Chapter 540 Cooperation with JD.com
After work on Monday, Gu Jia continued to work on the second quarter financial report based on Friday's progress. Zhou Jing went to the project department for a check and then returned to the office to process the information sent by Tangdu Company.

"Starting from the second quarter, the quarterly bonus will not be based on the proportion of net profit, right?"

Gu Jia stopped what he was doing, took a sip of water and said.

In the second quarter, Chuangzhi Technology's book net profit was more than 250 million yuan, and Ideal Technology's net profit exceeded 20 billion yuan. A large part of Ideal Technology's profit was due to Chuangzhi Technology. If quarterly bonuses continue to be paid out in proportion to net profit, the accounts will be difficult to calculate.

"BJ Company will give out 10 million as quarterly bonuses, Tangdu Branch will give 2 million to regular employees, and Ideal Technology will be responsible for the rewards for our company and all Tangdu research institutes. Let Bai Xiyao refer to other Tangdu companies for the specific amount, and don't let it be lower than other companies."

Bonuses certainly cannot continue to be distributed in the original way. How much money to take as quarterly bonuses is just a word from Zhou Jing. The Ideal smartphone will be launched in the third quarter. Zhou Jing cannot be stingy with the second quarter bonus. It is necessary to boost the confidence of the company's employees.

“Pay the quarterly bonus together with next month’s salary!”

Gu Jia nodded. The company's financial work has been very busy at the beginning of the new quarter, and the calculation of quarterly bonuses is also a task with considerable workload. Chuangzhi Technology's headquarters now has more than 400 full-time employees and the Tangdu branch has more than 500 employees. It is not easy for a large company with more than 1,000 people to ensure that there are no financial errors.

"Row."

Zhou Jing thought so too.

After Chuangzhi Technology BJ headquarters moved the game studio to Changxin Building, it freed up space for nearly 100 people and started recruiting again, planning to recruit 100 people. Zhou Jing did not hesitate at all when it came to the company's talent development and expanded the team as soon as possible.

"Mr. Zhou."

Qin Zhengyu came to the office and asked Zhou Jing to sign to prepare for the first major version update of the Happy Landlord mobile game.

After Happy Landlord was launched in late June, it became another popular mobile game produced by Chuangzhi Technology after Happy Elimination. In less than half a month, the number of players exceeded two million, and it ranked at the top of the popularity list of various app stores and received rave reviews.

In this era when smartphones are developing rapidly and software cannot keep up, there are few fun software and mobile games. The several mobile games released by Chuangzhi Technology are popular among players, especially Happy Elimination and Landlord, which are fun and do not consume much data.

It can be said that the products of Chuangzhi Technology's Starlight Game Studio are definitely high-quality.

The first major update after Happy Landlord was launched added the Laizi gameplay and the friend team mode. The friend team mode is very suitable for playing in student dormitories. It does not require happy beans or krypton gold, and it is an unlimited debt mode.

It is inevitable to spend money when making games, and Happy Landlord is no exception. Players will be given a total of 4,000 happy beans for free four times a day. After losing the happy beans, they have to recharge and buy beans if they want to continue playing the competitive mode. Subsequent updates will also add card counters and character images. Card counters and character images need to be purchased with diamonds, and diamonds can only be obtained through recharge. With the update of the version, a competition mode will be added, and cooperation with operators will be carried out to reward winning players with phone bills and traffic.

"Update as planned!"

Zhou Jing signed the Happy Landlord new version update report and handed it to Qin Zhengyu.

"By the way, Penguin also released a match-3 game, Happy Match 3, which attracted a lot of traffic."

Qin Zhengyu took the report and said.

"Just release it. Piracy is China's specialty. How about the closed beta test of Tiantian Kupao?"

Zhou Jing didn't care. Since Ideal Technology released its first elimination game last year, it seemed to have opened up new ideas. Now there are a lot of various elimination games, such as Bubble Elimination, Fruit Elimination, Undersea Elimination, Goose Ross Block-style Match-3, and Happy Elimination. A lot of traffic has been diverted, but the classics cannot be surpassed.

Qin Zhengyu said: "There are some minor issues with Tiantian Kupao, which are being optimized and are scheduled to be launched at the end of the month."

"Let game studios be free to think about game planning, such as locked room mystery, horror story mystery, when making games, don't think of yourself as a planner, stand from the perspective of players and plan whatever you think is interesting."

With more and more companies and more and more things to do, Zhou Jing has no time to plan games himself, and the future development of the game studio depends on themselves.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou."

Qin Zhengyu has been thinking about how to stimulate the imagination of the game team these days, but he couldn't think of a good way. Then he was awakened by his boss' words. When making games, you can't regard yourself as a developer. First of all, you must bring yourself into the game content you want to plan with the mentality of a player. If you can't bring yourself into the game as a player, you will definitely not be able to make a good game.

After Qin Zhengyu left, Gu Jia asked softly, "How will the game studio develop in the future?"

“Let them run it first.”

Some time ago, Zhou Jing had the idea of ​​selling the Starlight Game Studio. However, after setting up a separate company with Qin Zhengyu as the nominal legal representative, Zhou Jing changed his mind.

Anyway, with the foundation laid by Zhou Jing, the game studio will not lose money. Even if there is an operating loss, Zhou Jing can afford it. So just keep it, change the domestic game development environment, and make high-quality stand-alone games, such as 3A Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Water Margin. It would be great if Golden Lotus could be made into a 3A game, but unfortunately the conditions do not allow it.

When the child started eating complementary food, Gu Jia was not in a hurry to go home to feed the child. She went home for lunch at 11 o'clock in the morning.

Zhou Jing stayed in the company to work overtime. Gu Jia had dinner at home and brought the meal to the company. After dinner, Zhou Jing took advantage of the break to call Wang Tao, Li Jianwei, and core members of the R&D and project departments to the lounge to discuss plans to develop mobile phone systems and PC systems.

The smartphone software work that Chuangzhi Technology was responsible for has come to an end. There is no rush to develop the second-generation smartphone. It is time to start the mobile phone system and PC system development projects.

"The future is the era of intelligence. Smartphones, computers, and even cycling will be closely connected. The computers we want to make are mainly for business and office use. Based on smartphones, they can be connected to computers to make them more convenient. Do you think it is feasible to design a system that can integrate smartphones and laptops?"

Zhou Jing briefly explained the ideas behind the system development. Since everyone present were software engineers, it was not difficult to understand.

"In theory, that's fine."

"It's no problem to have enough time to develop it. The biggest problem is how to promote it after it is developed."

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The engineers expressed their opinions. As IT practitioners, they are well aware of the importance of the software development environment, especially for complex software systems such as operating systems. A bigger problem than development itself is promotion. Technological products can only mature through continuous iteration. Windows was not easy to use when it was first developed. It took more than ten years of development to reach its current maturity.

The same is true for the semiconductor industry. It is a big problem for domestic companies to promote chips. At first, the process is immature and the chip performance may be insufficient. In addition, the low yield leads to high costs and lack of market competitiveness. No one is willing to use them, and they cannot continue.

"For our company, promotion is not a big problem. We have our own smartphones, and we will make our own brand of computers and tablets next. As long as we can get the smartphone market going, everything will be easy."

Li Jianwei said after others expressed their opinions.

"Yes. Another point is that our domestic market is large enough. As we enter the era of artificial intelligence, network information security will become increasingly important in the future. As long as there are companies willing to spend money and effort to develop independent operating systems and processors, the country will take the lead in promoting them. The biggest question is whether the companies are willing to do it and whether they have the ability to do it."

Wang Tao continued.

Other senior engineers agreed.

"Wang Tao and Li Jianwei will be responsible for forming the notebook and tablet R&D team. They will start by copying others and establish their own brand in the first step. They will gradually replace it with independent research and development. The smartphone team should not be moved and should continue to study the mobile phone system." After listening to their opinions, Zhou Jing finally made the decision.

Ideal Technology Co., Ltd. started developing laptop and tablet projects, as well as smart screens, smart houses and other projects last month. Ideal Technology is mainly responsible for hardware research and development, while Chuangzhi Technology is responsible for software and system research and development. Technology will maximize the advantages of the two companies.

It is easy to make products in a comprador style. Zhou Jing expects to launch ideal computers and tablets in 14, crossing the river by feeling the stones, and gradually achieving the leap from ideal manufacturing to ideal creation.

An appointment was made with JD.com to discuss the purchase price of Ideal smartphones on e-commerce platforms after their launch at 3 p.m. at JD.com headquarters. The location was suggested by Zhou Jing. After all, Mr. Liu is a senior, and JD.com is the second largest e-commerce platform in China and the largest electronic digital network sales platform in China. Zhou Jing took the initiative to visit JD.com for learning and exchange, giving Mr. Liu enough face.

Liu Qiang did not neglect Zhou Jing just because he was young. In the third quarter, Ideal mobile phones, Bluetooth speakers and power banks brought JD.com more than 1.2 billion in revenue and nearly 200 million in profit. The revenue it brought to JD.com was second only to Samsung. In order to show his importance of cooperation with Ideal, Liu Qiang sent a company car to Chuangzhi Technology to pick up Zhou Jing.

"Please come in, Mr. Zhou."

JD's driver opened the door of the presidential seat and said respectfully.

"Thank you."

Zhou Jing politely replied, "Get in the car."

The driver drove straight to the JD building. Before the car stopped, Zhou Jing saw Mr. Liu waiting outside the building. It was his first meeting with a domestic business tycoon, so Zhou Jing couldn't help feeling a little nervous. In his previous life, he and these people were from completely different worlds, but now he could sit on equal footing with them. Zhou Jing felt that life was wonderful.

"Welcome, Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou is really young and promising. When I was as young as you, I was still confused."

After the car stopped, Liu Qiang D extended his hand enthusiastically.

"Mr. Liu, thank you for your praise. I am very confused now. Please give me some advice."

Zhou Jing said modestly.

"No, no, since ancient times, the waves behind have always pushed the waves ahead."

Liu Qiang D led the way and went to the office while chatting.

After the business interaction, Zhou Jing brought an Ideal smartphone to the office and took it out of his bag to let Mr. Liu try it out.

"The system is smoother than other domestic smartphones currently available and will be very competitive after it goes on the market."

After Liu Jianjian used the Ideal smartphone, he was full of praise and had even greater appreciation for the young entrepreneur. At a time when smartphones are developing rapidly, it is rare to make traditional mobile phones a global best-seller. It takes more than just talent to make the first generation of smartphones no worse than other domestic brands.

"We are just following the lead of our competitors. Our company is what it is today thanks to Mr. Liu's platform."

Zhou Jing continued to remain humble. The popularity of Ideal mobile phone was indeed thanks to the two e-commerce platforms, JD.com and Taobao. The Internet era is inseparable from platforms.

"Mr. Zhou is too modest. The most important thing is that your products are good. The successful development and mass production of Bluetooth wireless speakers is a major advancement in consumer electronics technology. Will there be any upgrades to Bluetooth speakers when you release smartphones?"

Liu felt that building a platform was not as good as building an industry. The profits he earned from working so hard for JD.com were not even a fraction of what he earned from the new brand Ideal, and he was still struggling to make money for logistics.

“The voice-controlled Bluetooth speakers are being optimized.”

Zhou Jing made no secret that the upgraded Bluetooth speaker was a bargaining chip in negotiating cooperation with JD.com, because the voice-controlled Bluetooth speaker would greatly increase the sales of Ideal smartphones.

"You have to be young to engage in digital products."

Liu can foresee that he will have an ideal place in the smartphone industry in the near future, and he has to admire the young people in front of him.

With a basic understanding of Ideal smartphones, Liu began to take further cooperation with Ideal Technology seriously. What he was most concerned about was what price he could get the Ideal smartphone at on JD.com based on the official website's selling price.

Zhou Jing did not beat around the bush and stated straight away that the specific price of the phone has not yet been determined and will refer to the pricing of new phones from competing companies in July and August. However, Ideal will supply JD.com with the price range of other major manufacturers. In addition, Ideal Technology will provide JD.com with a three-piece set of headphones, Bluetooth speakers and mobile power as gifts for free, while the Imagine series only comes with a Bluetooth speaker.

As for Tmall, as long as it offers the same price and supporting facilities as JD.com, it will not be able to compete with JD.com in digital products. In order to show that it attaches more importance to cooperation with JD.com, Zhou Jing promised not to provide Tmall with mobile power gifts.

"Mr. Zhou is really straightforward. That's settled. Happy cooperation."

Liu Ye stretched out his hand towards Zhou Jing without saying a word.

"Pleasant to work with."

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After agreeing on the supply price of smartphones to JD.com, Liu took Zhou Jing to visit the JD.com studio. At around four o'clock, Liu invited Zhou Jing to dinner, but Zhou Jing declined the invitation on the grounds that he wanted to taste the food in the JD.com cafeteria.

After having a quick meal at JD.com, Zhou Jing returned to Chuangzhi Technology.

It was already past five o'clock, and those who did not need to work overtime had already left work. Gu Jia also went home. Zhou Jing sent the cooperation plan signed with JD.com to her bestie Bai.

[Taobao has confirmed that a manager will be in charge of the negotiation. Let’s let Fang Ming do the negotiation.]

Bai Xiyao replied to Zhou Jing.

[Okay, if the Ideal 1 test goes well, we can go into mass production. Let Xu Jun do a good job of quality control.]

Since Mr. Ma doesn't want to show up, there is no need for Zhou Jing to show up in person.

Bai Xiyao: [Okay, Xu Jun is really serious about his work. He has recently been strictly enforcing the behavior and discipline of the production line, and has also included dust particles inside the mobile phone camera in the quality inspection scope]

Zhou Jing: [Of course, I will cooperate with him in the dust-free management of the production room]

As the executive director of Ideal Technology who is in charge of production, Xu Jun has such a serious attitude that Zhou Jing is assured of the product quality control.

Bai Xiyao: [The financial officer has been confirmed, and the appointment letter has been sent to your email]

Zhou Jing logged into the game, downloaded and printed out the appointment letter, signed and stamped it, and sent it to Bai Guimi.
The recruitment of the Chief Financial Officer has been completed and the organizational structure framework of Ideal Technology has been completed. It can further develop international business. Once the Financial Officer is familiar with Ideal Technology and becomes a regular employee, we will prepare to connect with foreign markets and set up exclusive stores. Exclusive stores do not have middlemen to make a profit from the price difference, which is conducive to better expansion of products in foreign markets.

(End of this chapter)