Rebirth of the internet boss

Chapter 477 The Father of Smartphones
Li Feng arranged Fengrui's affairs and took good care of his own woman, and then Li Feng also set foot on the plane to a foreign country with peace of mind, but he did not choose to go to the United States for the first stop, but came directly to Huaxia Baodao Bay continent.

The reason why Li Feng went to Wanzhou first was to meet Wang Xuehong from HTC. Although Fengrui and HTC have already reached a strategic cooperation, the main founders of the two companies have not met yet.

It doesn't mean that Li Feng will soon launch the Android system, some things need the cooperation of HTC, it is better to talk face-to-face, so this time Li Feng came to the island not far away to further consolidate the cooperation between the two parties.

As the chairman of VIA Electronics and HTC, Wang Xuehong can also be described as a real "strong woman", a strong woman among strong women, a "desperate third mother" who is even more powerful than "Aunt Dong",
After all, Aunt Dong can only do it domestically, but Wang Xuehong can do it all over the world, especially in the business circles of Baodao, there is a saying: "If you have a son, you should be like Zhang Zhongmou, and if you have a daughter, you should be like Wang Xuehong." This is the best compliment to her. up.

Needless to say, Zhang Zhongmou is the founder of TSMC, the world's largest integrated circuit service manufacturer. He is known as the "Chip King" and Taiwan's "Godfather of Semiconductors".
He created the concept of professional OEM. "Only doing OEM and not competing with customers" is his creed. This concept has benefited the entire Taiwan economy and indirectly incubated Terry Gou's Hon Hai Group ( Domestically called "Foxconn").

CNN commented that he is a symbol of Taiwan's economic rise and the most important reason why Taiwan's economy has not yet gone bankrupt.TSMC has the largest market share in the foundry market in the world, and it has directly pulled Intel and Samsung down.

Even the Huawei HiSilicon chips that our Chinese are proud of are all made by TSMC. China has no shortage of chip design now, but the most lacking is chip manufacturing, and the gap is more than one or two generations.

Similarly, Wang Xuehong's HTC also started as an OEM, and the most proud thing is the workmanship of the product, but Wang Xuehong is not satisfied with this, she wants to create a new brand, so she abolished "Dopod", ready to Launched the "HTC" brand,
It was just an opportunity she had been waiting for, and it happened that Li Feng appeared. In fact, Wang Xuehong had no choice but to choose Fengrui. It was a purely mainland company. It was just because no one wanted to see her, and only Fengrui took the initiative to find her.

Who doesn't want to choose a powerful ally, but there is no way, there is no choice, it feels like the entire human society has been destroyed, only one man and one woman are left, there is no choice, it doesn't matter if it is ugly or beautiful, just make do with it Bar.

However, although it is an alliance, there must be a distinction between primary and secondary in this alliance. Originally, Wang Xuehong's position was "HTC as the mainstay and Fengrui as the supplement". If all goes well, Fengrui's Android system can even be directly acquired.

What Wang Xuehong didn't expect was that Fengrui, an ally, was developing more and more fiercely, soaring into the sky like a rocket, unstoppable, and now they are preparing to launch Android systems all over the world, and they have also established the "Fengrui Open Mobile Phone Alliance ( Android Alliance)” and even brought Google in.

This is something Wang Xuehong dare not imagine, so this time when Li Feng came to visit, she also gave him the highest treatment. Not only did she scout out delicious food and drink, but she also put aside all her work to accompany her throughout the process.

To be honest, Wang Xuehong still had a prejudice against Li Feng, the "baby" chairman, because Wang Xuehong's own children were much older than Li Feng, which made her feel that Fengrui's development to such a large size was more of a kind. luck,
However, through contact with reality, Wang Xuehong felt that she was very wrong. This is an entrepreneur who is more powerful than herself. Not only is her vision ahead, but she is also very mature and stable. He is an entrepreneur who has been immersed in the workplace for many years!
In the follow-up conversation with Li Feng, Wang Xuehong also readjusted her mood, and she no longer had the dangerous idea of ​​"mainly Hongda, supplemented by sharpness". She just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to launch her own smart phone.

And this is also the purpose of Li Feng's visit this time. In addition to further consolidating the cooperation between the two parties, Li Feng's most important purpose is to let HTC launch the first smartphone as soon as possible. To be precise, it should be the first smartphone based on the Android system. cell phone.

So when Li Feng came up, he also encouraged Wang Xuehong: "Mr. Wang, now our Android Alliance is growing stronger and stronger. There are Huawei and China Unicom in China, and Google, Softbank and MIH abroad. Up to now, there are 7 alliance members. up,

Moreover, Google, Softbank and MIH also agreed to help invite other manufacturers to join, especially since Google has already contacted several companies in the United States. The greatest ability of my visit this time is to get more partners.

Therefore, you Hongda can rest assured that the future of our Android alliance will only get better and better, and now that "everything is ready, we only owe Dongfeng", we are waiting for your first smartphone from Hongda, you Hongda Don't let others grab the headlines! "

In addition to encouragement, Li Feng's words also have a threatening meaning. The subtext of his last sentence means "There will be other mobile phone manufacturers joining in the future, and you HTC should work hard, don't be chased by other mobile phone manufacturers." The purpose of doing this is to give Wang Xuehong a sense of urgency and quickly launch the first smartphone.

And Wang Xuehong also understands what Li Feng means, she also wants to launch a smart phone as soon as possible, but this is not for drinking water and eating, it can be done as soon as you want, so Wang Xuehong also said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, this is not just about you The wish of HTC is also our wish, and we will definitely launch the first smartphone as soon as possible.”

"When exactly? When will the first smartphone be released?" Li Feng asked again.

"It's already March 2007. If it is really going to be released, it will probably be in the second half of 3, and it will be June 2008 at the earliest." Wang Xuehong roughly calculated the time.

A mobile phone needs to go through many steps from design, research and development to production and manufacturing. Generally, it takes at least one and a half years, which is about the same as Wang Xuehong's estimated time.

It's just that Li Feng couldn't wait so long, so he said directly: "Mr. Wang, this won't work. Apple's first-generation iPhone will be released in June this year, and our first Android phone must be launched as soon as possible. Years, and we Fengrui told you Hongda a year in advance, you Hongda didn't make any preparations, did you?"

In fact, Hongda might not have any preparations, and it has just started research and development. Although Li Feng told Wang Xuehong about the smart phone a long time in advance, the risk is too great, and no one can guarantee success.

So she never made up her mind. It was not until Jobs announced the first-generation iPhone at the Apple Open Conference that Wang Xuehong made up her mind and planned to gamble with Fengrui.

From here we can also see the greatness of Jobs. Before the launch of the iPhone, no one thought of making such a smart phone, or someone thought of it but didn’t do it. "Father of mobile phones" is not over.

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