stjorthotic Chapter 213 With the economy in a slump, should we show some understanding to our own family?
Chapter 213 With the economy in a slump, should we show some understanding to our own family?
"Nakamura-san, what should we do?"
"We're still the biggest player in this industry, how about we consider...?"
Koji Nakamura's words clearly implied that he wanted to investigate the patents and sue them.
Nip it in the bud!
That would inevitably antagonize relations. After much deliberation and considering various options, he finally said with great reluctance, "Should we notify the HR department to reassess the salaries of Chinese employees?"
"But what about our base camp..."
"I'll go and talk to them." He stood up. "The economy isn't doing too well here right now, so we should be more understanding since we're all family."
Also, find out who Transsion poached. Retain those with core technologies at all costs.
Those odd jobs…
He hesitated for a few seconds, then finally sighed.
"Let the menial workers go. Just do a good job for Transsion and don't hold their contracts up."
Yamada Ichiro was also very surprised, but he quickly felt helpless.
A tremendous pressure weighed on his heart.
After all, there is no clear boundary between what constitutes a menial worker and what constitutes a core employee.
If we're to say that everyone going to the Chinese market is just doing odd jobs, then letting Huaxing poach talent would be aiding the enemy.
Another equally important issue is that these newbies are paid more than the technical staff at the Japanese headquarters, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the employees at the headquarters.
[Transsion excavator starts up...]
He suddenly recalled his time working hard in China a few years ago. Back then, he had been to Huaqiangbei Market in Shenzhen and felt a sense of superiority looking at the streets full of counterfeit mobile phones.
No matter how well the outer casing of those phones is copied, the inside is still a pile of junk.
It's worlds apart from products made in Japan.
But now?
China stopped making knock-off phones a long time ago; they started independent research and development, and... their once-proud semiconductors and communications technologies have all been completely outclassed.
They still have a certain advantage in the lens industry, but now...
He suddenly remembered something an uncle in his family had once said.
Although that uncle looked down on Chinese people his whole life.
But he once said: They will catch up, and they will do no worse than them.
He took that as a joke back then, but now he believes it.
Meanwhile, at Transsion headquarters, in the human resources department...
"Sister Meng. There are 15 more people coming for interviews today. 12 of them are from Sony and Motorola, and the other three are from Japan."
Liu Meng picked up the coffee cup on the table and swirled it.
"Have the terms been agreed upon?"
"It's settled, 2.5 times the salary. The Japanese headquarters offers three times the salary, and they'll help with the residency issue."
Liu Meng nodded, took a sip of coffee, and then asked:
"Those three at Sony headquarters are definitely GGs."
If Sony doesn't treat everyone equally, then our opportunity will come.
The excavation team leader, who came to report, asked hesitantly, "Sister Meng, the problem is that we don't have enough funds. Should we apply for another special fund?"
Liu Meng laughed heartily. She had thought it was something serious that was making him hesitate... but it turned out to be a funding issue.
"Don't worry, the boss said we can dig as much as we can, and there's plenty of funding." Liu Meng smiled. "The boss said that as long as the HR department issues a note, we can do whatever it takes, no matter how much money it costs."
If you have enough ability to poach all of Sony's engineers, he can afford to pay that amount.
And we'll also give you a big red envelope as a bonus.
Wang Song chuckled and silently bowed to Sony in his heart.
Look how sincere MediaTek is, offering up shares on its own initiative. Sony has been in the supply chain for so long, don't you understand your own position?
"Mr. Liu, the boss's idea... is a bit ruthless!"
Liu Meng just smiled. It was all fair competition; they hadn't used any underhanded tactics.
Meanwhile, the three people had already sent back their compensation.
That's right, these three are indeed the first batch.
They had their own mission: to test the waters and find out the authenticity of the "event" and whether the benefits were real or just empty promises.
After all, some department heads had already leaked the information after the meeting.
Why should we raise salaries to retain those newbies in China, while the real technical talent at headquarters has to endure hardship?
Is it because they are Japanese?
As a result... many sub-engineers are writing their resumes overnight.
Even dogs wouldn't stay in this place.
…………
Three days later, after Sony China announced a 10% salary increase for all engineers, a riot broke out at the Japanese headquarters.
37 core engineers resigned en masse.
On the same day, Transsion officially announced the opening of its Suzhou sensor factory.
Bulk orders for our 200-megapixel CMOS image sensor are now being accepted.
The announcement from Transsion was released at 10:00 AM, while Yu Dazui's Weibo post was at 10:01 AM.
"The Honor 3 series is not just about the K3v1, but also features the debut of brand-new technologies."
"The Honor 3 series has this name, who is it targeting? It's so hard to guess!"
"Could it be that they're going to set the price at 1999 again this time?"
"I hesitated several times because of the price of 2299 for the Honor Playe2. Although it has a self-developed chip and the performance improvement is obvious, my Honor Play1 is still usable..."
"The one upstairs is the same model this time, the price should be back!"
The online discussion was heated, but it also put Lei Jun under tremendous pressure.
Their Mi 2s series had just been released not long ago, and Honor Play2 announced a price reduction...
The two sides had barely managed to compete in sync for a few days when...
Meanwhile, Yu Dazui has already begun rehearsing for the press conference.
The Honor 3 is indeed a product that rivals the Mi 2s and even the Mi 3, but its mission goes beyond that.
His real task is to complete the price loop.
The standard version is priced at 1999, the Honor Play series at 2200, the Pro series at around 2500, and the Mate series at around 3000.
There is also a P series specifically targeting the female market.
For higher price segments, Transsion will make its move, at which point a true price loop can be completed.
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On July 8th, the launch event for Honor 7 was held at Shenzhen Bay Stadium.
At 2 p.m., the 12000-seat venue was completely full, which shows the current appeal of Huawei.
The entrance was surrounded by scalpers, who were trying to persuade the security guards to bribe them so that some people could sneak in.
The security guard remained unmoved.
After all, it's easy to distinguish between quick money and real work.
However, this was unprecedented in the Chinese mobile phone industry in 2011, and Honor seemed to want to make history once again.
Yu Dazui stood backstage, looking at the sea of heads below the stage, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
This is a press conference he's about to hold...
Standing next to him was Liu Jiangfeng, president of Honor. Both of them were dressed in formal attire. At this press conference, Liu Jiangfeng also needed to go on stage to introduce several ecosystem products.
"Old Yu, do you think Lei Jun will go crazy if we release this price today?"