"Former R&D director of Estée Lauder?"
Wang Yi smiled: "Okay, where is the address? I'll go over and lie down!"
For Zhenyou Beauty to be high-end, it cannot do without overseas R&D institutions and big-name R&D teams.
And the name of Estee Lauder's former R&D director is enough to make Wang Yi pay a visit in person!
With him joining, there is hope that Zhenyou Beauty can be packaged into a high-end brand.
Wang Yi looked at the location Steve mentioned: "It's not far from me. Then book a five-star restaurant and make an appointment to have dinner together at noon!"
"good!"
Wang Yigang just hung up the phone, only to find that Old Huang was here again, carrying a box in his hand.
"Hello, Director Wang, I'm here again!"
Lao Huang handed the box to Wang Yi: "What I said yesterday benefited Huang a lot. This is our latest NVIDIA flagship graphics card, given to you!"
"Thank you!" Wang Yi accepted it and handed it to Wu Shuang.
"By the way, are you going out?" Lao Huang couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, I'm going to poach someone, so I have to go over and have a chat. Director Huang is free? Do you want to come together?" Wang Yixiao said.
The reason why the former director of Estee Lauder looked down on Meiyou was because he felt that the Meiyou brand was not big enough.
After all, compared with Estee Lauder, the current Mei You and Zhen You are really not good enough.
Even if Wang Yi goes there in person, the negotiation may not go smoothly.
These imperial people are so arrogant that they accept death!
But if you get NVIDIA CEO Huang, it won't be a big problem.
Card Tool Man, online!
"Okay, we happen to be free, let's go together!" Lao Huang happily agreed.
Yesterday, he was scolded by Wang Yi and he benefited a lot. Today he came again and wanted to learn from it again.
Wu Shuang then drove a few people straight to the agreed five-star hotel.
On the way, Lao Huang chatted about Xiaomi:
"Director Wang, you can't tell the difference without comparison. There is also a new mobile phone company in your country called Xiaomi. But the orders he placed are too few, only 300,000 units in half a year! Unlike you, you can directly order five Big order of one million sets!”
Wang Yi waved his hand: "It's just that the development model is different. Xiaomi wants to have zero inventory, high turnover, and then delay the cycle and wait for price reductions!"
"Yes, that's it!" Lao Huang nodded: "It was released in August, and now it's early October and it's not on sale yet!"
The mobile phone supply chain is updated very quickly, and it is normal for prices to drop by 10%-20% within three months.
Xiaomi launched the product in August and will not start selling a batch until late October.
In the previous life, in order to wait for costs to drop, as of the end of this year, Xiaomi sold a total of 270,000 units of the first generation in four months.
It is because the material cost of the first generation of Xiaomi in these four months is high, about 1,200-1,300 yuan, plus tax of 1,500, the profit is only 500.
By December, when Xiaomi's first-generation products are re-purchased, the material cost will be reduced to about 900, and the tax will only be about 1,100.
Wait until it goes on sale in January and sell it for 1999, the profit will be as high as 800!
When profits are high, Rebus will purchase components in large quantities and sell them in large quantities!
But unfortunately, he missed Xingyi’s mobile phone!
When costs dropped in January and profits increased, and Rebus was preparing to make huge sales and make huge profits, the Xingyi mobile phone was born.
Millions of units directly in stock!
Although the price is a thousand more expensive, the quality and configuration are much higher.
I am afraid that many consumers will give up buying Xiaomi and choose the off-the-shelf Xingyi mobile phone.
After all, you have already spent 2,000, why do you care about spending an extra thousand?
Especially the Xiaomi generation doesn’t even have a front camera, while the Xingyi generation has a front camera of 5 million pixels, which is a dimensionality reduction blow!
Basically, female users will choose Xingyi phones instead of Xiaomi in order to take selfies.
The 720P high-definition screen and 4.3-inch screen make playing games more exciting and will make male users prefer Xingyi mobile phones.
In the previous life, Xiaomi became more and more popular because it had no rivals and the gimmick of hunger marketing, selling more than 7.9 million units a year.
But this time when I met Wang Yi's Xingyi mobile phone, it was hard to say.
There is no way, the market is just that big.
In the previous life, Xiaomi stole Meizu’s market.
This time, Xingyi Mobile will also seize Xiaomi’s market.
The shopping mall is like a battlefield, where the fittest survive and the strong are crowned!
Frankly speaking, the Xiaomi generation poses no threat to Xingyi mobile phones.
However, the IPhone 4s was also launched in January in China.
This is a problem.
The IPhone 4s, which starts at 4988, will take away some Xingyi mobile phone users who start at 2999.
After all, the appeal of the iPhone these days is simply terrifying.
Wang Yi was thinking about whether to speed up the progress and release the Xingyi mobile phone in early December and then open reservations.
It will go on sale directly in mid to late December!
Before the iPhone 4S was launched, it was put on sale in large quantities and snatched away some iPhone 4S users!
This is totally doable.
When we go back, we have to accelerate the mobile phone project in an all-round way.
Soon, a group of people arrived at the hotel.
Steve was sitting inside with a white guy.
Steve stood up quickly, a little surprised: "Director Wang, Director Huang, you are here!"
Unexpectedly, Wang Yi also brought Lao Huang!
NVIDIA CEO, a well-known big shot.
Even the white man stood up, surprised.
"Let me introduce you!" Steve looked at the white people:
"This is Cornette Woods, the former R&D director of Estee Lauder. The famous Estee Lauder small brown bottle was made by him!"
Then, Steve looked at Wang Yi and the two of them: "This is Wang Yi, CEO of Meiyou Technology, my boss!"
"And NVIDIA CEO, Mr. Huang, my boss's... friend!"
"Hello."
Several people exchanged pleasantries and sat down one after another.
Cornet's expression became very solemn. He never expected that a newly established company would be friends with NVIDIA's old director!
And from the looks of it, Nvidia’s old director was very polite to the young boss Xia Guo, even a little respectful!
Just kidding!
There is no way. Although Nvidia has powerful graphics cards, it is also its younger brother and Party B in the field of mobile phone chips.
A large and generous customer like Wang Yi is Party A!
What's more, Lao Huang still thinks that Wang Yi can scold him again like he did last night, and remind him more so that he can find problems and avoid detours.
Since he wanted to ask for Wang Yi, he was naturally very polite to Wang Yi.
Lao Huang said very politely: "Mr. Cornett, if you can join Director Wang's company, it will definitely be a wise choice."
"It is my honor for NVIDIA to cooperate with Director Wang."
"???" Cornette was confused and full of disbelief:
"Wait a minute, Director Wang didn't just start out in clothing, but also in beauty. How can he still cooperate with NVIDIA?"
He couldn't figure it out. Whether it was clothing or makeup, NVIDIA graphics cards and chips were not needed!
"Haha, you don't know. In addition to clothing and beauty, Director Wang is also making smartphones. Just the day before yesterday, he ordered 5 million quad-core flagship chips from NVIDIA! He is our super big customer!"
"Four-core flagship chip? Five million? How much does that cost?" Cornet found it unbelievable.
"$125 million!"
Cornet was silent: "..."
'Is Mr. Wang so rich? Is Meiyou Technology so powerful? '
"It's nothing!" Lao Huang waved his hand:
"Director Wang also placed an order for 10 million application processing chips and 15 million baseband chips from Qualcomm. It cost nearly US$400 million!"
Everyone in Conate was dumbfounded: "..."
'Nvidia's $125 million, Qualcomm's $400 million, that's more than $500 million...'
'The problem is that this is just a chip. The other components used to make mobile phones are also money! '
'How is this humble Dongfang boss so powerful? '
For a moment, Cornette was stunned, and his whole head was buzzing.
I really underestimated this Eastern enterprise!
"Mr. Cornette?" He didn't come back to his senses until Wang Yi called him:
"Here, boss, I'm here!"
At this time, Cornett no longer looked like the former director of Estee Lauder, who was aloof.
Instead, he acts like a small clerk facing a technology giant.
I sighed in my heart: No wonder a person like Huang Dong is so polite and even respectful to Wang Dong.
It turns out that this Director Wang is really powerful!
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "We at Zhenyou Beauty Cosmetics focus on high-end products and are currently in need of a R&D director. I wonder if Mr. Cornet is willing to take up the role?"
"I do!"
Cornet agreed directly without any hesitation.
Originally, he felt that although Meiyou was good at making Chun Yufeng clothing, she was just a second-hand cosmetics maker and not worth mentioning.
Therefore, Steve repeatedly invited him, but he refused.
In desperation, Steve could only ask Wang Yi to talk in person.
But now, Cornet has completely changed his attitude!
This beautiful pomelo is so awesome and has a bright future.
Must join!
"Welcome to join Meiyou Technology. I will set up a Zhenyou R&D institution for you in the empire. Of course, your assistants, students, and teams can all join together, and the treatment will be fully comparable to Estee Lauder!" Wang Yi said cheerfully.
"thanks, thanks!"
Cornet was so excited that he thought he would never find such good treatment after leaving Estee Lauder.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yi directly competed with Estee Lauder.
It's great, I can earn a high salary again.
As for the reason why he left Estee Lauder, it is also very simple.
The small brown bottle developed by Cornet is already very mature and has made Estee Lauder a lot of money.
But the new project he developed failed!
The deputy director's project was very successful, so Estee Lauder stepped in and asked the deputy director to take over his position and vigorously develop the deputy director's products!
As a R&D director, you can't just hang around. If you don't produce anything, you have to get fired!
"Work hard and I can guarantee that your treatment and bonus will be better than those at Estee Lauder!"
Wang Yi promised with a smile!
"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely do it!"
Konate nodded, fighting high-spiritedly: "They kicked me out, I will take Zhenyou with me to defeat them!"
"Very good, let's work hard together!" Wang Yi smiled.
I just like people like this who have goals, fighting spirit, and hatred!
Steve wants to overthrow HM and ZARA, and now he is highly motivated every day to develop international business.
Cornette wants to overthrow Estee Lauder and is very motivated.
Good!
With this momentum, it is easier to achieve things.
"By the way, Steve, how is the search for the R&D institution going?" Wang Yi asked.
Cornet has a small team, most of which came from Estee Lauder three years ago. They are all R&D elites.
They join together and the Zhenyou R&D team is created!
As for betrayal, Wang Yi is not worried. The employment situation is not that good these days.
Estee Lauder's R&D staff are all worried about losing their jobs, not to mention that they have been unemployed for some time...
To put it bluntly, after the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, the empire’s economy has not fully recovered.
Unemployment remains at a high level, especially for high-paying R&D jobs.
Cornette looked at Wang Yi: "Boss, I actually have a research and development institution and some new products. It is a niche brand - Xiya."
"After all, we haven't been idle in the past few years after leaving Estee Lauder. It's just that we are not good at operations. Although Xiya is slightly famous, her sales are not very good, and her funds are a little stretched, and she is about to go bankrupt..."
Wang Yi understood. Although it was developed by the Cornet team, without Estee Lauder's brand blessing and platform sales, Xiya couldn't sell it!
A person engaged in R&D is not good at sales.
Wang Yi smiled, he has a sales platform!
Meiyou Mall, Meiyou International Mall, Meiyou flagship store, specialty store, and authorized store.
They are all channels!
As long as it's packaged, it's not a problem at all. !
"Director Wang, I can guarantee that all of Xiya's products are excellent and have been reviewed and approved by the European Union and the Empire. Compared with Estee Lauder, the results are no worse than those of Estee Lauder!"
Wang Yi looked at Steve.
Steve turned on his phone and sent a report to Wang Yi:
"Boss, after I got to know Xiya, I sent someone to study Xiya's products and did a test. They were very good. This is the test report that just came out."
Wang Yi took a look and found that it was indeed good.
After all, a team that can make a small brown bottle definitely has two skills.
Xiya is also somewhat famous overseas, but its marketing is not good.
Similar to the original Meizu, it has a good reputation, but is small and niche.
Most importantly, Xiya lacked money for publicity and did not have enough sales channels, leading to imminent bankruptcy.
"Director Wang, to be honest, Xiya products can't be sold, and now we can't make ends meet. Can you take it over?" Cornette said with great expectation:
"With only 20 million dollars, Xiya's entire R&D organization, including the property rights of the house, all equipment, all products, results, patents, and brands, will be yours. I will bring my team to work for you!"
He spent all the more than 10 million dollars he earned in Estee Lauder, but the product couldn't be sold and he lost all his money.
But the wages of the R&D team have to be paid as usual. If they can't find a buyer, they will have to start going into debt!
I really can't stand it anymore.
This kind of niche brand can survive if you have money, but if you don't have money, it will be in vain.
As for venture capital?
No one is willing to invest in projects that are difficult to make a profit.
Wang Yi thought for a moment, twenty million dollars, which is 130 million yuan.
130 million to acquire a bankrupt R&D institution, others thought it was a loss-making business, but Wang Yi thought it was okay.
In particular, the results and products inside have been reviewed by Europe and the United States, and can be sold directly in Meiyou Mall!
This is what Wang Yi values.
In addition, the property rights of the entire R&D institution and so many equipment are also valuable.
Wang Yi re-establishes an overseas R&D institution, and also has to register a company, buy factories, buy equipment, and build connections...
Not to mention the time and effort required, hundreds of millions of yuan would have to be invested...
It would be better to just pay 130 million yuan to acquire Cornet's Xiya R&D institution and achievements.
Of course, what Wang Yi values most is the R&D capabilities of the Cornet team!
"Okay, if there are no other financial disputes or other liabilities, I will give you the 20 million dollars!" Wang Yi said cheerfully.
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