My Age of Investment

  Chapter 743 Race against time

   Soon after Jobs left, Xia Jingxing convened a meeting with several North American branch executives.

   "Everyone talk about your thoughts."

Lin Bing, Zhou Guangping, Huang Jiangji and others looked at each other and were silent for more than ten seconds. In the end, the highest-ranking Lin Bing stood up as a representative and asked: "General Manager Xia, are you talking about Apple's idea of ​​entering the mobile phone field? "

  Xia Jingxing smiled, "Including but not limited to."

After confirming the direction of the question, Zhou Guangping was the first to stand up and express his opinion: “Mr. Xia, I don’t think you need to be afraid of Apple’s blackmail threat. Moreover, we are the first to submit a patent application, and it is our responsibility to say that it is broken."

   After finishing speaking, Zhou Guangping looked at Xia Jingxing expectantly, waiting for the boss's evaluation.

  Lin Bing was suddenly promoted to president of North America. It is impossible to say that he has no idea in his heart.

  Everyone is the same vice president and the starting point is the same. Why did you run in front of me all at once?

  If Lin Bing has made any outstanding contributions, then he has nothing to say, but the problem is that he has not made any major contributions.

  From the bottom of his heart, he was a little unconvinced with the boss’s promotion this time.

  He participated in the research and development of Motorola's many best-selling mobile phones, and his industry experience is far better than Lin Bing, but the boss chose Lin Bing, who is weaker than himself.

  He didn't dare to ask Xia Jingxing the reason, so he could only strengthen his own performance.

  Lin Bing glanced at Zhou Guangping, but did not speak. It stands to reason that he should be the first one to express his opinion, but the other party suddenly rushed to answer him in front of him.

  He didn't take it too seriously, because the content of the other party's answer explained everything and did not constitute a threat.

  Xia Jingxing took a deep look at Zhou Guangping. This is why he chose Lin Bing instead of Tie Hanhan. He was only suitable for technical skills, and it was a mess in other aspects.

  He did not attack Zhou Guangping either. He nodded and said, “That’s right. What are you afraid of? Facebook and YouTube are still arguing with News Corporation at the moment.

  However, this lawsuit should be unsuccessful for a while. "

"good."

  Lin Bing smiled and said, “Mr. Xia, I don’t know Jobs very well, but I can get a simple evaluation from everything I just witnessed.”

  "What's the evaluation?" Xia Jingxing asked.

   "Arrogant and arrogant, devoid of prestige, mean words, rough but fine."

  Lin Bing paused, "The last comment, it would be better if there was no "yellow-skinned monkey" just now."

  Xia Jingxing chuckled. He knew very well that in the eyes of Jobs, the national image of India and Japan was much stronger than that of China.

  Jobs visited Japan many times to visit Zen masters to ask for advice on Buddhism, and even the marriage was presided over by the Japanese Zen masters;

  When I was young, I also shaved my head and went to India to practice spirituality and meditation like an ascetic monk. When I saw my third brother jumping into the Ganges to play in the water, it brought a spiritual baptism to Jobs.

  Jobs has been to Japan and India many times, but he has never been to China.

In the early years, Apple did not develop well in the Chinese market. An executive of Apple had personally admitted: "The root of Apple's problems in China lies in Steve Jobs. He has never been to China once. In his mind, the Chinese market is not even as good as Malaysia. ."

   So, Xia Jingxing was a little bit irritating, and Jobs began to slander China.

  With his mean and acid character, this is not unimaginable.

  A market that is not valued, even if it is completely abandoned, it does not matter. This is probably Jobs's true inner thoughts at this time.

   Like Musk, Steve Jobs was also created by Apple and promoted to the altar by consumers, naturally for the purpose of brand promotion and merchandising.

  There is no essential difference between this and Mr. Lin who created a person to bring goods.

  The only dead spot is the collapse of human design.

  Xia Jingxing just tried to see if he could stop this dead spot, but he didn't expect Jobs to be so cooperative.

  Probably in essence, Jobs is more like a freelance artist than a businessman.

  Lin Bing continued: “Jobs was very cautious. During the chat, no information about patents was revealed. Until now, we don’t know what patents the company and Android have overlapped with them.”

  Xia Jingxing smiled and looked at Lin Bing, "Then what do you guess?"

  Lin Bing said lightly: “If I’m not mistaken, the phone Apple is building is just like us, it should be a smartphone.”

  Xia Jingxing nodded, motioning to continue.

  "Apple made computers and iPods, and they made them so well. Why did they suddenly enter the mobile phone industry? What is their confidence?

  I am afraid that, like us, we are also aware that technology is undergoing silent and silent change, and it is possible to subvert those aging giants. "

  Speaking of this, Lin Bing smiled, "They are like us, they want to sneak into the village, and they don’t want to shoot, so they found us to negotiate.

  Otherwise, I look at Jobs' temper, I am afraid that we will be taken to court directly with a complaint. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, "You guessed it, he must not want to disclose any information about the phone in the short term.

  So my opinion is the same as you, he will not sue us until the phone is officially unveiled. "

   "Although he will not sue us in the short term, we cannot take it lightly."

  Lin Bing looked at Xia Jingxing and solemnly said: "Now that we all know each other's existence, there will definitely be a competition.

  If Apple rushes to hold a product launch conference in front of us and unveils the phone first, it can give consumers a preconceived impression that our phones are released later, and we are copyists. "

  Xia Jingxing grinned, he now admires Lin Bing more and more, he has a great view of the overall situation, and he sees problems in depth.

  Lin Bing stalled his hands, "So, there is no way, we have to take the lead in Apple's product debut, to occupy the righteous name.

  If this is not the case, even if we have applied for a patent, we can easily be labeled as a "plagiarist". "

  Hearing this, the people in the room nodded involuntarily, thinking that Lin Bing’s remarks were very insightful.

  Zhou Guangping sighed silently in his heart, and finally understood where he had lost.

  Xia Jingxing put aside his smile, and said solemnly: "So this is the reason why I left you to have a meeting together, and there is not much time left for us.

  Before today, everyone can still sit back and relax in research and development, thinking that everyone is drunk and I am alone.

  But now it’s different, and one more person wakes up.

  Apple started to develop this phone even before us. They have many years of hardware development experience and are undoubtedly a rival.

  So, our biggest challenge next is to run a time race with Apple. Whoever releases the product first will win the battle. "

  Zhou Guangping frowned and said, “Just release the product recently. Instead of guessing the opponent, it’s better to take the initiative in your own hands.”

  This remark was a bit out of Xia Jingxing’s inherent impression of Zhou Guangping. He glanced at the latter with admiration, “The idea is very good, and it’s a solution that can be adopted.”

   Immediately changed Xia Jing's jargon, "However, our mobile phone still has many problems, such as the Android system that was detected last time is very unstable.

  In addition, basic mobile services such as mailboxes, browsers, and maps are not installed.

  Users buy a smart phone that can’t access the Internet and go home. Can it still be called a smart phone?

  Maybe some people are thinking, after the press conference is held, can we just add it?

  Yes, yes.

  However, if radio application products, communication products and digital products want to enter the US market, they must first pass the FCC certification.

  Our products are defective. I am afraid that the certification will not pass, which will affect the time of official launch of the products. "

   "Then what should we do?" Huang Jiangji, who was reluctant to speak, asked very rarely.

  "Don’t try to take shortcuts, improve the product as soon as possible, is the most correct way to deal with it."

  Xia Jingxing’s expression is solemn, “If there are many defects in a product, every time a product is sold, it means losing the trust of a consumer.

   Once a brand is labeled as unreliable, it is difficult to wash off. "

When    was speaking, Xia Jingxing also recalled, when did Apple release the product?

  It should be next year, but he can't remember the specific month.

  (End of this chapter)