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

Chapter 176 Xiaomi X2, Redmi S1
Inside the Other Shore Technology Company.

"Hello, Mr. Chen~"

"Okay! Go ahead and get busy~ I'll just take a look~"

"Hello, boss!"

"Well, are you satisfied with the environment?"

"It's a must, it feels better than Xiaomi~"

"Zhang Chao, you have made your path more broad."

"Hello, Master~"

"Okay, you don't have to take out the garbage. The cleaning lady will come and take it out every day."

"Oh, it's no trouble."

"I mean if you have the time, go to work and earn money for me. Go ahead, go ahead. I'm just kidding. I can't help but tease you."

Qi Mengmeng puffed up her little face and twisted her waist as she went to take out the trash.

Chen Mo walked around his territory like a lion king patrolling his territory, looking at the company logo on the background wall at the front desk with great satisfaction.

Bi'an Technology sets sail.

Looking at the huge space of nearly 1,000 square meters, Chen Mo felt that he could finally do whatever he wanted without any worries.

The interior decoration of the company is in a minimalist industrial style, with exposed steel pipes, corridors and light tubes on the ceiling, just like Cyber ​​​​Corp.

Brand new spacious workstations, brand new computers, brand new chairs, and lush green plants.

The hotel is fully equipped with entertainment area, fitness area, dining area, meeting room, lounge and small pharmacy.

Everything is new.

Led by Li Jianchao, the students on the other side looked around their new home, chose their workstations, put their belongings in place, and began to work consciously.

After all, the release date of WeChat V1.3 is getting closer.

Chen Mo usually worked next to them, and would only return to his large office marked "BOSS" on it unless it was some private matter.

Just like now.

Chen Mo opened his laptop and on the screen was a brand new flow chart with the company's plan written on it.

At the very top was written the word money, which is the theme for this year.

Two arrows extend from below, marking income and expenditure respectively.

In terms of expenditure, there are hardware investment (rent, decoration, office equipment, etc.), personnel investment (salary, bonus, etc.), and other investment.
The most important of these are personnel recruitment and team building.

The top priority is to recruit people, a large number of talents.

Finance, legal affairs, human resources, technology, operation and maintenance, etc.
Now several students in finance, operation and maintenance, and human resources are still on temporary secondment, um, borrowed from Xiaomi.

Chen Mo believed that buying bones cost a fortune, so he was willing to spend a huge amount of money for this.

If you max out the working environment and configuration skill points, even a donkey pulling a mill will find that the bit and the millstone are both made of gold.

There are all height-adjustable desks and ergonomic chairs, and the computer configuration is at its maximum capacity, so playing large-scale 3D games is no problem. There are also robotic arms with two display screens, one horizontal and one vertical.

Each employee is also equipped with a notebook. Chen Mo doesn't want his employees to repeat his mistakes and have to buy their own production tools when they come to work in the company.

There are not so many people at the moment, so Chen Mo got a hundred sets first. It was rare for the manufacturer to see a big customer, so he directly promised Mr. Chen that if it was not enough, he could come back and arrange it at any time.

Adding all the things mentioned above, plus the welfare area and fitness area, the total cost is millions.

With these, and if he raises the salary to a level comparable to that of big companies, he will believe that he will not be able to recruit talents!
And he has a killer weapon, the Zhiyan Forum, which is full of all kinds of monsters in the IT workplace circle. It is simply the perfect talent base.

Chen Mo made up his mind that he would not be a human being unless his company ranked first on the list of popular companies!
For the record!

As for income, Chen Mo thought for a long time and wrote down the word "none", which made him look even more miserable.

Although WeChat now has more than 20 million users and is constantly moving towards 30 million, it is growing steadily and improving. It is not commercialized at present, and Chen Mo does not want to take any advertisements, as that would lead to a miserable death.

If you want to make money, it is impossible to rely on WeChat. WeChat is just an entrance, so you are still out of the game.

Traffic entrance → platform (app store) → mobile games (domestic and overseas) → monetization.

The most critical path to monetization is to open up payment channels, that is, mobile payment methods.
I will find some time later to ask Lei Jun how he got the payment license. After all, WeChat would be a little less interesting without red envelopes.

Amid the clicking of the mouse and keyboard, a flowchart gradually appeared on the screen.
At the end of the flowchart, there appeared a series of mobile game names: "The Great Master", "My Name is MT", "Happy Candy Crush", "Temple Run", "Clash of Clans", "Dota Legend", and "King of Glory (crossed out)".
Advantages of "The Great Master": the originator of martial arts card mobile games, low R&D threshold; Disadvantages: need to purchase the copyrights of Jin Yong and Gu Long, no chance in overseas market.

"My Name is MT", a mobile card game based on World of Warcraft, also has copyright issues.

Chen Mo remembered that this mobile game was created by Xing Shanhu, the author of the novel "Mercenary World". If it doesn't work out, he can just buy a ready-made one.

Then he wrote down several games he had thought of recently. Of course, Tencent's biggest money-making game in the future, Honor of Kings, would be a contender, but the company's current conditions do not allow it, and the social and network conditions are not in place. This game can only be postponed and put on record first.

Chen Mo checked the information online. League of Legends has already been publicly tested overseas, but there has been no movement in China. It would be good if it can be publicly tested in China this year.

Although Chen Mo knew that League of Legends would be a big hit, he was not envious. After all, no matter how profitable PC games are, they cannot compare to mobile games.

Well, the most important thing is that it is too late to act now. Tencent has already invested in Riot Games. It is better for him to focus on mobile games. For example, a 3A masterpiece is the product of years of hard work and investment in technology. It is reasonable to make such money. No matter how much money he makes, he will be jealous.

In the end, Chen Mo chose four games: Temple Run, Happy Match, Clash of Clans, and Dota Legend.

The first two games have low technical thresholds, and their development costs and cycles are very low, making them perfect for training. "Temple Run" is suitable for boys, while "Happy Match 3" is aimed at women and is suitable for all ages, with many profit points.

The last two are absolute bestsellers, popular both at home and abroad, and are simply money-making machines. If the units are calculated in billions, they are still very profitable, so I will not go into details.

Although The Great Master and My Name is MT are also very popular games, they are only popular in China. Chen Mo wants to make money both at home and abroad.

Then the company's organizational structure needs to be adjusted.

The technical team can be divided into four departments: WeChat Business Department, Zhiyan Business Department, Application Platform Business Department and Game Business Department, and the Game Business Department is further divided into four game project groups.

微信编制50人（实际18人）、职言10人（2人）、应用平台20人、手游的话.陈默想了想给了80人的规模。

There are other functional departments. By adding them together, a company of 200 people is set up, which is almost the same size as Xiaomi.

Chen Mo felt a little numb for a moment.

Turn the boss chair around and look at the endless scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

My mood suddenly becomes brighter. There is a lot of things to be done. There is a lot of things to be done!

Chen Mo stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, stretched himself, and said, ahhhhhhhhh~~~ showing off his golden C4 voice and venting his lofty ambitions!

Starting a business starts with recruiting people!
At this time, his cell phone rang and he answered it.
"There will be a meeting downstairs in 10 minutes to discuss your two pieces of paper. You must attend."

"Oh~"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo sighed. If he hadn't answered the call, he would have forgotten that he had a side job!
He then filed the flowchart, locked the office door, said hello to Li Jianchao, and went straight downstairs.

Xiaomi Technology, 12th floor, China Resources Wucaicheng,
Bi'an Technology, 13th floor, China Resources Wucai City,
The two companies are located upstairs and downstairs, but the difference is that Lei Jun occupied the entire twelfth floor, while Chen Mo thought about it and decided to leave a quarter of the space for Shunwei Capital, and Xu Dalai became his neighbor.

Ten minutes later, in a large conference room on the 10th floor of Wucai City.

Lei Jun looked around, and when he saw Chen Mo drinking Coke calmly, he couldn't help but regret his sadness just now, feeling like he had fed the dog.

"Everyone is here, and we are going to have a meeting now. Let me tell you in advance that Chen Mo will be attending the meeting as a major shareholder and senior advisor. In fact, it will be basically the same as before. He will put forward corresponding suggestions and ideas based on his own experience.

But before we get to the point, is there any problem with Xiaomi sales? Ali~"

Li Wanqiang held up the report and said, "So far, the sales volume of Xiaomi X1 has exceeded 500 million units, and the positive evaluation rate on the official website is as high as 99%. The current problem is that the customer service and after-sales pressure are relatively high."

"First, these two departments will continue to recruit people, and the salary can be slightly increased. Then you can synchronize with Xiaoguan."

Although Guan Yingzhi has been promoted to human resources director, the threshold for this meeting is a co-founder-level executive meeting, so she is not qualified to attend.

"Everyone should remember that we should not only do a good job in pre-sales marketing, but also keep up with after-sales service. As long as the customer's request is not unreasonable, we will do our best to meet it. If the X1 is not damaged by human factors, we will directly replace it!"

Lei Jun was speaking at the top and Li Wanqiang was taking notes at the bottom.

"Dr. Zhou, what's the situation with production capacity?"

"At present, the Inventec plant is at full capacity, with a monthly capacity of 70 units. BYD is ramping up its production capacity and is expected to reach full capacity by the end of the month, with a full capacity of 130 million units. The current monthly capacity is 200 million units."

"Ali, what is the current queue limit for Xiaomi X1?"

"Well, it's a bit long indeed, 5 months and one week. If it continues like this, it will probably be half a year by the end of the month."

Lei Jun thought for a while, "The production capacity is not enough, and the time is too long. Maybe when our next new phone comes out, Xiaomi X1 will not be sold out. Chen Mo, you continue to follow BYD."

"Well, leave me alone." At this time Chen Mo and Lei Jun looked at each other and were stunned.

Even though the two companies are only separated by a roof, it seems that something is different.

Lei Jun pursed his lips and looked away. "In a couple of days, I will discuss the production capacity issue with Inventec and BYD. Next, our subsequent new products will be put on the agenda. Please watch the projection."

Then two prototype pictures appeared on the screen, but they were not Chen Mo's manuscripts, but the results of Liu De's processing.

Professionalism is professionalism. On the basis of respecting the original work, Liu De paid more attention to the changes in light and lines, and this is reflected in every angle.

However, since Chen Mo was too hasty at the time, some angles and details were missing, so Liu De had to make gestures and guesses based on his past experience.

After some discussion and suggestions from everyone, Liu De revised the drawing on the spot, and Chen Mo contributed a lot.

Chen Mo looked at the prototype picture that vaguely overlapped with his memory. Xiaomi X2 vaguely had the meaning of Xiaomi 6. Redmi was similar, but Redmi did not win by appearance, but by configuration and cost performance.

After reading the whole thing, Chen Mo gave Liu De a thumbs up.

When the prototype was confirmed, Lei Jun continued the process.

"These two mobile phones have different positioning. One is Xiaomi X2, which is our second-generation mobile phone, and the other is a new brand, focusing on the low-end market below yuan, targeting the current chaotic copycat market. The Red Army is not afraid of the long march, so this mobile phone brand is named"

At this point, Lei Jun glanced at Chen Mo and continued, "It's named Redmi, the model is S1, Simplicity, minimalism."

"Finally, let's set the time nodes. February 2th is the launch of Xiaomi X10, and the next launch will be held half a year later, which is August 1th, which happens to be Wednesday. We will launch Redmi! Xiaomi X8 will be released on February 10th next year. Everyone should remember these two milestone nodes!"

"Lin Bin, you will be responsible for leading the configuration of Redmi. Discuss a plan with Dr. Zhou. Chen Mo, you can also take a look and give your opinions."

Chen Mo nodded and said, "Let me add a suggestion. Redmi should be defined as a high-quality entry-level mobile phone, just like the Porsche 911. Although you can't afford a Ferrari or Lamborghini worth four or five million, you can still play with a 911 worth around one million."

Thanks to the reward from the boss of "Where is my love", the boss is generous~orz~
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(End of this chapter)