Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 615 India invites you to build a factory

The Changxiang 1, which costs less than one thousand yuan, was immediately loved by consumers when it was launched on the market.

Although it is a customized phone, it is really cheap and has the support of Ideal system. In addition, the hardware tuning and production technology of Ideal's first-generation smartphones are mature, and its fluency is no worse than that of competitors' phones that cost around 999 or yuan. It is priced at , and when you buy the phone and apply for a card, the operator will also give you months of phone bills for free. It is really a good deal, especially for college students.

At the beginning of 2013, Ideal Technology dealt a solid blow to its competitors.

There is no limit on the sales of the customized Changxiang 1 phone. One of Zhou Jing's goals is to use the opportunity of operator customization to make up for the decline in sales in the traditional market with the sales of low-end smartphones. The profit of the customized Changxiang 1 phone is no worse than that of ideal traditional phones. The net profit of a customized Changxiang 1 phone is about yuan. If the sales volume is increased, the profit will be considerable.

The price of the non-customized Changxiang 1 has dropped to 1049, and will continue to drop after the Lunar New Year. Even if it drops to 999, there will still be a net profit of more than 2013. The customized and non-customized series of machines were very important revenue tools for Ideal Technology in .

Feeling the huge profits from small profits but quick turnover, Zhou Jing plans to continue consolidating his market share in the low-end market.

After New Year’s Day, the countdown to the Lunar New Year begins.

As we enter the twelfth lunar month, the festive atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger, and employees are looking forward to the Spring Festival early. However, the company did not immerse itself in the festive atmosphere and wait for the Spring Festival holiday. Instead, it hurriedly compiled the 2012 financial report and impacted the performance of the first quarter of 2013.

[Should we publicly release Ideal’s sales figures for last year?]

The final mobile phone sales data of Ideal Technology in 2012 was released, and Bai Xiyao asked Zhou Jing for instructions.

[No need to officially release, just spread the rumor]

Zhou Jing didn't want to hype up mobile phone sales before the company had mastered strong core technology.

Be low-key when doing great things quietly.

Bai Xiyao: [Okay, I've sent you the sales report via email, and I'll wait for the annual financial report]

Zhou Jing opened his email and downloaded the sales report sent by Bai Guimi. The report summarized the sales of all Ideal Technology products in 2012, including traditional mobile phones, smart phones, Bluetooth speakers, smart speakers, smart desk lamps, mobile power banks, electric toothbrushes and other small products.

Mobile phones are the core business. Starting from the third quarter of 2012, Ideal traditional mobile phones quickly devoured the market share of other brands of traditional mobile phones, including Samsung and Nokia, and eliminated all copycat phone manufacturers. The sales volume of Ideal traditional mobile phones reached more than 2.2 million units throughout the year, generating more than billion yuan in revenue for the company and bringing in nearly billion yuan in net profit.

The first generation of Ideal smartphones was launched on September 2012, 2012. In 1, sales reached over 1 million units, including over million Ideal units and over million Ideal units, bringing in total revenue of over billion yuan and net profit of over billion yuan.

Bluetooth speakers, smart speakers, smart lamps and other products are the icing on the cake, bringing the company a total net profit of more than 6 billion yuan. In the past year, Ideal Technology's total net profit was about 73 billion yuan. The acquisition of Taiwei Semiconductor, the purchase of three office buildings, and the establishment of Shengtang Chip Design Company cost a total of more than 20 billion yuan. Currently, Ideal Technology has more than 40 billion yuan in idle funds, and should be the cash king among domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

The financials of other companies are simple, and their financial reports were sent to Zhou Jing's mailbox one after another. In 2012, Bowen Network Technology Co., Ltd. had a net profit of more than million yuan, P Station had a net profit of more than million yuan, and Starlight Games had a net profit of less than million yuan. Jinlin Capital was negligible, and P Station and Starlight Games' dividends to shareholders were also negligible to Zhou Jing. Taiwei Semiconductor's losses plus the company's depreciation had a total loss of more than billion yuan.

Looking at the financial report of Taiwei Semiconductor, Zhou Jing felt a pang of pain. No matter how rich he was, he could not avoid anxiety. The loss was more than 7 billion in less than half a year after the acquisition. Wouldn’t the loss for the whole of next year be more than 10 billion?
No wonder competitors don't play the semiconductor game. Although he feels bad, Zhou Jing has no regrets. He has to do it to make money, whether it means losing money. In fact, there is no need to be pessimistic. The test of Ideal Technology's self-developed Bluetooth chip went smoothly. After mass production, letting Taiwei Semiconductor produce it can hedge some losses.

Competitors have announced their sales figures for 2012. Huawei, the top domestic mobile phone seller, sold more than 2012 million units, ZTE sold less than million units, and Xiaomi sold nearly million units in the first half of the year. In the second half of the year, sales of Xiaomi phones declined instead of increased, probably due to the sudden emergence of Ideal smartphones. Xiaomi sold more than million units in .

“The expenditure budget of Chuangzhi in 2013.”

Gu Jia prepared the 2013 expenditure budget for Chuangzhi Technology and handed it to Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing opened it and took a quick look. Chuangzhi Technology was transformed into a software technology service company of Ideal Technology. It did not need to consider revenue, and its expenses were mainly R&D investment and employee salaries.

Chuangzhi Technology has established R&D groups for lithography control systems, PC chips, and intelligent driving systems, which require a lot of R&D funding. The initial budget for 2012 is more than 2013 billion yuan, and the budget for staff salary expenditures is more than billion yuan. That is to say, Chuangzhi Technology's expenditure budget for exceeds billion yuan. After Zhou Jing confirmed it, he sent it to Bai Guimi and asked Ideal Technology to summarize the R&D fund allocation and expenditure budget based on the budgets of each research institute.

Bai Xiyao: [Did you see the tech bloggers leading the trend and starting to disparage custom phones as junk?]

Zhou Jing: [Don’t worry, people who use thousand-yuan phones don’t care, and people who use mid-range or high-end phones won’t consider it]

Zhou Jing found it hard to understand the behavior of some friendly competitors, who would spend marketing fees on discrediting mobile phones that cost less than a thousand yuan, and who also went to great lengths to discredit Ideal Traditional Mobile Phones, which had a price similar to that of copycat phones but had much better functions and performance than copycat phones. The marketing director must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Few people who use mobile phones that cost a few hundred dollars pay attention to digital reviews.

Bai Xiyao: [Ideal 1 sales in Europe have increased significantly. Should we prevent Samsung from making desperate moves in the supply chain?]

Zhou Jing: [To prevent problems before they happen, we will add hardware from domestic and US suppliers to low-end phones, and sign a long-term cooperation agreement with Samsung]

Bai Xiyao: [OK]

Last year, Ideal Technology was like a shot in the arm for the domestic electronics industry. Ideal's traditional mobile phones and low-end smartphones provided more than 60 billion orders to the domestic supply chain, enabling the rapid development of the domestic electronics manufacturing industry. Some key hardware can completely replace imported ones on low-end machines. Ideal Technology has led the application of artificial intelligence in audio, lamps and other things, greatly promoting the development of domestic artificial intelligence technology.

With the huge domestic market, once technology enters the stage of conscientious development, breakthroughs in core technologies will also accelerate.

"After the Spring Festival holiday, we will start to implement the previously planned overtime arrangement. At the same time, we will use the lithography machine control system R&D team as a pilot. We will not stipulate specific overtime hours. Engineers can arrange their own work and off-get off work hours, and can even work from home. This will last for half a year. If the effect is good, we will continue and try it out in Taiwei Semiconductor. If the effect is not good, we will decide later."

Zhou Jing said as he thought.

Regarding the research on lithography machine technology, Zhou Jing feels that it cannot be done according to the normal working mode, and high-end technical personnel cannot be constrained within the company's framework. High-end technology research is as boring as academic research. They must be allowed to feel spiritual freedom as much as possible and unleash their thinking ability to the greatest extent. It is difficult to break through key technologies if high-end technical personnel are required to go to get off work and leave work on time as in ordinary companies. Under invisible constraints, Zhou Jing feels that it is difficult to break through key technologies.

"Let the lithography machine research group clarify the division of labor and strengthen teamwork."

"Row."

Gu Jia nodded. A small-scale pilot project could try different management methods. Scientific research could not be managed too rigidly. The best way was to let employees change from passive work to active consideration of problems.

As the new year begins, the company needs to make a lot of new plans and arrangements. Zhou Jing is turning the pen in his hand as he thinks about whether to live in Tangdu next year. Chuangzhi Technology only needs to carry out the project step by step. Living in Tangdu will make it convenient for Zhou Jing to focus more time and energy on chip design. But then again, living in BJ will make it convenient to participate in lithography machine technology research and time management. After all, Chen Jiaqian is about to return to China, and if Gu Jia lives in Tangdu, it will not be convenient for Zhou Jing to see Yang Wenwen.

Since he had to live in BJ permanently, Zhou Jing gave up the plan of living in Tangdu.

The finance department sent over last month's payroll. After checking and signing, Gu Jia said, "Will January's payroll still be paid before the Spring Festival holiday?"

"Well, the Spring Festival benefits are the same as last year."

Zhou Jing nodded and decided to pay off not only the employees' wages but also the money owed to suppliers before the New Year. Zhou Jing did not like to be in debt, especially to delay paying employees' wages.

The company’s year-end benefits to employees are already generous enough, so there is no need to increase the Spring Festival benefits.

After Gu Jia sent the payroll to the Finance Department, he asked the Finance Department to prepare the payroll for January in advance.

After get off work in the afternoon, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went home.

Wu Suqin was cooking at home, and Gu's mother was coaxing the child. Now that the child could walk, it was just right for two people to take care of him. However, it was not easy to be satisfied. Laba Festival had passed, so Gu's mother had to go back to Tangdu to prepare for the New Year.

"Dad~Mom~"

The child gradually got used to Zhou Jing and Gu Jia going to work, and roughly knew when they would get home from get off work. As soon as he heard the door open at around five o'clock, he would call out "Mom and Dad".

"Don't come over there, mom will come over soon."

Gu Jia said to the child.

The little girl walked towards the door without stopping, walking at the pace of a duck. Zhou Jing warmed himself on the heater to get rid of the cold, picked up the child and kissed her, saying, "Do you want to go to work with mom and dad?"

"Hmm~"

The little girl hugged Zhou Jing's neck and rubbed her head against his face.

"Working is hard. You need to study hard and grow up to help your parents."

Gu Jia touched the child's face and went to the bedroom on the second floor to change clothes.

"Jing and Jiajia, have some porridge first."

The meal was not ready yet, so Wu Suqin scooped two bowls of porridge and brought them to the dining table.

"Come with grandma and let daddy have a meal."

Mother Gu said to the child.

"Hmm (three times)" the little girl shook her head reluctantly.

"It's really your father's dog-skin plaster." Mother Gu patted the child's butt and said, "Is it a dog-skin plaster?"

"Dog skin plaster."

Zhou Jing gently pinched the child's nose.

"Put it down, Xiao Zhou. Don't hold me. I'm tired after a day's work."

Mother Gu feels sorry for her son-in-law.

"How about sitting on the sofa and watching TV with Dad?"

Zhou Jing put the child on the sofa and turned on the TV to the children's channel.

Wu Suqin brought the porridge to the table in the rest area on the first floor and said to her son, "Will Yuanyuan come on Saturday?"

Zhou Jing said: "I don't think he will come. He is very busy reviewing for the final exams."

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Wu Suqin said: "You still have to study more in normal times. How much can you learn by cramming before the exam? How is Yuanyuan's study in college?"

"Yes, college is different from high school. Reviewing before exams is crucial. In college, many subjects don't need to be studied on a regular basis. Just study your major well. For subjects that don't need to be studied on a regular basis, just review well at the end of the semester and pass them."

Zhou Jing explained to his mother.

"If the course is not important, just don't take it."

Wu Suqin didn't understand the university examination system.

Zhou Jing said: "University is different from junior high school and high school. If you fail, you have to retake the exam."

"Since the school requires passing, it must be useful. Otherwise, why would we arrange the course?"

Wu Suqin felt that her son was just making excuses for not wanting to study in college, as there were no useless courses arranged by the school.

"I can't tell you clearly."

Zhou Jing was too lazy to continue arguing with his mother.

Gu Jia changed clothes and came down and said, "University focuses on selective learning. For some courses, you should consider whether to spend time learning them based on your own development direction. The courses arranged by the school may not be useful to individual students. For some courses that you think are useful but the school does not arrange them, you can choose to learn them yourself."

"Software programming doesn't require in-depth study for our major, but I taught myself and it's very useful now."

Zhou Jing looked at his mother and said.

After hearing this, Wu Suqin understood.

The TV was playing Super Detective. Gu Jia stretched out her hand in front of the child and said, "Any time."

"Anywhere."

Zhou Jing continued.

"it's your turn."

Gu Jia pushed the child.

"qiuqiu oh~"

The little girl didn’t know how to speak super detective, so she muttered something and put her hand on Zhou Jing’s.

"Handle the case seriously." Gu Jia hid the remote control behind the child and said, "Little detective, help mom find the remote control."

The little girl searched carefully, found it, grabbed it with both hands and gave it to Gu Jia.

"The little detective is really smart."

Gu Jia snuggled up to the child and held him in her arms to feed him.

Zhou Jing turned the TV to the news channel and waited for Gu Jia to feed the child and go to eat. Two people helped take care of the child. After dinner, Zhou Jing and Gu Jia went out to the supermarket.

"Did you buy a lot of things?"

When Zhou Jing arrived at the supermarket, he decided whether to use a large shopping cart or a small one.

"Not much, just bought some shower gel and shampoo, and there's not much toothpaste left. Do you want to eat anything?"

Ever since she gave up snacking, Gu Jia has nothing to buy when she goes to the supermarket.

"I want to eat rice crust."

Zhou Jing pushed a shopping cart and took whatever he wanted to eat. Zhou Jing actually likes to eat snacks, but he is usually too busy with work to have the leisure time.

"I want to eat it too. I want to drink Sprite and Coke. Do you want a big bottle or a small bottle?"

Supermarket shelves are already stocked with New Year specials, with large bottles of drinks in various combinations, including Sprite and Coke, and some with Orange Juice, making for a dazzling array of drinks.

"A large bottle."

Zhou Jing took three bottles of drinks, namely Sprite, Coke and Orange Juice.

They walked around the supermarket and filled the shopping cart, paid the bill and put the items in the car, then went to the fruit store to buy some fruit. When they got home, Zhou Jing carried the child to the bedroom, and Gu Jia poured a glass of Coke and a glass of Sprite and brought them to the bedroom.

"Eat some junk food."

Gu Jia took a bag of spicy rice crackers, opened it and started eating.

"You can't eat it even if you are greedy. This belongs to me and my mother."

Zhou Jing didn't give the child any to eat. The little girl babbled and reached out to grab some herself. Zhou Jing took a piece and let the little girl lick it. The little girl shook her head because it was spicy.

"Do you still want to eat?"

Gu Jia gave the child a bottle of warm water and let her drink it by herself.

"No~"

The little girl has become obedient.

"That's great, cheers to mom and dad."

Zhou Jing picked up the Coke and clinked it with the child's bottle, while Gu Jia picked up the Sprite and clinked it with the child's bottle.

The little girl took a sip of water and swallowed it happily.

[India invited us to build a factory there. India has a large market for mid- and low-end phones. If we don’t build a production line there, exports may be hindered. What should we do?]

After Bai Xiyao received a call from Ideal Overseas' Asia Marketing Director in the evening, she immediately sent a message to Zhou Jing.

(End of this chapter)