If we say that the most popular thing about this Los Angeles Science and Technology Summit is undoubtedly ETL's booth, it not only brings the advanced technology that currently shocks the world, but more importantly, Ye Jun himself is present in person.
On the first day, the ETL counter booth was packed with people. Ye Jun briefly performed some live demonstrations of mobile phones, which immediately attracted great attention from various media, and the noise was endless. Some media even used live broadcasts to allow the outside world to learn about the Los Angeles Science and Technology Summit at the first time. However, the one with the highest ratings was naturally the ETL booth.
Even people at other booths frequently looked sideways, wishing they could come over and take a look at such a magical mobile phone. In this day and age, the concept of mobile phones is still stuck in the form of a bulky big brother. Not to mention inconvenient to carry, the price alone is enough to attract people's attention. It¡¯s daunting, not to mention the damn information fees.
But right now, the low-end products launched by ETL are priced at only ninety-nine dollars. This price is definitely acceptable to North American consumers. Of course, the premise is that the information costs incurred can also be within the affordable range. As for high-end products, that is, color-screen mobile phones, especially those equipped with camera and photography functions, are also loved by many people.
"Mr. Ye, there are currently many information operators who plan to cooperate with the company. They agree with the contract package plan we submitted. They also said that this is a new business situation and they want to know more details."
Connor, who was accompanying him, walked over with a smile and said: "Currently, there are eight information operators in the western and eastern regions. As for Canada, there are also two information operators who have proposed to contact me. I believe that the subsequent negotiations will go smoothly. . However, each operator currently wants to know when the product will be available on the market and when the goods will be delivered to them in advance so that they can carry out subsequent publicity and prepaid business. "
"The current factories are basically concentrated in Jinghua, and they are temporarily rented factories. Our own factories are still under construction, and we will not be able to process sound fields until at least the second half of next year. In other words, the current rented temporary factories are in production. The increase will definitely not be too high. Mr. Connor, you can increase the monthly output from 200,000 pieces to 300,000 pieces in the fourth quarter and see how much goods can be distributed to each operator. "
Connor looked thoughtful, as if he heard the implication, and said: "Mr. Ye, are you planning to launch it at the end of the year and Christmas?"
"This not only buys us more processing and production time, but also ensures the quality of shipments. The quality of the first batch of products for the market must be strictly controlled, and the shipment failure rate is controlled at 0.3%. the following."
"Okay, I understand." Connor nodded.
The Los Angeles Science and Technology Summit lasted for three days. Because Ye Jun arranged it well, he would present something different every day, and was jokingly called by foreigners as a show of black technology.
It is true that in this day and age, what Ye Jun has come up with is really shocking. Maybe these things will no longer be new in a few years, but right now, it is a masterpiece that many people are paying attention to.
Almost all men, women and children are very interested, not to mention the elderly and middle-aged people. For a tool that can talk to others anytime and anywhere, it is much more convenient in daily life, especially business people, who hope to be the first to Communicate with customers anytime, anywhere. Young men and women are interested in the audio and video playback function of mobile phones, as well as video and photography. As for the children, they are amazed that a thing with so many functions can also play games, and those are TV games.
Although in this era, children in North America have already played 32-bit games from a certain island company, and those earlier FC and MD games have long been gradually thrown off the stage, but this does not hinder the development of these children. Enthusiasm, after all, no matter how you play the game, it needs to be paired with a TV. You cannot play it anytime, anywhere, wrapped up in the quilt, or squatting on the toilet.
Therefore, many children also understand this kind of mobile phone as a game console.
Generally speaking, because of Ye Jun¡¯s reputation and the fact that major information operators have received satisfactory cooperation plans, ETL mobile phones have also made a good start this year in North America.
Next, Ye Jun needs to set his sights on Europe and Asia, especially the mainland market. This market of more than one billion people must be captured.
It¡¯s just that Ye Jun¡¯s idea was good, but the reality was helpless. He had just started to be interested, and a call came to his elder brother.
¡°Young man, it¡¯s me.¡±
"Prime Minister?"
Ye Jun was startled, and his face immediately changed to a serious expression.
"There have been a lot of reports about you recently. In fact, we have also studied mobile phones in the past two years, but we started late and the technology has not kept up with us.On. "The Prime Minister got to the point very directly and clearly.
"Prime Minister, don't worry. In fact, I have arranged for Hou Xiaojie to contact the heads of Nanxin and Beitong."
Ye Jun thought that the Prime Minister wanted to tell him about technology sharing, but obviously not. The Prime Minister smiled lightly and said: "I heard about this, and I am very grateful for your enthusiasm."
After a pause, he continued: "The country needs ambitious young people like you who can think for the country at critical moments."
"Prime Minister, I don't understand what you mean." Ye Jun frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.
"As far as I know, you have reached a cooperation agreement with some information operators in North America to transport these mobile phones there at a very low price, right?"
"Yes."
This is not a secret. After all, after receiving satisfactory answers, these impatient operators began to carry out vigorous publicity in order to win over customers and carve up this market. In just two days, the number of pre-orders has exceeded six One hundred thousand people, Ye Jun was still discussing production with Connor just now.
"I hope you can also cooperate with Nanxin and Beitong in this regard."
The bad feeling finally came true. Ye Jun had to admire the Prime Minister's vision. He had obviously seen the future of this market.
Ye Jun¡¯s face looked a little ugly, because this was tantamount to asking him to directly hand over the rights to information charges.
"Actually, I have known your purpose of asking Hou Xiaojie to win Hangtong Company a long time ago."
The Prime Minister paused and said: "I have to say that you have a far-sighted vision and a keen sense of business, but you still have a sense of luck. Today I am not asking you to do anything, I am just telling you a fact as an elder. , If you really want to turn your thoughts into reality, your path will be difficult in the future, at least in China, I can't help you. "
After he finished speaking, he said, "Think about it carefully. I'll wait for your call back," and then hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy tone coming from the phone, Ye Jun was speechless for a long time. From an emotional point of view, Ye Jun believed and loved the Prime Minister very much. At least his heart was on his side.
It is conceivable that when the Prime Minister said these words to him today, he probably thought about it for a long time before dialing this number. He was not issuing a so-called ultimatum, let alone a warning, but was describing something that he was unable to change. .
Once Yejun is launched in the mainland market, Nanxin and Beitong will not be able to catch up. Even if they share technology, manufacturing and inspection work will not happen overnight. Now Ye Jun is busy with production and launch, but even if Nanxin and Beitong have mastered part of the technology, they will face various reviews and layers of meetings and consultations. I am afraid that they will not be able to come up with a reasonable plan before the end of the year. , by the time it goes on sale, the day lilies are cold.
The country will not allow Ye Jun's family to dominate. Even if it is a state-owned enterprise, the big bosses are convinced. Although Ye Jun is no longer a member of the Tianhai Party, he has always been inextricably linked to the Tianhai Party. The attitude between Zhang Xianmu and Di Ling was surprisingly ambiguous, and the secret cooperation between the Yanjing Party and the Tianhai Party was also an open secret. Even if Sun Ling gets involved at this time, the big bosses don't believe that Sun Ling is really here to cause trouble. On the other hand, even if he is really here to make trouble, I'm afraid it won't be enough to stop Ye Jun, who has already spread his wings.
¡°In the final analysis, this aviation company is nothing more than a private enterprise with the sign of a state-owned enterprise.
"Prime Minister, I will ask Hou Xiaojie to present a cooperation plan." Ye Jun thought about it all night before returning the call.
"Okay, young man, this is the best decision you have ever made. We really saw you right."
Ye Jun was moved because the Prime Minister actually said 'us'.
"Don't be surprised, it's not actually a test. I won't talk about the others except me, but they are all here at this moment."
The Prime Minister said with a smile: "Work hard, don't feel wronged, remember, believe in the party, believe in the party's principles and policies."
After ending the call, Ye Jun shook his head helplessly. In one sentence, his ambition was deprived of him. Reality is reality after all. Even if he tried every means to take advantage of the loopholes, Jiang was always old and spicy. He could see the signs at the slightest. It will be cut off immediately.
Frankly speaking, Ye Jun was unhappy, very unhappy. How much could he get from selling the hardware? Can you expect to eat for a long, long time?
He doesn¡¯t have any technology at all. The future is an era of rapid upgrading. If he can¡¯t go far on this road and becomes an oligarch in the field of informatization, then there will be no benefits at all.
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Ye Jun suddenly thought of a question. The Prime Minister seemedHe just told him that he wanted him to cooperate with Nanxin and Beitong, but he did not deny the existence of Hangtong. Thinking of this, Ye Jun suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "That's right, that's right, I almost tormented myself." Into the misunderstanding, isn¡¯t this what I thought at the beginning? Three pillars, three pillars, that¡¯s it, that¡¯s it.¡±
Thinking of this, Ye Jun was frightened for a while and said with emotion: "Fortunately, I made a right choice. I was almost blinded by interests. If I didn't agree, I'm afraid what the Prime Minister would say next would be a rejection of Hangtong." Right? It turns out that this is what it means to believe in the party and the party¡¯s principles and policies.¡±
"Although a lot of benefits will indeed be lost in this case, due to my intervention, Nanxin will definitely not split into Southern Mobile, which will indirectly reduce a competitor. As for Beitong, it has always followed a conservative route, and Nanxin has not yet Before the differentiation, it was still in a conservative state. So in the future, as long as we focus on the young market and continue to launch business strategies that are at the forefront of the times, when it stabilizes, Hangtong will still dominate this market. "
Ye Jun¡¯s mind began to work, and he gradually developed a clear development strategy.
On the day of returning to China, Ye Jun went to the largest commercial hotel in Tianhai City with a high profile and held a grand press conference.
This is his high-profile appearance in the capital since his trip to Hong Kong and Macau last year. In fact, no matter how Ye Jun hides his low profile, the outside world's enthusiasm for him has never decreased. What's more, this time he made such a big move that shocked the world and was listed in major newspapers, magazines and news For another great era of this century!
At the press conference, Ye Jun summarized some of his experiences at the Los Angeles Science and Technology Summit, and then cut into the topic. In front of everyone, he talked to a staff member 500 meters away, and at the same time, he also pulled out some reporters at the scene to come and talk in person. experience.
At the same time, Ye Jun also turned on the music on his mobile phone, and the melody played had a very low distortion rate. He also demonstrated functions such as taking pictures and recording videos, which was an eye-opener for the media reporters present. Many reporters lamented that they would buy ETL in the future. With your mobile phone, you no longer need to carry a bulky camera when you go out. After all, in this day and age, cameras with over one million pixels have just come out, and most reporters still use mobile phones with 800,000 pixels or even 400,000 pixels. It is reasonable for high-end mobile phones to be priced at more than 4,000 yuan. After all, a camera with over 100,000 pixels is quite reasonable. The price of a megapixel camera has reached four to five hundred dollars.
At least, they can accept this price.
But it was just like this that completely shocked foreign merchants. A mobile phone with so many functions could stably equal the quality of current top cameras in terms of photography quality. This directly made camera manufacturers such as Fujifilm famous. Eyes, these manufacturers wondered, how on earth did this damn machine do it.
On the day after the press conference, the entire Beijing was in an uproar, because Ye Jun had promised that the communication charges would only be a little higher than the current monthly BB phone charges, and the media from all over the country also The first time I went to the streets to take photos was mainly for market research. The survey results show that more than half of the people are willing to buy. Almost all of these people own a BB phone. They believe that since a mobile phone can realize the function of instant calls, it eliminates the cumbersome process of calling and resetting the BB phone, and the price is higher. They are almost the same, so I can naturally accept them.
After all, the price of a BB machine after connecting to the Internet is about 300 yuan, and the price of a mobile phone after connecting to the network is about 1,000 yuan, which is completely acceptable.
Only 20% of people said they were not interested or were waiting to see, while the rest said they would buy it immediately once the market responds well.
Only one week after this incident, Nanxin and Beitong immediately issued an announcement. Since the first batch of mobile phones was not large in quantity, they would order them through business halls. Only three days later, the number of the first batch of mobile phones was It was sold out, and because the first batch of customers got the inquiry list and submitted it to the newspaper for exposure, seeing such cost-effective rates, the popularity of pre-orders skyrocketed, and reservations were made directly for next year.
" Such popularity is something that Ye Jun did not expect at first. No wonder the giants like Li Cheng, Li Ji, and Guo Xiang all turned red with smiles.
¡°The production workshop must be enlarged.¡±
At the meeting, Li Cheng said calmly: "In addition to the principle of eliminating all outsourcing of parts, we must also thoroughly control quality while ensuring high production and efficiency."
Li Cheng's words attracted unanimous approval from everyone present. Now that autumn has entered, the market has also expanded to major countries in Europe and Asia. Facing more and more orders and reminders, Ye Jun and others are happy at the same time. It can be said that this is the first time in the past six months that Ye Jun has done everything himself, going to work on time every day, and being the last staff member to get off work. Those subordinates saw that the star boss was working so hard, and they themselvesHowever, I was also a little moved.
Although there are now factories in the Philippines, Mainland China, and Vietnam, and the number has reached 13, the monthly output is still not enough, barely reaching the 800,000 mark.
"Is it time?" Li Kai smiled.
"it's time."
Ye Jun has been enduring, and he has been enduring. He did not let Hangtong participate in the already popular market, but asked Hou Xiaojie to actively make preparations.
After all, Hangtong Company has young experience, but this is not an important issue, but that he must spare enough time for the old men in Beijing. I will give you one quarter, which is enough to give you face, in case he is later If someone catches up, you can't blame him.
Ye Jun holds this view.
That night, a promotional advertisement for Hangtong Company appeared on the prime time TV stations in the north and south. This was the first time that Airtong Company entered the public eye since its establishment. Although most people don¡¯t know the relationship between Hangtong Company and Ye Jun, some attentive people noticed the trick and inserted this advertisement just because there is no limit to entertainment. Moreover, the number of times it was played was much higher than other advertisements. Much more.
Of course, most of them are subjective conjectures without too much conclusive evidence, so not many people care. What they really care about is whether they can order the goods from Hangtong Company.
The shipment volume of 50,000 units is the standard negotiated by Li Cheng and others. There is no way, the Beijing government is keeping a close eye on it, so they cannot be too high-profile, although the shipment volume is a full 100,000 less than that of Nanxin and Beitong. However, everyone believes that this number can be increased in the future. There is no need to implement it in the early stage. To surpass them is just a matter of time. In the tortoise and the hare race, as long as you are not proud and let the tortoise run first, the hare can win.
There was no suspense. The Hangtong Company received hundreds of consultation calls the next day, and branches in more areas were already overcrowded. Compared with the current exhausting consulting work, Hou Xiaojie didn't care. All his focus was on There was no carelessness in the laying of the information network, because this was the task assigned by Ye Jun.
Although it inherited some of the informatization routes of the original aviation communications company, what was left at that time was only an outline. Resources in many places seemed to be wasted or even excessively wasted due to poor consideration. After discussions between Hou Xiaojie and the main key members, Yan Some members of the young and strong faction of the Beijing Party submitted documents, which were quickly reviewed and approved by various departments, and a sum of money was allocated to show support. In addition, with the technology sharing from Nanxin and Beitong, the information network laying work also received With great help, the progress has been gratifying.
Everyone is working intensively, and Ye Jun keeps wandering around Jiangling, Nantang, and Tianhai. Tonight, just when Ye Jun was about to put down the work at hand and take a rest, suddenly, a phone call came.
"What! Sister Su is in the hospital? She's about to give birth?"
Ye Jun's face showed a look of shock, followed by ecstasy. In fact, he had left Jiangling just the day before yesterday. At that time, Su Wenyu was still staying in the Qingyan Club, but his belly was already very big. It is true that a little life will come to this world at any time. .
"Xiao Jun, hurry up, come back, Wen Yu needs you." Dong Suning urged anxiously. She has seen Ye Jun's hard work in the past six months. In fact, in the past month, although Ye Jun returned to Jiangling several times It has increased a lot, but she still complains a little. In her opinion, work is never as important as her children.
"Mom, don't worry. I have already prepared. Guo Shibo's private landline has been lent to me. Don't worry, I will be able to reach Jiangling in two hours at most."
After saying that, Ye Jun quickly hung up the phone, then immediately went downstairs, entered the garage, took out the car, and dialed the phone at the same time: "Master Chen, please get ready, I want to go back to Jiangling, and I want to be a father!"
Ye Jun smiled happily. It's true that the long-term work pressure made him a little depressed on weekdays, but now, it has completely melted away. His whole person has become lively and lively. For a moment, he seems to have returned to the unrestrained and unruly way he used to be. years.
"This time, it's not a dream, I will definitely see my daughter." Ye Jun was driving the car, thinking secretly.