It’s the end of September. After more than a year of development, the smartphone industry chain has basically been upgraded, and various foundries are also very complete.
Therefore, the smartphone market has ushered in a supply explosion, and major mobile phone brands have been frantically stocking up in order to seize the market. This makes smartphones that were originally very popular suddenly become a bit of a mess.
Not only are suppliers open to supply, but the prices of mobile phones have also dropped again and again. From the starting price of at least two to three thousand yuan in the beginning, you can now take home a smartphone for only about one thousand yuan.
At the same time, as the sales volume of smartphones on the market has increased significantly, various mobile phone accessories have begun to appear one after another, such as mobile phone cases, mobile phone films, etc.
Among them, wireless WIFI merchants have suddenly begun to use network cables. In the past, if you opened a snack bar, it didn’t matter if you didn’t need a network cable or a cashier.
But now when customers come to the restaurant to eat, the first thing they ask is not the signature dishes or the prices of the dishes, but whether there is WIFI in the store.
Although under the influence of Yang Dongxu, the price of mobile phone 3G traffic packages has dropped again and again, but for many working people, especially students.
The monthly traffic price of the package is still a bit high. Even if I hold a smartphone and watch some videos on some web pages, the monthly traffic exceeds the standard, so I really can’t afford it.
So all kinds of things that use WIFI naturally formed. So when I go to a restaurant to eat, there is no WIFI in the store, and the diners subconsciously want to find another restaurant.
This led to merchants quickly realizing the importance of getting a network cable, so the business of broadband business points increased sharply.
And as WIFI was installed in the store, another phenomenon appeared. That is to say, the time for guests to eat has been extended. Especially at noon, there are still many guests waiting outside.
The customers in the room were holding on to their mobile phones and not wanting to leave in order to use the Internet, which made the store owner feel helpless. He couldn't chase away the customers, right?
"For Honor, we should give priority to making mobile phones. As for the communication business, there are also server issues. If you can rent a domestic operator, priority will be given to renting one from a domestic operator. If there are no domestic ones in some areas, use European and American ones.
The telecommunications industry and server issues you mentioned will not be touched upon by Honor for the time being. "In the reception area of the Honor Mobile Chairman's office, Yang Dongxu and Lei Jun were sitting face to face.
"In this case, our foundation is too weak." Lei Jun glanced at his boss with some confusion.
According to the character of his big boss, he is a person who firmly wants to control his destiny in his own hands. He should be able to see that if he does not have communication and servers in his hands, he will be choked by others in the future.
"I understand what you said, but these two really can't touch each other now." Yang Dongxu smiled helplessly.
Lei Jun, who looked puzzled, thought of something, "Do you think Europe and the United States will directly deal with Glory when it comes to these two industries?"
"It's not that I think it, but I am sure that although Honor is the pioneer of smartphones, Apple in the United States is not a blank slate in this regard. Moreover, the development of the American technology industry has already surpassed that of China.
Therefore, they have weapons in hand and are confident that they can defeat Honor. In addition, some of Apple’s smartphone technologies are also authorized by us, so now everyone maintains a normal understanding of business competition.
But if you touch communications and servers, it is beyond the control of those resources in the United States. Because whether it is communications or servers, they have cards in their hands that cannot compete with Glory and can drain the bottom of the cauldron.
They have taken a step back in terms of chips, and William has started production. Once these two trump cards are taken away, this group of people will have no sense of security. The occasional small tricks used in normal business competition that have a tacit understanding may turn into tough tactics that tear people apart.
For example, directly disconnect the communication facilities and servers currently used by Honor mobile phones. "
"They can't be so shameless, right? We have signed a five-year contract with the communications provider and server provider. They are not afraid of being scorned by doing this. How can they do business without credibility?" Lei Jun felt that he was a bit alarmist. .
"Don't overestimate the lower limit of these capitals, or even if you think about it in a more dirty place, you won't be able to find out the other party's bottom line. Various financial attacks, clear technical blockades, and even Toshiba, an ally that threatened us, have been dismembered.
Is there anything else they dare not do? As for the credibility issue, it seems that if they lose credibility, others will not use their equipment. "Yang Dongxu's face was full of ridicule.
He is not mocking Lei Jun's kindness, but mocking the inner ugliness of those who have glamorous capital on the surface.
"How can we do business without credibility? They..." As a businessman, Lei Jun still cannot understand how he can gain a foothold in the business world without credibility.
But before he finished speaking, he realized how to gain a foothold in the business world without credibility.
"Have you thought of it?" Yang Dongxu asked with a smile.
"This...this is so shameless."
"Even if Jesus is resurrected, there is no way for capital to lose face." Yang Dongxu said.
There is only one reason why you can continue to do business without fear of losing your credibility, and that is monopoly.
Without European and American communication mountains and servers, you can't find other communication providers and servers at all, so even if they breach the contract, what can you do even if they are shameless?
If a mobile phone doesn’t have a carrier or a server, you can’t even make calls. No matter how smart you are, it’s useless.
"So these two industries cannot touch each other for the time being. Honor mobile phones are still in the development stage and cannot stimulate these shameless people."
"But this always leaves a hidden danger. Now they feel they have a chance to win Glory, so they want to show off. What if they can't compete for Glory later? They will definitely use this trick again."
"In order to avoid irritating each other, Honor cannot be involved in these two industries for the time being. It does not mean that other companies cannot be involved in these two industries.
The higher authorities have been advocating that our domestic telecommunications companies go global, and they have made good progress in neighboring small countries in the past two years. As for servers, Dongxu Technology has been doing it.
Otherwise, how can I tell you that whether it is a communicator or a server, give priority to using domestic ones, and then consider foreign ones? How can you prioritize without these? So take your time. "
"Okay." Lei Jun sighed helplessly. This is the sadness of falling behind. I knew that the path was correct, but because the other party was too strong, I had to avoid it and take a detour.
Yang Dongxu himself felt aggrieved, he was Young Master Yang. But sometimes there are many things that you can't just hold back and rush through. In this case, he can only hold back temporarily.
But everything is only temporary. As China's economy develops faster and faster, its status in the world continues to improve. One day it will develop to a point where the United States will not dare to forcefully break the relationship.
For example, when U.S. capital invests more and more in China, when the money earned by Chinese companies is far from being able to make up for the losses caused by the loss.
When the U.S. government wants to break up with China, there is no need for China to say anything. These people will naturally speak for China, because capital is selfish.
They will never lose the little money they have in their pockets because of so-called national interests.
Of course, forging iron requires one's own strength. Binding is only a means of combining vertical and horizontal forces. Only when you hold the sword in your own hand can you have the initiative.
"Recently, some software operators have expressed objections to us prohibiting them from accessing user address books and charging additional fees." The first suggestion was unacceptable, and Lei Jun talked about the second thing.
"Ignore them, aren't you just watching other smartphones start to spread and gain market share? You feel that you have no shortage of smartphone users, so you want to give it a try?
Just throw it aside and ignore it. The market share of Honor mobile phones is not low. What's more important is the people who can afford Honor phones. Many of them are big spenders when playing games. It would be damned if they could give up these users. "
The only reason why the Android system can quickly seize the market is that Honor Mobile and Apple do not open up their systems to other mobile phone brands, and the second reason is because it is free.
There are free things available, but naturally I feel a little unhappy about charging for them.
But what if you are unhappy?
Are you a user who has given up on Honor phones or Apple phones?
How is this possible? Although they pay high handling fees, the recharge rates of users of these two mobile phones are high. After all, the users of these two mobile phones contribute more.
As long as there is money to be made, let alone charging handling fees, even if you drive them away with a stick, these people will not leave. Who will have trouble with money?
"What about user data acquisition?" Lei Jun continued to ask.
In fact, this question, to put it nicely, is to better serve customers, so we need to obtain certain permissions on the mobile phone. To put it in a bad way, it means crawling user data to form big data.
After the development of smart phones, you will often encounter some places of interest on your mobile phone, and then log in to a shopping website, and the website will push you various similar products.
Obtaining permissions for the user's phone address book, location information and video album are all routine operations.
What’s even more outrageous is that those with expensive mobile phones, whether taking a taxi, booking air tickets online, or booking a hotel, are more expensive than those with cheaper mobile phones.
And the so-called membership fees for old users, when ordering food, they spend more than new users who don't buy memberships. In short, all kinds of saucy operations are constantly going on.
"They can set the usage permissions of their APP however they like. We do not encourage or prevent it. But whether he privately accesses the user's address book, or accesses the user's photo album, video and other backends, we have the obligation to remind the user.
In this regard, do not give in because of their threats. You must consider the problem from the user's perspective, and the user experience feels great.
They are willing to pay higher prices to buy Honor phones instead of other brands of phones on the market. As there are more high-spending users, those so-called protesting mobile games and various mobile APP companies will come over.
This is the virtuous cycle we should form. If we have high-spending users, we are afraid of them. If the system becomes comparable to Android, will users still be willing to spend a lot of money to buy our phones? "
"Understood." Lei Jun nodded, and then continued, "The background information transfer system you mentioned has been updated. It can indeed improve the performance of many mobile phones and allow the mobile phones to run for a long time without lag, but this is not good for the server. It consumes too much.”
This is actually the reason why Lei Jun proposed that Honor mobile phones are engaged in communication and servers.
