Chapter 1287 The First Year of the Smartphone Era

It’s hard to start a business, but even harder to stay in business.

For Leng Ning, the Lotus mobile phone brand is now completely in her hands, and the pressure on her is heavier than anyone else.

In contrast, former deputy Deng Fang took the initiative to launch the new Honor brand, but he was able to go into battle lightly.

After coming out of the CEO's office, Leng Ning met Deng Fang, who was coming in a hurry. He had a lot of words to say, but they turned into a simple and tacit greeting, "Are you coming here to find approval too?"

Although Deng Fang has become the leader of a major brand, he still behaves like an old subordinate in front of the old leaders.

"It's not that bad. I was thinking that if I didn't take the initiative to come over, my boss would kill me."

Leng Ning raised his eyebrows and showed a rare smile, "Don't worry, the boss is in a good mood today. Come and sit down if you have time."

"Thank you, boss," Deng Fang grinned, "As long as I can leave the boss alive today, I will definitely visit the boss to learn from him."

Leng Ning waved his hand, "Okay, stop yelling. You are now a person on your own after all."

"In my heart, you will always be my boss!"

"Hypocritical!" Leng Ning responded with a roll of his eyes and walked away. But when I left, I felt much more relaxed than before.

Deng Fang's arrival postponed Wu Tao's plan to get off work.

In any case, it is necessary for him to pay more attention to the newly established brand division of Yuanqi Technology.

It's just that when this subordinate saw him, he was still smiling like before. He couldn't hold himself up on the table and didn't even dare to sit down with his butt on the sofa.

Wu Tao took the Honor Division's charter, vision and goals for the new year handed over by Deng Fang and flipped through them.

Neither of them spoke.

In this silent atmosphere, the sweat on Deng Fang's face began to fall.

He began to feel the pressure that Leng Ning had to bear as the person in charge who could report directly to the boss.

It’s simply much more nervous than meeting Mr. Xiao!

Liu Ruoxi brought tea to the two of them, then sat down beside them and spread out her notebook to start recording.

This posture made Deng Fang more aware that although it was an interview on the edge of the sofa, the content involved was still very important.

Soon, Wu Tao roughly flipped through the entire document, and found out at the end that Xiao Zixia had already given instructions on this document.

Then your speech must be targeted.

Putting down the documents, Wu Tao subconsciously crossed his legs and said, "Director Deng, all the employees in your new business department have worked hard during the past two years, and I can see it all."

Deng Fang forced a smile and moved his butt further away from the sofa. "Boss, this is what we should do."

Liu Ruoxi looked at this scene and wanted to laugh, but her professional attitude made her hold it back.

Wu Tao waved his hand, "Okay, don't do this with me. You have to know that I don't want to work overtime at all!"

When he heard this, holy shit, Deng Fang's face turned pale and he almost peed in fear.

It's over, I'm probably going to be criticized to a bloody degree today.

However, what greeted Deng Fang was not a scolding tone, but a much more pleasant tone. "In this manuscript, the design ideas for Honor products are well written. This aspect is also your strength."

"...But do you know what your problem is?"

Deng Fang was miserable, not knowing whether he should continue or not.

Fortunately, Wu Tao didn't let him wait long, and continued on his own: "Your problem is that except for product design, all other contents here lack your own thinking."

"...or in other words, it's a lack of thinking from your business department!"

Hearing this, Deng Fang was a little unconvinced. The personnel management and regulations in the business department were nothing more than the same old routine.

What kind of flowers can you play with?

Wu Tao saw this in his eyes, but did not go into it from this aspect. Instead, he directly changed the topic and asked: "Let me ask you, since the establishment of the Honor Division, what do you think is the top priority?"

Deng Fang raised his head. He not only talked with Xiao Zixia about this, but also consulted privately with Leng Ning.

So I feel a little confident to say it.

"Boss, the top priority is to determine the development vision and goals of the entire business unit as the foundation for the entire business unit."

"That's right." Wu Tao affirmed, "The development vision and goals are a reflection of the concentrated will of all members of your business department."

"So, before determining the development vision and goals, should you first integrate the personnel of the business department, unify their thinking, and twist them into one rope? Then, on this basis, form a development vision and goals that will make everyone more aligned. Have a sense of mission and responsibility, and work hard for it?”

After hearing this, Deng Fang would be a fool if he didn't understand.

"Boss, I was indeed wrong in this regard. I come from a research and development background, so my awareness at the management level is a bit weak."

"...If we integrate it first and let everyone participate and brainstorm, then this document should be substantial, and none of us will have to work overtime day and night on this document."

"Okay," Wu Tao waved his hand, "Go back and think about it carefully. Remember, I have given you a lot of good hands. If you don't know how to use them, tell me as soon as possible and don't waste my talents."

"Yes, yes!" Deng Fang hurriedly left as if he was receiving an amnesty.

After sending Deng Fang away, Wu Tao couldn't help but think of looking at the entire mobile market industry.

Because of the continuous efforts and disruption of the Lotus brand, it can be safely said that the entire global mobile phone market has entered the first year of the smart era ahead of schedule.

Now Nokia has realized this sense of urgency, so it thought of jointly establishing a mobile phone ecosystem based on the Symbian system with Samsung's Li Fuzhen.

But now that there are checks and balances from Li Yinxin and Li Xuxian, Wu Tao doesn't worry about this anymore.

On the other hand, in the United States, there are several obscure manufacturers worthy of attention.

"By the way, how are the mobile phones made by Apple?"

Wu Tao has been telling Liu Ruoxi to pay attention to this aspect, so Liu Ruoxi immediately said after hearing this: "I heard that Steve Jobs has postponed the original product release plan again. It is initially expected to launch the first mobile phone product with Apple OS as a closed-loop ecosystem in the second half of this year."

"Hey, delayed again?"

Liu Ruoxi nodded, "I heard that Steve Jobs felt that the design plan had no new highlights and was even suspected of imitating Lotus, so he rejected it with one vote."

This gang leader Qiao is still so paranoid and cute.

"What about Dopod and BlackBerry?"

"According to statistics, the share of Dopod and BlackBerry mobile phones has increased slightly, but overall, they are still niche. They are especially loved by people in the class who advertise security. For example, the George W. Bush administration purchased a lot of them."

Wu Tao nodded, "As long as the Palm system and surrounding ecology can successfully defeat Nokia's Symbian system and ecology this time, Dopod and BlackBerry will not be a concern."