Lei Jun devoted himself to automobile manufacturing, and Lu Weibing took over the baton, and sure enough, his vision five years ago was right!
At the end of August this year, Lei Jun met with his old friend and former chairman of Gionee, Lu Weibing. And now, Lu Weibing has embarked on his own entrepreneurial road for more than a year, and he established Chengyi Technology.
However, in this process, Lu Weibing deeply experienced the real pain of entrepreneurs, and those periods when they could not produce results were the most difficult period for Lu Weibing.
At this meeting, Lei Jun said to Lu Weibing very sincerely: "I think you should not go in the wrong direction and go to Xiaomi." I'll buy your company. ”
In fact, Lei Jun invited Lu Weibing to join Xiaomi not once or twice, in 2014, Lei Jun once invited Lu Weibing to join Xiaomi, but Lu Weibing refused because of friendship.
However, with Gionee's "unexpected death", Lu Weibing left the company, Lei Jun saw this scene, and wanted to win over Lu Weibing, and Lei Jun also did what he said, and bought all the Chengyi Technology he founded with his own strength.
During this period, Lei Jun also spared no effort in the dissolution of Chengyi Technology, but now it seems that Lei Jun's choice five years ago is too wise, after all, Lu Weibing entered Xiaomi from the beginning of 2019, and the achievements he has made are known to everyone.
Lu Weibing is a veteran in the industry, and he has developed an independent strategy to upgrade the Redmi brand from a low-end mobile phone to a cost-effective flagship of about 4,000 yuan, which is also the reason for Xiaomi's successful transformation.
In addition, Lu Weibing can achieve the ultimate selling point of all products, which is also what he has accumulated over the years in the fields of products, marketing, and marketing.
Lu Weibing is very smart, he quickly adapted to this new role, and according to Lei Jun's instructions, he was made to serve as the "public relations director" of Redmi, which changed from his previous low-key and pragmatic and became the focus of attention in the industry.
After that, Lu Weibing firmly tied himself to the brand "Redmi", which got the attention of netizens and Lei Jun's affirmation, coupled with excellent performance, which is also the reason why he became the fastest promotion in Xiaomi.
Lu Weibing became the president of Xiaomi China in November 2019 and gained the trust of Xiaomi executives in just 11 months, a role that involves not only managing Redmi phones, but also product cooperation with the Xiaomi brand and product sales.
Xiaomi announced that Lu Weibing joined the Xiaomi team, although it was only one year and eight months, but he was appreciated by Lei Jun for his ability and wise decision-making.
At the beginning of 2023, four years after Lu Weibing entered Xiaomi, he was promoted to CEO of Xiaomi Group, one person under more than 10,000 people, and in 2024, Lei Jun even directly gave up all of Xiaomi's business and let Lu Weibing be in charge.
Lei Jun said that at present, Xiaomi Su7 is undergoing nationwide testing, will focus more on the automotive field, and appointed Lu Weibing as the general manager of the Xiaomi brand, which means that Lu Weibing will be fully responsible for all the company's work, including the product aspect.
It took Lu Weibing five years to establish himself at the helm of Xiaomi Group and Lei Jun's most valued partner, not only because of his work experience, but also because of his wise choice and his opportunities.
Lu Weibing did not "go the wrong way", he followed Lei Jun's advice and joined Xiaomi, which was a very wise decision, Lei Jun found Lu Weibing and brought him into Xiaomi's management, this is an opportunity.
For Lei Jun, Lu Weibing is like the "Maxima" that Bole met, and his success is not only because of his own ability, but also because he made the right choice at the right opportunity. He firmly believes that Xiaomi will become stronger under the leadership of Lu Weibing!