He arrived at the long-unseen cafeteria, and Xiao Xun greeted the aunties in charge of serving food with the familiarity of a first-time visitor. The response he received, however, was rather indifferent.
Xiao Xun, having experienced the vagaries of human relationships, was unbothered by this and took it in stride.
The fastest and best approach now was to poach talent.
But should he poach talent for mobile games or computer games?
Xiao Xun found himself in a quandary. Currently, neither the Cloud Map system nor the Star Map system on mobile phones featured particularly large-scale games. Moreover, everyone's phone memory was very limited, and their configurations were quite low. If a large-scale online mobile game were truly developed, the smallest download memory would need to be two to three megabytes to install, and the running memory would require at least one megabyte.
The mainstream phones on the market might not be able to handle it, and even the high-end flagship models from various phone manufacturers might struggle.
With this thought, Xiao Xun immediately had a new idea.
He abandoned his meal and went straight to the CEO's office.
As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he encountered the two front desk ladies.
Upon seeing Xiao Xun, both of them said sweetly, "Hello, Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Xun nodded, looking in the direction of the CEO's office, "Is CEO Mu inside?"
One of the front desk ladies nodded, "CEO Mu is currently in a meeting. Is there something you need?"
Looking at Xiao Xun, who was almost the same age as them but already a company executive, they thought to themselves: If only we had studied harder back then.
This wasn't something achievable by simply studying harder. Apart from outsourced labor, anyone you found on the floors below this one would likely have the same education as Xiao Xun.
But most people had higher qualifications than Xiao Xun. They were elites in their respective industries, yet when brought together, they seemed unremarkable.
Xiao Xun arrived at the entrance of the CEO's office. Secretary Gao stood up and blocked him, "Mr. Xiao, there's a meeting inside. You can't go in."
"I have urgent matters to discuss with CEO Mu and Director Mi from the Mobile Communications Department. Please inform them, the situation is urgent, and I request you to be quick."
Seeing Xiao Xun in this state, Secretary Gao dared not delay. Everyone in the company knew about his relationship with the CEO, and gossip about them was rampant.
"Then please take a seat for a moment. I'll go in and inform them."
With that, Secretary Gao turned and went to knock on the door.
Xiao Xun was anxious, biting his index finger and lowering his head in thought, pondering how to convey his message to them.
After a while, Secretary Gao emerged from the office. "CEO Mu is currently in a rage. Perhaps you could come back later?"
Xiao Xun stomped his foot in impatience, "No, this matter is too urgent. Delay will only lead to complications."
Saying this, he bypassed Secretary Gao and pushed the door open to enter.
Mu Jiahe stood there, her usual dignified and elegant demeanor gone. She was pointing at several directors present and berating them, much like the 'shrew' of legend.
Seeing Xiao Xun enter, Mu Jiahe's scolding abruptly stopped. She looked at him, panting, "Who let you in? Get out..."
Xiao Xun was momentarily stunned by Mu Jiahe's demeanor and stammered, "I, I, I have an urgent matter."
It was estimated that only Xiao Xun in the entire company would dare to trespass into the CEO's office. Ordinary people couldn't even get past the front desk.
Mu Jiahe sat down in her chair, took a sip of water, and her expression softened. "If it's urgent, we can discuss it later. I still have matters to attend to here."
As Xiao Xun turned to leave, he turned back again, "It cannot wait for later. What I have to say is of utmost importance, concerning the future of this company."
All the executives who had been reprimanded by Mu Jiahe and were now looking down, as well as Mu Jiahe herself, turned their gaze to Xiao Xun, who stood at the doorway, flustered and red-faced.
Mu Jiahe rested her chin on the back of her hand. "Close the door and come in to talk."
Xiao Xun turned and closed the door, then walked to Mu Jiahe's side and looked at the eight people opposite him. "May I ask who Director Mi from the Mobile Communications Department is?"
A 'young' man with a square face, around forty years old, looked up. "I am."
"Director Mi, I'd like to ask you, what is the cost price of a phone with one gigabyte of RAM and at least four gigabytes of storage memory?"
Director Mi looked at Mu Jiahe. Mu Jiahe didn't know what Xiao Xun was asking this for, but her expression was unpleasant. "Is this the important matter you mentioned?"
Seeing Mu Jiahe's questioning gaze, Xiao Xun nodded heavily. "It is extremely important, so important that it might change the new landscape of China's intelligent technology."
Upon hearing this, Director Mi said, "If we only consider the configuration and not other non-essential materials, according to the configuration you described, it would cost over two thousand yuan."
Xiao Xun's eyes lit up. "Can the cost be controlled within two thousand yuan?"
"If we produce in large batches and on a massive scale, we can negotiate terms with suppliers. Since we have our own contract manufacturing facilities, we save considerable funds. Even if we push as much as possible, it would still be slightly over two thousand."
Xiao Xun slammed the table. "Good, I want one hundred thousand units of mobile phones with this configuration."
Director Mi asked in surprise, "Then how much will we sell them for?"
Xiao Xun typed the figure onto the projector. "We'll sell them for one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan."
Upon hearing this, Director Mi stood up directly. "At this price, we won't just not make a profit; we might even lose money. Not to mention, the mobile phone retailers wouldn't agree either!"
Xiao Xun had already prepared a counter-strategy. "We won't go through mobile phone retailers. We'll sell them directly on our official website."
Director Mi shook his head and looked at the spirited young man before him. "Mr. Xiao, I know your technical skills are impeccable, but you don't seem to understand the telecommunications industry circle very well. There's a unified bargaining power here. If you do this, it means you're initiating a price war, and you'll become an enemy to the entire industry. At that point, not only our department but the entire Saint Noahs Group will be dragged into an abyss of eternal damnation."
"Then we will stake everything on a single throw to survive. Everyone in this room, all the executives, must sign a non-disclosure agreement. My subsequent operations will not have any leaked information until the predetermined goal is achieved. Otherwise, you will all be prosecuted for commercial espionage."
After speaking, Xiao Xun took Mu Jiahe's laptop. "CEO Mu, may I borrow your computer?"
Mu Jiahe didn't know what Xiao Xun was up to, but seeing his excited demeanor, she decided to indulge him in this 'madness.' At worst, the group would collapse, and they could start over.
As the head of the Guangyan family, Mu Jiahe feared nothing.
Xiao Xun drafted a non-disclosure agreement with lightning speed and printed nine copies through the printer connected to the computer.
"Now, those willing to sign this agreement may stay. Those who are not willing, please step aside temporarily, as I will only be briefing the future highest decision-making level of the company on the upcoming plan."