The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 683 Why is the later one not a founding member [Additional]

Edward Zander is such a person who likes stability very much. Although Motorola is no longer No.1 in the global market at this time, he is still No.1 in the US market, so Edward Zander’s task is to continue to stabilize Motorola's No.1 position in the U.S. market can no longer be shaken by anyone.

So he began to be aggressively hostile to all existences that might destroy this stability.

Of course, it is useless for him to be hostile to existences like Nokia and Samsung, so he is not hostile anymore, mainly hostile to those opponents who are about to show themselves.

For example, BlackBerry was severely tossed after Edward Zander took office. Motorola launched a model that is similar in appearance and function to BlackBerry's ace model, and the price is also similar.

You must know that the main reason for BlackBerry's rise at this time is still in the price war, relying on the same quality and lower price than Motorola to win the market.

As a result, Edward Zander came directly to such a trick, and instantly stunned the BlackBerry, and the sales plummeted. After that, he could only slowly lick the wound for a few years until Motorola died.

And this successful deed also made Edward Zander very proud. He felt that he had successfully stabilized Motorola's market position, and then he only needed to continue to reproduce this kind of attack on mobile phone brands that were trying to rise, and to attack in advance. By dying in the bud, everything becomes extremely stable.

But even so, Edward Zand shouldn't be hostile to a mobile phone that doesn't even have direct access to the market, and doesn't even have a dedicated dealer.

But this is due to Edward Zamp's keen eyesight and his grandson. One thing to say, this Edward Zamp's vision is indeed quite powerful.

On the morning about two weeks ago, Edward Zamp discovered that his precious grandson had suddenly changed his mobile phone.

You know, the grandson of Edward Zamp has always been a firm Samsung party. He has a very novel mobile phone theory, that is, Samsung mobile phones are industrial crafts, Nokia mobile phones are industrial tools, and Motorola mobile phones are industrial waste. .

That’s right, that’s what Edward Zamp’s grandson said about Motorola. Edward Zamp once criticized his own grandson. If these words were heard by his colleagues, especially the leaders, people might think that he said these words himself. Yes, the effect is not good.

So his grandson simply avoided Edward Zamp's circle of friends, even if he didn't have any contact with Motorola people, he still had to maintain his own aesthetics.Edward Zamp agreed very much with this, as long as it doesn't affect his future.

As a result, Edward Zamp discovered that the Samsung mobile phone that his grandson regarded as an industrial handicraft was actually replaced with another mobile phone.

And in the mouth of my grandson, it is not an industrial handicraft, not an industrial tool or industrial waste at all, but an industrial artwork.

You see, this is straight up a notch.Edward Zamp first praised his grandson, and then took the phone from him. After playing with it for a while, he had to admit that the phone was completely crushed in terms of appearance, function, and design. It is indeed a higher grade than Samsung, and there is no problem in saying that it is an industrial artwork.

Then Edward Zamp decided to completely block the phone.

There is no way, the hegemony of industrial garbage like Motorola has been crumbling under the attack of industrial handicrafts and industrial tools, and now an industrial artwork is emerging, how long can it survive.

So Edward Zamp immediately ordered his subordinates to conduct a detailed investigation on this phone, so the information of Tianxing 5 was placed in front of Edward Zamp.

The person in charge of the investigation once voluntarily stated that Tianxing 5 has never entered the market, and there is no need to suppress it.

But Edward Zamp once again used his IQ.

He said that a company that does not intend to enter the mobile phone market actually spent three years launching five mobile phones, and each model has a huge technological advancement. It only took three years for the new generation of mobile phones to surpass the garbage , tools and handicrafts have become a work of art, you said that this company has no ambition to enter the mobile phone market, would you believe it?

And behind Tianxing is not an unknown small company, but Jiangnan Group, a newly rising Huaxia Technology Company, a company that Zanpu has been paying close attention to.

Because Edward Zamp was already upset with Jiangnan Group, the cause of the incident was in December last year.

At that time, Edward Zamp had just taken over as the president of Motorola. This time point was obviously very important. Edward Zamp needed to show his ability and performance to the board of directors, at least to improve Motorola’s profitability and stabilize his position as president. Location.

But the market is unpredictable, and Edward Zamp cannot guarantee that he can develop a mobile phone that will be loved by the market, so it is very unstable to increase the possibility of profit by launching high-quality mobile phones , Edward Zamp didn't like this erratic approach.

So is there any stable way to increase profits?

Naturally, the cost is reduced.

So Edward Zamp launched his own cost reduction plan. The first step was to greatly reduce the design team and scientific research team of mobile phones.

Edward Zamp said that there are not many changes in the appearance of mobile phones, and there are fewer classic images that can be loved by users. It is difficult and unstable to make breakthroughs in appearance design to increase the market Yes, so you only need to keep re-enacting the classic image before, and you can harvest the market stably.

In this way, a large number of designers can be fired. After all, it is only necessary to modify and change the skin on the basis of the original classic models.

In addition, the mobile phone research team can also be reduced, and even more than 60% of the research team can be fired, because Edward Zamp discovered the treasure of Huaxia early on.

After entering Motorola, Edward Zamp was initially in charge of the program design work. At that time, Motorola’s mobile phone technology was imported in China, but the system needed to be modified to adapt to the domestic use environment in China, so Edward Zamp On behalf of Motorola's technicians, he went to China and was amazed by the wisdom and industrial capabilities of the Chinese people. At that time, he believed that China might become the world's factory in the future.

Therefore, Edward Zamp kept paying attention to Huaxia while he was constantly promoted. So in 95, he proposed to build a factory in China, which basically moved most of the mobile phone production companies to China. Saved a lot of production costs, and thus won the favor of the board of directors, became the company's top management.

This also allowed Edward Zamp to have a deeper understanding of China, so when the China Science and Technology Electronics Industry Development Alliance was established, Edward Zamp immediately sent representatives to participate.

However, this representative was not an official official representative, and he didn't even reveal his identity as Motorola. Instead, he mixed in with the delegation of a domestic electronics company and went in to observe secretly.

Through this enterprise, Edward Zamp was able to see a lot of public information within the alliance, including the new stores that were constantly being developed.

At this time, Edward Zamp found painfully that the Chinese had developed many electronic technologies that surpassed Motorola's, especially in chip storage, communication base stations, and other aspects, and they had a considerable technological lead.

It stands to reason that at this time, we should turn grief into strength, invest heavily in scientific research, and suppress Huaxia again.

But Edward Zamp doesn't think so, because Motorola's main technical force was invested in the Iridium project before, but now the entire Iridium project is scrapped, Motorola has fallen behind in mobile phone technology research for nearly 5 years, and wants to catch up. During these 5 years, at least 5 million US dollars must be spent!

Then this profit has been reduced by [-] million US dollars, what achievements do you have to show the board of directors?

So Edward Zamp simply did the opposite. Anyway, the technology of the China Electronics Technology Industry Alliance is completely open to the outside world and authorized for use, and can even be purchased at a relatively cheap price, so Edward Zamp directly discarded it. , Most of the scientific research plans and departments that have fallen behind can directly purchase the technology and parts of the Huaxia people.

Edward Zamp has calculated that in this case, Motorola's cost can be reduced by another 2 to 3 million US dollars, and the reduction is immediate.

Moreover, Edward Zamp can also sell some of the technologies in his hands to the China Electronics Industry Alliance, which will be at least a profit of about 10 billion U.S. dollars, and he will be invincible.

So Edward Zamp instructed Motorola to formally contact the China Electronic Technology Industry Development Alliance, and at the same time expressed his hope to join the alliance and become a founding member of the alliance.

That's right, Edward Zamp's original intention was to make Motorola a founding member, although Motorola was not there when the alliance was founded, and he was still a foreign company, which completely violated the rules and regulations of the alliance.

Lovely Edward Zamp's idea is very simple, I am Motorola, is there still someone in the world who has the guts to refuse Motorola?

Then he was rejected, very flatly.

The reason is simple, it does not comply with the rules of the alliance, and the founding period has passed, and there will never be new founding members in the future.After communicating several times, Edward Zamp took a slight step back. The founding member is not necessary, but it is not too much to give a full member.

In the end, it was still rejected, and the reasons were still very sufficient. According to the rules and regulations of the alliance, non-Huaxia-level companies cannot become full members at all.

Of course, Motorola can become a foreign member of the alliance, so that it can basically enjoy most of the benefits of the alliance, but some key technologies are not open to foreign members, and the price is only a few tenths of a percent higher.

(End of this chapter)