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Many times, Zhou Buqi is equivalent to an invisible chairman of Aisda Group.

It's just that I have too many responsibilities.

It doesn't mean anything whether it's in name or not.

However, Boss Zhou's influence on Asda, and even his huge prestige in the entire domestic mobile phone industry, is well known in the industry. Especially this time, he coordinated to hold an industry symposium and called on mobile phone colleagues across the country to participate. The purpose was to bring down the American chip giant Qualcomm.

Regardless of whether this thing can be done or not, this courage and courage alone are enough to make every industry practitioner admire and awe.

Of course, there are also many people who are taking chances.

I'm not too optimistic about Boss Zhou's impulsive behavior.

They all have the mentality of watching a good show.

If Zhou Buqi fails to win Qualcomm, and then offends Qualcomm, Asda's future supply chain will be frustrated, then as Asda's competitors, they can secretly reap benefits.

The industry symposium will be held soon, so the heads of the mobile phone industry scattered across the country are coming to Beijing one after another.

When many people come to the capital, the first thing they do is visit Zhou Buqi.

After all, this symposium was organized because of him.

This morning, another industry leader came - Bai Yuanxiang, CEO of Meizu.

Zhou Buqi knew that the relationship between Meizu and Xiaomi had not been very good.

Mainly on Meizu’s side.

Before Lei Jun founded Xiaomi, he visited Meizu for a long time and studied in secret. Meizu was very open and basically presented everything to Lei Jun. Turning around, Lei Jun founded Xiaomi and entered the arena with Meizu, which made Meizu feel betrayed.

This is a bit too stingy.

In business competition, is it strange to learn from others?

Originally, Mr. Huang of Meizu and Lei Jun were good friends, but they broke up because of this incident. In Zhou Buqi's opinion, it was really unnecessary. There is no need for business competition to affect personal relationships. Before Lei Jun founded Xiaomi, he even took the initiative to invite the other party to inspect and study within Asda to understand the entire process of mobile phone manufacturing.

Zhou Buqi wanted to communicate with Meizu to resolve the dispute between them and Xiaomi.

Competition is competition.

There is no need to settle on personal grudges.

Zhou Buqi invited him to the reception room and said with a smile: "Why did you become CEO? Where is Mr. Huang?"

Bai Yuanxiang's posture was a little reserved and he sighed: "Meizu's sales have declined in the past two years, so he has been relegated to the second line. He hopes to change Meizu's market position through management adjustments."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The current mobile phone market is very competitive! Foreign mobile phone manufacturers are nothing, these domestic mobile phone manufacturers are the most competitive."

Bai Yuanxiang was hesitant to say, "Samsung is still very powerful, especially with a very complete and powerful supply chain system."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Bai Yuanxiang hesitated for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed, "Mr. Zhou, I know it's quite presumptuous of me to do this, and I'm sorry. But now Meizu really has encountered a big trouble. I hope you can help reconcile it."

"What's the trouble?"

"Three stars."

"Oh, tell me."

Zhou Buqi's expression was calm.

If it's not too troublesome, it's not impossible to do a favor and solve it.

Bai Yuanxiang sighed, "It's mainly about chip supply. In the past few years, Meizu has used Samsung's Exynos series chips. However, in a recent purchase, the negotiation did not go smoothly. If it is delayed any longer, our new phone will be affected." The release is further delayed. But the 4G network will be opened in China next year. Once it is delayed for two or three months, the new 3G mobile phones we release will be difficult to attract, and consumers may wait to buy 4G mobile phones. "

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Will Samsung supply chips? No?"

Under the squeeze of Qualcomm, Samsung's chips originally lacked a market.

Even because of insufficient optimization, Samsung mobile phones have gradually given up on Samsung chips.

In this case, will Samsung refuse to supply?

It's unimaginable.

Bai Yuanxiang said: "It's not that they don't supply, it's that they want to get rid of the goods. They have a batch of loose chips in their hands, which seem to have been withdrawn from other business lines."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of loose pieces, the price is even lower! It's not second-hand, as long as it's new, it's more cost-effective."

Bai Yuanxiang said distressedly: "But this is not the model we want. What we want to purchase is another newer generation model. But Samsung refused to provide it, saying that we must eat this batch of loose chips. "

"Well, that's a bit much."

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly.

Those loose pieces are probably returned from the Samsung mobile phone production line. It should be a certain Samsung mobile phone. I had previously ordered a large number of chip orders from the company. As a result, the market was cold after the mobile phone was released and it could not be sold.

This leads to a backlog of chips produced.

Chips become less valuable the longer they sit in the warehouse. If they are left in the warehouse, they will become useless. Selling them to Meizu is a good way to get back the funds.

Anyway, Meizu's mobile phones are all low-end and mid-range, and their performance is just that. Ordinary consumers cannot notice the difference between using a new model or an old model, which is about 15%, and it can also reduce costs.

In fact, such things are common in the mobile phone industry.

Many mobile phone manufacturers can develop more than a dozen new models every year. The dazzling array of new models is really dazzling. Many new models are developed by "apprentice teams" and use the tail goods sent from the supply chain. The price is extremely low, and it is a waste to leave them alone. It is better to develop them to occupy a small market and provide an opportunity for the "apprentice team" to face the market directly.

If they really achieve results, then this small team will be valued and some people will have the opportunity to be promoted.

It is also a channel for the company to discover talents.

Generally speaking, there is a team for each model.

The best team, of course, makes the flagship model.

The remaining second team, third team, fourth team... slowly rank behind according to the importance of team capabilities and product positioning.

Many mobile phones are not good, and it is not necessarily because the level of this mobile phone manufacturer is not good, but this mobile phone is developed by an eighteen-line team and is a product that is not valued at all.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Buy chips from other companies, Qualcomm or MediaTek."

Bai Yuanxiang said: "In the past few years, we have been using Samsung chips, and we have invested a lot of technical resources to optimize them. If we change to chips from other manufacturers, it will waste a lot of initial investment and delay our plan."

Zhou Buqi found it a little funny.

Samsung's chips, Samsung itself can't optimize them well, how can Meizu optimize them?

"If this problem can be solved, it will be the best. If it can't be solved..." Bai Yuanxiang sighed, "Then we can only accept their solution."

Not only Meizu.

This is the shortcoming of the entire domestic technology industry.

Aishida has the support of Boss Zhou and his face, so it has not been oppressed too much. Other peers are not so good. Every one of them has been bullied, and Koreans are particularly arrogant and unreasonable in this regard.

In comparison, it is smoother and more practical to do business with Japan and Taiwan.

It's a pity that Japan's technology giants are not doing well, and Taiwan's MediaTek is also not doing well.

Zhou Buqi said: "Isn't MediaTek developing a 4G chip? It has been publicized everywhere."

Bai Yuanxiang said: "Yes, we already have a plan. Meizu's first 4G mobile phone will use MediaTek's 4G chip. But the cooperation with Samsung is the most difficult at the moment. Unless there is really no other way, I really want to develop a mobile phone that meets our own requirements. Even if such a mobile phone fails, I will be convinced. But if it is because of the supply chain, we always have to settle for second best... It's really hard to accept."

Small companies are like this.

Not only Meizu.

The same is true for Luo Yonghao's Hammer mobile phone. Because the company is too small, lacking industry resources, industry connections and entrepreneurial experience, the mobile phones it launches are always unsatisfactory. Let alone the first plan, it may not even be able to do the fourth and fifth plans.

That is, Xiaomi is different.

Lei Jun is too powerful, making countless small companies and outsiders think that it is really easy to do this business, and that they can make a mobile phone by just copying.

But even Xiaomi, which was at its peak and was known as the largest mobile phone manufacturer in China, was defeated by Samsung, which brought great shame to Lei Jun.