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

Chapter 316 Xiaomi gets rid of Chen Mohua
Lei Jun felt mixed emotions as he looked at the young man in front of him who had a deep connection with him.

Before he came to the conference, Xiaomi had just finished its half-year summary and financial settlement, with revenue of about 360 billion yuan. Although Xiaomi's revenue exceeded that of Xiaomi, its profit margins were far different. Xiaomi's was as high as an outrageous 50%, while Xiaomi's net profit was only 23 billion yuan, less than 10%, and this was after the price was raised.

Although a lot of funds from Bi'an were used for subsequent development, so was Xiaomi. There is no need to talk about light assets or heavy assets. This is not a reason. I didn't expect that after working hard for half a year, the money I earned was not as much as the dividends I received from supporting my younger brother's investment in Bi'an.

After listening to the subsequent layout of the Other Shore Group, he could see how ambitious Chen Mo was and how deep his plans were.

If Bi'an Qingteng Academy can really be developed to a certain scale, it is conceivable that even if its graduates choose other companies, they will inevitably be deeply imprinted with the Bi'an imprint. By then, Bi'an will be famous both inside and outside the walls, and its students will be all over the world.

Perhaps in the future half of the Internet will be named Bi'an.

Lei Jun couldn't help but sigh secretly,
There is both the feeling of being pushed forward by the new generation, and the puzzlement of how this kid has grown up after not seeing him for a year.

There is even some comfort in the fact that Chen Mo has contributed a little to his current achievements.

Who would have thought that two years ago this guy had to borrow 10 yuan from him to survive, and a year ago this guy still needed his support and help, but now he has the illusion that he can't even catch up with him.

Although Lei Jun appears to be friendly to everyone and looks like a good guy on the surface, he is actually very proud inside.

Otherwise, you wouldn't want to be the best at everything you do. After finishing two years of college, you would become the chairman of Kingsoft. No matter how difficult the environment is, you would still want to go public. There are too many examples to list here.
Marriage is first love, there is no scandal yet, except for Sister Dong, but it is still a joke among netizens.
He is rich, friendly, 181cm tall, and his only shortcoming is that he speaks Mandarin with a strong Hubei accent.
The most outrageous thing is that he, he, he violated the rules set by the program ancestor. His hair is still so dark and thick after he is over 40, and the amount of hair is amazing. The author is also broken after writing this. Zhuo, what kind of person is this.
Therefore, Lei Jun met his destined little brother. After attending today's meeting, Lei Jun felt a little discouraged, but at the same time, his competitive spirit was aroused.

In fact, in addition to attending the meeting, Lei Jun's bag also contained information on the Xiaomi X3, X3Pro, Redmi H3 and other series of products.

He wanted Chen Mo to help him with product and pricing strategies, and also wanted him to advise on another direction he was unsure about. This seemed to have become a habit for him.

Whenever there are major occasions and important matters, such as press conferences, product pricing, and the company's general development direction, it seems that Chen Mo will only feel at ease after he has completed all the steps.

But now Lei Jun has changed his mind. After all, Xiaomi is his Xiaomi, and Bi'an is Chen Mo's Bi'an.

The company's senior management should try to avoid this kind of dependence. A little bit of it is not a big problem, but as the head of the company, this kind of emotion is unacceptable.

I have relied on Chen Mo once or twice, but can I rely on him for a lifetime?

These thoughts just happened in a flash. Lei Jun wanted to understand them. After hearing Chen Mo's question, he shook his head.

"Nothing much, just this. At the end of next month, the first Xiaomi flagship store will open in Shenzhen. Remember to come and cut the ribbon! There will also be a press conference in August."

"Okay, let's go together. Just notify me three days in advance and we'll go together! From the look on your face, I thought something big had happened to Xiaomi."

"Okay, let's go." Lei Jun stood up with his backpack, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself. In the end, he just looked at Chen Mo deeply and left.

Chen Mo got goosebumps when Lei Jun looked at him for the last time. For some reason, he felt a sense of inexplicable meaning from it, just like eating a popsicle in the dog days of summer and suddenly getting a chill.

Is it my fault that I haven't paid much attention to Xiaomi in the past six months and neglected him?

But based on his understanding of Lei Jun's personality, there is only one explanation. Menopause is approaching. After all, he is in his forties, which is considered old age in the programmer world. It is reasonable for him to enter menopause early.
Yeah, that must be it.
This was the only explanation Chen Mo could think of. He stretched himself and decided not to take it too seriously. He prepared to pack up and go home.

Life is not only about work, but also about women and life~
As his status and wealth increase, Chen Mo will naturally come into contact with some resources and information in the corresponding circle, among which he discovers that the profession of "madam" still exists today.

This kind of people specialize in providing special services for wealthy people with a certain net worth. The threshold is quite high and it is a bit expensive, but it must be said that their pre-sales, in-sales and after-sales services are impeccable. They take customers into consideration in all aspects and are very professional.

Movie and TV stars, Miss Internationals, top winners of various modeling competitions, and people from all walks of life all have resources and channels. The level is proportional to the price, just like ordering food. Later, there was a term called takeout, which is very vivid and descriptive, and this kind of food can also be kept fresh.

When Chen Mo first came into contact with them, he was also amazed and his three views were overturned. He didn't expect that the glamorous girls on the screen would also go into the adult industry? In the daily life, AV is legalized, and here it's almost the same when the lights are turned off.
Just like it is illegal for poor people to engage in prostitution, and for rich people to have mistresses and cheat on their husbands, it is just a moral issue. Chen Mo discovered that some of the rules he used to believe in only worked for his past self, and seemed to have no binding force on him now.

Oh, by the way, the menu has both men and women, after all, not all wealthy people are men.
This is not like the "madams" in the entertainment industry, who are so unprofessional, always leaking privacy, and playing low-end games. If the capital circle dares to play like this, it is called breaking the rules and will cause trouble.

Have you ever seen those big capitals go bankrupt in this regard? It's all gossip, which can't be made public, and dare not be made public, unless it is exposed after being hung on the street lamp, and then it becomes the topic of conversation after dinner, just like Bai Jie in the song and dance troupe
Who wouldn't be confused after seeing this? It's no wonder that in 14, after being invited to H University to watch the performance of the song and dance troupe, Ma threw away 12 billion yuan to play ball.
Not long after Lei Jun returned to the office, Lin Bin came over and asked, "What did Chen Mo say?"

Although Chen Mori is no longer in Xiaomi, his subtle influence is still there.

It is not very obvious on weekdays, but once a major event occurs, it seems that not only him, but even Xiaomi’s senior executives have developed Chen Mo dependence syndrome.

Looking back at Xiaomi's development over the past two years, Chen Mo was indeed present in all major events, and in retrospect, the choices made by this guy were extremely correct.

This further strengthened Lei Jun's determination. From the company's perspective, Xiaomi and Bi'an can help each other and move forward.

But from the perspective of management and development, Xiaomi needs to completely get rid of Chen Mo, both physically and spiritually.

Lei Jun threw the bag on the table and said, "I didn't ask!"

Lin Bin was a little surprised and said a cold joke, "Why didn't you ask? Did Chen Mo say he didn't have time after get off work?"

"Don't you realize that we attach too much importance to Chen Mo's advice?"

Lin Bin was also a witness who had watched Chen Mo grow up. After hearing what Lei Jun said out of the blue, he thought about it and nodded belatedly, "It seems to be true. I'm just asking for your opinion. It's not that serious, right?"

"Xiaomi has such a good start, Chen Mo has indeed made great contributions, but we still need his opinions on everything afterwards. What do we do for a living?
The Mi 3 launch conference took so much time and effort, and we had rounds of discussions on pricing. Everyone is professional and should be confident.

We need to agree on this first. That is, if we can avoid asking Chen Mo in the future, we should try not to ask him and reduce his influence in Xiaomi. Do you have any objection?"

Lin Bin looked at Lei Jun and was startled. "Yeah, that's right. I agree with you. But everything else is easy to say. Have you decided on the chip route?"

After he expressed his opinion, he changed the subject.

The chip route is one of the several inferred directions for the subsequent development of Xiaomi mobile phones proposed by Lin Bin.

This is based on the current background, that is, although Xiaomi's cooperation with Qualcomm is very smooth, Xiaomi has occupied a lot of domestic market share with the help of smartphones with chips provided by Qualcomm. Qualcomm is also using Xiaomi phones as a stepping stone to open up the Chinese market.

At the same time, the outstanding performance of Xiaomi mobile phones over the past year has also allowed other manufacturers to see the powerful performance of Qualcomm chips, and they have heard that OPPO and vivo have had contact with Qualcomm, but the details are unknown.

Everything has a honeymoon period. It is conceivable that as the supply and demand relationship changes, Qualcomm will inevitably take the opportunity to raise prices and further reap profits.

Therefore, in order to prepare for a rainy day, Xiaomi can adopt two strategies to deal with it.
One option is to continue cooperating with Qualcomm and keep using Qualcomm chips, even if there is a price increase. The result of this is that Xiaomi's profit margin will decline. If Xiaomi does not want to see a decline in profits, it can only raise the price of its mobile phones. However, in this case, the two parties have a basis for cooperation, with small benefits and risks.

Another option is to conduct disaster recovery. Since chip manufacturers can cooperate with multiple mobile phone manufacturers, why can't mobile phone manufacturers do the opposite and cooperate with multiple chip manufacturers? This is the core idea of ​​this solution.

Xiaomi will cooperate with NVIDIA or MediaTek respectively, and Xiaomi's chip supplier will not be limited to Qualcomm. This will give Xiaomi a certain initiative, and Xiaomi will also be qualified to bargain for possible price increases from Qualcomm in the future.

After Lei Jun came back from upstairs, he had already made a decision in his mind, because Xiaomi might face Qualcomm's betrayal, and Xiaomi was already facing a similar dilemma.

That is, overseas distributors took the opportunity to increase the share ratio, but Bi'an disagreed and claimed that they would take certain measures to protect their own interests.

Fortunately, Chen Mo was well prepared and had already planned various response strategies.

Then Xiaomi must also have its own way to deal with it. If you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries, and this is especially true for a company.
(End of this chapter)