The era of breaking waves

The VOD delegation came two weeks after the exhibition. In addition to Eric Fellows, the senior vice president of West Africa and Amy Ake, the procurement director of West Africa, David Lawrence, the president in charge of the terminal business in Africa, also came. , accompanied by three senior technical engineers, two negotiators and a Chinese translator.

After the group arrived in Shenzhen, they couldn't wait to visit the factory of Yaohua Terminal Company. The level of dedication refreshed Sui Zuyu's previous impression of Europeans.

After reviewing the data in the past few days, Hao Ren knew the urgency of VOD.

The past few years have been rough for the international communications giant.

In the European market where the brand is based, VOD is facing the pressure of slow growth and continuous saturation.In the past three years, in order to lay out the future network, we have spent huge sums of money to obtain 3G licenses from many European countries. However, consumers have been in a bad habit of using it, and the investment cannot be recovered. Instead, VOD, the loser of the 3G auction, made a lot of money through the 2.5G network. .

In Japan, VOD, as a multinational operator, was a bit slower, and the first wave of rice was cut away by other competitors.Although an additional investment of 24 billion US dollars was made later, it was hard to hide the decline, and it lagged behind other preemptive manufacturers by a large margin.

After all, VOD has been in the international market for many years, and it is known that what is lost is what is gained.Attention quickly turned to emerging markets, Asia Pacific and Africa.With the rapid growth of emerging markets, it will buy time to return to Europe and Japan.

After Yaohua’s first-generation product, Yaohua T1, was launched, Sui Zuyu proposed to introduce an ERP resource management system and carry out enterprise management reform projects due to the contradiction between OEM and self-owned brand production capacity.Now after two years of continuous optimization, the management efficiency of the entire company is not what it used to be, which is intuitively reflected in the production line.

The workers are busy on the production line in an orderly manner, and the numbers on the data board are vividly beating, showing the skilled operation ability and efficient production capacity to the visitors.

Hao Ren looked very satisfied, but the VOD customer next to him was still unsmiling, and the technical engineer who came with him directly moved closer.

Gao Jianjun was rehired by Hao Ren after the training of new employees, and he was the quality guide of Yaohua's mobile phone product line.

Standing behind Hao Ren, he whispered into his ear, "These people are experts, but luckily we are not the ones who did it."

"Master Gao, what is that curly yellow hair looking at? I've been staring at the fusing equipment for a long time." Hao Ren asked in a low voice.

"He is looking at the hot-melt head. When the hot-melt head is processing the plastic of the card slot, the plastic residue will stick to it after a long time. If it is not cleaned in time, the temperature of the hot-melt head will drop, and the parameters set by the product will be slightly shifted. .”

Hao Ren was shocked. He didn't expect the VOD customers to watch carefully. He even sent out overseas summoning orders. If he didn't pass this test, he would be the laughing stock of the whole company.

Gao Jianjun saw Hao Ren's thoughts and said in relief, "What are you worried about? Don't you trust your own product line?"

"How can it be?"

"Don't worry, I know who I bring with me."

Sure enough, the female worker who was being watched stopped and cleaned up the plastic residue before continuing to operate.

Everyone continued to move forward, and Hao Ren found that this row of workstations was a bit different. He brought Shen Tongfang here a few months ago to watch fresh graduates screwing screws.

"Did you find any difference?" Gao Jianjun asked.

"An extra robot arm?"

"We installed a vertical arm so that the screws will not be misaligned. In addition to marking the order of insertion, the fixture also has a switch. After the mobile phone is placed in, the screw will not be loosened until the screw is finished. Don't look at the changes. , The defect rate dropped from 2000ppm to 5ppm, this value keeps customers satisfied.” Gao Jianjun said proudly.

Hao Ren rehired Gao Jianjun because Gao Jianjun couldn't stay at home after retirement, he didn't like playing chess or dancing, he either dug the yard to muddy ground, or quarreled with Li Xiumei.Li Xiumei had no choice but to ask Hao Ren to help Gao Jianjun find something to do. It doesn't matter how much money you have, as long as you don't stay at home all day.

But who is Gao Jianjun?Old workers who have been working for decades have entered the factory, how can they do idle work, otherwise they will shine everywhere.

"You've worked so hard, Master Gao, are you working overtime every day?"

"That boy Zhong Nan reminded me, don't say that college students have really bright heads."

At this time, the yellow-haired engineer from VOD walked towards Hao Ren and asked if he could chat with any worker.

Hao Ren nodded in agreement, thinking that it was no wonder that there was no need for explanations during the tour. It turned out that he didn't read the advertisements, but wanted to see the curative effect, and talked directly to the workers to learn the real information.

However, the female worker selected by the yellow-haired engineer is Gao Jianjun's most proud apprentice, and she can answer all kinds of questions fluently, and she can answer the 6S workshop management requirements with her mouth open.

The owners of VOD finally recognized the production strength of Yaohua's first-generation factory in China. Finally, the two parties signed a two-year cooperation letter of intent. Yaohua will provide it with customized mobile phones that meet the brand standards. The specific details will be communicated by relevant parties. Follow up.

That night, Hao Ren called Mu Yan and Chen Jingnan, and invited VOD's foreign guests to the revolving restaurant on the top floor of Diwang Building to celebrate. The cooperation was negotiated, and they were all very happy, drinking one cup after another.

Hao Ren looked out through the glass, and there was a river in the dark separating the two lights, Hong Kong on one side, and Shenzhen on the other, the same high-rise buildings lined up, the same brilliant galaxy.When he first came to Shenzhen after graduating from university, Zhao Yang brought him here. It was evening, and the houses with fireworks were nearby, and the buildings were row upon row in the distance.Now it is a world, the two places are prosperous, there is no difference.

Eric Fellowes drank too much, shook his red wine glass, and walked towards Hao Ren with his face flushed.

"It's so beautiful here. China is developing so fast. Many years ago, when I looked down from here, there were still construction sites everywhere. I really should ask Han Zaizhou to see more."

"Representative Han is in charge of the China region, so there should be many places in China."

"He has only come to China in the past few years. If the person in charge of the business in China hadn't been arrested for accepting bribes, it would not be his turn."

"I'm not very familiar with Representative Han, and I know very little about him."

"He really should gain more knowledge and experience the speed of China's development, so he won't be so arrogant. Do you know how self-righteous Han Zaizhou is? We went to your booth before, and then he sent someone to pass it to me. A pile of Yaohua black material."

"What about us?" Hao Ren was quite interested to know.

"It is said that your quality is poor. In China, you can only sell it in rural areas. People in the city look down on you. They say that you are poor..."

"What he said is also true. We do not have a high market share, and we are trying to snatch his cake from first- and second-tier cities."

Eric Fellowes looked at Hao Ren bewilderedly, shook his head and said, "The quality of CF products is not that good, there are all kinds of problems, I didn't expect to sell so many in China, you Chinese only like imported products?"

"From now on, we won't have anything to do with them when we get up." Hao Ren said firmly.

The night is deep, and the guests and hosts have a good time and go away.

Sure enough, under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. The benefits and benefits of overseas dispatched employees have been improved qualitatively. The salary remains the same. There are additional daily hardship subsidies, food subsidies, and home allowances. .

Chen Hu did a rough calculation, and he can be reimbursed for food and lodging overseas, including wages and various subsidies. After staying for two or three years, he can buy an 80-square-meter house and establish a foothold in this city. Qian's speed is like sitting on a rocket, rushing upwards.

Under the lure, there were too many people who signed up, and most of them were young and carefree young people like Chen Hu.The number of expatriate places seems insufficient, so we can only select the best candidates, take the major and English test.

Now the company's office building has been turned into a school. The employees leave early and return late every day, and use their spare time to learn foreign languages.One morning, Hao Ren walked to the office in the short 20-meter aisle, and bumped into two or three employees who were holding books and reciting words, and he didn't know whether to encourage or criticize.

In the end, a total of 138 people applied for the assignment, and only 23 employees passed the business English test and the professional test. It can be seen that the selection is strict, and the selection of the best of the best is completely in accordance with Hao Ren's requirements.After the Spring Festival, these 23 people will be sent to Southeast Asia and Africa one after another.

As the Spring Festival approached, this year's Yew Wah annual meeting was even grander than previous years. In addition to the traditional dinner and awards, a send-off ceremony was also held for the 23 employees.

Zhao Yang was very pleasantly surprised that Yaohua Terminal went directly from China to overseas in just three years.Although more than half of Yaohua's foundry business is also exported, it is different from those who use their real names to go abroad with other people's brands.

Looking at these energetic young people in front of him, who were about to go outside alone, Zhao Yang was very emotional.Even if some countries open the map, it takes a long time to find it. They just set off towards the unknown without hesitation, and their courage is commendable.

Chen Hu feels that today is an important moment for himself, just like a warrior who accepts the blessings of his generals and comrades-in-arms before going out to war. On the stage, I actually wanted to roar.

Zhao Yang and Hao Ren had already come forward, ready to give Chen Hu a letter of appointment.

"Chen Hu, do you still remember the question I asked you when we were doing research together? Do you dare to let you return to the countryside to work in the market?" Hao Ren asked.

"I remember, it's just that I didn't expect it to be a foreign country. But it doesn't matter, I did what I said." Chen Hu said.

"That's right, young people are fearless like this." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he awarded the letter of appointment to Chen Hu and walked to the next person.

After the letter of appointment was issued, Zhao Yang finished speaking, Hao Ren stood on the stage again, raised a glass of wine, and said to the 23 people who were about to go to sea:

"From now on, everyone is going to earn money from foreigners. Just do your best to open up new worlds and don't have any worries. You have the support of all brothers and sisters behind you. You must remember that no matter what difficulties you encounter, we are still in everything. "