Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 798 The Inner Ghost Sees the Inner Ghost (Two in One)
At 08:30 in the evening, Apple's new phone conference has ended.

Fang Zhuo's confidence was greatly boosted by the iPhone information he learned through Bloomberg reporters.

Differentiated competition, differentiated competition.

He has always made such requirements for Yike mobile phones, but the difference in buttons is the difference, as is the size of the screen, the ecology of the software, and the breakthrough of the front camera.

It is not that differentiation can provide the selling points that consumers like, but excellent differentiation can support the brutal competition in the market.

Standing at the node of today's time, if Fang Zhuo is asked to rate these differences, once the hardware design of the front camera can be successfully equipped with the system software, it will be [-] points.

A change that is enough to change the usage habits of global mobile phone products and consumers.

However, its threshold is also not so high.

But as long as you grasp this point, it is an important advantage of the success of Yike's first mobile phone. As long as you continue to deepen the camera function of the mobile phone in a series, it is also a brand feature that consumers can remember.

Fang Zhuo called Xu Keden after thinking about it and discussing it with Mr. Yu.

Xu Keden also paid attention to Apple's press conference, but what he got was fragmentary information on the Internet. At this moment, he was a little confused when he heard the drastic instructions from the boss.

Fang Zhuo didn't explain much, and asked him to verify it by himself tonight and talk with him at the meeting tomorrow.

Before there were more actions, a call from Google founder Larry came in.

"Hey, Mr. Fang, have you paid attention to Apple's press conference? Schmidt is on his way back to the company, and he thinks it's necessary to have a chat."

Fang Zhuo agreed.

He put down the phone and smiled at Yu Hong who was looking at him: "Schmidt came back in a hurry. He planned to kick the door of his office tomorrow, but he didn't expect to find him at night."

Yu Hong nodded her head twice, and tilted her ear slightly: "So...why are you so happy?"

Fang Zhuo was taken aback: "Is there? Am I happy?"

Yu Hong nodded affirmatively.

"No, I didn't even laugh." Fang Zhuo said seriously.

Yu Hong frowned, pointed to her eyes and head, she was still laughing just now, am I blind?Or only seven seconds of memory?
Fang Zhuo waved his hand, but there was no monitoring.

The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right. Now is not the time to worry about this.

"Let's go to see Schmidt together. He's almost at Google." Fang Zhuo just took two steps, and then said, "Bring me the No. 1 machine, and put the Mars prototype in your pocket."

Yu Hong took two Yike Mars prototypes, went to another office to unlock and took the No. 1 machine that she had shown Google at the beginning.

Then, Fang Zhuo, Yu Hong and two security assistants drove to Google aggressively.

When Yu Hong was about to arrive at Google, she asked, "What are you going to do?"

"How to do what? What is Schmidt going to do now?" Fang Zhuo said seriously, "There must be an explanation for this matter."

Yu Hong knew that this place was a bit weird, but she didn't know how weird it was, so she had to change the topic to talk about.

After getting off the car, she walked and talked about the cooperation with Google and the progress of the Android system.

Fang Zhuo was thinking about his attitude when he met Schmidt, but he suddenly stopped when he heard about "Android Market" from Mr. Yu.

Android Market is an application store, which is actually the prototype of Google Play store.

"Google gets 25%, developers get 70%, and Yike gets 5%?" He looked a little weird.

"Did we get less? But I guess it's not easy to talk about. I think Google's meaning is more certain." Yu Hong said, this is a point of discussion after Yike and Google patent cross-licensing and the establishment of the Pro Alliance .

Although the occasion of the chat was more casual, Yu Hong felt that the attitude was serious.

Fang Zhuo looked up to the sky and sighed, "I was too kind to them in the past!"

It's not that it's too little, it's that he never thought about sharing profits in this area, and the main purpose is to take advantage of the development of the Android system.

From this point of view, there is still a misplacement in mutual understanding.

Although the Android system is dominated by Google, the current Android company is an entity company with two shareholders, not the historical Google department.

"Let's go, the closer I get to Schmidt, the angrier I get!"

Fang Zhuo was furious, and he had already prepared his emotions.

Yu Hong said nothing, just followed the boss's footsteps.

Soon - boom!

Fang Zhuo took the lead in pushing open the door of Google CEO's office.

This movement undoubtedly interrupted the conversation between Larry and Schmidt.

Larry got up to greet him: "Mr. Fang, about Ping..."

Fang Zhuo slapped the No. 1 machine on the desk, stared at Larry and Schmidt, and finally locked on Schmidt's face, questioning: "What's going on? Who leaked our plan?!"

Larry said from the side: "Schmidt was also shocked, so he came back immediately to discuss what went wrong."

Fang Zhuo still stared at Schmidt, and said loudly: "Those three people from Google who have seen our prototype and haven't signed a strict non-disclosure agreement, what's wrong? I really want to know what's wrong!"

He looked at Larry and asked, "Is that you?"

Larry immediately replied innocently: "How could it be me?"

Fang Zhuo looked at the No. 1 machine on the desk: "Is that your designer?"

He only paused for a second before looking back at Schmidt. Suppressing his anger, he asked slowly, "Or this sitting Apple director?"

Schmidt heard the angry President Fang still put the hat on his head, frowned and said, "What nonsense, why would I do this?"

"Yeah, why did you do this?" Fang Zhuo glared at Schmidt, "What kind of communication did you, Apple director, have with Jobs? Or is it that Google wants to sit back and watch the success of Yike's mobile phone fall short? Google wants Android's The shareholding is clear, such an action is really embarrassing!"

Schmidt is also angry, there are pots of dirty water!

He stood up and said word by word: "It's not me!"

"Schmidt, it's you, the ghost! Otherwise, why would you join Apple as a director? How about it? Did you shake hands with Jobs at the Apple conference today?" Fang Zhuo decided that there was a problem.

Schmidt laughed angrily, and reminded: "Fang Zhuo, don't forget, you are also a director of Sony."

Fang Zhuo sneered and said, "That's right, I know what kind of person you are just because I know the logic of my being a director of Sony!"

The three people in the office were silent.

It took them a while to figure out the logic. Mr. Fang went to be a director of Sony and did nothing good. Schmidt, who also operated similarly, must be the same as him... Only the insider knows the insider best?

Larry next to him frowned. He believed in his own judgment and knew what kind of person Fang was.

He is a friend of Sony, and the iMusic helped Sony Bertelsmann Music Company to have a good influence online. As for the Walkman player, it is an old-fashioned thing, and if there is no Fang Zong, it will be killed by Apple.

Larry persuaded: "President Fang, why are you doing this, I know you are not that kind of person, don't tarnish your reputation."

Why should you defile yourself?

From our relationship, I know you are a good person.

Fang Zhuo pointed at Schmidt: "You also know that he can do such a thing without me discrediting himself?"

Larry was dumbfounded, no, that's not what he meant.

Schmidt slapped the table angrily: "Okay! It can't be me! I swear to God! I swear to God!!"

Fang Zhuo was not afraid to slap the table, but instead slapped louder.

But after all, he was not ashamed to joke about his religious beliefs at this time. He just said angrily: "This is the result of how many of us sacrificed family time, missed birthdays, and worked tirelessly!"

Fang Zhuo sat down and slammed his fist on the desk: "Can you imagine my frustration when I saw a competitor's product?"

Yu Hong kept holding the Yike Mars prototype in her pocket, and her hands hurt.

Larry comforted: "Boss Fang, it's just the appearance, without a keyboard, they are all the same. Your No. 3 phone is the most beautiful. Its appearance in the future will make your efforts more rewarding, and Google will also give you More support."

Fang Zhuo sighed slowly.

Schmidt frowned slightly and glanced at Larry, regretting the decision to discuss together tonight.

At this time, Yu Hong, who had been watching silently, pulled back and said: "Actually, it is not certain which link has the problem, but there is indeed a problem. This needs to be faced by all of us."

She said affirmatively: "The Yike mobile phone project really needs more support. After all, Apple's iPhone is quite good. If Google is really sincere about the Android system, we should unite at this moment instead of arguing with each other. "

Larry nodded in agreement, yes, this is the end of the matter, everyone must unite.

Schmidt scolded "dogs and men and women" in his heart, who wants to quarrel?
He closed his eyes, opened them again and said: "Today I saw the iPhone 10 minutes before the press conference, and I was also shocked by the similarity between it and your prototype, but what shocked me the most was its Compared with the fluency of the Android system."

"Apple's system is smoother and more mature than ours."

"That's a big threat."

Schmidt became very serious: "Fortunately, we still have time, and your mobile phones also have time."

Fang Zhuo's mood had calmed down, and he frowned and said, "Why don't you come back with an iPhone to study?"

Schmidt felt his temple twitch, shook his head and said, "I told Jobs, but he didn't agree, and after the press conference, he put the iPhone in a glass cover for the media to take pictures, and no one touched it. "

He said his guess: "I suspect that this phone is only a semi-finished product. After all, it will not be launched until the end of June. Jobs still has two quarters to optimize it."

"Our time is tighter than that of Jobs." Fang Zhuo said earnestly, "I have confirmed that the mobile phone conference will be held in June, and it will be shipped in half a year. Optimization, the time left for us is not so plentiful.”

Schmidt and Larry fell silent because of this sudden news.

The press conference in June means that at least the mobile phone can run the Android system stably, otherwise, problems at the press conference will have a great blow to a new system and a new mobile phone.

It will be shipped at the end of the year after half a year, which means that a mobile phone equipped with Android system must be verified by the market and consumers, and it must be used with Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Blackberry, Apple, Symbian system, and Windows Phone system. , iOS system to compete.

This is the first appearance of the Android camp, which will greatly determine the smoothness of subsequent development.

"Mr. Fang, isn't this time too tight? You also mentioned that your mobile phones are going to be overthrown and restarted." Schmidt's rare soft tone.

Fang Zhuo said decisively: "Should we wait until our competitors succeed before pressing? This is the time!"

Schmidt hesitated to discuss with Larry in a low voice.

Mainly, he personally tried the iPhone tonight and felt that there was indeed a gap.

Moreover, when the timetable was proposed, Schmidt thought of mobile phone giants such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and he was really aware of what kind of existence they were like never before.

Will Nokia follow up immediately?

How to deal with the massive patents they hold in their hands?

At present, the Pro Alliance jointly established by Google and Yike has only more than 300 patents.

This is far from enough and more deadly.

"Mr. Fang, even if you have Sony Ericsson's patent authorization, you may still face the pressure of patent competition. In fact, I suggest that you should make more preparations before releasing the mobile phone." Schmidt suggested seriously.

"The initial success in the mobile phone market can put our mobile phones on the track of normal operation. It is precisely because of the lack of competition in touch-screen mobile phones that we can establish an advantage in this brand-new field as soon as possible and form a system of R&D patents as soon as possible," Fang Zhuo replied. Said, "The patents in these new fields are of great value, and they will be the best conditions for us to negotiate with Nokia, Microsoft, and BlackBerry in the future."

He continued: "There is also the Pro Alliance. If you can attract more manufacturers, the pressure of patent competition will be much less. How do you attract people? Of course, a successful camp product is the most attractive."

These have actually been discussed.

But now it's being reemphasized again in the post-iPhone atmosphere.

Yike, Google, and Android all need a star product.

Those who are powerful contribute, those who have money contribute money, those who have technology contribute technology, and those who have inner ghosts out of inner ghosts.

Schmidt was persuaded anyway.

Somehow, he felt more confidence from Mr. Fang.

However, he still emphasized: "Before the press conference, we have to reach an agreement on the mobile phone."

Fang Zhuo agreed, which is as it should be.

This matter is confirmed, and the atmosphere in the office is a little more relaxed.

Yu Hong asked a question: "I thought Apple's mobile phone would support 3G? I didn't expect it to be a 2G mobile phone."

Schmidt gave a specific answer: "Indeed, I also think it is a 3G mobile phone. Before the press conference, I chatted with Jobs and Cingular CEO Stan who was present. Jobs wanted the iPhone to be a 3G mobile phone, but AT&T and The most important thing for Cingular at present is to completely complete the acquisition and integration of the two companies."

"AT&T is worried that smartphones like the iPhone are putting too much pressure on the 3G network, and they intend to let this develop at their own pace."

"In the end, Jobs relented."

This is a reflection of AT&T's market position.

He continued: "But it's no problem for us, our phones are a year away, and T-Mobile is open."

Fang Zhuo nodded, and mentioned the V business again: "If we can also reach a cooperation with the V business, then we will have a good starting point."

Schmidt did not comment.

Larry said: "V business is too harsh on the terms of the contract machine."

Schmidt didn't want to discuss this issue at this time, and said something that he could only have on the spot based on his identity: "AT&T and Cingular are not sure about the sales performance of a new touch-screen mobile phone like the iPhone. If it is not good enough, maybe Prices will be adjusted as soon as possible.”

"We have to look at the acceptance of the market and consumers, and then adjust our strategy."

"It's the best way to cross the river by feeling for the apples."

Adjust the price as soon as possible? Do you have an iPhone?

Fang Zhuo was not sure about this matter, and only revealed his new discovery at the end: "I have an excellent idea about the new design of our mobile phone, and I believe there will be a result soon."

Schmidt intuitively believed that this was the source of Mr. Fang's confidence, but he didn't ask, and it was only reliable after seeing the real phone.

It's too late.

Fang Zhuo and Yu Hong shook hands with Schmidt and Larry to say goodbye.

Fang Zhuo and Schmidt finally shook hands.

The two shook hands and each said a word to the other.

Fang Zhuo said succinctly: "More support."

Schmidt said simply: "A better phone."

Google gives more support, Yike builds better mobile phones, and Android gets greater development.

This is the consensus reached by both parties again.

When the two of Yi Ke left, Schmidt drank the remaining coffee in the cup in one go.

He also unavoidably mentioned Unit 1 in confusion: "Larry, do you think this is Fang Zhuo's trick?"

"A trick? How? I think it might be a coincidence." Larry shook his head. "You misunderstood him. He's a good man."

Schmidt smiled silently, Sony's foreign director is really a good person.

(End of this chapter)