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

Chapter 405 Four Gifts and a Move

I never expected that reality would become more and more magical. Various poisonous spots would frequently appear in reality, and each time they were different.

Even magical urban novels don’t dare to write like this. The author is still too conservative.

When the benefits exceed 300%, they will ignore all the laws of the world.

But when they would rather ignore interests and insist on going their own way, what they are pursuing is no longer interests, but something more tempting than interests.

In 2013, China was peaceful and the economy was developing rapidly.
It's fine now, but what about the future? Can the other side be immune? We can only wait for time to prove it.
The week-long trip to the villa has brought about tremendous changes in the mental outlook of these people on the other side.

Compared to before they came, everyone had a much better understanding and familiarity with each other, and for the first time they felt like a whole.

Chen Mo looked at his subordinates who were radiant and high-spirited. These people would be the veterans with whom he would conquer the world in the future.

Seeing everyone gathered in the hall and ready to go, Chen Mo took the lead and led them forward, just as they came.

Looking at the big boss in front of them, a fire ignited in the hearts of the people on the other side, as if as long as that figure in front of them was there, they would be invincible.

A group of people went out and got on the bus.

The convoy drove out of the villa like a tiger descending from the mountain!

Generally speaking, the year-end performance review of large Internet companies is usually conducted at the end of the fiscal year.

That is, in the spring of each year, the ordinary employees are ranked in the last month before the Spring Festival, but the results are often not announced until after the Spring Festival.

The management’s performance report comes even later.

Therefore, the year-end bonus can be paid out after the new year.

There are several reasons for this arrangement. First, the period before the Spring Festival is usually the busiest time of the year, with work, annual meetings, performance reports, and financial settlements all happening at the same time.

Second, it can effectively reduce the risk of employees leaving after the new year.

Thirdly, this is also a test of obedience for all employees, cultivating the ability to delay gratification. Those who can’t stand it can leave, and the company can save money this way. Why not do it?

However, in order to appease possible dissatisfaction among employees, the annual meeting is still held before the New Year. Everyone has a great time together, the leaders give some chicken soup, the employees perform shows, and they spend a little money to draw prizes. Amidst the singing and dancing, a year just passes by.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, the New Year's plans will be postponed accordingly in the overall time node.

But no one raised any objections. Everyone had been through this and was used to it, whether they were employees, managers or bosses.

And this everyone does not include the other shore.

Since its establishment, Bi'an has been committed to finishing today's work today. Monthly salaries are paid as soon as the finance department finishes processing them, usually before the 5th of the following month. In case of holidays, payments are postponed. Performance reports are all processed before the New Year, and year-end bonuses and dividends are all paid before the New Year.

The purpose of Chinese New Year is to be happy. After a year of hard work, you can go back home to show your harvest to your family and make them happy.

When you are rich and powerful, why travel at night in fine clothes?

Therefore, there has never been any such thing as "delaying classes" on the other side. If there has been, it only means that there has been a problem with the development of the group.

In fact, Bi'an's attitude towards all employees, whether executives or staff, is the same as Chen Mo's attitude towards relationships. The main principle is that both parties are willing. Except for the labor law, there are no restrictive measures, such as equity unlocked year by year, post-year bonuses and so on.

If a person is determined to leave, you cannot keep him/her. These are not the key factors at all.

In the 21st century, talent is the most important thing for enterprises.

For Internet companies, time is equally important!

While other companies have not yet summarized the past year and are still busy with things before the Spring Festival, Bi'an Group has already begun all the planning and preparations for the new year.

The highest echelons of power on the other side are like a ball of fire when they gather together and like stars in the sky when they disperse, and each of them starts a new journey.

On the first day after the holiday, Taobao finally announced their results.

The total transaction volume of Taobao's New Year's Day Festival exceeded 200 billion, which once again shocked everyone.

In fact, Alibaba was cautious with this report card, because the single-day transaction volume did not exceed JD.com's Double 12, so it could only make a fuss about the overall score.

At first glance, many netizens looked at the data comparison in the battle report and saw Taobao's various wins, and they always felt like they had seen it somewhere before.

Later, some netizens suddenly realized and expressed their feelings, "This is the value of Chen's comparison method."

Some economists praised this achievement, taking Taobao, JD.com and other e-commerce shopping festivals as entry points and citing various data.

For example, in the first ten months of 2012, the scale of the domestic e-commerce market reached 5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43%. There were 200 million people directly employed in e-commerce and 1500 million people indirectly employed in my country.

To sum up, the country's economic development is stable and progressing. Several promotional festivals have completely activated the purchasing power of the people, allowing them to spend the money they have in the bank, forming a virtuous internal economic cycle, which is of great significance.
Taobao's battle report also stimulated some foreign media, who were overwhelmed by the e-commerce war in the past two months. The articles expressed amazement and confusion about the huge amount of deposits in the hands of the Chinese people.

I am amazed at the speed of the rise of Chinese e-commerce. I am puzzled as to how these Oriental people can resist spending so much money.
Some foreign investors have also begun to turn their attention to these Chinese e-commerce platforms. Since eBay and Amazon have failed to adapt to the local market, investing in these e-commerce companies and reaching out to them in a different way is a better choice.
On the same day, Chen Mo was no longer concerned about e-commerce. He was invited by Lei Jun to attend Xiaomi's annual report meeting.

Xiaomi's mobile phone business, which is the foundation of its business, once again experienced explosive growth last year, with the Double Eleven and Double Twelve shopping festivals providing great support and completely exceeding the sales expectations set at the beginning of the year.

He is far ahead in the country with twice the number of the second place, but looking at the world, he is still ranked third, once again winning the title of top three goalkeeper.

The top two positions are still held by Samsung and Apple. The former sold 3.5 million mobile phones worldwide last year, completely replacing Nokia, the former leader in feature phones, in the era of smartphones.

The latter, thanks to the strong performance of the iPhone 5 series, achieved global sales of 1.25 million units.

However, its profit margin is the highest among the three, exceeding 50%, thanks to its mastery of core technologies and only outsourcing some components.

Xiaomi sold 8112 million mobile phones in all series throughout the year, an increase of 331%, with revenue of 943 billion yuan including tax.

However, the bulk of the profits go to the suppliers. Due to the sufficient materials and affordable prices, the profit margin of Xiaomi's mobile phone hardware is just as it was announced, not exceeding 5%. From the perspective of the proportion of net profit, the revenue share of software and smart appliances has become the bulk.

Xiaomi did not stop investing and expanding last year. In addition to the research and development of its core businesses, Xiaomi X4 and X4Pro, it also replicated its previous successful model by using Internet thinking to build small household appliances.

The research and development progress of Xiaomi's smart home appliances is also getting faster and faster. Air purifiers, washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, etc. are all in the development process.

As of now, offline Xiaomi stores have spread across the first- and second-tier cities across the country. Due to their excellent service and experience, every store they open is a hit, and their popularity is comparable to that of Apple stores.

Free Internet access, free experience of various electronic products, free snacks and drinks, and constant temperature air conditioning. Netizens jokingly said that Xiaomi Home has become an Internet cafe because of this environment.

In just over half a year, the number of its offline stores has far exceeded that of Meizu, and has now exceeded 100, thanks to Xiaomi's sufficient cash flow.

After the meeting, Lei Jun smiled and said to Chen Mo,
"After investing in Xiaomi for so many years, I think you will see dividends before the Spring Festival this year~"

Chen Mo became interested when he heard this. It didn't matter whether it was money or not. He was just curious, "How much can it be?"

"According to your shares, it's probably more than 1 million~"

How much did you invest in Xiaomi before? About 30? This time you get back 1, which means it will take at least 29 years to get back the money according to the current dividends.
".So little?"

When Lei Jun heard this, the smile on his face disappeared. He forgot how much this guy was worth now, and quickly changed the subject, "Um, are you free tomorrow?"

"I've finished my report, and now I'm free. What do you want to do?"

"It's almost the New Year, and Mr. Zhang has taken over as the new president of Mi'an. It's only right that we go there to show our support and hand over the exhibition information to him."

The Spreadtrum that Lei Jun mentioned is the agreement between the two years ago, that Bi'an would invest in ASML, and Xiaomi would contact Spreadtrum for acquisition.

In the end, Xiaomi spent 2 billion to acquire Spreadtrum and merge it into Xiaomi. The deal will be completed within 3 months, so Chen Mo's original dividend would have been more than million, but a part of the cash flow was eaten up, so Lei Jun can only suffer for the shareholders.

"Okay~ By the way, I've sent you the conceptual designs of X4 and G4 via email. You can take a look at them yourself when the time comes."

"I'm serious~"

"After all, only if Xiaomi is good, my dividends can increase from 100 million to 10 billion or 10 billion. You should know that I only get a symbolic salary of 1 yuan in the other side. Now I am very poor. Buying planes, buying houses, playing with women, all of which cost money. My pocket money depends on you!"

Looking at the little brother next to him who was living a very free and easy life, Lei Jun could only curse inwardly, fuck!
Before they parted, the two talked about Black Rain Consulting. Just like a company, there are always new employees and employees leaving.

The same goes for Black Rain. As this year passes, the changes at the top have also led to the replacement of old people with new ones within Black Rain.

For the "employees" who leave, Heiyu will give them a "severance compensation package" based on their previous contributions, so that everyone can part ways in peace.

For new employees, there should be plenty of "onboarding gift packages".

Of course, the process of contact, communication and negotiation was definitely not done by Lei and Chen themselves, but by some confidants acting as white gloves, but it was more secretive, cumbersome and complicated, so it goes without saying.
This can also be considered a disguised form of "protection fee". The annual investment is not much, and it stops at less than 1 million yuan.

But the benefits are obvious. At least some information and insider information can be received earlier than in the industry, and this is the advantage.

As long as the principles and bottom lines are not touched upon, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye, and this is also a hidden tacit understanding.

If anyone else wants to help at this level, Black Rain’s friends will coordinate and handle it.

In fact, to put it bluntly, both parties get what they need from each other at their respective levels, and everyone is happy.

On January 1, Zhang Rujing went to Beijing in a low-key manner to take up his post as president of Mi'an Xinsheng without making it public.

On the same day, Lei Jun and Chen Mo led their teams to Mi'an Xinsheng and held a meeting with Mi'an Xinsheng's core management.

Zhang Rujing, Liang Mengsong, Qiu Ciyun and Ji Minghua are among them. There are more than ten people in the group, all of whom are big names in the industry.

From then on, Mi'an Xinsheng reached his complete form.

Next, everyone updated the two of them on the achievements that Mi'an had made in the past year.

In terms of chip progress, 45-nanometer chips can now be put into production, but the yield rate is not high, only 32%, which does not meet the standards for mass production.

However, these things did not pose a problem for Liang Mengsong. At the meeting, he proposed the goal of increasing the yield rate to 3% within three months.

Zhang Rujing seamlessly entered into work mode. After all, he had been ruling the country behind the scenes for the past year. The people present were either his former subordinates or former colleagues. They were all partners who were familiar with each other, so they knew each other very well.

Some issues were coordinated and resolved on site.

Although Lei Jun and Chen Mo did not understand some of the technical details, they could still understand the general idea.

The two of them did not come empty-handed this time, but each brought a gift.

Lei Jun brought Spreadtrum Communications, which has many patents and technologies, which will be of great help to Mi'an Xinsheng's future work.

In addition, it also brought in massive orders from Xiaomi. As Xiaomi's smart home appliance layout gradually expanded from shallow to deep, the demand for chips also increased.

Mobile phones as a whole are restricted by size, and the threshold for chips is very high. However, home appliances do not have such concerns. As long as the performance meets the standards, it is fine. Anyway, there is plenty of space inside, so it is no problem to stuff a matchbox or even a Rubik's Cube in there.

Lei Jun introduced the current situation of Xiaomi home appliances being in short supply. "You don't have to worry about wasting the 45-nanometer chips produced. Xiaomi will buy as much as Mi'an produces, and there is no upper limit!"

The product hasn't even been released yet, but the market is eagerly waiting for it, which makes the technical giants present here excited and feel a great sense of responsibility.

Just like the college entrance examination hasn't even started yet, parents have already bought the three sets of electronic devices for their children to go to college. For them, this is a battle that cannot be lost.

Chen Mo then presented the gift from the other side, "Although I also brought two gifts, I am not as wealthy and generous as Mr. Lei.

Maybe everyone knows in advance that Bi'an invested some money in Nvidia and ASML last year, so it can get some conveniences, such as a 22-nanometer DUV lithography machine developed by ASML."

As soon as the words came out, all the technical experts present couldn't help but exclaim, especially Liang Mengsong, who even stood up unconsciously, "Mr. Chen, I'm not the only one who doubts, is it really 22 nanometers?"

Liang Mengsong was very excited when he got Chen Mo's affirmation. He knew too well the value of this lithography machine. Not to mention whether the price of one machine was over 100 million, the transportation cost and installation and debugging cost alone were incredibly high, at least tens of millions, no lower than the purchase price.

And it's the latest 22 nanometers. What does this mean? You have to know that Intel just launched the 22 nanometer chip last year, and now they can put it into practice?
Now we have the chef, stove and ingredients, but the process in between is lacking. However, all these are in Liang Mengsong's mind. He has previously led the 45-nanometer process at TSMC, and has been responsible for 28-nanometer research at Samsung in the past two years. Why did he dare to risk his life and propose a generational jump to 22 nanometers? It's not that the ignorant are fearless, but that the skilled are daring!
"With this treasure, our research and development progress will be greatly shortened." Liang Mengsong is now like a child who has discovered a new toy. He can't wait to use it to verify his previous guess.

"Another thing, as you all know, Bi'an started out as a game company. Later on, we will not only develop mobile games but also PC games. GPU is the most important chip for image and graphics related computing. We may also develop AI in the future. Therefore, I would like to ask you to see if you can allocate a team to do graphics card research.
Of course, Bi'an has reached an investment agreement with NVIDIA before, which is to jointly develop a graphics card specially for China. I don't understand technology, so I wonder if I can take this opportunity to learn from the barbarians and defeat them?"

Zhang Rujing thought for a moment and said, "The other party must be on guard, but there have been similar precedents in our country before, so this possibility cannot be ruled out. We can take this opportunity as an opportunity."

The two bosses brought four big gifts, each of which was a surprise to the experts.

Equipment, resources, projects, sales channels, Zhang Rujing was delighted, but at the same time he felt the burden on him had become heavier.

He quickly adjusted the plans and arrangements he had made previously.

First, the Mi'an Xinsheng team was reorganized into three parts in a 4:4:2 ratio.

Liang Mengsong led the first two teams, one to increase the yield rate of 45nm, and the other to tackle the technical problems of skipping to 22nm, striving to make a breakthrough within the year.

Ji Minghua led the last team to take charge of the joint research and development work of NVIDIA's China customized graphics card project.

Qiu Ciyun will serve as the housekeeper and be responsible for coordinating the overall situation, while Zhang Rujing plans to personally take some people to various places to inspect and build factories in preparation for the subsequent mass production of chips.

In just one hour, the discussion was clear and efficient.

This means that the scale of Mi'an Xinsheng's future development will inevitably expand. After all, Zhang Rujing's nickname of "factory-building maniac" is not for nothing.

Chen Mo and Lei Jun smiled at each other, left some relevant personnel to hand over some matters, and then said goodbye and ran away.

The two had a small gathering in the evening and talked about life and work. Before parting, Chen Mo cordially invited Lei Jun to visit his new home in Bi'an, and the latter gladly agreed.

In people's memory, moving has always been an extremely trivial and troublesome thing.

People who have moved to Beijing, Shanghai, or other places must be familiar with this.

Generally, a rental contract is signed for one year. A house is immovable property, but a job is a variable and changes every few years. This is even more frequent in the IT industry, where changes once a year are very common. Any change means that you may have to move.

Moving only takes one day, but the packing and sorting of items can take at least three days. This is even more difficult for families getting married and having children, and it may even take a month to pack up.

There are some large items that they can't bear to throw away, but can't sell if they don't throw them away. But if they move them all together, the high shipping costs make them doubt why they bought these things in the first place.

Of course this is ordinary people moving.

For rich people, they just carry their bags and talk, keep the valuable things, throw away the rest and buy new ones. For them, moving is as easy as putting an elephant in a refrigerator. The main thing is to move in with just your bags.

After New Year’s Day, everyone in the Bian Group was as excited and happy as if it were Chinese New Year.

Because they received an email from all employees, the group is finally moving~~~~~
Company moving is different from personal moving. You definitely can’t do it all in one go. You have to ensure that the house is moved while the company’s business is not affected.

Just like migrating data for an online project, how to ensure that the data is accurate and not lost after the migration is complete, and how to ensure that the online business runs stably and without downtime, this is a test of technical capabilities. The larger the amount of data to be migrated, the higher the complexity.

Therefore, this is undoubtedly a daunting test for the management of the other side, especially the human resources department.

However, the only advantage is that the group's computer room and data center are not located in the other side's headquarters, but are distributed in Guizhou and other places.

At least when the group moves, there is no need to worry about server migration issues, which can reduce the complexity by half. On this basis, the personnel can be migrated in batches reasonably.

The human resources department of the Bi'an Group listed an extremely detailed moving plan in the email, taking action in sequence by company and department, and marking what employees at each level need to do.

Everyone just needs to follow the requirements and time nodes in the email, and the entire moving cycle must be completed within one week.

Li Min looked at the things that needed to be done and the precautions for her department and position in the email, and made sure she remembered them clearly.

He clapped his hands, called together several members of the surrounding groups, and held a brief meeting to discuss the division of labor for the next move.

Li Min, who has been working for nearly a year, is now the team leader of one of the teams in the WeChat Business Unit-Platform Business-Mini Program Architecture Server. In addition to his own reasons, the rapid development of the group has also provided him with a channel for promotion.

The WeChat business unit where he works is among the first batch of people to move.

Looking at the various supporting facilities at the workstations of my colleagues around me, there are simple folding beds, pillows, blankets, model figures, dolls, lunch boxes, etc. There is almost everything you can think of.
Well, how should I put it? That really is treating the company as my home.
(End of this chapter)