93: Chapter 93 Lei: My Last Startup - Let's Call It Rice

The attitude of seeing guests out was very obvious.

When leaving Meizu, Lin Bin sighed in the car: "Huang Zhang is too stubborn. Because he is responsible for design, I am responsible for software, and you are responsible for marketing; such a good opportunity..."

"As expected." Lei Jun looked calm, even with a hint of a smile. "I never expected to succeed in one talk. This time was more for learning, and..."

"Then what should we do? Should we look for other companies? Lenovo or ZTE?"

But soon, Lin Bin realized: "You did this to poach people."

After saying this, Lin Bin suddenly realized and clapped his hands. No wonder! No wonder that when visiting, Lei Jun's enthusiasm for those engineers was clearly higher than his enthusiasm for Meizu.

As for Huang Zhang, his status was reduced by one more level!

"That's right, we won't look anymore." Lei Jun's eyes carried a hint of a knowing smile. "We will launch Plan B and do it ourselves."

...

After returning to Kyoto, Lei Jun immediately arranged a meeting with a headhunting company.

"I want to poach these people."

Lei Jun handed over a list.

Before looking at it, the headhunter was still swearing that there would be absolutely no problem. When he finished reading it, his eyes immediately widened.

Zhou Guangping — Chief Engineer of Motorola Kyoto R&D Center.

Liu De — Dean of the Industrial Design Department at Kyoto University of Science and Technology.

Hong Feng — Senior Product Manager of Google China.

Li Wanqiang — General Manager of Kingsoft PowerWord.

The headhunting director looked at the list and said in a very difficult position: "Mr. Lei, can these people... be poached?"

"Money is not an issue." Lei Jun patted his wallet and said, after all, he is the cash king of Kyoto!

"This is not a matter of money; they are all executives of big companies or leaders of universities. We really..."

"You don't need to worry about the negotiations. You just need to get them out, and I'll handle the rest."

"Then let's try!"

"Also, there is this group of people..."

This thicker list contained specific developers.

Lin Bin, who followed, was also very surprised when he saw the names on the list.

If everyone on this list was really poached, Huang Zhang would be furious if he found out.

After all, there were over 400 people on it, and more than 80% of them were from Meizu Technology. You have to know that Meizu Company's total R&D staff was only about 400... If the investment didn't work out, was he planning to move the whole company?

...

On the way back, Lin Bin suddenly asked: "What is the company's name?"

"It hasn't been decided yet, Old Lin. Do you have any ideas?" Lei Jun asked.

Lin Bin shook his head!

Lei Jun was also stumped by this question. He was only thinking about building the foundation and neglected the company's name...

This matter is also very important!

It not only needs the style of a technology enterprise but also a sense of intimacy close to daily life, making people feel at first glance that it is reliable.

It is quite difficult to achieve both.

Suddenly he said: "How about we call it Xiaomi Technology for now. Millet and rifles; we want to use internet tactics to disrupt the traditional mobile phone industry."

...

Over the next two weeks, the headhunting team began to take action.

Lei Jun personally stepped in, meeting 5 people a day, from morning till night.

He chatted with them in cafes, teahouses, and even university offices, telling them about his plans and the blueprint for internet Smartphones, and as a result, some people were convinced.

Zhou Guangping had worked at Motorola for 15 years, but felt the "glass ceiling" in foreign enterprises was obvious; people like them were clearly not valued, and promotion opportunities were much fewer.

He decided to take a gamble!

Liu De had an obsession with industrial design, feeling that domestic Smartphones were too ugly, and he wanted to create truly good-looking products!

When Hong Feng worked at Google, he saw the potential of Android, but he also felt that Google did not attach much importance to the Chinese market.

He planned to resign and join a new company, but he felt Dami Company was a bit unreliable, so he decided to wait and see.

Li Wanqiang was Lei Jun's old subordinate; he sent a message and chose to join for zero salary. Anyway, Mr. Lei still had shares in Kingsoft Company, and even if it failed, he would just return to his original position...

But once successful, he would be a founding contributor!

Other members of the headhunting team also began to poach people on a large scale according to the names on the list.

Dami Company's team gradually expanded from the initial two people to a hundred. As the team took shape, Lin Bin felt a bit worried.

He found Lei Jun and asked: "Mr. Lei, we have no money and no products now, just relying on a PPT to poach people... wouldn't that be too risky?"

"Risky?" Lei Jun smiled.

"Transsion Technology was almost unable to survive in the country last year, but just by relying on Shen Fei's mouth, look at what it has become now?"

He looked at the design drawing on the table again, which had "Xiaomi First Generation" and some indicators for MIUI written on it...

"In this era, what we don't lack is money; what we lack most is dreams." Lei Jun said softly. "One that makes workers believe in dreams, makes them believe they can change the world.

At the same time, it can also make capital believe, borrowing their money to incubate our products."

Lin Bin nodded. At this moment, he understood that Lei Jun was probably going to "use his reputation" again.

But relying on his work experience at Kingsoft, as long as he was willing to ask, there really were a lot of people willing to send him money!

At this time, the headhunting director sent a message: "Hong Feng has agreed. He can join Dami Company and can also help set up the corresponding system development team.

But he wants to talk to Mr. Lei in person to determine the system's investment scale and technical roadmap. He said he admires Mr. Lei, this technical big shot."

Lei Jun immediately replied: "Arrange it for tomorrow."

"Also, use your channels to help me arrange a meeting with Transsion's Shen Fei and Huaxin Investment's Huang Tianya."

After watching Lei Jun hang up the phone, Lin Bin asked: "Shen Fei and Huang Tianya. Will they meet us?"

"Let's try." A calculating look flashed in Lei Jun's eyes. "As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Transsion and Huawei are going head-to-head with Apple, and we need allies.

And their chips are indeed different."

As he spoke, Lei Jun took out a MediaTek MTK6572 he had dismantled from a Mate and looked at it carefully for a while.

"If we can meet, we might be able to get a cheaper supply chain, and the price can be lowered even further."

After Lin Bin left, Lei Jun began to formulate the plan for Dami Company going forward.

In his vision, after finalizing Hong Feng, he would immediately develop a deeply customized UI based on the Android system, called MIUI.

Solving some problems of the current Android system, such as lag and lack of playability, and using the operating system to open up the market, this is planned to be completed within 6 months.

If we are going to do it, we will make it the number one Android system.

When the reputation of the system ferments, immediately start manufacturing the first mobile phone. The project will proceed simultaneously. Considering the need to solve supply chain issues, the first mobile phone is expected to be completed within 12 months.

Then start exploring the internet sales model, striving to solve this problem within a year and a half.

After writing down these goals, Lei Jun picked up a transsion s1 and its twin brother Mate1 again.

Looking at Huawei's sales, he was envious, but he knew that Huawei relied on offline carriers, and this route had no future!

Online is the future.

No one understands marketing better than him!

So he wrote another line on that plan sheet. Goal: Become one of the top three in the Chinese Smartphone market within three years.