this man is not calm

Chapter 303 Dawn

The two music albums were successful at the same time, and both upstream and downstream participants made a lot of money. As long as nothing unexpected happens, Jinxi Culture will receive a large amount of cash in two months, and the balance of Jin Shang's personal account will also be Increased a lot.

The career prospects of Zhang Qian and Luo Yang will also receive corresponding great development.

After the three of them talked about the prospects of the album and subsequent promotion strategies, they then talked about the issue of online music.

"Mr. Jin, I think this MP3 format does meet the current needs, but... its shortcomings are too obvious. I wonder if the company's technical department has upgraded and developed research and development to improve it?"

"Not yet. Our technological accumulation in this field is still very weak."

It’s not that Jin Shang is being modest. Jinxi Culture’s strength in Internet technology is already good, but its attainments in video and audio formats are not as good as that of a dedicated team.

Creating a playback carrier and format from scratch is extremely difficult. It requires corresponding hardware R&D and manufacturing capabilities, as well as a sufficient number of professionals.

I won’t mention it if it’s too troublesome. As far as mathematical analysis of music melody is concerned, you may have to start from the basic Fourier transform. If you want to do research, buy equipment, set up a laboratory, recruit corresponding talents, and do it again and again. Trial and error, investing countless manpower and material resources, may not necessarily succeed in the end. Even if you get some results by luck many years later, a lot of better and cheaper similar products have appeared on the market.

Doing research and development is a high-investment and high-risk endeavor. It requires a large manufacturer with sufficient strength to do it, produce results, have the ability to maintain them, and maximize its value.

Just like in the current home TV field, the competition between plasma and LCD in large-screen color TVs has become fierce.

The same is true in the current storage field. Even if Jinxi Culture has developed a particularly powerful format and carrier, others will not use it and no one will support it. It is just a decoration.

To be honest, the difference between these two technologies is quite big, but there is no distinction between them. If they continue to study each and upgrade their products iteratively, they will probably end up with the same goal in the end.

Seeing that Zhang Qian's face looked a little bad, Jin Shang sighed softly in his heart and said helplessly:

"I also know that MP3 has extremely serious distortion in the high-frequency field, but there is no way. It already has the best sound quality, the smallest compression capacity, and the smoothest playback. It is useless for us to work hard on software and storage formats. If the sound card, graphics card, decoding chip, speaker amplifier, headphone circuit, etc. are not up to standard, the experience will not be optimal."

A game console that can watch video movies?

"Of course, Lao Zhang, you have to believe me, I am really not just perfunctory with you. Look, a song of about three minutes now is only a few hundred kilobytes in size. With the current Internet speed, it can barely be used. Our desktop The software can barely run nearly 500 songs without lag, what do you think it will be like if there are more?"

Who doesn’t want to use high-quality audio formats such as M4A, FLAC, APE, AIFF or OGG Vorbis?

Whether it is software or hardware, they are still in a relatively primitive stage. Personal computers are still relatively luxurious production of office supplies. There are no dedicated entertainment audio and video laptops in the world. If you want to play games, buy a game console, watch movies, buy For video recorders and DVDs, to listen to songs, you need a special record player or a Walkman.

Seems a bit unprofessional.

Jin Shang also breathed a sigh of relief after Zhang Qian's doubts were dispelled.

Naturally, other color TV manufacturers could not sit still and wait for death, so they closely gathered under the LCD banner and started a battle with the Plasma Group.

This kind of operation made the well-informed Young Master Jin stunned.

If possible, Jin Shang also wants to use WAV lossless compression format. Is it possible?

It's still the reckless entrepreneurs with clever minds who can play this game. If you open a window for them, they can't wait to tear down the roof.

However, many DVD player manufacturers have actually engaged in a wave of reverse marketing, intending to add game play functions to DVD players, and even come with game controllers.

The problem is that plasma color TV manufacturers have first-mover advantages, have built an extremely solid patent moat, and have also formed a conservative and exclusive industry alliance to prevent other peers from participating in profit sharing.

In addition, without the ability to produce video games, and without strong partners, if you come to the game console field to stir up trouble, I am afraid that you have not experienced severe beatings.

"A stopgap measure?"

You know, the storage media interface of the mainstream computers on the market is a floppy disk, not a DVD player/recorder. Jinshang is planning to add DVD playback function to the game console Venus 2, and the price will not increase if the volume is increased. It is almost regarded as a model of prodigal. .

The same thing will happen in the new energy field in the future. The first movers have secured the key technology patents in the hydrogen energy track and are ready to make money. However, the latecomers directly go around and develop the lithium battery route.

Without strength and virtue, some things are difficult to do.

Of course, Jinshang is not afraid of this so-called cross-industry competition. The technical content of game consoles is much higher than that of DVD players. It is not particularly difficult to build one, but it is extremely difficult to build one well.

The computer's hard drive cache is only that big, and the Internet speed is that fast. Originally, Jinxi Music was not profitable. If we forcibly replace "Xiaomi plus rifles" with "airplanes plus cannons" without too much competitive pressure, I'm afraid it won't be the case. He was immediately dragged to death.

As the executive director of Jinxi Music, Jin Shang is quite happy that Zhang Qian has such a sense of ownership and thinks about the company. However, as a boss, he also has his own considerations in terms of development strategy.

After temporarily pressing the "gourd" that popped up here, the three of them chatted for a while about outsourcing pop music copyrights and replenishing inventory. After discussing the investment funds, transaction object standards and price ranges, they ended This is a more important meeting.

After sending Zhang Qian and Luo Yang away, Jin Shang felt relieved.

After closing the office door, Huang Yiyi sorted out the records and said to Jin Shang:

"Both of them are capable and have ideas. If Mr. Jin only wants a tool person who only knows how to execute but has no subjective initiative, Mr. Zhang and Consultant Luo may feel uncomfortable."

"I know that entrusting Jinxi Music to them is based on their abilities. Everyone has different ideas. Maybe in the future, the development process of Jinxi Music will be somewhat different from what I imagined, but... ...As long as we move in the planned direction, that's enough. The company is getting bigger and bigger, and it's impossible for me to operate every small business line in detail. Putting the right managers in the right positions is better than It’s much better to work hard by yourself and do your best.”

To recruit and reuse talents, we must also tame them. We must not let our subordinates lead us around, let alone lose overall control.

"I am also gradually understanding the art of management and the details of the company's operation. I need to explore it in practice and get in touch with the senior executives."

Jinxi Culture is no longer the grass-roots team that showed off everywhere last year, but a huge machine in operation, including the boss Jin Shang, who is actually a component of it.

Huang Yiyi responded calmly:

"Employees who have majored in human resources management like bosses who have a good sense of proportion, know how to grasp the big and let go of the small, and are capable. Our industry is like the ancient counselors, swordsmen, and jesters. If there is no wise boss, The lord trusts you, and if you don’t have room to show off, you won’t be able to become famous.”

Small companies, or informal enterprises, have no need for human resource management at all. Anyway, they are just a battlefield where the boss speaks out, or there are many hills, and there is constant internal friction. They... do not need a human resources director, it is enough to have an onboarding and offboarding officer in the HR department.

Only truly modern large companies will regard "human resources" as "resources" and assign dedicated personnel to "manage" them using scientific methods.

"When you sit in that position, you will naturally regard each employee as a quantitative data, and it is normal to treat people as human beings. Otherwise..." Jin Shang agreed very clearly,

"He was so cruel that he even took the blame for his boss and was pushed out to quell public anger at the critical moment."

Huang Yiyi, who has just joined the workforce, has never experienced this before. The experience of Wei Shuangping, a senior in the workplace, is the best proof.

"At the end of last month, I signed a report dismissing/dissuading twenty-seven people, and rejected nine people's applications for bonuses. Privately, I don't know how many people are scolding me. I heard from my seniors that if this industry cannot Get ahead as soon as possible and change careers quickly. At the time, I thought this was too extreme, but now I think it was from the bottom of my heart. Professional research and providing accurate advice to the boss. Newcomers can't do it at all. They go to the grassroots to recruit from school and recruit. If you can’t let go of your figure, you might as well do as well as a layman with low education.”

Among the embarrassing majors in China in recent years, human resources management is not among the best, and it is indeed difficult to get involved.

"It's different from an internship. When you actually join the job, you can experience the difficulties of the workplace."

Jin Shang checked the time and saw that it was very close to the time he had made an appointment with Zheng Liangzhi.

"I used to do all these things myself, and even if I offended people, everyone would be angry and dare not speak out. Now... the company system is there, and the orientation of humanized management cannot be given up. How do you grasp the scale? You have to watch more and think more. Work on it first, it’s almost done, I’ll let you go to the frontline department for some training, and then go back to the headquarters..."

If Wei Shuangping is a great talent, both general and prime minister, Huang Yiyi's level is that of a Hanlin who is proficient in learning but poor in practice. He has great potential, but is still far from being able to truly stand alone.

Fortunately, this slightly exotic female secretary is a down-to-earth and hard-working person. It would be ideal if she could persevere and become the pillar of the company.

After handing over some things, Huang Yiyi went out to complete some uploading and issuing tasks, and by the way, she invited Zheng Liangzhi, who was having a great time, over.

After closing the door and leaving no outsiders, Jin Shang put down his professional attitude and sat on both sides of the coffee table with the senior, whispering more important things.

Taking a sip of fragrant tea, Zheng Liangzhi asked directly:

"Is it... Hao Qilian's matter?"

"Ok!"

Jin Shang sorted out his words, briefly talked about the issues there and his thoughts on mobile local calls, and finally concluded,

"Uncle Zheng, I'm not familiar with the project operation model of Telecom. How can I convince them to continue working on PHS technology projects and entrust us to act as agents?"

"Mobile local calls, I can't say for sure about technical issues. It's up to you to decide. How do you judge based on the technical prospects and their internal attitudes?"

"There is hope, but... it has to do with market-oriented reforms and the separation of management and administration and business split of big telecommunications. I can only start from this aspect."

The "unification" model of basic operators is definitely unsustainable, and it will be a matter of time before they are separated.

However, how to dismantle it is a big question.

It is definitely impossible to divide the business scope by region. At best, it is a bit biased and focused. For example, China Mobile has an advantage in the south, while China Unicom is popular in the north. However, it does not say that it cannot expand.

As for cutting off the business chain, there are also problems.

For example, in order to prevent monopoly, a shoe-selling trust is forcibly split into two companies, one selling left shoes and the other selling right shoes. Is this useful?

Therefore, Jin Shang believes that the split and restructuring of operators should generally be based on business types.

"For example, landline and Internet are operated by China Telecom, and mobile phone communications are handled by China Mobile, and then..."

Jin Shang gave Zheng Liangzhi a thoughtful look. The other person didn't know why at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized it.

"I understand, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins."

"Yes, that's what it means."

If the restructuring and split are successfully completed, will mobile local calls be considered fixed lines or wireless communications? Who is in charge and who will operate it?

Just like the "Little Smart" business in the previous life, no one took it seriously at first. Later, when it started to prosper, several people wanted to be "fathers" appeared.

What is being fought for is management rights, as well as profits. At its peak, there were hundreds of millions of users, with an average monthly consumption of 30 yuan per person, which was more than 30 billion a year, and equipment sales were tens of billions. Who wouldn't be jealous?

"If this mobile phone service really has a future, then... it's really worth fighting for. But..."

Zheng Liangzhi suggested,

"Too much is too much. We can be very enthusiastic, but we can't be impatient. Otherwise, the effect will not be good. As far as I know, the situation there is divided into three sections. Internal division is almost an open secret. It depends on when. Posted publicly.”

"Then...the division of business has been clearly defined?"

"almost."

Zheng Liangzhi nodded to confirm,

"Wireless communications are now mobile..."

"That means..."

Jin Shang's eyes lit up after hearing this.

"In principle, the main department does not sell contract mobile phones and tariff packages."

Note that in principle, this business will be handled by China Mobile in the future, but is this a big piece of cake really just given up?

There are indeed few mobile phone users today, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be more in the future.

"No wonder Hao Qilian was vague. In fact, he and I have the same goal. Mobile local calls are fixed lines, and the cellular base station is a large, intensive cordless phone."

"It's useless to tell me, and there's no rush now. Director Hao Qilian doesn't seem eager on the surface, but in fact he has the intention of breaking the situation and bypassing the threshold."

"It's a bit ugly to do it yourself, then... our chance will come."

The understanding Jin Shang instantly understood what Zheng Liangzhi meant.

"No wonder Director Hao's attitude is not positive, but he didn't say anything. Based on our happy cooperation experience in the past year or so, we can't say that we can really get the agency rights."

I just had ideas before but couldn't find a clue. After Zheng Liangzhi's guidance, I finally saw hope.

If there is an old man in the family, it makes sense if there is a treasure.

(End of this chapter)