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

Chapter 409: What the hell is cost reduction and efficiency improvement?

Jin Fan is a person's name, but later with the changes of some things, Jin Fan became a representation of Mi fans' expression of their dissatisfaction with MIUI.

Today, Jin Fan is just a name.

"Jin Fan, this way~" A man wearing a mask called out to his companion not far away.

A man bent over and trotted over with a full sense of stealth, and said excitedly, "Brother Feng, looking at the hot atmosphere, Hammer is here with bad intentions~~~Hey, why are you still wearing a mask?"

Seeing this, Hong Feng quickly pulled him down to sit down, leaned over and whispered, "It doesn't matter whose home court you are in. It's not good to be recognized by others. You should also keep your voice down~"

"Oh~"

Perhaps Hong Feng would not take other companies' press conferences seriously, even though he did not attend the Meizu press conference two days ago. As the person in charge of Xiaomi's mios system, he knows this old rival of Meizu inside and out and knows that the threat posed by flyme is controllable.

But Hammer is a little different. Everything is full of unknowns, and the unknown represents uncontrollability and risk!

There is also one most critical factor, because of the boss of Hammer.

He is Luo Yonghao, the former New Oriental English teacher who is famous for his speeches and idealism, the youngest of the 04 Internet celebrities, the founder of NiuBo.com, the man who smashes refrigerator doors and insists on drinking medium cups of coffee.

Lao Luo once became the first generation Internet celebrity with his "Lao Luo Quotations" at the beginning of the Internet. Later, he held a series of speeches titled "An Idealist's Entrepreneurial Story". He had a strong appeal and personal charm, and thus attracted a large number of "Luo fans".

Mi fans and Luo fans, they are all fans. With such a huge mass base, everything can be done with twice the result with half the effort. Perhaps inspired by the Xiaomi press conference, he founded Smartisan Technology in March last year and wielded the hammer to enter the Internet mobile phone market.

Therefore, he has been recruiting people from all over the world to build a technical team over the past six months. After more than half a year of dedicated research and development, he and his friends have actually developed a customized operating system based on Android: Smartisan OS.

Following Xiaomi's previous development path, it created momentum for financing through the success of software and then moved on to hardware to build mobile phones.

Therefore, at the beginning of the launch of the Hammer operating system, Luo Yonghao went on a full-throttle attack on Weibo, making all kinds of harsh comments on the popular operating systems on the market, such as iOS, Mios, and Flyme, and his words were full of disdain and contempt.

"Looking at the development of Apple under Cook's leadership, Jobs may be able to be resurrected from the dead. If this is true, this is Cook's greatest contribution to Apple."

"Mios is now just lying on the coffin bed and living off its past glory. Without Chen Mo, it is nothing."

"Flyme is like the Coke that was stolen from Da Huang, and then it stole it back and continued to drink the leftovers. I can't stand it."

"This is not how mobile operating systems are made. As for what is truly good? #SmartisanConference, Smartisan, see you there#"

Every Weibo post by fans created a huge public opinion, and the media reports further boosted the popularity of the Hammer conference before it even started.
After Luo's marketing operation, netizens, whether they agree or disagree with his views, can't help but have the illusion that Hammer is going to dominate the world and kill everyone.

So Hong Feng and Jin Fan are lurking here tonight. Their main task is to get first-hand information about the enemy and report the information of the Hammer conference back to the headquarters so that they can respond as soon as possible.

The reason why I brought Jin Fan here is because the guy has performed very well in the past year or so. He has technology and products, design and products, and he has ideas for products. His work attitude is also very positive. Who wouldn't like such an employee?
Therefore, when Huang Jiangji was transferred by Lei Jun to work on smart home a few months ago, the mios team had a great person like Yan Jing who was capable of overcoming many difficulties in terms of technology, but except for himself, everyone else was lacking in terms of product and design.

Therefore, he transferred Jin Fan, who had many suggestions and ideas on the product level in the intranet forum, from Ali's e-commerce technology team to the Internet Department 3 under his charge to serve as one of the product managers of mios.

Previously, the two of them saw Luo Yonghao being very aggressive on Weibo, promoting his own mobile phone to the sky and criticizing mios as nothing. The more they watched, the more uneasy they felt. This kind of publicity brought them tremendous pressure.

Jin Fan was under so much mental pressure that these past two days, he dreamed that Lao Luo was holding a hammer and smashing the mios just like he was smashing the refrigerator.

Therefore, the two wanted to see with their own eyes how awesome the "Smartisan OS" mobile phone operating system, which Luo Yonghao boasted could beat iOS and step on MiOS, was!
Feeling the surging crowd and warm atmosphere in the venue, Jin Fan was excited while Hong Feng was nervous. He had not seen such a scene for a long time. Only when President Mo was still in Xiaomi and hosted Xiaomi's first press conference did such an atmosphere appear.

It’s a pity that Mr. Mo left later, otherwise it would be the turn of an internet celebrity teacher to jump up and down and forget who is the YYDS of the press conference.

Then the Hammer conference officially began. A fat man in black clothes came on stage and the audience responded with warm applause, cheers and whistles, which shows how popular Luo is.

At the press conference, Lao Luo made full use of his own speaking skills, integrating concepts such as craftsmanship, temperament and feelings into his humorous and provocative words, making people feel the excitement and emotion as if they were at a concert.

Later people summarized this style of press conference as a talk show-style press conference.

As the mystery of Smartisan OS was unveiled, the enthusiastic people at the scene burst into applause and cheers. It was not clear whether they were applauding for the excellent system design or for Luo Yonghao's craftsmanship.

Among the nearly one thousand audience members in the audience, only Hong Feng and Jin Fan seemed somewhat out of place compared with the fanatics around them. Although they also took pictures of the Hammer system page on the screen with their mobile phones like other audience members, they spent most of their time looking at their phones, discussing and analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the Hammer system in real time with the WeChat group, and exchanging ideas from time to time.

While watching the press conference, the two compared the Hammer system with the current MIOS3 interface on the spot.

But as he watched, Jin Fan frowned, "It's been almost an hour, why is Lao Luo still warming up?"

After introducing the overall framework of the Hammer system, Luo Yonghao in the stands began to introduce various user-friendly functions, etc. Hong Feng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Is it possible that they are not just warming up, but just this thing?"

"Really? I don't believe it!"

"Retreat~ That's all the hammer is."

"Ah? This? The hammer is finished?"

"Well, it's over! Retreat~"

Hong Feng originally thought that another disruptive product was about to come out, just like when Apple released the iPhone. He came here with a nervous mind, but now he returned with full disappointment and mixed feelings.

The layout was modified to a nine-square grid, and the micro-innovations of some functions are indeed remarkable, but he could tell at a glance from Luo Yonghao's demonstration that this system still has a long way to go in optimization, the details are rough, and there is even a slight lag when switching screens.

The overall level is around MIOS2.0, and performance optimization still needs to be questioned.

Especially since he didn't see the theme and wallpaper of this system just now, maybe there is only this one background, which may be a serious shortcoming.

After all, even though a powerful company like Apple cannot be rooted, it still dares not change the wallpaper. I don’t know whether Luo Yonghao is arrogant or conceited.

Now Hong Feng can finally put his mind at ease and concentrate on polishing MIOS4.0 according to their previous plan. In his heart, he was holding his breath, wanting to prove what Luo Yonghao said on Weibo: they are not living off their past achievements!

He wanted to prove that even without President Mo, MIOS was still the best customized Android system on the market, and his goal was to be the best.

Even Xiaomi has started a project to break away from Android and develop its own operating system. Although this cycle and difficulties are long, the first step has been taken. No matter how long and difficult the road is, they will continue to go on.
After watching the Hammer conference, Jin Fan might have been inspired by Luo Yonghao and felt very excited!
Although he encountered many setbacks when he joined Xiaomi, such as joining the R&D department of mios and engaging in the design and development of mios, he was transferred to the Infrastructure Department within two months for some reason to engage in the development of the underlying system. Later, when Mr. Li Wanqiang was short of staff, he was transferred to the e-commerce technology department.

In fact, his original intention has not changed. He still wants to devote himself to the research and development of mios.

Fortunately, God took pity on him and allowed Boss Hong to take him under his wing.

Next, the future of mios will surely flourish in his hands.
It's a pity that Chen Mo didn't know about these things. If he was still in Xiaomi, he might rather fire Jin Fan and send him to the rival company even if it meant he was stubborn and abused his power.

Of course there is no if, if there is, it is because love has gone around in circles and finally got what you wanted.

Even in the recent press conferences, apart from his own and Xiaomi's personal attendance, the others were not within his field of vision.

During this period, he was busy with various trivial matters related to the group's relocation, such as Mi'an Wucai City, which finally allowed Lei Jun to get his wish and turned it into Xiaomi Wucai City.

There are also several nearby buildings that have been listed on the property management side, waiting for interested companies to rent them.

Thousands of employees' old computers and desks and chairs had to be moved to Qingtengyuan. These were ready-made office equipment, which could save a lot of costs. Of course, the data in the computers had to be initialized, and there were also many private items in his own office that he had to move personally. It was not a big deal, but it was rather complicated.

But in general, the benefits of moving to Bi'an are obvious. Generally speaking, the company's image and influence will be raised to a higher level.

At the same time, it also provides a ready-made office environment for graduates of Ivy League College. Based on the standard of 5 Ivy League graduates every six months, it can last at least three years.

Moreover, the sense of belonging and pride of all employees of the Bi'an Group is a great bonus. On his way to and from get off work, he can clearly feel the self-confidence and spirit of the Bi'an employees.

Even outside the park, these employees still carry their Bia'an ID cards when going to and from get off work, either hanging them around their necks or on their backpacks. Some even secretly put their ID cards in their trouser pockets and leave the lanyard with the Bia'an logo outside their pockets to show off.

It's not their fault, because now this work badge is a guarantee of turning heads. It's better than walking in Sanlitun wearing luxury goods such as Chanel, LV, GUCCI, etc., which will attract the envy and jealousy of people around you.

If Chen Mo was a social animal in his previous life, he would curse in his heart when he saw this kind of people, thinking, it's just a dog tag, why is he pretending to be so arrogant?

But now as a boss, he is very happy to see this phenomenon, which shows that these employees are proud of the company, and it is also a very effective publicity.

One day, while surfing on Zhiyan, Chen Mo saw something interesting. He said that although the most valuable hard currency in Beijing's blind date corner is still the three mountains of house, car and money, there is another thing above that, that is the other side's work card. As long as you have this, the aunt will look at you the same way as the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law.
As for whether it is true or not, Chen Mo is just watching for fun. At least it shows that in everyone's mind, Bi'an is a good company with a promising future, development and stability.

The current Bi'an Group is like a huge, sophisticated machine. After a short period of repair after the move, it has returned to its normal operating track.

After a week of freshness, every employee got used to the current environment and continued to contribute their own strength to the other side.

This new home has brought him many benefits. The commuting time has been greatly shortened. He can jog one kilometer every day, which is the distance from the company to his home. He even has a reason to work out.

In addition to these, the annual meeting will be held in a few days, and I have to prepare a speech and perform in person.

What follows is the WeChat Five Blessings Collection and the Qingteng Academy's entrance examination and enrollment. Although the latter is held after the New Year, the faculty and staff in charge of Qingteng Academy within the group will have to spend this Spring Festival holiday in Beijing.

The news has already been released this year and cannot be changed. The time can be slightly adjusted back at the beginning of each subsequent year. On the one hand, it is a bit inhumane to work during the Spring Festival. Chen Mo also feels sorry for these employees. Of course, he feels even more sorry for the huge amount of triple salary he paid.
The chairman's office where I work now is on the top floor of the main building. It is a height where you cannot escape in the event of an earthquake, and you will die if you parachute out. The only way to escape is by helicopter.

The layout of the room has also changed greatly. The space is very spacious, more than twice the size of the previous one in Wucai City. It is divided into two rooms, one large and one small. The large one is Chen Mo's office area, and the small area is Leng Ning's exclusive workstation, separated by a transparent screen in the middle.

However, when Chen Mo has some free time, he can look through the transparent screen and see his cool and pretty secretary's figure and focused expression on her work. This is his daily eye exercise.

There is a door not far from Chen Mo's desk. That is his exclusive lounge, which is equipped with massage chairs, sofas, large beds and all kinds of daily necessities, as well as a large bathtub for taking a bath.

Of course, he rarely lived in the "bedroom" upstairs except for major "foreign affairs activities", because the place was too big and there were too few people. He was afraid of the dark and even more of being spooked, except for women of course.

Perhaps it is a habit developed from decades of being a social animal. Even though he has become his own boss and has ready-made residences upstairs and next door, he still likes to commute between Xishan No. 1 Courtyard and Bian'an Science and Technology Park every day, enjoying the atmosphere of commuting to and from get off work.

Chen Mo hates to treat the company as his home. Only when he returns home can he feel that his body and mind can be completely relaxed and free. This is completely different from the feeling of living in the company. Of course, it also has a lot to do with not being married.
I don't know which room in the building opposite is Xiao Ma's office. Rumor has it that this guy is either giving remote commands in Hong Kong or occasionally in Shenzhen. He probably won't come here to work.

While Chen Mo was drinking the long-missed wolfberry tea to strengthen his kidneys and body in advance, he looked down at the Tencent Building opposite which was one level shorter than him.

Coming back to his senses, he turned around in his boss chair and looked at the slender figure not far ahead. Perhaps this is the meaning of the screen.

"Ningning, what date is our annual meeting?"

"The annual meeting is on the 17th at 8pm, and the park open day is on the 18th, so there are still three days left."

"So fast"

"Boss, a friendly reminder, you still have a speech and a show to perform on stage, so you need to prepare early."

Well, although Ningning is pleasing to the eye, there is one downside: he always feels like his teacher is supervising him on the completion of his homework.

Chen Mo took out his speech, but he was worried about the program he was going to perform, mainly because he had no time to rehearse.

The event was held on a temporary stage in the Science and Technology Park Square. However, since it was outdoors, the weather was still very cold. Taking this into consideration, the human resources department distributed customized Bosideng down jackets to each employee before the holiday.

Since last year, the group has distributed customized uniforms exclusively for all employees every quarter, including jackets in spring and autumn, short T-shirts in summer, and down jackets in winter.

He had approved the grand prizes and program for the annual meeting, and had invited some celebrities as guest performers, interspersed with performances by some talented employees, and with executives taking turns to perform on stage, and it would be complete. However, there was only one thing that gave Chen Mo a headache.

The HR department suggested that after all, it was the group's first annual meeting, and as the leader of the group, he should have fun with the people and not act like a superior person. Of course, Xu Peixin didn't dare to say this, but Chen Mo could sense the meaning.

Originally he wanted to give this precious opportunity to other senior executives first, and he would just come to show his support, make a speech, present an award, etc. However, Xu Peixin told him that the program arranged for him to perform with the teachers was BiAnHot, which was a combination of sexy songs and dances.

After listening to this, Chen Mo changed his mind. Zhou Shouzi was newlywed and it was not suitable. Sun Ziwei and his girlfriend had a stable relationship. Chen Tong was too old to handle it. Zhang Xiaolong had a happy marriage and should not be disturbed. Xu Chaojun was okay but Chen Mo was afraid that he could not control himself.

None of the other executives were suitable, and it seemed that only those who were young and strong and in their prime could be qualified for this program. Therefore, with the spirit of sacrificing oneself for the sake of entertaining the public, he reluctantly accepted the human resources department's invitation after declining several times.

However, the foreign language teachers will not arrive until tomorrow. In addition to Ms. Aoi, Ms. Hata, and Ms. Zhu, there will be 4 new members coming to help, all of whom are among the top 13 contestants on the 10 popularity list.

Moreover, the schedule was rather tight and they could only stay in Beijing for three days. The teachers all had their own schedules and Chen Mo also had corresponding work, but for the sake of this show, he had been working overtime these days to catch up on the progress ahead of schedule.

For the next two days, Chen Mo worked hard during the day, debugging a mysterious code related to the annual meeting, and worked hard with the teachers to polish the annual meeting program at night.

Every late night, the atmosphere on the top floor of the main building of Bi'an Science and Technology City is extremely warm and lively. That is where Chen Mo's sweat-soaked training occurs again and again. Of course, considering the possible risks, safety measures are guaranteed during the process.

The only thing that made Chen Mo a little regretful was that the bed he bought was too small.
January is not only a month with a large number of press conferences, but also a month when annual meetings of Internet companies are frequently held.

After all, the Spring Festival is at the beginning of next month. Generally, as long as the revenue is decent, the company will hold an annual meeting to boost everyone's morale and motivate employees to meet the challenges of the new year.

January 1, around 17pm, Shanghai Stock Exchange.

A building is brightly lit, and the 13th floor is the Shanghai branch of Lashou.com.

Liu Qian is a programmer who has been working at LaShou for over a year. Although his name is the same as the magician who always says he has witnessed miracles, he only knows how to program and not magic, otherwise he would still be a single man.

Even though it was already past the end of the get off work day, Liu Qian and his colleagues were still busy, not attending the annual meeting, but working overtime.
As the year draws to a close, their work is like snowflakes falling from the sky, with no end in sight.

It seems as if heaven could send all the year's snow down to help everyone complete the task, thus creating a scene of auspicious snow heralding a good harvest.

At this moment, Liu Qian heard colleagues around him exclaiming, "WTF!" and then reminding each other to check their emails.
What’s so interesting about this email? But with such a big reaction, it must be related to the annual meeting and the year-end bonus. Is there going to be a show before the New Year?
When he opened the company email with great anticipation and read the content of the email, he was shocked!

"Notice on Several Adjustments to the Company's Annual Meeting, Year-end Bonuses, Salaries, etc."

The summary is:

The annual meeting was cancelled.
The original year-end bonus was postponed to the next year, and the details are yet to be determined.
The last point is that the salary structure of all employees of the company has been adjusted. After the contract was changed, 20% of the fixed salary was changed to performance salary, and the provident fund was reduced to 5%.
As for the reason, the company kindly gave a formulaic explanation: the annual revenue did not meet expectations and a loss occurred, and the company was considering reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
Cut your mother's head. The company's revenue did not meet expectations, and the management is most responsible, so why didn't they see any salary cuts? They do the least but get the most, and when something goes wrong, you praise the employees highly, thinking that the employees are your fathers, why do you praise them so much?

He knew that he couldn't expect anything from these stupid capitalists.

The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

He works overtime like a workhorse, why? Just to get a higher performance coefficient and more year-end bonus. Now, it's all over until after the New Year. As for whether he can get it after the New Year, it's still a question mark.

Moreover, although it is said that the salary structure is being adjusted, it is actually a disguised 20% salary cut. The provident fund has been reduced for the second time this year, from 12% of the full amount to 8%, and now to 5%. In total, it is still a few thousand yuan.

Those who agree will sign new contracts and continue to work like slaves, while those who disagree will be fired directly. To put it bluntly, it is just a euphemism for disguised layoffs.

In comparison, the annual meeting is the least important part. After all, in the boss's eyes, he doesn't even want to pretend.

Liu Qian looked at his colleagues around him, all of whom looked as if they had lost their parents, as if the company was celebrating its seventh day of mourning. He estimated that his own complexion would not be much better.

Ding Dong, Ding Dong. The WeChat notification sound came.

His cell phone kept ringing, which was already annoying. Liu Qian cursed inwardly, "Who is this? How can he be so ignorant?"

I picked up my phone and saw that they were some photos sent by my former college roommate and good friend.

After clicking on them one by one.
This photo is the program list, including Eason Chan, Jay Chou, Phoenix Legend, and Wu Bai. Wow, what an awesome lineup of performers. Uh, what the hell is this show with rich men and beautiful women?

This is the list of annual meeting awards: the latest Xiaomi mobile phone, 10 days of unconditional paid vacation, and a boat-shaped doll. As for the list, Liu Qian didn't dare to read any more, for fear of having a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot.
Look at the Xiaomi X1 in your hand. It’s a little slower than when you first bought it. You can still use it if you want, but who doesn’t want a new Xiaomi phone?

Looking at the lively atmosphere of the annual meeting in these photos, everyone’s face is filled with excitement, excitement, happiness and joy.

Looking up at the resentful and despairing faces of his colleagues, this strong contrast made him feel as if they were looking at the same starry sky but living in different worlds.

Liu Qian's emo value is gradually rising.
Is this the legendary other side annual meeting scene?

This is what he imagined a company annual meeting should look like!

Afterwards he didn't have time to go to emo as their group was called to a meeting by the leader.

When I came out, it was already past 9pm. The content was indeed related to the previous email, but it was just further implementation and explanation.
Ding Dong
The WeChat message came again. Liu Qian clicked it and saw it. His pupils were instantly dilated by the woman in the photo.
Is this Ai Uehara?

Readers, check your pockets to see if there are any small bills with the surname Yue left in the corner~
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