Back To 1995: Chapter 305 recruitment
Chapter 305 Recruitment
Eltian, who returned to Europe, immediately announced that the Alcatel mobile phone brand has officially moved away from Europe, its former nest. The R&D center will also be moved away, and an operation center will be established here in Europe. This is not surprising to the outside world.
But the news that came out next is a bit eye-catching. Alcatel Mobile announced a major layoff, which will be all in the management of Alcatel headquarters, and announced the termination of cooperation with the previous European component suppliers. As soon as the news came out, It was an uproar!
Alcatel mobile phone, this is a new record. Almost as soon as the news was released, European media criticized Alcatel mobile phone endlessly. There are not a few people who think that Alcatel mobile phone is crazy.
"Alcatel mobile phones have been destroyed. There is no doubt about this. There are still European users in France. You have witnessed a European technology brand being destroyed by a company from America!"
The original Alcatel mobile phone who was directly driven away, a manager in charge of purchasing supply chain components, said angrily when facing the media interview.
When the Alcatel mobile phone was acquired, the manager did not take it seriously. According to the usual practice, no matter who acquired the Alcatel mobile phone, they, the management, must appease them and ensure that the Alcatel mobile phone can continue to operate normally.
But who knew, this time they ran into someone who didn't talk about routines, and abruptly removed all of their management team.
His original job, wages and salary need not be mentioned. It is well known that the procurement department is well-known. He gets more money from Alcatel mobile phones every year than other colleagues, but now everything is gone.
"That Bruno Song doesn't know anything about the mobile phone industry, he will regret it!" The manager finally cursed at the interview camera.
Not only the expelled management, but also the former Alcatel component suppliers have also jumped out to oppose the move of Alcatel mobile phones from Europe.
"Alcatel's mobile phone is European, we don't know why the French municipality passed this ridiculous acquisition!"
The owner of a manufacturer that provides speakers for Alcatel mobile phones raged at the media, thinking that Alcatel mobile phones should not be let go.
The scale of this speaker manufacturer is not large, coupled with the production cost in Europe, its products are not competitive in the same category at all, but because in Europe, Alcatel mobile phones have to give priority to purchasing local mobile phone parts in Europe. part.
Now that the Alcatel mobile phone is removed, the component manufacturer and its largest customer will disappear immediately. It is no wonder that it is not in a hurry. There are not a few people who are in the same situation as this speaker manufacturer.
These component manufacturers even encouraged the French and European trade departments to prohibit the removal of Alcatel mobile phones, initiate sanctions, boycott the sale of Alcatel mobile phones in Europe, etc. Anyway, they want Alcatel mobile phones to continue to buy from them. Procurement of components from component suppliers.
In the past, Ertian and Alcatel's mobile phones probably had to consider public opinion and bargain with these suppliers, but now, I don't even know if Alcatel's mobile phones can survive, so Ertian still cares With this group of things, I used to live on blood-sucking Alcatel mobile phones, but now the Alcatel mobile phones are almost dying, so how can I control them.
No matter how big the public opinion is, how fiercely Alcatel mobile phone and Song Yang scolded, the transformation of Alcatel mobile phone has not stopped, and the production line and parts supply chain have all begun to transfer to Asia.
The two R&D centers have also begun to move away. The R&D personnel who are willing to go to the San Jose R&D center will have their salaries increased after passing. Those who are not willing to go will be given severance pay directly. There are 600 R&D personnel, and more than 500 eventually passed .
In addition to these mobile phone R&D personnel, Alcatel mobile phone has also recruited a lot of people, purchased a large number of research and development experimental equipment, and poached people from mobile phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, and Ericsson. more than one person!
Alcatel established two major laboratories for hardware and software, and with the support of Bell Labs, the scale of Alcatel's mobile phone research and development team is still very bluffing in terms of numbers.
Although it is not comparable to the scale of R&D personnel of Motorola and Nokia, it is already one of the best in the mobile phone industry, and it is much stronger than those mobile phone manufacturers who sell dog meat.
While the outside world was still talking about it, the British listed company Bao-Eon suddenly announced that it had licensed the entire EP handheld operating system to Alcatel mobile phones at a price of 26 million US dollars.
That is, Alcatel mobile phones, which have the authority to modify, sell, and re-authorize the EP operating system, etc. Any Alcatel mobile phone tossing about the EP operating system has nothing to do with Bao Eon!
After the acquisition was completed, Ertian announced that the EP operating system will become the "Symbian" system of Alcatel mobile phones in the future.
The outside world is confused by this news. They don’t know what Alcatel is going to play. Some media speculate that Alcatel is probably trying to sell dog meat on a sheep’s pedestal and diverted to selling PDA handhelds. Otherwise, why would it dare to sell European The mobile phone supply chain and the market have been thrown away?
"I think Bruno Song made an empirical mistake. The electronics industry and the Internet industry are two completely different industries. We don't deny what Bruno Song has done on the Internet. In one word, he can make Nasdaq The stock prices of dozens of companies soared that day, because they are optimistic about emerging markets in Asia, and dozens of Internet and venture capital companies can flock overseas!"
A TV station in San Francisco is adjacent to Silicon Valley. The media here is basically the headquarters of Silicon Valley. The daily broadcast and discussion are also various news from Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley not only has Internet companies, but also the headquarters of electronic technology companies.
In the studio of San Francisco TV Station, several guests invited by the TV station, one of whom is an expert in the electronics industry, are talking freely.
Song Yang is also not very optimistic about the Alcatel mobile phone, "The Internet does not require experience, and there is no experience reference, but the electronics industry is different. What we can see is that Bruno Song is using the Internet thinking to manage electronics. industry, but the electronics industry requires experience accumulation.”
The electronics expert finally sighed and said regretfully, "Sorry, I really can't see the future of Alcatel mobile phones. Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Bruno Song ruined everything!"
After listening to the electronics expert's words, the show host looked at the guests. The experts in the electronics industry and Wall Street analysts who were invited today were basically not optimistic about Song Yang's tossing about Alcatel mobile phones.
After looking around, the show host finally set his sights on today's last person and today's most important guest, Palm President Jeff Hawkins.
"Jeff, what do you think of the Alcatel mobile phone that fell into the hands of Bruno Song? I heard that the Alcatel mobile phone has just acquired the EP operating system of Bao Eon. In the future, Alcatel may become an important opponent of Palm..."
Before the host finished speaking, Jeff Hawkins couldn't help but sneered, as if he heard a joke.
Then, holding back a laugh, Jeff Hawkins said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to question Bruno Song, I know him, he's a genius, I've heard rumors of him countless times in Silicon Valley, he has the sharpest The investment vision, can turn stone into gold, etc., but as I heard just now, this is the electronic technology industry, not relying on lip service, sorry..."
Jeff Hawkins couldn't help laughing again, "The electronic technology industry takes time to accumulate. Palm also experienced failures, and it took four years to get to the present. I joined Intel in 1979 until Now, 17 years later, the PalmPrint handheld!"
Jeff Hawkins didn't swear or question Song Yang, but when the host compared Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phone with palm, the look of disdain on Jeff Hawkins' face was almost is visible to the naked eye.
"Palm has many competitors, Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Compaq, Sharp, Toshiba, and many others, of course, including Bao-Eon, but if palm survives, the sales volume of Print will probably exceed one million Ministry, the annual revenue scale of the entire handheld market will exceed US$1.2 billion in the future!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of exclamation from the entire studio. Regarding the performance of the people present, Jeff Hawkins looked as usual, as if this kind of thing was just a trivial matter, but he couldn't hide the pride in his heart.
Today, San Francisco TV station invited Jeff Hawkins to talk about Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones. In fact, Hawkins didn’t care much at all. Whenever an Internet player can be compared with him, a veteran in the electronic technology industry up?
What is Song Yang's background, what is Alcatel's situation, he is Jeff Hawkins, but he developed the PalmPrint handheld computer, created a new sales record for PDA handheld computers, broke the best-selling record of color TV and video tapes in the history of electrical appliances, and made PDA handhelds This former investment black hole, which only saw losses but never turned back, has become an industry with a revenue of more than one billion dollars. Jeff Hawkins really can't think of it. Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones, what can they compare with him? !
No wonder Jeff Hawkins gave birth to this feeling. Even Apple, HP, Toshiba and other opponents failed to complete the feat. He completed it and won a newcomer who entered the field. Can't you be a little more confident?
Facing the camera, Jeff Hawkins didn't say harsh words, but he expressed the meaning very clearly. As long as Song Yang and Alcatel dare to enter the handheld market, he can make Alcatel unable to eat. As for Alcatel Comparing mobile phones with palms, Jeff Hawkins just took it as a joke. Hawkins is not even sure whether Alcatel can survive, and palm is also sold to survive...
(end of this chapter)