The ultra-high-speed train is very fast. Even a round trip from Beijing to Tianjin takes less than an hour. This is even when there are many intermediate stops. The convenience between the two places is unimaginable before.
After returning home, Zhao Yi called Jia Siqi from Shangtong Trading Company and informed her of the preliminary results reached here, and asked her to form a special team to handle the matter.
If the negotiations progress quickly, they will also need to establish a dedicated railway freight operating subsidiary as soon as possible to handle railway freight business.
And it also needs to carry out systematic joint docking with other logistics companies under their subsidiaries to form a trinity of sea, land and air transportation and cargo transportation systems, and create an efficient and convenient modern three-dimensional logistics network.
Maybe the previous text description is not objective enough to reflect how busy the logistics network of Shangtong Trading Company is. Here is a fact: among the logistics vehicles running on the road, more than 7 out of 10 belong to Shangtong Trading. owned by the company.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yi repeatedly emphasized the huge role played by Shangtong Trading Company in my country's economic development and is a transfer station for my country's economic development and circulation.
After simply explaining the relevant matters to Jia Siqi, Zhao Yi stopped caring about these matters, because they must be better than him in these aspects, and it would be easy for him to do bad things if he came up with blind ideas.
Shangtong Trading Company is not just a simple sales company, nor is it a simple trading company that connects the production end and the sales end. Their professionalism is very high.
To give a very simple example, there is a specialized business research center within Shangtong Trading Company. The books and materials related to business operations that they publish and distribute internally are not only required learning materials for internal employees, but have even become part of most domestic universities. One of the textbooks for business-related majors.
Even Chinese education companies will cite a large number of business research results of Shangtong Trading Company in their curriculum, which has played a huge role in the development of modern business in our country.
It is no exaggeration to say that Shangtong Trading Company is the enlightenment teacher of my country's modern business operation model and the guideline for my country's economic modernization for so many years. Its status is not unimportant.
Of course, the main reason why Shangtong Trading Company specializes in commercial operations and establishes a specialized research institution is to develop its business better and faster.
However, no matter what the purpose is, the business research results of Shangtong Trading Company have indeed played a decisive role in the development of modern commerce in our country. Their influence in this regard is unimaginable by ordinary people.
Relying on these outstanding research results, Shangtong Trading Company operates an economy with tens of millions of employees, domestic assets of more than 5 trillion yuan, and domestic annual output value of several trillion yuan.
Without achievements in business operations, business management, and personnel management, it would be impossible to accomplish such a feat. This does not include their overseas assets, otherwise it would be even more terrifying.
It is precisely because of the huge business support that Shangtong Trading Company has seen all kinds of cases. They will collect the problems they encounter for specialized research, and the results will naturally be very rich.
For example, even if university professors have a lot of practical experience, compared with the Shangtong Trading Company as a whole, they are just like a big house and a small house, and they are not worth mentioning at all.
It can be said that the employees trained by Shangtong Trading Company are basically elites in the field, and their abilities and theoretical literacy far exceed those of other peer companies.
Therefore, Zhao Yi now believes that in the field of commercial operations, he is no match for the people from Shangtong Trading Company. This is one of the fundamental reasons why he does not want to get involved in specific affairs.
Cooperation with the Ministry of Railways may be a major project for other companies, but for Shangtong Trading Company, it is actually nothing. It is not as complicated as the logistics system they established before.
As for the operation business of major railway stations, it is a piece of cake for Shangtong Trading Company. In their overall operation business, it is not ranked at all.
Although it seems that the Chinese housing companies are buying land and building buildings all over the country, which seems very satisfying, in fact, the final operation of many commercial properties they build has to be handed over to Shangtong Trading Company, and they only collect some rent.
Because with the current scale of urbanization, no other company can operate such a large area of commercial real estate in a short period of time. Only Shangtong Trading Company has this strength.
It's just that Shangtong Trading Company has too many business types and too many subsidiaries, which results in them not having an overall impression in the eyes of ordinary people. Their reputation is far worse than that of companies with unified brand identities like Polaris Company.
Ordinary people would not even feel that Shangtong Trading Company existed in their lives if they did not observe carefully. However, they did not know that all aspects of their lives and work were inseparable from the services provided by Shangtong Trading Company.
To be honest, if Zhao Yi had not used intelligent management systems on a large scale in the management of Shangtong Trading Company, he would have been a little worried that such a huge economy would face the risk of losing control in the future.
This is not unreasonable. Without the large-scale use of intelligent management systems, no one would dare to say that they can run this company like a master. Even Jia Siqi, as its founder, would not dare to make such big claims.
As long as the company still relies on the intelligent management system to run the company, he will not be too worried. If something unexpected happens, he can quickly let the junior artificial intelligence take over so that the company can continue to operate stably. As for the risk of falling apart.
It is also because Shangtong Trading Company is large in size, has complex business, and is in an important position. Although the profits it creates every year are not inferior to those of other large profit transfer companies under his banner, he still rarely takes out money from Shangtong Trading Company.
When he usually counts the profits turned over by his own companies, he excludes Shangtong Trading Company, because in his opinion, their stable operation is more critical than the huge profits they turn over.
If something goes wrong in other companies under his umbrella, that is, if it affects a single industry, even if the losses are relatively large, they will not expand indefinitely and they can always find a way to solve them.
If something happens to Shangtong Trading Company, it will not only be Shangtong Trading Company itself that has problems, but even the domestic economic operation will be significantly affected, and domestic economic development will also be hit to a certain extent.
Such companies take stable operations as their first priority, and the pursuit of profits comes second. This results in a result: the huge profits they create every year are invested in business expansion, causing their asset size to increase year after year.
It was better before, with the annual asset growth rate being only a few hundred billion yuan. Now, their assets are growing close to trillions of yuan every year. In a few years, their total assets will exceed the 10 trillion yuan mark.
Especially after their e-commerce business is launched globally, this trend will definitely show signs of accelerating, and the total assets of a company may exceed the annual GDP data of Eagle Sauce.
Of course, these assets can only be achieved by Shangtong Trading Company in the past ten years. They are not comparable to GDP data, but they also illustrate from the side how huge Shangtong Trading Company is.
It is precisely because of this that when he proposed to let Shangtong Trading Company cooperate with the Ministry of Railways to contract the freight business on the railway lines, the leaders did not question the strength of Shangtong Trading Company at all.
If Shangtong Trading Company cannot do this business well, then no other company in the country or even in the world can do this business well. If we want to cooperate, Shangtong Trading Company must be the best partner.
Time passed quietly. In mid-June, the three major smartphone production and R&D companies: Hengtong Communications Company, Huawei Technologies Company and Polaris Company all handed over their prototypes to Zhao Yi.
In order to stagger competition, they have chosen different focuses. Hengtong Communications Company's smartphones focus on business style, giving people a sense of stability as a whole. Stable communication is also one of the buying points of their smartphones.
Since the communication technology strength is not as good as that of Hengtong Communication Company, and the industrial design is not as good as that of Polaris Company, Huawei Technology Company's smartphones focus on cost-effectiveness. Overall, they are relatively rough among the three companies, and the prices are relatively cheap.
Except for the poor communication technology level, Polaris Company is better than the other two companies in all other aspects, so they do not have a clear positioning, but as soon as you see their mobile phone products for the first time, you will not be able to take your eyes away.
Not to mention ordinary consumers, even the well-informed Zhao Yi couldn't put it down when he got the Polaris mobile phone in his hands. He was very satisfied with the performance in all aspects.
If we insist on naming the highlights of Polaris' smartphones, in addition to their excellent industrial design, their camera technology and voice technology are absolutely outstanding, because they themselves are a global giant in these aspects.
Their digital cameras, whether professional or consumer-grade, are ranked number one in the world, and they don’t have any competitors. The famous Nikon in the previous life is probably dead now.
The former film camera giant Kodak is now on the verge of bankruptcy. In the face of Polaris's excellent digital cameras, whoever still uses film to take pictures is simply a loser.
And their digital cameras, whether they are ordinary handheld DVs or professional film shooting cameras, are now dominant in the world. They have no competitors at all and are in a lonely position.
As for their sound effects business, although they do not have an absolute monopoly, in the field of high-end sound effects products, no one can compete. Many industry standards are set by them, and others can only obediently implement the standards they set. .
Therefore, these two aspects are the most prominent in their smartphones, which are far different from the other two products. As for the screen, there is not much difference between products in the same price range.
After all, it is a brother company. It is impossible for him to keep all the good things only for himself, while other inferior products are given to the brother company. If he really does this, he will probably file a lawsuit against Polaris Company.
As for the application of fingerprint recognition technology, it only appears on high-end models. Low-end models cannot afford this science fiction technology. As for under-screen fingerprint technology, there is no need to launch it at present, otherwise there will be no gimmicks in the future.
After getting smartphones from three companies, Zhao Yi tried them out and was quite satisfied. His reply to them was, "go all out in production and actively promote sales."
It makes him, a person who has experienced it, very satisfied. In the eyes of people of this era, these smartphones are no different from artifacts. He is not worried about the sales volume, but is more worried about whether their production can keep up.
Of the three companies, Polaris Company certainly refused to give in, focusing on the high-end field. They did not even prepare several grades of products, just a smartphone product, priced at 2,000 yuan each.
Hengtong Communications Company focuses on the mid-range field, taking into account the low-end field, and has launched two series of products. Huawei Technology Company focuses on the low-end field, taking into account the mid-range field, and has also launched two series of products.
They are self-aware and know that they cannot compete with Polaris in the high-end field. Whether it is accumulation of consumer electronics technology or brand influence, neither of them has any competitive advantage.
It is estimated that they have reached a consensus that as long as Polaris does not extend its hands into the field of mid-range and low-end smartphones, they will not extend its hands into the field of high-end smartphones.
Zhao Yi supports their staggered competition model, because it is not yet to the point where they are fighting head-to-head. They only need to position themselves well and compete for territory, and everyone will have something to eat.
Only in the era of smartphone stock, it is estimated that the tacit understanding they have reached will end. At that time, in order to further develop their own business, they may desperately encroach on each other's market share.
At present, it is very easy for them to make money on smartphones. Not to mention the high profit margin of the hardware itself, but also their pre-installation business, which can earn them a lot of money.
Even though they are all brother companies, they are unambiguous when it comes to making money. In order to occupy the market as quickly as possible in the smartphone era, his Internet companies have all purchased their pre-installed business, and even Shangtong Trading Company is no exception. .
However, this business is only reserved for brother companies. As a global giant, if it only relies on this business, it is really not popular. If it is not a brother company, they will not do this even if they are given money.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the operating strategy of Fanxing Software’s mobile operating system. Fanxing Software Company will launch two cooperation models.
The first cooperation model is to charge according to the mobile phone, which is equivalent to selling the mobile phone operating system to the mobile phone manufacturer. As for what the mobile phone manufacturers will do in the future, Fanxing Software Company will not care so much, and the manufacturers can do more customized business themselves.
The second cooperation model is to use Fanxing Software's mobile operating system for free, but the services and application stores pre-installed by Fanxing Software cannot be removed, and the revenue generated therefrom also belongs to Fanxing Software.
Which cooperation model a mobile phone manufacturer chooses depends on their considerations. The former is to make money by buying systems. This kind of cooperation is the simplest. The manufacturer only pays as much as the goods it produces.
The latter, Fanxing Software Company, makes profits by selling applications and consuming virtual items in the app store. If manufacturers are not confident about their subsequent income, they can choose this cooperation model.
At present, Hengtong Communications Company and Huawei Technologies Company both choose fixed payment models. They are more confident in the future revenue of the application mall, and in order to widen the gap between the two parties, they will choose more customized transformations.
After receiving Zhao Yi's nod, the three companies immediately asked Huaxin Precision Manufacturing Company to start vigorous production. The previous materials were basically ready and waiting for production.
At present, the proficiency of employees is not high, and the production capacity is set at about 10 million units per month, which means that before July, they must produce at least 5 million units. Starting from July, the production capacity needs to increase to 2,000 units per month. More than 10,000 units.
The three companies will hold global product launches one after another in July. By mid-July, they will begin shipping products to the world, with most of the production being given priority to domestic production.
In terms of channels, they each have their own advantages. Hengtong Communications Company and Huawei Technology Company have previously had close cooperation with mobile operators in various countries. This time, they mainly use their retail channels, and the remaining channels are left to Shangtong Trading Company.
Polaris Company used to have many sales channels for home appliances and consumer electronics. This time, their main channels are also in this area, and the remaining channels are handed over to Shangtong Trading Company.
These are their preliminary sales channel layouts, because currently our production capacity is still limited, and full rollout is basically impossible and unnecessary.
As for specialty stores, they are not needed in the initial stage. Not only are the costs high, but there are not many products in the early stage and they are completely useless. Especially for the two communication companies, they cannot just sell one or two mobile phones and several models in the specialty stores. Router.
On the other hand, Polaris Company had previously established a large number of brand stores under Shangtong Trading Company. This time, most of their sales channels relied on these stores of their own brands.
Zhao Yi put the smartphone matter aside and began to care about the research status of digital renminbi. When smartphones are launched on a large scale, the digital renminbi will have the soil to survive.
As for the digital RMB payment watch, it will also be developed simultaneously. When it is replaced on a large scale, the decision will be made based on the market demand. Before that, there will be no large-scale mass production.
Because compared to smartphones, the function of digital currency watches is too simple. At least young and middle-aged people don't like this thing. By then, the elderly will probably use it more.
According to feedback from Fanxing Software Company, by around October, the research and development work will come to an end, and then the entire system will be built. By the end of the year, it will basically be completed. (End of chapter)