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Zhou Buqi did not condone the unhealthy tendencies in the office, especially the self-recommended Li Shuruo, who planned to send her out to do social research.

Others followed.

Now in 2011, the domestic real estate market has been booming with great vigor. In fact, the Internet industry has not yet fully exploded and is in the stage of accumulating energy.

The era of mobile Internet is the stage of full explosion.

First send some people out to get a feel for the situation and gain a more comprehensive grasp of the current status of the industry.

As for the quota for this business trip...

Zhou Buqi's heart is still relatively gentle, "Who has the lowest academic qualifications?"

"Ah?" Ning Lu was slightly startled, "Mai Feixue, she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology this year with a second degree. Everyone else has a first degree, and several of them are from key universities."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Then arrange it for her and give her some confidence, so as not to have an unbalanced mentality due to low academic qualifications. Academic qualifications are important, but they are not that important."

"OK."

Ning Lu pursed her lips and smiled. She had a delicate, soft and kind character. She felt very happy knowing that Boss Zhou had this reason.

Wait until you see Mai Feixue.

Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment.

It turned out to be her!

Speaking of which, when I first met these beautiful little secretaries, because each of them was so beautiful, I didn’t leave a deep impression on them overall. Only two girls made a deep impression.

One is a petite and cute girl with a loli style with two twin tails; the other is a girl with a very proud career line, majestic and probably an E-cup.

Mai Feixue is the latter!

After the group got on the plane and set off for England, Zhou Buqi was still confused and wanted to ask Sun Wanran and Ning Lu.

What were their previous recruitment criteria?

Is this the reason why Mai Feixue was chosen to work in the Board of Directors with such a low academic qualification? Is this the reason? Her academic qualifications are very low, but her career capital is so strong that she was probably selected for this reason.

However, before he could ask, Zhou Buqi received a call from Zhou Shaoning.

Very important.

Motorola's plan has been launched, and it depends on the reaction of all parties.

Zhou Buqi asked: "How is it in the United States?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "It's not clear yet, but I have communicated with Google. They are willing to divest these low-end businesses, mainly the management of Motorola. Merging into Google and merging into Asda will make people feel better." ups and downs."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "You have ruined the company, and you are still very proud?"

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "Google agreed to help negotiate a peace, but they put forward a small condition."

"What conditions?"

"They want Asda to take over all the low-end manufacturing operations."

"Set-top box?"

Zhou Buqi thought of it immediately.

Motorola's manufacturing business is mainly divided into three parts, one is cutting-edge new technological products, one is mobile phones, and the other is set-top boxes.

Mobile phones and set-top boxes are both low-end businesses.

Originally, Motorola's mobile phone business included semiconductors. If this part was included, it would definitely be a high-end business.

However, the technological level of the semiconductor industry is too high, the changes are too fast, and the competition is too strong. Even giants like Motorola cannot keep up with the world's top leaders in research and development, and have fallen into serious losses.

Later, Motorola divested its semiconductor business and sold it.

One of the well-known transactions in China is that Motorola sold its heavily loss-making semiconductor manufacturing plant in Tianjin to SMIC in exchange for 10% of SMIC's shares.

In short, Motorola's current mobile phone business is very low-end and has little technological content. It is just assembly, so the sale of this business will easily pass supervision.

In comparison, the set-top box business is even more low-end.

Zhou Shaoning said: "Motorola's set-top box business is mainly for some developing countries. In the early years, the country wanted to promote digital TV signals, but lacked relevant technology, so it introduced Motorola in exchange for technology and market. Motorola once dominated the domestic digital TV, Set-top box market. It has been so many years, and the technical level of the domestic industry has long been developed."

"Is there still a market for their set-top box business?"

"There are some, mainly local stations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. State-owned enterprises have long been developed. Now most TV stations cooperate with state-owned enterprises, and state-owned enterprises provide this part of technical services."

Zhou Buqi then asked: "Is there any profit?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "There will be some, but the business share is getting smaller and smaller."

Zhou Buqi pondered and said, "This is really a troublesome matter."

Zhou Shaoning said: "Google will definitely look down on the set-top box business. If Google really completes the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the first thing it will do is to cut off this business."

"What about selling it?"

"Can't you sell it?"

"Not necessarily."

Zhou Buqi's mind suddenly opened up.

"ah?"

Zhou Shaoning was slightly startled.

Although the set-top box business still has a net profit of several million, the number of employees is too large. It has a R\u0026D center and a huge sales team, with more than 600 employees in China.

This man eats horse chews, which is a huge expense.

If the business keeps growing, that's easy to say.

But now the technology in the field of set-top boxes has been thoroughly understood in China. State-owned enterprises are close to the market and have taken away orders from TV stations. Not to mention foreign companies can't get orders, and even private enterprises can't do it.

It is conceivable that with the popularity of domestic digital TV, Motorola's set-top box business will soon fall into losses.

Then, there will be layoffs.

For foreign companies, this layoff fee is too large, and it cannot be offset by the millions of profits. If you want to lay off all these 600 people, you will need at least 30 million.

This is a loss-making business and a huge burden.

Zhou Buqi said: "If you let Google sell it, it will definitely not be able to sell it. This is a big burden. All we can do is lay off employees. The cost of layoffs is nothing to Google. The trouble is the industry that layoffs will face. Due to pressure and public opinion, employees may go on strike again.”

Zhou Shaoning also considered this, "Well, so they want to dump this burden on us as soon as possible. They don't want to do things like layoffs that damage the brand."

This is normal in business.

Just like LV.

At that time, LV owned a textile factory with tens of thousands of employees. As the times changed, the textile factory had already become fully automated and did not need so many textile workers.

what to do?

Are all these tens of thousands of people laid off?

This is not acceptable. LV is a luxury product, a synonym for "beauty" and "elegance" in the imagination. How can it be involved in something like violent layoffs?

Later, LV took action.

They didn't lay off employees.

Instead, the textile factory was sold to a third-party company. After the transaction was completed, the ruthless side of the capitalist was revealed.

When the third-party company came up, it started to lay off a large number of people. They laid off everyone and then sold the machines, leaving the factory land for real estate development.

Capitalists and capitalists joined forces to create a beautiful business.

The ones who suffer are the textile workers who have lost their jobs.

There is nothing we can do about it. The advancement of productivity will inevitably lead to unemployment. Especially with the domestic industrial upgrading in recent years, this is very dangerous.

The industry has been upgraded, and those traditional workers are no longer needed and have no jobs.

Fortunately, the Internet is here.

It is the express delivery and takeout industries that maintain social stability. However, the e-commerce behind the express delivery industry has made it increasingly difficult for many physical stores to do business.

Zhou Buqi said: "Google is not willing to do large-scale layoffs, and Asda can't do it either."

"Oh!" Zhou Shaoning suddenly realized, "You mean we take over and then sell it again?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Actually, it's not just the set-top box business. I read the Motorola China business report you sent me. It's very bad. The industry is too backward and too low-end. In addition to the set-top box business, a large part of it is Feature phone business.”

Zhou Shaoning said: "Yes, we are in the era of smartphones now, but Motorola's main source of revenue is still feature phones. This is probably the reason why such a great company was dismembered. Their business is too backward. The good thing is that The global channels are good enough and the brand value is high enough."

"I seem to remember you saying that the sales of mobile phones in the domestic market this year can reach 240 million units..."

"Yes, about 240 million units, of which 30 million are smartphones."

"Then act quickly." Zhou Buqi concluded, "The reason why so few smartphones are sold in China is not because consumers don't like smartphones, but because smartphones are too expensive. But now times have changed. Xiaomi showed up.”

Zhou Shaoning disagreed and said with a smile: "Xiaomi is very popular, but it has no goods..."

"This is the catfish effect. Xiaomi will definitely change the entire industry."

Zhou Buqi then expressed his opinion, which he had to accept.

When they reach this level of discussion, the details are not important, and they may not understand it. The main thing is to choose a direction. If you want to choose a good direction, you must first make the most accurate judgment on the future situation.

This is what Boss Zhou is best at.

His brilliant achievements over the years have also given him the prestige of keeping his promise.

Zhou Shaoning believed it immediately. Following this idea, it would be easier to make a choice. He said solemnly: "If Xiaomi can change the entire industry, then Asda's speed must be fast. While Motorola is now There is still value in the feature phone business, so we need to hurry up and sell this baggage."

Motorola is a behemoth, and now it just needs to be dismembered, dismembered, and dismembered again.

Google picked the best ones first.

For the remaining part, Aisda will pick the best ones and pass the rest to the receivers on the next level.

Zhou Buqi said: "In a word, it's time to move quickly. Finalize the deal with Google and Motorola as soon as possible, and then spin off the set-top box business and feature phone business as soon as possible. After all this is done, the smartphone industry will also As soon as Xiaomi has almost impacted it, Asda can use the brand 'Motorola' to set sail in the low-priced phone market."