my return 2002

Chapter 343 The 3G Era Is Coming
In a blink of an eye, 2008 came to an end.

The coming of New Year's Day also indicates that the pace of the times has come to 2009.

It’s just that in the context of the global financial crisis triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, the atmosphere of the New Year is a bit heavy. Banks in various countries have started to cut interest rates in order to allow funds from all parties to enter the stock market to achieve the purpose of saving the market. After returning, capital began to flee from European and American countries at an accelerated rate.

After searching around for these capitals, they found that in the far east, there is another huge country that has not been affected by the financial crisis due to the strict supervision of the financial system. Therefore, many capitals began to try to enter the mainland market to avoid the financial turmoil. .

And many export companies in the Mainland have also begun to experience a sharp drop in orders, and companies are facing a wave of serious losses and bankruptcy. A large number of migrant workers have returned to their hometowns, and the economy is facing the risk of a hard landing.

In the face of a sharp drop in foreign trade orders, the government has launched ten measures to further expand domestic demand and promote steady and rapid economic growth. It is estimated that the total investment will reach [-] trillion yuan, also known as the [-] trillion yuan plan.

With the real economy shrinking, the Internet industry is naturally not immune, especially those Internet companies listed in the United States. The stock prices have suffered a sharp decline. Some Internet companies with insufficient profitability have begun to cut salaries and lay off employees. Practitioners are all at risk.

Ali directly cut off most of the foreign trade business, and even a large part of the sales team of China Iron and Steel Army was also cut off.

Amidst the panic, an internal announcement of the Inspur Group quickly went viral on the Internet.

The announcement was made in the name of Shen Lang, and the content of the announcement is very simple: Inspur Technology will not lay off employees, nor will it reduce employee salaries. There must be difficulties in the financial crisis, but the company will accompany all employees to get through it. .

In the vast wave of layoffs, the announcement of Inspur Group is undoubtedly held against the historical trend. All current employees can finally work with peace of mind, and don't have to worry about being still working one second, and being interviewed by HR to leave the next second. .

And those employees who have been laid off by major Internet companies are full of envy and regret why they didn't work for Inspur Group.

Not only that, but soon some employees of Inspur Group broke the news on the Internet. Not only did Inspur Group not lay off employees and cut salaries, but even gave out additional benefits such as year-end bonuses and quarterly bonuses as usual, and some departments with outstanding performance even paid more than last year. .

There are also some daily benefits of the company, such as canteen meals and free snacks, which have not been reduced.

"Well, sure enough, other people's companies have never let me down."

"I'm so envious. Alas, I would have gone to Inspur Group if I knew it. I was interviewed just now, and I will be laid off at the end of the month. It's uncomfortable."

"I haven't been laid off, but the year-end bonus and other benefits are gone. It is said that next year there may be a 30% salary cut. What a pity!"

"Don't say anything, I have submitted my resume, I hope I can live, I don't want to live in such fear again."

"Wait for me upstairs, count me in."

Netizens were surprised to find that Inspur Group's benefits were so good. More and more netizens began to ask whether Inspur Group was recruiting people and what vacancies were available, which made HR very busy.

Various companies under the Inspur Group also took advantage of this opportunity to aggressively recruit talents. Under such a big environment, talents who usually need to spend a lot of money to find headhunters also came to recommend themselves.

Of course, it would definitely cost money to do so, and it cost a lot. Fortunately, Shen Lang had already saved enough funds for the winter.

That is, on New Year's Day, the second phase of the Inspur Industrial Park project was completed, and Star Technology and AI Intelligence Research Institute could finally settle in the industrial park without having to rent a space outside.

Shen Lang looked at the statistics of the personnel department. Inspur Group has more than 7000 employees, and it is second to none among Internet companies in the mainland.

In the case of personnel expansion, the business of the group has also begun to expand rapidly. After 360 Security Guard gained a dominant position in the field of personal computer security, it has been entering the field of enterprise network security. It has now occupied 55% of the entire market. Many traditional Antivirus software companies eventually gave up on the industry because they couldn't fight it.

The 360 ​​browser has launched a fierce battle with Google Chrome, and even launched a wave of battles in the field of search engines. Baidu is not to be outdone and joins the battle group.

If there is any Internet company in the mainland that has sufficient funds to support business development in the context of the financial crisis, besides Inspur Group, it is Baidu.

Since the launch of bidding rankings, it has been too easy for Baidu to get money. Even if the market shrinks, Baidu can still rely on extremely high net profits to obtain funds.

Although Google has money, in the bad environment, Li Kaifu can't get too much money. Coupled with some policy supervision, Google gradually began to show a decline. 360 search elements cannibalize.

By the end of New Year's Day, Baidu in the mainland search engine field has occupied more than 52% of the market share, and it is well-deserved No. 1, while 360 ​​Soso has occupied 28% of the market share, ranking second, and Google's market share has shrunk to 15%. This also doubled the pressure on Li Kaifu.

In the most critical field of instant messaging, after two years of fierce fighting, YY has firmly occupied 48% of the market share, while QQ's market share has dropped to 42%. The sign of the gap, if it is not for the accumulation of QQ in the mobile terminal in the early years, I am afraid that the gap will be even greater.

But even so, the situation of Penguin is not optimistic. After mobile phone brands such as Bird and Gionee launched low-end mobile phones with the star system, the impact on low-end mobile phones is also great.

In particular, the four major mobile phone manufacturers of "China Cool Alliance" have experienced a serious decline in market share. Even Bird and Gionee mobile phone brands are not as good as "China Cool Alliance" in some details, and their prices are also higher. In terms of dimensionality reduction, you can own a smart phone for about 1500 yuan. What kind of bicycle do you need?
Not only "China Cool Union", but also mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Samsung have begun to find that there is a large backlog of their popular feature phones, and the channel dealers are suffering even more. Such a situation was something they had never encountered before.

Compared with Meizu M7 and Mi 1, the shipment volume of low-end mobile phones is undoubtedly huge. In just half a year, it has exceeded the sum of these two mobile phones. As of New Year’s Day, the shipment volume exceeded 1000 million units. And these users have become loyal users of the star system.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Yongming of OPPO did not follow the trend to launch a low-end smartphone, but launched a smartphone for the high-end market through re-development of the star system, and the launch event was just scheduled for New Year's Day.

Originally, Chen Yongming also invited Shen Lang to participate, but Shen Lang turned it down with any excuse. Since Chen Yongming did not accept his investment, why should he stand for the other party.

However, Shen Lang watched the live broadcast of the press conference. Chen Yongming directly used OPPO's newly released X1 mobile phone at the press conference to compete with the Meizu M7 and Mi 1. After all, the mobile phone was released a year late, and its performance is naturally inferior. It must be improved, and the price is only about the same. In the pre-sale after the press conference, [-] users paid deposits in just one hour.

After watching the press conference, Shen Lang couldn't help being happy, this is good, it can put some pressure on Bai Yongxiang and Lei Jun, so that they won't slack off.

Sure enough, Mr. Tianlei came to Inspur Group, and at the same time brought the engineering machine of Xiaomi 2. During this year, Mr. Lei was naturally not idle, and started the research and development of Xiaomi 2 early.

Shen Lang took a look at the appearance of Mi 2. Compared with Mi 1, there is not much change. The more obvious change is that the original four large rounded corners have been reduced, which looks much more delicate.

"Are there any special highlights of this generation of Mi 2?" Shen Lang asked.

Lei Jun smiled confidently: "The biggest highlight is that this is a 3G mobile phone!"

Although the domestic 3G license was not officially released until January 2009, 1, in fact, communication baseband manufacturers have already been approved for production. It just so happens that Xiaomi 7 has caught up with the first wave. If it is operated well, it can also grab domestic The gimmick of the first 2G phone.

Compared with 3G mobile phones, the biggest improvement of 2G mobile phones is not the call signal, but the speed of network transmission, and this is precisely the advantage of the star system, no wonder Lei Jun is so confident.

If the star system under the 2G network can only play 50% of its charm, then under the 3G network, the star system can fully play 80% of its charm, and the era of mobile Internet has really come.

Of course, Shen Lang knew the significance of the 3G network, but he didn't show too much excitement. He had planned for so long and many things had gone through in his mind countless times, and he knew very well that if he really wanted to use the full power of the mobile Internet, Need the support of 4G network, 3G is just a transition.

The familiar star system icon appeared. Shen Lang first took a look at the configuration of this engineering machine. Lei Jun was really willing to pile up materials. He even used 2GB of memory and 16GB of flash memory. The screen also used BOE's latest 1280x720 resolution. .

"Is this configuration also for the official release? How much do you plan to sell it for?" Shen Lang frowned slightly.

Lei Jun shook his head quickly: "This engineering machine is mainly to verify whether the 3G network can play the full performance of the star system. It must be castrated when it is officially released. The cost of this engineering machine is more than three thousand."

In fact, the main component costs are memory and flash memory. At this time, the technology of domestic memory and flash memory manufacturers is not mature enough. Such cutting-edge components can only be imported from Japan, and the premium is very high.

Shen Lang thought for a while and reminded: "Perhaps you can make two versions. The price of the high-end version can be sold at a higher price. For example, this one can be sold for 4599 or 4399. The low-end version is still sold for 3999."

"That's a good idea, let's do it!" Lei Jun's eyes lit up.

Shen Lang smiled and looked at the 3G network icon in the upper right corner of the phone screen. Obviously, this engineering machine has already inserted a 3G card, and then clicked on the 360 ​​video. This software should be the most neglected application in the previous 360 ecological chain. .

Many users just use it as a player. The reason is very simple. Under 2G network, it is almost impossible to watch videos. Very high, considered a traffic killer.

Shen Lang casually clicked on a video on the homepage. Although it was still not smooth enough, it could be played normally anyway.

But fortunately, the WIFI2009n protocol will be officially passed in March 3. By then, mobile phones will be able to access the Internet through wireless networks. This technology will also make smart phones truly mainstream.

"You can talk to Huawei about launching a special wireless router and sell it together with Xiaomi Mi 2, maybe you will get unexpected results." Shen Lang said.

Lei Jun was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he quickly realized and said with a smile: "It seems that today's trip was not in vain."

Shen Lang scolded with a smile: "Don't be shy, I will notify Meizu as well, and whoever sells well will depend on your efforts in the details."

After Lei Jun left, Shen Lang also made a special call to Bai Yongxiang and told him his suggestion. Bai Yongxiang was secretly glad that if Huang Zhang's plan had been successful, Shen Lang would have withdrawn all his capital to support Xiaomi in a fit of anger. Know what to expect.

The Spring Festival in 2009 came earlier, and January 1th was the New Year's Eve. As the year approached, Shen Lang was also busy attending various meetings.

That day, when Shen Lang was having a year-end and end-of-year discussion meeting with the logistics department, his assistant Yang Mei suddenly whispered in his ear.

"Mr. Shen, Geely's Secretary Li just called and said that he wants to ask you to meet."

Shen Lang was a little puzzled: "Li Shufu? Did you say something?"

"They said they wanted to talk to you about the car system." Yang Mei replied.

Shen Lang is delighted, the vehicle system has not been officially launched yet, some car companies have taken the initiative to come to the door, there is such a good thing?

"Ask Mr. Li when he is free. If possible, arrange it as soon as possible."

Soon, Yang Mei got in touch, and Geely was even more eager than him, and made an appointment to meet in Shanghai tomorrow.

This made Shen Lang aware of the unusual meaning. Originally, he planned to wait until the release of BYD's in-vehicle system and have a sample before talking to other car companies.

Now Geely is actively contacting the company before seeing the samples. It doesn't look like it's for the in-vehicle system.

However, Shen Lang would also like to get in touch with Li Shufu, who is also a legend. Among the domestically produced cars, Geely, Chery, and Changan are considered to be the fastest in the field of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.

On the other hand, Geely's Li Shufu was more anxious than Shen Lang imagined. He arrived in Shanghai by flight that night. On the way to the hotel, Li Shufu confirmed with his secretary.

"Is it ten o'clock in the morning? Set the alarm clock, let's go there early."

(End of this chapter)