"That's enough, shut your mouth!" Kristof scolded, and the senior executive immediately shut his mouth. Kristof then said, "Everyone, you may not be aware of the latest news!"
"According to the news from Star Machinery, which is our OEM, they have built a new two-million-square-meter large technology park in Zhouzheng City, Hua Xia. They are currently undergoing the final equipment debugging and installation work. At the same time, they have begun to recruit a large number of workers. They are expected to be able to start work in early January!"
"According to their report, this huge technology park is specially prepared by Star Machinery for mobile phones. This is a super base dedicated to producing all kinds of mobile phone parts. At present, 70% of Motorola's parts production will be transferred to this new technology park!"
"At the same time, if we are willing, Star Machinery can increase the supply by 90%, and at the same time, the purchase cost of the products will be reduced by about 20%!" Kristof said.
"Hey, isn't this a good thing?"
"Yes, the purchase cost can be reduced by another 10%. My God, don't these Hua Xia workers need to be paid?"
When the senior executives heard this news, they were all dumbfounded.
After Motorola reached a cooperation with Hua Xia's OEM manufacturers such as Star Machinery, they were shocked by the amazingly low price. So much so that the mobile phone that was originally priced at $2,999 was reduced to $1,499, and they still had a profit of more than $600 per unit. This was enough to shock these United States people for 100 years.
But now, Hua Xia people could take the initiative to reduce the cost by another 10%. This was simply the devil's ability to control the cost.
After the shock, many senior executives couldn't help but feel a little curious. This was obviously a good thing, but why did Kristof's expression look as if he had eaten sh * t?
"Everyone, don't forget that Star Machinery is not only our OEM, but also the OEM for Daqian. Moreover, the biggest shareholder of Star Machinery is Jia Yapeng himself. Star Machinery can increase our production by 90% and reduce the price by 10%. Doesn't that mean that from next year onwards, the production of Daqian 5 will also skyrocket by 90% and the cost will continue to be reduced by 10% at the same time?" Kristoff said with a bitter smile. Everyone's faces instantly turned expressionless.
If Daqian 5's production could double to 40 million units in 2000, it would really beat all the other mobile phone manufacturers.
"Everyone, the reason why I'm telling you this is to say that it's impossible to expect Daqian 5 to give up on the market due to production problems. If we want to break the current situation, there's only one possibility, and that is to produce phones like Daqian 5 ourselves!" Kristoff took a deep breath and said. The other executives nodded in agreement. Indeed, this was the only way to solve the problem.
"For the past two months, I've asked all of you to study Daqian 5, so now it's time for you to show me the results. I want to ask, how long will it take for Motorola to produce our own Daqian 5?" Kristoff asked loudly, then looked at everyone below the stage.
As a result, these executives' eyes were somewhat evasive. Many of them did not even dare to look into Kristoff's eyes. As a result, Kristoff waited for a full five minutes, but he did not hear anyone answer his question or give him a timetable.
"Well, since you don't want to answer, then I'll ask directly. Before the end of March next year, come up with our own camera phone with a color screen, and it must not be worse than Daqian 5. It must be at least of the same standard. Can everyone do it?" Kristoff looked around sharply. All the executives were silent and did not dare to speak.
"Well, I'll ask the technical department first. Can you complete the design of all the mobile phones by the end of March?" Kristoff began to ask directly.
After hearing the chairman's question, the technical department manager had to stand up, hesitated for a moment, and then answered, "Yes!"
"Good!" Kristoff nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that the company's scientific research ability was not a problem. The technical department was still a treasure. As long as the technical department could come up with a design plan and tell it to the OEM company, everything would be solved.
"But Mr. Chairman, this requires a prerequisite!" The technical department manager saw that Kristoff seemed to be floating in the air, so he quickly said.
"What prerequisite?" Kristoff was stunned.
"We need a qualified color screen panel and a lens module that can be used on mobile phones!" The technical department manager said, "Chairman, as long as you give me these two things, I promise that the product design will be handed in before the end of January next year!"
"Pfft …" The executives around couldn't help but laugh, then said, "What a joke. You know that our purchasing department has been to almost all the lens manufacturers and panel manufacturers in the world in the past two months. Not to mention giving you panels and lens modules now, even if we wait until the end of June, it's impossible to do so."
"Mr. Director, since you were so happy to mock us just now, you must have a way to buy us enough materials before the end of March, right?"
"This … except for the lens and the color screen, there is no problem!" The procurement department manager, who was mocking others just now, said helplessly at this time.
"Lens and the color screen, these two things again? You just said that you have been all over the world. Don't tell me that there is no such thing in the world?" Kristoff asked angrily.
"Chairman, it's not like you don't know. For the past two months, except for a few clerks in our purchasing department, almost everyone has been flying around the world in order to find the color screen and lens we need. We have really tried our best, but we just can't find the right product!"
"According to the technical department's disassembly report, the Daqian 5 is indeed using the sixth-generation color screen panel. There are only 10 manufacturers in the world that can produce high-end LCD panels, but none of them can produce a finished product now."
"Even LG Electronics, which is the fastest, has just completed the design of their sixth-generation panel production line. It is still in the process of verification, and they don't even have a sample production line. Their person in charge repeatedly told me that it will take at least half a year for them to produce the first sixth-generation panel. "
"And this is just the production line. If we want to mass produce it, I am afraid that we will have to wait until September!" The person in charge of the procurement department said.
"As for the lens, actually, the lens used by the Daqian is not the best among the current cameras, even among the digital cameras. It is even a bit bad. These manufacturers said that they can produce 10 times better lenses for us to use. "
"But these lenses are all traditional optical lenses. When I asked for a small lens that can be installed on a mobile phone, their people shut up. In the end, I found out through an old friend that even a company like Zeiss doesn't have any leads on the small phone lens technology. The people in this industry can't even give me an accurate delivery time! "The purchasing department's words were finished.
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