibiao flew to Philips in the Netherlands to seek help.
A policy that favors supply. Poor Chinese companies can only expand their scale rapidly if they win the support of Philips.
Philips was cheated by Xiaomi Technology a few years ago and received an order of 8 million at a shockingly low price. Therefore, this year Xiaomi VCD directly asked Philips to fully supply Xiaomi Technology, which caused other manufacturers to finish.
The executive said: "Yes, Sony has been immersed in public relations and finally came up with a movement with error correction capabilities comparable to Philips. Not only that, ESS said it can also fully supply us, not only that it is just a decoding chip.
It takes $14.20.”
Hu Zhibiao couldn't help but clap his hands happily, Difficult Love's biggest problem was solved!
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After receiving the supply of decoding chips and movements, domestic VCD manufacturers immediately began to increase supply and production to seize the domestic market. In such a grand situation, the first to be unlucky was of course the Japanese and Korean manufacturers.
Price war, advertising war, and gift war became the "beautiful scenery" of the VCD war in Mainland China in 1996.
Xiaomi Technology's VCD is set at 2688 RMB. It has not participated in the price war. Instead, it has performed extremely well in ensuring quality and after-sales. Therefore, Xiaomi Technology's market share has always been above 35%.