Pei patted Li Xihui's hand and said, "You took the initiative to donate 10 million US dollars as a scholarship. It's very good that you have such awareness. Very few young people have a sense of charity.
Compared with China, everything from price to living expenses is too expensive for Chinese international students. With the award of the Committee of 100 Talents Award, it can be alleviated to a certain extent for truly outstanding international students. Difficulties in their lives. "
Pei said that he had a high opinion of Zhou Xin and that all the previous presidents of the Committee of 100 were outstanding figures in politics or business.
In his view, Zhou Xin was fully qualified and capable to take over as chairman of the Committee of 100 after Li Xihui.
Wu Jianmin, the later chairman of the Committee of 100, was not the other Wu Jianmin. Wu Jianmin of the Committee of 100 was the chairman and CEO of East West Bank.
Since his wealth has reached a certain level, after reaching this level, Zhou Xin can do whatever he wants to a certain extent.
Even if his behavior is a bit outrageous, others will automatically help him find reasons.
At the 10th anniversary dinner of the Committee of 100, starting from I.M. Pei, almost everyone said hello to Zhou Xin.
Zhou Xin felt tired. Later, he responded completely mechanically.
Zhou Xin did not know that I.M. Pei had the idea of making him chairman of the Committee of 100, and even if he knew, he would refuse.
It's okay to have a superficial interaction with an organization like the Committee of 100, but forget about in-depth integration like being the chairman of the Committee of 100.
And to put it bluntly, the chairman of the Committee of 100 cannot make the final decision on key matters. The founder team members are still alive, resulting in very little autonomy for this position.
Zhou Xin doesn't like it either, so he might as well start a new business on his own.
After meeting the members of the Committee of 100 one by one, Zhou Xin gained a new understanding of the Committee of 100. The business people in the Committee of 100 all belong to a group that has broken through the Chinese ceiling.
Generally, the upper limit of Chinese people is the middle level, and it is almost impossible for them to enter the board of directors and truly become management.
But for members of the Committee of 100, partners are the starting point.
After meeting Zhou Xin, he realized that the connections he had built in the Committee of 100 might come in handy in the future.
There are so many things to do when you come to New York, and attending the Welcome Dinner of the Committee of 100 is just the first thing to do.
The second thing was to meet Simo, Simo Volilehto.
A less common name, Finn, former chairman and general manager of Nokia, served as chairman of Nokia for three years before being squeezed out by Mika. The position of general manager was also squeezed out by Qiao Ma after only four years.
This is a talent recommended to Zhou Xin by headhunters. Matrix needs a general manager with sufficient experience.
Talents of this level required Zhou Xin to go to New York in person to hire him. He was already seventy years old and was not as eager for work as he was when he was young.
At this time, Zhou Xin would have to be famous enough for the other party to meet him.
"Newman, nice to meet you. Sean has already told me your purpose of coming. He is always looking for opportunities like a hyena.
I was just like him twenty years ago. Now I am old, and my sense of smell and desire to win are far less sharp than when I was young. "
When Simo met Zhou Xin, he had no intention of taking the next job. He just wanted to get to know Zhou Xin.
Zhou Xin said: “Sean is very professional, and several senior executives I have now were recommended to me by Sean.
You don't look old at all, and you are still so energetic. If a promising enough career is in front of you at this time, I believe you can rekindle the passion and vitality of your youth. "After Zhou Xin read Simo's resume, he thought he was a good fit.
He doesn't need a CEO who can stay at Matrix for a long time. What he needs most now is someone to build the entire company's framework.
Because he is now going to start opening stores in the Amerikan region, including Vancouver and Toronto, the big cities in Maple Leaf Country, and opening offline stores at the same time.
Create a format similar to Apple stores.
The physical industry is completely different from the Internet industry, and there will be a qualitative improvement from the number of employees to the scale of management.
Therefore, in the early stage, when he has no shortage of ideas, he needs to focus on stability, and Simo is a very suitable candidate.
As for the opponent, who was the chairman of Nokia and was unable to adapt to the mobile Internet era, how could Simo continue to manage Matrix when he is 80 years old in the mobile Internet era.
"It would be too cruel to talk about the future to a seventy-year-old man.
I know Newman that you have achieved great success in the Internet field. This success has made you confident that you are omnipotent and can copy your success in the Internet field to all aspects.
However, the areas in which each person is good at are limited, and it is very difficult to copy successful experience to other areas. ” Seamus seemed extremely conservative.
Zhou Xin took a sip of his latte and said, "Yes, I have countless good ideas, and I need a CEO to execute these good ideas for me.
Rather than letting them sit in my head, they need to come down to reality.
I am very keenly aware of the common needs of most groups and can find reasonable means to cater to their needs.
The Internet field and the consumer electronics field are actually connected. They can both create demand and meet demand.
No one has a better sense of smell than I do. "
Zhou Xin was as confident as the sun.
At seventy years old, Seamus would naturally not be easily swayed by such remarks.
Whether or not he takes on the newly proposed position next week, Seamus will have to show his worth.
He may not be the president of Matrix because of his age, salary, and Matrix's development prospects, but he can be the chief consultant, a position with good pay and low work intensity.
This is why when some executives are poached by other companies for detailed discussions, even if they do not plan to go to this company, they will try their best to show themselves without revealing confidentiality.
There's no guarantee that the right opportunity will come.
Simo spoke very slowly, but without pauses or repetitions: “Understanding needs is very important and critical.
But in the hardware world, it's not quite like the software world because the user's needs are similar and clear.
In the field of consumer electronics, it is difficult to impress users through the innovation of the product itself.
Take mobile phones and electronic game consoles, the two largest categories in the current consumer electronics field, as examples. People’s needs for mobile phones are nothing more than signal and battery life.
Although people continue to add various functions to their mobile phones, such as games, photography, music, and text messaging.
But in the final analysis, the performance of a mobile phone determines that what it can do is very limited.
In order for a mobile phone to have such rich functions like a computer, and to integrate these functions into a computer, a breakthrough in integrated circuits is required. At my age, I am afraid it is difficult to see this happening.
So you want to meet user needs through function point updates, which is very difficult. In the field of mobile phones, meeting needs is closely related to technology iterations. "
At this time, 2G networks had been basically popularized overseas. In China, it was not until 1999 that 2G became fully popularized. As for 3G networks, they were launched overseas in about mid-2001.
"Nokia invested about 1 billion euros last year. Nokia probably maintains such high R&D expenses every year. If you want to enter the mobile phone field, you need to accumulate a lot of technology from scratch.
Including brand building, it also takes time to accumulate.
For example, the 3210 launched by Nokia not long ago actually went through three years of research and development before it became so popular.
This is true for mobile phones, and it is also true for electronic game consoles. People will only pay attention to whether the games on the electronic game console are fun. It has only this core requirement.
Similarly, mobile phones only have one core requirement: phone calls. While everyone has similar needs, what they are competing for is supply chain capabilities, cost control capabilities, and corporate management capabilities.
It is difficult to achieve differentiation of mobile phones through demand innovation, and it is even more difficult to further make users pay for differentiation. "
Nokia 3210, a classic among classics, has sold 150 million units worldwide. It is also a product that established Nokia's position in traditional mobile phones.
"I understand, so I'm talking about consumer electronics brands, not just mobile phones, mobile phones are just one of them.
There are many types of consumer electronics brands, and I hope to be similar to Sony. This is the ultimate goal.
I also agree with what you just said about supply chain management, cost control, enterprise management, etc., but I don’t agree that users are unwilling to pay for differentiation.
The reason why users in the mobile phone market are unwilling to pay for differentiation is because the degree of differentiation is not high enough.
Mobile phone manufacturers have not done enough innovation. They only innovate in appearance, which cannot be considered innovation.
The Nokia 3210 you just mentioned sells so well precisely because they have achieved innovations that others have not done.
Mobile phones are the most critical products of consumer electronics brands. I have carefully studied the model 3210.
Before this, mobile phones were only targeted at business people, and the product designs of mobile phone manufacturers were mainly based on the steady atmosphere of business.
The 3210 is one of the very few mobile phones targeted at young people. It is pre-installed with three games: Snake, Matching Memory and Spin. It also includes functions such as ringtone sharing and picture pushing.
It is this kind of differentiation that allows Nokia to sell so well.
I am confident that I can do better than any other mobile phone manufacturer in the field of differentiation.
But what I lack is exactly what you are good at, such as large enterprise management, hardware R&D team management, supply chain management, etc.
These traditional mobile phone companies need to have soft power, and I need your help.
I will be personally responsible for scientific research, product innovation, functional positioning and brand building.
We're a perfect match, Seamus, and you can think of this as your last venture.
I have full confidence that our products will have a huge impact on the currently stagnant mobile phone industry and even the entire consumer electronics industry.
I believe you are not willing to end your career like this. "
Today’s customary two chapters are 6,000 words, and there will be more starting from tomorrow
(End of chapter)
