20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2796 Qi Xidong's Thoughts

All three of them were heavy smokers. Zhao Changan took out a cigarette. Qi Xidong saw it and pulled the car to the side of the road, lit a cigarette and then drove away.

"Come down and pee."

Zhao Changan got out of the car and saw that there were no cars passing by. He unzipped the car and let the water flow, watering a maple tree on the side of the road.

"You raised a very good point, Mike. I am six years older than you. In fact, four years ago, when I was 43 years old, I accidentally discovered that my child was not related to me by blood. I began to think about this question: what is the purpose of life?"

Qi Xidong seemed to be moved by what Mike said. He saw a small river winding by not far from the roadside. During the dry season in autumn, most of the riverbed was exposed, and it was all sand and pebbles.

Said: "It's still early, go over and sit down."

Zhao Changan and Mike followed Qi Xidong, went down the slope and walked towards the stream.

Zhao Changan was obviously very happy to hear Mike say this. His biggest headache this time was how to convince Mike to make a major innovation to BlackBerry.

As the core and soul of BlackBerry's technology, Mike is certainly involved in changes in the company's general direction, and his presence and opinions cannot be ignored.

The reason why Jim's departure from BlackBerry did not have a negative impact on the company's stock price is that the outside world has always recognized that the core of BlackBerry products lies in Mike.

To put it bluntly, if Mike left BlackBerry and re-established a similar company with Doug, BlackBerry would be doomed to failure in one fell swoop.

Now that Mike has finally turned around on his own, not only does Zhao Changan no longer need to think about all the emotional and logical appeals he had been thinking about for a long time, but he also no longer has to worry about Mike's psychology as before and dare not take too big a step forward in reform for fear of causing resistance from Mike.

"I was also surprised when Mike told me this yesterday. BlackBerry's change is inevitable, and the sooner the better. Even if it doesn't change now, it will inevitably change in the future."

Qi Xidong said with a smile: "The threshold for the mobile phone industry has become very low now. A friend of mine who makes mobile phone accessories in Huaqiangbei can already customize mobile phones of various requirements for wholesalers in his workshop.

He didn't elaborate on the production cost, but said that the lowest-end second-hand refurbished parts machine can be made for two or three hundred yuan. If most of the internal parts are second-hand parts, and only the shell is new, I estimate that the cost can be controlled within two hundred yuan or even lower. "

"This situation will lead to a major reshuffle of the global mobile phone industry, and most mobile phone companies will be defeated by such low-cost and low-price mobile phone manufacturers."

Zhao Changan understood what Qi Xidong meant, and continued, "This will force mobile phone manufacturers to focus on the mid-to-high-end mobile phone field with higher profit margins, leaving the mid-to-low-end market share to the bloody battle among the numerous small companies.

So what is a higher-end mobile phone? How to define it? A larger screen, a cooler appearance, a case inlaid with diamonds, gemstones, gold, or silver, a thin and light size, waterproof and drop-resistant, a more durable and faster charging battery, clearer and stronger signal call capabilities, music, audio and video recording, photography, smoother wireless Internet access, more storage space for photos, music, videos, more games, and the ability to download online games.

In short, there are many, many elements that require mobile phone companies to make the product more attractive and user-friendly in a small space, just like assembling a model. "

Mike laughed when he heard about the diamond gemstones.

However, Zhao Changan's words still made him think deeply: "Before, we made handheld PADs that supported PushMail email, mobile phones, text messages, Internet fax, web browsing and other wireless information services, and provided network storage services. Then two subdivisions appeared, one is the continued PAD product, and the other is to add phonebooks, calendars, and voice communication functions to the PAD, making it a new type of mobile phone.

But now some mobile phone PAD companies cooperate with Yahoo! Mail, so these mobile products also have the PushMail email performance of RIM 6230, the only difference is the channel selection. Moreover, the usage fee of Yahoo! Mail is lower than PushMail. If it were not for this incident, BlackBerry would still be a very niche product. " Obviously, Mike also has this sense of crisis.

In Zhao Changan's previous life, BlackBerry's biggest problem, in Zhao Changan's opinion, was not that it failed to join the Android camp in time to fight against the iPhone.

Rather, it is their BlackBerry membership payment system that has severely restricted BlackBerry's expansion and development.

So many people use RIM phones only because they are affected by those rare disasters. So even if they use RIM phones, they will not pay every month to use the BlackBerry membership function.

Although BlackBerry's unique channel function is still retained, users usually use the downloaded Yahoo! communication client with cheaper rates for email.

In this way, facing the aggressive iPhone, BlackBerry, which only has a small number of loyal paying members, is unable to retain a large number of lost users.

Of course there are other reasons, but this reason alone is enough to be fatal.

In Zhao Changan's view, the solution to this problem is very simple. The first step for BlackBerry is to cancel the membership payment system, and the second step is to swallow up GG North America.

For example, in 07, BlackBerry's paid members just exceeded 100 million. Based on an average of US$10 per month, the annual membership service fee revenue was only US$1.2 million.

At that time, BlackBerry's market value had exceeded 800 billion US dollars. It was definitely not worth it to earn this little bit of income. By canceling the membership fees and selling more phones, the profits would naturally be made up.

It's not that they can't collect money, but they can't collect money from users. In this regard, iPhone is more shady. It doesn't collect money from players who recharge to play games, but it squeezes the money from game companies.

The reason for this situation is that although Phone is not the only dominant company, the seemingly generous Android is not a good player either. The two companies tacitly seize a large number of APP companies to cut leeks.

In Zhao Changan's opinion, if BlackBerry provides more free cloud storage services, coupled with GG North America, and together they can attract tens of millions of North American users, it will not be so easy for Phone to gain market share.

The three of them sat by the stream, looking at the clear water and the schools of fish floating in it that seemed like reflections of the empty blue sky. Zhao Changan couldn't help but secretly sigh that it was a pity. If only there were some grilling ingredients, he could go down and catch a few fish to grill and eat.

She casually asked Qi Xidong, "Has the divorce been finalized?"

"It's done. After all these years, I can finally relax."

Qi Xidong had a smile on his face. "Although if we talk about betrayal, it was she who did it, but I haven't put too much energy into her child over the years, nor have I invested any money. The property over there is her inheritance, and the only thing I have is a worthless car, but I don't want it anymore. It's good to leave with nothing!"

“So that’s why we have sighs about life?”

The reason why Zhao Changan didn't respond to Qi Xidong's words just now was because he didn't know what to say.

But since the facts are there, this place is beautiful, quiet and cool, so let's mention it.