Technological Supremacy Chapter 132: The battle is on the first line, the last straw that breaks the camel

"The neon boys also work overtime every day." While waiting for the elevator, Hiraha Sakura said to Luo Jia, "If one day the husband comes home early, the wives will complain, thinking that the husband is not valued by the company, and he will not be taken seriously by the company. A man with a major event should work overtime every day."

"I don't understand either. Anyway, from the time I can remember, my father came home late every night and smelled of alcohol. I thought that was bad, but my mother said that my father was very up-to-date and had a heavy workload. It's really hard for her to socialize after work, it's her pride."

Luo Jia curled her lips, "I've heard of this. Neon has an overtime culture similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it's different here. This is the forefront of our company's war."

"War? Frontline?" Hiraha Sakura tilted her head with an incredulous expression.

Luo Jia explained, "The war between us and Google is not over. Under Star Technology, only Star Search is for consumers and merchants, and the rest are for partners, and there is no need to personally develop the market."

"The only difference here is that although we have withdrawn from the Americas and Oceania markets, we still compete with Google in Asia and Europe, doing a lot of publicity and promotion, and competing for advertisers."

Ping Yuying understands what Luo Jia means. The main profit model of search engines is advertising. Customers are used to placing advertisements on Google Search. If they want them to trust the newly established Star Search, it will take a lot of time to win the approval of customers. .

The reason why Star Search became independent is precisely because of the needs of competition. After all, the headquarters is a pure research and development institution, and the atmosphere is too relaxed, and there is no fixed working time.

A leisurely and undisciplined environment can stimulate everyone's creativity, but it is not an ideal workplace for a competitive team. Business development requires wolfishness and ambition.

Therefore, Luo Jia separated out a group of people who were most capable of fighting in the software army, and let them be responsible for the remaining stages of the war with Google search.

Guo Guangmao and Tang Jie are the people in charge here. Among them, Guo Guangmao graduated from Fudan University and joined the company first. He worked with Luo Jia as a mobile assistant.

Tang Jie graduated from Princeton, and once served as the deputy director of the advertising department at Twitter. He is an overseas marketing expert.

It was past ten o'clock, and Star Search was still brightly lit. Most of the colleagues had already gone back, but some of them stayed to work overtime.

The arrival of Luo Jia caused a great uproar. In their eyes, Luo Jia was the legend of the company, and even the legend of the entire China.

On weekdays, Luo Jia often came to the stars to search, but this time he brought Hiraba Sakura, which surprised his colleagues, and Hiraba Sakura was also very frightened, and bowed to everyone again and again.

"Girlfriend?" Tang Jie glanced at Ping Yuying and asked Luo Jia.

"No, ordinary friends." Luo Jia said.

He asked Ping Yuying to wait outside, and then entered the office with Tang Jie and Guo Guangmao to listen to their report.

Currently, Star Search is inextricably tied to Google, and it can be said that every inch of land is contested.

Google has four major businesses. Android has almost been killed by Xingchen Technology. Mobile browsers have also lost to Xingchen Technology because they do not have system support. But on the computer side, Google's chrome browser still dominates.

In addition, their Youtube video business is booming, and their search engine business has an advantage, but their market share is being quickly eroded by Star Search. As for businesses such as Google Maps, they are not their core interests due to lack of income.

The search engine market is not so easy to grab. Although Star Search is obviously better than Google in terms of technology, old customers have the habit of using it, and it is not easy to switch over in a short time.

Currently, the strategy of Xingchen Search is to base itself in Huaxia and gradually map it.

With a population of 1.3 billion, Huaxia is the largest single market in the world. If it operates properly, it can make a lot of profits. Only with profits can it fight a protracted war with Google all over the world.

Of course, Xingchen Search will not be like Baidu, who is desperate to make money. Regardless of the number of advertisements or the selection, Xingchen Search has a long-term vision. , also pays great attention to word-of-mouth accumulation.

All in all, Star Search has great potential, and it is an important **** that Luo Jia uses to compete in the tens of billions of dollars in the global search advertising market.

Observing the organizational structure of Star Technology carefully, you will find that all independently operated branches are all major profit earners. The six major branches of display, electrical, optical, chemical, battery, and search all have very strong earning power.

As for Star Technology Headquarters, it is a purely money-spending institution. There is no assessment pressure. Everyone can carry out the research they like, no matter how whimsical they are. The meaning of genius camp.

Now that he is independent, Luo Jia will not intervene in the operation of Xingchen Search if it is not necessary. He listened to the current situation, then made some suggestions, and got up to go home.

Hiraba Sakura had already fallen asleep on the sofa, curled up like a lazy cat.

Flying from Boston to Shanghai for more than 20 hours, in fact, she was quite exhausted. She tried to go shopping with Luo Jia, but Luo Jia brought her to the branch office...

Luo Jia woke her up softly, and then they took a taxi home together.

......

Seoul.

In a suffocating conference room, the president of Samsung Lee Jae-yong, the president of LG Koo Kwang-mo, and the president of Hyundai Xunxuan, these bigwigs who were still in high spirits not long ago vowed to fight for the hegemony of the battery and even the automobile industry , didn't speak at the moment, his face was ashen.

Just a few hours ago, news came from Jiangnan Hospital that after almost a month of struggle and rescue, Cui Guanglin was still dead.

Cui Guanglin is the young man who suffered severe head burns in the explosion accident at the Ulsan base. He is 25 years old this year and is a test engineer for Hyundai Group.

Originally, an ordinary commoner like Cui Guanglin should not have any intersection with the big chaebols, but at this moment, this son of a local fisherman born in Ulsan has become the last straw that crushes these chaebols.

He died, and the battery accident eventually led to his death. It is conceivable that tomorrow morning, the news will be overwhelming again.

You don't even have to wait until tomorrow, the global network media has already started a frenzied attack on the Korean Communist Party in the first place.

**xuan stood up and bowed to everyone present, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault! I'm willing to bear all the consequences of the accident!"

As the leader of Hyundai Group, it is really not easy for ** Xuan to say such a thing.

But the prince Li Zaiyong just replied coldly, "Can you afford it?"

In an instant, **Xuan felt his brain go blank, and sat back stiffly.

** Xuan's aggressive advances have not only involved the Hyundai Group, but even the entire South Korea.

According to the forecast of economists, due to the continuous failure of these big chaebols such as Samsung Group, LG Group, Hyundai Group, SK Group, and Dongjin Chemical Group, the Korean economy will officially enter recession starting this year.

Of course **Xuan couldn't afford such serious consequences.

Lee Jae-yong said calmly, "The only thing we can do now is to withdraw from the battery competition and sell the factory."

"Only in this way can the storm be calmed."

Gu Guangmo suddenly leaned back and let out a sigh.

Now, they have already understood that things are far from being as simple as they seem. As long as Samsung and LG don't withdraw for a day, the European and American powers will not let them go, and will use the power of public opinion to destroy them. .

Actually, for a large group like Samsung, batteries are only a small business.

But behind the battery, there is a huge automobile industry involved. Once the upstream battery-making companies withdraw from the competition, the downstream companies must use imported batteries to build cars, and imported batteries will lead to increased costs, being stuck by others, and so on. question.

Gu Guangmo said in a deep voice: "The only problem now is who will sell the factory to."

"Huaxia Xingchen Technology's bid is relatively high, I think..."

As soon as he said this, Li Zaiyong suddenly slammed the table hard, gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Don't mention Xingchen Technology to me!"

Gu Guangmo shrugged, "Well, Neon, North America, and Germany are basically a two-choice problem. As for the UK, I guess they are here to spoil the game. Among all the players, they develop the next generation Battery technology is the least likely."

Everyone said that they didn't like Huaxia, and they didn't like Neon very much.

Furthermore, Neon Panasonic is already the most powerful battery manufacturer in the world. If the factory is sold to them again, the output of the Panasonic and Sony Alliance will even surpass that of the China Battery Alliance. The factory should not be sold to Neon.

In the end, the meeting ended in a depressing atmosphere.

Samsung's battery factory will accept quotations from North America.

LG's battery factory will accept quotations from Germany.

......

Luo Jia got the news a few hours before the signing of the agreement. The owner of Geely Li revealed it to him. As for the channel from which Boss Li got the news, that is his own problem.

An Ran frowned, "The Koreans withdrew. In this way, there are four major players in the world. We, Neon, Germany, and North America."

"Although the factory didn't fall into our hands~IndoMTL.com~, Hong Tao did a great job this time, forcing North America and Germany to offer almost double the price, which cost them a lot of blood."

Luo Jia shook his head, "It may not be because of our team. I'm afraid it's the British who really let them bleed. Don't underestimate the ability of the British to interfere. They are the real experts in this regard."

An Ran curled her lips. Indeed, when it comes to the ability to interfere, the British rank second, and no one dares to rank first.

He thought for a while, "Boss Li said just now that the reason why Panasonic and Sony Alliance have not released the fifth-generation product is because they are waiting for our electric car to go on the market? What good will this do for them?"

Luo Jia rubbed her temples, "Of course it's good, the neon abacus is very good."

"We have a clear card here. We want to push a 300WH class model with a battery life of 600 kilometers, but the Panasonic and Toyota alliances have a dark card."

"Suppose they release a new car at the same time as us, we push a product with 600 kilometers, they push a product with 800 kilometers, we push a product with 800 kilometers, they push a product with 1,000 kilometers, so that they can completely suppress us."