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

Chapter 457 You Shoot the Moon, I Shoot You
“Finally, let me emphasize again, don’t forget what our purpose or original intention is for running Ele.me.
To put it bluntly, we want to make money, a lot of money.

but!
This is just a result, it has a prerequisite.

That is, only if we can provide convenient and good services to consumers, bring benefits to merchants, provide employees with a guarantee of getting what they deserve, and bring positive value to society, then God will reward hard work, and we will naturally make money.
As long as we do our own thing well, the rest of our friendly competitors will naturally play their due role!

This is the foundation of the other side and also the business model of the other side!

Everyone, do you understand?"

"understand!"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

That night, Chen Mo received a call from Chen Tong, saying that an actress in the crew of Sword of Immortal was dissatisfied with the small number of roles and wanted to increase the price temporarily. The two sides broke down in the negotiations and went on strike.

"What the hell? There is such a thing?"

"This is nothing, it's normal, let me tell you something more exciting."

Chen Tong gave her boss a brief introduction to the basic practices of the entertainment industry (juan), such as the competition for ranking, counting numbers, various scenes added by drama tyrants, the 36 unspoken rules of the crew, the wounds that healed automatically before going to the hospital, and the male and female protagonists "chatting about the script" in the RV late at night.
This opened Chen Mo's eyes. He felt that if he had nothing to do and wanted to eat melons, he could chat with Chen Tong anytime.
However, after Chen Tong mentioned this, Chen Mo remembered that the original female lead of Wolf Warrior 2 seemed to be a mixed-race beauty of Chinese and New Zealander origin. Although her pay was not as exaggerated as 208 million yuan a day, 20 yuan a day was comparable to the annual salary of a worker in a first-tier city, which was not low.

After being informed that they were going to Africa for filming, the other party and their management team demanded a temporary price increase. Wu Jing, the director at the time, immediately got furious.

Just change the person and don't tolerate him. If you can tolerate this, aren't you a cheapskate?

Later, Wolf Warrior 2 was released and the box office soared to 56.8 billion, setting a domestic box office record. Jingshan Lu took on this huge fortune. I wonder if the mixed-race beauty regretted it after watching it.

This seems reasonable, though.
".Why are you asking me about this trivial matter? I'm not the director."

"Well, I remember that you, boss, don't have many female confidantes in the entertainment industry. See if you can get one to help you out~~~"

Chen Mo thought, "What role?"

"It's just a doctor's daughter, with a little romance scene with the male supporting actor. It's not a big role, just a temporary guest appearance, which delays a lot of things. She can be listed as a co-star, but the pay is really not high."

"The male supporting role? What's his name?"

"It seems to be called something like Xiu"

Ding Xiu?

Blade of the Assassin. Although Chen Mo never bought a movie ticket, he had seen it online. He didn't have much impression of the girl in the clinic, but he remembered Ding Xiu's two lines very clearly. They were so awesome.

It was thanks to this film that Zhu Dan’s husband Zhou Yiwei went from being a supporting actor for ten years to being recognized by everyone with just one sentence: “Just pay more”!

"Okay, I'll ask. I'm interested!"

With Chen Tong's current status and position, if he just wanders around in the entertainment circle and drops a hint, many female stars will come forward to recommend themselves to him, or there will be many people who would offer themselves as partners, so there will be no shortage of actors.

Chen Mo knew that Chen Tong was deliberately doing him a favor, and he really appreciated it!

Then he called his daughter Datian and chatted with her about the general situation. The girl was very sensible and agreed immediately.

Although One Man's Martial Arts and Swords of Legends both started filming at the same time, Jing Tian's roles were not that large so the schedules could be staggered.

This matter is settled.
Ningning is a good wife who helps him in his career and is a candidate for the future secretary to the board of directors.

As for his little apprentice Meng Meng, Chen Mo plans to focus on financial audit supervision and financial housekeeper. They are still working together now. After all, she also has the position of game design director of the Other Shore.

Feifei and Tiantian now have arrangements in the film and television industry. They will slowly pave the way for themselves, then shoot a few opium films, gain fame and halo, and boost their loyalty. Then, depending on their talent, they will transform into producers and take up some positions at Bian'an Film and Television, and also keep an eye on it.

As for Lingling, after being taught a lesson by Chen Mo, she has lost her pro-Japanese tendencies and looks completely as gentle as a canary. Now she is the spokesperson for Bi'an's products, and with his occasional care, she is living a very comfortable life. If reality shows become popular later, she can go and have some fun.

There is also Zhenzhen, whose halo as a rich daughter and a ladylike lady is the most challenging. However, both parties are still working hard on their careers, so there is no rush.
In short, women should still pursue their careers, make them flourish, and be admired by thousands of people. Only in this way can they feel more fulfilled.
Chen Mo stretched himself lazily. He was worried about the future of these girls.
Since the announcement of 4G, Xiaomi has started to promote its new product launch posters.
Generally speaking, Xiaomi’s press conferences are held on New Year’s Day and August 8th every year.

Since most of Bi'an's business is software, it does not require such concentrated exposure like mobile phones, so its press conferences have not been so frequent recently.

At about 8 p.m. on August 8,

Xiaomi Wucai City, twelfth floor.

A most familiar stranger came to the chairman's office.

Lei Jun looked at the person who came in carelessly, smiled at first, then forced himself to control his facial expression and frowned.
"Hey? Who is this? You didn't even knock before coming in. Do you really think this is your home?"

"Tsk~ Why am I knocking on the door when I'm back at my parents' house~" Chen Mo opened the other person's small refrigerator as if he knew the place well, and sure enough, he found Coke inside.

Although Lei Jun and he both drink health-preserving wolfberry tea, Chen Mo still habitually opens a can.
Tons~tons~tons~burp~~~
"Shuang, isn't the press conference about to start? As a senior consultant of Xiaomi, I should come and see if there is anything I can do."

"Oh, you still remember this identity. Don't you think it's a little late to care about it now?"

"It's better to be intentional than to be careless."

"Thanks to the government's heavy hammer, otherwise you would still be addicted to the taxi war."

"Then thank you~" Chen Mo rolled his eyes.

Although Lei Jun made a joke, he still asked with concern, "Take it easy on the taxi side. The higher-ups are taking this very seriously. Even the taxi side has been hammered hard. It's better to be conservative."

Chen Mo briefly explained his strategy. Lei Jun's eyes widened after listening to him, but soon returned to normal and nodded unconsciously, "This is indeed something that only a guy like you can do! Anyway, just keep it in mind."

"Well, I know the number very well. Okay, give it to me." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to Lei Jun.

Lei Jun was a little confused when he saw this, "Well, what do you take?"

"A new phone~"

"Damn!" Lei Jun cursed, and actually took out a few brand new mobile phone boxes from the drawer below.

Chen Mo swept these new phones into his empty backpack without even looking at them.

"I'm a debtor to you. Let me take a look at the conference plan and fill in the gaps for you, so that I don't have to feel uneasy about collecting consulting fees from you every year."

"Do you still have a conscience? Wasn't it taken away by a dog a long time ago?" Despite the complaints, Lei Jun still showed the new phone and plan for this press conference to the other party.

Lei Jun walked up to Chen Mo and said, "This is a good opportunity to familiarize yourself with the script. Just treat it as an early rehearsal. If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

As he said this, he picked up the new Xiaomi phone and began to speak according to the script.

Chen Mo listened to him introducing the various configurations and design concepts of the new products, no matter how big or small.

There are no specific technical details, but each module is clear and easy to understand, and it is a translated version.

Chen Mo could see that this brother had always been on the front line. Otherwise, he would not be able to know everything so well.

Those who are standing are talking, those who are sitting are listening
The two shadows complement each other under the illumination of the incandescent lamp on the roof, presenting an extremely harmonious picture.

Time is like a stream, flowing gently.
Once upon a time, in this room, there was someone talking and someone listening.
The peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze.
Chen Mo listened and watched, familiar with the speaking style, familiar rhetoric, and familiar press conference process.
He looked at Lei Jun, his eyes full of his former self. My family has a son, Jun, who has grown up, and I am very happy.
In addition to the common dialect with a strong anti-counterfeiting label
According to Lei Jun's explanation just now, this Xiaomi press conference is divided into two parts: three 4 series Xiaomi 4G mobile phones and smart home appliances
It includes opening, introduction in human language, on-site demonstration and NVC comparison method.

It has distinctive features, prominent focus, both technological capabilities and user experience, while retaining Xiaomi's traditional cost-effectiveness.

After listening to it as a whole, there are no major problems. Xiaomi is still the powerful Xiaomi, and Lei Jun is still the powerful Lei Jun.

But Lei Jun still felt a little dissatisfied, "Xiao Mo, do you think I should strengthen the Pudong dialect?"

From Chen Mo's perspective today, Lei Jun's overall speech did lack some of his own ease and informality because of his slightly dialectal Mandarin, but he was more friendly and sincere. Each has his own merits.
Hearing this, Chen Mo was stunned, "Why do you think so?"

"Look, Xiaomi is getting bigger and bigger now. As the face of the company, we should strive to be the best in all aspects. I'm afraid some people can't hear clearly."

"No, no, no, being down-to-earth is more important than being able to hear clearly. Sincerity is your unique characteristic. If you are only worried about this, can't you just add subtitles to the live broadcast?"

"Are you sure this is okay?"

"Don't worry, this isn't your problem." Chen Mo lifted up his messy bangs, tilted his head back, and said arrogantly, "It's my fault for being too good before. If I had known, I would have held back. I didn't expect to cause you..."

"Get lost! Where's your face?" Lei Jun cursed with a smile. He forgot how thick-skinned this guy was and took the first opportunity to catch his breath.

In fact, Lei Jun is usually very friendly and steady to everyone, but he can't keep a straight face when facing Chen Mo, so he always wants to find an opportunity to make fun of the other party and enjoys it.

Lei Jun is like this, and so is Chen Mo.

Teasing this old man is one of Chen Mo's few pleasures in life, and he never gets tired of it.

Chen Mo took over several new mobile phones that Lei Jun had just used for demonstration.

The most daring and eye-catching one among them is Xiaomi G4, which is the flagship phone designed for mobile game players. It has the streamlined shape of a supercar, a sense of future and technology, and focuses on hardware configuration. It has maximum gaming performance and super heat dissipation.

The advantages are obvious but the disadvantages are even more obvious. The weight is heavier and the photography is severely limited, just enough to be acceptable.

Chen Mo had experienced this phone before at Sun Ziwei's place. After all, this phone was made for playing games. It is even more enjoyable when combined with the company's new games. The combination of the two is very awesome, just like the aerodynamics of a supercar combined with a V12 engine, which can achieve excellence and full output. Playing these mobile games on the market with this phone is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. There is no pressure at all.

The other two are Xiaomi X4 and H4 phones. The former is divided into three models: regular version, pro version and Max version (also known as proplus version).

Playing with the new phone in his hand and looking at its appearance, he found many familiar features and could vaguely see many shadows of the design sketches he had given before.

Adjustments, trade-offs, polishing and optimization were also made.

The overall feeling is equivalent to the transition from the roundness of the previous iPhone 6 to the rounded rectangular shape with sharp edges. It is very different from the current popular curved screen and sticks to its own style.

This was also the development direction that the two decided on after Lei Jun discussed it with him.

Chen Mo feels that Lei Jun has a very good quality, which is adaptability and pragmatism.

When hiring people and doing things, we should be pragmatic and reject all kinds of frills and cutting corners. We should only charge what the cost should be and make as much money as we should.

But in terms of marketing, they are flexible and adaptable, and they are creative, but we can also see a lot of sincerity in them.

These can be seen from the pricing of those Xiaomi home appliances at the end. Chen Mo was secretly shocked when he saw the prices above just now.

He looked up at Lei Jun, pointed to the corresponding part of the plan and asked,
"Xiaomi's home appliances are priced like this, you really don't want to let your competitors pass by."

“These are first-generation products. We believe that if we don’t lose money, we will make money. We need to gain a firm foothold first, serve consumers well, open up the supply chain, and form a free ecosystem. We can make money later. Why rush?
Just like you said before, let’s make friends first, and if you think the product is good, come back later.”

If you are not from the same family, you will not be able to enter the same door. Lei Jun’s words are similar to what Chen Mo said in the meeting yesterday.

Chen Mo checked the price on his phone and felt that the price difference was a bit too outrageous.

“That’s a far cry.”

"The main reason is that these home appliances are currently equipped with our Mi'an Xinsheng's self-developed 45-nanometer "Xinsheng" X1 chip, which can reduce costs a lot. This is one of the reasons.

In addition, when we actually started manufacturing, we found that the cost of a single product was not that high. It was just that our competitors wanted too much.

This is the first time we have cooperated with the other party for many of our products, and the price has not yet been finalized. Once the sales volume reaches a certain scale, it will drop further!"

"Huh? The CoreSheng X1 has been put into mass production, quite fast~" Chen Mo realized it later and was amazed.

Speaking of this, Lei Jun was furious. "Ever since you poached Liang Mengsong and assembled a team, you just walked away. Have you ever cared about him? I have been playing both a father and a mother in the past six months. Fortunately, you are here, so I will report to Mr. Chen on the latest progress of Mi'an Xinsheng."

"Hey, you're too polite. Go ahead and tell me!"

"Virtue. Now, under the leadership of Mr. Zhang, Mi'an Xinsheng has several factories in Shanghai, Wuhan and other places. Xinsheng X1 is the contribution of Liang Mengsong and his team. In just a few months, the 45-nanometer yield rate has increased from less than 30% to 90%. This is why it can be mass-produced and used in Xiaomi smart home appliances, which also brought back a wave of blood for Mi'an Xinsheng.

The factory is now mass-producing the X1, and the R&D department is working on the 25nm process technology. We expect to see progress by the end of this year or early next year."

As we chatted, night fell outside the window. The moon after the beginning of autumn was like a full moon, hanging in the night sky, scattering silver light.
The two went to the cafeteria downstairs to have a bite. Many Xiaomi employees greeted Chen Mo enthusiastically when they saw him. Some veteran employees and managers even joked with him, calling him "Xiao Mo" or something like that.

After dinner, the two went back to the house to continue.

Lei Jun began to introduce the background of Xiaomi's current press conference. Chen Mo took out his little notebook and took notes while listening.

Although he also pays attention to the overall changes in the mobile phone market in his spare time, the information on the market is far less thorough and in-depth than Lei Jun's investigation.

According to Lei Jun's introduction, as of now, Samsung and Apple are still the market leaders internationally, occupying the first and second places. But the difference is that although Samsung's market share ranks first, it is showing a downward trend, falling by 3% instead of increasing.

The reason for the slowdown in growth is that large-size high-end Galaxy Note phones have encountered strong challenges from Apple, while mid-range and low-end smartphones have been jointly attacked by domestic mobile phone brands such as Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Nokia became the third place.

Judging from the mobile phone attention list, Apple ranks first, Samsung second, Xiaomi third, Nokia fourth, followed by LG, HTC, Lenovo, TCL, Huawei and other brands.

In addition to Samsung, Apple, LG and HTC, Nokia is also struggling hard to transform and return to its peak, but Chen Mo knows that this is the last gasp of this giant.

The domestic situation is not optimistic either. Lenovo, a traditional giant, is approaching Motorola, trying to replicate its acquisition of IBM during the heyday of PCs and seize its market share by acquiring Motorola.

However, Huawei has long been dissatisfied with being a simple "assembly site". Having just stood out from the ranks of second-tier mobile phone brands, the company, under the leadership of Yu Chengdong, changed its strategy and stopped using Qualcomm and MediaTek chips in its high-end smartphones. Instead, it switched to Kirin developed by its subsidiary HiSilicon and launched the Mate, Honor and P series of mobile phones in succession.

11年华为手机销量只有300万，到了12年跟运营商合作销售量急速膨胀到1900万，一年翻了6倍多。

This year, the sales volume exceeded 2000 million in the first half of the year alone, as can be seen from the market sales.
The new forces in the mobile phone smart phone market may have been affected by the rise of Xiaomi and are unwilling to fall behind. Not to mention its old rival Meizu, which is chasing Xiaomi relentlessly with the support of Alibaba.

OV also introduced new products in the X series and Find series.

There is a company called Hammer. Although the mobile phone has not been manufactured yet, the system has caused a certain response and praise in the market. Relying on Luo Yonghao's personal charm, many fans have responded strongly.

Chen Mo listened to Lei Jun's introduction and looked at the records of Xiaomi's direct or indirect competitors.

As it has been a year since the last Xiaomi product launch, countless competitors have held press conferences to launch their own new products. Xiaomi mobile phones have faced unprecedented challenges, using the old to compete with the new. Xiaomi X3 is very competitive in terms of both design and software. It maintained its third place in the world for more than half a year, and was only overturned in recent months to become the fifth.

Chen Mo believes that with this new product, it will not be a problem to return to the top three in the world. Maybe he can even knock down Samsung or Apple and move up to the third place.

However, he still drew a circle around one of his rivals and said, "Since Yu Chengdong took office, Huawei's mobile phone sales have soared. This person must be very capable to have gained the trust of the old man. We must be extra careful!"

Lei Jun rarely heard the words "be extra careful" from Chen Mo, and he was shocked. "Okay!"

Every time the two of them were talking about business, they would forget the passage of time and when they came back to their senses they would find it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening.

"It's pretty good overall. It has everything it should have. If you familiarize yourself with the lines I polished for you, the effect will be better. But it still lacks interaction with users. I'll help you fill that gap later."

Chen Mo stood in front of the French window and looked up at the night sky.

Well, it's a nice day.

"Let's go. I'll help you fill in the last gap."

Lei Jun thought that Chen Mo was just being polite and would have to explain himself later. But after listening to it, he looked at the current time and asked, "Now?"

I didn't expect that this guy's execution ability is better than mine.

"What else? There is no such store in the village anymore."

"How to make up for it?"

"I see there aren't many people in the square downstairs. Didn't you say in your speech just now how amazing the Xiaomi X4's camera is? It can even take a picture of the moon~"

"Yes, this time Leica has brought out all its best technology."

"Talking without practice is not as convincing as taking photos with a mobile phone. You practice first, and then we will take a photo of the moon."

"Don't tell me, I actually learned a few tricks from the people in the photography department. I'll show you a little bit of my skills later."

Lei Jun said this while holding the new phone in his left hand and a tripod in his right hand, looking very professional.

At midnight, the square below the Wucai City Tower was still very lively, but the small square behind the tower was very quiet.

At this time, two men came here quietly with a sense of stealth.

They took out their phones and started snapping photos at the sky.
After a while, the two of them started talking like spies.
"Is this what you mean by specially practiced?" Chen Mo looked at the photo taken by Lei Jun with Xiaomi X4MAX, and his face instantly turned into an old man in the subway, feeling disgusted.

Chen Mo remained calm and pointed to his phone, "Look at what I just took."

"Fuck, how did you take this photo?"

Lei Jun looked at the two completely different photos in the two people's mobile phones. The one he took with X4 was like a flower in the fog, with only a layer of light visible, full of hazy beauty. However, Chen Mo's mobile phone was still using the previous generation X3. The photo looked like an adolescent face, with vaguely visible bumps on it.

Chen Mo showed an unfathomable smile on his face, "If you want to know, I'll teach you?"

He would never say that there was once a supermoon that occurs only once in a century, and that he specifically read a guide on the Internet on how to take pictures of the moon with a mobile phone and practiced it.

Fortunately, Xiaomi Mi X3 already has various professional tuning parameters. Although the values ​​are barely acceptable, at least it can take a rough picture, which is indeed not easy.

Then he took Lei Jun's phone and started adjusting various parameters, and started talking.
"Photography is an art, which requires adjusting specific technical parameters, such as lowering the sensitivity, setting the shutter speed as slow as possible, setting the maximum focal length to 10 times, reducing exposure compensation, etc."

Lei Jun's mouth opened wide unconsciously when he heard this. No, you really are good at it.
After a while, "Hey~ it's done. The next most important thing is to shoot from above and ensure stability."

Lei Jun took the phone, holding the tripod in his other hand, his eyes thoughtful.
Mumbling something in his mouth, shooting from above, stability.
Damn, I've only heard of people taking photos from above. Such a big moon is hanging in the sky, right there, so no matter how you take photos, wouldn't you just be taking photos from above?
At this time, he heard someone behind him say faintly, "Stupid, you can't find a reference."

Reference. Reference.
Lei Jun muttered to himself, turned around and touched, and walked towards a cute little statue. He looked up at the moon, which was bigger than Chen Mo's face, and an idea suddenly came to him.
Then he set up the phone stand by himself, and squatted down, getting lower and lower.
The person behind him even gave orders, "Keep going, don't stop."

Is the tripod still too low even when it is adjusted to the lowest position?

Lei Jun gritted his teeth, put the tripod stand aside, returned to its original position, gritted his teeth, and lay directly on the ground in an extremely awkward posture.

But looking at the clear picture on the phone, I couldn't care less for the moment.

Then hold your breath and maintain stability.
What he didn't know was that a certain unscrupulous guy behind him secretly moved the camera of his mobile phone from the original aiming at the big round moon to slowly move it downwards for a second aiming.
Click, click, two shutter sounds rang out one after another
Freeze
(End of this chapter)