303: Chapter 303: They're all overseas factories, so why is there such a huge difference?

As Lei Jun was leaving, Zhang Feng hurried to catch up with him.

"President Lei, the training on Anil's side is like shit; the workers' foundations are too weak.

I seriously doubt they even did any pre-job training before putting them on the production line. Most of the screws aren't tightened properly, and crooked screen protectors are a common occurrence."

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"The India supply chain keeps dropping the ball; the pass rate for random inspections is only 72%, and the best batch was only 75%."

"And those little tricks by the Indian partners—they act enthusiastic on the surface, but behind our backs, they always use the excuse of inspections to loiter in the operating rooms.

I've already assigned someone specifically to keep an eye on those engineers' notebooks!"

Lei Jun finally let out a slow breath.

Manufacturing in India is truly unreliable. I just don't know if there are other problems, but all of this is because of Transsion...

If it weren't for Shen Fei, Xiaomi wouldn't have fallen into this position.

Everything is because of him!

Lei Jun took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and refocused his attention on the factory.

"Alright, I know your difficulties; leave the pressure to me.

Do your best to improve the yield rate. If the yield rate still isn't good enough, fire this entire batch of employees.

I'll go find Anil to solve the remaining problems; at worst, we'll just shut down the factory."

Lei Jun gritted his teeth and stated the worst-case scenario.

...

That night, Lei Jun and Lin Bin reviewed the situation at the hotel.

The night in Ahmedabad was much quieter than in Mumbai, with only the occasional sound of barking dogs.

Lei Jun sat on the sofa, holding a cup of tea, but he didn't take a single sip.

Because what he had seen and heard at the factory today kept flashing through his mind.

Those yellow liquids... is this really something that should happen in a factory?

"Old Lin, the factory results have shocked me once again."

"How can the quality of employees in a country be this rotten?"

The more Lei Jun spoke, the angrier he became. He thought about some of Transsion's interviews.

An orderly factory, "black slaves" working diligently.

They are all backward places, and it's all technology brought over from China.

Could it be that he, Lei Jun, can't compete with Transsion in advanced technology, and can't even compete in managing a factory?

What exactly is the gap between the two factories? Lei Jun pondered this repeatedly.

Suddenly, he thought of one point, which was also the aspect for which Transsion's factories were most heavily criticized worldwide.

A luxurious security team, with dozens of black men holding sticks in every workshop.

Although no videos of them beating people have circulated, but...

Perhaps he really wasn't ruthless enough, which is why he failed so thoroughly.

"Old Lin, do you think we should learn from Transsion?"

Lei Jun pointed to the broom nearby and then made some gestures.

Lin Bin understood instantly, but he shook his head.

"The location is different, the national conditions are different, and most importantly, we have Indian shareholders involved, while their operations are independent—they can do whatever they want.

If we really copy them, it will only be a knife in the back for Anil.

In my opinion, this matter still needs to be brought up by Anil himself!"

The two discussed the yield rate issue briefly before moving on.

After all, although this problem was serious, it could still be solved by domestic factories. Since the policies had already been secured, that was enough.

The most important thing now is to prevent Anil from stealing the plans.

After all, the contract had been signed, and the factory had already started trial production. If Anil was really stealing technology, it would be very difficult to stop!

After all, even the best defensive measures are just defense...

"This batch of workers is also unreliable, which proves that India's basic education is far inferior to ours back home.

For the next batch of workers, let's find those just trying to make a living, or those without degrees. Don't hire those technical workers, especially those with backgrounds in electronic engineering."

After Lin Bin finished speaking, Lei Jun thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

"That's a good idea. Low-education workers only know how to operate, not the principles. Even if they memorize the parameters, they won't know what they mean!"

Next, the two discussed some other issues, such as the impact of the Indian government's policies.

Building the factory was just one part; next, they might tamper with the supply chain, the market, and many other areas. Dami Company must have corresponding countermeasures.

Finally, after Lin Bin wrote down these problems, he realized that it really would have been better to just stay in the domestic market.

"Old Lei, do you think we took the wrong path? Wouldn't just playing against Transsion in the domestic market have been the best choice?"

"But..."

Lei Jun opened his mouth but then closed it. Yes... being the eternal third place would have been fine, at least we wouldn't die, even if life was a bit uncomfortable, and we could... as for now, we're almost being completely devoured.

"Old Lin, I didn't take the wrong path!"

After a long while, Lei Jun finally spoke. His voice didn't have as much confidence as before, but it was firm.

"At least we captured the India market. The sales of Transsion's two phone models are getting lower and lower, so we can consider ourselves to have defeated him in one market!"

"As for the technology... as long as the core parameters aren't leaked, what Anil can copy is limited.

Making phones isn't something you can just do by copying a few parameters.

He hasn't mastered supply chain management, quality control, after-sales systems, or brand recognition, so we can't be considered a failure in the India market.

Besides, it's not like he can just find some random excuse in the India market to confiscate our factory, right?"

Lin Bin also laughed. Such a thing was absolutely impossible to happen; after all, that would ruin his reputation too much.

But Lei Jun knew that the India market was indeed unreliable, and Transsion wouldn't go to such great lengths just to play with him.

But what he didn't know was that in another building in downtown Ahmedabad, Anil was sitting on a large leather sofa, flipping through a thick document.

The document contained all the parameters that the Indian engineers had recorded from the factory over the past three months.

Product design, equipment models, temperature curves, pressure parameters, testing standards—everything was there.

Some parameters were copied directly, some were photographed, and some were recorded via mobile video.

But no matter the format, India finally had its own technical standards.

This dream of India as a great power that he and the Indian government were building would surely make India manufacturing spread across the entire world!

He said to his assistant, "Give this to the R&D team. Within three months, I want to see the prototype of Reliance Jio."

During this time, Anil hadn't been idle; he had poached quite a few R&D personnel from Foxconn, Samsung India, and Nokia's own company.

The Reliance mobile phone team had already taken shape. Lei Jun thought he was the mastermind, but from beginning to end, he was nothing more than a pawn.

A pawn that could be discarded as soon as he had been drained dry.

"Boss, will Dami Company find out?"

Anil smiled, a very relaxed smile!

"So what if they find out? The factory is a joint venture, and the technology is licensed.

We are developing based on their foundation; we have that right.

At worst, we'll just acquire Dami Company in India, or... I believe he will voluntarily withdraw from the India market."

The secretary still looked a bit skeptical; after all, the factory hadn't been built for long, so could they really have obtained such detailed data? Was Mr. Anil being too confident?

Seeing the secretary like this, Anil rarely explained: "Besides, Xiaomi cannot leave our channels. Even if they find out, they won't dare to fall out with us.

Without Reliance's channels, Xiaomi in India is just a fish out of water."

Reliance Jio, will be back soon.

It's Xiaomi, but it's not Xiaomi!

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Okay, the Xiaomi arc is about to end! They are about to exit the mobile phone market. Do you guys want to see Old Lei's last startup attempt? [Dog head] If you want Old Lei to have it even worse, you can suggest some directions, and I will do my best to satisfy you!

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