Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 148 Domestic Mainly

Xiao Guliang, surnamed Liu, is quite talkative. She has just starred in a movie called "The King of Kung Fu". The two producers of this movie are Huayi Brothers and Jet Li and Cheng Long. A production company was established and started filming in May 2007. At that time, China Film started two major projects, "Source Code" and "Red Cliff".

"The King of Kung Fu" is distributed by Lionsgate Pictures in North America. I don't know if it was influenced by Qu Li or if it was originally the case.This movie has nothing to do with Qu Li, but it does not prevent him from chatting with Xiao Guliang, surnamed Liu.

Qu Li talked about the "Comet" he shot and the "Red Cliff" he participated in the production of, and then used his half-hearted level to analyze the actors and acting skills, and then asked Xiao Guliang to analyze it from a professional perspective and give his own opinions.

"Actually, what I wanted to do most before starting a business was to be a director, and to present the dreams in my mind one by one through images." After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to what he is good at.

"Then why don't you become a director?" Xiao Guliang asked curiously

"It started out to make money. I had no professional background or connections. Only by making money first could I have a chance to realize my dream."

"Didn't the global box office of your "Comet" exceed US$3 million?"

"Without money, this result would not be possible. Do you think Lionsgate is responsible for the promotion of "Comet" in North America? I spent my own money and efforts, and I met some friends by chance..."

"Oh, so that's it. I thought the company was responsible, but now..."

"Now, after finishing the "Red Cliff" project, I won't be involved in film and television production in the short term. I really don't have that much time."

"And I find entrepreneurship is also very interesting. If making a movie is a virtual dream, then entrepreneurship is turning dreams into reality..."

After saying these words, the little mushroom was filled with brilliant colors, it was so magical.

"do you know?"

"what do you know?"

"I discovered one thing: Mo Wenwei's cloudy day, Stefanie Sun's rainy day, and Jay Chou's sunny day are not as good as...you and me chatting." Qu Li looked at Liu Xiaoguliang carefully.

"What did you say..." Liu Xiaoguliang's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Do you smell anything?" Qu Li continued

"No."

"Why do I feel like the air becomes sweeter when you come out!"

"Hehe~~" The little beauty almost burst out laughing.

"I gotta go!"

"Where?"

"I want to walk into your heart." After Qu Li said this, he really left, leaving Xiao Guliang in the same spot, dumbfounded.

Qu Li realized out of conscience that as Liu Guniang's fan, he had liked her for more than ten years. He was afraid that one day he would really cheat on her and waste these ten years of pure love.

Back at the hotel, I stayed alone in the empty room again, reporting today's whereabouts to Chen Danlin, not saying I missed her, just chatting aimlessly.

"My parents came to Yangcheng."

"Oh, that's good. Have a happy Spring Festival and be safe on the road."

"You won't come back for the Spring Festival?"

"I'm not going back, we're too busy here."

"Oh, I know." Chen Danlin said disappointedly

I came to Honor the next day and continued working. The chips from Texas Instruments were in place, and Honor mobile phones were finally ready for delivery. Purchases from the United States and Germany have increased.Honor aggressively set the final production volume at 200 million units, of which 50 2G mobile phones are planned to be sold domestically.Because it is equipped with a non-removable battery, which increases the difficulty of maintenance, it is necessary to establish after-sales service centers in China and Germany at the same time.

The domestic pricing of Honor mobile phones is 2 and 2999 for the 3399G version. The 3G version is priced at 3599 and 3999 and is temporarily unavailable. This is basically consistent with the overseas sales price.These things are relatively simple. What is complicated is that the management has entered the Waiguo people, and the company's management has become complicated.

Honor currently has no KPIs, only OKR target management, and implements flat management. However, the number of employees has rapidly expanded to more than 200 people, and there are many accumulated problems. Li Yinan, Zhou Shaoning and foreign managers are all at the top.

What should Qu Li do?Since Honor has divided the management and technical ranks, of course they must be treated separately. Technical positions are regardless of nationality, gender and race, and the capable ones are promoted. The management positions are mainly Chinese under the same conditions. The working language of the headquarters is Mandarin Chinese. It is guaranteed that half of the company's middle and senior management are locals.

The purpose of this is of course to make Honor more pure, because you can't imagine Apple, Google and other company headquarters holding meetings in Chinese.At the same time, it also strengthens the importance of China's local market and develops international markets based on the domestic market.Qu Li can't learn from HTC, leave Chinese companies alone and become a large international company, and end up with nothing.

"Until the global sales of Honor G series mobile phones exceed 1000 million units, we will not consider expanding the product line. If G2 cannot sell 1000 million units, then we will wait for G3 and make every effort to be an Android flagship phone."

"Maintain good cooperative relationships with our supply chain companies around the world, and at the same time, suppliers of all parts, especially key parts, must have a second choice."

"The full keyboard is a transition, and the development direction of Honor mobile phones is full-screen candy bars."

"Photography for audio-visual games is the focus of the hardware design department..."

"Solving system security, smoothness, and energy saving issues is the long-term focus of the software department. We need to have certain mobile operating system development capabilities..."

"Currently, we mainly focus on operator channels, replacing and repairing products, and improving the after-sales service system."

Before the Spring Festival in February 2008, Qu Li emphasized the new year's work tasks at a meeting of Glory, which was also to sort out the increasingly chaotic management.

For foreign executives who do not understand Mandarin, the company is responsible for arranging a translator in the first year, and the company pays half of it in the second year, and after the third year, they pay out of their own pockets.

Qu Li's decision dissatisfied the directors arranged by Lehman Brothers in the company. It is clear that overseas sales revenue is greater and profits are more, so why must it take root in China?Wouldn’t it be nice to be an American company?

"Patents, patents, only patents!" Qu Li emphasized:

"We are a start-up company. Although we have reached patent authorization with major mobile phone companies, our foundation is unstable. Our biggest problem is that we do not have patents that can check other mobile phone companies. Therefore, sticking to the domestic market is our only choice..."

This is obvious. Why is there no emerging mobile phone brand emerging in the international market except Apple? Don’t others know how to take advantage of China’s powerful supply chain?Don’t underestimate the Waiguo elite. What hinders Waiguo start-ups from innovating in traditional industries is not cost but patents.

Patents are of course good. They encourage innovation while stifling latecomers. In European and American societies, if wealth can really control rights, then the original intention of the patent bill will inevitably deteriorate and become the most advantageous weapon to consolidate the competitive advantage of enterprises.

The most typical case is the emergence of a large number of patent troll companies. After Apple and other companies acquired Nortel Networks patents, they packaged those patents that were of no use to them, and then established a patent troll company.

After the company was cleared, the International Business Division was established, and foreign executives such as Paavo and Dado were included in it. While not allowing them to participate in domestic business, they were given more rights and development space.For example, after the sales volume of Honor G1 reaches the target, the international branch can organize and design a new mobile phone series on its own under the premise of sharing a supply chain and complying with the company's overall strategy.

The entire Spring Festival was spent in a busy manner. No, Yang's host friend gave him a ticket to the Spring Festival Gala.