Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 687 Xiaomi Revolution, Just Do It

“Are you OK?”

Lei Jun's iconic greeting ignited the whole audience, and the thunderous response made Chen Mo smile with relief.

At this moment, Chen Mo felt that his trip was not in vain.

As the press conference was coming to an end, Lei Jun and Chen Mo stood side by side holding the new Xiaomi X6 Pro. They both raised their thumbs in tacit understanding, freezing this historic moment in the flash lights.

With the sound of shutter clicks coming one after another, Xiaomi's international press conference came to a successful conclusion.

After answering the reporters' questions, Lei Jun signaled Chen Mo to see off the media friends.

Then he held the microphone tightly with both hands, sat in the audience, and looked at Chen Mo's calm figure, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

Tomorrow, ten Xiaomi stores in Europe will open simultaneously, marking a key step in Xiaomi's internationalization strategy.

Lei Jun's thoughts drifted back to the "Xuanwu Plan" submitted by Chen Mo, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, a major decision was brewing in his mind.
The crowd at the convention and exhibition center has gradually dispersed, and only Xiaomi employees are left in the huge venue packing up the booth props.

Lei Jun noticed that Chen Mo seemed to be looking for him, so he picked up the microphone and greeted him cordially, "Xiao Mo, this way!"

Seeing Chen Mo looking up, Lei Jun patted the empty seat next to him.

When he approached, Lei Jun turned off the microphone and put it aside, his expression became serious, "I thought about it for a long time, and the attacks from our competitors really hit our weak spots.

Chips come from Samsung and Qualcomm, screens come from Samsung, and lenses are purchased from Leica. The localization rate is less than 50%, so it is not an exaggeration to say that we are an assembly plant. "

He looked ahead with a firm gaze and continued, "A good ironsmith must have strong tools himself. Next year, I plan to launch a fully self-developed mobile phone equipped with Mi'an Xinsheng's self-developed chips, and fully switch to a domestic supply chain. What do you think of this direction?"

After hearing this, Chen Mo thought about it and found that it was indeed feasible. It was obvious that Lei Jun had been thinking about this for a long time, but he wanted to hear all of Lei Jun's thoughts.

"How exactly does it work?"

"It's unrealistic to achieve everything in one go," Lei Jun said in a clear and logical analysis.

"According to the previous 'N-1' technology plan of Mi'an Xinsheng, it has now caught up to only one generation behind. There was no problem with mass production in the home appliance field. The next step is to apply it to the mobile phone field."

"Have you thought of a name for the chip?"

"Didn't you propose a plan for Xiaomi's Xuanwu before? I'll take one of the characters. What do you think of the name 'Xuanjie'?"

"Xuanjie Chip? Pretty good!" Chen Mo muttered. Actually, he wanted to call it Longteng Chip before, but he thought that his naming was useless.
Lei Jun's eyes lit up as he continued, "In terms of display screens, our diamond arrangement technology plus the patent exchange with Samsung is enough to support BOE and CSOT. In addition, we have also recruited the copycat manufacturers that transformed into component suppliers."

He paused, held up five fingers and said, "We will achieve a 90% localization rate within five years."

"Wouldn't that affect the high-end strategy that Xiaomi had previously decided on?" Chen Mo raised his doubts.

Lei Jun chuckled, "High-end? Just like luxury goods, they are just labels defined by the West. I think mastering the autonomy of core technologies is the real high-end!"

At this moment, Lei Jun opened up to himself and talked about his future plans. He was completely different from the shy smile and poor English he showed on the stage just now.

Similar to but different from Lei Jun in Chen Mo's memory
In his previous life, Lei Jun worked very hard as a model worker in Zhongguancun, and was very nice to the initial employees. In fact, the overall treatment of Xiaomi company was considered average in the Internet industry.

This time, although Xiaomi employees still work hard, their compensation is proportional to their efforts. The 99 billion yuan of equity incentives from Lei Jun before Xiaomi's listing are gone, the situation where Xiaomi's stock price is expected to continue to be sluggish or even fall to 8 Hong Kong dollars after its listing is gone, and the setbacks in the Indian market will turn into successes in London.
These changes are inseparable from my own intervention.

The level of employee compensation has no direct correlation with the price of the products they produce, but is closely related to the overall operating conditions of the enterprise.

Only when a company makes a profit can employee benefits be improved - of course, this also depends on whether management is willing to return the profits to employees.

The huge success of the Bi'an Group in the market is due to Chen Mo's unique business philosophy: he always puts the sustainable development of the company first and returns all profits to employees.

This model not only eliminates employees' worries, but also stimulates their unprecedented subjective initiative, which ultimately translates into production efficiency far exceeding that of peers in the industry, and is reflected in products with quality that is more favored by the market.

This virtuous cycle not only drives the sustainable development of the Bi'an Group, but also drives the transformation and upgrading of the entire Bi'an enterprise alliance - member companies such as Xiaomi, JD.com, and SF Express have all undergone significant changes as a result.

This is exactly why the Bi'an Business Alliance is centered around the Bi'an Group and Chen Mo.

Whether it is Lei Jun, Liu Qiangdong, Wang Wei, or technology fanatic Wang Tao, they all deeply understand that working with Chen Mo can not only achieve greater success in business, but also win the heartfelt support of the employees below.

Who can not yearn for this kind of business model that can create value without carrying any moral burden?

However, at this moment, Lei Jun's transformation caught Chen Mo off guard.

With this hot press conference tonight, Xiaomi's stock price will hit a new high, and the international market prospects are bright. If it continues to develop step by step, Xiaomi will surpass Samsung and Apple in no time.

But at this critical moment, Lei Jun chose to turn the knife inward and carry out self-revolution - and it was completely spontaneous, which made Chen Mo surprised and admire him.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Mo carefully suggested, "I support this idea, but I suggest adopting a dual-track system: retain the existing product lines to stabilize the basic market, and at the same time open up new production lines to test the waters.

For example, we can develop a full-screen flagship between a mobile phone and a tablet, with more internal space and more suitable for the localization route. It will be called Xiaomi Mix, and the higher the screen-to-body ratio, the better, and finally achieve a true full-screen. "

Seeing Chen Mo's inspiration, Lei Jun quietly took out his Xiaomi X6 and started recording. "Speak slowly, I'm listening."

Chen Mo suddenly felt like he was being taken notes by Uncle Hat, and continued to talk about Xiaomi's specific strategy for the next three years.

If the "Xuanwu Plan" he wrote to Lei Jun before was a layout and concept, belonging to the level of Tao, then what he said now is about integrating the resources in the plan and carrying out the practical operation of the technique.

Although his ideas were still somewhat immature and his words were confusing, Chen Mo believed that Lei Jun was fully capable of turning them into actionable plans.

"In fact, Xiaomi has another way to enter the high-end market, which is dimensionality reduction attack," Chen Mo muttered.

"What do you mean?"

“.spaceX knows.”

"I know. Musk's rocket company has exploded three times this year. It seems that it was the fourth time in December. Should we say that Musk is a crazy man with courage?"

"Well, if... I mean if they launch a rocket and successfully land it, what will people think of Tesla?"

"Tesla? Follow it. Oh, I see!" Lei Jun understood what Chen Mo meant by dimensionality reduction attack. If he could successfully build a rocket, which is at the cutting-edge technology in the world, then building an electric car would not be easy.

According to Chen Mo's hypothesis
Lei Jun took a breath of cold air and said to Chen Mo's unrealistic idea, "Rockets are not something we can afford, and the national conditions are..."

Chen Mo rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Well, you think too much. What I mean is that Xiaomi can raise its status and drive the high-end development of its mobile phones by making cars in the future."

Lei Jun suddenly realized, "No wonder you made related arrangements in the field of intelligent driving at the beginning of the year. It turns out that you were waiting here to trick me into building a car and sell me a shovel. You are addicted to selling shovels."

"How can this be called a scam?" Chen Mo smiled and shook his head. "I have already planted the seeds of smart driving, and I am just waiting for them to take root and sprout. How about considering letting Xiaomi enter the field of car manufacturing?"

"It's a good idea, but now is not the right time," Lei Jun mused. "After Xiaomi has established a firm foothold in the domestic mobile phone market and built up sufficient funds and technological moats, it will not be too late to consider making cars."

"Aren't you afraid of missing the best opportunity?" Chen Mo asked deliberately.

"On the contrary," Lei Jun said confidently, "Now the new energy vehicle market seems to be hot, various new forces are emerging one after another, and the subsidies are also large. But at such times, the market becomes more mixed.

Let them explore the way first, and when Xiaomi really wants to build cars, it can cross the river by feeling the stones. Just like when it made mobile phones, taking the route of 'self-research + OEM' will achieve twice the result with half the effort. "

Chen Mo couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago when Jia Yueting asked him to cooperate in building cars and was rejected. Now it was his turn to lobby Lei Jun, but he also hit a wall. It was really a matter of time and fate would not let anyone escape.

It seems that some things can be influenced by ourselves, but some things cannot be changed by ourselves.

"Okay, I'll give you a friendly price for the smart driving system then~" Chen Mo stopped talking, patted Lei Jun on the shoulder, and said earnestly,
“But don’t think too much, and don’t pay too much attention to the noise from the outside world, as that will only add to your burden.

We just focus on our own business and make our products perfect.

Let me put it this way - when Xiaomi Mix is ​​launched next year, regardless of whether it is successful or not, as soon as there is any movement, those competitors will swarm over it like sharks smelling blood.

If there is a problem, they will criticize it; if there is no problem, they will create one to criticize it as well; small problems will be turned into big problems, and they will use a microscope, and then when they find the problem, they will launch a saturation attack.

If they say you are not good enough, then you are not good enough. Even if you are good enough, you are not good enough. The purpose is to first discredit you and then kill you.

This is my fault, but also yours. Who made Xiaomi’s past achievements so dazzling? If Mix succeeds again, how will other competitors survive?”

"It seems that the other party is holding the mentality of 'If you don't want me to live, then you have to die.'" Lei Jun thought thoughtfully.

"Have you noticed? The development process of online news has evolved from simply stating facts to stating part of the facts, and then from stating part of the facts to outputting opinions with personal opinions.

In the end, what people see is no longer the truth, but the media people's personal opinions!

Even the authors of those online novels are like this, not to mention the media, no matter how authoritative they are, they are all the same!"

Lei Jun glanced at Chen Mo and said, "Didn't you do the same thing? And your methods were even more cruel. You sent people to jail. And more than once."

"I have double standards~" Chen Mo said confidently.
"They are evil, and all I can do is be more evil than them, as long as I think it is right. My principle is very simple: I would rather betray the world."

(End of this chapter)