Chapter 447 Cook's Response
"10 billion is too much. The headquarters will not allow us to spend so much money."
Ge Xin sighed and said, "Within my authority, I can only approve 2 billion funds. You can use this money first and see the effect. The video conference will start soon. Please leave the management below the deputy general manager level."
At Ge Xin's request, the others walked out of the office one after another.
There were only about three or four people left, and these three or four people were the core members of the Huaxia branch.
It was late at night in Huaxia, and it was daytime on the other side of the ocean.
CEO Cook obviously didn't take it seriously and just regarded this as a simple routine meeting.
"Ms. Ge, how are the sales of Apple phones this month?" Cook asked.
It's the end of the month, and Huaxia is the most important sales area for Apple phones, accounting for one-fifth of global sales.
"This month's sales remain at 4.6 million units."
Ge Xin said, "But recently, the Faraway Group of China held a press conference tonight. They have developed a new product called Faraway Mobile Phone. On the day of its release, sales have exceeded 4 million units. I think this phone will pose a great threat to us."
It has created such a huge sales volume just after its release.
It is really shocking.
"Faraway Group? I have heard of it. Aren't they in the automotive industry?" Cook asked in confusion.
"They started making mobile phones at the end of last year, and the secret was very high. It was not until this year that the clues were revealed." Ge Xin said, "I think Yuanfang Mobile Phones may affect our sales, so I think we must sanction Yuanfang Mobile Phones."
"I need authorization from the head office to sell Fruit Mobile Phones at a lower price, and at the same time, a large amount of funds are needed for GG investment."
Ge Xin looked serious, but Cook on the other end of the video conference didn't take it to heart, and said nonchalantly, "Miss Ge Xin, I think you have an obligation to study the mobile phone companies in China."
"For so many years, they have wanted to impact the high-end market, but without exception, they all failed. Only Huawei Mobile Phone succeeded in the impact and occupied a part of the high-end market share. Those big companies in China were all making mobile phones at that time, but there are not many that survived to this day."
"So I don't think Yuanfang Mobile Phones can pose a threat to us. They will only cause a certain impact in a short period of time. After a while, they will be too busy to take care of themselves without our help."
"The most powerful thing about Fruit Mobile Phones is our core technology, and the second is our brand value."
For so many years, the brand awareness of Fruit Mobile Phones has influenced countless Chinese people.
They have money now, and when they want to buy a mobile phone, they will subconsciously think of fruit phones. Many people are used to using Apple phones, and they always feel a little awkward when buying other mobile phones.
"I don't think we need to do anything more!" Cook made the final decision.
Over the years, so many mobile phones that want to impact the high-end market have failed, which is enough to prove the excellence of their fruit phones.
Price reduction?
Not possible!
Cook will never allow fruit phones to reduce prices.
Buying water army can support it.
"How much money do you need?" Cook asked.
"According to our company's calculations, at least 10 billion is needed, and I can approve 2 billion funds within my personal ability." Ge Xin said.
"Too much, 1 billion!" Cook said, "You write a detailed plan later and report it to the headquarters."
Cook didn't take it seriously at all.
Over the years, fruit phones have not failed.
Now Fruit Phone is the world's number one company in terms of market value, worth more than 20 trillion RMB.
With such a huge size, no company can compete with Fruit Phone.
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"Mr. Gao, the sales record of Yuanfang mobile phone on the first day is out, and a total of 6 million units were sold."
Li Wei excitedly reported the results to Gao Yuan, "Among them, our Yuanfang Group's old fans contributed at least more than 4 million units, and of these 4 million units, Yuanfang car owners contributed 2 million units."
The compatibility of Yuanfang mobile phone and Yuanfang car is so high that those car owners followed suit and bought Yuanfang mobile phone.
However, after this wave of enthusiasm, sales will definitely decline.
"How many units can be sold in June?" Gao Yuan asked.
"According to the big model estimate, the final sales volume may be around 15 million units, which is still the most optimistic estimate." Li Wei said, "There is no way, after all, the price is relatively high, and not many people can afford a mobile phone of more than 5,000 yuan."
"And now the economy is in recession, and many people's income is declining, which has led to a decline in consumption levels."
From an objective point of view, the main reason for the decline in income is that this wave of globalization has reached its end, and there is no new round of growth points.
The economic growth rate in various regions is gradually slowing down.
It is already amazing that Yuanfang Mobile can still sell so many.
"What about the situation of Fruit Mobile?" Gao Yuan asked.
"I am afraid that the situation of Fruit Mobile this month will not be too optimistic. Their sales last month were about 5 to 6 million units, and this month it may drop sharply to 1 to 2 million units." Li Wei said, "The situation of Huawei Mobile is the same."
"Keep it up, suppress these two mobile phones, and strive to maintain the leading position in the market before August, and maintain an absolute lead after August."
There are only these two mobile phones in the high-end market at present. After suppressing them, Yuanfang Mobile Phone can take the lead.
If 15 million units can be sold in the first month of release, the sales volume will be about 80 billion.
"We can prepare to build a factory and expand production!"
Gao Yuan said, "At present, the production capacity of Yuanfang Mobile Phone is seriously insufficient. We will invest 80 billion and let Xiaomi Group invest 40 billion to build a new factory near Yuanfang City!"
"But in this case, the land approved at that time will not be enough." Li Wei said.
"This is not a big deal. If there is not enough land, continue to apply. The local relevant departments will definitely be happy." Gao Yuan smiled.
Yuanfang City currently has 400,000 employees. Assuming that each employee consumes about 2,000 yuan per month and 24,000 yuan per year, the total consumption market is about 10 billion.
At least it can increase the GDP volume by hundreds of billions.
I heard that there is a catering company near Yuanfang City. In just half a year, it opened six branches, one at the four gates of Yuanfang City and inside.
The boss of that catering company has a net profit of nearly 100 million yuan every year, and the business is so good.
Moreover, most of the workers in Yuanfang City are relatively young. They don't have the concept of saving money. They often call their colleagues to get together and drink after work.
As long as they don't miss the next day's work, there is basically no problem.
The surrounding catering stores, clothing stores, mobile phone stores, and daily necessities stores are all open.
Some men don't even live in the staff dormitory, but choose to rent a house outside and stay with their girlfriends every night.
Today's Yuanfang City has the prototype of a small city, with hotels, KTVs, and billiard rooms.
Some bloggers have been interviewed and think that Yuanfang City is a small society. It's okay to stay there for a year.
The size of 400,000 people is comparable to some small county towns.
Now Gao Yuan still plans to continue building factories. It is expected that the number of employees in the entire Yuanfang City will reach about 600,000 by the end of this year, and by the end of next year, it will hit one million employees.
By then, Xu City will become one of the top cities in the central region with Yuanfang City.
So when Gao Yuan applied for industrial land, the relevant departments of Xu City would not only not refuse, but also strongly support it, and even give it away for free.
"You ask the department to make a budget plan to see how much land we need." Gao Yuan said, "In addition, we will recruit people on a large scale. Henan Province has a large population, which is an advantage. We must grasp it well."
"In addition, we should not limit our vision to Henan Province. We can also recruit more from neighboring provinces. We also need to improve the quality of employees. We don’t say how high the academic qualifications are required, but at least they need a junior high school or even high school diploma."
This is not Gao Yuan’s discrimination, but employees must at least have a certain level of education, at least be able to sign labor contracts, and know the equipment conditions in production, and understand the company’s rules and regulations.
"Also, safety issues must be dealt with seriously. If there are too many people, it is easy to have accidents. Whether it is intentional or unintentional, accidents will definitely have a negative impact on Yuanfang Group. This aspect must be paid attention to. You personally set up a safety team to check all safety hazards in Yuanfang City."
"..."
There are so many things to pay attention to.
Today's Yuanfang Group is different from before. People are watching it all the time, so we must be cautious.
"I understand, Mr. Gao. I will pay attention to the factory construction, production expansion, recruitment and safety issues."
Li Wei nodded.
His task doesn't seem easy.
Although Yuanfang Mobile is a big hit, there are still many things to do next.
"At the end of the year, I will take out 5 billion yuan from the net profit of Yuanfang Mobile as a bonus." Gao Yuan said, "From the management to the employees below, there will be rewards."
The year-end bonus and bonus are not superimposed.
Yuanfang Mobile currently has about 200,000 employees. On average, each employee can get a bonus of about 25,000 yuan.
Even if the management gets more, the employees below can get about 10,000 at the end of the year.
If the year-end bonus is counted, they can get at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in subsidies before the New Year.
As a boss, Gao Yuan is already very generous.
Not only did he not deduct wages, but he also improved the welfare of employees and never stingy when he got money.
No wonder many people are trying their best to join Yuanfang Group.
College graduates want to join Yuanfang Group headquarters, and those with low education want to join Yuanfang factory.
This generosity is something other bosses cannot learn.
I heard that there was a boss named Cao in Zhejiang Province. When his peers wanted to raise wages, he publicly opposed it, thinking that high wages should not be given to employees, which would easily make employees lazy and disrupt the market.
As soon as the wicked boss Cao said this, netizens immediately cursed his ancestors.
Isn't it just to make money these days? Is it still for love?
People who advocate not to give employees high salaries will definitely go to hell after they die.
After Li Wei finished his report, he immediately rushed to the airport. He planned to rush back to Xu City immediately to rectify the entire company.
Not long after Li Wei left, Xiao Xiao walked into Gao Yuan's office, holding a document in her hand and placed it on Gao Yuan's desk, "This is the list of bosses who bought the founding version of Yuanfang mobile phone."
"The limited edition is 10,000 units, and 3,000 units were sold yesterday alone."
This business is very important, so Gao Yuan did not leave it to Li Wei, but gave Xiao Xiao full responsibility.
If you want to buy a Yuanfang mobile phone, the minimum requirement is that the company's annual net profit should be greater than 5 million for three consecutive years. Those who can achieve this achievement can definitely be considered a wealthy class in China.
Compared with big bosses like Rebus, they may be far behind, but they are already considered the best in local counties, towns and streets.
Not only does it have a wide influence, but it also has deep connections in the local area.
Some even have great connections in this city and province.
"I roughly counted, among them, there are 28 people with a net worth of over 10 billion, more than 300 people with a net worth of over 1 billion, more than 1,000 people with a net worth of over 100 million, and the rest are basically all with a net worth of 5,000 Wan started." Xiao Xiao said.
At the beginning, Xiao Xiao didn't understand what Gao Yuan meant.
Although the Founder Edition mobile phone is very expensive, the limited edition of 10,000 units, even if all are sold, can only bring in sales of about 200 million at most.
Xiao Xiao is now responsible for a lot of business. The business of 200 million is not worth mentioning in her eyes. She can just leave it to her subordinates.
But Gao Yuan asked her to pay more attention to this matter and to strictly control it to make sure there were no mistakes.
After seeing the list and statistics, Xiao Xiao probably guessed what Gao Yuan wanted to do.
"You plan to strengthen your ties with these bosses, right?" Xiao Xiao asked.
"Not only is it to strengthen ties, I also plan to set up an entrepreneur club, which in layman's terms is a chamber of commerce." Gao Yuan said, "Most of the domestic chambers of commerce are divided by region, such as the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, or the Henan Chamber of Commerce in Zhejiang Province. ”
"This kind of chamber of commerce is very limited. They are often composed of fellow villagers and have strong nepotism."
"Another kind of chamber of commerce is founded by some big bosses, such as the Taishan Association, which currently has about 20 members, covering most of the famous rich people in the country. To enter, you must have member introductions and asset guarantees. "
"This kind of chamber of commerce no longer recruits new people, but has formed a specific small circle and is open to the outside world. The combined net worth of these bosses is about three to four trillion, which is a very huge economy. Body."
"And they will take time to hold an event every year. Members must attend and gather together to discuss future development and the current situation." (End of Chapter)