Chapter 345 Super Big Brick

"What is this you have?"

"The latest mobile phone, look, this one is very light."

Looking at the big brick in front of him, William White couldn't help but be speechless. Well, since his partnership with Motorola, this is the first time a product has been brought to market.

The reason why William White is speechless is that this thing was implemented before he took over, and it cost more than 100 million dollars.

"Tom, do you really think this is light?"

"Well, I've seen one in Europe. I don't know if it's a Nokia or a Siemens. It's more than ten times bigger than this one. It's a bit like a walkie-talkie on a battlefield."

"I know this, maybe it can be installed in a car."

"Boss, this thing is good, but it's too expensive, more than 4,000 US dollars, and the talk time is not enough."

"How long can it last?"

"It's said to be half an hour, but it's actually up to twenty minutes."

Well, William White was depressed. He remembered that he had to start with the most basic battery first. Today's battery is just the oldest nickel-cadmium battery. Even if lithium batteries have not been researched, at least nickel-metal hydride batteries should be used.

With all this in mind, William White started calling meetings of the cell phone department.

To be honest, William White didn't intend to be too radical. This mobile phone is originally an excessive product. If you want to promote and make money, you have to wait for the GSM era.

Fortunately, the uncle's request is not too much now. He didn't ask for major changes, but only asked for reduced energy consumption and increased battery capacity.

To put it bluntly, Ni-MH batteries are not a high-tech thing, and you, a stuff that sells for $4,000, can accept this cost increase anyway.

William White has already figured it out, if these bastards dare to say anything that can't be done, he will immediately transfer this damn factory.

As for the requirements such as call quality, well, let’s save a little effort, it’s very good if you don’t cross the line.

"Felson, how's the situation in the digital lab?"

"There has been a breakthrough. Two more patents have been approved this month. Motorola's directors seem to have an opinion on the extra R&D expenses."

"If you have an opinion, you can keep it. If you don't, you can withdraw the shares. A group of short-sighted bastards."

Of course, William White had reason to get angry. If he hadn't considered the research and development costs of more than 100 million US dollars, he would have planned to push it all over again. However, climbing the technology tree is not so simple, even if the direction is correct, it still takes time to accumulate.

At William White's insistence, various departments quickly started technical public relations. After all, the boss's request was very reasonable.

All are existing technologies, and there is no black technology. Just a week later, an improved version of the big brick plan was placed on William White's desk.

"Well, this thing is about the same. What the hell are you waiting for for four hours? In fact, after two hours of waiting, you can only make one call."

"Boss, the cost may be a bit high."

"That's because the order quantity is too small, the quantity will be doubled directly, and the price will be reduced by 10%. This is my request."

Filson's eyes twitched, he was really powerless to complain, isn't your request too outrageous?

"Don't worry, Filson, if my order is ten times larger, they will give you a half discount."

"Okay, boss, I'll go talk to them."

"Filson, the semiconductor industry is like this. What was the price of 64K memory a year ago?"

"I'm afraid the boss won't be cheap for too long. I feel that it's bad to touch someone with my feet."

"Haha, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we have a big stick country, don't worry, they don't mind making a little less money in order to rub people with feet on the ground."

Felson didn't understand, this country didn't seem to have anything to do with Bangzi, where did the boss come from? He even asked some Chinese subordinates, but unfortunately, no one could answer this question.

After being reminded by Felson, William White thought about the price increase of memory. However, that is a matter of the IT industry, and it will not affect him for the time being. The usage of game consoles is not large, and these memories are already low-end products. Let alone Bangziguo, Treasure Island can already produce them.

Besides, these things are all OEM, if the foot basin people don't prepare their own inventory, they deserve it if they lose money.

To say that these guys are really tenacious, after the Plaza Accord, the currency has doubled in value. Under such circumstances, export companies did not go bankrupt immediately. It has to be said that this is really a miracle.

Faced with such a partner, Motorola is indeed a bit aggrieved. They are a well-established Fortune 500 company, and there will be nothing in there.

However, facing a guy who can always bring benefits to shareholders, what else can you be dissatisfied with?

If this young master is really annoyed, then don't say anything, just have one more competitor, and it's still a very powerful opponent.

In fact, according to the agreement reached by the two parties, Motorola's board of directors is not binding at all.

A group of guys trying to find presence and failing.

Obviously, most of the board of directors are Wall Street elite, they will not trust these old guys.

What about the money-losing chip division?

What did you old guys say?

hehe! The current situation is that Motorola is not the best chip company, but it is the most profitable one.

As for the memory department you mentioned, it can be pissed off now. If it weren't for this rubbish, the stock price would not know how much it would have risen.

For investors, it doesn't matter if you make any fuss, but don't do any tricks, which will directly make the stock price avalanche.

Split with William White?

Let's not joke, as soon as this news is announced on Wall Street, the stock price will react immediately. Conversely, if the capital of this joint venture project is increased, it will actually increase the stock price.

After the old guys figured it out, William White's super big brick plan was implemented. William White believes that with this thing, the promotion of simulators will definitely be better.

Pioneering is sometimes such a pain. No matter how good your development is, it is useless. There will always be people who overtake in a corner, especially in the mobile phone market.

So what can Ericsson and Nokia do with the awesome 13, in the end, it is almost the end of the entire army's destruction.

"Boss, Murdoch integrated Fox TV, and now there are clear signs of expansion."

"Hehe, the old guy is quite tenacious, Barry, what do you think, how about we split the production department?"

"Separation of production and broadcasting? Will it be too radical?"

"Haha, if there is no competition, how can there be any motivation. In this way, our goal is not that big."

"Okay, let me make a plan, how to deal with the existing programs?"

"Put it all out and let them know that as long as the ratings are good, anything can be negotiated. If your bid is too low, they can also sell it to ABC, but there is one thing, the local and Australian villains are absolutely not allowed."

Barry Diller was a little unsure, did that old guy take advantage of this guy, otherwise it really wouldn't make sense, do you have such a big grudge?

"Okay, boss, I will arrange it."