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My younger sister is more mature than her peers, at least with a more accurate understanding of the market. But this was not enough. Zhou Buqi felt that he should take her with him as much as possible in the future to see the world.

Her school is really meaningless if you can't get into it.

It’s impossible to really become an actor, right?

Even if you are interested in this industry, you are still expected to work as the CEO of Jieyu Media after graduation.

There is no fairness in this world, and her starting line is far ahead of her classmates. After graduation, her classmates might still be begging for an acting role, and she might already be the vice president of Jieyu Media.

After working around all morning, Zhou Nan lost interest and wanted to quit after lunch. He felt that this kind of research work was so boring.

Zhou Buqi didn't allow it and insisted on taking her with him. The first company he went to in the afternoon was to make connectors. The whole process was naturally overwhelming.

Although Aster has not been sold in China, it has already caused a sensation in the domestic mobile phone industry. This high-end mobile phone, priced at US$500, has really opened up the market abroad.

In a few years, when the domestic 3G network is perfected, it will inevitably return to the country.

Such potential partners have long been targeted.

Then, he moved to a second company.

Zhou Buqi took his sister with him and sat in a car with Shi Yuzhu.

Shi Yuzhu has worked on hardware products in his early years and even produced Giant computers, so he has a good understanding of the manufacturing process. “The management of the supply chain must be done well.”

Zhou Buqi smiled, "I know."

Shi Yuzhu said seriously: "I know you have been in the milk tea business and have grasped the supply chain. But this is different from the technology manufacturing industry. The milk tea supply chain is very simple to set up. If any partner is not satisfied, just replace it. Yes, there are many choices. But if you want to make mobile phones, your thinking is different. There are competition barriers in this industry, so it is not easy to change suppliers."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, the harm of a monopoly market."

Shi Yuzhu said: "Your idea is right. Start arranging the supply chain market early and complete strategic financing, so that the constraints in the future will be smaller. But you can't be too careless. You must distinguish. Even if it is strategic cooperation, we must maintain the market Diversification and competitiveness. When purchasing any spare parts, try to purchase them from two or three different channels."

Only when there is comparison can there be competition.

Only with competition can prices be lowered.

If there is only one monopolistic supplier, it will have to wait for the sky-high prices to fully exploit its own interests. A typical example is chips. When Apple makes chips, it is actually unwilling to hand over huge profits. Even Pratt \u0026 Whitney, which was praised by Steve Jobs as the greatest company in Silicon Valley, is still marginalized because it does not have a chip business.

The chip is a dead knot that cannot be untied in a short time.

But there are still many choices for suppliers of other spare parts, such as RAM, camera modules, camera lenses, camera motors, batteries, acoustic components, etc.

Zhou Buqi was deeply convinced and said with a smile: "The one doing the Internet is Ziweixing, and the one doing mobile phones is Asda. They are two companies. The investment business is in Ziweixing, but Asda still has to act in its own interests." Lord. It’s right to deploy more supply chain manufacturers. This is just the beginning.”

"What's next?"

"I'm going to Apple to find Steve Jobs."

"ah?"

Even someone of Shi Yuzhu's level was stunned.

Among domestic entrepreneurs, this guy is the one who can casually meet with world-class Silicon Valley bosses like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, right?

Asking himself, Shi Yuzhu felt that he couldn't do it.

Zhou Buqi said: "The development of the mobile phone industry chain is still a little weak relying on our strength alone. You haven't made hardware for many years. Aisda is now purely assembling and has no technological content. If we want to help, the most we can do is Give me some money and some business direction. It won’t be of much help in terms of real technology and craftsmanship.”

"So you're looking for apples?"

"From computers to Walkmans to now mobile phones, I don't know whether their technical reserves are strong or not, but they are definitely rich in experience. The iPhone supply chain is mainly provided by the United States, South Korea and Japan. How high are their costs? If the iPhone wants to increase profits, it must turn to China. They may not be able to provide high-end technology, but they can still provide some advice and help in areas such as back covers, touch screen modules, connectors, PCBs, batteries, and acoustic devices. ."

In this regard, Zhou Buqi only knows some concepts and is far inferior to Steve Jobs.

For example, one time he wanted to make a new product, but he was dissatisfied with the appearance and color and felt it was not beautiful enough. However, the supplier could not come up with a good solution.

There is no other way but Mr. Qiao to go into battle himself.

After thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly found that the jelly beans that children eat are very attractive, and the color of the jelly beans is amazing!

What method is used to color the jelly beans?

Then, he went to the jelly bean factory to learn, then transformed the changes, connected with suppliers, and then made a MacBook that astonished the world.

With such product capabilities, Zhou Buqi knows that he is not as good as himself. If the domestic mobile phone supply chain wants to develop, Apple's help will be indispensable. However, this matter is more complicated and may not be possible.

Zhou Nan found it difficult to understand, "Brother, isn't the iPhone a competitor to Aster?"

"right."

"Then why do you still want to introduce apples?"

"Make the market bigger."

"don't know."

Zhou Nan shook his head repeatedly.

Zhou Buqi said: "The more Apple makes, the more Aster makes. To put it simply, we must grasp the main contradiction and let go of the secondary contradictions. There is a contradiction between Aster and iPhone, and this is a secondary contradiction. The main contradiction is between smartphones and traditional feature phones and multimedia phones. When I say this, do you understand?"

Zhou Nan blinked his eyes, half understanding.

Zhou Buqi said: "Some time ago, I went to the Hong Kong government to meet with Li Jiacheng and asked him for some business experience. There was a sentence that touched my heart. He said that manufacturing is hard work and you can't make big money. If you want to make money, Big money comes from collecting taxes.”

"Collecting taxes belongs to the state, can you do it?"

"I'm talking about a tax-collecting business."

"Oh," Zhou Nan was very happy and said with a smile, "I know, it's just like when they build an office building, they only rent it but don't sell it. They collect a fixed amount of money every year, just like collecting taxes."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Yes, that's pretty much what it means."

How much money can I make by selling mobile phones?

Ziweixing is the first company in the world to deploy mobile Internet on a large scale. For Ziweixing, of course, the sooner this era arrives, the better.

The existing social resistance is that there are too few smartphones.

The top priority is to sell smartphones quickly!

Whether it's iPhone, Aster, or Samsung, BlackBerry, or Nokia, the more you sell, the better. Use these major manufacturers to promote the arrival of the mobile Internet market.

With the hardware foundation in place, soft services can then be provided, that is, a series of tax-collecting businesses designed by Ziweixing, such as helping European teams build a trans-oceanic world-wide official website, which can provide solid services from each team every year. Charge millions of euros.

Zhou Nan said: "What about movies, which are also manufacturing industries?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Absolutely. Producing a movie and letting the audience buy tickets to watch it in the cinema is also a manufacturing model. But this is the domestic market. If it is the United States, the film copyright can be rented to TV stations and streaming media. Or authorize merchants to develop derivatives, which is tax collection. You don’t have to do anything, just wait to collect money every year. This is the greatest value of the movie."

Even Shi Yuzhu was deeply inspired, "Indeed, tax collection is the most profitable business. Whether it is real estate, games, including movies, football, no matter what kind of business it is, if you want to make a lot of money, you must find a way to collect the business." We should guide in the direction of taxation, rather than simply producing and retailing.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, doesn't the iPhone have an Apple store? That's what it means. Either Jobs is great, Nokia, Motorola, including HP, Dell, Lenovo, IBM and other companies have been producing computers for so many years, and they have never been the best." I never thought about this direction.”

"You can remind me"

"Remind whom?"

"Lenovo."

"Look for an opportunity."

Zhou Buqi laughed and avoided the problem. Let Lenovo build a Lenovo store, isn't this asking for trouble? By then, all Lenovo computer users will go to the Lenovo store to download software. How will Weidian Security Guard make money? This product mainly relies on software download business to make money.

…

I thought I was very tired after a busy day, but unexpectedly, Zhou Nan volunteered to join her brother the next day and wanted to participate in the research work.

She wasn't tired, but Zhou Buqi was a little tired.

It’s not that I’m tired during the day, I’m tired at night.

It's quite lively when everyone lives together. It's all their own, and there's a surging sense of pride and satisfaction. But it was a bit troublesome at night. There were too many people and it was too busy.

Adhering to the principle of Confucius that when three people are walking together, there must be a teacher, and they barely escaped.

But since my sister is so ambitious, I can't be vague as a brother.

"Nan Nan, do your classmates at school know your identity?"

"I probably don't know, I didn't tell you."

"No one guessed?"

"How can there be?" Zhou Nan was a little proud, "I'm very low-key, okay? There is a girl in the department next door. Her family is rich, she has a private jet, and after the National Day holiday, she gave each of us a piece of Hawaii. The gift you brought.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't imitate her."

"I know, I didn't even participate in the school belle's year-end awards."

"On the campus network?"

"yes."

"What year-end awards?"

"They are the school beauties across the country over the past year or so. The top ten will be awarded a certification award and hold an offline event in the capital. Don't you know it's the 5th of this month?"

Zhou Nan was speechless about this brother. He didn't even know about his company's activities?

Zhou Buqi said: "How can I pay attention to such a trivial matter?"

Zhou Nan blinked, "Then why don't you pay attention?"

"What am I paying attention to?"

"Where are the school beauties selected from across the country? Don't you like them?"

"Your brother is not that kind of person!"