Chapter 132 Fighting on the front line, the last straw that broke the camel
"Neon boys also work overtime every day." When waiting for the elevator, Pingyuying said to Luo Jia, "If the husband comes home early one day, the wives will complain, thinking that their husbands are not valued by the company, and men who do big things must work overtime every day."
"I don't understand. Anyway, since I can remember, my father only came home late at night every day, drinking alcohol. I think that's not good, but my mother said that my father is very serious, has heavy work, and has to socialize after get off work. It's really hard, it's her pride."
Luo Jia curled her lips, "I have heard of this. Neon has an overtime culture similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder, but this is different. This is the frontline of our company's war."
"War? Frontline?" Pingyu Ying tilted her head and made an incredible expression.
Luo Jia explained, "Our war with Google has not ended. Only Star Search is under Xingchen Technology, which faces consumers and merchants. The rest serves partners and does not need to personally explore the market."
"Only here is different. Although we withdraw from the Americas and Oceania markets, we still compete with Google in Asia, in Europe, and do a lot of publicity and promotion, competing for advertisers."
Ping Yuying understood Luo Jia's meaning. The main profit model of search engines is advertising. Customers are used to placing advertisements on Google search. If they want them to trust the newly established Star Search, they have to spend a lot of time to win the recognition of customers.
The reason why Xingchen Search is independent is precisely because of the need for competition. After all, the headquarters is a pure R&D institution, and the atmosphere is too relaxing and there is not even a fixed working time.
A leisurely environment can stimulate everyone's creativity, but it is not an ideal workplace for a competitive team. Business development requires wolfishness and ambition.
So Luo Jia separates the group of people who are the best at fighting in the Software Legion and makes them responsible for the remaining stages of the war with Google Search.
Guo Guangmao and Tang Jie are the people in charge here. Among them, Guo Guangmao graduated from Fudan and first joined the company. He worked as a mobile phone assistant with Luo Jia.
Tang Jie graduated from Princeton and once served as deputy director of advertising on Twitter. He is an overseas marketing expert.
It was already past ten o'clock, and the star search was still brightly lit. Most of the colleagues had already gone back, but some of them stayed to work overtime.
Luo Jia's arrival caused a boiling moment. In their eyes, Luo Jia is a legend of the company, and it can even be said to be a legend of the entire China.
On weekdays, Luo Jia often comes to the stars to search, but this time he brought Ping Yuying with him, which surprised his colleagues. Ping Yuying was also very frightened and bowed to everyone.
"Girlfriend?" Tang Jie glanced at Ping Yuying and asked Luo Jia.
"No, an ordinary friend." Luo Jia said.
He asked Ping Yuying to wait outside, and then went into the office with Tang Jie and Guo Guangmao to listen to their reports.
Xingchen Search is currently difficult to solve with Google, and it can be said that it is a battle for an inch of land.
Google has four major businesses, and Android is almost killed by Xingchen Technology. The mobile browser has lost to Xingchen Technology because it does not have system support. However, on the computer side, Google's Hre browser still dominates.
In addition, their youtube video business is at its peak, and their search engine business has the advantage, but their market share is being quickly eroded by Xingchen Search. As for businesses like Google Maps, it is not their core interest because of lack of revenue.
The search engine market is not that easy to grab. Although Star Search is obviously better than Google in technology, old customers have usage inertia and it is not easy to convert for a while.
At present, the strategy of Star Search is to base itself on China and slowly plan it.
China, with a population of 1.3 billion, is the world's largest single market. It operates properly and can make a lot of profits. With profits, it is best to fight a protracted war with Google all over the world.
Of course, Star Search will not be like whiteness, and will do everything to make money. Regardless of the number of advertisements or choices, Star Search has a longer-term vision and does not intend to slaughter the elders of their hometown as fat sheep. While making money, it also pays great attention to word-of-mouth accumulation.
In short, Star Search has great potential, and it is an important piece that Luo Jia uses to compete for the global search advertising market of tens of billions of dollars.
If you carefully observe the organizational structure of Xingchen Technology, you will find that all independently operated branches are profitable investors, display, electrical, optical, chemistry, battery, search, and six major branches have very strong money-making ability.
The Xingchen Technology Headquarters is a purely spent institution. There is no pressure to assess. Everyone can conduct their favorite research. No matter how whimsical it is, it doesn’t matter. Just use your talent and imagination to the fullest, and it’s a bit like a genius camp.
Since he has become independent and unless necessary, Luo Jia will not interfere in the operation of Xingchen Search. After listening to the current situation, he then made some suggestions, and got up and prepared to go home.
Pingyu Ying was already asleep on the sofa, her little body curled up like a lazy cat.
It took more than 20 hours to fly from Boston to Shanghai. In fact, she worked very hard and forced herself to go shopping with Luo Jia, but she was brought to the branch by Luo Jia.
Luo Jia woke her up softly, and then took a taxi home together
Seoul.
In a conference room that was silent to the suffocating silence, Samsung President Lee Jae-yong, LG President Gu Guangmo, and Hyundai President Jung Yi-sun, the big guys who were very excited not long ago and vowed to compete for the hegemony of the battery and even the automobile industry did not speak at this moment, and their faces were ashamed.
Just a few hours ago, news came from Jiangnan Hospital that Cui Guanglin was still dead after almost a month of struggle and rescue.
Cui Guanglin is the young man who suffered severe burns on his head during the Ulsan base explosion. He is 25 years old this year and is a test engineer at Hyundai Group.
Originally, an ordinary commoner like Cui Guanglin should not have any interaction with the chaebol bosses, but at this moment, this son, who was born in Ulsan, has become the last straw that crushed these chaebols.
He died, and the battery accident eventually led to human life. It is conceivable that tomorrow morning, the news will be overwhelming again.
Without even waiting until tomorrow, global online media have already begun a crazy attack on the Korean Legion at the first time.
Zheng Yixuan stood up and bowed to everyone present, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault! I'm willing to bear all the consequences of the accident!"
As a big boss of Hyundai Group, it is not easy for Zheng Yixuan to say such words.
But Prince Lee Jae-yong just replied coldly, "Can you afford it?"
In an instant, Zheng Yixuan felt his brain blank and his body stiffly sat back.
Zheng Yi-hyun's aggressive advancement has not only brought Hyundai Group into it, but even implicated the entire South Korea.
According to economists' forecasts, the continuous failures of these major chaebols will lead to the South Korean economy officially entering a recession starting this year.
Of course, Zheng Yixuan could not afford such serious consequences.
Lee Jae-yong said extremely calmly, "The only thing we can do now is to withdraw from battery competition and sell the factory."
"Only in this way can this storm be calmed."
Ju Guangmo suddenly leaned back and sighed.
Now, they have already understood that things are not as simple as they seem. As long as Samsung and LG do not withdraw for a day, the European and American powers will not let them go. They will use the power of public opinion to accumulate and destroy them.
In fact, for large groups like Samsung, batteries are just a small business.
But behind the batteries is involved in the huge automobile industry. Once upstream battery-making companies withdraw from competition, downstream companies must use imported batteries to build cars. Imported batteries will lead to increased costs and be choked by others, and other problems.
Gu Guangmo said in a deep voice: "The only question now is who is the factory going to sell to."
"Huaxia Xingchen Technology's bid is relatively high, I think it's a good idea."
As soon as he said this, Lee Jae-yong suddenly smashed the table hard, gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Don't mention Xingchen Technology to me!"
Gu Guangmo shrugged, "Well, Neon, North America, Germany, is basically a three-choice question. As for the UK, I guess they are here to disrupt the situation. Among all the players, they have the lowest possibility of developing the next generation of battery technology."
Everyone said that they did not like China and did not like Neon.
Besides, Neon Panasonic is already the world's most powerful battery manufacturer. If the factory is sold to them, the production of Panasonic Sony Alliance will even exceed that of the Huaxia Battery Alliance. Based on the principle of suppressing competitors, the factory should never be sold to Neon.
Finally, the meeting ended in a depressing atmosphere.
Samsung's battery factory will accept North American quotes.
lg battery factory will accept German quotations
Luo Jia received news a few hours before the agreement was signed. What Boss Li of Geely revealed to him. As for what channel Boss Li learned from, it was his own problem.
An Ran frowned, "The Koreans withdrew, so the major players around the world have become four, us, Neon, Germany, and North America."
"Although the factory did not fall into our hands, Hong Tao did a beautiful job this time, forcing North America and Germany to offer almost twice the price, and put them in a big pot of blood."
Luo Jia shook his head, "It may not be our team's strength. I'm afraid that the British will really make them bleed. Don't underestimate the British's ability to disrupt. In this regard, they are the real experts."
An Ran curled her lips. Indeed, when it comes to the ability to disturb, the British called the second, but no one dared to call the first.
He thought for a while, "Boss Li just said that the reason why Panasonic and Sony Alliance have not released the fifth-generation products is waiting for our electric vehicles to be launched? What benefits will this do to them?"
Luo Jia rubbed her temples, "Of course there are benefits, the neon abacus is so stingy."
"We have already made an open card here, and we have to promote a 300h level and a range of 600 kilometers, but Panasonic and Toyota League have secret cards."
"Suppose they release new cars at the same time as us, we promote 600 kilometers of products, they promote 800 kilometers of products, we promote 800 kilometers of products, and they promote 1,000 kilometers of products, so that we can suppress us in a comprehensive manner."
Chapter completed!