Reinventing the Millennium.

With the arrival of the head of Yike in Silicon Valley, the launch time of the new generation of Mars will be determined soon.

It is still the Moscone Conference Center, and the time is one day later than last year, on June 6.

Different from Yike’s mobile phone release last year, which required multiple invitations to the media, this year, before the time was determined, many online and offline media inquired about the release, wanting to witness the release of the “Android King” as soon as possible.

King of Android.

This is not from the mouth of the media, nor is it self-proclaimed by Yike, but the vocabulary used by Google when warming up this conference.

Although it has been confirmed that Samsung will also have a model equipped with the Android system, Google still does not hesitate to officially put up the signboard, and still spares no effort in promoting the Yike mobile phone in publicity.

This is the common cognition brought about by the global sales of Yike Mars single product exceeding 700 million units.

There are also media enthusiastically speculating whether the sales volume of Mars can exceed 800 million units before the press conference. After all, according to the news published on the official website, it has successively reached cooperation with operators in different countries in Asia.

Regarding this point, more than one media regretted it. If China hadn't opened up 3G, it might be able to witness a manufacturer that sold 1000 million units of products just after entering the mobile phone industry.

Since the beginning of this year, there have been many analyzes on the success of Yike's transformation and the hot sales of Mars, the development of capacitive screens, the system that lowers the threshold for use, and the new model of sharing with operators...

Yike has already received invitations from many business schools for the boss, but considering the time and effort, they declined all of them.

On June 6th, Fang Zhuo listened to the stocking and channel deployment of Mars14 in Silicon Valley. Because of his experience and changes in the competitive situation, this year's official sales are scheduled for July 2th, which is two weeks after the press conference.

That night, after the conference and the small meeting, he flew to Houston to witness the end of the Rockets' season.

The Rockets' 2007-2008 season didn't have a lot of injuries like last year, but they lacked the firepower of Carter, the All-Star.

Although relying on the injury of the Western opponents, they were lucky enough to reach the finals, but the opponent Celtics did not give a chance. The three games they have won are quite straightforward, and the only game they lost is only 2 points away. .

When Fang Zhuo arrived in Houston and saw the team with low morale, he felt that it was difficult to bottom out.

Fang Zhuo did not engage in chicken soup or excitement this time, but only talked about the success of the past three years, and only made a promise that he will continue to pay the luxury tax next year for reinforcements, and will continue to keep the Rockets in the ranks of strong teams.

On the evening of June 6th, the Rockets played at home in Houston.

Although it is home, the referees did not blow the biased home whistle, and the league and the audience may also want to see a new champion appear in sight.

After three quarters, the Celtics led by 15 points and basically announced the title of the championship.

The live broadcast camera frequently focused on the boss of the Rockets who was watching the battle in the first row, but he didn't show any annoyance. He just communicated with Xiao Ao who was invited to attend from time to time.

For Xiao Ao, it might be a little embarrassing to watch the game this time. In the past year, he has shown off the two championship rings given to him by the Rockets on different occasions. He bluntly said that he is already a fan of the team. , I feel that this omen is somewhat bad.

"Change, we need change."

When Fang Zhuo used this as an entry point, Xiao Ao suddenly felt that it was a good fit.

Today's Xiao Ao is not the same as he was last year. With Hillary withdrawing from the election earlier this month, he is about to fight the last battle on behalf of the Democratic and Republican McCain.

Considering this identity and the change of the other party's mentality, Fang Zhuo never mentioned any fund or not, just chatting about basketball, golf, and the mobile phone he will release this month...

In fact, Xiao Ao did not show any difference from the past. He carefully analyzed the room for the Rockets to operate next season, and readily agreed to teach Fang Zong, a golf beginner, when he was free.

The final whistle sounded, and the Celtics, who formed the Big Three, won the cup as they wished.

Fang Zhuo showed his demeanor, congratulated the opponent politely, and comforted his team.

Seeing Yao Ming was quite depressed, and he ignited a new fighting spirit with just one sentence: "Play well in the Olympics and don't get injured. This year's national team feels pretty good."

Yao Ming nodded solemnly, the game at home was of extraordinary significance.

There were also sports reporters who came to interview the owner of the Rockets who only watched the game live in the last game this year. Fang Zhuo did not refuse and gave a brief defeat speech.

The first sentence is very...appropriate.

"Changeneed."

"Now the situation in the league has changed, and there are stronger opponents in the East and West."

"The Rockets are a championship team. We have fallen to the bottom and climbed to the top. This time the loss is only temporary. The Red Army will make a comeback!"

Fang Zhuo's mood didn't fluctuate. On the contrary, Jay Chou, the small owner of the team who had been watching the game live in the playoffs, had tears in his eyes, making a comeback, making a comeback!
There is also a championship award ceremony in the arena.

Fang Zhuo did not stay at the scene, and personally sent Xiao Ao and his party away.

Just when Xiao Ao got into the car, he gave him a new contact method.

This is the call from his advisor Lu Peining.

It is worth mentioning that Lu Peining is Xiao Ao's classmate, the legal director of his senator's office, and a Chinese.

Fang Zhuo understood Xiao Ao's meaning, and in the future, he would contact Lu Peining if he had something to do. After all, his identity might change, and his affairs would become busier.

Lu Peining, Lu Peining.

Fang Zhuo entered the phone number and sent a text message in the past, intending to have someone look up this person's resume and information.

It doesn’t matter where Yike stock may be used next year, but this year, Ice Core’s technology introduction and equipment procurement license have come to the renewal time. Despite the successful example of SMIC, Fang Zhuo still has the mentality of mobilizing multiple parties. Prepare.

It is signed every four years, and if it is successfully renewed this year, the next one will be in 2012.

Considering the development of Bingxin and the joining of Liang Mengsong's team this year, Fang Zhuo really doesn't know how the situation will change four years later.

Thinking of this, his thoughts drifted to Germany again, not to say that it will be useful, but using a vest may give you more space to move around.

Coincidentally, Deutsche Telekom paid attention to this Yike press conference, and Obermann, the head of the headquarters, flew from Europe to attend in person.

Europe accounted for more than 3% of Echo's global sales. Compared with Mars' promotion of new T-Mobile users and [-]G services in the United States, Deutsche Telekom has achieved greater success.

In the United States, T-Mobile has lost its exclusive signing rights for half a year, while Deutsche Telekom is still the only partner of Echo in Europe. Obermann believes that such cooperation must continue to be maintained.

3G business still has a lot of potential, and the European market still has great prospects.

This is not just a "700 million sales" achievement.

Oberman is even optimistic that Yike will become the world's leading mobile phone manufacturer with the new track of 3G smart phones.

Of course, Fang Zhuo would not ignore Deutsche Telekom's goodwill, and had already kicked Legere out of the "Iron Triangle" position in his heart, and bestowed this honor on Obermann, optimistic about the help he brought to Yike and himself.

Regarding the European inspection activities of the Yangtze River Delta Chamber of Commerce at the end of the year, he hopes that Deutsche Telekom can show friendship, beat the side drums from the side, and introduce suitable contacts.

On June 6th, Fang Zhuo, who had come out of the sadness of the team's loss, held a coordinating meeting with the heads of Yike's global regions again to confirm everyone's work progress and problems encountered. Among them, the mainland of China is still a special place .

Liu Qiangdong, as the person in charge of Huaxia, talked about the progress of the operator, basically confirming once again that it will be available for sale in August.

So far, Yike Mars has sold 739 million units in Europe, America, and Asia.

Originally, the company set a goal of 800 million units, and also adopted many cooperation plans in key Asian regions, Japan and South Korea, thinking that it must break through the integer mark again and make a good start for the new generation of Mars.

Unfortunately, the Japanese market is more conservative than expected, and the Korean market is disturbed by the LG Group, making it difficult to achieve
established goals.

Also because of this change, the Huaxia market that Liu Qiangdong is in charge of will have to bear the digestion of more old models, and a new wave of adjustments is required.

Although Liu Qiangdong was a little depressed about the temporary changes, he could only accept it. After all, 3G services have different speed and time differences.

On the 20th, there is only one week left before the press conference.

Yu Hong went to Fang Zong to report to work because of the affairs of different operators in the United States, and saw him muttering in the office quite solemnly.

"What's wrong with you? Did Nokia report it?" She was a little surprised.

"I'm reciting the manuscript of the press conference." Fang Zhuo replied seriously.

Yu Hong took a closer look and wondered, "I'm reciting it so early? Why are you a little nervous?"

"Of course I was nervous. Last year we were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. This year we are a dark horse in the industry." Fang Zhuo gave the reason, "Last year, our Mars was unique in the world, and many upgrades this year are internal. Worried that the market’s feedback will not work.”

Yu Hong pondered for a moment: "I don't think there should be a big problem. At least, in the United States, T-Mobile's 3G covers more cities, and we have more cooperative operators, with a wider range of channels. Mars upgrades Both of them bring obvious performance, and the difference between a 500-megapixel camera and a 200-megapixel camera is still very big.”

If she were to evaluate her own products, it would mean that her shortcomings had become longer, and she would look more like a "machine king".

Fang Zhuo nodded now, and said, "That's it, what attitude the consumers have, we'll know next month."

He handed over the manuscript: "Mr. Yu, can you read it for me? See where the introduction is wrong."

Yu Hong was not too polite. She flew to Silicon Valley basically once a week in the past six months, and she was very clear about the progress of the mobile phone design work from beginning to end, and she was even more familiar with the parameters.

The manuscript was first roughly passed through, and then carefully considered.

After two cups of tea, Yu Hong raised her head, thought about it and said: "The introduction of Mars 2 is quite clear, except that it is a little complicated, which may be my subjective feeling. Well, the most important thing is that I always feel that it is different from last year. It's almost nothing."

Fang Zhuo repeated: "What was it?"

What does it feel like?
Yu Hong considered carefully.

Just as the two people in the office were exchanging press conference manuscripts, first the landline phone rang, then there was a hasty knock on the door, and finally even the mobile phone on the table vibrated.

"Come in."

"Hey?"

"You take it."

Fang Zhuo asked people to enter the office, picked up the landline, and threw his mobile phone to Yu Hong.

Three notification methods, but not the same message.

——Nokia confirms that the full touch screen mobile phone equipped with Symbian S60V5 will be released on June 6.

——HTC announced that the full touch-screen mobile phone equipped with Microsoft M system will be released on June 6.

——Motorola announced that it sued Echo Mars for infringing mobile phone patents.

The summary of the news is obviously not good news.

"Nokia seems to release new phones in New York before? This time in Silicon Valley? Or just the day before our press conference?" Fang Zhuo frowned slightly.

"Well, the N95 was released in four places around the world, and the United States is New York. Nokia is indeed stuck in the same time as we released it before Apple's release." Yu Hong nodded.

Fang Zhuo stopped frowning, oh.

"Motorola suddenly came out to sue. This matter is worthy of attention." Yu Hong was a little troubled by the news of the patent. Previously, the listener always talked about his countermeasures at the capital level, which was a last resort. Motorola popped up again. Weak patents are easy to be targeted.

"Let the legal evaluation first." Fang Zhuo was very calm, "No matter how bad it is, it will not be a greater threat than Nokia."

"Huh? That's right." Yu Hong was relieved.

As for the HTC with the M...

Before the two had time to talk, they received new news that they seemed to have an appointment.

——Apple announced that sales of the iPhone released in March exceeded 3 million units.

The new generation of iPhone was released in March, but in fact,

It has only been on sale since April.

That is to say, the sales volume of the iPhone with 3G function exceeded 200 million in less than two months.

This news surprised both Fang Zhuo and Yu Hong.

LG's new phone was released and launched in March, and it only took one month to break through 3 million units. However, after another two months, there was no news of breaking through 100 million units, and the iPhone was advancing silently. , directly exploded a figure of 200 million.

iPhones that make up for 3G functions, front-facing cameras, Apple Stores, and European channels show different colors.

"This generation of iPhones are selling very well." Yu Hong said solemnly.

Fang Zhuo read the news and analyzed this opponent who was somewhat neglected by him.

Just as he was halfway through, the last piece of news for today was delivered to the case.

——Sony Ericsson's new phone conference will be held in Silicon Valley on June 6.

"You have confirmed the time of the press conference, and the opponents are all working hard." Yu Hong had to connect these together, "How is it? How do you feel?"

Fang Zhuo didn't analyze the iPhone any more. He gripped the original press conference manuscript tightly, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash can accurately: "Very good, suddenly I'm not nervous at all."