Chapter 2817 Critical Hit

"No. 1 in the world?" Secretary-General Meng couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this kid is really ambitious. "Don't talk about being No. 1 in the world. As long as you can go abroad and gain a foothold in the world, the plan you are planning revolves around The grand strategy of electric vehicles is considered a success.”

Zhou Buqi is very confident, "If it were just like this, I would have gone on vacation a long time ago and wouldn't have bothered to participate in these things. I think it is necessary for us to have more confidence in the automobile industry and to have a long-term future." development plans and broader global goals.”

Secretary-General Meng nodded and said with a smile: "You have been promoting open source. According to your theory, if we really become the number one in the world... then wouldn't we have to abandon the open source strategy?"

"No!"

Zhou Buqi does not agree with this view.

"Huh?" Secretary-General Meng was a little surprised, "Isn't this what you just said in the meeting just now?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "This is what they said, I reserve my opinion."

Secretary-General Meng was very surprised, "Didn't you say that many of the leading products of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon will not give up the independence of their core mechanisms and will not be open source? Especially Apple. Hasn't Apple always refused? Open source route?”

Zhou Buqi said: “Indeed, Apple insists on customizing many components of its products. As long as the product is good and recognized by the market, custom-designed components can bring huge benefits to technology companies, making it impossible for rival companies to directly purchase these high-end components. High-performance customized components are therefore difficult to copy. However, this type of strategy also has great disadvantages and risks. This kind of exclusive customized design will make the order quantity impossible to accurately predict. , there will be terrible consequences. If there is less, the product will have to be assembled in a hurry, and parts will have to be produced; if there is too much, there will be a backlog of inventory. Therefore, when new iPhones are launched in recent years, we can see consumers queuing up overnight. The rush-buying scene is actually about the risks and predictions of new products at the market level. When a new product is launched, they don’t dare to place large orders directly. They have to first introduce it to the market to see the response, and then sort out the data and models. Mass production.”

Secretary-General Meng nodded and said: "Mass production can not only bring greater cost advantages, but also provide more operational flexibility."

“Quantification is the ultimate answer for manufacturing.”

Zhou Buqi has long had his own views on this issue.

Just like Qualcomm chips.

This is universal.

Asda, Samsung, LG, Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, Sony, BlackBerry and other mobile phone brands can all use Qualcomm chips. In this way, many mobile phone companies are very flexible in their operations, and the order risks are much smaller.

For example, Asda's new mobile phone has placed an order for 10 million chips with Qualcomm.

Once something happens to the market, this phone will go cold.

It can be processed in time.

These 10 million chip orders can be canceled without any problem, because Aisda no longer needs such a chip, other mobile phone manufacturers still need to use it, and only need to make a simple transfer. In this way, the inventory risk of mobile phones can be greatly reduced, so that after signing a large order, it will not be sold, causing it to be hoarded in the warehouse and ruining cash flow.

In the past 20 to 30 years, many electronic products have been destroyed by inventory backlog.

For example, the once-powerful computer giant Compaq, which is also the company where Apple CEO Cook once worked, made a strategic mistake, which resulted in a large number of unsalable goods being stored in the warehouse and cash flow was directly cut off. Lost.

A generation of technology giants fell apart in an instant.

But things are different now.

With the improvement, enrichment and strength of the domestic supply chain system, many inventory problems that have plagued the past decades have been gradually solved in the industry.

Just like a tablet.

If you know enough tablet computer brands, including Sony, Samsung, LG, Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi, Coolpad, Asus... then you will be surprised to find, huh? Something doesn’t seem right!

These companies are all competitors. Why do the pads they produce have the same model and size?

Basically they are 11 inches or 12 inches in size.

This leads to the fact that tablet computers from various manufacturers all look similar and lack the particularity of being "unconventional". Except for the iPad, which is special, all other manufacturers look similar.

In fact, it is determined by the mass production supply chain system.

This allows for more flexibility.

You order a 10-megapixel 12-inch LCD screen, but later find that the product cannot be sold, and the order can be easily canceled... Because everyone produces 12-inch tablets, and you don't need them anymore, so do others.

This will greatly reduce inventory risks, improve the liquidity of market products, and provide major manufacturers with greater convenience and flexibility in their decision-making.

Not only the hardware level, but also the software level can be quantitatively optimized.

Zhou Buqi was very satisfied with this topic and said with a smile: "This is actually the open source concept. It has been deeply rooted in China for a long time and has formed a unique and strong competitiveness in the domestic manufacturing field. It has even solved many problems that have plagued many industries. Decades of inventory woes.”

Secretary-General Meng was slightly startled, "Is this also open source?"

Zhou Buqi said: "This is not open source of technology, but open source of components."

“Open source on components?”

"Open source technology means that there is a large technical framework. Everyone uses this framework system together. Everyone's technology is similar, and they can't be much stronger or worse. Open source components means that there is a set of standardized parts. Everyone uses this set of standardized components to design products, which means that everyone's product style and performance look similar, and they can't be much stronger or worse."

"It seems that I don't understand open source enough!" Secretary-General Meng was a little surprised. "Open source is not a choice in the direction of technology. It is a big system and a big concept!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Just like the tablet and smartphone industry. ZTE's mobile phones, Asda's mobile phones, Samsung's mobile phones, Huawei's mobile phones, can How big is the difference? Actually, they are almost the same. This is a disadvantage. But it is also the biggest advantage, because in this way, the cost can be low enough. Apple's iPad is always different and does not play with everyone. It is a self-contained system... This will inevitably lead to higher costs and higher prices for iPads, which is elitist. In contrast, mass-produced Android tablets that are fully open source from technology to components can have lower costs and lower prices under mass production, and can be targeted at more ordinary people. "

Secretary-General Meng took a deep breath, "So you don't agree with Apple's strategy of not playing open source if it is the world's number one."

Zhou Buqi said: "From the perspective of the market, it should be like Apple, and for example, Microsoft's Windows system, don't Open source can maintain the greatest competitiveness. This is determined by the market mechanism. But this is overseas. The domestic economy is not entirely market-oriented, at most it is semi-marketized. At this time, if we still fully turn to the market school, it will easily become a "cat learning from the dog to gnaw bones". The most important thing in competition is to play to one's strengths and avoid one's weaknesses. "

Secretary-General Meng deeply agrees with this and is greatly touched, "Yes, play to one's strengths and avoid one's weaknesses."

Zhou Buqi said: "Large-scale standardized quantitative production is the biggest advantage of the domestic manufacturing industry! How can we give up our own strengths and follow others' weaknesses? Even if we become the world's number one, we can't do this. We must insist on open source! We must have standardized and quantitative mass production, and we must keep our own advantages!"

Secretary-General Meng laughed and said: "You are really a great entrepreneur, this vision is so Vision... Why do I feel that you are not concerned about the electric vehicle industry at all? From the Internet to electric vehicles, this is just an entry point, right? "

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I think that the domestic open source idea should be fully promoted, and the scope of open source should be further expanded, so that countless small and medium-sized enterprises in the country can enjoy the dividends of open source and are eligible to participate in many fields that only large enterprises could play in the past... The domestic manufacturing industry has flourished and conquered the international market, and the pattern of the rise of the East and the decline of the West can be truly determined. "

Secretary-General Meng raised a thumbs up, "You are talking about the root."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It's far from the root!"

"What is the root?"

"This... This is related to the mainstream thought, and it may rise to the philosophical level. . ."

"What thought? What philosophy? "

Secretary Meng didn't have much contact with Zhou Buqi.

But when his son came home, he would always say how excellent and talented this person was, and how people were willing to worship him.

Secretary Meng didn't know Zhou Buqi, but he knew his son too well.

With Meng Houkun's personality, he was never the type to be a subordinate.

But he admired Zhou Buqi, a young man, and was willing to listen to his orders, which was enough to show that he was excellent enough, strong enough, and had enough charisma and appeal.

Even so, Secretary Meng was amazed by Zhou Buqi at this time.

It's hard to believe that a young man under 30 years old can have such a high vision, such a big plan, and such long-term thinking on the direction of the country's economy. As for what thoughts and philosophy, it's probably a joke, right?

Little did he know that Zhou Buqi was not joking at all.

Zhou Buqi said: "In the past few years, I have been doing business at home and abroad, and I have a comprehensive understanding of the markets and users in some mainstream European and American countries. This has made me realize the biggest weakness of developed countries in Europe and the United States. They are all too individualistic, and everyone wants to be "unique", which is fundamentally different from the concept of open source. In contrast, the concept of open source is more suitable for taking root in China, which originally lacks advantages in patent protection and does not pay enough attention to intellectual property rights. More importantly, this is the most important point, patents are "private property", and open source is "common property". This is a genetic fit with us, a continuation of Marx and Engels' thoughts, and this is our biggest advantage! "

When these words came out, Secretary-General Meng was stunned.

It was like a critical hit.