Huang Zhang is so unhappy with Lei Jun for the following reasons:
1. Lei Jun once "abandoned" Huang Zhang
Huang Zhang once said this to Lei Jun "That's how I was fooled. I didn't teach him, but he knows nothing about making mobile phones." There is a story behind this sentence. When Lei Jun was determined to start chasing the mobile Internet wave, he inspected Meizu and prepared to invest in Meizu. During this period, Lei Jun and Huang Zhang discussed for a long time, but the two sides could not agree on the same opinions, and there were conflicts. What exactly were the conflicts between the two parties? No explanation was given to the public. Anyway, the unfinished deal made Huang Zhang very angry. He often scolded Lei Jun for stealing trade secrets and being a big liar.
Maybe Lei Jun just wanted to make a mobile phone at that time, and after contacting Meizu, he found that they had different opinions and it was not difficult to make a mobile phone by himself, so he did it himself. But with Huang Zhang's unruly character, Lei Jun actually failed to invest in himself, and even made a mobile phone with a similar positioning to Meizu. It is inevitable to be unhappy.
2. When Huang is born, why is thunder born?
It is said that Lei Jun plays futures, and Huang Zhang is also a person who likes to play futures. The Meizu M8 mobile phone was hyped at the beginning of 2007, and it was "exposed" every once in a while. "Look, the public test machine was released in October 2008. When it was sold, the cost of the hardware that seemed awesome at first was not as high as it was originally. This trick was also used repeatedly by Xiaomi later.
When it comes to mobile fan marketing, Huang Zhang is the originator. As early as when he was making MP3 players, he called on users to post in various forums, allowing users to get certain benefits when buying MP3s by using the posting links. At that time, the concept of water army had not yet taken shape, and Huang Zhang had organized his own users to become his earliest Navy. Then when he started making Meizu mobile phones, Huang Zhang also started to build his own fan forum. When Meizu M9 was released, Huang Zhang even deliberately only sold it in a limited number of stores, causing queue congestion and generating news about Meizu's hot sales. Later, Xiaomi’s marketing methods were essentially the same as Meizu’s.
Even the method of showing hardware parameters is the same for both of them. When Huang Zhang advertised in "Microcomputer" magazine, he advertised whose high-quality chips and excellent workmanship were used in Meizu's MP3 . Now Lei Jun also likes to show off the "quad-core" and fashionable appearance of his mobile phone.
Huang Zhang and Lei Jun use the same method to make mobile phones, but Lei Jun is undoubtedly superior in terms of business talent and social resources.
3. Xiaomi vs. Meizu: There is only one company in the world
The failure to cooperate may just make Huang Zhang "unsatisfied" with Lei Jun, but when Xiaomi begins to encroach on Meizu's After taking over the territory, Huang Zhang had already begun to "gnash his teeth" with hatred for Lei Jun.
There is not much difference between Xiaomi and Meizu in terms of mobile phone concepts and user positioning. The buyers are young people who pursue high cost performance. Xiaomi's path is very similar to that of Meizu, with high configuration and low price, emphasizing user experience, making its own system, fan marketing...
Unfortunately, China does not need two identical mobile phone manufacturers. It is conceivable that if Lei Jun had invested in Meizu, or if Xiaomi had not appeared, then Meizu would have been the only mobile phone manufacturer with a market value of US$10 billion. Lei Jun "cut off" the success that originally belonged to Huang Zhang. How could you not hate him?
Lei Jun deconstructed Huang Zhang’s set of mobile phone gameplay, and then based on his abundant resources, he combined a set of more “high-end and classy” gameplay, which finally burst out with extremely huge energy. Become the dominant mobile phone manufacturer in China. There can only be one overlord in the same market. The emergence of Xiaomi caused Meizu to collapse in sales. Young people think that mobile phones with "high cost performance and good user experience" are no longer Meizu, but Xiaomi. Meizu was marginalized, and an angry Huang Zhang also faded out of management after publishing several abusive posts and only participated in the research and development of new products.
Huang Zhang could have become a greater figure, standing at the peak of the mobile Internet trend, but now his name is Lei Jun. Now living in seclusion, drinking tea and growing vegetables, Huang Zhang might have received more admiration for his paranoia, but now he just looks like a frustrated and angry person. From some aspects, it can be said that Lei Jun took away Huang Zhang's dream. In this way, Huang Zhang should scold Lei Jun for the rest of his life...
I think of the mutual accusations in the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley"
“You stole my things!”
“I didn’t, we all have a good neighbor, you took away the TV, but you didn’t allow me to take away the stereo?! ”
Their “neighbors” and subjects of study should all be Apple.
They both dreamed of becoming Steve Jobs and had the same beliefs and entrepreneurial ideas. They could have become good friends. They did have such a period of time. It is said that at that time, Huang Zhang was in Meizu's office and kept Lei Jun frozen in the refrigerator. I love to drink Coke...