Technology: Start by selling mobile phones

After Li Zhi left, Mo Ran entered the "super store system".

In the past six months, he has become accustomed to the existence of the system, and the novelty has long since passed, so he rarely comes in to take a look when he has nothing to do.

When he entered the system today, he discovered that his points had increased from 240,000 to 300,000 in just one month.

Earned 60,000 points in one month.

"good."

Mo Ran was quite satisfied, so he immediately opened the points mall and quickly entered the keyword: "U1, TF memory card".

Click Search.

Matching search results soon appeared in the list. After a closer look, several of the top results could meet your needs.

[Type C-U1 level TF memory card design, quality: ordinary (C level), purchase points: 30,000. 】

[Type B-U1 level TF memory card design, quality: good (level B), purchase points: 50,000. 】

[Type A-U1 level TF memory card design, quality: excellent (A level), purchase points: 100,000. 】

Mo Ran checked several plan introductions in succession. All plans, even ordinary (C-level), could reach U1-level reading and writing speeds, which is a minimum transmission speed of 10Mb/s.

But the higher the quality of the design, the higher the upper limit speed.

For example, Class B solutions can reach up to 15Mb/s, and Class A solutions can even reach up to 20Mb/s.

In addition, the advanced design solutions should also be better in terms of performance such as the stability of the transmission speed and the maximum number of reads and writes.

After thinking for two minutes, Mo Ran decided to purchase a good (B-level) quality design plan.

Although the C-level plan only requires 30,000 points and is cheap, looking at the data, it has just reached the U1 level threshold and is entry-level.

Considering that NetEase Yanxuan is the first real customer and has some publicity effects, this plan is indeed a bit difficult to implement.

A-level solutions are good, but the only drawback of good products is that they are expensive.

The 100,000 points were almost what he had accumulated in two months, and Mo Ran was really reluctant to part with them.

The B-level plan is just right. You can earn back 50,000 points in less than a month. Its performance is better than most memory cards of the same level on the market, and it is very cost-effective.

Click to buy.

[Dear host, are you sure you want to purchase: ‘Type B-U1 level TF memory card design plan’? 】

[This purchase will cost 50,000 points. 】

【Sure. 】

Mo Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after relaxing, he still felt a little heartbroken as he watched the system points return from 300,000 to 250,000.

to be honest,

Mo Ran's attitude towards system points has always been to use them if they can, and to save them to purchase key technologies at critical times.

But this time, "Yellow River Storage" does not have the ability to design a "U1-level TF memory card" production plan on its own.

Purchasing main control chips and solutions from other manufacturers on the market is a feasible option.

But the high cost is one of the reasons,

on the other hand.

Mo Ran still hopes that "Yellow River Storage" can come up with solutions that are different from those on the market and attract more manufacturers to cooperate in the market through good OEM quality.

undoubtedly,

The design solution provided by the system is the best choice.

And the most important thing is,

Based on the previous "U3 high-speed memory card" solution and this time's "B-type-U1 memory card" design solution, Mo Ran hopes to truly form the "Yellow River Storage" R\u0026D team.

The most important core reason for this cooperation with NetEase Yanxuan is that the profit margin is low and we have to purchase solutions from other manufacturers.

Or is it because "Yellow River Storage" does not have its own R\u0026D team!

…

After spending 50,000 yuan to purchase the design plan, Mo Ran did not call Li Zhi immediately.

It wasn't until the third day that Mo Ran handed over all the "B-type-U1 level TF memory card design plan" to Li Zhi.

Like the last U3 design plan, this time the design plan not only includes the built-in circuit diagram of the "TF card", but also the design drawings and algorithms of the "main control chip".

Li Zhi was immediately overjoyed.

After a brief look, he knew that this design should be from the same company as the "Jinghong" memory card.

The performance data and the scientific nature of the design have firmly reached the domestic first-tier level, quite like a large manufacturer.

If such a product is produced, at least there won't be any big problems with the quality.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo. With the product plan, we can finalize this order soon."

Moran nodded, said a few words of encouragement and prepared to leave.

but.

Just as he was about to get up, Li Zhi suddenly said:

"Mr. Mo, there is one more thing."

"In the past two days of communication with NetEase Yanxuan, they mentioned the U disk business and SD card business..."

"The general idea is that they should launch products of this type in the future. If we have these businesses, they are also willing to cooperate with us."

"In terms of production difficulty...the core components of U disks and SD cards are similar to TF. It is even simpler to produce U disks than to produce TF memory cards. It is nothing more than adding a packaging shell outside the chip."

"Do you think we need to add new equipment to develop our U disk and SD card businesses?"

USB flash drive and SD card?

Mo Ran was a little surprised.

"What do you mean?"

Li Zhi didn't expect that Mo Ran would be the first to ask him for his opinion. He was startled and then shook his head slightly.

He said slowly:

"I think there are some risks. If there are only orders carefully selected by NetEase, the business volume is still too small."

"To produce SD cards and USB flash drives, we need to purchase some new equipment and recruit production employees. After the scale is expanded, if NetEase Yanxuan loses follow-up orders, we will have no other customers. Not only will we not make any money, we will even lose money. money."

"It's just... this time is an opportunity for us to expand our categories. It would be a pity to give up, so I want to ask you for your decision."

Mo Ran thought about it, but he didn't expect to encounter the expansion problem of "Yellow River Storage" so quickly.

But soon, he shook his head and said:

"It's no pity. I also agree not to accept other business for the time being."

"Furthermore, I think the most important thing for our 'Yellow River Storage' at this stage is to truly build a technical team, and first complete the 'TF memory card' business."

Li Zhi was relieved but a little surprised.

In fact, he does not want to rashly expand his business scope or scale now.

He is very clear that the biggest base of "Yellow River Storage" is Nietzsche.

It is because Nietzsche Mobile steadily purchases tens of thousands of "TF memory cards" every month that "Yellow River Storage" has the capital to survive stably.

SD cards and USB flash drives are like rootless trees to "Yellow River Storage". Without Nietzsche's stable orders, it is too risky to rashly increase business.

Again,

If NetEase Yanxuan does not sell well and loses follow-up orders, all the additional equipment will be idle.

and.

As Mo Ran said, what "Yellow River Storage" needs to solve most now is the technical team, not business expansion.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Mo Ran with admiration.

Many bosses are eager to expand their business as soon as they hear there are orders, but Mr. Mo can calmly refuse NetEase's strictly selected orders under such circumstances.

It is enough to show that he is definitely not "forgetting his life for small profits" and has greater ambitions for "Yellow River Storage"!

After a while, he said excitedly:

"Don't worry, Mr. Mo, I'm already making preparations for the technical team, and I've also recruited a college student, which is pretty good."

Mo Ran did not ask in detail, nodded and encouraged:

"I have registered patents for the previous 'Jinghong' memory card and the current 'U1 memory card' design in the name of 'Yellow River Storage'. Now it is the technical reserve of your 'Yellow River Storage'."

“Next, your technical team can make optimization and modifications based on these two plans;

Not to mention that products with better performance can be redesigned, but at least the low-level C4 and C6 solutions must be gradually improved.

In the future, if other manufacturers approach us for OEM ODM, we will also be able to provide a complete set of solutions to customers. "

"In short, 'Yellow River Storage' is definitely not a pure manufacturing foundry, but an enterprise with design capabilities, R\u0026D capabilities, and production capabilities."

Li Zhi's blood suddenly surged when he heard this, and he nodded heavily.

"I will definitely work hard!"

…

After coming out of the "Yellow River Storage", Mo Ran immediately returned to Nietzsche's headquarters.

As soon as he walked into the office, he noticed a cup of takeaway coffee on his desk.

The coffee is still hot and must have been delivered not long ago.

Mo Ran was slightly surprised, but when he saw the small note under the coffee, he understood instantly - it was Jiang Lan's handwriting.

Ever since there was some ambiguity between the team building team and Jiang Lan last time, the two of them had a tacit understanding and never mentioned the matter again.

But recently, for some reason, Jiang Lan would occasionally order a cup of coffee, milk tea or something for Mo Ran.

Mo Ran refused once, but Jiang Lan only said that he wanted to invite everyone to drink coffee and had no other intentions.

Having said this, Mo Ran couldn't keep his face down and said anything, so he just left it like this.

He picked up the coffee and took a sip gently.

I have to say that after drinking coffee several times in a row, he felt that the latte flavor was really good.

Just as he was sipping his coffee, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and then Hao Keji walked in.

During this period, Hao Technology has been busy with the launch of the "Nietzsche A8".

As Nietzsche's business scope expanded, Mo Ran naturally did not have so much energy to take care of everything. For a low-priced, marginal mobile phone like the "Nietzsche A8", almost all the big and small matters were left to Hao Technology.

Hao Keji was a little surprised when he saw the coffee on Mo Ran's table.

"Mr. Mo, I rarely see you drinking coffee."

"Well, have a drink once in a while."

"What? Do you like it too?"

Hao Keke waved his hands repeatedly, his brows furrowed.

"I don't like it, the coffee is too bitter!"

"I still like to drink tea or wine."

Hearing this, Mo Ran smiled, picked up the coffee and took another sip.

"On the contrary, many people think that wine is too spicy and far less fragrant than coffee."

"Too."

Hao Keke chuckled.

"But if I want to drink coffee, unless I put a little wine in the coffee, it's best to have Feitian Moutai."

Mo Ran was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Master Hao, your idea is not bad. Put a little Maotai in the coffee, which has the aroma of coffee and the sauce aroma of liquor. It will definitely sell well by then!"

"I've already thought of a name, so let's call it - soy sauce latte."

"Mr. Mo, I didn't expect you to be very humorous..."

The two chatted for a while and quickly turned to business.

"Nietzsche A8", as an upgraded model of "Nietzsche A7", was officially launched in December, less than half a month ago.

Hao Technology came here today mainly to report on the latest situation of "Nietzsche A8" after its launch.

"Mr. Mo, the price of the 'Nietzsche A8' is still 399 yuan for the low version and 499 yuan for the high version. Sales volume has reached 9,000 units in the first half month of its launch. To be honest... the sales volume has met expectations."

Mo Ran nodded in agreement.

The appearance of the "Nietzsche A8" has not been significantly modified, but some details and configurations have been optimized, and no resources have been invested in publicity. It would be considered good if it can reach the sales volume of the previous "Nietzsche A7".

It's not that he hasn't thought about expanding sales, but at this time the entire "Nietzsche Mobile" focus is on the more profitable "Luban 8" and "Nietzsche X1".

"Nietzsche A8" just needs to be maintained.

“How is everyone’s feedback online?”

"fine."

A smile of relief appeared on Hao Keji's face. As a mobile phone that he personally led the production of, he was still very emotional.

"We collected the suggestions from netizens on the 'Nietzsche A7' and then made a lot of improvements on the 'Nietzsche A8'. Everyone was satisfied when they saw us in action."

"Needless to say, the 'Wanglong Electrical Appliance Factory' that provides our OEM services is also very stable in quality, and the feedback on the quality of mobile phones is also very good."

When he mentioned Wanglong Electrical Appliance Factory, Mo Ran suddenly thought of Li Wanglong.

He glanced at Hao Keji approvingly, and he could see that although Hao Keji was a bit arrogant, he was still very down-to-earth in his work.

Just as I was about to say a few compliments, I suddenly thought of an important function of the "Nietzsche A8" and asked:

"If I remember correctly, the 'Nietzsche A8' uses dual systems."

"Our 'Tudou OS' and the Android system are both installed on the mobile phone. How about it? Customer reviews and market feedback."

Hao Keji's face suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

"I can only say it's okay!"

"The evaluation of our system on the Internet is quite good, whether it is the AI ​​interface, fluency or human-computer interaction."

"But according to our backend statistics, the vast majority of customers simply try our 'Tudou OS', and the average usage time is only a few minutes."

“99% of customers still use Android apps on daily basis.”

Mo Ran was calm.

"That's not surprising."

"Our 'Tudou OS' doesn't even have most apps. It would be great if someone is willing to try it."

“In short, our current purpose is not to promote ‘Tudou OS’.”

Hao Keke nodded, and then continued what Mo Ran said:

"I know, you said that our current purpose is to familiarize ourselves with 'Tudou OS', improve 'Tudou OS', and cultivate a technical maintenance team."

Mo Ran nodded with satisfaction.

Ever since he learned that "Tudou OS" was not compatible with Android APPs, he knew that promoting "Tudou OS" would be a difficult process.

Who can use it without the APP?

The purpose of launching "Tudou OS" now is to cultivate the team and to deceive others.

Even if it is really widely used by then, it still shows that Nietzsche started the layout very early.

"Then tell me how many apps there are in our 'Tudou OS' now?"

"not much."

"The only mainstream social software now are WeChat and Tencent QQ, as well as several music software and office software."

"In addition, because the app store is online, a few netizens have uploaded a few small games."

"It's just a drop in the bucket."

As he spoke, Hao Keji couldn't help but look bitter and explained:

"We can't compile other companies' software."

"If we want to launch an APP in the app store, we must contact the corresponding company and their technical department will provide the corresponding version."

"For example, QQ and WeChat, because of our cooperation with 'Honor of Kings', we reluctantly contacted their technical department to provide a 'Potato OS' version..."

"So progress is very slow."

“Many netizens now say that our ‘Tudou OS’ is a pure version with no ads or pop-ups...”

Mo Ran finally couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

To be honest, he didn't have much else to do.