One person subsidizes 12, yuan when entering the factory. Why is Foxconn in a hurry?

recently, the internal recommendation bonus of Foxconn Zhengzhou factory has been raised six times in a row, from the initial 6, yuan to 12,7 yuan.

To put it simply, it's an on-the-job worker of Foxconn. If an introducer comes to apply for a job successfully, he will get a bonus if he works for 9 days and works for 55 days:

Every successful person will get 12,7 yuan!

isn't it tempting?

The previous bonus was 6, yuan, but now the bonus has risen to 12,7 yuan.

In less than half a year, Foxconn has doubled the bonus, which can be said to be a bloody expense.

The shallow reason is that Foxconn holds a big order: iPhone 13.

the iphone has been looking for Foxconn for OEM.

It is said that Apple is very optimistic about the future of iPhone 13. The first order target is 9 million units, which is 1 million more than the 8 million units of iPhone 12 in the fourth quarter of last year.

the iphone 13 is likely to be officially released on September 14th and will go on sale on September 24th.

at present, more than 8% of iPhone are produced in Foxconn Zhengzhou factory. The Zhengzhou factory has 9 production lines, which can accommodate 35, workers and produce 5, mobile phones every day.

The big deal is just around the corner. Foxconn is now working overtime to recruit people, and the task of recruiting people is very arduous:

Before the end of September, it will recruit 2, people!

the shallow reasons are mentioned above, and there are of course deep reasons.

First of all, it must be said that Foxconn was outsmarted.

since trump came to power, China and the United States have had constant frictions in many fields, such as trade, science and technology.

Foxconn wanted to "save one's hand", so it began to move its production capacity abroad, building and expanding its production lines outside the mainland upside down.

but the result was tragic. Basically, it can be said that one was built and one failed.

make a brief list.

the most famous one, as I also said in the article, is Foxconn's American factory.

in 217, Foxconn decided to build a factory in Wisconsin, USA, with an investment of USD 1 billion.

For this project, Trump also praised Guo Taiming as "the greatest businessman in the world" and the American factory as "the eighth wonder in the world", and laid the foundation stone for the factory himself.

but four years later, this "miracle" really ended in a miracle: the investment of 1 billion has shrunk to 672 million, and it is even said that it will transform to produce cars.

then there is the Indian factory.

At the end of 218, Foxconn announced that it would build an Apple mobile phone foundry in India in 219, and mainly produce high-end, high-value iPhone flagship models.

under the demonstration effect of Foxconn and Apple, a batch of electronic industry chain production capacity has been transferred from the mainland to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

at first, it seemed successful.

in 219, Foxconn began to produce iPhone 11 and iPhone XR at its factory in Tamil Nadu, India, and in 22, it added iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12.

At that time, Apple, Foxconn and India were "all happy". India gave land to the government, and Foxconn and Apple also promised to invest heavily to expand their factories.

At that time, it was said that 1% of Apple's mobile phone production capacity would be transferred from China to India.

But the good times didn't last long. In May this year, the second round of COVID-19 epidemic broke out in India, which hit Foxconn's Indian factory hard: more than 1 employees were diagnosed and the output dropped by more than 5%!

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Workers in Foxconn's Indian factory

A similar situation exists in Vietnam.

Guo taiming is actually very optimistic about Vietnam, but this year, the epidemic situation in Vietnam got out of control, and Foxconn had to close its factory in Beijiang, Vietnam in May.

of course, there are many other wonderful things.

last November, Foxconn's Mexican factory (the border between the United States and Mexico, which mainly supplies the American market) was attacked by hackers. The hackers claimed to have stolen 1GB files and encrypted about 1,2 servers.

the price offered by hackers was 184.955 bitcoins, which were worth more than $34 million at that time.

nearly 1 years ago, Foxconn was going to invest $12 billion to build a factory in Brazil.

But not long after the factory was built, once a van of Foxconn was robbed by 12 robbers with guns, and nearly 9, dollars of electronic products were gone.

after a few years, the Brazilian factory was completely closed.

The former Foxconn factory in Brazil

has another important factor: Apple is not a good crop.

Foxconn can't affect Apple's profit if the big bill is given to it.

As mentioned earlier, the iPhone has been commissioned by Foxconn. It can be said that Foxconn has contributed to every piece of land that the iPhone has laid.

However, Apple's abacus is accurate, after all, its own interests are the most important.

up to the iPhone 4, all apple phones were assembled by Foxconn.

However, after Cook took charge of Apple, he was unwilling to put his eggs in one basket and wanted to get rid of his single dependence on Foxconn.

so, starting from iPhone 4s, besides Foxconn, apple also asked pegatron technology to produce it together.

Later, after another, Quanta Computer, Wistron Group, Inventec, Compal Computer, BYD, etc. all joined the iPhone OEM.

of course, at present, Apple mainly gives the iPhone to Foxconn for OEM.

Even so, Apple has been guarding against Foxconn.

Last year, I wrote an article. In 212, Foxconn showed Apple CEO Cook its "Million Robots Plan": to produce 1 million robots to replace workers to produce mobile phones.

Cook didn't say anything in person. After returning to the United States, he quietly set up his own robot secret laboratory, intending to develop automatic production technology. If successful, he would kick off Foxconn and make his own iPhone.

Of course, it goes without saying that both Foxconn and Apple's robot plans have failed.

At present, about 5% of Foxconn's revenue comes from Apple.

So, for Foxconn, Apple's list is not just a matter of making money or not, it is a task that must be completed.

It's normal for businessmen to have their own calculations.

I'm afraid Foxconn is more convinced this time: Chinese mainland is reliable.

As mentioned earlier, more than 8% of Foxconn's iPhone production capacity is mainly in Zhengzhou.

But we know that Zhengzhou was hit by a rainstorm on July 2th.

But a big factory like Foxconn has always been the key support object of local governments.

With such a heavy rain, Foxconn's three major parks in Zhengzhou have little impact: the largest Zhengzhou airport area has been operating normally; Foxconn on Eight Streets resumed work on the evening of 22nd; Baisha Foxconn also recovered quickly.

It is difficult to recruit people this time, and the local government has provided another 1 buses to "pick up applicants from the community and then send them to the factory gate".

The iPhone 13 accessory packaging box exposed on the Internet is still "assembled in China"

Two years ago, Guo Taiming publicly said in a program in Taiwan Province that he was "feeding the mainland".

triumphant.

but just two years later, I was abruptly beaten in the face.

to make mobile phones and make money, we still have to rely on mainland factories.

Luxshare (Dongguan, Guangdong), a mainland enterprise, has already started to do iPhone OEM. It is said that 4% of the orders for the iPhone 13 Pro are from Luxshare.

industry estimates that by 223, Luxshare will become the second largest apple foundry in the world.

For Apple, this can reduce the dependence on Foxconn. For Chinese mainland, the rapid rise of local OEM factories can also make it less "dependent" on Foxconn to get the iPhone list.

But for Foxconn, at present, there are indeed both long-term concerns and near-term worries.

After a lot of tossing, let Guo Taiming, Apple and the whole world understand more:

The relocation of industries is just a thought, and ultimately it will depend on Chinese mainland.

Now, no one can replace China's status as the "factory of the world".