Chapter 76: Yan Guo's First Company, Cell Phones!

Chen Yang said, "Please keep an eye on your phone. When the kindergarten staff is ready in the next two days, someone will contact you."

Cheng Wei came back to his senses at this moment and nodded in agreement. Before he could thank him, Chen Yang had already walked away, leaving the family still surprised and looking at each other.

"This is unbelievable! Now I want to immigrate to Yan Guo even more!"

"Although Yan Guo does not have monopoly sectors, the benefits are really attractive."

"Calm down, guys, don't be impulsive. Once you make the decision, you can't go back."

With employment arrangements, free healthcare, numerous benefits, and now even a daycare center built specifically for a child, the situation seemed surreal.

After Chen Yang left, he returned to the Ministry of Commerce office. He had been thinking about one thing the last few days: starting a company.

According to the original plan, if development proceeded step by step, the steel plant would be completed and in production within a year. Every year, a portion of the special steel products would be exported, and new cities would continue to be developed domestically.

But Cheng Wei's immigration made Chen Yang realize that his considerations seemed a little one-sided. In his plan, this development route was based on the premise that no one would immigrate to Yan Guo for the time being.

But what if a large number of people suddenly immigrate to Yan Guo?

China's 6.9 billion aid fund is really not much. In a high social welfare system like Yan Guo's, a person like Cheng Wei is fine, but what if there are ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or a million? Even with 6.9 billion, if there is only money outflow and no inflow, it will not be possible to support everyone for long.

Fishing has started to make a profit, but if Yan Guo wants to become a truly developed country, relying solely on fishing and furniture factories will not be enough. Not even adding a steel mill will solve the problem.

He had never thought about making money before. All he thought about was construction and more construction, projects that cost money. But now, he felt like he needed to change his mind. It was time to make money.

But how to make money? Chen Yang was still thinking about it. 

The industry should have a large market size, profits should be high, and it should be possible to make money globally. 

There are only a few types of industries that can meet these conditions: cars, electronics...

Basically that's it.

Chen Yang opened the system store and first looked at the car-related products. 

In the system, design projects for the automobile industry were very complete, ranging from entry-level cars to luxury cars. 

No matter what Chen Yang's need was, he could meet it.

Then he found electronics-related products. 

Cell phones, iPads, computers, from programming languages to operating systems, from databases to interface designs, to general ecology, everything was available. 

There were even matching photolithography chips and machines.

Chen Yang did some quick calculations and finally decided to make a cell phone!

Before the steel plant went into production, for both cars and cell phones, the only way to make them was to find a factory. 

However, there were not many vehicle manufacturers that could meet Chen Yang's conditions, and in terms of cost, the initial investment was astronomical. 

Furthermore, the process from launch to sale of a vehicle is very long. 

People can accept new cell phones, but it is difficult to accept and be willing to buy a new car from scratch. 

No matter how good Chen Yang makes the car, it will still need to go through a long acceptance process. 

And Chen Yang needed a short period of time to develop this industry. There is no industry better suited than mobile phones.

In the system's store, the price of cell phones ranged from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. Each cell phone had a detailed description. In the end, he chose a cell phone called [iPhone].

[iPhone]: Produced by Apple in the parallel world, this cell phone reached 43% of the mobile phone market in the parallel world. It has an independent operating system and its cell phone design leads the world...

Chen Yang was surprised when he saw the description of this phone. It occupies 43% of the market share. In other words, on average, less than one in three people buy this phone. That's impressive!

He immediately bought one. When looking at the phone in his hands, his first impression was: it's exquisite! 

The back is made of glass, appearing indestructible. The design of the phone is unique and beautiful. No matter what angle you look at it from, there are no defects.

So, he turned on the phone and did some simple operations. 

The iOS operating system is different from all operating systems currently available from Blue Star. Her most intuitive feeling after trying it was: smooth and silky!

After some experience, he continued to investigate the relevant information about this cell phone. 

No physical buttons, supports face unlock, supports wireless charging...

All the technologies in this cell phone surpass almost all cell phones currently on the market.

"That's exactly what I need!"

After experiencing it personally, Chen Yang was very excited. 

He was 100% sure that if this cell phone was released, it would certainly dominate the global cell phone market. 

The structure of the global mobile phone market would undergo major changes due to the emergence of this cell phone.

Many of the technologies in this cell phone are not really very advanced, but current cell phone manufacturers (without mentioning specific brands) haven't thought about them. 

An independent operating system was also exactly what Chen Yang needed. 

Completely independent development means you won't be subject to malicious price increases or sanctions from other countries and companies in the future.

After determining the design drawings, programming languages, and other specifications needed for the cell phone, Chen Yang was in no hurry to purchase them. 

Leaving the office, he went to a commercial building in Yan City. There are no skyscrapers in Yan City; the tallest has just six floors. But that was enough for him.

Half an hour later, Chen Yang walked out of the building. There were already dozens of employees in the building, ranging from programmers to engineers. 

Although there weren't many, there were more than enough, and the positions assigned to them by Chen Yang were all high-level in the company. 

The company's brand was also defined, directly using another name: Pear.

After returning to the office, Chen Yang opened the administrative panel of the official website and began to edit the hiring information. 

Soon, the hiring information was edited, and after the release, Chen Yang immediately started live broadcasting.

For any company, developing and manufacturing a mobile phone from scratch is the most difficult at the initial stage, but manufacturing after confirmation is the easiest. 

But for Chen Yang, both points are simple.

What he needs to do now is to warm up in advance to let everyone know that Yan Guo is entering the technology industry. 

So, in a month or two, the phone will officially go into production.

The live broadcast started soon.

"Wait, Chen Yang is live again?"

"Is this the third transmission today?"

"Boss, you are very diligent today."

"Could it be that he prepared something special for Cheng Wei again?"

"Cheng Wei is in luck, the boss has prepared a lot just for him."

Chen Yang said, "I have an important announcement to make in this temporary broadcast."

"After a meeting and discussion among Yan Guo's senior officials, we decided to start developing the technology industry. The company has been officially established and is called Pear."

"Pear's current main business is the research and development of mobile phones. We currently have 100 senior engineers, 100 senior programmers and 100 mechanical engineers."

"I will temporarily serve as CEO of Pear. I will be responsible for all research and product development and guiding the direction of the company."

"Pear will launch its first mobile phone product in two months, so stay tuned."

"In addition, Pear is actively recruiting for various positions. Interested parties from different countries can visit the official website to check salaries and benefits."

After saying this, Chen Yang went offline.

Everyone is already familiar with his style. He makes the announcements and then ends the broadcast. Whenever he starts broadcasting, it's because something important is going to be announced.

Despite being prepared, everyone was surprised by what Chen Yang announced.

At this moment, the live broadcast room had a black screen, but messages continued to appear.

"Is Yan Guo going to start a company?"

"Making cell phones is considered a technology company, right?"

"I feel that the direction has gone astray. I think we can develop fishing vigorously. It would be a shame not to take advantage of this resource in Yan Guo."

"If we stray from the path, it depends on the support of the consortium behind Yan Guo. Since we have chosen the technological route, we must be prepared."

"Making cell phones is good, but two months might not be enough, and we haven't even hired enough people yet."

"The boss is so versatile, even he acts as the company's CEO."

"This type of company should hire a professional to be the CEO."

"Sorry, but Pear's recruiting is amazing, and the salary is really high!"

"The monthly salary of a business analyst is 6,902!"

"The monthly salary of a systems engineer is 12,423!"

"The monthly salary of a mechanical engineer is 12,699!"

"F*ck, this salary is too high."

"I don't understand any of these positions. What do they do?"

"This will soon reach Yun Guo and Sanxing Company's salary."

"What a great group, Yan Guo really invested a lot of money in this."

"In addition to the salary, the benefits are also excellent! You can even bring your children. If they are of school age, they can go to school directly in Yan Guo!"

"Is Yan Guo planning to open primary and secondary schools for these programmers' children?"

When everyone opened the website and took a look, they were amazed at the salaries offered by Pear.

In addition to the salary, all benefits are top notch.

There are dormitories for employees, subsidies for air tickets and vacations comparable to those in developed countries...

Unfortunately, most people are not qualified for this type of work.

In the United States, the person in charge of Yun Guo's marketing department noticed the news.

He opened the official website and was surprised to see the relevant job benefits.

"Yan Guo spent a lot of money."

"It looks like they are planning to enter the low-cost market."

It is no surprise that Yan Guo now chooses mobile phones as his industry.

In their view, cell phones are indeed the right choice.

In modern society, cell phones have become an indispensable necessity for people, just like clothes and food. They are updated very quickly and have a huge market.

However, not all mobile phone brands can earn enough profits.

Yan Guo wants to rely on mobile phones as his main industry and achieve certain results in a short period of time, so he can only choose the low-cost market.

But there's a bigger problem here: cost.

Yan Guo's country does not have the ability to manufacture a complete cell phone, whether it is the phone structure, the screen or the chip battery, so it can only choose to order.

The number of accessories is small and the price cannot be reduced.

The quantity is large. 1 can be removed, but there will be a risk of not being able to sell.

Even for a large company like Yun Guo, the production cost of a cell phone is more than a third, and this is still based on high shipment volume.

It doesn't matter what Yan Guo wants. Everything can only depend on OEM (outsourced manufacturing). The production cost of a cell phone can even reach half or more.

Especially the initial R&D (Research and Development) costs.

Of course, if he only plans to manufacture an OEM-assembled cell phone, the cost will be greatly reduced.

But there are many such cell phones on the market. If you want to occupy the market share, you can only keep the price low.

However, once the price is reduced, how much profit can there be?

The person in charge of the market shook his head. He was not optimistic about Yan Guo's development at this stage.

These problems can be seen by people in the industry quickly.

In their opinion, it is not wise to choose mobile phones as Yan Guo's main industry at this stage.

From the industry's perspective, it was a thankless task for Yan Guo to suddenly announce the creation of Pear and develop a new cell phone within a month.

But from the perspective of professionals, they don't care if Yan Guo can make a cell phone.

The only thing they care about is their salary!

However, Yan Guo's salary should only attract professionals from some developing countries.

After all, with relevant professionals at this level, there is no shortage of jobs in developed countries, and they are very stable.

But in some developing countries, the situation is completely different.

For example, China.

Volume has long been everyone's consensus.

All areas are in trouble, and many large companies are focusing on firing programmers over the age of 35.

So when Chen Yang announced the incident live, the attention he attracted in China was surprisingly high.

Yang Ling was once a programmer in a renowned large factory. 

During a medical examination at age 33, Yang Ling was diagnosed with thyroid problems. 

At the age of 34, he was fired from the company for not meeting business quotas and didn't even receive any compensation, which is quite unpleasant.

After resigning, he sent his resume everywhere, but the working environment in his field in China was really difficult.

In half a year, he participated in seven selection processes, and the highest salary offered was 1,794, being in another city, and a 7pm working day was the norm.

In the end, he gave up and registered as a transport app driver.

Situations like his are quite common in his line of work.

Even though he has a high level of education and skills, he cannot find a suitable job because of his age.

Even if the company takes the initiative to reduce the salary, it will not be accepted.

At nearly 50 years old, he felt confused for a while, and many of his colleagues who were under great pressure even chose extreme ways to end their lives.

Yang Ling didn't know how long his savings would last. Every day, when he opened his eyes, he saw a mortgage of 690 dollars, the tuition fee and living expenses for his son and daughter...

He felt like he was going to get depressed.

But just now, an old colleague called to tell him good news.

He was sitting in a ride-hailing car, looking at the job openings posted on Yan Guo's official website.

"Systems engineer, the monthly salary is 12,423!"

He was thrilled.

Who wouldn't be moved by this change?

Yan Guo, of course he knew.

That country is not short of money.

Recently, there has been a lot of commotion over an immigrant.

Due to work reasons, he didn't have time to pay much attention.

After closing the web page, he looked for the immigrant's tracking information.

After reading the follow-up, Yang Ling was very envious.

At this time, the old colleague called again.

"Lao Yang, have you seen it?"

"Saw."

"Are you going or not?"

"..."

"This is a rare opportunity. Anyway, I've already sent in my resume. As long as Yan Guo wants me, I'll go!"

"Very far away."

"Distance? Mister Yang, what the hell are you thinking? What's wrong with distance? At our age and in this situation, as long as we make money, it doesn't matter if it's far or near, right?"

"And you can take your wife and children with you!"

"Yan Guo's education... our country doesn't recognize it, right?"

"You don't care if he recognizes it or not, as long as the child goes to school! If it doesn't work, leave the child in the country and let the grandparents take care of him, and you can go there yourself."

"The monthly salary is tens of thousands, which is more than a million a year!"

"There really aren't many opportunities like this. If you hesitate any longer, you'll lose your chance to choose."

Hearing his former colleague's words, the last bit of hesitation in Yang Ling's heart disappeared.

"I go!"