The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 255 The Problem Is Not Big (6K)

Lao Luo, who suddenly received a phone call from Director Zhang, couldn't figure out the purpose of the call, but he still said very politely:

"Hello, Mr. Zhang..."

The two exchanged a few polite words with each other, and then Director Zhang changed the topic to business.

"Mr. Luo is like this. I contacted you today because there is something I want to discuss with you."

"Recently, our Phoenix Group is preparing for the mobile phone department, and now we lack a chief product officer CPO. We hope you can come to serve as the chief product officer of our Phoenix mobile phone department. Do you think you are interested?"

Chief Product Officer?
Lao Luo was stunned for a moment, he never expected that the Phoenix Group contacted him to invite him to be their chief product officer for mobile phones!
But after a moment of stupefaction, there was a hint of joy in his heart.

I didn't expect that after I left the mobile phone industry for so many years, the famous Phoenix Group would still be interested in my talent, and even specially invite me...

In an instant, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile:
"Haha, Mr. Zhang, you are flattering me too much..."

"You suddenly mentioned this matter, which caught me off guard. I, Lao Luo, did make mobile phones before, but it was all a few years ago..."

The joy in Lao Luo's tone could not be concealed, but the secret happiness was the secret joy, and the satisfaction was the satisfaction. After a few words of modesty, Lao Luo also answered the factory director's question head-on.

"Mr. Zhang, thank you Phoenix Group for your invitation, but I'm not very interested in making mobile phones right now."

"You also know that I owe hundreds of millions of dollars because of making mobile phones, and now I still rely on live streaming to pay off the debt. I really don't have the time and energy to be your chief product officer now, you know what I mean."

Director Zhang was not surprised. Lao Luo's reaction was obviously the same as Hu Lai expected, and he was not very interested in being the chief product officer of Phoenix.

A CEO boss like Lao Luo who has experienced entrepreneurship, and now lives a good life with live streaming and delivery of goods, how could he just accept a CPO position and send it to others?
But he was not in a hurry, he had prepared before contacting Lao Luo.

"Mr. Luo, you don't have to rush to reject us, this time we came here with sincerity."

"Although we provide the position of chief product officer CPO, in addition to personnel and management, we can give you the greatest authority, and you can give full play to technology and innovation, and we will not have any restrictions."

"In addition, you should also know that our Phoenix Group has a strong technical team. Our technology coupled with your unique understanding and innovation of mobile phone products, I believe there will be very good sales."

Speaking of this, Director Zhang paused deliberately, and said with a smile:

"The most important thing is that once you have achieved good results in Phoenix Mobile, I believe investors will find you soon."

"No, there must be investors who find you and are willing to invest in you to re-enter the mobile phone industry..."

"Besides, are you willing to live broadcast for the rest of your life? Don't you want to stand up from where you fell one day, and then tell the whole world loudly that I, Lao Luo, have returned?"

"Right?!"

This……

It has to be said that Director Zhang's words were murderous, and every single sentence hit Lao Luo's heart.

In an instant, Lao Luo had many thoughts in his heart.

Indeed, as Director Zhang said, although the "Yanghammer Mobile Phone" he created did fail, he never felt that he had really failed.

Even if live broadcasting brings goods to pay off debts now, he knows in his heart that live broadcasting is only an expedient measure, and his dream in his heart still has a "technical dream" and a "mobile phone dream".

But as Director Zhang said, now that the ecological competition in the mobile phone industry has become so fierce, and he has the experience of "foreign hammer mobile phones", it is too difficult to obtain investment through the mobile phone industry.

For a moment, Lao Luo's thoughts raced quickly to weigh the pros and cons.

But before he could think about it, Director Zhang's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Luo, you don't need to answer me now."

"You can think about it carefully when you come down. If you are interested and have an idea, come down and contact me, and we will meet and discuss in detail."

"I still say what I just said, we believe that you are capable and capable, and we will fully give you enough trust and space to support you in developing new mobile phones to the greatest extent."

After Director Zhang finished speaking, Lao Luo gradually came back to his senses. After thinking for a while, he hummed and said:

"That's fine, Mr. Zhang, I'll think about replying to you."

"Okay, then wait for the good news."

After a brief conversation, Luo Yonghao hung up the phone, and the little assistant Xiao Li who was listening to the conversation couldn't bear it anymore, and asked excitedly:
"Mr. Luo, is it the phone number of the Phoenix Group? Is it really the phone number of the hottest Phoenix Group? Are they looking for us to bring the goods?"

The three questions in a row made Lao Luo relax. Looking at the excited assistant Xiao Li beside him, he couldn't help but smile.

Anyway, after leaving the market for such a long time, I can still be favored by the Phoenix Group.

He looked at Xiao Li with a smile and said:

"Seeing how excited you are, it's indeed the call from President Zhang, the general manager of Phoenix Group, but it's because of other things."

"Other things?!"

The smile on Lao Luo's face was even worse, he sighed and said pretendingly:
"They hope to ask me to come out to help them make Phoenix mobile phones, but Xiao Li, you also know..."

"I've been too busy recently, I don't have much interest..."

……

time flies.

Two days later, Phoenix Group headquarters.

Steaming hot tea has been brewed on the square table in the reception room, and the whole reception room is fragrant.

The whole thing was just as Hu Lai had expected. The day after Factory Manager Zhang contacted Lao Luo, Factory Manager Zhang received a reply from Lao Luo, willing to fly to the Phoenix headquarters for a detailed chat.

Today happened to be the appointed day, at ten o'clock in the morning, Lao Luo arrived at the Phoenix headquarters on time.

After factory manager Zhang took Lao Luo to the reception room, Hu Lai also came to the reception room after a while.

Lao Luo saw Hu Lai at a glance. Although he knew that President Hu of the Phoenix Group was very young, he was still a little surprised when he actually saw Hu Lai.

but.

Before he could think too much, Director Zhang quickly stood up and introduced.

"Mr. Luo, this is the boss of our Phoenix Group, Mr. Hu."

"Boss, this is Boss Luo, Lao Luo."

Hu Lai walked up to him with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to shake his right hand. He looked at Lao Luo while being polite.

Lao Luo was dressed in blue-gray clothes with loose blue trousers, and a pair of small eyes were hidden under a pair of black glasses. His overall appearance was not much different from his impression.

After a brief introduction, the three of them sat down, and after a few polite words, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

After a while, Director Zhang saw that the foreshadowing was almost done, and brought the topic to the main topic.

He looked at Lao Luo and said with a smile:

"Mr. Luo, thank you for coming here on purpose. It just so happens that Mr. Hu is here today. You can mention any ideas and considerations you have."

"We will agree to the conditions that can be agreed, so you can rest assured."

"Ah That's good."

With the foreshadowing just now, Lao Luo also relaxed a lot.

He gently pushed the black glasses frame, looked at Director Zhang confidently, and finally set his eyes on Hu Lai.

"To tell you the truth, although I have been doing live streaming for the past few years, I do still pay attention to the mobile phone industry."

"Mr. Hu and Mr. Zhang, you should have done research. The current mobile phone industry has passed the golden development cycle. The mobile phone industry has been very saturated in recent years. Not only is the market saturated, but even the overall shipment of mobile phones has declined. .”

"To be honest, in such a fierce and mature competitive environment, it is very difficult to enter the mobile phone industry with a new brand, right?"

"Although Phoenix Group has a certain fan base, the first batch of mobile phones may sell well relying on the power of fans, but in the end, I don't think it is easy to gain a foothold in the mobile phone market, you know what I mean Bar?"

Hu Lai nodded, motioning for Lao Luo to continue talking.

"I don't know if the two of you have such feelings. According to the latest market survey, most people now spend more and more time changing their mobile phones. In the past, they had to replace their mobile phones in one or two years. Now many people use them for three to five years. are still in use.”

"On the one hand, everyone's consumption power has decreased, and on the other hand, everyone's desire to buy has decreased."

"The hardware of mobile phones in the past two or three years can basically meet most of the daily use. Even Android phones from three or four years ago can be used now without any card."

"Without new hardware requirements, without new software function requirements, naturally there is no hard reason to change mobile phones..."

"So, on the whole, it is very difficult to enter the mobile phone industry now. To open up the market, new brands must not only have extremely high cost performance in hardware, but also have breakthroughs in user experience and functions. The first and second batches of mobile phones must be It’s not a plan to make money.”

"In this way, the initial investment in mobile phones is not a small fee."

Hu took a look at Director Zhang and smiled.

Lao Luo said so many difficult things, in fact, just to ask the last sentence.

Of course, Director Zhang could hear Lao Luo's tentative intentions, and just about to speak, Hu Lai took the first step and said:
"Mr. Luo, in your opinion, how much is the appropriate initial investment for our first batch?"

Luo Yonghao and Lao Luo pushed the black glasses frame, looked at Hu Lai and said:

"If you count the cost of operation and maintenance, R&D costs, and production and distribution, the first batch will need to invest about 10 billion yuan."

"If it is lower, I don't think there is a need to do this, and we don't need to talk about it, right?"

After finishing speaking, Lao Luo naturally took a sip from his teacup, and then looked at Hu Lai.

Hu Lai shook his head and smiled.

"A billion?"

"Well, the first batch of investment of one billion is not much, this is the most basic..."

Before Lao Luo finished speaking, Director Zhang interrupted suddenly.

"Mr. Luo, you don't have to worry about funding issues. Our estimated investment is this amount."

As he spoke, Director Zhang stretched out his right palm and shook it.

"50 billion?"

Lao Luo almost choked on the water, five billion?
Good guy, the first investment in building a mobile phone is 50 billion directly?

How rich is the Phoenix Group?
Suddenly, Lao Luo looked at Hu Lai with a half-smile and a half-smile in his eyes. He pushed his black-rimmed glasses, and there was a faint heat on his forehead.

Hu Lai on the side also nodded, and added:
"50 billion is the first investment we expect, and if necessary, we will make additional investments in the future."

"We hope that Phoenix mobile phones can quickly reach the sales volume of domestic first-line mobile phones, and our mobile phone sales will not be limited to the domestic market, and the foreign market will also advance simultaneously, so 50 billion is not a lot for our plan."

"But don't worry, since we invited you to join our chief product officer, we hope that you can design and develop a very good mobile phone as a product officer. As long as Mr. Luo has any innovative ideas in technology, we will try our best to realize it." , you don’t have to worry about money or technology.”

Lao Luo nodded again and again. Although he had known about the Phoenix Group before, Hu Lai's generosity still shocked him a little.

But fortunately, Lao Luo is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and quickly recovered after a brief shock.

He took out two documents from the bag he brought with him and handed them to Hu Lai and Director Zhang.

While waiting for Hu Lai to browse, Lao Luo said:

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Zhang, to tell you the truth, I am still interested in participating in the research and development of Phoenix Mobile and being the Chief Product Officer of Phoenix Mobile..."

"But the two also know that being a mobile product officer requires a lot of time and energy. I think we can be a cooperative relationship, not a simple employee relationship."

"Partnership?"

Hu Lai raised his head with great interest, and looked at Lao Luo with both eyes.

Lao Luo also gradually entered the state at this time.

"Yes, I can join Phoenix Mobile as the product officer of Phoenix Mobile, and I will also guarantee working hours. However, I prefer to cooperate as a strategic partner."

"I don't need any salary during this period, but once the sales data of the mobile phone is in line with our expectations, you need to pay me a certain labor fee."

"Everyone knows about mobile phones. Generally speaking, the sales volume of a new mobile phone in a single month can determine the sales volume of the entire mobile phone. If the sales volume cannot explode in the first three months, then the subsequent sales volume will also fail."

"Of course, I won't ask for any compensation if sales fall short of expectations. In this way, you can also rest assured that the development cycle of a mobile phone is about 6 months to a year. If I don't pay attention, it means that there will be no income for a year. .”

Hu Lai pondered for a while, and Lao Luo's thoughts were similar to what he had expected before.

People like Lao Luo used to create the "Yanghammer Mobile Phone" by himself, and now he can earn hundreds of millions a year by live broadcasting and delivering goods, and becoming the chief product officer of Phoenix Group can only earn a million annual salary at most, which is not very attractive to him force.

What's more, as a person who is used to being a boss, how can he adapt to being restrained when he is used to freedom?

The core thing that can attract Lao Luo to participate in product research and development is the previous point. Lao Luo hopes to make a comeback through the Phoenix Group and regain the favor of capital.

As for the labor fee mentioned by Lao Luo, Hu Lai didn't feel any resentment in his heart. The Phoenix Group's long-standing tradition is that the project team of the products that sell well will have extremely generous rewards, and Lao Luo's amount is nothing more than a little higher.

After weighing the pros and cons, Hu Lai had a plan in mind.

"no problem."

"Just as you said, as long as the sales of mobile phones meet expectations, I will pay you a one-time labor fee."

"The specific amount is based on what is written in your information, there is no problem."

Hu Lai agreed directly, but Lao Luo became dumbfounded.

He stared at Hu Lai in a daze for several seconds, then slowly said:
"Mr. Hu, do you agree now? You have no objection to the labor fee? Do you want to negotiate?"

Hu Lai shook his head.

"There is no need to negotiate, everything will be as you said."

Lao Luo let out a deep breath, he never expected that today would be so smooth.

The local tyrants and straightforwardness of the Phoenix Group were completely beyond his expectations, but seeing that it was precisely because of this, he was even more delighted.

As strong as the Phoenix Group, they all attach so much importance to themselves...

Before he could think about it, another nonsense words came from his ear.

"Old Luo, now that we have reached a preliminary agreement, you can just say what you think about the phone, or what requirements you have, and we can prepare as soon as possible."

When Lao Luo heard this, he immediately cheered up.

He also knew in his heart that Phoenix Group's willingness to invite him must be due to his ability in R&D and innovation, and this is the time for him to perform.

He quickly sorted out his thoughts and expressed his initial thoughts.

"Mr. Hu, this time our goal is to create a high-end flagship mobile phone, so our hardware must be equipped with the best mobile phone chip."

"First of all, the most important thing is Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 gen1 chip. This chip is currently the strongest chip in the mobile phone field except for the A15. I heard that the production capacity is insufficient and the demand is relatively tight. We'd better be able to stock up in advance, right?"

As soon as he said a word, Director Zhang hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt.

"There is no need to discuss the chip issue. It won't be long before Hongguo's A15 is not the most powerful chip in mobile phones."

"And Qualcomm's Xiaolong 8 gen1, hehe..."

Lao Luo was confused: "???"

Hu Lai explained with a smile:
"Old Luo, you should also know that we produced a 'Breaking Dawn 005D' chip not long ago. Although the specific parameters have not been announced to the public, I can disclose it to you in advance."

"The 'Poxiao 005D' chip is what we use to carry on our flagship mobile phone, and its performance far exceeds that of the Honggo A15. As for Xiaolong 8 gen 1, it is naturally no problem."

Lao Luo was shocked immediately.

???

Far beyond Hongguo A15?Xiaolong 8 gen 1 is not a problem?

He naturally knew that Phoenix developed a 5nm chip some time ago, but the specific performance parameters have not been announced yet. Now everyone in the outside world believes that the performance of Phoenix's first 5nm chip should be similar to that of Snapdragon 888, but...

Lao Luo looked at Hu Lai and then at Director Zhang, feeling a bit unacceptable.

If it wasn't for Hu Lai, the boss of the Phoenix Group, who said it himself, and if it wasn't for the Phoenix Group's very good car chips and computer chips, then he must think that Hu Lai must be crazy at this moment.

But before he came back to his senses, Hu Lai continued:
"I recently saw that VOVO mobile phones have launched a dual-chip mobile phone. Their SOC chip is used for basic daily use of mobile phones, and an ISP chip is dedicated to image processing. If you have such an idea, you can also tell us, our chip The design team can develop it specifically for the performance you need..."

"Of course, theoretically speaking, the performance provided by our 'Breaking Dawn 005D' is sufficient, and even dual chips cannot achieve our performance."

"..."

Lao Luo didn't know what to say at all, he pushed his black-rimmed glasses, tiny beads of sweat began to ooze from the back of his head.

Damn, this strength is a bit outrageous.

Suddenly, he became a little less confident...

Phoenix Group has such a powerful chip and still asks itself to do product design?

Such a powerful chip is already a big enough selling point, okay?

After a while, Lao Luo slowly recovered from the shock.

"...Okay, since the chip is not the problem, there is no need to talk about other spare parts. There are very mature solutions on the market.

"Others are some ideas and innovations in software functions."

Speaking of this, Lao Luo felt a little more confident in his heart. For him, these are his unique design ideas.

He took out another document from his bag and handed it to Hu Lai and Director Zhang.

"In terms of appearance, my idea is to have a real full screen, not the bangs of Hongguo, nor the hole digging of Android, but to truly realize the full screen."

"Real full screen?"

Lao Luo nodded:
"Well, the biggest technical difficulty of the real full screen lies in the camera under the screen and the design of the earpiece. Of course, this technology cannot be overcome by Hongguo at present, and it may be difficult."

Hu Lai didn't care, and said, "What else?"

"In addition to the full screen, I hope that the entire frame design will also make some changes."

"Hongguo 12 started to re-use the right-angle frame. Their design was the first I created on the 'Yanghammer Phone' six years ago, but this time I hope to change something, but I still need to re-conceive the specifics."

"Others are some innovations in functional applications, such as whitelist functions, such as 3D face recognition..."

At the end, Lao Luo specifically said:
"Of course, these ideas of mine are somewhat advanced. Maybe the current technology cannot be fully realized, and we can also make some trade-offs."

Before he finished speaking, Hu Lai frowned:

"No, there is no trade-off, these technical problems are not big."

Lao Luo: "???"

……

PS: I didn't have time to update 6K yesterday, so I will write more today and will continue to write more during the day.

Sorry everyone.

(End of this chapter)