Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 164: Heartless
Chen Mo thought about it, had some vague guesses in his mind, and continued to work on his job.

MIOS is currently being managed by Hong Feng and Huang Jiangji, and it is doing OK. However, after observing for some time, it is found that Huang Jiangji is more suitable for the technical side in terms of management ability, while Hong Feng has shown certain potential in product planning and personnel management.

So after talking with the two of them, Chen Mo adjusted the work focus of their MIOS team. That is, Hong Feng would be the main person on the product side, and Huang Jiangji would be the main person on the technical side. If there were any problems, the two would communicate and discuss them together, and they would come to him when they had any objections.

Chen Mo is currently responsible for reviewing requirements and doing some trimming work at MIOS, which does not take up too much of his energy.

His main focus is still on WeChat. Since the launch of WeChat V1.2, the voice message and friend circle functions have received unanimous praise from users, and the number of users has continued to rise, and has now exceeded million.

Chen Mo is ready to press on with his victory and leave WeChat behind in one breath. He is now writing the product feature requirement proposal for Nearby People and Shake.

In addition to WeChat, there is also the design of Xiaomi X2. After all, although he is now the person in charge of mobile phones in name only, he still has to pay attention to it.

Due to various limitations of Xiaomi X1, many of his good ideas could not be realized. I feel that Xiaomi X2 will have many breakthroughs. For example, glass back cover, metal frame, cancellation of physical buttons, front camera, etc.
As for which subsequent suppliers and OEM factories can achieve this goal, further research will be conducted.

But when it comes to design, don’t consider the complexity of technical implementation first, draw the picture first, and then make choices and trade-offs.

Chen Mo writes and draws on the notebook in the style of Xiaomi 6 and MIX
Time goes by like this day by day
Perhaps the recruitment efforts at Xiaomi's press conference worked. During this period, many people came to Xiaomi to apply for jobs. The quantitative change led to a qualitative change. Chen Mo did interview several good talents who could be included in the core team.

For example, Jin Fan and his partners in Google's Shanghai office have certain technical capabilities. Compared with technology, Chen Mo feels that Jin Fan's product thinking is still good.

Although he remembered that this guy was solely responsible for MIUI and later went astray, resulting in the "Lei Jun! Jin Fan!" meme, his performance in the early stages was still acceptable.

He still wanted to give him a chance and wait for Jin Fan to join the company as a product manager under Hong Feng to gain some experience. His other companion was more suitable for technical work.

There is also a guy named Hong Xiaojun, who has very good technical skills and was previously responsible for the underlying architecture of Fetion, which is a good match for WeChat. The most important thing is that he said that there is a technical team coming with him, which makes Chen Mo overjoyed. However, it takes time, and it seems that Fetion will not let him go, and they are still talking to them.

When Chen Mo heard that the other party was in trouble, he directly acted as a guarantor and told them to contact him anytime if they needed help. Even if there was a non-compete agreement, compensation could be negotiated.

In addition, there is another person named Zhao Peng from Shenzhen Guangyan Institute, whose technical skills are also very good. Later in the conversation, he asked about the technical skills under Zhang Xiaolong. By the way, he asked about the situation of Weichat, and it was almost as he expected. Weichat is still chasing closely behind WeChat.

After thinking about it, Chen Mo decided to pass Zhao Peng's interview, but he was cautious and talked to Li Jianchao privately.

The remaining time is just right to take advantage of the interval between Xiaomi’s sales when it is not too busy.

During the weekend, Chen Mo was fully armed with a mask, hat, and sunglasses, and his dodge attribute was maxed out to avoid media tracking.

Then he met up with Sun Ziwei at the airport and flew directly to the holy place on earth: Dongguan.

I played a high-end PUBG game for two days.

In a few years, this place will be clean, and we should enjoy life to the fullest.
However, he reminded Sun Ziwei in advance that he must not forget to bring his equipment when enjoying the game, and he must delete the file on the spot after the victory is settled, otherwise he will not get married yet and still be a golden bachelor, but have a baby in advance, and then he will be defeated by the T0 version. That would be a tragedy in life.

Play is play, but don't joke with human life.

After all, the two are now worth billions, and in the eyes of those who are interested, they are long-term meal tickets for a lifetime.

Two Days Later
By the time the two of them went to work with dark circles under their eyes, it was already January 1th.

Thanks to the strong support from the media during this period, the Xiaomi wind has been blowing in a circle from east to west and north since December 12 last year, and it has never stopped. In the end, everyone realized that this was a tornado.

The second batch of 1 Xiaomi X10 units were still sold out, and the buying time even broke the previous record, selling out in 1 minute and 03 seconds.

As if the scene from a week ago was being repeated, online users began to make statements that were completely different from what they thought, with mixed feelings of sadness and joy.

But this time is slightly different from the last time. Not only are the users divided, but the media reports have also become increasingly polarized, with some praising the report heavily and others criticizing it heavily.

"After professional media evaluation, Xiaomi X1 received 99% positive reviews, even higher than iPhone 4."

"The Xiaomi rush continues, with scalper prices exceeding 4000 yuan."

"There is only one strongest hard currency on the market, and that is Xiaomi X1. Gold is nothing compared to it."

Subsequently, some reports appeared online about Xiaomi's hunger marketing, monkey tricks, insufficient production capacity, etc.

"According to relevant sources, Xiaomi currently has nearly 30 units in stock, but has only released 1 of the high-end models. The rest are hoarded to create the illusion of a hot sale. I really don't know what the Xiaomi executives are up to when it comes to playing tricks on users."

"After investigation and visit by reporters, it was found that Xiaomi's OEM factory is a third-tier factory in Nanjing, China. This shows that the quality is by no means as good as advertised at the press conference."

"According to a worker at Xiaomi's OEM factory, Xiaomi's product yield rate is very low, which has greatly affected its production. The current pre-sales may not be able to meet the huge market demand, Xiaomi." Shenzhen, Tencent headquarters, Chen Juhong looked at the direction of public opinion on the Internet and felt very disappointed with this group of useless people who are more likely to make trouble than to do anything else.

Shouldn't I let them praise me to death? I have been cheering for Xiaomi with all my might, but I didn't expect that there are still some stupid teammates who are criticizing Xiaomi. If the users' expectations are lowered, the effect of the previously agreed plan will be greatly reduced!
What puzzled her even more was that this young man, Chen Mo, was very good at keeping a low profile. After the press conference and award ceremony, he retreated behind the scenes and never showed up again. Even when reporters were sent out to chase him, they could only get a reply of "Sorry, no comment."

Then Director Chen called He Zhiqiang and asked, "Ask those three companies, who is the one who disregarded the overall situation and slandered Xiaomi?"

An hour later, after receiving the feedback, Chen Juhong showed a look of astonishment for the first time. "You said it wasn't them? If it wasn't them, then who was so stupid?"

"It doesn't seem to be Lei Jun? If it's not Xiaomi itself, who else is so stupid as to try so hard to build up momentum for Xiaomi that even nine oxen can't pull it down."

When Zhou Hongyi received a call from Yu Chengdong, they checked each other's messages and were both confused.

The person who knows you best is not your friend, but your enemy.

This sentence couldn't be more appropriate for Zhou Hongyi. After Xiaomi's press conference, not many people could understand Xiaomi's business model, and Zhou Hongyi was the first one to understand it.

In his opinion, what Xiaomi is doing is just the practical application of the free theory in the mobile phone industry.

These are things he had already done in the security field, and now Xiaomi is picking them up, with unexpected results.

As a senior, how could Zhou Hongyi be happy? He was best at marketing wars, and the arm wrestling with Penguin some time ago was just that. He was now confident that he could fight any opponent, let alone Xiaomi.

Although 360 doesn’t make mobile phones, it doesn’t matter!
Why not find someone who can make mobile phones, and then the two companies can complement each other's strengths.

After a few interactions, the leader took a liking to Huawei, a company with a strong foundation that had been growing in the communications field and wanted to make a breakthrough in the mobile phone business. With the introduction of Zhu Bo, head of Huawei's Internet, Zhou Hongyi and Yu Chengdong began to chat with each other.

Huawei was responsible for mobile phone manufacturing and technology, while 360 ​​was responsible for the development of desktop ROM (similar to MIOS) and marketing. The two of them got along better and better as they talked and hit it off.

However, Zhou Hongyi rejected Huawei's proposal to establish a joint venture, and instead carried out the 360 ​​Huawei-exclusive machine project based on a project cooperation system.

Zhou Hongyi's vision is quite big. His plan is not just to cooperate with one mobile phone manufacturer. He wants to run a successful case by cooperating with Huawei, and then build a social system marketing ecosystem platform to help various mobile phone manufacturers sell mobile phones.

Zhou Hongyi talked for several days in Shenzhen, and the two companies even thought of the name of the mobile phone in advance, which was called Huawei Shining, which was meant to shine in the entire Chinese mobile phone market.

The reference is Xiaomi X1, and we are planning to build a smartphone with similar configuration but cheaper price.

Zhou Hongyi directly released the news that he would cooperate with Huawei to create a special-purpose phone with high quality and low price, laying the groundwork and warming up in advance, and using the tiger's skin to carry the banner to create momentum.

The other side will definitely try every means to trip up Xiaomi.

Therefore, Huawei and 360 began to mobilize their respective media resources to form a joint force to use the journalistic slowdown technique on Xiaomi, trying to reduce Xiaomi's development speed by 50% in the future.

It turned out that there was another force that formed a counter-intuitive opinion conflict with them, which led to Zhou Hongyi's words at the beginning.

Which stupid fool is causing trouble?
On January 1, at Starbucks in Zhongguancun, Chen Tong met his younger brother for coffee at the old place.

The two were old friends, so Chen Mo got straight to the point and asked, "Didn't you create those public opinions on the Internet?"

Chen Tong had a look on her face that said, "You're crazy!" "You didn't pay me, and Sina has a lot of things to do. If you didn't say hello, how could I be so stupid as to get involved in this mess?~"

"That's strange. This evil wind has made me dizzy. I don't understand it. I don't understand it~" Chen Mo held the straw in his mouth and took a sip of coffee.

"Then wait for the wind to pass, and the people behind will naturally surface. But, haven't you noticed that the rumors about you on the Internet are a bit biased?"

"Isn't it good? Chen Mo, Xiaomi's savior, Xiaomi's last name should actually be Chen"

"So you know."

"It's OK. Apart from the sensational headlines, I read a few of the articles and they are quite realistic. I don't know where these media outlets dug up this information from."

Chen Tong raised her eyebrows. "Are you okay? Do you still remember what you said to me when we first met?"

"That day I was firing like a Gatling gun, afraid that you would disagree. Which sentence exactly?"

"You are too successful to be a threat to your master. You are my brother. Even if you are not anxious, I am anxious for you. You are so slow to respond to others, but why are you so slow?"

(End of this chapter)