Rebirth, I really don't want to be a warm man

Chapter 507
Since the beginning of this year, the smartphone market has experienced explosive growth. Domestic mobile phone manufacturers such as Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Coolpad, LeEco, Meizu, oppo, vivo, and Xiaomi have entered the smartphone market one after another.

In this year alone, the shipment of smartphones reached more than 7000 million units.

In the next three to four years, the growth rate will be even faster, and the growth rate will not slow down until the shipment of smart phones reaches its peak in 15 and 16, and the market is saturated.

Whoever can grab enough users between Funchat and WeChat in the past few years when the smartphone market has exploded will become the ultimate winner and dominate the mobile instant messaging market.

On February 2th, Funchat took the lead in launching a price war again, raising the newcomer reward from 18 yuan to 5 yuan, and WeChat followed closely behind, and then Shuangfa started a big publicity war again, TV, Internet, offline Advertisements for both sides can be seen everywhere.

Both Funchat and WeChat maintain an offline promotion team of thousands of people.

With a promotion team of thousands of people, the cost of personnel and daily activities alone is nearly [-] million a month, and it will be even more if the promotion cost is included.

On the one hand, it is fighting a promotional war with WeChat, and on the other hand, Quchao is quietly starting to draw salary from the bottom of the pot.

Li Zhe has been paying attention to the progress of Xiaomi mobile phones. Xiaomi has played an important role in promoting the outbreak of the domestic mobile phone market.

It was the release of the Xiaomi mobile phone, which took the lead in lowering the price of low-end smartphones, ushered in the era of thousand yuan phones, and made smartphones affordable for more ordinary people.

With Li Zhe's intervention in this life, the launch of Mi 1 has been advanced three or four months, and it is expected to be launched in 6 or 7 copies.

The price of the mobile phone will be within 2000 yuan. Compared with the smartphone market, which generally costs more than 3000 yuan at this time, this price is definitely a diving price.

More importantly, the quality of mobile phones is guaranteed. With a price of less than 2000 yuan, the configuration of 3000-4000 yuan has been achieved.

Li Zhe negotiated with Rebs that Mi 1 will be pre-installed with Quchat, and Fundong Group will subsidize each mobile phone with 10 yuan.

That is to say, for a mobile phone worth 1999 yuan, customers can get it for only 1989 yuan.

Not only Xiaomi, but Fundong Group will also discuss with Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, Lenovo and other major mobile phone manufacturers.

Giving mobile phone manufacturers pre-installation subsidies is undoubtedly a bad start. When Penguin also follows up, vicious competition will form. The two sides continue to burn money on a large scale until one party is dragged down.

But shopping malls are like battlefields, the first to attack is the strong, and the second to attack will suffer.

In the previous life, WeChat had no competitors, only Mi Chat, and it was quickly killed. It was simply a lie to win, and there was no need to resort to any means.

But now it is a strong competition between Funchat and WeChat, and vicious competition is inevitable.

Whoever strikes early, and who strikes hard enough, will be the final winner.

Just like a certain taxi-hailing software giant, it relied on malicious competition and unscrupulous methods to bring down all competitors, and thus monopolized the market.

As long as the real-name users of Funchat can break through [-] million first and occupy an absolute advantage, capital can enter the market and continue to raise funds to maintain burning money until it completely monopolizes the market.

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At the beginning of March, Li Zhe began to frequently inspect the production factories around the film and television games.

Thanks to the soaring global smartphone shipments, Funwan Technology’s small games such as "Angry Birds", "All People Sliced ​​Fruit", and "Plants vs. Zombies" have also seen a surge in revenue in Europe and the United States, especially Peripheral products sell very well.

Young people in Europe and America have the habit of buying peripheral products.

Just the small game "Angry Birds" can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Fundong Group in one year, and the revenue will increase significantly in the next two years as the popularity of the game increases.

However, this kind of small game became popular quickly, and the profiteering period was only two or three years.

Among them, 47% of the income of "Angry Birds" comes from derivative toys, books and other authorized products, and it can be said that peripheral income accounts for half.

Last year, Quku Entertainment set up a big movie "Angry Birds", just to make more money during the profiteering period.

The past five or six years have been the period of the fastest development in the country. When there are more and more frictions with the United States, it will be difficult to earn foreign exchange.

The peripheral product factories of Fundong Group are mainly located in Zhejiang Province.

At present, there are five or six factories for clothing, toys, accessories, etc., ranging in size from a few hundred to thousands of people. The total number of employees is five to six thousand, and this year and next two years will expand to tens of thousands.

Li Zhe didn't inform the factory about the inspection, and only Liu Kaiyue knew about the company. He drove over with his secretary and bodyguards, just to see the real situation in the factory.

Private secretaries Zhang Wenjun, Yu Xiangzi, administrative secretary Bai Wei, and five bodyguards Shen Baoshan, Zhou Chao, and Shu Mei made up a group of nine people.

Li Zhe, Zhang Wenjun, Yu Xiangzi, and Bai Wei were sitting together in the bulletproof Maybach that had just arrived, and bodyguard Shu Mei was in charge of driving.

Shen Baoshan, Zhou Chao and their four bodyguards sent each other back and forth in two BMW SUVs.

The bulletproof Maybach had four seats, and it was actually a bit cramped for five people, but Li Zhe, the boss, was more magnanimous and didn't mind being crowded with Zhang Wenjun and Yu Xiangzi.

Li Zhe and his party first went to a toy factory in Yiwu, which was the largest among several factories, with more than [-] to [-] workers.

It takes three or four hours to drive from Shanghai to Yiwu. Li Zhe and the others set off in the morning, but it was almost noon when they arrived in Yiwu.

"Mr. Li, why did you come here suddenly?" Jiang Hongshan, the person in charge of the toy factory and a 35-year-old female manager, came out with the supervisors, and was caught off guard by Li Zhe's arrival.

"Manager Jiang, take me to the workshop first!" Li Zhe and Jiang Hongshan ordered directly after exchanging greetings.

The workshop of the toy factory is very large, with semi-automated assembly line production. The workers are all wearing uniforms and wearing hoods to process toys. Most of the employees are young girls, accounting for [-]% to [-]%. Occasionally, you can see a few good-looking ones. .

It was also during this period that there were still more female workers in factories. Ten years later, even in factories with more female workers such as clothing factories and toy factories, there were very few young girls. They are all married women in their 40s.

Seeing the manager Jiang Hongshan leading people to visit, they just looked at it curiously, and then continued the decoration work, with a good work attitude and enthusiasm.

The production level of this toy factory, as well as the quality of its employees, are absolutely top-notch in China at this time.

However, the quality of employees is so good, mainly because of the factory's good benefits.

Now the factory here in Zhejiang Province generally pays about 2000 yuan a month. This is still due to working 12 hours a day, taking only one day off a week, and working overtime.

Not counting overtime basic salary is only 800-1000 yuan.

At that time, the average salary in the province was only 2900 yuan.

The surrounding factories of Fundong Group only need to work 10 hours a day, and take a day and a half off on weekends. They can get about 2800 yuan a month, and they will pay social security after three months of employment and become regular.

2800 yuan a month is no worse than ordinary white-collar workers. In addition, the work, accommodation conditions and food are also first-class, which makes people who want to work in the factory of Fundongji flock to it.

It's just that the factory's recruitment standards are also high, and those who are not with relatively good conditions will not be able to get in at all.

The factories of Fundong Group offer such high wages to their employees, which undoubtedly breaks the rules of the entire industry. Not to mention that they will be squeezed out by their peers, it will also increase production costs and competitive pressure.

Fortunately, the products are all sold to Europe and the United States for film and television game peripherals, with low cost and high profit, and it is completely acceptable to increase the cost.

Of course, Fundong Group can implement the same salary standard as other domestic companies, and enjoy the demographic dividend with peace of mind. This will not only make more profits but will not cause trouble.

But to rejuvenate the country through industry, industry is the foundation of a country.

Li Zhe knows what will happen ten years later. After experiencing the glory of the world's factories, there is a labor shortage in China.

What is more important is the change of concept. At this time, high-income workers with some skills in the factory are still more respected.

But ten years later, as long as you work in a factory, even technical jobs are not respected very much, and they are all stinky workers.

No one among young people wants to work in a factory, they just want to be stars and Internet celebrities.

This change in attitudes and attitudes is a big problem.

But no big country has risen by relying on the entertainment industry.

Li Zhe does not seek to change the overall environment, but only wants to do something in a small area.

He now understands Richard Liu's thinking a little bit. There are many people from the bottom who are rich and powerful, and then they will intensify their efforts to exploit others.

Just like the owner of a small entertainment company who was born as an artist, he was exploited by the brokerage company when he was an artist, and after he became the boss himself, he intensified the exploitation from his artists back.

But there are also quite a few successful people from the lower classes who have sentimental feelings, understand the hardships of the lower classes better, and want to do something.

However, this kind of feeling will be hit and worn away by reality, and Li Zhe doesn't know when the last bit of feeling on his body will disappear.

Jiang Hongshan led Li Zhe to visit the workshop while explaining, and wanted the employees to stop first and introduce Li Zhe's identity to them.

But Li Zhe didn't let her do that.

He came to inspect the factory and understand the situation, not to show off his status and interfere with production.

After visiting several workshops, it was noon, and the workers left work one after another and went to the cafeteria to eat.

A supervisor behind Jiang Hongshan said: "President Li, it's almost time, why don't you have dinner first, the restaurant has been arranged."

Li Zhe glanced at him and said, "You don't need to go to the restaurant, just eat in the cafeteria. I'll also try working meals."

The staff canteen is very large, the environment is neat and clean, and the dishes are quite rich. It feels no worse than ordinary foreign-funded enterprises.

During lunch time, the restaurant is full of workers who come to eat, and there is a long queue at the order window.

The arrival of Li Zhe and the others caught the attention of the workers, who all turned to them.

In such a short time, the news that the big boss of the group came to inspect has spread throughout the factory.

While watching, many female workers talked and joked in low voices, seeming very curious and interested in Li Zhe, the big boss.

Li Zhe didn't use his privileges either, he queued up for dinner with Jiang Hongshan and the others.

The one in front of Li Zhe was a very young girl, she looked like she was underage, she was very pretty, if she put on some makeup, she should be a pretty girl.

The girl looked sideways at Li Zhe frequently, then quickly turned her head away, as if she was peeking.

"What's your name?" Li Zhe asked gently with a smile.

"Ah! I... My name is Yao Xiaoyan." The girl was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, she was nervous and said stumbling.

"How old are you and how long have you been working?"

"I'm 17 this year and have been working for more than a month."

The imaginary age is 17, that is, just turned 16 years old.

"How do you like the food in the cafeteria?"

"I think it's very good, and the price is very cheap."

The factory canteen of Fundong Group is not for profit, and the food price is very cheap. Two or three hundred yuan a month is enough to eat, and four or five hundred yuan can eat well.

Li Zhe chatted with Yao Xiaoyan for a few words, and got to know her opinion.

After queuing up for dinner, he, Jiang Hongshan, Zhang Wenjun, Yu Xiangzi, and Bai Wei found empty seats to sit down. ,
There are too many people in the cafeteria, and there are too many girls, making the environment very noisy.

The places are basically occupied, and there are no separate vacant tables.

Seeing Li Zhe and Jiang Hongshan looking for a place with their dinner plates, the girls hurriedly gave up their tables.

Li Zhe didn't let them give way, but sat down with Jiang Hongshan and the others to find empty seats.

Seeing Li Zhe and Jiang Hongshan sitting down, the two girls at the same table were obviously nervous.

Li Zhe looked at the two of them for a while. They were average in appearance and plain in dress.

The workers in this toy factory are all dressed normally. Those with dyed yellow hair, green hair, afro-headed Shamat, or those with tattoos and restless ones are eliminated when recruiting.

"This is for you to eat!" Li Zhe took the chicken leg from the dinner plate and gave it to the girl opposite.

This girl not only dresses very plainly, but also eats very frugally. There is only one vegetarian dish, one rice and a free bowl of soup on the plate, which makes people look down upon.

She is not willing to give up the cheapest set meal for only three yuan.

The three-yuan set meal is half meat, one vegetarian, and rice is enough.

"President Li, no need, really no need." The girl didn't expect Li Zhe, the big boss, to bring food to her, she was taken aback for a moment, and hastily declined.

"Let's eat, I haven't moved my chopsticks yet!" Li Zhe said with a smile.

"I didn't... mean that." The girl said in an inaudible voice, then lowered her head and started eating.

"How long have you all been employed?"

While eating, Li Zhe asked about the situation of the two girls.

Although this cafeteria is also a big pot of rice, the taste is not bad, at least it is much better than the food in Hongcheng Normal's cafeteria.

After eating in the cafeteria, Li Zhe went to Jiang Hongshan's manager's office to rest for a while, and in the afternoon he visited the staff dormitory again.

The dormitories are all six-person rooms, which are similar to ordinary student dormitories, but compared to the eight-person rooms, ten-person rooms, or even dozen-person rooms in many factories, the conditions are considered very good.

And the employees are only charged a symbolic fee for accommodation and water and electricity.

Li Zhe was quite satisfied with the situation of the toy factory, basically meeting his expected standards.

In this era, few private factories in China have achieved this kind of welfare treatment.

After inspecting the toy factory, Li Zhe and his party visited a nearby clothing factory.

The garment factory obviously knew about Li Zhe's arrival and made urgent preparations, but the inspection results were not as good as the toy factory's.

By the time they left the clothes, it was already past 7 o'clock in the evening. Li Zhe and the others did not go back to the Shanghai stock market, but found a hotel in the urban area to stay.

Tomorrow he will finish inspecting the remaining factories.

(End of this chapter)